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bis neighbor's best Virginia. When I was in Balti- 

 more I went into the great tobacco warehouses ; a 

 pig was wandering about, and seemed quite at home 

 there ; the leaves were being pulled by unwashed 

 negroes without pocket-handkerchiefs. But those 

 who do not object to poison cannot be expected to 

 mind dirt." 



The following list of the various articles used in 

 flavoring tobacco was procured from the manufac- 

 turers : — 



Sugar, honey, orange peel, lemon peel, mace, 

 cloves, spices of all kinds, vanilla, licorice, va- 

 lerian, tonka-bean, opiates, laudanum, Spanish 

 wine, Santa Cruz rum, liquor of all sorts. 



When opiates are used, a solution is sprinkled 

 on the tobacco before manufacturing. Spices are 

 sprinkled on the tops of the cigars after packing, 

 to give a pleasant odor to the box, and to destroy 

 any rank flavor from poor tobacco. 



It is asserted that a manufactory in the city of 

 Syracuse makes a favorite and increasingly pop- 

 ular brand of cigars by soaking the tobacco leaves 

 in opium. Even smokers testify that there is no 

 doubt on this point. 



PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS OF TOBACCO. 



In a treatise on the injurious effects of tobacco, 

 even when used moderately, Dr. Grimshaw, in 

 order to confirm his statements, quotes freely from 

 some of " the most learned medical authorities, 

 men who were not emraired in a reform movement, 



