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CONDUCTED BY MARY A. E. WAGER. 
SCIENCE IN CANNING FRUIT. 
BY JUI.IA COLMAN. 
Why will people impose on us poor women 
with such unscientific directions as we had in 
Rural New-Yorker of Sept. 10th, about 
“Canning Peaches?” We supposed that 
we had the science of the thing in our heads; 
we had been told so often that the main 
principle of preserving fruits by canning is 
to exclude the atmospheric air, since that or 
the oxygen it contains 19 the element which 
everywhere works decay. There is air even 
in water until it is boiled; so we boil our 
fruit either before or after putting it into the 
cans. If wc All them up with water, that 
must he boiling, and we must seal them so 
promptly that even the little air imprisoned 
under the caps may be converted into steam. 
All the air must, be expelled. There are 
several ways of preserving fruit, as by im¬ 
mersion in carbonic acid gas, by application 
of an impervious coating, &c., &c., all de¬ 
pending on this principle—the entire exclu¬ 
sion of air. 
Now, after being so well grounded in the 
principles as we supposed, this L. A. I, 
comes along and tells us of a fashion that 
sets all our little science at naught. He says 
nothing about boiling the water. Of course, 
then, there is air in it, or if not, there would 
be after pouring it into the peaches. Then, 
too, it would be almost impossible to get 
even the visible bubbles all out by letting 
them stand six or more hours, and quite im¬ 
possible to exclude the bubble on the top 
under the lid of the can. So we reasoned 
that the fruit would not keep. 
But we were not content with theorizing; 
we love to be practical, thoroughly so, and 
that reminds us that L. A. I. does not say 
that hu had tried it or seen it tried. We 
tried it with two cans. With the first we 
followed directions exactly. The second we 
improved by putting water into the can be¬ 
fore introducing the peaches, both to pre¬ 
vent their turning dark and to extricate the 
bubbles more entirely. Then we let them 
stand a few hours as directed, tilled tip and 
sealed. We ought to know how to follow 
directions with care and nicety, for we have 
put up hundreds of cans of fruit and tried 
many experiments. We tried our best with 
these, but on the third day they showed un¬ 
mistakable signs of fermentation.; and the 
first put up was the worst. Before it was 
quite beyond recovery, we emptied out the 
fruit and sealed it up. 
Now 1 am more than ever convinced that 
science holds good yet about the necessity 
of excluding the air. I hope my sister 
housekeepers will not be induced to waste 
their fruit or their time in following any 
such unreasonable and unscientific recipes. 
2'kinking pays as well about our work as 
anywhere else, and a little of it sometimes 
saves us much labor and expense. 
Annie, page 127, present volume, ought 
to have added, the several thicknesses of the 
dry doth,) as a wet or damp cloth would be 
a better conductor of heat, and thereby 
cooling the jar much quicker, would cause 
it to crack,) should also be wrapped around 
the sides of the can or jar, to prevent its 
cooling too quickly. The reason that so 
many fruit jars become cracked or broken 
during the cauuiug process is a too sudden 
change iu the temperature of the jar. After 
the covers are screwed down the “ boiler ” 
can be sufficiently filled with hot water, so 
as to entirely immerse the. jar, and the 
boiler, if a movable one, cau be taken from 
the fire aud the jars taken from the water so 
soon as the water attains lukewarmness. 
This will entirely obviate the danger of 
breaking the jars.—o. r. d. 
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“The Feather lied” Nnlsance. 
A gentleman says “ Amen” to our blast 
against Feather Beds, and goes farther him¬ 
self, by including feather pillows. He says 
he has slept on a cotton pillow for twenty 
years, and wouldn’t exchange it for leathers 
on any account. As we heard women, 
when we were in the country, talking of 
buying feathers for beds and pillows, it is to 
be hoped that these suggestions will help 
them to see comfort in something other than 
leathers. 
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CONTRIBUTED RECIPES. 
Shirley Sauce. 
The recipe for making this toothsome 
sauce, which is relished by many who have 
a natural aversion to the love-apple cooked 
in any other way, needs only trying to be 
generally adopted, and runs as follows: 
Twelve good sized ripe tomatoes; two bell 
5 peppers, (large ones;) two onions, (many 
^ omit these, and like the sauce better—con- 
V su,t your own taste.) SGald and skin the to- 
k niatoes; chop the peppers and onions (if 
K. us ed) very fine. Then add one cup of vine¬ 
gar and one-half cup sugar, and boil two 
hours; then put iu another cup of vinegar 
and boil one hour—or until the mixture does 
not separate. Then stir in one teaspoonful 
of cloves, one dessert spoonful of cinnamon, 
and a teaspoonful of pimento (allspice.) Try 
it.— Laura C. D., Suncook Valley , X. H. 
Another Way of i’uttiuK up Tomatoes. 
Mrs, L. Y. Y. R. writes :—“ I like to put 
up tomatoes in the following manner:—One 
peck of tomatoes, skinned ; one and a-half 
pints of vinegar; four pounds of sugar; one 
tablespoonful of cloves and one of allspice. 
Put in stone pots and cover tight.” 
To Remove Silver Stains. 
One of the best ways is to wash the spots 
with a concentrated solution of sulphate or 
chloride of zinc, atul to rub the worst places 
with metallic zinc. Then rinse in pure wa¬ 
ter, and complete the washing with soap. 
Ink stains can be removed in the same way. 
Elderberry Ink. 
I send you a good recipe for making 
elderberry ink: — Take one-half gallon of 
elderberry juice, an ounce of copperas, two 
drachms of alum, and twenty drops of creo¬ 
sote dissolved in a small quantity of alcohol. 
This makes a very good violet ink.—o. w. 
Sod# Soap. 
The following is excellent.; try it:—Two 
pounds bar soap; two pounds sal soda ; ten 
quarts soft water; boil till it is all dissolved. 
—M. W. H., Rochester , X. Y. 
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UoiiifMiic Inquiries.—J. H. B. nsks a Western 
Housekeeper, (see Rural Sept. 3,) how she pre¬ 
pares her corn for the table, after taking it from 
the brine. 
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SELECTED RECIPES. 
German Discoveries in Coflee linking. 
The London Grocer says:—“The in¬ 
creased duty on coffee in the Zollvercin has 
caused the German housekeepers to take 
into their serious consideration whether no 
means could lie devised for avoiding the 
augmented outlay without submitting to a 
corresponding deterioration in the quality 
of their favorite beverage. It is now ascer¬ 
tained that, in almost all the private houses 
and public coffee-houses the roasted coffee 
berries are ground in a very ineffectual man¬ 
ner, leaving large, coarse lumps; but that, if 
ground finely, one-half the quantity is re¬ 
quired to make equally good coffee, and if 
pomuled in a mortar till reduced to an Im¬ 
palpable powder like flour, as practiced in 
Turkey and other Eastern countries, still 
less—only two-filths is needed. Further ex¬ 
periments went to show that the result was 
the same whether the beverage be prepared 
by simply pouring boiling water over the 
coffee and letting it stand a short time to 
draw, like tea, or if the infusion be allowed 
to boil tip once or twice, orthocoffee simply 
filtrated. But. it was abundantly proved 
that by the last-named mode of proceeding, 
though the strength of the coffee remained 
the same, the aroma was preserved to a 
much greater extent than by either of the 
other methods.” 
A New Way to Dry Peaches. 
Dr. Joseph Treat, of Vineland, N. J., 
gives the following, and as he says, new di¬ 
rections for preparing peaches for drying : 
“ Never pare peaches to dry. Let them get 
mellow enough to be in good eating condi¬ 
tion, put them in boiling water for a moment 
or two, and the skins will come off like a 
charm. Let them be In the water long 
enough, but no longer. The gain is at least 
sixfold—saving of tiinein removing the skin, 
great saving of the peach, the part of the 
peach saved is the best part, less time to 
stone the peaches, less t ime to dry them, and 
belter when dried. A whole bushel can he 
done in a boiler at once, and then tlm water 
turned off. This very morning we had over 
two bushels skinned, stbued,(halved,) and on 
the boards, long before a quarter of them 
could even have been peeled." — Practical 
Farmer. 
Pickling Green Corn. 
Tuts is a much cheaper method, says the 
Rural World, of preparing corn to he used 
in winter in a fresh state, than that of can¬ 
ning it,:—When the corn is a little past the 
tenderest roasting ear state, pull it; take off 
one thickness of the husk, tie the rest of the 
liuslc down at the silk end in a close and 
tight maimer ; place them in a clean cask or 
barrel compactly together, aud put on brine 
to cover the game of about two-thirds ihc 
strength of meat pickle. When ready to 
use in winter, soak in cold water over night, 
and if this does not appear sufficient, change 
the water and freshen still more. We have 
used corn prepared in this way for two sea¬ 
sons, and it is excellent, very much resem¬ 
bling the fresh article from the stalk. 
Grape G'ninnp. 
Grape catsup is a new condiment, said to 
be just the thing, and here is the recipe given 
by an exchange:—“Take five pounds of 
grapes, boiled and cullemlered, two and a- 
half pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, one 
tablespoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, all¬ 
spice and pepper, and half a tablespoonful of 
salt. Boil until the catsup is a little thick.” 
To Make Hi-unily Peaches. 
A writer in the Germantown Telegraph 
says:—“Pare them with a knife as thin as 
possible, then throw them in cold water; 
make the sirup, putting four pounds of sugar 
to five pounds of the fruit; when done suffi¬ 
ciently, take them out, and boil the sirup tip 
once 'or twice and pour it, with an equal 
quantity of white brandy, over the peaches.” 
fttobrs anb 
aimers. 
FALL FASHIONS. 
BY MINTWOOD. 
Costly Dresses. 
Poor Eugenie 1 
Those two little words have been sticking 
iu my heart like a dagger, during all these 
horrid days in Fiance, until at last the love¬ 
liest, fairest and most gracious creature that 
ever queened it on a throne, has been forced 
to make a busty and ignoble flight from the 
land she so adored, and be ouly “ Poor Eu¬ 
genie.” What a rare vision of feminine 
beauty ami grace lias she been to the civil- 
ed world, for these many years! How we 
all loved to read of her elegant toilettes, the 
charm of her manner, her kindness to the 
poor, her pretty speeches—and now, who 
“ lias a soul so dead ” as not to feel sad at 
her fate ? 
Perhaps you think now that France is like 
a graveyard, and the Queen of Fashion de¬ 
throned, that we shall have no new fashions 
any more, while the truth is, we always bad 
more new designs from Berlin than Paris. 
Moreover, we are such dash-ahead people, 
that we manufacture our own designs, ami 
hundreds of New York women dress like 
Princesses, Only fifty limes finer, aud the 
dresses gotten up in the great Merchant 
Prince’s kingdoms here, are enough to turn 
one’s head, as they did mine to-day, and to 
get it. right again, you must be told about 
them, although you cau never dream of hav¬ 
ing one, for the cheapest one costs $400, ami 
the dearest, $ 1 , 200 . Every one is the work 
of a man, a handsome foreigner from the 
Court of St. Petersburg, who, being a true 
artist, draws pictures of pretty and astound¬ 
ing costumes, and then makes real dresses 
like them. For this reason, the opening at 
McC KERRY & Co.’s, on Broadway, was sur¬ 
passingly magnificent. 
The carriage, reception and evening 
dresses were made with immense trains, sev¬ 
eral with court trains, and all with the front 
widths greatly trimmed. A gray silk was 
trimmed with deep, crimped black fringe 
headed with broad, white guipure lace, 
under the same pattern in black, while above 
this was a broad band of trimming made of 
ostrich plumes, which cost from $5 to $10 
per yard. A flume-colored silk was open 
down the front with the two front, widths 
cut in deep points, looped high on the hips 
with white lillies. The train was pinked in 
points, beaded with bows of flame and bor- 
dored with broad pointe (Vapplique. The 
“sash,” a hunch of white lillies with trails 
of leaves. The petticoat, of white grenadine 
tulle, was flounced and puffed and given 
form and substance by occasional gleams of 
flame satin. A mauve silk, had a flounce 
across the front of white lace, beaded with a 
broad border of double violets, pink roses and 
while ostrich plumes. A large bow at the 
back, with three long ends of mauve silk and 
black satin, was piled with violets, roses and 
plumes. A woman remarked that “ When 
a man makes a dress, he spares no trim¬ 
ming.” An elegant black silk, which was 
marked at $900, was trimmed with deep 
cliantilly lace, satin, tulle ruches and gimp 
and jet fringes. Fine cut jet will be consid¬ 
erably used on black dresses and hats. By 
jet is not meant the ugly cast heads of black 
that women used to buy for trimming. A 
dress of Alexandrine blue silk had a long un- 
t,rimmed train. The open front tunic, turned 
hack in rnw, had immense perpendicular 
puffs in the back with a band of sable be¬ 
tween each puff. The sable, combined with 
black lace and passementerie gimp, bordered 
the tunic and trimmed the skirt front 
in apron fashion. The $1,200 dress was of 
black Lyons velvet, yellow satin and point 
lace. None of the waists of the dresses 
are made until the dresses are sold. For 
evening, pointed bodices are mostly worn 
with low corsage and short sleeves. Car¬ 
riages dresses are made with round bodices, 
square or pointed throats, and with large 
flowing oversleeves. 
Wraps. 
Very handsome wraps in velvet, plush, 
and cloths were shown. The short basque 
and sacque, open from the bottom to the 
waist, with turn back ( revere ) collar, were 
the prevailing style. White heaver, cordu¬ 
roy, felt and other light goods were trimmed 
with velvet in black, blue, lucifer, and shades 
of rich brown. Broad cuffs and collars of 
velvet, and fastened with loops and buttons. 
The velvet basques were trimmed with gui¬ 
pure lace and gimp. Very pretty 
Even I uc Jackets 
were sleeveless, short, with round fronts, 
seams on shoulders and under each arm, 
made of quilted white silk or satin, bordered 
with white swan’s down. 
A Hindi Silk Walking Suit 
was shown, made with high, round waist, 
long, full oversleeves, overcoat sleeves; the 
skirt bordered with a deep flounce, deeper 
at the sides, the bottom pinked in points, 
the top headed with guipure and small bows 
of silk; the overskirt entire in front, of 
apron length, Increased In depth in the back, 
reaching nearly to the bottom of the dress, 
and looped high on the hips ; the bottom of 
overskirt finished with a narrower flounce 
or frill to correspond with the bottom; be¬ 
tween each bow of silk drops a pendant of 
gimp and jet; a deep-pointed peplum is 
worn over this. 
DrcHH Goods. 
To come down to things possessable: In 
dress goods there are two shades of green 
diamond Armitr cloth, three-quarters wide, 
at seventy-five cents, to be trimmed with 
velvet to match, or of black. All wool 
serges, two shades of navy blue, or purple, 
of brown, at seventy-five cents; trimmed 
ditto. French mohairs, m four shades of 
grays, at seventy-five cents, to be trimmed 
with frills of the same, with black velvet or 
braid set between tbe frills. French change¬ 
able poplins—Lisle thread and wool—very 
stylish, at. fifty cents. Trim with flounces, 
headed with plaitedruchingof same. Mixed 
goods in blue, green, brown and gray with 
white, at fifty cents. Batin-faced stripes of 
of green, blue, purple and gold, alternating 
with black, at fifty cents, arc stylish for 
stout persons. They are trimmed with 
bands of the same, cut. on the bias. All 
wool velours from $1.25 to $1,75 per yard, 
three-quarters wide, and in all the varieties 
of immense Scotch plaids. To be trimmed 
with black velvet, or tbe goods cut on the 
bias. Satin-faced plaids— satin dn chenc — 
$1.50 per yard, is particularly handsome for 
misses and children, Scotch plaids, all wool, 
six-fourths wide, at $2.25 per yard, are 
superb. The same goods in crepe finish, at 
$5 per yard, are auperber. From five to eight, 
yards make a full suit. These are tbe rich¬ 
est and most fashionable of all the Scotch 
plaids. A wash poplin, in bright plaids, is 
much used for children. It costs from fifty 
cents to $1. Tlie most fashionable combina¬ 
tion of colors for adults are green with blue, 
purple with black, green with black, and 
blue with black. Black and white plaids 
are not fashionable, ns has been slated. 
Many of these plaid suits are trimmed with 
the same, with the goods fringed out on the 
edges. It forms ft very graceful finish. 
To make a “ point,” there is no decided 
change in fashion. Flounces arc as much 
used n 8 ever. Overskirts are mostly long, 
open, or whole In front. Short sacqucs and 
basques are worn. Sashes of ribbon encircle 
tbe waist. Brctelles, pompadour waists, 
pointed throats, flowing sleeves are en vogue. 
Short women discard overskirts. 
Sbnwl Continues 
are flooding the market. They are made of 
shawls, or ladies cloth, and are “ horrid.” 
Purchase one at no price, and don’t execute 
the folly of spoiling your own shawl to make 
one. You will recognize the article at. first 
sight, without a description. The first one 
you see, you may adore; the last one will 
make your head ache. 
llutn and llonnel*. 
The latter are larger and of the Gipsy 
shape. A very stylish one was of black vel¬ 
vet, with pea-green plume and trimmings of 
pea-green velvet and satin. Hats are of the 
turban, and rolled-brim style, high, at all 
events, and piled with plumes, roses and 
bows. Ties are used on hats, if one wishes, 
tied under the chin, at one side, or at the 
back of the head. 
AiiMwei'a to Correspondents. 
II.—Make your lavender Irish poplin short, 
if you Avish to enjoy wearing it. Trim the 
bottom with a bias flounce, beaded with lav¬ 
ender velvet an inch wide, above which 
place two or three standing ruffles, or a 
marquise puff, which is formed hy laying the 
edges of a bias piece in reverse plaits. Trim 
the tunic and short, sacque, or basque, with 
narrower trimming to match. Make the 
outside sleeve large and flowing. Trim the 
waist a la pompadour, and line the square 
with velvet. Sash, and cuffs of sleeves, of 
velvet. Buy the velvet by the yard, and cut 
It on the bias. Match it a shade darker, and 
have gloves to match the velvet. Hat with 
plume to match, and rose neck-tie. 
A Subsuiber, Marion, O. — Dress your 
“ six-months-old ” according to fashions giv¬ 
en for infants’wardrobe, in Rural New 
Yorker of August 20. When short dresses 
supersede the long clothes, cut them gahri- 
ella shape, high neck and sleeves. 
Lizzie. — Your black alpaca will do well 
as it is. If you wish it more stylish, make 
the back of the basque tight-fitting, add 
flowing oversleeves, revere collar of black 
velvet, with two or three bands of velvet, 
above the fluting on the skirt. Fluting is 
always pretty, but if you don’t like it press 
it down into aide plaiting. 
Kittie. — English calico wears longer 
than the American, and costs more. The 
“prettiest way” to make u calico dress for 
“afternoon wear” is short, with a gathered 
bias flounce on the bottom, beaded with two 
ruffles; Garibaldi waist, with ruffle running 
over the top of the sleeves and forming a 
square or pointed yoke in front; Coat sleeves, 
with ruffle at the wrist and running up the 
outside seam to the shoulder; a block silk 
apron fastened with broad bow at the back; 
linen collar and cuffs; ribbon at throat and 
in the hair to match your style of beauty. If 
you have light hair* do not for a moment 
fancy that ribbons of any of the shades of 
red are becoming. 
C. Me. C., Newfane.—If you will take the 
trouble to measure the skirt, waist, etc., of 
your “ black seeded silk,” you can make a 
sure estimate of the amount of black satin 
you will need for trimming. Bias bands 
three-quarters of an inch wide, alter the 
edges are turned under, forms an agreeable 
width. Trim tiie bottom with three rows, 
as you suggest, but not simulate an over¬ 
skirt. The linen-back satin is best for your 
trimming. If you add velvet to the ruffle 
trimming of your brown silk, let it be of the 
shade of the silk, and not black. You might 
put on the ruffles ft distance above each 
other with the velvet between. A 11 over¬ 
skirt may be simulated quite effect,unlly, if 
bordered with a ruffle, frill, fringe or plaiting. 
The gray sacque you suggest, with cape 
and hood, would hardly be suitable tor 
church. Neatly fitting basques, of good ma¬ 
terial, scorn never to be out of fashion, and 
are always stylish, if one lias a passably 
good figure. BUuavIs are always worn, but 
few women weal* them well. Those in style 
11 ur fall are in stripes and plaids, and very 
pret ty ones may be had for six dollars. Short 
sacqucs Avill continue to be worn. Light 
goods—white toll or beaver—trimmed with 
black, blue, or violet, Avith white pearl but¬ 
tons, are stylish, and then they can be made 
“over for the children.” 
Timfific anb ftsrfnl. 
PREPARING SMOKING TOBACCO. 
BY HENRY T. HARRIS. 
As many persons are addicted to the un¬ 
healthy and unclean lmbit of smoking to¬ 
bacco,'it may not be improper for me to tell 
those who thus use the “filthy weed” in 
this form, how they may prepare their own 
smoking tobacco in a. way which will render 
it, far less deleterious to their health, more 
pleasant, better, and more agreeable to the 
taste, and cheaper than much of the vile 
stuff whigh is palmed off upon the smoking 
community. It is well known that the re¬ 
fuse of tobacco factories — the scraps, odds 
and ends — including the stems and small 
fibres of leaves, are ground or cut up into 
one heterogeneous mass, pressed into papers 
and boxes, and sold as “smoking tobacco” 
under various high-sounding, tempting and 
deceptive names, such as “ Killickinick,” 
“ Smokers’ Joy," “ Golden Leaf,” “ Minne¬ 
haha,” &c. 
Now, i happen to know how these things 
arc fixed up, as I was, for a number of years, 
living near one of these factories, and .speak 
from personal observation. I declare to you, 
smokers, that if you could see what. I have 
seen, you would be very cautious Ijoav you 
indulge your false appetite of smoking, and 
would utterly refuse to smoke alniosL any 
unknown or untried “brand” of smoking 
tobacco. 1 assert here, that ground stems of 
tobacco leaves, are wholly unfit for smoking 
and are positively injurious. 
Every well-informed person knows that 
tobacco contains a large amount nf saltpeter, 
which is extracted from the salts of the 
earth in process of its growth, and which 
salt is more readily absorbed by that plant 
than almost any other. Tou have probably 
observed the burning of tobacco stems when 
thrown into the fire, or the crackling of 
ground-stem smoking tobacco in your pipe, 
appearing like the burning of powder when 
thrown into the fire. It (lashes like wet 
powder. This is saltpeter—of which gun¬ 
powder is made. Now, this salt, is delete¬ 
rious to health—often, loo, causing sore 
mouth, of Avhieli persons who chew tobacco, 
and those who smoke it, frequently com¬ 
plain. Tbe oil of tobacco, however, com¬ 
monly called “nicotine,” is more deleterious 
still. 
I propose In the following to tell you how 
to destroy much of these two component 
elements’of tobacco, and thus render the 
“ weed ” far less deleterious to health, less of¬ 
fensive to the “habitue” and to those in whose 
presence smoking is done. First, then, pro¬ 
cure some of tbe oldest, lightest, leaf tobacco 
you cun, and immerse itin a tub or other vessel 
that will hold water ; put on a weight to keep 
it under the water, and let. it remain twenty- 
four hours if you want it very weak, or 
twelve hours if you prefer it moderately 
strong. At the end of this lime take it nut 
and squeeze out all the water you can with 
your bands; spread tbe leaves open and 
hang them iu the shade to dry perfectly. 
Alter which lie the leaves together in conve¬ 
nient bunches and lay them aside For use. 
This soaking destroys the saltpeter and 
nicotine almost, entirely, and you have left 
the quintessence of the plant. Try it if you 
would have delightfully fragrant, pleasant 
smoking tobacco. 
The cigar makers who prepare them in 
this Avay cull their cigars “ half-Spanish;” 
and indeed you can scarcely tell them from 
the best brands of pure Havana cigars. Be¬ 
sides this, your tobacco, thus soaked and 
dried, Avill never become damp again in 
moist weather, but will lie dry and ready for 
smoking at all times. Tbe reason is, il.at 
the saltpeter has been soaked out. Un¬ 
soaked tobacco is a tolerably lair barometer; 
for if it suddenly becomes damp yon may 
look out for rain, as the saltpeter contained 
in it is highly sensitive to dampness, and 
will indicate its presence in the atmosphere 
as above stated. 
A fair substitute for tobacco can be made 
by gathering dry leaves—especially of the 
poke weed (which contains nicotine and 
other properties common to the tobacco 
plant,) oak leaves, and chestnut, and sprink¬ 
ling them with a solution of soft water and 
saltpeter; and we have heard that these 
have been mixed with tobacco in large 
quantities, cut up with it, mixed in papers, 
and sold largely as genuine tobacco. We 
presume, too, that it is no more deleterious 
to the health. 
