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y a to atrying.nbs,to lted mix . If lit— ing, and ak-ofsast:ingWORSE WEEDS THAN TOBACCO.of un-h a ire, md iiy set. 2 idd • dofto-inid©at.•lit'oldry,iar a aset31*0okch1132The Demlly SubslHtifcB Which are ShioUwI , , \ In Rural KiiicIimmI.Tobacco is not the only*' weed that* is smoked In Britain—not by a long way, says a .writer, in the» English weekly. Answers. There is no need lojjo to the Far East to. ferret outr weird and poisonous smoking habits; they lie all around us. , : ,In Somerset and tho southwest!.counties a ' great many persons .smoko a concoction culled “sundew. It is not a new lad, but has been in use .for three hundred .years; there. Sundew is /u mixture of sun -dried) beet leaves, parsley and peppermint—a very, little of the latter. .It is nob a . very harmful mixture, though.it conduces to considerable drowsiness, and is anything but good . 'for the teeth. ^ You may notice in tho western counties a good many persons avith browned or blackened teeth; it is the. result of sundew.,smoking. The stuff* is not pleasant, to a stranger, for it is very hot and choky and takes a great deal of getting used to.,e-toofSundew is often ; homo made, and most of the country people! are experts' at making, it. .They sot apart a week in' July for the sundew! harvest, and it is always dried and mixed by women. However, there are three regular sundew factories in Somerset, where bushels of the mixture are turned out. Itcan be bought for from two-pence tothreepence per ''ounce, accordiug to.. - . - •quality. , , *- •Going a little further north to Gloucestershire and Midwales, you will utrikei .A MUCH WORSE. HABIT. I -The peoplo there — town and country alike — are much given to exiioking “glissop. Gliskop is sort, of dry mash of hemlock leaved — the young shoots that grow m spring — burdock and ground cliick beans. This can also bo bought at some shops, though mo3t of it is home made. When bought it fetches four pence an ounce. This stuff is smoked in short wooden pipes with very small • bowls, and- is really disastrous in its effects. Liko sundew, it needs practice to get used to, but is much pleasanter to the palate than that- compound. Its first effect on a smoker is loss of memory and this increases till the* smoker,ailter six months of the habit, is quite unfitted for any., profession that requires much thought. * The eyesight soon becomes affected by constant and excessive indulgence in the habit, which takes hold of a man like rnorpko-mania and is almost incurable.,/Even small children may be seen smoking glissop, though but for .• the ships of tho pipe employed a stranger would not know that . they were not smoking tobacco, unless he were' very clone. The smell of smoke however, induces a tickling of the nostrils and a sort of giddiness, which .is quite unmistakable. nTobacco is far les*? injurious, even when indulged in'to excess, than this XJoisonous compound. Although it is dearer than. ordinary “shag tobacco, tho poorest people who am addicted to it always get it instead. They say they cannot taste or smell even the strongest tobacco any rnoro Hum if it were mist.Various good people of the districts, feeling distressed at the ill effects of tho bud habit undALARMED AT ITS PREVALENCE, have started regular crusades against it, holding meetings in llic* streets and trying to get habiluuls to sign a sort of pledge never to touch glissop again. It has a stronger hold thun even drink, however.'But of all tho poisonous compounds smoked in that country, “pennyleaf takes the lead by a long head. It, is unoLlicr mixturo — all those ghastly stuffs are mixtures—and is chiefly composed of marigold leaf, dock and «l venomous plant called “Durham gloss, that grows in damp* places in woods. This compound is smoked in short clays, and a confirmed smoker will got Lhrough a couple of ounces a day. Its cheapness recommends it, and no person who has smoked much of It cares for tobacco. It can be bought for a penny an ounce from thoie who make a special business of its manufacture. and sale, or can. less easily, bo made at home. Most of it is bought, however, and it is chiefly used by the countless factory hands of the Black Country and Lancashire. Thousands of bu-Jicls of it arc smoked every year. It weakens tho jaw'bones first, and after-, ward ihe eyesight becomes affected. But, most of • all, it operates on tho heart just as cigarette smoking does.ictinWitiopuuncieancerbetedthlt;oldwl)fcetfreveithoorthrotbanlt;necorDubeianlt;SIV(SU*3throiiiklftIfkeffc'iVCthoaremcjusuconwitborILCIEvepic!maithe:Ip*andtoa gtestbotlandedganomentopssettgiioiputandpossmeacfcwparistillthe.rustthistirefamI 11!of sis tiwa tlt;ed stheforcunwli.acurihavtfourforhlivfcr tlentplanpen?theingandothcchin:toming.thepoui[JOUIla totthanpeteth re-memthorwithdaythe lt;thatly wandbonebediateiforlastlastdayproc*liquiwhicsatistionIf sitho
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Sandon Solcan Mining Review
Sandon, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Dec 24, 1898
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