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Show ABOUT TOBACCiO. WlW-onoujn) finuffn are always nllowod to ferment after prlndlnp, and various perfumes and essences arc then added to fjivc the debired llavor. Tin: Compauia General, of Manilla, cm ploy b 10,000 hands and turnB out overy year 80,000,000 cigars, 400,000,000 cigarette and 2,500 tons of cut tobacco. to-bacco. Tonxcco has tljo power of relaxing Cho muscular system to a marked degree, de-gree, and advantage has been taken of this property, both in medicine- und surgery. "Ghkkn tobacco," tho Nlcotiana Rustica, will come to maturity in almost al-most any climate, It docs well even iu Canada, Sweden, Norway and North Russia. The valley of tho Connecticut river produces a tobacco leaf so line und silky tlmt it is often exported to Cuba and other countries to ubc us u wrapper. |