To the Editor of the "Norra-Curna Dairy News."
Sir,—From the data, supplied by "8." it is difficult to guess the source whence the moisture in his Pipes emanates. Hiis patent pipe cleaners will indicate from which end of the stem it originates, If, after use, the cleaners are foul with oily carbonates, then the probable cause of the difficulty is that he is using a highly "sauced' tobacco in too damp condition. A superstition exists among pipe smokers that their tobacco must be always moist. We see tobacco jars with "humid difying" attachments, Damp tobacce is much less easy to draw. Consequently the section attracts the moisture from the wrong end. Cigarette smokers, nowadays, in the aggregate, consume a greater quantity of tobacco, yet it is practically dry by the time it is to be smoked. I have found it better to use my pipe tobacco only after having dried it out, in the sun, under the blotting paper, (never by a fire). If it is hot inthe use then the pipe has too small a bore. To remove all foulness from a pipe he need only dio his cleaner in spirits of wine, and use pipe next day, after taste has quite evaporated.
Empiric solution suggested:—Use only dry tobacco, I am, ete, CaLuMer.
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