SNUFF is a form of manufactured tobacco used very exten sively. The grinding is usually effected in mortars made of wood. Some kinds of snuff are prepared from kiln-dried tobacco while others are made from soft leaves. The varieties are numer ous, and some profess to have medicinal properties. The habit of snuff-taking is much less general than formerly, but snuff-rubbing has extended widely through the South and Southwest, and large quantities are manufactured expressly for that trade. The oils used in perfuming are quite costly and form one of the most im portant items in the manufacturers' bills of expense They vary in price from two to three dollars to over a hundred dollars per pound. Oil of roses, which is used in scenting many kinds of snuff, and which is a great favorite with snuff-takers, costs the manufacturers from five to eight dollars per ounce. Great quan tities of oil of lemon, bergamot, and tonka beans are consumed annually in snuff mills. The tonka bean appears to be in special
demand, and many old gentlemen and ladies can be found carry ing one or two of them around in their snuff-boxes which they have possessed for years. The olfactories of snuff-takers are very sensitive to perfumes, and many manufacturers find it quite diffi cult to cater successfully to their tastes. The coarse rappee snuff is usually put up without being scented. After the snuff has been scented it is packed in jars, bladders, or foil, and stamped with the government internal revenue stamp. Yellow or Scotch snuff, as it is usually called, previous to being packed, is "scotched" upon iron racks before open fires. This kind of snuff is always packed in bladders previously prepared with a great deal of care.