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Evening Star, Issue 3126, 25 February 1873, Page 3

Some one has defined polite society as being a place where manners pass for too much, and morals for too little. Adultekatio-n of Tobacco. —Almost even body knows that tobacco, like all excisable articles, is often more or less acinite'atcd, but smoke rs may be somewhat surprised to hear of the extent to which this is carried in England. Out of 432 samples collected by the Excise Department, and carefully tested, 312 were found to bo adulterated, the adulterating substances being wheat and rice starches, sugar, liquorice, lamp black, catechu, and various coloring matters. The adulteration by means of sugar and liquorice will scarcely be believed, as it is reported up to 40 per cent, of the former, and -5 per cent, of the latter ! How many smokers would imagine that their tobacco was one-balf. at least, sugar and liquorice? It is notable that the samples adulterated wrh sugar and liquorice were nearly all Cavendish. Turkish tobicco appears to be generally the most genuine article sold.