Dissolve the washing soda in the hot water, add the chlorinated lime, and heat to the boiling point. When cool decant and cork tightly. This is sprinkled over the tobacco.--From _American Druggist_, Vol. 83, p. 328. Specks are sometimes caused by fluids used to destroy insects which attack the cigar after manufacture. TOBACCO FLAVORING ESSENCES In the chapter treating of the manufacture of smoking and chewing tobacco it was stated that the tobacco leaf was often treated by certain flavoring essences. The following are quoted as examples of such essences: Cascarilla Bark--1 ounce. Fluid Extract Valerian--1 ounce. Tonka Bean--2 drams. English Rum--3 ounces. --From _Pharmaceutical Era_, V. 21, 1899, p. 252. The following essences are said to be used in France and Germany: (1) For every 1,000 kilos. of tobacco take 4 kilos. of purified potash; 5 kilos. table salt; 10 kilos. canella water; 10 kilos. rose water; 5 kilos. melilotte water; 2.8 grams tonka bean; pulverized. Color the whole with 4 grams English red. Add when the tobacco is cut up. (2) 12 kilos. soda; 4 kilos. salts of tartar; 10 kilos. canella water; 10 kilos. rose water; 5 kilos. melilotte water; 2.8 grams tonka bean; 4 kilos. simple syrup; 5 kilos. French brandy; 6 kilos. red sandal wood.--From _Pharmaceutical Era_, V. 24, p. 67. CIGAR FLAVORS Although the best cigars are made from the natural leaf and depend solely on its flavor and aroma, in the inferior article manufacturers sometimes resort to flavoring fluids. The following examples of cigar flavoring fluid formulae are taken from the _Pharmaceutical Era_, V. 24, p. 455: _Formula 1._ Extr. Vanilla--1/2 gal. Alcohol and Jamaica Rum,--each, 1/2 gal. Tinct. Valerian--8 ounces. Carraway Seed--2 ounces. English Valerian Root--2 ounces. Bitter Orange Peel--2 ounces. Tonka Bean--4 drams. Myrrh--16 ounces. _Formula 2._ Valerianic Acid--3 drams. Acetic Ether--40 minims. Butyric Ether--10 minims. Alcohol--4 pints. _Formula 3._ Fluid Extr. Valerian--1 ounce. Tinct. Tonka Bean--8 ounces. Alcohol--enough to make 16 ounces. FORMULA TO IMPROVE THE BURNING QUALITIES OF TOBACCO 2 lbs. of Saltpeter. Half gallon of Alcohol (100% proof). 1 gallon Port Wine. 9 gallons Lukewarm Water. Mix these ingredients thoroughly together, and add to every 100 lbs. weight of tobacco. OVERCOMING DESIRE FOR TOBACCO (From _The American Druggist_, V. 51, 1908.) Kalometzer (Bulletin Medical, 1907) states that rinsing mouth with solution of silver nitrate (1/4 of 1% strength) will overcome the desire. PREVENTING INJURIOUS ACTION OF NICOTINE