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TA ™’ Wi '^nlProp, i etor.
VOLUME IV.
Railroads,
Chickasaw Route,
MEMPHIS A CHARLESTON R R.
TWO P4SSENGFB TRAINS DAILY
TO
memhals tenn.
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f ‘ Scotfsbo-o in^- am 2 45 P 111
" Hunlsvd'e 90- arn 022 P ™
’ Decatur P m 11 55 p m
“ Florence i9m P ™ 100al
" Grand Junction "-97 P 5 21a m J
Arr Mem P .':."9 3o?S:::::.9 4 5 5 am
Close connection is made at Memohis
with .he Memphis & Little Rock
Railroad for all points in
ARKANSAS AND TEXAS
ZfS;
Tlirimgh PsssMger Coaeiies anil Unerase
Cars from
CHATTANOOGA to LITTLE ROOK
Without Change.
No Other Line Offers these I
■" dvantages.
aer-fiMIGR ANT TICKETS NOW SELLING AT
the lowest rates.
For further information call on o*
writ* to j. m. SUTTON
P. O. Box 224 Agt,) I
Alia Greet Mira R’yl
Time Card,
flaking efftct January 15th, 1832.
SOUTH BOUND. i
No. 1. Mail
Chattanooga..
Wan ha to*-' Depart
! cirri’ 1 M 8 2?
I -m _IJ ffo 8 41
t "Organville B£9 to 900
Tr*-olor. 11 ,i v o tv
Rising Fawn 037 do 938
Attalla 12 20 do 12 35
Birminehaiu 255 do 301
Tuscaloosa 523 do 525
Meridian .TO 00 do
Charles B. Wallace, H. Collbran.
Superintendent. Gen’l Pass. Ag’t.
NasiTillc. Cliattan'oia & St. Louis R'j.
A BEAD Ob’ ALL COMPETITORS.
B US IN ESS M KN t TOU RI3TS. p r m r u n r n
EMIGRANTS, FA MI LI MS, II L. !?l LIfID Lli
The R(*i Kontp to Louisville, Cincinnati, Indi
arapoiis, Chicaeo, and tbe North, is % in Nash
ville.
Tin* f?o>! llo.Je to S. Louis and the West is
% in McKenzie.
The Vtet IL ir** to West Tenn a ssee and Ken*
tuckv. !\1 issisH'pi, Arkansas and Texas joints if*
vhi .Helieiizie.
DON’T FORGET IT.
—B j this IJne you secure the—
MAXIMUM < <>mlor. Satisfaction
MINIMUM of E*!****"*. Anxiety,
minimum Bother, Fatigue.
Be sure to buy your tickets over tne
N. C. & St. L. R’y.
THE INEXPERIENCED TRAV
ELER need not eo amiss; tew changes
a-e necessary, and such as ase unavoida.
ble are made in Union Depots.
Through Sleepers
RETWEEN —
Atlanta and Nashville, Atlanta and Lou
isville,, Nashville and St. Louis, via Cc
lumhus. Nashville and Louisville, Nash
ville and Memphis Martin an3 St. Louip,
Union City nnd St. Louis, McKei zieamt
Litde Rock, where con"'ction is made
with Through Sleepers to all Texas p onts.
Call on or address
A. B. Wrenn. Atlanta, Ga.
J. H. Peebles, T. A. Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. T. Rogers, P. A. Chatanooga, Tear.
W. L. Danley, G. P. and T. A.,
Nashville, Tenu.
Rising Fawn Lodge, No. 293, meets
first and third Saturday night* of each
month. ,T. W Russey, W. M.
S. H. Thurman, Sec’ty.
Trenton Lodge, No. 179, meets once a
a month cn Friday L night, on or before
the full moon.
W. U. Jacoway, W. M.
G. M. Crabtree, Sec’ty.
Trenton Chapter No. 60, R. A. M.,
meets on the third Wednesday night of
each month,
M. A. B. Tatum. H. P.
W. U. Jacoway, Sec’ty.
Court of Ordinary meet3on first Mon
day of each month.
G. M. Crabtree Ordinary.
S. H; Thurman, Circuit Court Clerk
P. P- Mejo's, Sheriff,
Joseph Coleman, Tax Receiver,
D. E. Tatum, Tax Collector,
Joseph K e , Coroner,
Wm. Mora- n, Surveyor.
TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Arabi Rey and his adherents have
been proclaimed rebels by the Sultan of
1 urkey.
It will be remembered that Yennor
said we would have “a year without a
summer.”
Texas will have 50,000,000 bushels of
! com to Bell this year. Last year the
State had to import.
Potatoes nro being offered in Illinois
for twenty-five cents a bushel for fat
delivery, with no takers.
Mr. Gladstone looks upon De Leu
seps as a private individual, but De Les
sejis doesu t, not by anv means.
I More than four times the average an
nual destruction of life by lightning has
already occurred in the United States
this season.
George Scoville profioses to com
mence action in court against Dr. Hicks
for the possession of what there is of
Guiteau’s body.
The Denver Tribune invites the Malley
boys to include Denver in their summer
jaunt. It significantly adds that there
are several trees with convenient limbs,
close to town.
At the Indian agency, Pi ne Ridge,
Dakota, the Indians offer a reward of
*SO for the apprehension of any person
who sells, trades, or gives to any Indian
J or half-breed intoxicating liquors.
1 iie Detroit Free Press figures up that
there have been 167 deaths from tetanus
this year, caused by the toy pistol, and
suggests that next Fourth of July arse
nic be used as a less fatal substitute.
A cotemporary thoughtfully observes
that “each place thinks its own river
and harbor appropriation all right, but
that in other places it is a steal. ” So it
ee^^nefif.
dli __
Eleven schoolboys in Geneseo walked
to Niagara Falls, August 4, 1832, and
agreed to meet there again, if living, in
fifty years. Seven of, them kept the
promise, coming with their wives and
children on the 4th just past.
The Trustees of the Loveland Camp
meeting have decided to sell the Har
rison cottage in dispute and to give the
Rev. Harrison S2OO of the proceeds. Of
course, this is in addition to the SIOO a
week he received for his services.
The extensive Avar preparations in
Russia evidently has some significance.
If it detracts the attention of Nihilists
from the Czar, there will be a probabil
ity of the coronation taking place. The
Czar no doubt looks upon the project
with favor.
A Western paper, apologizing for
Mormon polygamy, thoughtfully re
marks that the system does not throw
the burden of supporting a husband
upon one woman. That is the best ar
gument that has been advanced in favor
of polygamy.
Texas, which is said to have 590,000
acres of school laud, rapidly appreciat
ing in value, and worth probably SIOO,-
000,000, is expected to have in tbe not
distant future a school fund of $250,000,-
000, a sum greater than the combined
school fund of all the States.
The floral business is one of the best,
most prosperous and most rapidly in
creasing of any in the country. In New
York $10,000,000 is now expended for
flowers annually, and as much as $5
given for a single rosebud. The town
has gone flower mad, and no one can eat
or dance or marry or die vitliout a
shower of flowers, and this craze is
spreading. _
A writer for tlie New York Herald
was talking with a few felloiv journalists
the other day, and said: “Not long ago
Mr. Connery, our managing editor, Avas
summoned as a witness in court. Mr.
Bennett called him and said: ‘You will
be asked wliat position you occupy here.
Say that you are a clerk. I am the edi
tor of the Herald, and the only editor.
The members of the Garibaldi family
have erected over the tomb of the Gen
eral a large granite monolith, weighing
four tons. The tomb is watched day
and night. The decision as to the final
resting place is left to Parliament, which
inclines to the Janiculum. Dur:i% the
first few days after the death of Gari
baldi, 12,900 telegrams reached tlie
family. r _
A failure to obey the scriptural in
junction, “ Obey your husbands,” bud a
sail ending in Chicago. Paul Tollner
took his young wife to one side, in then
home, and calmly inquired : “ Will you
obey me after this?” The wife replied
evasively, whereupon he shot her deal,
and then stepping into an adjoining
room, shot himself through the heart.
Msi.M‘ I AWN. DADE COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, At GUST 17, 1882.
Fai bftil to the Right, Fearless Against Wrens-."
They had been married two years and
had one child.
Advices from Sagun, Cuba, report
the destruction < f the corn crop, owin"
to he extreme drouth. The President
of the Central Board of Agriculture of
tlio Republic of Columbia, writes the
Captain General, warning him to take
effective measures to prevent the larvre
mid locusts devastating that Republic
from being introduced into Cuba by
vessels carrying cattle to the Island It
is recommended that cattle on vessels be
fed with hay only. It is thought that
the locusts will soon invade the United
‘States after reaching Cuba.
The jury who acquitted the Malley
boys and Blanche Douglass of the mur
der of Jennie Cramer, held a grand re
union the other day, visiting Savin
Bock, where the girl's dead body was
found, and other scenes. The re-union
was marked with hilarity and story tell
ing. Meantime, Blanche Douglass is
* 1 joying herself with fashionable people
at watering places, where she was seen
by one of the jurors, who related to his
fellow jurors the attention she was at
tracting, and how supremely happy she
seemed to be. New Haven people are
peculiar.
A olance at the naval register shows
that with a total force of 12,000 men,
including marines, we have twelve Rear
Admirals, twenty-two Commodores,
[ sixty Captains, 110 Commanders, 315
Lieutenants, 180 Masters, 400 Ensigns,
while the Naval Academy is prepared
to add from year to year largely to the
number of the latter. This is certainlv
a large enough staff of officers to com
mand as great a navy as we shall pos
sibly ever need, and it is quite natural
that a movement, such as that recently
inaugurated by Senator Miller.,_of Cali-
fornia, should be . 10e
the number nf off r * "‘ do 0 r< y
some to make it in
, asure proportionate to the
of seamen and marines.
■| Of all the English correspondents at
Alexandria, it is to be said that they
ha te shared the perils they have de
scribed. Afloat they have shown them
selves ready to face shot and shell, and
ashore the knives of Arabi’s assassins,
not to speak of mobs and explosions.
They have done their work under a cli
mate of great heat, and have done a
great deal of it. Altogether, they have
been a credit to their profession, and
the profession seems in no particular
hurry to take credit to itself or award
due measure to the brave and brilliant
men who lift journalism a step higher by
their devotion and capacity and courage.
The public looks on in wonder at the
quantity of readable matter turned out
each morning for its eager perusal.
The Library at Abbotsford.
The library is tlie handsomest apart
ment at Abbotsford. It is fifty feet in
length bv thirty in breadth, and has an
immense bay-window that affords a
charming glimpse of the l weed. Ihe
ceil inf is carved after designs from Mel
rose Abbey. There are twenty thou
sand volumes here and in the study.
The book-cases were made under Sir
Walter’s direction, by his own work
men. Sonic of them coni am rare and
curious old books and MSS. that aie
carefully guarded under lock and kev.
Here, oh the wall, is the portrait of Sir
Walter’s eldest son, who was Colonel
of the Fifteenth Hussars. He went out
to Madras in 1839, and was a very pop
ular and efficient officer; but he soon
fell a victim to the fatal climate of India
and died on the return voyage to En
gland, whither lie had been ordered on
account of his health. Here, too, is the
bust of Sir Walter at the age of forty
nine. by Chantrcy. There are chairs
exquisitely wrought, from the.Borghese
Palace at Rome, the gift of the Pope; a
silver urn upon a stand of porphyry,
from Lord Byron: and an ebony cabi
net and set of chairs presented by Km®
Geor-aIV. In a glass case, shielded
from "the touch of profane fingers, are
the purse of Rob Roy; the brooch ot his
wife; a note-book in green and gold,
once the property of Napoleon I ; and
a gold snuff-box, also given bv King
(ieorf e IV. W lien this royal 1 nend Avas
Reo-ent, he invited Scott to dine with
him in London, addressing him famil
iarly as “Walter,” and showering upon
him evidences of lbs esteem; when he
succeeded to the throne, one of the hist
acts of the kingly prerogative was to
create him a Baronet. — St. Nicholas /
Deadly Weapons.
A detective frightened a young man
nearly to death yesterday. The young
man was standing on the corner when
the detective tapped him on the shoul
der and said; “I shall have to arrest
you for carrying deadly weapons.” Ihe
voung man turned pale, and his lips
quivered, and he stammered out that he
never carried a revolver or a knife in
his life. “Yes.” said the detective,
“that may be all right, but look at
your shoes.” The young man looked
at his pointed, tooth-picked-toed shoes
and asked what was the matter with
them. Then the detective told him the
shoes were so sharp at the toes that if
lie should get mad and kick a man he
would split him wide open. Then the
detective winked, and said: “You may
o-o, his t ime, but don’t let it occur again.
Z-feck's Milwaukee Sun.
Farmers and Farm Help.
As there are “books and books*’-
meaning good and bad ones—so there
|*ro "men and men.” Some farmers
never have any trouble with their help
irnd the farm work moves as steadily
and with as little friction as clock-work*
•there arc incessantly in trouble anti
everything goes wrong. We are ac
quainted with men who are laborers by
the month or year on the farm, and who
make their employers’ interest their
°'Y n * „ T ! le y Av °rk as well when the
boss is away as when he is near
and, m everything they do, they consid
er how they would act if in their employ
er s position. There are others, also
who labor simply for the money they re
ceive; they have no interest in the work,
but listen with a keen ear for the dinner
horn and watch with eager eye for the
setting of the sun. To do'the work
somehow— not necessarily well—is the
principle which governs them.
3he farmer who is p irticular as to
wh an he employ s; who ,ms the bargain
well understood, who pavs well, pays
Willingly and pays promptly; who ap
preciates good service and fairly fulfills
his part of the agreement, need have
little fear of being troubled by his help,
r or such employ ers there is always some
011 c to oiler se vice; t such employers are
sought by “h.red men,” and in nine
cases out of ten, satisfaction is mutual.
But, unfortunately, not all employers
are thus careful as to whom they hire
or how they treat their help. They se
lect from the “rough scuff” cla-s, from
tramps and those who never have had a
steady situation, simply because they*
can hire them for twenty-five cents less
per day though, in reality, they receive
a half dollar per dav less in return for
services. The usual result is that the
farmer has to oversee all his work per
sonally, look after the implements when
not in use, go here and go there to give
instructions, and thus lose largely liis
own time which, with intelligent, in
dustr yus help, could be elsewhere more
proliti bly employed. In fact, each is
intent on getting the most possible from
the oUier, neither having the welfare of
,at heart. Such a condition of
.-' t“fnSS lthr “S reesblo t>r pro H-
bJc.
\\i are vvare that the same differ
e n c/a re liable to arise between em
plo/rs and employed in other occupa
tio# but the effects are more striking
anluore not iceable on the farm than in
th Jvork-sh °P or store where the rou
tine*? yis more easily marked and
*hi T|*>)o'. : is more mechanical in hi na-
Farm work can never
to *Bch exactness in deta : that the
workman can ] erform it satisfactorily
unless he is thoroughly interested n it,
and in hearty sympathy with his em
ployer. So much for the hired hand,
and on the otljpr hand, to keep this in
terest alive, there must be on the part
of th# employer the approval and appre
ciation of work faithfully done.
But there is something more in this
than the bare fa ts <J work well done
anu well remunerated. There is a gen
uine satisfaction on tlte part of both em
ployer and employe, and the resultant
happiness whi<% accrues to the men
themselves and to their respective fami
lies is a thing to be sought for and prized.
But when tiie men are continually at
“loggerheads,” their families feel the
reactive influence, and even society is,
in a degree, affected adversely by it.
Whatever, then, will br ng about mutu
al contentment and good will among
farmers and their help should be fos
tered, and while “hired men” are falli
ble, the farmer should remember that it
is largely in his power to make their
mutual relations agreeable, —llural New
Yorker.
A “Rustler” in Dakota.
Bismarck lias a “boomer.” He is
hired by the Chamber of Commerce, at
a o-ood salary, to ride upon tlie trains
ea'st of Fargo and talk to emigrants
about the advantages of settling near
the Banner City. In a word, he is a
drummer for his toAvn. When 1 was
there lie had not started upon his mis
sion and I found him plowing a field
f OV oats on the only farm within sight
of the town. He Avas a member of tbe
Territorial Legislature, he said, and he
demonstrated his capacity for the busi
ness of booming by fifteen minutes of
intefti®ent conversation on the capacity
of tin”soil of Burleigh County and its
attractions to people who by the plow
would thrive. He was evidently what
they call in Dakota a “rustler.” To
say that a man is a rustler is the highest
indorsement a Dakotan can give. It |
means that he is pushing, energetic,
smart and successful. The word and
its derivations have many shades of
meaning! To rustic around is to bestir
one’s self i a business way. “What
are you going to do in Mandan?” asked
one man of another in a Bismaick sa
loon. “Oh, I’ll rustle around and pick
up something,” which meant that he
Avould look about for a good business
opening. “Rustle the things off' that
table,’’"means clear the table in a hurry.
To do a rustling business is to carry on
an a'-tive trade. The word Avas coined
bv the Montana herdsmen to describe
the action of cattle brushing the siioav
from the roots of the bunch-grass with
their noses. — Century Magazine.
In sentencing a colored man who was
convicted of stealing a pair of pants, an
Austin Judge took occasion to say : “I
hope you are sorry for stealing those
pants.” “ I was sorry, Judge, de same
day I tuck dem ar pants. I was sorry at
. not finding nuffiu in the pockets eeptin’
i a kear ticket.” The most singular
i thing about the poverty-stricken pants
i was that they did not belong to a Texas
newspaper man, —Austin Siftings.
Indigestion
j Among our vegetables am those con
| taming sulphur, such ns c Jons, leeks,
waterm uses, radishes, mustard and
' l ‘ rt ‘ ss , etc. Their use should be shunned
; h J People of weak digestion. Tf they
are not digested they produce sulpliur
i etted hydrogen and bail breath and un
! comfortable distention from that gas.
1 Celery is a salutary Vegetable; so are
I some roots. Carrots and parsnips, if
j thoroughly cooked, will be better digest-
I ed than turnips, as the latter also con
j tarn much sulphur. Steaming these
vegetables is far better than boiling
them, and preserves the sugar in them.
All fibrous materials should be avoided,
such ns cabbage-stalks, green leaves
with strong or coarse fibers, green beans
with fibrous skins, etc. Whatever is
used of vegetables must be thoroughly
well cooked and reduced to a pulp with-
out losing its nourishing properties.
Steaming, wherever it can lie employed,
is, therefore, better than boiling. Salads
can only be used sparingly, made ot
dainty bead lettuce, the leaves having
been well picked. Cucumber can never
be eaten raw, but, if stewed, it is di
gestible. Of fruits the berries are the
best. Strawberries eaten with sugar or
raspberries are better than currants;
oranges are good, eaten without tin
skins ; apples or pears must be eaten
sparingly, and are best stewed with
sugar anil a little spice. Oranges ought
to be avoided unless eaten without the
pulp ; lemons, however, may do good if
they are made into a lemonade with
warm water and sugar. Nuts are en
tirely* to be done away with. Of vege
table beverages we have tea, coffee and
cocoa to consider. There is no doubt
that tea has a refreshing influence on
the digestive organs, if used moderately
and not in too strong an infusion. It is
better, however, not to use it in the
morning for a weak digestion, as it will
stimulate too soon and rather weaken
than strengthen the flow of the gastric
juice at that time. One cup of ta a
div is all tiiat can he flowed for the 1
dyspeptic. Coffee, when well roasted,
is made strengthening in •is idfect, but
it must not lie taken too strong, and,
mure than this, it must not havo been
boiled, but only have had the infusion
taken off. 1 may here say that the roast
ing of coffee leaves, ns yet, much to be
desired, and that inferior coffees might
be made more useful than they are if
they were properly prepared. A pre
paration has come under my notice which
J found most beneficial with persons of
weak digestion. The best brands of
Java or Moelia coffee, mixed, with roast
ed and ground dandelion root in propor
tion of two or one of dandelion to three
or four of coffee. This article, if deli
cately manufactured, is a most whole
some mixture and can be well recom
mended. — Food and Jieallh.
The Future of Our Republic.
If the percentage of increase in popula- j
tion shall be maintained, in 1890 we shall j
have a population of more than 65.000,- j
000; in 1900 the population of the Re
public Avill exceed 85,000,000. If the i
rate of growth for the last ten years is j
maintained, the baby born in this year j
and living the allotted three score and
ten years will see this Republic, if tlie
Republic stands, holding a population of
315,000,000. What a Republic! What
a future! How great tlie task of keeping
this Republic Republican, of keeping
this Democracy Democratic! How splen
did and boundless the service to man
kind if the world shall be taught that it
is possible for so vast a Republic to exist
whose fundamental idea is to exalt tlie
individual, to protect tlie little, local
self-governments and to dignify the doc
trine of local self-government on earth.
But this population is to be one not of
ignorance or squalor, but of intelligence,
thrift, and plenty. How measureless
the Avork of such a Republic! We can
not compute it by multiplying the free
dom and happiness which democracy
gives to the single home into tI.J many
millions of homes which will make up
315,000,000 of people. In 1910, a gen
erous lifetime hence, Avill it be possible
for the Republic to maintain the sim
plicity, the democracy, which ought to
be its commanding and eA’erlastiug fea
tures? Will the time have forever
| passed when
“ Fisher?, and chopper*, and plowmen,
shall constitute a State.”
A Dangerous Patent.
A correspondent who lias been aston
ished at the number of ladies who have
been burned to death by their clothes
tahing fire at an open grate or fire, says
lie is experimenting on an invention by
which a lady in case of accident of this
kind can, by pulling a string, throw off
all her clothes at once and escape de
struction. It seems as though something
ought to be done to protect ladies from
the fireplace, but the remedy Avill event
ually come through the making of dress
materials fire proof. The scheme spoken
of by our correspondent, if made to Avork
satisfactorily, in case of fire, might sub
ject her to embarrassments. The string
might catch on something when she Avas
out shopping, or some villainous man
might find where it Avas located, and Avliile
pretending to escort her across the street,
he might pull tlie string. There are
men mean enough to do it, in Chicago.
We advise our correspondent not to Avaste
any more time on his invention, as no
body would wear it, after he had it per
fected. — Peck's l%n.
A boy’s composition on girls : “ Girls
are the only folks that have their OAvn
way every time. Girls is of several
thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl
can be like several thousand girls if she
wants anything. This is all I know
about girls, and father says the less I
i know about them the better off I am.”
TERMS sl.o'l pap Annum strictly in Advance.
kits of information®
The largest national cemetery is at
Lynchburg, Va.
The name of Got! in the Rlndoostanee
! language is Rain. In the Persian, Sire.
GibbcS? began to write his “ Decline
} aiK. Fall of the Roman Empire” in Lon
, don in 1772.
Ik Moscow the plague introuuced by
; tlie Turkish army carried off 20,000 vic
tims in a month.
Duiiino the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries in France guilty animals suf
fered death on the gallows.
Peacocks were carefully reared in the
island of Samos, and sold at such high
prices that Yaro says they fetched yearly
£2,000.
The Franklin Arctic expedition sailed
from Greenhithe, England,, May 24,
1845. The last heard from them were
dispatches sent from the Whalefish
islands dated July 12, 1 c 45.
The English language has a greater
number of words than the French.
There are also in English a greater
number of ways to express thoughts
I than in French.
The expression ‘ ‘ commencement ex
ercises ” is applied to the concluding
exercises of a college term, from the
fact that they mark tlie “commence
ment” of the graduate’s independent
life.
The invention of glass is commonly
attributed to the Phoenicians. Very an
cient discoveries of glass in Egypt have
somewhat shaken this attribution, and
it will remain uncertain until further
discoveries settle tlie question.
Tub phrase “ suited to n T ” is said to
be derived from the so-called T-square,
an instrument used by architects and
mechanical draughtsmen in draw dug
plans. As the T-square is often used to
test the accuracy with which lines and
angles have been drawn, it is altogether
j probable that the expression originated
in this fact.
1 The word “ vendetta ” (vengeance)
originated, it is said, in Corsica, where
the practice was formerly general, and
still prevails in remote parts of tlie
island. The custom, one writer re
marks grimly, flourishes among the
Bedouins. Trace* of it are found some
times among the Montenegrins, Alban
ians, Druses and Circassians; and, in
deed, it may be said that the custom
prevailed at one time or another among
every tribe and nation. Whenever a
person was murdered, the practice
among those holding to this custom was
to avenge the death; and that duty was
imposed upon the son, brother or near
est kinsman, who forthwith sought pri
vate vengeance upon him who shed the
blood of the relative. As the adminis
tration of justice became a more and
more settled social institution, the cus
tom disappeared, although Corsica still
clings to it in its most cruel form, and
on that island it plays a most important
part ill a social life.
The Poison of Tobacco Smoke.
A series of experiments has been re
cently conducted by Herr of
Bremen, with the view of ascertaining
the properties of nicotine and other poi
sonous substances in the smoke of ci
gars. He specifies as strongly poison
ous constituents carbonic oxide, sulphu
retted hydrogen, prussic acid, picoline
bases and nicotine. The. lirst three,
however, in such small proportions, and
their volatility is so great that their
share in the action of tobacco smoke on
the system may be neglected. The pic
oline bases, too, are present in compar
atively small quantity,'so that the poi
sonous character of the smoke may be
almost exclusively attributed to the large
proportion of nicotine present.
Onlv a Small part of the nicotine in a
cigar “is destroyed by the process of
smoking, and a relatively large portion
passes off Avith the smoke. The propor
j tion of nicotine iu the smoke depends,
of course, essentially on the kind of to
bacco; but the relative amount of nico
tine Avliich passes from a cigar into
smoke ’ depends chiefly on how far the
cigar has been smoked, as the nicotine
contents of the unsmoked part of a ci
gar is in inverse ratio to the size of
this part, i. e., more nicotine tlie short
er the part. Evidently, in a burning
cigar, the slowly advancing zone of
glow drives before it the distillable mat
ters, so that in the yet unburnt portion
a constant accumulation of these takes
place. It would appear that in the case
of cigars that are poor in nicotine, more
of this substance relatively passes into
smoke than in the case of cigars with
much nicotine; also that nicotine, not
withstanding its high boiling point, has
remarkable volatility.—London Times.
—“I should like to know somethin®
about this Egyptian question, dad,’
said a young New Haven midget at tea
last evening. “What are they tiring at
Alexandria for —because it is t he great ?’
“Yes, my child, I suppose so.” “And
who is Arabi Bev and Dervisch Pasha
and Ismail ” “They are all foreign
ers mv son. You can have no possible
interest in them. Eat your supper and
keep quiet.” This is the way some
parents have of withholding informa
tion they haven’t got from their children.
—Hew ‘Haven RcgisUr.
—'Flic “United Brothers oi menu
ship” and the “Sisters of the Mys
tenons Ten,” two secret orders de
sic,ted for men and Avomen respective
h;n-e been holding their annual ses
sion- at Cincinnati. The fair female
who shapes the destinies of the lattei
oro-anization is officially known a.*
atonal Grand Princess. vvliict
must be quite a load for a woman
carry. Chicago Herald.
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