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THE NORTHWESTERN. BEMW HOTKK * Eds and Pubs. LOUP CITV, -_ NEB NEBRASKA. Valparaiso will be without llcenaa thla year. Three of the ploneera of Blair passed away last week. Every portion of Nebraska Is get ting all the rain needed. The Frontier county exhibit for the exposition has been shipped. Hon. H. M. Wills, Crete's aew post master, has entered upon hlk dutlrt. Nick Gregen of ShlckleiT killed five pelcans and crippled onw with two shots. Valparlaso gave fourteen bovs to the army, all Joining company E, First regiment. E. O. Morgan, r.n inmate of the Grand Island Soldiers' home, died last week. The Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational churches will meet at Pierce, May 24 to '16 Omaha newsboys have declared war upon two department stores that are giving away the daily papers to customers. A large number of hogs and pigs are reported to have died in varlojs por tions of Antelops county during the last few weeks. Wm. Brehm, of Lancaster county, has been pronounced insane, and will be given a place in the asylum as soon as room can be found. The Jury In the case of Mrs. Humpall against uaviu mty, claiming v,uw as damages sustained by lnjirlts re ceived by a fall caused by a defe tlve sidewalk, returned a verdict awarding her $1,000. While starting and adjust nz Ms ■team brick machine. Fred R. Wo 1 ley of Seward bad the misfortune to 4iave three Angers on one of his bands cut off in the machinery. At a special meeting of the exposi tion association, the board by a unan imous vote directed the executive committee to reconsider their action as to premiums for live stork and In lieu of the proposed medals and di plomas to offer $35,000 In cash Drizes. The First battalion of the Frst reg iment In camp at Lincoln dropped Its tents In response to the signal from a bugle and the loading of the baggage on the train that was to run In over tbe B. St M. wag begun on the 16th. The troops started for San Francisco and from that point will doubtless be sent to tbe Philippine islands. At Beatrice, In the damage suit for $10,000 of Hill vs. Scbmuck for defam ation of character, the Jury rendered a verdict In favor of plaintiff for $1,000. Scbmuck Is tbe party who was found guilty In federal court a few weeks ago at Omaha of sending obscene let ters through the malls to Missis H 11. and tbe damage suit grew out of the same. A telegram frem Seattle, Wash., to C. M, Cowan of Yo-k. announced the death of Ephraim Morgan, who with his brother Roswell left that place In March last for the Klondike gild Aelds. He died at l^ake Llnderm n as a result of overwork. His father Is Judge W. E. Morgan, formerly of York, who is now postmaster at Greeley. Herman O. Oehrlch, a prominent stock feeder and merchant of Colum bus, is having trouble with cattle rust lers. He owns a large ranch one mile south of Benton, In Colfax coun ty. and has just found out that tome one has been helping themselves to a couple of carloads of cattle. About one week ago some men drove out during the night thirty-seven head of two-year olds, and last Thursday night they took nineteen head t f three-year-olds. The loss was not discovered for several days. The men shipped from Labert. a side-track h-. tween Benton and Schuv'er and as thi stock was hilled from SehuyLr It nat urally attracted the attention of me local shippers, as the men who shipped them gave the name of bull and was unknown to them. They In vestigated and as a result the Sou*b MmnVio A... _ , : fled mid pavmenl on the last ear w«a stoppped. although Stel tried hard to get a small advance on the conalg i ment. Lincoln dispatch: The stockmen from over the rtate held a meeting In the university chapel last night to crn stder matters relative to the live s‘o k exhibit to he made at the exposition. C. H. Klmendorf pres dent o* the an soelstinn. reported that the rormt te# appointed to confer with th* a\ite commission had only been able to as* cure $3,000 out of the flOVOOl appro priation made by the legislature. All members present agre-d that this was a very niggardly sum and th» com mittee was instructed |o work further with the eommlssl n In th# hope of a larger appropriation It w*s ftna tv agreed that of the $.1,000 $1 (fc'O be di vided among rattle. It mmi am ng awlne. $SV* among hors«* and *S 0 among sheep The lem lying $ $u was act aside to pay the necessary eg. pens** of working up cxh'h:ti »ud commit!*** were app *ltt d to r> ah things along t‘ aslih r <bl# aatUlse* tiop was rtpn»«il tt the getton f th# Trsn# Mississippi as* >-tat on In voting llVOiw in cash premiums tor live stork ftawsA* counts was r#pr#*#nt#d It th# greet nital haul# at Manila hat hut, John Athlgsos a son <»f Mgjou.'l Athlnson late y»is oiu at thts . t raa on hewrd the Oiympu The jgry at tHtnnlng Ip the eg • . f the county ttMtuttv lisaf O tie. yer. charged with Natatory * •»« tl> on the ll-ywar old daughter of Jwlp it o ton county fudge of the «*• vy brought la a v«rdl I of M (u ■? Judge dulttvaa, before tt -m th# •as tried gave re y tin d the ,'u leltthg them Ihtl tk*|r d »l |gt #< ciee. ir again** the taw ir:4rn ga t Idltwilvst of the iwut I , Sampson’s Shots at the Porto Rican Town Were Far From Wasted. TWENTY MEN WERE KILLED. About Slity Injured In thu Forts—Cap tain Lloyd of tbu llrltlah Htearner Ar kadis Arrive* In Nsw York From Nun Juan and THU About llorabsrdinent. New York. May 23.—Captain Lloyd of the steamer Arkadia, that has just arrived here from Man Juan, Porto Rico, says that he and the ship's stew ard were the only ones who went ashore during the steamer's three hour*' stay at the bombarded port. “Prom what I learned, twenty men were killed by the American guns,” said Captain Lloyd. “Of these sis were mowed down at the guns and the others were laid out by bursting shells in the defenses. "The agent of the line, a naturalized American citizen. t*s»k me around the town. A shell from the American fleet had struck the fourth story of the Ho tel Ingleticrra. knocked off the whole root and drove the guests, men and women, into the streets in their night clothes at 5:lfi a. m. “Plying over the forts a gorsl many shells had fallen into the flat lands, striking houses, some of which are now propped up to keep them from tumbling. I saw a store house tlist tiad been riddled by an American shell, which had punctured the rout, bored its way through the 1 urn 1st stored in the building, penetrated the office and emerging through a rear door had knocked a hole in the hull of a Spanish merchant steamer, the Man uel la. “A Spanish custom house inspector told me that his father, a soldier, had been killed while asleep in his bed, by one of the first shots. Below the for tifications He many shells, some of them still unexploded. The Spaniards are picking thern up and treasuring them for mtinantim. ’See the presents the Yankees sent us,' they tell their friends. “If a man can speak only so much English as 'yes' or 'no' his life is now in peril in San Juan. Secretary Belt of the English consulate told inc that there is much discussion among the sonsular officials at Han Juan as to whether the bombardment will stand the test of international law, as no notice was given.” Porto Rican papers contained the most ridiculous statements of Spanish valor and success in the war. One paper said that the Brooklyn bridge bad been blown up by a torpedo boat, while another declared that two American warships had been captured and thirty-two men made prisoners. FIRST TROOP SHIP TUESDAY. Regular* Expert to Leave tor the Philip pine* In a Few Day*. Sam Fraucmco. May ?3.—It has been Announced at the quarters of the First infantry at the Presidio that the regi ment is seliedulj-d to break carnp to morrow afternoon or evening and make its quarters on board the City of Pekin. The plan is to have the troops leave in the Pekin Tuesday. The in terval between the arrival of the vol unteers at the vessel and its departure will lie devoted to the arrangement of quarters and the loading of ammuni tion. It is intended that the steamer shall move out into the stream Sunday night, regulations existing against the transfer of ammunition to a vessel at a wharf. Mrs. Vaughn Surrender*. Topeka. Kan., May —Mrs. Emma j Vaughn, the Atchison woman who wrote saucy letters to Mrs. Sloane of Kansas City, and in doing so violated the United States postal laws, notified J H. S. Bone, assistant United States distriet attorney, that site would ap pear in Leavenworth to-day for hear ing lwfore a United States eomuiis t_ \ f .. ...til .... a.. I _ worth to meet her. They Wotihl <•«» to Mmillii. Wasmixoton. May S3.- Colonel Hus sell It Harrison has submitted a peti tion to the war de|iarluient asking that the Oua Hundred and Fifty-ninth In rllana regiment he assigned to service in the Philippine*. Senator Teller lias presented the request of the Colorado infantry to I* scut with Oenerai Mer ritt. MImuvH «». A. H. OMirr* Cahtiiai.k Mo.. May S3, uitterr* of the slate ti. A I! were circled at the encampment as follows: A. <• Petter , «*n, St l.otitv comimtndrr; Comrade j Henry. Kansas City, senior vice cmu nandcr, ( aptaln Tuttle, < artliage. ' tumor vice couimaiolcr, the Iter .Mr Ferrell, Tina, chaplain aiuusil Meerslllaa srOAMA. Mis, May H l.ieutcnant liufua K. Urngan ami hi* assistant* of j the Klewnth t attest state* infantry • •mpl.'trd their res'rmting at this point mst evening after having eniislesl ; daly men. amt the last lawk was sent to tort Mcphsrson. U* , last night | l.ieutenanl longan g,a* to hsrnut l>urg today he 4W *t*sat*n tee W**u* Luvisti, May tl The Madrid ear n|s«3,ki of the Itaily Mail aavs In eunant t<«mial torrea minister of A*t aaanrva me that nothing dehull# i,as Wen decided wie-n with isspeel to |kr >li*>l:|i»s In Ik, Ptuiipicm* it* ' fov.f ament Will W gvtidesl Uy ilitmr slsixsa WON BY “KID” M'COY. He Oete the Dwidno Otff Rahllo In the Twentieth Round. Htracvsk, N. Y., Mav 23.—The fight last night between Kid McCoy and (ius Kuhlin. the latter of Cleveland, re sulted in a decision for McCoy afti-i twenty rounds. Three thousand per sons were in the Alhambra, where the fight wan held. There wan little bet ting on the renult and the showing made by Kuhlin was a surprise. lie stood a lot of punishment and was al ways ready to come back for more. He was apparently strong at the finish. McCoy says that he will now meet Goddard and then Choynski. There was a great difference in the weight of the men. McCoy, according to his statement, weighing 157 pounds, and Kuhlin, according to Hilly Madden, his manager, tipping the scales at I so. pounds. Sixty per cent of the gate re ceipts are to lie divided between the men. McCoy taking 75 per cent and Kuhlin 25 per cent in plaoe of a 92,.V* purse, George Siler, of Chicago, acted as referee. When he rendered his de cision. Jim Corbett leaped into the ring and asked McCoy to fight him. but tin latter declined to consider the matter and refused to make any arrangements. BL0W AT SEVERY, KAN. t'yrione Fatally Injures Several and Dues Much Damage. Skvctiy, Kan.. May 23.—A cyclone formed west of Severy yesterday after noon. It passed north of Severy a half mile, going from southwest to north east. destroying the house of Mr, Hay. north of town. The family narrowly escaped. J. W. Mitchell's house, two miles northeast, was destroyed. Mr. Mitchell was seriously injured and his wife and baby probably fatally hurt. Doth are unconscious at this time. The inwl'a t. mn was ufwl ♦ ti'A A+ line children were badly bruised. It id re ported that lien Mitchell'a house, seven miles northeast was destroyed and burned. ON THEIR WAY TO CUBA. Invading Troop* Said to liftve Started Frooi Key W«l. Washington. May 23.—It is believed here that the invasion of Cuba ha* be gun. The pres* censor will not permit news of tile movements at Tampa and Key West to leak out. but from other source* come* the information that the United States regulars are on their way to Cuba. Large Kipense of the Army. Washington, May 23.—Secretary Alger has sent the secretary of the treasury for transmission to congress supplemental estimates of appropria tions aggregating 88S.fi38.840, required by the war department for the support of the regular and volunteer armies of the United States for the next six months of the fiscal year ending June 30. 1890. in addition to the amounts ap propriated in the acts of March 16 and May 4, 1898. dome* Closing In on Havana. New Yoke. May 23.—A special from Port au Prince says that information has reached that place that General Gomez, at the head of an army of 15.000 insurgents, is closing in on Havana with his advance guard, led by Quentin Handera, who, the dispatch says, had a skirmish with and put to flight 800 Spanish troops. Santiago de Cuba, according to the same report, is men aced by 3,000 insurgents under General Garcia. ftadri Win* the Trophy. Kansas City. Mo., May 23.—Charles W. Hudd of lies Moines, Iowa, was the only one of the nearly seventy contest ants in the Star championship cup event to kill every bird, and he will to day contest with the past holders of the cup to seeure its permanent pos session. Spain'* I’ovriler Our Trlze. Key West, Fla.. May 23.—Over forty eases of ammunition was found to-day on the Spanish steamer Argi manta, captured during the first days of the war. It was on board this steamer that Lieutenant Colonel Cortljo. Wey ler's brother-in-law. was captured, with other Spanish soldiers now prisoners ai run Ajcrnt'r&on. K#n»iw In M«ii KmnrUro. Sax Fhaxiuco. May 53. -The third battalion of Xehra*ka volunteer* ar rived here yaaterday afternoon aud marched to their camping ground The tirst and second Katun* volunteer* marched up from the ferry altout 7 o'clock and received an cnlhukiaallc greeting. in.) tolling I re Mr it IlMlIi fix* <xx ATI. Ohio, May 71 1‘utriotic feeling ha* risen l«> *qch a pitch here that leading women are |*r*utrntly refuking g<**l» known to !*■ of freuvii manufacture. Mci-chaut* have found It to their advantage to remove French label* whenever practicable. Mkttl I’tU* IKIH t *ll.oU M(»m ll. May 73 s* nor IVtlo ) IU ra il* and hi* »uite went at*>ard the Ixunintott line »teaiu*hlp l*>minion at a late hour 1**1 night The »hip *ail» early to dav 'the wivr rvfiMr-l to talk with irpiHrrv hot* Xntf MM *»• Iittftitt lilts lit i a<ui tilt h t May fl Thoma* it Ihlwrr. r a minuter to *>|t*ttt, in an Interview today. mM he did Mot eon wder Mpaia • navy at ail formidable Mr Falan i mid ha tternghl Admiral : » vrv. ra * **t»adro« wa« no match M | cither of kite M|W*tlroM » commanded by | *awi«-'k and hehkry, In rvgard to *|Ht|t * const hwlltwttuke he *aid that wall* minuter to *pai.t h. tunwrtnl llnr f*«*liH* «li4H*k *1 I t4ii ftn4 m IHMh »**4 lb* | |*)HU>|| Ibi* ftMM iMMnri' ln*)i umiM if*mp *1**1' Uf Ik*** One Member of the First Missouri Dead and Two Dying. WERE ALL FROM ST. LOUIS. Ktu Chlcknroaugu Park a Pnsscng or Train Kan Down the gperlsl Parrying the Volunteer..—Twelve Men Hart — The Engineer t'nder Arrest. Ciiattamoooa, Tenn.. May 23.—One man fa dead and two fatally Injured as the result of a wreck this morning on the Chattanooga, Rome *fc Southern railway between Chattanooga and the volunteer camp at Chickamauga. The dead and injured all lielonged to the First regiment. Missouri volunteer in fantry. The dead: George Walker, artificer, Company D. The injured: Alfred M. Lane, privato, both legs broken, will die. Harvard Iialaski. private, leg broken, internal injuries, will die. E. R. Richards, firat lieutenant. Com pany H. badly cut about arms and shoulder*. There were several other* badly, but not fatally, injured. The train on which the moat damage was done was carrying the First Mis souri from Chattanooga to the park. The last car of thi* train was loaded with horse* of the officers. The military train wa* standing on the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern track. ju*t beyond the crossing of the ( belt line, about u half mile from Ros* ville. It wa* crashed into by the reg ular southbound morning Chattanooga. Rome & Southern passenger train. It i* said that there was no flugman on the military train. Tin- shock whs severe The loco mo tive of the passenger train was jammed into the horse ear, and this car com pletely wrecked the baggage ear. which was the next one forward. The man who was killed and those badly in jured were all on the horse car. Every thing was done to stop the passenger train when the other was seen, but it was going at too great speed. The en gineer, W. C. Wheeler, stuck to his post to the last and escaped with only a maimed ankle. He and his fireman were at once arrested and placed under a squad of soldiers. They are gravely censured by the soldiers for running so rapidly with a special train ahead of them. All the horses of the officers, valu able animals, were killed. The for ward coaches of the military train were bad ley shaken, but no injury was done to any one in them. The damage would have been much greater had the train not been made up in exactly the reverse of the usual order. If it had gone out in regular order the sleepers would have been in the rear, and the officers who occupied them would have been in great danger. The wounded, about twelve in all, were taken at once in charge by Surgeon Wills of the First battalion of the regiment. Colonel Edwin Batdorf, commanding the regiment, is doing everything possible for the sufferers. Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor of New York and a number of troops were on the regular train. They were not injured. The First Missouri Volunteer infant ry is a St. Louis regiment. It is com posed of 1,050 St. Louis young men. Thursday evening the regiment, under the command of Colonel Edwin I»at dorf. left Jefferson barricks over the Illinois Central railroad in three sec tions, for Chickamauga. EXPECT CERVERA TO SAIL The Spanish Fleet, It Is Thought In Va lencia, Will Not Watt for Sampson. Vai.kik.ta. Spain, May S3.—-Official dispatches from Santiago de Cuba an nounce the safe arrival there of the Spanish squadron under the command of Admiral Cervera. Naval author! ties in Madrid are of the opinion that there is no fear of attack 1 icing made upon the squadron in the hay of Santiago, which is well protected by forts and defensive works, armed with powerful artillery. As the Spanish admiral's principal object in entering Santiago must have been to communi cate with his government and to take oil coal and provisions, it is extremely probable that he will have sailed again la-fore the American Meets can arrive to blockade id in. Public and technical opinion is unan imous here in advising lhr government to semi the reserve squadron with a Strong contingent of troops slid artil lery to Manila at once, Kveryone in sists that revenge should la< sought off Manila itself and that Admiral |iew ey s squadron there could la- annihi lated long la-fore effective reinforce inents could reach and save him. There is no disputing the fact that : the most popular thing that could la done at the present moment would la I the lifting of the t-li*’badc of Manila, the recapture of • avlte amt the sense ttonal destruction of licwcy s forces even though I nha should Is lost later as a ,ousequence tSc Huy spy Helsase-I Tisrt, fie M .v y.» tfter a th»*r* i otigh investigation of the ehargva jg,ust young i<arela. am -f a • >g*r | masufavt nrer of | aiu|as who was yy. { vested ns vu,pit-ion of being a Spanish , spy (it n«rat nb-tfler orttvvsd that he J he honorably discharged. Pet-see ttswee Vtiil Sue to* lu n4Mils Ileal is May |i The tdWlabs of the Herman foreign nay IViaee Itvnry 1 of Prussia who la it*,w in t hitts has SO Ini* iitiun aft peeo oI of go,wg to I Manila A MADRID VIEW OF IT. Cervera'. Ktplolt Regarded »< Proof of the Inrllwlitfnni of the Blockade. London. May S3.—The Madrid corre spondent of the Daily News says: “Admiral Cervera's dispatch from Santiago de Cuba to the minister of marine contained further details for the information of the government alone. It is pointed out here that the American plan was to gain command of the sea as a condition to future move ments. Admiral Cervera's brilliant move—reminding one of I»rd Nelson’s race from the West Indies to Trafalgar and his escape from the French—de prives America of the command of the sea, and demonstrates to the world that the blockade of Cuba Is merely nominal. “Admiral Cervera has given the slip to two powerful fleets that have i>ccn scouring the ocean for a fortnight in an endeavor to catch him. All the American achcmcs depend thereupon.^ Admiral Cervera, with four cruisers and a few destroyers, alone in the At lantic, ignoring events in Cuba and Porto Klco, and the position of the American squadron, ha* out-man euvered, disorganized and dispersed the latter, making the Americans t>c lieve they were threatened on every side. “The torpedo boats Azor. Kayo and Arietc steamed from the Cape Verde Islands to the I'anarics with the utmost precautions, hugging the coast by dny and covering their lights by night. The Ariete, slightly damaged, was towed by the Ciudad de Cadiz and the transports carried the smuller boats of the Vizcaya, the Almirnnte Oquendo, the Cristobal Colon and the Infanta Maria Teresa, probably in order that these vessels might is: kept cleared, in view of possible battle.” “CIRCUMSTANTIAL CABINET.” Nicknain#* Ghffi to Npnin’s New MlnUtry— IVMr Policy. juadhia, May it.— i ne ministers in full uniform appeared in the senate yesterday. Owing to the circum stances, the new cabinet is already nicknamed the "Circumstantial cabi net." The premier, Nenor Sagasta, ex plained the ministerial crisis and as serted that the new ministry will con tinue the policy of the former minis try. He related how "Spain did everything to avoid war until America, violating all recognized diplomacy, at tacked Spain with an injustice unpre cedented in the annnls of civilized his tory. and compelled Spain to respond with war to war, which Spain would continue a tout outrance (to the ut most), until an honorable peace is ob tained." "'This," the premier continued, “is a strong policy, and the ifew government will also energetically conduct nego tiations with European and other states. ” In presenting the new ministers to the chamber, Senor Sagasta explained that the appointment of a minister of foreign affairs had Wen postponed be cause Senor Won y Castillo had not accepted the portfolio. Wing "detained in Paris by very important negotia tions which may lead to fresh develop ments in the present grave situation.” Ia-e Leaves Washington. Wasiiisotos, May 23.-— Major (Jen eral Fitzhugh Lee, who is to command the Seventh army corps, now Wing mobilized at Tampa, left Washington yesterday for Richmond, Va., whence he will proceed in a day or two to Florida. Two of his aides, Algernon Sartoris and Carlos Carbonel, will join the general at Tampa next week. From Richmond, General Lee will be accompanied to Tampa by his son, Fitzhugh Lee, Jr, who is to be one ot his aides. Nebraska Troops In Chicago. Chicago, May 23.—Two companies and the Second battalion of the First regiment Nebraska I’nited States vol unteers. numWring :t:ir. men arrived here yesterday afternoon from Lincoln, Nebraska, over the Rock Island rail road. They left immediately over the •moiiou rouu' tor > inrmmni. wnere they will he transferred to the Queen and Crescent road and proceed to Chick amauga. a Can't Coal at Ne« fuiimtlaiMl. St. John's, N. F., May 23.—The French government is taking steps to prevent the Spanish Cadiz squadron from getting coal in Newfoundland waters and will dispatch the revenue cutter Fioua to patrol the south roast and report the presence of strange •hipping. The warships are also pre paring to visit there. |4N( With III on Huirtl. St. Johns, N. F .May ;3 The French hurkentiue lienne, front Sydney for St. I'ierrc, with a cargo of coal has Wen lost with all hands, off Point I'latlee. Miquelon islands. Terror suit •• WerilMl<iae. st. 1‘u.mmr. Martinique. May ?t The Spanish torjsah* Ual destroyer j ' Terror and the hospital ship Ali.anl. are still at Fort de France. THE MAHKhTi ■ ••m t Ilf Urals •• I Lira sissls Maid a hoisNi t it it Me d It M Is I II lie * * * ll 1* It;, ltd It l bell mu .Si i li jj Mm x > .... t 91 - I Ns 4 It || lijc.li I It 11 , bar a* waeii - N» 4 it U s. » n ij t« t««t«d It ltd It* M)te l Vues 1, t 441 »i I It bo 4 Its MltiM.lldU. Wills imi • s* A |ll| He 4 IN, | I be 4 ftt 4' I elite Mteiiflt 111 14 eee |> , 4bit<vsd till. .401* 4 1| in 1*4 »»»• I 4.1 e4* s-.s.4|ii| ileel* 4M I 49ih«4 W*« iU*m i|»i| $(M hfttlll »4‘*»4*Wd HtUlu ' • «**% ftil i\ % 1 Aft ft tlii* |i«.(4ii 14 ft * t 4ft** fall*** «W#I»4 «| (K i It |« Hfltv«i||i* 1 i r*| tl« |« M! 44 141 M< >«m Um ||> % «V| 4 •«! I4l*« I * 1,1 iiHii |ft m iWfriMtf M-f4 |*i »«•! U l*se«» let I 14 IT IS NOT NICOTINE. PROFESSOR MALLET CORRECTS CIGARETTE CRITICS’ - MISTAKES. Communication In th« “gclontlflo Amrel enn’’ on • Matter of Popular Mlaap prehanalon-Stained Ilandkerthlet Teet la Mo Toot At AH. J. W. Mallet, professor of chemistry In the University of Virginia, in a com munication to the current number of the Scientific American, says with ref erence to cigarette! of American man ufacture: "Ignorance of easily ascertainable scientific facts Is, however, common enough, as Is often Illustrated by tho brown, oily material formed In the smoking of tobacco being pointed out as nicotine, though In reality this Is merely the tar produced by the action of heat on the woody fiber of the leaf. "Nicotine when pure Is a colorless fluid of somewhat oily consistence and strong, peculiar, penetrating odor, but It darkens on exposure to air and light, becoming first yellow and then brown, eo that It looks, In this darkened con dition, something like the tarry matter which soils a smoker's fingers or a handkerchief through which tobacco smoke Is exhaled, or Is often noticed as deposited In the stem of a pipe. "This tarry deposit has nothing es sential In common with nicotine, and contains but traces of this alkaloid, when any at all. "A part, but only a small part fabout one-seventh In the experiments of Melsens), of the real nicotine of to bacco Is volatilized without decompo sition; the remainder is burned and destroyed In the process of smoking.’’ The simple facts are, that such cigar- 4 rttes as I have examined, representing 11 large part of those In general use ske I'nlta/1 Ui n rP made from pure, light-yellow tobacco »f the high grade produced on certala. special soils, prominently In certain o# the southern counties of Virginia and the adjacent portion of North Carolina, with wrappers of the best quality of harmless vegetable fiber paper, and are entirely free from the adulterants which It has been asserted are present, with no evidence In favor of such as sertion, and In absolute contradlctlou it the scientific evidence actually avall ible. Look on This Picture tod on Tliii "All's fair In love and war,” Is a common but. It Is to be hoped, not wholly true saying; otherwise some of the meanest acts would be excused. NapoleoB was not above the paltriest deeds. At the battle of Dresden, in 1813, he noticed that a group of offi cers bad ridden within gunfire, and bade his artillery send a shower of shot amongst them. "There are,” he said, “perhaps some little generals in their midst”—In the emperor’s mind be was the only great general. A gun was discharged at the group, and Mor eau, a famous French soldier who had Joined the allies, and who was almost as fine a general as Napoleon, was < fatally Injured. Curiously enough. In the course of the battle of Waterloo (1815), a colonel In command of a bat tery of British artillery reported to Wellington that he had the range of the spot where Napoleon and his staff were standing, and asked If he might pick some of them off. “Not at all." said the Iron Duke; "generals-in-chief have something else to do In battle than fire at each other.” It* Adjective, A writer In Longman's Magazine says that everybody nowadays in prose or poetry claps on an adjective to every noun. It degrades the adjective and enervates the noun. Then, too, there are a host of vulgar, over-dressed peo ple introduced Into our company.whom we, the old-fashioned adjectives, hard tv rponirn I _"slrAWiinttn ’* <Hn»snoA •» “weird," “fiery," “sympathetic," “splendid,” “secure," “naive," "im pressive,” "poignant," mostly attached, too, to the wrong nouns. There are too many adjectives, and they carry too much sail, like Delilah, bedecked, ornate and gay. I noticed, as an in stance, the other day, a criticism In a French review of the academician sea captain who calls himself Pierre Loti, whose style la so defecated that he seldom or never uses an adjective more startling than "good." "bad." "green." “red," “dark." "light." and so on; and yet so orders his sentence that the ad jective shines out like a rose on a brier bush. 4 TiteJ Feet in* Get g feottla *• H jof't Sarwpgusig 4*4 t*g n H TODAY and reat<»« the git* t 4 K tt m* to «„ you Hood’s Sarsaparilla U *SM«t * U**etaM «•«•*» 4U*