Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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