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McCOOK , NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
Valparaiso will bo without liceneo
this year.
Three of the pioneers of Blair passed
away last week.
Every portion of Nebraska is Ret
ting all the rain needed.
The Frontier county exhibit for the
exposition has been shipped.
Hon. H. M. Wills , Crete's new post
master , has entered upon his duties
Nick Gregen of Shickley killed five
pelcans and crippled one with two
shots.
Valparlaso cave fourteen bovs to
the army , all joining company E , First
regiment.
E. 0. Morjjan , an inmate of the
Grand Island Soldiers' home , died
last week.
The Elkhorn Valley Association ol
Congregational churches will meet at
Pierce , May 24 to 26
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 various pjr-
tions of Antelope county during the
last few weeks.
Wm. Brehm , of I/incaslor 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 David City , claiming $10,000
as damages sustained by injuries re
ceived by a fall caused by a defective
sidewalk , returned a verdict awarding
her § 1,000.
While starting ana adjuet nK fcis
steam brick machine. Fred R. Wol-
ley of Seward had the misfortune to
have three fingers on one of his hands
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 stock and in
lieu of the proposed medals and di
plomas to offer ? 35,000 in cash orizes.
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 baceage
on the train that was to run in over
the B. & M. was beeun on the 16th.
The troops started for San Francisco
and from that point will doubtless be
sent to the Philippine' islands.
At Beatrice , in the damage suit for
$10,000 of Hill vs. Schmuck for defam
ation of character , the jury rendered a
verdict In favor of plaintiff for $1,000.
Schmuck is the party who was found
guilty in federal court a few weeks
ago at Omaha of sending obscene let
ters through the malls to Misses H 11 ,
and the damage "suit grew out of the
same.
A telegram from Seattle , Wash. , to
C. M. Cowan of York , announced the
death of Ephraim Morgan , who with
his brother Roswell left that place In
March last for the Klondike gold
fields. He died at Lake Linderman
as a result of overwork. His father is
Judge W. E. Morgan , formerly of
York , who is now postmaster at
Greeley.
Herman O. Oehrich , 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 some
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 tf
three-year-olds. The loss was not
discovered for several days. The men
Labert. side-track b
shipped from a - -
tween Benton and Schuy'er and as the
stock was billed from Schuyler it nat
urally attracted the attention of me
local shippers , as the men wno
shipped them gave the name of Stall
and was unknown to them. They in
vestigated and as a result the South
Omaha commission firms were noti
fied and payment on the last car w s
stoppped , although Stel tried hard to
get a small advance on the consign
'
ment.
Lincoln dispatch : The stockmen from
over the state held a meeting in the
university chapel last night to con
sider matters relative to the live slock
exhibit to be mn.de at the exposition.
C. H. Elmendorf. president of the as
sociation , reported that the rooim't-
tee appointed to confer with the state
commission had only been able to se
cure ? 3,000 out of the $100.003 appro
priation made by the legislature. Al )
members present agreed that this was
a very niggardly sum and th com-
jnittee was instructed to work further
with < the commission , in the hope of
a larger appropriation. It wss fina'ly
agreed that of the $3,000 $1.000 be di
vided among cattle. $1,000 am ng
swine , $550 among horsss and $2"0
among sheep. The jemainlng $350
was set aside to pay the necessary ex
penses of working up exhibits and
committees were appointed to rush
things along. Considerable satisfac
tion was expressed at the action rf
the Trans-Mississippi association In
voting $35,000 in cash premiums for
live stock.
Dawson county was represented in
the great nval battle at Manila barber
bor , John Atkinson , a son of Samuel
Atkinson , lats postmaster at Cozad ,
was on board the Olympia.
The jury at Dunning In the ca e of
the county treasure1 * , George 0. Saw-
ver , charged with statutory assault on
the 14-year-old daughter of Judge Eir-
ton , county judge of the cctihty ,
brought In a verdict of not iruilty.
Judge SuliivaH , before whom tbe case
was tried , severely scored the jury ,
telling them that their dsci-ioi v.-as
clearly against the law , evldezca and
instructions of the court.
Sampson's ' Shots at the Porto Rican
Town Were Far From Wasted ,
TWENTY MEN WERE KILLED
Abont Sixty Injured In the Forte Cap
tain Lloyd of the British Steamer Ar-
kiidla .Arrives In New York From San
Juan and Tells Abont Bombardment.
NEW YORK , May 23. Captain Lloyd
of the steamer Arkadia , that has1 jusi
arrived here from 'San ' Juan , Porto
Rico , says that he and the ship's stew
ard were the only ones who went
ashore during the steamer's three
hours' stay at the bombarded port.
"From what I learned , twenty men
were killed by the American guns , '
said Captain Lloyd. "Of these six 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 , took me around the
town. A shell from the American fleet
had struck the fourth story of the Ho
tel Ingletierra , knocked off the whole
roof and drove the guests , men anc
women , into the streets in their night
clothes at 5:15 a. m.
"Flying over the forts a good 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 that
had been riddled by an American
shell , which had punctured thereof
roof , bored its way through the lumber
stored in the building , penetrated the
office and emerging through a rear
door had knocked a hole in the hull oi
Spanish merchant steamer , the Man-
uella.
"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 lie many shells , some of
them still unexploded. The Spaniards
are picking them up and treasuring
them for mcmantos. '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 Bett
of the English consulate told me that
there is much discussion among the
consular officials at San 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
had 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 ,
Regulars Expect to Leave for the Philip
pines In a Few Days.
SAX FRANCISCO , May 23. It has been
announced at tbe quarters of the First
infantry at the Presidio that tbe regi
ment is scheduled to break camp 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 tbe vol
unteers at the vessel and its departure
will be devoted to the arrangement of
quarters and tbe 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 Surrenders.
TOPEKA , Kan. , May 23. ' Mrs. Emma
Vaughn , the Atehison woman who
wrote saucy letters to Mrs. Sloane of
Kansas City , and in doing so violated
the United States postal laws , notified
H. S. Bone , assistant United States
district attorney , that she would ap
pear in Leavenworth to-day for hear
ing before a United States commis
sioner. Mr. Bone will go to Leaven-
worth to meet her.
They "Would Go to Manila.
WASHINGTON , May 23. Colonel Rus
sell B. Harrison has submitted a peti
tion to tbe war department asking that
the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth In
diana regiment be assigned to service
in the Philippines. Senator Teller has
presented the request of the Colorado
infantry to be sent with. General Mer-
ritt.
Missouri G. A. R. Officers.
CARTHAGE , Mo. , May 23. Officers of
the state G. A. R. were elected at tbe
sncampment as follows : A. G. Petter-
5on , St. Louis , commander ; Comrade
Senry , Kansas City , senior vice com
mander ; Captain Tuttle , Carthage ,
unior vice commander ; the Rev. Mr.
? errell , Tina , chaplain.
Missouri Recruiting.
SEDALIA , Mo. , May 23. Lieutenant
Rufus E. Longan and his assistants of
, he Eleventh United States infantry
: ompleted their recruiting at this point
ast evening , after having enlisted
iixty men , and the last batch was sent
, o Fort McPherson , Ga. , last night.
Lieutenant Longan goes to Warrens-
jurg to-day.
No Aid Spanish for Manila.
LONDON , May 23. The Madrid cor
espondent of the Daily Mail says :
Jieutenant General Correa , minister of
var , assures me that nothing definite
las been decided upon with respect to
he expedition to the Philippines. The
rovernmeut will be guided by circum-
tances.
TT-
WON BY "KID" M'COY ' ,
Ho Gets the Decision Over Knhlln In
the Twentieth Round.
SVIUCUSK , N. Y. , May 23. The flght
last night between Kid McCoy and Gu. .
RuhUn , the latter of Cleveland , re
suited in a decision for" McCoy after
twenty rounds. Three thousand per
sons werein.the Alhambra , where the
fight was held. There was little bet
ting on the result and the showing
made by Ruhlin was a surprise. lie
stood a lot of punishment and was al
ways ready to come bock for more
He was apparently strong at the finish
McCoy says that he will now mee
Goddard and then Choynski. There
was a great difference in the
weight of the men , McCoy , according
to his statement , weighing 157 pounds
and Ruhlin , according to Billy Madden
his manager , tipping the scales at 180
pounds. Sixty per cent of the gate re
ceipts are to be divided between the
men , McCoy taking 75 per cent and
Ruhlin 25 per cent in place of a § 2,500
purse. George Siler , of Chicago , actec
as referee. When he rendered his de
cision. Jim Corbett leaped into the ring
and asked McCoy to fight him , but the
latter declined to consider the matter
and refused to make any arrangements
BL0W AT SEVERY , KAN ,
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Cyclone Fatally Injures Several and Does
Much Damage.
SEVKRY , Kan. , May 23. A cyclone
formed west of Severy yesterday after
noon. It passed north of Severy a hal :
mile , going from southwest to north
east , destroying the house of Mr. Day
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
Both are unconscious at this time. The
girl's arm was broken and two othei
children were badly bruised. It is re
ported that Ben Mitchell's house , seven
miles northeast was destroyed anc
burned.
ON THEIR WAY TO CUBA ,
Invading Troops Said to Have Started
Prom Key West.
WASHINGTON , May 23. It is believed
here that the invasion of Cuba has be
gun. The press censor will not permit
news of the movements at Tampa anc
Key Vest to leak out , but from other
sources comes the information that the
United States regulars are on their
way to Cuba.
large Expense 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 § 88,638,840 , 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 15 and
May 4 , 1898.
Gomez Closing in on Havana.
NEW YORK , 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
Bandera , who , the dispatch savs. had a
skirmish with and put to flight 800
Spanish troops. Santiago de Cuba ,
according to the same report , is men
aced by 5,000 insurgents under General
Garcia.
Budd Wins the Trophy.
KANSAS CITT , Mo. , May 23. Charles
W. Budd of Des 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 secure its permanent pos
session.
Spain's Powder Our Prise.
KEY WEST , Fla. , May 23. Over forty
cases of ammunition was found to-day
on the Spanish steamer Argonauta ,
captured during the first days of the
war. It was on board this steamer
that Lieutenant Colonel Cortijo , Wey-
Jer's brother-in-law , was captured , with
other Spanish soldiers now prisoners
at Fort McPherson.
Kansas Troops In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO , May 23. The third
battalion of Nebraska volunteers ar
rived here yesterday afternoon aud
marched to their camping ground. The
first and second Kansas volunteers
marched up from the ferry about 7
o'clock and received an enthusiastic
greeting.
Boycotting French Goods.
CINCINNATI , Ohio , May 23. Patriotic
feeling has risen to such a pitch here
that leading women are persistently
refusing goods known to be of French
manufacture. Merchants have found
it to their advantage to remove French
labels whenever practicable.
Senor Polo Xeavcs Canada.
MONTREAL , May 23. Senor Polo y
Beraabe and his suite went aboard the
Dominion line steamship Dominion at
a late hour last night. The ship sails
early to-day. The senor refused to
talk with reporters.
Dons' Navy Did Not Impress Him.
DETROIT , Mich. , May 23. Thomas
W. Palmer , ex-minister to Spain , in an
interview to-day , said he did not con
sider Spain's navy at all formidable.
Mr. Palmer said he thought Admiral
Cervera's squadron was no match for
either of 1 he squadron's commanded by
Sampsoa and Schley. In regard to
Spain's coast fortifications he said that
while minister to Spain he inspected
the fortifications at Cadiz and ex
pressed the opinion that four thirteen-
inch projectiles would completely shat
ter them.
One Member of the First Missouri
Dead and Two Dying.
WERE ALL FROM ST , LOUIS ,
Near Chlcknmanga X'arlc a Fnttsengor
Train Ran Down the Special Carrying
the Volunteers Twelve Men Hurt
The Engineer Under Arrest.
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , May 23. One
man is dead and two fatally injured as
the result of a wreck this morning on
the Chattanooga , Rome & Southern
railway between Chattanooga and the
volunteer camp at Chickamauga. The
dead and injured all belonged to the
First regiment , Missouri volunteer in
fantry. The dead :
George Walker , artificer , Company D.
The injured :
Alfred M. Lane , private , both legs
broken , will die.
Harvard Balaski , private , leg broken ,
internal injuries , will die.
E. R. Richards , first lieutenant , Com
pany IT , badly cut about arms and
shoulders.
There were several others badly , but
not fatally , injured.
The train on which the most damage
was done was carrying the First Mis
souri from Chattanooga to the park.
The last car of this train was loaded
with horses of the officers.
The military train was standing on
the Chattanooga , Rome & Southern
track , just beyond the crossing of the
belt line , about a half mile from Ross-
ville. It was crashed into by the reg
ular southbound morning Chattanooga ,
Rome & Southern passenger train. It
is said that there was no flagman on
the military train.
The shock was severe. The locomo
tive of the passenger train was jammed
into the horse car , and this car com
pletely wrecked the baggage carwhich
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
badley 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 Bat
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 "Walt for Sampson.
VALENCIA , Spain , May 23. Official
dispatches from Santiago de Cuba an
nounce the safe arrival tbere of the
Spanish squadron under the command
of Admiral Cervera. Naval authori
ties in Madrid are of tbe opinion tbat
there is no fear of attack being
made upon the squadron in the bay 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
on coal and provisions , it is extremely
probable that he will have sailed again
before the American fleets can arrive
to blockade him.
Public and technical opinion is unan
imous here in advising the government
to send the reserve squadron with a
strong contingent of troops and artil
lery to Manila at once. Everyone in
sists tbat revenge should be sought off
Manila itself and that Admiral Dew-
ey's squadron there could be annihi
lated long before effective reinforce
ments could reach and save him.
There is no disputing thfe fact that
; he most popular thing that could be
done at the present moment would be
the lifting of the blockade of Manila ,
; he recapture of Cavite and tbe sensa
tional destruction of Dewey's forces ,
even though Cuba should be lost later
as a consequence.
The Boy Spy Kclcascd.
TAMPA , Fla. , May 23. After a thor
ough investigation of tbe charges
against young Garcia , son of a cigar
manufacturer of Tampa , who was ar-
estecl on suspicion of being a Spanish
spy , General Shafter ordered that he
) e honorably discharged.
Prlsco Henry IVlll Not Go to Manila.
BERON , May 23. The officials of tbe
3erman foreign office say Prince Henry
of Prussia , who is now in China , has
no intention at present of going to
Manila.
A MADRID VIEW OF IT ,
Ccrvcra's Exploit Hcgartlecl as Proof of
the IncffectlvcncBS of tlio Blockade.
LONDON , May 23. The Madrid corre
spondent of the Daily News says :
"Admiral Cervcru'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
meuts. Admiral Ccrvera's brilliant
move reminding one of Lord 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 work
that the blockade of Cuba is merely
nominal.
"Admiral Ccrvera has given the slip
to two powerful fleets that have been
scouring the ocean for a fortnight in
an endeavor to catch him. All the
American schemes depend thereupon.
Admiral Cervcra , Tvith four cruisers
and a few destroyers , alone in the At
lantic , ignoring events in Cuba ancJ
Porto Rico , and the position of the
American squadron , has outmaneuvered
euvered , disorganized and dispersed
the latter , making the Americans be
lieve they were threatened on every
side.
"The torpedo boats Azor , Rayo and
Ariete steamed from the Cape Verde
islands to the Canaries with the utmost
precautions , hugging the coast by day
and covering their lights by night.
The Ariete. slightly damaged , was
towed by the Ciudad de Cadiz and the
transports carried the smaller boats of
the Vizcaya , the Almirante Oquendo ,
the Cristobal Colon and the Infanta
Maria Teresa , probably in order that
these vessels might be kept cleared , in
view of possible battle. ' '
"CIRCUMSTANTIAL CABINET , "
Nickname Given to Spain's New Ministry
Aggressive War Policy.
MADRID , May 23. The 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 , Senor 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 annals 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 new government
will also energeticalty 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 been postponed be
cause Senor Leon y Castillo had not
accepted the portfolio , being "detained
in Paris by very important negotia
tions which may lead to fresh develop
ments in the present grave situation. "
r.ce Leaics "Washington.
WASHINGTON , May 23. Major Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee , who is to command
the Seventh army corps , now being
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 bis 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 United States vol
unteers , numbering 335 men arrived
here yesterday afternoon from Lincoln ,
Nebraska , over the Rock Island rail
road. They left immediately over the
Monon route for Cincinnati , where
they will be transferred to the Queen
and Crescent road and proceed to Chick
amauga.
Can't Coal at Newfoundland.
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 Fiona to patrol the south coast
and report the presence of strange
shipping. The warships are also pre
paring to visit there.
Ix > st "With AH on Board.
ST. JOHNS , N. F.May 23. The French
barkentinc Dennc , from Sydney for
St. Pierre , with a cargo of coal has
been lost with all hands , off Point
Plattee , Miquelon islands.
Terror Still at Martinique.
ST. PIERRE , Martinique. Maj * 23.
The Spanish torpedo boat de&troj-er
Terror and the hospital ship Alicante
are still at Fort de France.
THE MARKETS.
Kanaa * City Grain ami lAva Stootc.
Hard \Vneat-No. 1. SL23. Ma 2. I1.2o ;
No. 3 , 81.21,4 : NOL 4. 1.18 : rejected , il. 15.
Soft Wheat No. 1. 81.23 No. 'i 41.22.
Ko. 3 , 81.21 : No. 4. 2L16 ; reJecteJ. SI. 14 i.
Spring Wheat No. 2. iL 18 No. A 51 19 , |
rejected , SI. 1231.15. j
Mixed Corn .Vu ! . 34i Nix a 33'Jc ; |
No. 4. 32&c ; no grade , 31@32c.
Whlte Corn Xo. 2 , 3S ) { : . No. A 3oc :
No. 4. 32 c.
Cattle Receipt * 427. calve * 2.1 :
shipped. 2,430 cattle : 3 calves Tne iaar-
tet was nominally steady. j
Shippmp and dressed lieef steers J3 90 $
3.00. native heifers. S4 OOfr-l-Go ; native ;
: ows , < 3.25&4.25 : native leeders. t4 3oii .
1.60 ; native stockers. * 4.00a4.10. i
Hogs .Receipts. 5.770 ; shipped. 094. '
The general market was strong too ceiUs
higher with exceptional sales ID to cents
Higher than closing price yesterday , j
Prices ranged from i2.15Q4.40. j
IT IS SOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLET CORRECTS
CIGARETTE CRITICS-
MISTAKES. %
Communication In tne "Scleatlflc
canon Mutter of FopaUr
preu n.Ion-Stolned
Is No Test At
j. W. Mallet , professor of chemistry
In the University of Virginia , in a com
munication to the current number ot
with reference i ,
the Scientific American , says
erence to cigarettes of American man
ufacture :
"Ignorance of easily ascertainable
scientific facts is , however , common
illustrated by the
enough , as is often
brown , oily material formed in the ft
smoking of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine , though in reality this is ftt.
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 ,
so 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 ( about
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
ettes as I have examined , representing :
a large part of those in general use
throughout the United States , are
made from pure , light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certain
special soils , prominently In cartain ot
the southern counties of Virginia an&
the adjacent portion of North Carolina. ,
with wrappers of the best quality of
harmless vegetable fiber paper , and ar $
entirely free from the adulterants
which it has been asserted are present ,
with no evidence in favor of such as
sertion , and in absolute contradiction
of the scientific evidence actually avail
able.
took on This Picture and. on Tbat.
"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.
Napoleon was not above the paltriest
deeds. At the battle of Dresden , in
1813 , he noticed that a group of offl-
cers had 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 niind
he was the onlr great general. A sun
was discharged at the group , and Mor-
eau , a famous French soldier who had
Joined the allies , and who was alnost
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. "
The 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 people
ple introduced Into our conipanytwhom
we , the old-fashioned adjectives , hard
ly recognize "strenuous , " "intense , "
'weird , " "fiery , " "sympathetic , "
"spleiiJid , " "secure , " "naive , " "im
pressive , " "poignant , " mostly attached.
Lee , to the wrong nouns. There are
: oo 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 is 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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