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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-05-11
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral,
t'or Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such Coughs, Colds, WhoopIug
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and COp~ .Inptlon.

Among the great
discoveries of modern
science. few are of
more real value TO
mankind than this eff
tectual remedy for all
diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
trial of it's virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and etlectuallv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-05-11


control them. The testimony of our best citi-
CHERRY PECroRAL will and does relieve and
rurc the affecting disorders of the Throat and
Lungs bcvOnj any other medicine Ihe most
dan -crOu5 affections of the Pulmonary Organs
ve!l 10 its power; and cases OF COnsunp.
ton, curej by this preparation, are public
lv known. remarkable hardly TO be be-
iIcvCd, were they not proven beyond dispute
As reL V II l. adequate, OIL which tie public
may re r full protection. BY curing Coughs,
the 'oTt Inners OF more serious disease. saves
Uun' IUhereI lives, AMI amount Of SuuerinS
not TO computed. 1t challenges trial, and con-
viuCes most sceptical. Every family should
keep /: on hand as protection against the early
AMI uuperceiyed attack of Pulmonary Affections
which easily met ut first, but which become
iucura3le. and too often fatal, if neglected en-.
der lungs need this defence: and il iS unwi~e 10
De without it, A. Il safeguard 10 children, aniL
the diStre reSsuT diseases which beSet the lhroal
AMI Chest OF childhood, CHERRY PECroRAI
is Invaluable; for, bv its timely use, multi
tules are -escued from premature graves, anl
saved 10 jhe love ana affection centred on them.
II acts speedily and surely against ordinary colds,
ring sound and notwithstanding sleep No
one will suffer troublesome tnEiueEZa aud pain
full Bronchitis. when they k"ow how easily
thev can he cured.
Originally the product Of long, laborious and
IcCeSsful chemical investigation, no cost or toll
is sparel in IN thing every bottle in the utmost
possible perfection. II may be confidently re-
lied upon possessing all the virtues il has eve!
exhibited. and capable of producing cures a.
memorable as he greatest il has ever effected.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

j. L. Cox, best patch work bed quilt,
S1.00.
j. L. Cox, End best patch work bed
quilt. % cts.
j. L. Cox. 3rd best patch work bed
quilt. % cts.
J. L. Cox. 4th. best patch work bed
quilt. - cts.
Miss Emma Taylor, best silk quilt,
800.
Mrs Levin Woollen. best domestic
flannel. S1.0O.
Minus Hinshaw. best homespun
jeans. S1.O0.
F. B. Kearns. best linsey goods,
800.
Mrs. ". \. Brewer. best homemade
carpet. S1.O0.
Mrs. ". \. Brewer. best log cabin
quilt. - cts.
Mrs. J. L. Cox. 2nd best carpet, 80
cents.
Miss Lou Porter. best hearth rug. 90
cents.
Minus Hinshaw. best flax and cotton
cloth. % cts.
Vim. Wood. best toe and cotton
cloth. % cts.
VIM. Wood, best double . over
let. S1.00.
VIM. Wood, 2nd best double owe
coverlet. - cts.
Mrs. Levin Woollen. 3rd best quilt.
30 cts.
Mrs. VI. \. Brewer, best double
wov cotton coverlette, - cts.
Ct. ~Bonkemyer. honey combcounter-
pane. 2nd best. 80 cts.
j. y. Winingham. table toilette. d.
ploma.
VIM. Wood. home dress coat, di-
ploma.
Mrs. \. H. Hill, best knit counter
pane. - cts.
Miss Maggie E. Curtis. 5pieces paint
ing water colors, diploma.
Miss Ada Belts. pencil drawings, d.
ploma.
Miss f. VI. Taylor, crotchethandker-
chiefs case. diploma.
Mrs. VI. Y. Brewer, greatest exhibit
of preserves, canned fruits, j~cllies, &c.
$500.
j. Z. walker. greatest exhibit of
leather harness, &c. $500.
j. l.. Cox, largest yield OF sweet POI
tatoeS raised on one acre, $500.
a. S. Horney, best and and larg@at
variety of Agricultural products on eN-
hibition and not less than ten articles
by the wne from any one farm.
$500.
w. j. PAGE. Cor. Secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

The Journal Of Agriculture and Far
mer. OF st. Louis mas forwarded 10 Mr..
Buckner. chairman of the committee
on banking and currency. a farmers
petition, measuring 121 feet in Iength
and containing 5.513 names The
memorIaiiets ask for financial system
independent Of a metallic basis.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Phillips
IN the House for postal savings banks
provides that banks NAV be established
at post offices whore the salary is ST
Goo and over. and that deposits NAV be
received at three per cent. interest. +
also authorizes the issue Of 3.35 bonds
with coupons payable every three
months.
The abstract Of taxables in Wayne
county, a furnished By the Register of
Debts. aggregates 81. 30. 6y3. There
are listed l.. 1o5 white and 1.402 colored
polls.
county taxes on prOperty-poll
and $4,000 income amount to $40. 40
-: taking from this o the poll
tax which IS used for school purposes.
the tax on property for county pur-
poses, SS.O03:52-l00: adding to this the
schedule b taxes. amounting To
some 1900, there will be about $40
300, to meet the current expenses OF
h county.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
General Vopifs.
A PRICELESS TREASURE.
Discovery of a Statue by Prax-
iteleS--DescriPiiOn OF its APP


London Atheneum.
In the second week of May, 1877, there
was found in the Olympia temple of
Zeus, not far from the portrait statue of
a Roman lady, a colossal marble statue
of a nude youth. The lower portion
of the legs and the right forearm
are wanting. With the left elbow
he leaned upon the stem Of a tree, sup
porting on his arm a little boy. OF the
latter figure, unfortunately only the
lower part remains, and the tiny hand
that he had laid cOnfidingly on the
shoulder of his bearer. Over the tree
stem on which the arm that supports
the boy is rested falls the drapery in
rich, deeply-cut and wonderfully work
ed folds, affording to the arm a soft
resting place, and gracefully hiding the
support of the tree stem, which in this
position was technically necessary.
The body of the youth rests
with an easy negligence on the
left leg, SO that the soft flesh of
the right hip shows, in manifold dis
placements, the play Of the muscles Of
the blooming, youthful form. The
head is marked by the finest, most
s~piritualized youthful beauty, and
somewhat resembles the heads we see
on the Vatican Meleager or the iiermeS
of the Belvidere. The body, too, re-
sembles those figures, only 1t is slender,
softer, more vivacious. At the first
glance we are struck by the careless ex-
ecution of the hair, which, in the parts
that were usually unseen by the spec
tators, is only slightly indicated. The
back of the statue is also less
thoroughly wrought. Now Pausanias
reports that among the gifts
of recent date was a marble Hermes
carrying the boy D%ionysus, and that it
was a work of Praxiteles. The savants
who have charge of the excavations,
have, therefore, and there is no doubt
correctly inferred that our statue Is
the Hermes of Praxiteles, and that we
now, for the first time, behold an orIgi-
nal work of that great artist-a work
that is equal to the greatest treasures
we possess of ancient art. and which
must ever remain a cornerstone of ouI
knowledge of the history of Geek
sculture.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
The South Carolina Fair.

The State Fair of South Carolina
opened at Columbia on Tuesday last.
and was said 10 be a grand success.
Several visitors from this part OF North
Carolina were present. ana II l. said al
had a pleasant time.
Columbia Is full of people from ali
sections OF South Carolina and ncl-h-
boring States. who this morning pa
tiently awaited the arrival of the tram
on which GOV. Vance was expected.
1t did not reach here until II O'Clock,
at which hour Gov. Hampton and 4
committee Of citizens met roy Vance
at the depot and escorted hlm 10 the
Wheeler House. His EN~CelichcN was
much wearied by ms long ana tire
some Journey. but aitera snort rest aP-
peared upon the Fair Grounds anu was
received With great enthusiasm Al .
o'clock he vas introduced 70 the audi
ence by Gov. Hampton. and spoke
with fine effect. elIcltIRE mucn APP
plauSe during the delivery of a speech
which was III all respects c~redItable to
the speaker and suitable 70 the occa-
sion. His remarks aroused great m
tercst III the large a~>emblagc. and nc
closed amid the regrets OF his hear
erS.
GON. Vance "dN preceded bN VT.
Kimball. Of the Winnehago III Agri-
cultural Society. who spoke largely Of
politics and Was very severe IN ms
structures upon Mr.. Blaine and the "a
dical element Of the Republican party
generally. His words found a hearty
response in the breast, Of the people
ami lie was greatly chcered.
4 great many military companies
are here. and among them the corps
Of Cadets from the Carolina Military
Of Charlotte, are observable,
Telegram from Columbia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

DR.. Jabez Fisher Of Fitchburg has
been using a fertilizer on his grape
vineyard for several years, in accor-
dance with Prof. G.is recommends
ton. the chief component of which Is
potash. The beneficial effects of the
application are III the line OF those OBJ
tanned BY the professor. Nr. Anger,
the State Pomologist of Connecticut,
experimenting in the same field, has
realized equally pleasing results.
The whole grass family. including
the grass crop, Indian corn. wheat.
We. etc. * a class of plants presenting
no less interesting facts in regard to
the effect Of potash. In case of gras-
ses and grains. it is held land the idea
is carried into practice quite general
" that the muriate OF potash Is as
good a form of potash fertilizer as any
other. Since analysis shows these
plants TO have a large percentage OF
starchy compounds. carbohydrates III
their compOsition-though less COM
paratively than the DOT cropS-the
reader may see a contradiction IN the
above stated effect of potash. But
may it not be true that this fact of the
muriate being apparently equally ben
eficial with the sulphate of potash on
grains. ETC.. is due to the fact that
their starch and sugar are not a promi-
nent portion of these plants. and are
not what these plants are especially
cultivated for: 1t MAY be. too, that
the muriate Of potash becomes decom-
posed. and denominations take place
which result III other forms OF potash
in time to affect the development of
the substances in this class of plants.
Further investigation may show that
the other forms Of potash are more ia
vorable to the production of starch and
sugar in these crops IN comparison
with the muriate than we at present
inclined to believe. However this
may be. we know that. SO far, practice
has shown that the cheaper muriate
nswer the purpose Of a good potash
fertilizer.
NOTE.-Since writing the above we
have received aletter from Prof. GOeSs-
mann. who writes 4 do not doubt
that chloride Of potassium suffers IN
most soils a transformation sooner or
later: for whatever the chloride of
sodium or potassium are applied to
n extent toa soil containing lime or
magneSia compounds. the chlOrideS of
calcium (the base Of lime) or magne-
SUM, or both. soon become prominent
constituents of the drainage waters.
Continued use of the chlOrideS of the
alkalies implies a wasteful consump-
ton of lime in the sofia fact deServ-
ing serious attention when a soil Is
known to be poor in lime.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

DIPTHERIA.-The Huntingdon Mr.
Tor SAYS: We feel it our duty to give
a recipe for the cure Of diptheria.
which we know from personal knOwl-
edge has cured several severe cases. 1t
Is simply to put some pure tar on a
plate and apply hot Goals to it. not hot
enough, however. to create a blaze.
Then place a funnel upside down over
the tar and let the patient inhale tt
fumes arising from the burning tar
through the spout OF the funnel. 1t
will give instant relief. and may lie
repeated as often as may be necessa-v.
Tar spread on a piece of cloth and APP
piled to the throat in connection with
the inlnling process is also good. much
better than old pitch and liniments.
1t should lot be removed until the
throat is relieved of all soreness"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
RANDOLPH AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

lIoG vi oN OK LIZ
third annual Fair of the Randolph
County Agricultural Society, held at
the Fair Grounds, in Asheboro, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the
list, end and 3rd of November, 1877:
DEPARTMENT 81"
Ivy Kearns, best bacon hams, $1O0.
Ivy Kearns, best picked pork, 500.
f. Is. Kearns, end best picked Ptrk,
so cents.
E. B. Kearns, best hard soap, so cts.
f. B. Kearns, best soft soap. 80 cts.
j. l.. Cox. best sour kraut, 80 cts.
L. d. Birkhead, best lot tin ware,
$1.OO.
IVY Kearns. best sack flour $500.
Emsley Loudermilk, End BEST sack
flour, $1.0O.
DEPARTMENT OK"
+. l.. Cox, best loaf bread, 80 cts.
Mrs. A.. c. McAlister, best silver
cake, 80 cts.
Mrs. NJ. n. Brewer, best pound cake,
so cts.
ID. G. McMasters. best butter, - cts.
CT. BOnkemyer. End best butter, 80
cents.
j. l.. Cox, 3rd best butter, % cts.
+. b. Kearns, best variety dried
fruits. $500
+. B. Kearns, best dried black ber-
ries. % cts.
E. b. Kearns, best ounces. % cts.
w. W. Redding. best vinegar, 80 cts.
DR.. Q. I. Lemly, bottle hair oil, dip
Iona.
4. S. Honey, best scuppernong
wine. 80 cts.
Mrs. b. Moffitt, End best scuppernong
wine. diploma.
Mrs. +. B. Kearns, best sweet picked
cherries. diploma.
DEPARTMENT IL"
Mrs. VI. Y. Brewer, best can peaches.
% cts.
Mrs. B. Moffitt, best lot can peaches,
% cts.
Mrs. B. B. Burns, End best lot can
peaches. diploma.
Mrs. VI. \. Brewer. best apple pre-
serves. p cts.
A. S. Horney, best glass melon pre-
serves, 25 cts.
Mrs. NJ. \. Brewer. best pear pre-
serves, % cts.
Mrs. VI. Y. Brewer, best scupper-
nong Jelly, 25 cts.
Mrs. VI. n. Brewer, best ounce Jelly,
25 cts.
Mrs. NJ. Y. Brewer, best peach jelly,
% cts.
Mrs. VI. Y. Brewer, best CRANBERRY
jelly. p cts.
Mrs. VI. \. Brewer, best damson pre-
serves. p cts.
\. S. Honey, best strawberry jelly,
% cts.
J. L. Cox, best canned apple jelly,
% cts.
Mrs. B. B. Burns, apple jelly. 80 cts.
DEPARTMENT M"
Mrs. r. w. Frazier, best infant sack,
diploma.
Miss Lou Porter. crotchet tidy. dip
Iona.
Miss Maggie Curtis, pencil drawings.
diploma.
Miss E. NJ. Taylor. sett chair tidys.
diploma.
Miss Lou Porter. pillow shams, di-
ploma.
Miss E. B. Kearns. / sett table mats,
diploma.
Miss E. VI. Taylor, 2 sets toilette
mats, diploma.
Miss E. NJ. Taylor, 1 lamp mat, di-
ploma.
Miss Emma Walker, mat, diploma
flowers, diploma.
Miss Lou Porter, embroidered yoke,
diploma.
Master Jammie McAlister, bird eggs,
diploma.
Miss A. E. Moring, 1 sett basket
work, diploma.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

Bright Granville county tobacco GER
tainly is one of the finest f1avOured,
mild tObaccOS | ever smoked. and IT Is
certainly a fact hat it is poor both IN
nicotine and albuminous compounds,
which | am inclined to regard as a
good and distinguishing characteristic
of delicate favored mild tobaccos.
How variable the proportions of nj
trOgen and ash are in tobacco. yOu Will
notice in the following determinations
which | made of three other samples
of prepared) tobacco which you kindly
sent me
Percentage of Nitrogen and Ash an three
specimens of Tobacco, dried ut 212o
Fahrenheit.
Percentage Percentage
Of Nitrogen. OF Ash.
Lone Jack" To-
baccO. LOO l4.J3
Perfect'n Straight
Cut Matchless
Cavendish, pre-
pared by John +.
Allen 81 Co.,
jRichmond. 49,. LES 1913
Louisiana Perlque
Tobacco. grown
in st. James Par
IohN'lopOI ICf~'J
You will observe that the strong
Perique tobacco is much richer in nj
trogen and ash than the two milder
kinds.
OF course. | merely throw out. by
way of suggestion, that delicate fla
voured mild tobacco is likely to be
found always poor in nitrogen. An
extended series of analyses alone
would be required to establish this
point. If my engagements permitted
it. | should feel much interested in
following up this line of Investigation,
but | have my hands 50 full of work,
and the subject of tobacco growth IS
of no immediate Interest to British ag-
riculturists. that | am obliged to leave
SO important and interesting a work as
that of a thorough tobacco investiga-
ton to others more favourably situated
than | am.
Believe me-, my dearsir, yours faith
fully,
(Signed) AUGUSTUS VoELCKER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
Decorated by the Gar.

The Emperor himself is the sole foun-
tain Of military honor. He watches all
personally, and his personal bearing
enhances the reward in every case. 4
generous word. a friendly look. the
w~ell-choSen expression Of praise to suit
the individual. go home t the heart Of
the recipient as much as the highly
cherished eward itself. Two hundred
officers Of all ranks breakfast and dine
daily at his table. From the youngest
TO the oldest every eye IS fixed on him.
Before the meal, ii the assembled cir
Gle. as the Car appears. it is seen one
day that al aide-de-camp behind him
carries a cushion with crosses on it
and, perhaps. half a dozen sword
knots of honor-the riband Of st.
George. orange ani black-to be worn
attached to the sword hilt. Instantly
expectation is at its height. The Cars
voice calls the chosen name. all make
room for the envied man to pass. he
ONE blushing and flushed. receives
the prize. bends low to kiss the impe-
rial hand. and retires bowling at every
step, a made man for life. the admired
and courted Of al beholders. Then he
has to 20 through the usual embrac-
ing AMI kissing on both cheeks from
his friends. | have seen old officers so
overcome with this mark OF distinc-
ton, that they went about for ten
minutes after like children. weeping.
with the priced decoration in their
hands, showing 1t round. half dazed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
10000
Containing NitrOgen...........
Nitrogen in portion insoluble
in water
Total percentage of Nitrogen

Total percentage of Nitrogen 81
In other recorded tobacco analyses,
1 find the proportion of nitrogen is
given much higher and for this rea
son l was particularly anxious to verify
my results by repeated determine
tions, which closely agreed in the sec
ond decimals, and leave no doubt in
my mind that the Fancy Bright Gran
vile tobacco contains a comparatively
very small amount of heterogeneous (al-
buminous) compounds. Perhaps, this
explains the delicate flavor of tobacco
smoke of this kind of tobacco; for it is
well known that albuminOus and other
heterogeneous compounds, when largely
present in materials submitted to dry
distillation (and smoking is a familiar
illustration of destructive dry distilla-
tom give off MISUNDERSTANDING
ammoniacal vapours, reminding one
more or less of singed feathers or burnt
horn. Be this as it may the Fancy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
Abstracts Of TaxableS.

Abstracts received at the office of
the State Auditor
Oasi0tr-Total property valuation,
S953.2o2 general State tax, S1.39S.0 2 :
special State tax, $1.429, 50; school tax,
-. . -: county tax, IS, t9S, OF.
NodjsoH-Iotal valuation OF proper
l., .5lo. $50 general State tax, SOL
%. special State tax, $3.50 school
tax. 5l,4@j. 80 county tax, 1885, A.
4dcyhunTlota property valuation.
Sff3.3l3: general STATE tax. 5000. 10 /;
special STAGE tax. S66l.9a SchoOl tax.
&I.035.59: county tax 1900. 30.
Ctuyifuct-Ihe total amoInt Of tax
able property III this county IS 500
60; general State tax, $.40. =: special
state tax. S1J1, d school tax, 81 .433,-
- county tax, II, 1890.
U0rren-Total valuation of property
in this county is s., 1913, 092 general
State tax. 50. 115.S5 special State tax,
50, Isl, "a school tax, t ,S36, 9S county
tax, $13, 604,47.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

BEHIND THE TIMES.-The minister to
Holland reports that there has been no
bank failure there for forty years. and
the paper money of the banks equals
gold. No failure of a fire insurance
company is on record, and companies
realize sixteen per cent. yearly, al
though the rate OF insurance is only
One-half per cent. First-ciass railroad
travel is only one cent per mile, yet the
roads pay good dividends. Pilfering
officers are scarcely heard of, but are
severely punished and forever dis
graced when exposed. No free passes
are granted anybody. Dishonesty or
failure III business ean public dis
honor. Four millions Of people live
within an area Of 30 Q square miles
and appear prosperous and cOntented.
All live within their income and are
industrious and honest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
Deducting Sand and Carbonic Acid,
and the composition of the pure tobac-
co is aS follows

L lind merely traces OF nitrate IN the
Fancy Bright tobacco, which, perhaps.
is one of the reasons why this tobacco
has a very mild taste; for, in all biting,
strong ~tobaccos, | find invariably nj
trates are present in considerable pro-
portions.
Another, and still more important
fact, which my investigation has
brought to light, is that the Granville
county tobacco you sent me contains
little nicotine, which | am inclined to
regard as a good feature of this kind
of tobacco. In coarse, strong tObac-
COS, notably the inferior tobaccos
grown in the Palatinate (Bavaria), and
some of the coarse (highly manured)
Virginia tobaccos. they are found to
contain much more nicotine, some as
high as three or fOur times as much as
l find in the Fancy Bright"
The following table shows the de-
tailed composition of the sample of
Fancy Bright Granville county tobac-
o
Moisture. IA. IS
Scum, eXtractive matters and
other substances, soluble in
water. 36.17
Mineral matters, soluble in wa
o.9S
Nicotine. 1877
Resinous compounds, oil and
other constituents, soluble in
ether and alcohol. .......... 6.6S
CDigestible woody fibre. 14.43
Indigestible woody
fibre pure cellulose). 1912
Mineral matter, insOl-
uble in water ....... 4.33 32.1S
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22
Experimental.
Analysis Of North Carolina To-
baccO.

Analysis Oh NOrLn To-
baccO.
Report of DIR. Augustus Voelcker,
consulting Chemist to the Royal Ag-
ricultural Society of England,-tre-
ferred to in Mr.. Otis letter last week:
ANALYTICAL LABORATORY,
London, Dec. z, 1876.
Mr.. JOHN OFT, Secretary, &C., Rich
mond. Va,
My DEAR SIR You will remember
having sent me, some time ago, a
packet of tobacco leaf, labelled Fancy
bright Tobacco, from Granville GUN
ty, North Carolina" which you desired
Inc to analyze. | have now completed
the examination, and have much plea
sure in handing you the results ob-
tanned, both in the analysis Of the or
ganlc and the inorganic parts OF this
magnificent tobacco. The dried leaf,
when analysed, had the following gen
eral composition:
MOISTURE. l4.OS
Organic matter. 72.O1
Mineral matter ASH. .......... 1925
10000
In composing this general statement
with the results which Prof. Johson,
of Yale College, obtained some years
go in the examination of a specimen
OF Fancy Bright tobacco, from Gran
vile county, n. c., you will notice
that while the Professor found only
S.53 per cent. of ash, the sample you
sent me contained 1925 per cent.
Now, whilst L do not doubt, for a mo-
ment, the correctness of Prof. John
sons determination, | may be allowed
TO say that 81 per cent. Is an eXcep-
tlOnally low per centage Of mineral
matter in tobacco leaves; for, in all
the recorded analysis of tobacco,
which | could lay hold of,-analyses
made in your country as well as in
others made on the continent, l do not
find any other specimen which yielded
as little as 81 per cent. of ash, and the
per centage which | obtained in the
sample you sent me agrees better with
the average amount of mineral matter
In tobacco. The proportion of ash
constituents in tobacco, however, /
lind varies considerably, and usually
amounts to over II per cent, and in
some instances reaches to 20 per cent.
In round numbers.
l have made a complete analysis of
the ash of the sample you sent me,
and embOdy the results in the follow
ing statement showing the compost
ton of the mineral portion (ash) of a
sample of Fancy Bright tobacco,
grown IN Granville county, N. c., and
sent to DR.. Voelcker, by Mr.. John OFT,
Secretary, &c. of Richmond: