Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-13

an officer for each "column" preceding to advertise the visit and complete other neces- sary arrangements. The scheme is pro- pounded by Commandant Herbert Booth, g son of the General
 The "railroad kings" of this country rule over large dominions. Someone has prepared statement of the mileage of the largest sys- tems now on this continent, of which the Missouri Pacific, Jay Gould president, stands at the head. It operates 6,O45 miles and is the longest railroad in the world The next longest is the Chicago & Northwestern, Al bert Keep, of Chicago, president, with 5,645 miles. The third is the Pennsylvania system, George B. Roberts, of Philadelphia, presi- dent, with 4,807 miles. There are twelve systems, wholly or in part in the United States, having above 2,0O0 miles of line each under their control Three are named above. The nine others are: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Alexander Mitchell, of Mil waukee, president, 5,SO4 miles; Un- ion Pacific, Charles Francis Adams, jr., of Boston, president, 4,74S miles; Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, of Cali fornia, president, 4, ,194 miles; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific, Solon Humphries, of New York, receiver, 3,507 miles; the Vanderbilt system, embracing the New York Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Central, w. H. Vanderbilt, of New York, chairman of the board of directors, 3,O66 miles; Grand Trunk of Canada, Sir Henry Tyler of London. England. president, 2,950 miles; Baltimore and Ohio, Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, pres ident, 9, 737 miles; Northern Pacific, Robert Harris, of New York, president, ?, 549 miles; :; and the Louisville and Nashville, M. K. Smith, of Louisville, president, 1866 miles.
 There is a good deal of talk just now about the harm done by tobacco, but General T. L. Clingman, of North Carolina, has some very interesting stories to tell about the good which has been and may be done by it. He was kicked by horse in 1847. He suffered terribly till he thought of tobacco. He ap- piled that to his swollen limb and went to bed, slept sweetly, and awoke noxt morning with his ankle ''instead of being swollen, rather less than it's natural size." Two other times the same ankle was sprained and twice reduced by the same process. In 1864 the general was shot through the leg. The doc tors said he could not live. He put on to- bacco and astonished the doctors by recov- cry. In 1S67 in New York, he was struck in the eye by stage drivers whip. Doctors said he might lose the eye. He put tobacco on and in five days he was entirely cured and the doctors enti{ely astonished. A dozen years ago, being utterly overcopy and pros trated by sore throat while on journey, he applied tobacco and was cured in few hours. The next thing was an attack of erysipelas which threatened his life, but he put on tobacco aid in day or two was so much improved that the physicians were amazed. Erysipelas came back in 1880, but he brought out his tobacco and it took its leave. Then he had sciatica ''terribly aggra- vated by two physicians" He applied to- bacco to the sciatica and was speedily cured. He also quieted a number of corns by the same treatment. So it seems that tobacco will cure almost anything from corns to con SumDtiOn