The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-09
The Traitors Heart il the Vulture'> :
Feast.
BY PAUL HAMILTON HAYSE

Here, in this dreadful desert place;
ShOrn of the last thread of his tawdry
dress.
III utter and revolving nakedness-
His dark, dead face,
With the glazed horror of its sightless eyes
Turned to the bright iron;c skies,
khartOOm's foul traitor lies,
What, Judas Do thy palIid fingers clutch,
Strained overmuch,
The last red coin Of thine accursed pay,
More red than any gold that leaves the
mine!
Fate thrust 1t on thee, with a sudden sign,
That seemed to sweep thy pestilent breath
away.
Thou hast not spoken,
Nor has thy CHASTITY quietude been broken.
Yea! hast not moved, nor spoken since that
day.
O God. but see
The wan face quiver fitfully;
Doth some long swoon, or strange suspense
of breath
Simulate death.
Nay, It's the shadow of loathsOme thing,
The ravenOus vulture's wing,
Which for an instant fitting through the
air,
Swooping above the dead mans eyes and
hair.
Made life-like the gaunt features. frozen
there.
''fIabet," che has it," the hot breezes say,
Along their scOrnful way
And "habet." froIl wild places, low or high,
The stern, sardonic echoes make reply;
And where corruption's first blue mist is
wreathed
About the corse, mark! mark. | pray,
Above the sullen sand
Oiow brightly fierce,
Through that smart dustclOud its quick
flashes pierce
AS twere a raper- blade unsheathed,
And welded by an unseen, pitiless hand),
One swift, sharp sunbeam lunge,
Glitter and dart
As if it sought to plunge, and plunge, and
plunge,
Insatiate to the traitors thrObless heart,
And thus, beyond the spectre of a doubt,
Let the last curdled drop of treachery out
-PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN.
The Weed that Cheers, But Not Ine-
briates.
The use Of tobacco is so generally regar-
ded as vice, destructive of morals as well
as health, that the following good words
in it's behalf will, no doubt, much surprise
those who condemn it:
THE ADVANTAGES OF TOBACCO.
[From Medical and Surgical Reporter.l
Dr. Parcira states in his Materia Med;ca
that he is ''unacquainted with any well
determined i'll effects from the practice of
| smoking" and ChriStiSOn speaks of it as a
luxury used all over the world without
any bad effects having been clearly traced
to it In "a letter of DR.. Parker, author
of ''Parkers' Manual of Practical Hy-
! giene,' in Lancet" page 2S4, 1880, he
has searched in vain for any satisfactory
evidence Of the harmful effects Of tobacco,
and that it was for this reason that its
consideration was not given a place in the
, work mentioned.
The fact has been pointed out that men
are on tie whole as healthy as women,
while nine cases out Of ten the male pop
ulation of the world use tobacco, and wo
men as a rule abstain. In the learned
professions about one half of the ministers
are addicted to it in some form, likely
three fourths of all physiclal.s, and nine
tenths of the members Of the legal frater-
nifty.
In looking calmly at the tobacco ques-
ton, there is one feature calculated to eX-
cite alarm, and that is the habit of chew
lug and smoking 50 widely practiced
among boys. This to young growing boys
is unqualifiedly hurtful. They voluntarily
endure the first disagreeable effect of the
tobacco to acquire what they consider an
accomplishment; the habit is finally con
tirmed and with an entire ignorance of it,
powers, added to a tendency of imlnodera
ton, the growth and development is Otter
seriously interfered with, and the worst re
suits follow. They smoke and chew gen
orally the worst tobacco, and to degree
which would positively be harmful witt
the majority of adults.
This matter should be corrected b,
proper action of our legislators, witt
whom the responsibility rests.
Smoking, when done at proper times
facilitates digestion. The sense of relic
obtained by a cigar, after heavy meal
is we'll known to smokers. Dyspepsis
sometimes follows the discontinuance O
tobacco, and is resumed when the habit il
resumed.
While the abuse of tobacco weakens tn,
system and leads to emaciation, used in
telligently it eXerts favorable influence
upon nutrition.
Hammond, by observation upon himself
found gain in weight with the use of to
baccO. Fiske attributed an increase o
twenty-four pounds in three months to to
bacco. Tobacco, when the food is suf
fcent to preserve the weight. increases it
when insufficient, and the body is losing
tobacco reStrainS the loss. diamond.
Boerhaave, of Holland, over 200 year
ago referred to tobacco as being antido
tai to hunger. 1t seems that the power t
undergo fatigue, either mental or physical
is aided by tobacco.
SOLDIERS of all nations use it. 1t wa
standing injunction of Napoleon tina
his troops should have tobacco, and it wa
of great advantage in the retreat froI
Moscow" (Fiske) During our late wa
the soldier would be patient under yer
severe privatiops, if he had a good suppl
Of tobacco to smoke or chew, and when O
picket duty would risk his life to strike
match for his pipe.
Situations of loneliness are always rel
dered more tolerable by tobacco, and it
the constant companion of those who lea
lives of solitude, such as that Of the herd
men or ranchmen. A feeling Of unrest {
discomfort, made up of ill-defined Ions
ings, of imaginary disappointments, an
unpleasant anticipations commonly know
as ennui, is responsible for much unhal
piness This unfortunate condition
mind is removed by the soothing infiueno
of cigar, and the moroseness and gloo1
are quickly dispelled. AS much of ever
day is filled up with care, our degree
comfort in this life will depend large
upon our ability to bear it accompanying
ly. That tobacco assists us to do thi
that it enables us to look upon life mo-
cOmplacently must be the conclusion
every one who has experienced its inf