The Irish standard., 1889-03-09

weed, Claiming that it men have the right
TO put their feet OIL the rnantel and make
room blue with smoke why should they be
denied the privilege, since 1t has such
soothing effect On the temper! And if
women can find any thing shat has a saln-
tary effect upon their tempers what folly to
deprive them Of it!
Why 90 women chew gum? You do not
know and even the chewers themselves do
not seem to.
80, chew because can, guess" said
one pert young miss upon being questioned
hy Chicago Tribune reporter.
"And because my mother tells me not
TO-" said another with ll;ischlevous laugh.
81 chew because like the taste and be-
canse every body else chews," said 81 third,
indifferently, and likewise answered they
all; the truth is, they really did not know
why they chewed and had never thought TO
| ask themselves the question.
The history Of chewing gum is like the
growth of all animal and vegetable life-one
Of evolution.
Children began to chew the exudations
from different trees, from the peach, plum,
pine, spruce and sweet gum, thus putting it
intc somebody's mind to make an artificial
gum.
Ii was first made of beeswax, gutta-
perclla and other rubbery and sticky sub
stances, which were perfectly pure and
harmless. and costly in preparation. But
three years ago some inventive genius dis
covered that by boiling some of the baser
elements OF petroleum and mixing in q
small amount Of beeswax q gum similar to
the more expensive could be produced
which was quite susceptible to Havors and
triaing in cost. BY the use OF scents and
large quantities Of sugar, which is the
principal article used in the composition of
any gum, the disagreea5le taste and odor
Of petroleum was entirely obliterated aud a
saEable article was produced. About the
same time q gum called 'sBalsam ToluH was
produced, which also found a ready sale, par
ticularly a.uong children, and then s'Paraf
tine,n III al. OF it's fayors and mixtures, had
it's day.
One variety Of white gum was for sonae
time quite extensively manufactured il
China. That country has q. tree peculiar to
itself which possesses an attraction Tor all
insect with {, queer Chinese NAME, which
one will neither attempt to write or pro-
ncunce. Mum bars Of them collect upon the
tree, and when they have departed 20 past
ures new branches are found to De literally
covered with q waxy deposit. BY boiling
the branches the wax is separated from
them, and when the WAFER aud twIgs are
drawn off the white deposit remains.
This is purified, swsetened, Favored.
cooled i'll cakes and little fancy picture
pasted on top, and we have the old white
gum which SO many Of as have el1owed un-
til our jaws acbed. The sale ct this variety
was enormous, but it has now been sup
planted by newer kinds, as the old rubber
wax.
Physicians differ considerably in their
views On the subject. An eminent physl-
clan from Ohio declares that gurn.ciewi1lg
seriously affects the eyesight, and that he
never fails to detect the use Of it by an ex-
animation of the eye. Another says that
the muscles Of the jaw and face NEAR the
temple are enlarged and hardened and the
curve Of the lips IS destroyed And, on the
other hand, doctors without number advise
its use to cleanse the teeth anC aiG diges-
ton.
It is quite the fad Ut the present time to
chew spruce gum. TIA least is pure from
ell the ad;lltera lions which are now so COM
mon.
It has been computed by statistician that
the people of the United States spend more
than Sl,5oo,0O0 every year for chewing
gum. There is amanufactory at Louisville,
Ky, that clone turns out five hundred thou
sand boxes Of six dozen cakes each yearly,
which ls distributed all over the world.
And when one stops to think Of all the
other manufactures Of gums OF different
varieties which are n full blast. selling as
much or more than the one mentioned
above. we are astounded at what mans
Jaws CAL do.
Not long ago girl who had been cnew-
ing steadily on . wager, to her surprise and
dlsmay found that her jaws we're set and
she was obliged to seek the aid Of q physi-
clan immediately. Some Of the muscles
were paralyzed, and it took some trouble to
get her mouth open again. 1t usually takes
an equal amount Of trouble to get the ma
jority ct women to close their mouths, to be
sure: but in spite Or the above and similar
warnings grn-cheWing has evidently come
to stay.
LoaDing to the Lord.
The Salt Lake Tribune tells the following
story about Brigham Young: A good Lat
ter-day Saint says he remembers very we'll
how Brother Brigham used to send over to
the city hall When he was short, to see
how much money there was in the treas
ury, that the same might be loaned to the
Lord The relator told how one day the
Beehive House messenger came into the
hall with the exclamation: |'Wel, boys,
how much cash is there to-day in the
treasury" "Ahout eight thousand dol
lars said the treasurer. "Well, pack it
up, the old man wants it," and the eight
thousand dollars was packed up" with
out any ado, and laid at the feet Of Brother
Brigham. There was no collateral Of any
kind put up; the loan was to the Lord our
God, and the Lord our God was Brigham
Readers who doubt the above may be con-
vinced by turning to Mrs. Stenhouse's
book. and learn how Brother Brigham Or
dered two hundred and seyenty-fve dol
lars, worth Of bunnets Of her for his wives,
and then wrote on the bottom Of the bill:
g You will be credited this amount On your
tithing account