Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19

ing to evade the watchful eyes of both the
officers Of the steamer and the customs OH
| GERS.
Once dead horse fioated up on the beach
at Coney Island. When people went to re-
move the carcass they found that the In
testines had been removed and the interior
of the dead animal filled with Havana
cigars. The carcass and its cargo had prob
ably been thrown overheard from some
steamer and the confederates who were to
have towed the argosy ashore at some Sc
cluded place had missed connection.
Poor KEMMLER's FATE-A new prac-
tical application of electricity is an ap-
paratus to light cigars. The machine IS
connected by wire with one of the ordl-
nary light currents, and by touching but
ton small but bright electric spark is pro-
duced, at which one can ignite the ordinary
rod saturated with alcohol. One of these
apparatus had just been placed upon the
cigar counter of big downtown restaurant
a few days ago, says the New York Star.
Its use is somewhat unfamiliar to the
habitues of the place, and I was told to
watch them. As various gentlemen finished
their lunch they usually approached the
| cigar stand 10 light their weeds. In several
electric spark even after the process was ex-
planned to them, although the handle OF the
rod was evidently composed of hard rubber
or some other insulated material.
Finally an elderly gentleman approached
the machine, and on being told how it
worked, insisted on holding the point of the
rod about two inches away from the light
| giving as an explanation his disinclination
to monkey with electric currents" A by
stander had finally to light it for him. This
goes to show that the public is somewhat
afraid of live wires.
HOLMES ON THE WEED.-Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes touches on the subject of
tobacco and alcoholic stimulants in a recent
contribution to the Atlantic. The older he
grows, he SAYS, the less use he makes of al
coholic drinks. Occasionally he takes a
glass or two of champagne, which agrees
with him better than any other drink con-
tanning alcohol. An old doctor whom he
remembers, who lived to be a hundred, used
in moderation a mixture of water, cider and
rum. Those who are aged require less food,
especially animal food, but the doctor does
not blame them for being dainty, since the
pleasures :ot the palate are among the last
qualifications OF the senses allowed them.
what do l say as to smoking?" continued
the doctor. 81 cannot begrudge an old man
his pipe, but think tobacco often does a
good deal of harm to the health-to the ewes
especially, to tie nervous system generally,
producing headache, pslpitation and trem-
bling. I myself gave it up many years
ago."
Those who might fancy that the wise and
penetrating old doctor offers any encourage
ment for the indulgence OF dangerous habits
get this parting shot from him: "Philo-
sophically speaking, 1 think self-narcotisa-
tion and self-alcohollzation are rather igno-
BILE substitutes for undisturbed self-con-
sciousness and unIettered selt-control."
A MONKEY THAT SMoKEs-A down.
town cigar store, says the Philadelphia In
Quirer, has monkey named Jocko. Like
most of his kind, Jocko is very initiative.
When he first came to the store he watched
the actions of the customers closely, and
was especially interested in the use to which
they put the swinging cigar lighters Be-
fore many days had passed he was seen to
steal paper cigarette from box on the
showcase, climb up to the cigar lighter and
light the cigarette. After few puffs the
coffin nail on the floor in disgust. The next
day, however, he tried it again, and is now
confirmed victim of the habit. 1t was
leared that this propensity would lead him
into drinking and pool playing circles, but
he has never been guilty of Iurther trans
gressions upon the bounds of good breeding.
LORD WoLsELEY LOVES IT - Lord
Wolseley is great smoker. "He told me-"
says Mr.. Stead, ,of the Pail Nall Gazette, "that
from boy he had smoked constantly, and
that for many years he always smoked from
in the morning till he went to bed at
nigh, smoking nothing but big cigars.
When he was worried and troubled there
was nothing in the world that soothed him
as much as cigar. He had always kept
himself well in hand, and kept the habit
under control by every now and then ceas-
ing to smoke entirely TO-: week or fort
night at q time. He has now given up
smoking altogether, and seems to feel no in
convenience. For fortnight before Tel-el-
Kebir he had never smoked at all, but when
the battle was won, as he stood on the
bridge of the canal at the camp, he lit his
first cigar, and smoked six, one after an
tobacco debauch, as he said.'
A PARAGRAPHER's IDEA.-The rise in
price of tobacco gives propriety to the
adoption of the Spanish style of Offering
presents, says the New York Sun: If a
gentleman extends a cigar with the polite |
invitation that it is sat the disposition of |
your worship" politely but firmly refuse
it. We must not be too hard on our friends. |
UTILIZING THE STEMs-By accident.
says a writer in the st. Louis Globe Demo- |
crdt, 1 discovered a unique industry that is |
right among us, and one that at
tracted my attention wonderfully. The
proprietor is making a sheep-wash from
tobacco stems that is shipped to Australia
in concentrated form and there diluted
with water. He has contract with some
Or all of the tobacco factories to take all
their stems.
Before used for the sheep-wosh thew are
run through machine he has perfected and
all the fragments of the leaf that will ad-
here to the stem, for all the best strippers'
care. are removed. These tiny bits are re-
sold to the factories and used for smoking
'obacco. The accumulation is larger than
would seem possible. No one but himself
Knows the detail of the machine-not even
lls most trusted employe. 1t is in a secure
oox, with a combination lock, of which he
Ilone has the key. 1t has not been patented.
Is he does not wish to disclose the idea. as
lie would have to do. But it does the work
is the only thing of the kind in
as understand it, and PAYS him
handsomely.
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