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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-01
From Col. Harris of the Newport Observer.

NEWPORT, r. l., Jan. IA, 1892.
Editors Of the Providence Nelps:
Any effort or any undertaking that has for
its object the broadening of the mind aud the
exciting of q thirst for knowledge, Is to be
commended. Travel, moro than any other
thing. will accomplish these objects, and the
proposition of the NEWS to aid some one OF its
readers in the requirement OF useful informa-
ton abroad, TO he disseminated among the
people Of our State upon his return, appears
TO be particularly interesting and laudable.
IL the fortunate individual is really fortu.
nate, l. e., If he is the possessor of an evenly
balanced mind and has sufficient intelligence
to warrant the belief that he will present i'm
partial and readable pen-pictures OF the result
of his enquiries and observations, then the en-
terprise of the News will surely not be In vain;
it must be productive Of much good. Ioes
tainly trust that such will be the case.
Believe me, yours faithfully,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-01

or course "a free trip to Europe
would suit you nrst rate. See page ?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
GOOD IRISH HuMoR.


PAT. Pat, you should never hit a
man when he IS down. ''Begobs, what
did worruk SO hard 10 git him down
fer?"-Kate Fields Washington.
Mrs. MURPHY Qoquiturl-"Ooh. it's
awful Their paypel what's buried alive!
If Oh be living within Dim dead. Pat.
don't be afther burrying me aloive, viii
yez?"-Fun.
THAT by av poine IL make his
mark in the wurruld." said an Irish
man. "He win that same. replied his
neighbor, If it's only by putin 5 fat
in the mud. Washington Post.
BRIDGET GuLIGAN-"An'f fer phv hat
be that mon phwearing ounly wan Oh
glass. Mike?" Mike Gilligan-"Sh ure
he bes phwanting to say ont of tn
luther wan. The jewelers. Circular.
us IT farrummin' Dennis O'Maley is
gojn' ter thry?" said laboring man.
1T is that same" why" rejoined
the other scornfully, The don't know
enough about farrummin' 10 plant :
feet in the road and raise dust. Cape
Ann Advertiser
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.

Wet tobacco will relieve bee or wasp
Btings.
FERNS thrive better in room where
there is no gas.
BREAD keeps better in wooden box
than one of tin.
A DAMP cloth is better than dry one
for busting furniture.
For nausea lay little pounded ice
on the back of the neck.
AN earthen vessel is the best for beat
ing eggs or cake mixtures in.
For ne l'algia bruise horscradish and
apply as a poultice to the wrist.
INDIAN corn is probably the most
healthy, nutritivc food in the world.
Do NOT buy hemp carpets, they fade
very soon and are very unsatisfactory.
A CELEBRATED French cook says that
filtering is the only way to make coffee.
GREASE may be removed from silk
by applying rnagncsia on the wrong
side.
For grass stain on children's
clothes while it is fresh wash it out in
alcohol.
A SMALL toy broom is handler for
cleaning up dirt around a stove than a
large one.
IN making pickles always use the
best OF vinegar, as success depends
greatly on that.
A THOROUGH washing of the mica
windows of stoves in vinegar will re-
move the smoke.
WHEN suffering from overstrainedan and
tired eyes battle them in hot water sew
eral times day.
DAMP salt will remove the discolora-
ton Of cups and saucers caused by tea
and careless washing.
Do NOT leave the outbuildings black
looking and shabby, as whitewash is
cheap anu great improver.
To REMOVE grease from paint rub
with piece of wot flannel on soap and
dip it in powdered bath brick.
A STRONG solution of alum, to which
has been added little glycerine and
vinegar is a cure for mosquito bites.
A TEA made by pouring boiling water
over sweet flagroot viii relieve worm
sickness in children and is also good
for collie.
In all cutaneous diseases not only all
cohol but also tea, tobacco and coffee
are injurious. Those liniments con-
tanning alcohol must be avoided.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
La Grippe,

No healthy person need fear any
dangerous consequences iron an attack
of la grippe if properly treated 1t is
much the same rs severe cold aud re-
quires precisely the same treatment.
Remain quietly at home and take
Chamberlain Cough Remedy as direct
ed for severe cold and a prompt and
complete recovery is sure to follow
This remedy also counteracts any
tendency of Ia grippe to result in
pneumonia. Among the many thous-
ands who have used it during the cpl.
denies of the past two years we have yet
TO learn of a single case that has not re-
covered or that has resulted in pneu-
monia. Is and 80 cent bottles tor sale
by J. I. Bennett Druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Losing Your Head.

For many Years after 1919 the service
OF the English Church on every recurr-
ing S0th day Of January was devoted 10
cor, ,hemoration of what was called The
martyrdom of Charles the First Char
les lost his head, and England was ruled
for many years after by Oliver Crom
well. because Charles Stuart would not
keep any promise made To his people.
Other people have lost their heads for
the same reason. The phrase losing
your head" in these days has not such
a serious meaning as two hundred and
fifty years ago, but implies becoming
confused, getting ratified, - that man ;
head, as the seat of his reasoning tacul-
ties, is of no use TO him. A good way
to avoid losing your head in the conduct
of your daily atf4irs is 10 do business
only with concerns that are reliable, and
conduct their affairs with system aud
regularity. Any promises they make
you can rey on. 10 the same way. when
you take journey, place yourself iu
the hands of such irst.class railroad
as The Burlington, and you lose neither
your head, your connec ions. your sleep.
your baggage. your time, nor your tenn
per. For rates, tickets, time tables and
any information about this line, call on
your nearest ticket agent, or write to w.
j. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent. 81
Paul, MINI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
NOTES ABOUT NoTABLes.

Or the twenty-seven royal families Of
Europe two-thirds are Germans.
PRESIDENT GREvY was an inveter-
ate billiard player. his favorite oppo-
nent being his most rabid political foe,
NJ. Paul de Cassagnac.
THE Countess Lewenhaupt, daughter
of ex-Secretary Bayard, whose husband
died a few days after their marriage, is
said to inherit seventy-fve thousand
dollars from the Lewenhaupt Swedish
estate.
The descendants of Montezuma H.,
some living in Mexico and some in
Spain, according to a custom three hun
dred and sixty-five years old, still re-
ceive a pension from the Mexican gov
eminent.
TIE way in which the German en-
pcror salutes certain great people " hen
he visits a town gives some point to a
typographical blunder in a western
paper, which recently referred tn him
as the "German KiSser"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
THE WORK OF NATURE.

A TREMENDOUS sulphur spring has
been tapped near San Antonio, Tex.
Two DISTINCT kinds of water come
from an artesian well in Aledo, Ill. One
is tasteless and the other brackish. BY
an arrangement of the piping, either
kind can be made to flow.
THERE is a marble mine, recently
located, at Providence, Cac' 2 county,
u. t., that yields a marble so much like
notified onyx that the difference can
only be discovered by the use of chemi-
Gals.
REFRESHING water, filed with air
bubbles gushes from a spring in Bear
valley, near Chambersburg, Pa The
water ascends about ten inches above
the earth's surface, and then the air
bubbles burst, scattering the clear
fluid over a space ten feet in dismeter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
HISTORY NOTES.

THE Canary islands have belonged to
Spain since 1893.
THE pendulum was first attached to
the clock in 1856 by Huygner
PosT Offices were first established in
France in 1864 The first English post
onice was opened in 1881, the first Ger
man Office IN l64l.
THERE is d tradition that Erichthon-
ius Of Athens built the first war chariot
about 1856 b. G. At the time Of the
Exodus d. c. 1891 Pharaoh had six
hundred war chariots
THE Dutch were the first Europeans
who colonized the cape Of Good Hope
region. They founded Cape Town in
1902. The colony was captured in 1906
by the British, to whom it was formally
coded in 1914.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
MUST COME TO TERMS.

No Further Farley with Gillian Imme-
date Reply to Uncle SANS Ultimatum.
She Must Take the Consequences.
SANTIAGO. Jan. 25.-The ultimatum
of the United States government has
just been made public here. The terms
are.
Immediate withdrawal of Mattas
note.
Indemnity and apology
Failing in this Minister Egan is to
be recalled at once and diplomatic
relations severed.
VALPARAISO, Jan. 25.-The ultimatum
of the government of the United
States that Chilli must Immediately
and without reservation withdraw the
offensive note of Senior Malta, ex-
minister of foreign affairs apologize
for the assault upon the sailors of the
cruiser Baltimore and pay indemnity
for the injuries inflicted upon Ameri-
can citizens has been handed the
Gillian government by Minister Egan.
This is the reply sent by the United
States to the demand of the Gillian
government for the recall of Mr.. Egan.
Inc prompt SenuinP OF Unls ultlmdtu1n,
instead of an order to Mr. Egan that he
must return home, has surprised the
Gillian government.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Every prep
aration has been made for sending the
message on the Gillian affair to con-
gress to-day noon. 1t is certain to go
in at that time unless Chilli makes a
Tay1aratioD hv 90 lla ,r-i+biu +bp favy
hours left to her
1t has been definitely decided that
Munster Egan is not to be recalled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Charged with Murder in 1889.

John Nelson, alias August Miller,
a Swede. was arrested at a farm near
Tiskilwa, Ill, on a charge of murder
ing one Carlson in 1889 at Superior 1t
was stated the murder was committed
with broadax. the victim having his
head severed from his body. The ac-
cused was in charge of Detectives Viii
liam Thompson and L. ID. Rose, of
Henry. who had been on his track for
several months, and they left for Wis
consin without a requisiton from the
governor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
LITERARY LITTLE-BlTS.

REGINALD DE- KovEN is writing arti-
Giles on music for a New York Sunday
paper.
THE Writer'S club, of London, now
has about 200 members. Mrs Frances
Hodgson- Burnett is one Of its vice pres
idents
THERE are said 70 be $1,000 news
paper women in London, who have
twenty-five press clubs and authors
societies among them.
ALFRED WILSON BARRETT, the son Of
Wilson Barrett. the actor, is Of liter
ary turn of mind and has gone into
daily journalism in London.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
The News Condensed

Fire at Dodgeville did $40, 600 dam
age. Insurance about So, 600.
David Lee, of Amy, Dunn county,
lost COW, two horses and a valuable
dog by paris green.
The Bavarian brewery at Kewaunee
owned by Wallner & Deta was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, SIG, 900; insur-
ance, SIS, OOO
John Carr oil. a switchman, of Shake
pee, Mimi, was killed in the North
western railway yards at Milwaukee.
Both legs were severed near the knee.
The front of saloon at Ashland was
blown to fragments by an explosion of
gas and the wife of the proprietor was
seriously injured.
Mrs. w. II. Deming died at Ripon,
aged 80 years. She came to Ripon in
1857 and stood at the head of four gen
erations, all residing in that city.
While coupling cars on the North
western tracks at Milwaukee William
Manning, aged "a. was crushed to
death. His parents reside at Beloit
JAS. Percy, of Durand, slipped while
driving his team with heavy loaded
wagon and was run over and fatally
injured
Mr.. and Mrs II. G. Haven, "a and So
years old, respectively, died at their
home in River Falls of the grip within
few hours of each other.
A bed of fine grit stone, suitable for
the manufacture of whetstones and
grindstones, has been discovered be-
NJ ~
A Chicago Milwaukee e. st. Paul
passenger train was thrown from the
track near Muscoda by broken rail
and two coaches were entirely demol-
ished but no one was injured.
The pig iron output from the furnace
at Black River Falls for the past year
was %, 900 tons.
suddenly come into possession of the
Odanoh mine at Ashland, worth half a
million.
NJ. Thorne, farmer of Union town
ship, was taken i'll in the street in Eau
Claire and died in an hour. Heart dis
ease was the cause.
Daniel Pr eston became intoxicated
and was frozen to death on the rail
road track near Sparta.
Daniel Nolan, of Elroy, had his jaw
broken and an arm broken while un-
loading logs near that place.
J. B. A. Kern, the widely-known
miller, died at his residence in Milwau-
kee of the grip, aged SO years He
leaves q wife and five children.
The barn of l.. A. Davis, dairyman
near Wausau, was burned, and with it
twenty-eight cows and 100 tons of hay.
Total loss, S.. 900; no insurance.
Capt Thomas iced died at his home
in Union Grove in his goth year. He
was well known along the chain of
lakes, having commanded many vessels
in his time.
A dwelling occupied by Ole Soren-
son at Wilson was burned, with con-
tents; loss about $500 Mrs. Sorenson
and babe escaped in their night clothes
and walked with bare feet TO neigh
boris a quarter OF a mile away.
Herman Morris, of Belmont, shot and
killed his son-in-laW. William Hurst.
Hurst had been married but few
months The murder was the result OF
a family quarrel Morris fed after the
shooting and had not been captured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
skipped. but Was Caught.

Chris Fisher, the wife beater, created
a lively sensation at Hudson by skip
ping from an officer and swimming the
channel of Lake st. Croix to the Min
nesota shore. He had been sentenced
to three months in jail by Judge Ev-
ans for failure to pay damages for as
saulting his wife, and took this means
to evade punishment. Later in the day
the deputy sheriff went over to Lake
land and brought Fisher back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Pig FIRE at Mausau.

A fire destroyed the opera house
block at Wausaw, containing the Ger
mania bank. Weinfeld Bros book
store. Dickinson Il Keely's jewelry
store and a. W Mumm's book store
The flames spread so rapidly that but
little was saved The upper floors
were used as offices and lodge rooms.
They are a total loss. The heavy los
ers are Stewart & McCrossen, owners
Of the opera house, S75,O 600; Sigerman,
American savings bank, S25. 900. and
eleven stores. Total loss estimated at
$500, 600; but slightly insured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Murdered His srother-in-Law.

John c. Thompson, colored porter
in Milwaukee, 20 years of age, cut the
throat of his mother-in-law with
razor and wounded his wife by Shoot
ing her. He said domestic trouble
caused the deed, and in the police cell
he repeatedly expressed regrets that
he did not kill his wife also He sai id
that he made up his mind three months
ago to kill his wife and mother n-law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Prevention is Better

Than cure, and those who are subject 0
rheumatism can proven. attacks by
keeping the blood pure and free from
the acid which causes the disease. For
this purpose Hoods Sarsapanlla is used
by thousands with great success. 1t is
the best blood purifier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Tired of Life.

James NJ. Barnum, aged as years, a
farmer living 10 miles northwest of
Beloit, committed suicide by taking
morphine The other members of the
family were absent during the evening,
and on returning they found the doors
locked on the inside and the old mans
dead body on the floor. He left letter
saying he was tired of life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Cough Cream is scientific com
pound Tor coughs and colds, prepared
by well-known druggist from the for
mula OF a celebrated physician, and
must not be classed with the many
quack compounds in market. Your
druggist sells it. 80 cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Three Children Burned.

At Vespers, Wood county, three chill
dren of a Swede recently from the OLD
country, name unknown, were locked
in the house by their parents They
overturned a lamp and fired the build
ing, and the three, aged ., 4 and years,
we're burned to death. The charred
remains were recovered from the ruins.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Chicago Triune: Happy New Year.
Rambo! Have you sworn off again this
year?' 81 have, Baldwin, | have turn
ed over a new leaf" I'll IN! Better
put in bookmark, Rambo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Constipation is caused BY loss of the
peristaltic action of the bowels. Hoods
Pills restore this action and invigorate
the liver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

itch on human and horses and all
animals cured in 30 minutes by Wool
fords Sanitary Lotion. This never fails.
Sold BY Stone Il Hassell Druggists, Ian
caster. l6ly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Anekdoton Bibiothek: Uncle
~ hatis your favorite dish, KarlcheD ?''
Karlchen-"Suet dumblngs; Tor they
always make me SO ill that / can't 20
10 school the day after. y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
Rheumatirm Cured in a Day

"Mystic Cure for Rheumatism aud
Neuralgia radically cures in to days.
Its acIon upon the system is remark
able aad mysterious. 1t removes at
once TIC cause and the disease inn
mediately disappears The first dos
great benefits IS cents. Sold BY
stone q Hassel, Druggist, Lancaster
La &c size soc. and S100 48ly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Truth: Mrs. Henpeck- Gracious,
can't you remember what 1t was | was
going 10 tell yon?" Henpeck- NO,
my love. > Mrs. Henpeck declare,
you grow more stupid every day. ?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Emira Gazette. The man who never
gives up misses the answers TO some aw-
fully good cOuundrums.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

indianapolis Journal: Excited
stranger Say lost $50 gold piece
along here somewhere. You haven't
seen il, have you?" Hungry Higgins
-''Do | look like Ia fell dead laiuiy p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Stones Sarsaparilla il powerful
Blood Purifier. The best remedy 70
PImples, Salt Rheum, Catarrh, Scrofula,
Constipation and rheumatism. To
per bottle. Sold by STONE & HAssELL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28
suckLlN's ARNIcA sALvE.

The best salye in tue world for Cuts,
Btuises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chlblains, CorAs, and all Skin Erup
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price - cents per box. For sale by
JOSEPH I. BENNETT. As Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

Dan,yille Breeze Who is it thai
takes something from something and
yet leaves everything as he found il.
The phetogrepher
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-28

''Are any of the colors discernible to
the touch?' asked the school teacher
4 have often felt blue, replied the boy
at the head of the class.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

Tho Heed o. tho EamfIy Ihoueht It
wasn't Just the Thins.
Some people readily forget that they
were ever young. and never recognize
the fact that history is apt TO repeat it.
self in individual humanity as well a.
in wider senses.
The parents stood gazing with frown-
ing brows at their daughter, while she
was trembling and weeping. Their
frowns deepened as the mother wiped
her glasses preparatory to reading q
letter found in the girls pocket. It be-
gan:
angel of my existence
"Whatr cried the old man, "you
don't mean to say it begins like that
Oh, that child of mine should CORE
spond with But pray proceed, my
dear"
Existence spelled with an "a too
added the mother.
why, the lunatic can't SPELL" said
the old man.
sit is impossible for me to describe
the Joy with which your presence has
filed me-"
"Then why does he attempt it, the
donkey? But pray don't let me inter
rupt you. Go on, go on; let joy be IN
confined
II have spent the whole night in
thinking of you'-
That's picturesque, anyhow"
land in bitterly deriding the obsti-
nate. disagreeable old buffer, who will
not consent to our union"
Great Scott! So I'm obstinate, dis
agreeable and an sold. buffer, eh? Oh.
let me get at himr'
But, Theodorus, my DEAR" inter
rupted the old lady.
"Yes. yes-one moment. / was about
to observe that the hand that could pen
such words would not hesitate to poison
the most cherished relative"
"Theodorus, didn't see this over the
leaf"
'Eh? Let me see. HUMP
'Yours, with all the love of my heart,
10th May, 1850. THEoDORUs."
why. bless my eyes, it's one of my
letters
(Sensation.)
Eyes. pa" explained the olive branch;
II found it yesterday-only you
wouldn't let me speak"
"You may go into the garden, dear.
Hem! we've made nice mess of it,
London Tit-Bits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June ! ~

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June I, 1892
All white applicants 10 teach in The ~.
lie schools of Leon county mus, D-sss..
themselves for examination at the -
Academy on the 18th and 18th dsys II
July, 1892. at 8 am. The colored ans
cants for that purpose mus; present tRssa
selves at the Colored Graded School IN s.
13tn and 14th days of July, 1892, a,s.n
for examination. ---
By order of the Board of Public Instr.
:ioD. Y. W Fpppe
June 11-4 County Superintendeut
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

From Caliio fi,iiH = q, 80 /: a.
~ The World : + air one 81 IL i ) :
hinge redwood trees, 81 seouo;. 3. -.
antea. The one selected il 3oo s
high and more that thirty feet s
diameter ct the base. .,s,;.,, e
constructed train win be necess . u
to carry the monster across the ea
tinent. 1t is the intention to bon ~
the base into booths in which viii viz s.
sold California wines, fruits 80
curiosities made Of polished ~ ~
wood. ssurs
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

ting out 100 acres; better have left one j
Oh, because with the unskilied labor ia
the field and barn that they win necessar-
lily have to employ some big trash heaps
are bound to be the outcome.
As far as we noticed surface cultivation
seems to be the method most used. Only
in one or two places did we see tobacco
growing out of sweet potato ridge.
They believe in Paris green and are
using it extensively. Some punch holes
in the lid or bottom of a large baking
powder or oyster can, and fill it with a
portion IF sawdust, meal. -four or ashes.
with tablespoonful of the green thor
oughly mixed through the same The
can is held over the crown Of the plant
and tapped gently with the hand or a
stick. Applications are made as often as
the mixture is washed off or disappears.
They lave another invention something
after the style Of an inverted funnel with
a long upright handle; this is held over
gently. We noticed boys using them and
they saturate plant about as fast as they
can walk along the rows.
The fertilizers used, and they all use
them, are old horse or COW manure, cot.
ton seed in several forms, guano and spe-
cial tobacco manures The two former
are applied in the fall, the latter ones in
the spring,
Mr.. Shelter told us that there was fine
tobacco land on the old Luster farm,
near Bradfordvile.
From notes taken we find that we have
nearly enough matter for another letter
of this length, but will be compelled to
leave many important points to the waste
basket At any time, however, we shall
be pleased to answer any tobacco ques-
tions asked