Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-14
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cases OF Poisoning uUe 70
meat which seemed thoroughly
wholesome have sometimes 0c
Cured and have renamed Gnex
planned. la the Revue Oily
CHINE of this month VI BOur-
refer, Inspector of meat for the
town Of Paris, makes a valuable
suggestion. He describes bis
experiments wIlh meat Ianyreg
mated with tobacco smoke. IAIl
shoes Of beef were exposed Tor
a considerable time ID the flames
of tobacco, and afterwards of
fered to a dog which had been
deprived Of food tor twelve
hours. The dog after smell ing
the meat, refused to eat It.
Some of the meat was then cut
into small pieces and concealed
within bread IaIs vas eaten
with avIdIty, bat In twenty m.n-
utes he commenced to display
the most distressing symptoms
aud soon died IN great sgOny.
MI sorts OF meat. both raw
and cooked, some grilied, roast
ed ami boiled, wsre exposed 10
tobacco smOAe and then gwen
to animals, and all eases pros
daced symptoms of acute poi
soning Even the process OF
boiling could not extract from
the meat the nicotine poisoning
Grease and similar substauc
es have facilities for ABSORPTION
in proportion TO their ineness
and iuIdity Thus the fdss most
readily Influenced by tobacco
smoke are, in their respective
order the tat of horse d1sl, OF
pork. OF veal, of beef aud finally
of mutton. Hash meat Is, vi
COURSE, more readily affected
than large pieces thu, a few
puts of smoke directly 2roject>
ell on to sausage meat will give
IL a characteristic aud unpleas-
ant taste. The juices OF meat
are equally dangerous. The
Juice squeezed cut OF some veal
/ perfectly saturated with tobacco
smoke vas injected into a rab
biz, and death resulted II a few
moments Flesh killed neat i
more readily Im2regaated, and
stands IL order OF susceptibility
As follows pork. veal, rabbi,
/ poultry. beef, mutton. horse
The effect also varies c0nsidera
bly according to the quality Of
the tobacco, and the end OF a
cigar or pipe has the most iniu
TIJas effect on any meat that
may be exposed close to the
smoker y few Jets OF smoke
from Belgian tobacco on a dish
Of mulbetrirs viii suffice 10 en-
tirely destroy the delicate favor
of the fruit. aud to render il un
eatable. Al these experiments
.OGld seem 70 denote that great
care should be taken not to- al
low smoking where foods. espe
cialIy moist foods, such as meats
fats and certain fruits are ex
ToSei-Ihe Lancet
The h0rr1Is OIL savagery were
enacted in the civilized n sid
way Piaisauee Of the Verdi
Far last week Two IadiaI
chiefs, both Of whom we're j.
the fGnCas battle 0f Il ounde,
Knee. concluded they wCG5d see
the sights Of Chicago ArfaBs
the Sigh :, although /. was sun
Gay, we're the eight Thousand
saloons of the city. The Ia=
forbids the selling Of iiqdlr Il
Indians. These two Indians
Chief Bear aud Chief Petitions
by name, draRx frexater Il
tight, and BE- the tIae they
reached their wIgwans on the
PLaisanecs they were savage:
more 20 be feared than in then
native state They beat each
other over the head until they
We're nearly dead and finally
ole seeing bis advantage ovel
he other, drew his bowie knife
from his belt aud SeaIDad Iii.
victim The daily papers re
ported the Gia5elieaI event in
ali ;ts horrible details. but Will
no more comment upon the oc.
easiOa of i than If L were par
OF the daily program az the
W Or.d's Fa5r. TAX about the
wild Indian and the blessings
which civilization has brGught
hInl We know Of no feature
OF civilization that can elise
the lrqaoF curse which tine white
man his en.ailsd up1n hIn.
\ little chemical experiment
which any teacher can perform
and which viii cost him only au
errand To the drug store and
i've or ten cents, will excite the
wonder ola Company of ehiI
drea. and at the same time Im
press on their minds two inpor
tant truths Have n snail vial
half full of solution of fannie
acid Drop into this a little So
luton Of sulphate OF iron on
eopperas- IL will ~iastrntIy pro