The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-03
IT Is NOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLET coRREcTs
CIGARETTE CRITICS
MISTAKES.
Communication In thef-feisntife Amsri
can" on a Matter Of Popular Misap
prshsnslon-stainsd Handkerchief Test
IL No Test A. AL

J. w Mallet. professor OF chemistry
In the University Of Virginia. In a COM
munication 10 the current number Of
the Scientific American, says with ref.
erence 70 cigarettes Of American man
ufacture:
Ignorance OF easily age,rtalnable
icientlhc facts Is. however common
enough. as Is often illustrated b. the
brown, oily material formed in the
smoking Of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though In reality this Is
merely the tar produced by the action
OF heat on the woody fiber OF the leaf
Nicotine when pure Is colorless
mud OF somewhat oily conslstence and
strong. peculiar. penetrating odor. Tut
II darkens on exposure 10 air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown.
70 that Il looks. In this darkened con-
dition, something like the larry matter
which soils a smokers fingers or
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke Is exhaled. or Ia often noticed
as deposited In the stem OF q pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing Is.
sential In common with nicotine. and
contains but traces Of this alkaloid.
when any at all.
a part. but only a small part (about
one-seyenih IA the experiments Of
Melsens), Of the real nicotine Of to-
| bacco. Il yolatilIzed without decompo-
| sitiOn; the remainder Is burned and
destroyed In the process Of smoking"
The simple facts are. that such cigar
cites as have examined. representing
large part % those In general use
throughout the United States. are
made from pure. light-yellow tobacco
Of tho high grade produced on certain
special soils. prominently IN certain o.
the southern counties Of Virginia and
the adjacent portion OF North Carolina.
with wrappers OF the best quality OF
harmless vegetable fiber paper. end are
entirely free from the adulteran.s
which Il has been asserted are present
with no evidence In favor Of such as
fertion and In absolute contradiction
Of the scientific evidence actually avail.
able.
According 70 government reports the
mortality Of farm animals, both from
exposure and from other causes, ha.
been below that o. the preceding win
ter. Of horses per cent are reported
as having died from disease. agalns
81 per cent the previous year; Of cat
tie. mortality Of 10 per cent from
winter exposure. and Of 80 per cen
from all causes Ia reported, as agalns
&c per cent from exposure and 3.5 pei
cent from all causes the preceding win
ter: OF sheep the deaths from exposur
amounted 10 % per cent. against g.
per cent the previous year and TO 8.
per cent from all causes, against 8.
per cent the previous year. While ho
cholera has been more or less destruc
| tive. the total losses Of swine hay
. amounted only 20 90 per cent. agalnE
! li4 per cent the preceding year. Wit
, regard 10 farm animals In general th
b department spondcnts report ther
Z IN good condition as the result Of IA
q generally mild and dry winter and "a
}. abundance Of feed. In California n
s winter has been a severe one. and !,
:. effect Is shown jus, gs markedly In N
a mortality o. farm animals as IN u
o poor condition o. winter wheat
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Z, IN each part Of iAr finest half'or
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j. part, may Dc bad go Ten cents each. 8.
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g lions Tor thp set may Boz left with q
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