The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-01
1T IS NOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLET cCRRECTS
CIGARETTE CRITICS
MISTAKES.
Communication In the "seisnt,ae Amer
eau" on = Matter of roPAf Mi.-P
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]. 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 to cigarettes Of American man
ufacture:
Ignorance OF easily aseertainable
icientihe facts Is. however. common
enough. as Is often illustrated BY the
brown. oily material formed In the
smoking Of tobacco being pointed out
rs nicotine. though In reality this Is
merely the tar produced by the action
OF heat on the woody fiber OF the leaf I
Nicotine when pure Is a oolorless
fluid Of somewhat oily eonslstence and
strong, peculiar. penetrating odor. but
II darkens on exposure 10 air and light.
becoming FIRST yellow and then brown.
70 that II looks. In this darkened con
dition, something like the tarry matter
which soils a smokers fingers or a
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke Is exhaled. or Ia often noticed
as deposited In the stem OF a plre
This tarry deposit has nothing os-
sential in common with nicotine. and
contains but traces Of this alkaloid
when any at all.
part, but only small part tabout
one-seyenth Ia the experiments Of
Melsensl, OF the real nicotine % to-
bacco. Is yolatillzed without decompo-
sltIon. the remainder Is burned and
/ destroyed In the process Of smoking"
The simple facts are. that such cigar
cites as have examined. representing
a large part % those In general use
throughout the United States. are
made from pure. light-yellow tobacco
OF the high grade produced on certain
l special soils. prominently In certain o.
the southern counties OF Virginia ard
the adjacent portion Of North Carolina.
with wrappers OF the best quality Of
harmless vegetable hber paper, and are
entirely free from the adulterants
which Il has been asserted are present,
with no evidence in favor Of such as
sertion. and In absolute contradiction
Of the scientific evidence actually avail
able
According 10 government reports the
mortality OF farm animals. both from
exposure and from other causes. has
been below that OF the preceding win
ter: Of horses per cent are reported
as having died from disease. against
81 per cent the previous year; Of cat
tie. a mortality OF 10 per cent from
winter exposure. and OF 3.s per cent
from all causes is reported. as against
l.6 per cent from exposure and 3.5 per
cent from all causes the preceding win
ter: OF sheep the deaths from exposure
amounted 20 % per cent. against 3:
per cent the previous year and 10 g.;
per cent from all causes. against 81
per cent the previous year. While hos
cholera has been more or less destruc
tive. the total losses OF swine have
amounted only 10 s.3 per cent. agalns
l4l per cent the preceding year. Wit.
regard 20 farm animals In general th'
, department correspondents report then
, In good condition as the result Of III
generally mild and dry winter and IN
abundance OF feed. In California n
+. winter has been a severe one. and u
/ effect Is shown Just as markedly In th
mortality Of farm animals as In n
e POOR condition Of winter wheat.
? The American Navy. Cuba and Hawaii.
4 portfolio. in ten parts sixteen v."w
70 In each part OF the finest half-'on
picture, OF the American Navy. Cub
and Hawaii has Just been issued 10y
,. Chicago publishing house.
i The Gulf Colorado & santa Fc Ia.
= way has made arrangements for a >p
} c.al edition Tor ,ur benefit of Us %
irons and q specimen copy can I
seen az the local ticket office, sing
4 par,. u,ay be- bad 90 ten cents each. 80
J. fun set. one hundred and sixty sole
Il ures. costs but one hol.ag. Suh>cr.
o tIons Tor the set may be- left with O.
Is agent In view of the present cSct
y, ment regarding Cuba these pictures a
l. very timely. Call 40 the ticket oih
n and see them. ". :. KEENAN,.
d Gen. Pass. Ascl