The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-07-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

! addition to --ilway systems and i'm con
structing new lines. North Carolina.
with a population about equal to that of
New jersey, set with very few manu-
featuring interests compared with those
of the older state. has suddenly acquired
new railways at rate that has made
her total so per cent greater than that
Of New Jersey. The greatest increase
OF railway building N the last year or
two was not i'm northern or western
states but i'm Arkansas and Georgia-two
states Astounding I'm natural resources
that never could have been turned into
money until new means of transporta-
ton were provided. Alabama. the Iron
State" of the south. has but quarter
as many inhabitants as New York. yet
she has about half as many miles of
railway track as the Empire State. Ar
kansas has three times as much railway
mileage ms Connecticut. and Georgia's
railways system is twice as long az that
of Massachusetts,
Solace for Smokers.
In a late number of The Literary Di-
gcst appears an article under the cap
tion: Tobacco Made Harmless" com
bining full extracts translated expressly
Interest to the disciples of the weed that
lift it bodily. The Literary Digest
saws.
"A number of processes have been de-
vised for removing from tobacco its
harmful ingredients. especially the nico-
tin: but the trouble is that the residue
is generally not only harmless. but in
sipid Now. however. an eNperimenter
named Gerold &c Halle. Germany claims
10 have succeeded I'm neutralizing the
injurious principles of tobacco win.
out taking from il the flavor SO much
priced by smokers. The following de
scrlption Of Gerold's method and its
results + given In Cosmos tMay 2D:
4" The leaves are treated with solu-
tion of fannie acid. which has the prop
erty Of fixing alkaloids 50 that the nico-
tin and the essence contained in the
plant. such a. nicotianin. etc. are neu-
trIlized and rendered inoffensive. IL
would appear that this operation does
not cause the tobacco 20 lose its flavor.
To renew the perfume dear To the smolS-
-. which is injured by the tannin. the
tobacco j. then soaked in a prepared
decoctiun Of the plant origanum vugare
Gwild marjor.im). These cigars are now
sold in America Germany and Russia
and are. II appcars. much liked by smok-
ers. while they are recommended by
physicians
Careful experiment has shown. we
are told. that this mode Of preparation
removes all toxic properties from the
tobacco. After smoking the prepared
cigars. the arterial pressure and the
pulse remain precisely the same as be-
fore. 4 solution OF the treated tobacc
was even injected into the veins of vari-
Gus animals without serious results A
l.
smoked by NJ. Bardet who reports on
then. - follows:
- The cigars retained completely and
very agreeaby the taste OF tobacco: one
can barely detect a very slight differ
ence between them and ordinary cigars
Of the same quality. This surely gives
them a great advantage over the So
called denicotinized tobaecos.'
Wishing 10 make some experiments
On the action Of this tobacco. NJ. Barde;
smoked between 10 a m. and o. IN. no
less than fifteen cigars Of a grade COM
parable with our favoritos at - centimes
q cents,. lie did this with perfect inn
puuity. although. the day before. he had
not been able 10 exceed II tenth cigar.
made % ordinary tobacco.
Here Is another experiment: NJ. BAR
det gave prepared cigar To boz OF 10
years. who more than once had been
made III hv trying u smoke AN ordinary
Csporal cigarette. The youth felt no
.-sereeahlc sensation
THE assertion Of the inventor that
h. has l.ft all the nicotin in the tobacco
anil ~ IN. same time rendered il harm
less is somewhat paradoNital:
nevertheless there is nothing unscientiiic
IN the idea that the alkaloid may be
chemically fxed so ~ 10 make il non
volatile"