FREE CIGARETTES FOR POLICEMEN.

Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4204, 10 July 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)

FREE CIGARETTES FOR POLICEMEN.

All ever England local authorit'es ar» being troubled bv the problem of the proper disposal of cigarettes taken hom small boys by policemen under the powers conferred upon them by the new Act. Some- hare argued that the constable making the seizure ought to be allowed to retain possession of the property seized, and hare left it at that. Others, following the example of the Lambeth Borough Council, which was the first to more in the matt r, hare ordered chat the confiscated "fags"" are to be handed orer to their engineer.?, presumably in order that they may be destroyed. While in vet other instances, it is the local workhouses that are to Ix?nefit at the expense of errant youth. Curiously enough, all this is pretty much what happened in connection with contraband tobacco in Ihe smuggling days. At first the Custom House officials could find 110 better use for it than to burn it in a sort of glorified refuse-destructor, colloquially known as the "King's Tobacco-pipe." Snuff they nsed to throw into the so a, as much as 117 tons, worth orer £90,000. being thus wasted upon one memorable occasion. Afterwards, however, wker councils prevailed, and the fragrant weed went to gladden the hearts of the inmates of various institutions. The army, tco, gets its share; and even prisoners, in some special cases, are given free allowances of cake cavendish and other choice brands To-day, contraband tobacco is sold at auction, and if any is loft over it goes to Kew Gardens, where it is used for fumigating purposes. Snuff finds a ready market amongst the makers of insecticides and patent sheep-washes. In all probability, in the long run, and if it is considered worth while, somo similar system will l:-e involved in connection with the small boy's confiscated cigarettes: unless, of course, tho said small boy, learning wisdom through experience, ceases to smoke—or to be found out. THE TWO PILGRIMS. A pilgrim, tottering, bent, and old, Wen^tb rough the midnight's open 1 with limbs an&"feronsolate^ a book he b: re, I -chaptered tome 1 history was the lore burning pages writ. Tales sorrowful and of delight Were there—with themes of war and peace; But all were ended in the night, And he who bore them had release. But yonder from the purple morn A figure comes of youthful grace; On? who in Hope's soft hues was born To take the grey old pilgrim's glace. An aureole surmounts his head. And rose=s tint his d'mpled clieok, "Farewell/' we say to him who fled, "Huzza,"' to him whose help we Eeek. The youth a fresh b'ank volume has, With leaves as pure as fallen snow! But what it's tale shall be alas! Kind Fate anil Heaven alone can know. —Joel Benton.

MISS MAY YOHK MARRIED AGAIN. 'Hie marriage of Miss May Yohe, formerly Lady Francis Pelham ClintonHope, to Mr. Murpliv, a Canadian lumberman in a big way of business, was announced in last month's New \ork newspapers. The marriage war* a secret one, and took place a considerable time ago. Miss May Yolie married Lord Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope (brother and heir presumptive to the Duke of Newcastle) in 1894. The marriage was dissolved in 1902, and the next year she was married to Major Strong, of the United States army. In 1907 she married Mr. J. Newton Brown, so that her latest is her fourth marriage. A NEW WAX PLANT. Th:» American Consul at Mexico, repnrts that a superior quality of wax can be xetracted from the eandelilla p'ant, which grows freely throughout, a largo portion of thr»t country. The plant alr-o contains rubber. but not sufficient to make its oxtraction profitable Purified, the will make the best quality of rond'es. Dissolved in turpentine it makes an oxppllcnfc rarnisli, and it. is alsr> u««"d lor the manufacture of shoe polish, phonograph re-2ords. the insulation of electric wires, and as a sufcst.tnte for beeswax.