TALL CHIMNEYS

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 218, 6 February 1897, Page 2

TALL CHIMNEYS

The following table gives the exact hetgh'l of a!! the tallest chimneys in the worldtaking into consideration a'!l of those which are 200 feet and over : . , lerct. Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. .. .. 211 Freemont and Suffolk Ccmipany, Lowell. Massach.isetts.'U-.S. '.. .. 225 Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.. .. 227 Merrimac Company, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. * .. .. ..2k~ Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, New Hampshire," U.S. 265 Navy Yard, Boston, U.S. ... .. 3^Manchester, England 413 Glasgow, Scotland .. ~ .. a±£ THE " BAUBLE" IN 1 HE AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Like the British House of Commons-; the Lower House of the United States Congress at Washington possesses a symbol of its authority in the form oi a mace. It consists ot .-. bundle of thirteen ebony rods, entwined and bound together with silver bands. All these ebony sticks represent the thirteen original states oi the Union. They are surmounted by a glebe of silver, upon which hemispheres are traced, while a silver ea-jle with outstretched wings is perched upon thesummit of thegloh* It was .made (according: to The Colonies and Imliicfin s-20 lbs , and is entrusted to the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms. When the Mouse isabout to go into session, it is carried into the Chamber of 0113 of the Congressional pages, and placed below the.Speaker's desk, ■jii a malachite pedestal. As. soon as the House goes into committee, it is lowered from its pedestal, whence it-is likewise removed whenever it becomes, necessary to quell any disturbance in tljo Legislature. In that case, in compliance with the commands of the Speaker, it is borne aloft majestically across the area in front of the chair, up the main aisle, and down the side, ones, cooling the passions of the disputants, calling the House to its sober self, an 1 causing members to resume their seats. They recognise its significance as a symbol, and submit to the authority which it represents. It has been used for this purpose no less than five times during the present Congress. Its effect is magical. It comes like oil upon troubled waters. This tempest subsides at once, and the members drop into their seats as if petrified. CURIOUS WAYS OF USING TOBACCO. The following brief account of some of the modes adopted in the consumption of tobacco in various parts of the world would show, it proof were wanting, how universal is the practice. Ardent votaries of the " social" weed are to be found in every land and in every clime, amongst all sorts and conditions of men. Amongst the peoples of the globe- the Japanese in their use of tobacco, as in) many other tilings, would seem to be the most temperate as well as the most refined. The rudest coolie, we read, the coarsest farm labourer equally .vith the lady of rank (the pretty geisha), and the Minister of State, art: content with the kiseru, a tiny pipe which does not hold enough to make even Queen Mab sneeze. They stuff a little rolled pill of the finest-cut leaf into a bowl smaller than the smallest acorn cup, thrust it in the glowing charcoal and inhale deep into the lungs just one fragrant whiff of the blue smoke, which they expel by mouth and nostrils. Then they shake out the little burning plug into the bamboo receptacle and load up again for a second ip uku, valuing only the first sweet purity of the lighted luxury and always wondering bov" we can smoke a great pipeful to the " biuer end," or suck for half an hour at a huge Havana puro. " At the bottom of the pipe,' they say, " there lives poison." In rather strange contrast to this, in the snowy regions of the Himalaya, little smoking tunnels are made in the frozen snow, at one end of which is placed some tobacco, along with a piece of burning charcoal, while to the other the mountaineers place their mouths, and, lying Hat on their stomachs, inhale the smoke of the glowing weed. The inhabitants of the Cook Peninsula, in Australia, are passionate smokers. Their pipe—abambo3jft. long and .tin. indiameter —passes round the company after one of the persons present has filled it with smoke from the tube. And there is a traveller's story told o, certain Esquimaux tribes that, if true, is not a littlr remarkable. When a stranger arrives in Greenland, it is said that he finds himseV immediately surrounded by a multitude 01 natives, who ask his permission to drink that empyreumatic oil which remains in the' stem of his pipe. And it is stated that the Greenlanders smoke for no other purpose than to enjoy afterwards the swallowing of that acrid and poisonous matter which is so disgusting to us. '1 he Pantagonian lightshis pipe, throws himself down with- his face towards the ground, and swallows several mouthfuls of smoke in a manner which produces a kind of intoxication lasting several minutes. The Negritos, in Tuzon (one of the Philippines), scarcely ever stop smoking cigars, of which it is. the lighted end that they place in their mouths. The Hottentots barter their wives for tobacco, and when they cannot obtain it, fill their pipes with a substitute, consisting of the dried excrement of the elephant or rhinoceros. In Paraguay it is chiefly the women whe chew, and travellers have often described their emotions when, on entering a house, a lady dressed in satin, and adorned with precious stones, comes towards them, and, before holding out her mouth to be kissed, as the usual custom or welcome, pulls the beloved tobacco quid from her cheek-pouch. Some of the South America tribes actually eat the tobacco cut into small pieces. It is calculated that in Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama there are at least 100.000 "tobacco-dippers," as- they are called, who consume a' great quantity of snuff in the following manner :—The dippers take a small stick, moisten it, and dip it into the snuff, and rub it into the gaps between! their teeth, and there let Ike dark brovnj powder remain till it has lost its pungency!. hold the stick covered with tobacco! • in their, mouths and' suck it as children!;? suck a stick of barley sugar. j < The noses of the Moschans, a weak andl enervated tribe in-Africa, are olten seen disj] figuied by the excessive consumption ol snuff. The people sometimes cram therl ' nostrils so full that the mass has to be dujt out again with small iron or ivory spoon;! J) The Wadschidschi, dwelling by the bantlg'; of the Tanganyika Lake, neither chew, ncl snuff, nor smoke their tobacoo, but carry j in a small vessel ; the savage pours watcil 1 upon it and presses jut the juice, with whicftl he contrives to fill both nostrils, keeping!]!; there by means of wooden pegs. The Kaffirs, who cannot get snuff as frfi and as pungent as they wish, rub t!jj " already prepared'mass between stones, a.mf,9 mix it with- a kind of pepper and soiijio ashes. The blacks in- Dschesire mix th« a g tobacco with water and natron, so as jl form a kind of pap, which they call bucll They rake a mouthful and roll it about fo| Cf " time with' their tongue. There are regujjnn Imcka parties- given. ;i;j An Unsatisfactory Meal.—A domeJ .'. broil. KP Bijou local sketches in oils | a ]i ■water colors. Also Martin's photJtlu the district may be obtained at CiR ' nicle Office* f« f !'