A Chew of Tobacco.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 302, 26 September 1888, Page 5

A Chew of Tobacco.

During a recent cruise of the United States man-of-war Michigan, a sailor, who is a Chicago man, attempted to throw an exhausted quid of tobacco over the rail into the water. His aim was bad, and the quid fell on the deck. An officer observed it. He would not allow the sailor to touch it, but ordered the entire crew to rig up a gun tackle. The gun tackle is a hawser 3£in thick, and weighs 2,5001b. Being seldom, if ever, used, it was stowed away in the hold, and covered up, To get it on deck and rig it up is a long, hard task. But the gun tackle was rigged up ; and the commanding officer attached to it a silk thread. He made a loop in the thread, lassoed the quid of tobacco, made it fast, all hands made a long pull and a strong pull, and the quid of tobacco was hoisted overboard. Then the gun tackle was taken down, and stowed away in the hold. It required eleven hours of hard work to get the quid overboard; and it is the opinion of the commanding officer that no more quids of jjopacco will be thrown on the deck of the Michigan for some time to come.

Seven hundred Salvation Army officers are being trained in Clapton Training Home, which has recently been in charge of Herbert sooth* who is coming to New Zea« land*