The mayoralty and the other city offices remained, at the epoch of my visit, in the hands of white Radicals, and the negroes had made no special struggle to secure them, although they are to the whites in the city as eleven to "The hackmen who shriek in your ear as you arrive at the depot." [Page 580.] nine
saw acres of glimmering water, in which the mysterious light cast a thousand fantastic gleams, which shifted uneasily every moment
Yes, chewing tobacco contains a significant amount of nicotine, often comparable to or exceeding that of cigarettes
The noble country along the borders of the Indian Territory needs developing: it is rich in minerals and in grand mountain scenery, but is now in semi-barbaric hands, and it will take a persistent effort to improve the tone of society there
Here and there a town, as in the case of Plaquemine, has been compelled to recede before the encroachments of the river