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Show I Value of Electrifying Tobacco. '. An interesting experiment has been made by a German scientist In connection connec-tion with the discovery of the value of electrifying tobacco as a means of Insuring its flavor and keeping qualities. quali-ties. The flavor of tobacco Is said to be largely due to the peculiar fungus ; or "bacterial flora" with which each ! variety is associated, and electricity kills the fungus, but preserves the flavor. This German scientist has taken the peculiar mold, or fungus, of the best Havana tobacco and transferred trans-ferred it to the more coarsely flavored Bavarian tobacco, and It Is claimed that good Judges could not distinguish 1 the Havana from the Bavarian. 1 Whether the effect la quite so thorough thor-ough may be doubted, but much Is being be-ing learned of the mysterious properties proper-ties of molds. |