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OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHAMCEr, Publishers. vsims. omic4r. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. General Boulnngcr is fond of cricket, :i taste which ho acquired dur ing a residence in England when a 1kj. Governor Heaver, of Pcnns3,lvania, devotes a portion of his time in llurris- . burc in teaching a Sunday (school class. A Chinese merchant of ready wit, -who has had u European education, in Fcrihes Ids tea chests "Tu cloces," which is tho second person singular of the verb Meouoceo, to teach, and when translated becomes "Thou tea cheat." Philadelphia Press. M. KatkofT, editor of tho Moscow Gazette, who rules Russia, Czar and all, works ten hours a day and writes, all J the editorial matter that appears in his J journal. Besides this, he reads all the correspondence and performs much of the routine work of the office. 'William Kramer, ono of tho most prominent German citizens of New York, owns tho Thalia Theater, the Atlantic Garden, an elegant tip-town residence, and has recently purchased tho site of old Fort George. Thirty years ago Mr. Kramer was a waiter at a salary of ten dollars a week. Hank Hewitt, an old-timer in Ari zona, went into a store in Tucson a few days since, and after purchasing a vest J ordered his old ono thrown away, but soon remembered that he had left two hundred and eighty dodars in one of tho pockets. lie succeeded in finding two hundred and sixty dollars of tjie amount. II. G. Head, prosldont of the Inter national Range Association, has capac ity to get ahead in tho world. He was once a cowboy at a salary of fifteen dollars a month; later ha had charge of tho Prairie Lund and Cattle Association at twenty thousand dollars a year, ami uineo then he has accumulated a vast fortune in business for himself. Dr. Albert Robin has been elected n mcmbor of the French Academy of Medicine. He is still a young man, Leing only thirty-eight years of age, .and tho bestowal of this honor is there fore the more notable. His success in tho diagnosis and treatment of typhoid fever lias already made him known to scientific men on this side of the ocean Harper's liazar. two young r.nglish ladles living at Dresden recently went to Horlin on a visit, and, wishing to make the most of their time, wrote to the Chancellor, ox- pressing their fervent wish to see him; 'whereupon they received an invitation to his palace, wliere they wore most kindly received. A servant took them through the palace and showed them every thing of interest, with which thev wore, of course, greatly delighted, their Joy culminating whon I'rineu Bismarck hiinsclf suddenly appeared and ad dressed them most kindly in fluent Eng lish, walking with them for some time In tho garden before bidding them faro. well. EXTINCT ANIMALS. THE GRANT FAMILY. Tho Jlonr of llnnrmom ltnaU lUhumpil In .Spokane County, V. T. W. M. Leo, tho well-known fruit grower of Tacoma, gives llio particu lars of a wonderful discovery of bonus of extinct animals in Washington Ter ritory, which will attract tho attention of the students of natural history iuul areliujology all over the world. In a letter from Spokatio J-nils, ho says: The face of the whole Territory shows unmistakable evidence of great vol canic upheavals. On my trip through Spoknuo County I stopped at Latah, and in conversation with Mr. Coplon, of that place, regarding the volcanic formation of that section, he informed mo that ho had examined some largo bones of great antiquity Accom panied by Mr. Coplon I went to the spring where tho relies were dug out. It is located on a low strip of springy prairie, llio excavation around tuo spring is twelve or hiieen cut deep, and thirty or forty feet across. Tho bones-were covered by several dictinct lavers. Tho first layer was ancient peat, then gravel, then volcanic ashes, then a layer of coarse peat. From this spring were Liken no less than nine mammoths, or elephants, of different sizes, the remains of a cave bear, and hyenas, extinct birds anil a soa turtle. Mr. Coplon kindly pre sented mo with some specimens of these relics. Tho dimensions of some of tho bones of tho larger mammoths were wonderful to look aL I ho horns were a sort of tusk, and protrudod from the head. Hy dropping tho head in the act of feeding the circle of the horns that xtended below the jaws rested on the ground, giving support to the head, which is estimated to have weighed a ton. The horns wero worn away several inches deep at the bottom of the turn or half circle, indicating constant use by rubbing on the ground or rocks. One of these horns was ton feet and one inch long and twenty-four inches in circumference. It weighed 145 pounds. One of the tusks measured twelve feet ind nine inches in length and twenty- seven inches round. It weighed 295 pounds. The jaw weighed sixty-three pounds. The molar teeth weighed eighteen pounds each. Some of the ribs were eight feet long. Tho pelvic arch was six feet across, and an ordi nary man could walk erect through this opening. Tim hugo and antique monster was eightcon foot and six inches high, and was estimated to weigh twenty tons. Just imagine far back in tho misty by-gonos of antiquity, probably be fore tins appearance .of man upon the earth, that Washington Territory .was the home of these monstrous animals that roamed over the great prairies, traversed the Columbia river, and made the genial climes of I'uget Sound their haunts in winter. It matters not what tho tlieories may bo in regard to these embedded bones of such hugo propor tions; why so many of them wero piled together in those springy places; what period or age tho animals lived; at what time the great change took place which made them disappear from the continent; whether they lirst made their appearance in this part, of America and whelJior or not it was then a tropical eitmaio. jacoma ( w. r.i uauu Leaner. DEAD MAIL MATTER. I OF HANDWRITING. In IntrrcAtlns Chat with HnrrNnn, the j stmnKo Things AMombied In the Inrrntory d 'A LITTLE NONSENSE." i NICHOLAS ALLEN. lloily-Serviint of the Lute General Harrison tells mo that Colonel Fred Grant is in business in New York and that tho family are living there. Jesse Grant is ill San Francisco, and Ulvsses is attending to tho interests of his wife's cHnte in Mexico. I asked him as to how Grant felt when he gave his relics over to the Government, Ho replied that the General was very well pleased that the Government could got them. General Grant said he folt that they ought to bo kept together, and if they wero ijivided among his family they would be scattered. "There was dan ger at the time," said Harrison," that the creditors of Grant & Ward might taks them, and I remember well when I had finished packing them, and told him that they were all ready for ship ping, how much relieved lie looked, and how lie said, "I am very glad of it" "Hut the taking away of those relics," said Harrison, "made little difference in the looks of Grant's house. The rooms wero only bare for a day or two. After that they were filled with tilings fully as curious, and some almost as valuable I don't suppose any man ever received as many presents as General Grant. He did not know what he had. I hero were hoxes upon boxes ot rare and curious things stored away which 'had been shipped from Europe during his tour. and some of which had never been unpacked. A great many things hail been put away because he had not room for them, and these had been for gotten. They were brought, out after the relies were sent to Washington, and I thought the house looked really hotter than ever." "When did General Grant first realize the fact of his approaching death?"' "It was nt Dr. Douglas' office in New York. Ho was alone with Dr. D.iuglas and myself. Grant, had just had an examination of his throat, and he asked Dr. Douglas if ho could assure him that his trouble would not develop into a cancer. Douglas told him that he could not nsMiro him of this fact, but that he hoped he might be able to cure him. General Grant then said: 'If vou think thus, Dr. Douglas, there is hope for me.' Soon after this Grant's carriage came and we went away. As we drove oil' he told me not to say ally thing to the family as to what Dr. Douglas had said. Throughout his whole sickness General Grant's family never knew how much pain he suffered. From the time of his sickness till his death 1 was not two hours absent from him. Many nights he would walk the floor all night. When the family would ask him in the morn ing how ho had rested he would say 'pretty well,' and would try to appear cheerful. Ho bad the most terrible pain all the time, and I don't think he had a moment's cessation front pain during those last month.-. Jlo loll greatly re lieved when he had finished his book, and his happiest days were those just before his death. During his whole sickness he never grew irritable or lost his temper. He was the kindest man 1 ever knew, and lie had a great love for his family. Mrs. Grant called him Ulys ses and she was vcrv loud ot mm. lie always called her Mrs. Grant, and he was certainly ono of the best of bus bands." )raihiwjton Cor. "Cleveland Leader. KxperU AVIioo Occupation U MotIr l"up iiUIkmI by Anoiiymou CorrcupomlcnU. Those who read character by hand writing, and still more those who pro fess to be exi) Tts in handwriting, havr most of their occupation found them 13 writers of anonvmous letters. No doubt ously absurd in the idea of dropping a there has boon a good deal of unrealit sewing machine in a letter box. It and errors in tho conclusions of expert" suggests mailing a saw-mill, a steam so much so that no opinion of this sor engine or a yoke of steers. Yet sewing ought to be received in a court unlcs." of a Dead-Letter Snlc. No ono can liavo a notion of what other people send through tho mails until ho looks over tho inventory of articles to bo Bold at the Dead-Letter Oflice sale. There is something humor- A Texas photographer advertises to "take a photograph as quick its a iiiulo can kluk.'JJurhngton Free Press. A Philadelphia man shot a woman "just in fun!" Ha, ha! pretty good joke that was. What a witty tiling it -would bo to hang him! Life. "By the way, you are in tho drug uusinoss. How is it?" "First-rate, ex cept that I hate to seo a man die for whom I put up a proscription." "Why no?" "Well, it loses a customer." Philadelphia Call. Mr. Dusonborry "I saw an im mense electrical plant downtown. It is vory evident that gas" Mrs. DiiBonborry "Was It in bloom, dear? why didn't you bring mo a cutting!" Philadelphia Call. Master of Ceremonies "Why don t you lire, man? Tho trap's sprung!' Crack hnglish Shot (who has passed tho previous night near the grounds) "I thought those wero some more of your blawsted mosquitoes, yor knaw.' Tid-liits. Things Ono Would Rather Havo Loft Unsaid. She "No; 1 can't give you au(iher dance. Hut I'll introduce you to tho prettiest girl In tho room." 3Io-"But I don't want to dance with USE OF QUOTATIONS. Unfortunate Ciirrer of the DUcoverrr af Anthrarlt Coul In I'ttiiiwylrunlu. Anthracite was discovered in Penn sylvania in 1700, by Nicholas Allen. This Allen, according to the stories and traditions that havo boon handed down about him must have been a kind of merican Rip Van Winkle. He had conio down from tho Lake Chniuplaiu lumber region and opened an inn on the summit of the Broad Mountain. For a time ho led a wandering existence, hunt ing, fishing and lumbering, whilo his wife attended to tho wants of thirsty travelers. In one of his hunting excur sions lie camped out at the foot of tho Broad Mountain, at a spot, where a coal vein cropped out, and, upon lighting a lire, was astonished at the intense heat it throw olf. Ho also saw that some ot tho black stone had be come red hot. He dug some of it, and carried it home, where his wife, more practical than himself, pronounced it coal. They saw the coal crop in abundance, and visions of fortunes that might be realized out of it Hushed through their minds simultaneously. So, disposingof their effects, they loaded two large covered wagons with the coal. and set our for Philadelphia, with tho intention of marketing it there and dis covering its true value. Thev drove tho prettiest girl in tho room, 1 want ulong tho banks of the Schuylkill, sleep to dauco with you!" hatch. 1" i" "'o "I"'11 ' t ' At Potts- Partly. Mrs. Buckram "How's tint baby ob you'll? Yo' wife was n-sayln' tuddor day oz how she hadn't named It yit Recon she call it artor yo', ob course?" Mr. Hodge Crabtree "Waal, no'in, only pa'tly. She goln' call Mm Wlllyum Crabtree, Willyum nrfor her bruddor Bill, and Crabtroo artor ino." Harper's Itaxar. A certain traveling man recently discovered that ho is a great poot,and this is how ho found It out : Ob, llttto k'irU, uhvayn pnvctlro economy, Kven your klulo puiiclU, kavu tliuiu up with rare, For tome day when you no longer nucil them to do kuiiu with You can urn Ilium he a tod to curl jour tuft L'olilun hair. Merchant Traveler. "O'Grady, the base-ball man, is tho most tender-hearted follow in the world," remarked a traveling man tltu cither evening. "Why, lio wouldn't liarm u lly." "Yes," was tho reply, "J guess that's . l'vo boon him ninny a time when ho xeomud to bo positively getting out of the way of lllos for fear t! doing thorn miiuo damage." Mer chant Traveler. town three of their horses died, and the coal was dumped into the river. Wearied and disheartened, tho pair returned to tho old place at the summit of the moun tain, and shortly, aftoward Alien laid his faithful wife to rc.-t over 'the coal vein that proved their ruin, and turned his faco toward tho West, where, after an uneventful career, ho onliMod for tho campaign under Harriet and toll at Tippecanoe. Seu,ntilf Aim riant. Curious Exporimonts. iir. uranor nas iiuoiy nuuio some curious observations upon the effect of light upon oyoless animals, a report of which appears in tho proceedings of tho Vienna Academy, Ho put a number of earth-worms into a box, which was pro vided with an aperture at ono side, through which light wits allowed ingress. Tho result of niany oxporiniontushowod that tho worms sought tho dtukot part of the temporary primni, and that at least two-llftlw of their number shunned tho light. Experimenting with rays of dilfcrout colors by moans of Multied ghii. he found that the worms exhibited a marked ptvfcivuco for jvJ lilit.--Sconce, Tho Authors tu Wlilt-li Mr. Lowell Allude III UN llurvmil SiM'tH h. Lauder's opinion concerning the use of quotations, that "he never walks grace fully who leans upon the shoulder of another, however gracefully that other may walk," has not met with lniioli practical support in the speeches of public men. Perhaps no one lnus ever given better proof of not holding the contrary opinion than Mr. Lowell in tho speech ho recently delivered to the Harvard students. In tho course of his very interesting remarks he introduced direct verbal quotations from the Bible, from Donne Bishop Gollios, Euripides, Joseph do Maistre, Dante, Virgil, Words worth, George Herbert, Juvenal, Shakes peare, John Winthrop, Maechiavelli and Sir P. Sidney. In addition to his cita tions of ipissiana verba, the lecturer made allusive references to tho works of I'lato, Ruskin, Milton, Kant. Hubert Boyle, Agassi., Cotton, Mather, Gray, Coleridge, Montaigne, Scott, Heine, Matthew Arnold and-Theocritus. Pass ing mention was also made of several other authors and scholars. Lueian's belief that, a quoter is either ostenta tious of his acquirements or doubtful of his cause is clearly out of date; and (hero is no doubt that a proposition stamped with the authority of a great man carries more weight than it would if put into other words and given as a mere obiter dictum. St. darned Gazette, Japanese Journalism. Mr. Iuiuo Ola, of Toklo, Japan, who is a graduate stu lent of tho Johns Hop kins University, is making a study of American newspaper methods. H, saysth.it in Toklo, Japan, which is tho center of the wealth and culture of tho country, thoro aro over twenty dally newspapers. Most of those aro of four pages, though somo aro of eight. Tho Conservative, Liberal and Ridioal par ties havo each tholr organs, ami several papers aro also publishod in tho inter est of tho Christians, towards whom tho Liberals incline. There arc also military, banking and agricultural pa pers. Tho papers do not elroulato in Toklo alone, whosu population is oyor 1,000,000, but go till over tho rural dis trict!, where somo weekly pupors and a few dallies are printed. Of tho Tokio paporc l. are published in HuglUh, of whloli fuur of tint editors are JapnuaM, ne is an KnglUlmiim and onu au V'eticnu, A. 1'. lit. machines do find their way to the Dead Letter Oflice. Many curious secrets are unfolded in the Dead-Letter Oflice and there arc reasons why tho owners never come to claim property. Thoro stands among the other "dead letters" a pair nt num hr six "ladies' shoos." What an alllic tion for any lady to lay claim to! The lady thanks fortune that her name was not on tho package, and allows them to be sold at auction. An old wig has been lying in tho oflice for two years without a claimant, while the owner probably wcar3 his hat in church. A pair of corsets made to embrace a thirty three inch waist can iind noymo to con fess to them. They stand around with several other pairs of similar size await ing the auction. But corsets and wigs and sewing ma chines an! not the only curious things that, turn up in dead letters. Besides innumerable pairs of shoes, suits of clothes, handkerchiefs, collars andcufl's. cheap jewelry, witli an occasional lock of hair and an engagement ring, there are numerous ladies' bustles, brown hair switches, false bangs and frizzes, and even a few articles of underwear and jmir.s of garters. In one package there woretwo"damaged night drosses," in another a plug of tobacco, in another a package of hairpins and hair combings. In yet another package there are six tin teaspoons and a second hand tooth-brush. The number of packages marked "hair-combings" sug gest that they are lovers' locks that some unsentimental clerk has thus viewed. Cosmetics appear in no snial quantities. One "damaged liairswitch' and several pairs of hoopskirts wore miscarried in the mails. A gent's seer sucker suit and a lady's chemise anil unliriished dress also went astray. A pair of artilicial teeth are unclaimed. A pair of artilicial eyes arc among the dead letters. Among other curious mail matter discovered through tlu dead letters are a fly nest for horses, h lady's black cloth dolman, a man's old frock coat, cigarettes, old broken screw driver, ladies' night-cans, ;rray hair waves, hair crimpers, ladle-,' woolen fascinators, four and a half pounds ol cheap tea, an old knife-blade, a buncl of tangled thread, ladies' corset covers. thirteen old pewter spoons, a dog blanket, a lady's old damaged "silk dross basque, nutmeg grater, .-hoc brush, gent's dirty clothes and old straw hat. lady's blue jersey, a pair of bathing trunks, old felt hat, bird sling, toy gun. kettle cleaner and tinware, griddle lifter, a dozen potato parors, a sun bon net, doll's corset, doll's overshoes, a small clock, a pair of pruning shears, y razor, and ninety-nine pounds of iron and metal castings. .V. J'. Star. then; is abundance of corroborative evi deuce. As a rule, every anonymous letter which is not at once consigned to the flames or waste-paper basket tin dergoes a rigid scrutiny of the hand writing. Unless a person is an expert tho opinions given on the subject of handwriting aro often simply ridiculous I showed a letter ono day to a lady who was thought to be a great authority on such matters. She loaded the hand writing with every species of abuse, it was tho writing of a bad tempered man, of a stupid man, of an ignorant man; there could bo no relieving feature whatever in such handwriting as that. "And now. madams." I said, "will you look at tho signature?" It was the sig nature of Macaulav. So if vou wish no obtain an opinion worth'having respect ing the ownership of handwriting, it l far best for you to obtain a skilled opinion. You aro not obliged to believe tho experts, any more than if vou are upon a jury, and it Ih'couics peculiarly dillicult to believe when two exports aro swearing hard against one another .Nevertheless, if the opinion ot an ex pert will not help you, there is no opin ion on which you can safely go. A very remarkable case of identification of handwriting came to my knowledge some time ago. A gentleman had of fered a very largo sum of nioncv for the discovery of a marriage register, the production of which was highly necess ary in a heavy litig ttioii. A clergyman from tho country wrote to say that the missing register had turned up in the vestry box of his own pari.-h. A solici tor and a well known expert were sent down to examine the document. The clergyman snowed them tho marriage register, and after a protracted exam ination they all wont to lunch. Then an opinion decidedly unfavorable to the genuineness of the document was de livered by tho expert in handwriting. It was quite modern handwriting and did not possess the comparativcautiqui ty claimed for it. "Then how in the world did it got there?" asked the vicar. The expert had diligently examined the vicar's handwriting in his own note, and said quietly, "Why, you forged it yourself." Tho unhappy parson, being threatened with highly penal conse quences, nod tno country. I am sorry to say any tiling against the cloth, but many of my readers will recognize this as a true story. The moral is, that if it is really ueeessan to trace and expose an anonymous communication, you had better use the best available means fordoing so. Loii'loii Swit-ly. SELF-EMANCIPATION. Tnth FOR STORMY WEATHER, Dlroftlon for Milking u Sorvlc-eablw Mualli Poultry-limine. Every poultryman knows the aversior shown by the fowls to the poultry-housi in the day-time. They prefer beinj outside in the storm tu being coutinei in a closed, dark place; but they an very partial to a shed, or any kind o' well-lighted shelter. A cheap arrange incut can be made for them, which ma bo movable, by using shingling latt (one by three inches) and uubleacluH muslin. To make a muslin house tot by ten feet, proceed as follows: A strip for the top, four for the vt, torn, and three for stripping one too' from the ground, making eight strips ten feet long each, or eighty feet. Om strip for tho topof tho entrance in front eight feet long and twelve strips si feet long, for tho ends and roof, tho total being about ono hundred and sixty feet of material, costing one dollar. A few boards on tin front, with the sanio at the rear, com pletes all but tho muslin, of whirl about twelve yards will bo sulllcicnt. Run tiie muslin from tho bottom of tlx strip over the top, anil fasten to button strip on the other side. Havo nothing but the boards on tho ends, so ns tr strengthen tho frame, and al.-o that tin fowls may pass out at cither end. Sew tho muslin together with a rowing machine, and use it either crosswise oi up and down. Draw it tightly over tlu frame, and paint it witli any kind ot clump paint; or oil may bo used instead. The structure need not cost over $'2.50, and it will afford excellent protection against tho winds and rains, as there will bo plenty of scratching-room fot an average tlock. 1 ho muslin admit; ullleieut light, and is much better than glass for retaining warmth. American .tyricuiturM. Ballet dancing is a prettv good busino.-s when you onco got tho hangol it. I bus Mauro, tho exponent of the Spanish fandango, goUs if 10,000 a year, Rosattl gets $P-iO0O and Subra $0,000. That's better by several thousand dol lars than going to Congress, or oven being President of n university, and pretty' nearly as gbod as being a popu lar prima donna. Troy Times. m A Cincinnati critic witnessed tho recent operatic porforinancos in that city, and says: Dress suit.s wore neither do rlgueur nor do trop, but tho major How Om of New VorUN (illdcd lleloi-iuHl ills Ilunliuoil. Here is a true incident which we com mend to the consideration not only of boys, but of tho fathers of boys. Mr. P was a stock-broker in Now York. His only son, Phil, was born to tho expectation of vast wealth, and hence dawdled idly through college, and studied a little law as an amuse ment. His real training w:us as a .-ociety man. At twenty-two ho could lead the gcrman admirably; was an authority on women's gowns and hats, knew better than any other gossip in town which of the girls were "Uy," and which were likely to catch the "big fish in the mat rimonial po:id." His father was, in his dainty speech, "Old Cheek-signer," his sister "the liest-grooincd yearling till v in the field." HoM read nothing but the latest magazine, and vers dr, socicte. lie never voted; scarcely knew who was President, and took no interest in the great problems of national importance with which other men were struggling. His solo concern in life was the last cut in coats, and anxiety as to which bulls or receptions ho should attend next week. On Black Friday Mr. P lost every dollar of his fortune, and died soon afterward. Phil was almost peunile-s. He made his way to Colorado, ami took up land, built a hut and lived in it. At bottom there was good manly stuff in thu lad. Pain, loneliness, the great silent mountains about him, brought it out. No meals at Delmtmico's had over the relish of the flapjacks anil bacon which ho cooked himself after a hard day's work. lie .suddenly awakened to the inter ests abotit bun; the raising of great herds of cattle; tho mining for gold; the moving of vast crops; the building of railways across the continent. The man developed in body and mind. He began, too, to keep Mop with the active, pusniug, nvo men who are conquering tho wilderness of tho groat Northwest. Ho is now a man of force and sound souse, with broad, grave, liberal views, taking part in all tho work which will advance tho West. If ho remembers tho puerile, trifling man milliner who led tho gcrman in fashionable Fifth avenue houses a few years ago, it is with a blush of shame. How many manly American boys, the sons of wealthy, html-workjng fathers, aro sinking into tho puny, aimlo.-s lift, of men of society in our largo cities! Tho groat West, with its countless op portunities, its scope, its vaat interest, develop strong, licipful men out of un proniUtug material. "Tho banc, the antidote aro hoih I wore Umiii." THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. The lJtet Victim or the Pernlclnin Little l'wper-Covereil Tube. ' Of all the forms of using tobacco thcr Fnia'l paper-covered tube, known as tho cigarette is tho most deadly. Thero- arc many rrasons for this. Ju the first place the cigarette smoker has no as surance that tho tobacco is any thing more than rubbish which can not bw used in any other manner. Secondly, tho paper is well known to be exceed ingly poisonous; not more so than gen uine tobacco, probably, but there is a wild hilarity which follows the smoking of paper that, speedily breaks down the strongest nervous system. Thirdly, the cigarette is an insidious evil. It is so mild, and so handy, and so cheap, that the unfortunate smoker uses many more of them than he has any idea of. Tho other !)!)7 reasons need not be given here, as they have been at various times discussed in the public press, and sir great has been the influence of these exposures that cigarette smoking has iiicivased over fiOO per cent, during tho last, four years. Yet there aro people who scull' at the power of the press! It is only necessary to show conclusively that a certain thing is vory harmful, in order to get thousands of people to test the question for their own satisfac tion. The recent ease of Mr. John W. Stob bins, of Wyoming, will do much to open the eyes of the users ol the vile weed in its vilest form. It will pain many good people to know that tho cigarette ha insinuated itself into tho rural simplici ty of Wyoming. Hitherto the inhab itant of that Territory havo been ;i guileless pastoral people who occa sionally indulged in scalping, cattle raids and bad whisky, enlivened by a murder now and then, but never has their worst enemy charged them with smoking cigarette. Now, alas, .nF this is changed. It is no uncommon sight to seo a gang of cowboys peacea bly returning to camp after sacking a village, each with a cigarette in his mouth. True, somo of the most noble of the cowboys stood out against this growth of this habit and shot a few of the. smokers, but although this method of argument seemed to bo conclusive in individual eases yet masters of policy prevented its universal adoption. So in pite of the best intentions on tho part of the opponents of tho vice it continued to spread among the unsophisticated people of tho plains. Stobbins fell an easy victim to the cigarette anil smoked incessantly. The elfeot of tho habit on him was not noticed until one day ho fired at a tenderfoot from the East, thrco tunes in succession and missed him ev ery time. This alarmed his friends and they besought him with tears in their eyes to abandon a habit that was doing so much to undermine his uscfulnoss nnd influence on the plains. Stobbins himself folt rather shaken and consulted u physician, who told him that if he did not give up cigarette smoking ho would not live six mouths. Stobbins agreed to quit next week. This is a peculiarity of the cigarette smokers. They are al ways going to quit somo timo in tho future. That night thoro was a social card party in the shanty. Stobbins sat. on the powder keg. Ho let a cigarette stump fall on tho keg. Tho party in stantly broke up. Stobbins and part of the keg were bust seen going through the roof. As neither havo yet come down serious fears aro beginning to bo entertained on that ranch that some thing has happened to Stobbins. Thus it is that tho doctor's most sanguine ex pectations havo been realized and the name of John Warrington Stobbins has been added to tho already long list of the victims of the deadly cijarcttc. Detroit Free I'ress. Mrs. Parvonuo "My husband i going to have a life-size statue of him self carved in marble." Mrs. Shoddy "Humph! that's nothing. My husband has a bust every Saturday night." Xcwman Independent. Mr. Waldo (of Boston) "What av curious young person Miss Shawsgar den of St Louis is, Miss Breezy. So very bizarre, one might say." Miss Breezy (of Chicago) "Yes, she gives mo a pain. -Boston Record. it. . portion of tho gentlemen in tho audi- should consider well lk.foro thev eh.,... toriuui woro tiiein, i.ato comers wero numerous, but the usual aeoomtiii nient of qiieak shoes was silenced 1 the heay matting that cuutvd llu llvvi of tlu- aadiioiium. bolwocti them. JWA' Cvnijamion. - live hundred Chinauioii huve do- jMtsiu a saving bitiiki in Brooklyn. It ie s;iid that thoy nuTSJtlrnw out anv DYSPEPSIA V p to a few weeks nio I considered niyeolf the champion Dyspeptic of America. UwrliiK tho years that I have been atnicteil I have trlod almost everything claimed to be a xpeolflo for Dyspepsia In the hope of nndlng somcthlny that would altord permanent relief. I had about made up my mind to nbandou all medi cines whon I noticed nn endorsement of Simmons Liver Keulator by a prominent GeoiKlau, a jurist whom I knew, and concluded to try Its effects in my eoso. I havo used but two bottles and am satlsfleU thnt 1 have struck tho right thlnp; at last. 1 folt lta bonotlcial otrects nlnst Im mediately. Vnllko nil other prepara tions of a similar kind, no special Instructions are required as to what ono shall or shall not eat. This fact alone ought to commeud it to all troubled with Dyspepsia. J. N. HOLiTES, Vlneland, N. J. CONSTIPATION To Secure n Itegular llulilt of llaily without cliuucInK the Ulet or Il orjr.mlihiK the Sylein, tuko SIMONS LIVER REGULATOR 0J.lT GENUINE HAfcl-MCTDBIB T J. H. ZEIUH t CO.. Philadelphia. motley.