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.
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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.
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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.
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