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CmtMOn Ken About tlio Clgarettn.
A tobacco do oJr say a: There has been
great deal Haid ibout the harmfulncaa
f cigarettes, arul certainly they are- in-
jnrious to young boys or to men if
fcmoked m excess; but most of tho.su who
attack the ciararetto lialat have verv lit
v'lo idea of what they are talking about.
It Bhonld bo rememlwred that the great
est einokerain the world the Spaniards,
the Cubans, Spauirth-Americans and the
Russians use cigarettes far more freely
than cigars, and none of the.se nations
can be. called unhealthy. People talk
about the injuriousiiess of the paper, but
any physician will ttll you that it has no
effect worth mentioning.
If you take a piece of rice paper and
light it scarcely any residuum will re
. main, and a man might sinoI: that pa
per indefinitely witho.it experiencing tiie
smallest Lad result. What makes cigar
ette smoking injurious is the fact that
thcmoke is ncc retained in lite mouth
anu throat, but is talon into the lungs.
It is because the cigar smoker does not
understand this that ho denounces cig
arette smoking as insipid. So it is if the
cigarette is smoked like a cigar, but
when the smoke is swallowed the effect
is far more delicate than can be obtained
from any cigar, and you will find that a
confirmed cigarette smoker seldom en
joys either a cigar or a pipe. St. Louis
Cjlobe-Democrat.
j rj Why X'conle liite Their IJps.
If you surprise the father of a family
Stretched out at full length and trying
till he is red in the face to raise his legs
without lifting his body, you may know
he is endeavoring to work off his super
abundance of avoirdupois, which inter
feres seriously with his cutting a grace
ful figure in the waltz, which his better
half insists on dancing every chance she
gets. If you consult Mr. Russell on
What changes will make you better look
ing, you will find him very blnnt. fie
may tell you you do not wash your face
clean, and when you ask how he knows
he will tell you if you did your skin
would not be disfigured with those black
pimples, or he may tell you, as he told a
woman who recently appealed to him
for advice, that she did not eat. enough,
"which fact ho had reached because he
had observed how much she chewed her
lips.
So you see you need not bo on your
good behavior when yon pass under his
eagle eye. But did you ever sit in the
v ferry boat or car and watch the women,
who make the nioi ludeous, wry faces
in their attempts to got some nourish
ment or crumb of comfort from their
lips? Not only the women but the men
also have this fiend rsh habit. Brooklyn
Eagle.
A Hare New Zenland JJirl.
Dr. Fristedt has brought a most inter
esting and valuable collection of birds,
etc., from Australia, where lie had many
an adventurous outing, and from win-re
.ie proceeded to New Zealand. There he
iticceeded in obtaining a specimen of the
quaint and almo.-;t extinct kibi bird.
'This bird is somewhat like an ostrich,
but only tho size of a crow. It ha.s no
wing vat all, and is covered with fur
like short striped feathers. Another pe
culiarity about the kibi is the fact that
l,s ogg is larger than one-third of its
u He also succeeded in bringing home
some Maori skulls, which are difficult to
obtain on account or tne maimer m
which the natives bury their dead.
When the bodies have been so long in
the ground that all the flesh has fallen
from the skeleton they unearth them
and carry them into the interior of tkj
forests, where they are deposited in nat
ural caves, which are very difficult to
find. The attempt to obtain these skulls
is attended with the greatest danger, as
any one discovered with one is certain of
being instantly killed. Galignani's Mes
senger. Ailments nf Horses.
Almost any liveryman is, in his way,
a horse doctor. He practices on his own
stock, and will prescribe timplo remedies
for a sick horse that is brought to him,
but in any cse h" deems serious will al
ways advise calling in a regular veteri
nary surgeon rather than to undertake
the treatment himself. All sorts of sur
gical operations are undertaken for the
rtlief of horses, and there are one or two
men in the city who are specially skilled
in the treatment of diseased teeth.
Ilorses have the toothache just like men
do and from the tame causes, and pull
ing a tooth is now a common thing in
veterinary surgery. Of course the horse
kicks, for his teeth have long and strong
roots, but the operation frequently saves
the life of a valuable animal. Interview
in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Cheap Fuel.
Aniocjr the latest attempted solutions
""vof the cheap fuel problem, is the method
J of a German inventor, who proposes to
manufacture gas by dropping a stream
of crude petroleum through a blast of
cold air from a force pimj). The gas
thus obtained will be confined in a regu-
will be lighted. This produces an in- i
tensely ; hot flame of several feet m
, length. By means of this flame the in
ventor proposes to heat boilers, and he
maintains that the heating of large
, blocks can thus be reduced very consid
erably. New York Telegram.
Revolver in Sight.
r The policemen of Savannah carry re
volvers strapped to their belts in plain
sight. The' are armed with short clubs
' as well. They cannot unlimber their
shooting irons any quicker than a New
York policeman, who usually carries his
in his hip pocket, can do it; but with
most of th offenders tho sight of a
weapon in itself has a salutary effect on
many r " them. New York Sun.
There is no department of British mer
cantile industry which has developed
!;'. wi.'r C1.v h narvelon-j rapidity as the pe-
' 'roieum u-u.ie. on:co its ueginnmg in
1859, when the total importations were
about 2.000,000 gallons, it has increased
by leaps and bounds until, in 1889. the
amount brought into the United King
dom reached the total of 102,647,478
gallons.
I Out of Work.
' At a rough estimate 12,000 yonrifr wo-
men were thrown out of employment the
last of the year from the retail dry goods
stores of New York city. One firm alone
, dismissed 1,100 women and girls and an-
j other 700. These unfortunate little mar
tyrs of commerce and circumstances
were for the most part "extras," hired
in November and December for the holi
day trade at salaries that barely paid for
car fare, lunches and the, wear and tear
of clothing. One manager, when ap
proached on the subject, s.id: "I was
ashamed to tell n, girl who wanted an en
gagement the wages, and so dismissed
her. It was less than her living would
co:-t. And yet, what can 1 do? If wo
men offer to cori'.e Ij'to to clerk fur fifty
c:-?;!s a day why should I offer her 1?"
'i'L- tr-.v.bl. U women u i t proper-
ly value themselves. They nre alone in
the world, dependent on their own en
ergies; tli'-y w.vit a chance, a footing, an '
open:;;; anything that will enable a j
beginning. In their desperation they)
will wor;: for almost nothing, and once !
in a x:-!iioi;, h::e not the bravery to '
as.-ert themselves by properly valuing:
th.-ir nen ices. Time goes on. the star-!
vation wages are accented, and not only
does the individual suifer, but the whole !
coi-.nr.miiy of l.ibor is affected by the:
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V. hat the working girls of New York
need is less poetry, loss kitchen garden
ing, less a?stheticisrn, less patronage,
and a regular lecture on business tactics.
She has no library, she does not take a
newspaper, and if she is to know her
worth the value of honest, earnest labor
and the relation her skill and industry
bear to capital, she must be instructed
by sermon, speech or address. As it is,
.-he is groping in the dark and growing
tiie plant of experience for herself, but
it is sad gardening, for there are thorns
instead of fruit, and in the leaves is
poi oon. New York World.
I'uyinr Creditor.
Like many another famous man, both
beioro his time and since, Talleyrand ex
hibited at least in early life a great
reluctance to settling with his creditors.
When he was appointed bishop of Autun
by Louis XVI, he considered a fine new
coach to be necessary to the proper main
tenance of the dignity of that office.
According. -, a coach was ordered and
delivered, bnt not paid for. Some time
ifi.-r, as th.
wiy appointed bi.-.hop was
l:is coach he noticed a
;;: 'h;g n.w'.r who bowed
ab ut
to
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i.v coaca
T" I f jr s
i.illeyrand.
w.;-; driven
veral-days,
addressing
"V. t;l.
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my good man, who are you?"
our .. '.eh maker, mi y lord," re
aid Talleyrand, "you are tnv
--j.-.chiiu'Lcr: and what do you want, mj
cu; .chiiuikvr.'"
"I want to be paid, my lord."
"Ah! yon r.re my coachmaker, and
yon want: to be paid? You shall be pain.
iOv coachmaker."
'"!.!. when, my lord?"
V said Talleyrand, settling liim-
se" c comfortably among the cushions of
hi.-, new coach and eyeing his coach
m. ker fe-verely. "you are very inquisi
tive." Boston Transcript.
A Dramatist with Influence.
vtifn Elizabeth of Roumania has
vi it ten a plaj' whicL sue is pleaded to
describe as a tragedy, but which is really
a piece of the most wildly and extrava
gantly sensational kind. It is entitled
"Meister Manolly," and it is to be intro
duced at the Vienna Court theatre. The
piece is of the old trail -pontine order,
with g.;c.-ts iuurderf,.a wife walled up
alive, and other sensational episodes, and
i! is full of preposterous situations, ab
surdly stil-e-.l dialogue and Bombastes
Furioso declamation. Quen Elizabeth,
when she was recently at Vienna, in
vited the con:p:.iv of the Court theatre
to partake cf a i'.umptuous dejeuner at
the Hotel Imperial, and the champagne
flowed in rivers at the meal. Iter maj
esty r-id the pi ay to her guests, who
:ipplauded it as a matter of course, and
then she went to :srj the emperor, and in
duced mm to coraman-. that tne piece
should be piuc-a at the Hofburg,
where, .as a rule, new plays are not
readily accepted. London Truth.
Just Like lili IliinNi;in ISrotlicr.
The fenlaax very rarely cr never leaves
the ground.; of Yildiz Kiosk, except to
go once n week to a mosque just outside,
when the very striking ceremony lmown
as the Seinmlick takes place. Once a
year, aloo, Le pays a visit to Stamboul,
but the route there and returning is
never known in advance. lie ii in con
stant fear of assassination. Some grand
duchess whom he received at his court,
on his complaining that his health was
indifferent, advised him to take more
exercise and change of air. and to drive
boct the country. On her departure lie
is reported to have said: "What harm
aavo I done thr.t this woman should dc
sire my death? Why does she advise me
to run into such dangers?" Nineteenth
Century.
A Wedding Cako Deflected.
"I had some wedding cake today un
der very distressing circumstances," said
a postal clerk. "At the postoffice a pack
age had been received containing a heavy
invoice of this style of fancy goods. It
wa3 nearly six inches wmare and had
sixteen cents in postage stamps, but not
a sign of an address. There was no help
for it. The owner couldn't be found,
and rather than let the cake go to waste
it was distributed judiciously among a
few friends. Of course everybody ws
Fony, but the state of things might hav
been worse." Buffalo Kxpress.
lie Was Unduly Anxiouit.
One of the most amusing distortion?
of English that I ever heard was perpe
trated by a waiter on a Grand Trunk
dining car, eager for his fee.
1 had ordered a simpie supper of lake
trout and buttered toast. Its meager ap
pearance seemed to disturb my friend in
the white jacket.
"Ain't you goin to have no other meat
I)sides that fish, sir?" he asked. Lewia
2U J ourn&L
WOMAN'S REAL PLACE
A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SHOP
GIRL AND THE SERVANT.
The Former Tries to Keep l!oly ind Soul
Together with Scarcely More Money
Thau the Latter Gets a I'ocket Money.
The Cause of the Kvil.
The kitchen and nur:-cry versus the
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iaciory una siore question lias long en
gaged tho attention of women who are
devoting their lives to the improvement
of the material condition of their sisters.
In other words, those philanthropic jer
eons are wondering whether, after all,
the working woman has done a wise
thing by leaving tho sphere which was
peculiarly her own, with different sur
roundings, since tho days of Adam, and
invading the occupations which ae, by
their nature, adapted to men.
Some opinions on this subject have re
cently leeii given. They came from wo
men who thoroughly understand the ex
isting conditions of life, and their ex
pressions were echoes which are heard
everywhere nowadays. The best friends,
male and female, of the working women
are asking the same question Wny do
women put themselves under circum
stances where they may bo led to starva
tion or shame when they can readily
avoid both by remaining within their
natural sphere?
The answer given by a leader of the
working women is the only one that cov
ers the question iu many cases. It is the
"lady craze." The "saleslady" and the
Mactory laay have an ambition to
eclipse the wives and daughters of their
employers in the matter of dress, and
the- see not hing abaurd in carrying out
their purpose. And the community seems
to agree with them.
WAGES IN TWO IJ?;KS OF WORK.
Careful observers. ss.y that in this mat
ter the girls act just the same as the
young men of the day who crowd one an
other for clerkships, etc., whose pay is
4 cr a week, rather than learn a trade
in which they can earn three or four
times that much. The puny little clerk
and the pale, unhealthy "saleslady" think
they are gentlemen and ladies and would
be horrified if any one offered to intro
duce them to the rosy, healthy servant
girl who has an account at the bank, or
to the robust mechanic who can produce
a larger roll of bills on Saturday evening.
The "lady" who sells handkerchiefs
and toilet boxes during tho day for an
income of fifty cents is tiio ether half of
the "gentleman"' who sells cuiis and col
iars for sixty or seventy cents a dav
Thej- are the natural product of the new
American ladv and gentleman craze, and
they never realise j .-t v ; i: ir. ms un
less they get tianit.-,'.. V:.e.i tL ? ' gentle
man" clerk wishes he had mated with a
;:irl in domestic service v.-ho kr-ew how
to cook and who had a little money laid
l y; and the "iauy" regrets that she did
rot devote her smiks to a mechanic who
cor.'d f.upport ht-r. The police court;, and
the divorce courts. Mve the cr.hninalioiis
of these stories every day in tho year.
But the purpose of this article is to
rive further particulars that enter into
the contrast between the women in do
mes', ic service and those who have Hooded
men's occupations. According to the
mo. t accurate statistics obtainable, the
wages of servants in this city average, at
tae lowest estimate, $l. amonla, uebiues
board, lodging and in many caies ail the
clctiiing needed. Perhaps tj-3.50 a week
talgrit be fixed as the average money com
I ecjv.iiion of all the women in domestic
iSow, according to the statement of
Mi.-s Ida Van Etten, 2-Irs. Crea-'h and
iiss Foster, the average warc-s of work
ing women in stores and factories is, at
the highest estimate, $ I a week.
A COMPARISON.
leat is a nalt doiiar rtirierence m
wages, and that half dollar ic; regents,
in a comparison, the board, lodging, etc.,
of the servants. Of course, no woman
can live on fifty cents a weeic. it takes
kir whole $-1 to pay for board and lodg
ings if she gives anything like proper
nourishment to hsr body. IS ) it amount
to just this: At the end of a week the
servant has $S.50 to lay by, while the
"s.aiesiady" has not a penny.
As to lodging, the average servant has
her own little room, nicely furnished
and heated in winter. The "sulas-iady,"
if she boards, has a cold room at tho top
of the house, shared by three or fonr
other unfortunates. The latter works
on an average of ten hours a day, while
in the holiday season she works as much
a3 sixteen hours, and never does a penny
of extra pay reach her pocket.
Tho servant has no longer hours, and
she can rest during a great part of them,
and, besides, has her two or three "even
ings off" during the week. Her work,
on t he whole, is much lighter, and she
does not know what fines are. If she
fails ill, in a good family, she receives
the same cordial attention that her mis
tress would, and is surrounded by kind
attentions. And ner wages go on all the
time.
But how about the "saleslady" np in
the top of the boarding house if she
Bhonld get sick? Well, unless she ia
absolutely at the point of death she is
packed off to a hospital when the time
for which she has paid her board has
expired. But even if she is allowed to
remain there till she gets well, she re
sumes her work with her trunk under
bondage to the landlady, and with a,
to her, heavy debt staring her in the
face. Is it any wonder tnat many a
naturally good girl seeks escape from
such troubles in the concert h ills?
And is it any wonder that the comfort
able servaut girl generally ends her
career of working for others by marry
ing an honest man and settling down in
a comfortable home. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Valuable Ancestors.
Mrs. Biiger (reading) The body of a
petrihed man found near Fresno, Cal.,
has been sold for $10,000.
Mr. Biiger Ten thousand dollars!
By the way, my dear, your family used
to live in California. Are any of them
buried there? Xew York Weekly.
Taught a I.mnnn.
A man with large ousmess interest
and a handsome income married a lady
who, accustomed all her previous life to
the luxuries of wealth, had never formed
any clear conception of the worth and
purchasing power of money. For some
months the indulgent husband gratiQed
liis wife's every whim.
Ono day the lady, to carry out eome
caprice, asked for a check for so large a
sum that the gentleman wad disturbed.
lie saw that such prodigality, if ierhist-
ed in, meant ruin; but not wisning to
grieve his wife by a downright refusal
he determined to give her a lesson in fin
ance, lie therefore smilingly remarked
that he could not give iier a check as usu
al, but would send up the money from
his store.
About noon the promised money came.
not in crisp bills, as w.is expected, but it
silver donars, the sum total tiilingsever;
specie iia ;s.
The Wji'e was first vexed, then amused.
and iinady, as the afternoon wore away.
became deeply thoughtful. When hei
husband came home to supper she tooii
him g! uliy by the arm, and lending bin
into I ::e ro m where the ponderous bag
oi specie wire still stanmng, said:
" j.i v o r, is this the money 1 askeJ
you ior tins morning?"
"It is, my love," was the reply.
"And did you have to take this money
all in, doiiar by dollar, in the course oi
your business?" was the next question.
"Yes," he answered, gently, "it repre
sents the earnings of many weeks of hard
labor."
"Well, then," she said, with tearful
eyes, "send a man to take it back to tiic
bank in the inomiug. I can't use sc
much money for so trivial a purpose.
didn't understand about it before."
Yoaith's Companion.
A Ulind Man's Intelligent
livery one wno wanes along uppei
Broadway knows the blind newsman
and his dog at the corner of Thirtieth
street. The man sits on a camp stool
from noon until 8 o'clock every day sell
ing papers, and during that time the
dog is his constant companion.
The other evening, when the man had
sold ail his papers and was ready to gc
home, he got up, folded his camp stool J
and tucked it under his arm, and catch
ing a tight hold of the string attached
to; he dog's collar, started to walk up
Broadway. When they readied tnt
miudie of thenext block the dog stopped.
"Come along; get up, Prince," said
the blind man, tugging at the string.
!:-.: ine dog seemingly paid, no attention.
lie was looking intently down the street
at the approaching horse cars. He stood
way for some minutes, scanniu.
car carcf-iliy as it passed, and sud-
.;y ia.i out into the street, the man
a '.: wii:;t, ::T'd .-juTry.M aboard the front
.'. ior,.i of mi up town green car. The
car ft i pped and lite blind man groped
n s -. ay
the i.og :
i::: ide and took a -seat, while
remained on the platform.
j.ne rame performance is repeated
cverv ni-.'ht. and it is said th-.t the man
m i his d,g :;r: knnwn to ail tnj drivers
t coituucioiv on uie line. Is'ew York
v ziiii! tin.
liupplc f tn-ss of tiie "Cr.iflicr."
One clever, original manufacturer foi
iivf yt-avs devoted head, heart and purse
to .ameliorate tiie condition of his oper
atives the worst class in the cotnnmu-
liy. iney i;au no nones; no nonnt ano
built houses, which 1't il top-luces turough
r.- gW't or were burred up in orgies.
i nTi tiieir uwc-ni". :erj again re
p:';iva the crackers it-it o-u-t of piace in a
M-.;i.;gof order a:;.t neatness, and "j?
to n:al:e thing-', sorter homelik?," as wa; i
a: :.ci-vard naively explained, they kick-
tit out the panels of the doors, smashed
tue windows, riddled the wails and cut
up the floors for kindling wood.
With driftwood for fuel lying almost
at llieir gates, if thev have a gate.
raiher ti.an walk to and from the fence,
if they have a fence, the proletarian in
habitants prefer to destroy their land
lord's property. An attempt to utilizt
ti. eir horticultural instincts was unavail-
ia;. Tiie gardens were fenced, the ten
ants burned the pl.mks: the plats were
plowed, not a s-ed was planted, and
when, undiscouraged, the employei
;i;-.Tited the gardens himself, the people
tt:i"ied in the hog3 with the comment,
i.-:;;-i's b--lt(r than garden sass any
daw" Centurv.
A lJymu with Two Antliorn.
Who is the author of the hymn, Ir
the fjv.-ct-t liy sj.ui Uy?"
With regard to the authorship of this
now famous hymn there is a diffei-ence
of opinion. 1 he author of the words is
leiieved to be Dr. S. F. Bennett, who,
while living in Elkhora, Wis., wrote the
lines in a fit of mental depression. They
were set to music by Mr. J. P. Webster,
a composer living in the same town.
Another version credits Mr. Webster
with the authorship of the music and
the first verse of the hvmn, which
was then completed by Dr. Bennett.
The credit of both words and music
must be given to the two gentle
men mentioned, though what was the
individual contribution of each cannot
now be determined. The song was writ
ten in 1SGS, and almost immediately
achieved the wide popularity which it
has ever since en joyed. fee. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Sterinjr Clear of Sin.
Milkman Johnny, did you put wateT
in the milk this morning?
ICew Assistant Yes, sir.
"Don't yon know that is wicked,
Johnny?"'
"But j-ou told me to mix water with
e milk."
"Yes, but I told you to put tiie water
m nrst ana pour tne milK into it. men,
von roe, wo can tell the people we never
put water in our milk." Texas Siftings.
r Knn Tint.
The ; o: .'tors in a private institution
ir. a ik.-msas town were getting ready to
ike ii rur., as the banker was reported
saort. bur I ciore tuev couid do so no ielc
by way of the back door, ami took
all tho cash in his carpet-hag. He
reasoned that in his case it was better to
riui i n La XXiitcoit. Frue Presi.
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W HENDEE & CO
(Succensvr to U. V. Muthewi.)
CAKKV A COSiriiE'I'i; 1,1 M-; OF
Hardware, Stoves, Tinware Etc.
Having completely reelean ,m1 anil renovated,
have as neat a hardware stock as fenn be found
County. We respectfully
earn our method of doiny
Hardware can be sold cheaper for cash than
on time and we are
to do it
J. W. HENDEE & CO.
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AT
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STOVES, RANGES AND ALL FURNISH1NCS.
Agent lor t'ne Celebrated White Sewing Machine.
lie largest ;in.l must, complete vrock to select from in Cass County. Call and see me
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m .1
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Commenced: Btislfies.s Octoticc iM'Z
Zm CAPITAL -
Stockholders individnally liable ,
oi umo wnicn logetner witli the present net surplus is a net
Guarantee of about $700,000,00 to policy holders.
Losses paid in nineteen years, (since
dollars
J. IL BEATTIE,
Secretary.
Win. L. BROWNE, Resident
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