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THE BEST CIGARS.
A Tobacco Expert's Discussion for the
Benefit of Smokers.
LAEGELT A MATTER OP TASTE.
Millionaires Who Prefer the Cheap Goods
of Their Boyhood.
CHOICE EOLLS FROM BATANA LEAF
IWniTTEN rOB THI DISPATCH.
"We made in this country, during the fiscal
Tear ending June SO, 1SS9, no less than 3,
668,162,486 cigars, and of this number nearly
one-third were made in New York city, and
about one-fourth in the State of Pennsyl
vania, and of these nearly two-thirds in
New York and seven-eighths in Pennsyl
T nia were common cigars, made by cheap
labor, to a great extent, of domestic tobacco,
to sell at S cents or less apiece. On the
other hand, the remaining third of the New
York city product may be broadly stated as
being made of a fine grade of imported Ha
vana leaf, by Cnban or Spanish workmen ,
and resulting in a product of which a fair
proportion is equal to the finest cigars of the
finest factories of Cuba, or the world.
The gist of these latter remarks may also
be applied to the product of Key "West and
Tampa, where, tinder the same conditions,
aided by climatic influences, a grade of
cigars is turned out quite equal to any im
ported stock, while the bulk of the product
may be generally classed as far above the
domestic in quality.
Quality! That brings us to the query,
"What constitutes a good cigar?" And it
is an awkward question to do justice to, for
the simple reason that every man thinks he
knows a good cigar; and every man, yes,
even among experts, differs in opinion as to
what this term implies. The City of New
York is cosmopolitan, and contains its mill
ionaires who prefer stogies and 5-centers,
and men with a more than limited income
who will smoke but one cigar a day, and
that one a fine clear Havana.
THE GOOD 5-CE1TT CIGAB.
To begin with, the good 5-cent cigar is
made in a clean, wholesome factory, by good
workmen, of sound leaf. The filler? or in
side, is generally of Pennsylvania leaf,
sometimes in long pieces, known as "long
filler goods;" sometimes in short pieces,
known as "scrap," surrounded and held to
gether by a "binder," to hold it together,
tnis binder being composed of Pennsylvania
or Connecticut leat, and the two combined
forming a "bunch," which is placed in a
"mold" and pressed into the desired shape
before going into the roller's hands. Many
o( these bunches are now made by ma
chinery, but only four years ago thev were
made exclusively by hand, principally by
girls.
"When dnly pressed these "bunches" are
covered by the "roller" the man or woman
who puts on the wrapper, with a leaf of
Snmatra, Connecticut broad leaf, Housa
tonic, or some of the domestic grown varie
ties which supply the leaves ot the finest
texture, the quality and appearance varying
very much with the season. Some of this
grade cigars contain "a sprig of Havana"
leaf, and others are made of inferior Havana
leaf throughout. The bulk of the better
class of 5-cent goods are covered with
Sumatra leaf (which, by the way, is never
used for "filler"), not becanse it is the best
leaf for the purpose which it is not but
because it is the most pleasing to the eye.
and cigars are sold by their appearance in
this country, as will be treated upon later.
This comprises the good 5-cent cigar, which
is sold by the manuiacturer at prices vary
ing from" ?25 to $40 per thousand, according
to size and quantity of extra fine wrapper
employed in its production.
THE COJIING 10-CEKT ABTICLE.
The rood 10-cent cigar opens up a wide
field gf discussion, because the tastes of the
smokers are so various. The coming 10
cent cigar of the day is undoubtedly the
cigar made with a good grade of Havana
tobacco covered with a very fine Sumatra
wrapper. A cigar so made is very band
some, bright and glossy in its covering, and
a mild, sweet smelling smoke. The domes
tic wrapper, even at its best, will look dull
and heavy beside it, and the eye ot the
smoker is pleased with it, and the general
outline bestowed upon it by the fine
workman, generally a Cuban, em
ployed in making it solely and ex
clusively by hand. Another cogent rea
son is found in the fact that this wrapper, in
combination with a well-manipulated
Havana filler, makes a cigar ot which
a man can smoke au almost un
limited number without experiencing
the heaviness that the same amount of cigars
made entirely of Havana wonld produce, if
the practice" were long continued. As a
matter of fact, although a number of them
are still made of domestic leaf, the great
bulk of the 10-cent cicars are dependent
for their quality upon the Havana tobacco
used for fillers, and a well-known brand of
domestic cheroots hare obtained their wide
popularity by reason of the scillful combi
nation of "Havana with the Pennsylvania
leat used for their fillers.
Domestic leal is worth from 40 cents per
pound down to any prise, even 5 cents per
pound; but Havana tobacco will cost from
60 cents to 51, and, with the duty averaged
at 50 cents per pound, may be said to cost
$1 50 per pound.
FIVE DISTINCT DISTRICTS.
The Yuelta is the highest grade, growing
on that portion of the west of the island
known as the Yuelta Abajo district, and
possessing a peculiarly distinctive fragrance
and flavor, which no other tobacco possesses,
no art can reproduce or duplicate, and no
skill has yet been iound that can produce
the same result elsewhere Irom the same
seed, and on, chemically considered, the
same soil. The five districts in Havana
tobacco are as clearly drawn as if with a
pencil.
Of this tobacco the finest cigars in the
world are made, and our domestic factories
in their higher grade Havana goods turn
out a cigar that is in most respects equal,
and in Seme, such as appearance, workman
ship and regularity of quality, superior to
any factory in the world. "When it is known
that there are cigars made in this city for
' wbich $47 per 1,000 are paid simply for the
making, this is not to be wondered at. The
question of quality in a fine Havana cigar
is dependent upon the way in which the
high grade of tobacco is handled; for if
tobacco from the same vega (plantation
field) be given to three different manu
facturers, all equally skillful and expert,
three very different cigars will be produced,
of varying excellence in the opinion of a
qualified expert. The reason of this is that
no vega is made up singly, but is blended
witft tobacco irom other vegas in the man
ner best calculated to bring its fragrance and
flavor into their highest state of perfection,
and to the delicacy and perfect detail ot this
manipulation is due the quality of the finer
cigars.
HOW THE CIGAB IS MADE.
"When the vega is blended it is handed to
the workman, whose handling of the leaf is
very different from that awarded to the
cheaper grades. In these cigars the same
color of leaf is used throughout, so that a
perfect equality of strength is maintained
throngh the whole batch. No binder is
used, but the filler is "booked," that is, the
leaves are arraneed as in a book; the work
man takes a suitable section of leaf, lays it
in his left band, then another a trifle smaller
is placed upon it, and still another, and
then smaller pieces are nsed to give the ne
cessary shape, which is formed entirely by
the placing of the leaf and the artistic eye
of the worker; and so exquisite is this gilt
in the fine Cuban workman that in 100
cigars there will not be a perceptible differ
ence in length, diameter, or. outline in any
two cigars that may be selected.
In booking" this filler two things escape
the notice of the casual observer, one of
which is that although the man works fast
every portion ot leaf laid in the cigar 'has
the grain running the same way, the trade
term is "veins up," and meaus that every
separate portion of leaf is laid with the
parts nearest the stalk at the head or mouth
piece of the cigar. This is to insure good
burning qualities, and may be easily demon
strated by holding a tobacco leaf in the
fingers by the point and lighting the stalk
end. The leaf will smoulder uneveulr, and
up one side, but if the leaf be held by the
stalk and the point lit, it will smoulder
evenly upward; and this is where the great
art of the Cnban workman comes In. The
other point is that no piece goes into the
cigar wbich is twisted or bent back, so as to
form a "key" and so spoil a cigar which
may be of the very finest leaf, and make it
smoke badly, totally changing the flavor
and aroma. ""When the filler is-"booked"
and formed, the wrapper is put on, and the
cigar is made complete.
wk LIKE THE POOP.EE tobacco.
The leaf of the Vuelta Absjo district is
much more valuable than the leaf of the
Partido district, and by experts and con
noisseurs the former is withont possibility
of dispute conceded the palm for flavor and
aroma;yet fully 70 per cent of the cigars im
ported into the United States are made of
Partido tobacco, and the national taste is
undoubtedly for it. This is the more curi
ous, asln buying cigars at retail it simply
means that the bulk of our smokers pay the
same price for the second grade of Havana
tobacco as they would if they bought the
first grade, the price of Partido cigars in
Cuba being only a little more than half that
charged for the same sized cigar from a fine
Yuelta factory. The fine Yuelta cigars have
a much larger sale in "Europe than they
have in the United States, and some of the
special sizes sent to Russia command a price
of $1,000 per thousand in Havana; these, if
shipped to this country, would retail at the
fabulous price of ?2 25 or $2 50 for each
cigar.
Among the curious points not generally
known regarding the Yuelta leat Is the
peculiar tact that it is the only tobacco in
the world, as far as is known, of which a
cigar can be lit, allowed to go out, remain
so for several hours and then be relit with
no perceptible loss of iragrance or added
rankness of flavor. It has been repeatedly
asserted that this is the case with any fine
cigar, but this is an error, neither Partido,
Hemedios, Vara, "Manilla nor our domestic
leaf can be lit a second time without suffer
ing a decrease of quality, and an obnoxious
increase of flavor, which, to say the least of
it, is not pleasant. The reason for this is to
be found in the composition of the leaf. The
Yuelta is a drjer, duller looking leaf, as a
rule, and the Partido a brighter, glossier
leaf, and more elastic, these qualities
making it more attractive to the eye, and
are due to an increased proportion of gummy
matter and juice.
OKS DRY, THE OTHEB DAMP.
Consequently the Yuelta cigar burns dry
and the Partido or other grades burn moist,
and so partially sweat or ferment the to
bacco as the hot, dry air passes through the
ash, and absorbing this moisture, passes
through the cigar to the mouth, depositing
the excess of moisture, or a portion of it, ns
it goes.. This, laying in the half-consumed
cigar, naturally does not smell very sweet
when the partially dampened filler is re
lighted. To this question of gummy matter
is due the fact that while Yuelta cigars kept
in a medium temperature will improve up
to four or five yeais old, the Partido cigars
deteriorate after about 16 or 13 months, and
this peculiarity is more marked in cigars
made of Mexican tobacco than any other.
It is also the reason why less tobacco is
nsed in a thousand of Partido goods than in
the corresponding size of Yneltas, for if
both were packed close as the Yucltas, the
Partido would not permit the passage of
smoke after a third of the cigar was smoked.
The taste for one style or make of cigar is
due in a great measure to early associations.
The youth who learns to smoke with fine
Yuelta goods mav for a time, through ignor
ance, stray among other varieties, but he
will generally come back to tbem and ap
preciate them. If he starts with domestic
goods he will always prefer them, and decry
the Havana leaf as too strong, wbich be
mesns to express as too heavy, and will long
for the metallic taste of the interior Suma
tra as earnestly as the "Englishman does for
the coppery taste of his native oyster. This
may be smiled at as a theory, but there is a
good deal of sound.practical fact, and scores
of dealers have wealthy customers, men who
have made their money by hard work, who,
capable of affording tbe most expensive
cigars, purchase and infinitely prefer the
"5-center" of their youth.
A CArEICIOUS MISTBESS.
If a man really appreciates a fine Yuelta
cigar he serves a capricious mistress, he
must smoke it in the bouse, and give it his
full attention to ensure tbe full bouquet and
richness of flavor.and even then a slight dys
pepsia, a deranged liver, or the smell of a
burning cigarette is sufficient to take all
flavor away, in the opinion of various ex
perts. The Partido, or domestic leaf cigar
smoker, can, smoke all day, indoors and out
doors, he can write or read, or occupy him
self as he pleases, even to using a box of
matches to keep one'eigar alight, and, still
find no abatement of enjoyment, or diminu
tion o! flavor, in his opinion. As a matter
of fact,there is no ioubt that the smoker of a
high grade of domestic leaf cigars finds in
finitely more comfort, and more regularity
in quality than tbe smoker of fine Havanas,
domestic or imported.
So a "good cigar" may he either made of
domestic Pennsylvania leaf, or of fine im
ported Yuelta Abago, it is simply a differ
ence iu taste, but it is tbe difference be
tween a fine Burgundy and a sound beer.
One great trouble is that so many smokers
do not Know what they wantl They ask for
Havana cigars, and declare that they want
them, but as a fact there are many of them
that do not want anything of the kind. I
was in a store the other day when a well
known man came in and asked for a box of
fine Havana cigars, saying price was no ob
ject so long as he was suited. The dealer
showed him Hsvanas at 25 cents each, and
15 cents each: Sumatra and Havana at 10
cents each, and finally a good Havana filler,
with a Connecticut wrapper. This suited
him, be paid twice its value and was con
tent If the ordinary price had been asked
by him he would have declared them poor,
and the dealer had no fine stock on hand.
This is an absolute fact, the man wanted a
sweet mild smoke, and he got it and was
suited.
THE LIGHT-COLORED CIGARS.
Another great mistake has been rampant
in the craze for light-colored cigars, now
nearly past, or at all events visibly on the
wane. The light wrapper was no criterion
ot the color of tbe filler, and a light wrapper
on a dark filler simply destroyed the even
run of the leaf throughout, which is the one
essential of a fine cigar. The light leaf was
immature, plucked before the sun had fin
ished it by nature's process, acrid in flavor,
and in smell, and a glaring advertisementof
tbe fact that the smoker knew nothing what
ever about whet constitutes a good cigar.
"When Sir Morell "Mackenzie advocates the
smoking of a mild cigar be assuredly does
not mean a light-colored cigar, he means a
cigar in which the tobacco is perfectly ma
tured, fully cured, and so, being
free Irom the acrid principle
present in all immature fruit or vegeta
tion, will form a fragrant, smooth smoke,
but ot a moderately dark color. It is worthy
of note that the hotter the couutry, the
darker and heavier the cigar is that forms
the prevailing taste. A Cnban is never
seen smoking a light colored cigar, but he
grades their strength nevertheless, by size.
He smokes a bouquet after bis breakfast, a
regalia after lunch and after dinner an im
perial or celestial, but tbey will all be of
dark leaf, and of all people in tbe world the
Cuban is the best judge of what the finest
quality of a cigar really consists of, and the
proper method for obtaining the greatest
amount of good from it,
Weop P. Pond, "Editor of To&aeco.
'A Btrnre Fact-Is Uchttac
A dynamo has just been designed for use
with a gas engine. The practical value of
such a machine is shown by the fact that a
given amount of gas will give more light
through the mediura of a gas engine and
dynamo than it will directly. In other
words, anyone within reach of gas may use
electricity for domestic lighting at a cost
less than his present gas bill.
COL. KNOX IN CLOVER.
He Listens to Several Poets of Phila
delphia's Great Club.
MA JOE HANDI'S HEYSPAPERMAN.
Dr. Bedloe Tells of Lucy's Lovers and Mc-
Laujthlin Speaks of Women.
SOME OTHEE GEMS PDT DP IN EHIME
rWBITTEN FOB THE BISrATCII.1
I was over at the Clover Club last week
in Philadelphia at a Chinese dinner given
in honor of Dr. Bedloe, the celebrated wit
of the clubj who has recently been appointed
Consul General to Amoy, China. No words
can express the gorgeosity of the Chinese
dinner! and it would take several languages
to give even a laint idea of the wit and wis
dom evolved by the celebrities who sat
around the four-leaf clover table.
At a sub-session held at the Bellevue
Hotel, after the dinner had been absorbed
by tbe distinguished guests, there were pres
ent Frank McLaughlin, proprietor of the
Philadelphia J"t'mes; MosesP. Handy, Pres
ident of the Clovers; Dan Dawson, the ath
lete; John S. Grey, the lightning poet; Jim
Haverin, the luminous legal light of the
Quaker City, and myself. The discussion
turned on the improvisation of ideas and
the possibilities of perpetual inspiration.
Haverin said he didn't believe it possible
for a writer to he ready at a moment's notice
to write brilliantlv on any given subject.
Major Handy insisted that spontaneity was
one of the chief requirements of a journalist.
"That's all very well in prose," remarked
Prank McLaughlin; "but in the case of the
poet, I don't think he can be expected to
write like a hack newspaper man."
"I disagree with you, Prank." said Dan
Dawson; "I will bet you that Grey can im
provise a poem right here on any snbject
vou suggest."
"I'll go you," replied McLaoghlln.
"Now, Grey, go ahead.
"But I want a subject," said Grey.
"Well, what's the matter with the
weather," said Handy; "that's about as
broad a subject as you could expect, ond
gives you lots of room."
Between the time the waiter started for
and returned with the lubricants, Grey
pumped out of himself and flooded the audi
ence with the following atrocity:
Unrrapeeted Prophet.
When I notice In tbe papers
Anv so-called weather warninc
Or predictions of the capers
That the wind will cut next morning;;
When I read the words prophetic
Of "clear, calm and warmer weather,"
In my language energetic
I denounce it altogether.
And it isn't without reason
That I fail to trust this prophet,
For his "pointer" every season
Makes ino feel disposed to scoff it.
My experience is showing
That the winds be cannot settle,
And he Isn't half as knowing
As a weather-cock of metal.
Ton will noto that each prediction
Is immediately attended
By as flat a contradiction
As the elements have blended.
If the prophet says: "Get ready.
For the storm ia cominjr wilder,"
Be at ease and take it steady.
For the. next day will be milder.
If he says "To-morrow's finer
And the bees will all be humming,"
You may take it a9 a sign a
Howling blizzard's quickly coming.
ii ne writes mat "in tne morning
Heavy rains we will be getting,"
Take no notice of liis warnmc.
For you will not get a wetting.
When these weather prophets tell ns
That tbe "snow and rain are through,"
Get yonr rubbers and umbrellas,
And your mackintoshes, too.
Ton will need tbem on the morrow,
For. as sure as jou are bora.
You'll discover to your sorrow
Half a foot of snow at dawn.
When they write "We are preparing
For a terrible cyclone."
For the caution be not caring.
Leave jour overcoats alone.
It's a million to a feather
Not a zephyr comes along.
For these prophets of tbe weather
Guess at storms and guess 'em wrong.
"That's about as bad as I have heard in
tbe way of verse," said Dr. Bedloe, "and I
can only forgive Grey on account of its be
ing an impromptu barbarism. I believe
Handy can do better than that. He used to
be a splendid poet."
The Major had been furtively scribbling
on the edge of his immaculate shirt cuff
during the recital of Grey's elegy. At the
suggestion of the doctor he rote and read
the subjoined verses from his linen notes:
Tbe Newspaper Man.
There's a fellow yon meet in tbe hotel or street,
A curious, prying, inquisitive chap.
Who will bore you for news and solicit yonr
views.
On the markets, the tariff or latest mishap.
He is cunning and shrewd, and he's always im
bued With a wish to acquire all the knowledge he
can
And not even a plumber, book agent or drum
mer. Can equal the gall of the newspaper man.
At a banquet or ball, as a rule he will call
To collect any gossip orake down a speech;
He's'receired with a smile in hospitable style.
And tbey put all the dainties tbey can in his
reach.
The hosts everywhere take particular care
To treat a reporter on liberal plan.
For they know he'll repay in his columns next
day.
With a well written puff by the newspaper
man.
He's the fellow one meets In the front rows of
scats,
On tbe very first night that a play is pro
duced. Who will moodily sit through the moth-eaten
wit
And chestnuts tbe playwright has reintro
duced. The author will beam and tbe manager seem
To make the reporter at ease if he can,
Tho", of course, he don't pay for his seat at the
play.
But he gets in because he's a newspaperman.
Where'er yon may be on the land 6r the sea.
This ubiquitous fellow you're certain to find.
In war or m peace his exploits ne'er cease
And in danger 'tis seldom you catch him
behind.
Be has pluck, tact and skill. Irresistible will.
And among brainy men he is found in the
van.
From tbe President down to the boys about
town.
There's tbe highest respect for the newspaper
man.
"I have a poem here," said Dr. Bedloe, as
the last notes of the Major's blonde voice
vanished in the cigar smoke. "I have a
poem here which I wrote myself in 20 min
utes and I would like to read it."
"I have au engagement," said McLaugh
lin, rising.
"I want to catch a New York train," ex
claimed Grey as he looked at the clock.
"I'll be back in a lew minutes," said
Handy as he made for the door.
"Sit down, gentlemen," said Dan Dawson,
"and don't beimpollte. Poetry seems to be the
order of the evening, so let us listen to the
doctor's poem."
So Dr. Bedloe in his pale blue, celestial
voice, read these verses:
I.ncj'a IjoTcra.
Lucy was an awful flirt, ,
Yery fond of fooling.
She bad manners sharp and psrt
Got in early schooling.
Ben, the baker, sought her band,
But she would not bead him.
Too ill-bred. 1 understand.
Bo she did not knead him.
Dick, the driver, years ago,
To Lucy love was telling.
Wanted her lor wbeel or whoa.
To rein within bis dwelling.
Months she held whip band of him,
Dick, meanwhile. In clover,
But to gratify her wbiro.
Then she threw him over.
John, the'Jolner. loved in vain,
Lucy's prettr f aatures,
He mitre been a trifle plane
' Though tho beit of creatures.
Boon he saw he could not nail
Her to share bis pleasures.
Bo knot-holely.pleaoa to fail,
H then took other measures.
Luke, tbe lawyer, went to court
Lucy like a lover.
And that he was but her sport
Soon did be discover.
Found it was a case. In brief.
Which 'twas useless pleading.
So. to give his heart relief,
-Abroad he then went speeding.
Tom, the tailor, pressed his suit,'
Profoundly interested.
And bis heart was resolute,
Love in her was vested.
Bnt for him she bad no nse,
Sew, by shear endeavor.
To cluthes the thing, she said, "Yon goose
I'll wed a tailor, never."
'Every lover Lucy had
She jilted for another,
But to-day she wonld be glad
To get some man or other.
Lncy now is growing old.
Youth not lone will tarry
And it looks as if, I'm told.
She will never marry.
"This is really too bad," sighed Mc
Laughlin, wearily. "Any man who would
make such diabolical puns as those ought to
be banished to China."
"But consider, Frank," I ventured to re
mark, "that poem was written in 20 min
utes." "The time was wasted," replied Mc
Laughlin, laconically. "I wrote a better
poem dnring breakfast this morning.
"Let us hear it; let ns hear it," was the
chorus.
"It's here," responded McLaughlin, as
he drew from the fastnesses of his dress
coat a sheet of scented paper. "I always
write on perfumed paper beoauso my
poetry, unlike the preceding rubbish, is
worth ascent."
As no one took tbe slightest notice of his
witticism, he read in a very leisurely voice:
What a Woman Can Do.
There's a poet who sings ,
Of the wonderful things .
That man with his might and his knowledge
gets through.
But I wish to rehearse,
In a jingle of verse,
A good many things that a woman can do.
If distressed yon appear.
She can comfort and cheer.
Dispelling the trouble that madeyou look bine.
She is born to console
Any suffering soul;
This is one of the things that a woman can do.
She can talk like a book.
She can wash, sew or cook;
She can take shabby garments and make them
look now.
And to keep a house neat.
Cheerful, healthy and sweet.
Is another good thing that a woman can do.
She's a wonderful trick
When she nurses tbe sick
And as mute as a shadow her tasks she'll pur
sue. As an angel to cheer
Sbe can stand without peer.
It is one of the things that a woman can do.
In a goon many ways
She's entitled to praise.
In a good many others tn give her her due
She's a little bit wronc
To continue mv son?.
I will name other things that a woman oan'tdo.
I suppose you will own
That sbe can't throw a stone
With a possible chance of her aim being true;
And the pencil she'll point
Will look all out of joint.
It is one of the things that a woman can't do.
If si 3 goes to the play.
In t!.i nicnt time or day.
The hat she will wear hides the stage from
your view.
And to think those behind
To look on are inclined.
Is one of the things that a woman can't do.
If she goes ont to spend
A few hours with a friend,
She can't keep her tongue still a minute or
two.
And no note she'll address
Is without its P. S.,
For that's one of tbe things that a woman
can't do.
"Now," said Dan Dawson, "there is only'
myself and Colonel Knox left to inflict
misery on the crowd. If the Colonel will
oblige first I will guarantee to fittingly end
this poetical tournament myself."
I excused myself on the ground that my
poetical license only extended to the border
of New Xork State. Then Dawson got up
and disgraced himself as follows:.
Some people praise the violet.
While others love tho r"se.
And some think the forset-me-nofs
Tbe finest flower that grows.
Borne people like the daisy.
And some tbe mignonette, ,
But you can gamble all the money you've got
left in your clothes
That the clover is the bloomlngest leaf, and
It's Philadelphia's pet.
After this the next thing I knew I was in
bed in the Continental Hotel with a bob
tailed nightmare on my breast.
" J. Aemoy Ksox.
HAKE THE F0RRESTS 6L0EI0US.
A Hugo Butterfly That Is Known Ooly In tho
Solomon Islands.
London Spectator. J
One day, when off the savage island of
Malaita of the Solomon group, Mr. Wood
ford and others, under the protection of
sentries, went to bathe in a pool. While
in the water he saw a huge butterfly
coming slowly along the beech, and, hurry
ing ont as he was, he seized his net,
dashed off, fell over tbe stones, rose again,
and Justin time to catch tbe fir. What a
picturel
"I leave it to any ardent entomologoists,"
he says, "to imagine my feelings." He had
"rediscovered the long lost Ornithoptera
Victoria:," and why should he not feel like
Alexander on the Granicns or Hannibal at
Can nto.
These "bird-winged" butterflies are some
nine inches across the wings. One is blue
with a yellow body, another is velvety
black and metallic green. They excel in
size, but other kinds wear equally mag
nificent raiment, and make the glorious
forest beautiful.
A HAM-SIDED MAN.
The Big Salaried London Journalist Who
Una Alarrlad HIi Typewriter.
Current Literature. 1
George Augustus Sala, the well-known
journalist, who has just married his type
writer, is small eyed, red cheeked, sharp
nosed and writing his reminiscences; he
draws a salary of $10,000 a year for dicta
ting four editorials a week for the London
Daily Telegraph; his handwriting is like
copper plate, and when conversing he pnts
his head on one side after the fashion of a
king fisher; he is said to be the best story
teller in Europe, and he is known to be 62
years of age.
And So She Hanged Herself!
Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Albert Shngg, of Manch Chunk,
called it "daypot." Her husband said it
was "depot." They disputed. She refused
to get snpper, and he went out for the even
ing. When he returned she was hanging
by tbe neck, and on the table was a bit of
paper on which she bad written: "It's day
pot daypot daypotl"
1 ne Sells by tho Pound.
Detroit Free Press,
"This infernal dust nnisance must dam
age you a great deal," he said to the grocer
as he dodged into the door to let a great
cloud roll by.
"Oh, no, sir. Anything added to maple
sugar, prunes, evaporated apples, etc., is
paid for by the public at so. much per
pound, I am not doing any kicking."
Qnecn Victoria n no Author.
Queen Yictoria has written two books
which have never been published. They
are volumes of travel, and recount her im
pressions of various places on the Conti
nent. She has been so annoyed at the
criticisms of her published works that she
has refused to have these mannscripts put
into print. They will be published after
her death. "Ob, Queen, live foreverl"
A Nation of Beer Drinker.
A maker of stoppers for beer bottles, with
a suit for infringement before the "United
States Court, gave some notion of the im
mense business done in bottled beer, by
stating that there were 30,000,000 of his
stoppers alone in use in the United States.
1
AMONG THE ARTISTS.
Varnishing Day at the Academy
Pictnre Show ia Now York.
OPEN DISPLAY OF TEMPERAllEKTS.
A Chatty Column About the Painters and
Well-Known Art Writers.
SOME OP .THE PKETTI LADIES THERE
rconmsroNDSNCB or hb dispatch.!
New York, April 26. The Academy
picture show is always abused, but it is
nevertheless the one everybody goes to see.
You must always see it, if it is only to
know how bad it is. That is at least the
view of many artists. With the Philistine
world, the Academy is the Academy, and
consequently of more importance than any
other exhibition. In the opening of the
Academy various different sets of people
are to be seen on various days. First is
varnishing day. That nsed to be frequently
one and the same as press day, but
last year tbe press, ia its own
expressive language, got up on its ear
because they were only given half of varn
ishing day and the whole place was full all
the time of painters and ladders, and paint
ers with varnish pots, and painters showing
their things to each other. The press con
sidered it did not have half a showj and It
howled. Press bowlings are extremity apt
to be effective in New York, so this year
the varnishing took place in seclusion ami
the press had the whole place to itself for a
whole day, a week before it was opened to
the public.
And before this public opening another
invitation affair always comes off, that is the
reception and private view. That is tbe
most varied and democratic of all. Press
people, painters, students, models and
swells are all in one red crush blent. I love
to get my first glimpse at the very begin
ning on varnishing day. The painters show
their temperaments in the different ways
tbey act. Don't imagine that they stand in
rows all around tbe place. Most of them
don't avail themselves of the privileges of
the occasion at all. They give their pictures
all the varnish tbey think tbey need before
tbey send them, but some men always like
to give them a final coat after they are bung,
and some even paint a little touch or so on
them after they see them in their places.
A picxuee's subbotjndings.
Probably they would all liko to paint
them in their places, and with all their
neighbors in position, if they could. A
picture can be made or killed, in a degree,
by its surroundings, and the painters tell it
ot a. a. unurcn mat wnen oniy a year or
so ago that great man was discovered sur
reptitiously painting on one of bis delicate
canvasses the little yellow ticket bearing
the word "sold," which is the badge of the
fortunate at the Academy. He said he was
doing it to see bow the yellow ticket would
harmonize with his color scheme. He didn't
want the effect to be spoiled if it had the
luck to sell.
Arthnr Parton is always on hand on var
nishing day giving his poetic, rugged bits
of landscape a fresh coat, I saw him be
fore his "Willows" tbe other day. He is
poetical looking without being rngged. He
baa the typical painter manners, utterly
simple and unaffected, half shy and would
be wholly so but that he is so unconscious.
Just tho same kind are the manners of
Gilbert Gaul, the battle painter. I saw him
before bis "Cheering the Line." It is the
finest thing he ever did, and he looked at it
lovingly. He is the last In New York you
would pick out for a battle painter. No un
consciousness can save him from being the
shyest creature that ever lived in a house,
and his pretty, dark-eyed little wife (he is
pretty and dark-eyed, too) is only less shy
than he is. One wonders how they ever got
together.
BIG AND COMPANIOSABLB.
T. W. Dewing lounges in and takes a look
at his masterly little portrait of a lady in
black, but seems to conclude to let it alone.
He is a great big man who would be hand
some if he would carry himself like a band
some man, and he loves to paint lovely little
bits of pictures. He nods pleasantly to the
other men, and even goes and stands by one
and another In a friendly, companionably
way, but it never seems to occur to bim to
say anything. He has tbe air always of
finding words a perfectly artificial, unsatis
factory method of communication now if
you'd give him a canvas and a brush he'd
tell you something! He has great vogue
among the painters, and is a great light to
the on-coming generation.
How different the air of the men who
pass in an out on press day. They talk
more, and in a more humorous, careless
manner, only of course one could never
associate anything humorous or careless
with Eipley Hitchcock, the critio of the
Tribune and general writer on art, and
Hitchcock U one of the critics ye have al
ways with you. He earns his salary. He
never misses an exhibition. He looks like
the hero of a woman's novel, grand, gloomy
and peculiar, with the quick turn of the
dark eye, the brow stamped with restless
ambition, the cheek sicklied o'er with the
pale cast of thought ana au tne res; or it.
I think he must have been getting
worried latelv for he don't wear as good
clothes as he used to. I know that is what
is the matter with Charles DeKay, the
Times man and literateur in general. He
has been declining and falling steadily ever
since he married that prettiest of all girls,
Miss Coffee, a couple of yearsago. He is
positively shabby now, which is a shame
and shows a lack of artistic conscience, for
he nsed to be a sort of professional beauty
himself, and ought to feel bound to display
himself to advantage. He used to.
A BEAL NEWSPAPEB MAS'.
Yan Cleve, of the Herald, is the regular
newspaper man of the lot. His clothes are
good, and he sets his Derby on tbe back of
bis head and walks up to tbe pictures with
the look of a man that is going to know
what's what, or find out the reason why.
He buttonholes any unfortunate painter
who falls In his way, and in his own way,
and in bis .own language, tells him more
art in ten minutes than he conld find out by
himself in six months. Not many painters
are likely to be in the way. As a class they
have a horror of newspaper people, thougti
some of the canny ones try to dissemble it
One misses this year thi familiar, pretty
figure of poor, Charlotte Adams, who used
to be on hand as regularly aa the familiar
old woman at the door. She used to be al
ways tbe gayest figure at a press view,
sometimes in very good clothes, sometimes
In very shabby ones, but always full of
bright talk with the various men she knew.
Now she is in Bloomingdale Asylnm, and
they say she will never come out.
Let us turn from the press view, where
we miss her, to the cram and jam of the re
ception, where we can miss no one, but will
be sure to catch glimpses ot various inter
esting people. The fabled buyer is here in
force, but he is not one of the interesting
people. No one cares anything about bim
bnt to get him to spend his money. Let us
leave bim in undisturbed obscurity and
look at tbe painters and their wives and
their friends, who are out in force. The
most interesting of their wives to see is Mrs.
F. D. Millet, because she is the prettiest, at
least there is no one to dispute that claim
with her, now that Mrs. Blashfield is
abroad.
IBUXY A BEAUTY.
F
Mrs. Millet is a little woman, with a
beautiful figure, a lovely complexion, bright
eyes and regular features. If you have seen
pictures of her husband you conclude they
must be a handsome pair, but, as a matter of
fact. Millet is not handsome a bit, though
he is a likeable-looking creature. When
ever -any publishers want n picture of him
he lets them copy the big, beautiful portrait
Opnrirf Miivnunl minted of bim Years aero.
That is very wise. He never was beautiful,
but that fur cap and Maynard's flattering
brush make him look so.
See, there comes Sarah Crowell Lemoyne
up the stairs with her hnsband (dear old'
thing) and her old friend, W. H. Lippm
cott. Sbe Is on a great wave of snecess and
popularity since her Browning readings,and
she seems to he growing younger and hand
somer every day. Of course they make a
straight line forLippIncott's landscape in
the East gallery. On tbe way they stumble
over E. C. Stedman who is circulating
around with his usual ninibleness,
knowing everybody, talking to every
body and all the tfme. He can
talk more to the square minute and better
for the quantity than any man in New
York, and he is always on tap. Some peo-
Ele have to be still to look at pictures, but
e doesn't. I don't believe that he'd be
still at a concert, bnt he'd come away and
tell about "it so beautifully that you'd be
convinced he heard twice as much as you
did, though you listened all the time. And
probably you'd be right. '
AN INXEBESTINO COUPLE.
There comes Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Freer. Do you see her resemblance to the
chief nun in Freer's picture o( "The Sis
ters?" It is really quite a portrait. The
title could be taken two ways, for the little
girl in the pictnre is Mrs. Freer's sure
enough little sister, and, next to his wife,
Freer's favorite model. Why doesn't he ever
paint his son and heir, Frederick
Church Freer? He is a fine looking tod
dler I know because I see him taking tbe
air every day in front of the Tenth street
studio building. I bear Freer is soon going
to make an exhibition of all his pictures,
sketches and drawings, then sell everything
unreservedly at auction and afterward be
take himself to Chicago, which, by the way,
is bis native place.
As I stood under Chase's portrait of W.
C. LeGendre at the reception, I heard one
man standing near by say to another:
"That is so exactly the way Le Gendre
straddles around the club, that .1 start up
to ask him to take a drink, involuntarily,
every time I see it"
Trie last person I saw that I knew by
sight as I left the reception was Carmencita,
the Spaniih dancer, just going In. She is
being toasted about the studios so much,
that what with that and having her portrait
painted'by Sargent, she has developed quite
an interest in art. She was very prettily
dressed, with a dark jacket and walking
hat, but she was mnch made up under a
dotted veil. They say she always, is and
that that is the only disreputable thing
about her.
THE YIEWEES ON SUNDAY.
The first Sunday after the academy is
opened is apt to Bee a few choice spirits wan
dering aronnd there that are not apt to be
visible at other times. These are artists who
are big enough to have ordinary rules sus
pended for them, and who like publicity so
little that they prefer this wav of seeing the
exhibition to even the family gathering on
Yarnishing Day. Chief among these are
George Inn ess and John La Farge.
La Farge has a beautiful show all his
own going on now, but he takes an interest
always in the state of the academy, even
when he thinks that state pretty bad. He
likes to go around and look at the pictures
when there is nobody by to ask him what he
thinks of them. He is not pic
turesque in his dress like most
of the Academicians of his day
and generation, bnt is always as correctly
good'lorm as a bank president. He looks
like a nice mixture of bank president, poet
and college professor. Inness still looks
the Western man be is, and when he speaks
you'd know his origin, whether he looked it
or not. Pobtia.
TREES THAT MAKE MUSIC.
One Species That Whistles and Another That
Plays Like a FInte.
New York Ledger.
Accounts of reliable travelers describe a
musical tree, found both in the West Indies
and in Nubia. This vegetable phenomenon
has a peculiar-shaped leaf, and pods with a
split or open edge. As the wind blows
through these it gives out the sound which
gives the tree its peculiar name. .In the
Barbadoes there is a valley filled with these
trees, and when the wind blows across the
island, a constant moaning, deep-toned
whistle is heard, which, in the still hours of
the night, has a weird and mournful effect.
A species of acacia, which grows very
abundantly in Nnbia and the Soudan, is
also called "whistling tree" by the natives.
Its shoots are frequently, by the agency of
the larvee of insects, distorted in shape and
swollen into a globular bladder from one
to two inches in diameter. After the insect
has emerged from a circular hole in the side
of this swelling, tbe opening, played upon
by the wind, becomes a musical instrument,
nearly equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute.
A FAD OF I ALE JUXI0BS.
Tabs of Shirt Bosoms Forciby Obtained and
Nailed to a Tree.
New York Bun.
A novel fad has recently taken possession
of the Yale juniors, and is causing much
amusement about the college. Every after
noon and evening the members of the three
upper classes gather ronnd their respective
portions of the new fence in front ot Durfee,
and here it is that the jnniors practice their
new trick. As a new man strolls up to join
a group of classmates, he is suddenly
pounced upon, his vest is unbuttoned, and,
in spite of his struggles, the tab on the
bottom of bis shirt bosom is cut off.
This trophy is then tacked up on an elm,
where are some 60 or more similar ones.
The custom is peculiarly a junior one, and
tbe members ot the other classes look on and
cheer while tbe struggle is in process. As
many of the tabs so taken have the owner's
initials embroidered upon them, they are
easily recognizable as tbey hang upon the
elm, and among them can be seen tabs once
belonging to the best known men in the
class.
HIS SHIKT WAS KTJMBEEED.
The Insignificant Clew That Led to the Iden
tification of.a Drowned Man.
New York Times.
It doesn't seem possible that a man could
be identified by a number printed on his
shirt, and yet that was what happened in
the case of a young man found drowned in
Brooklyn a few days ago. There was noth
ing on his person to lead to a discovery of
his identity until an officer noticed on the
tag of the shirt the name of the maker and
the number 100,026.
The manuiacturer was called up on a
telephone and asked if he could tell who
had bought a shirt with that number on it,
and, by referring to bis book, he discovered
that such a shirt had been made for John
Robinson over a year before. At Mr.
Bobinson's residence it was learned that he
was missing, and a member of the family
quickly identified the dead body.
THE POETS AND LABOR.
Two Hundred Contestant for a Prize All
Take a Pessimistic YIew.
Current Literature.
The French Academy gives a prize of
4,000 francs every year for the best verses
upon whatever subject it may select; at the
close of 1889 the assigned theme was labor,
but of the 200 poets who entered the contest
not one considered labor In any other light
than that of pessimism; tbey all dwelt upon
its pains, its hardships, its drudgery and its
miseries, without once touching upon its
benefits, its duties or its saving influences.
Tbe Literary I.lon of London.
Current Literature. J
Andrew Lang is unquestionably the fore
most literary power in London at the present
time; among his associates he is simply re
vered as a being ot superhuman geniui; in
person he is tall, spare, dark, with a noble
lorehead, dark furtive eyes, and an ample
lower jaw; he- is nervous as a cat, gives the
impression of being in delicate health, and
has the Oxford drawl, and a very nervoqs
langh.
THE, LAW OF ARREST.
limits Beyond Which Officers of the
Peace Dare Not Go.
WHEREAWARRAflTISNECESSARY.
Privileges of tbe Private Citizen In Detain
in? Offenders.
EIGHTS OF THE CEIM1NAI, GLASSES
rrsrmx vou thz dispatch.!
Our liberty depends and rests not simply
on force of arms,-not on logic, not on any
thing short of our own sentiment and thewill
of tbe rest ol us who are governed. Thus it is
that we prefer government to anarchy, and
government, being tbe outcome and produc
tion of tbe people, is necessarily for the
good of the people, and has two main ele
ments power and liberty for without
power there is no protection, and witbont
liberty there is nothing to protect.
In this respect the word "protection" has
a larger and more signidcant meaning than
iu its usual acceptation on the floor, of Con
gress or in the committee room, while our
legislators are regulating tbe best interests
of our industries. It weakens the strong, it
strengthens the weak. It is truly the bul
wark of our social existence; by it rights
are enforced, wrongs redressed and crimes
prosecuted and punished by judicial rather
than by lynch means. In order to comply
with this view, it has always been the ten
dency of the law not to permit of an arrest,
or the restriction of the liberty of a citizen,
without a process of court. It often hap
pens, however, in practice, particularly in
large cities, many arrests are made on sus
picion which could not be sustained under a
habeas corpus proceeding, but often turning
out to be so well founded that
THE END JUSTIFIES TUB MEJLM3,
and the result justifies the arresting officer.
But in every such case be assumes the risk
and must bear the consequences in punish
ment or damages, if be has acted wantonly,
vindictively or oppressively. He must be
always able to show good grounds for his
action which will evince his good faith. It
has never been the law to arrest first and find
a cas afterward. It might be well to give a
little explanation of this process of court
before taking up the law ot arrest itself.
There must be an accusation or charge that
the person to be proceeded against has actu
ally committed a crime or misdemeanor; this
may be either in the form of an affidavit, or
more formal complaint nnder oath, made
either by the injured party or some one con
versant with tbe facts. Upon this a war
rant issues, and tbe party charged is appre
hended and taken before a magistrate or
examining court for a preliminary hearing
or trial, as often happens when the offense is
petty or light.
For the most part, it is optional with the
accused whether or not to submit to this
preliminary investigation. He can demand
it or waive it; if he waives it, the prosecu
tion can only ask for his commit
ment to prison to await the action
of the grand jury. Of course, if
the charge be bailable he has the priv
ilege of furnishing bail. On the other hand,
if the examination takes place and the evi
dence is not strong enough to raise a pre
sumption of guilt, tbe magistrate shonld
promptly discharge the accused. This dis
charge, however, is no ban for a fnture ar
rest and prosecution for the same offense, as
such examination does not submit tbe ac
cused to a, legal jeopardy, and he cannot
take advantage of his constitutional right
under the fifth amendment "Nor shall any
person be subject for tbe same offense to be
twice put in jeopardy of life or limb."
AFTEE A TBUE BILI. 13 POUND.
If the grand jmy finds a "true bill"
against the accused, he is then arraigned and
necessitated to plead to the charge contained
in tbe indictment. If the plea is guilty, the
prisoner may be sentenced without further
Investigation unless it were a capital crime,
then the. judge is required to look into
the motive and circumstances surrounding
the accused at the time. Tbe other princi
pal plea is "not euilty," in which event a
trial is necessary; and when entered, the
burden of proof rests on the prosecution to
show the contrary beyond a reasonable
doubt, or it will be the sworn duty of tbe
petit jury to sustain his plea of "not guilty"
and have him discharged irom custody.
Perhaps in the entire machinery of the
courts there is no power or duty more
abused. If we except alone improper ar
rests, than that which regulates the com
mitting magistrate. A warrant shonld not
issue on information and belief when posi
tive testimony is obtainable; nor will mere
hearsay suffice, even though it is alleged
that the accused will escape before a posi
tive affidavit can be got. A warrant signed
by a justice in blsnk, and filled out in his
absence by a police officer, will not
justify the arrest of the person
whose name is thus inserted in it;
tbe magistrate himself, not his clerk, must
take the affidavit. It is In the information
that irregularities, lor the most part, arise
in justice conrt; tbe warrant itself for the
most part is copied literally from the statute,
specifying tbe offense, the authority under
which it is issued, the person who is to exe
cute it and the person to be arrested.
TOECE IK HA KINO ABBESTS.
It has long been settled that an arrest may
be legally effected witbont force, or even the
manual touching of the body. The rule is
that the officer shall make the arrest peace
ably and without violence il he can; but if
resisted, he may use sufficient lorce to effect
his purpose. It is not justifiable to strike
the prisoner except in lelf-de'ense. How
ever, if the officer acts in good faith and
without ill-will or malice, tbe amount of
force necessary is left to his own judgment.
If his prisoner is verj; refractory,
threatens him and endangers his life, he may
even kill him where no other course is open,
but to suffer his escape. If admittance is re
fused on demand he may break open the
outer door of a house either in the day or
night time. He must disclose his errand,
however, before breaking the door, and, if
requested, exhibit his warrant, although if
he resist before tbe officer can produce his
warrant the latter can secure bis arrest first
If the officer, in a case of felony, falsely
claims to have a warrant and is not necessi
tated to produce it, and at oncn seizes the
accused, the latter may legally resist him J
and not be guilty ot using excessive vio
lence. However, even in this case, and
where the accused person is decoyed within
the jurisdiction and arrested, or forcibly
taken there, although the arrest may be il
legal, the prisoner will not be discharged on
habeas corpus proceedings, but will be left
to his remedy by action for damages against
the individuals so wronging him.
The peace officer is not so liable to be sub
mitted to punishment or damages where the
procurement of tbe warrant is possible, as in
those cases where the accused would be 'apt
to escape if the procuring of a warrant was
attempted. At common law, in tact, the
law is such to-day if tbe oflicer refuses to
make an arrest when the offense is committed
In his presence, he is liable to indictment on
account of his negligence.
ABBESTINO 'WITHOUT "WAEBANTS.
In cases of felony an officer may arrest
without warrant upon information based on
reliable authority;' but mere suspicion with
out some facts or circumstances to rest ou is
not enough; and even then such suspicion
or believe, however well founded, will not
justify an arrest if the crime charged be a
misde'meauor only. Wherever and whenever
an officer makes an arrest for a breach of the
peace without a warrant. It must actually
occur in his presence and in his Immediate
presence. When it is threatened or im
pending, or has been fully committed before
his arrival, an arrest withont process is en
tirely unwarranted.
Drunken and disorderly persons and
vagrants may be arrested on view and with
out process ,by virtue of statutes passed to
promote peace and morality; and in many
cases the same rule has been held to apply
where a city ordinance has been violated in
the presence of nn officer. An offender
against the liquorllcense law or tbe Sunday
law cannot be arrested without a warrant
after his offense has been committed.
When tbe prisoner his been discharged on
recognizance the officer cannot rearrest him
without a new warrant; but if he escapes
while under arrest no warrant is necessary,
and he can even, if necessary, break open
tbe doors of his house to rearrest him.
TVHES PBIVATE PEBSOSS CAX ABBEST.
The majority of authorities agree that
there can be no arrest for a misdemeanor
without a warrant, unless it amounts to a
breach of the peace. A private person, too,
is justified in making an arrest without a
warrant in cases of felony or very grave mis
demeanors. In fact, hispowers do not fall
far short of those of the officer. A private
person may prevent the commission of a
crime on the same ground that an officer
may do so, and if he is killed intentionally
while so doing, itis murder. But it is well
settled that a private person cannot arrest
another on mere surmise or suspicion, let it
be ever so well grounded. It is not his duty
to arrest a supposed felon only one who
offends on view.
The law is not a "pool box," where favor
ites are played. The law preservers are as
equally amenable to it as the criminal they
seek if tbey overreach the limits confined to
them. It merely calls for a decent consider
ation of each case on its merits and a recog
nition of the general good intention and
real efficiency of the police. Their functions
are difficult and dangerous. The criminal
is always ahead of the society he preys on,
and the officers too often have to make "a
stern chase, which is a long chase," to
catch him. T. J. Fitzgeball.
OAEKIED A PLOW A MILE.
The Feat ot a Maine Jinn Who U Tat
Something of a Prodtgr.
Lewlston Journal.!
Mr. Davis Mosher, who lives about a mile
from the Twelve Corners, is the oldest man
but one in tbe town of Fayette. He is al
most 88 years of age. He has been in his
day a man of great physical strength and
extraordinary powers of endurance. He
once carried on his shoulders a large, old
fashioned, breaking-up plow, from Mr. John
Crane's, near Moose Hill, to his own home,
a distance ot a mile, across lots, over fences
and among bushes and rocks. From the
same place and over tbe same route he car
ried two bushels and four quarts of shelled
corn. When he was 83 years old he did the
chores morning and evening, walked across
the pond to the Perkins place and cut, split
and ciled a cord of wood in a day for Mr.
Jonathan Pike.
HEW WAI OP SAIISG IT.
When One Hm a Dead Sure Thins Be Haa
tbe Hilton Cinch.
St. Louis Republic
"The Hilton cinch" is the latest slang
phrase for a dead sure thing, and has grows
out of the recent publication of the way
Judge Hilton manipulated the Stewart es
tates to his own advantage. It has replaced
the "lead pipe cinch" in vogue some time
ago, wbich referred to the plumber who,
while traveling on East Elver ferry, fell
overboard with a coil of lead pipe aronnd
his body. The "lead pipe cinch" was too
mnch for him, and he never came mp again.
What Dixie Got From the North.
Washington Star.
It is an interesting point in American
history if, as stated, the Confederate gray
uniform was borrowed from the First "Vir
ginia Begiment. wbich borrowed it from the
Seventh New York Begiment. The Con
federate song, "Dixie," was of Northern
authorship. Some historians aver that the
South adopted the doctrine of secession
irom New England.
Aealoit Thirteen at Table.
W. H. Malloek, aathorof "Is Life Worth
Living," has started a bureau in London
where men who have no engagements for an
evening may register themselves as "disen
gaged diners," and there maybe sought by
hostesses who have invited 14, but whom an
unlucky chance has set trembling through
fear of having 13 at table.
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Lowell, Mass.
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