The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-09

pod on the scales and registered $40
pounds, the highest figure reached. Tbe
Judges. acting on the theory that he or his
confederntes had naonkeyed with the
scales, gave them q thorough and ex-
haustive examination. which, however.
revealed nothing wrong. II wal then do
cideSl t0 stand the editor on his head.
Although Mr.. (alkins objected to his i'm
dignity. he was overpoweresl, and as soon
M his body was reversed 100 pounds Of
shot came rolling osIt. Not 40 much weight
IL attached tn the editor as formerly, aud
his esteemed contemporaries are daily
standing him OH his head will reckless
imptnity.
The custom prevailing among murder
ers tn deposit the bodies Of their victims
i'm innocent looking trunks has done
much tn develop "a spirit of curiosity and
inquiry i'm the hitherto stolid and brutal
b-aUgagemen. The members OF the brother
hood on duty at the Union depot Ina ST.
Louis. detecting the existence OF n pecsi-
liarly offensive smell. s,Ics csded i'm trac-
ing il to "a trunk which had becu
checked to birmingham, Ala, by n
particularly pretty young woman.
IN thc.r suspicious had not bccu
excited, the baRgagemcn would have
no scrIples over smashing the trunk
ofr-hand. but wishing that everything i'm
connection with the unravclmcut of the
crime should he in dsccncy and i'm order.
they notified the police. The police i'm
turl put IA guard over the trunk ard e N |!
in the coroner. The coroner pronoLr
the smell that Of "a corpse I'm al g =.
vanced state of decomposition. Eve..-
body ED his nose Will, thc cosoncr in
the nanc of the law broke the lock and
raised the lid. lie drew forth a buudle
which, he said. was the body of an infant.
Unwinding tho cloth hs. discovered the re-
mains of AN old limb,rger cheese.
Miss Frances Willard, the temperance
enthusiast, has gone to George Nj. Pull
man and argued with spirit and vivacity
that smoking compartments should bc
abolished from sleeping cars. She dcclarcs
that uude- the present arrangement the
smoke il blown into the body of the ears
Ia the discomfort of the female occupants.
Miss Willard, il need not Inc said, has n
very long, delicate nose. Ii In suggested
that tl.c Inter State Commerce Commits
sion prohibit the smoking of cigars aud
cigarettes below n certain refined grade.
IL may he argued that this viii not wholly
overcome the difficulty. since many ladies
cannot distinguish between the elegant
combustion of the pnrest Cuban pro<lLct
and the vulgar sInoulslering of condensed
cabbage. But ~ lady with "a pcrceptivity
of nose like Miss Wiilard's must certainly
In able to detect "a difference in the odors,
even though both o,Iors seem equally bad.
This being admitted. il follows that the
lady's nose has not been educated, that
one of her five lenses has been most de-
piorably neglected. and that however cul.
~tivsttesi she may he otherwise she has not
all the Graccs and accomplishments pos.
sible to- "a high-brrd woman and can
not lay claim to perfect culture
She may he able tai appreciate
sculpture and painting, her ear may he
trained tai absorb the harmony of classical
music, ana Der tongue may convey tn heI
seat of thought the subtle distinctions be-
tween genuine extra dry and the t'alifor
mia dccocGon of apples and %sulphuris
acid, hut IL, as the chances are, her moss
remaius in the weak aud imbs,cile condi
ton of ~infancy.s hc is passing through life
ignorant OF "a domain OF art of the breadth
and beauty of which none except it's de
votet's have any conception. As IL is inn
possible to make "a blind man form am
idea of "a superb landscape, SD il il utterl,
useless tn tell "a person with an impoten
nose of the flushed beauty. the rapturoul
subtimity, i'm fact all the qualities which
delight the aesthetic faculty, present in
the holy smoke Of "a good cigar. An cdic
from the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. as we have suggested. should In en-
inently satisfactory to both sexes. /
would make "a %tcainipg school for ladies
aud children, besides gratifying all mei
or amy deIiee of refinement above "a mule