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would seem to DO ample opportunity for
him to begin In Republican quarters near
home. instead OF coming to New York first.
Unholy smoke.

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as to invite pity even in the hardest hearts.
While she is waiting for crowds Of strangers
to come within her gates she cannot supply
winter to her own citizens. She has beau
tiful drainage system In her mind. The Inn
precautions Of her people at her beggarly
means OF transportation can be heard above
the din Of the pullers-in for her show. And
| her old enemy. the smoke nuisance, 10
blacker. MASTER. and more pervasive than
ever. In vain has she passed ordinances
against It. and tried to expurgate her
chimneys and raise the standard OF her air.
! The smoke 1t smoketh every day. The
earnest countenances Of her sons are still
begrimed. The heart OF the housewife 10
heavy. The star OF empire Is darkened.
| The robe OF the Queen OF the West Is spot
ted. and SCOT Is sprinkled on that great
head. A queen with o dirty facc Is
grievous spectacle. and fuliginous Chicago
naturally feels unhappy. This smoke 10
not o laughing matter. 1t is not merely
tho source OF specks upon the nose and
Hecks upon the gown. Our esteemed con-
| temporary, tho Inter Ocean. which has been
fighting gallantly but hopelessly against
tho erring stokers and tugs and chimneys.
quotes this testimony Of Chicago physi-
clan whose speciality Is diseases Of the
throat and lungs. The italics are the Inter
Ocedms:
.Nearly every resident Of Chicago II aiictsd With
some Of the many forms Of csarh The general prev.
sisnce Of this disgusting dseass Ia In my opinion. due
70 great extent TO SCOT smoke and poisonous gases
that All the air.
Nost OF the poisonous matter that breathe lodges
In the nostr and throat there 70 rritste and nnamo
the mucous membrane However. some Of the psrti.
clos the lungs ana there % great damage Ihss
knoA many deos oaved BY so bsss tak into As i9a
n lea Mare kAosa deposits u soot b b bsad IA ne fros
eAsa posHorm eramtaotton wade osd s ssds"es IN
Dss sessd prove oi death had bssn ooSsd ~ s rr
iaion Srodsesd b. Ne foreign ssssanos
"It 10 highly probable that in few days In grippe
will b raging In this city. Undoubtedly the disease
would make its appearance hero II the atmosphere
pure but II viii probably appear in more violent
form because Of the unfavorabls atmospheric condi
lions that exist Many Ia grippe patients viii die who
would be lightly touched had fAsir bea depressed
b. he and snoss tey Aops tets breatngJOr moat'
This must be comforting to the burghers
Of the Windy City. Now they know why
they have catarrh. Now they can await
another spree Of the grip with the cheerful
confidence that they are excellent subjects:
sensitives. SO to speak. And what an en-
thralling end seductive advertisement can
be made out Of this certificate Of the char
acter Of Chicago smoke. Now or never Is
the opportunity Of Major MOSES PoaoNo-
PHoRos HANDY Of tho Bureau OF Promotion
and Publicity to make mankind long to
come to the Fair. Brushing lightly of what
irreverent SCOT has dared to desecrate that
magnificent set Of whiskers which has
witched the hearts Of Expresses and in
famed Kings with envy. let the Major sail
for Europe once more. and set before classes
and masses, nobs and snobs. the unequalled
attractions of Cook county. "Come," he
can say. land We will promise good case
Of catarrh to every one Of you. Come and
irritate your mucous membranes and fin
your lungs with SCOT. We will guarantee
post-mortem examination to every WIS.,
itor. We strive to please"
Curiously enough, Chicago doesn't take
that roughly good-natured and humorous
Wow which was to be expected. Chicago
has determined to stop the smoke nuisance.
and how2 The how Is enough to make tho
high gods grin. and throw ROGER BAooN's
brazen head or CHAUNCEY DEPEw's brass
monkey into Mysteries. Chicago" says
our esteemed and not always solemn con-
temporary. the Chicago Neirs. at last Is to
be redeemed from the grimy tyranny of the
shameless smokestack and the needless
stoker." And the redemption is to be ac-
complished by means Of conference. called
by the President of the Union League Club,
between the Presidents Of the various Chi
cago clubs. the Hon. HEMPsTEAD WASH
BURNE. whose cigarette is apparently not
considered to be part Of the smoke
nuisance. and q collection OF gentlemen OF
prominence" Suffering with much simu-
lot ~ hnnafnIpaco thu No,ro 10
"This looks like business, doesn't 1t 2" It
does. esteemed contemporary, and the fun
NEST kind Of business that has been seen or
heard since the Sartorial Congress In Tooley
street. Southwark. 1t is as II the President
OF the Century. Manhattan. University.
Union League. and Knickerbocker clubs
should unite with Mayor GRANT and COM
mittee Of the Chamber Of Commerce to de-
clare that poverty. dyspepsia. and oorns
should be and are hereby abolished"
This conference to pulverize the Smoke
Power takes place on Wednesday. Let US
compose our countenances to the proper
funereal expression. The solemn impor-
tanco Of the occasion may DO Judged from
these remarks OF the Inter- Ocean:
Thsre il doubt. considering tho loss goods and
fabrcL on municipal reputation. and the effect
millions Of dollars to purify her atmosphere The alb
clifton Of the smoke nuisancs 10 neoessary Chi
cago II she would reach the goal of her ambition a.
irrigation Is to the desert plains Of Arizona"
Perhaps the smoke will cease In Chicago
by the time that the desert plains Of Arizona |
are made to blossom like the rose. Mean
while how great a load Of woes must Chicago |
bear. As one Of her own poets sings:
"smal water have TO drink.
Few cars have 10 ride In.
I think that the smoke will make me choke
But am the place to bds In"
The promises will be admitted by every |
body. The conclusion Is the surprise.
The claim which our Government has
upon Chilli ON account OF tho killing and MAIN
ing Of the Baltimores men In the streets Of |
Valparaiso is not the only foreign claim which |
that country will have to meet JOHN BULL. |
very prom ptly after thu and Of the oiyil war