The Monitor-register., 1897-12-10
Signal Notes.

For what is believed to be the first
time in the history of this government, a
woman is acting as one of Its representa-
tives abroad, Secretary Sherman having
approved the request of J.. Adolphe Guy,
consular agent of the United States at
Edmunston, New Brunswick, for two
weeks leave aud appointed Emma Hart
to act as consular agent during his
absence.
Hon. Frank J. Browne, state superin-
tendent of public instruction of w ash
ington, has revoked the certificate of a
teacher ''for the glazing inconsistency OF
using tobacco on the school premises,
when by law obliged to instruct his
pupils as to the evil effects of narcotics"
The VIC. T. U. of Everett, Wash j., sent a
letter of thanks and appreciation to
Superintendent Browne for this com.
mendable action.
The new Mills hotel recently opened in
New York city is a practical solution of
the financial problem that confronts the
laboring man of refined habits and small
salary. The building contains 1850
comfortably furnished bedrooms, a dining
room that will seat $50 men, 200 bath.
rooms, and every appliance in the shape
of electrical and sanitary convenience
Lodging is furnished at the uniform rate
of twenty cents a day, which includes
the Use of baths, reading. rooms,
gymnasium, etc. Meals are furnished at
from five to twenty cents, fifteen cents
being the price of a plain, substantial
dinner, while laundry work is done at the
lowest possible rates. No intoxi-
eating liquor is sold or allowed in the
building. Mr.. Mills expects to make his
hotel profitable as we'll as phi ilanthropic
The Law Affecting the Cigaret
Pictures.
EDITORS UNION SIGNAL:- A recent
note in this paper, quoting from the
Orange Judd Farmer, called attention to
a clause in the lately enacted Dingley
Bill, whereby ''the giving away of cards,
pictures, photographs, buttons. badges
and other similar articles with packages
of cigarets and manufactured tobacco
was forbidden. 1t is proper to state, for
a correct apprehension of the matter,
that the brief clause in the act upon
which this inhibition is presumed, is
that mo article whatever shall b.
packed in or attached to packages of
cigarets."
Inquiry made at the office of the col
lector of internal revenue for the Phila-
delphia district, elicited the fact that a
lew days after the passage of the &C. of
Seventh month. oath last, generally
known as the Diugley Tariff Act, a firm
of Richmond, Va, tobacoonists made
request Of the local internal revenue
collector for a ruling as to their use of
the cards which they had therefore
placed inside the packages of their
smoking tobacco and which cards. they
stated, were of inappreoiable weight and
contained nothing but an Advertisement
of their different brands of tobacco.
The Richmond collector, writing to the
commissioner of internal revenue at
Washington for his ruling, received the
reply. "that Section 10 of aforesaid act
prohibits packages of smoking tobacco,
fine cut chewing tobacco and cigarets
from having packed in or attached to or
connected with them, amy article or
hing whatsoever of a foreign nature.
There should be nothing Hhatever in
side of a package of smoking tobacco or
foe cut chewing tobacco except the
tobs cco.'