Year: 1874

An inventive genius of this city has
invented one of the most convenient
smoking chairs that has ever been placed
at the disposal of that portion of the
American people who are not afraid Of
the destructive effect of nicotine upon
human life. The normal shape and atti-
tude is an ornament TO the study or par
lor. When the slave of that filthy, dis
gusting and useless habit, however 1--WE
may speak bitterly because some rascal
has stolen our pipe and spilled our kill
kinick), desires to use the chair, he sits
down like Christian, and touches lit
lie ornamental knob which connects with
certain concealed machinery, when con-
trivance like a double -barreled boot.jack
glides slowly out from the bottom of the
chair and gently elevates the operators
heels until they reach the desired angle,
when the upward motion is checked by a
gentle turn of the hand. II the operator
desires, he can stand himself on his head
by means of this attachment. After the
heels are sufficiently elevated the back
of the chair, acting automatically, falls
s1nurls, baok u,hiln q nod rnanhnn ont e~A
he rests on the small of his back, at which
point the great American attitude is per-
feet AT this moment q slender steel arm





been previously loaded, reaches around
from behind the chair and with unerring
accuracy places the pipe in the smokers
lips, Just as scratching sound is heard
and similar arm bearing lighted match
swings in sight from the other side. I'm
mediately after, an arm like that of a
boom. derrick reaches over the top of the
chair and extends series of steel clamps
into which book or newspaper may be
placed. At intervals palm-leaf fan, reach
ing around the chair, drives the smoke
back into the operators face, in order
that he may the more fully enjoy the de
| lightful aroma of the narcotic poison
with which he will persist In running his
nervous system. A delicate pltce OF
mechanism in the back of the chair is sc
arranged that on the entrance of woman
in the room 1t will instantly raise such a
fearful racket that gunshot could not bt
heard in the horrid din, and con
seuuently all remarks relative to the
effect of smoke on the white window
curtains, or its stale odor in the furn
iture or closets, or any general re
marks on the customs of smoking consld
cred in the abstract from feminine poin
of view, cannot possibly be heard by tn


calm, ,unmoved occupant of the chair, wh'
will soon become so used to the racket o
the alarm that he will rather like it thai
not. The inventor is now perfectin!


an improvement to this feature Q


the chair so that on tn


appearance of book. .peddler o


a man with bill rapid fusilade will b


opened from two revolvers so arranged a


to have cross fire on the door or an er


flading fire on the window. This in


provement will make the chair mos


desirable acquisition to every young Law
yer's Office in America during the perio
of waiting for clients. We saw the IL


vehtor put it to this test yesterday attel


noon. We did not understand why h


hired the man he tried it on to take OF


an accident policy in his favor before !
wound the machine up. Promptly at til


minute the chair went off. The pipe arr
hit the man two resounding raps on I'll


nose, the newspaper clamps worked u
and down with fearful rapidity, clutcl
, ing great handfuls of hair at every pul
the match arm stuck burnt match in Il
, mans eye, the dOuble-barreled bootjac
, dragged him to his full height by u
= heels, suddenly dropped him in hell
! less, shrieking mass at the edge ot Il
I chair, and shut up on him, when the pi
r that had pushed him in the small of Il
i back a titude reached out like cha
q shot, caught him on the mob and knock'
n him out of the door and down a flight
!. stairs. County rights will be for sale IN
d few days.-Quincg Herald