Show of the Chicago daily papers have been doing a good work in the agitation of alio cigarette question with a view to showing abo injurious effects of the use ol 01 tobacco in this form on the human system one paper hae printed a saries of articles showing the large number of cigarettes that are cold by small shopkeepers shop keepers to the public school pupils and haa had interviews with tha various schoola echo ola and with the physicians showing the extent and injury of the cigarette smoking among young boys another paper has been investigating the composition and effect of cigarettes generally it has caused a chemical analysis to be mad of a number of cigarette the result of which that all tha brands tested mad of tobacco containing an unusually amount of nicotine it was found also that nearly all had an unnatural proportion of insolubly ah that several kinds were steeped in an injurious substance and were impregnated with dirt in varying proportions ve ara very glad that the daily journals have taken up this question and wa hope they will keep up the agitation until the public has been fully awakened to the perils which are wrapped up in the tobacco cigarette phase of tha ci nuisance to which these papers have cot alluded is the practice tica of advertising the various brands by means of indecent pictures it beams sometimes as if the manufacturers of cigarettes had entered into a conspiracy with the evil one to poison the minda as well as tha bodies of the rising generation the absorption of ni octine will not more kuroly to weaken and destroy the organism than the possession of vile photographs to will tead to the debasement and destruction of the moral and spiritual nature the union of theae two agencies of evil in tha foria of the cigarette makes the latter an enemy of for proportions latest reports from the island of samoa are of war and bloodshed the german naval force stationed at abia apia is accused of committing numberless cut rages upon the english and american residents of the island and with inciting the natives to deeds of adese the rebel king who was placed in power by tho germans has baon following the example of his foreign magaera ia their treatment of english and american residents and several of the latter havo narrowly escaped death at tha hands of the native ry at tho date of he last message from samoa was expected hourly between the army of that of mataafa the latter representing the natives of tha island who have refused to recognize the of tha throne IT is often said that prohibition does not prohibit in vermont where a law has been upon the statute books lor many yeara forbidding the manufacture and fialo of intoxicating drinks the legislature of the state evidently holds a different opinion for it has just refused to adopt a license law by a majority of nearly three to one to change from prohibition to a license system of any form would be in our opinion a long step backward and we are that vermont is not Bt epping that way MONTANA and washington territories are in great ecstacy over the possibility of their being admitted as states this OXE of the acts passed by congress at the last session to which a brief reference has already been made in these columns provides for a congress of american nations to assemble on the invitation of the united states on october tha scope of the proposed congress as outlined in the act is very comprehensive among the matters to be considered by it are measures to preserve the peace and promote the prosperity of the nations represented to establish a system of arbitration for the settlement of disputes as to introduce uniformity in a number of matters affecting trade and commerce among the latter are mentioned a uniform system of weights and measures a com mon legal tender silver coinage uniform customs appraisement and quarantine regulations and laws relating to copyright trademarks trade marks and extradition this is indeed a far reaching and imposing pro gramme it contemplates nothing less than a gigantic commercial union whatever the outcome 0 the congress may be its proceedings will be watched with unusual interest int arest FAILING to obtain a charter by act of congress the promoters of the nicaragua canal have secured one from tho legislature of vermont act of incorporation is the same as the one introduced trod into the united states senate fact session by senator edmunds it passed the senate by an unanimous vote and went to the house of representatives where its consideration was refused on the objection of a ainola member who raised the point that there was no quorum present acting on the advice of senator edmunds who drew the bill the parties interested in the nicaragua canal enterprise decided to ask the vermont legislators legisla for a charter promoters of the enterprise stated that they all ready to begin actual work on the canal as eloa as a charter could ba obtained tins given in another column of the annual report of the post office department ic full of interesting and statistics some notable recommendations are made among others that in regard to the uso of pneumatic tubes for tho transmission of the mail in large cities and the reduction of mail matter to two classes pneumatic tubes are now used for the transmission of telegrams between different points in large cities ana we see no reason why some kinds of mail matter might not b transmitted in tha same way tho division of mail matter into two classes as proposed would reduce the postal revenue in some degree but it would also greatly facilitate the of hand hag the mails and would be a great convenience to the people of idaho in submitting his annual report to alie secretary of the interior at washington has these kind words to say of ahe mormon people in that territory in traveling through the mormon bettle ments one is at struck with their improvements and the certainty that they are port evering and in duat rious their country towns and village are thrifty and their farms well cultivated buildings are generally substantial and many of them stylish with all the modern improvements that make a country look progressive gres sive and prosperous and I 1 believe people are as i rule frugal industrious dust rious and honart societies have boscn introduced in missouri A paper gives the following ecale of prices girls under 16 2 cents for each bug of ono from 16 to 20 years of age 50 cents from 20 to 25 75 cents school baams widows according to looks from 10 cents to 2 old maids 3 cents apiece or two for a nickel and not any limit of time ministers ai e not charged JEdi tors pay in advertising Luta allowed to until everybody else gets through will undoubtedly admit dakota this session |