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adjourns. The person so refusing shall forfeit a 

 sum not exceeding twenty dollars." 



In the Jewish Messenger is an account of a club 

 of young ladies who are pledged to kiss no man 

 whose lips are tainted with tobacco. May its 

 membership rapidly increase ! 



A Western gazette tells us of the suspense for 

 ten days of an engineer on the C. B. & Q. Rail- 

 road by the superintendent, because, when on his 

 engine, ready to pull out the passenger-train, he 

 held in his mouth part of an unlighted cigar. 

 Thanks to the superintendent, and a speedy re- 

 form to all engineers ! 



The city corporation, Manchester, England, 

 fines a cabman if he smokes while conveying a 

 passenger. 



A Philadelphia smoker, on entering a horse-car, 

 insisted on retaining his cigar in his hand. Its 

 smoke being offensive to the ladies, the conductor 

 warned him to throw it away, and, as he refused, 

 put him out by force. The smoker sued the com- 

 pany for damages ; but the verdict was against 

 him, the court charging the jury that he was w a 

 nuisance which the conductor had a right to abate." 

 Later, a smoker in New York city was fined fifty 

 dollars, because in a street-car he insisted on re- 

 taining his cigar. 



A Xew York editor remarks with regard to the 

 Treasury at Washington: "It is no secret that 

 that fine building has been for several years past, 

 as to many of its departments, a cross between a 



