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The morning call., 1894-04-22

This thing has never been on my mind
before, but when you come to think of 1t
the situation Is startling. Why are all Of
the switchmen on all of the roads of the
world so faithful? Tbiuk of the thousands
who are earning small wages at thro wing
the levers, and yet how few even admit
that there is the slightest possibility of one
of them doing criminal act. Suppose
some man. with the idea that the world had
wronged him. should 90 about 10 Kill whom
soever crossed his path. Con!d there be a
more terrible way of wreakng his ven
geanee than by throwing switch? He
might 90 from road 20 road wreck
ing trains and destroying thousands
of lives. II such man Were going
in for killing he would want fear.
full results, great totals. He would not
care TO stain his hands with the blood of
one man. That would look too much like
murder. To kill thousands is slaughter.
There's something attractive in the idea.
Samson slew thousands of the Philisiines
with the jawbOne OF aD ass. That was
grand glorious! snblimel If were going
10 to Kill il would be outchery, massacre.
carnage! L have no patience with your
midnight assassin, your hot-beaded muir
derer. Give me tie cool, calculating VIII
lain who can lay his own plot, execute il
ID cold blood, and. with a grim smile OF
his face, see thousands perish by his
hand"
He would have gone on. growing wilder
and wilder in his speech, if the hour for
'Bob's" departure for the tower had not
arrived. This broke up the party. Before
leaving the house the reporter promised to
ge. 10 work at once on the story, with the
understanding that when finished il
should be submitted TO Danton for the cor
reeti0n of any technical errors.
bob" worked solemnIy at the levers
from y till 4. His thoughts usually were
n z on fah 3 Z
on the strange interest of Danton in the
reporters Imaginative article, and he was
obliged TO confess to himself that review
Of the evening gave him very unccm-
Portable feeling.
Danton slept not at all, but spent most
of the night in restlessly pacing the floor
of his room, and when he went to the
tower at O'Clock to relieve Bob the
latter noticed his bloOdShot eyes and bag
gard face.
You don't look well, AL" he said, as
Danton threw off his coat, ran his eve over
the levers and looked up and down the
track.
"Ob. I'm all right" was the reply. 81
didn't sleep very well and feel slightly
broken Up. But I'll make up for it after
this watch. The Chicago express is late
this morning. [ see. Seventeen minutes
behind. II she doesn't hurry along l'n
have TO hold that special at the crossing
She's due ia three minutes and Is reported
on time"
Presently the special came tearing along
down the heavy grade from the eastward,
and DaDton, throwing the req lever,
brought 1t to Standstiii fifty feet from
tie crossing. The main line to the south,
the direction from which the Chicago ex-
press was coming, carved easily an eighth
OF mile from the tower. theu ran off on a
tangent for three miles ana half. Inter-
The morning call., 1894-04-22
LIVING IN JAPAN.
Frank Carpenter Relates
His Experience.
EFFECT OF CHEAP SILVER.
Foreigners Alone Are Benefited.
How Fires Are Extin.
guished.

TOXIC, Japan, March 25.-Jspan is doing
all she can to keep silver in the air. She
has TO pay for the goods she imports from.
America in gold, and the silver question is
far more i'm portant one here than il has
ever been in the United States. The
country is now on silver basis, and there
is sure 10 be general rise in tue prices Of
everything. At the present writing the
exchange is going up every day and gold
dollar in Toxic looks as big as the cover
of japanese umbrella. Such foreigners
as are here who get their incomes from
America are rich through the fall of silver,
and they now get 50 for every 81 that is
sent out to them from home. | made out a
draft of 500 on my New York letter of
credit at the bank this morning and got
S20S for it and the money have brought
with me has doubled in value. This makes
travelling com paratively cheap, and though
l have been paying "a day at the Grand
The morning call., 1894-04-22
Hotel in Yokohama it really costs me

Hotel in Yokohama it really costs me
only 81.
Clothing here is wonderfully cheap. and
all English goods can be bought for the
same prices they bring in London. The
treaties with japan prohibit her from
charging more than per cent duty, and
labor is worth so little that one could come
across the Pacific and save the expenses OF
the trip by laying in stock of clothing for
himself and his family. The tailors are
Chinese. You can get good business
about ten American dollars. Patent
leather shoes made to order cast So 80. and
fur-lined overcoat with a beaver collar
and cuffs can be bought for about $50 in
gold. You could not buy the cloth, 10 say
nothing OF the fur Innings. for that amount
in America. Ladies' dresses are equally
cheap, and you get wonderfully en-
broidered gowns Of silk crepe for less
than the ordinary street dress costs you In
the United States.
This reduction in silver makes a won-
derful profit for our missionaries and
diplomats. A missionary who is getting a
thousand dollars year has now $1,000 to
spend. The American Minister to Japan,
who receives. if my memory serves me,
S12, 900 annually, gets at least S24, 600 worth
of value out Of II. and the salaries of all
our consuls are practically doubled by the
change. An American family living on a
fixed income at come could now come to
Japan and have twice the comforts for half
the money, and | am surprised at he won
dertul cheaDDess of all sorts of eatables
from cabbage to champagne. ltook an in
terpreter with ME to the market this morn
ing and spent some hours In finding out
the prices of the necessaries of life. l
The morning call., 1894-04-22
81 GUESS l AM A SUCKER
This Was the Baid-t1eaded Mans
Opinion of Himself at the Opera.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune
The man sitting next to him noticed Ia at
the bald-headed person with the red neck
tie was getting decidedly nervous.
Presently. in the middle OF magnif-
cent Quintet the bald-headed man turned
around and said
'Say ~
"Well?" was the reply, accompanied by
hardly concealed frowD. A lover of
opera hates interruption as satan hates
good.
what kind of a show is this, anyway p"
This? Why. this is" The singing
was so beautiful just then that he stopped
and whispered, "Hush!-sh"
The other went on:
presenty?"
For answer there was shake Of the
head.
Nobody get into sawmill and escape
by the skin of his teeth ?'
"No."
mo horserace %
'Nc."
when does the song-snd-dan ce-act come
CD? Say, amt there any laughs In this
thing, anywhere? Gee, but / reckon |
struck the wrong gate sltogetherl come
in town to-day and asked a Teller W hat vas
the best show in town, and he told me this
was it. And I've been sitting here an
hour, an they amt done thing but shout
and weep and run around like beetles try
ing to turn right side up. 'TaIn't like any
show ever l scent Whatever is it, any,
wav?"
But the other man had moved away TO
where ne could hear The music without in
terruptioa. The bald-headed man hailed
an usher.
"Any Amazon's march In this?" he
asked.
The usher shook bis head.
''Any Midway Plaisance dancing o'
M"
''Well. then, blame the luckw said the
bald-headed man, reaching for his hat: Il
guess I'm a sucker"
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found the articles sold fully as good and In
most cases superior TO those you find in
America, and the prices were from oDe-
twentieth to ope-half those we pay. have
reduced them from the silver to the gold
basis and give you few of them.
First take the meats. These are very
high, as the japanese do not use them. and
they are chiefly demanded by foreigners.
l found that fine rib roasts of beef cost s
cents pound, and was shown veal and
bacon at 10 cents. Chickens are worth
from Z to 90 cents apiece. You buy teal
ducks for cents each. and eggs are worth
from to 10 cents a dozen. QHail cost
from 6 to cents. Reed birds Is cents
dozen and snipe cents each. Think of it!
A good snips for a niekle. There are no
better vegetables in the world than those
you fiud here. and the fish of japan are
far superior TO those OF America. All
fish are sold when they are alive or still
kicking. HOLSTERS run from " to cents
apiece. Fine fresh maekerel bring from to
cents and sole from cents 10 10 cents.
You can get perch as low as cents each,
and tai fish. tae best fish in Japan. at from
The morning call., 1894-04-22

5 cents 10 80 cents, according to size.
Oysters are worth IL cents a gallon and
eels bring 10 cents pound. AS TO vege-
tables, they are sold 10 most cases by the
pound, ranging from y cent upward.
Cabbages bring from cent TO cents each.
Lettuce about 4 of cent bunch and
radisbes about the same. You can get
fine cauliflower for from cents to 10 cents
and fresh mushrooms cost cents pound.
Soft coal cost IS a ton, and flrewood. sold
IN little bundles about as large as bundle
or klndling, from l cent TO cents eacn.
These figures. as we'll as those following
this. are on the gold and not the silver
basis.
All sorts of Injuries are cheap. You can
buy extra dry champagne for less than
81 so quart, and good Manila cigars cost
from l to 3 cents each. Cigarettes, when
are now being imported by the million
from the United States. and which are
being introduced in large quantities among
both the Dlen and women of Japan, are far
cheaper than at home, and what we pay
cents and 10 cents a package Tor sells here
for from l TO cents a package. Servants
are very cheap. The foreign housewife
has nothing to do and she lives like
queen. The Japanese cooks are excellent.
and SD a month will pay the board and
salaries of the help of an eight-roOm house.
| have friend who lives as well here as
many millionaire does in the United
States. and he does not expend more than
this amount. He pays his cook So month:
His butler gets 81 SO and his gardener and
second girl get about the same.
These servants all board them selves
and the cook does the marketing. HIS
rent costs him less than $40 a month.
though he lives in one OF the best parts of
japan. and he could have a coachman at
So more. He has no trouble about getting
good servants, and he tells me they watch
after his interests and see that he is not
cheated py any one else but themselves.
1t is tar easier to live we'll here than in
America. and | predict that the time will
come when many American families with
The morning call., 1894-04-22

ger TO the switcnman. after all. Ae is out
Of reach, isn't he? Would you be in any
danger up in your toweT?"
Not the slightest"
"And after the wreck, could't you throw
the switch back in place 10 avoid suspi-
cion?"
81 e5uld throw the switch back. bat the
suspicion could not be avoided. You've
just said that the poor switchnan Is al
WAYS suspected"
That's so. But it could be worked.
nevertheless. You know what I'd like to
do? Write up an imaginative story of
such wreck and make q sensation. 1t
would be a tremendous hit"
Il should think so. You'd have to manu-
facture names and dales and use a fictitious
road. 1t would surely be d startling story.
The minute Of the detail must be such as
10 carry conviction. Do you understand
the arrangement CT the levers in the
towers?"
Pretty well, ! think. Near enough to
fool The public. who know nothing"
"Weli, just keep two signals in view
the red and the white. And remember
that the levers work on ratchets. ard some
are painted white and others red The
white signal must be set until the south
bound limited is right on il and then sud
denly thrown to red. That will carry the
train over on the north bound track. but
too late for the engineer to apply the
brakes. be careful about the schedule.
SO that both trains are on tine so as to
meet at the right point, otherwise you,
spoil everything and put your head in tie
nuose. You want to kill the whole outfit
in the story and convert the train into
scrap iron and kindling wood.
And be sure TO allow the switchman to
escape" laughed Bob. who had hitherto
taken no part in the conversation.
"a fter Strengthening so many people and
destroying so much property ?" asked Mrs.
Danton over her spectscles.
''Oh, we would work that part of the
story all right, ms'am," said the reporter.
He would get off on a plea Of insanity.
Easiest thing in the world"
81 doubt if it would be right to excuse
him even then" said the good woman.
but you couldn't hang a mailman, and
nobody bat 8 mailman could be guilty of
such crime"
sit will be great story" Danton said,
nOdding his head with an air OF satisfied
speculation on its wonderful possibilities.
Get it out. I'd ike 10 read 1t. Make 1t
dramatic, graphic, tragic. l want to see
now you carry it through. Ii makes my
flesh creep TO think of what might be done
every day by the swiichmen on the roads
OF the United States. Why,-i we were 70
band together and unite upon day for
slaughter we could kill Thousands of peo-
inches, aud there you are-death and de-
siructioni Heaven and he'll! Salvation
and damnationp'
Why. my son. / never heard you use
such language BEFORE" mildly remon-
Strated his mother
Il feel warmed up, mother" ne said.
rising 10 walk the door in his enthusiasm.
The morning call., 1894-04-22
French Mothers.

There Is nothing more touching and noble In
the world than the intimacy between a French
mother and daugbter-the mother giving TO her
daughter all her time, all her thoughts mold
ing her with infinite devotion, living for her
alone, writes IN. BENTON III the Ladies' ONE
Journal. She accompanies her to her lessons
directs her readings, watches day aud night to
guard that ideal purity which by singular In
consequences will be sacrificed, ninety chances
out of hundred. to man whose life will have
been quite the contrary. The mother cannot
reform marriage as it exists In France-it is an
Institution full of defects-Dut she can teach 10
her daughter ali the virtues TO meet the sorrows
which almost certainly await her.
The morning call., 1894-04-22
BURNING THE LETTERS.

Dear perfumes I loved so well,
Dear dead believing
In these sweet written lines OF his
This fair decelving.
Blistered with hot and happy tears.
W orD by my kisses,
II d warmly on my breast at night,
What an end Is this :
Dear yelIowed leaves, dear faded vords
The red fame flashes
No eiegy speaE but this:
ASHES TO ashes"
ANNA REEVES ALDRrcH
The morning call., 1894-04-22
Called Long for Short.
Albany Evening Journal.

young man who had not been in this coun.
try very long applied for work in a certain es-
Establishment in Albany. He was a skilled
mechanic and was given employment.
The cashier, with his eye on the payroll.
asked the man what was his name. The for
extent. He told the cashier his name and the
cashier nearly tainted. 1t was one of those
curious ten-syllabie names which coud never
be pronounced by any one except the owner
after weeks Of practice.
.Long, isn't it?' gasped the cashier.
Yes yes" said the man, smiling and show
Inc his teeth. Long"
He understood from the cashiers remark
that his name converted Into English was Long.
ana SO he has continued TO call himself Mr.
Long.
The morning call., 1894-04-22
Ex-Cabinet Officers.
Chicago herald.

Six OF the present members of the Senate
have served III the Cabinet. Don Cameron is
first in the order OF Cabinet service, having
been Secretary OF War under General Grant
John Sherman was Secretary Of the Treasury
under President Hayes. William E. Chandler
of New Hampshire was Secretary OF the Navy
and Henry NJ. Teller of Colorado Secretary of
tn Interior. in The administration OF President
Arthur. Mr.. Proctor OF Vermont was Secre-
iary OF War under Harrison, aud William L.
Villas of Wisconsin was both Postmaster
General and Secretary of the Interior al dif-
ferent lines In President Cleveland's hrst
administration.
The morning call., 1894-04-22
IN The STARLIGHT.

Out in the starlight and half-rropic sweetness,
Meath skies OF soft azure deepening In hue
Up TO the zenith's shimmerIng darkuess-
Out in the starlight. walking with you.
Out in the starlight, mid incense OF flowers
WinGing its way the infinite blue,
Just for one moment getting hfe's Sorrows
Out In the starlight, walking with you
GRACE BIBBARD.
The oasis., 1894-11-08
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, H., was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. MT. Thos. Eggers, l39 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery and in two weeks was cur ed. He is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are sam pies, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottels at H. Walkers drug store. Regular size soc. and sl.0O.
The oasis., 1894-11-08
rowN ss COUNTY.

NEURALGIA cured by Dr. Miles PAl
 Mrs. F. s Webster arrived home this morning after visit of several months in California.
 Col Herring of Tombstone was at Benson Tuesday evening, en route to attend the opening of the term of the supreme court at Phenix.
 Democrats seeking cut rate trans portation up Salt creek will do well by calling on MT F. s. Webster at the s. P. R. K. depot at Benson.
 Election day an exciting little race was scratched up in the afternoon be- tween Seyburn's sorrel mare and Stol- lars pay mare. The distance was 40 yards. The sorrel mare won by about two lengths.
 Yesterday morning Mr Wm. Brad ford returned from Rosemont, the new copper camp, where he has accepted a position as an engineer. He will visit at home day or two and return to his work. He reports that about five tons of copper bullion are daily put out there.
The oasis., 1894-11-08
Precinct Election.

In Benson precinct the returns give Ohnesorgen, republican, sole candi- date for justice of the peace, Sl votes. For constable Shiliiam got 40 votes at Benson, at Tres Alamos and 10 at Pool's.-total 57. Showers had g at Benson, g at Tres Alamos and at PoOl's-total B.
The oasis., 1894-11-08

Monday night the people who hap pened to have rooms in the Virginia Hotel were startled, about twelve o'clock, by cry of fire Upon inves- tigation 1t was found that candle had been overturned by lodger and set ire to some clothing from which the flames were communicated to the ceiling. The fire was quickly extln- guished with some damage to clothing and ceiling.
The oasis., 1894-11-08

All druggists soll Dr. Niles Nerve Piaster..
The oasis., 1894-11-08

Os. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Forty Wears the Standard.
The oasis., 1894-11-08

NEURALGIA cured by Dr. Miles PAp PILLS. One cent a dose" At all druggkB
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-26
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Stocks and Bonds


New YoRE, April 25--The long expecte
decision IN the Chicago Gas warrAnto case
was made public after the close OF the
stock exchange yesterday aud naturally
enough operators were much disturbed rs
to the effect OF the attorney general al
verse opinion ns 10 the legality Of the
company. The street has all along et.
pected that the decision would be against
the conpeny, but IT did not look for such
a weeping condemnation OF the eopcegns
methods. The first impulse Of Marginal
holders was to sell their stock and al the
start 5000 shares were sold az GiaGic
against e6Zc., NJ the close yesterday The
stock led all the rest during the first
two hours OF business and 800, COO
shares changed hands. Duriug the re-
mainder Of the sossion onlg l4.O50 shares
We're traded in. Representatives OF the
company here win control the matter to
the end. They claim the attorney gau-
eraps charges can be disproved. Distil-
lsrs was another weak spot at the open.
ing, recedinE " bnt ths general list held
remarkably we'll and toward 1 4 clock bs.
gan to move up. General Electric. the
Grangers. Missouri Pacific, Louisville Aad
Nashville, Delaware and Hudson and
Western Onion were In best demand, but
the Improvement was not specially
marked, ranging from \ 10 / per cent.
The market closed firm and LaA higher
Chicago 6as lost 2S for the day Total
sales were l42, 600 shares.
The following complete table showing the
days fluctuations IN Hctive stocks is supplied
md revised daily by LaBar & Foller stock
brokers, III Wyoming avBnue: ...
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IS, ....s.. ...
1 BEEF-Steady.
TIERcED BEEF = Moderately active.
firmer. - M
CuT MrATs-Quiet, firm.
LARD-Quiet. frmer; western steam,
S. 10; city 7&c.; option sales, none;
April, SS,O5: May closed. ST. July s7.GQ;
refined, quirt; continent, sS35; South
America, IS 65; compound, 615a6hc.
PoRK-Quiet, unchanged; no sales.
BUTTER-Steadv: fair demand: state
dairy, new, l5alec., do, old, 1lal6c.; do,
creamery. new, 19a@lc.; Pennsylvania
do, l9a2lc.; western dairy, new, liza
l5c,; DO, creamery, new l5a2lc.; do,
factory, 10alSc.; elgins. 20i1a9lc.; imits-
tion creamery, l2nl6c .--. - r.. p. .
CHEEsE--FaIr demand; unchanged.
EGGs-Flrm, moderate demand; stare and
Pennsylvania 1pc.; western fresh, INA
ll%e.; duck, lBae0c.; southern, i0al1k, &
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-26
Now York Prodnc. MARKET.

New YORK April 25. = FLOUR Quiet,
unsettled.
WHEAT Easier, moderately active;
No. Bred. store and elevator, 61ka61slc.; !;
afioat, 69Mc.; I, O. b., 8277( (a6Sc.; No. 3
red, ungraded red. bsR69c.; No. north
ern, TOHc.; options were fairly active,
closing firm aud unchanged to 3Gc. down;
No. 2 red April, 6lISc. May, 61Stc.;
July, &C.; August, 65Ac.; September,
66Hc; December, 69Hc,
CoRN-Quiet, firmer: No. 2, 441Sa445Ec
elevator; 441sa45%c. afoat: options were
dull at Aa1Sc advance; April, d4kc; May,
44ssc; July, 45Ssc
ONrs- Firmer, quiet; options fairly ac-
tivs firmer: April, SS56c May, 8skc.;
July, 37c.; spot prices No. 2, 40c.; No. Q
white, axe; No. Q Chicago 4Oc; No, 8, 30c. /;
No. white, 40Nc; mixed western, 4Oa
4lHc.; white do, and white state, 4la4s1sc.
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A s,nkiua Contrast
Harffsrd cn,-pnt.

.. hufif0Iu tWNuni
The late Mr., Parnell was a msn. albeit
op erring one. he took bis punishment
like man, lie faced the eonsequences Of
bis fault intrepidly. He ala not Try 10
save himself by sacrificing the woman.
lie did not stoep to the futile bsaeness OF
blackening hsr reputation Ia the vain hope
of diysrting public nouce from the sruirch
on his own, lie was not that kidd lie
incurred n.en csusTe, 40 dad not Incur
their cbntahpt. .., '...... ...
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cl.an.s City Thorourhfar.s.
Minneapolis Tri5une

--I---T Mnnf1poIB Jribane. -----
Street cleaning is one OF the most i'm.
portant functions Of city, and 1t should
be performed with the greatest business
like efficiency No city can AFFORD TO
tribe with the subject. The epidemics OF
disease which come down upon cities are
not accidents. They have definite and
sufficient causes; and the principal cause
is municipal unoleanliness.
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Ruoklon,s Arn,oa salv.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises Sores, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands Chilblains,
Corns aud oil Skin Eruptions, aud posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. II
isguaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Matthews BroA Z"
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Local e.OSrapAy /. sushl.d.

..... -HFWtVHh AseuNeF. ....
A man who would deem IL fearful in
tellectual sin to misspell a word or mis-.
quote date IN ancient history, thinks il
but trifle TO mir venango and Ches,er
counties or forget the nanio VI the river
that flows past his cottage door. Local
geographical khowle1ge ia slighted As an
attainment Of scant Importance.
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PhIlad.IphIs Tallow Marh.t

firmer with a better demand Prices
were Prime city, in hogsheads. sc;
prime country, in barrels 4%c.; do. dark,
in barrels, 4Isc. cakes, 5hc.; grease, Axe.
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Strayed,

>,~,syN.,el0NpNN pNNC>-NN~ N~e>~>NNSN~N>no->rN-y,
- Htn Pittstdii avenue. q gray MIRO lfhs
owner can have hcrsr ty ruftnF at above ad-
ares1 ana IslinE eAPgr 81. ~ Is.Gs