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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-14
BARRIERS IN LONDON.

Americans are better acquainted with
barber shops than are Englishmen, the
EExlishmen thinking 1t much more gen.
tsel. as well as more economical and ex-
peditiOus. to do his own shaving in the
morning. Yet, writes Elwyn A. Barron.
In the Chicago Times Herald, the English
barber Is incomparably potter in his at
tentions and care of a patron than his
American fellow craftsman, and is not
whit less deft. II you seek the proper
sort. The shops are commonly less
snowy. less elaborate than ours, and there
often is a primitiveness about the furnish
ings, but they are clean. comfortable. and
you do not sniff the air and glare sus-
piciously around upon a group of waiting
''nexts." If you enter to find the barber
occupied he will pause from his employ
ment long enough to bid you, KINDLY
take a seat. sir" and when he Is ready for
you he does not strike a weariedly re-
signed attitude. gaze into ill!mtable space,
and with supertiuous energy shout
"Next!' On the contrary, he will look d.
rectly at you and In a respectful man
ner say: I'm ready for you now. sir. IL
When he has ascerta;ned your wants
and sets about meeting them you feel that
you are u person rather than thing, and
that the barber is actually serving you.
and In a becomingly deferential manner
not condescendng to kill n little time In
the enjoyment of your humiliation while
he waits the approach Of nObler employ
ment.
In what American shop would you hear
this scrap of conversation between barber
and customer"
BEG your pardon. sir. but does the razor
hurt your face?'
mo; 1t moves very smoothly"
I'm obliged to you. SIR" Then. after
a pause:
.'Shall trim your hair a bit. sir?"
mot today. l think"
THANK you, sir; as you please"
The American form Is not quite the
same, though the essential significences
do not differ perhaps. With us the dia-
lOuge would be more after this fashion,:
Excuse me, but your razor pulls"
Thin skinned, eh?"
"Yes; rather tender"
"HOw does 1t go now?"
Better, thank you"
"All right" Pause. "Hair cutT
mot today"
"It's In bad shape" running his fingers
through 1t till each fretful hair stands on
end. Better have It touched up"
mot today"
"Wasn't a very good barber gave you
that last cut. Where'd you get 1t? Next"
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hastily to the silent figure in front Of
me. A wave Of the hand released me
from suspense and informed me that
the duel was over. On reaching Crock
ford found him insensible from pain
and loss Of blood. My second shot had
struck him fair on the left shoulder.
shattering the bone at the joint In q
terrible manner and flooding the road
with blood. Even then the man had,
before insensibility had set in. man.
aged, goodness knows how, to send
those four bullets In rapid succession,
any one Of which, had it been three
inches truer. would have killed or badly
wounded me. We got him to the store
and Dalziel. who possessed some sur
gical skill, managed to staunch the
flowing blood. and In day or two he
was pronounced out OF any absolute
danger of his life. Recover he did, al
though 1t was three months before he
could leave his berth. As the ranch had
passed into my hands during that time
l saw that he was properly attended to,
but when he was able to travel d.
rected that he he paid up all wages and
an extra $50 given him. but that he be
discharged from the employ. You see
my life felt very unsafe while he was
within forty miles. heard that ne ul-
timately recovered the use of his arm,
but 1t was a long time before II was
anything like sound.
Little more remains to be told. ex.
cept that l gave Dalziel 500 for that
Winchester as a souvenir OF the affair"
But. Mr.. Crompton." said. show on
earth did you manage to make such
good shot at your man on your second
attempt. when, as you pointed out,
you shot so badly at the box lid. Was
It simply a fluke?"
Compton looked at me rather Gu
riously and said:
II notice that you sometimes play at
whist. hut don't preceive that you let
the adversarles see your hand 1t Is
true that l was never within five feet
Of the box lid Knowing what I was
shooting at, / was satisfied. because
all my shots were within six or ten
inches Of where I aimed them. and. of
course. the others thought was blaz-
ing away at the lid all the time. though.
mind. I never said so, and CrOckfOrd
naturally got the impression that was
very bad shot from what the others
told him. I rather expected the result
would be that way, and It was unlucky
for Crockford.
Suppose we have drink now. ] can
never think Of those internal bullets
whizzing past me without feeling a
certain dryncss In the throat ana
mouth. Upon my soul, the remem-
brance makes my flesh creep more now
than 1t did at the time, but you know
was fighting mad then, and was
shooting to KILL"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-14
RAILWAYS
PILLS.

Purely vegetable. mild ard reliable. Cause
perfect diGestion, complete assimilation and
hsalthful regularity. Cure constipation and
Its long list OF unpleasant symptoms and reju
venats the system. 25 csnte . box. All drug
gistA
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THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Aug. 13.-The stock mar
ket today was dull and professional.
The total sales were $4,000 shares. AS
a rule the active issues were weak In
the early trading. Toward IL O'Clock
Distillers moved to the front. and on
good buying advanced ~ per cent.
Missouri Pacific was forced down a
point on light offerings. but quickly re-
covered. During the afternoon the an
thracite coalefs and grangers advanced
sharply. Jersey Central rose 2&. Della
ware and Hudson ~. Lackawanna IN.
Reading ", Rock Island 1A. Northwest
ts. st. Paul n. Burlington IN. Net
changes show advances uf " to 2es per
cent, Jersey Central leading.
The range of today's prices for the ac-
tive stocks Of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by q. du B. Dim
mick, manager for William Linn. Allen 4
Co. stock brokers, 4l2 Spruce street.
Scranton.
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Scranton Wholesale.

Fruits and dProduce-Dried apples, per lb.,
6aCc.; evaporated apples, 7laaSc;. Cali
fornia prunes, Glaasc.; English currants,
2lsa3c; layer rals.ns, $l.6Oa1.7O; muscatels,
4a5c per lb.; $lal.25 per box; new Valen-
cias, 5lsa6l4c per H. Beans--Marrowfats,
$50 per bushel; mediums. s2.25; pea beans.
Peas-Green. $l.loal.l5 per bushel; split.
$2.5oa2.6O; lentels. base. per ID. Potatoes
$l.5oal.6O On.ons-Per Dbl. S225. Butter
16a20c per lb Cheese-Ga9c. per ID. Eggs
-14laa15c. Meats-Hams, 1OI.c.; small
hams. llc.; skinned hams, 1ic.; California
hams. &c.; shoulders. 7ac. belRes, SAc.;
smoked breakfast bacon, 10lsc. Smoked
Beef--Outsides. l2c.; sets. l3lac.; ,ns.des
and knuck!es. 15c.; Acme sliced smoke
beef. lib. cans. $40 per dozen. Pork
Mess, sl4.5O; short cut, SIS. Lard-Leaf. in
tierces. &c.; IN tubs, SAc.; 10-lb. pals, sac.
per bb.; 5-lb. pals. S7sc per lb. !; 3-lb pals,
&C.. per lb.; compound lard. tierces, &C.
tubs. exc; 10-lb pals. 6s.c. per lb.; Glib.
pal.s. 67sc. per lb; 3-lb. pals, 7c. per lb.
Flour-M.nEasota patent per bbl.. A.1Oa
4.35; Ohio and Indiana amber, 1915; Gra-
ham, s3.7j; rye flour. 1915 Feed-Mixed,
per cwt., 81. .06. GIa!n--Corn, soc; oats. 35a
4Oc. per bshel. Rye Straw-Per ton, $l3a
IL, Hay-$17al9
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New York produce Market.

New York, Aug. 13.--F'lour--Weak, neg
lected. Wheat-Dull, firm; No. 2 red store
and elevator. 7llsa7lAc.; afloat, 73aT3Ac.
{. Q. b.. T1.a73ssc.; ungraded red, 67a74c.
No. northern, 74Aa741ac.; options closed
firm. higher; january. 74c.; May, 77Ac.
August, 7lssc.; September 72hc.; October,
729sc. December, 7i%c. COrn--H gher; No.
2, 47&c. elevator: 47Ac.; afioat; options
closed dull and firm; September, 437sc.; Oc-
tOber, 42ssc.; May, 3Sc. Oats-Dull. firm;
options dull. firner; August. 241ac.; Sep
tember, 23%c.; October, 24c.; May. 27lsc
epot prices, No. 2. 25a26c. No. 2 white, 2Sa
2slsc.; No. Chicago. &c; No. 3. 3jc. I; No.
white. 29c.; mixed western, 25a27c.: white
do. 29a35c. white state. 29a35c Provisions
Quiet, unchanged. Butter-Quiet, unset
tied: state dairy, 13a1Slsc.; do. creamery.
2Ohc.: western dairy. 9laa13c.: do. cream
cry. 13a2O1sc.; do. factory. Siaa12lsc.; Elgins,
20a201ac.: Imitation creamery, 11a15c.
Cheese-Qu!et, steady. unchanged. Eggs
Weak; state and Pennsylvania, 14a15c
western fresh. l2lsal31sc; do. per case,
81 JOa3.G0
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OIL Market.

Pfttsburg. Aug. 13-Oil closed l2s, the
only quotation here today.
Oh CITY. Augu. 13-On opened and high.
ost. LIS; lowest and closed, l22.
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Buffalo Live Stock.

Buffalo. Aug. 13.-Cattle-Rece!pts, 27t
head; ON sale. 200 head: market steady
extra steers, y5. 2Ja5.40 mediums. A25a4. .75
old to fair cows. S2a2.7b: choice do, $3a
326. Hogs--Recetpts. 1.50O head; on sale,
400 head heavy Workers.. $5.10a5. Is: light
do. 35.15a5.25; grassers and Michigans,
s4.90a5.l 10; mixed packers. $5.05a5.1O; me.
diums, $5a510: choice heavy. N.96a5;
roughs. SS16aA: stays, $3a3.75. Sheep and
Lambs-Rece.pts. 500 head; on sale, $500
mixed fat sheep, S2.b0a5; stock ewes, 81. .75a
9; export, sheep. t325a375: good to choice
fat lambs, Si.25aA75: light to good. $S.26aA;
culls, 81. .26a3
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sorted. Sa.soa6.l5; light. $AsOas 20; pigs. g. .
al. Sheep-Rece.pts. 12. .O00 head; market
weak and l0c. lower: Inferior to choice. $3a
275: lambs S3a5tO
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
~RACTICA LESSONS.

!. From Eli we learn how great Is the
sin OF not exercising parental authority
over u children; and the certainty OF
Gods punishment for this sinful indul-
gence.
2. In Hannah we have a beautiful
example OF a religious mother dedicating
her child in infancy, and training him in
the nurture and a%dmonition OF the Lord.
8. In the young Samuel we have a
beautiful picture OF obedient and pious
childhood, showing reverence for old
age, and growing up in the love and fear
OF God, in spite OF the sinful example OF
the priests, Hopbni and Phineas, whom
he served in the tabernacle.
4. From the whole account we have
this lesson: In the making OF a man
several elements are important
~ Heredity. The education OF a
child begins a hundred years before he is
born.
(2) A Christian home and early paren-
tai training.
(3) Dedication to the Lord in church
membership inc service.
"a Personal will and choice. With
the same environments one may become
good and the other bad.
5. Resistance to great temptation
strengthens character. The active sont
OF Eli were ever setting Samuel a bad
example.
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CONNECTING LINKS.

From Gideon to Samuel we pass over
much thrilling history, which the Bible
student will not fail to read. Within
this period comes the account OF the
embassy OF Jephthah to the Amorites and
the touching story Of his rash VOW. The
shifting Of the Ephraimites, the heroic
exploits OF Samson, the story of Micah,
inc almost utter determination OF the
Beniaminites on account OF the sin OF
the men Of Gibea. During this period
the Philistines are the great enemy Of
Israel. They overrun the western border
Of the land, and were the most agrees
siVe OF the nations warning against Israel,
and finally gave the name Palestine to
the land. BY the singlehanded and
heroic deeds OF Samson, they were
checked in their aggressions, but never
subdued till the reign OF David.
1t will be interesting to note the con-
temporary secular history OF the times
We are studying. During the period Of
the Judges, Egypt sat as queen, with nc
one as yet to dispute her wonderful pre-
eminence. The capture OF Troy by the
Greeks, Of which Homer sings, occurred
during this period and Aeneas landed in
Italy, married Lavinia and founded the
city OF Daimium a few years before Sam
ual was born,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
BEE HUNTERS LUCK.


From the Bangor News.
Several Cambridge young men re-
Gently went on a bee hunt, which, in
some respects, was a remarkable af-
fair. After a long tramp and much
patient waiting they located what
they thought vas a swarm of bees in
a hollow tree. Axes n procured, the
tree fell, but investigation revealed
nothing but a hornets nest. They
were sure there were some bees some-
where, not far OFF, and the next day
went again. This time they found g
big birch tree that showed all the
signs of contain ng the much-looked'
for prize. With renewed courage
they went to work, the tree fell, &
large piece was cut out where the
honey was supposed to be, and they
found another hornets nest. Their,
were at least three quarts of the buz'
zing, infuriated yellow jackets, ant
the would-be honey gatherers beat
hasty retreat.
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EACH TO HIS TRADE.

From School and Home.
Kullack, the famous pianist, was
once invited to dinner by a wealthy
Berliner, who was the owner Of a
large boot mandatory, and had
been a shoemaker In his time.
After the repast Kullack was invited
to play something anu consented.
Not long afterward the virtuoso
invited the boot manufacturer, and
after dinner handed him q pair Of
old boots.
"Whst am I to do with these?''
inquired the rich man.
With q genial smile Kullaok re.
piled, "Why, the other day yor
asked me after dinner TO make
little music for You, and now ! asl
You to mend these boots fur nae
Each to his trads.n
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
SAMUEL.

In answer to this earnest prayer OF
Hannah, backed by that Of the high
priest, in due time a child was born, and
she called his name Samuel, saying, "Be-
cause l have asked him OF the Lord"
True to her vow this pious mother dedi-
Gated the child to the Lord, placing him
at the early age Of two or three years in
the tabernacle at Shiloh under the tutel-
age OF Eli.
1t was on this occasion, as she left her
darling child, dent unto the Lord for
life, under the care OF the venerable high
priest, hat Hannah uttered the raptur-
Gus song OF Thanksgiving which is one OF
the poetic gems of the Old Testament
Scriptures. And then we have a glimpse
OF the boy prophet "ministering before
the Lord, girded with a linen ephod; I"
and we are told that his "mother made
him a little coat and brought it to him
from year to year as she came up with
her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice"
At the lille Of our lesson the lad was
probabl, twelve years old and the story
> simple and beautiful II is q picture Of
youoe ch,'dhsod trust AND piety that Is
IneS pectediy Il Mming. As he lay at
night n Lhe-- court OF the tabernacle 10
easy reach OF the old high priest that he
might respond ut any moment to his call,
he hears his name distinctly called and
supposing naturally that it was Eli call
ing him, ran to him answering "Here am
l." Being told that he had not called
him he went back quietly to bed; and we
| h. A.. -. 1901 4 No. 49,
when Eli, perceiving hat it was the Lord
who had called the child, Told him to go
back to his chamber and when he heard
the voice calling his name to answer,
"Speak Lord for thy servant heareth."
And so it turned out that through this
young prophet the terrible fate of Eli's
house was revealed to him:
"For l have told him that i would
Judge his house forever for the iniquity
which he knoweth; because his sons
made themselves vile, and he restrained
them not"
The best side of Eli's character is
shown in his pious resignation to the
will of the Lord even in the destruction
OF his own house; for he said:
at is the Lord: let him do what SEEM
eth him good"
Then follows the record Of the terrible
disaster at Ebenezer where the Israelites
are smitten by the Philistines and the ark
of the Lord is captured and HLophni and
Phineas are slain. When this news
came to the old man, now ninety eight
years old, he fell back from his seat by
the wayside, where he was watching for
the messenger, and his neck brake and
he died, for he was an old man and
heavy, and he had judged Israel forty
years."
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STATE REPUBLICAN
sAyynRsoN CITY. . MISSOURI.
OLD OCTOBER.


II JAMES wHITcoMB Riley.
Old October's purt nigh gone,
And the frosts is comm on
Little heavier every day
Like our hearts Is that awayi
Leaves Ia changin' overhead
Back from green, to gray and red,
Brown and yeller, with their stems
Loossnin' on the oaks and e'msj
And the balance of the trees
Gittin' balder every breeze
Like the heads we're scratchin' oni
Old october's purt nigh gone.
Hove old October SO,
] can't bear to see her go
Seems to me like losin' some
old-home relative, er chum-
Pears like sort o. settln' by
Some old friend at sigh and sigh
Was a passin' out o. sight
Into everlastin' night;
Hiokernuts a Teller hears
Rattiin' down is more like tears
Drsppin' on the caves below
Hove old October sol
CANT tell what 1t Ia about
Old October knocks me outi
sleep well enough at night
And the blsmedest appetite
Ever mortal man possessed
Last thing ct, it tastes the besti
warnuts, b~utternuts, pawpaws
lies and limbers up my Jaws
Fer real service, sich as new
Pork, s%pareribs aud sausage too.
Kit, Ter al they's somepin' bout
Oio October Knocks le orti
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20 thankful was she Of being oncc
more with hor OWE people.
She had spoken Of her father and
mother and Capt. Harmon had told
her they we're safe at the fort. But
he did not tell her that her mother,s
accident would probably make her .
cripple for life. "Let her be- happy
for 4 little while," he thought. at
will not be long" He apprehended
q time Of trial and danger In the
next few days that M ght be worse
than anything she had yet passed
through, dreadful ~ that had been.
They had almost reached the fort
when a man galloped up to them,
yelling at the top OF his voice.
"Hurry to the forti The whole
country is teeming with Indians.
They are burning houses and killing
every man, woman and child they
CROSS"
"How many Indians do they say
are in the band" asked Capt. Har-
mon.
"Twenty thousand warriors, l
hear, but we can't tell, they are
swarming like there were millions Of
them"
While he yet spoke . wild un-
earthly yell pierced the air making
the woods echo.
"The Indians" cried the settlers,
and rushing wildly, everyone, SOL
oilers, msn, women and children
msdes theIE way y The sntrance OF
the fofs. 70 rush within the walled
enclosure was the work OF only q
few minutes and closing the gate the
soldiers made ready to resist the
attack which now they momentarily
expected, as the Indians In great
force approaching In every
direction.
ITO be C~ontinued.)
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The joint priesthood and iudgeship Of
Eli marks a transition period, showing
growing tendency towards a more CEN
Ealized power. So far as recorded he
was the first high priest who was also
Judge. He was high priest at Shiloh,
and became judge at the age of ifty-eight
n acted in this capacity for forty years.
At the time OF our lesson he was seventy
eight years old. He had many good
qualities, indeed so far as the history
shows there is but n charge brought
against him parental indulgence.
Professor Elmsie says:
"Eli is one Of the most unfortunate
men in the Bible. We constantly hear
him described as a weak, worthless
father, n mere wording, with no heart
or soul in him. l think ii he could
bring an action for libel against preach
ers and commentators, he would get
enormous damages"
A sufficient answer to these extravagant
charges is that he trained the child Sam
uel, who, next to Moses, became the
most distinguished and useful man in
the history OF the nation. He was a good
pious man and neglected no Official duty
except that OF turning out OF office his
profigate sons, Hophni and Phineas
who were officiating as priests under his
administration.
The charge Of which he was guilty, and
for which he suffered was: ellis SOM
made themselves vile and he restrained
49,. nh lGl.-- n-tG-l
and knew not the Lord" Read Sam
chap. II, verses 12-17, 20.
ELI demonstrated with his sons fol
their vices but did not 'restrain them,'
did not exercise his official authority, a
high priest and judge, in Furnishing
them.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24

The story OF Elkanah aud Hannah as
We see them NJ their home at Ramah OF
Mount Ephraim, devout and loyal
Hebrews, going up yearly to worship and
sacrifice TO the Lord oil hosts at Shiloh,
furnishes a picture Of domestic piety and
coniugal attachment, beautiful and in
structive. Chapter. / and IL.
Incidentally we have an illustration
Of the evils OF polygamy; for this man, in
accordance with the custom OF his day,
had two wives, "Peninah had children
but Hannah had no children" Tanta-
liEed for her barrenness by this other
Jealous wife, "Hannah was In bitterness
Of soul, and prayed unto the Lord and
wept Sore" Notwithstanding the kind
sympsthy OF her devoted husband and
The assurance that he was "better to her
than tan soma" Nothing could consols
. childless Hebrew wife. "And she
vowed . vow, and said, o Lord OF hosts
u thou wilt indeed look on the afiictior
u thy handmade, and remember and mel
fssusA ny hAaamAid. but will give usts
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24

thy handmade . man child, then l will
give him unto the Lord all the days OF
life, and there shall no razor come upon
his head" As she then silently prayed
In the vicinity Of the tabernacle, her lips
moving, but uttering no voice, Eli ac-
cused her Of being drunk on and com
handed her to put away her wine. Be-
ing assured that she had taken neither
wine or strong drink, but that she was
only "pouring out her soul before the
Lord" Eli babe her go in peace, adding
his prayer "that the God of Israel grant
her the petition she had asked"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24

Oh, there's glory in the June time;
And glory In tho May,
With their roses and their rune time,
Their grasses green and gay.
But to me the grand old October,
With it's scarlet and Its gold,
With Its grasses growing sober.
And its haze of purple foldj
With Its memories SO tender,
That they seem to stir the heart;
Like the music singers render,
When the soul uplifts their art;
with It's fire and with Its passion,
Blended into love divine;
Blended In some subtle fashion,
Ia q potion sweet as wine
And the June-time's rhyme OF glory,
And re May-time's rum of rose
Are but Chapters In the story
God doth In October close.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
Easy ENOUGH.
m the Chicago Tribune

Prom the Chicago Tribune.
uYou think you never spoke OF
this except TO the deceased, do
your" queried the lawyer.
"That's what I sald," answered
The witness.
"Now don't you know, As . matter
~ faot," pursued the lawyer, rising
and pointing his long finger impress
|Stysly at him, 'thAt the deceased
had been dead for ten years when
thsss events took placer II you
1alksd to him at all you talked "a
~ bones. VIII you please tell me
NV you would communicates with :
Ieletonf"
q would wire 1t, SIR" stifdy 70.
he'd The witnsss.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
How MANY Eggs2

A m took a basket of eggs to the
city for sale. Upon being asked how
many she had, she replied: 'If | take
them out W. at a time, l have n egg
left. Ii l take them out three at a time |
have one egg left. Ii / take them out
four at a time l have one left. If / take
them out five at a time l have one left
II l take them out six at a time | have
one egg lett, but il | take them out seven
at a time have none left in the basket
How many & G had she in the basket