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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Greatest Mining Camp on Earth.

scientific games, licensing the latter
provided they were conducted in public
rooms, unlocked and open to the street
They do some big gambling in Butte.
There are men who don't weaken in the
face of a fifty thousand dollar bet. One
of the sights of the town Is 'the man
who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
He Is proprietor of n very large mer-
camille business here, and they really
say he did do something Of the kind.
saw signs in several places about
the streets reading Five cent limit
here" / said, "Well! This Is reaching
down for a fellows small change" l
did not think it of Butte, and was on
the point of condemning in harsh terms
this universal gambling when | was in
formed that the signs were put up by
the street car company; that one could
ride for cents to that point, but must
pay 10 beyond it.
The Prevalence of Gambling.
To show, however, that "the world do
move" and Montana with 1t, L quote
here an item from newspaper report
Of the legislative proceedings in TINS
present session of 1885 Note what 1t
says of the extent of gambling In Butte:
Paschal, of silver Bow, said 1t was "A
step in the right direction. He referred
to whole business blocks in Butte that
were given up to gambling, and men who
had drawn their checks at the mines ana
gambled 1t all away before even paying
their board bills. He favored the bill rs
one step toward stopping gambling. AL
derson and Won Tobel opposed the bill on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Butte, Mont, Feb. 1S.-In the word
Butte" if you will give to the first
vowel you stumble on, it's long sound
and pay no attention whatever to the
final one, you will pronounce the word
according to western ideas and usage.
The final vowel, if it has any mission
at all, is accredited to the eye, not to
the ear.
If the effete east supposes the name
to be a contraction of the word beau
tiful," 1t Is much mistaken. Nothing
suggests 'The Beautiful City" to the
observing tourist, less than does the
city of Butte itself. And yet in the
language of the hour, "Shes 'beaut' :"
in many respects. The name is derived
from the abrupt conical hills upon
which the city sits, "and from her
throne of buttes, rules the copper
world" In which she reminds ont of
imperial Rome, for what transpires at
Butte in copper mining and smelling
sways its market in the worlds great
centers.
Tho Greatest Mining Camp.
first time on his copper throne, and
wish to be complimentary, you don't
say, as of other towns: What Il beau
tiful city you have here" for you know
that would be too transparent, he
would say you We're ''joshing." Nor
do you go into ecstasies over its health
ful conditions. You couldn't do 1t with
a straight face, at the same time trying
to clear your throat and lungs of the
all-pervading smelter smoke. What
you do it to look the citizen confidently
in the eye and remark: This is GER
tainly the greatest mining camp on
earth" That settles your welcome;
you can come right along over to Shaw's
or around to the California, and say
what it will be, and he will have some
of the same, and your debut in society
Is made
1t Is the greatest of mining camps.
mines of gold and silver in the dis
trict of which she Is the center, these
hills, among which Butte lies, are verl-
table mountains of copper, and though
copper is cheap only 6 or cents "A
pound, the millions of pounds mined
per month by half dozen big COM
panies makes Butte the largest pro-
ducer in the world. and the business Of
| large majority of her folks is to mine
and smelt this copper, and apparently
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Saturday Reflections.

it into her mind to seek recreation and
pastime in the mainly selfish pursuits
that men follow; in loafing on street cor
ners, swapping questionable stories in the
club room, corner grocery or theater lob
by, indulging in the faScnations of the
great American game of draw poker
played ut a ten-cent limit or parading the
thoroughfares with an eye coQuettiShly
open for masculine admiration and a sense
of honor none too keen to resent the in
ev!table accosting. Wherein, We should
like to know, would society profit? Sub
tract the church from society as at pres
ent constituted, and the picture just drawn
would be Il very modest hint of the conse
quences of such subtraction upon the hab-
its and morals of womanlSind. To be sure.
there is the alternative of going in" heav-
lily for intellectually; for getting up
Browning societies with their minimum of
sense to an astounding maximum of sheer
idiocy; or for spurt into theosophy, spir-
itsm, or even politics. But with due re-
spect to Mrs. Dickinson it is probably true
at this time that none of these ephemeral
vagaries of the fermenting New Woman
would long suffice as IL substitute for the
rational and normal interest which Ewes
true daughter instnctively takes in the
finer works of charity. religion and bene-
ported in the cited extract, impress me as
having been dictated by a very narrow
comprehension of the problem under con-
sideration.
| notice that at the last meeting of the
Wyoming Ministerial District association
Rev. DIR. Floyd. of this city, read a paper
advocating the removal of the time limit
from the itinerary system in vogue among
the pastors of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The newspaper report by means
of which this information was gained adds
'He took strong ground In his advocacy
for the removal of the time limit, claiming
that all good would come to the church
and the pastor by the abolition of the pres
ent limit and by making the pastors stay
indefinite. The paper brought out an ami
mated discussion I'm which the ministers
present showed themselves somewhat di-
vldcd on the question with q majority in
favor of the essayist's position" There IL
very little doubt that the tendency Is
away from the itinerary system. Il fact
well illustrated when the general confer
ence which met, | think, at Omaha raised
the time limit from three years to five.
This Is one of the natural results of the
growth of city congregations in numbers,
wealth and-will II be too severe to add >
seliishness. From n strictly secular point
Of view. 1t Is evident that congregation
which learns to appreciate and TO admire
II good pastor feels that 1t has a certain
right 10 retain him In its pulpit as long as
It pleases; just as II would have to retain
a good Jantor, a good organist or Il good
servant of any other kind. Nor Is its
right to be easily denied from worldly
standpoint.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Things of Interest
To Fair Readers.
Latest Fads, Fashions and Foibles
DisCerned Among the Gentler Sex.

entail I think it is something that
should be encouraged"
Women Who Wear Sweaters,
The latest article of wearing apparel
that woman has wrested from her op-
pressor is the sweater" The 'sweat-
err has its sensible side, says the San
Francisco Examiner, and it is this:
You will find it almost impossible to
catch cold in one, for 1t does lust what
the mans sweaters" do, "absorbs the
moisture" What it does is to keep one
dry and warm, impervious to draughts
and chill after spin and a hard pull
up some hill or along shady drlveways.
1t is the easiest thing in the world to
get deadly cold. The easiest way to
SOW the seeds OF pneumonia Is to cool
Off the way the average young woman
does after her dance or tennis set The
garments come in soft mouse colors or
browns, and, best Of all, in white They
are particularly fetching in white, with
their huge rolling collars clumped
about the neck in imitation of a mans
athletic outfit. AS for comfort, that is
the main feature of the sweater. 1t is
loose, and yet it does not give the
figure the slOuchy look that some loose
affairs might, because it has so much
body" The sweater costs only about
$i or $j and it will be cheaper as soon
as 1t comes to be 50 universally worn
that no alterations have to be made to
fit individual cases, and when it is as
common a thing for woman to wear
one as young man. 1t is made of the
finest and softest of wool, Of course, for
that price and is without flaw. And
the best Of 1t is that one need not wear
wrap if one have sweater; it is
warm when the weather is cool, and
when the atmosphere is sitting it
keeps out the heat
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
In IFS Fourth Year.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From The Cleveland Pain DehIpF,
Uncle Gabe walked around the stalwart
football player with an air of critical curl
osity; he looked him up and down as he
would have done horse he was about to
purchase. "AmandyH "What Is II,
Gabe?" "Ie's nigh onto six foot, ain
he?" every inch Of It," Weigh about
1870 odd?" 81 reckon" well football
certainly does develop 'em most power
full" "Certainly, fine young man
Man? Mandy, Professor Bunter told me
hisself t that feller's in his fourth year,
Talk about your oatmeal porridge!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
ono Of the Rnrest OF Coins.

The confederate silver half-dollar "a
reckoned az one OF the rarest of American
coins. Only four of such coins were
struck. The confederate silver half-dollar
bears the date OF 1861, and was struck at
the mint at New Orleans just before that
institution was closed by the federal
troops. 1t has the Goddess OF Liberty on
one side. and u stalk OF cane, one of cot
ton and the stars and bars OF the confed.
eracy In coat Of arms on the other side
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

The latest prank OF the New Woman
Is to take to boxing gloves. Nearly
every weekday afternoon the favored
visitor to a certain aristocratic gym
nasium on Fifth avenue, New York,
may, unless our informant Is drawing
the long bow, see clever boxing bouts
between the spirtuelle young sports in
knlckerbockers, who are members of
the organization. Not many days ago
a ten-round "go" between two of the
most expert girls resulted in q clean
Knockout. A member of the gymna-
SUM, who found the secret too much
to Keep, gives details of the bout, but
refuses TO say more than that the con-
teStants We're named Maud and Ethel
respectively. The former is the daugh-
ter Of a wealthy citizen, whose father
was lavish entertainer in Galway
long years ago, until, like many others
OF his class, he found himself ruined.
EtherS ancestors have been American
almost since the days of the Pilgrim
fathers. For the first four rounds
neither fair boxer gained much advant-
age, although there were several rat
tling exchanges. In the fifth Maud Sc
Nultd INST huOth-uONll, anu llltlt IOl-
lowed three rounds devoted to unevent-
full rallies. The ninth round was dis
tinguished by some clever work in the
way Of feints, ducks and counters, both
contestants being pretty well winded
at the quaverng call Of time from a
member who was so excited that she
had almost lost her voice When the
flushed and painting, but plucky girls
faced each other for the last round the
first effort made was q splendid
straight-arm punch, which sent Ethel
reeling for a moment A new member
of tender years quietly tainted in
corner Just as Ethel recovered herself
quickly in time to duck another beauty
aimed for the chin. Before Maud could
get herself back into position Ethel
landed twice, and her adversary at once
became exceedingly groggy Ethel,
though putting like grampus herself,
was quick to see her Oppol 'ty, and
with smart uppercut sent Maud
to the floor in bunch, fairy knocked
out. The vanquished maid was carried
to dressing-room, where she soon re-
covered. Then all the girls, after hav-
ing a good cry together, went home
satisfied that they had lovely time
and eager for the next bout.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Moths Dislike Green Goods.

1t Is common belief among women
that the moth will not attack any green
material, and many of them make II a
point to buy stuffs of green dye whenever
the color is not Incompatible with the pur-
pose for which the material is intended.
Green dyes often contain arsenic, and
that may account for the antipathy Of
the moth to the color.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
For n New state Hank.

Switzerland Is about to establish a state
bank at Berne which will have the exciu.
sive right to issue bank notes. The capitai
IL fixed at 25,O00,O0O frans, the Swiss con-
federation making itself responsible tor
liabilities,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
To Improve Ones Looks.


Vanity furnishes the inspiration for
many of the inventions of the patent
office. One of these is a mask of very
thin rubber, designed to be worn on
the face at night. 1t causes profuse
perspiration, which washes impurities
out of the skin and makes the COM
plexion clearer. Sun tan is quickly re-
moved, SO it is claimed. Another de-
vice, for producing dimples, according
to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
is woman's idea. 1t is a wire mask,
likewise to put on when going to bed.
By an arrangement of screws, pencils
of wood, very blunt, are made to press
upon the cheeks and chin at the points
where dimpleS are desired. Uncomfort-
able? Why, of course. But, as the
French say, ii is worth while to suffer
for beauty's sake. False busts, hips
and calves are made of rubber. to be
blown out like balloons, and in many
other styles, while the young lady of
build hopelessly skeletonesque may pro-
cure a complete stuffed jacket, which
fills out her form at every point to the
extent requisite for counterfeiting de-
sirable embOnpoint. If one is so un-
fortunate as to lack a nose he can OBJ
tain a false one of papier mache, art
fully enameled to initiate the skin. one
kind of imitation proboscis is attached
to a spectacle frame, so that the owner
puts on his counterfeit nasal organ in
adjusting his glasses. Masculine van
ity is concerned in the genesis of about
eighty patents for various kinds of
mustache guards. One such is a gold
plate with a spring, which may be fast
ened to any drinking vessel at a mo-
ment's notice. Another is specially de-
signed for beer glasses. A tube con-
Meeting with it goes down deep into
the beer, so that the mustached drinker
is able to avoid the foam.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
UTHORs AND PUBLISHERS:


AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
NJ Bartheemy St. Hilaire, who will be
| 80 next August, has just completed his
biography Of Victor Cousin.
! Elbridge S. Brooks has been secured ms
| editorial adviser of the newly organized
Lothrop Publishing company.
| 1t is understood that Colonel Sheridan,
! brother of General Philip II. Sheridan, is
to write a biography Of the general.
Francis Cope will probably visit this
country before long, to deliver a course
of lectures on French literature, with
readings from his own poems.
The Scribners will soon issue a uniform
| library edition of the more popular prose
works of Robert Louis Stevenson. The set
will number sixteen volumes, comprising
romances, short stories and essays, and
will be published at n reasonable price
to meet popular demand.
\ shilling glossary to the dialect enl-
ployed in $. r. Crocketts books has been
| issued in London. Andrew Lang remarks
| in the Daily News: THE picture Of an
English novelist sitting sadly down to a
romance, with a dictionary in his hand,
illustrates the energy and solemnity of
our race"
Mr. HOwells has fondncss for naming
his novels with a phrase from Shakes
pcare and everybody will recall. as ex-
amples of it. "A Counterfeit Present
| ment" undiscovered Country" "a Mod
crn Instance" and "a Woman's Reason"
| In his two-part story which begins in
"scribner's" for March he returns to this
habit and names it "a Circle in the
Water" from the phrase "Glory Is like a
circle In the water" etc The question
| which he asks and answers in this story
| Is, IL fame ends by broad spreading" do
not infamy and shame end also"'
According to the Publishers Weekly.
| the recorded number of books issued In
! this country in 1894 was iiSi. including
new editions Of old works and Imprint
! editions of English books. Compared
with the record of 1893, this shows a de-
crease Of G5O; in fact, the number is small
or than in any other year since 1899. The
Critics record shows no such discrepancy
between the two years. The number Of
| publications received for review In 1893
was 2,3l9; in 1891 is was 2,3l7, n difference
of only two. The number of publications
noticed In 1891 was less by three than tho
number noticed in 1893,
The American Authors guild was lncor-
| rorated on Feb. /. It's purpose Is to pro-
| mote a professional spirit among authors
| to advise them as to their literary prop
| erty. to settle disputes between them ana
to advance the interests of American au-
thors and literature. The trustees are
lanes Grant Wilson. Julia Ward Howe,
| Moses Colt Tyler, Albert Mathews, Graz
ven l.. Belts, Titus Munson Coan, Thomas
w. Higginson, Richard II. Stoddard,
| Louise Chandler Moulton, Ellen Hardin
Walworth, oliver Thorne Miller, Elizabeth
Akers Allen. Cynthia Cleveland. New
land Maynard and Edwin II. Shannon.
Here is an interesting piece of literary
avs from Life:
Triby's Ben Bolted with,
The Green Carnations red,
| The Duchess was too indlscreet.
| And Sherlock Holmes Is dead!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, of New
York, was one of the recent speakers at
the National Woman's council now in ses-
sion at Washington and we gather from
the reports of the Washington papers
that she put fire into her deliverance.
Her subject was the attitude of the lead
ing religious denominations toward wo-
mans growing service in the churches.
She handled the subject vigorously, and
trained a steady fire of sarcasm on the
men who are supposed to constitute the
church, and who, while inspiring women
to increased efforts toward sustaining the
church, are yet unwilling to accord her
voice in its management. "Woman's right
to labor Is encouraged in every way
among the Baptsts,' she said, who do
not, however, admit her right TO ordinate.
The Quakcrs alone have been broad in
their recognition of woman; they have
recognized her simply as one with man in
church interests and church power. The
Salvation Army has attested, as only that
Organization has, the usefulness of its
women members. The Catholic church had
appreciated very early and appropriated
to its own ends the faithful attention of
woman" The trouble was, she said that
women had accepted at first from the
church what they had accepted in social
life. the leadership of man. When n wo-
man cOIlIeSSeiL neT SlllS 10 man size ptdGll-
cally acknowledged his nearness to God as
greater than her own. She spoke at
length of the great amount of work wO-
men do for the church They were en-
gagged in crazy quilt conservation and pin
cushion piCty to supply the appetites of
ever-y -yawnng treasures, clamoring in
their never ceasing needs of funds" If
women absentcd themselves from the con-
gregations she said, the churches would
have to close for lack of use. and the
clergymen would be compelled to work
for their daily bread. And yet she is sub
ject to ecclesiastical judgment and sub
mits to it,
This recalls famous sarcasm of Inger-
soil. who somewhat more coarsely than
Mrs. Dickinson asserted that 'if 1t wasn't
for the women who cook chicken for the
preachers and sew pettcoats for the
heather, the church door would be per-
manently closed in twenty-four hours"
There is truth In both assertions, but 1t
does not strike me as involving any re-
hcctlon on either the churches or the wo-
men. one Is moved to ask Mrs. D!ckln-
son what under the sun she would have
tho decent woman do, If not to go to
church. conduct church fairs and perform
those varied little ministratlons of charity
and beneVOlenCe for which only woman
innate graCousness and tact and ready
sympathies are adequate? Suppose these
avenues of beneiicent employment were
closed to her. Suppose that instead of
paying heed to the thousand and one lit
tie details that go to make up the great
bunk OF Christian evangelization and seru-
lar phianthropy-deta by the way, for
the care of which not one man in hun
dred is qualifed-she should suddenly take
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
OF and ABOUT the
Makers of Books.
Some of the Latest Volumes
To Issue from the Press.

keepers, is dramatic yet within bounds
of truth. There are fourteen chapters
devoted to the fourteen most prominent
companions-in-arms of this unequalled
military adventurer; and those few
which we have had opportunity to
peruse are in the main accurate, judg-
ing from the accepted standards of
comparison, and invariably interesting.
For one who wishes to read of Napoleon
and his times in epitome, "Napoleon's
Marshals" will prove most desirable
possession.
The first number of new periodical
reaches us from the publishers, Dodd,
Mead Il Co.. New York, and compels
cordial welcome by the unexpected
merit of its contents. 1t is called "The
Bookman," in imitation of the Eng
lish magazine of this name. with which,
by the by, it is closely allied; 1t promises
to appear monthly, and 1t asks the
reader to pay for 1t only 10 cents per
copy. The editor of the English edl-
tion, DR.. Robertson Nicoll, will con-
tribute of his skill to this AmerlcaniZed
cousin monthly, and its cisatlantic con-
ductors will be Professor Harry Thurs
ton Peck, of Columbia college, and
James Macarthur. The Bookman as
pires to be the busy mans literary jour
nal. 1t will introduce new writers to
their admiring readers; purvey we'll
written current gossip of the study, the
printing Office and the book-shOp; pub
lish signed reviews, by eminent critics,
% h., nf hn
tain vivacious London and Paris corre-
spondence relating to books and book
producers; give what may be called
market reports of the traffic in books:
supply department showing just what
books have been published during the
month, where published and at what
price; and finally act as a general bu-
reau of interesting information for
those who want to know what kind OF
literary goods to produce and also for
those who may wish to learn what kind
of such goods to purchase in order to
be abreast of the times. For first
issue, the February Bookman realizes
these aims uncommonly well. The
enumeration of its contents in detail
would occupy more space than is al
lotted, but it may be said without eXag-
geration that every one of its seventy
two neatly printed pages bears mes
sage of interest to the lover of good
literature An eight-page supplement
in memoriam of Robert Louis Steven
son, and containing tributes in verse
and prose by notable contemporaries,
betOkens the publishers enterprise and
likewise their appreciation of what
journalists call the news value" of
events.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Takes a Bath in Public.

Godiva in ebony is the spectacle to
which travellers are annually treated
in Madagascar, during the progress of
the Malagasy national festival, which
extends from Nov. 30 to Jan. 10. one
of the features of this event is the royal
bath which the queen takes in public,
in the great palace. This august func-
tion is performed in one of the sacred
corners of the hall, in a silver vessel.
the dusky personitication of feminine
sovereignty being screened from view
by "lambag," held by her attendants,
Amid the firing of cannon and the joy
Gus shouts of her humble subjects her
majesty then passes along the balcony.
and from a horn in her hand sprnkles
the crowd with the water she has Just
been using for her ablutions, eXclaim-
ing at the same time, "Masina, ahow
Il am purified) This sprinkling is said
to typify an abundance of rain during
the coming year. To be absent from
the ceremony would be TO incur the
royal displeasure, so that the French
plenipotentiary minister himself NJ. le
Myre de Nilers, who is now again on
his way to Madagascar, had to sub
nit himself, in 1856, to this strange or
deal. Every wife. also, must be with
her husband at the time, or ii is con-
sidered that she is as good as divorced.