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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
HERE'S A PECULIAR SECT.
They Affect Nudity and Desire to Live
Like prirucvnl Man.

They Affect Nudity and Desire to Live
Like primcval Man.
Paris, Oct. 19.-An illustration Of the
degeneration preceding new life may
be found In the antics Of new sect,
which has it's headquarters in Mont
martre. in Paris. The members Of this
sect see the salvation of mankind in a
return to the habits Of our remote an
cestor5 who were in the state Of ma
ture. The sect was founded by mis-.
understood artist. named Gravelle, who
is great admirer Of Rousseau. He has
attracted SO many disciples that he
conducts a weekly paper devoted to
expounding his opinions. in which tho
naked savage Is contrasted with men
Of modern types to the immense disad-
vantage of the latter.
The police naturally have prevented
the members Of the sect from CARRYING
out their theories IN regard to clothes
in Paris, but Gravelle Is taken 30 sefi.
ousiy that O land owner In the center OF
France has put his estate at the ser.
vice of the sect in order that d prac-
tical test may be made. A party Of
Gravelle's disciples set out from Paris
a few days ago to make the experiment
Of living in a state Of nature. and some
of their companions are about to Join
them.
They propose to wear as little cloth
ing as the weather permits. to subsist
SO far as possible. upon the i1atuf6f
products of the fields and woods, ana
to do no work. This last point n thu
most important Of all, for most Of the
members Of the sect are rank anarch.
lists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
HE COULDN'T DEAL.

The Insurance Company Did Not Seem to
Care About Making q Trade.
From the Louisville Times.
A man with q red nose that looked
chronic and had the air of being legiti-
mately acquired, caiied at the Office of
big life insurance company and, ad-
dressing the first official he happened
to meet, sold:
"sir. am insured for $4,000 in your
company"
We'll"
'The policy. strange to say, is made
out In the name Of my wife. She has
possession of it,
mot strange at all, but eminently
proper" said the official.
And II could get hold Of the policy
I would hook It," continued the man
with the red nose, but she keeps 1t hid
/ am here, however, for Tile purpose OF
making q proposition to you, and the
whereabouts Of the policy Is neither
here nor there. Are you open to q
deal?"
I'VE are," answered the official coldly
"Well. here Is my plan. Since 1 can.
not raise anything on that policy,
spring upon you the following situn-
ton: Before nightfall shall be dead
man, and youth have to pony up that
$1,000"
How do you make that out?" de-.
mGnded the otfio ial, in tones # surprise.
Simply because l cannot get q
drink" replied the policy holder. If
whisky Is not forthcoming perish. I
simply lie down and stiffen out and You
lose your money. A quarter Of a dol
lar, however, will save my life and seve
you 5000 bones. Twenty-Five cents
fixes me and l live. Without 1t /
breathe my last and prove a dead loss
to you. If survive, however, my wife
will 60 on paying premiums, and who
knows but what I may become GEN.
tenarian?"
He looked affably at the official, but
the latter seemed to be frozen solid.
do get the quarter" he demanded
after pause. -
You do not" was the reply, In ICY
tones.
Very WE'LL" and he sighed heavily.
that settles 1t. Make out your death
claims and things. Fill up the check
payable to the order of my weeping
widow. Charge me to profits and loss"
le walked heavily out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
NOT THEIR STYLE.
A Negotiation In Which Proxies We're Not
to BE Thought OF.

A Negotiation In Which Proxies We're Not
to BE Thought OF.
From the Chicago Post
"Did you read about the engagement
Of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt to the
Duke Of Marlborough" he asked as he
looked lovingly into her eyes.
EYES," she replied softly. feeling tina.
the momentous occasion was at hand.
1T was all arranged for them by mu-
tual friends" he went on.
Was it?" she asked.
"Yes," he answered. "The Duke
didn't make love to her himself at all. )"
Didn't he?"
mo. He got some other people to at .
tend to the matter for him."
There was q brief interval of silence,
during which he looked at her and she
looked at the floor.
Il don't think much Of the duke" he
said at last.
II wouldn't have such a fool man
around" she returned quickly.
A moment later she looked up into his
eyes. sighed and said 1--WE don't want
any European innovations. do we?"
NO" he replied, as he drew her lit
tie closer to him, land never did take
much stock in proxies, anyway"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
THE COLONEL WAS MEAN.

For Big Man llo Played Small Trick
with Ills Car Tickets.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Colonel Blank was a big pompous
man, as 1t behooves one to be who as
pires to a military title without the
drawbacks of military life. He was
always calling peoples attention to his
marked facial resemblance to James G.
Blaine, 1.-The greatest man, sir, this GEN.
tury and this country have produced" I"
And peopley-ill-natured people, that Is
Thought the Colonel had vivid i'm
aginatiOn. There was O prodigality
about his physique that one somehow
expected to see repeated in the Colonel's
character. And to hear the Colonel hold
forth from the end Of the boarding
house table over which he presided. the
unsophisticated boarder would never
have doubted that such a reasonable
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
HEALTH HINTS:


Corns can be cured; wear stocking and
will not have corns.
The best remedy for q pimply and a
rough complexion Is q daily bath from top
to toe, ard four-mile walk.
To prevent the skin 'chapping" wipe 1t
until quite dry. II you are exposed to the
wind wear a thick VEIL Camphor ice Is
an efficient and pleasant remedy for rough
skin caused by exposure.
in cold water night and morning.; dry
and dust with a powder composed of
salicylic acid, 30 grains; precipitated chalk
one ounce, talcum one ounce.
sponge bath from head to foot using hot
water and Hlnegar a teacupful OF vine.
gar to two quarts of water, every night
at bedtime. Use precipitated chalk as
busting powder. Take two-grain quinine
pill every other day for two months.
For nervous dyspepsia, take ten drops
of the tincture Of nux vorica in wine
glassful Of water before every meal and
at bedtime every day for six weeks. Two
hours after meals take teaspoonful Of
the phosphate Of sodium in a teacupful of
boiling water. Take this also for six
weeks Eat oranges and grapes (do not
swallow the seeds or skins) every day.
Walk, ride wheel-you require active ex-
crcise every day.
Whenever you have an attack Of hillary
collie drink teacupful Of sweet oil and
apply hot poultices Qkeep poultice hot
by placing bottle or bag OF hot water
upon iD over the painful area. Take the
phosphate Of sodium steadily for six
months. teaspoonful In q teacupful Of
hot water half an hour before each meal
for one month, and during the remaining
five months take but once daily-before
breakfast. Drink alkaline mineral waters;
drink no wines and eat no fatty sub
stances. Eat plentfully Of green, crisp
vegetables and fresh fruits. Take exercise
out of doors every day-ride wheel or
walk four miles daily, regardless Of the
weather.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
HOUSEHOLD. SUGGESTIONS:

To make a mustard plaster for a child,
take one teaspoonful Of ground mustard
and three Of flour, with enough water to
two cloths. For an adult, use one part
mustard to two Of -four. Mixed with the
white Of an egg II will not raise q blister.
II you hate "mussy" things for your
to cut an inch piece of dressed hard
wood into various lengths for you. hav-
ing. say, half dozen pieces two feet
keep the pieces in, and show him how to
build rail fences, block houses and corn
Soda IL the most important thing In the
only don't let Il set into fhe laundry: It's
forbidden there. For example, you put .
lump Of It IN among the dishes when they
nodes, cf ceufss. that W have provided 4
is sSsts . VA ssbs Sssp sssIs sssSl:ss "a s'I d
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so SAY WE ALI

II the new woman Is going to carry fow-
ers to the cells of criminals there will be
quite a general demand for the return Of
the old woman.-Ch.cago Times-Herald.
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CONTRARY:

Some joys Of life make me most sad.
When think Of how miss 'em.
The girls ! want to kiss are those
Who don't want me to kiss 'em.
Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

this kitchen. and why dozen glasses last
more than week-y0u don't bang thcm
against zinc or iron. With all the dishes
gathered OF the kitchen table into this
Ii. hit dishpan, lump OF soda laid ON top.
and the hot water cock turned on full for
minute, just turn or two Of the. mop
makes things clean and ready for the
towel. A lump or even a pinch Of It In
each pot cuts the grease out as II by
magic. and with US pot washing has no
terrors. More Of 1t goes into the water
with which the table IL scrubbed, and ~
used in The water FOR mopping the floor.
washing the windows. scalding the re.
frigerator. and before You SO to bed at
night we always look to have you pour
little hot soda water down the waste pipe
Of the sink. for there grease Is apt to clog
and grow rank. and make disease and bad
smells.-Harper's.
Some cooks are making crusty bread
in sections Of stovepipe. These utensils
are cut in the required length at the tin
smiths, and the edges turned over SO tac
hands will not be injured. The dough.
made into a loaf somewhat shorter than
the pipe. Is placed In 1t. From this ap-
parently crude affair comes crusty bread
Of excellent quality. II the cook knows her
business.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

GOOD FOR THEIR HUSBANDS:
The dawn.ng era of woman Is a very
fortunate thing for some men, for heaven
knows what would become Of them II tho
wives did not earn the l.ving.-Cass Coun-
ty Tribune.
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THE LATEST RIVALRY:
II don't care II she DID try to cut me-"
said one girl.
HAS she any reason for it?" asked the
other.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

Amber" that gifted contributor to
the Chicago Times Herald, is inclined
to believe that woman, as she existed
up to fifty years ago Ii q lost type. "A
new race" she says, ''is entered on the
scale of development. and as surely as
the demands of today cannot limit
themselves to the requirements Of yes
terday. 30 surely the new type cannot
be happy under the restrictions and
laws fitted to the old. Like the old wo-
man OF nursery rhyme who failed to
find happiness even in unlimited ra-
tiOns Of victuals and drink, the woman
Of today scorns the measure that suf-
feed to make the happiness Of her
grandmother. Where Eve needed only
Adam and fig leaf. the woman Of to-
day finds Adam, after years trial. an
tinmitigated source OF annoyance and
cheerily turns him down and demands
a new deal. The simple tastes that
were amply satisfied with O fig leaf now
demand a wardrobe. classical educa-
tion and career. The question IL,
which type comes nearer the gaining
Of the heritage Of peace heaven in
tended for oil and whether q faithful
Adam and q fresh fig leaf did not typify
the true requirements Of sensible Eve
better than many Adams and m elab-
,osation Of flg leaves. The closer We
keep 70 tatufe the flseer We are Of both
1eAoachf6 end hearfAchee."
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TO A CLEVER GIRL:

She paints a little-glorious things,
Which nature ne'er produces;
She's also musical and sings
When asked, nor makes excuses.
And yet not pictured canvas shows
The coloring delicious,
Which 'neath her skill so pract.ced grows
Upon the dinner dishes.
No melody Is half 80 sweet
As that whose notes come streaming
Out of the KETTLE small and neat
Where CHEEKY Goals are cleaning.
Upon your charming. gifted youth
The world with Joy II looking;
But Of your dainty arts. in sooth,
The daintiest Is cooking.
Exchange,
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British subjects we would be practically
saying to all the petty American States:
Behave as badly as you please; outrage
the rights of foreigners in your midst;
violate treaty compacts, and snap at the
heels of the world, but we will see that
you take no harm" Suppose Nicaragua
had offended against the United States,
and that we had demanded damages, as
we have done from other American States,
and England should say to US that we
must employ no force to compel repara-
ton and apology, what would be our re-
ply? Yet the act of England in such
case would be no more unreasonable. and
no more an act of unwarranted interfer-
ence, than would be ours should we at
tempt to prevent England bringing Mica
Mr.. Hatch.
1t is true Nicaragua claims that no
wrong was done Hatch; that he was an
officious intermeddler; that he violated
his privilege as Consul; that he offended
against the law of place, and divested
himself of the right to claim protection
under the British flag, and therefore the
issue should be arbitrated, and that Mica
ragua should be given a hearing, and an
opportunity TO defend prior to the rendi-
ton of judgment against her: But if this
should be admitted to be true, the fur
tnerest that we could go in response to
her appeal for aid would be to beseech
England to be merciful, and extend our
good offices in the interests Of peace. No
more than that, until we take upon our
selves the Office of debating to all the
world that war shall be no more, and that
all international disputes shall be settled
occupy, much less maintain that high
moral ground.
We must conclude, therefore, that
President Cleveland is right, and that mis-
policy in this Nicaraguan matter reflects
the true American doctrine, really reas-
serts the Monroe doctrine and comports
with the dignity of the republic and with
the demands of exact justice.
The whole affair will have very whole
some efrect-it will teach the lesser as
well as the greater American States, that
they cannot offend and shield themselves
behind our skirts; that they must behave
towards European powers with becom-
ing decency; that they must conduct
themselves towards our own people with
more regard for our rights; and lastly,
that while we will not permit them to be
conquered, we will not object to their
being soundly trounced when they de-
serve it-and truth to say, they often do
so deserve.
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the letter, if not the spirit, of the the inter-
state commerce law. Moreover, we deny
the right of the Congress of the United
States to pass law making it misde-
meanor to give pass across State line.
The Constitution confers upon Congress
by its provisions the power to regulate
commerce between States, and between
the United States and foreign countries;
that is, the power to regulate domestic
and foreign commerce. But the move
ment of citizens within the United States
Is not commerce, and is not subject to
Congressional legislation. There is no
passport system between the States. Citi-
zens of each State have equal rights in all
the States. There are no political bound
aries within the United States fixing the
Limitation of citizenship. A citizen of
the United States is one born in the
country, or naturalized according to its
laws. Laws fixing and defining the
qualification of an elector il the various
States have been passed and are constitu-
tional; but citizenship does not recognize
State lines. The people of the United
States are primarily citizens of the nation
and Inhabitants or residents of the State
in which they reside. The attempt on the
part of Congress, therefore, to establish
Limitations and restrictions upon the
movement of citizens of the country from
one portion of the public domain to an
other is simply ridiculous and absurd. A
man may travel for pleasure from San
Francisco to Chicago, or from Ohio to the
Yosemite Valley. His movement has no
commercial significance. If he was cit
iZen of the United States in Ohio, he is a
citizen in every other part of the coun-
try, and in every other State of the
Union; and his going and coming has no
State line significance and presents no
commercial aspect. We feel perfectly
safe in making the assertion that there
are 10000 passes held, perhaps twice that
number, by citizens of the United States;
by people, who, like Mr.. Stone, were the
recipients of favors believed by the Presi-
dent or officer of the railroad extending
the favor to be based upon some consid-
Grafton of sufficient value to justify its
issne.
This Huntington-Stone incident is the
first Indictment under the interstate COM
merce law. We see nothing in Mr..
Huntington's action in giving Mr.. Stone
a pass that differs from the 10000 or 20, 900
similar cases that exist in the United
States, and we see nothing in Mr.. Stones
testimony inconsistent with the manly.
straightforward answers to direct ques-
tions put to him naturally expected of
every witnass.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

The difference between sluice and hydraulic
mining is only as TO quantity. Some sluice
mining now going on with the aid of dyna-
mite reduces this difference toward the
vanishing point. Besides, what the individual
sluice mine lacks in output of debris may be
largely made up by the multiplicity of sluice
mines. Owing to the expense of providing
storage for debris many who would have
mined by the hydraulic process have taken to
sluicing, with dynamite and pipes smaller
than those terminating in the giant"
The United States Debris Commission has
one visiting engineer, and ordinarily about
one "scout" to look out for infractions of the
law. This scout is resident of Nevada
City The Anti-Debris Association of the
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ap9-4w
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE,
L State of California, in and for the county

y 1tiE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
L State of California, in and for the county
OF Sacramento.
In the matter of the estate of R. ]. NERK.
LEY, deceased
Ella T. MerkIey and John J. MerkIey, the
administrators OF the estate of R ! hIeTZIay
deceased, having hled their petition herein
praying for an order authorizing them to
mortgage certain of the real estate OF said de-
Cedent, hereinafter described, for the PURPOSES
therein set forth, it is therefore ordered nv
the Judge of said court that all persons inter
eSted in the said estate of said deceased be
and appear before the said Superior Court on
Friday, the 26th day Of April. 1895. at o
o clock A. NJ OF said day. at the cOurt-rOCrn Of
said Superior Court at the Courthouse in
said county OF Sacramento and State afOre-
said, then and there 10 show cause whv the
realty described in said petition to wit.
THAT certain piece or parcel of land situate
State OF California, which is described as
beginning at a stake on the bank of the Sacra-
mento River near the Halfway House,
thence north So 80 east across the leyee and
road 1.53 chains to a stake at angle of fence.
thence south $50 80 east with smith estate
fence $50 chains; thence south 72o l 3, east
279O chains to stake on Williams ditch
fence: thence south 100 east lSSS chains to
the sOuth line of Mesick's tract; thence west
1925 chains; thence north 76o west II SO
chains to stake on the bank of the Sacra-
mento River; thence meandering up the bank
OF SAID river TO the place OF BEGINNING and
being the same land particularly descri6eJ in
deed recorded in book 66, page 21 Sscra-
mento County Records" 5" or some part thereof
should not be mortgaged for the amount
mentioned in said petition. to wit the suun Of
S11, coo, or such lesser amount as to the
court or Judge shall seem meet and ALI Of
said persons interested in said estate ara
hereby referred to the said petition on file
herein for further PARTICULARS
Dated this 22d day of March, 1895.
MATT F. JOHNSON,
mrES-4W Judge OF said Superior Court.
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paper called the California odd Fello1C. Mr..
Harrison will be the editor, position for
which he is fully qualified, as he has been
prominently identified with the order for
many years. geographically the paper is as
handsome as any paper in the country, and it
is filled with original matter otinterest TO the
fraternity in whose interest il is published.
The farmers were exceedingly slow to move
in the matter of protecting themselves under
the laws of the land. They did not organize
for protection until they were in extremity.
After their rights had been adjudicated and
established finally by Judge Sawyer's decis-
ion in 1854, in the North Bloomfield case,
which was regarded as so conclusive that no
tenable ground could be found on which to
appeal, they were still conservative, and they
have so continued. This decision, which is
now beyond appeal and is the unquestioned
law in the premises, gives them absolute and
complete protection against any and all dam
age from detritus; but they have not yet
claimed immunity except from the rayages of
the Monitor or Little Giant"
Ohio is in evidence everywhere. Mayor
Swift of Chicago, who came into office re-
Gently on tidal wave of Republicanism and
municipal civil service reform, is native Of
Cincinnati
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PROPOSALS FOR FIRE HOSE.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL RECEIVE,
L at his Office, No. 32S street. Sacramento,
Cal, until MONDAY, April 90, 1895, at 8
o'clock p. NJ, proposals for supplying the city
OF Sacramento with 800 feet OF 215-inch cot.
ton Tubber-lined fire hose, with couplings. tine
hose to stand pressure of 400 pounds to
square inch Each proposal must be accom-
panied by certified check, payable to the
City Clerk, for an amount equal to 10 per
cent of the amount of the proposal.
ap22-td o. S. FLINT, City Clerk,
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SneciaI AGENCIES.

This paper is for sale at the following places:
L. P. Fishers, room 21, Merchants Exchange,
California street; the principal News Stands
and Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry,
San Francisco
Los ANGELEs.-Eclectic Book Store, corner
Second and Main Streets
SAN DIEGo.-Emmal & Co., $50 Fifth street.
CoRoNADo.-Hopkins & Cox, Coronado
Aotel.
SANTA ABARBARA.-Hassinger' News Depot.
FREsNo-C. t. Cearley, I'LL ] street.
SANTA CRUz.-Cooper Bros. News Depot.
R8- Also for sale on all Trains leaving and
eOming into Sacramento,
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WHENEVER the Government wants
the mos Trustworthy article and the best
in quality, it prefers the Royal, as this
brand was found to be superior to all
others in leavening power by the official
chemical tests, made at the instance OF
the Government, in the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington.
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"FEMALE WEAKNESS. "
WILLIAM HOOVER, of BeHD4He,

writes: Il had been
a great sufferer from
female weakness :
I tried three doc
tors ; they did me
no good ; I thought
I was an invalid for
ever. But I heard
of DR.. PierCe's Fa-
vorite Prescription,
and then I wrote to
him and he told me
just how TO take it.
I took eight bottles.
I now feel entirely
well. I could stand
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Record rd-Union-TeIepho No. 40.
For Editorial Rooms, ring one bell.
For Business Office, ring three bells.
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Set for Hearing.

Superior Judge Johnson yesterday set
the motions to approve and disapprove
the verdict in the case of B. Ruhl against
George NJ. Mott, which was decided in
favor of Ruhl, for hearing on the 4th of
next month.
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BIDS FOR WATER PIPE.

PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLYING THE
/ City of Sacramento with 1000 feet of Sc
inch castiron water-pipe, covered with tar or
asphaltum, T. o. b. sacramento. Will be re-
ceiyed at the Office Of the undersigned until
MONDAY, May 8, 1895, at O'Clock p NJ
Each bid must be accompanied bva cnrtI-
fed check payable TO the City Clerk. for an
amount equal to 10 per cent. of the amount
OF the bid. 0. S. FLINT,
ap25-1Ot Citv Clerk