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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18
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 ''cures." It was first tried on dog, :" just as some theatrical experiments are, and as it worked with the dog hu- mann beings are now to have the bene- fit of it. Professor Raoul Pictet of Geneva, Switzerland, is the genius who invented, or applied it. He made g. re- frigerator for the purpose of ffuidiZing sure combined with a rapidly cooling process. Then he used this apparatus organisms. It was observed that dog at a temperature of-92 degrees c. breathed more rapidly and showed signs of great hunger, voraciously de- vouring pieces of bread which few minutes before he had refused to eat. Having provided a dog with good ap- petite Professor Pictet thought he would see if he couldn't provide himself with one. He placed himself up to the shoulders in the refrigerator, warmly dressed and wrapped in a fur cloak so as to prevent his skim from being blistered by contact with the metallic sides of the apparatus. He found that at temperature of-50 C. the fur cloak sufficed to check any perceptible
 
 radiation of the natural warmth of the body, but proved to be of no avail at temperature below-70 degrees c. At temperature of-105 c. Professor Pictet experienced, after the expiration of four minutes, an indescribable sen- sation of tickling in the legs and thighs and even in the interior organs, &C., companied by gnawing hunger; his pulse rose from 63 to 67 beats in a min ute, and his respiration from 15k to 19. After remaining S1S minutes in this temperature, he emerged from the refrigerator with a. pricklirg sensation in his whole body and 8 ravenous ap- petite that began to be positively pain full After walking two or three min- utes on his way home, a reaction set in like that which follows a cold bath, but far more intense. As the circula- ton returned to it's normal condition, his whole body seemed to be full of lit- tie needles, and this feeling continued for at least a quarter of an hour. He then ate hearty dinner and digested it. Since that time the dyspepsia which had made his life a burden for six or eight years has not given him the slightest trouble. This result was the more gratifying because it was wholly unexpected, for it was with considerable reluctance that Professor Pictet had entered the refrigerator, simply because he regarded himself as a confirmed dyspeptic. He calls the new method of healing "frigotherapy," and believes it to be an effective cure for gout, rheumatism, and similar dis orders due to the functional activity rof any organ arising from lack of vital energy.
 Those who can stand frigotherapy may perhaps find it beneficial. If one application will cure dyspepsia it is certainly a great boon. And those whose rheumatism is worse in cold weather will be glad to know that their trouble is that the weather is not cold enough to cure them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

Chicago is still ahead in rapid build ing. The eighteen stories of the Fisher ibuilding at Dearborn and Van Buren streets were recently built up to a height of 235 feet in twenty-five days, or near ly ten feet a day. Thirteen and a half stories were built in fourteen days. The new building is taller than any other sn the city except the Masonic temple, and the two are likely to stand in their pres ient supremacy, for the council has pass ed an ordinance limiting the height of sky-scrapers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

own almond-eyed laundryman, These robes are set full directly on the collar
 band, they hang so full that @ slight woman is completely lost in them and the sleeves seem to come from the im- mense surplus of fitness somewhere without any such thing as an armhole.
 The funny thing about the wraps is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

The people of Philadelphia don't like the Union Traction company, which owns all the street railroads in Phila- delphia. It is proposed to increase the and impose a fine of $10 for cars that carry more than stated number of of cars in the city is 2,000, the income to the city would be increased by $100,- poo. The change of fare from cents to cents, when a transfer is given, has caused 8 popular outcry, and many peo- pie are walking to show their displeas- ure.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18
FASHION NOTES.
Outside OdditIes.

Wonderful opera wraps are being shown that are planned on the Chinese mandarin robe idea, but that are no more like a Chinese mandarin robe than the girl who wears it is like her
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

H. B. Martin, the head of a promi- nent firm of brokers in San Antonio. has been sent to jail on charge of of fering a bribe to Congressmen Paschal, Grain and Savers, to whom he wrote offering to divide commissions with them if they would secure legislation by congress favorable to a. proposed line of railroad from San Antonio, in which he was interested.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

the water from bursting through, The diameter of the tunnel is 27 feet, six feet more than that of the St, Clair tunnel, hitherto the largest ever built,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

Jane Cakebread's celebrated record is surpassed by that of William Onions, who has been convicted 326 times for drunkenness in London courts. In his case a. small quantity of liquor that would have no effect on ordinary per- sons makes him violent and gets him into trouble and jail
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

Race prejudice is all right if it leads a man to refrain from putting his mon- ey on the wrong horse.-Yonkers States
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

It is said that Anna Gould's husband, the Count de Castellane, is giving some of Jay Gould's money lively turn in speculation. ''The market" couldn't beat Jay Gould and his money when they were together, but it feels able to tackle his money now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

The underwater section of the Black well tunnel under the Thames has just been finished, the occasion being cele- brated by lunch in the tunnel itself, to which 1000 persons sat down. The tunnel connects Greenwich on the south side of the river with Poplar on the north, and is just over a mile in length. Three thousand nine hundred and ffty-four feet had to be driven by compressed air. Of this 1900 feet on the north bank remains to be done, so that the tunnel will not be open for traffic till the spring of 1897 It was begun in March, 1892 While driving the shield under the river bed. at one time only five feet two inches of gravel intervened between the top of the tun- mel and the water, and loads of clay Rere dumped into the river to prevent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-18

A Baltimore barber who has put an expensive music box in his shop con- Eided to a reporter that 1t was done as much for his own profit as for the en- tertainment of his patrons. He says that the quick, lively tunes inspire his men to work faster, and when the shop is full and business is brisk the call of .'Next!" comes with greater frequen- cy to the time of jigs, reels and quick steps than before the music box was set up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
Journalism u In Chicago.

From the Herald's Report.
Chicago has no greater pageant than the
annual charity ball. 1t Is the best spec
tacle in the calendar. best because it is
the richest and most beautiful, because
nothing has Il better motive and most
brilliant because ii Is conceived in the
spirit of royal elegance and executed with
the lavishness of hands that know the
touch of millions. Precise and timed to
the second against the impropriety OF an
entrance too early or an interruption too
late, the dashing coteries and parties for
the boxes filed into place before the hom-
age of buZZing admiration from the thous-
ands. They brought treasures Of the
loom, jewels as rare and abundant as the
settings OF the ark of the covenant.
plumes, spendthrift roses reckless Of their
fragrance, bouquets of valley lilies, clus-
ters of orchids, head dresses of rubics,
sapphires and pearls, rareties from the
cedar CHESTS of ancestors, clusters, coro-
nets and diadems, handed from the fore
fathers or neW-bought in the capitals
across the seas. All that art could fash
ion or money buy or nature contribute
massed into one vast slash of color to dim
a dozen rainbows or blot the record of
the glorious Solomon. 1t was over In ten
minutes, the one event for which society
has planned the winter. Music, beauty,
grace, all combined in masterful effort,
reaching its climax just as the magic
word charity" was flashed in a hundred
arcs over the scene. Gradually the swing
ing measures of the entree music faded
and the string instruments sent the be-
wildering and dignifed companies into
theI whirl of the waltz
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
Brutal Punishment Unnecessary to Pre-.
vent Crime.

General Curtis, in congress: "The
navy has had no execution since 1Si9.
During these years our flag has been
carried to every cline, our ships have
swung at anchor IN every port. our
officers and s6amen have been brought
In contact with the people of the most
cultivated and enlightened nations, and
with the widest savages, without I'm
bibing any of the brutal spirit which
finds expression in ItOrture and the in
Fiction of death. The navy has in
four years of war, with conspicuous de-
votion and efficiency, not only main
tained all dts past glory, but added new
luster and honor by acts of personal
devotion and bravery, performed by
men dn adj the grades from ordinary
seamen to admlrals commanding fleets.
and stands second to the navy of no
country In those qualities and attain
ments which give efficiency, maintain
honor, and win victories. The navy
has for forty-five years been disciplined
and governed on a higher plane than
the articles prescribed by congress pro-
vide. Obsolete. useless and barharous
laws-banlsh them from the code OF
those who, despite their lurking pres
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Senator Charles Sumner on Capital Pun
iShncut

iShmcnt.
The following letter by Charles Sum-
n5G' written under date of Feb. u, 1853,
is of interest at this time. He wrote:
I'm response ito your inquiry, / beg
leave to say that l am happy in am OPP
portunity to bear my testimony against
capital punishment. My instincts were
ever against 1T, and from the time
when, while yet a student of law, / read
the classical repOnt to the legislature of
louisiana by that illustrious jurlst, Ed
ward Livingston, have been constant
ly glad to find my instincts confirmed
by reason. Nothing of argument or eX-
perlence since has in any respect
shaken the original and perpetual re-
pugnance with which ! have regarded
it. Punishment is justly inflicted by
human power, with a twofold purpose:
first, for the protection of society, and
secondly, for the reformation of the
offender. Now, 1t seems to me clear
that, i'm our age and country the taking
of human life is not necessary to the
protection of society, while ii reduces
the period of reformation to a narrow,
tleeting span. If not necessary, 1t cam
not come within the province of Self
defense, and is unjustifiable. 1t is sad
to believe that much of the prejudice
i'm favor of the gallUws may be traced
to three dscreditable sources: first,
the spirit of vengeance, which surely
does not properly belong to man. sec
Cmdly, unworthy timidity, as If
powerful community would be in peril,
If life We're not sometimes taken by the
government; and. thirdly, blind obedi-
ence to the traditions of another age.
But rack. thumbscrew, wheel, iron
crown, bed of steel, and every instru-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

ence, have wholly neglected to enforce
them. The abolition of flogging as an
authorized punishment for offenses in
the army in 1899 and in the navy in 1850,
however much doubted at the time by
conservatives, contributed much to in
crease the morale of both the army and
navy"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

The Philadelphia Press is inclined to
regard as somewhat puerile the geo.
graphical contentious in the Fifteenth
congress district over the nomination of
a successor ITO the late Myron B.
Wright. lit seems to believe that fit
ern the selection of representatives in
congress. This idea is good 50 far as
1T goes but what is the matter with
combining both fitness and location?
There is no scarcity of suitable leglsla-
tive material in either the Fifteenth
district or any other district in the
north.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

1t is a favorite habit Of forward chill
dren whenthey burn their fingers to get
mad at the stove. The same habit
sometimes outcrops in politics, but the
1lowls in either case are amusing rather
than dangerous
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

In a Constantlnople dispatch to the
New York Herald yesterday another
Turkish versionof the Armenian trouble
is given. To the extent of a column
and half crown is woven for the
great and good sultan that would be
too large even for Anthony Comstock.
If all Of these. certificates of character
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
No Good Reason for il.

Philadelphia Times: "There is no
good reason why the state Of Pennsyl-
vania should go into the publishing
business. There are many reasons why
1T should not, and especially why 1T
should not supply expensive books.
having no relation to public business,
for free distribution by members of the
legislature"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
Parker OIL CnpitnI Punishment.

Said Theodore Parker: THE state
teaches men to kill. If you destroy the
gallows you carry one of the strong
outposts of the devil"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

The hustling of an American man-of-
war to Honolulu is a refreshing indi-
cation that the administration of hes
itancy is at last beginning to realize
what battleships are made for.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

luxuries, does he say? Let 1t be so.
Let Spain and Germany and Austria
cut off their imports of American lux
uries and see how much they will affect
us. 1t will be scarcely a fraction of l
per cent. of our export trade. And If,
in order to retain this infinitesimal
trade we are compelled to lose a good
part of our S5-per-cent.- -home-trade
through low-tariff foreign competition,
wherein do we gain? Would we not be
trading a big bird in the hand for
little, chirping wren in the bush?
The Golden Rule idea in international
commerce is all right in theory; but in
hard, cold practice, the rule which real
ly governs men and nations is the rule
of stern necessity. Europe cannot get
along without American food supplies;
and when the free trade countries of
Europe talk of waging a retaliatory
tariff warfare upon the United States
they are either preparing to cut off
their own nose to spite their ugly face
or else are merely INDUCING in huge
and fastidious bluff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

The fact that Governor Altgeld, of
Illinois, is opposed to capital punish
ment is not material, except in so far as
it shows that Altgeld is not yet wholly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
SCRANTON, JANUARY %, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. ,,-,
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894. 100000.
Registered voters, 20, 500.
Value of school property, S750.00O.
Number of school children. 1000
Average amount of bank deposits, $lu,-
00O 900.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvana.
nproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point in the United States at
which to establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

The announcement that no less than
six New York managers have refused
to allow Mrs. Langtry to appear in
their houses seems to be pretty good
formed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

regarding the Sublime Porte be true it
is evident that the much married ruler
of the land of peace, virtue and fig
paste has material enough at hand for
libel suits against the newspapers of
the world at large to keep him busy
through several lives of the length of
Methuselah's. Still, WE are not yet
ready to retract and proffer damages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

In Idaho and Michigan Legislative
propositions to submit the question of
woman suffrage to a popular vote are
received with favor. The refusal o.:
New York's constitutional convention
to permit the people to vote on this
subject is fortunately not accepted as
the highest expression of wisdom in the
premises.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22

The edict of the Catholic church for
bidding it's members to belong to the
Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance
and the Knights of Pythas will nat
urally be obeyed by honest members of
that church until such time as further
study of the objects of these orders, by
the church authorities, shall cause the
prohibition to be lifted. The church
has an unassailable right to say upon
what terms it will administer its sacra-
ments. If it waived it's right to obedi-
ence from it's membership it's power
would soon disappear. AT the same
time, we think many good Catholics
will regret that there should be, in the
minds of their ecclesiastical superiors,
real or seeming necessity for such an
interdicton; and we are free to pre-
diet that time will yet modify the
church's attitude toward these socie-
ties
The morning times., 1895-10-27
MAY HAVE TO MUzZLE him
Don Dickinson Said to Talk Too
Much to Suit Cleveland
The ex-Post master General Has Been
Posing ns the Administration
Oracle and May Cause Trouble.

There is a strong belief prevailing among
many in this city that ex-Postmaster Gem
erai Dickinson stands an excellent chance
of being So severely sat down upon that he
will metaphorcally resemble an unleayened
battercake.
The ex-Postmaster General has for some
time past arisen early and remained up
late for the purpose of promulgating his
views regarding vigorous foreign policy.
He has on every possible occasion advo-
.ated what Is now designated as American
ism, and the generai opinion expressed
here is that his sell-evident desire to be-
perpetually nippipg the tail OF the British
lion and at the same time posing as rep
resentative of the Administration, is due
10 the fact that he is anxious to bring
himself forward in a POLITICAL way
A good deal Of the matter recently print
ed about the su-caii,d vigorous foreign
policy Of the Administration in dealing
with Venezuela and Cuba has been made
public through the instrumentality of Mr..
Dickinson. Whether or not he has spoken
by the card in stating that Mr.. Cleveland
would hereafter follow a policy so defer
mined that every American would be proud
OF his course is a matter that cannot be as
certaiDed in Washington at this time In
Il certain way Mr.. Dickinson may have fore
tended to pursue in handling foreign az
fairs of vital moment.
1t is said upon what seems to be excellent
authority, however, thafMr Dickinson has
gone in further than Mr., Cleveland desires
him TO go, and that in dding SO Mr.. Dickin-
son has not had so much tn mind giving due
credit to Mr.. Clevelandi for the vigorous
foreign policy as lie has in permitting the
public to get his views regarding what he
would do If in authority in dealing with the
International computations that are now
giving Mr.. Cleveland and members ofshis
Cabinet a great deal of ttbuble.
II is said in some quarters that Mr.. Dick
inson is an asprant for the Democratic Pres
idential nomination in lS96J by others il is
insinuated tha t ir lie should become the tail
end of the kite lie would be perfectly sat-
isfied
If Mr.. Cleveland does not interfere in the
near future with the statements that Mr..
Dickinson is giving out regarding the for
eign policy of the Cleveland administration
lie may gain some credit for himself and also
ina y become more popular before the people
on account of the course that Mr.. Cleveland
is inclined 10 follow in carrying out the all
legged vigorous foreign policy that the be-
whiskered Michigan statesman has mapped
out for him.
The morning times., 1895-10-27
FREIGHT TRAIN BURNED.
Also the Large Straw Warehouse
at Boyd's, Nd.


A train of freight Cars and a large straw
warehouse and its contents at Eoyd's, Md,
were destroyed last night by fire, involv-
ing loss of $4,000 or $4,000 to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and
to Mr.. W.T.. Lewis, the owner of the build
ing, So, 300. partially insured.
1t is believed that the fire was caused
by sparks from an engine passing the build
ing The progress OF the. fire was not OBJ
served until the whole building was envel-
oped, and, being filled with hay, it was
but a few minutes before the structure
was mass of roaring Flames, which were
flung by strcng wind many yards across
the railroad tracks.
A freight train had Just few minutes
previously pulled into the siding, almost
adjoining the hay shed, and before it could
be pulled out the flames had grown SO fierce
that the cars had to be abandoned.
The freight train lost seven cars, includ-
ing the caboose. The cars are said TO have
contained valuable freight.
The trains winch were delayed there
being unable to pass on account of the
excessive heat, were: No. i, going west
to st. Louis, No. 6, coming east from Chi
cago; No. IL, west from Hagerstown; No.
81, west from Frederick, and No. 66, east
for Washington.
1t was three hours ut least before the
fire subsided, the wreck cleared a way and
the line opened.