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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
Not Mushrooms.

There is a French story Of some
travellers in Africa who. while on an
exploring expedition, ran out of sup
plies. BY chance they came upon a
native hut, but it was empty, and the
only visible edibles in 1t were several
strings Of mushrooms. suspended from
the rafters to dry. For lack OF anything
better or more substantial. they stewed
these and made a meal of them. After
awhile the owner of the hut, who was a
powerful native chief and warrior, re-
turned from a hunting expedition. and,
having greeted the explorers in a
friendly manner set up wild howl
of despair.
What is the natter" asked the ex-
plorers.
"They are gone. Myievil spirits have
stolen them" walled the chief
What are gone"
Those, thOse." shrieked the chief
pointing to the cut cords on the raf-
ters.
why. no evil spirits took them"
said the explorers. I'VE ate them"
The chief seized his stomach In both
hands and ratified the bones inside his
skin. Ate WHAT" he gasped.
Those dried mushrooms
"Oh! suffering Moses," rOared the
warrior. or words to that effect, "why
you fools! you've eaten the ears of all
the enemies 1 killed in battle. The
Collector.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
CAN THISBE POSSIBLE
Have rlen and Women Been Orowinn
Weaker and Losing Vitality?

Men are generally supposed to be
the stronger and women the weakss
SEX "ss
1t was professo Connected with one
vi our leading &C ges who recentlS
made this strans. remark. He 81:
planned II in the following words.
But Is this really the fact at ths
present day? Isn't II more true that
the two sexes are III deteriora ting in
strength and vitality? We live more
rapid, wearing liv' than people did
nlN years ago, q are showing the
terrible effects Of n health and con-
sutution. If you bit my words, try
W MINK OF now people you hear
coinpiain'ng of feelings and other
miserable symn that show they
are suIering 1r 'ome form Of dis
ease. You VIII iinly be surprised
" nlhu now maj u can remember"
Ihat the profe' is right, and that
these dangerously ptoms are far more
common than We generally suspect
seems to be clearly proved by the opin.
ions OF many people who speak from
actual experience. The following is q
case In point:
Mr.. +. w. Whiting. a prominent gen.
tieman well known in connection with
tne telephone industry, recently said:
yes, we do live too rapidly. We sue
ceed ana accumulate wealth, but we
exhaust ourselves In doing Il. The
average American spends the first half
OF his life In acquiring wealth and los
Ing health, and in the last half he
spends his wealth to regain his health.
l know this from my own experience.
The pace at which did business nearly
killed me. A few years ago was
nervous. irritable and run down. I
ionged for life and yet did not care for
IT. dreaded death. but living was un-
desirable. l saved my strength. used
good Judgment and took Warmers Safe
Cure regularly. l have found II to be
indispensable to my health and happi-
ness. Do l work? Yes, hard every
day. and l believe all Americans can do
the same thing. regardless OF the cii-
mate. competition or social demands, IL
they Will act upon my suggestion"
1t should be remembered that the
great remedy above described IL not q
new thing or an experiment. It IL q
scientific preparation which has stood
the test Of years. 1t IL universally
recommended and prescribed by emil
nsnt physicians. There Is nothing like
1t for making weak men and women
strong and well. II you are in need Of
such remedy, will you not try It?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
WHEN HOPE FADED
Mrs. White, a Citizen OF Ithaca
Was Saved.
(From the .Ithaca Herald.)

| (FTOUt IindcN ktcraI0.)
Our representative. hearing of the
case Of Mrs. II. T. White. called to see
her at Seneca and Plain streets. We
lowing interview:
Mrs. White, l hear you have some
thing to say about a new remedy for
backache and kidney disorders. VIII
YOU give me your statement for publi-
cation?" C.
Yes, I am quite satisfied to do so. I
think the public should know when q
really good remedy is to be had, It is
the least I can do In gratitude for my
recovery"
Tell me about your complaint"
About year ago had the Grippe,
and since then my back has panied me
constantly in the region of the kidneys;
a dull pain at times. and at other inter-
walls, sharp. darting pains piercing
through me, were almost unbearable.
] seemed to be giving out as the pain
in my kidneys grew worse, and at last
had to stay in bed the greater part Of
the time. Finally, gave up altogether
I had terrific headaches. and suffered SO
much pain my appetite left me-"
Did the disorder affect the bladder"
FINALLY 1t did. The urine was highly
colored, and varied in suppression and
excess. l often told my friends / be-
lieved should go insane from the pain.
I heard Of Doan's Kidney Pills. and be-
gan their use. After taking them two
or three days / began to feel their good
effects. l continued, and now am per-
fectly we'll"
Am to understand that Doan's Kid
ney Pills have entirely cured yOu?"
Yes, that's the truth. / have no
more headaches or pains, and my ap-
petite has returned. Before using
Doan's Kidney Pills l found 1t very try
ing to 60 UP and down stairs, or to
sleep on my back; but now I can do
so without a single pain. / feel COM
pletely cured, and wish the manufac-
turers every possible success"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Moiled nv Eoster. .Milhurn C,o p,,ffoIo
N. Y, sole agents for the U. s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
SOME SHORT STORIES.
Cat and PHILOSOPHER.

Sir David Brewster looked upon the
whole canine race az imbued with
probable hydrophobia. while cats, he
declared. gave him an electric shock
each time one entered the room. A ia
vorite cat having been introduced into
the old house, It one day trotted into
the forbidden precincts Of the philoso-
piers room. looked straight at him.
Jumped upon his knee. put paw on
each shoulder. and kisedhim as dis
tinctly as u cat could.
He was so surprised at her audacity,
and 50 touched by her affection. that
he quite forgot to feel the electric
shock: his heart was won--from that
time they were fast friends. and every
morning the cats breakfast-plate was
replenished by his own hands. One
day she disappeared. to the unbounded
sorrow of her master: nothing was
heard Of her for nearly two years. when
pussy walked into the house. neither
hungry nor footsore. made her way
without hesitation to the study. jumped
on the philosophers knee, and kissed
him exactly as on the first occasion.
1t Is Sir David Brewster's daughter
who tells this story.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
EVcrYlNOdx SaXa

That the Wines and Brandy of the
Speer n. ]. Wine Co.. Passaic. n. j..
are leading all other brands in public
favor. Their Brandies are unexcelled
for delicacy of flavor. and are pro-
nounced by the most capable judges to
be the very best in the market. while
their fine Old Port and Tnfermented
Grape Juice are superior to all others
for the sick room and Communion
Table. For pure grape Brandy their
Old Climax, vintage OF 1876. is admitted
the best to be had. Vineyard and cell
lars at Passaic, n. J.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
Danger Signals

More than half the pieiims Of eonsumt-
tion DO not knou they bape it. Here is list
Of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected
Cough, one or two slight efforts on
rising, occurring during the day and fire.
quently during the night.
Short brsaibing after exertion.
Tsbiness Of fbs chest.
Qmek pulse, especially noticeable in the
evening and after full meal.
CbIiiness in the evening, followed by :
Slight Jtusr.
Pfystyation toward morning and
Pale face and iaagaid in the morning.
Loss Of c1iaiitr.
If you have these symptoms, or any Of
them, do not DELAY. There are many
preparations which claim to be cures, but
DR.. HskY's easlisb Remedy for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
stood the test of years. 1t will arrest con-
sumption in its earlier stages, and drive
away the symptoms named 1t is manu-
factured by the Acker Medicine Co.. IS
and IS Chambers st., New York, and sold
by all reputable druggists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
Mcrcifu1 Women.

Like mistress, like maid" Is a saying
that Is probably oftener true than like
master, like man." The story Is told that
Mdlle. Augustine Brohan. a celebrated
French comedienne. who was extremely
humane to all animals. no matter how
humble. one day at the table found a fly
caught on her plate. She took 1t up ten
derly with her thumb and finger and
called her maid.
Marie" she said, take this fy--be
careful. now. don't hurt him-and put him
out DOORS
The grill took the fly and went away.
but presently Mdlle, Broham saw her
standing near with q troubled expression
on her face.
well. Marie" she said. 'did you do
as I told you?
mo. mademOiselle. I've got the fly
still: couldn't venture to put him out
doors-it was raining and he might have
taken old.'-Youth's Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

gray. red, or any color that does not
crock after sweeping Off the kitchen floor
or any painted or hardwood floor Go
over It with a covered broom. and every
particle OF dust can be easily taken up and
the floor polished almost as bright as II
1t had been rubbed with a cloth by the
hand. A covered broom Is valuable for
down walls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
The Poet Laureate Again.

"Gwyliedyd." I'm the Western Mail.
says ''it is unfair to attack Lord Sails
bury. who owes no obligation to Wales
or the Welsh press. II anybody Is to
blame I'm the matter 1t Is Mr.. Gladstone
who was the prime minister when the
office became vacant. But no; Mr.
Gladstone is immaculate. and cannot
be wrong. 1 confess I cannot see the
poetical genius of Sir Lewis Morris.
remember when his Epic of Hades''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

would not be surprised to see in the
near future some of our more enter
prising merchants advertise q special
brand of umbrellas as particularly
adapted for the chastisement Of incor-
rigible husbands. Something like this.
for instance: We have just received a
large invoice of umbrellas. which we
can conscientiously recommend to mar
ried women. They are fitted with pistol
grip handles. extra strong wire ribs and
covered with stout cloth, warranted not
to tear. The ferrule OF the umbrella is
covered with a pad 50 that fatal acci-
dents are not liable to occur This Is
as it should be, for IL would be pity to
break up u IS parachute over the head
of Il So husband"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

whenever the Society for the Pro-
viding of Chest Protectors for the Sene-
gambians meets one of the most fruit
full subjects Of discussion is What is
the proper weapon for the correction Of
husband The subject has never
been satisfactorily settled. Now that
the court has decided the question we
may expect a run on umbrellas, and we
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
SELECTED RECIPES.

Sliced Baked Potatoes.--Pare very
thinly, raw potatoes and slice very
thinly also. to nearly fill twO-quart
pudding dish. Season with salt and
pepper over the top; then pour over
sweet milk two-thirds full. which will
carry the seasoning among the slices.
Cut tive or six slices Of pork, and lay
over the top as covering. Bake about
two hours. If the pork Is likely to get
too much Drowned. cover with paper till
the potatoes are done.
Graham Pudding Two cups Graham
-four; one teaspoon of salt: one cupful
of raisins. seeded and chopped fine; one
cupful Of sweet milk: one cupful mo-
lasses; one egg beaten light; one tea
spoon soda, boil three hours, serve hot
with sauce.
Fruit Cake.-One pound brown sugar:
three fourths pound butter: two pounds
raisins; two pounds currants: one
fourth pound citrOn; one and one-half
teaspoon cinnamon; one and one-half
grated nutmegs: one teaspoon cloves;
one teaspoon soda: one and one-fourth
cups -four. one glass sherry wine; eight
eggs. Bake three hours In slow oven.
Use your own judgment In leaving
right.
Jumbles.-One- half pound butter; one
pound sugar mixed in cream; two eggs;
two tablespoons extract of rose; add
flour enough to make dough stiff enough
to roll out quite thin. cut In any shape,
bake on well creased cake tins. when
baked should be one-sixth Of an inch
thick.
Potato Cakes-One and one-half cup
of potatoes mashed fine; one cup yeast
and one cup sugar mixed together and
let stand until bed. time; then add three
fourths cup Of butter and lard: one cup
of Sugar and two eggs with flour enough
to stiffen. Knead like bread and let rise
over night In the morning put in pie
pans. and when light coat the top with
butter. sugar and flour before baking
Angel Cake.-Put into one tumbler of
flour one teasDoOnful Of cream Of tar
tar. then sift 1t five times. Sift also one
glass and a half of white sugar. Beat
to a stiff froth the whites of eleven eggs.
very light and carefully. adding three
teaspoonfuls Of vanilla extract. After
this add the -four stirring quickly and
lightly. Pour 1t into a bright tin cake
dish. which should not be buttered or
lined. Bake at once in moderate oven.
about forty minutes. testing 1t with q
broom splint. When done let it remain
in the cake tin turning It upside down
with the sides resting on the top of two
so that a current of air will pass
under or over 1t.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
One should keep a carpet broom. and
on no account should IL be used for any
other purpose.
Stone lars for bread and cake boxes
Oh ha laI In,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


One should keep a carpet broom, and
on no account should II be used for any
other purpose.
Stone Jars for bread and cake boxes
should be scalded twice week in sum-
mer weather. summing. II possible. to keep
mold from gathering.
Rice, tapioca. pearl harley. macaroni
and many other things that do not show
dirt on the surface need washing all the
same.
Don't throw away lemon or orange peel.
Instead keep 1t for kindling the fire. Put
the peeings under the stove In tin pans
and let them stay there until thoroughly
dry. and then they are ready to kindle
the fire.
In cooking it is well to remember that
soda should never be dissolved in hot
water. because IL 1t is some of the gases
would then be liberated and wasted. and
a greater amount of soda would be need
ed to make good this waste than II the
soda were dissolved in cold water.
If a bird or meat is to he dredged with
-four, salt should be put on before Ii is
cooked. but the rest of the seasoning is
not to be added until ii Is taken from the
fire. ..-.
A broom cover of cotton fannell in any
dark color is veritable boon to a tired
housekeeper. ri; the cover closely over
the broom in bag fashion. tying 1t closely
on in a string run in the upper hem.
The best colors for these covers are dark
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

Men are generally supposed to be
.ne stronger and women the weaker
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

The subsequent romantic career of
Owen Tudor. his ENHANCEMENT with
HueIine de Troye. his wooing of Cath
crime of France. and subsequent mar
riage to her on the death of her first
husband. Henry Woven TudOr's rival
in love and wal'-and the ascent of the
Welsh chiefs gr,ndson Henry VII, to
the throne of E;nsland-these are too
well known to the student of English
history to need further comment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15

1t Is surprising, therefore, that even
at St. Louis men should be found to
claim that women sould not be per-
mitted to engage in one form of bread
winning on the score that soliciting in
surance is not 'womanly.' In 1890 the
number Of women engaged in that and
closely related occupations was nearly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

nouncing his discoveries His first writ
ten account of his work appeared two
years later In a German periodical. His
pupils published several treatises vary
ing in size, during the succeeding ten
years; and in 1909, DR.. GALL together
with his colleague, DR.. Spurzheim, pub
llShed great work in the French lam
guage Untitled, 1.-The Anatomy and
Physiology of the Nervous System in
General, and the Brain in Particular;
with the Possibility of Recognizing
Many of the Moral and Intellectual
Faculties of Man and the Lower Ami
mails by the Cnfiguration of Their
Heads" This work was published in
Paris, where Gall had taken up his res
idence. 1t was in four large quarto
volumes, with an atlas of 100 plates, and
the cost of the work was 1000 francs
Gall discovered 27 brain centers of
radical mental faculties out of about
43 now recognized. His discoveries were
made in most instances by observing
excessive developments which gave cur
rency to the idea that phrenologists
always look for protuberances on the
skull. All normal heads are estimated
by diameters at different points, or by
expansion or distance from the opening
of the ear.
His entrance upon this UNEMPLOYED
field of physical phenomena was inter
esting. 1t dated from his youth. When
he was at the university he noticed that
he could not memOrize his lessons as
we'll as a boy with pop" or protruding
eyes, who always passed him in the
class. He fell to observing other boys
with pop" eyes, and found they We're
similarly proficient in memorizing. Dur
ing his post graduate course at other in
situations he observed the same me-
monte superiority in boys thus orbed
When he became a regular physician
this observation led him to others till
finally he entered upon the wide do
minion of brain and skull formation,
which resulted in his giving to the world
those ideas which, according to his adj
mirers, have done so much to explain
the springs of human action, solve the
mysteries of human frailties and fore
shadow the destiny of men.
Following religious exercises on Sun
day the commemorative exercises be-
gan Monday with a reception of dele
gates. Today there were morning af-
ternoon and evening meetings in
Queens hall. Regent street. Papers on
the anatomical, physiological and psy-
CliOlOSlCdl dSpeClS VI pnEenclOSY were
read at the morning and afternoon SEES
sions. Several American delegates take
part in the program. In the evening a
conversations was held. Wednesday
visits to asylums and anatomical muse
ums will take place. One of those who
have done much to arouse interest in
America in the centenary is DIR. Nelson
Il. Wood, of New York city the oldest
member of the American Institute of
Phrenology having passed his eighty
third birthday.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
It Is Feared Pacific Mail Liner
Rio de aneiro Is Lost.
1856 PERSONS WERE ON BOARD
Carried Cargo of Merchandise and
Bullion Worth Nearly
Million Dollars.

San Francisco, March S.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship Companys big liner,
the City of Rio de Janeiro. which left
this port for the Orient heavily laden
on the 9th of last month. should have
arrived at Yokohama on the 23d Of Feb
ruary, yet not word has been heard
from her
At the east the agents of the COM
pany declare that they have received
information of no sort regarding the
steamers welfare or wherea bouts since
she glided out of the bay on the after
noon of February 6. The New York
office of the company has been wired
necessarily by the local agents, but
the reply comes regularly and monot-
onously that as yet nothing has reached
them by cable concerning the vessel.
The Rio left here with 1916 people On
board all told. UI tnese, four were
cabin passengers, and there were in the
steerage 10 Europeans, 10 Japanese and
% Chinese. The crew consisted Of so
white people and rs Chinese. The names
of the Chinese and Japanese are not
registered.
The list of the Rio de Janeiro's crew
is as follows: w. j. Russell, captain; J.
f. Robinson, chief officer; j. f. Mat
thews, chief engineer; o. X. Freeman,
purser; A. X. Tichenor, freight clerk; $.
M. Terrill, surgeon; S. +. Johnson, Sec
ond officer; L. G. Newmard, third )fli-
GER; j. Anderson, carpenter; William
Bray, maindeck Waterman; w. j Pal
mer, ID. c. White, f. Smith, quarter
masters; II. McMullin, first assistant
engineer; j. e. Handley, second assist
ant engineer; Charles Smith, third as
sistant engineer; r. McCabe. j. s. Mar
die, John Riley, watertenders; c. G.
Reade, John Cavanaugh, oilers; A. Bur
rell, steward; S. Kidd, steerage steward;
S. Hankin, storekeeper; Mrs. J. G. Dor
man, stewardess; George Lancashire,
butcher: Robert r. Kelly, saloon watch
man; j. G. Spencer steerage Waterman;
N. G. Vow and 70 Chinese
The one theory upon which the COM
panys agents base the greatest hopes
is that the Rio, by force of bad weather
or other circumstances, was compelled
to pass Yokohama without making her
usual stop there.
This would not be considered alto
gether an unusual occurrence. 1t has
happened several times during the past
IL years to other steamers in the service
of the company Should this be the case
there will be a still longer period Of
anxiety before anything can be possibly
heard from her in that event, until she
reaches Hong Kong. Many shipping
men feel hopeful that she will shortly
be reported from the Chinese port.
The Rio de Janeiro is one of the hand
soonest and largest vessels engaged in
the trans-Pacific service of the Pacific
Mail. She is four-master, amply pro-
vided with sails, so that in case of dam
age to her engines while at sea there
would be nothing to prevent her weath-
ering her way to some nearby port with
the use of her canvas alone. When the
Rio left this port she carried a cargo
of general merchandise and bullion val
ued at nearly a million dollars.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
Serious Results Follow the COL
lapse Of Trap.
CHICAGO POLES ARE INJURED
Accident Occurred in the Quarter
Where Foreigners Congre-
gate-Narrow Escapes.

Chicago, March 1O.-The collapse of
the rear portion Of a two-story frame
building at No. S43 Airport street this
afternoon resulted in seriously injuring
five persons and nearly 100 others had
narrow escapes.
The injured are: Joseph Freek, left
leg broken and right leg badly crushed,
will die; Joseph Homolka, leg broken,
deep cut in side; John Friedrich, head
cut; Lottie Kaze, - years old, left arm
cut; Louis Schripi, IA years old, head
crushed.
The collapsed building was an old
frame structure which had been con-
demned and when the accident occurred
fully $50 people, mostly Poles and Bo-
hemians, were around it picking up
kindling wood. Those injured were
caught by the falling timbers
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN
Engineer ut PocateIIo Saw a Man
Turn the switch.

Denver, March 10.-A special to the
Republican from Pocatello, Idaho,
says:
AN attempt was made to wreck the
Union Pacific, Butte & Salt Lake ex-
press one mile of this city at o'clock
this morning. The train pulled out of
the depot at o'clock and when within
a short distance of the last switch, En-
gineer Andrews saw a man throw the
switch and run away. The engineer i'm
mediately reversed his engine. The
train left the track, but fortunately the
cars remained upright and no one was
injured. No motive is known for the
deed