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SHE HAD MONEY ENOUGH.
The Trouble Was That No One Would
Take. II
San Francisco Enaminer,

san FRANCISCO tLufttflef.
A large woman stood il tie center OF
the Gro SsnE of Kearny and Market streets.
She was in the way OF cable cars, electric
cars and vehicles innumcrable, for the hour
was a busy one. Gipmen sounded gongs,
mOtormcn shouted, the cars accumulated,
but she staid right there until q policeman
dragged her away.
let 20 o. mcr' she screamed at him.
Il know my rights. ] wasn't born ycster-
day, ana l didn't come TO this town TO be
run over by any critter who happens TO
wear blue clothes and brass buttous.'
whats the matter?' asked the Police
man, as soon as be could get chance.
Matter Why, see here, SIR. Officer,
that conductor told me to get Llf, an /
wanted TO go 10 tie ferry an had only rCde
a block, and ! told him I wouldn't, and he
told me just 10 step off while he fixed the
spring under the car, an cid, an he rung
The bell, an away went the huh outfit, an
him a-laffin at me-"
Had you paid your fare?" questioned
the policeman.
= ell, no; but 1 would if he hadn't been
so sassy aud pert. He says to me, Fare.
and | says. How muchg Five cents saws
he, and ! gave him this Nickel
She showed coin that was plainly q
very poor lead counterfeit. and the officer
explained that a nickel-inthe-slot machine
would KICK at It.
Then" continued the woman, Il gave
him this
This time she showed a Hawaiian dime
and the officer shook his head.
II tried him with this two-bit piece -
she went on.
The coin had a nick in the side. The
half dollar that had been next Offered had
a large plug in 1t. The policeman told ber
that the coins were all bad.
But I got them all in this town." she
said, land I believe you're in league with the
conductor, and you're both. bunker men,
Say, he asked me If I was q depository
for bum COIN III have lawyer if ii
takes all the money showed you. Oh, you
can't coax me into changing my mind while
/ have q cent left"
The officer made his escape, and the wom-
an talked to Lotta's fountain until the
crowd bore her on.
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twice a day, with his hair well brushed and
pomaded. and a seTviette over his arm,
Pirotou served at table.
One could not help noticing this man.
because he had such a happy-looking eX-
preston. His whole face laughed, from his
bright blackeyes, hislipS, histrumpet shaped
nose. even TO his very hair, which was
cropped short his teeth, and his growing
moustache, which he was beginning TO
train at the corners OF his mouth. He was
very quick and obliging, and lie was not
only a favouritc with the travellers who
put up at the hotel. but everyone il the
neighborhood appeared to know him and
Ike him.
When he was seated on his drivers box
The morning times., 1896-03-22
FAMILY OF coNv1cTs.
4 Number of Relatives Serving Time
in n Penitentiary.

There was family reunion at the River
side penitentiary. Lewis Rosenberger was
taken there from Kittaning, Armstrong
county, to serve a sentence OF nine years
and six months. He was convicted of
breaking into building, larceny, robbery,
assault and battery and escape from JAIL
He makes the sixth member OF the fam
lily now occupying cells at Riverside. He
has brother. an uncle and three cousins
as fellow -convicts. They were sent from
the same locality at different times on
various charges. His uncle and one of
his cousins are father and son. No ar
arngements have yet been made for special
exercises to commemorate the occasion
OF @e reunion.
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but did not say so, and he went on talk
ing and twirling his musta che.
. She's a very pretty woman-Madame
Dalbert-a charming womanl' he said.
81 did not answer, for, TO tell the truth,
1 had scarcely noticed her even, for my
eyes were taken up with Louisette alwa VS..
"'Would it really be much of a sacri-
flee to break off this enga gagement?' he
asked, after pause.
"That was just little too much, and 1
reminded him how we had waited for three
long years, and how we had, both of us
never had thought of such thing as not
getting married now.
Tie bit his mustache impatiently and
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service or another. In spite of this, the very
first day dined there he found an Oppor.
tunity OF getting little private converse.
ton with me.
I've got brother who is an officer in
the army he Informed me; and without
waiting for me to express my surprise,
he continued: "Queer, isn't it?-me
waiter and him an officer. It's true, though,
my brother is an officer in the army
"Pirotou, take No. les box upstairs.
Pirotou, coffee for No. 8. j.
Pirotou, put the horse In at once"
He would then disappear like flash OF
lightning and cheerfully perform all the
duties required Of him.
He talked about his brother In this way
to everyone because he was SO proud OF
The morning times., 1896-03-22
LornbIe Sort of a renax.

Prof. Jovett once made a remark which
very happily indicates one OF the strong
est characteristics OF the late William
Rogers: "You always know when Rogers
arrives, because as Soou as be reaches the
gate be begins to talk to ycur gardener,
and when he reaches the door he makes
frieDds with your servants il the han-'~
San Francisco ArgoDaut.
The morning times., 1896-03-22
He wanted an injunction.

An Atchison man recently caught three
different men kissing his wife, whereupon
he went to q lawyer.
You have very good grounds for di-
vorce,'' the lawyer said.
"I don't want divorce" the citizen
replied. 81 want to get out an injunction
TO make them quit it.''-Kansas City Star.
The morning times., 1896-03-22
Adrice of nn Exnert.

Hoiack-I don'tknOw what tOdo with that
dog. I've tried dozen times to give him
away, but no one viii have him.
Tondick-Tried 20 Givehim way did your
That's no way TO get rid OF a dog. Ask
forty-five or fifty dollars Tor hln.-Puck.
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see"
''Ah, you're going 10 get married?
'Weil, sir. yes; you see, it's getting
time. I'm nearly twenty-four-and then
she is from these parIs, and we've known
each other three years. We haven't
been able to see much of each other, that's
true, for you see she's lady's maid for
lady who lives at Paris and has a country
house near here. They come for three
months each summer, and ! can only see
! her on Sundays after church; SO, YOU see, sir,
I'm anxious to get married"
You'll be changing your trade then,
suppose?'
mo, sir, not yet awhile. You see, we
haven't got enough money to set up in a
| little business. In five or six years, If
| we save up, we shah be able to do it. For
! the present, though rs soon as we are mar
| ried, thelady's going to take me in her house
| with ouisette-Louisette, that's her name,
sir; the girl I'm going to marry. My
| brother'l be best man. he went on with
| glee, land we shall have very fine we'd
ding, for, you see, sir, l shouldn't like 10
| do anything shabby when he's coming TO
it-just think, sir, an officer-you knowP'
"Pirotou Pirotou! No. 90 wants his
keyr'
Afterleaving Avignon, 1T was some months
before l happened to go there again. On
arriving at the hotel 1 was struck by the
change in Pirotou. Helooked quite morose,
and it was only with an effort that he
managed to smile, as he recognized me.
could see very plainly that he had some
thing to tell me, but there were so many
people wanting him, and then the landlord
kept calling him for something every
minute Hurry up, Pirotou, hurry up,
my good fellowr'
He did hurry up but it was not with the
same jovial alacrity as formerly. He used
to carry the trunks about as though they
were as light as air; but now they appeared
as heavy as lead. I dined when everyone
had finished ,and was really quite curious
to know what had happened and how
Pirotous wedding had come off. AS soon
as he was free he approached me; but he
did not come and lean on the table in his
old familiar way. He Just stood there
looking wretched, andit occurred to me at
once what had happened.
why. I don't believe your brother the
officer came after all, Pirotou, to the
wedding?" 1 said.
"Yes, sir, yes, he came-but-you see,
sir, must tell youhow 1t all was. First of
all, 1 thought he would be sure to put up
The morning times., 1896-03-22
PIROTOU,
A BROTHERS. DEVOTION.
From the French of Charles Foley.
BY ALYs HALLARD.

TTNIROTOU was the waiter at the
~ little hotel at Avignon, where l
had put up. / think he was the
only man servant they kept, for
he appeared TO do everything. have seen
him sweeping rooms, polishing the oak
floors, busting, driving the hotel omnibus
loading and unloading the luggage, car
rying trunks up and down stairs, with as
little apparent effort as though they Were
made of cork. and then, added TO all this,
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When he was seated on his drivers box
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
The Withdrawal of Has stings.

The decision of Governor Hastings to
acquiesce to the extent of his ability,
in the demand of Philadelphia for rec
ognition in the United States senate
removes from the list of possible candi-
dates a Republican whom the people
of this commonwealth would have been
glad to see represent them in the upper
chamber of congress. He would have
brought to that office the ability, dig
nifty and commanding personal pres
ence which have in late years been in
many instances wanting in the Ameri-
can senate. The one consolation con-
nected with the eXigenCies which in
duced his present withdrawal is the
widespread belief that 1t will reserve
him for equal or greater public useful
ness on later occasion.
The practical narrowing of the field
To the two Philadelphia aspirants-eN-
Postmaster General John Wanamaker
and State Senator Roes Penrosc-nat-
urally lessons the interest which the
state at large has hitherto felt in the
canvass. The Tribune has upon occa-
sion freely criticized Senator Penrose
and ii has at other times as freely
commended features of his public ca
rcer. But it recognizes that in point
of ability, experience and freedom from
Hypocrisy he is so clearly superior to
Mr.. Wanamaker as to render Il prefer
ence between the two easy of acquisi-
tion.
Since the Philadelphia factions refuse
TO come together in harmony let them
fight their battle to a finish and thus
clea-' the way for eventual peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
The Collapse of PugiIis m.

The boast of the prize ring in for
mer years was that it was the one hu-
man institution where each contestant
for supremacy had to stand or fall
strictly on his own merits: that while
i'm society, religion. politics or business
success can sometimes be won and
maintained without merit, through ex-
pert hypocrisy or artful make believe,
in the fistic arena men met squarely on
their proper levels. This was an al
Turing representation and 1t accounted
for much of the popularity Of pugil-
ism in its earlier and better days. For
however much the cohventionalities OF
civilization may strive at lines to
transform mankind. 1t is an elemental
truth that all healthy persons familiar
with the world and its ways feel an in
stinctive interest in any measuring OF
competitive powers which promises
what we call sport
But the recent entry into this form
of rivalry of fake. deception and low
intrigue-an entry apparently co-inci-
dent in this country with the rise into
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
The Factory Inspectors Report.

The annual report of the state fac
tory Inspector as summarized in the
press constitutes interesting reading.
1t shows that upon the whole for
ward stride has been taken during the
past year in the direction of sanitary
Improvement of factories and work
shops, and indicates moreover that en-
ployers no longer are disposed to an
tagOnize reasonable state oversight of
labor conditions. This is distinct
gain and clearly justifies the last leg
isature in it's increasing the inspec-
tors deputy force.
The two parts of the report that will
receive the longest attention are it's
recommendations relating to compuls-
ory education and its consideration of
sweat shops. on the first of these
points it contends that all children be-
tween the ages of 13 and 16 years
should be required to have certifi-
cate from the school superintendent
in the city in which they live,
that they had attended school
at icdSt SIN HloiltHS III tle
school term preceding their engage
ment to labor, and it further argues
that no minor under the age of Is
should be employed who cannot read
and write the English language. This.
certainly, is drastic enough to suit the
most fastidious. but it is possible the
evil of iliterate child labor, with its
virtual robbery of the childrens' fu-
ture, requires treatment out of the
ordinary. The recommendation, at all
events. will bear discussion.
AS to sweat shops, Factory Inspec-
tor Campbell warmly cOmmends the
tenement house act of April II, 1895,
which prescribed sanitary and other
requirements for overcrOwded urban
working places, but he regrets that
the law does not reach the family
worker, who in many instances he has
found to be of the vilest. These family
shops also. in the inspectors judgment,
work wrong and an injustice on those
whom the law has compelled to take
work shops, and the law, he thinks,
should be amended by requiring all
family workers to have a permit from
the factory department before secur-
ing work. said permit setting forth
that their house is clean and in proper
sanitary condition. Finally occurs this
indisputable assertion:
A visit through the sweat shop dis
tricts of the large cities will convince any
one of the Importance of the law to restrict
immigration into our country, and
would suggest that the incoming legisl-
lature call the attention of our senators
and representatives in congress to that
question and urge upon them the impor-
tance of legislation along the lines of
more stringent immigration laws.
To this suggestion every good citi-
zen will unhesitatingly say "Amen!"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
down in the dumps and long to lick some
lauN,S NJ f,f he -in-laM

down in the dumps and long to lick some
body's mother-in-law.
tit
There are only IL buoyant days In De-
cenber, the 81. ith. l2th, 18th, 18th. l1th.
18th, 18th, 2lst, 23d, and slst. The rest are
evil days. when the cards Will run bad
and bricks are likely to fall off .chimneys.
The 10th has dagger run right through
1t. That Is the most dangerous day OF
ALL when men who have heart disease
should be exceptionally calm. and de-
jected and hysterical women should sit
by the fire all day. in comfortable rock-
ing chair, and read paradise Regained.'
The good days. the professor says are
the days for planting. but he does not tel
us what to plant in this month OF winter.
Anything planted on those days Will
grow amazingly. so that they are prob
ably proper days to plant good resolutions
for the vintage of New Years Day. The
professor lines ort three regular storm
periods for the month: I'd, to 4th. which
is right now: Sth to 10th, and 18th and
18th. Then he has reactionary storms for
the 18th, 18th, cath and 9th, In add!-
ton TO these he has plenty of danger
periods. mostly toward the end or the
month, marked with wild-fying arrows.
The danger days Of December are: Sth.
18th to 23d. 18th, 18th. 2sth to 3lst. These
are days, he says, when the electrical
currents are at war with each other ana
when dangerous storms are liable to occur
at any time and any place" A special
danger signal is attached to the 18th. but
it is mostly for the west"
-:li:-
THE Red Warrior Mars VINO seems TO
be special pet of Profs ssor Coles. will
rule the entire month. being central on
Dec. ~ This planet, the professor says.
will cause dire things to happen. Here
are some of the things: There Will be
high gales and hurricanes, mostly in the
west and north wild storms and strange
phenomena will visit the earth; the old
country will receive awful afiiiction by
wind and wave. by war and ruin: there
will be in the United States epidemics
of scarlet fever. diphtheria. measles. ty-
phoid fever, ETC.; a new diseasewill make
its appearance that will cause untold pain
and discontinue of the muscles: acci-
dents, fires, riots, strikes rumors OF war.
murders. suicides and everything bad
will be melted by old Red Warrior Mars.
As solcce for all these woes Professor
Coles assures us that the month Will
have many beautiful sunsets. "A break
will occur" says the professor; in the
gaseous matter now passing over the
sun some time between the lst and the
18th, and cause destructive storms and
high winds This sea of gaseous matter
will pass from the sun entirely during
the latter part of this month or first part
of next month, and cause storms unpr"-
cGdented! Let the Southern. Northern,
and Western states prepare Tor the worst!
We see trouble In store for our fair lani
that we will not mention at present. but
timely warning will be given" Then he
adds: 1.-The new year will be ushered In
by one of the most startling revelations
In the world
tilt
After all this the professor wishes his
readers u merry Christmas and u happy
New Year!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05

fistic prominence of that master faker
and Incompatible buffer, James j.
Corbett-has robbed the roped arena
of even its former small claim to re-
spectful consideration, and such pro-
ceedings as characterized the Fitz-
simmons-Sharkey fight are calculated
to ALLEVIATE the few reputable support
ers that the ring had left. Here. ac-
cprding to all reports, we have as clear
case of deliberate robbery as ever
occurred in the list of business en-
bezzlements and as unrelieved a speci-
men of cold and premeditated fraud as
ever illumined the pages of political
double-dealing, church hypocrisy or
social deception. Not a thing is left
OF the prize ring to command the ap-
proval even of the vicious and criminal
classes who have in late years COM
prised the bulk of it's patrons. 1t
stands outlawed. dscredited and, as
to its present methods, defenceless.
All this is the more to be regretted
since 1t carries down with it into popu-
lar odium form of athletes which,
when properly safeguarded, is not open
to fair criticism. We refer to the sport
of boxing or sparring-a pastime which
not only calls into development the en-
tire physical mechanism, but also
trains the eye. sharpens the wits and
cultivates a most wholesome sense Of
self-reliance and good -natured phil
osophy. The decline of sparring would
be public loss. 1t would involve the
sacrifice of means for physical and
mental training not to be replaced by
any other single exercise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
SCRANTON, DECEMBER s. 1896.

We guess that the man who takes the
trouble to read the evidence in the
Kinsley case will agree with the street
commissioners attorneys that 1t does
not call for any action by the mayor.
Nothing was established of any con-
sequence save some passing notoriety
for the Sunday World.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05

Complete although unofficial returns
from every congress district in the Uni
ted States indicate that the house Of
the Fifty-fifth congress will be COM
posed of 2O4 Republicans. 124 Demo-
vacancy-a Republican majority Of So.
This is ample
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune AstrOlOger.
Astrolabe cast: 4.3O ii. m, for Saturday

Dec. 3, 1896.
&r 8 I
A child born OH this day will notice that
things are getting too warm about the
school board for good skating.
The fellow who ''knew all about the
item, but forgot to write 1t" until 1t APP
peared In The Tribune is cheerful enough
TO achieve success In selling corn plas-
ters.
Persons who imagine that they are too
keen for ordinary business will do well to
remember that the most wary fox gem
orally gets pinched first.
Some men are SO prone to look on the
dark side that they would not be able to
discover good times If knocked down with
gold brick.
The young pork that escapes the church
fair chicken salad these days will appear
in sausage later.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Do not take the bull by the horns un-
less the bull Is dead.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05

Dispatches from POttsville tell of a
man who took kidney medicine from a
travelling quack doctor. swallowed it
ana soon afterward died. Justice is
Vindicated as far as the patient
goes; but there is still need of treat
ment for the quack.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
PeckSniff at Work,

There is good deal of justice In the
complaint which many Luzerne Repub-
licans are making at the pitiable vacil-
lation which their leading journal is
exhibiting In its present attitude in
state politics. None of us is beyond
| criticism-The Tribune least of all
but If 1t assumed to be an impeccable
| oracle on political ethics it would think
| twice before repaying the favor which
| Governor Hastings has shown to the
| Republicans of its district in the Jug
Cling. fast-and-lOose. now-you-see-it.
and-now you-don't-see-it fashion re-
| Gently characteristic of the Wilkes
| Barre Record.
Lest it should be thought that we do
the Record injustice, we shall pass by
the dozen or fifteen recent oscillations
| which 1t has within the past few weeks
made between Hastings and Wana-
maker on the senatorial question, and
quote simply ON extract from it's col
says:
Ii Is a source of deep regret to the real
friends of Governor Hastings that the
| appointment of two common pleas judges
to ill vacancies in Philadelphia, has been
| dragged into the senatOrship contest in
such a way as to lay the governor open
| to the suspicion, thrown out by his enc
mics, that he is using the appointing
power in these cases in the furtherance
| of his own interests a candidate for
United States senator. Governor
Hastings cannot afford to permit him
self TO be placed before the people Of
Pennsylvania in any such light. 1t were
| infinitely better for him to serve ont cor
tentedly his term in the high office he
now holds and to which the people of
Pennsylvania elected him by SO great a
majority, than to reach the United States
senatorship under conditions that would
reflect upon him and be humiliating TO
the people of this commonwealth. Whiie
the Record does not for a moment believe
that Governor Hastings would even think
of using the vacant judgeships of Phila-
delphia to promote his own interests as
u candidate for the senatOrshic he can
not fail to see that he has laid himself
open to damaging suggestions.
This means, in palmer words: Gov
ernor Hastings. you are innocent in
our opinion, but your detractors are
lying about you and therefore you
ought to act so that they cannot do
that" 1t would be some extenuation
of this bit of imoertinence If it were
accompanied by definite recipe for
how to keep enemies from misrepre-
senting men in public life. But as 1t
is. it amounts to simple impertinence
ard nothing more-the more glaring
when we recall the generous recogni-
tion which Governor Hastings has
shown to LuZerne county at time
when the Wilkes-B Barre Record was as
nice to him as 1t knew how to be. And
the subsequently developed fact that
Governor Hastings has decided not to
press his claims for the senatorship
merely emphasizes the Records effron-
terry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
FOR A MERRY XMAS.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05

There can be no fair exception to
Senator Quay's course in declining to
meet a committee made up Of men who
had gone out of their way publicly to