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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26

Miss Emily Codsy. Of .s,s Western ave-
rue. Was given a surprise party BY num-
Der OF friends last Friday evening inscru-
mental and vocal music and games took Up
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
Shoe Department.

All new ideas In spring and summer
Footwear.
Speciai-I.adies' new Twentieth Gen.
fury Oxford Ties In Chocolate and Black
tip. value $50. only $l.ls q pair.
Ladies' Dongola Kid Button Shoes.
patent tip. special price Monday. SIS
. pair.
Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid, needle toe,
Button and Lace Shoe. large new pat
ent tip. square top. width b, C, D and
E. value 800. only e 80 par.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26

Boys extra strong Veal Calf Shoes,
value H.75. only 31.f9 pair.
Youths extra strong Veal Calf Shoes,
el.3 a pair.
Ladies' Chocolate Colored Boots,
hand made. very stylish and up to
date. in Lace and Buttons. in B, c. d
only $50 . pair.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26

The new thing In Corsess Correct in
make. grace and goodness. Correct
corssting an easy possibility with these
peerless prices.
Special our Seaside Corset. heavily
hon~d in contii. tomorrow only Sc .
pair.
Thompson's short. medium and extra
length. SchiIling's Bicycle. Model Form
and American Lady Corsets In Black
and Grey. special only S.oe pair.
Ferris Good Sense Waist for chill
dren. misses and ladies. at soc. &c. Sc
and 81 a pair.
The Celebrated Detroit Waist. only
Il 90 4 pair
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
TrimmingA

Special offerings in Wide Spangied
Trimmings. Dress Fronts, etc. from
s.. % a yard TO i5c yard.
New Beaded Edgings az SC, &c and loo
a yard. Austrian Black Jet Buttons
and Buckle Garnitures, per set. 7sc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
The Steel Rail Pool.

The public is hearing q good deai
lust now about the steel rail pool py
which term is meant the combination
of the principal mills of the United
States to restrict production down 10
market demands, maintain q fixed price
and carry along the little concerns by
means of pensions paid out of fund
contributed for that purpose by the
major corporations. This latter pur-
pose Is not born Of philanthropy but Is
due to q wish to prevent overproduction
on the one hand and price shading on
the other: the pension paid is in effect
a subsidy to idleness. The capacity of
American rail mills Is such that If all
were worked to their maximum capabil-
ity, they could in four months produce
enough steel rails to supply an entire
years demand. AS it is now the neces
sary production is distributed on a per
centage basis among the members of
the pool, and by maintaining a stiff rate
of $2S a ton there is q profit to the better
managed concerns.
1t is difficulty for the layman to as
certain the exact facts with reference
to the present status of the American
steel rail industry; but it is The Tr-
bune's belief after careful inquiry that
the steel rail pool is nearing it's dissolu-
ton. 1t is known that for the past year
1t has been carrying on it's pension
roll mills purporting to be rail mills
that could not produce a rail IL they
had the order for it. Again, each con-
stituent member of the pool is bent on
securing at the forthcoming annual re-
adjustment Of per centages a larger
allotment, and this means wrangling
and bad blood. Moreover, and most
important of all the factors which
menace the POOLS existence, 1t is the
general belief that number of favor
ably located mills are strongly tempted
to pull out Of the combination and bid
for next years business on independent
terms. This might mean the ruination
of nine-tenths of the mills now in the
pool but 1t would be the exact thing
which would satisfy the other tenth.
as to the attitude Of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company toward the
pool but speaking on our own RESPONSE
bility we should say that the local COM
pany is better prepared than most con-
Germs Of its class to meet whatever
emergencies may arise in the trade. It
has exceptional ore-mining and ore
roasting facilities. it's mills rank among
the best in the world and there has
never been time in its history when
its management and its mechanisms
were in better trim to face trade
exigencies with confidence. Whether
the pool survives or expires, whether the
price of rails remains at $2S or drops to
any reasonable point below, It ought to
be able to command a generous share
Of the current business and maintain
itself on as solid foundation as that
of any competitor. 1t is of course to be
hoped that the present prices will not.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
Stand by the Organization.

The HaZleton Sentinel Is undoubted-
ly correct in its belief that the success
of the Wanamaker movement would
mean the serious impairment, IL not
the disintegration, of the political or
ganization which has made Pennsyl-
vania the banner Republican common
wealth Of the union. The men who are
active in the manipulation of the
Wanamaker candidacy care nothing
for Wanamaker personally, beyond the
pleasure which they enjoy in disburs-
ing his wealth. They would turn on
him in a minute II some higher bidder
We're to contract for their professional
services. They are mercenaries from
the word go: their objective point un-
der the Wanamaker banner Is not es-
pecially the election Of Wanamaker,
but instead the capturing of the state
organization and the wrestling Of 1t to
their own personal ends. Some OF the
managers of the Wanamaker canvass
have been picked up out of the gut
ter by Colonel Quay and put in the
way Of honors and emoluments: these
now seek to repay him by treachery.
Others are notorious lobbyists who
have 'fried' enormous fortunes out
of city contracts or franchises, and
these aim now to extend their reign or
jobbery and corruption from Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg over the entire
state. They find in Mr.. Wanamaker
hp their
bills, with no questions asked.
For our part, we do not consider that
the Republican party's interests In
Pennsylvania can safely be entrusted
to such hands. Whatever faults the
present organization may have had In
the past, 1t today stands committed to
serious and sweeping reforms in COM
monwealth and municipal government,
which could never be expected to come
through the opposition, since 1t Is
through fear of these reforms that the
lobbyists and jobbers have taken up
with Wanamaker and lifted the stand
ard of revolt. To say, without PROOF,
that the organizations representations
in this direction are insincere does not
obscure the fact that If the organiza-
ton Is beaten by the lobbyists, all hope
of reform may be dismissed for years
to come. The issue as now presented
is one clearly drawn between the brain
and Drawn of Republican stalwartism
ON the one hand, and the incongruOus
commingling of enthusiasts and buc-
cancers on the other. We take our
place with the trained regulars. belieV-
ing that organization in politics Is es-
sential and that hypocrisy in all walks
OF life Is abominable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
Weather and Other Predictions for
the Coming Week.

Sunday, Dec. 20.-Fourth Sunday In Ad-
vent. Weather, stormy. A child born on
this day will have a bad temper and Will
be unfortunate. Avoid superiors and ask
no favors.
Monday, Dec. 2l.-Moon In opposition 20
Mercury. Weather unsettled. A child
born on this day will be unfortunate In all
that he undertakes. An uncertain day.
Tuesday, Dec. 22.-Venus parallel to Her
schal A child born on this day will have
to work hard for living. Travel, re-
move and deal with females.
Wednesday, Dec. 23.-Sun SO degrees from
Saturn. Weather stormy. A child born
on this day will be generous, but will also
be rather careless. Avoid females and
keep quiet.
Thursday, Dec. 2i.-Sun SO degrees from
HerschaL Weather showery. A child
born on this day will be unlucky and gen.
orally poor. Sell in the morning.
Friday, Dec. 25-Chrstmas Day.
Weather stormy. A child born on this
day will be sharp and clever. Visit thy
friends and forget not the needy.
Saturday, Dec. G.-Mercury biQuintile
to Mars. Weather cold. A child born on
this day will be clever and fortunate.
Travel, sign writings and deal with wo-
men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
Needed Court Reforms.

The convocation Of the judges and
legal examining boards of all the coun-
ties In pennsylvania in state conven-
ton at Philadelphia Dec. %, for the
purpose of taking steps to secure uni
formity Of court rules and practice
throughout the commonwealth, is a
move which will command the enthusi-
astic approval of the bar. Not less i'm
portant Is the suggestion of a state
board of examiners, before whom all
applicants for admission to the bar
must appear, with the result that those
who pass are to be entitled to practice
In any county in the state. This is a
logical complement of the first propo-
sition and it has eminent sanction.
There probably is no other long
settled state in the union which has
Jagged as far behind the times in mat
ters Of this kind as Pennsylvania. In
no two counties in this commonwealth,
within our knowledge, are court rules
and practices Identical. Each court
in the details of its government Is a
law unto itself; and it .partl'- follows
from this that there is great dispro-
portion as to the ability and fairness
of the county courts. In some cOun-
ties the standards of the bar are so
high as to make it an honor to be en-
rolled among its practitioners; and just
over the line. it may be, are courts
where the intellectual and moral level
Of the attorneys in practice is SO low
as to constitute a reprOach upon the
entire judicial system.
Another sequence of this lack Of uni
formity is that it imposes an undue
strain upon the courts of appeal. A
glance at the statistical records of the
Supreme court will readily indicate in
the distribution of reversals where
court practices and standards are lax.
Uniformity in practice would involve
a large economy; it would facilitate
justice; it would lift the standards OF
the legal profession and 1t would her
aid a general overhauling of obsolete
court usages in the interest of more
efficient and business-like transaction
of court business. The public will
await with eagerness the deliberations
of the approaching convention and Will
trust that it may reach a satisfactory
basis of needed court reforms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

me Of one OF Mr.. Reeds bright sayings.
few days ago the speaker was In con-
versation with some friends about the Re-
publican programme. One Of the party
said Mr.. Hanna was here to represent
President-e!ect Mckinley in arranging
policy for the future. "Mr. Mckinley
may be the advance agent of prosperity"
remarked Mr.. Reed, in his dry. drawl-
Ing way. but so far he appears only to
have brought his sample case with him"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

Americans are SO much in the habit
OF considering their consular service in
ever way inferior to that of Great Brit
ain that the admission of the Textile
Manufacturer of Manchester. England,
of our superiority in this respect will
come as a glad surprise. Probably
both opinions are wide Of the real
truth, in the principle that ones own
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

Those who have read Chap Book. the
sprightly little Chicago fOrtnightly. will
be pleased to know that ON Jan. 10 it
view. with the ambition to make itself
the supreme court of American letters.
II sets for itself high mark. and we
hope it will reach II. There is ample
one absolutely honest and reasonably
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

At the instance of Senator Vest, who
is at enmity with David r. Francis.
the confirmation of the latter's appoint
ment as secretary of the interior has
been held up in the senate. There is
no public charge as to his fitness for
the office. lie simply does not please
Senator Vest. The latter should be
pulled down
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

The early appointments Of Governor
elect Black, of New York. indicate that
he Is disposed to deal fairly toward all
factions. This confirms our suspicion
that he would as governor do his own
thinking.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
THE BEST ESCORT.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The best escort that Major Mckinley
will have in Washington an inaugura-
ton day will be the heartfelt good wishes
of millions of patriotic Americans for a
successful and prosperous term o: office
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

The announcement that joseph H..
ChOate will lock horns with Thomas C..
Platt over the seat in the United States
senate now occupied by David b. Hill
incites respect for Mr.. ChOate's cour-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
The senate, in passing the Lodge i'm

The senate. in passing the Lodge i'm
migration bill by vote of 52 to 10,
did we'll to make an exception in favor
of immigrants from Cuba who fly to
these shores for refuge while the re-
bellion is in progress in that unhappy
island. This exception was eminently
humane, and the public most heartily
approves it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

The sending by all conceivable sorts
and conditions Of men of every imagin-
able kind Of present to men of promin-
ence, such as the president or the presi-
dent-elect. is doubtless a harmless and
even amiable bit of lunacy, but it is
still lunacy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

Rev. Dr. Purkhurst complains that
Joseph H. Choate, of New York, is too
big a man for the job of United States
senator. DR.. Parkhurst can rest easy.
The indications are there will be no
necessity Of having the job enlarged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

1t would crafty many thousand
Americans to see Charles Emory Smith
chosen as our next ambassador to
Great Britain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

The Philadelphia Press continues 10
claim the I.ackawanna members ior
yyanamaker Is the Press merely bluff
ingp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

Walter Wellman, the well-informed
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Times-Herald, confirms the re-
port that Senator Quay, two years
hence, will not seek reelection to the
senate, and he quotes the senator as
his authority. Says Mr.. Wellman:
HE is tired Of public life and wants
chance to rest and to build uD his
private fortune bit before old age
overtakes him. Mr.. Quay is, compara-
lively speaking. a poor man. Fifty
thousand Of $4,000 represents his ac-
cumulation." The man to succeed him
in the senate ought to be Daniel Fl.
Hastings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
MIR. REEDS JOKE,

From the Times Herald.
Mention of Mr.. Hanna as the advance
agent of the new administration reminds
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
Concerning Hypn0tism.

The vigorous recent blast of Profess
sor Coles, of Kingston, against public
exhibitions of hypnotism finds, in the
December number of the Hypnotic
Magazine, unexpected support from no
less parsonage than the editor of that
magazine himself That gentleman,
Mr.. Sydney Flower, is not only writer
on but also a teacher of hypnotism, yet
he views with intense dislike the en-
ployment of hypnosis for purposes of
amusement.
'There is no good to be gained" says
he. by these public exhibitions, and !
think it highly advisable that the EN-
tertainments' of the professor of hyp-
notism should be checked 1t il not
possible to restrict the use of hypnOt-
ism as Il therapeutic agent to the medi-
cal profession, but it is possible to bar
the hypnotic entertainment The man
or woman who can find amusement I'm
such exhibitions has not a discrimin-
ating sense of the fitness of things.
These entertainments are essentially
vulgar. They appeal to a sentiment
as low, perhaps, as any of which the
human mind is capable; that of finding
sport in the perplexities of fellow be-
ings Certainly, 1 think if the audi
ence We're possessed of the facts. and
knew how little the free will Of the
subject is affected during these exhibi-
tions, they would cease to attract. But
the very fact that they are attractive
only because the audience sees in them
men and women compelled to make
fools of themselves. is good evidence
that such exhibitions should be
stopped. There is higher side to hyp-
nOtism which will never be admitted
to full recognition as long as the char
latan is empowered to drag it's name
in the dirt
AL this may be very true; and yet
there is another asoect to the subject
Were it not for these public demon
tratiOns of the genuineness of hypnOt-
ism few persons among the masses
would believe in the claims of the hyp-
motto experts, and thus hypnotsm's
higher side" would remain for the
greater part in obscurity. Upon the
whole, these public entertainments,
when conducted with reasonable care,
probably do as much good as harm.
The thing to do is to put the law on
charlatans who obtain money under
false Dretenses and often work per-
manent injury to the subject Of their
ignorant experiments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

waver; but in any event the outlook
for busy new year in the local steel
trade appears bright.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19
I'D POINT COMFORT TOURS
Returnlng Direct Or vla
RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON

will leave New York and Philadelphia
Dec. 20. 1895, Jan. %, Feb. 20. March IS,
and April 10, 1887.
For detailed itineraries and other in.
formation, apply at ticket agencies, or
address George w. Boyd. assistant gen.
eral passenger. agent, Broad Street sta.
tion, philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-19

possessions never look 50 inviting as
ones neighbors.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-28
A SUPERIOR TOWN.


While there are immoral people at
Salem, as there are all over the world,
Salem is really superior town. A
Salemite who was recently at Peta-
luna, Cal, town not over half as
large as the capital OF Oregon, was
surprised to find over forty saloons
and a state of affairs morally that
shocked his sensibility at every turn.
The same is true of hundreds Of towns
smaller than Salem.
Salem has some vicious elements,
but nothing like the conditions that
prevail in western towns, or eastern
towns for that matter, of half the
size. People need not be afraid tC
send their sons and daughters to the
schools and colleges at Salem. The
business, moral and religious atmos
phere is as clean, and the influences
that surround social and family life
are as wholesome as in any city of It's
size in the Northwest. Let all
patriotic citizens uphold the character
of the capital city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-28
WHY IT CIRCULATES
Phenomenal Demand for a
Weekly Newspaper.
IT ADVOCATES POPULAR MEASURES
Characteristic Letters From All
Kinds Of People.

The phenomenal circulation of the
WEEKLY CAPITAL JOURNAL In all the
postoflices Of Western Oregon causes
q great deal of comment, and needs
some explanation. Orders keep pour
| Ing in by every mail, and while names
are struck off the list as soon as q sub
scription expires the additions sur
pass the expirations.
IT Is THE CHEAPEST
Weekly in the state. One year S1.00,
six months so cents, three months 25
cents. At this low price all can afford
TO take an Oregon Weekly, and these
hard times they naturally take the
cheapest. 1t is too cheap to do with
out il, and conducted on the cash in
advance basis, they know they will
not have bill run on them.
THE PEOPLE WANT IT.
The people will not pay cash in ad-
vance for a paper unless they want IL
and appreciate it. THE WEEKLY is
as popular as THE ONE CENT DAILY
which is conceded to be the most pop
ular daily in Western Oregon. A man
brought in a silver half dollar the
other day and ordered il for two
months. He said: 81 can't get work
this winter. can get along without
one meal a day. But j can't get along
without THE ONE CENT DAILY.
These long, cloudy, rainy, winter days
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L., FROM NETARTs BAY.
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"DEAR EDITORS: The JOURNAL
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/ wish that every paper in the coun-
try would advocate the peoples cause
as THE JOURNAL does. l will do all
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w. G. O'HARA,
A Republican of the school of Abra-
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Mr.. O'Hara Is not afraid to sign
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can and THE JOURNAL feels proud to
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FROM MAINE TO TEXAS,
Come orders for THE 81 WEEKLY
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John Holm, Luling, Texas, sends us
a big dollar of the daddy in COM
mon envelope. 1t Is one OF those I'm
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good enough for any American, and
good enough for any newspaper. The
JOURNAL Is the only silver Daily and
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the only Daily and Weekly in Oregon
that fights the whole gold bond hum
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ORDER THE JOURNAL.
Circulate the DAILY and WEEKLY.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-28
The Ideal Panacea.

James L. Francis, Alderman, Chi
cago, says: II regard DIR. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal Panacea fol-
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints
having used It in my family for the
last five years, TO the exclusion of ply
sicians' prescridtions or other prepara'
tions."
Rev. Joha Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa.
writes: 81 have been a Minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church fol
fifty years or more. and have never
found anything so beneficial, or that
gave me such speedy RELIEF as Dr'
Kings New Discovery" Try Ihis
Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial BOT
ties free at Fred A. Legg's Drug Store
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-28
FOXY MIR. DENNY.

Senator Denny has gained some
glory by protesting disgust with the
last Legislature. Senator Alley says
in his last West:
The gang" that damned every
laudable legislation in the State Sem
ate last winter, because they could
not elect Dolph, begin to know that
the country press will soon call them
TO account, so they desire an extra
session to do that which they might
have done. 1t is truly refreshing to
read Senator Denny's mouthings
about his would-be economy virtue.
That Senator was among and led the
gang who defeated every reform
measure introduced and supported
by any member of "The Thirty" be-
cause the latter did not vote to suit
him for y. S. Senator.
Senator Denny not only helped loot
the clerkship Doodle, but himself had
slice in the general appropriation
bill, and while he only got $500 a day
as senator he lived with his wife at a
$500 day hotel and had "money to
burn" besides. Then the gang made
him receiver of bank at Portland at
$3.50 month and nothing TO do.
Denny as a reformer is rich!
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-28

broken down, had numerous boils, and
when I commenced taking Hoods earsa-
parilla weighed only III pounds. Now
I weigh over 12b pounds and am in better
health than for the past fifteen years.
Formerly was covered with sruptions;
now my skin ia clear. I can truly say
Hoods SarsapaFiIIa
has no equal for poor run down women \.
Every one remarks about how well am
looking" MRS. IsA 0RIoas.
Hoods pills &C, ha..sai...ly Win
thSOA - Ills Hoods SAraspArilla. 1BG