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obtained a suitable building, made 1t ready
for its purpose, secured a lady to act as
nurse, and a doctor to prescribe for the
three patients found waiting to become the
institutions first inmates.
1t all came about in this wise: Mrs. Alex
ander went to visit her son in Sedro, Skagit
valley, Washington state. Sedro is one OF
those marvels of western civilization-at
first a lumber mill and postofice, reached by
the river alone, and in a years time a pros
porous town with half a dozen lines of cars
leading to it, shops, hotels and macadamized
roads. Mrs. Alexander reached it in it's
earliest stage, and being a woman Of broad
sympathies and keen intelligence, her heart
and brain were appealed to by the complex
conditions that met her at every turn. Espe-
cially was she touched by the sufferings
of the pioneer people who had nothing and
no one to turn to in their extremity.
One Sunday morning she read in the little
sheet that was an apology for a paper, of a
woman who lay dying and leaving behind her
a little baby eight days old. On inquiry
Mrs. Alexander learned that it was a case
of death simply from lack of proper attention,
as nothing was yet provided for the sick folks
in Sedro. Service was held each Sunday
morning in a temporary room that answered
for a church in this western wild.
After service this Sunday, Mrs. Alexander,
who had been all the morning pondering the
poor, dying woman's case, spoke to a few
'etASS 'SSN'N $500 obh~1 thNbA ~ Jo'ih wan
her in providing help fer the case in hand
and for future emergencies. On the spot they
formed the st. Elizabeth's Guild, whose object
would be to start a hospital and nursery and
whatever other charities might become neces-
sary from time to time.
At once Mrs. Alexander called upon the
gentlemen of the land company and succeeded
in securing fern them the use of rooms in
a vacant building. Bright and early on Tues
day morning she managed to get a big lumber
wagon and started in on a foraging mission.
She stopped at every habitation along her
route and before she had made the circuit of
the camp she had stored in her wagon as do
nations from the Sedro inhabitants every
thing in the way of furnishings needed to put
her hospital rnder Roadway.
Such was the inception of the ST. Elizabeth
hospital at Sedro, a short time since; today
it is a fourishing institution and all due to
the effort of one energetic and great hearted
woman, Mrs. Eliza Fl. Alexander. one of
whose tenats is to take hold and do with a
will the thing that lies nearest at hand,
and net wait for some great visionary enter
prise that shall lie in the dim future.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22

bird. BY day. it resembles a handsome and
respectable fowl, adjoining a corner and
spreading bis tail, in the most approved
fashion, but by night, behold a transforms
ton. Some. one presses a button somewhere,
and then the peacock does all the rest and
shines as brilliantly as a dozen suns.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22

she had better usually buy cautiously from
the bargain glove counter.
Occasionally the sale comes about through
an ov~ercrowding of some certain line in
stock. But often they are gloves returned
by customers because of some defect in make
or color. They are sent in to the factory,
mended, touched up, restretched, and come
back fresh-looking for the bargain counter.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22
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THAN AMY OTHER REMEDY.

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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22

course Of tho law department Of the New
York university, She attained one OF the
highest averages OF her class, and viii re-
ceive the degree Of LII. n.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22

see that every package has a red strip ACROSS the
face OF label, with the signature OF Tarrent g
Co., N. Y. upon It PRICE. N.0. Sold by all
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28
H&75f02oG!oI
Weather and Other Predictions for
the Coming Week.

Sunday, Nov. 29.-First Sunday in ad-
vent. Weather unsettled. n child born
on this day will have TO work hard for Il
living. Avoid cuarrel!ing.
Monday. Nov. 31.-Sun square to Jupiter
Weather unsettled. a child born on this
day will he fortunate when young and rise
in life, byt will be ant to become poor in
old age. Sign writings, but avoid fe-
males.
Tuesday, Dec. 1.-Nenus an evening star
Weather fair. A child born on this day
will be industrious, but not fortunate.
Push business in the morning.
Wednesday, Dec. 2.-Mars rises at sun
set. Weather fair. a child born on this
day will be fortunate and rise in life Buy,
speculate and ask favors.
Thursday, Dec. 3.-Venus $50 degrees
from Neptune. Weather fine. child
born on this day will be unlucky and gen.
orally poor Sell.
Friday. Dec. 4.-Mercury parallel to
Venus. Weather fair A child born on
this day will be careless and extravagant.
Sell.
Saturday. Dec. 5-Jupiter a morning
star. Weather stormy. A child born on
this day will be headstrong and difficult
to manage. DO not quarrel ormove ON
this day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28
Philosophers at Work,

From now ON for some time to come
the leading reviews may be expected
to offer any number of philosophical
deductions and learned interpretations
of the recent presidential election. In
fact. the tide has already started. In
the December Forum are three papers
devoted to the elections lessons ana
warnings: one by Andrew D. White
another by d. Mace. Means, and a
third and the best one by Goodwin
Smith.
We shall pass the first and glance
briefly at the other two. Mr.. Means is
n typical mugwump and free trader
The election carries only one lesson
to him-that we have had too much
of what he calls discriminating pater-
nalism. IF laws" says he, "are passed
for the profit of the intelligent and
wealthy classes, the poor and ignorant
will demand laws in their favor. We
may he able to bring majority of the
people at recurring presidential cleo
tions to declare in favor of maintain
ms tht Nlttit' tiiN
ity of contracts. and the preservation
of property. But we can scarcely en-
dure to have such matters as these
subjected to repeated question. Civil
ization will not survive it. They are
not matters that should be debated by
the legislature. They ought never to be
disturbed: hut so long as we encourage
the idea that poverty can be removed
by legislation, and that government is
an Omnipotent power, capable of re-
moving inequalities of fortune and of
enrichng its subjects, the multitude
will assuredlv look to the government
as a savior. and struggle to secure its
control. Pensions, protective taxes, sill
yer bounties. and greenbacks may seem
desirable things to respectable cit-
zens. so long as their party is in power;
are they prepared to have the principle
of these things carried out by the party
If not, let them seize the present oppor-
tunity to effect reforms that, by limit
ing the powers of our present rulers.
shall restrain the excesses of their pos
sible SUCCESSORS"
Professor Smith takes broader view.
He sees in the vote for Bryan more
of social than of political protest.
What" asks he. must an American
workman feel when he sees the pro-
ducts of American labor to the extent
of scores of millions sent across the
Atlantic to buy nobility for the daugh-
ter of millionaire? The thing is en-
hanced by the extravagant splendor of
the nuotials. Nor are these marriages
merely offences against feeling and
taste. They are an avowal that Amer
ican wealth is disloyal to the social
principles of the Republic" And again:
That the free silver movement was
largely an uprising of the poor against the
rich appeared when the Populist COM
mittee refused to accept the Democratic
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28
English and American Courts.

It is undeniable that the law courts
Of England are superior to our own in
many respects. They do their work
with greater celerity. pay less heed 10
bubbles and technicalities and by di-
viding the question of guilt from that
OF moral responsibility, the latter or
which is left to separate expert tribu-
nal, render infrequent such lapses OF
justice by reason of sentimental Juries
as are common in the United states.
These points Of excellence have been so
repea tedly emphasized by the Amerl-
can press that it is perhaps due to our
own courts to remark that their Eng
lish prototypes are not yet perfect. 1t
should not be so. but it is true that
there is something very like sensation
Of relief in connection with our dis
covery OF a flaw in the workings of q
British court.
Says the Saturday Review. itself
eminent transatlantic authority: 'On
the day following Mrs. Castles release
a poor woman named Mrs. Law was
s'Ilttitti " 'lN
for the theft of shawl valued at two
shillings She Is about to give birth to
q child. and in n very weak condition..
Pregnancy. according to psychologists,
is constantly the determining cause OF
morbid mental disorders. and is fire.
Quenty the true cause of kleptomania.
Why then should Mrs. Law not meet
with the same indulgence as was eX-
tended to the wife of a millionaire,
whose thefts were excused on the plea
of some nervous ailmcnt, the nature of
which did not transpire? If pregnancy
and poverty are not to be considered as
pleas for mercy is It right that wealth,
position, and powerful medical testi-
mony should be allowed to stay the
hand of punishment"
The questions are pertinent. and as
they are raised by an English journal,
cannot be laid to the door of prejudice
Their significance for us is in the
thought that if American courts some
times give the rich and influential a
shade the better of it, as is frcquetly
charged by their more acrimonious
critics, the same can be said for the
courts which those critics hold up as
models. There is this difference. too, In
favor of the American tribunals. Every
judge in them, save in the federal
courts, is amenable at some time to the
people; and If he carries himself unfair
ly and shows partiality, sooner or later
the people will turn him down. Thus
the account in the long run is pretty
sure to be balanced, and our Judicial
system made to respond to the average
level of the public for whose benefit it
Is maintained.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

There is no gairsaying that. That nan
Is not born that will dominate him anu
the man is not known who wishes to do
so. He is solf-reliant: he courts advice;
he Is an admirable listener. But after all
is said aud done he makes his own Geci-
sions. The men who think Major McNih-
ley wcakO: pur pose or will because he Is
sweet of speech 60 not know him. 90
know him. He has friendly nature; he
Is kindly, generous. often grateful. But
behind these Communications of his char
acter, underneath the beautifully pat
termed papier machc is the sold. cold, rigid
steel and plenty of it. Mckinley would
have been Il great success as surgeon.
The charm of his smile, the gentieness
CT his touch. would have soothcd the pa
ticnt while tn" operator, calm. cool, ldy
of eye and hure of hand, with even pulse
and unruii,ed nerve. and still smiling, was
cutting of the limb or probing the deep
wound.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

nominee for the vice-prssidency on the
single ground that he was Il rich man.
Wealth can no longer rest on a supposed
ordinance of the Almighty distributing the
lots of men. 1t can no longer rest on nm
questioning belief in natural right. 1t Is
called upon to justify its existence on ta-
tional grounds. 1t must make itself felt
in beneiicence. 1t must avoid that oS-
tentation of luxury which is CALLING to
the hearts of the poor. 1t must remain
at its post of social duty. If rich Ameri-
cans in the hour of peril. instead of re-
manning at their post of social duty and
doing according to their measure wnat
Peter Cooper did, continue to crowd in
eN.r-increas,ng numbers to the pleasure
cities and .launts OF Europe. or spend their
money at home in selfish luxury and insi-
iious display, crash will come ana ought
20 come. The French aristocracy before
the Revolution left their posts OF social
duty in the country to 1--we in luxury and
frivolity at Versailles. The end was the
burning of their chateauN. American
plutocrats who leave their posts of social
duty for the pleasure cities of Europe will
have no reason to complain If their cha
tcauN some day are burnt"
1t needs to be borne in mind that
this is not the language of n socialist
or demagoSue, but the plain speech
of an eminent scholar with sympathics
all hostile to violent revolution. We
think, though. that Professor Smith
fOrgets one thing. He forgets that it
took 800 years Of arrogance. insol-
ence and oppression on the part of the
aristocracy of France to bring on the
burning of their chateauX. whereas in
America the protest of the under dog
can be voiced regularly every four years
and has always the consciousness that
should real necessity arise, it could at
any given election muster an over
whelming majority. This is an effec-
tive safety valve against violence. 1t
is an assurance of equilibrium.
For we believe the twentieth time
in this campaign the Philadelphia Press
has revived the Cameron scare. Ac-
cording to the law of averages it will be
likely to do this again about Dec. 2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

Immediate restoration of protection
to those industries butchered by the
Wilson bill is required and the obtain
ing of sufficient revenue for the needs
of the government" This is the way
Senator Quay puts it and he wants the
task finished before the present con-
gress adjourns. We fear he will be
diSappOintpd
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

can. who desoiscs tyranny. hates cow
ards and isn't ashamed to let his sem
timents be known. Such a man would
naturally be most obnoxious to Spain.
consul general he can use.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

Says Senator Quay: ''If it is decided
that Philadelphia should be given the
senatorship, Senator Penrose would be
the best man who could be selected"
There is a deal Of significance in that
little eff "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

The queer argument is mad" in op-
position to the popular election Of pres
idents that there would be fraud at the
polls. Isn't there now?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

The Nicholson Examiner goes into
weekly ecstasies over Mr.. Wanamaker
and vet doesn't know how to spell his
name,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

II appears from the latest returns that
the citizens of \ =vada cast only 500 votes.
the citizens of Idaho only 2O,1 1S5 votes, ana
the citizens of Wyoming 2O,1s5 votes.
Nevertheless they have as much to say
about legislation in the senate as New
York, which east l.3J7,9S9: Pennsylvania.
which east 1,lG6,iT, and Illinois, which
cast l.0Si,33o votes.-Chicago Record.
There is no method by which state
can be obliterated; but Nevada at least
certainly deserves to be for it is pro-
crossing backward year after year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

Senator Quay has very simple plan
to break the endless chain whereby
the treasury is now drained of gold.
Let the government" he says. "re-
tire the greenbacks which are payable
in gold at the option of the holder and
issue in place of them gold notes which
shall he payable at the pleasure of
the government. Simply transfer the
option to the other party. that is all.
That is what ought to have been done
long ago, and cannot be done now
too quickly. The banks could use the
gold notes to maintain their gold re-
serves. and we will have put a stop
to that endless chain which has drawn
and can still continue to draw gold
from the treasury and force the issue
of bonds" This isn't a very long recipe
but it seems to promise effectiveness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

The friends of Mr.. Wanamaker claim
Of sixty members of the two cham
bers," says the Philadelphia Press. 1t
will require los to elect
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

There has been no official intima-
tion from Spain that Consul General
Lee is persona non grata at Havana,
but the story that such a representa-
tion is coming seems very probable
when we consider that General Lee is
a warm-hearted, liberty-loving Ameri-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

The sentiment for permanent tar
iff commission is rapidly growing.
Boards of trade all over the country
are declaring for it. Senator Cullom
strongly recommends it. 1t is in the
air.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

Professor Willis Moore. now at the head
of the national weather bureau. Is a Bng-
hamton boy and began active life as Il
type-sctter on the Ringhamton Rcpubli-
can. Professor Moore entered the signal
service about twenty years ago and grad
ually worked his way up to the RESPONSE
bic position witch he now holds. He IL
Republican in politics and owes his posi-
ton to his own ability and was not as
sisted in the appointment by political in
fluence of any kind. Professor Moore,
who is still IA young man, is nephew of
Mr.. G.. j. Babcock, of this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

a bill to require per cent. interest
on state deposits. said interest to go
to the states credit, is to be introduced
at Harrisburg next winter. 1t is a
pass.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

Some wag gave John Courier Morris Il
bad half hour the other day. Mr.. Morris
had just received notice from George W
Finn that his suggestion of Il name for
the new addition which Mr.. Finn is Open
ing on Carbon street, "l'righton Park, -
had won the 800 prize offered for the best
title. and Mr. Morris was fclcltating him
self upon his good luck when he was called
to the telephone. There a voice claiming
to be Mr. Firms notified him that the
earlier announcement had been erroneous:
that the first suggestion of the chosen tide
had come from Eli j. Davies. Mr.. Morris
suspected nothing and strovc to accept
the reverse gracefully, but it was evident
he did not relish it, Later on, however,
the fact developed that the telephone mes
sage was only joke. and that Mr.. Nor
ris' hundred-dollar reward was safe rs IA
bank note.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

DR.. j. w. Coolidge has taste and talent
for literary work to II marked degree, and
in the past has frequently employed spare
moments in writing for the local press AMI
med!Jal publications. The Doctors ia
scriptions of the land of the cliff dwellers
which appeared in Scranton papers sev-
cral years ago, were most fascinating. and
gave evidence of the writer's caoahilitv
in the descriptive line. 1t is evident to all
readers of articles from Dr Coolidg, s
pen that he could succeed in literary work
as well rs in medicine. had the former
been his chosen life work
IL
Judge Ham, of Honesdale. forcaecs n
time when the falls at HawlCy will SUD
Ply Scranton with electrical power. What
Is the matter with Scranton's own cu.m
dumps?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

According to the HoEeslale Herald the
members of the Art club OF that place
were recently treated to il novel entertain
ment by Miss Jennie Brownscombe: "a
lighted Roman lamp" it says, was sus-
pended in the upper hall, a vcstal lamp
illuminated the dressing room, and upon
entering Miss Brownscombes studio proper
her guests found themselves surrounded
by ancestral armor and old brasses, carved
oak and tapestries from distant Rome.
rare blue and white Venetian finger glass
cs. rich oriental rugs. luxurious sofa pill
lows, etc, etc. Lunch was served at IL
o'clock on a Roman lace lunch cloth from
china dishes representing Florence, Nen-
ice, Pompeii and Rome. Tea WAS brgwod
in a brass Roman kettle of medieval date
and served in cups with spoons from many
other cities. \ Sicna Utaly) cake was
among the delicacios of the table. Alto
gethcr 1t was very pleasant gathering,
enabling the guests to enjoy. in part, the
delightful. curios and historic relics seen
and collected 10y Miss Brownscombe dur
ing her recent sojourn in the Old world"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28

1t is none too early to prepare for the
elections of 1898. The business men
who made success possible on the Srd,
should not lay down their arms while
the enemy is still i'm sight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28
ddSf a Word or Two
of Casual Mention

Say, do You suppose he really did shoot
that dcCr?''
"Him shoot II in the neck: not much;
why he said he had his eyes closed when
he fired"
The speakers were two Of n group sian l.
ing on the corner yesterday afternoon at
the Hotel Jcrmyn. and they were discuss
ing the great luck a certain wel.known
gentleman in town was reported to have
had on Il dc"r hunt this week In q wild
and woody township not more than Il hun-
dred miles east of here. The remarkable
part of the gentlcmans hunting eNpcdi-
ton iS that he not only ba%Gea a spii Il
buck in the neck while on n "lend run'
through the brush, but he also brought
home with about twenty brace of pleas
ants. which he also claims as Il result of
his skill The nimrodian genius has go TO-
Gently dcvelo.ed in the gentleman in
question, that some Of his friends are cyn,-
cal enou"h to east doubts on the truth
of the hunting" Gnc actually said,
Come. now. Bill, on the square, v'hats
the price of vcnison on the hoof ov,r
there
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-05-07


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terridt, 8arl 3eler, Gntlase tpeeen
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