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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
CORNS AND THEIR CAUSE.
observations OF II ChiropOd st on a
| Prevailing AniictiOn.

From the Washington Star.
a chiropodiSt says" one of the most
popular corn plasters is made in Balti-
more, but not long ago the manufac-
turer brought his wife over to me to
be treated for corns. | asked him why
he did not try to cure her himself. He
told me that his plasters were very
good things to sell to druggists, but
that they did not seem to benefit his
wife in the slightest. 1t is my eX-
perience that at least so per cent. of
people suffer more or less from Corns.
Washington is one of the worst cities
in the country in this line. 1t is on
account of the asphalt streets, / think.
At any rate, people who come from
other cities often develop some form of
foot trouble after they have been here
a while"
who are your best customers?"
women always. They viii persist
in wearing high heels and shoes that
are too short for them. Now. short
shoe is much worse than shoe that
is too narrow, for. as the average per-
son is not blessed with high inSteps,
the toes are forced down against the
end of the shoe and either corns or de-
formities of the joints result. In my
opinion southern people have the best
itCt. liIc IttiSbIl VI IL is lIluI tney are
great horseback riders. Holding ones
feet in the stirrups results in making
nigh insteps, and high insteps prevent
| the feet from being forced down into
| the end of the shoes. II is true that
southern women like to wear high heels
ana tight shoes, but the effect is no,
| nearly as bad on them as it is on
northern women with their iatter in
| steps
"Ics, bicycle riding is just about as
good for the feet as is horseback riding.
| The foot gets freer play than it does
| in walking, and If the shoes are well
made and properly fitting it has a
| tendency to make the feet arched and
graceful ! firmly believe that the fact
| that so many small children are now
| riding the wheel is certain to result IL
better shaped ana healthier feet in tn
| coming generation. Parents really
| ought to take more care about thci,
shoes. seeing that they fit properly ant
| do not rub or are loose. That parents
| do not, as a rule, exercise such care
is shown by the number of children
from 2 to 5 years of age who ar,
brought to me TO be treated for corns
| and buniOns."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
IN SUNNY HAVANA.
Light and Cool Apparel is "a Ncces.
sity, as Are Wind.Swcpt Homes,


From the Cornhill Magazine.
The houses are mainly broad and
low. three-story buildings being rare,
and one-stOry structures quite COM
mon. You notice that everything is
made to serve comfort and coolness.
Instead of having panes of glass, the
windows are open and guarded by light
iron railings, and the heavy wooden
doors are left ajar. You see into many
houses as You pass along, and very cool
they look. There are marble floors.
cane-seated chairs and lounges, thin
lace curtains and glimpscs of courts
in the center OF each building. often
with green plants or gaudy flowers
growing in them between the parlor
and the kitchen. You will find much
the same plan at your hotel. You may
walk in at the doors or the dining room
windows. just as you please. for the
sides of the house seem capable of be-
ing all thrown open, while in the GEN.
ter of the building you see the blue
sky overhead. Equally cool do all the
inhabitants appear to be, and the wise
man who consults his own comfort will
do well to follow the general example.
Even the soldiers wear straw hats.
The gentlemen are clad in underwear
of silk or Isle thread, and suits of
linen, drill or silk, and the ladies are
equally coolly appareled. Havana is a
dressy place, and you will be aston
ished at the neatness and style to which
the tissue-like goods worn there are
made to conform. But come and see
the apartment you are to rest in every
night. Ten to one the ceiling is high
er than you ever saw in private house.
and the huge windows open upon a
balcony overlooking a verdant plaza.
The floor is of marble or tiling. and the
bed is an ornate iron or brass affair.
with tightly stretched sheet of can
vass or fine wire netting in place of
the mattress you are used to. You
cannot sleep on mattress with any
proper degree of comfort in the tropics.
There is a CANOPY. with curtains over
head. and everything about the room
is pretty certain to he scrupulously
clean. Conspicuous there and every
where else that you go is a rocking
chair. Rocking chairs are to be found
in rows in the houses and in regiments
in the clubs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
PART III.

When consciousness returned. the
spell of terror was still upon me, but
nothing was visible. The darkness was
caVern-like. | was oppressed with Il
sense Of suffocation. AS my thoughts
grew clearer, perceived that was ly-
ing on my back. | extended my arms,
and with unspeakable horror encoun-
tered cold obstacle: there was a wall
on either side. | was immured in a
narrow cell-what sort of cell:
A scream rose in my throat-and
stuck there; then it broke loose, and
with smothered, nightmare cry
sprang to my feet. I found myself en-
tangled in mass of clingng drapery
flung it from me, right and left. I
hurled myself against the walls Of my
PRISON. they gave way. a door burst
open, and | plunged forward into Il
moonlit chamber. Behind me was a
closet full of clothes-nOthing more.
The revulsion of feeling left me weak
or than an infant. My heart made one
great thrOb and almost stopped: cold
sweat was streaming down my limbs.
| sank into a chair. The room, which at
first swung round and round, at length
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30

him, yet was promptly relieved by ap-
plications from a basin of water steam
ing hot from the kettle. but which was
offered as fresh from the ice tank,
Each member of the company bob
bed in turn, and not one was able
to resist the illusion. When my radi-
ent Elsie knelt before the pan, | could
hardly refrain from protesting; but she
was only told that the dish was full of
honey. and a pretty picture she made.
Scrubbing her sweet lips with dainty
handkerchief to remove the sticky
stuff" that wasn't there.
Now professor, that Is just too
mean," l heard her exclaim, in a curl
ously far-away voice.
1t was my turn next, but the hyp.
notist passed me by. "As l promised,
you shall be only spectator tonight,
You object to being hypnotized, and I
of course. must respect your wishes"
Again / heard laugh, mellow and
silvery. They were all laughing loud
ly enough, but this seemed to float in
from without.
The programme Of our sports was
long and varied. We roasted nuts, and
pulled the kali" and tasted the Gus
toc'-the latter developing strange and
startling fiavors under the subtle in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
Iuite remember. I was growing sleepy,

quite remember. I was growing sleepy,
l guess"
The mists were now dissipating in
my brain. l saw that had been made
the subject of a huge hypnotic pracu-
cal poke-a little more severe, perhaps,
than had been intended, owing to my
temperament. But n new fear entered
my heart. Elsie-had this vile wizard
dared to plant his hideous delusions
amid the bright imaginings of her soul?
Surely" l cried. you were not hyp-
notized-while l was put, out of the
way. chained hand and foot in that
horrible trance?"
mo! MOI" she said. with just the
ghost of a smile. Il didn't play any
Halloween games-eXcept in your ran
cy, poor boy. ! just sat still and wait
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
PART I.

PART I.
$50 you went to see that charlatan!
"Of course l did: why shouldn't l!
But he's rank impostor.'
Perhaps he is. | didn't take him
very seriously. It's great fun, Just the
same
You didn't go alone?"
"Oh, no! A lot of us went together.
We had regular jamboree. But next
time you must go with me-"
Elsie! You are not going again.?
But l am. And you are going, too.
Why. John, what makes you so fussy
If l had known you were going to he so
critical and arbitrary, l don't believe
I'd ever have said-what l said last
night"
Are you sorry-so soon?"
Now, that's simply silly. What a
morbid, unreasonable boy you are,any- =
how! I'm gladder than ever ! was be-
fore in all my life, and you know 1t per-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
Ifthe BABY Is Cuttjop Teeth.

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect success. It
soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by
druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure and call for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind. Twenty-Five cents q bottle. ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30

Happy, indeed, Is my home; no sor-
row has ever yet crossed its threshold.
But my sweet wife tribes no more with
the perilous mysteries of hvpnotism,
nor tempts the spirits of Halloween.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30
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ed. don't remember single word he
said. Only | feel so sad and sorry" she
cried, with a sudden sob. Il had
thought we would be so happy to-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30

gether,"
why, Elsie! What is this?'
She flung her arms about me-for
the first time in her life. l dropped
the reins. the horse first walked, then
stopped short.
She kissed me-my betrothed-upon
both eyelids. II owe it to them," she
said: they have been so abused to-
night, through me: and they will shed
so many many tears before another
Halloween"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30

The next morning | was early at her
door, She met me dressed in black,
nor could l prevail upon her to make
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26

A correspondent Of tho Iowa Home.
stead writes;
II you cut mp any corn and have no
corn harvester. you will lind q "horsc"
n great aid Ia shocking ] prefer II to
the ordinary saddle II Is made by tax.
ing pole 10 or ~ foot long, with the
switch end sharpcncd A. tho butt end
there should b. two legs about three
feet long. -Four feet frum the legs an
anger hole should bo bored through tho
pole The horse Is placed whorc tho
shock Is wanted, and a pin about five
feet long il put through tho augcr hole.
The four angles made by this should b.
Allied with the cut corn. When the shock
Il finished. the pin Is withdrawn, and
the horse is drawn from tho shock and
placed whore the next shock Is to be-
built. Shocks built in this way will
stand up well and can b. hauled in
whole without having TO cut the sad.
dies, "a In the other way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26

A sortor used By a Long Island farmer
and originally depicted and described
by Rural New Yorker can bo made by
anybody. The frame Is Of by stuff
bolted together Narrow boards ut the
sides, NJ shown In the picture, prevent
the potatoes from rolling of. The pota.
toes roll down over narrow strips, with
edges upward. fastened perhaps two
inches apart The distance apart will
depend ON the size II the potatoes to be-
sorted out Narrow strips Of leather are
fastened crosswiso of these wooden
strips, nailed at each intersection. TO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26

cover tho nail heads aud thus prevent
them FROM bruising the potatoes narrow
strips Of canvas are fastened To the tops
Of the strips after the feathers arc nailed
IN place.
As shown in the cut, bag may be
hung at the bottom Of the sorter TO hold
tho potatoes as they come down. Tho
whole thing n well explained in tho
picture Really such machine should
b. called "sizor" rather than a sortcr.
for all IL does is To separate tho small
potatoes from the larger ones. The
wooden strips and tho feathers mako u
series of holes through which tubcrs Of
u certain size must fall, while larger
ones roll over. That IL all thore ~ to u
'sizcr" Why should you wear ont
good ilosh and blood doing what wood
and leather will dor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26


this. but he got IL aud 20 did his farm.
iIo plowcd 10 inches deep. but not long
thc mover wore ont that plow). fir he
soon found that subsnil brought to the
surface did not contain tho right kind
Of material Tor plant food. and he also
found that he could not enrich 10 to
such o depth. Now that is what used
10 think was euhsoilinR, aud I did not
think Il was The thing. II was all !
could do TO fcrtilizo the soil six inches
deep" Thus wfitcs u western corro.
spondcnt 60 Ohio Fnunor. llo also tells
what h. now considers tho proper way
20 subsoil aud In order tu mako mat.
tors quito plain he gives sketch and
description Of plow for the purpose, as
follows.
A, beam 8 inches square at the clamp,
u. about inches square NJ heel clamp,
q, aud about 3 inches square ut tho
clovis end, D. Tho hladc, E--for such |
win call it's very easy 70 make. Il Is
! inch thick and "a or 80 inches high,
with roll ~ about y inches NJ the
hu1l and run 10 square point ON tho
front. with ball about . inches la di.
umctcr attached ny about three links q
chain nj the heel, The point Is square,
covered with another point aud cutter
like the old fashioned breaking plow.
A pillow uI this description is suhsoil
pillow TO my liking aud IA tho only prop
cr thing Ia use
Run II with a good throo horse team
ahead OF tho Iuoldboari pillow about 20
or 20 inches deep or after the pillow In
the bottom OF the furrow, and u will
not bring amy subsoil TO the surface,
which l consider yory detrimental 90
most farm crops. This pillow used In the
fall Is Of the most bcnoiit, rs tho ground
Is then the hardest and driosi, and II
looscns VI up tho most This pillow used
on clay soil will drain II out very
quickly in the spring and yea mako q
body a loose Fuhsoil to hold moisture
for the coming crops
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26

Schlsgel had come all the way from
Autiris 10 wen the man VINO bau
wooel her In far Oh British Inile.
Captain and hff. storm are bolt
wealthy. They txnsct T. spent cone
ronths at the caF'hin'4 rarch ~ Cos.
liiz co intv, which he pufcnfssd yeai
asu, NnJ hen they whitfa,el snys Iht
raeoma bBIrcf.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26
PROPER WAY TO suesoIL.

A subsoii riow which ~ u Claimed Doe.
Satisfactory Worh.
"subsoiling as now understand Il
IL not ~ 1 used to understand IT, About
20 years ago we had a neighbor who
was always talking abont suh-oiling
aud complaining because there was
none 81 the foundrymon that made y
pillow that ho could pillow foot deep
with. So ho went to quito an oSpcnsc
to gct one made large enough to do
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26

When drops Of water stand on the
outside Of pitcher, the air Is full OF
moisture aud change OF weather Tor
the worse Is impending,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-26
Shoe Department.

For this week VIC offer
as pairs Of ladies' fine glaee Md but.
ton Shoes, all new goods, narrow OF
opera toe, width d. l. EE Sold ihis
week AZ
$40 Pair.
Ladies' 81 Shoes. broken sizes, lace
OF button, square OF opera toe. For
this week al
S2.73 Pair.
Infants warm lined Shoes. Tor this
week at
$50 Pair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
Kellef in SIX Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
cases relieved in six hours by the
NEW GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KID
NEY CURE" The new remedy is a
gseat surprise on account of its ex-
ceeding promptness in relieving pain
in the bladder, kidneys, back and
every part Of the urinary passages in
male or female. 1t relieves retention
of water and pain in passing it almost
immediately. II you want quick re-
lief and cure, this is your remedy
Sold by Stone & Hassell, Druggists
Lancaster Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
An Inquisitive Child.

"Talk about children. - said young
woman the other day. why, I'm hon
estly afraid Of them. l feel just about as
safe when youngster is around as l
would if dynamite bomb was rolling
about under my feet. 1t seems to me
children are always striving to make a
sensation. Sometimes / can t tell wheth-
er it is pure guilelessness or wicked pre-
meditation on their part to do or say
something that gives want-to-sink-
through -the-earth feeling to their elders.
Now, just imagine my sensations as
hostess when several people paid a
most unexpected visit to my subu ban
home on Monday. the scrap day of all
housekeepers, and settled down for
luncheon.
Il hadn't time to get up any extras
except hustle few of my company pre-
serves on the table and make raid on
my cake box. My only meaty relish was
hash; but, honestly, it was all original
goods, as the boarding house lady de-
clared.
lone of my visitors brought with her
an inquiring young man OF five. 1t
seems this child has mania for inves-
tigating the former conditin of all eat
ables before they have passed into the
cooks hands. / didn't know this at the
time, SO you can imagine my horror
when the hash was brought on to see
that child fasten his eyes upon it and in
the interests of culinary science loudly
ask, Mamma, what was that when it was
alive?' philadelphia Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
ANONYMOUS.

was wrought by maiden with beautiful
hands,
Who painted my sides in day
And stitched me with silk and bedecked me
with bands
And afterward sent me away.
went through the mail with her card in my
grasp
To a bachelor man who lived near,
And when he beheld me he gave quite gasp
And sighed DER the message of cheer
That she, with her dainty and feminine pen,
Had written above her fair name;
And he looked me all over again and again
With look that was ever the same.
"Oh. tell me- he muttered. "for must reply
To the one who has wrought with such grace
Are you to hold photoss Are you neckties
Or are yov a handkerchief case?
"Maybe you're toolbag to tie on wheel,
Or a mat for swell jardiniere.
Your name and vocation now straightway re-
veal.
And his voice was the voice Of despair
But how could / tellS For she didn { tell me.
So he wrote an acknowledgment fit
To express his surprise and his absolute elee,
AID referred to me all through as '':t.''
-l.sfa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
The Anril Monist.

The April Monist opens With two
articles on Roentgen's x-rays by lead
ing European scientists. Prof. Ernst
Mach of Vienna describes a method of
applying the new rays to an old de-
vice invented by him for taking stere-
oscopic or solid pictures of objects.
The usual Roentgen pictures appear
flat. BY the suggested modification
of this process they are made to APP
pear in solid relief like real objects.
Professor Schubert of Hamberg writes
at length on the x-rays, reviews in
simple language their history, en-
bracing the researches of Faradav,
Geissler, Hittorf, Pluecker. Crooken.
Lenard and Roentgen, discusses the
physical character of the rays, and
lastly expounds the methods OF work
so successfully employed in the Ham
burg State Laboratory. Two beauti-
full actinograms accompany this art
ticle-one OF fish with shells in its
intestines, and one of lady's hand in
TO which a needle has been run. No
article has appeared on this subject
more adapted to the popular compre-
hension.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season but perhaps more gen
orally needed when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need OF tonic and Alternative is felt.
A prompt use of this medicine has Of
ten averted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely in connteracting and
freeing the system from the malariaI
poison Headache, indigestion. con-
stipation, dizziness yield to Electric
Bitters. soc and 81 per bottle at Ben
nett's drug store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09
'Readino,'

said Lord Bacon, smaketh full
man" That is. man of knowledge.
knowledge is power. Do you want
TO be powerful? Textbooks is school
furnish knowledge, but they can give
only the skeleton. The flesh must be
put on by the teacher Tor by readingl,
in the way of illustration. To get
this additional information one must
read many special books, which are
not to be found outside of big libra
ries Each month the Burlington
Route issues a printed sheet contain
ing articles Of thirty to forty lines,
compact, reliable and interesting, on
geographical. scientific and historical
subjects. Ii YOU send your name and
address to w j G. Kenyon. G. f.
and +. A.. st. Paul. Mimi. one of
these sheets will be sent to YOU every
month during 1896.
n. B,-The Burlington Ron tie is the
best line from st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis to Chicago or st. Louis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-09

NOTICE TO CREDITORS n Charles Belz,
~ deceased
state Of Wisconsin, Grant County, So County
Court in and for said County.
In the matter Of the estate of Charles Belz
deceased.
Letters OF administration 10 said matter having
been issued 70 Friedrich ach motion
of Herman Buchner, his attorney. n is or
dered that from this date UNTIL and including he
oath day Of September A. D., 1895 be, and TIE same
hereby is allowed and limited. for the creditors,
of the raid Charles Beiz deceased. to eAhibit
and present to this Court, their claims and de-
rnands against said deceased, for examination and
allowance: that such claims and demands Will be
received by said Court, at the Court House, in the
City Of Lancaster. IN said County. at each term
thereof within said time aud said Court wit exam
me and adjust the same, at the special terms
thereof to be begun and held at said Court House,
on The fourth Tuesdays OF June and september,
A. D. 1896; and notice of all which shall
he given. by the publication OF this order. under
the above caption for four successive weeks, ia the
GRANT COUNTY HERALD. weekly newspaper pub
lished in the City OF Lancaster said County. the
first such publication to be within fifteen days from
this date
Dated March e4th, 1896.
BY the Court,
GEO. II. CARTER.
sw4 County Judge.