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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

thirds Of the coast Of Cuba, and the
campfires Of the insurgents on the
mountain tops could be distinctly seen
by those on board. The destruction Of
property by the torch was also visible,
hundreds of acres of sugar cane and
millions Of dollars worth of machinery
having been swept away within a short
time.
While at Sagua the Ardanrose was
overhauled three times by n Spanish
gunboat. At Daiquiri the vessel loaded
iron ore at the Spanish American mines.
These mines are surrounded by insur-
gents, who are practically in possession
of the place.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
COMPANY RESPONSIBLE.
Blamed for Allowing Cars ON COlum.
bia Road to BE OvercrOWded.

Lancaster, Pa, Aug. 1s.-The coro-
ner's jury which investigated the dis
aster Oh the Columbia and Donegal
electric railway near Chckies Park on
the 9TH inst, by which six persons lost
their lives. rendered a verdict today.
The jury declared that the company
was largely responsible for the disas-
ter because it permitted the cars to be-
overcrowded, employed inexperienced
hands and did not properly inspect the
cars before use.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Steamship Arrivals.

New York. Aug. lS.-Arrived steamers
Weimar from Bremen; Sohthawark.
from Antwerp: Chateau 1.atile. from
Bordeaux; State of Massachusetts. from
Glasgow Sailed: Trave for Bremen.
Arrived out: Marsala ut Hamburg. Aug.
II; Anchora at Moville; Saale at Brrmer-
haven: Veendam at Boulogne. Sailed for
New York: New York from Southamp-
ton. Sighted: Patria. from New York for
HAMBURG passed Scilly: Havel from New
York for Southampton and Bremen,
passed Sclly; Teutonic. from New YORK
for Queenstown and Liverpool, passed
BroWhead
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
GARMAN UNDECIDED.
Cannot Choose Between Philadelphia
and Harrisburg for Headquarters.

Wilkes Barre, Aug. 1S.-John IT. Gar
man, the new chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee, arrived home
this afternoon. 1t was his first appear
ance here since his election. He spent
the past few days in Atlantic City re-
cuperating.
Mr.. GarnIan said he had not as yet
agreed upon any plans as to his work.
He proposes to have Il conference with
eNStute Chairman Wright and ascer-
tain what preliminary detail work had
already been done. He Is undecided as
to where he will locate headquarters
Philadelphia has many claims but it is
likely harrisburg will be chosen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Treasury Gold Feserye.

Washington, Aug. 1S.--The treasury gold
reserve today declined to sl4 S34 $50. The
days Withdrawals We're Sl5,. 100. AT Phil
adelphia yesterday the treasury received
$4,000 in gold in exchange for the new s.
silver certificates. There was deposited
at the assay office in Helena. Mon. today
$1,000 in gold bullion, which came from
the Yukon river mines, in Alaska. It'will
be coined into elgles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
WhISKEY LEADS TO FOUR DEATHS.
Quartettc Of Horse Traders Slain and
Two Others Wounded.

Grayson. KY. Aug. 49, At a church
meeting on Little Sandy. in Elliott
county, twenty miles south of this place.
four men were killed and two wounded
near the fair grounds.
A man named Spicer was selling whis
ky. and large number of horse traders
got into a fight, in which two Harrison
brothers and two Whit brothers We're
instantly killed, and two others. names
unknown, wounded, one seriously and
the other slightly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Watson Will STAY.

Washington. Aug. Ex-senator Euiler
tonight announced that the national COM
mttee Of the Peoples party would not
remove Mr.. Watson's name from the
presidential ticket with Bryan. but that
the party would support both Bryan and
Watson to the end.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
1'nvOra HE 70 Wnua m n kpr.

York, Pa. Aug. 1S.--The Republicans Of
York county in convention today unani-
mously endorsed Congressman James A.
Stable for denomination. The platform
adopted denounces the free coinage of sill
Yer. Candidates to the legislature favor
able to John Wanamaker for United
States senator were nominated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

Wllliamsport. Pa, Aug. H.-Ilorac" f.
Packer, OF Tioga county, was noniindt-
ed for congress today by the SiStec1'h
district Republican cOnfereeS OH the th'':
teenth ballot. II. II. Harvey. of ClintUa.
Withdrew in favor of Packer The dis
trict is now represented by Congressman
Fred u. Leonard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Hera,d's weather Forecast.

New York. Aug. BIN the Middle
States today clear weather win prevail.
with slightly higher temperature and
fresh to light westerly to northwesteriy
winds. On Thursday fair warmer weather
easterly winds Will pre
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

Omaha, Neb.. Aus lS.-The coroner's
jury in the case Of ". r. Eyster the
Penns ylvanian found dead at Lincoln,
N.b.. finds that he was poisoned by Cir
Hagey Sith feionous intent. ana that
Maud and Laura Clark were accessories
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Battle with Naaui Indians.

Tucson, AriZ.. Aug. lS.-Three Indians
were killed, thirty captured and three sol
diers mortally wounded in a fight between
Troop F., of the Seventh cavalry and
Yaqui Indians twenty miles south OF
here
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Gail Hamilton,s Funeral.

Hamilton, Mass, Aug. 1S..>It has been
decided TO hold the funeral of Miss Abb
gail Dodge at 8 o'clock Thursday after
noon ne0t The services will be private
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
CHASED BY GUNBOATS.
Spanish Warships Overhauled the
ArdanrOse Three Times.

Philadelphia. Aug. 1S.-The British
steamship Ardanrose arrived at this
port last night from Havana, Sagua.
Matanzas and Daiquiri with o cargo of
sugar and iron ore. She skirted tive
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Ebr Tunnel for Governor.

Dover, Del. Aug. 1S.-The Democratic
state convention today nominated Ebe W.
Tunnel for governor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today;
Generally Fair.

|
/ Bourke Cochran Answers Bryan.
Democrats Object to Mrs. Bryan.
VIII Salisbury Yield to Olney?
2 Cochran Answers Bryan (Concluded)
! U.ocal)-Commop Pleas Trial List.
Arrangements for Christian Endeavor
Convention.
Editorial.
The Hypnotized Reporter.
U.ocaD-Second District Republican
Convention.
Growth of the Pittston fund.
Base Ball Game and Other sports.
Suburban Happenings.
Wall Street Review and Markets.
8 News Up and Down the Valley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

opening Fall goods. our stock Is known
to be the finest in the market and We
offer rare Inducements to close cut these
lines.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22

which n New EngIanu senator was
once aroused to make astirring speech.
At the outset of his political career he
had been known as a remarkably clever
"orator of the stump" and later on, in
the lower house of the legislature, he
made brilliant name for himself. But
when he became a senator he ceased
talking, much to the regret of his
friends and admirers. Finally the
liquor law came up for discussion, and
the wife of friend of the senator,
who was much interested in its passage,
was greatly disappointed to see that
the brilliant man had no apparent in
tention of joining in the discussion.
She sat down and wrote a few words
on a sheet of paper, which she inclosed
in an envelope and sent by messenger
to the senator. ''Do speak! Even Ba-
laam's ass spoke once!" This brought
the senator TO his feet and elected one
of the best speeches he ever made.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
TRIED TO eRIeE THE COURT.
Gave the Judge the Cheap Cigar He Had
Bought for Himself.

A down-east lawyer had tough case
on hand at a recent term of court, and
before it came on he laid his foretinger
to his nose and evolved an idea. The
presiding judge loved a good cigar,
and the lawyers happy thought was
10 propitiate him and make him friend
ly to his case by treating him to the
best the market afforded. The disciple
of Blackstone was not in the habit of
smoking good cigars himself, so when
he bought a 25-center for the court
he bought cheroot for his own use.
Armed with these he sauntered into the
judges room and after a little chat
passed out a cigar, asking the judge If
he smoked. The court accepted grace
fully, but before many whiffs were
drawn the Mortified lawyer discovered
he had given the judge the cheroot and
was putting the Havana himself. The
judge politely tried to look pleased as
the smoking proceeded, but the lawyer
has since made no attempts to bride
the court. ..... ....
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
TESTING CHRoNoMETERS.
The Interesting Process of Adjusting
Watches for Temperature.


Watches for Temperature.
Before first-class watch is sold it
has to go through variety of tests or
"adjustnsents," and one of the most
important is the adjustment foc' tenn
perature. ...
Chronometers are adjusted for tenn
peratures varying from so degrees to
90 degrees, as a rule, but some makers
especially in France-cool them down
to zero. and often they are heated to
100 degrees. Beyond this point it is
dangerous to heat them, as the oil
would be liable to injury, and even the
works might suffer. .. .'...
Pocket watches are adjusted for tenn
peratures varying from IS degrees to IS
degrees. The process consists in put
ting the watch in a close-ftting case,
and placing this in cold room, or a
refrigerator with ice, and leaving it
there for some time, altering the works
so as to make it keep regular time.
Then it is very gradually heated, great
care being taken not toilet the moisture
in the warm air condense upon it.
Next it is put in specially con-
structed oven, and heated to 90 or 100
or 12o degrees, the machinery being
again adjusted to go regularly. Chron-
ometers are usually kept week in the
cold chamber, then week in the hot,
and again a week in the cold chamber.
After that they are ready to make voy-
ages to any port between the equator
and the poles without losing or gaining
a nia.lte.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
EARTHLY PARADiSES.
Portions of the Earth That Approach
Climatic Perfection.

Climatic Perfection.
For an inhabitant of the north tenn
perate zone the most nearly correct
climate would probably be the island
of Tasmania, which enjoys warmth
without heat and freshness without
cold, and moreover possesses a climate
so equable that the average tempera-
ture ranges from "A to 90 degrees, Civ
ing a mean of about SO. In addition
to this, or possibly in consequence of it,
and the purifying effect of the sea
breezes, there is practically no disease
save what the inhabitants are response
BILE for. There are many groups of is
lands in the South Pacific which fully
deserve the name of earthly paradise,
but they have the fault of being too
much like paradise. The valley of Cash
mere in northern India and of Quito
in Ecuador possess climates which
are almost perfect, but they suffer the
disadvantage of great distance from
the sea. Australia is too dry and New
Zealand too damp to approach perfec-
ton; but Tasmania possesses the happy
mean which affords health and comfort
without the danger of degeneration
which is the penalty of more luxurious
climes. Of places near home, the Isle
of Man probably most nearly fulfills
the conditions of the question. Al
though so much farther north, it's aver
age temperature is almost as high and
quite as equable as that of the Isle of
Wight but it possesses the additional
advantage of freedom from the fag~
which are the greatest disadvantage
of the shores of the English channel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
- r. RARIS DREsSMAkERs.
There Arc Enough of Them to Form q
~ Good Sized Town.

Paris is the city where the dressmak-
ing trade flourishes as it does in no
other spot in the world. In 1850 the
number of couturieres, as given in the
Annuaire du Commerce, the CONNER
cial directory of those days, was only
15S. There were besides 67 shops for
the sale of ready-made feminine appar-
ell, but there were none, as there are
to-day, which sold lingerie or certain
articles exclusively.
In the Bottin las the Paris direc-
tory is Familiarity known of 1895 there
are 1896 couturieres and 296 CONNER
cial houses for the sale of ready-made
garments, besides many establish
ments which manufacture and sell
.jupons de desous or undergraduates
alone. The number of working dress
makers in Paris is estimated at 60, 900.
In all France, according to NJ.
Georges Michel, the industry of manu-
featuring the various articles of wom-
ans dress is in the hands of 81, 400 male
and GAS female owners of shops or
factories. These furnish employment
to 700,s01 persons, of whom over $780,
900 are women. -
In addition to these there are 925, s55
persons who make their living from in
'dustries which are tributary to that
of the manufacture of feminine appar-
ell. The total value of the product of
this labor from so many hands is esti-
.SaXol n mn Onn,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
A TotterIng Spire.

1t is reported that the spire of Sails
bury cathedral, in the south of Eng
land, is lettering. When the cathedral
was begun, in 1920, there was no
thought of erecting spire on the CEN
trail tower. That was an afterthought,
and the architect who designed the
tower strained the strength of the orig
inal substructure TO the utmost. Ithas
always had to be carefully watched,
and the means taken to strengthen it
by iron bands and ties have only added
to the weight. OF late the stoneworlz
has been decaying rapidly, so that the
spire is in great danger of collapsing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
MADE FROM NIGHTMARES.
Methods Used by Artists Who Design
Popular Grotesque Posters.

Popular Grotesque Posters.
People who dine late at night in
certain uptown restaurant may have
noticed well-dressed, wild-eyed, hag-
gard-faced, dyspeptic man devouring
night after night with apparent relish
dishes which only the ultra brave have
courage to eat more than once month.
That man is an artist, says the New
York World, and eating indigestible
food is a part of his business, for he
is q maker of posters. Since the use
of grotesque posters, built on the lines
of Aubrey Beardsley's phantom fan
cies and on the principle of Chimpanzee
Johanna's savage sketches, has become
general as a means of advertising news
papers it is no more than right that
the world should know how the de-
signs are conceived.
The case of this wild-eyed, haggard-
faced, dyspeptic artist alone will be
cited. His may or may not be the
method used by all the better poster
makers. Every night he goes to this
uptown restaurant, eats a welsh rab-
bit, cold broiled lobster. two cream
rolls and dish of ice cream and drinks
a quart of cheap claret. Then he goes
home, drinks two glasses of ice water,
retires and the nightmare does the rest.
In the morning he sketches the hor-
rors he saw in his dreams and finishes
them as the orders for posters pour in.
He is making fortune in the business.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
TIE WORLDS COMMERCE.

First Volume of Valuable Review Soon
... .. to BE Issued by Government. ar
The first volume of a review of the
worlds commerce, prepared by the
bureau of statistics of the state depart
ment, of which Mr.. Frederick Emory
is the chief, will shortly be issued by
the government printing office. The re-
/ view will be confined to the years 1894
and 1895, and will be embraced in two
volumes which will form part of the
works on commercial relations of the
United States with foreign countries.
The last review of our foreign trade was
that for lSso-'S1. -..H. ...-. rut
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM.
Calling to Mind the Blessing of Having
Written Characters.

Calling to Mind the Blessing of Having
Written Characters.
In a work entitled San Australian
in China occurs description of the
queer practice in China of honoring
waste paper by committing it to the
flames. In the center of the green
stands thv hollow pillar, in which Chi
nese waste paper is reyerently burnt.
'When letters were invented" the
Chinese say, Heaven rejoiced and hell
trembled." Reverence the charac-
ters," is an injunction of Confucius
which no Chinaman neglects to follow.
He remembers that she who uses let
tered paper to kindle the fire has ten
demerits, and will have itchy sores;
he remembers that ''he who losses
lettered paper into dirty water, or
burns it in filthy place has 20 demer-
its, and will frequently have sore eyes
or become blind" whereas, "he who
gets about and collects, washes and
burns lettered paper has 5000 merits,
adds 10 years to his life, and will be-
come honored and healthy, and his chill
dren and grandchildrenwill be virtuous
and filial." But his reverence has strict
limits, and while he references piece
of paper upon which a moral precept
is written, he often thinks himself abb
solved from reverencing the moral pre-
cept itself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22

Iecror or postage stamps. ne was IN the
habit of removing them from the let
ters. In DIR. Unna's opinion the gum
on the postage stamp is an excellent
material for retaining any disease
germs that it may receive from the APP
plication of the tongue, and in remov-
ing stamps-even when moistening is
done with the sponge-there is always
danger that the collectors fingers
may receive and communicate the con-
tamination. .. ...... ....
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
A GREAT SNAKE COLONY.
= An Australian Enthusiast Has q Fine Col
lection of Venomous Reptiles.

lection of Venomous Reptiles.
Mr.. j. McGarvie Smith, an eminent
bacteriologist of Sydney, Australia, is
the proprietor of probably the greatest
collection of snakes in the world, says
the New York World. He is in
the business partly for scientific
purposes and partly for business. He
advertised some time ago for 500 venom
Gus reptiles, but one publisher refused
to permit the advertisement until he
had satisfied himself of the sanity of
the scientist.
The different species of venomous
snakes in Australia, SO far as known,
number AZ, and Mr.. Smith has speci-
mems of all of them. The poison ex-
tracted from the reptiles is largely used
in the Pasteur institute in Paris.
Mr.. Smith is an enthusiast on the
subject of snakes, and regards them as
the most wonderful of living creatures.
He has in his collection serpents that
have gone nearly a year without food
and are still fat. He has injected some
of their own poison into them without
the slightest ill-effects to them. AS a
result of his Investigations he has estab-
lished the fact that a non-poisonous
snake is not affected in any way by the
poison of the venomous species. /
why" said Smith, lit does not kill
one of its own species while it is SO fatal
to other creatures is one of the mystic
ries of the Almighty which we cannot
unrayel," ,.s-,ss. S,,-.z s.,tssSss.;s<,,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
HIS LEG is PULLED.
That Is How a Southern Congressman
Regards His Lot.

"Some people may think that a con-
gresham saves pile of money out Of
his salary" said well-known southern
congressman, who was talking to a
Washington Star reporter on the vicis-
STUDIES of running for Office, and es-
pecially for congress, but man has to
be a small walking bank to accommo-
date the large number of his friends
and supporters who need little money
for some urgent matter. In my state
we have to make campaigns and appear
before the people at meetings. Well,
have never attended meeting but that
1 did not have some kind of subscrip-
ton polIed into my face. Somebody
wants something for a church and for
missionary purposes or for helping
some fellow who has been burned out.
you can't avoid subscribing, and
have to head the list with the largest
sum. Then about the time you think
you are through with having your leg
pulled some lazy fellow will walk up
and say: How do, gineral?' L had ter
quit my work ter come out and hear you
terday, and 1 thunk yer mout Civ me
a dollar While you have the greatest
contempt for the man, you give him the
dollar. "-
when you leave the meeting you are
out anywhere from $40 to $50. These
are just few instances of what candi-
date has to spend money for. After he
gets through thecampaign and is elected
he has to furnish every dead beat from
his district who should happen to come
to Washington with money. I've ac-
tually given them money and railroad
tickets to get home and have them go
back and work against me-" SIX
HHLrn 70 nnInr TIE HOIInH
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
MICROBES ON STAMPS.
The Philatelist's Collection as Source
of Danger.

Having successfully disclosed the hy-
gienic dangers adherent to the kiss,
the telephone receiver and the towel,
medical science has now turned its at
tention to the perils that beset the
philatelist's art. According to DR..
Unna, says the Science News, a patient
was recently attacked by a peculiar
parasitic growth in the beard. On max
ing a minute examination of some OF
the hairs, the doctor recognized the dis
ease as "picdra," which is chiefly met
with in British Columbia. The doc
tors friend had never been in Columbia,
but he frequently received letters from
correspondents there. and, being a col
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
Turned tho Tables.

When schoolmaster entered the
temple of learning few mornings ago
he read on the blackboard the touch
ing legend: "Our teacher is donkey"
The pupils expected there would be a
combined cyclone and earthquake. but
the philosophic pedagogue contented
himself with adding the word driver"
to the legend, and opened the school as
uSrlaI
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
Provoked q Speech

A good story is told of the way in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
Indian Mnnnd Relics.

The Barnes collection of Indian
mound relics, the finest in the world,
now owned by q gentleman of Tennes-
see, will soon become the property Of
Wesleyan college, in Middletown, Conn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-22
SIR Stockings for Royalty.

Among the coronation presents OF
Queen Elizabeth, a list of which is still
preserved, two pairs of silk stockings
are found. They were sent to her from,
Spatd
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-06
Miss Ieonore Mooney.

Miss Leonore Mooney Of Chicago Is
said to be the only woman in Americn
holding the position of chief clerk in u
postoilice inspectors department She
entered the department ten years ago
and soon attained her present position
Her forte is thorough knowledge of
the postal laws and regulations and hcr
legal ability, which enables her to dis
tinguish rapidly and correctly between
what is and what is not evidence. Cap
tain Stuart, the inspector whose chief
clerk she is, says: "She has better un
derstandins of the workings of the serv-
ice in all its branches than any one else
know. She can handle any subject in
corresponding, she pays close attention
to business and in Nil the time she has
been with this department she has new.
er asked for days leave of absence on