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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
New Millinery

We welcome the ladies' of Scranton and
vicinity to our bright new store, where
We have prepared the latest and most styl-
ish headwear known to the millinery art.
The hospitality Of our store is yours.
Courteous salesladies, backed by every
assistance possible on the part Of a live
wide-awake proprietor will make you feel
at home. Your eyes will sparkle with
the gadncss Of so much fineness for
SO much less than the usual money, and
the many styles are not to be duplicated
elsewhere. We are perfectly willing you
should Judge the organization by the way
we buy and sell. The greatest variety
and best values are always here. We per-
init no competition to give you greater
equivalent for your money.
A. r. SAWYER, wyoming ,s2 Ave.
Wholesale and Retail MiIliners.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11

schults, he sells Lowney's chocolates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

nent authorities because the better care given the afflicted in public insti- tutlons has led to the commitment of many who would otherwise be cared for by relatives, but actually, The in crease, they say, is far out of propor- tion to the increase in population, and it "cannot be accounted for by better facilities for obtaining statisticsi neither can the largely disproportlon- ate increase be due to wider range in the field of psychiatry, which does not include various under forms of insan- ity, diseased conditions which were for merly not so included" This alleged increase, 1t is regretfully added, is not accompanied by any increase in the re- covery rate. The modern method of caring for the insane results not so much in an increased number of re- coveries as in increased comforts for those for whom environmental care is all that remains. Coincident with this report is one from the trustees of the Michigan asylum. showing an increase In the number of insane in that State of about 15O year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

ute for the higher education of others, while not having the means to give their own children such an education. But the strongest point made by Dr, Erwin was that the State should de- vote her resources to the public schools rather than to the higher institutions, With no justice, he said, does the State select six to a dozen youths from each county and give them free tuition for ten months, costing perhaps on an aV- craze 8 hundred or two hundred dollars each, when the free public schools of the county have on an average only $2 for each pupil and are unable to pro- vide a school term longer than three months. In the discussion that follow ed Senator Watson said that South Carolina had expended $1,5OO,0 on so- called higher education" and yet there were 15,OO0 or more white men In the State who could not read the names on a ballot.
 There Is a growing feeling in several States, including Connecticut, that il would be well to make the lower edu- cation more efficient and useful before bestowing much more time and money on the higher education.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
THE LATEST CURE

The latest cure is the invention of woman and is therefore and of course sensible. A San Francisco woman found herself suffering from despon dency. She cured herself of It by de- ternined effort to laugh at least three times day, whether she felt like it or not. With provocation or without she forced the laugh in the privacy of her room, until she found that she could laugh as easily as the small boy can cry when he has an audience, and health and buoyant spirits followed as natural sequence. More than this, her husband and children became in- fected with her laugh and all were benefited.
 The laughing cure deserves attention. There are several diseases which it would probably cure and few in which it would not have a good effect. Some people may think that it is toe simple remedy. But there is more to 1augh-
  ter than people who haven't stopped to think about it think. Laughter, even with the fun out Of it, is quite compli- cated affair. It consists chiefly of cer- tain convulsive and partly involuntary actions of the muscles of respira- tion, by means of which, after an in spiration the expulsion of the air from the chest in a series of jerks produces succession of short abrupt sounds, accompanied by certain movements of the muscles of the face and often of other parts of the body So laughter can be scientifically talked about as we'll as enjoyed. Of few medicines can | this be said Give the laughter cure a trial It will not cost you anything and may just fit your case.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
AN INTERVIEWING PROTEST.

The Norwich Bulletin points out that the protest of the State Baptist associ- ation of South Carolina against State aid to the higher education may not be without interest in Connecticut in view of the probability that the coming gen. eraI assembly will be asked to pass a bill to defray the cost of high school education for pupils in towns that do not have high schools of their own. Dr. Erwin read a paper before the as- sociation in which he assumed that the policy of South Carolina is not just to all classes of her citizens. It is not fair, Dr. Erwin said, to private corpor- ations or citizens who are engaged in similar work. and it makes difficult the existence of denominationaI insti- tutions. Neither is it fair to the tax payers, many of whom have to contrib
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
IT.iCEO.

It is hard to believe that a man who has shown himself so astute and acute as Maceo fell into such a trap as we read was successfully set for him. And it is to be hoped that the story of the treachery of Dr. Zertucha will not stand. If the story of Maceo's betrayal and assassination is true it will greatly increase the sympathy with the Cuban insurgents which is felt in this coun- try. The death of Maceo in honorable warfare would be a bad blow to the Cuban cause. His death in the way it is now said to have come might help the cause more than it would hurt it. If the story is true the open rejoicing of the Spaniards is decidedly injudi- cious.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
-fCCTDENTlfE.

What do you mean by saying that there are all the conyeniences in that block of buildings?" There is Q sa- loon at one end and a Keeley institute at the other.
 "Uncle Simon, what is old-fashioned politeness?' Its a way people used to have of asking a man about his health and then listening until he got through replying. ."--Chicago Record.
 What you need is & warmer climate. MT Grumpy" said the doctor in his most persuasive tone. q guess you'll get me there all right enough" was the ungracious response.-Detroit Free Press.
 He-"Did Westside make a favorable impression when he called the other night?"
 she-''Not particularly so-for him self. He accidentally sat down on his hat t"-BuffaIo Times. A little girl wished to prepare a gift for her saintly grandmother, and was allowed to do so unassisted. It proved to be a cardboard motto selected by herself, and bore in scarlet worsted, Go, and sin no more. ''-Tid Bits
 Doctor-"Don't you find your glasses enable you to see everything clearly?" Patient-"All but one thing, doctor. Doctor-"And what is that?" Patient How you have the gall to send in so monstrous a bill New York Her aid.
 Who is that lovely young man." asked the soured cynic That" said the other man. That Is Timmins- Reginald Orville Timmins, the poet"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
SENITOR PL4TT.

The Washington correspondent of the New York Mail and Express says: Ut would not seem like the upper branch of the national legislature if Orville H. Platt of Connecticut was not in his seat in the front row on the Republican side. Connecticut will, therefore, re-elect this useful member, and he will stay in the senate as long as he desires"
 This indicates the way Senator Platt Is looked upon by those who have an intimate acquaintance with the pro- ceedings at Washington. Connecticut is fortunate in being able to contribute him to the country, and she will joy fully and heartily renew her contribu- tion of him when the legislature comes together. She knows that by so doing she will help the nation and will also add to her own influence at Washing ton. which has grown with his faith full, judicious and sensible service. He has indeed been a useful member of the senate. He has done his duty ably, quietly, consistently and fearless ly. As a result there is no stronger, more trusted or more influential man in the senate than he. Connecticut honors herself in honoring him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
 HE HAD LOST A DAY.

The Pacific train was on it's third day out when the man in the gray suit be- came restless. He walked up and down the car like caged lion, grumbled be- cause baby cried, and made audible remarks about the weather, Finally he stopped in front of a mild-loolSing man and asked him to join him in a game of cards.
 Excuse me, said the stranger" my wife has scrupies about"
 "Oh, it's no matter" interrupted the uneasy man, "Tll ask some one else"
 Hc approached a travelling man with whom he had played several games on the trip, and asked if he would join him in a game of euchre.
 T guess not" he answered T don't mind myself a little thing like that, but there is minister on the car and I'm not certain it would be advisable, anyway"
 The man in the gray suit sat down at a window of the car and sulked. Pres ently he said to his neighbor opposite;
 "The country is going to the dogs" Goodness alive, man, what makes you think so?" asked the surprised traveller
 Why, look at the farmhouse we are passing, every man, woman and child sitting idly at the doors. There's a farmer now" as the train rushed by. He and his men loafing around, while the corn stands in the fields and the potatoes are not dug. They are all discoura ged-you can tell by the way they loaf around!'
 My friend,' asked the opposite man, are you in favor of one day of rest?" Certainly"
 Well, as this is Sunday, it does seem as if--'
 "Sunday!' roared the man in the gray suit, that accounts for the milk | in the cocoanut! Here I've been try | ing to get up a game of euchre. We'll all I can say is that Pve lost a day on | this confounded trip and he wiped | the beads of precipitation from his | troubled brow.-Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

"Hm! Got set of initials just suited to his business, ain't he?"-lndianapo- lis Journal
 The wicked witty prodigal returned and, in his old manner, accosted his father. Well governor, I've come back. Are you going to kill the fat ted calf?"
 But the old man was a match for him and said: No, my son; | think I'll let you live. "Ah," said MT, Knight Starr, the emotional tragedian, as he came in sight of farm house, 'mayhap this worthy peasant will give some refresh ment for the inner man. What, ho there!"
 The worthy peasant gazed at the tragedian for moment and answered "4eW durn fool, don't yew know a pitchforlI from a hoe?"
 And having thus spake he disap. peared within his abode.--Cincinnat Enquirer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

was In the new bell shape, trailed slightly and at one side were three bias folds of brown satin. The bodice was plain and tight fitting, but six folds of the satin were applied in bolero effect. A high stock collar and white satin iabot gave the neck finish.
 Some of the newest jackets are very that hangs with perfection of tiatness and yet is so cleverly slashed, that the perfectly curved figure beneath shows in all it's prettiest lines. Warmth? We'll, 1t is little draughty, but it's stylish, and that ought to keep the wearer comfortable. The little empire coats have made a sweep in the sea sons fashions. They appear in endless variety, or yokes full from the collar, perfectly plain, and all-over embroidery and beading or lace embellished and fur trimmed, and almost without eXccp- tion they are becoming and stylish. Besides it is d comfort to feel that the material Is not being cut into much, and that the coat will fit for a season or so, no matter how the fashion of the under gown may alter, and no matter whether you gain a litlte flesh or lose some. Many coats of this kind arc shown in cloth, a handsome yoke, epau- lets and high collar of velvet, giving a good velvet finish Fur has also been employed in this thrifty way.
 FLORETTI.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent q Word each m. sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week iSeven timesl. r.,
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one e, in' sertion, Sl 20: each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $3,2O; one month' Slo' one year, $40. ,s
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, to cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages Deaths and Funerals 30 cents each. Locai notices b cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelS own ,'n Immediate business (all matter to pe 4,,- in objectionable), and their contracts do hot iii- clude Wants, To Let For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more. @ 4ne month and over, 10 per cent; on four incheS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
FASHION NOTES.
One of a soarce Sort.

Now that dress sleeves have shrunll in size the constant output of new sleeves that prevailed during the reign of big purfs has ended. There are still few novelties, of course, but big majority of all fashionable sleeves have either tiny puffs at the shoulder, or are tight, the upper half masked by epau- lets or caps Pictured here is a sleeve then, that should be interestIng,' as it is a complete novelty. The arrange ment of it's folds is indicated, the gen. eral outline of a moderate leg-o-mut- ton being preserved. Over this is the epaulet without which the arm in a small sleeve looks strangely bare. The material in the original of this sketch was made colored cheviot. The skirt
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

Recent prosecutions of violators of game laws in Kansas have revealed a singular state of affairs. During the annual tinkering of the game laws cer- tain sections were first repealed. The intelligent granger legislators of the State then neglected to enact laws which had been proposed to take the place of the repealed sections, these having been pigeoned-holed in commit tee rooms, presumably through over sight The result is that there arc practically no laws there to prevent the wholesale slaughter of game, in or out Of season The pot-hunters are. there fore, reveling in their opportunity to kill everything of the feathered or fur red sort, and the sportsmen who be- lieve in the preservation of game are at their wits end to prevent the de- struction now in progress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

An Arizona paper makes this cheer full comment on murder. "The mur- derer was evidently in quest of mon- ey, but luckily Bill Jorkin had deposit ed all his funds in the hank the day be- fore. so that he lost nothing but his life."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

On an ordinary dirt road, according to the Philadelphia Record, horse can draw three times as much weight as he can carry on his back On a good macadamized road the animal can pull three times as much as on dirt road, while on an asphalt pavement the power of the horse is multiplied to such degree that he can draw eleven times as much as on a dirt road, or thirty three times as much as he can carry on his back. What the road traffic of cities owes to the great street railways is illustrated by the computation that on metal rails a horse can draw one and two- thirds times as much as on the best asphalt pavement; four times as much as on Belgian blocks, nine times as much as on cobblestones, twenty times as much as on an earth road
 and forty times as much as on sand.
 The trustees of the Ohio Hospital for the Insane declared in a recent report that insanity is increasing, not appar- ently. as has been held by some emi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

A new bottle is blown with a solid neck, the opening being in the bottom of the bottle, through which it can be filled, but from which no liquid can be drawn, it being necessary to break the neck to remove the contents of the bottle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

Watch your thumbs. The inactivity of the thumb is said to be an infallible evidence of insanity. Dr. Burton Ward, writing in the Medical Age, says that 1unatics seldom or never use their thumbs when writing, drawing or sa- rationally and act ever so sedately If his or her thumbs remain inactive there is no doubt of insanity"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has required the Washington Gas Light company to pay $1250O to Thomas c. Lansden, formerly employ ed by the company as an engineer, be- cause of libelous statement which the company's officers furnished to the Progressive Age in New York, and which appeared in that publication. Lansden was required by the officers of the company to testify in an official Investigation that the cost to the com- pany of its gas was 4S.3S cents per thousand feet to put the gas in the re- ceiver, and 4o.09 cents per thousand feet for distribution. He refused, and testified that the cost of production was not over 32 cents, and of distribu- tion not over p cents per thousand Hence the loss of his place and the sub sequent libel suit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14

An experiment that is said to prom ise well is being tried at the peniten- tiary at Columbus. It is that the cloth ing of the convict shall be regulated by his behavior. There are are three grades of clothes: one of plain gray cloth, with nothing to indicate that it is not a citizens suit, the second of gray and white checkered goods and the third the usual convict garb. Upon entering the prison the prisoner will be placed in the second grade, and at the end of six months, if he has broken no rules, he is advanced to the first grade. If he is unruly or disobedient he is re- duced to stripes. The system of cred it's or demerits is carefully arranged, and 1t is expected that a great change will be seen in the convicts' manners.
The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31
GOSSIP ABOUT FAIL FASHIONS.

Fan fashions i'm all the soft beauty OF
ostrich pl,mes soft crush roses and the
rich. subdued shades of purple and rose
are beginning 10 aSitate feminine minus
bent on costumes la mode.
All the fashion letters SO far dwell upon
the popularity of ostrich plumes to bc uSed
in every adornment of dress from the pc
turcsaue hats covered with them 10 the
band of ostrich plumaSe that trims lhe
skirt of recent French Importation CapeS
of pumcs will have muffs TO match ana 'he
ostrich feather boas though shorter thah
usual. will be one of the essentlal hhl9hliis9
to a drcssy toilet.
Black and white are still a favored COM
bnation and the mixed plumage Of black
and white somewhat favored during the
summer will be strictly Ia mode TINS sea
son. The shades of purple down to palest
lavender will be used as the dash OF color
to stylish gowns Of black and white or the
combination. while certain shade of april
cot yellow viii be slightly blended with
the purple to deprive such costumes oil
suggestion Of mourning
The shades of roses from the deepest
hue TO the palest dut of the La France
coloring will be greatly used i'm combna-
tons. and in afternoon and theater gowns.
Pure white costumes will be worn hY
Young women at stylish afternoon iuhc-
tions and one Just completed TOT q New
York bride is of white moire antique SILK
front of satin richly embroidered IN SoId'
while the sleeves, tight TO the elbow are
embroidered to correspond. The hat to he
worn with the gown is of white felt adorned
with ten soft white piumes drocphS nom
the brim of medium width. wiiie roses
of a dcep pink shade adorn the hat on the
side and in the back.
Another afternoon toilet Of white IS ol
cloth Of a smooth surface. The corsage mas
"a sash drapery beg nnins at the sno"'i'l
with a broad bow, and drawn across the
frort of the corsage. to terminate at the
side with loops and long ends. The cape 4"
lie worn with this gown is of a White
cloth with a colarctte of white ost'lch
pIurnes. while the hat is of white felt straw
trimmed with loops of white velvet and -
Succession of white ostrich TIPS.
For mouse gowns especially, thc n'lu Wili
Of r1ouSseIine de sole, lace or net. lhey
are always stylish. and many OF the french
evening gowns show iichu effects IN u1elr
corSagc nniShiugS.
The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31
THE AGENT GETS A GUESS.
A Chance for The Constitution Man.

II has been our custom. and We will CON
tf,,,i, it, TO allow the agent a guess in tho
contests thai are running Tor every yearly
srlscrih,r he sends i'm. This does mot iu-
terfrra with the subscribers taking guess
mar with the premium paper or book or
,4orad for the subscriber. The agent stands
showing to get prize as often as ne
sends q yearly subscription. In the con-
to.;t on the number Of bales Of cotton at
Ncw orleans out of the nine checks that
~, mailed six of them were sent to agents
who had filed gucsses with the subscrip-
tfons they sont in.
There is no reason why an agent having
more chances at the prize should not
strike II rather Than a subscriber: this is
no, a discrimination against the suhscrib-
or. if ne gets Il guess right he Will receive
his money, no matter who hc may be
The subscriber. Henry Jones. at Americus.
is a negro man, vet .his check was sent
as promptly as any of the rest.
1t is strange. too. that many agents who
sc..,ir, several hundred Guesses during a
cCrtcst frequently miss tle mark wide
as any one else. and other agents who have
40 rlcrc than ten or twenty chances arc
successful, they are better guessers, that
il all.
THE CONSTITUTION
The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31
THE CONSTITUTION.
Running. on Time.

As illustrating the degree of ~hCiency
To which the present management or the
Baltimore and ohio railroad has hrOu@Gt
its motive power equipment and esprit dc
corps Of the operation staff. we call attcn-
tiOu to the fact taat during the months OF
April May and June the passenger trains
and fast freight trains have almost iuNa-
riaEy arrived at their respective deStina-
tions on schedule time. The very few eN-
ceptions to the general rule were due to
causes inseparablc from railway operation,
and against which no fOrcthougEt can
wholly guard. II may he safely said that
during the period named no road in Amer
lea comparable i'm magnitude to the BAL
timore and Ohio can surpasS its record
for punctuality in train movement.