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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

never better illustrated than by the
history of Islam. There We're dupes In
the United States at the time Joseph
Smith pretended to have u revelation
of the Book of Mormon, and that peo-
pie are still willing to be duped is at
tested by the numbers Of the Mormon
church in Utah today. The, Middle
Ages were full of religious impostures.
The history of sorcery and Witch
burning in the history Of one phase Of
imposture, bloody phase. by the way,
for hundreds Of thousands Of poor
wretches were burned to death because
of the common belief in witchcraft, and
so close IL this era to our own that
the witch-fires Of Spain and Portugal
were still blazing when Napoleon dis
placed the kings of those countries.
The Yelled Prophet of Khorassan.
whose name has been borrowed for our
annual entertainment. was a most no.
table religious impostor, and kept his
dupes deceived even after his death. for
he ended his remarkable life by leaping
into larg cistern filled with corrosive
acids, which dissolved even his bones,
so that not a trace of his body was
found by those who searched for 1t. The
Flagellants, parties of whom appeared
from time to time in comparatively re-
cent days. in almost every country in
Europe, and occasionally even in the
New World Were the willing dupes Of
religious impostures. cheerfully UNDER
going suffering enough to drive a sane
man mad. The Fakirs of India, who
load themselves with chains, hold their
fists clenched until the nails grow
through the palm. drive iron spikes
through their cheeks. wear spiked
bracelets and anklets, and otherwise
intiict upon themselves inconceivable
tortures, are religious impostors. for
by means of their self-inflicted
penances they acquire an influence
over the people such as could not In
any other way. ebe attain d. The
Dancing Dervishes OF Syria, the Devil
Dancers of India. the Dancing Devo-
tees of the Middle Ages, are of the
same class. all being the victims Of
religious imposture. for mankind is
ever gullible. and the pretensions Of a
man Of striking individuality invaria-
bly, find acceptance among those who
are ready and willing, even anxious,
to be deceived.
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HER ILLUSION VANISHED.

A new girl came to work on Buffalo
paper recently to do the society" She
was fresh from a Baptist seminary but
she had a longing to be of the world,
worldly. Especially was she ambitious
to interview actresses and know stage
people. The city editor finally gave her
a note of introduction to the manager Of
the Ping Pig Comic Opera company,
which is now rehearsing in this city.
Miss Jones went around to the theater
last Sunday morning. Dress rehearsal
was in progress. The manager was glad
to see her. She had gushful. three
column write-up look in her eye. He
gave her a seat down in front and the
rehearsal went on. 1t was the first
time Miss Jones had ever witnessed a
theatrical performance. except as one
of many spectators. She was now the
entire audience.
And it was so different from what she
had expected! Life on the boards was
evidently not all violets and ose-col.
ored discussions on art. The people on
the stage were coarse The prima donna
and the leading tenor were bandying
low jests, while the stage manager was
impartially swearing at everybody with
out distinction of sex
Finally the manager approached.
How are you enjoying it, Miss Jones?"
he asked.
Very much, indeed" she faltered,
this being the first lie she had ever told.
We'll, come around behind and see
my people" urged the urpane manager.
Il think l may say without boasting
that have the most refined ladies' in
the profession"
And away they went to the women's
dressing-room. Such a scene the coun-
try girl had never beheld before. The
scantiness of the costumes quite ap-
palled her. And the girls didn't seem at
all to mind the fact that stage hands
were constantly passing through the
room, hut went on composedly with
their robing. ani disrobing.
Aren't they a superior lot of ladies?"
asked the proud manager. ITS sell
dom you see so much culture and refine
ment in the chorus of a comic opera
company"
Miss Jones had nothing to say. but the
manager didn't seem to mind that. He
ratified on In laudation Of his company.
Presently one of the girls spoke to him,
saying,
"Colonel.my costume is rather scanty.
All of it doesn't seem to have arrived
yet"
Here" thought the visitor. "is the
one oasis of wOmanliness in all this des-
ert of vulgarity. I'm so glad that one
of these poor creatures has developed a
sense of shame" So she listened
Whats wrong. Flossie?" asked the
colonel. Your dress seems to be AL
there. A yard and a half of tulle and
spangles, and-er-all the rest of it,"
mo, 'taint all there, colonel" re-
turned the modest girl az can't find
my golden girdle. Buffalo Express,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

cream. When It comes to q boil add one
tablespoonful of ffour thoroughly niois-
tened with cold milk, and lie, boil up once.
Have the tapioca or whatever you wish
to use in the soup cooked and add 1t 10
the soup and serve. Barley requires two
hours to cook, rice one hour Sago and
pearl tapioca must be soaked In cold water
half an hour and cooked the same length
Of time Chicken Jelly may be used In =
variety of ways. To make the jelly take Il
fowl weighing about three pounds. Clean
and remove the skin and fat. Cut II into
pieces and put them into a saucepan with
and some pieces OF celery. Cover ana
heat slowly up to the e'boiling point. Let II
simmer for four hours. Then season with
salt and strain into glasses and set away
to cool. When cold remove the fat. This
jelly may be used cold or heated and
served like soup. Pieces of the white
meat of owl may be cut fine and put into
IA jelly Jar and the liquid poured over them.
between thin slices of bread, butteredsand
with the crust taken Off, or with slices of
jellied chicken with toasted crackers.
Boiled rice with egg is excellent. and
cup OF rice and put II into a double boiler
wuth just enough water to cover 1t. When
the rice is nearly done, if any water re-
mains pour IL Off and add one cup of milk
and little salt Let the rice cook slowly
until done. Beat an egg thoroughly, and
the last thing before taking the rice from
the fire stir the egg into ii as lightly as
possible, and serve hot with sugar and
cream. Tapioca jelly Is excellent. To
prepare 1t soak one cup of tapioca in three
cups of cold water over night. In the
morning put II in u double boiler with u
cup of hot water, and let II simmer until
perfectly clear, stirring often. Sweeten
to taste and flavor with the juice of half q
lemon and two tabespCorfuls of wine
Pour into cups, and set away until perfect
ly cold. Whipped cream and sugar may be
served with this jelly. IL preferred, q
blanc mango may be made with tapioca
and milk by soaking a cup of taploca in
two cups of water over night. Place over
the fire in Il double boiler the soaked tap
ioca and stir into II two generous cups
of boiling milk, three tablespoonfuls of
sugar and q pinch of salt. Let it cook
slowly Is minutes, stirring several times.
Remove from the fire and flavor with wine
or vanilla. Pour into individual mouds
and set away to harden. Orange jelly will
often tempt and look inviting. To make
1t, soak half "a package of Cox gelatine in
a teacup of cold water for an hour. Select
perfect oranges and cut them through
tine center and remove skins whole. Take
generous half pint of organe juice, beat
the white of an egg to Il stiff froth and
add to the Juice with a teacup of grGnu!at-
ed sugar a scant pint Of hot water and the
soaked gelatine. Set the dish containing
the mixture over the fire in a pan of boil
ing water, and stir until 1t Is thoroughly
heated. Strain and fill the orange cups
and put In cold place to harden.-New
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"Why," said one actor to another, edo
you mispronounce the French language SO
persistently in your impersonation?'
"Why," replied the dialect comedian,
with sweet assurance. I'm afraid the au-
dence would think | am a real French
man and fail to give me credit for act
ing." g."-Washington Star
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Joanna SOuthcOtf.

Among the honestly deluded leaders
of fanatical movements the name of
Joanna SouthcOtt will ever be promi-.
nent. She was a Devonshire peasant
woman, born about 1850, and until 40
years of age was a domestic servant
noted for her industry and piety. At
that age she began to have visions,
and finding herself not in sympathy
with the Church of England. left 1t, and
went over to the Wesleyans. In 1892
she began to clam supernatural powers,
and attracted considerable attention
by publishing predictions and prophe-
cies. sometimes in prose. more frequent
ly In rude doggerel. About the same
time she launched out as preacher,
and her sermons, or rather harangues,
had a rude eloquence that proved sin
gularly attractive to the rabble. She
soon had host of followers. Wherever
she went she found some who regarded
her as inspired, and listened to her
smallest utterance as to the words of
Holy Writ. Finding the limits of de-
nominationalism too narrow, she
founded sect of her own, and made
converts to her doctrines on every side.
The authorities of the Established
church stood aghast. and even Wesley,
who by long experience had become
accustomed to strange manifestations
felt and declared that Joanna was
going too far. The woman herself was
a psychological curiosity, for although
uneducated. she had at her command
resources of rhetoric and logic equal
to the most learned of the doctors. The
Scriptures she knew from beginning to
end, and could quote with the utmost
facility any passage that suited her
purpose. There was. besides, WIN
ming nprCnnnl cha phnIlt hap ha
attracted even those who came to her
meetings for the purpose of breaking
them up. and among the most earnest
of her converts were many persons
who had formerly been her most pro-
rounced opponents. AS she grew old
he'd wild fancies assumed strange forms,
and she gave notice to her followers
that she was about to become the
mother of a new Christ. While this
event was anxiously awaited. she sud-
denly died, in 1874. At the time of her
death the sect she had founded num-
bered over 100000. but as soon as she
had passed away her bands of followers
dispersed. Not entirely. for as late as
1861 four congregations Of Southcottians
were reported in the English census.
and 1t is possible that one or more of
these societies may be still in existence.
A Host of Impostcrs.
But every age has had it's religious
impostors, and every century has, and
always has had, among it's population,
numbers of persons who were willing
to be imposed upon by almost any one
who chose a religious clak in rder to
conceal his purposes. Arabia was full
of willing dupes at the time Moham-
med appeared, and the willingness of
mankind to be imposed upon wes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

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HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:

HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:
To exterminate red ants in a cupboard
| place in 1t an earthen dish containing u
| pint of tar, on which two quarts of hot
water has been poured.
To roast small birds, fasten the head un-
| der the wings. Lay a thin slice of pork
on the breast of each bird. and u piece of
bread underneath. Roast in a hot oven.
In washing grained woodwork use. clear
water or weak, cold tea. Where there are
| finger marks to be removed, such as
| around the door knob or on the window
sill. little fine soap may be used. for soap
should not be used on this woodwork If 1t
| can be avoided
1t is not necessary to have fresh and
| green things for all salads. The cold
cooked vegetables may be utilized-aspar-
agus tops, peas, beans, cold potatoes and
| beats, cut in cubes, or any of them, mixed
together with. few capers and sliced
olives. This dish for any salad should be
rubbed inside with a raw onion.
| TO mend broken plaster cast paint the
| broken surface over two or three times
| with very thick shellac yarnish and after
| each application hurn out the alcohol over
| q flame. When the shellac Is sufficiently
soft press the parts together and hold in
| position until cool. 1t will be as strong
| as 1t was before being broken.
A manufacturer of pianos gives the fol-
| lowing method OF cleaning rosewood or
ebony piano case: Make a suds of white
CASTLE soap and lukewarln water; dampen
/ d
| face of the wood, one side at time: take
a small brush for the keys. and wipe them
| off afterward with alcohol and a soft
| colth.
| Furs will look much improved IL
| they are cleaned with bran heated In the
oven. Rub the hot bran well into the fur
| with piece of flannel then shake the fur
to remove all particles, and brush thor
oughly. Fur collars that have become
soiled from rubbing against the hair may
| be made to look like new by using hot
| bran on them. Apply the bran u second
time If the fur is badly soiled.
A nutritious article of diet for sick chill
dren may be made as follows: Put on the
| fire a pint of milk and stir into 1t table,
| spoonful of ground rice and a little sugar,
| let 1t boil, draw 1t to one side and allow
1.-the whole to simmer for quite half an
hour Strain 1t through sieve and serve
| either hot or cold. II the child is conval-
| escent a pleasant addition would be some
pieces Of candied lemon peel boiled with
the milk.
Amber varnish.--Take one pound of
| amber and ten ounces linseed oil, beat
| them together In an iron vessel over a
| slow fire, then add one pound oil Of tur-
| pentine. Stir well together, and 1t is fit
Drills, to Temper.-To temper drills 80
| that they will bore the hardest steel
known, heat. to dull redness and plunge
i into strong solution. of zinc chloride.
| will have to be repated after the drill Is
| ground.
soiled Ribbons, to Clean-Soiled ribbons
| can be nicely cleaned by washing in a
| strong suds made Of soap bark. Do not
| rub the ribbon nor use soap. on 1t; draw
/ 1t smoothly through the hands, and press
! the water out Of II In the same way, as
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-17
Naecabees Have a big Time.

Last Saturday was Maccabees' day
and everything was in their hands anC
they enjoyed il TO the fullest extent. Al
though 1t was pay day at the mines and
lied Jackets streets were crowded all
evening the crowd at the park would
make one wonder il there were any one
left IN the city. The Maccabee badge was
worn by about hall the population and
those who were not Maccabees wished
they were and tried 10 convince their
friends that they were.
The sport at st. Jean Bapti-te park
commenced early in the afternoon when
those who had participated in the pa
ade, accompanied by an immense crowd
Of friends and Others who had heard OF
TIE hospitality OF the order and had
come 20 spend lew hours OF real pleas
ure With the knights, found their way TO
the park. From this time until late ia
the evening the vauOus omnibuses were
kept busy, and the crowd kept coming
and gong. The various social events
Ehich have been istbered By the order
have been SUCCESSES 70 a marked degree
ard saturday, picnic was no exception
70 TIE rule.
Ds1einz q, The park was the principal
iszi1rs d tbs day, for the younger peo-
- q lssast- but many d those more adj
ARD u year, bscsms snthu-ed with
'-s swsst muse u the Filth Regiment
.'s-.1 at trTp5's1 TIE light fantastic in
20 cs1ss.. The band played a select
,l-s-es-- "a. = u TIE eyening, which was
zrast.g s1.Dysd By all
ne lang IA regard 10 the facilities at
tts pax that was clearly shown at the
picnlc Saturday WIS the want Of a
larger dancing pavilion. The stand was
entirely inadequate TO accommodate the
crowd at the park at the Maccabees'
picnic
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News About Town.
It's the Old. Old Story
About the Saloons
and Sunday.
Two Rows sunday Morning
His Head Cut with q Beer Bot
tle-Lecal D0inS~

Anyo1s who 0ses either his ewes O.
ears can, when passing through TT
streets Ct les jacket on q sunday, MOTIFS
that The saloO1kesy'ers are again Tar cat
stepping. Tor Their own sake, The bound,
81 prudence
The NKWs when N conversation lately
Win The president. rsierrea 70 tins iar-t,
aDc Was tOlo ~ that Official that be haG
sesn snch - he the ease. and had IN cor
sequences instructed TIE marshal 70 cal
the salOdnkeepe-s ooND. Tor which acton
be hac he-s1 soondly rfrec nv one ~ The
couDcilDen, who WISHED 70 Know what
-lghg the president had 70 issue or5ers
without the authority 81 The council
4hls valuable hlof on the council Des.d
only rurI % The lss % 1885 where he
can Ascertain that the president j The
chisi executive Ornce- Of the village aoo II
CONSERVATION Ot the peace. and az such.
may exercise within the village The pow
ers conferred upon sherIis 70 suppress
clsorosr and disorder. conduct
Two clsgracstol rows occurred early on
sunday DoruInC-ons IN The Auditorium.
where The proprietor Was knocked down.
and the other IN The stone building on
sixth street
Why Do the officers not do their duty?
II these places had been closed I'D az the
proper tine. the rows would not have
occurred. That IN the Auditorium hap
Peoec, We are told, about 100 O'Clock.
and the row II the other building short
" before.
III Il proper 70 say that the row at the
Auditorium was IN the restaurant annex.
but as We are informed on very good au-
thOnty beer was served there. il only
goes 10 prove what the News has SAID
more than once-yiz: that liquors aredis-
pensed ia the restaurant annex OF the
Auditorium after the bar is closed.
What makes the case at the Auditorium
look very black is that the young fellow
who committed the assault, when. az he
says, be was drunk. claims be was sober
when be entered the Auditorium, and
worse than all, he is under age.
These two cases happening on one
night should cause the village officials 10
give the nightwatchmen peremptory
orders to see that all saloons are here
after closed at the legal hour, whether
they have restaurant annex or not.
Surely there are enough aw-abiding
citizens in the council 10 ensure a decent
carrying out OF the village ordinances, |
which is their clear duty.
IL is a pity that those saloonkeepers,
aud we hear there are many OF them.
who do close up their saloons at the pro-
per time do not enter into some arrange
ment among themselves by which a stop
could be put to the practice of two or |
three OF their fellow saloonists whose ex-
horbItant greatness induces them TO set |
up half the night in order to catch the |
last cent and drain the pockets OF the |
fools who patronize them, TO the hurt,
most likely, of their wives and families. |
Ii Is pity that the innocent should be |
blamed for the guilty greedy ones, such |
as those above complained OF certainly |
are
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-17
with Song lie Wins His Why

The appearance of Mr.. Francis Jones
in his operate comedy, In Old Madrid"
at the Opera House on Wednesday eve.
ming promises TO be an event in local
theatricals. Although very Young
man, Mr.. Jones has been before the pub
nc Tor nearly seventeen years, making
nus hrst appearancein "Rosedale" at the
PIke Opera House in Cincinnati when
scarcely Tour years of age. He has n
magnetic stage presence and il the DOS
SCISSOR OF rich baritone voice, which he
uses with splendid effect. 1t is a mat
ter oil comment by all criti CO thatMr.
Jones has the most perfect enunciation of
any singer now before the public, every
svlable oil his songs being heard in every
part OF the theatre. During the three
seasons spent in the support Of Miss
Fannie Rice, Mr.. Jones shared the honors
with the star, aud now that he il again
heading his own company, he il being
received by the friends
won during his previous visits in the
Jolly Surprise"
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An UnproyOked Assault.

A young man named John Mckenzie
was brought up before Jusiee Curtis this
morning charged with striking John F.
Schroeder, OF the Auditorium, late on
Saturday night, or rather; early Sunday
morning, with beer bottle, thereby in
netlng severe cut on the top of his
bead. No evidence was given in court,
az the Young man freely admitted his
guilt and when asked why be had, seeing
Schroeder was not interfering with him,
committed the act, replied that be was
drunk and supposes some one told him
to strike Schroeder and be did so. The
justice, after hearing statement by the
omplaining witness. fined the defendant
500 and costs or ninety days in gaol.
The fine has since been paid.