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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24

There was talk in the anthracite coal
trade last Saturday, according to the
Philadelphia Times. to the effect that
no change would be made in prices as
long as the various state legislatures
remain i'm session. The adjournment
will come some time i'm April. and it is
possible that this will be followed by
an advance of 81 cents May I. If pro-
duction is kept down to 2.5G0.0eO tons
during April. the scarcity of tonnage
will force such appreciation, giving it
the appearance of being natural. There
is very little talk of any chnge i'm freight
rates. Most of the coal roads are haul
ing on basis Of sl2I per ton. The
,Lackawanna. which advanced its rates
to $1Aj last October. after the sharp
fall rise. still maintains that figure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24
For Rent.

EOR REMITTANCE SINGLE HOUSE.
L perfect order. all improvements, suitable
for phi ysician. boarding or rented room house
choice, central location. OPPORTUNITY,
Tribune Office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24
Agents Wanted.

WANTED SALESMAN: SALARY FRO NJ
W start; permanent llsce. BROWN
b 3OS. co. Nurserymen. Rochester NJ. y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24

EOR RE- NT-FOUR HOUSES ON EIGHTH
l street, Nos 4l6, 4lS, AZ! and 424; convent
ent and central. Apply to James B. Watson,
at First National Bans, or A. ID. Dean S229JS
N. WASHINGTON aYenne.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24

JNUR RENT-TEN. ROOM HOUSE; ALL
u modern tonveniences. Inquire at l.ss.3
Washburn Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24
DELAWARE AND
..DI,SDN RAIL.
ROAD,

Commencing Monday,
July 20. all trains will
arrive at new Lacka.
wanna avenue station
ns follows:,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24

"A S15 per month salary and expenses paid.
Address. with two.cent stamp. FIGARO CT.
GAR CO.. Chicago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
PRIVATE BRADLAUGH.
How He Rebuked an O@cer For Hi
Ungentlemanly Conduct.

How He Rebuked an OfGcer For His
Ungentlemanly Conduct.
One Of Messrs. Cassell's publications
saws that the late Charles Bradlaugh,
when in the British army, was orderly
room clerk, and newly arrived officer
once entered the room where he was sit
ting at work and addressed to him
some discourteous order. Private Brad
laugh took no notice. The order was re-
peated with an oath. Still no move
ment. Then it came again, with some
foul words added. The young soldier
rose, drew himself to his full height,
and, walking up to the officer, babe
him leave the room or he would throw
him out. He went accordingly, but in a
few moments the grounding of muskets
was heard outside, the door opened, and
the colonel walked in, accompanied by
the officer.
It was clear that the private soldier
had committed an act for which he
might be court martialed, and as he
said once, IT felt myself in tight
place. The officer made his accusation,
and Private Bradlaugh was hidden to
explain. He asked that the officer
should state the exact words in which
he had addressed him, and the other,
who had, after all, a touch of honor in
him, gave the offensive sentence word
for word. Then Private Bradlaugh said,
addressing the colonel, that the officer
memory must surely be at fault in the
whole matter, as he could not have used
language SO unbecoming to an officer
and gentleman. The colonel turned to
the officer with the dry remark: 81
think Private Bradlaugh is right There
must be some mistake" and he left the
ROOM
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
What Marco Polo Did.

Marco Polo was the first traveller tc
trace route across the whole length OF
Asia, says one Of his biographers ode
scribing kingdom after kingdom that he
had seen with his own eyes" He was
the first traveller to explore the deserts
and the Towering plains of Persia, to
reveal China with its mighty rivers, its
swarming population and its huge
cities and rich manufactures the first
to visit and bring back accounts of Tibet,
Laos, Burma, Siam. Cochin China,
Japan, the Indian archipelago, Ceylon,
farther India and the Andaman islands;
the first to give any distinct account OF
the secluded Christian empire of Abys-
sinia; the first to speak even vaguely ct
Zanzibar, Madagascar and other regions
in the mysterious south and of Siberia
and the Arctic ocean in the terrible and
much dreaded north Although centu-
ries have passed since young Marco Polo
grew to man IS estate while treading his
dangerous way among these distant
lands, we must still Icok back to his
discoveries for much that we know about
those countries; for we have learned
nothing new Of many Of them since his
time.-Noah Brooks i'll St. Nicholas.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
Ate Mammals Transfer Ticket.

It was On a Summit street trailer,
and the young mother was absent mind
edly gazing Oh a far off blue capped
heights and carelessly toying with a
pink tinted transfer check i'll her right
hand. The baby had asked for the pretty
ticket, but the mothers thoughts were
busy elsewhere. She kept On looking cut
over The landscape, evidently III brown
study.
''Fares, please!' It was the conduct
or. The mother came back to the pres
ent tense with q jump.
81 paid my fare once. "
'sNo mann, you didn't, beggin your
pardon.
eyes did. had trans''-
Just then baby began to gag and grow
black in the face. And not only black.
but all about her little mouth We're re-
n1arkable variegations i'll shades Of pink.
The transfer ticket had returned to the
pulp from which it was made The
mother scooped out what was left of it
from baby's mouth, thunped the little
ones back to aid it i'll recovering its
breath and then turned very red face
toward the conductor in mute inquiry
as to what was to be done.
The conductor said never word. He
merely held out his hand.
well, won't pay again. I-I-I'll
walk first. -
The conductor gave the gripman one
bell. All the passengers looked thei1
sympathy as the mother and the varie-
gated little one left the car.-Kansas
CITY World
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
The Only Way.

Mr.. William Spark in his "Musica
Memoirs tells a story Of the famous
Wesley which was related to him by
Mr.. Bishop, the London organ builder.
Wesley was q great extemporaneous
fugue player, and on the occasion to
which Mr.. Bishop referred had been
asked to show off new organ by play
ing a voluntary at the afternoon service
previous to the reading of the first les
son. Before going to the organ he asked
the vicar, who was an amateur organ
list, how long the voluntary should last
"Oh, - replied the vicar, "please
yourself, MI. Wesley. Say five or ten
minutes, but we should like to hear as
much of the different stops as you can
oblige us with. -
When the time came, after q few pre-
liminary chords, Wesley started fugal
subject, which he worked out in mas
terly way in about a quarter of an hour,
and the vicar was about to commence
reading the lesson when the inexhausti-
BILE organist started a second subject,
and this he developed in the same alb.
struse, elaborate manner as the first.
The congregation at the end of half
an hour began to show signs Of weari-
ness. The vicar beckoned to Mr. Bish-
op and begged him to stop the too prolix
organist
"Oh," replied the organ builder, 81
can soon stop him if you give me au-
thority and will take the consequences.
He approached the organ blower, and
holding up half a crown he said hur-
riedly: "Come and take this. I am just
going
The blower pumped the bellows full
and made for the half crown. Bishop
detained him until the wind went out
with suck and grunt, and poor Wes-
ley was left high and dry in the middle
of his double fugue.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
Qualifications Needed For consulship.

Anybody at all familiar with the du.
ties of an American consul, anybody
who knows what is expected of him by
the department. of state and what he is
called upon to do by the public, will
agree that he should neither be the prod
uct nor the victim Of capricious politi-
cal craftsmanship. He should be appoint
ed upon his merits after careful. exami-
nation aid retained upon the same ba-
sis. There should be q career for the
consul There should be reward for
merit, and he should suffer for incom-
potency.
Primarily the consul should be gen.
tleman, meaning thereby an honorable
and educated man, familiar with the
amenities and graces Of good society.
The next and absolutely necessary re-
quirerne ut should be an intelligent
knowledge Of the language Of the post
to which he is assigned. He need not
be a professor Of German or French OF
Spanish or Italian, but he should be
able to speak and write intelligently
the language of the country to which
he is commissioned Scribner's
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

no respecter OF persons or places. 1t al
fects all sorts and conditions of people.
What better illustration of this is need.
ed than the present case in the first
household of the land? The disease is
one Of the most highly contagious all
ments known. It is far more contagious
than smallpox, but the poison OF mea-
sles contains much less vitality than
that Of the latter. The poison of measles
exits in the breath, the blood, the tears
and in the secretions from the nose and
throat.
Although the disease is usually
classed as one of childhood, adults
sometimes suffer from it. The adult
cases are usually the more severe. In
fants under months are generally con-
sidered exempt from the disease, al
though there are exceptions to the rule.
Measles is generally looked upon as a
necessary evil of childhood and one that
deserves but little attention. In a SIM
pie case that may be all well enough,
but there are usually other contingent
cies, and some of these should be guard
ed against. In almost every case the
eyes become inflamed and call for at.
tention There is usually bronchitis,
which, if left uncared for, may be fol-
lowed by pneumonia and fatal termina-
ton. San Francisco Chronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
SUSPENDED IN SPACE.

Sir Robert Ball Speculates Upon the Poo
sibilities of Such Experience.
Conceive that traveller were endow-
ed with some means Of soaring aloft for
miles and thousands of miles, still up
and up, until at length he had attained
the awful height of nearly $50, 600
miles above the ground, suggests Sir
Robert Ball in his STORY Of the Heav-
ems" CHANGING down at the surface of
that earth, which is at such stupen-
dous depth beneath, he would be able to
see a wonderful birdseye view.
He would lose, no doubt, the details
of towns and villages. The features in
such landscape would be whole CONT
nents and whole oceans, in SO far as the
openings between the clouds would per-
nit the earth's surface to be exposed.
At this stupendous elevation he could
try one Of the most interesting expert
ments that was ever in the power of a
philosopher. He could test whether the
earth's attraction was felt at such a
height, and he could measure the
amount Of that attraction. Take for the
experiment a cork, a marble, or any
Other. object, large or small. Hold it be-
tween the fingers and let 60 Every one
knows what would happen in such a
case down here, but it required Sir
Isaac Newton to tell what would hap
pen in such case up there. Newton as
serts that the power Of the earth to at
tract bodies extends even to this great
height, and that the marble will fall.
This is the doctrine that we can now
test
We are ready for the experiment
The marble is released, ard 10! our
first exclamation is one Of wonder In
stead of dropping instantly, the little
object appears to remain suspended
We are on the point of exclaiming that
we must have gone beyond the earth's
attraction. and that Newton is wrong,
when our attention is arrested. The
marble is beginning to move, SO slowly
that at first we have to watch it closely
But the pace gradually improves, SO
that the attraction is beyond all doubt,
until gradually acquiring more and
more velocity the marble speeds on its
long journey Of 100000 miles to the
earth
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
Attempts to Cheat tho Treasury.


Frauds Oh tie redemption division 81
the treasury are constantly being tried.
What are called drawer scraps" are
presented almost every day with de-
mands fer now money III exchange.
These are tLG-torn Off fragments Of
notes which are found III tiIls and cash
drawers a young man employed in a
New York bank oaco sent in a boxful Of
them, claiming $500. They were the re-
suit of many swoepings carefully &C
cumulated Unfortunately, they repre-
sented $1,000 CT more, if anything, and
the youth was laci.y to escape prison.
An Ohio woman not long ago mailed to
the treasury g number of rolled up pei
lets Of paper, which she said represented
S. note tern up by child. The pellets
were Strengthened out and found to be
ID center strips cut length wise from as
many S. bills. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that the woman got nothing IRE
turn. People seem TO think that Uncle
Sam is precious green; at the same time
the redemption division does get cheated
now and then, undoubtedly.
Late III the year 1892 it was discov-
cred in the redemption division that the
full number G $500 notes of the series
Of 1874 had been redeemed. Neverthe-
less, notes Of tais series We're still COM
ing in for redemption. At first it was
thought that tl.are had been an oyerissue
by some strange mistake Accordingly
all OF these notes from that time on were
withheld from the customary destrue-
ton, and their numbers were registered
for the purpose Ct seeing if duplicates
would appear. Bat no duplicates did
appear, and it is now believed that the
trouble arose from an error on the part
of the officials appointed to act as de-
struction committee. They must have
made q mistake III their record Of notes
destroyed, putting down the figures 1874
instead Of those CT some other year
Philadelphia Times
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
A New AntiseDtic.

We are willing to admit that the
Japanese can give us points on various
industries and mechanical arts, but we
have scarcely been prepared for the an
nouncement that they are ahead of us
in certain points in surgery. Antiseptic
dressings are among the absolutely nee
essary surgical appliances There is
more or less difficulty in preparing
them, and they are for the most part
expensive, and many Of them are not at
all satisfactory. During the war jap
anese surgeons used the ashes of rice
straw as dressing for wounds, and
met with most remarkable success. The
wound was cleaned, the ashes applied
freely, then sublimate gauze or linen
was used as a wrapping. These ashes
are said to be perfect antiseptic, and
owe these qualities to the presence of
potassium carbonate English and Amer
lean surgeons are trying this dressing,
and if it is as successful in their hands
as in the Japanese, it certainly is a
wonderful stride in antiseptic surgery,
and is unquestionably the cheapest
dressing that has ever been prepared. =
New York Ledger.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
Drawi.,: Room Weaving,

A new occupation and fashion among
English Women is that Of drawing room
weaving upon light house looms. Upon
these looms hand woven table linen and
towels, with and without borders, are
made Though the world is not suffer
ing for these hand woven products, they
are thought by some to have an artistic
value that machine woven fabrics have
not, and as we copy English fashions
sooner or later, it is predicted that ere
long American women, too, will per
haps return to a bygone occupation,
from which their grandmothers were
very thankful to be free.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
HORSE MEAT DEFENDED.
An Authority Claims Prejudice Prohibits
Its General Use.

Oe@AAuo VJuuAC0 1TOulUlC1
Its General Use.
Everybody is aware that the horse is
the cleanest of all domestic animals. II
will not eat anything but good, healthy
food, nor drink any but pure water, A
horse would rather starve than swill
the rotten stuff often given to pigs and
cattle. 1t is nothing but prejudice that
prevents US from eating horsefesh.
A similar prejudice retarded the in
PRODUCTION of the potato 100 years ago.
Today we could not get along without
it. Yet the prejudice against potatoes
can be explained. The people had been
told that this American root caused
fever and rendered the ground unfit for
all other crops. The exception against
horsef1esh is not even founded upon any
objection to its properties 1t is solely
due to the influence of the church. The
clergy did everything possible to pre-
vent the newly converted Saxons from
returning to their heathenish practices
and prohibited the use of horsefesh to
stop the sacrifices to Odin and Thor. A
long time passed before these sacrifices
were altogether discontinued.
The nations of Europe have suffered
enormous loss by this prohibition of
horsefesh. Especially from the humane
tartan point of view the results are most
aeplorable. Millions Of people are forced
to live on potatoes and similar food
wanting in nutritiYe Qualities. whils
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
ANTIQUITY OF THE MEASLES.


People In All Times Have SUFFERED From
This Disease.
Of course every one thinks he knows
what measles is and yet very few really
know more about the ailment than the
fact that it is contagious disease, char
acterized by sore eyes, sore nose, sore
throat and an eruption Of the skin.
The disease is one Of great antiquity,
dating as far back as A. D. 900. At
that time, however, it was COMPOUNDED
with smallpox and scarlet fever. By
many observers smallpox and measles
were always regarded as one and the
same disease, differing only i'll degree.
This instrumentation was not dispelled
until 1870. when Sydenham, an Eng
1ish physician, declared that they were
distinct diseases.
About the origin of measles little is
known. At the present day the disease
is found all oyer the civilized world. It
is not known in uncivilized countries.
It has always been claimed that the dis
ease was due to specific poison, but
the nature Of it was not known. Quite
recently, however, European bacteri-
ologist named Czajikowski reported that
he had found micro organism in the
blood of a person suffering from mea-
sles, which he believed to be the. cause
Of the disease. Measles is unlike some
other CONTAGIOUS diseases. in that it j.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
IT'S NOT A SONNET If IT LIMPs.

You build sonnet on about this plan:
Your first line ground out, take the nex1
One-SO-
And make it rhyme with this one, just below
Then next you match the first line, if you can
Don't hurry the machine. The lines must scan
With steady motion turn the crank. You
know
IT'S not a sonnet if it limps. Go slow.
Now find some rhyme for "scan''-for In
stance, man.
As to the last six lines some latitude
May be allowed. Take any word, as 'sgrove. .
Now hunt a rhyme for s'latitude. F" Try shrewd.
This line must end with dove or love OF
strove,
And this with mood or prude or crude OF
dude,
And there's your sonnet. Throw it in the
stove.
Chicago Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
His Eetal Fault.

ssWhat do you want to haul me ul
for?' protested the cyclist who had beer
humping himself along the boulevard.
"Why didn't you grab some Of those
chaps that We're searching past mel
They were going at the rate Of 20 miles
an hour?"
"You were the only one l could
catch, - responded the perspiring police
man, gripping him tighter. Chicago
Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
THE WOMAN IN COURT.

A Dangerous Witness and q Two Edged
Sword on Cross Examination.
There is an agreement among law
yers not to put woman on the witness
stand If it can be avoided.
II always subpoena women,' says a
lawyer of experience. ''It keeps them
harmless, but l never use them unless
my case is desperate" A lawyer press
ed for reasons preserves an impersonal
attitude by retiring behind the law. 1t
is a sad but long established fact, it
seems, that the law when it forbids a
wife testifying in her husbands favor
intimates her inability to speak the
truth, for, doubtless, some personal rea-
son she may fib against him on oath if
she will. With the best intentions in
the world, a woman will state conclu-
sions instead Of facts. Her mental tend
ency is to form some preconceived theo-
ry, and the facts are unconsciously
twisted to support it.
In consequence of these mental lido
syncrasies women witnesses are care
fully prepared. After lawyer has
eliminated the 81 saids'' and she saids"
from her narrative and has ruthlessly
brought her personal Importance to the
matters she has testified to to the least
appreciable quantity and has endeavor-
ed to throw into relief the facts of i'm
portance to his side, he folds his hands,
closes his eyes and tries to realize then
| and there all his stock Of faith.
''Let me give you my dying advice, "
said Rufus Choate. "Never cross exam
inc woman. They cannot disintegrate
the story they have once told. They
cannot eliminate the fact that is for
you from that which is against you.
They go for the whole thing, and the
moment you begin to cross examine one
of them, instead of being bitten by one
rattlesnake, you are bitten by whole
barrelful I never, except in a case alb
solutely desperate, cross examine a
| woman
Judge Barrett has given these rules
for cross examination:
First. Never ask a question Of
which the answer might harm you.
Second.-Never cross examine any
witness over ten minutes.
''Third. Never cross examine wom-
am
There is whiplash to woman's
speech that will crack through the curt
est cross examination.
did the defendant give you this UNI
brella?'
eyes, but paid for it. -
Speeches of this sort, that any nimble
witted woman can toss from the tip Of
her tongue, make lawyers modest and
judges shy. These are advantages be-
fore the law not lightly to be relinquish-
ed.-San Francisco Examiner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

m11l1ons OF pounds Of the very best meat
are wasted. Horseflesh is the most
nourishing of all meats, and its taste is
hardly to be distinguished from that Of
beef. The flesh Of a horse fed on oats
has smell similar to goosefesh. The
fat is preferable to lard. Above all, it
should be remembered that no flesh Is
SO healthy as that Of the horse. Trichi-
nosis and similar diseases are unknown
in horses. tuberculosis, very common
in cattle, is very rare in horses. Frank
furter Zeitung.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
Becoming Wells.

Wells which are designed to enhance
the lovelicst complexion and improve a
poor one are made of black Russian net
spotted with chenille and lined with
the thinnest pink tulle. These are gath
cred ready for use and finished with TO
settles of baby ribbon at the back White
yelling with brown chenille spots is an
other fancy Of fashion.