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Is Greater in Its Way Even
Than His kiss of
Death"
THE FINGER-roUCH OF VICE.
Sins Ravages Portrayed With Singu.
lar Accuracy and Wonderful
VividneSS.

There are countless bright and beautiful
creations in the studio of the sculptor,
Otto Dobbertin-creations in marble of
such fairy elegance and delicate graceful
ness that they seem frozen out of some
delightful dream; creations full of light,
as though Dobbertin had crystallized the
sunbeams that pour down ali day long
through the skylight into his workroom
and had fashioned them into sem alliances of
human life. There are lights there and
then there are shadows depicted, so deep
they give infinite pleasure even to the rich
fancy of William Keith, whose studio is
Just across the hall, and whose fancy and
studio are both so filed with wonderfully
dramatic contrasts in light and shade.
The high light in the studio of Dobber-
tin is his story of love in fine curved mar
bic figures, but the shadow of shadows is
in q single face-a mask. A face in which
so much of the mysteries of life bordering
on the hideous are portrayed that sensI-
tive visitors involuntarily turn to the fig
ures telling the story of love.
This face flashed across the Imagination
of Dobbertin in single moment of inspir-
alton, and so impressed his memory that
he made it immortal in marble. He has
called it Degeneration" 1t is the face OF
q
distorted and scared with the finger. marks
OF vice.
The features Of the right side of the face
are drawn, the eye glares in an expression
less sort of way, the nostril is expanded
and the mouth is half open. The left side
is sunken in and paraIyzed and there
are flowers on the woman's matted
hair, showing deluded effort to redeem
some of her lost attractiveness.
"The idea was in my mind, said Dob
bertin, ''of beautiful physical organiza-
tion gone completely to ruin, leaving moth
ing but horror in place of its former love-
illness.
"You see the face appeals negatively to
the mind. 1t is an index of the destruc-
tive forces of human nature. The spark
of goodness in woman or the craving for
beauty has prompted her to place flowers
on her hair. But the result is only to
make her own ugliness the more apparent.
1.-THE artist must produce the full gamut
of degeneration at one stroke. To my
mind the whole thought is here. l saw it.
did not design it."
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MATHEMATICS AND LOVE,
Demonstrating the Relations Betwee
the Two.

Demonstrating the Relations Between
the Two.
''I wish," said the young man, as the
twilight deepened, 81 could believe Won
loved me as much as / love you."
..That," said the college maiden. ..is sim.
plicity itself. Suppose l demonstrate it to
YOU mathematically.'
''Well, - he responded, somewhat doubt
ully.
"You and l." continued Miss Axiom.
.sbelong to a certain circle, do we not?'
"Yes," he assented.
consequently, said she, s'we might
call ourselves radii of that CIRCLE
The young man nodded.
.1he two radii Of circle are equal to a
third radius of the same CIRCLE"
He did not contradict her.
TT is established beyond all possble
dispute that things which are equal to
the same thing are equal TO one another. -
The young nan was interested, but pug
zled.
"Now," she concluded, in triumph. ..if
You and / are both equal to an unknown
quantity, which we will call X-''
"What is X?" he interrupted
sour love for each other,' was the
prompt reply.
"Oh." he replied, satisfied.
off" she repeated, you and are both
equal to x, our mutual love, then, as things
which are equal to the same thing are
equal to one another, | must love you in
the same ratio that you love me-"
And he was so satisfied that, not need
ing anv more light ON the subject, the gas
was not illuminated for fully two hours
Bits.
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A NOVEL SM0KING-R0OM.
Unique Electric Pen Decorations on
Gould's Yacht, Atlanta.

Unique Electric Pen Decorations on
Gould's Yacht, Atlanta.
George ]. Gould, who is commodore of
the Atlantic Yacht Club, has recently had
a number of alterations made to, the
interior of his magnificent steam yacht
Atlanta, Thich, as every one knows, is one
of the most luxuriously equipped yachts
on this side of the Atlantic. When the
Atalanta was originally built, some thir-
teen years ago, for Jay Gould, the father
of the present owner. yachtsmen came
from far and near to examine the wonder
ful carvings in her dining saloon, which is
the most magnificent apartment of its
kind on any yacht.
On the Atalanta. as is the custom on
many English yachts, the owners quar-
ters are forward instead of aft, as is usu-
ally the case, and the principal apartment
on the main deck is large ladies' saloon,
which leads by stairway aft to the din
ing saloon below. This year Mr.. Gould
had about ten feet taken off the after end
of the ladies' saloon. which he has con-
verted into a smoking-room and buffet,
where he can drink cocktail and smoke
a friendly cigar without being disturbed.
This room, though hardly noticeable on
account of its size, being only about ten
feet square, is chiefly remarkable for its
unique decorations and the inscriptions
Ou It's M0llSs lIctdHlly dLLTdCC the
attention of the most blase yachtsmen on
account of their beauty and originality.
The room which Mr.. Gould calls his
eden" is beautifully paneled in white ash,
surrounded by led leather-covered SOFAS
While this is not very remarkab bic in itself
the decorations are, for burned into the
wood for about tenth of an inch by the
aid of an electric pen are screll-work fig.
ures running along the wall, sides, and
even in the beams supporting the ceiling.
The contrast between the smoky character
of the decorations and the white ash back
ground is remarkably beautiful and mas
attracted the attention of every visitor on
the Atalanta since the room has been
opened. In case any visitor should forget
his real reason for entering the room in
his admiration for the decorations Com
modore Gould has kindly burned into the
wall the following inscription:
II on my theme rightly think, there are Eve rea-
sons why we drink:
Good wine, a friend because I'm dry, or lest
should be by and by, or any other reason why
ave won't count this one."
While on the other side of the room are
the following lines:
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mysteries.
This is about the first work of its kind
ever done by the electric pen, and Judging
by the result on the Atlanta it has opened
a new field for the decoration of natural
Wood,-New York Sun,
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TO INSPECT THE FORESTS.
Government COm0itssioners Are Arriu-
i4I1 at Portland.

PORTLAND, Or. Aug. %. = Arnold
Hague, advance member of the commits
sion of experts selected by the Govern
ment to make an investigation of the for
ests of the public domain, has arrived in
Portland and is awaiting the arrival of the
remainder of the commission. They are
to take trip to Mount Hood and will look
over the Cascade forest reserve, which has
been causing trouble among the sneep-
men. The commission consists of Sargent
F. Arboretum of Harvard College, Gen
eral Henry L. Abbott of the corps of United
States engineers. w. w. Brewer, professor
of agriculture at Yale College, and Clifford
Pinchet
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DoBBERrIN

Hughes arrested NJ. ]. Dunn, gambler,
in this city, upon a telegram received
from the Chief of Police of Sacramento.
Dunn was taken to Sacramento this after
noon. The charge upon which he was
arrested was made by his divorced wife.
He is accused of failing to provide the
necessaries OF life tor his minor child,
which he was ordered to do by the court
hat dissolved his matrimonial bonds.
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Bov KILLED or Frnctious Horse.

EUGENE, Or, Aug. 22.-Norman c.
aged years, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Hunsaker of Dexter, this
county, was killed near his home at P. NJ.
Tuesday The boy was riding a horse
when the animal reared and fell backward
upon him. The boy was injured in
ternally and died instantly. The boys
father is now in San Francisco.
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EAELx BIRD NINE FATALITY.
PerEe HIEtost Loses Hts life In Rescssing
HIS Brother.

PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 22.-The first
accident at the Jerome Creek (Wash.)
mines happened early Wednesday morn
ing, Perle Wilton, aged %, being the VIC
tim. There had been bad air at the Early
Bird mine for long time, and when Law
renee Wilton went down that morning he
was soon overcome, succumbing to the
deadly gas and falling. His vain endeav-
ors to grasp the rope were seen by his
younger brothers, Perle and Eddy, Perle
at once descended to his rescue, threw
a loop about his body and Eddy hoisted
him up in an almostdying condition. The
rope was lowered to Perle, who placed his
foot IN the loop, but failed 10 pass IL about
his body. Within about fifteen feet from
the top his hold relaxed and the unfortu-
nate young man fell forty feet, resulting
in almost instant death, only groan or
two being heard after he struck the bottom.
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The 81. Paul sttll Intact.

MONTEREY, CAL, Aug. 22.-Quite a
little excitement was caused here to-day
st. Paul had gone to pieces during the
night, and many people hocked to the
scene of the wreck, but the boat was still
whole and showed no indication of going
to pieces
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The doctor at this point begged to be
excused, saying that he had already taken
up more of hi S patients time than he had
intended. Than king the doctor for the
courtesies accorded during the interview
the reporter Withdrew, convinced that the
doctors record was all that he claimed it
to be and that his cures were genuine as
the many testimonials shown proved.
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The Galilee Arrives.

The long-looked-for brig Galilee arrived In
port last night. She sailed from Papeete on
July Ii, but met battling light winds.
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CITY,
F. L. SwEANY, M. D.-Dear Sir: Think
ing that perhaps few words from one OF
your grateful patients might be the means
of encouraging others to try your treat
ment / write these lines to inform you
that since stopping your treatment, some
few weeks ago, have had no return of nv
old troubles and am now quite sure that
perfect and permanent cure has been ei-
fected in my case. When / began your
treatment was sadly in need of medical
aid and cannot be too thankful that l
found the right place to 60. You guaran-
teed to cure me. and while / at first
doubted very much whether l could be
benefited, it is with pleasure that | can
now say that your guarantee has been
made good. and only hope that this fact
will be as much source of satisfaction to
you as it is to me. ]. D.
DUNsMUIR, Cal.
F. r. SwEANY, M.D.-My Dear Doctor:
| have not felt as we'll in twenty years as
now. Ny stomach is in good condition.
1 sleep well; my appetite is good; in fact
am hungry all the time. The color is
coming back in my face. l can say your
medicine is great boon to me. have
taken medicine of our doctor here, but all
the relief I had was temporary only.
Wishing you success in all your under
takinrs is my humble prayer. Yours re-
spectfully, A. A.
MARTINrowN Wis.
DR.. f. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: [ came to
the conclusion that / was well man and
would not need any more medicines. I
thank you very kindly for what You have
done for me. Yours respectfully, J. S.
DR.. r. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: am feel
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PLEASE THE LADIES

And you have the best possible advertisement. 1t
is natural for ladies to be cautious in buying, but
once their confidence is gained they spread your
fame and name. Now, our lads" always attract
the attention of the ladies, for they well know that
those who read save money. This week are
making special drive OF Lace Shoes for ladies.
misses and children. Last week we advertised
only the ladies' shoes, but we enjoyed such large
trade that we added complete line of Misses and
Childrens Lace Shoes with Wei kid vamps black
cloth tops, pointed toes ana patentleather tips
and spring heels, which we will sell follows:
Chds sizes, 8 TO 101a
Misses sizes, IL to 2..............S1.75
Ladies' Heel or Spring Heels. $500
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arrested for FatEtag to Provide.
WOODLAND, CAL. Aug. 22.-Late last
night Under Sheriff Brown and Deputy
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FoRr WINGATE. n. Mex

Fort WINGATE, n. Mex.
Mr.. F. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: Enclosed
please find $780, Send me another supply
of medicine. | am getting better every
day. | hope | will be cured in very
short time. J. B.
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NEW TO-DAY.

ing splendid, although am working very
hard running harvester. If / had not
been under your treatment would not
have been able to work at all. Yours
truly, G. L. A.
MARTINEZ Cal.
Mr.. f. l.. SwEANY Dear Doctor: So
overwhelmed am | with surprise and Joy
with the success your treatment had on
me that | hardly know how TO begin this
letter. have followed your directions as
carefully as any one could and my medi-
cine is almost gone, so l would like to
have you take the next step in my treat
ment., Beginning only few weeks ago
with hardly any faith in such little
medicine, but taking it more as an expert
ment, ain more than surprised.
Iowa HILL, July.
DIR. F. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: Thanks to
God and TO you, am about all right. l
think that about two more bottles of
medicines to take inwardly will cure me
all right. l feel as we'll and strong as can
be. If l should want any more medicine
after the two bottles / will let you know.
| am very thankful 10 you for the good
you have done for me. r. M.
MARYsvILLE, Cal.
Dr. f. L. SwEANY-D Dear Sir: Ny supply
of medicine is about exhausted. l feel
that l am gaming daily. Ny general
health is better than it has been for sew
eral years. If my improvement continues
l shall certainly not regret the amount it
has cost me for your very valuable SER
vices. Yours very truly, j. G. P.
RENO, New.
Dear Doctor thank you from the bot
tom of my heart for the kindness dou are
<so 1,,lx 4bo+
has ever done me any good. Before sent
to you had five other doctors to wait on
me, and none of them helped me. B. B.
P. S. 1t is quite surprise to the people
here to see me up, for the doctors here all
thought | was going to die. They are sur
prised to think that there is a doctor that
can cure me.
DUNsMUIR, Cal.
DIR. SwEANY-Dear Sir: 1 am feeling bet.
ter every day, and don't want to get out
OF medicine. | sleep good and my appe-
tite is good. Ny nerves are more steady.
l think | will come out on top vet. /
commenced treating with you at the start.
| would have been under the sod if had
not taken your medicine. l weigh 1876
pounds. which is % pounds more than |
weighed when l commenced taking your
medicine. Yours respectfully, A. A.
Fort WINGATE, n. Mex.
Mr.. F. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: Enclosed
please find 500. Send me another supply
of medicine. l am getting better every
day. l hope l will be cured in very
short time. J. B.
The doctor at this point begged to be
excused, saying that he had already taken
up more of hi S patients time than he had
intended. Than king the doctor for the
courtesie5 accorded during the interview
the reporter Withdrew, convinced that the
doctors record was all that he claimed it
to be and that his cures were genuine, as
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ing splendid, although l am working very
hard running harvester. If | had not
been under your treatment / would not
have been able to work at all. Yours
truly, G. L. A.
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RAILROAD TRAVEL.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
iPACIFIo sYsrES.o
Trains leave and are due tss RrrIye Rt
SAN FRANCISCO.
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Greeley,s Hand writing.

a group of newspaper men were sitting
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DuNsMuIR. Cal.
MARTINTnwN Wis

DR.. r. L. SwEANY-Dear Sir: am feel
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keep the street commissioners force
busy for many days
On the South Side the effect OF the
storm was particularly noticeable. At
several points along Elm street the
water was foot or more In depth.
The cellars Of the houses along this
thoroughfare were flooded. Pittston
avenue at many points was almost i'm
passable.
Tho Flood ON the " Wcst Side. d.
At the corner Of South Main avenue
and Eynon street on the West Side the
water was about four feet deep at one
spot and filed the cellar OF the store
Of John ~. williams & company. A
woman who refused to give her name
stepped OF the sidewalk at this place
but did not comprehend the depth OF
the muddy fluid. She sank in 1t up to
her waist. Some pedestrians helped
her out and she continued on her way
after announcing her determination to
sue the city.
a Scranton bus,aess m.l who is in
terested in mill ,custry at rortland
reached here from, that place last e$In-
ing. He had beeli called there by the
food on Jacobus creek. caused not only
by the great downpour Of rain. but by
the bursting OF bne Of the dam3 on
the creek as well. The stream over
flowed and the damage TO tho houses
and contents in the Immediate Vicinity
Of the stream was great The water
was higher than ever before at that
place.
The cellars of the buildings on North
Washingt avenue in the block be-
tween New York and Marion streets,
are filled to The top with water. A
large building owned by Jail Warden
r. J. Price has been considerably dam
aged.
At the train -dispatcher's office of the
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ing until o'clock in the evening. The
train due at $50 o'clock did not reach
here until little after nine. and 1t was
10 o'clock before the arrival OF the $40
train.
There was comparatively little trouble
on the Lavkawanna road north of
Scranton, but travellers going south
were informed when they bought tick
cts that the company could not guaran-
tee their transportation below Strouds-
burg.
On the Bloomsbury division there was
a washout somewhere below Kingston
and a special car and an engine had to
be sent from this city to bring to Scran-
ton the belated passengers at Kingston
and intermediate points.
Traction Company Had Trouble.
The Scranton Traction company was
not. exempt from considerable trouble
and delay. At MOosic the water over
flowed the tracks where they run un-
der the Delaware and Hudson road to
depth of five feet and the same thing
occurred on the Peckville line at the
culvert near the Marvine shaft. AT each
of these points IL was necessary to
transfer passengers to q car waiting on
the opposite side. On the Bellevue line
the water overfiowed the rails In the
Sixth ward. The cars were kept run
ming at the point affected. the storm
abating last evening just In time to
prevent q blockade. On all the lines
travel was more or less delayed.
In and about the city the rain began
to fall about o'clock yesterday MORN
ing. Its great volume together with
the one or more inches of snow which
lay on the ground made a greater
amount Of flow than the capacity OF
the sewers was equal to. The conse-
quence was that hundreds of cellars
were inundated, sewer and water bas-
ins were clogged and street intersec-
tions were plastered with q sea Of mud
The accumulation Of surface refuse will
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Jan ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS G THE CITY O SCRANTON
the Republican Primary Elections and of the City Convention
elusive Reasons Why Loyal Republicans Should Support
the Ticket Of Their Party.

.s nominations
disrupt and defeat the and enthrons the Democracy in this city
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The Tactics OF the Guerrilla.
their @ % % up & the sss. Gn r @ @ Srsm %
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and malice into the Every
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tired se s sens n and M p of fom ys
leadership as % as sonuplns as eherous and as demoraz'ns
from K.pud. as leaders political
cratic ranks small coerie
a "a na5e
Republicans Plain Duty
What the plain duty of the loyal Republicans of this
cans meant that body thinking
here to the Republican part, because in national state and municipal
appeals
s.ss% as%s
SsI
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The Music HALL ticket
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such elections have this
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RAINCAUsESM MUCH TROUBLE
It Delayed Travel on the Steam and
Electric Roads.
MANY STREETS lNrASSABLE
Pedestrians Put 10 Greet Inconvenicnce.
Many Cellars Filled with Water--iu
the suburbs tho Worst Con
ditiOn Of Affairs Exists.

Scrantonians who thought them
selves inconvenienced by yesterdays
storm were in reality lucky, consider
ing the havoc wrought by the flood of
water In nearby localities. This sec
ton was fortunate in escaping what
will cause many thousand dollars of
damage to railroads. street car lines.
mills and other interests less than a
hundred miles distant, especially In
southerly and southeasterly direction.
Up to u late hour last night Tribune
reporters were unable to obtain accu-
rate information Of what the storm has
done, and the extent of the damage will
not be known until at least this after
noon. as last night the press wires
would not convey q message until after
10 o'clock and then the dispatches were
transmitted only with great difficulty.
The washout or slide on the Lacka-
wanna road at Bridgeville. and which
IL reported more fully in another col
umn, prevented the trains due here at
1905 and l.04 y. IN. O'Clock from arriv-
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CHANCE PLAN ABANDONED
Kev. DR.. Robinson Entered q StrOne
Objection to the Plan.
LEGAL STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN
Ladies' Did Not Want to Have q Con
troversy and dropped Plan Although
1t Would Have Melted 81. 500 TO
Ilomc for the Friendiess.

Rev. DR.. Charles f. Robinson. Of the
Second Presbyterian church, has
obliged the kirmess management TO
abandon it's purpose to sell chances on
the many valuable articles contributed
by Scranton merchants and which
have for several days been on exhibit
tion in the display window OF Weichel
& Millar on Wyoming avenue. The
ladies who are managing the kirmess
felt more than incensed when Informed
of DR.. Robinson's position In the matter
but abandoned the chance scheme rath-
er than have any controversy.
DR.. Robinson's objections to having
the articles CHANGED off first became
known to the management through
hearsay. The divine did not carry his
views to them but discussed the matter
with others and. after ascertaining that
the lottery laws would support him in
the premises. announced that he would
prevent chances being sold. AS the
Home for the Friend!ess managers eX-
pected to realize about $1,000 from the