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

This barbarOuS custom was also
adopted in Rome after the conquest Of
Carthage and Corinth. The Romans,
being masters of the world, only
thought of revelling in their riches.
and cut themselves adrift from the
austere rules of virtue which had been
theirs for centuries. Civil marriages
and religious marriages were little by
little cut into by divorce, which spread
to such an extent as to almost sup
press marriage. Nearly every cause
was admitted-infidelity, sickness. old
age, drunkenness. poison (Which was
very prevalenU, going into the church.
the army. and. lastly. mutual consent.
The husband had the right to demand
q divorce If the wife obtained false
keys to the cellar, or if she went "gad-
ding" to the theater or circus to the
neglect of her household duties.
All these reasons were but pretexts.
after all. The virtuOus Cato obtained
q divorce in order to marry Marcia,
Scilla remarked with woman whom
he met at the circus. Cicero. repudiated
his wife to take Publilia. whose riches
would enable his wife to pay off all his
tors; Caesar and Antony contracted
four successive marriages.; Pompey
went as far as five. Juvenal felt JUS
titled in saying that faithful spOuses
were as rare as white crows" or. as
we say today. as white blackbirds"
The law Of Mohammed admits Of d.
vorce. though it IL very little resorted to
by the MohamuDsdans. but exacts four
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-08

Father. what Is a luXury?" asked
little Johnnie the other night as he
wrapped himself round the parlor
stove. "A luxury? Why. it's some
thing we don't really need, you know
q thing we can do without" well,
them" replied the logical youth. what
a luxury a mosquito net must be in
Winter. Harlem Life.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
origin Of rso,otai.

The late Rev. joel Jewell a Presby-
terrain clergyman. revivallst and &C.
tive temperance worker. Is said to nave
originated the word "tce;otal" IN Ibis
wise;
When quite young man, not then
ordained. Mr.. Jewell was conducting a
public temperance meeting IN Hector.
q. Y. For the pledge against using dc.
titled liquors. he introduced the letters
20. r." meaning "old pledge" and
~" for total" the latter including
both distilled and fermontod lIQuor1
when taking the names Of those who
had expressed desire to sign thc
pledge a young occupant Of gallery
seat called out. Add my name and a
r. for | am a 'r-totalor.'
After this the word "toeiotal' was
adopted by Mr.. Jewell In he writing
aud speeches.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

verses from Il to the people, They Re.
gan TO get quite interested and used 10
look forward to her coming to them
day by day. But At last her holiday
was over and they had 10 say good-hy
to the Book ana its little teacher. but
they often thought and talked about
her and about the beautiful words She
used to read. until after two years they
felt they must get teacher OF theli
cwn. So they wrote 10 Beyront anc
asked for one to come. and whom dc
you think was sent? why. this cam,
little girl. who had by this time left
school and was old enough 10 20 as The
teacher herself. and worked up quite
a nourishing school
Now there are twenty-nine schools
IN different places In which 5000 chill
dron are being taught about Jesus
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

under the stage OF the theater. William
A. Blank has 4 pack Of twenty-five
hounds which he uses In his play.
Hounds and dragon occupied the same
apartment The other afternoon tho
door Of the room was left open and one
Of the theator cats entered. She got
half way across the room before the
hounds saw her. One OF them, with a
"I-saw-her-frst" howl, jumped for
pussy. followed by the remaining TWEEN
ty-one. The cat gave one quick glance
around and made flying leap into tho
oriiice OF the dragon In which the head
Is Inserted. Il had been removed for
repairs. Two dogs followed In rapid
succession and others followed until
the dragons body was filled with ami
malls. For a few minutes there was
high carnival inside the dragon. Tho
canvas sides. unable to stand the strain.
parted In every direction. while the
barking and bowling was deafening.
When nothing was left but the debris
Teddy, the first dog to get In. emerged
with a scratched nose and ear but bit
OF cats fur and a canine smile on hi1
visage The others followed. looking
somewhat disappointed. and the stage
hands. attracted by the tumult, bore
away the shattered dragon. A piece Of
blott!ng paper and teaspoon suiiiced
o gather up the remains Of the cat
Exchange.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

Untl you make the attempt you viii
not believe how hard II is TO write In
two or three sentences the gisl OF an
occurrence. 10 relate what Is necessary
In a story. TO describe an event or 4
pcrcon. without using too many words.
The GIRL who can write clever para.
graphs will In good time lnd a news
paper which will use her work. As be-
tween producing paragraphs or poems.
| advise the paragraph as By far the
better factor IN forming really good
style. But II girls like 90 write ycr-es.
there is no reason why they should not
acquire so graceful an accompli shmont
As Tor earning money out OF school
hours. there are not many ways open
to girl In I've hrsi place the hours
OF a girls lie at school AMI o, home
ere very full She has her lcssona 10
prepare. aEl there are usually some
home duties which fall to her share.
A school girl must not overw orh for
n she does she will neither DO credit 10
her teacher nor TO her own abilities.
We insist In these days that the beat
s,udenis are those who are In good
health. able to walk. ride a wheel. to
play golf and tennis. and to lend n hand
al whatever Is going on. Paid. at
tenuated girls are out OF fashion.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

There Is ch,rry EioEe Al the Salem
Mass museum which contains one
dozen silver spoons. The stone liscl
Is Of the ordinary size. but the rpooai
are 90 small that their shape ami finish
can only be we'll distinguished by ,
microscope nr Oliver gives an &c
ooun, Of a cherry stone on which ser,
carved i2l heads. 80 distinctly tina; %,
naked eye could distinguish those be
longing 10 popCs and k.nfs by thcii
milren and crowns. Il WAS bought 81
Prussia for $4,000 and tlcacc 'on
yeyel to EnFla.d. whore g. was on
sitcrci an object Of so mu,a valu.
that i,s possession was disputed AMI q
became the object Of n suit H. chlu
Gerry.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

Marriage License Clerk Bird Of the
Orphans court was surprised last week
when n handsomely atiired young lady
entered his once and said she wanted
a marriage license. II Is not unusual
for a license to be purchased. but In
almost every instance heretofore the
LCcossary document has bean apl lied
fer 10y the prospective grooIl.
The applicant noticing Mr.. Birds
* Of surprise. said: 1T may seem
igular for me 10 come for the license
at q happened On th.s way. You know
It's leap yesr aud ! proposed, and to
thoroughly carry out the idea | said
would procure the license as wei Us
the groom. Philadelphia Call
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

The long talacd OF stteap, to -o'
over instead Of through the g,a 81 ap
rarently about 10 be made In tho yar,
OF the %. DcLil on the Soi-c a pa
is lclrg built for this purpose Il con
sits, briefly Of a deck supported by ~,
parallel rows OF gigantic trolley wa,,li
four In each row Thcle wheels a.,
hollow and Goat Ga the water. thus sup
porting the deck ss OF q co-ies OF buoys
Tho vessel Is propelled by d Jet Of Va
ter under pressure Issuing iTon III
stern ard reaching the seawa,er
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
A LOST COURTESY.

They were a group Of choice spirits
and they gathered daily In the same
place, In summer beneath the wide
spreading boughs Of a pride Of India,
and In winter before the hearth In the
dingy little ONCE Of Squire Brice. The
aforesaid boughs shaded the door Of the
aforesaid once. and az the same choice
spirits met every day. or rather lounged
all day, naturally many questions were
preached and exhaustively discussed
among them. They were speaking Of
poliieneas one day. each man giving his
opinion Of the quality Of true polite
ness. The subject had been widely dis
euased and began TO dwlndle. when one
Of the group. who had been a silent lis
iener. revived Il with an observation,
Swing bis personal reasons why too
much OF a good thing can be Just a.
bad az a paueity Of well-belng.
~Yassir." observed Jere Dlnklm, the
last speaker, stepping from behind the
hro and lifting the cloth OF his hot
trousers away from the calves Of his
tiindllng legs. "Yasslr, gentlemen. per-
llteneas mought be a mighty good thing.
but when run 10 death hits wussern
no manners a-tall. That-ar article. 4"
he resumed. looking around the assem-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
nou a Illllr aIrl wer.sa.

"a little child shall lead them" a
modern illustration Is recoun.ed In the
London Christian. There are ninety
Villages belonging 10 the city Of Tyre,
In Syria. and not Bible was 10 be
found In any OF them not so very Ions
ago,
Blu; little girl who had been taught
about Jesus In the British Syrian
schools. Beyrout, went to Tyre 10 spend
her summer holidays. she took her
arabic Testament with her. aud read
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

A farmer OF DuCsa Vista. wis.
buried 5000 In gold under his door
step. when he went 20 d.g It Up Il was
zone. Il turned cut that hi3 VIE, wh)
had been slloNcd 70 wear no;h!ng bu,
calico dresses for fourteen years and
who had been compelled 10 work on
tho farm like a common haAd, had
taken the money. and oyerJ body Ia tAe
nclehloF 80 flad Of It.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

bly, with a glance as Of one who thor
oushly knew the business, "that-ar ar
tielC Is like a blanket that's plenty big
enough IN the middle, but too short
at both ends Now" argumentatlyely
4 do low that perliteness showed toe
Gle oman Amt wasted, but do hold.
mighty tight grip. too. that the finest
article Of perliteness showed toe a gall
Is not only wasted. but goes pow'uI
aeln the Teller tibet shews hit"
There was an Interested movement
among the crowd and Jore continued
conhdCntially. Now. rcnlenmen. lem
INC tell yer leetle something about
how pollteness toe a gall sometimes
hurts a Teller A right smart while
ago when ] was a-livln over toe the
iiasleit settlement, fell nightly In
love With a gall She was pow'iul pur.
ty-efs head-swlmmn'. she was so
purity. ] wanted toe AK her toe marry
me. but dinged u tromblln' didn't
grab me by the knees every time tried
toe spit out the words. an my jaw'd
jess drap samo's a yaller dawg's wen
he's a-beggin Ter cracklins Hut dinged
ef my chaps wouldn't cit that dry that
'sted O. speaklr' hi, out. alter got as
Ear even as toe low Miss Rose I'd
just beg for q gourd o. water. which
or pcared bust ef | didn't Kit
well, thar was another Teller a-goin'
ter see her. a-hangln' 'roun', castin'
shoeps-eyes an the lak. a sort Of dan.
dylsh buck named crltehett-Ike Crit
chetl. An you Kim just bet hlt was
nip an tuck 'twlXt me an that-ar Crit
chett. I low toe you'uns. We didn't
SIT ad-loasiwise, ! didn't. but Crit
ehett sort cr snorled round a bit. talk
hi bout satisfaction an SIGH. an 0as
DAG he did low thel a dcwel was Ter
BE- a betwix' "a befo' night.
We'll. rstrospectiveis, rom sarlln
Eigns ! hced knouod the CALLS iolg-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

A lite boy IN Lewiston. Me-. &c
Gently went 10 church with his mammi
one Sunday morning The little mar
was an attention when the collection
plate was being passed, and once h.
cried out In a loud voice, oh. mamma
Mr. Jones didn't put anything In"
Ru'hle Is a little girl whose pap:
breaches in Bangor. Me. The othoi
day she was looking over one Of her
fathers sermons. and seeing a larE'
cross where he had marked on, eeyera
lines, she asked. whats that, papa
Is that where you boiler"
A recent article IN a leading paper
Gays that wilhelm!na. he u-year olt
queen a Holland. becomes very tire.
OF bowling 10 the crowds that gree, hti
while she Is oui riding With her mo her
She considers Il a great punishment {,
have 10 nod her head 10 everybody: an.
when her doll,ei have b,Ua naughty
she has them bow their heads Tor
quarter Of aahour TO imaginary crowds
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

Though thy dreams to the last be en-
tirely fulfilled.
And thy burgeoning faith-buds DC
never once chilled
SIN, turn from the path which the Vlo-
lets purl.
And think OF me once In 4 while. llttle
girl.
womanhood's coming aplec, little GIRL
with promise OF visions so sweet;
And love that Is tender viii seek thy
embrace.
And his glanees thy pu7o ones viii
greet
One lonely old bosom will oftentlmea
ache.
Yet TIL show thee but smiles for thy
dear little sake;
sim. turn from thy dreams In the pleas
ful whlrl.
To think Of me once In a while. little
grill
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

A Partisan house lurnishor "a uoS "a.
Producing q novel little appliance iol
he carving az the table OF chicken aau
Other small fowl. Tho ncw Instrument
30 composed Ct a long curved blade.
which a very much shorter blade &.
fastened IN scissors fashion. This will
Permit the host 10 carve tie chicken
properly and serve Tie lelrts and ia.
thin bones with the creates, ease and
absolute absence Of dimcal,y.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

siberia Is reported TO have az the
present time population Of over 6.O0O..
600, and throughout the country there
are but 1889 schools, $50 OF these be.
Ing In cities The total number OF pu.
pills In these schools 90 placed at g..
800, It Is said that Russia nov FRO.
poses to establish popular school sys.
tenn IN Slbella.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
pnnhls Iielt Of IAshlalng

ono bolt Of lightning struck and de-
siroycd two trees growing about i25
feet apart near Gainesville, Ga. a few
days ako. Both trees we've iclled and
shattered 10 srl.ntCl One tree was
thirty feet irom a house. The occu-
pant8 saw the treas struck. but Gid not
feel anything Of the electricity.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
NAM. nsnr.r r.l.rr.nh Inl,..

Every telegraph pole In the remote
districts OF Norway has To BE- esn-
..aualy watched on account Of the
bears, which have mania for climbing
the poles and sitting on the cross
beams. swaying backward and forward
until the pole finally falls.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
Carl FIEGENnAuM.

man, however. to convince him that
the prisoner was no other than Jack
the Ripper. who for more than a year
held LonN. a In terror while he MUIR
dered tive - women OF the pavemen;s:
that he was responsible perhaps for
some Of the mulillations which sent q
chill through Wisconsin; and that he
was the man who entered room In
the East River hotel with old shakes
peare" some hours before her mutllat-
ed body was discovered.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
Largest TIRE Enr,.s..

The two largest Gre engines In the
world have recently been brought GU,
In London II Is claimed that body
Of 1900 gallons Of water a minute can
be thrown by one. and 400 gallons By
the other OF these engines. The
weight Of the engines Is three and a
half tons.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
Mlnns.o,,. Lake. disappearing.

Twenty years ago Minnesota was die.
ilnguIshed above all others In the Unit
ed states by the immense number OF
tie lakes, brimful OF the puresi water.
Since then there has been a gradual
recession OF these lakes as well as the
streams which they fed from their cJpi.
lus reservoir Many OF them have dis
appeared All have sunk far below the
former level. Walter c. Bower. In a
pamphlet just published by the Mime
sofa state forestry association. reviews
the history OF the water levels IN Min
nesota from 1905 TO 1866. From 1873
to 1896, a period Of II years, he notes
a gradual and In the main continuous
recession Of the lakes until they are
now from Is to 30 feet below the beach
line. and many have entirely disap.
pearcd.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

Professor Ghoosie says that n We
reckon the depth OF al oceans at an
average OF three milei. there would DO
a layer OF salt 200 feet thick In their
basins. should the waters OF all sud
denly eyaporate.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
A JACK THE RIPPER.
CARL FlEoENBAUM WAS GUILTY
OF MANY CRIMES.
FINALLY DIED ~ THE EXECUTION
ER's CHAIR N SING SING.
Relief thAf'-'is Was None other Than
the whitaehapol Fiend OF Bloody
Memory o. Caught in the Act Of
Hatchery.

ACK the Rip
per" u an accounts
are true viii
trouble society no
more. Carl Fie-
gcnbaum who was
killed. In the elect-
rical chair at Sing
sing. n. y. the
other day His
lawyer now de-
claies that the man
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

some frog ani Toad Joaah~
Most persons when they hear ma
turalist tell about peculiar doings by
birds. animals. or reptiles, grin and
ask about big fish. One tale. which no
one but naturallsis seem to believe.
was told In the Forest and Stream re-
Gently by Allen Chamberlain. lie says
he heard a cry down In Florida such
as a distressed frog makes and found
that blacksnske was swallowing a
frog. When the frog was out OF sight
the snake was shot through the head
had the frog was liberated. At hrsi
Il was siupo6ed. but was soon as lively
as ever. Within twenty years the
same paper has recorded at least a
score OF Just such instances, reported
By "a many individuals. who gave tneir
real names and addresses. and who ie-
clared they had seen the stupehed toad
or frog come TO az from a trance, hop
about az n dazed. and at lasi 80 away
rs lively as ever.
S. d. Kendall. In the Flores, and
Stream for June. 1892. told abou, o
mother quail which In trying TO protect
her young got within rea'h OF a rattle
snake. The snake vas killed while In
the act OF swallowing tho bird. When
released the bird was Tor some time
s.upehed, but after a while recovered
enough 10 siagger OF. On the next
day she was all right and caring Tor
her chicks.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
Has EouR HUSBANDS.
a Connecticut Woman with a Mania
for Matrimony.

for Matrimony.
jeanette Hall. alias Smalley. alias
Tlschman. alias Cashln. alias Wilson.
was arrested In Newburg. n. Y. the
other night on a charge OF bigamy pre-
ferred by the Connecticut authorities
She Is forty years old. and was arrested
In Newburg last January on the same
charge, but escaped. She admits that
since then she has worked as a servant
In several plaees. changing her name
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
Tho Historic Jordan.

The Bible Reader gives these Inter
ostlng facts concerning the Jordan
THE greatest river Of Palestine. ant
OF the Bible. has lts source In spring.
on the eastern range OF Lebanon, ane
emptles into the Dead Sea. SO crooked
l. Il. that In running a distance OF l2l
miles Il goes about 200; and has de
scent Of nearly 5000 feet Its Width
varies from so to $50 feet. and iu
depth from 8 to II feet ordinarily. L
flows through the Sea Of Galilee. a fresi
water lake. where 1t seems 10 rest foi
a while. Perhaps the following rhyme
n learned. will be helpful TO some littl'
readers. as descriptive OF the river II
which Christ was baptized. which hai
been three times divided 20 let peopl'
pass over dry-shod. and which has sew
eral other noted things connected will
Il:
Rising In the north.
Running 10 the south;
Resting IN the sea
or lake OF Galilee:
Rushing out again.
Through wood aud glen.
TIL It loses breath
In the Sea OF Death.
THE Dead Sea has no visible Quite,
no FISH can live In 90 ga,ers. and
Is In many respects one Of the mos
remarkable bodies Of water In IN
world"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

THE LoNo 400.

~ HERE IS Musio
!. !. |. 7 ! ! !: !" !. ! !.
a soft In a minor
WAL<N key.
WIfr4 Like an echo OF
3k6S1V silver chimes.
<ltf Az the whispering
Gs<3W breeze brings
ciet1lF back 10 me
f,~N Sweet songs OF
MI the far-away
tines
When the orchard
pink, IN the month Of May,
Was gorgeous IN delicate bloom.
And the droning bees, through the i've
long day
Were drinking Sc richest perfume.
When the roses blOOmed BY the cottage
door.
And the lilacs' purple spray
Peeped In the window, and over the
floor,
With sunshine and shadow at play;
When the fieecy clouds In the after
noon.
childhCOd's dreaming would bear
away
beyond szd above. to the crescent
moon,
which from heaven had SCENE to
stray.
In that far-away land Of memory
In that land Of "the long ago
There are luminous plctures-dear 10
me-
More real than artists can know.
And voices hushed again can hear,
Which heard in those by-gone
hours,
When life was young. nor care. nor
fear
Was found with the birds and now
ers.
But haply again In the great some
where
When the vanishing years are past
We may and. In a region pure and fair.
Our cherished and loved at last.
When our white sails dip on "the other
shore"
or that boundleEs. unknown sea,
They viii greet Us: and we will think
no more
OF those ehOrdA IN a minor key.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
ru.n,r.,re boz. 70 oas ed.

Twenty-Five TIoEH 70 Un1 NaN
There is-or rather was--a huge can
vas dragon used In the German opera
"Slegfried," which the company left
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

The highest mountain In Europe n
Mount Blanc. 1872 feet
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
INTERESTING READlNoFoR THE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Hints for school Girls - The Historic
Jordan-OrlEia Of Testotal-A Marvel
OF skm-A Rolling steamship siberia
~ ne IL To-day.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

Senator Morrill, OF Vermont was Sc
years old on April "a
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-07-16
EX CHANGE FLASHES,

Don't quit working the crops too
soon; remember they haye to grow
and mature fruit until checked by
frost to insure full yield, and the
later they are worked the longer
they will grow. Work shallow with
harrews after blowing out the mid
dles.-Canton Times.
It's now claimed in some quar-.
tiers that insanity is caused bv a
germ, and experts are searching for
the germ. Ii strikes US that the
free silver germ has caused no Int.
tie insanity in the United States
Natchez Democrat.
a fellow upIn Missouri has flo.
ured 1t out that hell is exactly fifty.
two miles beneath the. surface of
the earth, and that it is 544, 800 900
cubic miles in extent. says the Ac-
herman Plaindealer. We have al.
ways been of the opinion that bell
was burster, but we are now fore.
ed to believe that it is somewhat
larger than we had supposed.
Those owing us several dollars ON
SUBSCRIPTIONS need not be in too big
a hurry about shutting off this
mortal coil, as there will doubtless
be plenty of room down yonder for
several years yet.-Commercials
Appeal,
Somewhere in this country ,,
said he, "there may be some Marat.
some Danton, some Robespie, re-
but we will not follow them into
another French revolution.-Sen.
ator Villas.
The largest shark ever CAUGHT
AZ thls place was landed, this week.
by z. A. Lealong, of New Orleans
Who is spending the summer in
his city. Mr.. Lealong was out in q
ooat fishing when he hung the shark.
1e made three attempts to harpoon |
t, but to no effect, SO he landed i'll
With hook and line. The shark !
1aasured s feet 3 inch es-Gulfl
Coast (BiloxD News.