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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24
Hope Out Of Despair.

This is the story of a woman who suffer-
ed and desDaired. Not a romantic tale of
an imaginary woman, but the plain UNI
vanished facts about a wife and mother
whose final triumph over misery and hope
lessness teaches this indisputabe truth:
neither nature nor the creator of nature
ever intended woman to be all their lives
incapacitated and worn and racked with
continual aches and agonies.
Woman who drag along In weakness and
wretchedness a large share of their time.
get into the habit of thinking that there
is no help for it; that 1t is all part of their
inevitable destiny They become dlscour-
aged with the failure after failure of I'M
natural drugs and unsclentihc practitlon-
ers to bring them any permanent relief.
They settle down into the Respondent
conviction that there is no way OF escape
from the fateful weakness which drag
them backward.
But the remarkable experience here mar
rated shows beyond questions that this Is
wrong and mistaken one. There Is hope
for every suffering woman there is a way
of escape from all their prostrating weak
nesses; there is a perfect and unfailing
remedy which has restored more than
ninety thousand pain-racked, weary, de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

YOU shake hands with a very dark man,
you will not have a proposal within
year. If with a medium man, you will re-
ceive one next June.
You must by no means retire before mid
night on Halloween, but must be awake
to listen for the sound of bells from the
church steeples. There will always be
midnight toll of bells. and it is these that
hold your fate. If they reach your ears in
bold, distinct notes, you may get ready
for your wedding rousseau; but If they
come to you dull and faint, you must
pass your while in patience for another
year
Halloween is the night for deciding if
you have two lovers, and are not clear
in your mind just which you prefer. Think
of both just before you go to sleep, and
you will dream of the one that you should
marry.
The nerviest Halloween test is the best.
1t is TO descend into the cellar at mid
night, just as the bells are toling In
one hand you carry a candle, in the other
a looking-glass. On the way down the
shadows throw their fantastic shapes into
the glass to scare you, but you must walk
on and on until you shall have reached
the cellar bottom. You grope your way
on to the furthest corner, and there you
stand looking into the depths of the glass
A shape will creep over il until il lies
there before you distinctly. This is the
face Of your future husband. A little
Imagination is needed to bring out the
features, but, of course, Imagination is in
keeping with Halloween.
If you have an outdoor place there is an
excellent test. On one side of the house
build a bonfire, so as to make the black
ness around more intense. Take a ball
of cord in your hand and tie the end Of
the string around your finger. Throw the
bah as far as you can. Now wind the
cord around your finger, chanting in
solemn tune:
SLOWLY wind, I wind,
My true love to find"
Before you have finished and drawn the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

she should consult some eminent specialist
Of national reputation. If he is well in
formed man he should know that the 10
cal examinations and applications"
from which a modest woman shrinks, are
generally entirely unnecessary. If he is a
man who reads the newspapers he should
be able to tell his wife that there Is a sure,
safe and speedy remedy for all troubles of
this description. That remedy Is DR..
Perce's Favorite Prescription. It acts
directly on n womans special organism
and makes it strong and healthy. 1t al
lays Inflammation, liberation, stops de-
bilitatlng drains, soothes pain and invig-
CRATES and vitallZes her whole system. 1t
gives the tortured nerves rest and tones
and invgorates them. 1t restores the glow
OF health TO the cheek, the flash Of wit to
the eye, the charm of amiabilty to the
manner and the grace and spring Of health
TO the carriage. 1t transforms weak,
slckly irritable, nervous and Respondent
invallds into healthy, happy wives and
mothers
Miss Matilda Lee of Laplata, Charles
county, Maryland, writes: Il think 1t Is
my duty to write. with heart full OF
gratitude to state the great benefit your
wonderful medicine has conferred. / APP
preciate it above all other medicines. My
mother was In bad health for two years.
She suffered untold misery. She has been
a great sufferer with cold and numb feet
ana hands, with tatntlng spells, neadache,
and pains In both sides and in shoulders,
also pains in the top Of head. l heard of
DR.. Plerce's valuable medicine, and wrote
you. You gave me d prompt reply and my
mother began to take your great. medicine.
After taking FIVE bottles Of Favorite Pre-
scrlption' ana some of your Golden Medi-
cal Discovery she was cured. If II had
not been for the goodness Of God and your
grand medicine my mother would have
been in her grave. Please add this to your
testimonials, so that others who suffer like
she did will find relief"
Every woman should own a copy of DIR.
Pierce's great thousand page book. The
Common Sense Medical Adviser 1t will
be sent absolutely free, paper bound, for
q one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mall
ing only. Address Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main street, Buff
falo, N. Y. Or send 81 stamps for hand
some cloth-bound copy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

They pitched their tents in a piece of
woods, and from last Thursday until yes
terday they stopped every wagon and BIZ
cyclist on the way to the Water Gap or
Bushkill, asking them if they had horse
to trade for woman. They showed the
woman they were willing to trade. She
is twenty years of age and pretty, with
dark brown hair, fine teeth and blue eyes,
She seemed much interesteds and watched
each person who approached with keen
interest. A merchant from Port Jervis,
who was driving a pair of horses to Bush
kill, when stopped, asked:
"Why do you wish to trade her for a
horse? Why don't you buy a horse and
take the woman with you?"
Because" the leader said, 1--WE are one
too many anyway, and she has too many
new ideas for us, and it is cheaper to keep
horse than a dissatisfied woman"
One farmer along the route offered a
mule for the woman, but the leader of the
band refused, saying he wanted a team of
horses which could be sold when they
reached their destination, whereas horse
and a mule could not be sold readily. An
other resident Of Jersey, across the river,
drove to the camping-ground yesterday
to consummate trade with an old farm
horse. but when he saw the woman, and
found out they were anxious to trade her,
ne become frightened anu grove away
The girl when asked her opinion of the
trade, said Its all right. I'm willing 70
go. If 1 hain't worth more than horse
you needn't take me-" But the trader
was unable to affect the desired trade, and
| on Friday night a horse was bought for
$40 near Bushkll, and the camp broke up
| and left the vicinity. The young woman
appeared TO regret that she had to proceed
| with them, and said the bicycle was the
/ means of making horses scarce or they
| could have made the trade easy.
IF It We're in the SOUTH" she said, 81
would have been working in some nice
| family by this time" The band comprised
| eight persons, three of them women. They
! had three wagons.
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me. When I commenced taking DIR.
Piercc's medicines ! only weighed ninety
pounds. | took five bottles of his 'Favorite
Prescription and four of Golden Medical
Discovery When ! commenced, the doctor
said | would not live a month. To-day am
a well woman and weigh one hundred and
twenty-five pounds. IL has been months
since 7 stopped taking the medicines
and l nave no symptoms of a return of the
disease"
DOCTORS Make MISTAKES.
The average doctor, even, doesn't proper
~ diagnose tEese cases. He doesn't UNDER
stand them. When a woman complains OF
being sluggish, aizzy. nervous, despondent
and weak he attributes these symptoms to
heart troubles or disorders of the liver. He
isn't right once in ten times. The real
sickness is in the organs distinctly femin-
Inc and no help can come till they are
made perfectly strong and healthy in both
structure and function.
The woman herself usually realizes the
true nature of her trouble, but she does not
Ike to contide a trouble of this delicate
nature to some home d,cJor who Is likely
10 make her case the subject of discussion
in a local medical socieay and to insist
upon obnoxious local examinations" and
applications" Right here is where wise
and good, sympathetic husband could be or
Invaluable aid. No woman will hesitate to
confde fully In her husband If she Is sure
of his goodness of heart, sympathy ana
wise advice.
WISE ADVICE.
Such a husband can advise his wife not
to entrust her case to the average careless,
easy-going doctors. He can tell her that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24
HOW GARCIA "nnoKE THE BANK
story of the South American Span
iard's Run of Luck at HOmburg.
From the London Mail.


Either the author of the once popular
song 1.-THE Man Who Broke the Bank
At Monte Carlo" shared the general be-
lief in the existence of such an. individual,
or he dexterously utilized that belief to
obtain an effective title To state para
dox, the man who broke the bank at Monte
Carlo never existed. But 1t is not safe to
assert that he never will exist, for Pascal,
who invented the roulette, is said to have
stated on his deathbed that the "demoi
disc" could be defeated on mathematical
principles. Up to date, however, the vic
tor has not materialized, and the bank
goes on adding wheel to wheel and table
to table, while its capital has grown to
colossal dimensions. To dream of break
ing the bank in the sense of causing Il
to suspend payment, even for an hour
Is an absurdity. There was a time, how
ever when the imam who broke the bank"
really existed, though not at Monte Carlo.
When the famous Mr.. Blanc, who found
ed the Monte Carlo Casino, was proprietor
of a gambling establishment at Homburg
it was his custom to bring down 10000
francs every morning to meet his banks
losses. When the sum was exhausted the
bank was said TO be broke" and the doors
were closed for the day, and IT. Is recorded
that the unique feat of breaking the
bank" was accomplished three days in
succession 10y the notorious South Amerl-
can Spaniard Garcia, who, not satisfied
with such a small maximum as 1900
francs al trente ct quarante, induced Mr.
Blanc to raise it to 5000 francs. Garcia
won five coups in succession, thus break
ing it for the day. He repeated this on
the two following days after which his
luck began to turn. Six weeks later he
was obliged to ask Mr. Blanc for few
louis with which to return TO Paris.
A characteristic story is told of Mr..
Blancs composure during this memorable
struggle. 1t was his habit TO walk from
table to table while play was going on;
but, although such large sums were liter
ally at stake, he did not approach Garcia
table until the second day, when he hob
bled up and leaning on his inseparable
cane calmly surveyed the plunger ralng
in a pile of gold he had just won.
"Ah, MIR Blanc" cried Garcia exultant-
ly, you are disturbed, en-? One Of us
will have to go under, and ! bet it win not
be myself"
mir. Garcia" replied the old gentle
man TRANQUILITY II have an annuity of
5000 francs deposited in the Bank Of
France. and that you cannot take from
me" whereupon he resumed his peram-
| bulatIons.
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less died out, giving way to the much more
pleasant nut-cracking, apple-duckng, etc.
It has nothing to do with the church
observance of the following day of All
Saints, and there is nothing in All Saints
to have originated such extraordinary and
absurd tricks as have from ancient time
attached themselves to this evening.
If you look into folk lore and fairy lore
You will find that, in the days when princes
ana princesses were changed into wild
beasts, the evening of Oct. 81, was an I'M
portant one, for 1t was then for one brlet
night they were permitted to assume their
natural form.
Halloween is a delightful combination
OF mystery and mlrth; the night most
eagerly anticipated of the whole year
among children Small boys go nutting
weeks beforehand, to gather their har-
vest for this occasion, and in the north
OF England Halloween is still known
as nut-cracking night In Scotland
halloween is a great holiday, and Burns
III mis- poem on Halloween refers TO it's
4oNe-making properties thus:
The aud gudewife's weel hoodit nits
Are round and round divided,
And many lads and lasses' fates
Are there that night decided.
some kindle couthie side by side,
And burn thegither trinity;
some start ava wi saucy pride
And jump out over the chimly,
Flu high that night.
halloween, as we know it, Is con-
nHea 70 tricks, all of which we have for
uleir denouement the discovery of ones
}9"h true love. or the unravelment of a
!vVe affair Notwithstanding the fact
udt halloween is the night of true
I've IT is not considered a propitious
tIhg 70 receive a proposal on this night.
- your lover proposes on Halloween, let
I'm pnd you by tying a blue ribbon on
Sour wedding ring finger. 1t is well in
lgSsns for the evening to have some
We'ere about your person the requisite bit
''Uoon, lest, il you should receive
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

ball to you, with its slow creepings, you
will see your true love in the fire. Either
it will die down. leaving his face in the
embers, or its shadows will show him to
you.
The apple games are many. The apple
seed trick of sticking an apple seed on
each eyelid is ever new and true. Name
each seed, and the seed that sticks longest
will stick to you through life.
Bobbing for apples takes on a fascinat-
ing aspect if the bobber knows that she
will take as many husbands as she catches
apples in her teeth. There are many other
Halloween tests, but none better than
these. Harry Germalhe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

Halloween the Festival Most AnxiOusly
Looked For in the Old Countries.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

proposal and accept it, the ribbon might
be lacking, the spell would be broken,
and XApr lover would surely leave you
withnsa tWelvemonth.
A fayorite Halloween divination is the
apple trick. You suspend an apple in
the doorway so that it hangs five feet
above the floor, and as many persons
as pass under it, so many months will
elapse before you marry. This trick
should not be told to the rest of the
family or they may attempt to thwart
you by lodging under the apple. If the
tenth person hit the apple you will mar
ry ten months from this date, or next Au-
gust.
If on Halloween you shake hands with
a very blonde man you will have a pro-
posal before the bells shall have rung in
the new year of '9S. If, on the other hand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

Halloween is a relic of the roistenng
DAYS of Paganism. But just when the ex-
act established observance commenced it
Is impossible to say. 1t is known that
the ancient Druids performed certain
rites on what is now known as Hallowmas
Eve. We are told that on this night fires
were lit deep in remote forests, upon the
hlltops and great plains and mystic rites
performed. 1t was the belief that on this
night the powers of darkness held sort
of annual mastering within the domain of
taken that the living were not brought
under the evil influence. Within more re-
cent times the superstition has more or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24
WAS WILLING TO BE TRADED.
Gipsies Offer "A Woman For Horse,
But Found No Takers.
From the Baltimore American.

Port Jervis, N. Y, Oct. IA band of
giesies passed through Port Jervis on the
way south about week ago They en-
camped in a grove about one mile from
here to attend to a sick horse. The ami
NAL recovered enough to let them press on
as far as an old-time camping-ground near
Dlngmans, Pa, fifteen miles down the
Delaware, but there the horse fell dead
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24
PANTRY JOE JFCKLEY.
Didn't Fight at Lexington, But Was
at Bunker HiII.
From the YOUTHS Companion.

From The YOUTHS Companion.
News of the fight at Lexington flew
fast--so fast that in towns thirty or forty
miles distant companies and groups Of
revolutionary patriots started hastily in
many cases for the scene Of the fray, in
the hope of arriving before it was all over
They were, Of course, disappointed, and
were usually met by bearers Of later in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-04
DEBATE ON THE CUBAN QUESTION
Philadelphia and Scranton Will Fight
ItOut at st. Thomas College Hall.

The joint debate next Wednesday
night at St. Thomas College hall, be-
tween st. Brendan council, Young
Mems Institute. of the West Side and
Father Gerald Coughlin council, Young
Mems Institute, of Philadelphia, is at
tracing widespread attention in this
city and in Young Mems Institute cir
cles throughout the state.
The debate is the outcome of a chal-
lenge issued by the Philadelphia coun-
ell. In accepting it the st. Brendans
permitted the Philadelphians to choose
the subject. the side and time, stipulat-
ing only that it should be held in this
city. The subject chosen was: Re
solved That the United States should
grant belligerent rights to Cuba" The
Philadelphia debaters took the affirna-
tive and named as their champions DR..
T.. Charles Green, Attorney II. A. Gala
han and Attorney Richard A. Foley.
st. Brendan council selected Attorney
Matthew r. Cawley John f. Durkin
and Harry c. Gallagher 70 uphold the
negative. While the Philadelphians
are older and more experienced in
these matters, the West Side boys hope
with the aid of thorough preparation
to make it interesting for the visitors.
The three young men Tho will repre-
sent the local institute are members of
the literary circle connected with St.
Brendan council, which is under the
efficient direction of Rev, f. p. Nc
Nally of ST. Patrick's church This
circle has a literary session once a
week and conducts night school
three times a week Attorney Il. j.
Bourke is the instructor.
Each side in the debate selects a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-04
FIGHT WITH A PRISONER.
Constable Yeomans Has an Exciting En-
counter with an Italian Candy Ven.
der---Forced to Use His Club.

An exciting encounter took place Sat
urday at noon on the corner of Lacka-
wanna and Washington avenues, be-
tween Constable Il. c. Yeomans and an
Italian candy Vender named Anthony
Boris, whom he was arresting.
The Italians candy stand is located
just in front of the building in which is
Alderman John II. HoWe's office, with
which Constable Yeomans is connected.
There had been some dispute between
the two men, and Saturday, when the
constable and his son We're holding a
private conversation near Boris stand,
the latter Interrupted and reverted to
the point in dispute between them. Yeo-
mans made some curt retort and this
so anraged the italian that he threat
ened to cut Yeomans' heart out.
Immediately the constable went up to
the alderman's office and swore out a
warrant for Boris arrest charging him
with making threats, Yeomans then
proceeded to serve the warrant himself,
While reading the process the constable
was attacked by the furious Italian and
had to draw his club to defend himself
For a few minutes the two men fought
desperately. The constable using his
club and Boris his hands and feet A
blow over the eye, which opened the
flesh to the bone and caused the blood
to flow in a copious stream, subdued
the Italian somewhat and made it pos
sible for him to be arrested.
With the assistance of the bystanders
Yeomans took his man upstairs to the
aldcrman's office. Just as they We're
entering the door Boris wheeled sud
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-04
JACKSON THE NOMINEE.
He Was Named for Common Council
in the Thirteenth Ward.

A caucus of the Republicans of the
Thirteenth ward was held Saturday
afternoon between the hours of and
I o'clock, at which Y. Il. Jackson was
nominated for common council. The
candidates We're Mr.. Jackson, Marion
w. Finn and p. NJ. Mulligan. The vote
was as follows:
Jackson-First district, SO; Second, SO;
Third, IL; total, lGl.
Finn-Frst district, 6; Second, 5O;
Third, 3: total Go,
Mulligan-First district, s. Second g.;
Third, /; total, II.
T. b. Jackson is one of the best
known residents of the Thirteenth
ward, is an earnest Republican and an
active worker for party success. He
is practical, common sense man, and
will make a valuable councilman. His
election is practically an assured fact.
The following district election officers
were nominated
First district-Judge of election, Will
lam Young; inspector, John Cole; regis
ter, f.. j. Walker.
Second district-Judge of election, b. Y.
Jayne; inspector, c. 4. Bugden; register,
o. l.. Colvin.
Third disuiCt-Judge of election j. II.
Seward; inspector d. S. Church; regis
ter q. s. LutZ.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-04
CONCERT WAS NOT GIVEN.
Owners of the Rockingham Had
Serious Objections.

The Waite Opera company intended
to give sacred concert in the Froth-
ingham last night, but the concert did
not take place.
When Il. b. Sturges, one of the own
ers of the theater, heard that a Sun
day performance was to be given, he
communicated with the other owners
and a note was sent to Mr.. Kerr, the
manager of the house, informing him
that the lease would be cancelled if a
Sunday performance was given.
At the same time Mr. Sturges, who is
president of the Suburban electric
Light company, ordered the electric
current shut off from the theater, and
it was left in darkness. Mayor Bailey
was also requested to have officers
present to stop the performance in case
the request of the owners should be dis
regarded Mr.. Sturges, when seen by
a Tribune reporter, said:
I'VE do not want any Sunday per-
formances in that theater, and will not
tolerate them. Personally. / would
rather see that building in ashes than
have a Sunday performance given un-
der it's roof"
Manager Kerr, of the rockingham
Sdlu tnlt ne hau no ueSlfe TO give the
people Sunday performances. He had
merely consented to allow the Waite
company to give a concert that they
might in a manner make good the loss
they sustained in giving up New Years
day. When he learned that the own
ers of the building objected to the use
of the building for such purposes he
notified the manager of the Waite com
pany that the concert would have to be
abandOnpl
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DIED.

CARLIN-The funeral of William Carln,
who died Jan. l., 1897, will take place
from the residence of his grandmother,
Mrs. McGinnis, 92l Beach street, Monday
at p. m. Interment in Hyde Park
Catholic cemetery.
MALLOY-In Scranton, Jan. ?, 1897, Mrs.
John Malloy. Funeral Monday at p.
M from the residence, 1923 Capouse ave
nue.. lnterment in Hyde Park Catholic
cemetery.
PADER-In Tarrytown, n. V, Dec. 80, 1896
Mrs. Lulu Pader, formerly of this city.
Funeral occurred Wednesday, with in
terment in Forest Hill cemetery.
PENDERGAST-In Scranton. Pa, Jan. .
1897, Thomas Pendergast, at the residence
of his son, 3F New street. Funeral Tues
day afternoon lnterment in Hyde Park
Catholic cemetery.
SHOPLAND-In Scranton, Pa Jan. s
1887 Fannie Burdick Shopland, wife OF
James S, Shopland, at her home, III
Larch street. Funeral from the house
Wednesday at 10 a. IN. Interment at
Elmhurst.