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The herald., 1897-10-27
Bright'S Special Delivery

viii check baggage to any part of the
world. One trunk. 35c; round trip, SOC.
404 S. Broadway; tel. main 40.
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Great remnant sale Friday. October Goth.
Broadway Department Store, Fourth and
Broadway.
The herald., 1897-10-27

Wall paper, late styles. low prices, at
A. A. Ecks trom's. 324 South Spring street.
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Heavy Freight Business

street car or a bicycle and sell the horse
to a tamale manufacturer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
STATURE OF MEN OF GENIUS.

From the Times-Herald.
Havelock Ellis discusses Genius and
Stature in the current Nineteenth Cen
tury. The "anthropometry of genius he
admits Is in an elementary condition.
The man of genius less obviously be-
longs to the dangerous classes" But 1t
is possible to learn with some degree of
accuracy the height of great men of the
present and past from biographies and
personal recollections, and from great
mass of material Havelock Ellis has
selected some interesting facts bearing
on this subject
He calls men over feet inches tall"
those between feet 8 ana feet
medium and those under feet 4
short" In the first class are found
Burke, Burns, Darwin, Cromwell, LIN
coin, Coleridge, Peter the Great Che was
feet S1a), Thackeray C6 feet -, WASH
ington 6 feet 81, Bismark Bolnbroke,
Bunyan, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Co.
lumbus, Flaubert, Goethe, Edmond de
Goncourt, Huxley, Helmholtz, DIR. john
son, Lessng, Ii Hung Chang, Jean Paul
Richter, Schopenhauer, Nietszche, Mira
beau, Longfellow, Daniel Webster. Rich
elieu, Motke, Moliere. Petrarch and
many others.
The medium" class comprises much
smaller number among whom are: Lord
I5eaconsfield (5 feet 81, Gladstone 90 feet
Swift (5 feet 9 Voltaire (5 feet y, Well
ington % feet y, Alexander the Great,
Lord Bacon, Baudelaire, Browning, Hood,
Luther, Newton, Poe Renan, VerlAine.
Heine, CONTIGUOUS, Dante, Lord Chester
field, Vatican, st. Francis of Assist.
The short" list is quite long. Here
we have: Balzac (5 feet -, De Quincy
% feet 81, Thiers (5 feet 81, Kant % feeD,
Beethoven Is feet ~, William Blake (bare-
ly fceu, Keats (5 feeD, Napoleon % feet
| l&), Nelson g feet y, St. Francis Xavier
| a feet @, Aristotle, Augustus Caesar,
Gibbon, Milton, Montaigne, Sir Thomas
More, Mozart, Calvin, Hogarth, Horace,
Charles Lamb, Tinour, Dryden, Locke,
| Wagner Erasmus, Macaulay, Charles
Martel Faraday, Sir Christopher Wren
| and others.
Havelock Ellis finds '142 tall mon of
genius, "a OF middle height, while 125 are
short" This in spite of the fact that
| 6S per cent, of the population OF the Brit
| fish Isles Ia fair average) are of medium
! height. His conclusion Is mot that per
sons of extraordinary mental ability tend
| either to be taller or shorter than the av-
erage population, but rather that they ex-
hibit an unusual tendency to variation,
| 1t is mediocrty alone that genius seems
| to abhor."
The week point in the argument is that
| abnormalities of height are more likely "a
| be pointed out by biographers. Have
| look Ellis has not taken this into con-
sideration. Everybody who wrote of Ma.
poleon mentioned his diminutive stature
while 1t is doubtful If any record Of Mr.
| Gladstone's height Will be found one hun.
| dred years hence. A fair test would be tc
| secure measurements of men of genius
now alive-if any there be. Still, per.
haps this writer has shown enough tc
prove that the chances are against the
man of middle height in the race fol
| glory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
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AN OLD SCHOOL STATESMAN.
Some "reminiscences of GeOrgia's Great Ante-Bellum
Son, Alexander H. Stevens


he made his amanuensis accept 5000 for
his time and trouble.
RESENTED MEANNESS.
but, despite his liberality, he would
not stand any petty swindllng, over
charging or gouging. During his
gubernatorlal term he told me to order
a cot to be placed in his room for his
colored body-servant. I went to fur
niture store and picked out one priced
at SO. After making the bargain 1 told
the dealer to send the bill to the gov
ernor.
"In a few days the bill came in for
81. / informed Mr.. Stephens that the
price of the cot was only 50, and
straightway went down to see about
it, 1t is almost incredible, but the
stupid tradesman calmly admitted that
he had added dollar to the bill when
he learned that the purchaser was the
governor.
Mr.. Stephens flew into a rage when
he heard this. He sent for the mer-
chant and denounced him as swind-
ling rascal. He refused to listen to the
mans apology and made him take back
the cot after receiving the most terri
BILE tongue lashing 1 ever heard.
THE story got out, the merchant lost
his best customers and was forced tc
give up business and take a clerkship
"A state official who wanted to be
re-appointed one day offered to senc
Mr.. Stephens a fine COW, telling hin
that he could keep her as long as he
desired for her feed. The old mans
wrath famed out at once.
And do you? he asked in his high
keyed voice, expect to get an office BY
giving the governor of Georgia COW?
THE official blushed and confusedlS
dlsclaimed any selfish motive. The
governor then regained his good humol
and offered to buy the COW, saying
that she could not come on his lo
without being paid for.
Altogether he was grand Ole
man." concluded Colonel Seidell medi
tatively. IT have known some of ou
greatest Americans, but, take him q
his best, Alexander II. Stephens wal
the peer Of the ablest and noblest o.
his contemporaries"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

word : Mother
, hood A wo-
, man S gre attest
happiness, her
greatest duty and
her greatest priv
ilege is to become
the mother of a
healthy, h a ppy
c hild. Untold
thousands of wo-
men fall short of
this because of
weakness and dis
ease of their wo-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
THE CLINK OF THE ICE.

Notably fond of mlsic, dCte on sweeter
tone
Than ever the harp has uttered or ever
the lutc has known.
When l wake at tvc in the morning with
a feeling in my head,
Suggestive of mild eXcesses before l re-
tired to beu--
When a small but fierce volcano veXes my
sore inside
And my throat and mouth are furred with
a fur that see meth buffalo hide,
How gracious those dews of solace that
over my senses fall,
At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the
boy brings up the hall!
OH! is it the gaudy ballet with features
cannot name
That kindles in virile bosoms that slow
but devouring flame?
Or is it the midnight supper. often eaten
before We retire,
That presently by combustion setteth us
all atire?
or is it the CHEEKY magnum-nay, I'll not
chide the cup
That makes the meekest mortal anxious
to whoop things up!
Yet, what the cause scever, relief comes
when we call
Relief with that rapturous clinkety -chnk
that clinketh alike for all!
I've dreamt of the fiery furnace that was
one vast bulk of flame,
And that l was Abed-nego a-swallowing
in that same;
of a mad desire
To vomit molten lava and to snort big
gobs of fire.
I've dreamt l was Roman candles and
rockets that fizzled and screamed
In short, ! have dreamt the cussedest
dreams that ever a human dreamed;
| But all the red-hot fancies were scattered
quicker than wink
| When the spirit within that pitcher went
tapping its clinkety-clink.
Oh, haste thee to the succor of the man
| who is burning up
| Boy, why so slow In coming with that gra-
cious saving cup?
| See how the ice bobs up and down, as If II
| wildly strove
To reach its grace to the wretch who feels
like a red-hot kitchen stove.
| The plteous clnks it clnks methinks
| should thrill you through and
| through
An erring soul is wanting drink, and he
wants ii p. d. a.!
| And, 10! the honest pitcher, too, falls In
so dire a fret
That it's palld form is presently bedewed
with chilly sweat.
| May blessings be showered upon the man
| who first devised this drink
| That happens along at five a. m. with It's
rapturous clinkety-clnk!
/ never have felt the cooling flood so siz
| zling down my throat,
| But what l vowed to hymn a hymn to that
| clinkety-clnk devote;
SO now In the prime of my manhood,
| polish this lyric gem
For the uses of all good fellows who ar,
| thirsty at five a. m.-
But especially for those fellows who have
known the pleasing thrall
] OF the cllnk of the ice in the pitcher the
boy brings Up the hall.
Eugene Field.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

Intellectual and practical training for
teachers. Three courses of study besides
preparatory. Special attention given to
preparation for college. Students ad-
mitted to best colleges on certificate.
last year. Great advantages for special
studies in art and music. Model school OF
teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magnificent
buildings. Large grounds for athletics.
Elevator and infirmary with attendant
nurse. Fine gymnasium. Everything
furnished at an average cost TO normal
students of Sli3 a year. Fall term, Aug.
g. Winter term, Dec. g Spring term,
March 16. Students admitted to classes at
any time. For catalogue, containing full
Information, apply to
S. Ii. ALBRO, Principal,
Mansfield Pa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
CONDITIONS,

No. I. No prize will be awarded with
out sufficient merit.
2 Objections must be made to the COM
mittee in writing
g. Committee claims the right to hold
preliminary examination on Nos. !, g. o,
I, s, 10, IL, II and l3.
t. Competitors can use piano, organ or
both.
s. Female chorus can be conducted by
either a lady or gentleman.
C. Mem bers of one competing choir are
not allowed to assist another choir.
T. If less than three choirs shall COM
pete on No If, the prize will he $3.50.
s. If less than three chors shall compete
on No. Q, the prize will be $50.
O. The committee claims n right TO re-
quest the successful competitors to take
part in evening sess ion.
TO- All names of competitors must be In
the hands of the corresponding secretary
on or before November J, 1897.
JAMES MCKEENER, Cor. Secretary,
Catasauqua, Lehigh, Co., Pa.
UyFor application slips address Corre-
spending Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

covered and matted with heavy coarse
grass the speed must be reduced to
two and a half miles an hour. Only
the light blades OF grass are consumed,
the greater part being scorched, and
while many stalks appear quite green
after the flame passes over them, In
few days they, too, wilt and die. one
curious and unexplained fact which
has also been observed in connection
with forest fires is that a new kind OF
vegetation appears after each burn
ing. The cost of operating the car for
a day Of twelve hours is $50, so that
covering thirty miles a day the aver
age cost per mile is $1.66. 1t Is claim
ed the oil consumed is comparative
ly small Item in the total charge, the
transfer from one part of the road to
another and the use of a locomotive
bringing II up to the sum named.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
Back from the Klondike.


From the indianapolis Journal
Opening the door in response to an
insistent knock the lady beheld the fig
ure of one she remembered.
"Oh, it is you, is it?" she said icily.
at is me-" was the answer. Your
long-lost husband, who has come to tell
you that he is sorry he ran away two
years ago."
Maybe you are sorry you went" re-
torted the lady, but l amt. What did
you come back for?"
My dearest. l have been to the Klon-
dixie, and last summer l accumulated
fifty thousand"
FIFTY Thousand dollarsw shrieked the
loving wife as she fell on his neck.
mo. Mosquito bites"
1t was moment later only that he fell
on his neck himself.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

manly selves. Either they live childless
lives or for brief spell are the mothers
of puny, sickly children that bring them
only pain, and leave them only sorrow.
The woman who suffers from weakness
and disease of the distinctly feminine or
gans is certain to become an invalid. No
woman can suffer in this way and be a
healthy, happy, amiable wife and compe-
tent mother. Troubles of this nature sap
the strength, rack the nerves paint lines of
suffering upon the face, destroy the temper,
make the once bright eyes dull and the once
active brain sluggish, and transform viva
cious woman into a weak, sickly, invalid.
This is all wrong. It is all unnecessary.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is mar
velous medicine for ailing women. 1t acts
directly on the delicate and important
organs that bear the burdens of nlatern-
ity and makes them strong and healthy
1t allays Inflammation, heals liberation,
| soothes pain and tones and builds up the
nerves. 1t banishes the discomforts of the
expectant months and makes baby's COM
ing easy and almost painless. It guarantees
| the little newcomers health and an ample
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| substitute some inferior preparation for the
sake of an extra little selfish profit.
~ took DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
| previous to confinement" writes Mrs. corda
| Jplpepper, of Tanks cottle Co, Texas, and
| never did so well in my life. II is only two
weeks and am able to do my work"
In most healthy families you will find
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| Cloth bound 81 stamps. Address Dr. K. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
$1,000 IN PRIZES
A GRAND MUSICAL
WILL BE HELD IN
Central Market Hall, Allentown, Pa,
Thanksgiving Day, NOT rs, 1897
ADJUDICATORS.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

he made his amanuensls accept 5000 for
his time and trouble.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11

deepening gullies, to cover, what are
now blots on the landscape. Many of
these pleasure drives ere expected some
day to form part of an arboretum, or
rather an arboretum is to be planted
on either side of the drives. That is;
all the trees which can be gotten TO
grow in the climate of Blltmore are to
be planted along these roads. Trees
from everywhere are to be tried, both
native and foreign, from the southern
hemisphere as we'll as the northern.
The nursery is already stocked with
thousands of specimens ready to be
placed along the arboretum roads. 1t
will afford the botanist an excellent op-
portunity of study; the lover of trees
can here compare the beauty of rival
species, and their adaptabilitv to these
soils and conditions and even the
forester may be benefited, may secure
some species suitable for introduction
into the mountain forests which will
be valuable addition to the timber
trees of the State. The arboretum,
however, has nothing to do with the
forest, as it is for beauty, or study, or a
matter of experiment in the department
of the various trees at Blltmore while
the forest and its entire management
so far as is compatible with its utlliza-
ton as portion OF the landscape gar
dening, is to secure an income, con-
tinuous income, from woodland.
For a great many years the products
of the Blltmore forest must be of low
grade, fuel, and often fuel of poor
quality, the chief efforts Of the man.
agement being d,rected toward starting
a young wood of desirable kinds oi
trees, cord wood. At present the cut
ting amounts to only a few thousand
cords year. This Is hauled to the
river from the bills on either side, and
from there Is f1Oated to Ashevllle
where it is caught in boom, a dam ol
floating logs. This method of trans
portation is cheaper than hauling with
wagons. The roads from the forest te
the river are constructed so as to be
down grade all the way. Though the
roads are only OF earth they are care
fully graded and have no steep places
This permits very large loads OF cord
wood to be carried.
The cutting of the wood is to be &C
distributed that what is cut during {
given period, say ten years, will not ex
ceed what will have grown during tha
| time. At present the annual cuttinl
is less than what is being yearly added
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11
Old People.

Old people who require medicine. to
regulate the bowels and kidneys Will
find the true remedy In Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine does not stimu-
late and contains no whiskey nor other
intoxicant, but acts as tonic and al
terative. It acts mildly on the stom-
ach and bowels giving tone to the or
gans, thereby aiding Nature in the per-
formance of the functions. Electric
Bitters Is an excellent appetizer and
aids digestion. Old people find 1t just
exactly what they need. Prlce fifty
cents and $lOO per bottle at E. T
Whitehead & Co.'S Drug Store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11

Written for The COMAoKwEALFH
Love.

Love is the fulfilling of the Law.
When the Saviour was asked which
was the greatest commandment he re.
piled tolove God with all the soul and
mind. This embraced the whole law
necessarily, from the fact that no man
could break the least of His command
ments if love pervaded his being. Nor
could he hate his neighbor but would
be ever working by the golden rule,
"Do unto others as ye would~have
them do unto YOU" Religion with all
its apparent complexlty, is the sim
plest thing in the world. It is living,
active principle, all OF which is covered
by Love. If you love a man you will
have no disposition to harm him, or
bis property and If you love God as
you should, you will have very little
propensity to displease him. The devil
may tempt you to do it, but you will
repel him, by ordering him behind
you. The cause of our national trou-
bles emanate from want of this prln-
cipIe. Selfshness. ignoring God, and
robbing our brothers are going to damn
us as a people if not soon arrested and
subverted.
In our individual life we should ever
keep in view the fact that Hate is the
chief characteristic of the devil, not
that he hates us so much, but God,
and his constant effort Is to rob God OF
the love and alteration of His children.
So, to be useful and happy, and to
despoil the devil of his prey, each in
dlvidual christian should not only try
to advance the Redeemer's Kingdom
in himself, but in every possible way
aid others in this grand work.
To this end let us pray and work.
JNO. D. THoRNE.
Panacea, N. c., Oct. 10, 1897.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11

by growth, 40 as to permit the woods,
which are too thin, To thicken up and
much of the cutting being done is
with the object in view of removing
old trees, or defective ones, which by
their shade are interfering with tho
growth Of young trees beneath them.
1t is like wedding in a cotton field to
remove valueless plants which would
soon choke or crowd out the cotton.
Does it pay9 So far the Biltmore
forest has been paying for the improve
ment cuttings which have been made,
as we'll as for all operating expenses,
and the possibility of increased returns
Is greater each year, as, while the oper-
atlng expenses remain about the same,
those for Improvements become less
and the products become OF higher
grade and of greater value. That 1t is
financial success Is assured; how
great a success it will take years to tell
after the more worthless kinds of
trees have been gotten rid of, and the
valuable made to grow in their place.
The conditions surrounding the Pts
gah forest are 80 different from those
existing in the Biltmore forest, and 1t
has been under forest management
such short time, that bat few import.
ant results have as yet been obtained
from it.
While there are features in the man
agement of tho BiItmore forest which
could not be generally utilized, as using
the river for transportating cord wood,
there are other principles which sooner
or later every owner of large amounts
of woodland must adopt who wishes to
place his investment on a sound pro-
ducing basis. There are some things
in which the State, as q measure to
protect and increase the value of the
property which it taxes, must take ac-
ton, as preventing fires in sections in
which the individual or local author.
tiles are powerless to suppress them.
Others, as methods of cutting to i'm
crease the value of the growing wood,
or to start young growth OF yellow
poplar, with oak, or other tree, and such
matters ofdetail are entirely within the
province of the indi vidual.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11
BUCkLEN's ARNICA SALvE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refnnced.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
E.T. WHITEHEAD 4 co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
Mrs. Winslow's So

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
aoothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for Dlarrnoea. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer imme-
diataly. Sold by Druggists in every
mart Of the world. twenty-five cents
hottie. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winsiow's Soothing Syrup" and take
no other kind. = ~.