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The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

Crystal Falls, Mich, Oct 1.-THE 60
days drought has ut last been dispellcd
and frequent showers hive occurred
since Monday night. Owing to the care
lessness of hunters fires in old slash
ings had gnined considerable Roadway
and valuable tracts of standing pine in
this county were threatened with de-
struction until the rain put n check to
the progress Of the flames.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

Washington. Oct. 2.-Assistant Post
1naster-Generul Heath has directed the
establishment OF 81 new international
money order offices. 81 domestic money
order offices and 26 limited money order
offices on October 4.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
National Council ~ women

New York. Oct 2--Thc annual execu-
tive session of the National Council Of
Women Of the United States will he held
on October rs. 26. 81 and 2S Mt Nashville.
Tenn. under the auspices of tho
woman's department Of the Tennessee
exposition,
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

Washington. Oct. Capt. John 8.
Garland, retired. died in Washington
Wednesday. He was appointed from
Michigan in ls47 and was wounded dur
ing the war and retired in November,
1861.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

lincoln, Neb., Oct. "a call has been
Issued for state convention of popu-
lists who are opposed to fusion with
Their parties, to be held at Lincoln, Mon
day, October 4. C. M. Clark, of Lincoln,
signs the call. The party is without pre-
YiouS orranization.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Consolidation of Supreme Court.


Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 6.-The CONSOLE
dation of the supreme court was made
complete Tuesday morning in fitting
manner with eloquent speeches at the
courtroom in the state house. Judge
Jesse j. Phillips opened court and dis
posed of several cases.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Accidentally Killed.

Appleton, Wis. Oct. John Kessler,
an 11-ycar-old boy at Black Creek, was
shot and killed Wednesday by George
Sager. u lad of IA, while the two were
shooting ut mark. The coroner's jury
returned verdict of accidental death.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Indicted for Offering n Br,b.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Oct. 2.-The
grand jury has indicted Alderman
Roman Alexander Dumbrowski for Of
fcring Il bride of $1,000 to John De-
Lnittre. member of the state capitol
committee.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Discovery of Anthracite COM,

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 2.-Specinens of
what is believed to he anthracite coal
have been brought here from the newly
discovered deposits on piney creek, IL
miles north Of Buffalo. T..
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Indorse Chicago Platform.

New York, Oct. THE democratic
county conventions now being held in
New York state generally indorse the
Chicago platform.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
BnItin,ore One Ahead.

Boston, Oct. 7.-l'asebnll, Temple
Cup series: Baltimore, 8; Boston, 3.
Baltimore has won two out of the three
games played.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Given a Life Term,

Crystal Falls, Mich, Oct. 5.-Peter
Bons, the murderer and ravisher of
Pearl Morrison, went before Judge
Stone Monday and pleaded guilty. He
was given life sentence at hard labor
and solitary confinement
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
Seize Liquors Intended for Alas

Seattle, WASH, Oct. 2-One hundred
and forty gallons of whisky. brandy,
gin and wine was seized Friday by Gus
toms inspectors on the steamer Alta,
due to sail to Alaska. The liquor was
Embedded in barrels and boxes and
cans. where sugar, oat meal and kero-
sene should have been.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

Accepts Resisnations of Cabinet.
Athens, Oct. 2.-Premier NJ RalM
Friday morning officially rendered the
and they were accepted by King George.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take CAscnrets Candy Cathartic. lOc or &c
II C G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
WATERWAYS CONVENTION,
RESOLUTIONS Adopted at the Daveu
port Meeting,

Davenport, la., Oct. TAT the closing
session of the convention of the Asso-
cintion for the Improvement Of Western
Waterways, addresses were delivered
by Hon. T.J. Henderson, Princeton, ILL.,:
William Fishback, Fort Smith, Ark.
and John +. bravo, Pittsburgh. b. L.
Wood, New Orleans, was reelected chair
man of the executive committee, and
John W. Bryant, New Orleans, secretary
of the sumo. The contest for the next
place of meeting between Memphis and
New Orleans resulted in favor Of Mem
phis- Resolutions were adopted, of
which the following is II synopsis:
Favoring early completion of the Henne-
pin canal: liberal appropriations for i'm
provement Of the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers: deepening and widening the South
pass New Orleans: surveying and Improve
ing the southwest pass: ample protection
OF the nlluvial valley OF the lower river
from Hoods. early completion Of levees
between Burlington. Ia. and Hannibal.
Mo-; deepening the harbor at Davenport:
approving the present governmental syy-
TEN OF dredging: indorsing the method
lately adopted by congress placing gov.
eminent work under the contract system:
Endorsing the improvement Of waterways
from Galveston to Houston: expressing an
probation OF the attitude Of the Fifty.
fourth congress toward rivers and harbors
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
White Book Of Greece.

Athens. Oct. 2.-The contents of the
White Book presented to the chamber
is now generally known. 1t confirms
the statement that Germany threat
ened to withdraw from the concert Of
the powers In the event of Greece not
accepting the peace conditions.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
VIII Make Smoking Tobncco.

St. Louis, Oct. Local manufacture
ers announce their intention of manu-
featuring smoking tobaccos, thereby
developing new phase In the bitter
fight now raging between the western
tobacco companies and the American
Tobacco company. This step has been
contemplated for some time. The bat
tie has wuged for two years and the To-
cal manufacturers are warmly endeav-
oring to break down the trust.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
No-To-Bac for Fifty Gents.
Business Personals.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc. 81. All druggists.
The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
GREAT EEADER GONE
Death of Gen. Neal Dow, the Fa.
Their Of Prohibition.
MS LAST HOURS WERE PEACEFUL.
The Foremost Character In the Tenn.
perance M9vement In the United
States for the Past Sixty Years
Sketch of His Career.

Portland, Me-, Oct. 4.-Gen. Neal Dow
died at his residence in this city at $3.50
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The end
was peaceful, and he retained conscious
ness until an hour before he died, req
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
A New Investment.

AS a health resort alone, Hawaii
would be valuable acquisition. The
temperature never declines below So
degrees and does not rise above so de-
grees. Cases of sunstroke are unknown
and the notable difference between the
climate of the islands and of tropical
latitudes in America is that no ener-
walton ensues from its effect. 1t is
possible to perform hard, physical
labor in the open air at any time in
the year. Epidemics have very seldom
visited the islands and have been of
the lightest description. Diphtheria,
pneumonia and kindred diseases are
unknown and while one of the islands,
Molokai, is the sad isle of lepers, so
strict are the quarantine regulations
that an extra safeguard is thrown
around the inhabitants of the others.
Its sea bathing is unparalleled.
There are eight habitable islands in
the group capable of cultivation. Ha-
wall the largest, contains 4,210 square
miles, or 2,500OO0 acres of land, and
has an elevation of 1906 feet above
sea level 1t is particularly we'll adapt
ed to the cultivation of coffee in it's
highest degree of perfection. Some cof-
fee planters have 100000 trees on their
plantations. Thousands of acres are
not under cultivation and now await
the influx of newcomers certain to flock
thither II annexation is assured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
"BICYCLE CATARRH.o
From the Louisville Post.

From the Louisville Post.
1t would occasionally seem as If some
physicians devote much of their time to
give up the wheel. Long ago it was the
bicycle hump then the bicycle face,
these being followed by the bicycle voice
and other equally serious troubles, all of
which have been laughed to scorn by de-
vOtees of the wheel Now comes a med
ical person of Philadelphia with the
alarming information that bicycle catarrh
is among the perils that must be faced
by those who ride wheels. Says the
Quakertown Galen:
IT'S no fancied i'll this bicycle ca
tarrh,' and it's putting lots of money
into the pockets of eye specialists and
opticians as well as physicians whose
practice is general. The bicycle crank,
you know, nearly always overdoes the
sport and rides five times as far and five
times as long as he ought to. His own
motion creates a continual wind pres
sure on his face and the strain upon
eyes, ears, nose and throat is abnormal.
l have found in my practice that three
wheelmen out of every ten are afflicted
with catarrh in u more or less advanced
stage, the conditions generally affecting
the eyes The same state of affairs is
noticeable in motormen, locomotive en-
gineers and others who are constantly
facing the wind but the modern instru-
ment of locomotion Is responsible for
such a large increase in the number of
cases that we feel perfectly justified in
calling the ailment bicycle catarrh.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
NO FAvoRs IN TRUSTS.
From Congressman Dingley's Paper,
Lewiston Mel Journal

From Congressman Dingley's Paper, the
Lewiston (Me) Journal.
There is pretty good reason to believe
that the members of the committee on
ways and means--those of the majority,
at least-fully sympathize with the views
against trust protection, and that in franz
Ing the bill they will be guided by a de-
termination to guard so far as possible
against any provision which would give
special privileges to any person or CON-
bination of persons, or hinder or prevent
free domestic competition. The manu-
facturers themselves, who have appeared
before the ways and means committee,
through their representatives or in writ
ing, have protested that they not only
do not fear, but that, on the contrary,
they desire and welcome home competi-
tion, and they will be taken at their
word, If present indications can be re-
garded as trustworthy.
Closely related to this subject and hav-
ing an important bearing on it, in the
opinion of members of the committee, is
that of wages. The representatives OF
nearly every manufacturing and other
industry, as well as every wage-earner
who appeared before the committee, dwelt
on and complained of the enforced reduc-
tions of wages and the loss of time and
employment caused by the tariff legis-
lation of 1891. These facts will undoubted-
ly and deservedly have great weight with
the committee on ways and means, and II
would not seem rash to predict that in fix.
ing rates of duty they will be careful moi
to discriminate In favor at least of those
branches of industry in which combina'
tions to control production or regulate
prices and restrict domestic competition
have been formed and the wages of per.
sons employed therein at the same time
reduced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
When Health Is Appreciated

An exchange aptly remarks that
we'll persons seldom appreciate the
blessings of health, and that it is only
during the prevalence of yellow fever
or cholera scares or other epidemics,
actual or threatened, that the priceless
boon of health is rightly valued by
those who posses it. 1t is the most
priceless blessing in the'world, and yet
the least appreciated, Epidemics seem
necessary from time to time to cause
more fitting appreciation Of it, and
to spur people on to more considerate
care in the preservation of it. In q
New Orleans dispatch 1t is explained
that sixty people have been found hud-
died in one rather small tenement
house, and that with one family goats
sleep the same as the regular mem
bers of the household. In a time such
as that which marks a threatened
epidemic of the yellow fever people
are guarded enough with respect to
their health They forsake all other
things to preserve ii and flee to other
parts Of the country in the pursuance
of that aim. In the quarantine regu-
latiohs the shotgun appears when
necessary instead of the helping hand
II health is so precious why is ii not
considered worth while to take greater
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
Keeping CLOSE WATCH.

From the Rochester Democrat Chronicle.
The dispatch of the gunboat Wheeling
to Honolulu SYith dispatches in advance
of the mail steamer may mean much or
little. II the reports that japanese SOL
diers are landing as contract laborers
are true, it may be deemed advisable
to hoist the flag in Honolulu and give
Japan to understand that further at
tempts TO intimidate the government of
the islands will be resented
Judging from reports by the last mail
steamer, Senator Morgan did not let any
grass grow under his feet before maxi
ing full inquiry of the Hawaiian cabinet
as to the situation. What he discovered
is not known, but the information he
obtained, backed by his sound judgment,
may have influenced the administration
TO send out the Wheeling as quickly as
she could clear and also get the Balti-
more ready. Spreckels is quite as likely
to be the chief disturbing element as the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
WHY NOT GET TOGETHER!

From the Harrisburg Independent.
Just as was expected the new state
capitol building affair has gotten into
the courts, and now, If the commission
does not watch itself there will be no
end to delays and the erection of the
new capitol will be far distantly re-
moved. An architect has taken the mat
ter into court, and this is only the be-
ginning of the trouble. More is to fol-
low. This should serve as a warning to
the members of that commission and they
should not forget that they have a sac
red duty to perform and the people eX-
pect the members of that commission to
be true to their trust Governor Hastings
hits the nail on the head in speaking of
this tangle and suggesting a way out of
the difficulty when he said: Stand by
our plighted faith to the people of the
state; carry out the terms of the pro-
gramme as originally agreed upon; stop
lawing and commerce building; give the
state 100 cents worth of capitol for every
dollar appropriated There is yet time
to complete the building before the next
meeting of the general assembly, but
there is not day to spare" The COVER
nor says he can assure the people of the
state that the new capitol can be built
within the appropriation and be ready
for the next legislature. if one of the
plans presented to the commission is
adopted. What more can the people of
this commonwealth expect? Delays are
dangerous as the Star Independent has
previously remarked in connection with
this matter, and we are all familiar with
the course pursued by the courts If
litigation is once properly begun the state
capitol building project will be tied up
indefinitely. Gentlemen. why not get to-
gether and proceed with this matter in
business-like way without further de-
lay?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
THE POLL TAX EVIL.
the philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
An attempt was made in the last leg
islature to have poll taxes paid directly
by citizens; but the politicians got the
better of it in the law that was passed.
by having a clause inserted which allowed
the taxable to give a written and signed
order to some one else to pay the tax
for.
The Republican city committee agreed
yesterday to have blanks for that pur-
pose distributed in the various divisions
which the delnquents will sign as a
power of attorney to the committee to
purchase their tax receipts, so that there
is likely to be little difference between
the old way and the new way, except
that of tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee
The man who does not care enough for
the right of franchise to pay the twenty
five cents a year. which the law requires
of him, ought not 20 have the right to
vote at all. The city committee should
have set its face against the practice,
especially as the votes that the receipts
will bring are not needed in this cam
paign.
The only way to make the voter who
is too careless, too lazy or too mean to
pay his poll tax, is to stop paying it for
him,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
Joy for the College Bow.

There is good news for the men who
propose to go into training for coll
lege contests in athletics. Sandow, the
athlete, condemns the training process
given to oarsmen, runners, etc, on the
grounds that it is pernicious and even
dangerous. In the normal man this
cutting off food and little luxuries TO
which he has been accustomed all his
life does not produce muscle and go"
which he might obtain by more judic-
ious methods and far less exercise.
Sandow asserts that he has proved his
theory by training two men, one ao-
cording to university methods, the
other by a system of his own. Re-
peatedly the latter has won in applied
tests. He is willing to guarantee that
II he could have the training OF one OF
the university, crews they shall w!n.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
WORKINGMEN FAVOR LAW AND
ORDER.
From the wilkes-Barre Times.

From the Wilkes-Barre Times.
Those newspapers that are continual
ly posing as the "friend of the working
man and endorsing lawlessness and mob
rule instead of government by the legal
ly constituted authorities are the worst
enemies of the workingman and every
one of their anarchistic articles an in
suit to him, The intelligent working
man or trades unionist is a law abiding
citizen and it was not he who kicked
up the riot in the IIazleton region. On
the contrary the American speaking
workingmen and members of trades
unions are the people who were most
anxious and potent in putting down the
foreign peace disturbances and prevent
Ing violence. If the newspapers which
are counsellng resistance to law and
order and calling Sheriff Martin and his
deputies murderers imagine that they
are pleasing the honest workngmen and
members of trade organizations by their
course and thus making business friends,
they are much mistaken, These are the
very people who want the laws upheld
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
SANDER.

l saw a statue carved of whltest stone.
A marble image; yet 1t seemed to me
That from those half-averted eyes there
shone
The light Of. love and truth and purity.
The smile that lighted up the glorious
face
Was one not born of earth. but from
above,
The queenly figure poised with modest
grace
"A being fit for only gods to love.
When from a cloud of sitting smoke
there came
A grlnning fiend whose presence seemed
TO I'LL
The air with deadly vapors, and in shame
His dusky wings he folded and was
still
Rut only for a moment did he stand,
Then on the shining brow OF virtue
smeared
Tho sooty print of Satan's grimy hand,
And with a hellish chuckle disappeared.
jay Willsay, in indianapolis Sentinel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
FIVE-YEAR MARRIAGES.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Judge Hazen will have to settle num-
bcr of domestic disagreements at the
next term of court. There are thirty
nine div orce cases on the docket, and
while this list is not above the average
sizl 1t is sufficiently large to promise the
consumption of considerable time. If
ths stories told in these petitions may
be used as the basis of an estimate, a
p"aronderance of the divorces are COM
menced by women. A great majority
of the married couples that determine to
take advantage of the divorce court have
not been married more than five years
A few instances occur of trouble with
people who have not been married for
long periods, but these are exceptions.
Tie common trouble that is named as
the cause of all these actions is extreme
cruelty. Specifically the charge of aban-
donmert leads all the others mentioned
as the basis for divorce suits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27

japanese. He would not hesitate to work
with the Japanese to protect himself in
the use of coolle labor for the production
of sugar to be admitted free of duty at
the ports of the United states. Spreck-
els should be squelched, II necessary, to
assure peace and prosperity.
Ratification of the treaty of annexation
by the Hawaiian legislature renders the
raising of the American flag a mere form
ality which may well be observed at
once II our representative deems 1t neces-
sary. Senator Morgan's judgment in re-
gard to the matter will have great
weight, as he enjoys the confidence of his
account of his sound and patriotic views
on international questions. The visit Of
the senator to Hawaii at the present
time is opportune, and It may be pre-
sumed that his going was of more inn
portance than that of a minister pleni-
potentiary
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-27
Another Fad Gets a Blow.

1t is a very difficult thing to follow
a course of treatment according to the
ideas of many physicians of the same
school. Now that the sanatorium fad
has taken firm hold of most people of
culture, DR.. Whitcomb. of Liberty, N.
Y, writing to the Medical Record, on
consumption, declares that a sana-
torium is not only useless for consump-
tion in the early stages of that dis
ease, but diminish their chances of life
by large percentage He asserts that
the all-pervading and ever-present de-
pressing effects of institutionalism on
the mind cannot but be detrimental to
bodily nutrition, and that in no dis
ease does the condition of mind have
such a powerful effect for good or evil
as in phthisis. Too much doctor nurse
and treatment, too much surveillance
tend to produce a morbid self-con-
sciousness and sensitiveness to slight
symptoms altogether disastrous to
healthy, bodily functions. In habit of
thought and disposition the patient
soon becomes like the typical "rounder''
of the city hospitals. She studies her
symptoms and treatment and discusses
them with disgusting familiarity, in
season and out.
He also says that the constant and
exclusive association with the sick in
this dampening social atmosphere more
than neutralizes all its obvious advant-
ages. All exercise is apt to be half
hearted, perfunctory and void of in
terest, thereby losing much of it's value.
The outdoor life prescribed soon be-
comes nothing more than sitting
wrapped in furs on a veranda.
DIR. Whitcomb advocates active out
door exercise with a definite object.
Those who cannot afford to board in
the country where dry air at a high
altitude is to be obtained, should hire
out to farmers and thus save their
lives. He advises patients suffering
from incipient consumption to club to-
gether and live outdoors in tents for
eight or nine months in the year, and
stear clear of the willy sanatorium
runner"
That the argument regarding the de-
pressing association in an institution
with sick people is true will be recog-
nized by all who have been so unfor-
tunate as to be ordered away for
treatment. Invariably they bemoar
their fate in being obliged to see no.
body in their immediate vicinity who
has moro than one lung or less than a
hacking cough. A resident of this city
who went south for his health last
winter, fled homeward at the expira.
tion if fortnight in sheer despera.
ton from the solicitous inquiries OF
other patients at the resort, and theil
determination to see that he took the
| innumerable remedies they prescribed
1t isn't such an enviable position tc
| be a domestic employe of the Emperor
| of Germany. Women servants receive
| $l2 per month, men from $15 to $25. Nc
wonder they want to come to America
where they can run the entire ranch in