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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-17
BOTH COUNCILS
WERE In SESSION
Commoners and Selectmeu Transact
Some important Business. ....
WYOMING AVENUE ORDINANCE

lt Is n Select Council Measure and
Passed Third Reading 80 CITY
Treasurer's Report shows an In
creased Balances Common Branch
Refuses to Take Further Part in the
Kearney- Grier Squabble.
Both branches of council met last
evening, the select branch i'm regular
and the common i'm adjourned session.
The most important action by either
body was the passage on third read
ing in select council of the ordinance
providing for the opening Of Wyoming
avenue.
Despite expectations TO the contrary
Mr. Roche's ordinance involving an
expenditure of about $4,000 and pro-
Viding for the orening of Wyoming
avenue from Olive to Ash street passed
third reading. only Mr.. Chittenden,
Mr.. Lansing and President Sandersor
voted negatively. Those absent We're;
Mcssrs. Thomas, Williams, Wagner
Robinson, Mccain and McAndrew.
The passage Of the measure occasoned
no debate as it had been apparent at
the previous meeting that the support
crs of the ordinance had secured the
eleven votes necessary for its passage.
a resolution permitting John O'Malley
to change the course of kciSer creek
which runs through his land in the
Fifth aud TWcnty-iirst wards, and thus
change the boundary line Of those
wards was laid on the table and an ac-
companyng opiniog of the city solcit-
or fled stating tS1It councils had no
authority to change the territorial
limits Of election districts.
In reference to the claim of Michael
Reap for damages to his property on
the north side of West Market street
a communication from the city solicit
or reported a verdict of $500 and costs.
The papers in the matter were received
and filed.
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TIMES DEMANDED IT.


Parcnthctically, the lecturer stated,
Shakespeare was not to be criticised
for the slaughter with which the play
concluded. 1t was necessiiated by the
tastes of the times which demanded for
a finale Il cleared stage.
10 study Hamlet one must ap-
proach it with theory. There must
he some rule to guide in the research
The text, the lecturer claimed, is the
best guide.
Touching upon the old discussion of
whether Hamlet was mad in fact or in
craft, DR.. Stafford said that the ques-
tiCn is certainly possible of solution
While it is a mystery and the poet in
tended it to be such it is not beyond
comprehension, and it is not reasonable
to suppose h intended it should be in
comprehensive.
Some critics hold that he was essen
italy sane; others, that he was essen
TALLY insane; others that while he was
essentially sane, he was mentally un-
balanced, and another school of which
the lecturer is a member, holds that
he was the personificatiOn of high in
tellectualty and that this madness
was feigned for the purpose of better
carrying out the design of his latter
life the discovery for certain of the
manner of his fathers death and the
avenging of the crime, if vengeance
was called for.
Tlcn the lecturer proceeded to apply
this theory and the others which he
holds that their correctness might be
practically apparent.
Hamlet is presented to US at the age
of thirty, a student, a philosopher, He
is an ideal man both as to mind and
body-"The glass of fashion and THE
mould of form; the observed of al
Observers" as Ophelia depicts him and
with intellect as his prcdominating fea'
| ture as TIE stcry clearly makes him
out.
He was a kings son, romantic. phil
osophic, living for a useful and happy
future. lie idealized and idoli2ed his
father and mother. They were his all
PLUNGED INTO GRIEF.
Such we find him when he is plunged
| into the deepest abyss of grief. IL
| could have borne natural thing like
| the death of his father, but he could
| not rally from the greater grief int
which the sin of his mother cast him
| When she failed him all the WurlC
failed him. When we have staked all
to lose all is to change the whole atti
| tude of life. That this too, too sole
flesh would melt" shows his almos
| ressimistic condition Of mind, even he
fore the ghost revealed to him tn,
! murder of his father.
When he returns to his companonI
| after the communion with the ghos
! they besct him with Cntreaties 10 tel
| them what passed between him anC
| his spiritual visitor The fact that tn,
! ghost called him aside, Convinces hin
| that what was told him was intcndcC
| for his ears alone. While his cOmpan
ions are demanding to know of tn,
communication, Hamlet is revolving
| the terrible discovery in his mind ant
| formulating his plan of action. T,
| gain time, h parleys with them abou
! secrecy and the like as if he INTENDED
to tell them and then like a flash tn
idea Of feigning insanity occurs to hin
and putting the idea Immediately int
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Holiday Stationery. Reynolds Bros
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4. Ii. ljOldnu,
City Treasu

City Hail. Washington avenue.
Office hours, a. IN. to p. m., Sat
urdaYS, to II noon.
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CITY and School Taxes For 1897.

A penalty Of per cent. will be add
ed on all taxes remaining unpaid af-
ter Dec 81, 1897, and an additional
penalty of / per cent on the first of
each and every month thereafter un-
til paid
Taxes remaining unpaid after Dec.
81, 1897. will be placed in the hands of
collectors. as provided by an Act of
Assembly, approved May %, 1889.
G. q. BOland
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Sterling silver Thimhles

Beautiful Brass Inkstands and
Frames Gold-plated, at Reynolds Bros.
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BALANCE.
Cash on hand, Nov. II .............$i2G5ji a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-17

Extra heavy, 25 cents. Davidow
Bros, reliable jewelers. and brokers. ~
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Speaking of Christmas is reminder
that somebody else wants something.
The somebody is the free kindergar-
ten, at the corner Of Mulberry street
and Penn avenue, and the want is pic
lures of the Madonna.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Our smaller Colleges.

"There are few striking facts about
the small American college," writes Ed
ward w. Box in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
zone striking fact Is that 60 per cent
of the brainiest Americans who have
risen to prominence and success are
graduates of colleges whose names are
scarcely known outside of their own
States.
1T is a fact also that during the past
ten years the majority Of the new and
best methods of learning have ema-
mated from the smaller colleges and
have been adopted later by the larger
ones.
Because college happens to be un-
known two hundred miles from the
place of its location does not always
mean that the college is not worthy of
wider repute.
"rhe fact cannot be disputed that
the most direct teaching and neces-
sarlly the teaching most productive of
good results is being done in the small
er American colleges.
1.-The names of these colleges may not
be familiar to the majority Of people
but that makes them none the less wor
thy places Of learning. The larger col
leges are mquestionably good, bu
there are smaller colleges just as goot
and in some respects better. Some Of
/ the finest educators we have are at
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
AnInpeninus Boy.

A little boy dropped his drumstick
into a well. says the London Telegraph.
In vain he entreated his parents, the
footman, the gardener. the eoachman.
the cook. the housemaids, to go down
into the we'll to recover his drumstick.
In his distress brilliant experiment
occurred to Master Tommy-he secretly
carried off all the plate from the side
board and threw 1t into the well.
Great was the CONSERVATION when
the plate was missed, and active search
for the robbers took place. In the
midst of the alarm and confusion Mas
ter Tommy ran with the news that he
had found the plate. Where? was
the cry. Down the well, replied
Tommy. Il saw 1t quite plain shining
on the bottonl-spoons, ladies, bread
baskets. salvers, aud all" The house
maid hurried to the well, at the bottom
of which, sure enough, the plate was
seen.
A ladder was produced, servant de-
scended. and the plate was brought up
lust before the last article was tshed
up Master Tommy whispered to him
John, please bring up my drumstick
when you go down for the soup ladle.
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Income of the College Professor.

To turn to the material side of things,
the assurance OF fixed income is a
source of permanent satisfaction, how
ever disproportionate the income to
the service that is rendered To be
sure, the salary of full professor, the
country over, is little If at all In eX-
cess of $1,000. In the larger universe
ties 1t may rise to $1,000 or something
more, but the men who receive above
$4,000 are SO few as scarcely to affect
the general average. Aside from the
bare possibility of call to richer in
stitution, the college professor Is not
likely to be earning more at fifty than
ut thirty. Unlike most other profes
sions, there is here no gradual increase
of income, TO give tangible evidence Of
mans growth In power. Unless one
has taken the Northern Farmers thrift
ty advice, and gone where money is
when he married, his outlook as lie
faces old age is not reassuring. Pen
| sions are extremely rare; college trlls-
! tees are forced in most cases to be as
| ungrateful as republics. The cost Of
living has steadily risen In college
towns, keeping pace with the general
increase of luxury throughout the older
communities Here and there, partic'i-
larly in the West, there are exceptions,
but upon the whole the scale of neces-
sary expenditure for man fulfilling
the various social duties required by
his position Is constantly growing
greater. The professors incidental in
come from books and lectures is ordin
arlly Insignificant, When he has paic
his bills he finds no margin left eol
champagne and terrapin. Ii he smokes
at all, he invents ingenious reasons FOL
preferring pipe. He sees the light
hearted tutors sail for Europe ever!
summer, but as for himself he decides
annually that 1t will be wiser to wal
lust one year more. Once In awhile h
will yield to the temptation to pick III
a first edition or good print, but Al
dimes and Rembrandt proofs are toy
! he may not daily with. In short, hi
tastes are cultivated beyond his VI
come. and his sole comfort is In tn
Pharisaical reflection that this is be
ter, after all, than to have more IL
come than taste.-Scribner's
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
RAG FuLLNEss rHEREoF.

Among the discomforts OF LIE ana tile
fulIness thereof, reaching to every family
,h.rs A. that which can so easily mitigate
or entirely cure, the wonder is why We en-
dure and suffer 50 much. From big pans
10 little aches, which are the wear and tear
Of the physical structure Of maa, there lar are
always remedies good, better and pest. Inc
est and the cheapest. In chronic or acute
suffering with rheumatism, neuralgia, sci
atiea or lumbago, or with the minor all
ments Of sprains and bruises, or Of soreness e.s
and stiffness, the efficacy OF st. jacobs Oli
and the fullness thereof in so many com
plete and perfect cures make II STAND OUT az
We stand on the order of going tor II and
mot 20 at oncef In numberless cases the
agefayations of discomfOrts and pains are
from delay. Why should we suffer-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
A HINT TO ARTISTS.
One Way of Putting Rejected Exhibits to
Good Use.

One Way of Putting Rejected Exhibits to
Good Use.
They were riding ON the Fourteenth
street cars and their conversation was
edifying. The man with the long hair
was evidently sculptor, and his COM
panion. large, jolly looking fellow,
was trying to persuade him to present q
work Of art to some society woman who
had mania for collecting bric-ab rac
and articles of vertu.
Il told her that you would, thought,
in time present her with some memen-
to, statuette illustrating your peculiar
style. Was wrong in saying sou
The sculptor answered Indignantly:
II know her value of art, and tell you
she cannot distinguish between manu-
featured triukets and works Of art. In
fact, she thinks all artists are nianufac-
turers and can turn out statuettes as
easily as the rich stove ornament man
who gave her nickel plated mule.
Then, too, brass fixture artist gave
her something from the brass foundry,
and she thought it great. Never, in my
Judgment, could she appreciate a true
work of art y
Then you refuse to give her sam
pie of your work? Remember, she hai
great influence.
II do not refuse. I'll give her tina
model in plaster of paris which was re
fused by the committee last month. Sh
will think it great, whether or not tn
committee did"
Good She will think it magniti
cent and get you an order. New Yorl
Commercial.
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Parliamentary Humor.

The London World gives this as an
illustration of the keen humor of JUS
tice Darling: On one occasion, when
Mr.. Gladstone was beginning to give
up the lead in the house Of commons to
Sir William HarcoUrt, it was noticed
by the members that he left the house
at the dinner hour and Sir William
Harcourt led for the rest of the sitting.
Mr.. Darling one evening drove Sir Will
liam to fury, on failing to elicit def
mite answer to an inquiry, by casually
observing III the course of his speech,
81 have noticed that lately the party
opposite, adopting an ancient precedent,
mas set up greater light to rule the
day and a lesser light to rule the night.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
A DRAMATIC Assas.lnation.

By far the most dramatic royal assas-
sination was that of the Emperor Paul
Of Russia ON March "a, 1901, by his
mobiles. As usual Paul had retired to
rest booted and spurred and in his regi-
mentals At the dead of night he was
awakened by an unusual noise. The
hussar who guarded his chamber door
the only faithful sentry, as it proved,
in the palace-was being killed by nine
mobiles. They burst into the room and
began to attack the emperor. Paul hid
behind chairs and tables and begged for
his life He offered to make each of his
ASSISTANTS a prince. He offered to abdi-
cate in vain. Then he made wild dash
for the window, fearfully gashing him
self, but he was dragged back. He
seized a chair and for some time kept
the nine of them at bay, and only aftel
terrific struggles was he seized and
strangled with his own sash.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Songs that Pass.

Some Idea OF the importance of song
in making a performer popular may
be got from the fact that young wom-
an who was married the other day in
Europe was mentioned for the first
time in about five years, although she
at one time had Il large part of New
York singing or whistling Daddy
Wouldn't Buy Me BowWow." After
New York had heard enough of that
ballad it babe adieu firmly but gently
to the young woman, says the New
York Sun, and 1t soon became evident
that beyond the bowwow there was
nothing about her that New York es-
pecially cared for.
So she returned to her native shores,
and 1t was not until the news OF her
marriage came to this country that her
existence was again recalled, with the
necessary reminder of the song she had
sung. The large sums said to be paid
to song writers for successful work
may be exaggerated, and 1t Is, indeed,
certain that none of them out of their
takes the record of at least one triumph
to gain recognition for them. But
some Of them are well paid, and from
the difficulties of their work appear to
deserve It, There Is young girl up
town who sings some verses which
make very little impression, and a vair
effort has been made to get in place OF
them something little more suited t.
New York taste. Already four writers
have tried, but none of them has pro
duced anything better than the pres
ent material. The verses have beef
sung and proved as fiat as the others
and in view of the unsuccessful al
tempts made by well-known men, Their
viii be no further efforts wasted Of
what seems hopeless task. 1t har
pens that in this particular case tn
works of the writer's have received a
the assistance possible from the singer
who has done with the verses as niue
as anybody could.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
4 Cure for Consumption, CaIaHh
and Lung Troubles that
Cures.
Remarkable Discovery Of an
American Medico-
Chemist.
ITS GREAT VALUE TO
HUMANITY.
How Every Reader of This
Paper May Obtain the New
and Free Scientific SyS-
tenn of Medicine.
cORRESPONDHNcH--ADvIcH ABSOLUTELY
FREE AND PROFESSIONALLY
CONFIDENTIAL,

Workers in the wide. unexplored field OF
modern chemistry are daily astonnping the
world with new wonders. Professor ard
layman vie with each other in their CON-
mendable efforts to lessen the ills ofh1man-
ity. Yesterday it was Pasteur and Koch,
and today it is Slocum, with new discovery
which is the result of years of careful study
and research.
Foremost among the worlds greatest
chemists stands T. A. Sloeum, of New York
City. His researches and experiments,
patiently carried on for years, have finally
eliminated in results which are proving as
beneficial to humanity as the discoveries of
any chemist, ancient or modern. His efforts
which for years had been directed toward the
discovery of positive cure for consumption
were finally successful and already his NEW
scientific system of medicine" has, by its
timely use, permanently cured thousands of
apparently hopeless cases, and it seems a
necessity and humane duty to bring such
| facts to the attention of all invalids.
The medical profession throughout Amer
lea and Europe are almost unanimous in the
opinion that nearly all physical ailments
naturally tend TO the generation of consump-
| ton. The afflicted die in the short, cold
days of winter much faster than the long,
hot days of summer.
The Doctor has proved the dreaded disease
to be durable beyond a doubt, in any eli
] nldlc, dllQ mas On his AIntTlCdil anu
European laboratories thousands of letters
of heartfelt gratitude from those benefited
or cured in all parts of the world.
No one having, or threatened with, any
disease, should hesitate day, but should
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has discovered reliable and absolute eur,
for Consumption (1uberculosis) and al
bronchial, throat, lung and chest troubles
stubborn coughs, catarrhal affections scrof
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flesh, and all wasting conditions, and t
demonstrate its wonderful merits, he viii
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Simply write to 7. A. Slocum, NJ. c., 8
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There is no charge for correspondence-ad
vice strictly professional and confidential
Knowing as we do, of the undoubte
efficacy of The Slocum System of Me iicine
we urge every sufferer to take advantage Q
this most liberal proposition.
A system of medical treatment that vii
cure catarrh. lung troubles and consumI
, ton is certainly good for-and will cure
any wasting disease that humanity is hei
to.
: Please tell the Doctor, when writing, ths
: you read his generous offer in our paper
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20


The number of stars pictured on the
latest English and German photograph
ic aliases Is about 6S000.000.
Terra-cotta sleepers are in use on jap |
anese railroads. The increased cost is
compensated for by the greater resist
ance to decay.
A slight layer of sand in the saucers
under plants prevents them from dry
ing quickly. Plants will be found TO
thrive better and require less attention
in watering.
In the last publication of the Berlin
Academy of Sciences Prof. Rontgen
has an article in which he confirms the
observation Of DIR. Brandes that 1t IS
possible 10 make the X-rays visible to
the eye.
The new invention for reducing noise
of trains on elevated railroads is called
iron felt 1t is placed between the rails
and sleepers and not only deadens
sounds and reduces shocks, but mate
rally diminishes the wear and tear.
Cyclists. tourists and others, partic-
ularly ladies, are often troubled with
dust getting into their eyes, and a trans
parent wizard or eye-screen has been
devised. 1t consists in curving frame
of steel with clear pane OF mica or
gelatine, which can be fixed on the rim
of the hat, and being very light, pro-
teets the eyes without inconvenience TO
the wearer.
Col Young. acting superintendent OF
the Yellowstone Park, reports that coy
otes and black bears have multiplied
so rapidly in the park, under the protec-
ton afforded them against hunters,
that they have become source OF an
noyance. He advises that s6me OF the
coyotes be killed, and that specimens
of the bears be captured and presented
to geological museums.
1t has recently been suggested that
apparatus designed for saving life nj
sea should be constructed IN part OF
india rubber receptacles containing
calcium carbide According to an i'll
ventor on immersion In water, acety-
lene WOHIu ne lnSthhlly bifOH "A' ""
the whole become powerfully buoyant
A similar arrangement might be EN-
plOyed for canoes, RATS and military
bridges and pontoons.
Evaporation is proportional TO the
velocity and dryness Of the wind. Sci
entific experimentation demonstrate
that when the temperature Of the al
is at so degrees Fahrenheit, with rel
, alive humidity of 80 per cent, thu
, evaporation, with the wind blowing nv
miles an hour, is % greater than a
calm: at ten miles, 49, at fifteen miles
40; at twenty miles, OF; at twenty-nv
miles, 81; at thirty miles, 6.3 times a
much as a calm atmosphere of the sam
temperature and humidity.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
A. w. GLEASON,

walter Baker Il Co, OF Dorchester, Mass,
T. g. A., have given years OF study to the skill.
full preparation of cocoa and chocolate, and
have devised machinery and systems peculiar
to their methods of treatment, whereby the
purify, palatability, aud highest nutrient char
aeteristics are retained. Their preparations are
known the world over and have. received the
highest Endorsements from the medical practi
toner, the nurse, and the intelligent house.
keeper and caterer. There is hardly any food
product which may be so extensively used In
the household in combination with other foods
as coc "a and chocolate: but here again we urge
the importance of purity and nutrient value
and these important points, We feel sure, ma,
be relied upon in Baker Cocoa and Chocolate
i-Dietctic and Hygieaic Gazette.