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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
LAUGH At TIE LAW.

And If William Brewster should hold
up h.s hands IN horror at this disClo-
sure. what must he do when we tell
him in other instances that the law Of
the state condemns and prohibits and
men laugh ut the law and snap their
finger i'm the face Of legislators? It's Sc
lious business, when we stand up before
the Pilgrims in view of the liquor real
Tags Of our land.
! know that men are tired of the word
temperance, and that the subject is one
Of great complications, but we cannot
ignore it for that, The cold fact is that
.um-drinling IS not only an evil but 1t
is a most alarming eyIl in our national
life.
The state Of Massachusetts, through it's
conservative official bureau, finds the
drink habit to be responsible for 81 per
cent, of the recorded crimes and Is per
cent of the paupcrism of that state
We nCr Miller, of New York, says: "The
sal loon is the rendezvous of every evil
element Of the community"
Chaunccy Dcpcw says: 1.-THE saloon dis
stroys 10000 youths annually, by sending
them TO drunkards' graves"
A conservative senator Of the United
States has said: Rum selling and rum
drinking are working our national ruin.
The rum power regards neither public
good nor private welfare, 1t has practic-
ally subverted civil law in this country,
1t is sapping the foundations of our
government. The republic must triumph
over rum or rum will triumph over the
republic"
The conservative New York Herald
| said In 1884: without the groggeries'
| politics of this city there would never
have been among us such an institution
| as Tammany Hall has been for the last
| nifty years, for that institution in its
| origin and growth is inseparable from
the rum traffic." and today, we have "a
add, the rum power Is enthroned supreme
In the government of Greater New York
II is time for Christian men to take
| notice that the rum interest Is thor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26

HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or gripe. All
druggists. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
COMMITTEES POSITION.

Said member of the committee to a
Tribune reporter yesterday: Two
years ago the situation was explained
by us to the pastors of the city church
es. The committee described The work
as a church work which the committee
was meeting to manage in an eNecu-
tive sense, but was not able to pro-
vide for financially. The central city
pastors and some from the other sec
tiOns told us to go ahead with our part
and they would procure the funds.
They were to each devote a Sunday
to the cause. The result was that not
over Is per cent. of the amount neces-
sary for one years expenses was pro-
cured. The committee had to get the
balance.
Last year we again presumed upon
the generosity Cf personal friends and
obtained 10 subscriptions of 500 each
and with this money kept the mission
going. This year we have solicited and
begged and are $500 behind. We feel
that we have outlined our usefulness
that we have pumped ourselves and
our friends dry. Our interest in the
cause has not diminished but we think
that the missions good may be best
served by othars. hence we are deter
mined to quit"
The peculiar value of the Rescue
Mission is not denied by practical
church workers Of any denomination,
but all have UP to the present time
been disposed to trust the work tC
Luther Keller, William McClave. ]. A.
| Lansing, w. j. Hand, D. B. Atherton,
| A. w. Dickson, j. w. Guernsey, G. d,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
Dyspepsia,

ders positively cured Grover Grahams Dys-
pepsia Remedy Is "A suectic. one dose re.
moves all distress, and permanent cure of
the most chronic and severe cases is guaran-
teed. DO not suffer A 5O-cent bottle will
convince the most skeptical.
Matthews Bros, Druggists, $50 Laoka-
wanna avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26

Ladies' COQue and Feather BOaS,
Ladies' Fur BOas and COlIarettCS,
ladies, Gents and Children'S
kid and Wool Gloves and Mittens.
MrTritt'S Cashmere Fulled Flan-
mel aud Knitted skirts.
Splendid assortment Of medium
ana high-priced
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
HIN A
NEEDS

A''So ''ii idNO bOOlI
forgotten; however, the needs can
be secured now for the Sunday
uSe-dainty things that will surely
be useful in this season. sf3 E'@
I'D. at'.. E.. 100. n.agF spC
FOOTED CAKE PLATE Of
Austrian semi-Poroelain rib
bon edge that sold for 25c.,
would be of some use.......... IUC
CARLSBAD CHINA BON
BONS, round or oblong
shapes, gold and color dec
orations that are worth 19c., "a
are now ........................ lOS
COBALD WARE, FRENCH
| CHINA TOOTH PICK HOLD
ERS, pretty designs, all gold an
! traced, value 15c., are now.... IOC
FANCY EDGE CAKE PLATE,
all decorations and styles
! that are Carlsbad China,
ought to be 25c., but they're an
| only ......................... 1OS
! BERRY OR SAUCE SETS of
the best Chinas and newest .
| decorations, one of plain gold
'' now ..,:.....:... 'n.' :: "~''" s."'' ar. St24
BERRY SETS at $500 with dec
! orations were scarce only
short time ago, one with tints nn
and gold traced, dishes...... 0l,43
CELERY TRAYS that are
handpainted and tasty gold
decorations, value $125, are
now ....................s.., SCC
A SPECIAL CELERY TRAY,
value $780, has decorations of
Pansies and other flowers, are -, =.
CHINA CRACKER JARS, oval
shape and fun decorations
that sold for 75c., for a few
days are ....................... aye
OAT MEAL SETS of all styles,
this particular one has pref
ty decoration and gold trim
ming. Value 3jc., are now
selling for ..................... lYC
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We must east our bread upon the
waters" and 1t will return to us a hun
dred and thousand fold by and by. This
is the spirit of the rum power. 1t has
no scruples. 1t will sacrifice anything
and everything for the sake of its ends.
Is it to be wondered at that men are
| leaving the old parties and casting their
votes emphatically against this mons
trous dragon? Is not the wonder the
fact that this number is so small?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02

hroat-is to long for his impassiveness of
temperament, or at least his immensely of
experience.
formed employees, perhaps the cumulative
spirit of the depot visitor is most aroused
by the ponderous dignity of the conductor
striding imperiously in the direction of the
gate, with his tin box in hand, Just about
to depart on his Observation-Disclosures
there is so much of the mystery of calcJ-
lation in wondering where he is going No
one has yet succeeded in explaining why
most railway conductors carry their Shout
ders back in precisely the manner of re-
tired SergeantS of marines; nor why they
are generally SO much above the stature
of average men; nor why their thick mus
taches are usually of the grizzledness of
Richard the Lion Hearts; nor why they al
most invariably look you straight in the
eye and think for thirty seconds before
they reply to your question; nor why they
always carry their heavy gold watches
carefully concealed under their tightly
buttoned frock uniform coats, which they
must deliberately inhibition and rebutton
DAY or night-oniy few of the points
about conductors that have caused mil
ions to wonder.
But the casual visitor at the railway sta
lion SpeculateS more, and more at large
over the ceaseleSS ununiformed human pro-
cesslon, coming and going, and the walters
IN the seats The walters in the seats are
the strong feature of Washington's railway
stations, for both of them are terminals,
and therefore the seats do not often grow
cold Among the walters in the seats high
noon or midnight, is almost always the
Shabby. sad-eyed woman with the three
children. The children are prettily dressed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
Dangers of the Bicycle.

Frankfort Special 10 the indianapolis News.
To decide a wager made by an opponent
of the bicycle that the wheel causes more
casualties i'm one week than foot ball does
the entire season, the stakeholder obtained
the following surprising figures from inds-
putable authorities. Throughout the United
States during the past month there was
SIS accidents reported to wheelmen, thirty
three resulting fatally at the time and
twenty-six finally causing death. Collis-
ions with other riders caused 221 accidents.
five fatalities and three probably SO. Other
statistics show: Collisions with vehicles,
1873; with street cars, b; dogs. 3; hogs. 1;
chickens, i; cows. ?; thrown from wheels.
233; fell over embankments. s; breakage of
machine, 80. Over-exertion injured four
and killed four. Three were disabled by
holes in the ground, and five were hurt by
slipping OF wheel. Miscellaneous causes
injured fourteen. while ten were hur: by
unknown agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
THE OLD WAY
ot Treating Dyspepsia and Indtses-
Hon by Dieting a Barbarous
and UseDeaa One

we say the old way but really Il Is a very COM
IN" one nj present time, and many dysIepticS ard
Pnssichs ms well consider the first ste;, 10 take
IA attempting to cure indigestion Is 10 de. other
ny siecting certain foods and rejecting others or
10 greatly diminish the quantity usually taken: in
o'uer words, the starvation plan Is by many sup
posed to lie the first essential
fhe almost certain failure Of the starvation eura,
Tor dyspepsia has been proven time and again hut
sun TIE moment Dyspepsia makes Its appearance
course OF dieting Is at advised.
AN this Is radically wrong IL Is soollsh and
urseiehtinc to recommend dieting or starvation TO
man suffering from Dyspepsia. because ln,lig,s-
u"n itself starves every organ aud every nerve nui
every nber ia the body
what the Dyspeptic wants Is abundant nutritloa,
"hich means plenty of good. wholesome. we'll
cooked food and something TO assist the weak
s'ohiach TO digest IL. This Il exactly the pufGc-e
TO- which Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are saaPtrl.
ana TINS Is the method by which they cure the
wcist cases of Dyspepsia In other words tho ia
fient eats plenty OF wholesome food and Stuar.'s
Dyspepsia Tablets digest it for him. In this way>
the system is nourished and the overwors-r-sio r-
ach rested, because the tablets viii digest The
food whether the stomach works or not Ilnr 4
these tablets viii digest 5000 grains OF meat or
eggs.
Your druggist will tell you that Stuart's pss-
pepsia Tablets 10 the purest and safest remedy
sold Tor stomach troubles and every trial inaL.s
one more friend for this excellent preparation.
Sold ut 80 cents for fullsizcd package at all drug
stores.
little book stomach diseases mailed free
by addressing Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich.
se2a&oc2
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The Gardens of Our Forefathers.

The Gardens of Our FOrefathers.
From the London Ev ,uing Standard.
We are free to believe that those remote
forefathers of ours, whom the majority
persist in calling Anglo-Saxons. were fond
of flowers. Perhaps the evidence only
shows that they were fond of sweet smells.
which is no national popularity: but in
that sense they talk Of roses and lilies
pleasantly enough. The words are Latin.
however, with no native equivalent-proy-
ing that they found them in the country.
legacy from the Romans. We are not
aware that any other cultivated flower is
named in Anglo-SaXon writings; but the
violet has place (cloepe) and the peri
Wrinkle, pimpernel, mouse ear and such
wildlings. The learned assure that
garden Is pure English; but that proves
very little. 1t is the same word yard
and we have it in "orchard'-the ort-yard
or Kitchen garden So far as flowers
many centuries; but the garden, such as it
was, became a very fashionable institu-
ton" under the Plantagenets Perhaps
there is no romance of chivalry which does
constantly walk therein after dinner, and
the hero attends them. Chaucer lays a
garden scene On several of his stories, and
1t is very elaborate, too. But when We in
QUlre what plants were cultivated there it
would seem that the garden of the middle
ages was filed with fruit trees and herbs
and vegetables with strawberries, no doubt,
and abundance of shade and arbors Upon
the other hand, pictures innumerable show
garden mostIcarefuIy laid out with beds,
commonly bordered by trellis, and flow
ers conspicuous therein; but this is not evil
dence. The list of herbs however, is real
ly astonishing. Mr.. Wright found manu-
script of the fifteenth century in the Brit
ish Museum. n which gives no less than
fifty for 'pottage,,' eight flor sauce"
eleven for the cope" 0cup), twenty for
efryl1n
teen for SAVIOR and beaute." An anti
quarian who was also an epicure-such
abound-would not wholly waste his time
in looking up these plants and trying them
Most OF the names are long since forgot
ten. but 1t would not be difficult to trace
them. One must admit, however, that
some of those we recognize are not prom
ising as "hartestongue" for sauce If the
fern be intended, and rue for cup But
there is large choice. Violet flowers and
primrose buds for salad look Sybaritfc
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happy as sunbeams, and of course know
nothing of their mothers anxiety as to
whether her husband will meet her at the
end OF her journey. For the salvation of
their lives the three children require con-
slant nourishment Of pickles and cake from
the mothers large lunch box and at in
tervais OF ten minutes she is compelled 10
give each OF them a large glass of ice
water from the cooler. She alone of the
whole human tide does the caller of trains
oeish 10 nolce with a certain degree of
condescendlng interest. He has even been
known TO cheer the sad-eyed mother to
chuck the little boy under the chin and to
buy him All apple and. when the Iong-Iook-
editor train finally arrived, TO see the party
10 the gate
The man and brother who waits four
hours for his train for "Culpepah kaounty."
and who. during the entire period munches
sandwiches devised of thick slices of bread
and thick slices of bacon, Is generally on
hand AT his side, and watched with ex-
treme jealousy. is an ante-bellum carpet
bag, with queer bulges in the Sides The
man and brother labors under the appre-
hension that the railroad and all of the en-
ployes thereof have entered into a con-
spiracy to make him lose his train He
leaps from his seat every time a train is
announced. and approaches the unseeing
caller of trains in bounds.
Dat my kyah, suhy' he inquiries anx-
iousiy.
The caller Of trains intently compares his
split-second watch with the waiting oorn
clock.
Dat train o. kyahs stahtin' de one dis
yere cahd's TO. suh?'' presenting his ticket.
The caller of trains winds his watch with
the air of a man studying very profoundly
Your train goes I'm two hours and thirty
five minutes" he says finally like a man
talking TO himself, and the man and brother
bound for Culpeper county resumes his seat
and his bacon sandwiches.
The man always in a rush hurtIes in
about every half hour. He dashes up TO
the station In a cab. the horse hauling
which Is foam-fiecked, and always says sui
rhrrous things over the delay of the cab
man In making change. He grabs his bag
IKE an oid-time pCry expressman Selling
q mail pouch. and II on for tie waiting
Xoom like a dart. Ahead Of him at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02

visitor from his shadowy corner. is privi-
legged to manufacture one after his own
fancy.
Even to listen to and study the man who
calls the trains is worth whiIe-that walk
ing bureau of information with the sonor-
Gus voice. than whom no living human be-
ing is more and yet seems by his calm in
scrutability TO be less a part of the world
he dwells in and pities. To see how he
turns upon his heel with a sardonic smile
when his weary eye catches heartbreaking
parting scenes between mothers and sons,
husbands and wives. lovers and sweet
hearts-scenes that make even the ordina-
lilly hardened man little aIueer in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
From tie pittsburg Dispatch.

rioiH Tie Eittsuurg Dispatch.
Capt Since has discovered a method of
gathering the scent Of flowers as the plant
is growing. He takes a glass funnel ana
heats the thin end over a spirit lamp. He
then draws out the stem to a fine point.
This accomplished. the funnel is filled with
Ice and placed on a retort stand. the point
ed end being placed In a small glass bottle.
without touching 1t. After this the stand
and the funnel are placed In a greenhouse
among the flowers whose odcrs 1t Is desir-
ed to collect. Gradually the vapor rises
from the flowers. ard. In meeting the colder
surface Of the funnel, condenses into drops
on the outside Of the glass. From the point
of condensation It triekles down until II
drops into the bottle. In q surprisingly
short time large amount OF perfume Is
collected, and II il claimed that 90 per cent
OF the contents OF the bottle is perfume;
the rest Is water. Strange to say, this es-
sence OF the flower needs to be adulter-
ated with spirits OF wine. Otherwise It
would become sour and useless.
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ago by a Wisconsin man. This has three
seats, each for two people. who are kept
warm by electric sieigh-heaters beneath. A
compact form of storage battery under the
platfor1i, or Body supplies motive power to
the spiked driving wheel to the rear. be-
tween the runners.
Besides a Bountiful supply of furs. the
professor Will take with him a suff1ciency
of the hew smoldering powder now made
as fuel for various heating devices to be
applied to the person. In either pocket he
can CARRY a -small-sfzed heater, about the
size of b soda biscuit, filled with this COM
position. ignited.
A progressive expedition. directed by such
progressive mind, will never suffer from
an exhausted larder. The party will be
supplied with sufficient eatables in COM
pressed form to last them several years, II
needs be. and 1t will require no more space
during transportation than the ordinary
baggage Of a traveller who goes away for a
month.
Multum In Parvo.
Each man will always carry with him an
emergency ration of lean bacon. pea meal,
compressed biscuit, salt. pepper and tea or
coffee, done up in a little case capable of
being attached to his belt, but sufficient to
keep him alive for more than a week,
should he get lost from his companions.
Little capsules about the size and shape of
birds eggs when dissolved in boiling water
make an excellent pot of coffee or tea and
contain the sugar and milk already con-
densed inside. Instead of sugar, however,
the larder of the party Is supplied with
saccharin, which is 200 times sweeter than
sugar. in proportion to weight, and there
fore occupies loo the room which the for
mer would require. Soup of all kinds is
compressed into small caramelS, which may
be readily dissolved in boiling water. Re-
sides an abundant supply of canned meats.
vegetables and fruits of all kinds, the pro-
lessor will take with him a goodly supply
of a new kind of liquor, distilled from the
kola nut, which has the valuable property
of preventing hunger and at the same time
the waste of the human tissues, for many
days at time, in case supplies should be
cut off.
The professor will transport his ice loco
motive, sleds and accompanying outfit TO
the Yukon in boxes. There the locomotive
and sleds will be unpacked, the portable
house and stove, food and other outfit be-
ing placed in the sleds and hauled to the
Klondike.
Such an enterprise would appear to be
purely visionary, but it might be realized
were all devices, for which the government
gives patent, operative, and the policy of
the patent office is that they must be.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Sometimes a6Good Thing to Love Your
Job.


From Hardware
Many men who have fair salaried posi-
tons are contented to thus go through life
having no higher hopes and aims than
simply to lido their work well, and never ex-
pect to be anything more than clerk all
their lives. They thus become dwarfed in
their mental capabilities, and If they live
to be old their services gradually become
less and less valuable to their employees.
Had some men of this stamp lost their po-
sitions early In life. the struggle that they
would have been forced to make would
have tended 70 develop what was best in
them.
Many of the most successful business
men OF today would not have achieved
their present financial positions had they
always remained clerks. Had they had
their choice. perhaps, they would always
have been clerks; but many of them lost
their situations, and this very fact was
the door which opened up the way to start
ing O business Of their own. So, should
these words catch the eye Of any young
man recently discharged. let him take
fresh hope and courage. and resolve to do
something for himself. II he is made of
the right kind of stuff and Is contented to
start In small way. and be satisfied with
slender wages for himself for few years
his chances for winning competency are
good. To such q man. although the loss
Of his situation at first seemed q misfor-
tune. In the end it win prove one of the
greatest benefits that ever befen him.
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Advantages of Bare Feet.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Visitors to Scotland used to be Mortified
on seeing so many children running about
barefooted. Bare feet are less common now
than they were generation ago, and per-
haps the change, while showing growing
prosperity in the nation, is not altogether
to be commended. Childrens feet grow SO
fast that to keep them always properly
shod is matter that requires considerable
care ana some expenditure. 1t matters
very little to a child's future well-beins
that at some period of its childhood the
sleeves of jacket have been too short or
the skirt of frock too scant; but the COM
preston of feet in boots too tight or even
worse, too short, may be a cause of tor
ment in future years. Infinitely better are
bare feet than clumsy, heavy, ill-shapen
boots In the winter the feet may indeed
want some protection from cold and wet;
Eut during great part of the wear children
may safely and BEAUTIFULLY go barefooted.
Some mothers, by no means of the DOOR
est class, are convinced that the comfort
and symmetry of the feet in maturer years
are largely to be gained by giving them
freedom during the time of growth. At a
very fashionable marriage some time ago
child bridesmaid was seen silk-robed but
shoeless Where shoes to fit every stage
of growth can easily be obtained, it may
seem an excess of care. almost an affec-
tation, to dispense with the conventional
foot-covering; but il 1t makes it easier for
the wife of small tradesman-with whom
the shoe problem Is a difficult one, never
solved in a comfortable or hygienic way
to let her children go barefooted if she
sees the heir to a dukedom enjoying the
full ease of his uncramped toes we should,
says The Hospital, beseech the duchess to
take away his shoes. No doubt the young
hope of the peerage would take his eman-
cipation gladly. And if shoes are unde-
sirable, how much more so are gloves.
Except the thick wooden ones for winter
n, clio .1,-
a child's wardrobe. How many youngsters
dressed to DEATH or near it, would echo
the complaint of West India negro SOL
der when fol. the first time he donned
full uniform Barracks for de feet bad
huff; barracks for de hands too bad-too
bad!" *.
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which may now be
seen at 8 pm. a little
east of south. and at
a rather low altitude,
is Fomalhaut, in the
Southern Fish. In the
southeast, at about
the same altitude, is
Deneb Kaitos, a star
of the second magni-
tude, in the tail of
Cetus, the Whale. At
a somewhat greater
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| the thing for Klon-
dikers - have been
patented in this
country recently.
They can be best de-
scribed in q word
picture of q strictly
up-tO-date expedition
supposed to start out
for the frigid land of
gold in defiance of
the freezing winds,
ice and snow.