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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25

EPHESUS. From Corinth Paul cross
ed the sea, to labor In Ephesus, which
lay In a fertile alluvial plain forty miles
from Smyrna. There he encountered,
not Jewish bigotry, or philosophic skep-
tIcism, but heather religion. (See lesson
nine) Demetrus, the silver-smith, be-
cause his business was endangered, stir
red up the populace. For hours vast
concourse of people in the theater shout
ed the praises of Diana, and was APP
peased at last only through the interfer-
ence of the town clerk. This occurred
on PauPs second missionary journey.
When he came into those parts on his
third trip he had a delightful interview
with the elders of the Ephesian church,
(see lesson twelve), showing that, not
withstanding all the opposition, the good
seed had terminated and that a harvest
of souls had been gathered. Ephesus af-
terward became an important center. the
home of John, the apostle, in his clos
Ing years.
ROME.-No one knows who founded
the church at Rome. Catholics assign
that honor to the apostle Peter, but
Protestants are reluctant to admit the
claim AS the capital of the empire tho
city had an Importance beyond that of
any other to the cause of Christ Soon
after his labors in Corinth Paul deter
influenced by Aquila, who had been in
Italy, (Acts, xviii p although 1t is prob
able that the Spirit of God had desig-
mated this as one of his fields of labor.
To prepare the way for him he wrote
letter to the Roman Christians and
sent it by the hand of Phebe. Our elev-
enth lesson, taken from the twelfth chap
ter of that letter. Is a kind of sum-
mary or deduction from the earlier por-
tion of the epistle. He endeavors to
show that one justified by faith Is called
to the highest style of life, prompted by
love, and marked with many excellent
dispositions.
REFLECTIONS.-F three months we
have considered the words and deeds of
a great man. Richly endowed by ma
ture, well trained in the best school of
his people, thoroughly consecrated to
Christ and filled with His spirit, Paul
was the master spirit of the decade
which has passed in review. The apos-
ties who had known Jesus were at work
in other places, but this man was more
conspicuous than any of them. To him
was assigned the task of carrying the
gospel into Western Asia and into the
classic land of the Greeks. He was free
from ambition and served his Lord with
out pecuniary reward His three mis-
sionary journeys covered the fairest Sec
ton of Hellenic civilization. Next quar-
ter we shall follow his footsteps into
other fields even to the imperial city,
occasionally learning from Peter and
John. Paul made lasting impression
for good upon the church. and his name
will live in grateful hearts as long as
Christianity endures
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25
FIRST MUSICAL DOCTOR.

Indeed, the music cure may be said
to have to . with antiquity itself, since
it began in days when David played
TO soothe tn, oerturbed spirit of Saul
The next recoll we have of a musical
effort to relieve great distress was
when the singer Bellari, in the six
tenth century, put to sleep the Italian
patron of sculpture, Prince Bellargra-
via. The Prince awakened after twelve
hours slumber wholly relieved of the
terrible rheumatic pains which had pre-
vented his obtaining sleep for over a
fortnight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25
THE SPERM.WHALE.
Some Interesting Facts About This
Monster of the Sea.


The common sperm whale, or cacha-
lot, has a very wide geographical
range; it is said that it inhabits all
seas except those near the poles. 1t
is much sought after because it, fur
nishes us with spermaceti, ambergrls
and much fine oil.
AS rule, it is from seventy to eighty
feet in length; it's head is immense,
being equal to one half of the entire
bulk of the animal, and more than one
third of it's length. The right side of
the head and nose is occupied by a
cartilaginous triangular shaped cavity,
oclled by whalers the "case," which is
ne main receptacle for spermaceti.
The ease" is divided into compart-
ments communicating with each other,
and it often contains as much as ten
large barrels of spermaceti.
Though the head is large and clumsy
looking, it does not impede the
whales movements in the least, for it
raises it's head above the surface of
the water when swimming and keeps
it above when at rest.
1t is not very well known of what
use the spermaceti is to the whale,
except that it gives buoyancy to the
fore part of it's body. Ambergris is
a fragrant, waxy secretion; it is a gray
substance, and when heated or dis
solved in alcohol it gives out a peculiar
agreeable odor exceedingly diffusive
1t also has the power of increasing
the odor of other prefumes. Often it
is found floating on the sea or lying on
the sea coast, and is valued at about
five dollars nnnph
Sperm-whales traverse the seas in
herds called schools" or pods" by
whalers. Five hundred or more have
been seen in a single school," follow
ing a leader, whose duty seems to be to
keep a close lookout for danger; in
case of threatened harm he sounds an
alarm by a peculiar roar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25

1NTRODUCTION.-T lessons of the
past quarter have been taken from five
books-Acts, l Thessalonians, Corinth-
ians, ii Corinthians and Romans-seven
being historical and five doctrnal. The
time covered is about eight years, from
81 to 60 "A. ID. Paul was the great CEN
tral character. Around him were gath
cred, as helpers, friends or enemies, sew
enteon persons, whose names will call up
interesting and instructive events-Alex-
ander, Aristarchus, Aquila, Claudius,
Crispus, Damaris, Diana, Demetrius, Di-
onysius, Erostus, Gaius, Jason, Justus,
Lydia, Priscilla Slas and Timothy. In
fulfilling his mission as the apostle to the
Gentiles Paul travelled fonded churches,
and wrote letters He visited Asia, APP
ollonia, Achaia, Galatia, Pontus, Phrygia
and Macedonia. This review will be
review of the facts of the lessons about
the chief cities OF those countries.
TROAS.-Situated on the eastern shore
of the Aegean sea, Troas was the chief
port of Mysia the place of entry and de-
parture of vessels trading between Eu-
rope and Asia. one would have sup
posed that 1t was n favorable point for
the establishment of a Christian church.
But Paul came to IL, after his labors in
Galatia, forbidden to speak, one of the
most surprising incidents of his life.
However, this circumstance proved to be
or the utmost Importance in his after ca
reer. 1t determined for a time at least
his labors in Asia Minor and opened up
the new and inviting field across the wa
ter to which he had been designated from
beginning. For an angel, in the form of a
man, was sent to him with an invitation
to Macedonia. Troas stands for a new de-
parturc.
PH1LIPPI.-Paurs first halting place
in Europe was the chief city of Mace
donia, bearing the name of it's king, VINO
captured it from the Thracians. Our first
lesson gave an account of his teaching
before a company of women at a prayer
meeting by the river side, resulting in
the conversion of one of them. Our sec
ond lesson referred to a riot in the same
city, which caused Paurs arrest and led
to the conversion of the jailer. Here are
two modes OF propagating the Gospel
one i'll those quiet assemblies where peo-
pie are seeking after truth and where the
Spirit opens the heart to receive the TRUTH
the other an extraordinary and seemingly
affective circumstance, in which enemies
are aroused, but which is turned after
ward to the advancement of the cause
BY any means and by all means, some
times in love and gentleness, at other
times through hatred and strife, but al
ways and everywhere by the power of
God, the good work goes on and men may
be saved.
THESSALONICA.-F Philippi Paul
proceeded to Thessalonica, another i'm
portant city of Macedonia. There he en-
tered the synagogue and preached Christ,
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THESSALONICA.-F Phllippi Paul
proceeded to Thessalonica, another i'm
portant city of Macedonia. There he en-
tered the synagogue and preached Christ,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25

Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been made by Dennison out of his
shipping tags. The idea consists simp-
ly in little ring of card board that
reinforces the tying hole and prevents
the string from tearing out. A lot of
money has been earnad by the little
brass clip-fastening, patented a few
years ago, by which sheets of paper
are held together, Yet it is an exact
copy of a contrivance in bronze that
was used by the Romans more than
twenty centuries ago. In fact, there
are not a few modern Inventions which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25
THE MUSIC CURE.
How 1t Is Used Abroad to Relieve
Pain and Disease.

From the Boston Transcript.
The discovery of a new treatment,
called the music cure" for certain
diseases, comes to us from the city of
Munich. 1t is suggested also that be-
fore the present year of 1897 gives place
to its successor this music cure" dis
covery may result in something greater
and better than a "boom;" in fact, in
a permanent revolution, so to speak,
respecting the successful treatment of
certain ailments to which human flesh
is heir.
The discovery of this new and novel
method of treatment is due to DIR. Paul
Rivera, a learned physician of Mu-
mich, who for years has devoted much
of his time to scientific research.
/ have referred to this discovery as
new and novel, and yet it is not an en-
tirely new discovery, since for quite
number of years the "music-cure" sub
ject has been one of earnest discussion
among the physicians Of Bavarias
capital, while plans for a hospital de-
voted wholly to the treatment of phys
ical ailments by the "music-cure"
method were prepared narly five years
ago by Gustave Baab, an eminent Ger
man architect. Owing to the fact that
the Empress of Austria was treated
some time ago for her neuralgia all
ments, Of long standing, and cured by
certain strains of sound repeated at
frequent intervals, the "music-cure"
boom has grown in such strength that
1t has at last been deemed advisable to
establish a "musie-cure" hospital in
Munich, and already this institution is
under way.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25
THE DIsCOVERER.

The discoverer of the "muslc-cure,"
DR.. Paul Rivera, has recently ar
ranged in his laboratory in Munich a
curious device. which is none other
than a door-harp provided with nine
strings tuned in the key of e fiat. In
other words, the harp in question is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-25

fastened upon door in such a manner
that when the door is opened the in
strument gives out a harmonious
sound. This harp can also be attached
to the back of rocking chair, in which
a patient sits, and the movement of the
rocker serves to bring the harp into
pleasant action, thus producing on the
invalid a most soothing effect.
Being interrogated on the subject a
short time ago, DR.. Rivera after some
hesitation remarked:
II cannot just at present exploit 1t,
for l am fearful the moment is hardly
ripe and l may be exposed to severe
ridicule."
He steppad to his library and took
down book from the shelf.
However" he continued, II am
greatly encouraged in my work by cer-
tain statements recorded in his diary
by the celebrated NJ Fourcarde, of Par
is, wherein he narrates how he is ad-
Vocating the use of few drops of a
certain medicine as q substitute for
bleeding in cases of low fever. Because
of this departure in the code of treat
ment, great ridicule was being heaped
upon him by the medical profession of
the time, and in his diary he refers at
much length to this ridicule on the part
of his brethren, among other express
sions making use of the following one:
Il cannot walk the streets without
hearing the distasteful terms 'lunatic"
and "quack" applied to me-"
Continuing, DIR. Rivera adds: Fifty
years ago 'cranks' were unknown, else
wise M. Fourcarde would have been
called 'crank'-as fear I am consid-
cred by some at least. But, as I have
observed, l am greatly encouraged in
my discovery for the water cure and
hypnotic methods OF treating diseases
have prepared the way for every kind
of painless cure; and this is, indeed,
the age of painless cures. Anaesthesla
was the first step in the early part of
the present century, and from that day
to the present hour the painless treat
ment has gone steadily forward.
Laughing gas was a great step in
advance, but cocoaine was a greater
step, and now 1 believe music is to
prove not simply the latest but the best
exponent Of all. This last belongs re-
ally to the vapor medicines, such as
chloroform, for the reason it acts on the
senses.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-07-29
H COAL STRIKE.

The New York W.rli gives pr.si
lent Ratchford as au,hv,ltv that dnr.
ms the past year tne az rage WAGES
or a miner in Hcrhjb1 VaIIe, dis.
trlct has been s. SO IN 9TH. and in
western Pennsylvania 50 80 ser week.
and the World thinks it is the story
OF the strike in a sentence"
The coal holes OF PENNSYLVANIA are
hlled with the lowest class of foreign
ers thai were ever spewed out of the
p~enitentiaries and p.uper asylrms OF
the Old World. They live like toys
in miserable kennels and eat what
most dogs would refuse. This is the
class Of peoIle who work for the coal
parons OF the east for wages that
drives Americans to desperation. Ye,
all the talk about closing the gates at
Castle Garden against these miser-
able dregs of humanity receives no re-
spouse from Congress, because the
votes OF these cattle are depended on
to defeat the will of Americans on elec.
ton day
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-07-29

Sugar went up yesterday. 1t was
quoted at s6 90 per sack, an advance
OF ten cents. The sugar t, ust gets the
ten cents and the pays if
Other necessaries of life will now ad.
vance in price and the poor will soon
Ieel the effect Of the new tariff law
while the trusts will gel all the pros
perlty the poor will get all the adver.
slty and poverty.
II this is the Mckinney wave of nroo-
perlty sweeping over the cpur t.v. lot
us hope it will not get here apv sooner
than it has to.
n new YORK paper recently wrote to
the governors of all the States and
territories for estimates Of the nres-
ent population. All the reports have
beer carefully compiled and show
mat the total population OF this
country is now, in round numbers
$1,000, 900.
Ine Republican platform saws ::
we declare our opposition to all
combinations of capital. organizad i,
trusts or Otherwise, to control srbi-
trarlly the condition of trade AMONG
our citizens" And the first act of the
administration and the
elected upon that plank is to Give
sl3,eoo,OO0 to one trust alonel
Inc Republican party has been
iylng to the people in this way for a
quarter or a century and yet lunatics
will continue to vote for it.
hehry ole"s remarks in his latest
circular: 1T is generally conceded
that the advance in American secnri-
Ties mas been without any material
nelp from London. the transac,ioos
from that quarter for some time past
having been purchases and sales for
moderate profits and quick turns,
Ihls, therefore, places US in a position
OF not being compelled to take back
our securities from abroad at high
prlces.' For this evidence that Wal,
street Is at last beginning to believe
That the United States can take care
OF Itself without the purchase of its
STOCKS and bonds 10 London. tba
country will feel duly graceful
Oakland Enquirer.
Governor Budd is charged bv the
Bulletin with having liberated the
burglar from prison WHO robbed M
NJ. Estee's house during the GAM.
palgn. This was the last man Budd
should have pardoned, and he will
make nc friends by such acts.
Some sure thing gamblers paid the
Alaska Steamship Co. $4,000 for the
privilege of fleeing their passengers
on the trip between Frisco and
Alaska In other words the Steam
snip Co., goes into a partnership with
thieves for a percentage of the swao.
The Call has. started en- exneaition
to Yukon, and in the party is a girl
OF l6 years of age. It seems follv RI
SEND a girl Of that age into such q
NV SoSIcty lOE the Pfeypn.
ton OF Cruelty to children should in
VI course there will be rich find. Of
quartz IN Alaska if the KIondyke
stories nave not been exaggerated-
OF even II they have been. The arc
always gold-bearing lodges where
placer gold is found. And the r4a1
development Of Alaska's mineral 70
sources will begin only when canita,
begins TO take out and crush this o,o
A garrison of U. S. soldiers w,,, ]
placed Immediately at Circle Ci,v S
protect American interests i, ths
Alondyke. 10 order to keep the mon
rom the temptation that the proxim. 7
" to the gold fields bring, it is pro-
'osed to Increase their pay from s1s
o $50 a month.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-29
CURE YOU OF WHAT?

ANY disease caused by Il disordered stomach, i'm.
pure blood, All inactive livci or diseased kidneys
We do not treat symptoms, and so care nothing
about them. But those four organs in a healthy
and the symptoms will disappear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-29
Two Kinds of Gardens.

Most of US have met the two kinds OF
gardens which Alfred Austin, the Eng
lish poet, difTerentiates as owners gar
dens and gardeners gardens. According
to the poet laureate, nearly all the
grand and costly gardens are gardeners
gardens. And then lie alludes to the
small cottage gardens, little village
or secluded plats, cultivated and made
beautiful by the pathetic expedients Of
the poor" which seem to have a charm
that the others cannot rival. 1t is in
deed the glory of our beloved art that
it is open to the rich and poor alike.
The former seek to make much Of it, the
latter find some CT their sweetest joys
and delights therein. 1t is one of the
commonest OF events for the poor to
grow flowers SO handsome and SO
abundant that d monarch might we'll
envy their success. Flowers are the ap.
propriate gift of cove. Is it strange,
therefore, that success in their culture
seems to tie largely il proportion as we
love them:-Vick's Magazine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-29
Vain Search,
several. YEARS and THOUSANDS Of DOLLARS EXPENDED.
An Expert Accountant and ~sookksspsr Of Detroit Troubled with
Hereditary serofula In Its Worst Form-spsnds . Small
Fortune Seeking to Find a Cure.
From the Evening News, Detroit, Mich.

James II. Wallace, the well known ex-
pert accountant and bookkeeper, of Detroit,
Mich, lately had a remarkable experience,
and q reporter called at his pretty HON 24O
Sixth Street. to interview him regarding it.
He found Mrs. Wallace in the midst of house
cleaning, and after the reporter stated the
objec: Of his visit Mrs. Wallace said: You
had better see Mr.. Wallace at the office of
C. A. Haberkorn g. Co., table mandatory
on Orchard Street, and he will tell you Of
this experience much better than l." a visit
was made to the office of the above concern
where Mr.. Wallace was seen. II am" said
Mr.. Wallace, ''yet q young man, still l have
suffered untold agonies and fortunes. was
born with that awful hereditary disease
known as s~crofula, and what l suffered can
not be well described.
The first physicians that treated me said
It was O constitutional blood disorder and by
constant treatment and diet it might be
cured. The blood purifiers and spring re-
aggressive and painful. In 1888 ! was a
fearful looking sight and was in fact re-
pulsive. On my limbs were large ulcers
which were very painful. and from which
there was q continual discharge. In three
years l spent over $4,000 in medicine and
medical services and grew worse instead of
better. I tried the medical baths, and in
1898 went to Medicine Lake, Washington,
but was not benefited. ] then tried some
proprietary medicine, but did not receive any
benefit.
Zone day in the fall of 1895 while reading
the paper ! noticed an article about DR.. Viii
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, hut did
not give it much attention. That afternoon
while moving some books ] broke an nicer
on my leg and nearly tainted. the pain made
me sick and / had to stop work. Will" sit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-29
Treasure Trove.

Treasure trove interests everybody.
Mr.. Robinson tells of IL crowns Of
gold, set with precious stones, found in
1858 by some Spanish peasants near
Toledo. One of the crowns has the
Gothic name Of Suinthila, who reigned
from 621 to63l. Who buried them: We
shall never know. The brooch of Tara,
Irish work Of the seventh century, was
picked up by a child Oh the seashore in
1850. A viking robber may have
dropped it. The bullion Of English
kings was found in 1S4O at Cuerdale,
where it had been laid in $40. The ring
Of Ethelwu]f Of Wessex turned up at
Laverstock on the Test. AS to draw
ings, a friend Of mine found one by an
intimate friend Of Michael Angelo in a
dirty little print shop for half a crosn.
AT Merton my friend Mr.. Essen
found a treasure troye OF old mezzOtints,
beauties, in the attic over his college
rooms. The letters of Warwick the
king maker We're discovered in a loft
over a ~coachhouse ~ Mr.. Maxwell
Lyle. The magic crystal of King Lo-
thaire in the British museum was sold
by a curiosity dealer, inscription and
all, for 10 francs. The museum paid
f267. But why "magic::' The ball is
Engraved with Susanna and the Elders.
Otherwise Miss X" might 90 ana have
''scry' in it. -Andrew Lang in Long
mans Magazine.
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Two New England Churches.

There are Catholic communities, both
in America and in the old world, says
Alvan F. Sanborn in The Atlantic,
where an extreme wretchedness in the
dwellings is at once partially explained
by tie richness and beauty of the
churches. But not SO in Dickerman. On
the contrary, both the Dickerman
churches are of a piece with their sur
roundings. The Congregational church,
more than a century old (Orthodox is
the name it still gees by, was a worthy
structure in its day and would be SO yet
had it been kept III good repair. Alas,
it is only the ghost of its former preten-
tious self. Its stills are badly rotted. Its
spire and belfry have been shattered by
lightning and inperfectly restored. Its
roof is leaky, the clapboards of it's walls
are warped and blistered, and its heavy
bell, nce sweet Of tone, is cracked and
%dissonant. The Baptist church, built
only a few years ago, mainly at the ex-
pense of a church building society, is
one Of the shoddily constructed many
gabled atrocities due to the malign in
huence Of the so called Queen Anne
restoration. It's original coat of paint
OF many colors has mostly soaked into
the surrounding soil. Its panes of stain
ed glass, as they have been broken from
time to time, have been replaced by Or
binary window glass, with piebald un-
canny results.