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j.. Mcdonald Dies.

The demise of John +. Mcdonald, a
well known resident of the west side
occurred Saturday morning. He had
been i'll but a short time and to many
friends the announcement of his death
will come as surprise. Mr.. Mcdonald
was an employe at the Coalbrooll
breaker.
He was forty-two years of age and
unmarried. Besides his mother, three
sisters and two brothers, Peter and
Alexander survive him.
The funeral will take place from his
home No. 81 Hospital street at three
o'clock this afternoon. Services will
he held in st. Rose church and inter-
ment will be made at st. Rose ceme-
tery.
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THE LADIES CONCERT.

The ladies' orchestra connected with
Van Osten's repertoire company which
appears here this week will give a free
concert = 1.-THE Grand this afternoon at
$50 o'cl when the following pro-
gramme ill be rendered.:
SIdrcn .....'....... ..,Capltdn.
OVertul Observation-Disclosures. Criterion
Medic Iselection, introducing the
Indianh tr Dance. INSTRUMENTATION.
Latest songs, "Since Willie Joined the
Guards" Answers" my Wife and the
Baby, That's ALL" Use a Hot Coon"
Love Comes With Kisses" "Ambolin
Snow" "Strolling on the Beach,"
Medley selection, introducing lisa
bell" "There'll Come a Time" MY
Cal is a High Born Lady" Come
Play With Me-" There's Girl in the
World for Us ALL" "They All Love
.Iaggie Grady" and others.
Mandolin and guitar selection.
Vocal duet with banjo accompani-
msnt.
Ie Boston Tea Party
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As they near the springtime en- :;
terprising business men invariably Y,
take extra care to publish broad .
cast their bargain news. Our col -.
umns already reflect this fact, but =
a word of suggestion on the sub .
ject may not be amiss. y.
(I). AS to the quantity of circu- ;;
lation. The Tribune believes that
it.has as large regularly delivered =
and paid for circulation as any OF y,
its contemporaries. We might go d
further than this and yet not 60 be- >,
yond the truth. We will not exag-
gerate. Bluff and brag on this =
point will not alter the facts. The =
only way for the advertiser to sat a
isfy himself is to advertise intelli- =.
gently in the different papers and
thus find out which one brings him p
in the most business. We court y
this test. %
(2). AS to the quality of circu- =.
lation. Papers sold on the street
are of small value to advertisers
since they are rarely taken into the
homes; penny papers are good me- >
dums for certain lines of trade; !
but the paper that is taken regu-
larly by bright, well-educated and
middle class families and scanned
throughout the day by each men, !
Der of the family in turn; the clean
paper. the paper that doesn't print
sensational news nor pollute its
columns with scandal-this is the
paper in which advertisers reap
golden results. 1t reaches the kind
of buyers whose trade is worth hav-
ing, and they have confidence in
what they see in its columns. The
Tribune is admittedly the best !
paper in the city and it follows
naturally that it has the best circu-
lation.
(3). AS to time OF circulation.
The dispute relative to the re-
spective merits of morning and
anafternoon circulationis incessant.
Expert opinion differs. There are
advantages and disadvantages on
either side. The morning circula-
ton undoubtedly reaches wider
area, because it has more time in
which to be distributed by trains.
1t also is more likely to be read
with care by the women, since they
get the paper in the morning and
have all day for it. No advertiser
can afford to ignore morning cir
culation. On the other hand, after
noon circulation is valuable, par
ticularly among workingmen, who
read the evening papers after sup
per, while they rest from the days
toll. The intelligent advertiser will,
want to be represented in at least
one morning and one evening
paper, because he cannot afford to
miss either class of readers. We
leave our evening contemporaries
to settle between them which is the
better medium, and we advise the
advertisers of Scranton to test for ,
themselves the two morning
papers, not by what those papers
claim, but by the actual results they
can produce This is the basis of
The Tribune's bid for patronage.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

In effect Sept. 10, 1897
Trains leave Scranton for New York
and intermediate points on Erie railroad,
also for Hawley and local points at 7Os
q. m. and 2.25 p. m.
Arrive at Scranton from above points
at 1923 a. m, ais and e.3S p. IN.
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INADEQUATE IDENrIFIC ALTON

From the Washington Post.
A woman who is newly come to town
went into one of the banks one day last
week TO have a check cashed The pay
ing teller examined the check with that
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CARBONDALE.

1.-THE Carbondale correspondence of The
Tribune has been placed In the hands OF
Mr.. c. n. Mum, Salem avenue ana
Church street, to whom news items may
be addressed. All complaints as to ir-
regular delivery. ETC.. should be made to
w. J. Roberts, news agent.1
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Schools.

SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA,
Scranton Pa. Courses preparatory to
college law, medicine or business. Opens
September l3 Send for catalogue: Rey.
Thomas NJ. Cam. LII. D., Walter II.
Buell., A. M.
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Does 1t Pay ?

Il attended the BOomsburg State Normal
School One Spring Term, after which | Sc
cured n position in q graded school. whi ch
held for ten years. l now wish I had re-
mained at the school and graduated"
"A YOUNG LADY from Wyoming Co, Pa.
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Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous. s...-...-.
BAITERS oRCHEsTRA-MUs FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed
dings and concert work furnished. For
terms address II. j. Bauer. conductor.
III Wyoming avenue. over Hulberts
music store.
MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twttie.
Warehouss, 1870 Washington aysnus,
scranton, Pa > -;s :. ~ go
FRANK p. BROWN & CO, WHOLE
sale dealers in WoodWaTe, Cordage and
Oil Cloth, 720 West Lackawanna ave.
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The herald., 1898-05-01
Hawaiian Familiarity.

In Hawaii the natives insist upon
calling their English masters and mis-
tresses by their Christian names. There
are many more native men than wo-
men, and the American lady who re-
ploying valet instead of a maid
would be quite at her ease in Hawaii
They called Mrs. Visgers Jennie"
straight away. She demonstrated with
her sister, whom she was visiting,
about the familiarity of her men SER
wants. She tried to get them to say
Mister" and Mistress" but they re-
piled, mo. no: too many Smith, too
many Judd, too much Jones. you John
and Lizzie" One foreign lady, an Eng
lishwoman, who believed in discipline,
declared that her men servants should
never be allowed to address her in the
familiar fashion the other white ladies
had allowed to become common. She
instructed her husband never to men,
ton her name in their hearing. One
day she had some visitors, and to their
great edification the cook put his head
inside the door and asked, my love
what vegetables do you want today?'
After that she was content to be sim
ply called Mary. Mrs. Visgers, by the
way, thinks it necessary to mention
that Mary was "a bride" That, 1 sup
pose, is to account for the evident fact
that the affectionate habit of the
honeymoon had not vet waned-''my
Lowell"
The herald., 1898-05-01

will find several hats" "Oh, the verit-
able hat will not do! You see your
head-I mean the head Of the effigy-
is enormous" Tires bien. Take a coat
then" Dressed in the veritable coat,
the Sarcey dummy was an immense
success. 1t seemed so strange to liter
airy Paris. however, for a man to aid
and abet the caricature Of himself that
NJ. Sarcey has volunteered an explana-
ton, which is a delicious bit of hui
NOR. "Lamartine," he remarks, would
not have consented to lend his coat for
such a purpose. He was poet with a
sensitive soul. So was Victor Hugo.
But what would you? We cannot all
be Lamartines and Hugos. Why should
we poor journalists, who have no feel
ings to speak of, deny ourselves to the
populace when we can contribute to
their harmless amusement? Besides.
they may not always think it worth
their while to notice us. An agreeable
trifer came. to me the other day and
asked my permission for the use of my
name in burlesque. I gave it cheer
fully. This may be the last time said
he. What do you mean?' 1 asked.
Well you are going out of date, and
next year you may not be worth a
Taught"
The herald., 1898-05-01

had given it some resemblance to
tigers head, but the clever stone-work
ers have carved and shaped it until the
is something startling. A tiger
of the ordinary size is bad enough, but
here one as big as ten elephants seems
to be pushing his ugly nose out from
under the overhanging rocks, crouch
ing and ready to spring. The upper
jaw and teeth make sort of portico;
the arch over the doorway suggests the
tongue, and the opening itself the APP
perture of the throat. Through this
you apparently pass into the creatures
nav, but in fact find yourself in a
small. dark chamber, which once con-
tanned a hideous idol of some sort. 1t
Is only to be hoped that human sacri-
fees were not offered to appease its
wrath in this grewsome den.
Just as Egypt is full of rock-hewn
tombs, so India Is full of these cavern
sanctuaries; about Junnar alone there
are said to be as many as ninety of
them. OF course they are not all pat
termed after the beasts Of the jungle,
but they are almost invariably gro
tesque in the extreme; for it is a Curl
Gus fact that everything pertaining to
these cruel gods Is made as monstrous
and repulsive as their own nature. The
Hindoo Pantheon is like a congress OF
demons holding high carnival. 1t was
The herald., 1898-05-01

much color, too little or-worst of all
tinged with sallowness, is far from be-
ing helped. Another consideration one
might hesitate to mention, did not duty
compel: To assume a complexion
though you have it not is unsafe with
lavenders; that is. easily detachable.
Short coats for wear with tailor
dresses are much in evidence. Bright
blue coats top paler blue gowns. green
coats are worn with tan and vice versa.
But the smart" coat is apt to be red
and to have white cloth facing back
large double revers. Such a coat is
most esteemed when it has a short
tabled basque and cavalier cuffs, and
is worn with white buckskin belt and
a big crushable tie of white chiffon.
Suppose such coat to be the especial
feature of ones attire, the desirable ac-
cessories are a grey cloth skirt and
grey hat trimmed with gulps wings
Some person more amable than keen
Of Judgment has invented a parasol to
be attached to a bicycle. The contriv-
ance may gain the vogue enjoyed by
the bicycle muff, but scarcely more.
Less impossible parasols abound. One
of the seasons fancies is to have the
sunshade handle enamelled to match
the cover, which in it's turn matches
the gown. "Menagerie" parasols are
offered, with beasts, birds, gorgons
and hydras dire adjoining the handles.
Ducks are not so bad, but at geese and
donkeys most women, unless very sure
of themselves, are likely to draw the
line.
A "love" of parasol is of white MORE
lined with rose-colored silk and edged
with an inner ruffle of lace; the white
enamelled handle is surmounted by
small Cupid and is tied up with pink
and white ribbons. OF course. there
are checked sunshades: black and
white. grass green and white and dark
blue and white are favorites.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1898, by The International
Literary and News Service.
The herald., 1898-05-01

had gone to the river for water-but all
these are things expected to happen in
African village life, and it is cause for
thanks if they don't occur often.
1T was during my second year at
Kongala that 1 began to notice that
something was wrong with the men of
Barawaya, a village of four or five hun
dred people, situated about eighteen
miles away to the southwest of the
station. They were naturally a gay,
chattering lot who came laughing and
singing to the station, carrying their
commodities upon their heads; but now
they had lost their sprightliness and
seemed depressed and fearful. I asked
John Topcroft, my native interpreter
his native name was Atakata-to find
out what the matter was with the
Barawaya people. He could not get
The herald., 1898-05-01

with many feathers is demanded to
complete this tailor gown
Less conservative but still erring, if
at all. on the safe side is a costume
which figured a few days ago at a
gathering of women called together to
discuss tea and tailor dresses at an
establishment notable for supplying of
both in perfection. This second dress
is of pale mushroom cloth. and is cut
with a three-tier skirt, the different
levels being emphasized by rows of a
conspicuous and, in English phrase,
convincing" black and white silk
gallon. The bodice is Enthusiastically cut
zouave edged with gallon, faced with
red MORE and opening wide upon a
tucked chemisette of white lace and
chiffon.
The vogue of the large collar was
many times illustrated at a morning
meeting held by one of the woman's
clubs yesterday. A dress of the new
shade of ue-green, of which there has
been an Eruption within a week or two,
had deep shaded tlounce set on with
piping of velvet of a stronger tone.
The coat was fashioned with a basque
so short as scarcely to count in the
general scheme. The cape collar was
big enough to make up; big enough to
be a cape, practically, instead of a col
lar. 1t was nearly square, of ivory
white cloth and was hemmed about
with velvet. The coat opened to show
white, silk-patterned gauze vest, and
was decoratively treated on both sides
with old silver buttons.
A collar still more pronounced an
peared upon a dress of another new
blue, perfect indigo. The material in
this case was cashmere, the bodice a
closed Elton protected by a cape, a COL
lar-call it what you like-coming well
over the shoulders and we'll down the
front of the waist. A slightly rolled
collar of hem-stitched white satin was
the neck finish. A toque of blue and
white chenille-spotted tulle, plumed
with white ostrich feathers, was worn
with this costume.
Probably the frock coat tailor dress
represents the present extreme of &C.
centricity as to cut, though it is far
from doing so as to elaboration. It is
prophesied that the three-ouarter
length coat or basque will increase and
multiply. At present the species is not
numerous. 1t is represented mainly by
the frock coat in checked materials L
have seen it in a small check Of grey
and orange, the coat plain as to it's
The herald., 1898-05-01
BY CLARENCE PULLEN.

called Kongala, the leading one of a
dozen little native villages scattered
round in forest clearings over a thou
sand square miles of territory. Here l
bartered knives and beads, rum and
calico cloths for sage and palm oil,
golddust and ivory. The native peo-
pie living in my district were good sort
of folks, hunters, fishermen and plant
ers, who came in over the forest-paths
that connected the villages, lying from
ten to twenty miles away, around Kon-
gala, bringing their goods to barter.
They seemed happy as the days were
long, and had reason for being so, for
they lived we'll away from the cannibal
tribes, and out of the reach of the Arab
slave traders, which are the source of
the chief troubles of the peaceful At
rican peoples. Once in a while a lion
or leopard killed some man in the for
est, or balloons raided the orchards and
plantation patches; and now and then
a crocodile carried or woman who
The herald., 1898-05-01
THE DANGER IN
HAIR DRESS.

The danger Of employing as articles
of dress substitutes for tortoiseshell and
ivory such as celluloid and the allied
substances, is we'll known, and, in fact,
was pointed out by us some years ago.
We had hoped (says 1.-THE Lancet')
that the public through the channel Of
the press. would by this time have been
so acquainted with the highly and
easily inflammable nature of these sub
stitutes as to have led to the exercise
of all care. But it is not so. On the
contrary, there has been placed upon
the market, comparatively new de-
sign of a Notwithstanding comb which,
we admit, affords advantages both
from the useful and artistic point Of
view, but in regard to the dangerous
properties of which we feel in duty
bound to issue not uncertain note of
warning. 1t appears to be a very popu-
lar article, and we are convinced that
it exposes the wearer to very real dan
gers. The evidence, both of experience
and of experiments, prompts US to is
sue a very serious word of caution. The
hair fastener to which we allude con-
sists of two combs fastened by a hinge
at the top, so that the combs close like
the legs of a compass, the teeth over
tapping and serving to secure the hair
with a too sure certainty which may
lead to the most disastrous results.
Should the comb of the fastener be by
any means fired, and there are many
ways in which in practice this might
easily occur, it would be practically i'm
possible to withdraw the comb from
the hair. In one instance within our
own knowledge, combustion Of the
comb, while fastened in the hair, was
caused by the mere application of hot
curling tongs. We found that a curling
iron heated to the temperature usually
employed for the curling of the hair
was sufficient In contact with the comb
to start the evolution of dense fumes.
Assuming these to be free from injuri-
Gus consequences, which is not prob
able, the proximity of naked light
does the rest. We earnestly trust that
those using this otherwise doubtless
useful article will remember the ex-
tremely dangerous property Of cellu-
Ioid and will use the greatest care. If
celluloid must be used for these hair
combs and hair curriers', the manufac-
turers should be compelled to stamp
plainly on every article the words
%Highly innammable."
The herald., 1898-05-01
French Hurnor.

1t is often said that Frenchmen lack
humor and dread ridicule; but NJ
Francisque Sarcey has given an ex-
ample of that humorous good sense
which defies mockery. At Carnival time
in Paris it is customary to exhibit on
the boulevards grotesque eff1gies of
well-known public men. A modest
stranger called on M. Sarcey to tell
him that his image was to figure
in the procession. Very good" said
M. Sarcey. what can 1 do for your"
well, If you would so kind as to lend
us some of your veritable garments,
they would make the likeness all the
stronger" mo doubt" responded the
critic. blandly. In that cupboard you
The herald., 1898-05-01

1.-THE interpreter shook his head,
looked round to make sure that he
would not be overheard, and said:
That leopard fellow, he witch. He
hab leopard skin, put it on-den he kill
anybody. Any fellow talk his name;
he kill dat fellow, sho'.'
1.-THE leopard-men, or witches, the
terror of many of the West African
Coast tribes, I already had heard of,
but this was the first one whose doings
had come actually to my notice. The
performance of these frightful wretches
Is not like the Voudoo and Obeah bust
ness where the witches work with
charms and spells and nominations
The leopard-man puts on the skin of a
leopard with the head drawn over his
own head. and with iron spikes fast
ened to his hands to serve as claws
The herald., 1898-05-01
"With Strange Cry the Creature Rose.s

claws" said Henry. IT shouldn't like
to get a scratch from en-
That's what they are, claws. Loop
ards claws-but sort of leopard you
never heard of, I'll warrant. They're
claws Of a human leopard, kind a
good deal more dreaded than the four
footed variety About the thing that
wore these claws, and how I got hold
of them, is something of story, and
worth your hearing. Sit down over
there; the chest will do for seat for
me. There!
you've heard me tell how, thirty
years ago. lost my barque, the Phile-
mon S. Gayheart, off the west coast of
Africa, and afterwards went inland, in
Upper Guinea, as an agent for the
West Coast Trading Company? My
Headquarters We're at a native town
The herald., 1898-05-01
Two New May Costumes.

skirts but pluming itself upon small
vest fronts of grey cloth adorned with
the eminently useless but sometimes
decorative gilt button. The standing
collar was faced with orange velvet
and the usual chiffon vest was observ-
able.
|. One of the best "Directoire" dresses
I have noticed was of "harebell blue"
cloth, cut with a long redingote. The
seams, the bottom of the skirt the
Sides the collar-which was very high
and the narrow epaulettes were
trimmed with double rows of eyelets.
The redingote was tight-fitting but
scarcely compared in this respect with
the sleeves, which seemed only the out
side layers of the cuticle. They fell in
round points over the front and back of
the hand. Below the waist additional
The herald., 1898-05-01
AN AFRICAN LEOPARD MAN.
BY CLARENCE PUILEN.


you'd guess good while before you
could tell me what this contraption was
made for,' said Capt. Harry S. Austin,
a shipmaster who years ago retired
from his voyaging, to his nephew, Hen
ry Austin. They were rummaging to-
gether over the old sea-chest that had
been with the Captain on twenty voy-
ages, and as he spoke the Captain held
out an odd looking object for his nephew
to look at it. 1t was cylindrical bit OF
smooth, hard wood, about five inches
long, of a thickness to be grasped by
the hand. Fastened in the wood were
four sharp-pointed iron spikes, each
about four inches long. When the
piece of wood was grasped in the hand,
the spikes were thrust out between the
fingers ends like long unsheathed
claws. There were holes in the wood
that looked as if they might have been
used for the passing of strings.
Looks like garden rake without
the handle-or like set Of tremendous