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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06

TITS as hard to write a report with
out having anything to report about
as to make bricks without straw"
was the apologetic way in which
Health officer Allen prefaced the read
ing Of his report at last nights month";
ly meeting of the board of health. The
report itself consists principally of a
statement against the nuisance Of
chicken coops and COW stables in
thickly populated portions Of the city,
and among Dr. Aliens terse COM
ments are the following:
Humanity, think, should be kept
at decent distance from the brute
creation. Noah always had my SYM
pathy. 1t would perhaps be difficult
to prove that the sonnets and odors
mentioned contain disease germs, but
they are full of wrath at least" The
report in its entirety follows:
To the Board Of Health.
Gentlemen During the month Of August fifty.
one nuisanCes were reported to the board Of
health and forty.four were ahated-ungraded
streets and lack of sewers causing the remaining
seven. Forty-two houses were plaCarded and sew
enty.twO rooms disniected by Mr.. Lewis. Nh.
merous loud and sometimes angry complaints
were made Of chicken coops and cows which are
kept in thiCkly settled parts Of the city, and
ii is not to he wondered at altogether Aside
from all other dsagrecablc conditions arising
from chicken coops the growing, or, more prop.
crlv, brayng, Of the mammoth cochins, brah.
mas, ctc., is quite enough TO prevent any Coninu.
| ous sleep in their vicinity.
The barking of dogs is bad enough, but when
one Of these foureen.pound chaps with voice
that might be a good second to the last
trumpet, arises to proclaim himself, insomnia is
liable and almost certain to be the result; and,
as TO cows. every one who lives near them knows
that no matter how carefully they might be at
tended to, however clean the stables and the ami.
mails themselves may be kept there is always
a strong tegumenary odor in evidence which
is not conducive to appetite, comforting in
any way. Humanity | think, should be kept at
decent distance from the brute creature Noah
| always had my sympathy. 1t would, perhaps be
difficult to prove that the sonnets and odors
mentioned contain disease germs, hut they are
full Of wrath, at least.
Very respectfully,
- IN
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BIG FIRE AT PAssAIC.

Passaic N. j., Sept. 5.-Fire today destroyed
the large building here occupied by the Lexing.
ton Storage company. The loss on the building
and its contents it placed at ssS OOO partially in.
sured. The origin Of the fire is not known.
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Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound

for all nervous diseases, neuralgia.
rheumatism, nervous debility, paraly-
sis, hiliousness, piles, liver complaint,
kidney troubles and female complaints.
1t goes to the seat of the disease and
cures thoroughly and speedily. Sold
by Matthews Bros. -
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The Conservatory of Music re-opens
on Monday next, day and evening
classes.
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ddates The dishonest use Of money in elections
has become a matter Of course. The longest purse
wins As a consequence, poor men are afraid to
enter the political arena
We commend the Mems Union Of Green Ridge
in their efforts to enforce the law. We cordially
invite them to unite with us in our efforts to
elect officials who will enforce the laws, and to
abolish rather than to regulate the growing evils
OF our community and our country. Let us cut
down the tree and not waste time in looping its
branches.
We invite all good citizens who desire TO see
civic righteousness established, all patriots who
love their country more than their party, TO vote
with us for our national, state and county candi
dates and especially for that fearless reformer
and brilliant man, John G.. Woollcy. BY doing
they will rebukc the bribery the fraud the com.
mercial greed, the disregard for law, the unequal
and oppressive taxes, the corporate tyranny, the
readiness to compromise with wrong, the time.
serving policies, the moral cowardice, the vice
and crime which now prevail, and they will help
to rescue our republic from impending ruin.
On motion of A. C. Thomason. the
chair appointed committee of three
on nominations, which was made up
as follows: \. G.. Thomason, W. w.
Lathropc and G. l.. Hawley. Messrs.
Thomason and Lathrope presented a
majority report in which no mention
was made of the offices of judge and
sheriff. Mr.. Hawley presented q mi
nority report advising the nomina-
ton Of candidates for these offices and
the minority report was adopted by
the convention. The ticket nominated
follows.
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Applications Considered.

few young ladies with musical
talent and good address can earn their
piano tuition by a certain number of
hours per week of service in the Con-
servatory office. -
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FREE CONCERT
At Scranton Business College.

The Scranton Business College will
hold its seventh annual informal re-
ception on Friday evening, September
7th. Lawrence's orchestra will render
delightful music from to 10 o'clock.
All are invited. +t
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ToDAY's EVENTS.

The Hebrew Ladies' Relief society and the
Women's union will hold a regular meeting this
evening at the residence of Mrs. J. X. Cohen,
800 Madison avenue.
Meeting Of the select council.
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Miss Sherwoods and Miss Painters
school for girls will reopen September
"a. Preparation for college. For cir
cular address, Miss Sherwood 306
Quincy avenue. %
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The Misses Merrill's Private School

For Primary and intermediate pupils,
vii lopen Monday, September 10th. Gl2
Jefferson avenue. ..
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Music Study,

All branches taught at the South
worth studios, Connell building. Stu
dios open Monday, Tuesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays.
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Madame Timberman- Randolph,s

Vocal studios, Conservatory OF Music,
and 9ts. Prescott avenue, reopen Nom
dav. September 10th, 1900. 80
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Read the full description of The
Tribunes Educational Contest on
fourth page.
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Beecham's Pills will dispel the
blues" W.,
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Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. F. & NJ. T. Howley ,231 Wyoming ave
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IN THIS COUNTY.

In our own county Of Lackawanna, bribery and
fraud are rampant. With the great majority OF
our politicians there is no such thing as honor.
Candidates are ready to sell out their associates
on the same ticket and to trade and dcker with
candidates on the opposing ticket. They make
promises of reward which they break without
compunction. 1t is well known that in our pres.
ent county campaign, some Of the old party
candidates are suspicious Of their associate can
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T aCkaWanna
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laundry.
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.
zoe Penn Avenue. A. q. WARMAN.

Local data for September 8, 1900:
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THE TICKET.


Congrcss-W II. Richmond Of Scranton.
Judge-A. \. Stevens, Tyrone Pa
County Trcasurcr-Mnor c. Carr, Green Ridge.
Shcrf-Ira Davis, Milwaukee.
PrOthonotary-Peter Bedell Ransom.
District Attorney-Louis p. Wedcman, Scranton.
Recorder Of Dceds-Joseph T.. Lovcland, Coying.
ton.
Register of Wills-willam II. Neuber, Scranton.
Clerk Of the Courts-T. c. Robinson, Carbon
dale.
Jury Commissioner-Edward b. Sturges Scrln.
ton.
The following We're named as a coun-
ty committee: w. w. Lathrope, G.
l.. Hawley. f. S. Williams, A. G.
Thomson, Rev. James Fielding, Il. c.
Morgan, j. f. Hangi, Scranton f..
f. Altemus, Dunmore; Freeman
Leach, Chinchilla; j. F. Lacoe, New
ton; Mark Walter, Peckville; Rev. G,
b. Henry, Taylor; George II. Pearl
and Rev. J. N. Bailey. Moosic. The
committee organized by electing b. G.
Morgan chairman.
w. w. LathrOpe announced that $iJ
has already been contributed toward
defraying the expenses of this falls
campaign. He asked for additional
subscriptions, saying they desired to
hold meetings throughout the county
during the campaign and distribute a
good deal of literature.
PROHIBITION TRAIN.
Rev. Levi Bird, d. D., said that an
effort ought to be made to have the
train in which Candidate for President
Woolley and others will make a cam
paigning tour stop in this city. It will
be in this vicinity about Oct. II. II
will stop fifteen minutes for $25; thirty
minutes for $50. and one hour for $1O0
No one volunteered to advance the
money and the project was dropped.
After the county convention the dele
gates from the four legislative dis
tricts conferred about candidates FOR
the legislature. In the Second district
Rev. Levi Bird, ID. D., was nominated
and in the Fourth, w. j. Emery, a
merchant who resides at WINNERS
The nominations in the other two dis
tricts will be made later.
The sun., 1900-12-18
MANUAL Training For Girls.

A girl may begin to study manual
training after the excellent kitchen gar
den system. She will enjoy the setting
of tiny tables, and the hanging out of
dolls washing, and the making OF littIez
beds, and at the same time she will be
learning neatness and order, accuracy oG
touch and dainty way of doing house
work. Sewing, too, that discipline through
which every girl must pass, may be re-
deemed from drudgery and made pass
time if it is regarded as a part Of an edu-
cation in handicraft and taught so as rs2s'
awaken an interest in it The old way
used to be to set girl daily task Of a
seam, later to teach her to cut out and
make garments for herself of stiff muslin,
which she usually moistened with her
tears. Today teacher is found who
gathers little group of children and
gives them regular lessons. Hemming is
done on one square of cloth, back stitch
ing on another and overcasting on al
third. To, make buttonholes even inl
company robs them oeshalf their terrors.
1t is not so important -radsa child shouldi
know how to make garments as how tai
sew. If she knows that, the making willy
come later, but it should never be forgot-|
zen that sewing is not the only form OF.
handicraft with which girl should bel
familiar. She, like the boy, should learn
to make things Of wood and leather and
metal for the development Of both heas'
and ds.---Harper's Bazaar.
The sun., 1900-12-18
The Moon.

People are accustomed to look upon the
moon as merely pleasing ornament of
the night sky, but she exercises huge
influence on the world and its people.
If there were no moon there would be
no tides, and this country would lose half
her seaports. There would be hardly a
harbor that our battleships could enter
and altogether the most enlivening COM
merce of the nation-sea trade-would
fall 80 per cent.
This is assuming that there were nc
moon. If the moon, on the other hand
were to suddenly disappear some $780,.
100000 worth of ships now in dock would
be worthless-they could never leave dock
again, for deep draft vessels can only en-
ter dock on the top of the tide.
Modern scientists have also proved that
the finest fruit is that which ripens about
the time of full moon. There is an in
creased vitality about the atmosphere al
that time which is probably the cause
for more oxygen-the life giving element
{ of the air-is present at the height of the
moon.
The sun., 1900-12-18
Hints About the Teeth.

"The dentists of this country" said a
foreigner, "may be the best in the world,
and their success in all other countries
has indeed proved that, but it is never
theless the fact that one sees more gold
in the mouths of the women here than
could be found anywhere else in the
world. 1t may be that dentistry is cheap
and in the reach of everybody. Whatever
the reason, this popularity is not beau
ty Of American women, and if the prac-
tice increases during the next ten years
as it has during the past decade there
will be still more to criticise in the looks
of the women. / saw an actress the 9th
er evening whose mouth might have serv-
ed for dentists sign, so carefully were
all of her teeth built up with gold. She
was not supposed of course to be
anything beautiful and was a come
dienne to be laughed at. Nevertheless,
she would have been very much more
entertaining if the amount of gold had
not been SO very apparent. In Europe
many of the dentists have used with wo-
men the new porcelain filings, which are
white and in nearly every way exactly
like the natural teeth. The great defect
in them is their frailness. They are very
likely, for instance, to break after one
suddenly drinks cold water or drop out
of the tooth as easily as if they had
never been put there to stay. The effect
while it lasts is of course much more
likely to increase the appearance of the
mouth, but the system as a substitute of
metal has not been a success.
"Every now and then one hears of
some new invention to take the place of
gold. So far they have all failed. Now
a new formula has been discovered which
is said to combine the visual merits of the
porcelain with the enduring property Of
| gold. In that case many women will
have cause to be grateful, and so will
men who are weary of the sight of wom-
| en- with gold in their mouths. A great
many of them who stand in need of this
| kind of treatment get in such condition
| through rubbing their teeth too much
and too hard. read the other day of a
man old enough to know better who ad-
vised everybody to clean their teeth three
minutes twice a day. He said that at
least three minutes of hard rubbing was
necessary, and as a shorter time could
! produce no good results he advised every
body to do this first by the clock in order
to get into the habit. A dentist told me
| that this would certainly rub the enamel
off the strongest teeth if it were kept up.
1t is just as bad as the idea some persons
have that a stiff toothbrush so hard that
it is almost painful is the best kind. AS
matter of fact, a toothbrush, to be
properly used, should always be soaked
for several minutes-at least 10 and moi
more than 15-in glass of water. Ther
it will not only do its work much better
but prove advantageous instead Of inju
rious to the teeth"
The sun., 1900-12-18
TYPHuS FEVER.
A Disease Which Cannot Thrive In
Fresh Air and Sunlight.

Typhus fever is fortunately very rare
in this country at the present day, al
though we even yet hear occasionally of
cases in our large cities during the win
ter season. 1t used to prevail extensively
in Ireland, and epidemics were often
started in American seaport towns by
importation of the disease in emigrant
ships. 1t is said still to exist in Dublin,
Liverpool and London to some extent,
but Mexico is now its chief stronghold.
Many cases occur every winter in the
City of Mexico and elsewhere on the
great central plateau of Mexico, and
sometimes tourists from this country
catch it there and bring it home with
them.
The disease usually begins suddenly in
the midst of apparent health with chill,
prostration, severe pain in the head and
limbs and high fever; the pulse is rapid,
the face flushed, the skin hot and dry,
the mouth parched. An almost constant
symptom is nosebleed, which occurs on
the third or fourth day of the disease,
and another is constipation.
The disease has a characteristic erup-
tion which in the beginning resembles
somewhat that of measles. 1t comes out
In patches of reddish or pink color, first
on the chest and then on the rest of the
body and the limbs. Later the color
changes to dusky purple.
The nervous symptoms are marked.
They consist at first of headache and diz-
ziness, but soon the patient falls into a
stupor from which he can be aroused only
with difficulty or else he becomes deliri-
GUS, muttering constantly to himself in a
dull, confused way or perhaps becoming
violent and having to be restrained by
force from doing himself injury.
The affection is probably a germ dis
ease, although the microbe, if there is
one, has not yet been discovered. 1t is
pre-eminently disease of human crowd
ing, as the old names of ship fever and
| Jail fever testify. 1t cannot thrive in
the open air and is never to be feared by
those whose dwellings are flooded with
fresh air and sunlight. Even those al
ready seized with the fever are not infre-
| quently saved if moved out of the hos
| pital ward or bedroom and kept in tents
or actually in the open air with only a
| shelter supported on poles over the bed.
There is no specific remedy for the dis
| ease, which is a very fatal one. Open
air, cleanliness and good nursing are the
| patients only alvation.-Youth's Com
| panion.
The sun., 1900-12-18
FALLING FROM A GREAT HEIGHT.
1t Has It's Pleasures as Well as Its
Drawbacks,

1t Has Its Pleasures us Well as Its
Drawbacks.
Would you hear beautiful music? Then
throw yourself from the roof of O sky
scraper. A cliff will do or church stee.
pie or the basket of a balloon. The
point is that if you fall from a great
height you will experience very agreea-
BILE sensations. The only drawback is
that you probably won't live to remember
them.
Several persons who have miraculously
lived to remember how they felt under
such circumstances have described their
sensations to Professor Heirn of Zurich,
who became interested in the subject
after sliding and falling mile in the
Alps and hearing beautiful music all the
way until he landed on his head.
All the testimony he has collected goes
to show that falling is a real treat, about
a million times nicer than tcbogganing,
and that, il it were not for the painful
and often fatal consequences, it eclipses
golf and automobiling as diversion.
Although unable to collect evidence
from persons who have been killed out.
right by falling, Professor Heirn is sat
isfied that they felt no more and no less
than his witnesses, most of whom were
dashed into Inconsistencies at the end
Of their trip.
His conclusion is that the act of fall
ing brings no pain, no paralyzing terror
no anxiety, no despair-in a word, it is
far less disagreeable than almost any
other mode of death.
Ligrist, the Alpine climber, fell back
ward from cliff and was nearly killed
in the valley below. He told Professor
Heirn afterward that he was conscious
from beginning to end of his fall and en-.
joyed the sensation of being waited like
thistle down through the air.
He reviewed the causes leading up t.
the accident, saw himself dead man and
traced in Imagination the fortunes of his
fatherless family. There was no breath
lessness, no suffering from the shock, nc
pain even when Ligrist struck the snow
! covered ground and lost consciousness
Not until he was brought to his sense;
did his sunferings begin Pittsburg Press
The sun., 1900-12-18
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
Arhe "Hanucia Candles will be
81 Lighted Each Evening This Week
4 ~, .Uau;Sh UDuuahnIds

In the Jewish calendar yesterday was
marked the beginning of the Festival of
Lights, or Hanucca, as it is known. The
holiday commentaries the victory gained
by Judas Maccabeus over the hosts OF
the Syrians, and the rededication of the
temple on the 25th day,of Kisley, in the
year 165 B. G. "a
For two-thousand years the Jews
throughout the world have celebrated
these days of Conservation" by the
lighting OF lamps in their homes, and in
many Jewish households throughout this
city small "Hanpcca candles" were
kindled Sunday evening, and will be
!, lighted every evening throughout the
week, in gratitude and rejoicing over the
Eyancient Maccabean victory. The holi
day is largely children's festival.
The sun., 1900-12-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
A Hot Old Time.

The phenomenal sue less last season OF
Johnny and Emma Rays ga Hot Old
Time was the talk of the theatrical pro-
fession. The laughable conceit will be
the attraction at the Opera House to
night. "a Hot Old Time" will be more
pretentiohsly mounted, the Rays com
pany larger in numbers and more con.
spicuous for it's talent, and the comedy,
music and dancing will be up to the
times in every particular.
Johnny Ray is an original comedian
whose work has given him an enviable
standing as star entertainer. His por.
trayal Of Larry Mooney, the expressman,
is characterization, while mirth-pro'
voking to the extreme, is true to life.
Emma Ray is a handsome woman, pos
eessing high comsdy talent and a strong
individuality in her work that is origi.
nal. AS Mrs. Blazer, Mrs, Ray is afford
ed ample scope. for the display of heI
varied talents. All the characters in "a
Hot Old Time" are so we'll differentiated
that they combine in presenting an eff
ifectiye and harmonious whole.
The sun., 1900-12-18
Dockstader's.

lillian F. Smith, California girl and
imous rifle shot, with the assistance
Frank G. Smith, present novel shoot
2 act at Dokkstader's this week which
sure to be the means of attracting
ANY sportsmen to the house. They
Ee both expert marksmen and their act
we'll worth seeing.
] Edward Newell and Chinquilla and
bunufrio present some we'll chosen sell
ections of classic and popular music.
The trio come from Carlisle, Pa, Indian
School, and are accomplished in many
ways. Dan and Dolly Man, in rura
comedy; Florence, the English souorett,e
introducing some clever monologue worl
and singing and dancing specialties; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Budworth, and a nnm
,ber of others contribute tc the weeks
program. Those who enjoy good yaude
willie will undoubtedly be well pleased
with the program.
The sun., 1900-12-18
Snperstitious Wor1is 7

II doesn't seem possible tih - az 5. l. s.
enlightened age snp8rstiti ion ets y X {N II \
among the educateM but The +. * n ~ IT,.
theless a number Of young NYA SssAx
converse fuently, If not elo{IJnt Il
three languages, and who redd Sp&Af8
| and Browning and Emerson3 bat
place a dreambook with their Bible 0tas'
the table beside the bed and consult il III
the morning the first thing AZ SIS
| With a credulity worthy d darky MANI
| my, If their sleep has been visited with
| unusual visions, they seize this volumea
as soon as their eyes are fairly opened
| and look for an explanation. IL niss
fortune is foretold by it, the seeker after
| knowledge assumes bravado she is far
| from feeling. ~
| Il don't care" she says to herself By
way of bolstering up her courage; Pm
not superstitious anyway, and I don't
| believe in such arrant nonsense" But
| she's nervous Just the same for a couple
of days, until other troubles have driven
this mythical onek of her mind.
There's one you woman known to the
writer who news Screams Of young
child without shivering and shaking for
| days after, in fear of some dreadful thing
| happening to her. She has not consulted
| dreambook on the subject, and SO she
doesn't know how infants and bad luck
became connected in her mind, but neyss
ertheless, after she's had visitant Of
this sort while sleeping, she says prayers
of unusual length and then makes up
her mind to be patient under Affections
| sore. x. N
She's an intelligent woman, mind yors
| but she doesn't attempt to explain tha
terror that besets her at this particular
| dream.
She doesn't call herself superstitious-
| of course no woman does, not even the
one who won't walk under ladder Int
| her friends do and make delight o. her
until she exposes some fetch Of theirs,
when the subject is carefully avoided ait
| erward.-Baltimore News.