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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-05
HOSIERY:
IN MUSLIN UNDERWEAR:

Black Marguerite Corset Covers. lace trimmed, tucked back, regu- lar price soc, tomorrow 39c. White Skirts, umbrella style, dou- ble rows of lace insertion and ruff fe to match, also Hamburg trimmed, special tomorrow 9Sc. Ladies' Nainsook Gowns, Empire style, short sleeves, Hamburg and lace trimmed, reduced from $1, 9Sc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

decided to sec what he could do. Not
,o make uu, story too long, he picked
II on, of ~ matibund condition, set 1t
on its feet. and today 1t Is among the
u,ost nr,ti,abc of New York news.
papers.
10 estimate the magnitude OF this
success 1t must b. noted that Mr. Ochs
had to face Hearst, with SiO,OOo,OOo
ana rulitznr, with almost as much.
both of them crowding on all the steam
that their great wealth could COM
mand They played to the galleries
with fact. fake aud buncombe, spiced
as only experts in yellow journalism
can spice them. He cetered to the
common sense and conscience OF the
reading public. with respect for the
responsibilities and dignity of journal
ism. and he won.
when he bought the Philadelphia
Times. which had fallen into about
the same low estate. or lower, as the
New York Times had reached when he
took hold of it. h paid Sj00.O0O in spot
cash. and IL was his own moneN-tha
direct fruits of his clean enterprise,
moral courage and executive ability.
No politicians and no corporations
helped. with view to mortgasing his
utteranccs aft"rward lie enters the
Philadelphia field free handed and you
had better look out for him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
CALL TO THE NATIONAL SUF-
FRAGE CONVENTION.
Nnhlishcl hv Rennest.D

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u" "'1'"'' VI "'," ,r ''' .,,,lI,I
S'ruSgl" i'r ''"'h' we ''n'",'N ave N""'
WIN "''''Nom'S "u''" ""'N '"' ,''.'.' "'''
'he victory '"''' 'n'H I'VE" Nv H,",'",'"'
ol'I men an" women ''''"S' '''"S" w .''' 49,
lne loren oi ""'h' anu WIZ ''','' :"
Nurnc"' drawn upon themselves ''' 'n', "''''s ','
oi bhhd ana '"'o''""' oll"S'"""' ,'"'"'' wv"
the common property " s'"''' ,'.,"'"
r'plt'ehrh contests N'n'n '"'"'" NV" " '
stake fhNSltHl torture "'"h4' w ''' f'7'' ""'
me Woild sun W'a'' N'' "I''n>' NV" " .r",
lh' 'h'tah,h'N'htht VI ""' - Il" '','''''" w.
lir'' III '' h'''" F'''N an" ''' '''"'' ~
pi"' yet it stands ~ the '''"'aN "' ''"',.''on ,
III government ANA F'l''"'WH l"""''hu S''',
al h'i'r aS"h"n' l' ''"""''''N ""'s' we
hut r'nintH az" ''"' i"' P''h' 'P' ""'.''f VIZ
ms inevitable Ilh'''H '"r h''h was l''' I'.'
words '""'r'nW'h'r "''''' 'N',' l",' I"".'.
from tine consent "' 'n' G'','h'"' y, 9"'"'l
was The axiom 'non'"''" IMAM tue N''. """
republic adopted IL ~ '"' E'''""',' :" "N
lth"r'(; and 1t became Inc wl'hW''" "l 't'S
people striving Tor po'hr'' '''uow' ',"
century tlrr me-" n'hn "l 'lu'N','h''> "''
vlu"n thar women - W''I as men N''n"E w
''thr governed and demanded ih' "PP'."""h
"i the p'Ihr'W'' I" ','R'"' ''HIH''' VI "N,
IS usual IN" new NNlh WIS h'' nl l"' "u''"
opposition Of society. bnl tue h'h c'h,"'
OF cndrn"r has wrought satisfying results fot'
mrr prnitc'S haze been largely removed hlHE
cnI" has been replaced by serious '"n'''''A'"h'
and limited suffrage tor women mas h'eh '7.'u.
lished in nearly all riNIlk'd nations ana ~ haN
the states OF the mon N'l lh' WORK II ,''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
Elbert Hubbard on Training.

vt WAS n thoroughly inspiring
and stimulating bit of experience
to those fortunate enough to lis
ten to Mr., Tlbert Hubbard on
Wednesday evening, as he dwelt upon
the nature of true education-not the
crowdng of things upon the childs
memory, but the taking time and
Wrought to find out what are the inn
pressions with which life has crowded
the child's mind. the helping him or
her to develop what is best of these,
TO teach or help the young immortal
to do, to do something worth doing.
THAT system, or wise idea, carried out
will evolute the memory-cramming
system and written examination based
upon tt very completely out of exist
ence.
Mr.. Hubbard's defining the methods
Mat shall make the most of the child,
develop the mind and body together
ior their best wordsworth ennobled by
the spirit Of glad performance of daily
task and duty--as being the active
translation into school life OF the ideals
of Ruskin and William Morris and
I9roebel, must have struck many of his
hearers as a most felicitous presenta-
ton of the truth.
This picture of the child full of
u,ng Ife's eager outlook upon life,
usceptible to active outside impress
sicns. longing with childish impetu-
rsity to do something needing the un-
,Ierstanding and guidance of the
teacher, instead of q continual re-
straint and an insistent memoriZins
nom blackboard and through text
book. though given at that point in but
two or three strong sentences, was one
to impress itself vitality on the mind
of course no teacher of young children
can gain the personal sympathetic
comprehension of each pupils mind
and give the personal guiding influence
TO a class numbering enough for al
least two teachers. Neither is it q pos
sibilty when teacher and pupil mus
30 ahead with that written eXamina.
ton always in view wherein the ready
memory OF unrelated facts, arbitrarily
selected by some official authorized 81
TO do. is the test for advancement-no
the real gain OF daily improvement an(
daily development. He is emphatically
right also when he says that no sys
lem of public school instruction vii
do It's work Alright until it provides ef
fectively for manual training. Brain
eye and hand must be both permitte,
and trained from the very begnnins
to act together
The cities that have introduce,
manual training, perhaps most EN-
phatically those that like Los Angelo
and some others. have a complete sys
tcm OF sloyd teaching, under traino
instructors. are the ones that are do
ing most effective work for the /,
vdual citizens Of the early future, 4t
through them, as an inevitable coo
larry, for the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
A Man Worth Watching.

"<HE NEW proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times, Mr.
Ochs, does not agree with
Colonel Bryan's theory that
The young man of today has no chance
in life, for his own experience teaches
otherwise.
In 1869, Mr.. Ochs, who is A years
young, was selling papers on the
streets of Knoxville, Tenn, Later he
was a cash hoy in a Providence, Il. l.,
grocery store. Returning to Knoxville
in 1879, he spent a year In drug
store as a clerk, but found his true
field the year later, when he hired out
rs Ii devil" TO the Knoxville Whig and
Courier.
From this he rose to be assistant
rcroman, advertising and subscription
solicitor, reporter, manager of the job
printing department ana on July |,
ISIS, just five years after his appren-
ticeship as a devil" he became pub
Usher and proprietor of the Chatta-
aooga Daily Times, which he bought
with his savings At that time the
subscription list was 80 and the plant
was worth 81 900. Today the Times is
HE leading paper of Chattanooga, has
one of the best newspaper homes in the
South and Is worth s25O,00O,
Having solved that problem, Mr
Ochs looked elsewhere for something
to do. The Times of New York, which
had beer a power during the life o
George Jones, It's founder had aftel
Mr. Jones' death run down. Three oi
four famous newspaper men had triec
~ revive IL and had failed. Mr.. och'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
NUTS CRACKED BY ELECTRICITY

III st. Louis thousands Of tons ot nuts are an.
nually CRACKED by electricity This tact leafs
the Electrical World and Engineer To remark
that "thc great role assigned 10 electricity
nowadays is that of cracking nuts OF every kind y
This is indeed true. and at the Pan. \mcrican CN.
position there will hc II wonderful display o'
how this is accomplished 10y electricity. II will
he shown that electricity is used to solve many
ptoblcms in the power field. and that whc," other
agencies have failed electricity Is the friend nj
the inventor. There arc So many opportunities
constantly presenting themselves that the men
OF greatest ability aud genius are glad I" find
in electricity the iicnd tha. leads them to suc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

The United States spends a million
dollars q week for coffee. This will
doubtless be n surprise to many who
have been led TO believe that the bev-
crage funds of the country are de-
voted entirely to beer and whiskey.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, MAY 10, 1901.

Wall street investors are becoming
as reckless as the fortune hunters who
risk their dollars on the "black,'
"red" or the 'lonestar" at the coun-
try fairs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

Forest fires in Southern Jersey. six
miles of flame" near Mays Landing.
Hundreds of men fighting the ever
spreading conilagratiun. Homes de
stroyed. Game OF all varieties burned
to death Sixty thousand acres burned
over. Enormous loss. This is in brief
the record sent over the wires on Mon
day of the latest forest fire sci by some
one lin the dense woods back of Pam
coast Mill" last Saturday. still no
hint of seeking out the criminal for
punishment by the law. Yet people
wonder that forest fires continue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

The Southern Industrial association
is reported To be husily preparing for
the holding of its convention in Phlla-
delphia in June. This body of repre-
sentative men from the southern states
apparently seeks to engage northern
mems interest in the industrial enter
priSes of the South.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

velopmcnt in Wall street of the gamb-
ling craze in stocks. Joseph G. Hem
bricks, president of Manhattan's Bank
of Commerce. one of the two greatest
banks in the country, said, in an ad-
Brooklyn club: Il think a man Is a
fool who speculates in wall street.
unless that is his profession.' But the
wild rush of amateur gamblers into the
arena from which almost every one of
them will come out losers goes on.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
Lace
at Factory
Prices This
Week.
. Gun.

To close out our entire stock OF
Lace Curtains at once, owing to lack
of proper display space to show to
advantage the large assortment Of
curtains necessary for US to carry in
stock, we have decided to discon-
tinue our Lace Curtain department.
and to close out the entire line in
the quickest possible time-have cut
the prices away down We ask no
profit on any Of the numbers, and III
many instances have marked them
away below cost 1t is impossible to
give description of the many quail
ties and designs.
The low prices marked on them
will have to do the talking. The
following are some of the reductions
we have made:
At soc, reduced from 75c.
At 75c, reduced from $l.O0.
At csc, reduced from $1.25.
At $1.25, reduced from $1.75.
At S1.5O, reduced from $500.
At $1.75, reduced from $3.50.
At S225, reduced from $500.
At $500, reduced from $500.
At $3.SS. reduced from $500.
At $4.75, reduced from $500.
At $3.50. reduced from $500.
At $6.75, reduced from $3.50.
At $3.50, reduced from $1,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

Honesdale. according to accounts. is
suffering from severe attack of the
blue laws mania.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

least unpopular means Of increasing the revenues
through taxation Those who dance must pay the
rprr, and the British public must now 20 down
into its pnChrts go meet the cost NJ thc War III
South Ntrica. That has been a var with Si1a'i
country, and II has mot continued great iimr,
vet /, his disturbed british finances 4" marked
extent, lu what condition wnuli British unarcrs
bc IL the nation were Just losing long anu
bitter war with q lr.i.rltss rowcr2 How could
vast increase OF taxation he levied without
throwing the government nut NJ Once! Nhhl IS
true Of Great Britain is trnc of other European
nations There is not one vt them mat 'oud
stand the strain Of prolonged war as tie
nitci states could stand it. Any extraordinary
addition TO their expenditures raises at once
the ,cNing question of how to levy new taxes
without causing discomfort among the taNpaN
crs. In oi the continental countries, where
the burdens of taxation are already almost un
10 the limit Of endurance, 1t would he ina
possible to put much more withpnt prodic
ing grave political consequences.
As for the United States:
There Is prirtcally no limit to the nin'uut ot
revenue the people ot the United States can pour
into the uptcl, of their government. Now we
| ara raising annually sum cprnl 10 III" revenue
~ the richest Of foreign countries, nnd We are
| doing IL with almost ridiculous ease. There Is
| no complaint about the taxes in this country
MANY people o not know that they are taxed
! at all. We ,an raise thousand millions OF dol
ais u wear without friction or hardship lhr
! financial agent Of foreign government, after
! making an exhaustive study of onr country, tod
| me he believed the people OF the United states
| cuud produce $1,000 OO,OOr year for their "ov-
! eminent easier than any people in Europe could
! produce SjOO.MoOtO. The case Wih which we
| levy large sums upon the taxpayers oi America
| without any resultant irritation j. at once the
| marvel aud envy of foreign siairNlnvn ms
i one of the strongest reasons why other nations
| are not going TO war with us. We are too
| strong in our financial resources. The new re-
spcct they have ior our military proves Is one
| factor They have seen us at Manila Bay, ut
| Santiago. in Cuba. in the Philippines in China,
| and they know what can do both upon lana
| and sea-. But more than that is the consoio'iS'
| ness that war is Il matter OF millions upon mi
| lions of treasure as well as nf millions of men,
and IN both particulars they realize that we stand
| uriyalcd and unapproachahlc.
| These quotations state the situation
| accurately ana instructively. The
| danger is not of war: it is that our
own people may fail to take u broad
view of their own welfare. In great
affairs lasting success is to be had
only by knowing when to give as well
as to take. We shall have to learn this
lesson and it will depend upon the
managers of our industrial interests
how soon the tuition shall begin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

The Carnegie museum Of pttsburs is sending
mcr: Onc to Wyoming and Colorado. 10 hunt
iur fossils; one along the north Atlantic coast
as lar mp as Labrador. 30 hunt Tor rare birds. and
one into Nebraska To look for prehistoric remains
Tine bird hunt, in charge of W. T.. C. Todd. will
probably he the most interesting. Says the
lttShurg Times: 'Quitc number ot birds
and fowls the north Atlantic coast are rap.
lilly becoming extinct. Mr. Todd will devote
his time in an effort 10 secure stray specimens
OF these birds and fowls lie is especially an.
E'ous to get specimens of the species of Arctic
birds known aukS, and of pcnguins and Iab'a-
| dor ducks, the largest species of which, it not
extinct, are becoming exceedingly rare The
great aux. the most pronncn, o the aux spr-
Cirs, is feared to be extinct. rs no live bird OF
this kind has been found since 1850. only three
specimens Of this bird are now known 10 hc
N the United States, one in the Smithsonian
Institute and the other in the Ac.drmir nj Nat
ura Science in Philadelphia Another bird
that is missing is the largest OF the Labrador
ducks. which has not been seen since ISL. III
| this specimen urly tOur are to he found in this
| country. one in the Smithsonian Institute and
| three in th" Academy OF Natural Science. Car
| negic museum would pay handsome price for
| specimens uf these two birds MIR. Todd l,hs lit.
| birds, but he believes that he can secure spec,
| mems OF other species already very rare and
which are likely to become extinct in the course
| of few years. lie is an adept in work OF this
kind"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

Announcement is made that the
Pittston Gazette has passed into the
sole control of Mr.. William Joseph
Peck. acting postmaster of PittSton,
son-in-law of the Gazctte's late edi
tor. Theodorus Hart. nnl son of Will
liam II. Peck, cashier of the Third
National bank of this city. Mr.. Peck
is a young man of good education,
good business training and the energy
and earneStneSS that count in news
paper work. We wish him and the
Gazette success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
Information and
Entertainment, Too

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

time. 1t is now used as protection against
moths by hr dealers aud others, and Is also
useful in Kidding houses Of other insect posts.
For destroying that minute insect known rs rhy''
loycra. so igoublcsone to g,apc vines, 1t has
been found exceedingly usclul
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

The sm"hc nuisance in cities addicted I" The
us" ui ,ooty htrminuu~ M" disappear som" day,
not 80 much on account uf public clamrr i"r i>
ahnlili ion rs because il represents a waste wt' II
mudrrn economic science can ave. OILS. lbs,
,pirt, and tar are all hcin@ rNtrlrtch non,
smoke. western blast furnace Saves the
,lnu'r FROM its charcoal pits and by conveying
il ialn Stills has been able to realize rn"n-n
iIom Ills source to pay laI"c Hhar" "i Ii@
running CNpcnSCs. It has demonstrated trit
each cord OF wool uontainS 2S,V0 cubic i"rt
Gf ,nl0kc. and that ",SGO,WN feet nj Smok" pro
,!ncrs l'.OOn pounds ot acetate ot linn" and 2GO
gallons ot aIcuho dud twenty-five pounds "f tir
''Smokc from factory chimncvS is largely car
hon in another iurm. ant in the "o,nHr "s Il few
wears we may cNrrrt,' writes Professor tdd
well Johnson in she Washington star, ITO >r"
some dimimHiiun ri the smoke nuisance - prc,a-
lent IN large town, not from ~" vigilance "i
the sanitary inspectors, hut because consumers
are hrgirrin. In 'oun that iust"id ut allowing
tine PARTICLES of carbon To escape with rhc dfrer
products. helpirY - poison themselves and
their urighhOls. ih,y mGht hlN, lighter coal
bills SO pay by burning NJ these UaltlC'r-.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

NEW proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times. Mr..
Ochs, does not agree with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10

The relation OF postage to prp,puity Is 'nd'
Gated nv the following statement of the dlt'
terence between postal rates iu l~'l and IA lOli
In lS3j ior 4 single l,ttcr composed OF ON" piece
OF paper the schedule was -. follows:
Cents
For any distance not rvu,riiug 80 mleS.',O
Over 80 and not exceeding 80 milo. .,,..',''iH
over - aud not c\pording l5o miles .",.,,.l''-
over $50 and not exceeding i0o mics ,.,'',lH't
over 100 miles OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES '''''-'
\ letter composed II two pieces II paper y -
charged with double these rates al three pieces
with triple, and ol Iorlr pieces whit Guadrngl"
one or more pieces mailed as a lcll'r and weigh
iug one ounce we've charged with Guiinp" post
ugp and at the same rate should the weight he
greater. IN 1901 the United states carries "
letter weighing an ounce or les nom Ne" YORK
10 St Michael. Alaska, distance of 1,hiH mtlr"'
ur from II. Michael, \la,ka, to Manila, 'aplIai
of the Philippine Islands ll,'5l mlSs' Is" -"
cents.
There docs not scem to he any limit Io In"
n,, ,ful dcrivative products from coal t'l' 'ht
of the --latest is called ulphthalmc. ''rmin
,hpmi,t has discovered that one "G the most
s.uliug Chlyat tcri,liCS ui naphthdl'ne i iu'
Giu tlmt 1t is not injurious to nau and tho
higher animals whether hrcithcd as 49, "r
,,,d In substance externally On internally whil'
A. u, i very different action ON the low"r or
aa.li,ms. both animal and vegetable, ,rh as
fungi. insects, etc. for they arc not a, be t'
endure the action oi the gas Tor any I'm 'h "l
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-03-13

section p. all in township 81, range 10, east,
and containing in all $40 acres, more or less.
That said deed OF trust was made TO the
said Nathan u. Goblin in trust 10 scouTe 10
Sarah A. Corhin, the paJ ment OF promisory
note. and Il e interest thereon, which interest
is made. by said note, cue and payable an
nuallv; also to secure the payment of the
taxes on said real estate which would accrue
during The existence Of said deed OF trust, as
set forth and stated in said d, ed of trust.
And. where's default has been made in the
pavmeut Of the interest provided by said note
and the same is due and un aid, and whereas
Nathan d. Corbin. the said trustee. is absent
from the state of Missouri. and refuses tc act
in the execution of said trust. TIE under
signed sheriff of Bolinger county, Missouri,
there fore, in pursuance Of the provisions OF
said deed of trust and at the request of the
legal holder Of said noe, will, on
SATURDAY., JUNE IS, 1901.
at the west front dour If the courthouse, in
Marble Hill, in said county and state, between
the hours OF O'Clock in the forenoon, and 5
o'clock in the afternoon OF that day, sell at
public sale to the highest bidder Tor cash in
hand. said real estate, o. so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy said deed OF trust,
and the costs of executing the same.
Given under my hand on this 4th day OF
March. A. d. 1901. A. {. KING,
Sheriff of Il, llinper Cou,ty, Missouri.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-03-13

An Illinois farmer who raises
about 200 hogs year, says he has
lost mono in ten or twelve years
from cholera, while they have died
all around HIM. He thinks the
disease ~ started by too many
worms in the intcstines, particularly
in the small ones. He fills barrel
with water and white shclled or ear
corn, then adds half box Of i've
and allows it to soak over night.
EncGgh lye is used to turn :he corn
as yellow rs yellow corn. The
hogs are fed all they will eat OF it
for two or three days He starts
feeding them thus as soon as any of
the hogs begin to cough.-Journal
of Agriculture.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-03-13
A Most Liberal Offer.

All our farmer readers should
take advantage of the unprecedent-
ed clubbing offer we this year make,
which includes with this prper The
Kansas City Live Stock Indicator,
its special Farmers Institute Edi-
tions and The Poultry Farmer.
These three publications. are the
best Of their class and should bc IN
every farm home. To them we add,
for local, county and general news,
our own paper, and make the price
RS" of the four one year only $3.50.
Never before was sc much superior
reading matter offered for so small
an amount Of money, The three
papers named. which we club with
our own are well known throughout
the West and commend themselves
to the readers favorable attention
upon mere mention. The Kansas
City Live Stock Indicator is the
great agricultural and live stock
paper of the West; The Poultry
Farmeris the most practical poultry
paper for the farmer, while The
Special Farmers Institute Editions
are the most practical publications
for the promotion of good farming
ever published. Take advantage
of this great offer, as it will hold
good for short time only. Samples
Of these papers may be examined
by calling ut this office.