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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9. 18!) i.
MONEY IN UMBRELLAS.
WHAT IT COSTS NEW YORKERS
EVERY YEAR TO KEEP DRY.
A Dealer Estimate! That 51,200,000 It
Spent Yearly fur fnibrellae bj the l'eo
ple of the Metropolis A Strange I'act
About finbrella Stealing.
"Thpy cost New York a pood deal of
tnoney every yc:ir," wiid the flit umbrella
timn hh ho deftly rolled ft silk umbrella
mid plitct'd it lu'k in the case. "The
amount must ruu so fur up in the tliou
enmls it. would seem 1111 Fxitt nition to
one who didn't know uuythint; about it.
If the amount wiw expended iu charity no
one in t his town ueod go hungry.
"The rtitio of pcopluw ho cnrryumbrcdlns
Is lnrirer in this town thim in any other in
America. 1 suppose it is bemuse we have
so many rainy days. Probably H) er cent,
of the adult Kipulution of New York curry
XimbrolliiM, and 10 per cent, of the children
over twelve years of n.o. 1 have been in
the umbrella business for twenty years,
and I have watched it pretty closely.
'"The average life of a ood umbrella is
about a year. Sometimes an umbrella
will wear four or fivo years. You can tell
nothiuft nbout them. There is nothing
more uncertain. The man who will KUftt
hntec an umbrella is foolish. The severest
tests will not reveal anything, because
every pood umbrella is carefully examined
before it is put on sale. Kvery part of it
passes through the hands of an exjiert.
The silk is passed upon, the framework
and the stick. If anything is found not
up to the standard it is sent buck, and yet
it is a vory common tliiiii; for an umbrella
to go all to pieces inside of three weeks.
The best umbrella expert in this town can
tell nothing about them.
Piiii-Es of u.Mi!i;i:i.Ls.
"As 1 said before, the average life of an
Umbrella is alrtmt a year, if the owner can
keep it lis lnni; as tlint, which is seldom the
case. There seems to he many men who
make it a business to lose umbrellas as
fast as they buy them, while others never
lose an umbrella. The average life of an
umbrella and the average service of an
umbrella are two very different things. I
suppose that the latter is about six
mouths. As nearly ns I can arrive at it
from close observation aliout 700,000 people
in New York carry umbrellas.
"That is a good many, but I think thees
timate is under rather than over the exact
truth. For, mind you, there are many
who have two or three umbrellas at ouce.
You can buy nn umbrella for almost any
price. The average of the good cheap um
brellas is about two dollars. The average
of the good silk umbrellas Is tire dollars.
The general average Is aliout three dollars.
"Now you can readily arrive at an esti
mate of the amount of money which New
Yorkers spend for umbrellas every year.
You will remember that I said that the av
erage service of an umbrella is about six
months, so that every one of theso 700,000
people have to spend six dollars every year
to supply themselves with umbrellas. Just
multiply that and yon will find that this
big town spends f-1,200,000 a year. Mind,
that is not exaggerating in the least. And
the umbrella habit is growing. There is
one firm in Philadelphia nlonewhich turns
out 10,000 ninbrellas a day.
"There is something strange about um
brellas. To begin with, is their general con
trariness aliout wearing. Then they have
a curious effect upon human nature. I
wouldn't trust my brother with an umbrel
la, and he m as honest a man as ever lived,
lie could have all the money I have, but
not my umbrella. A man cannot be honest
about them. I don't know what there is in
the things, but I do know that is the effect
they have upon people. There is not a day
passes but a man comes in here and wants
the stick and handle in an umbrella
changed when both are perfectly good. We
know well that the umbrella belonged to
somebody else, but, of course, we never say
anything.
MEN AXD rMBRELLAS.
"I remember once that a man bought an
umbrella from ns, and I remembered it be
cunse of a peculiar mark.
"Not long after another man brought it
In and had another handle put in it. We
put in two other handles for different men,
and then the original owner brought in
the umbrella. We put in the handle that
was first in It, and he never discovered it.
I never saw a man who would not appro
priate nn nmbrella if there was any possi
ble excuse for so doing. A man who will
withstand all other temptations is utterly
helpless at the sight of nn umbrella. I
don't pretend to olTrr any explanation for
It; 1 simply know that it is a fact, and that
the man who takes the umbrella is no
more to blame than the kleptomaniac who
steals from dry goods stores.
"It is hard work to sell umbrellas. Peo
ple always rebel ngainst having to buy
them. They seem to think that they are
being imposed upon, and resent it accord
ingly. Yon have to answer more questions
than a man at an information bureau, and
guarantee the weather for the next ten
years. And we do meet the crankiest lot
of cranks. The other day a man came iu
here ami spent an hour and a half looking
over the stock. After he had inspected
everything he looked at his watch and
aid he was much obliged. lie had about
that much time to put in before his train
left, and ho had spent it very profitably.
"If you ever liny umbrellas yourself let
me tell you some tiling us a guide. You
CRn buy the best umbrella that is made for
tti.SO. When you pay nioro than that you
are pRylng for the handle or a name. If
yon want to spend a lot of money you can
go up town to one of the big jewelry
houses and spend anywhere from ?:J5 to
$100 for an nmbrella, and the umbrella it
aelf is the same old ifi.fiO umbrella. And
if you don't want an umbrella of that kind
you can get one for $.'1 which will outwear
any Bilk nmbrella that was ever made."
New York Recorder.
The Tnrk and II in Heard.
The Turks esteem the beard as tho most
noble ornament of the male sex, and con
sider it more infamous for any one to havo
his beard cut off than to be publicly
whipped, pilloried or branded with a red
hot iron. Almost any orthodox Turk
Would prefer being put to death rather
than have his beard removed from his face.
In that country to pull or Irreverently han
dle the beard Is an insult which ran only
be avenged by taking the life of the person
who Is rash enough to commit such a
crime, or for the Turk to lose his own In
making the attempt to call the offender to
account. Turkish wives kiss their hus
band's beards, and children their fnther's,
is often as they come for the customary
talnte. St, Louis Republic.
Itoaet and Turks.
"It would give a genuine and roligkius
Turk a fit if he saw how little appreciation
americans show for the rose and what
little reverence they have for it," spoke a
Jorist as he wrapped the foil about the
Items of a bouttoonlcre.
"The rose Is beyond question the pret
tiest Dower that blooms, and it was so
lonsidered by the Turks many years be
fore tho conqnest of Grenada. There is a
religious legend generally believed in
Uironghout Turkey th the red rose
iprang from a drop of the great prophet
Mohammed's blood. Everything beautl-
tul iu nature is ascribed to him. The
'urks, therefore, have great reverence for
the flower, and allow it to bloom and die
untouched, except on state occasions and
lor the purpose of making rose water.
"After the oonquoet by the Turks they
Kotild not worship in any churoh until the
frails were cleansed and washed with rose
Rater and thus purified by the blood of
the prophet. It Is used on the body lor trie
same purpose. A Turk whose conscience
Is stung by some net or deed he has com
mitted will caress and pay reverence to the
lose to appease the wrath of the prophot
and Allah.
"With these Ideas Inculcated in him from
youth it would shock him severely to see
the pretty flower strewn in the path of a
bridal couple, thrown on tho public tage
or banked up In hundreds at a swell recep
tion or party to be crushed and spoiled iu
an evening." St. lxiuls Post-Dispatch.
BANDEAU AND MONOCLE.
Anomalies and Curiosities of the Fickle
Fuahlou (iudiKos.
At what shall wo luwitulo In theso day9
of uuomaly? A certain authority devotes
half a column of small typo to u disous
sUm of tho uItt-U of tho revival of tho
baudeau that smoothly plastered ar
rangement of tho hair In which it is part
ed iu tho middle and brought down over
tho temples and ears in tho fashlou of
Evangeline pictures which it says is
right at our dovrs, and in tho next brealh
nnnounees tho arrival of tho monocle.
Was there ever such acmnbinationf Con
echo Kvangelino sporting a siii;;!o eye
glass and holding It in position by contor
tions of tho clux k und eyebrow!
Sinco Turkish toweling lias been
brought out lu lightweights und dainty
;..,.i-..av.4.
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MOIliE MANTLE.
colors and sold by tho yard it has been
utilized for various purposes other than
washcloths und bathrobes. Tho orna
mental varieties are ut present employed
for loouo dreslug sacks made with bell
sleeves und tied together with ribbons
matching the pink, bluo or yellow stripes
of the material. The) tiro cool and com
fortable garments, well suited to tho sea
son, and as they do not havo to be either
starched or Ironed the laundering is a sim
ple process.
It is said that chatelaines are again com
ing into fashion, the liutund consenucnco
of the universal popularity of the belt.
No doubt they will be worn by a great
many women of acknowledged good tasto,
but there is nevertheless always a sugges
tion of vulgarity about any article of
clothing or personal ornament that rattles
or jingles, a hint of the aboriginal savage
who delights to decorate himself with
Strings of clattering beads und bits of
clinking metal. Perhaps when humanity
reaches the higher stages of evolution it
will wear no jewelry whatever and will re
gard gems and metal work in tho light in
which it now considers paintings and stat
uary as things of beauty not suitable
for purposes of bodily adornment.
The latest development in wraps consists
of two full capes of moire mounted on u
yoke and bordered with jet. Tho lower
capo has two long stole ends In front that
reach almost to the liottom of tho skirt
and are llnUhed with jet fringe. A torsado
of moiri! fastened ct the shoulders by ro
settes oiuincs tho yoke, and a bow of black
satin ribbon with floating ends unites the
torsudu In front. Juliic Ciiollix
A Wonderful Chl:i;o Cat.
A woman asked a Chicago Herald repre
sentative a few days ago to come to her
house and observe the cunning device of
her cat in its war against the rats. The
I cat, a big torn, was found in the back yard,
; standing on a box under a t ree. The boards
i around the fence liad been cut.and through
I this aperture t he rats were in tho habit of
emerging. The woman took a bacon bono
! and threw it into the yard. Immediately
Tom got up, jumped olf the box, and tak
i ing the hone, carried it neartha hole and
began rolling on it and rubbing himself
with it industriously. After he had greased
himself well he left the bone near the hole.
lay down in front of it and appeared to go
to sleep.
"Now," said the woman, "he will sdny
there through the ni ;ht, and in the morn
ing there will be half a dozen rats laid out
around him, You see, the rats smell him
if be remains in his" natural condition and
won't come out, but the grease of the bacon
bone deceives them, and when they como
out he catches them. When he can get a
venison bone his catch is enormous, some
times as many as twelve rats being found
dead in tho morning. As soon as nny of us
get up iu the morning he will scratch at
the door to be let in, and will, by his mew
ing, induce us to go out to see the result of
his scheme.
Diiimoiiilft from the Sky.
Carbons havo now been yielded by aero
lites or meteorites iu threedill'erent stages
of development. L'ncrystalli.ed graphite
hits long been known as one of the constit
uents of meteoric irons and ot her stones
that fall from the sky. (jruphito crystals
have recently been found in a meteor that
fell in western Australia, and a scientist
has just reported on some diamond corpus
cles that wero found iu t he Siberian aero
lite that fell in Istfii.- -1st. Louis Republic,
rrohahly Satisfactory.
Sharpsou What makes your uoso so
red?
I'hlatZr-It glows with pride bocauso it
never pokes itself into other people's busi
ness. Kxchan ge.
The Hot Kcnon.
All oznno r.ow deserts the air
And leaves miasnui microbes (hero.
The heat wilts men to spineless lumps
And leaves them in tiie doleful dumps.
It slowly turns, from hour to hour,
Oiirmilt.of human kindness sour,
And on tho brain such strain is wrought
That It can hold one only thought
It's hot I
Tho healthy man It tr'mt away
To dull, devitalized decay.
It bolls 1:1s brain beyond control
And cracks the onuniel off his soul.
"All flesh Is grass," tho Scriptures Ray.
It takes this urns and makes it hay. .
Wo wluli to sit in just one spot
And cherish but one single thought
It's boll
Man Is too weak to work or play,
And far too impious to pray.
It Is an all sufficient labor
For Mm to sit and watnh his neighbor
To watch Ms uelghbor dig and dulvo
Hut he's too weak to work himself,
lie loves to sit in one lone qpot,
With this one solitary thought
It ' hot!
It's hot, and labor la a crime.
We'll wait and sit till dinner time,
And then we'll wait another spoil
Until we hear the supper bell.
All other work la out the question
Except the labor of digentlon.
With work we'll not be overwrought,
And we will oherlak but one thought
It's hot!
-Kaw York World.
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LOST HIS BEARD IN A WILD RIDE.
The PcmarUnblo Kiperlence of a Drum
mer ou tho Buck of a Moose.
Several evenings sinoe a parly of con
vivial spirits had assembled, as was their
wont, iu a certain place. which shall bo
nameless within tho limits of this city's
business district. There was ouu of tho
number who usually reserved his story un
yi the latter part of the evening, and on
t K occasions those consi ituting the party
'Ut-' and departed slowly homeward after
the story was finished, agreeing to a man
that for stories told in good f.iilh as actual
rxperleucf.s of tho relator they must ho
nwiirdcd the palm. The talo was told as
f ol lows:
"It was while I was In the northern part
of Maine on a hunting trip '.villi a party of
men from Uostou. They Imd good luck
with small game, hut they waiito.l a moose.
I told them that I would show them oiki
before lout;, and 1 did. Ouu or two days
after they began asking mu where that
moose was uu,l kinder got. ine riled. 1 look
my gun and told them that I'd get a moo.-c
pretty quick if they wouldn't conic racing
round like a pack of steers. O.f I went,
und had gone about a iniif when 1 heard a
noise, I got ip a tree a, soon as possible,
ami had just ;ot fairly sealed when two of
the finest mo. so 1 ever sel eyes on came
right under t lie tree. Here was luck, an 1
1 took aim at the largest anil pulled tliu
trigger."
At this point the narrator looked rather
sheepish, as if he had no pari ieular desire
to proceed, but after considerable urging
he continued.
"The truth of it was, boys, in my hurry
from the camp I forgot to bring my car
tridges, and didn't even have one iu my
gnu. Well, 1 knocked my head against a
limb und trie i to think how 1 was going to
get one of tl so moose, who ull tl. is lime
were eying each other like cats and dogs.
All of a sudden they started for each other
und came kerplunk together. T hey then
backed off and tried it over. They kept at
this for (Uite a time, and seemed to be get
ting kindo' tuckered out and were walk
ing round and round till tliey got their
wiud. The largest one was .right under
me anil 1 could almost touch his antlers. I
never knew bow it. happened, but down I
went head over heels and lit right on that
critter's hack. He didn't seem to like this
sort of surprise party, anil just threw back
his head and went, the other one following
after.
"Lucky for mo the trees in that place
were rather high, and t here wasn't much
danger of being knocked olT tho limbs.
Well, the time that it takes me to tell this
was time enough for that moose to go half
a mile and the smaller one fijlit behind
all the time. I was clinging to the sides of
that moose like a cockroach to a biscuit; it
was all I could do to breathe, and I had
lost my hat loug before. 1 noticed that wo
were going toward Hie camp ami we soon
novo in signt ot it. l gave a sliout, anil as
I did so felt something slip down my
throat. The boys heard the shout, and
looking up, saw us coming. Down went
the board they were playing cards on, and
oil they scudded like so many jack rab
bits. Wo were now right in the camping
j place and I wanted to stop there, but just
i about a hundred yards from the camp t tie
i moose stopped suddenly and I went over
i his head into a brook. I wasn't much hurt,
and scrambled out like a grasshopper out
of a knothole, anil right in front of me lay
those two moose, dead as herring. 1 put
on as straight a face as I could and walked
up to the camp as unconcerned us possible.
" 'Here's the moose 1 promised you, boys,'
I said, and we all went out to cut them up.
The boys never said a word until after sup
per, when one of them handed me a small
mirror. I really did not know myself. Just
us sure as I am telling lids, my heard was
gone, worn oil by the rapid progress I had
made through the air, and two of my front
teeth had been knocked out from the same
cause.
"Both moose had run themselves to
death." Bangor News,
How the lloglisli Is Caught.
The lioglish, usually found in compara
tively deep wuUir, was caught by the sports
men olT the great reel at low tide. The
deiul coral heads, which iiad been bealeu
into a wall and formed the hiding places
of innumerable living forms, were partly
bare, the water deepening suddenly to the
blue depths of the (Julf. Standing on t his
vantage ground, hearing the crawfish bait
and extra tackle, with the dinghy hauled
up in smoot h water on the iunerside, the
fisherman easily threw beyond the gent le
breakers into deep water, tenanted with a
score of eager lislies, whose savage attacks
upon the luscious bait only served to draw
the greater g.une.
The bite of the hogfish was a steady
strain, but tin; moment Uiu book was felt
it became a game llsii worthy of the best
elforls of the fisherman. Ol'leuwere our
sportsmen force I amid the breakers iu
their attempts to drag the highly colored
and harlcipiin like ereat ure from its homo
I into the still waters of the inner reef.
With its enormous mouth the fish has a
peculiarly swinelil.e appearance, fully re
deemed, however, by its rich coloring and
the long and richly cm dorsal fins and
I tail. It ranks next to the snapper its a
table fish. O. 1'. Holder in Century.
A Costly Drop Curtain.
The curtain of the new Knglish Opera
bouse as it hangs looks liko a magnificent
pair of golden gales. It measures thirty
three feet high, anil is forty-eight feet
wide. A sK'ciaI room had to be hired for
it to be made in. The base of the curtain
is gold colored silk, on which has been
worked au applique of a darker tone of the
Mine color. The applique is outlined by a
fine cord of silk; a fringe with tassels
decorates:the fool. of the curtain. The silk
is about a yard wide, and between ?M and
Duo yards of it. an I more than thirty t,russ
of cord, have b-' ii Used iu theciirlain.
The silk v....-, ;:;,ele in Lyons and the
cord and fri::;: : in London. Tho lining is
of yellow s.i.cen, ami the substance of the
curtain is obtained by layers of wadding.
Tho valance is also applique work in bright
reds, blues, yellows and browns. The Ly
ceum curtain, which Is made of plush, was
presented to .Mr. Henry Irving by tho
baroness liui'delt (,'outls. It cot 1,000
! guineas. London Tit-Hits.
Darwin's I'.nt liunlasni.
In the summer of istio Darwin, then fifty
one years old, was "idling and resting," as
he says, at the bouse of his sister-in-law.
Two species of Drosera, or sundew plants
which nro common in eastern North
America were abundant In the neighbor
hood, and lie noticed that many Insects
seemed to have been entrapped by tho
leaves.
This observation led him to make gome
experiments, and as he wrote to Dr. Asa
Gray, the eminent botanist, he soon be
came "infinitely amused" at his results.
In the following November ho wrote to
Sir J. I). Hooker, "I have been working
liko a madman ut Drosera," and in a letter
to Sir Charles Lyell, a few days later, he
says, "I will anil must finish my Drosera
manuscript, which will take mo a week,
for at present 1 care more aliout Drosera
than tho origin of all the species in the
world."
But tho manuscript was kept for fifteen
years, and finally brought out in 1875.
Meanwhile, be had written and publish
ed his work on "The Kxpression of tho
Emotions In Man and Animnls," but bad
not forgotten bis "beloved Drosera." "It
Is a wonderful plant," he writes to Dr.
Gray, "or rather a most sagacious animal.
I will stick up for Drosera to the day of
my death."
It was enthusiasm of this kind, hold In
check by sound judgment, which made
Darwin so brilliantly successful as a scien
tific experimenter. Youth's Companion,
Id a Hotel Elevator.
I was waiting in a hotel elevator a mo
ment for a friend and chatting with the
elevator boy, who, iu this case, was about
sixty. He was very angry too.
"Ho was no gentleman, miss; of course
he wasn't, or he'd a taken his bat olf and
pulled that cigar out of his mouth. Them
two things give him dead away."
"Hut 1 thought gentlemen did not re
move their hats in the elevator any more."
"That niought do, miss, iu a block, but
not iu a hotel, miss, which is like being at
homo, In a sense.1'
Three men got In nt the landing, and see
ing me, oil' came their hats in the most
deferential manner. The elevator man
winked respectfully. When they got out
he said:
"it didn't coit them a cent to do that,
but you could see they, was used to it.
Why, we has gentlemen come here, that
don't make no show eyei her, that won't
passu lady in the bull without a taking off
their hats. An'iu the elevator, W bless
you, miss, they has the et tyket of it all by
heart jest as it should be. A man ain't go
ing to get his death of cold hein' polite in
au elevator." Detroit Free Press.
FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
Some New Things Tor tho Children of
America to Wear.
Fashions for children do not change so
rapidly nor bo completely as thosu for ;
grown persons. l''n edoin of movement i
and health always enter into plans for tho I
construction of garments for little people, I
Which are therefiiru restricted in their va- I
rieties In a way to which grownup styles, ;
Hot hampered by such considerations, tiro
not liuMr.
Little Knglish girls still wear the con ven-
tional plain frock of bolland or cashmere, I
villi a full skirt and bodice gathered into
a uniting belt and short sleeves, all the
year roll ml, that leave I heir poor little arms
to be roughened or turned bluo by cold or
tanned by the summer sun when them is
nny. 'lhls Is mentioned only ns an ex
treme example of the slow change of chil
dren's fashions und is not by any means
recommended as a pattern to be followed
Clllt.u'6 COAT,
by American parents. Tho short sleeves
Would be rather tuo barbarous for our win
ters, at least In the larger part of tho
country, besides spoiling the whiteness of
tho futtiro young lady's arms, a matter to
bo thought of in connection with her
probable ball dresses.
Gowns and nuts mounted on a yoko ara
tho most practical of any style of dres . for
young children. Such garments are com
fortablo and easily wnshfTl, and us they
are also quite in the mode there is 110 rea
sonable fault to bo found with them. Sheer
lain trimmed lawns, dotted muslins and
llowered nainsooks are materials more In
Vogue this summor than the elaborate all
over embroideries that have been so popu
lar for the bust few years. Whito nun's
veiling and china silk nro also employed,
and both are said to wash as well as cam
bric. Tho close Dutch caps so long worn
huvo given way generally to Kimhonnets.
An illustration is given of a child's coat
of line white woolen stuff. It is shirred
back and front to form u yoke and has a
plain capo trimmed with two white ribbon
ruchlngs. The ruflV.of the full sleeves nro
edged with the same decoration, and tho
bonnet is similarly trimmed.
A BARBAROUS CIVILIZATION.
Popular Amusement In Itomaii London
IVrrn Cruel and Inhuman
Of the character of these entertainments
we have frequent representations on the
llritish cups and vasrs. They wero too
often frightful copi.is of the worst fashions
of Koine. The bull fight, with its bestiarius,
or matador, is seen painted on the common
pot tery; it isslill preserved in the national
amusements of Spain. Cock lights wero
also popular every where, and game cocks
With dangerous spurs have left their bones
limoiig the ruins. Athletic sports and
chariot races were no doubt us well at
tended iu 1'rllain as at. Hime or Constan
tinople. Hut the amphitheaters, with
their hideous contests of men with wild
beasts or witli each ether, seem to have fol
lowed tho Roman colonist wherever ho
wandered.
They are found along tho wall of ITa
drian, in the cities of the west, nt Glouces
ter und Chester, and no doubt the amphi
theater of London will at some time be
exhumed or some traces found of its ill
omened site. The amusements of a nation
indicate its character and its fate. The
nation that sinks into cruel sensuality in
its most popular recreations is certain to
fall to decay. 1'rogrcssivc development to
tvard humanity and refinement can alone
given lusting sin nglh to political institu
tions, and Koniaii Jlrilaiu perished liy its
own band.
The barbarous tbir-t for inhuman spi
tncles is seen everywhere in the Koni.'iu re
main1!. Ou the cups and vases that adorned
the family table the favorite ornament
neenis to have ben taken from the sports
of the arena. The bestiarius, or matador,
is seen engaged inn fearful struggle with
tho savage bull; t he gladiator pursues his
deadly aim. These designs, which must
have educated t lie mind of childhood and
been familiar to I lie masses of the people,
could only have served to prepare them for
revolution and merciless disorder. It is
not the ballads. so much as the amusements
of a people that a wiso legislator would
care to direct.
The amphitheaters of Colchester, Sil
chesler, Caeileon, Iiiehborotigh and many
other cities wero of stone, liko thoso of
Home, and wero of considerable extent.
A theater of largo size has been found at
St. Albans, but as yet we know too little
of the llomun cities to determine how
many boasted their places of public amuse
ment. We can only infer that no largo
town whs without its amphitheater. The
talo told on the Komiin pottery seems con
clusive The Homuno-Uritish wero accus
tomed from childhood to delight in scenes
of cruelty and human woe. Kugcno Law
rouce iu Harper's.
Testing the Schoolmaster.
In the town records of the city of Boston
there is a curious passage, which records
how a schoolmaster was examined and
what happened. The manner In which tho
visit of inspection is recorded makes ouo
Incline to the view that the unlucky school
master may not havo had fairplay, although
if ho was really inefficient he may bo said
to havo been ju?god by his peers.
In the record for the 2A1 of Way, 1722, It
is set forth that:
"Coll Pen Townsend, Jeramiah, Allen
Esar, & John. Edwards together with the
Select men, Vlsslttcd the wrlgbting School
at the Southerly End of Boston on Thirs
tlny the ailli npll 17J2. ami Examined the
Scholars under mr Ames Angers tuition as
to their proficiency in Heading writing
Scyphering & tho masters ability of teach
ing & Instructing youth his rules &
methods therefore And arc of Opinion That
it will be no Servleo to tho Town to Con
tinue, mr anger in that Employ."
Whereupon It was voted that tho said
Mr. Ames Anger should not coutiuuo
master of tho "Said South School."
It is true that nothing is said of the
methods of spelling inculcated at tho
"wrighting School," and it is also possible
that a clerk rat her than the committee was
responsible for the error? of the record; but
there is certainly something absurd iu tho
passage as it stands, Youth's Companion.
Hales About 1)U Unj.
It is scarcely necessary to go deeply into
the subject of diet. Tho first essential is
to restrict tho quantity of food to the
actual needs of the syslnni. A ravenous
appetite can generally bo conquered iu
three or four days. During litis interval a
person "turning over a new leaf" feels
quite weak and dispirited, but be braces
up with surprising rapidity, and soon won
ders that he ever made a glutton of hi ni
sei f. Ho who diets should make up his
mind I K' fore he sits down just how much
ho will eat, and ou the insiaut that ho has
finished his rations ho should leave tho
dining room. "He w ho hesitates is lost."
If the corpulent subject took no more
food than he ought, ho might eat almost
anything. At the same time ho would do
better to deny himself sweets and starchy
foods, cakes, pies, pastry and the like. The
quantity of bread should be restricted; one
or two slices of dry toast is quite sullicieiit
for a meal. I'otatoes are very fattening,
and, therefore, bad best be excluded from
the diet. If milk is used tho quantity
should be small. As for meats, those which
are lean should be preferred. Soup., for
obvious reasons, aro objectionable. Bos
ton Herald.
The Hitcr lla.lly Ititten.
A German cobbler, who was reputed to
be one of the laziest ami most worthless
men in Leadville, dug a holo in 1 lis yard
and salted it with ore, and, showing tho
pit to the representatives of a company, ho
was able to sell out for K,5U0. During tho
carouse which followed he boasted publicly
of the way iu which be bad fooled tho
capitalists, but before Die purchasers of
bis property heard of thcseTemarks they
had sunk tho shaft four feet deeper and
had struck one of the richest veins of car
bonate in Leadville. The cobbler, on learn
ing what had happened, danced about the
edge of the pit and swore that lie had been
swindled. The mine yielded nbout 11,000,
000. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Her Hut Was Too Ills.
When Liszt was in good humor ho was in
the habit of kissing all the pretty pupils in
his class, I remember ou one occasion a
Very lovely young girl came to the lesson
Wearing a bat that hud a rather extraordi
nary wide brim. Liszt noticed the bat at
once, and going up to her kissed her gayly,
but with some litllodifficulty, owing to the
projecting brim of the hat. Then lie said,
half seriously, "My dear, you will havo to
get another hat, one with rather less brim
to it." Etelka Illofsky in Ladies' Home
Journal.
T1IS C3?I1E.D ESARCSI
nf Consumption is stopped short by Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If you
haven't waited bevond reason, there's com
plete recovery and cure. In thoso scroful
ous conditions of tho blood which invite
Consumption; in severe, lingering Coughs,
and Weak Lungs, tbia medicine is a jirorea
remedy. Mrs.SAiun S. Snehd,
ot Uio, liititu in..
X. C, writes: "My
daughter was first nt-
f -A iPvsvi: ' a tackou with pneu
:' i mnr.lii and pleurisy in
T J very bad form and
was then taken with a
very bad cough, which
kept fii'owiii'j worso
and worse, until tiniil
ly it seemed ns thoiiRh
uiu) lind consumption
very luul. Tho phy
sicians prescribed Cod
liver oil, hut to no
benefit. I procured
two bottles of Hr.
Tierce's f!old n Medi
cal lbscovery and sho
trrew better. She
ir-r ' :
Mrss Jf.n. Sxrxn.
hasn't felt any return of lung dMi-asn in ou r
twelve months. She wuk nothing but H skele
ton when she took the Urstduse, uud to-day
Hue weighs 113 pounds. "
rim!n-rnp!.i'il p n M m .
mm
RCSTCRLS VITALITY.
Made a
r
X
tat ll!i!7. M :
Well Mar.
. ,; , , ,
15 th buy.
.r-'.ivs. $
' Vj;;i ) of Me
IHt tmc AT HOth 1):iv.
produces the nliovp results In !'.iy. It a ti
C'iki i-iiiIIv (lint quickly. Cures when all ether" fi.il
Yoiiujjni' 11 will Mam t'irir l ist maii!i.M..,l.iir,il ehl
Men wilt ric-cnvr tluir youthtul vuor hy usiii
lil;VI it. It iinlekly ami surely rc-too Nencu
lli'ss, l.o-t Yitalily. llllliotellcy, Nightly l.iuissinus.
i.est Power. 1'ailiim Memory, Wa-tiiii! Diseases, niul
all rir cU of sell ubiist nr exec-sand in.liseretion
u li it-ti limits one lor h uey. business or nmrriai:.'. 11
'i"t enlv cures by Martini: at tlio seat of disc:: -e. Imt
awi-cat nerve tunic and lilooit huilder, tirin?
1 u hack- tin pink glow to pale cheelis .nil re
tu 'lint the li:-e of youth. It minis el) 'n-:i!iil
ml Coi,iiiiiiii. u. ln.ist en liavmu i:i;V! 0,n;;
her. 1' can no carried invent l.oclot. lly 111, i
l.'KI ivr iwelaae. or ix lor S. 5.O0, with a piMl
v wrlilcn cmr inlee to euro or retuiiu
I'Miwiiiey, Circular live. Address
., -n.-!fli-rn mRSvr St.. CHICAGO. 111.
Tor pnlo by IN nil hews ltrcs., lru;(;!sts,
scrantoii, I'a.
ri
iim 1 d 2 CoMomitli lllJ'i
SCHANTOX, PA.
MINING andBLASTINQ
Hade at thn llOOSIC and KU61I
DALE WOllliA
Lnfllin & Rand Powdor Co.'s
ORANGE GUN P0WDSB
Electrlo Bsttorles, Fuso? for explor
ing blasts, Safety Kurd and
RepaunoChemical Co. 's High Explosives
A Hcndoorno Complexion
Iu one of tho frreatest charms a woman can
possess, l'oszom's C'oMemxiON 1'owDna
Hives it.
1 POM ISSli
My, ndr intnniT, tukH bt uw,ijooi.i. r :jl
1,'J fw'liw iireah tad IW-pf t-vi, illutrmtad tnm i
A tiUMtir&l. 0., KJ..nlM D-Morfy Will fl !
,1 pniuwir. cool ktkY ni. aiw. "LK ,
i
OQSiC POWDER CO
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SUPERLATIVE AtlD GOLD MEDAL
The abovo brnnd of flour can be had at any of the following merchants,
who will Rccept This Tribusb n.outt coupon of 25 ou each oue hundred pound
of flour or 60 on each barrel of flour.
Hcnintnn-F. P. Pries. Wimhinutoa avunaa I
tiold Mcliv liraml
Ptininoro K. P. 1'rio, CloM Molnl Brand.
uutuire !'. U. llnnloy. tiuiiurlutivo brunt.
Lyd Park CnrHou Davis, Wa-bhnrn St.
Uold .Med.il Ur.'iii'i; J ropli A. jlvun, Mum
ave'iuft. .Superlative, Urund.
Green Hi'lt;i A.L.Sii -neur.i nild Medal Brand.
J. T. ilcll.'ilo, Mii'.-r!ritivo.
l'rovidvnnc tVimor & Cliappcll. X' Main avo-
liuu, Superhitivn !iraiei;U. .! liiHe-ipi VY.
Jlarliot Htrc.'t, Hold Jleibil Brnud.
fdyjiuiiut James Jordan. Huivrlativo BrAol
l'eekvillo sleilter te K It Kupnrlativi.
Jcrmyn-C. U. Winters A: Co. bupursuitive
Archhald Junes, S mps-in &., UoWl Mndnl,
( urlrtiiulalo 1). 8. Clurlt (lold Medal Brand.
I'linesilalu I. N, Intr & Cu Uoli iloJ-U.
Miuouka M. II. Lavulla
LOUIS B. SMITH" .
in CMcs Confections and Frnits,
BREAD AND CAKE3 A SPECIALTY. .
FINEST ICE CREAM
1437 CapousG Avenue.
NORWAY IRON
iiljAC K DIAMOND
sii.viat
EXTKA SPIXIATj
SANDKliSO.VK KXGI.ISa
JESSor'S KNGLISH
CAST'STEKL
1IOKSH SHOES
TOE CALK
HUE
MACHINERY
SrKIXG
SOFT STEEIi
ANVILS
billows
house nails
WILEY & RUSSELL AND WELLS BROS,
CUTTING MACHINERY.
I
nenDsno
Vvholenulu and retail dealers' in Wasonmakers' and Blacksmiths'
SUPPLIES
That W3 will GIVE you bsautiful now pat
terns cf Sterling SILVER SPOONS and
FORKS for an equal weight, ounce for ounce,
cf your silver dollars. All elegantly en
graved free. A large variety of new pat
terns to select from at
at)7 LACKAWANNA AVISNUti
"No star was ever lost we once have seen,
7o always nay bo what wa might have been,"
A HAPPY PATRON OP
b . ft VI. n r-t'5 It PI Ih H
Scranton, Pa.
C2 and 23 Commonwealth Euildin
TRY US.
DUPONT'S
JIIKINQ, BLASTING AND SrOBTINO
Munufnrtnreil nt tho Wnpwnllopon 11111 Lu.
(uruv count yr and nt WU
mlutituu, Dcluwuru.
HENRY BE LIN, Jr,
Caneral Agent for th Wromlug District,
11B Wyoming Ave., Scranton Pa,
Sblrd Kutiounl Bank Bulldiu
A0KNO1FS.
5TTOH. FOrD, Pittntnn, Pn.
JOHN B BMITH & WIN ; Plymouth, P.
K W. MULLIGAN, WHkM-liarra, P.
Agnt for the Upitau Chemiaal Com
ptujr'i lllgU EzplodTM. '" - ' "
Fi cm ttt iV. r. IWtune, Aou.1. 1S
The Flour
"CniCAOO, Oot 81 Fh first offloUt
innonncemont ot World' Fair di
plomas on floor bos been mad. A
medal bai been awarded by ths
World's Fair judges to the flour manu
factured by th Washburn, Crosby Co,
in the great Washburn Flour Mills,
Minneapolis, The committee report
the flour strong and pure, and entitle!,
it to rank as Crat-clasg patent Avar lor
family and bakers' use."
& CONNELL
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Taylor Judpe & Co., Gold Medal; Atherto
ii Co., Muporlativa.
puryua !.awrncu Store Co.. Mold Medal
liWie-Jolin McCrindlo, Gold Mndai.
l'lttston-M. W. O'Uoyle, Gold Medal.
Clark'n Grecn-Fruco & Parker. Suporlatlia,
" lurk's i-uinmit-F. M. Youiik, Gold Modal.
Jaltou-S. E. Finn & Sr,u, Gold Medal Braul
Niehulou-J. E. Harding.
JVaverly-M. VV. liliH & Son, Gold M"di.L
1 aetory villu Churltts Gardner, Gold Medal,
lloplioltoiu N. M. Hun & Bou, Gold Modal,
rohyhanna Tnbyhaiina & Lt-aiU l..imh.,
Co.. Gold Modal Hraud.
Oouldshoro-8 A. AdauM, Gold Molal Brand
Wowow Galxe & Clnineiita, Gold Medal.
Lake Ariel Junius A. liortrce. Gold Medal.
Forest City J. L. Morgau Co., Gold Med
PARLORS OPE FROM I A.M. TO U P.I
t-PKClAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO SUPi
PLYING FAMILIKB WITH ICfi CHEAil,
Awards
PIP
and STE
TSTAGON WHEELS
AXLES
SPRINGS
HUBS
SPOKES
RIMS
STEEL SKEINS
K. R. SPIKES
SCREW
cranion,
orcne
JIT. PLEASANT
AT RETAIL.
Orotof the rout qnnllty for domitlo ww)
ft nil slzos, doUwud In Mil pari UUi dt
t liiwtut price.
Vrdere loft at my office,
NO. 118, WYOMING AVENUE,
Roar room, flrnt floor, Third National Bant
or aent by mail or fc-leplione to the mine, will
receive prompt attention.
Special ooutraote will be made tot tb alt
and delivery of buckwheat UoaL
WIL T. SMITH.
Enreia Lanndry Co.
Cor. Linden St, and Adams Ava.
Lovmt Boom Bqcak. .
Ml kind ot Laundry work gurntJ
.u & G
w-3 fisi m b u n