THE 86BA2VTOX TMBUNE-SATUBDAY IXOIlNINtf,1
SEPTEMBER 21. 1895.
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Facts of Interest .
fd6meri: ; Readers,
Symposium of Information, Partly Qrave,
Partly Gossipy and Partly Qay.
Harris Tl. Schenck, of Cltambersburg. I
. Pa... write to the New York Tribune
letter' In which he shows that the
present tendency of the "advanced wo
man" to don the garb of her brothers
In the flesh Is simply a case of history
In repetition. Says he: A famous
Jewish "rabbi of Spain and Egypt. Mal
monldes, A. D. 1135 to 1204. in his mt
Important work. "The Guide of the
Perplexed," Chapter 12, states that In
the books of idolaters It was command
ed that nlen. In the worship of Venus,
the Ashtaroth . of the Phoenicians,
tfhould wear the dress of women, and
that women, in the worship of .Mars,
the i-Moloch of Moses' time, should put
on the armor of men. Macroblus, a
grammarian of the fifth century A. D.
cites UhllochorUB, who died H. C. 60, as
statins the same thins;, and giving as
the reason therefor that 'It was to nhow
that .Venus was equally esteemed by
botih male and female. It was not un
common, Indeed, for the ancients to
confound their gods and goddesses,
making them sometimes male, some
times female. Venus was represented
by tine Cyprians as of masculine size,
wealing a beard, carrying a sceptre,
but pressed! as a woman. The Syrians
wonhipped her attired as a man. The
Romans ihad both a male and a female
Fortune and an armed Venus, as Lac
tantlus shows. I-ike god, like people.
It was no wonder that the worshippers
of such deities sought to imitate them
as far as possible. This has always
been true In the history of religions.
So it came about that In religious wor
ship these heathen were accustomed to
wear a dress different from that prop
erly belonging to theirsex.
But the bloomer costume Is not with
out Its defenders. Says the "Cleveland
World: "The bloomer Is bound to take
care of itself. The old women In the
pulpits and out, on the boards of alder
men and the sewing societies, who are
worrying over It, might as well find
something else to be nervous about, be
cause they can neither hinder nor help
women wearing anything that fashion
decrees they shall wear. The bloomer,
or its equivalent, la the natural evolu
tion of- the freer woman; not because
she Is any more of a man than she
ever was, but because her greater free
dom as woman requires habiliments
adapted to her new activities. She has
as much right to ride the bicycle as she
has to ride on horseback, or in a car
riage, or a street car. That being con
ceded, her right to wear a garment that
is not dangerous, dirty and inconveni
ent goes with It. When her right to
bathe by the seashore or river bank
was conceded, the proper garments for
the purpose evolved themselves. In
spite of protests from press and pulpit,
in spite of ridicule and denunciation,
she donned a garb which left her free
to swim and dive and did not endanger
her life as her primitive bathing dresses
did. Precisely the same stuff got It
self uttered against the bloomer. But
it won the game and now at all water
summer resorts a woman without a
- suitable bathing dress that was once
stormed at and laughed at Is looked
upon as a guy, and pronounced, as
much of a back number as If she should
appear In the dress of her grandmother
on the streets. It will not be long be
fore the new costume will be accepted
as the dress for the occasions that suit
it, and women will no more dare to be
seen without it than they would dare
to be seen at a ball, a reception, or
dinner In street costume. Convention
determines it. Women will strip them-
swives to the hurt inch that lies between
usefulness and decency and be as much
respected as they now are when they
do so in what Is called "full dress."
Bloomers or the like have only to be
come conventional to cease to attract
attention. When they cease to attract
attention they will cease to be sug
gestive. If women had always worn
short skirts no gang of corner loafe "
would spend their ttme as they now '
looking at them lifting their skirts at
muddy streets crossings. It Is suggest
Iveness, not drapery, that Is scandal
ous and lewd. If women can stand the
rldjcule that has been lavished upon
their absurd fashions, like the hoop
skirt, the pannier, the low-cut dress,
they can manage to endure the stupid
talk that Is aimed at a sensible, ap
propriate and really modest costume."
- There Is plenty of good sense, by the
way. In what a woman journalist says
In Womankind. "The woman who
meets men in business In a sensible
way, thinking no evil," she writes, "In
ninety-nine cases out of 100 will be
treated respectfully and kindly; Indeed
she will -find men much kinder and
, more considerate , than women In busi
ness dealings. In the possible hun
dredth case, where a man shows hlm-
, self a beast or a puppy (by the way, I
believe a puppy Is a beast also, but will
let it go at that), it is a very weak wo
man who cannot maintain her dignity
atid teach her lnsulter a valuable les
son at the same time. During the
years In which I was earning my living
by newspaper writing I was frequently
in tenements, cellars through the
slums, among chained and guarded
cuitvicts-r-and in drawing rooms, the
worst places of all, sometimes, my
lady and almost invariably have
found men in rags, stripes or broad
cloth, kind, courteous and helpful. In
threading' my way through narrow by
ways Ir search of some item of news,
I have stopped to ask questions of the
denizens thereof and never yet have
I found a man so drunk that he did not
manage to claw his hat off his head
while he answered me in respectful,
' though somewhat tangled up language.
.1 am not declaring that all men are
saints; In business they will crowd
and supplant women, which they have
a perfect right to do 1f they, use honest
methods. Men are just as good, Just
- as honorable, as generous and as
worthy of trust and confidence as the
women. It Is time that this cry of
working women against men be stop
ped. If a woman respects herself she
Will be respected; and this la the testi
mony of those gifted with beauty as
well as ordinary plain people like yours
truly. We find what we look for In this
World;' If we look for evil we find it,
If for good, our search li doubly, re
warded." .
A man who has made a careful study
,of women and their ways declares In.
the Philadelphia Press that beauty de
pends not upon the owner but upon the
percelver; that it Is far more subjective
than objective;' hence In a sense the
world Is overflowing with pretty wo
men, however plain they may appear to
the average observer, for somebody Is
. fond of almost every woman and sees
her In her best and most favorable
light. The fact that men wonder how
such and such women who are decided
ly plain have secured excellent hus
bands confirms this theory, since no
man marries a woman whom he con
siders ugly. She may not seem ravish
Incly beautiful eveit to her lover, but
we may be assured that she la at least
, pleasant to look upon to his vision. In
short, there la no absolute standard of
beauty even Hi a single country and
' among people whose tastes are essen
tially uniform. Each person's private
judgment form his own standard.
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A brilliant woman ones declared that
If in our life the game was a hundred,
- marriage, under any end all circum
stances, stood for at least fifty. It must
certainly be admitted, thinks a con t rib-
. utorvto the Press, that the holy estate
' of matrimony is not only a state or
dained oy nature, ut that it hat a
Urge ethical value m aa aff'otl.jj-Oi-"-
moral development. Some pessimist
has put it on record that most mar
riages are unhappy ones, which is the
same aa saying most lives are miser
able. Yet the majority of the world's
inhabitants today would doubtless
agrco with the first opinion passed upon
It after its creation and believe that It
Is very good. It Is true that both men
and women are fain to forego, after
their earliest married days, the ideal
of romance, dismiss the engaging Idea
that they have married Into a race of
saints or angels and learn to be well
content with a loyal, loving and congen
ial husband or wire. (Man-luge may
well be called a life school, as great and
more beneficent thun any other, since
no other so constantly fosters the di
vine quality of self-forgetfulness for
another's happiness, and those who
learn its lessons and apply Its pre
dicts grow broader and deeper 'than any
other single experience within the pale
of human possibility can make them.
SRLECTKD RKCll'KS:
The New York Sun gives these valuable
illi-eotloiis for cooking oysters: Kor broiling-,
choose large, tut oysters, and wipe
each one with a uot't cloth. Hprlnkle suit
and cayenne pepper upon them, and dip 111
melted butter. Hull each one In cracker
dust. Winter well a tine wire double
broiler, mid luy on It the oysters. Let tlio
tire tie hot and clear.' Sorve on round
p.eces of toast, buttered.
To bake oysters In the shells, open the
hells, keeping the deepest one for use.
Melt some butter and season with tluely
chopped parsley and pepper. When slight
ly cool roll each oyster in It. using care
that It drips as little as possible. Lay
the oysters in the shells, and add to each
a little lemon Juice. Cover with bread
crumbs, and place the shells In u dripping
pun uml bake in a quick oven. Serve lu
the shells.
Oyster cutlets are excellent as a course
for a luncheon. To muke them, chop very
line a half pint of oysters. Soak two ta
blespoon (ds of cracker crumbs In the
oyster IKiuor and mix with the prepared
oysters a cupful of tho whko meat of
chicken, chopped line. Place In a sauce
pan over the tire a tablespoonful of butter,
and when it 1s melted stir into it a table
spoonful of Hour. Add the oyster and
chicken mixture and stir for a few mo
ments. Add two eKgs, well beuteu. Mix
thoroughly and take from the lire. Turn
on a platter to cool, - When 'the mixture
has become cold butter a cutlet mould and
cover with breud crumbs. Pack with the
cold mixture and turn out on a dish
FpKnkled with crumbs. When all tho ma
terial has been moulded, dip the cutlets
In beaten egg and then In crumbs. Cook
In boiling fat until a nice brown. Drain
on paper. Serve very hot, with the fol
lowing sauce: Put three, tablespoonfuls
of butter into a saucepan. When melted,
add the same quantity of flour and beat
together. Add gradually one pint of white
stock. Season with some sprigs of pars
ley, a piece of mace, one small onion, find
a few pepper corns. Let it simmer twenty
minutes, then strain and put It over the
Are once more. - Add half a cup of rich
milk, and suit to the taste.
Creamed oysters are delirious. To one
quart of oysters use one pint of cream.
Put the cream over the Are in a double
boiler, mix a generous tablespoonful of
flour with a little cold milk and stir into
the cream when it Is boiling. Season with
salt, a little cayenne pepper, utid a tea
spoonful of onion juice. Let the oysters
come to a boll In their own liquor. Drain
oft all the liquor and turn the oysters Into
the cream mixture. Have ready on a hot
platter square pieces of toast well but
tered and turn the mixture over them.
Serve at once,
Oyster patties may be made by using
patty shells of rich puff paste baked to a
good brown and filling them with a mix
ture prepared as for creamed oysters.
Oyster fritters make an excellent break
fast dish. Drain the liquor from the oys
ters, and to a cupful of the liquor add the
same quantLty of milk, three Rg well
beaten, salt an pepper, and flour enough
to make a thin batter. Chop ;ho oysters
and sf.r them Into the batter. Drop by
spoonfuls Into very hot lard and fry to a
light brown. Garnish the platter with
parsley and serve as soon as possible.
Oood fried oysters ure prepared thus:
Use good-sized oysters, and with a soft
cloth wipe each one and lay on a flat dish.
Cover with a mixture of melt id butter,
ayenne pepper and lemon Juice. Let
ihem remain In this for twenty minutes,
turning them often. Roll In cracker dust,
then in a beaten egg, and again In the
cracker dust, and fry In very hot butter
and lard until both sides are a nice brown.
Serve on pieces of toast.
oysters may also be fried In batter.
Drain the oysters and then dip Into a bai
ter made of two eggs beaten light, one cup
of milk, and flour enough to form a soft
batter, and season with pepper and salt.
Put equal quantities of butter and lard
Into a spider, and let tho mixture be
smoking hot before you put in the oys
ters. Do not crowd them. Turn thmn so
as to cook both sides a delicate brown.
Serve very hot and garnish with parsley
and sliced lemon.
To scallop oysters, one quart of solid
oysters Is required for a dish that will
hold two quarts. Butter the dish und put
on the bottom layer of oysters. Cover
them with a layer of rolled crackers or
bread crumbs, sprinkle with salt and pep
per and pieces of butter, and alternate
until the dish is filled, using the crumbs
for the last layer, moisten veil with the
oyster liquor and a wine-glassful of good
sherry. If milk Is preferred In plane of
the oyster liquor, omit the wine and use
spice to suit the taste, Itake in a hot
oven thirty minutes.
To prepare deviled oysters: Ch.ip
twenty-five largn oysters very fine, mid
add to them half a cup of cracker crumt'S,
one tablespoonful of- melted butter, one
cup of cream, and salt and cayenne pep.
per to the taste. Butter well the rleotie.it
side of the oyster shells and fill with the
mixture, heaping It. I'laee In a dripping
pan anu Dane in a not oven twenty min
utes. Stewed oysters a,re always' acceptable.
Drain the liquor from a quart of oysters
and put It In a saucepan over the fire, and
when at boiling point skim carefully.
Place a auart or milk In a double bollir.
and when it begins to boll add the oyster
liquor, two laoiespooniuis or muter, three
tablespoonfuls of rolled crackers, ami the
oysters. Salt and pepper to suit the taste.
Let them boil up ones and they are ready
to serve.
To Dickie ovslem. Put 100 laxirn nvntnrn.
with the liquor, Into a porcelain-lined ket
tle. Heat slowly until the oysters are
very hot, but not boiling. Take them out
with a skimmer and set aside In a stone
Jar to cool. To the liquor which remains
in the kettle add one pint of vinegar, one
ounce of whole mace, the same quantity
of whole cloves, and two large red pep
pers, cut Into pieces. When M comes to a
boll pour over the oysters. Cover the Jar
ana put in a cool place. Tho rollowlng
day put the pickled oysters into pint glass
Jars and seal. The air, like the fight. w:il
turn them dark, so keep the jars In a dark,
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:
Do not let stale flowers remain In
a'.ck-room.
Boll rice flour and water together for a
good cement.
Do not leave vegetables In water after
they are cooked.
Clean stoky lamp burners by boiling
them In soda water.
Paint palls and tubs with glycerine to
prevent their shrinking.
Rub vinegar on the Isinglass In atove
doors, ana so have them clean.
Kubbing with dry salt will remove
water stains on the interior of bath tubs.
. Muslin curtains, flarured ami rnflluil
look well for narrow windows In apart
ments, A teaspoonfut of ammonia added to
dishwater . will aid . In . washing greasy
dishes.
Mice will oftentimes leave the nrermlses
If you plug up tbelr holes with ordinary
hard soap.
Hay water sweetens tin, wooden and
Iron ware. This la mads by boiling a lit
tle sweet hay In water.
If you wish to make your Irons smooth
before putting them upon fins starch
goods, rub them In salt.
The best remedy for odorous drain
pipes Is copperas dissolved in water and
poured alowly through them.
Mix turpentine In water with which the
floors are scrubbed, and thus escape buf
falo moth and carpet worms.
Do not take the risk ot lighting a fire In
a stove or furnace, not known to be safe,
or one which is not understood.
The round-ton trunk Is nu'.to sons bv.
nd the newest and moat convenient has
arranged
that M can te set doss 'against the waif
auu uuvuru wnwiui urmg mown lurwnru.
Bteel knives will retain their brightness
which they brought from the store if they
are kept wrapped in tissue paper.
When cleansing tin utensils, a small
quantity of soda thrown luto hot suds will
be found almost equal to scouring.
To clean stovepipes put a pleve of slno
on the redthot coals. The soot Is removed
by the vapor which wUl be produced.
Scarfs are no longer used to drape pic
tures and chairs. Kor the mantel era
bruldered china silk crepes are popular.
To get clear of rats, besides usng traits,
cats or dogs, try chlotlde of liaie. It Is
sa'.d they never come where that Is pluce.l.
Monograms worked In the finest French
endiroldery are rapidly becoming popular
as decorations for bed spreads and pillow
covers.
If you would avoid the danger of having
milk burn when scalding. Just rinse out
the pan wth a little cold water before the
milk is put Into it.
All embroidered articles, such as tray
cloths, bureau scarfs, ft o'clock tea cloths,
silk bourd covers and the like ettould be
washed by themselves.
Kerosene oil applied to flannel Is an ex
cellent thng with which to rub old furni
ture, or clean pa' nt, particularly the dirty
linger marks around door handles.
Fruit cake. If It is to be kept any
length of time before eating and a good
fruit cake Is nlwuys Improved by so do
ingshould only be iced as it Is needed.
Spr,nkl dry flour on grease spots on a
carpet and In a few hours it will be nearly
or quite absorbed. Then wash the spot In
warm water and soap and all traces of It
will have disappeared.
' l'atviit leather shoes are really beneficial
for those who have dry feet. While moist
feet are a real affliction, to have them
perspire occasionally' softens them and
O'lvveiils callous spots forming .
1.1 nen undergarments that are badly
Malned with perspiration should have
such spots soaked and washed in tepid
water, without soap or soda, before add
ing them to the regular washing,
Klther washing soda or borax Is said to
be better to use in the water for bathing
purposes than ammonia, which hardens
the ektln and makes It crack, unless used
very sparingly at Infrequent periods.
To have mealy boiled potatoes the water
should be drained from them as soon aa
they can bo pierced with a fork. Then
they should tie shaken up In the kettle
and set on the hack of the stove for fif
teen or so minutes.
Another error of frequent occurrence In
the preparation of coffee for the table
and which results probably from the habit
of tea-making, Is 'that of using too little
coffee In proportion to the quantity of
witter. More coffee in proportion should
be used than tea: that is, for a full eit
of the Infusion an ounce to an ounce
and a-hnlf of coffee, that being about the
proper proportions for a beverage of
average strength.
Many consumers connect the Idea of the
strength of coffee with a durk or black
color and fancy their coffee to bo thin and
weak if It does not possess such color.
This is entirely erroneous, as good, pure
coffee is. never so, the dark color being
Imparted by means of a little burnt sugar
or other Ingredient. The true flavor of
pure coffee Is so little known to some
persons that many who drink it for the
first time doubt of itt goodness because It
tastes of the natural flavor, forgetting
that coffee which does not possess the
flavor of coffee Is not coffee at all but an
artificial concoction for which many other
things may be substituted at pleasure.
HEALTH HINTS:
Never go to bed with cold or damp feet.
Never omit regular bathing, for unless the
skin Is in active condition the cold will
close the pores and favor congestion and
other diseases.
The phosphate of sodium does not foam
when put in water. Take a teaspoonful
In a teacup of hot water three times
dally, an hour and a half to two hours
after meals take for four weeks. This
will "cure" the "bad taste" In the morn
ing and clean the coated tongue.
By rubbing the hands with alcohol and
WHAT IS NEEDED IN CITY GOVERNMENT,
Theodore Roosevelt Propounds the Doctrine of Hon
esty and Common Sense in Municipal Politics.
The recent address of Theodore
Roosevelt before the Liberal club of
UufTalo embodied a significant and
forcible enunciation of the policy of
honesty and common sense In munici
pal government, and Is of national In
terest. ' Below are some of the striking
portions of ft:
"The solution of the municipal problem
lies In the application to it ot the com
mon virtues." It Is perfectly simple
common honesty, common sense and that
reasonable amount of courage, of will
ingness to accept responsibility und to
stand punishment from a not-alwnys-ap-preclutlve
press, which ought to be a qual
ity of every American citizen.
The surest way In which you can make
a movement to better our politics full Is
to have a movement troubled with pro
scription for religious reusons. The two
evils, I am almost Inclined to say the two
worst evils, of which I know in municipal
politics, and In some other politics as well,
are, on the one hand, to discriminate
against a faithful and efficient public ser
vant because of his creed, and, on the
other, to pardon and support an unfaith
ful and Inefficient public servant because
of his creed.
In solving the municipal problem I have
grown mote und more to believe that nor
mally wo should not take into account
questions of national politics. If one of
your houses is entered tonight by a burg
lar, what do you care whether that burg
lar believes In a loose or a strict construc
tion of the constitution? And If a police
man runs him down, what particular In
terest have you as to whether he Is a
high-tariff or a low-tariff policeman?
Itoes It not seem a little absurd to have to
ask that question? Yet think of the fact
thut practically that type of question bus
been precisely the one that we have all
been expected to ask In municipal politics.
The problem we In New York have had
to fuce has been enforcement of the law.
That is not a question at Issue nationally.
The problem of getting honest elections,
the problem of seeing thut the pollen
didn't take bribes and commit blackmail
that Is not a party Issue. On every Issue
that has come up we can proceed by an
Inversion of the reasoning of a once noted
politician who, six or seven years ago, at
a time when he was president of the
United States senate, said that the Deca
logue and the Golden Kuie had no pla.'e
In politics and that the purification of pol
itics was an Iridescent dream. We have
been proceeding upon the assumption that
the Decalogue and the Oolden Kule are pe
culiarly applicable to political life, and,
also, that If a public official was worth his
salt he was bound to try to show that
the purification of politics was not an
Iridescent dream.
In the abstract nobody will deny that a
publlo officer ought to be honest, but In
the concrete It Is lamentable to see how
we pardon It. What you want In your
munlcUal authorities is, first and fore
most, absolute honesty. Their views upon
any conceivable question of public policy
come second to that. You must have In
an executive oflleer willingness to be
faithful to his oath of ofllce; willingness,
again, to show the common virtues; will
ingness to behave with that measure of
probity which you exact from every suc
cessful business man, from every reput
able lawyer.
Another quality on which to Insist s
courage. Be a man ever so honest. If he
be cursed with a. sufficient quantity of
timidity he Is a mere nuisance In any
emergency. I think I am more apt to lose
my temper with the timid good man than
I am with the sharp, resolute, clever
scoundrel whom I am going to light any-
mt it comes to putting down a riot, make
up your mind that tho person with whom
to feel sympathy Is tho law-abiding clti
sen, not the lawless. When people put
themselves in opposition to law, start to
put them down with a healthy desire to
see that they get put down quirk, and if
any damage comes, let It come on them
and not on the men who have refrained
from violating the law. If you think It
right and If you are honest you must
think It right to enforce a given law, al
though there may be a doubt whether
local sentiment Is or Is not In favor of
that law, go on and do It and If the senti
ment Is against you, your duty Is plain.
You recognise public sentiment as em
bodied In law. The remedy of the public
If they do not like your action Is to turn
you out .at the end of your term. And
don't be afraid of that either. There are
prices too dear to pay for success or to
pay for retention In office, and one of
those Is the loss of self-respect.
I believe In all proper humility; I be
lieve In cultivating a spirit of Impartial
ity; but I have never gotten to that point
of impartiality where I could regard the
law-breaaer ana me man wno sept ine
law as equally good, and I never have got-
o thst point in city government
I would say that the opponent who
ed In dishonesty among public of-
waa aa goon aa tns man, wno De
ls hsnesty. ,
ten f
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beltJv
flolats
lleval
afterward n pure sterilised water a per
fect cleansing results. Alcohol dissolves
the aetmceua substances on the skin to
which bacteria adhere, and the water
sweeps them away. - Water can easily be
suerii.ieu by "boiling, and this simple
method may be mad useful In many
The very best disinfectant and deodor
iser known Is copperas. A double hand
ful dissolved In a bucket ot water and
used to wash drain pipes and receptacles
of waste material will keep such places
above suspicion. The water In pitchers
audi flower holders should be changed ev
ery day. on attention to such seemingly
trivial details may hang a human r.fe.
Fruits axe generally healthful, they cool
tho blood, and. by their aper.ent quali
ties, aid in digesting other foods, but they
do not agree with all systems; n that in
stance they produce a sour stomach, fer
ment Instead of being digested, cause irri
tation and often produce eruptions on the
skin. Unrip and decayed fruits are not
eatable, but good fruitsi are generally
wholesome. A well person must know
what to eat and what not to vat to re
ma. n so.
An Kngllsh physician has Just written
an art tie, the result of recent rases of
diphtheria In which his Invesfgutlon
proved thut in several rases pet cats had
been the carriers of this disease to tho
houses of a certain neighborhood. He be
lieves cuts have a pi-collar throat dis
ease which results, when contracted by
tinman beliiKS, in diphtheria. He pleads
thut cats should be wntched. and when
they show evidence of illness they should
be isoluted.
LITERARY INDUSTRY.
Addison usually prepared one of his
essays In a iluy.
Kulwer Lyttoii usually composed a novel
lu about s'x months.
Dumas His usually required about six
months to write a story.
Motley took six years to write "The Rise
of the Dutch Itepuhllc."
Samuel Holler required two and one-half
years to finish his "Hudlbrus."
Kolierlson required six years to pre
pare his "History of Charles V."
KiiKcne Hue required e'.Khtcen months to
product the "Wandering Jew."
Suulliey Is said to have written "Tha
lnlia, the Destroyer," In six months.
Mrs. Krownlng commonly wrote one of
her short poems at a single sitting.
Campbell composed his poem, "The Bat
tle of lloheiillnden." In a single day.
Mrs. ilemiins commonly devoted two
or three days to a short story or poem.
Tasso required between live and six
years to write his "Jersusulem Delivered."
Swift employed the odd hours of over
two years In work on the "Tale of a Tub."
Thompson required three years of time
to write, revise and finish "The Seasons."
month.
Hawthorne spent from six months to a
year on the composition of each ot his
romances.
Dante began his poem, "The Divine
Comedy," almost thirty years before he
finished It.
Holland Is said to have spent the leisure
hours of over three years In writing
"Kathrlna."
llallam consumed thirteen years col
lecting the materials for his "Literature
of Kurope."
Jeremy Taylor commonly took the last
three days of a week to finish his sermon
for Sunday.
Sir Thomas More devoted the leisure
hours of over three years to tho writing of
his "Utopia."
Lord llrouchnm commonly spent three
or four weeks In study before writing
a great speech.
Richardson, the novelist, generally de
voted two or three years to the composi
tion of a novel.
Von Rnnke is said to have devoted near
ly thirty years to his great work, "The
Lives of the Popes."
Locke Is said to have spent over six
years In the preparation of his essay on
the "Human Understanding." St. Louis
Olobe-Democrat.
I have spoken ot showing Americanism
In creed. Now show it In race. Iteinem
ber that the one being abhorrent to the
powers above the earth and under them is
the hyphenated Amerlcun the "Uermun-
American," the "Irish-American," or tho
"native-American." He Americans, pure
and simple 1 If you don't act on the the
ory that every man who in good faith as
sumes the duties and responsibilities or an
American citizen in a spirit of true Amer
icanism is un American, and Is to be
treated as such. If yousilo not act on thut
spirit, you ure yourselves unlit to take
part in managing our government anu you
ure bound to make a failure if you try to
better the condlt.on of our cities. Let me
illustrate what 1 mean. The other day I
spoke on the East Hide with two of my
fellows In this administration, the presi
dent of the excise board and the counsel
of the excise board. We three all spoke
on precisely the same lines, on precisely
the lines that 1 am speaking to you here
tonight. The president of the excise
board is a uatnollc, born in Ireland
The counsel of the excise bonrd Is a He
brew, whose parents, or he himself, were
born In Uermnny. v e are all three Anier
leans and nothing else! All three of us
believed that only the United Hlates flag
should float over the city hall, and wo ail
approached the problem from the point
of view of common honesty, of common
good faith, and believed that we could
solve most of our llluulties In New York
by the application of such old time-worn
remedies as tho commandment thut "thou
shall not steal, and oliiers of similar aim
pllcity.
The science of good municipal govern.
tnent Isn't anything recondite. It is not
like the higher mathematics or anything
vl that kind. Any moderately bruvc.
honest man, with common sense, who is
prewired to do whut he thinks right, what
he thinks according to his lights Is the
decent thing to do, without regard to the
effect ethrr upon 'himself or upon the
party with which he is connected he has
got to disregard thut, gentlemen, If he Is
going to accomplish unythlng that Is
worth accomplishing any man who will
have those qualities can do something
decent; he can accomplish sometning in
mir tniltilclnnl lift.
We doubtless shall from time to time
make errors. If we did not we would
probably make nothing else. If you are
going to "lead freely" you have got to
"take punishment," If you will allow mo
to speak In the language of those who
box; you have got to "take punishment"
when you "lead freely," but you can only
win the battle by being aggressive. If
you stand off: If you stand nloof; If you
never do anything for fear of making a
mistake, you won't get anywhere. As I
say. we are bound to commit errors, but
on the whole we know we are raising
I am tempted to say we are ranung incal
culably higher the standard of publ'.n
morality, the standard of decency. Wo
have done It absolutely without regard to
party. We have acted absolutely without
regard to creed; we have acted simply as
honest American citizens, and I feel that
we have a right to challenge the support
or all otner honest American citizens.
In closing I have but one thing to say.
We have at times been told, sometimes as
a threat, sometimes ns a warning, some
times with a note of entrenty and de
spair from the mun who told us that our
course was Jiopnriliz.lig the reform move.
meat: that we had made the reform dose
a little too drastic. To that I ran nly
answer this: Thnt .If our people when
they won this election did not mean whnt
they said, they would better have Inst Itt
that If we can only stay In power at the
cost of doing exactly what we denounced
our foes for doing, we would better go
out or power, we may lose: nobody enn
prophesy exactly what will turn out al
ways in American politics: We may lose,
but we m'ght have lost In any event, and
If we had lost and not done whnt wn
deemed right, then we would have merely
been covered with infamy, and If we had
kept in and had not done what we thought
was right v.e would nave gained nothing,
I would rather, of course, see our system.
the system of honesty and decency, per
petuated; I would rather see the people
who tMnk as we believe all honest of
ficials should think keen the reins of
power, but I would Infinitely rather see
our people loso than see them flinch one
hair's breadth from the course we have
merged out.
I have Immense faith ultimately. In the
sober Judgment at the American neoule. I
believe that thev are a law-abld'ng end
an upright, people, and I know that Re
publican government Is worth preserving
only on the supposition that In the long
run the mass of the voters will stand for
honesty and decency, but I admit that at
some given election, under the Influence
of some particular, demagogue, or misled
by some particular emotion or chain of
vents, they may so wrong, and I ran
nly aay that I would Infinitely rather lose
ttower because o having enforced , the
laws honestly than keen power st the
cost of corrupt connivance at law-break
ing and corrupt association wits law-
lasers.
In .the Wonderland
Of North America.
Over the
Unsalted
Fargo. X. D July 22. American trav-
elets, as a rule, belong to two classes
these for business or personal reasons
anxious to reach their Journey's end as
soon as possible, and those who are
traveling for pleasure und education,
desirous of learning all they can of the
country which they traveme. The for
mer mubt con II lie themselves to whut
can be seen through tho car windows
of a fust Hying train of thirty miles
aa hour night ami day und what they
d. Uarn of the country traversed. Its
rivers, kikes, plains, mountains;, can
yons, deserts, cities ami villages, and
also Its people, must be from glimpses
obtained in thin way. The latte r class.
when possible, stop off dally and mudy
up the country enroute. 'Ily tho cour
tesy of Genera! vasnger Agent
t'hurlia S. Fee, of llhe Northern l'ucillc.
we are enabled to make this trans-con-
tlncntal tour from luiluth to the- i'acltlc
coast by daylight, stopping at the vari
ous places of Interest through Ihe
country sonich In agricultural and min
eral wcaMh, which has been mainly
devtkipcd by this groat road. We In
vite our renders t" Journey wlITi ua as
wo go. J rent credit b due 'the North
ern Pslflc for threading Its wuy over
the wide pin-Ins and Upland valleys of
Minnesota. Dukotns, IMontana, Idaho
and Wyoming mid hewlui? a pathway
througn the lofty forests of the Cas
cade mountains to the l'ucillc; slope,
when their principal Inhabitants were
only wild huffnloa and wilder Invlluns;
through a region once decried as a cold.
liarren, useless zone.
An Almost .Miraculous Transformation.
Tliils region now possesses lihe largest
farms In the world, the greatest mines
in the world, the noblest forests In the
world and the bravest people in the
world, for none but brave and enter
pricing people leave the comforts of
the eastern home to live on the cuttle
plailns and In the mining oampn
of Montana, and lumber camps
of ldafro nd Washington. This
groat Northern Pacific railway,
with Us brantihes, covers nearly
4,000 miles. This system passes through
seven of the largest states land terri
tories at a rough estimate, one-sixth
of the area of the United States devel
oping one of the fairest sections of our
country, exceeded by no other part of
the union ln Its wealth of, .natural re
sources and salubrious cllmlate.
This road Is divided Into nine divi
sions, during which are three changes
of time, of one hour each. Starting
with eastern time we date back our
watches one hour at St. Paul to cen
tral time; at iMandan, one hour to
mountain time, and at Hope, Ida., one
hour to Pacillc time. These divisions
are well marked natural boundaries.
The first Is I.Minnesota division, which
extends from Fargo a distance of 2S3
miles to the lied Hiver of the North. It
lies wholly In' the state of Minnesota.
The great attractions of this state are
Its pine forests, which cover nearly one
hulf of Its entire area, and its numer
ous beautiful lakes, variously esti
mated from 7,000 to 10,000. These ex
tend right through thu central part of
the state on both sides of the railroad
to the prairie region bordering upon the
Red river. So numerous are they that
this region Is known as the "Lake
Park Region." A lake Is 'an object of
Interest, whether It be large or small,
round or narrow. If one lake compels
one's admiration, what think you of a
region like this thatcontains thousands
of them lakes deep and lakes shallow,
lakes large and lakes small, lakes with
wooded shores and lakes encircled .by
waving grass, lukeg with romantic
Islands and lukes as smooth and placid
as glass, and all of them, however va
ried they may be In scenic beauty, of
the purltt crystal water. Through
this delightful section the Northern
Pacific winds, and the outlook is at
times .beautiful in the extreme. All
through this "sky-tinted" region the
railroad Is compelled to twist, turn and
dodge around knolls and hills to avoid
being carried pell-mell Into some of
them.
Finest American Fishing. Ground.
I should be negligent and unjust If
special mention wus not mado of the
chain of lakes at Detroit, iMlnn., where
we stopped off to see and sail. Detroit
Is 2110 miles from St. Paul and pro
nounced the finest Ashing ground on
thu continent. This noted chain teems
with line gamey fish of many vnrieties.
The ten bodies of fresh water which
form the chain were dotted with ang
lers from all over the country. In row,
sail and steamboats. A novel feature
Is a steamboat capable of carrying 300
people on a three-hours' sail through
the entire chain at the rale of fifteen
miles an hour. A lock SO feet long by
14 fed wide and feet drop, connects
one of the chain and the 'Red River of
the North. This town, located 1,500 feet
above sea level. Is pretty, clean nnd
enterprising In appearance, has a Now
England air, and Is destined to become
some tiny a famous summer resort.
Hotel Minnesota, located at the head
of the chain. Is a llrst-class hostelry
and deserves special mention,
Uefore arriving at Detroit the tourist
passes through Brainerd, the "City
of the Pine." Here the main line
branches off to St. Paul. The machine
shops of the road aro located here.
Hralnerd Is a bright and Interesting
town, demerging from the deep recesses
of the forests nnd passing through the
lake region refercd to, we find our
selves In a level prairie country, miles
and miles In expanse, when an hour's
ride brings us to the narrow fringe of
timber that murks the course of the
famous Red River of the North, whoso
fertile soil has attracted hundreds of
thousands of eastern people, and mado
them rich. Not a little surprise, how
ever. Is occasioned by the discovery
that Ihe valley of which we have heard
and read so much Is not a valley at
all, bnt a great plain whose slope
toward the river Is so slight as to be
almost Imperceptible.
The Rod KUcr of the nrth.
This strenm Is thus named to dis
tinguish It from the Red river of Louis
iana. It hns two branches which flow
due north for over two 'hundred- miles
and empty Into Lake Winnipeg, In the
province of Manitoba, and navigable
from Farro for steamers of 250 totiH
burden. The Rod river marks tho
boundary line between Minnesota and
Dakota. This renowned Red River
Valley who has not heard of It? Is
from sixty to eighty miles wide, and
300 miles long, embracing an area of
67,000 square miles, and It is claimed
that eighty per cent, of It is the "best
land on Ood'a earth." The soil con
sists of a rich, black Inam from three
to seven feet deep. The whole valley
Is well watered by naturo by a number
of small rivers, which perform the
double office of supplying water and
draining the land. Here are the great
wheat fields of tho country the land
of mammoth farms, of thousands of
plows, of reapers of harvesters and
threahlng machines In great numbers,
and armies of attendants working
them. We see the harvesters at every
station, hundreds of them sent out free
by the Northern Pacific railway to
gather the immense crops. The rail
roads are taxed 'to their uttermort
capacity In hauling away the long lines
of freight trains made up of loaded
wheat cars alone. Night and day the
loading ot theae trains goes on until
the year's surplus of golden grain has
been shipped to the great mills of Min
neapolis and Duluth.
Moorhead and Farfo.
Where the Ailroadi o rouse the Red
river have sprung up the cities of Moor
head and Fargo, the former In lilna
Northern Pacific from the
to the Salted Sea.
sota, the latter In Dakota, With such
advantages of situation as they possess,
these cities must increase In commer
cial Importance with the development
of Phis rich country surrounding them.
iMoorhead is a well-built city of 4,000
population, at an elevation of eighty
four feet above the sea level, and
mllcj west of Duluth. It has tine busi
ness blocks, flouring mills, grain oleva
toi. and attractive residences and pub
lic buildings, among which ds "Bishop
Whipple's school," under the control
of tho K pit-copal church. Immediately
across the Red River of the North
Is the bustling city of iFurgo, connect
ed by Immense bridges which span the
river. Fargo Is the largest city In Iu
knta and called tho metropolis of the
Red Ri'.ver Valley. Its Importance Is
largely due to the railroad systems, of
which It Is a central poinut. The arri
vals and departures of paastngtr trains
number twenty-six dally. The growth
qf Fargo began when the Northern I'a
cltlc reached the Red river In 1S71.
Fargo has a population of 8.000 and Is a
lively type of a new western town,
wMh all the modern Improvements. A
noticeable feature was the two-story
brick buildings. This plan wos agreed
upon after the disastrous fire in
when 200 acres right In the heart of the
cHy wais totally destroyed. Here are
huge elevators, flouring mills, several
manufactories, twelve churches, twenty-eight
hotels, three daJly newspapers
and educational facilities exceptionally
good. The Northern Pacific Elevator
company has It headquarters here,
owning over fifty elevators and many
wartihouses. Our Sunday stay was of
peculiar interest and profit.
Bonanza Farms,
At Dalrymple, eighteen miles from
Fargo, nnd at Casselton, two miles
farther weBt, are the great wheat
farms of Oliver Dalrymple, comprising
60.000 to 73.000 acres, all under cultiva
tion. These acres are divided Into
tracts of 6.000 acres each and sub-dl-vldod
into farms of 2,000 acres
each, on each of which is
Is placed a superintendent, book
keeper and storehouse of supplies, and
as the result of the thorough system
employed this farm can raise wheat
and deliver to the railroad at a cost of
35 cents per bushel. The net profit on
a bushel of wheat Is seldom less than
10 cents, and the average yield per
acre imay be eafely put at fifteen
bushels.
The Casselton farm of 20,000 acres
employs 400 men In harvesting and 600
to COO In threshing. Over 250 pairs of
horses and mules are used, 200 gang
plows, 115 self-binding reapers and 27
steam threshers. About the first of
August the ' harvester Is heard and
those who have witnessed the opera
tion of securing the golden grain will
never forget the scene. The sight of
these Immense wheat fields stretching
away farther than the eye can reach
In one unbroken sea with golden waves
is in itself a grand one. Just think of
a sea of wheat containing twenty
square miles 13.000 acres rich, ripe
and golden, with the long procession
of reaping machines moving like bat
teries of artillery formed against the
thick-set ranks of grain. Raeh win.
chine is drawn bythree mules or horses
and with each gang Is a superintendent
who rides along on horseback and di
rects the operations of the drivers.
There ore the mounted repairers who
carry with them the tools for repairing
disabled machinery without delay.
Thus the reaping goes on with the ut
most order. Think of 115 reaping ma
chines traveling In line together cut
ting a swath one-fifth of a mile In
width, laying low twenty miles of grain
In a swath of that great size In the
course of a single day. No brass band,
no drum beat or shrill note of the fife,
but the army moves on dally, a solid
phalanx to the music of its own ma
chinery, the reapers tossing the bundles
spiritedly into the air, each binder do
ing the work of six men.
J. E. Richmond.
Piles! Piles! Itching Piles.
Symptoms Moisture; Intense itching
and stinging; most at night; worse by
scratching. If allowed to continue tumors
form, which often bleed and ulcerate, be
coming very sore. Swayne's Ointment
stops the Itching and bleeding, heals ul
ceration, and In most cases removes the
tumors. At druggists, or by mall, for 10
cents. Dr. Swayne & $011, Philadelphia.
The Nickel Plate Road, as the Low Rato
Line, in connection with the Rest Service,
receives the enthusiastic support and
praise of all delegations, conventions and
assemblies
INI
OF SCRANTON.
dill
Special Attention Given to Business
and Personal Accounts.
INTF.FERT PAID ON TIHR MPWTR.
m. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestic
kse, and of all sizes, delivered In an
t'rt of the qlty at lowest pries.
Orders left at my Ottlco
NO. IIS WYOMING AVENUE,
Rear room, llrat floor. Third National
Bank, or sent by mall or telephone ta the
tnlna, will receive prompt attention.
Special contracts will be made for the
ate and delivery of Buckwheat Coal.
WM. T. SMITH.
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK TILE
NUFCTURIKG CO,
MAgans o
SHALE PAVING BRICK
AND BUILDING BRICK
Ofllssi 830 Washington Aveans.
Worksi Way Ass, la B. A W. V. tu M.
, M. H. DALE,
Central Sales Agent, 9cranton, Pa
on
That insistsfSon M )
keeping tstdof sj I' f Lw f
tag's Seai Rslnf
In tlie house l-
Why, the wise mother. Because, whe
taken internally it cures In t few mlnotes,
Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Heartburn,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headacbe,
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, .Stunner GompUIn
Colic, Flatulency and all interna) pains.
DOSE Half a teaspoonful In half a tumbler
of water. v
Used externally, tt will cure Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Mosquito Bites, Stinn of Insects,
Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Couftu,
Colds and all throat troubles. .
Kadway's Ready Relief, aided by Rad-.
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Fifty CnU Bortlt. Sola try PriaMs,
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PI
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EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Face Bleach,
Positively Rtmom ill Field Blemldi
No more Freckles, Tan. Sunburn, Black
Beads, Liver Spots, Pimples nnd Ballots
Complexions If ladie9 will use my Su
perior Face Bleach. Not a cosmetic, but a
medicine which act9 directly on the skin,
removing all discoloration, an one of the
greatest purifying agents for the complex
ion In existence. A perfectly clear and
spotless complexion can be obtained In
every Instance by Its use. Price, $1.00 per
bottle. For sale nt E. Nf. Hetzel-s Hair
dressing and Manicure Parlors, 330 Lack
awanna ave. Mail orders filled promptly.
The best wearing, most stylish, and
the greatest value of any $3.00 Men's
Shoes on the continent
Beat calfskin, dongola tops, solid
leather soles, with all tho popular toea,
lasts and fastenings, and Lewis' Cork,
Filled Soles.
Each pair contains a paid-up Acci
dent Insurance Policy for $100, good for
00 days.
Wear Letrla'Acoldent Insurance Shoca
once and you will never chance. The
Insurance pes for "full measure."
Talk with your dealer who sells Lewis'
6hoea,
FOR SALE AT
Globe Shoe Store
227 LiXKA. AVL. SCRANTON, PA.
- - EVANS & POWELL, Prop'ri
Complexion Preseirsd
OR. HEBRA'S I
VIOLA; CREAM
fmont FfsaUn, Plmelaa.
LW MeK.Blacl.hmS;
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atorta tho akin to its origi
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asst. alwM. Srloa 35 C.na. '
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laSsawrs, BrwpcalHe
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fa peflkt.Najy to sue on tnt indication of cole.
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Weakness rtarraaaaeaa,
Deaiuty, ana nil tns tram
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later exegeses, toe reauiu ok
overwork, sickness, worry,'
ate. nil strength, Oevel
oomant and tone srlren ta
isvery organ ana pornoa
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of the
body. Simple, nat
nethoda. Immedl'
oral mi
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