THE SCltANTOX VrTBUXE-WEDNESDAY MOR25TXG, , M ARCIT . 1 1 , 1896.
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SALVATION ARMY'S CRISIS
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'bat Kill Be This Organization's
' future In America? '
ALMOST MIRACULOUS HISTORY
Crapfcte Skates of the Origin and Growth
f Oas of the Most . Wondcross
Religions and Social Move- j
ncnts of the Age.
fram the TImos-IIerald.
"Do aa you are told, ami don't awe,"
la the favorite dictum of General Booth,
a dictum that has been obeyed without
question for a third of a century by an
Increasing number of followers.
The Salvation army is the miracle of
our time. A generation ago the army
consisted of one man and hla wife,
without friends, money or Influence, a
place to lay their heads or even a creed
to cover and guarantee them. A pro
cession of 200,000 people followed the
wife to the grave. Now more than 2,
000,000 "do oh they are told, and never
argue." At the very moment when the
miracle Is must manifest there is a
schism In the camp, the son and sub
ject, trusted with a high commission,
questions the absolutism of his father.
, Who could have foreseen, a generation
ago. that the Salvation army would
row too vast for the control of the one
man who was preaching to the sub
merged tenth from the tall end of a
cart in Whitechapel?
The reason of the present schism Is
the constant fear that the order will
grow aristocratic, will establish
churches, acquire property, become In
tellectual and respectable. "'Stay down,
down," says General Booth. "Wade
through the dead sea of sin and shame
and sorrow, raise up the unworthy,
preach hope to the hopeless, bring Joy to
the joyless. The crying noed is for
men who are on Are. Moderation is
good In its place, and so is prudence,
but Oh! In view of the terrible necessi
ties of the hour I do hope and pray
that God will raise up some blazing, red
hot men. It Is only by humun sympa
thy and human voices appealing, face
to face, with these outcast and ruined
souls that they can be won back to
decent living and the law of Ood. I will
not have a church or respectable,
property-holding, local community sit
ting down in smug sanctimonious con
tent. I do not want another ecclesiasti
cal corpse cumbering the earth. When
the Salvation army ceases to be a mili
tant body of red-hot men, whose su
preme business is the saving of men's
souls, I hope it will vanish from the
face of earth."
TOO RESPECTABLE.
Mr. and Mrs. Balllngton Booth are
too respectable. They preach in draw
ing rooms and churches and try to en
gage the attention of the rich. Their
methods and motives nre above re
proach, but the hand of the general hus
tried to press them down, down to the
Blums and saloons and brothels as their
only field of labor. Let the rich come to
them. It was,no use to insist that con
ditions were different in the United
States, where church Is separated from
state, and all true Christians have hu
mility. "Humanity Is the same every
Wheit, dvgrflJatlon Is the sam. sorrow
the same resist every temptation to
consider anything but the immortal
soul."
The spirit that began to burn thirty
five years ago threatens to consume it
self in this frenzy of fear. But one can
but admire the consistency and indom
itable will of the man. As a young
divine he preached in a small Methodist
chapel in Wales. Peeing that the idle,
the vicious, and the extremely poor
would not come even to so humble a
church he went out on the common,
and, standing In a farmer's cart,
preached to them there after the muii
ner of the early Methodists. To his
surprise he was disciplined, and when
told that "the Methodists were respect
able now" he cried out: "Then may I
forever be as disreputable as the found
ers of the church."
Dismissed from the Wesleyan con
nection, homeless, penniless, he, with
his wife and child, walked to the next
village, preached, collected enough pen
nies for bread and lodging and went on.
Bo he worked his way to London, saw
the door of the Congregational rhurrhes
closed to hi in because of his Inability
to believe in a limited salvation, lie
set himself to the task of evangelizing
Whitechapel, Preaching from the top
of a dry goods box, a cart or barrel
head, he was In no way distinguished
from the numerous Itinerant preachers
of the east end of London except by
his uncommon zeal and success.
THE ARMY'S START.
There have been great and famous
men who have founded organizations,
but General Booth Is the only one who
has at the same time renred a family
for the express purpose of carrying on
the work he began. The "mother of
the Salvation army" was also the moth
er of eight children, whom she brought
up In the fear of God In the midst of
the vice of Whitechapel. Consecrated
to the army from the cradle, they have
become evangels. Never was there
such a set of cripples who have per
formed the incredible tasks as those
Imposed by zeal on the Booth family.
Mrs. Booth fell a victim of disease
and died . of cancer. Bramwell Booth
' and Herbert Inherit the heart disease,
and the former has inflammatory rheu
matism. Mrs. Booth-Cllbborn La Mar
chale, of France, has a diseased spine;
Eva Booth, field commissioner, is fra
gile; Ballington was never robust. But.
weak and constantly ill. they have all
-been trained from childhood to the de
tail of practical administration and
finance, with men and women In masses
and Individually, and all of them are
prepared to direct tremendous enter
prises. This Is the secret of General Booth's
success. Once a convert, he sets a
task. In England a convert is called a
"converter," and it Is literally the
truth. "Here," he has said, "In the
army are thousands whose energies
would have been wasted In taprooms
and on street corners. They are going
to revive the medieval church, delving
down Into the lowest strata of human
society, and exploring every seam as
with a miner's lantern. In order to dis
cover, extricate and utilize any 'Jewel
of price that lies hidden there.' " quot
ing Carlyle, who had a fascination for
him.
In ten years he was the general su
perintendent of the Christian mission
of the Kast End. The title was abbre
viated' for convenience to "general."
Then he heard that his twenty-four
volunteer evangelists were dubbed
captain by the nondescript crowds that
gathered to hear them. Asked to de
fine his mission, he said that It was like
George Pox's army, the preachers were
banded together to save souls. So Sal
vation army, one of those inspired
phrases, came into existence with the
suggestion of a military organisation
and a distinctive uniform.
MRS. BALLINGTON BOOTH. "
It spread like wildfire. The idea of
being always In the field prepared to
meet and fight the devil gave a vivid
practicality to the whole army. Gen
eral Booth evoked the potent senti
ment of brotherhood and comradeship.
A famous agnostlo said of him: "He
has grouped together human beings In
associations which make them feel
that they are no longer alone In the
world, but have many brothers."
Ha never made overtures to the rich.
Himself Intellectual, he has little re
spect for Intellect. Beauty appeals to
him not at alL "Men have more need
of virtu than anything else In the
world." This explains why the ranks
are filled with men and women who
hava little learning, but It Is notice
able that those with a good deal In
avitably gain a high place.
About 1180 the first Salvationists left
London for the provinces. In a village
where two - unlettered girl preached,
sang and prayed 'In, th.strocts, and
then heuded a procession of the rough
est element In the town to a hall, they
were heard by. a-'young 'girl, the only
daughter f-thu village rector. Again
and again eh went to hear them. She
saw the saloons, deserted and a thous
and people crowded into' the hall list
ening to services such as Dinah Morris
conducted, with hearty responses, live
ly singing, fervent prayers, simple ex
hortations, differing but little from mis
sion revival services. - She saw that
many went to scoff and stayed to pray
and went away different men.
This was Maude Charlcsworth. now
Mrs. Ballington Booth, against whose
removal protests are being made to
day. She told her father what she had
been, and begged to be allowed to join
these strolling evangelists of unknown
antecedents from East London. He re
fused, and she ran away to London to
General Booth, who promptly returned
her to her father, telling her the first
rule of the army was obedience to
authority. She owed obedience to her
father. Ho probably thought he had
seen the last of her. But several years
later she returned. Her father was
dead, and on his deathbed had con
sented to her joining the army.
A lady by birth and training, delicate
ly reared, with a fresh country beauty
and wild-rose bloom she has never lost,
accomplished in the languages and mu
sic and all social graces, she took up
her life in the slums of London.. she
nursed wretched babies, prayed with
loathsome death, led fallen women to
the Rescue home. Her seal grew, her
eloquence developed, her appeal reached
the most hardened, her sweet" voice,
attuned to the organ, rang out pure and
clear In the alleys where Jack the Rip
per did his vilest crimes. All her gifts
of mind and soul and body were freely
spent In saving souls and raising sub
merged lives to the surface of self-re
sped. , ;
THE ARMY'S GROWTH, . i
When Ballington Wth, the general's
Benjamin, his best beloved son, re
turned from Australia, whither he had
gone at the age of 2, they were mar
ried and came to the United States.
Everyone knows what they have done
here. Penniless on their arrival) they
found but a nucleus of officers left by
Commissioner Raillton and Commis
sioner Frank Smith. Noy they have
won their, way to commendation 'in
every pulpit In the land. Nearly five
thousand officers have been created by
them. They have a half million in prop
erty, and have sent that much to Inter
national headquarters in London to be
used in foreign missions.
They have established rescue homes
In the large cities, slum sisters to live
in the midst of the lowest criminals,
prison-gute houses for the employment
of released prisoners, food and shelter
houses, day nurseries; training homes,
a publication oftlce, a uniform clothing
factory. All this has been done with
the pence of the poor.
No other organization since the mid
dle ages has required such sacrifices
from those who take up the work as the
Salvation Army; f,0O0 picked men and
women. In the very flower of their
youth, voluntarily performing the most
arduous labor, living often In vile quar
ters and on subsistence wages, which
they must first collect. Is the record of
Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth in
America. Wherever these labor they
raise up others fahloned in their own
likeness, whose whole nuture and man
ner of living must undergo a sudden
and almost Inexplicable change. The
same thing Is going on In every country
on the globe. By marriage the fighting
force of the Booth family has doubled
In time will be quadrupled, for the nu
merous children are dedicated to the
service from the cradle. .. , .
MARRIAGE A CORNERSTONE.
Matrimony la one of the cornerstones
of the organization, and large families
are the rule. Yet marriage is not pos
sible without mutual vows to each oth
er and the army. From the very mo
ment the penitent' at'the mourners'
bench ' confesses his sins, the army
closes around him. He Is a prisoner of
war for a month, but out on parole, and
Is guarded by a sergeant. Then he Is
a recruit, drilled In all the army prac
tice; then a private, wearing a uniform
and required to be in street parades
and meetings, testifying to his conver
sion und lending a regenerated life.
If he wishes to give up his ordinary
work and devote himself to the army,
he becomes a cadet. If married, he or
she cannot come without the wife or
husband and children. Promotions be
gin with lieutenant, then captain, adju
tant or ensign, colonel, major, brigadier,
staff captain and commissioner. The
lowest salary Is $" for a cadet, and $15
to a commissioner. Nothing more is al
lowed than a living wage, and that
must be collected. Kverything in ex
cess of that must be sent to headquar
ters for extending the work.
Among the 20,000 officers stationed In
various parts of the globe, there Is
never a complaint for the hardships.
The choice positions are the opening of
new posts where scorn, revlllngs and
partial starvation Is their portion. The
officers have no property but what they
can carry In their trunks, they can ac
cept no presents. But the more gifted,
seeing special conditions making for
social degradation, have wanted to ex
ceed Instructions. Since the movement
became large, and attracted men and
women of wide capacity. It has been
well known that there were those In
the army more progressive than the
founder.
"IN DARKEST ENGLAND."
It was not until 1890 that "In Darkest
England and the Way Out" appeared.
It had a tremendous effect and General
Booth was credited with having origi
nated the whole scheme. But the truth
Is that the general wished to fight only
with spiritual weapons. Insisting that
once regenerated spiritually, the man
or woman would be able to life him
self out of Idleness, disease, vice and
crime. His lieutenants, brought face
to face with the "army of despair," be
came convinced that physical regenera
tion must often precede any hope of the
spiritual.
The gospel alone would not feed hun
gry children nor put wages Into the
hands of the Idle, nor shelter a house
less, defenseless woman. Almost
against his protest, at first, day nur
series, emergency workshops, food and
shelter houses and rescue homes were
opened In London, by Frank Smith; in
New Tork by Mr. and Mrs. Ballington
Booth.
Once started In the right direction,
the general distanced them all in his
vast scheme for eliminating the un
worthy. His factories) farm colonies,
colonial emigrations, Salvation army
ships and other details of the scheme
struck the popular Imagination. At
one time It seemed as if he was des
tined to "fall Into the woe of those of
whom all men saeak well. One hun
dred thousand pounds was raised In
six months' In England and great im
petus was given to the practical work
of Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth in
America. Land was offered In three
continents, the 'book was translated
into every European tongue and into
Japanese.
But a significant Incident was over
looked. On the very eve of the practi
cal operation of the social scheme Com
mander Frank Smith abandoned his
post as director of the social wing in
London, giving as a reason 'that he
"had to maintain the right 'of inde
pendent judgment against the pressure
of the instinct of authority and the
prejudices of the other departments
which were slow to adapt themselves
to the exigencies of growth."
These were strange words to be
used at the very moment that the civ
ilized world was pouring gold at the
feet of General Booth to carry out
the very Ideas for which Frank Smith
had labored. That "Instinct of au
thority" lost the army the most val
uable officer, In the practical solutions
of the labor question, that it possessed.
That "Instinct of authority" Is likely
to lose Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth
to the army and keep them for the
United States. They have been here
ten years and call themselves Ameri
cans. To toil th mselves of any nation
or country Is In violation of one or the
first principles of the organization.
"Yum are hut KlranlrlH here: - Ilea ven
L'ls your horn." They tan pIlKiims,
children of God, doing His will, having
rto choice, rejoicing In the severing of
ties. To have a love for a locality and
personal possessions is the first step
toward aristocracy.
A FATAL OFFENCE."
That the offense of Mr. and Mrs.
Booth is great is to be seen from their
summary dismissal. Mr. and Mrs.
Booth have tendencies toward the re
spectablethey have a home and a
country, and, lastly, they refuse to
obey. They have "fallen Into the woe"
of being well spoken of by the rich.
They pray for the poor millionaire;
General Booth thinks the millionaire
is past praying for.
"Stay down!" he cries. Let every
thing be done for the poor by the poor.
Be poor and despised with them. The
quakers the Salvationists of the com
monwealthare now extinct volcanoes.
So, If the Salvationists become respect
able, they will cease to exist as a propo
grandtst, militant body."
In the meantime Ballington Booth
has ceased to draw even his $15 a week,
GOOD SHORT STORIES.
MR. FISCHER'3 JOKE.
The members of the House are still
laughing over a dellclously funny Joke
which Representative Fischer, of Iew
Tork, perpetrated a week ago at tli ex
pense or Mr. Gibson, of Tennessee, says
the Washington Post.
The pension bill ws under discussion.
Mr. Gibion was speaking to an amend
mem offered by himself. Mr. Glbaon Is
conspicuous chiefly for his short stature,
ihis tierce, Napoleonlo mustavhe, and an
opulence of lung power which rtminda one
of ex-Bpeaker Kelfer. He was using this
'lung power to its best advantage. The
volume of sound which escaped from hl
lips reverberated throurh the chamber In
trumpet topes and could be easily heard
In the corridors. He was emphasizing his
words with a series of violent gesticula
tions, which are the usual accompaniment
of speeches on the Southern hustings. He
was fairly warming up to his subject when
Mr. Ficsher arose. .
"Mr. Speaker." he exclaimed. "I rise to
a point of order."
"The gentleman from New York will
state his point of order," replied the chair,
blandly. ,
"My point Is this," went on the Now
Yorker. "A number of members on this
side desire that the gentleman from Ten
nessee shall speak louder; It Is Impossible
to hear him In this part of the chamber.
Why, even the- gentleman sitting next to
him Is not catching a word."
All this Fischer said with a face, as
grave as a Roman Senator, dropping back
quietly s he spoke into his seal. The
House, which saw that Fischer was chaf
fing Gibson, awaited the result with much
interest. Gibson, who also realised that
he was being guyed, turned and looked
for a moment at the gentleman teide
him. As he did so his face expressed firm
surprise and then disgust.
Fischer was right. The "gentleman be
side him" could not hear him. H was
sound asleeep.
SENATOR HILL AS A WIT.
t According to a gosslper In the Washlng
lon Post, tienator Hill is obtaining some
reputation as a wit. His speech at the
Gridiron Club the other night Is aula by
those who heard It to have been 'humor
ous. Even In the Senate he has lost hla
seriousness and appears to see the humor
ous fide of everything. In the. debate oil
the silver bill the other duy he tripped up
the serious Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, by
tying a rope across the legislative side
walk, ami then made sport of him while
he was rubbing his shins after his: fall,
lie umused himself next at the expense of
Mr. Tillman, and finally, as the debate
wus drawing to a close on Saturday, he
mimicked the venerable Senator llunis
as perfectly as Hoi Smith Kussel could
(have done It.
The Senator from Tennessee Is the Sir
Oracle of the Senate, and when he opens
his mouth no dog must bark. After an
agreement was Teached about the hour
for voting on the free coinage substitute
for ' bond bill, Senator ilurrls nwe in
his piace, os he commonly does on such
occasions, and with a most Impressive an I
Important air, announced: "The a i. 'align
ment Is perfectly satisfactory to nie. '
Then he sat down with a cons''nuj-""s
that everything was settled. Mr. Hill,
who sits almost inimmllntely behind Air.
Harris, then arotte, and in the same tone
of voice, the same deliberate emphasis
and the same majestic sweep of his arms,
repeated: "The arrangement Is perfectly
satisfactory to me also." The most ac
complished actor could not have given a
better Imitation of the peculiar manner
and tone of the Senator from Tennessee,
and of course everybody laughed.
CORRECTED.
Counsel for the plaintiff In a certain case
made use, during his aisumeiit, of the
word "brougham." "Kxcuse my Inter
rupting you, Mr. ," said his lordship,
"but In tho society In which 1 am accus
tomed to move, we pronounce that word
''broom,' and so save a syllable." Inuring
hla summing up, the Judge hud occasion
to use the wont "omnibus." "f-',xcus me,
m'Lud," broke In counsel, "but In the so
ciety In which 1 am accustomed to move,
we pronounce that word 'bus,' and save
two syllables." Plck-Me-l'p.
SIMPKIN9 ANDTHE OENERAI
In one of the Western campaigns lien
era) Karl Von Dorn rode to one of his out
posts to see if his pickets were doing th.-lr
duty. He was astonished to see one of the
pickets sealed on the ground with his mus
ket all to pieces. Investigating its work
ings. The following dialogue took place:
"What are. you doing with your gun all
to pieces?" said the General.
"None of your business," said the man.
"Do you know who you are talking to 7"
said 'the General.
"No; nor I don't care."
"Well, i am General Van Dorn, and you
should present arms and salute."
"Well, General, I am Bill Slmpklns. and
If you'll just wait till I screw this old
fusee together, i will give you the durnd
et salute you ever saw."
The General rode on and left the man,
doubtless impressed with the idea that this
man's bump of reverence was undevel
oped. ROLES OFF THE STAGE.
He wanted to be the advance agent to
precede "The Heart of Maryland" when it
takes to the road next season. Manager
Max Iilelman did not like his looks or
his record and sought to discourage him.
"You'll have to disguise yourself and
go through the country ahead of the play
as a war veteran," remarked Klelman.
The Immaculate corner of the man's
natty collar dropped a trifle, his face
flushed Indignantly and his voice became
husky.
"Next thing you managers'll want," he
retorted, hotly, "Is for a gentleman to dls
Riilse himself and blow through the coun
try as a war mule." - r
'Hardly as bad as that," answered Blel
man, quietly, "but I've known of a few
war mules todisguse themselves and blow
Into this office as advance agents."
APOSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.
Bill Nye, In Boomerang.
O, lonely, gentle, unobstruslve mule!
Thou ntandest Idly 'gainst the azure rky.
And sweetly, sadly slngeth like a hired
man. I
Who taught thee thus to warble
In the noontide heat and wrestle with
Thy deep, corroding grief and , joyless
woe?
Who taught thy simple heart
Its pent-up. wildly-warring waste
Of wanton woe to carol forth. upon
The silent air?
I chide thee not, because thy
Bong is fraught with grief-embittered
Monotone and joyless minor chorda
Of wild. Imported melody, for thou
Art restlexa, woe begirt and
Compassed round about with gloom.
Thou timid, trusting, orphan mule!
Few joys Indeed, are thine.
Thou thrlce-beslrlcken, madly
Mournful, melancholy mule.
And he alone who strews
Thy pathway with his cold remains
Can give the recompense
Of melancholy woe.
He who hath sought to steer 1
Thy limber, -yielding tall
Fernlnst thy crupper-band
Hath given thee Joy, and he alone. -'Tls
true, he may have shot
Athwart the zodiac, and, looking ,
O'er the outer walls upon
The new Jerusalem,
Have uttered vain regrets.
Thou reckest not, O, orphan mule
For It hath given thee much Joy,
Round about thy bursting heart,
And held they pottering reason
To Its throttev
Sing on, O mule, snd warble '
In 4 he twilight gray,
UnchkMen by the heartless throng.
Sing of thy parents on thy father's side.
Yearn for the days now past and gone.
For he who pens these halting.
Limping lines to thee
Doth bid thee yearn, and yearn, and
-yearn.
THE WORLD OF WflMili
Topics of Interest to All Members of
the Gentle Sex. .
HEALTH AND HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Carefully Selected Recipes, Suggestion
as to the Care of the llome aad
Other Matters Eaterlag Into
Woman's Widening Sphere.
"Six Million Superfluous Women" is
a headline which the Austrian and
South German editors have been over
working sadly in the last few days,
writes a Berlin correspondent of the
Times-Herald. Six million suiierfluous
women In Europe: what shall we do
with them? Is the problem which Is
presented dally to the clubmen and
statesmen and princes and philosoph
ical publicists of Munich, Vienna and
Budapest. To be sure, but a fraction
of this alarming total belongs to the
people of central Europe, while the rest
Is spread from Madrid, where nobody
asks troublesome questions, to St. Pet
ersburg, where nobody answers them;
yet the German and Austrian editors
like to talk In millions and think thus
to attract more attention to this great
women question of the day. The whole
problem of the superfluous woman has
been brought before the public again
by the proposal of the wretched little
Servian government in Belgrade to lay
on bachelors a special tax. Servla has
only about 100.0UO bachelors, all told,
but If they were to pay five or six
francs each into the royal treasury,
the sum would be 500,000 or 600,000
franca and that would help mightily
In these hard times In the Balkan.
Moreover, the tax would be under the
disguise of encouragement to home life
and protection to the family. The plan
of taxing bachelorhood was proposed
In Belgrade weeks ago and was let fall
as Impracticable, but has been revived
again and Is likely to be presented to
parliament In the form of a bill. The
Idea has struck Prince Ferdinand, of
Bulgaria, favorably, and he, too, has
given orders that a bill to the same end
be prepared for the Sofia lawmakers.
From Sofia and Belgrade the agitation
of this odd subject has spread to Vien
na, the hotbed of women problems and
eccentricities, and, following the famil
iar way of thought and civilization
through the centuries, has traveled to
Munich and to Frankfort.
The minister or public worship In
Austria recently told the imperial par
liament that there were 800,000 more
women than men In the empire. When
questioned later In a special audience
with Emperor Franz Joseph, the min
ister explained that he had meant 800.
000 women who would be married If they
could have found men to marry them.
About 100,000 of these miperfluotts wo
men lived In Vienna and the Viennese
suburbs.
"How have we solved the problem ns
far as these 100,000 are eoncerned?"
asked the emperor. . '
"We have not solved It, your majes
ty." was the minister's reply: "we have
let them solve It for themselves."
"And how have they done It?"
"About CO.OOw or (10,000, your majesty,
have solved It by taking to the streets;
some 20,000 more by following a similar
calling In private apartments provided
by the noble and rich of your capital;
perhaps 10,000 more are working In fac
tories and shops, and the rest by living
on the bounty of friends and relutlves."
If a careful census could be taken
among the superfluous women of all
Austria, they probuldy woudtbe found
classed In every big city as the minister
clussvd them for the emperor. The
census would show, however, that to
tli voO.OOO superfluous women must be
added some 60,000 or more who are not
superfluous but yet nre unmarried
doomed to spinsterhood by the disin
clination if Austrian men to tie up to
homes, altars, cradles and the like
more. For the superfluous there in no
hope of matrimony, for the mule emi
grants, who disturb the balance of the
sexes, cannot be recalled from America
for their benefit; the only thing that
the government may do fur them is to
admit them to new occupations and
new channels of education, thus reliev
ing the pressure upon that one shame
ful calling to which hundreds of thou
sands are now condemned. For the
600,000, however, w ho are condemned to
spinsterhood, although there nre men ut
hand to match them, something cun be
done, and many Austrian publicists ure
saying must be done, If the empire Is
not to fall into the condition of moral
dry rot which atllicts France.
Among the many schemes under dis
cussion, the one suggested In a "ques
tions of the duy" pamphlet Is worthy of
serious notice, although so far the seri
ousness has been exclusively on the side
of the writers Instead of the readers.
The remedy recommended by the au
thor Is a combination of a bachelorhood
tax and a spinster's pension fund. Af
ter establishing the duty of man to
marry and continue his race, and the
Interest of the government in keeping
a bachelorhood and spinsterhood at the
minimum, the author says it Is mani
festly unfair toward the married man
to make him support wife and family
and contribute besides. In taxes, toward
the support of the spinsters who be
come public charges, either in the hos
pitals or the almshouses. Who should
pay all the expenses for the support of
such spinsters? Why, the men who
have dodged their obligations to
marry, of course. Most of these dodg
ers are well to do. Among the poor are
comparatively few bachelors. The ca
sinos, the clubs, the wine-rooms and
the pool rooms are the places where
most of the unmarried men of mar
riageable ages are found. I'pon them,
then, should be laid the burden of caring
for the women whom their selllshness
has condemned to spinsterhood, and
perhaps want. The tax should be
levied as a poll tax. Institutions for the
care of homeless spinsters should be
conducted with a separate government
budget, and the amount of this budget
should be covered by the revenue from
the bachelors. The differing circum
stances of the bachelors should be con
sidered, to be sure. The whole number
should be divided Into three classes, ac
cording to their means, and be taxed
correspondingly, as was the case when
the old class tax in Prussia. Then the
bachelors who had the most money
would have to pay the highest penalty
for shirking a duty to the government,
and. In fact, the whole human race.
The philosopher and political econo
mist of the "questions of the day" has a
Jow opinion of the numerous solutions
of the oman question which are pro
posed by the Lady Somersets and Fran
ces Willards and the tabblfled men who
march in their philanthropists' cblttmn.
The admission of women to new occu
pations and to official places, he says,
is merely a method of dodging the is
sue. New educational Institutions for
girls, even up to the limit of the highest
education, he thinks, are good enough
In their way. but they do not solve the
bread-and-butter problem for the na
tion or the race. Every woman who
enters the government telegraphic ser
vice, for Instance, pushes out a man
and makes him unable to marry And
support a family. If carried to Its log
ical conclusion, this substitution of
women for men would result merely In
hundreds of thousands of superfluous
men Instead of hundreds of thousands
of superfluous women. The problem,
therefore, would be the same old one.
With the one change that "male" would
be substituted for "female" and bach
elorhood" for spinsterhood." Instead of
a "spinster fund." It would be necessary
to have a "bachelor fund," and the sec
ond stare would be worse than the first,
-ill:
tf the "new woman" take the form
We hear of at Equinunk she will, In the
Philadelphia Bulletin's opinion, be a
relief to the over-burdened husband
man. At Kqulnunk It Is thought worth
telegraphing, the women of the Metho
dist church have undertaken to raise
funds for a new church edifice. Cast
ing aside the frivolous "fairs" and
other devices usually adopted for rais
ing funds, the women of Equinunk
have set their hands and seals to a
contract wih a chemical company to
"saw and cut 250 cords of wood," for
which they are to receive the regular
pay. Now, it may be said without in
vidious comparison with other women
that this Is something worthily "new"
In the way of feminine equality with
men! The church thus built will be
thrice consecrated. It will receive the
chrism of woman's toil, the sanctity of
woman's constancy! And since the
dispatch significantly Informs us that
the men of Equinunk are "brave.hardy,
big-hearted mountaineers, and the wo
men good-looking, healthy and Intelli
gent,'! may It not happen that the wood
thus cut may be dispersed all over the
i'nlon as souvenirs of what woman ran
do when she really means to be "new"
In a useful way? Suppose every stick,
when cut. neatly marked with the Ini
tials of the "healthy and handsome"
dame or demoiselle of Equinunk whose
stout arm shaped It Into symmetry
what a talisman this would be sent to
every "fair" In the country! What an
emulation It would arouse! Then, too,
how the hearts of the susceptible young
farmers all over the land would glow in
handling the historic piece! No won
der the event Is, as the naive local ac
count says, "attracting attention In alt
Wayne county" for this extremely In
teresting development of the new wo
man is in our own state. It would be
monstrous to permit these 2."0 cords to
be consumed In the ashes of an acid
factory! No, they Bhould bo cherished
as sacred evidences of what woman can
do when she really sets her mind on be
ing "new" in an useful way,
-:!!:-HEALTH
NOTES:
It may be a bad habit to tonnt the feet
before the lire for half-an-hour before
going to bed with tho feet cold. The body
ought to be so vigorous and so well
clothed that the feet should always be
warm. Lacking this, it Is the height of
folly not to resort to artificial means.
The modern remedies for chilblains are
legion more almost than the sufferers
therefrom. Three of the best are: Raw
oulnns sliced und bound upon the sore
HKits; oil of peppermint well rubbed In;
and, thirdly, tincture of iodine, applied
with a feather or camel's-halr bru? h.
Cold feet should be dipped In cold water
for a brief period: and then, Immediately
before getting Into bed, they should be
rubbed till they it low, with a pair of hair
fleyh gloves or a rough Turkish towel.
After this a hot water bottle will be suc
cessful enough in maintaining the tem
perature of the feet, though, without this
preliminary, it is impotent to do so.
Disagreeable as the plan at first sight
may appear. It la efficient, and those who
have once fairly tried It continue it, and
find that they have put an end to their bad
nights and cold feet. J'llls, potions, lozen
ges, "night caps," ull narcotics, fail to en
able the sufferer to woo sleep successfully;
get lid of the rold feet, and then sleep will
come of Itself.
"In your Instructions to your patients,"
said a prominent physician toa young
practitioner, "be particular In giving min
ute directions concerning diet. This has
greut effect, on t'.io minds of old women
especially, as their maladies are In a great
measure imaginary. Give a list of what Is
to be eaten at breakfast, dinner and sup
per, and you may depend upon being
made the subject of conversation, and will
be considered clever. I brought myself
into notice and gained several prominent
families by recommending to u wealthy
old lady the left leg of a boiled fowl,
once, when I wus away on a short vacu
tlun, this lady fell III, mid was obliged to
send fur a neighboring medleul man, who,
by the way, was really a well-read limn.
I in his attempting to persuade her that
the left leg possessed no particular virtue,
she became quite Indignant and uncompli
mentary." .
It has taken the medical world a great
many jears to discover that loss of he.v
lug Is almo-tt Invariably caused by gome
disease of the throut or nose or birth. Hut
very recent researches In these fields h ive
demonstrated this fuet beyond question,
and It is now admitted by the most ad
vanced medleul men that, aside from rup
ture of the ear-drum, there Is scarcely a
symptom It defective hearing which Is not
traceable directly lo the condition of the
nose and throat. The use of smelling salts
is ontt of t'he most proline causes of deaf
ness, operating by weakening the olfac
tory nerves, and through them the audi
tory system. All strong or pungent odors
should be uvold. d ns far lis possible, es
pecially tlios which net upon the secre
tory processes, und, ns the populur ex
pression goes, "make the nose tun."
SKLErrrun recipes:
Dried Beef. "Frlssle" with n little milk,
thicken with cornstarch and serve with
a bordering of rcrambled gss around It,
Is a ijuiekiy prepared and nourishing dish
for a substantia! tea.
While Puffs. Three nnd one-half cup
fuls or rlour, three cupful of milk, whites
of three eggs one tanlespoonful of pow
dered sugur, two teuspoonfuls of baking
powder. Hake In cups.
Sardine Salad. itone and skin some
sardines und dlvlilu them Into llllels; have
ready some lettuce; put them In the cen
ter of the dish; put the fdlets all around,
alternately, with French olives wulaud
and stoned.
Sweetbread Croquettes. Boil the sweet
breads lii the stock pot and when cold cut
Into small dice; cook these for 'ten min
ute.! with a cup of thick Velvet auce, add
ing, If convenient, two truffles; add aUo
a glass of Madeira nnd three cgv yelks;
season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and
stand away In a flat dlh to cool. Divide
into even portions, shape Into sausage or
pear shaped croquettes; roTl In crumbs,
dip in beaten eggs, roll again in crumbs
and fry In hot fat.
Bean Soup titan sap Is usunlly made
With meat, but It Is very good without if
prepared thus: Soak a quart of beans
over night In warm water, cook them In
the same water In the morning with small
onion. When very soft, rub them through
a sieve and return to the kettle. Add
enough milk to make It ns thin as liked,
and season with butter. Stir occasionally
while it is scalding, as it Is likely to
scorch. When It boils up It Is done.
Sugar Candy. Six cupfiils granulated
sugar, one cupful vinegar, one cupful
water, lioil all together without stirring
about half an hour: then add one tea
spoonful saleratus dissolved In one table
spoonful of hot water and one tcaspoon
f nl of vanilla. As soon. as It crisps when
dropped in cold water enough to handle,
pull until white, nnd cut in sticks.
Cream Caramels. Half a pound of
ticker's chocolate, grated fine; sift two
pounds of white sugar, put with It one
heaping lea;ipoonful of butter, one tea
spoouful thick sweet cream. Cook these
ingredients until the mixture enndies (it
takes about twenty minutes' hard bolllnc-i.
It must be stirred nil the time. After
taking from the lire put In one teaspoou
f 1 1 1 of vanilla this makes the dark part.
Kor the Cream. Take three cupfuls of
finest sifted white sugnr an I one cupful
cream, boil twenty minutes; do not stir
much. Flavor with the juice und grated
peel of an oianj-e. Butter a dirh, pour
upon It a layer of the dark part, letting
It stand in a cool place until pnrtly hard
ened. Next add a layer of the white
creim, which also allow a few minutes to
harden. Lastly, cover with another layer
of the chocolate; when nearly hard cut In
squares.
Frozen Itlce. Two ounces of rice, one
pint of milk, four ounces, of powdered
sugar, one-half ounce of gelatine, one
half pint of whipped cream, one teaspoon
ful of vanilla. Boll he rice In water live
minutes, then pour off the water and add
the milk and flavoring. Let all simmer
slowly until the rice becomes almost a
Jelly. When the rlre Is well cooked ad I
the sugar ond gelatine after they
have been thoroughly dissolved In water.
Put it on the lee to cool, stirring constant
ly, then add the whipped cream, mixing
all thoroughly together. Put Into mould
with cover and set In Ice and salt to form.
Beaten cream, in which are stirred grated
maecaroons, may be poured over It when
served. .
Velvet Soup. Make a stock with a fowl
weighing four or five pounds nnd two
quarts of water: strain, snd when cold
free from fat: return to the fire and when
It bolls add three thick slices from a loaf
of stale bread, tied in cheese cloth, n slice
each of carrot and onion, several stalks of
celery, nnd a bunfth of parsley; simmer
for an hour. In the meantime pound the
breast of the chicken fine with a vegeta
ble masher nnd set aside; blanch anil
pound a small cupful of almonds, moist
ening them from time to time with a cup
of cream. Now rub the stock and bread
through a sieve, add the pounded chicken
meat, the almonds and ealt end pepper;
when It bolts up pour It slowly over two
tablespoonfuls of butter, melted and
stirred with one of flour, end pass all
again through a fine sieve; lastly, add a
quart of hot cream or milk.
gHEElFF'9 SALE.
-OF-
Valuable Real Estate
ON
SATURDAY. MARCH 21. MM.
By virtue of sundry writs of Fle-i Fa
cias, Levari Facias and Venditioni Expon
as, Issued out of the court of common
pleas of Lackawanna county, to me di
rected. I will expose to public sale by ven
due or outcry, to the highest and best bid
ders, for cash, at the court house, in the
city of Scranton, Lackawanna county, on
SATURDAY, tho TWENTY-FIRST DAY
OF MARCH, A. D. 1SSS. at 10 o'clock In
the forenoon of said day. all the Tight,
title and Interest of the defendants In and
to the following described lots, pieces or
parcels of land, vis:
No. 1. All those two certain pieces or
parcels of land lying and being In the
Blxth ward of the City of Scranton, Coun
ty of Lackawanna and State of Pennsyl
vania, bounded and described as follows,
to wit: The first being one-half of lot
No. One (1) on the town plot of the Bor
ough of Hyde Park, as surveyed toy Z. P.
Marcy, Sept. , ltoi, ald lot being tllty-two
(W!) feet in front on Front street (formerly
Water, now Third street) and one hun
a red and four (104) feet, more or less, In
depth to bank of Lackawanna River, con
taining about oue-!ghih 0) of an acre of
land and being the sums land conveyed by
Thomas Coyne and wife to Mary Mtlett.
now deceased, by deed duly recorded. All
Improved with a three-story brick house
and store, with a one-story brick addi
tion; also barn and shed.
The second piece being the Northeaster
ly one-half (Vy of lot No. fifteen (15) on
Joseph T. Fellows' plot of lands, sur
veyed by said Marcy. Said one-half ()
lot being forty-nine (41) feet In front on
Fourth street ami one hundred and four
(104) feet in depth and being part of lot
conveyed to Owen Cuslclt by the sheriff
of Lackawanna County as property of
John W. Milieu by deed dated the 20th of
January, SS7, and recorded In sheriff's
deed book. No. 1, page 619, etc.
Cool and minerals reserved to the legnl
owners thereof by sufficient terms in law.
All Improved with a two-story frame
wood houso and outbuildings thereon.
Seised and taken In execution at the suit
of Dime Deposit and Discount Bank vs.
John VV. Mlllatt and Daniel J. Uilllett, ex
ecutors of Mary Millett. deceased. Debt,
1S2.67. Judgment No. 3d6. March T., 1S96,
Fl. Fa., to March Term, IgW.
WOODRUFF, Atty.
ALSO,
No. 2. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, S. P. Hull. In and to all
those certain pieces of land situate in the
Borough of Dunmore, County of Lacka
wanna and State of Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described as follows: Being lots
Nos. forty-two (42) and forty-live (45) in
block VV on certain plot of lots situate
partly In the City of Scranton and partly
In the Borough of Dunmore, known and
designated as North Park: said lot No.
forty-two (42) being forty (40) feet In front
on Klectrlc avenue, and one hundred and
llfty (160) feet In depth, and said lot No.
forty-live (tri) being fifty (GO) feet In front
on said Electric avenue and one hundred
(100) feet in depth. Coal reserved to the
legal owners by sufficient terms In law.
Also, the conveyance of this land Is made
subject to all the conditions, reserva
tions and exceptions contained In or re
ferred to In the deed of same to S. P.
Hull, said dec?l being recorded In deed
book 97, ut page 126, etc.
Seised and taken In execution at the suit
of Chas. Du Pont Brcck, trustee, vs. B.
P. Hull. Debt. $797.24. Judgment No. 417,
March Terra, lm, Fl. Fa., to March T.,
1836. WOODRUFF, Atty.
ALSO.
No. 3. All the right, title and interest of
the defendants, C. S. Wetherell and Sarah
Carr Wetherell, in and to all that certain
lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying
and being In the Borough of Dunmore,
County of Lnckawnna and State of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as fol
lows, to wit: Beginning ut a post on the
Westerly side of the Drinker turnpike
road, at the Intersection of said turnpike
with a street opened or to be opened;
thence north seventy-live and threo
fotirths degrees west thirteen and one
half rods to a post and stone corner In
line of lands now or late of William Par
ker; thence along line of said Parker lands
south twenty-nine and three-fourths de
grees, west forty feet to a corner; thence
Bouth seventy-live and threo-fourths de
grees, cant In a line parallel with the first
course above mentioned thirteen and one
half rods, more or less, to the said turn
pike; thence along snld turnpike north
twenty-nine and t lute-fourths degrees
east, to the place of beginning. Being the
same premises conveyed by Kdward Mil
lings, by his attorney In fact, and Rmlly
('. Minimis, his wife, to Margaret Ann
Millard, by deed dated January 10th, 1H8),
and recorded n the otllee for the recording
of deeds, etc., In and for snld County of
Lackawanna In deed book No, 4, at page
3ii, etc. Coal and minerals reserved. All
Improved with a two-story frame build
ing, out buildings and fruit trees thereon.
Seized und taken in execution at the suit
of II. R. Carr vs. C. S. Wetherell and
Sarah Carr Wetherell. Debt. $l8n0.
Judgment No. 172, Sept. T.. ls!M. Lev. Ka.,
to March T.. 1S9S. 1IAWLKY, Atty.
ALSO.
No. 4. All the right, title and interest of
the del'endunt, Qeitlo Batehelor, In und to
all that certain piece or parcel of land sit
uate In the village of Hal ton, Township of
North Ablngton, County of Luckawanna
and State of Pennsylvania, hounded und
described as follows: Beginning at the
north sldo of the public road leading from
Dalton to Wavcrly Borough in line of
hotel lot owned by Kmina A, Carpenter
and at a corner of William M. Hinds' lot,
thence north R7 west 0 feet to a cor
ner In said line; thence north S8Vi degrees
enr.t Ktl'.i feet to a corner; thence south
68 degrees east 3S feet 4o line of William
M. Hinds' lot: thence along his line south
29"i degrees east 102 feeet to the place of
beKinning. Containing 4,406 square feeet
of land, more or less. Ruing the same
premises conveyed to Gertrude Batehelor
by deed of Oscar Carpenter and Emma A,
Carpenter, Jila wife, bearing date the tKh
day of January, 1801, and forthwith to be
recorded. All Improved with a two-stdry
frame building, octagonal front with show
windows, and porch, now or late used as
a millinery store. Together with coal
house, water closet and outbuildings;
small fruit trees and grape vines.
Seised nnd taken In execution at the suit
of John B. Callahan, trustee, vs. Gertrude
Batehelor. Debt, $1,376.00. Judgment No.
6S7, January T., 1896. Lev. Fa., to March
T 1896. W. L. BRADER, Atty.
AL90,
No. 3. All the right, title and Interest of
tho defendant, Reese B. Jones, in and to
all that certain messuage or city lot of
land situate In Bellevue, City of Scranton,
County of Lackawanna and State of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as fol
lows, to wit: Commencing at the north
east corner of said lot and on line of Rail
road avenue and running thence south
westerly along said avenue CO feet;
thence northwesterly nlong line of lots
numbered 2 and 3 of said estate 128 feet
to linn of lands of the Lackawnna and
Blnomshurg railroad Co.; thence along
said line northeasterly 44 feet to a line ht
right angles with said Railroad avenue;
thence along said line 128 feet to the place
of beginning. Reserving coal and miner
als. Improved with a two-story single
frame dwelling house and outbuildings
thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of use of H. O. Marcy. administrator d. h
n., vs. Reese B. Jones. Debt. H.OPt.OO
Judgment No. Ill, March T., 1896, Fl. Fa.
to March T.. 1899.
RHONE CRT3VELING, Attys.
ALSO.
No. 6. All the Hsht, title and Imprest of
the defendant In and to the following de
scribed piece, parcel and tract of land sit
uate In the Township of Newton, Lacka
wanna County and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to wit
Beginning at a post and stones corner on
the line of the John Shannon tract; thence
south 8414 degrees east forty perches to a
post and stones corner; thence north 20
degrees east one hundred and thirty-five
and one-fourth perches to a post and
stones comer; thence north To degrees
west forty-four perches to stones on a
rock corner; thence south 20 degrees west
onehundred and sixand five-tenths perches
to a post and stones corner; thence south
70 degrees east six ami eight-tenths per
ches to a post and stones comer; thence
south 20 degrees west thirty-nine perches
to corner ond tho plure of beginning
Containing thirty-six acres and one-hundred
and four rods of land, be the same
more or less. It being part of a larger
tract of land In the warrantee name of
William Moulder nnd conveved to Petrr
A. Smith by deed dated In 1815 ond record
ed In Luzerne County on the 1th Otiy of
February, A. t. 184, In deed book Io 42
page 629, etc., and afterwards by sundry
conveyances the same became vested in
James A. Kennedy, by wtrCin ttm tract
herein described was conveyed to the snld
David Smith by deed, euly executed nnd
recorded In Lumrrie Countv. All Im
proved with a tVa-tory frame dwelling
house, barn, vtttbulldlngs and fruit trees
thereon.
Seised nd taken In execution at the suit
f assigned to Ellss Smith vs. David
Smith. Debt. ' $8.8. Judgment No. 1M,
January Term, l4, Plurfns Fl. Fa te
March. Term..!. , ACKKJILY, Atty.
.ALSO.
No. 7. All the right, title anil Interest of
the defendant, Charles P. Welehel, in ana
to all that certalu lot of land situate lnhe
City of Scranton, County of Laokawaria
and tittle of Pennsylvania, describes f
follows. Being rectangular In shapa se4
fronts on Avenue B, being lot tweaur-oee
JW) in block four (4) oa Wlllian slerrt
Held s plot of lets In Keyser Valley, meas
uring In front and rear forty-efrht ()
feet sad one hundred and fifty (So) tet
In depth. Coal and minerals reserved.
All Improved with two-atory frame dwel
lings and other outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Rosle Rpp v. Charles P .Welehel.
Debt, $100.00. Judgment No. $12. January
Term, 1895, Al Fl. Fa. to March T.. 18M.
F. J. F1TZ81MMONS. Atty.
ALSO.
, No. $ All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, A. U Dunlavey, la and te
all tho following described lot of land sit
uate In the City of Scranton. County of
Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded aad described as follows: Be
ginning at the corner of lots Nos. 7 aad $
In block. No. 12 on the westerly side of
Cedar avenue, said corner being 40 feet
in a northerly direction from the north
erly comer of the Intersection of Cedar
avenue and Genet street; thenoe westerly
along line of lot Nos. 7 and $ fifty ($0)
feeet; thence southerly on a line parallel
with said Cedar avenue twenty (20) feet:
thence easterly on s line parallel with said
Genet street fifty (60) feet to said Cedar
avenue; thence northerly along said Cedar
avenue twenty (20) feet to the plaoe of be
ginning. Containing 1.000 square feet of
land snd being part of the northerly half
?f lot m,mbe,r 'ht ln Woh number
twelve (1$). Improved with part of a two
story frame store building. Coal and min
erals reserved.
Belied and taken in execution at the suit
f M. P. Flynn vs. A. L. Dunlavey. Debt.
iMo-W. Judgment No. $7$. April Term,
1S9, Al. Fl. Fa, to March Term. ltM.
HOBAN, Atty.
ALSO,
No- ; ' the right, title and Interest of
the defendant. Patrick MoManus, In and
to all that certain lot of land with the Im
provements thereon situate In the City el
Carbondale. county of Lackawanna and
State of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows, to wit: All the aurfaoe
or right of soil of said lot No. $53 on tract
or land In the warrantee name of Jacob
Porter, as appears on a map of out lots ct
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. on
said tract, said lot containing U.7M square
feet of land, or thereabout: Beginning
In the southwesterly line of an angular
lane at the northerly corner of lot No. 263
ln said tract, heretofore conveyed by said
Company to Thomas Toolan; thence by
said lot No. 253 south li,i degrees west II
feet to a corner; thence by out lot No.
2X5 on said tract or formerly occupied by
Mrs. Timothy Devlne, south 8Vfr degrees
west 122 feet to a corner; thence by out
lot No. 290 on said tract contracted to be
sold to Catherine Boland north S7H degrees
west 50 feet to a corner; thence by irregu
lar lane north 39V4 degrees east 69 7-10 feet
to the place of beginning. All Improved
with a two-story frame dwelling house
and outbuildlnxs thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of James A. Dennis vs. Patrick McManus.
Debt. $291.25. Judgment No. 314, Nov.
Term, 1893, Lev. Fa., to March T.. 1890.
J. F. REYNOLDS. Atty.
ALSO,
No. 10. All the defendant's right, title
and Interest lu and to that certain pieca
or parcel of land, situate In the Borough
of Muytleld, Lackawnna County, Penn
sylvania, desaiiued as follows: Being lot
No. twolvo (12) in block No. twenty-eight
(23), on the plot or the IIIIMde Coal und
Iron Company's lots I" MivfeM r'' '
being sixty (60) feet wide In front on Hill
street, the same width In the rear aad oaa
hundred and fifty (150) feet In depth.
Bounded northeasterly by lot No. thirteen
(12), now or late of A. Lally, and south
westerly by lot No. eleven (II), now or late
of J. Cawlcy. Improved with a two-story
f-amo dwelling house and outbuildings
;.tj,xn.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Ferguson & Doyle vs. T. M. Burke.
Debt, $510.00. Judgment No. 429, November
Term, 1893. Fl. Fa. to March Term.
1890. DEAN, Atty.
ALSO,
No. 11. All the right, title and Interest
of tho defendant, Reeae B. Jones, la and to
all that certain messuage or city lot of
land situate ln Bellevue, City of Scranton,
County of Lackawnna, bounded and de
scribed as follows, to wit: A messuage or
city lot of land situate ln Bellevue, City of
Scranton, commencing on Railroad ave
nue in line of lot number one of the es
tate of Sarah J. Davis, deceased, and run
ning thence southwesterly along said
street or avenue 100 feet to line of Sixth
avenue or Hampton street; thence north
westerly along said street 81 feet to line
of lot number a of said estate; thenoe
along said line northeasterly 72 foet to
line or lot number one; thence along said
line southeasterly 39 feet to the place of
beginning. A vacant lot, unimproved.
Reserving coal and minerals.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of use of II. O. Marcy. administrator d. b.
n., vs. Reese W. Jones. Debt. $5,500,001
Judgment No. 110, March T 1896, Fl. Fa.
to March Term, 189G.
RHONE ft CRBVELINO, Atty.
All of which will be sold for rash only.
FRANK H. CLKMON3. Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Scranton, Pa., Feb. 2$,
1890.
THE
TRADERS
NATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON.
ORGANIZED 1890-
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$250,000
40,000
JOHN T. PORTER. President.
W. W. WATSON, Vice President
P. L. PHILLIPS, Csshltr.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Bines, James M. Everlisrt. Irving
A. Kim h, Pierce b. Flnley. Joseph J. .Tersiyu.
M. 8. Kemerer, Charles P. Matthews. John T.
Porter, W. W. Wstsou, Charles, Bohlsg.r, L.
W. Motet.
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