THE SCBA2JTOX TK1B U JS WEDNESDAY MOENINGr, MARCH 11, ; 1890.
tf
STATE MP FOR DUMPS
The Economical Method of Handling
. the Drink Problem. .
MERITS OP THE KEELEY CURB
Btatlatles Show That 03 Par Cent.
of
Those Who Taka It Kentala Cared.
Why Not Assist Poor Inebriates
to Recover Freedom?
Written for The Tribune.
The evidence of oft repeated failures
in the old method of establishing total
abstinence In the Uvea of men who were
victims of the drink habit Impressed
uu . t-im 1 uMa V ICMlfiV of the
uiv lamuus 1 - . . . . -
Inadequate power of thousands of men
to extricate tnemseives out oi me icm
ble maelstrom of ilrlnk In which they
unfortunately had been caught. Dr.
Keeley's cui as a scientific discovery
Is conceded to be by prominent physi
cians and teui'hcrn In medical colleges
a- handmaid for the amelioration and
restoration of th drunkard from a ca
reer of shame, whether it be brought on
by Intermittent or contlnous debauch
ery, to a life of hope, health and
strength) the happy restoration of
manly confidence and self respect.
Many eminent Roclologlsts admit that
Inebriety Is more prevalent today than
at any preceding time. To suppress
this mighty evil that spreads dishonor,
dismay and destruction everywhere the
Christian philanthropic thought and
endeavor of the century have been In
adequate. Hence the old methods up
to date demonstrate their inadequacy.
DRUNKENNESS A DISEASK.
The "cause of Inebriety Is disease. The
medical profession asserts that from a
physiological standpoint it Is a dis
ease. Moralists who look at It from
a moral and nodal standpoint pro
nounce It un evil. Magistrates and
custodians of law and order look upon
Inebriety as a flagitious violation of
law, punishable by lines and imprison
ment. Penal treatment does not reach
the Beat of evil nt all; it does not miti
gate the evil in the drunkard, but
rather Intensities It. because the evil,
the appetite, the disease Is as deep
seated bb ever. To this unhappy con
sciousness of degeneration, morally and
physically, when liberated, Is added the
stigma of being cut oft from tho asso
ciations of respectable men.
In the dark ages gross ignorance con
sidered insanity a vice and thrust Into
prison or banished into exile victims
who suft'ereil from what we call today a
disease of the nervous system. But as
the light of civilisation dawned more
and more the humane voice of medical
science pronounced Insanity a disease,
and today it is treated as such by the
inedlcal profession.
This mode of treatment which was In
vogue In the dark ages in connection
with insanity Is analogous to th p-"s-ent
Indiscriminate method of the day
In trying to cure or reform an Inebrluie
by Imprisonment and Its adjuncts, iron
bars, bolts, stocks and manacles. Does
not the Increasing yearly death roll of
the drunkard demonstrate that such a
system is utterly Impotent for good and
tremendously potent for evil, In perpet
uating social evil In the victim's pro
eny, such as Insanity, mental imbecility
and criminality, besides tilling peniten
tiaries. Jails, workhouses and millions
of unknown, uncared for, dishonored
graves?
MISGUIDED ZEAL.
Penologists, crlmlnollglsts and sociol
ogists of the present day. In their ef
forts to arrest this terrible evil In the
land, lay hold of the effect and not the
cause, a task as hopeless In this case
as an attempt to arrest the course of a
river at its mouth instead of at Its
.source. , When a man Is under the in
fluence of liquor he cares not what he
does; he is as a wild beast; his passions
are beyond control; he knows not what
he does; wholly oblivious of conse
' quences he goes on, his reasoning pow
ers overbalanced by his Impulses and
passions. Drink is the most prolific
source of crime. Then the associations
of the drinking man are of a degrading
tendency, and many evils that lead to
crime spring from this source. I be
lieve that three-fourths of the crime
committed in Scranton comes originally
from the drink habit.
We know that from a physiological
standpoint dissipation from drink af
fects the vital organs of the body, the
brain tlsBU. the stomach, the liver, the
kidneys. By autopsies that have been
performed on men who have died
drunkards It has been demonstrated
that certain changes have taken place
In their organisms by the action of al
cohol In their stomachs. It has been
proven that the drink appetite Is a
disease. It Is true that great good has
been done on moral grounds for the up
lifting of men to better lives. But how
ever mush can be done for men by mor
al and religious means, we know that a
new set of vital organs can never be
talked Into a man, however much he
may desire to reform morally. The
only proper thing that can be done for
such a man Is to reform him physically.
V'e know that can be done in the case of
a drunkard. . .
WHAT OF THE POOR?
Since such a great discovery has been
made and such a cure established,
ought It not to receive welcome In all
lands? "For it has on it the mark of
the approval of the Lord God Al
mighty." We know that it will eman
cipate the slave of the drink habit.
But this new method of treatment, the
Keeley cure, based on scientific prin
ciples, is only within the reach of the
fairly well to do, those who can pay.
There Is no opportunity for the poor to
receive this new treatment; there Is not
a place In Scranton where the drunkard
without money can be treated with this
great discovery of the age and sent out
Into the world a man again. What a
grand good thing It would be If the
poor people who suffer most from the
drink curse, but are helpless to free
themselves from it, could, by signify
ing their willingness to be treated, be
made physically aa If they had never
been drunkards.
It would be their own responsibility
If they again forged the chains to en
slave themselves by a diseased appe
tite. We have proof that of the thou
sands that have been treated by Dr.
Keeley's cure 93 per cent, of them have
lict again bartered away their regained
freedom and manhood for whisky. Men
are cast Into prison for months for
crimes arising directly or Indirectly
from the drink habit, and they go out
Into the world again no better morally
than when they went In, but worse for
their experience In some respects. Blnce
this la the condition of things, that
penal treatment does not reform the
drunkard, for It will be only a question
of time before he, owing to the diseased
condition of his body, again becomes a
menace to the peace and order of the
community he lives in, suppose the
state or city should take the matter in
hand and say, "For our own well being
this la our opportunity. We hove men
who are diseased inebriates; we have
medical facilities and proof that the
diseased criminal can be cured. The
criminal Is to be guarded and protected,
lie la a ward of the state. He is both
as a question of moral- responsibility
a ad social economy, therefore we will
try and cure the criminal.; ,
A NEW ERA.
This would be the dawning of a new
era of prison reform. This Is a new
field for the press of our city to enter
with Its mighty Influence for good In
society. It remains with you to tell It
nut with power and truthfulness of the
thousands and thousands of people who
have been cured by Dr. Keeley's double
. chloride of gold from the disease of In
ebriety. His achievement Is unparal
leled; Its efficacy Is wonderful In re
newing the physical man from a dis
eased, enslaved drunkard to be once
more a sound man If he wants to be
one. It Is the only safe path of deliver
ance for men In bondage to alcohol.
Edwin Thomas.
Hyde Park, March 10.
NOT HIS KIND.
The Oeeaaloa Was Ooe When lie Might
Not Be Coagenlal.
From the Detroit Free Press.
I was sitting In a cobbler's shop In one
of the little towns on the side of the Cum
berland mountains, when a native got off
a mule at -the door and came in, and
said:
"Now. Joe, I h'ar that you folks is
gnin to hev a dance some ulghl next
week?"
"Yes, Tom," was the reply,
'(.wan to be a crowd 7"
"Right smart, 1 reckon."
"Axln' most everybody to come?"
"Yes; mow everybody."
"But yo' hain't done axed me."
"No, Tom, I hain't," slowly replied the
old man. "I jest reckon I'm swine to
leave yo' out. ,
"Hu! What yo got agin me, Joe?"
"Xuthln", 'cept one thing, Tom. If yo'
git to that dance yo' I bound to got -x-clted
and beklu to shute und hurt somo
body." "Yaas, I alius git excited and shute,"
rupllfd Tom.
"If iwas a shutln' dance yo'd be count
ed in. of co'se, but. you' see, it hain't. It's
Just fur a few olu folks who don't want
any shutln'."
"I see."
"And that's why we hain't dun axed yo
to cum up. Hop thar" won't be no hard
feelln's. Tom?"
"Of co'se not. I doan keer for dances
without shutln'."
"iiecause," said the cobbler, as he threw
down the boot he hud finished patching
"because, if thur' was gwlne to be any
hard feelin's yo' might cum up to the bend
of the road and hev a pop at some of "he
folks as they was gwlne home arur the
dance."
Tom reflected for a moment, and then
said It would be all right If
1 saw the point and invited the two out
to have a drink with me.
SOME POPILAR EXPRESSIONS.
Curiosities of American Speech Aceord
log to a Dialeet Boelety-Illuatratlons
Showing Uow the Vernacular Is Per
verted. From the New York Sun.
Is a pancuke fried or baked, or simply
cooked? Is it, after all. reully a pancake
and not rather a griddle t-uke. a lluunel
cake, a buckwheat ur a. flupjuck? What
Is a doughnut? When you tear your
trousers on a sharp point what Is the first
word you Instinctively apply to the re:'
tungulur rent; trap patch, barn door, or
weewary. as says tho New Knglander, or
Is it wlnklehnwk or nlcklehuwk, us New
Yorkers say? What do you mean by ding
toals? How widespread Is the use of the
shimmy? Such are the problems set by
the Amerlcun Dlulect society In part eight
of its notes, which will bo published In a
few duys.
Three distinct recipes for the prepara
tion of doughnuts ure promulKuted by the
society. Dough, raised with yeast, sweet
ened and spiced, cut Into cubes, which,
when fried in a deep vessel with hot fat,
bucome round lumps, forms the doiiKhntit
of Connecticut. Hy substltulng soda ur
saleratu for yeast, and cutting the paste
lino circles or twists, you have the dough
nut of Massachusetts, which a he Uutch
settler calls the olykoek and others the
cruller: while the native of Connecticut
distinguishes between the twisted biled
cake and the round Jumble. If merely un
seasoned dough, be used, you huve the fried
bread of Massachusetts, called on Cape
Cod seventy-fours, and elsewhere, it
seems, doughnuts. The dingbat has had
an adventurous career. Sturtlng as a
ball of dirt on the legs of sheep In Ver
mont, it becomes a smart spunk to the
northern New Knglander, a squable, a fly
ing missile and money to the Maine lum
berman, .the biscuit of the New England
boarding school, while In Georgia it has
turned to a mother's kiss, and you may
say of the girl you admire; "She is a
regular dingbat."
TENNESSEE IDIOMS.
It must not be Inferred that culinary
and domestic matters alone engross the
society's attention, though it is at home
that the careless words and phrases are
most likely to be used which deviate from
mouth to moulh since man first spoke.
Tliis part of dialect notes contains no legs
than tjoo new words and usages, collected
throughout the land, some poetical, many
rdciuresque, and all curious and interest
ng. ' )
In the Tennessee mountains, streams
flowing from the east are sunrise waters,
a mule that you can trust Is a confidential
mule, a railroad trains Is a smoke wagon,
a kiss is a smouch, cheese Is plural, with
a singular chee, sugar is sweetening, but
molasses is long sweetening, a man sub
ject to tits is fltifled, and very much Is a
heap sight, or a good few, or some several,
or way yander. A man points to a hillside
and tells you that he "lives on yon coast"
and has a "good scope of land;" he greets
you with "How do you come on?" anil
asks you to "come In and rest your hat."
A toothbrush to htm means a snuff stick,
111 means cross, Juberous timid, ilsty mean,
popular stylish, his past tenses are fotch
and holp and seed and squex and swole;
he tells you that "sickness is mighty in
terruption;" that It is "a gash wet spell,"
nd "hit's too-my-goodness cold," that he
has "t he beatenest boy and tulkenest old
woman ever you see," and that that
young flirt Is "tryln' to git a chaw on a
feller."
The sty-baked or -stay-at-home Jersey
matron coosters or potters around the
house, calls her preserves do-ups, pork
(pack, her husband. If- need be, a lob
scouse or leper, meaning a worthless fel
low. She sides up or cleans up or gos
strutting, wasting time about the village,
but she cares not a Dutch cuss nbout go
ing down country, that is, to New York
city.
OTHER VERBAL ODDITIES.
Coof Is the name for an off-islander In
Nantucket, on Mt. Desert the summer
visitor Is a rusticrata, a stupid Vermonter
is a dodunk, a goober gruber digs peanuts
In Tennessee, When a man is confused
he is mommixed in Kentucky, he is muxed
up In Otsego county, galleyled In New
Hedford, stodged in Indiana, and wtizzled
In New York. "I don't hurt fer it," means
"I don't care" in Mississippi, while "I
don't mind it a bit" Implies terror in North
Carolina, where a great calamity Is scan
dalous. The sunset Is day down on the
Virginia coast. A man has large money
In Cincinnati, he has scuds of It in Missou
ri, and a session of it In Georgia.
REMEDIAL EDIBLES.
Celery Is invaluable as a food for thoe
suffering from any form of rheumatism,
for diseases of the nerte, and nervous
dyspepsia.
lettuce for those suffering from insom
nia. Watercress Is a remedy for scurvy.
Peanuts for Indigestion. They are es
pecially recommended for corpulent dia
betes. Peanuts are made into a whole
some and nutritious soup, are brown -d
and used as coffee, are eaten as a relish
simply baked, or are prepared and served
as salted almonds.
Onions- arc almost the best nervine
known. No medicine is so tiycful in cases
of nervous prostration, and there is noth
ing else that will so quickly relieve and
tone up a worn-out system. Onions nrc
useful In all cases of coughs, colds and in
fluenza; in consumption, Insomnia, hydro
phobia, scurvy, gravel, and kindred liver
complaints. Eaten every other day tlirv
soon have a clearing and whitening effect
on the complexion.
Spinach Is useful to those with gravel.
Asparagus is used to Induce perspira
tion. Carrots for suffering from asthma.
Turnips for nervous disorders und for
Scurvy. -
With sugar and lemon Juice tha beaten
white of egg Is to relieve hoarseness.
Raw beef proves of great benefit to per
son of frail constitution, and to those
suffering from consumption, it Is chopped
fine, seasoned with salt, and heated by
placing it in a dish of hot water. It as
similates rapidly and affords the be.st
nourishment.
Kggs contain a large amount of nutri
ment , In a compact qulikly available
form. Beaten up raw with sugar they ure
used to clear and strengthen the voice.
Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for
the liver, a sovereign remedy for dyspep
sia and indigestion. Tomatoes ure Inval
uable In all condltons of the system in
which the use of calomel is Indicated.
Figs are aperient and wholesome. Thrv
are said to be valuable as food for thosie
suffering from earner; they are used ex
ternally as well as Internally.
Apples are useful In nervous dypep!it;
they are nutritious, medicinal, und vital
ising; they aid digestion, clear the voice,
correct the acidity of the stomach, and
are valuable In rheumatism, Insomnia and
liver troubles. An apple contains as much
nutriment as a potato in a pleusanter and
more wholesome form.
drapes dissolved and dislodge gravel and
calculi, and bring the stomach and bow
els to a healthy condition.
Pie plant is wholesome and aperient; Is
excellent for rheumatic sufferers and use
ful for purifying the blood. Housekeeper.
VIEWS IN RARE BID GENOA
Sights Which Reveal the Ituly of
Mediaeval limes.
MANY FAMOUS OLD BlILDIXCS
Art Galleries That While Not Famous.
are Still Worth Seelng-A Bright
Letter of Travel from a Land
of Ulstorie Interest. ,
Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune.
- Genoa. Italy. Feb. 22. The city of
Oenoa Is one of the many Italian towns
which, while exceedingly Interesting in
themselves and well worthy of a visit
from anyone wishing to see something
of the old Italian life, still have no
great galleries of pictures to attract
the average tourist. There are so
many mote of these galleries In Home,
Florence and Venice that t tenon, nis
toricully one of the most Interesting of
Italian cities, is usually passed througn
hurrledlv.
Hut there Is perhaps no place In Italy
where anyone who cares for the Italy
to be seen outside of the galleries and
churches, the Italy of the streets aud of
the people, can see it better than in the
old. narrow, winding streets of Oenoa.
The old portion of the town, down near
the wharfs, remains as It was in tne
days when Genoa warred with Venice
for the possession of the trade of the
Mediterranean sea ana was usually suc
cessful In thut war.
NARROW STREETS.
These streets are probably the nar
rowest in proportion to the height of
the buildings In all Rttrope. They run
In width from three feet to perhaps
thirty, but It Is only a few of the older
streets that can boast of this latter
width. The buildings run up a hundred
feet Into the air, seven and eight stories,
and the effect of a street Is somewhat
like a crack b-f t by an earthquake.
Through these narrow paths, for that
Is ull we would think of calling them in
Americu, How steady streams of peo
ple, all walking, for Genoa. In the mat
ter ot cabs and horses. Is almost as
badly olT as Venice. As Is the usual
custom In Italy, everyone walks in the
middle of the street, which Is paved
with large, ttiangulnr blocks of stone
and is practically only a sidewalk all
the way across.
There are many old historic buildings
scattered through these winding
streets, palaces and churches, all remi
niscent of the families of traders and
warriors who made Genoa a great na
val power. The Via Garibaldi and the
Via Balbi are flanked with perhaps the
finest palaces, archlteturally, in Ituly.
Walking up these streets, between the
painted and frescoed walls of the pal
aces, looking Into the magnificent
courts and up the grand italicizes, one
gets a good idea of what the Italy of
the middle ages was.
RARE OLD HOUSES.
Many of the palaces are occupied by
the same families which built them.
Most of them contain galleries of pic
tures, with no great masterpieces, per
haps, but still galleries such as one
could never hope to see in America.
The all-powerful half franc will open
the door of any of them, and you can
wander around through the superb
apartments, hung with tapestries and
pictures. Genoa has a great many nf
the works of Rubens and of Van Dyck,
who both resided here several years,
and who painted many portraits of the
Genoese nobility. The Van Dycks are
especially good. One of his equestrlun
portraits of a member of the Balbl fam
ily has a rther curious bit of history
connected with It. After the portrait
was finished the family was banished
by the republic, something that quite
often happened to Genoese families, and
Velasquez was employed to alter the
picture, painting in the head of Philip
IV of Spain over the original. This
painting thus represents the work of
two of the greatest masters of art.
There is a very charming vist to be
seen through the door of one of the pal
aces of the Interior court, with a beauti
ful sculptured renaissance fountain,
covered with moss, the green of which
Is in beautiful contrast ta the old
browns and soft yellows of the marble
Many of the courts are planted with
orange trees and the views from the in
terior windows down Into these courts
are very pleasing .
GENOA'S CHURCHES.
The churches of Genoa are none of
them of any great architectural quality,
but they are all very richly decorated,
and the cathedral, though a mixture of
many styles and built of black and
white marble, a method of building
rather unpleasant at first to northern
eyes, has a certain lmpresslveness.
Down near the wharfs stands the old
building of the Bank of Kt. George, one
of the first. If not the first, banks of Eu
rope, established In the early years of
the republic of Oenoa and at one time so
powerful as to threnten the overthrow
of the popular government. Over the
windows of the building tho old colors
of the crOBS of St. George are still visi
ble, the cross which is In the armorial
bearings of so many royal families.
IN MODERN GENOA.
Modern Genoa is a prosperous, busy
town, for, unlike Its ancient rivals.
Pisa and Venice, Its commerce has nev
er deserted it. and its harbor presents a
busy scene. Through the munificence
of the duke of Gnlllera, who left twenty
million francs in his will for that pur
pose, the harbor has been greatly Im
proved anil is now the best in Italy.
Fifteen thousand vessels pass In and
out of the port every year, and the im
ports are nearly four hundred millions
of francs. The most modern streets of
the town are straight and well paved
and lined with fine new buildings, not
as fine, of course, as tho old palaces, but
still very creditable buildings. The
steamers of the German lines sailing
from Genoa to New York have been a
great help to the town, and many trav
elers now come direct to Italy by that
line In preference to the Kngllsh lines
via Liverpool and Southampton.
An excursion to the Villa Pallavlclnl
Is one of the great attractions of Gen
oa, It Is made by way of the tram lines
to Pegll, seven miles distant, and on
the trip the traveler will become very
well acquainted with the thoroughly
European custom of town duties on
food. The line passes through a num
ber of small towns, and at the entrance
of each town an officer boards the car
to see that no one is carrying anything
eatable into the town without paying
duty on it. The town revenue is col
lected in this way. but from the number
nf men it takes to guard the gates It
looks as If the expense of collecting It
must be as much as the revenue itself.
At the other side of the town the same
thing happens and it is all an illustra
tion of how the people of Kurope are
taxed at every oportunity. , Here in
Italy every price mark that a merchant
dlHplnys in his show window bears a
stamp, every hotel bill antl a great
many other tilings too numerous to
mention. Truly Italy Is puylng for its
position In the triple alllunce.
ONE'S TROUBLE REPAID.
But If It Is a bother to get to the Villa
Pallavlclnl, the beauty of the pluce re
puys one. It Is on the sloping mountain
side, and there, with the snow-covered
Alps rising back of It and the blue Med
iterranean at Its foot. Is the finest gar
den In Italy. Winding walks, bordered
with tropical plants, lead up to the sum
mit, which commands a magnificent
view. A grotto and a beautiful minia
ture lake around and through which
you are rowed In a boat are other at
tractions of the place, on which twenty
gardeners are continuously at work.
It Is certainly one of the sights of
Italy. .
Then there Is the famed Campo Santo,
or cemetery, where there are tiers upon
tiers of burial caskets, each with its
inscription, and hundreds of very elab
orate marble monuments. The senti
ment which prompts a living widow to
hue a very life-like modern Btatue of
herself ntude, representing her as weep
Ing overthe. grave of her husband, Is very
strange to us, but It Is one of the Italian
customs, and you can sometimes see the
living original standing before her own
statue.
Take It all In all. the Impression left
Dy uenoa is tnat of a busy trading city
always active and money making, and
ot a city wmcn wen represents what
the Italy of the middle ages was.
Wlnford J. Northup,
THE IXFLl'EXl'E OF COMETS.
t:idence Which Tends to Show to Super
stltloua Minds That Their Coming
Portends Good or Lvil.
From the Times-Herald.
The approach of Perrlne's comet.
which is speeding toward the earth at
the rate of l.Gou.OOO miles a day, and
wnicn is tiue to strike this sphere on
March l.'i, naturally raises the uuent!in
to what extent, if any, this earth of
ours Is lnlluenced by these strange den
teens of heaven. That they have some
ltinuence nas been stoutly maintained
by astrologers of all ages.
Albumazar tells us thut comets, be
coming first visible In Aries, signify
evil to tne countries ruled by that slen
and that drought will be es pec lull y
prevalent. :sow, tne comet of 1K70 au.
peered In Aries, the sign of Germany
and In that year the Franco-Germun
war was begun and several districts In
Europe suffered severely from drouirht
Donates comet appeared In 18"8, and
was followed by the Italian war of IS'.s.
The appearance of the great comet of
isti coincided with a most destructive
conflagration in London, und was im
mediately followed by the outbreak nf
tne civil war in this country. The nu
Kasuluatlon of President Llncotn be
longs to the same epoch. This comet
appeared In Ueinlnl, the sign of the
United States and London. The great
comet (comet B) was first seen In Ge
mini on May 22, 1881, and on July 2 or
the same -year President Garfield was
shot. The same period was noted for
its Violent storms and hurricanes. Now,
me ancient astrologers taught that the
appearance of a comet In Gemini al
ways signifies severe tempests and the
death of some Illustrious man.
NAPOLEON'S COMET.
Evidences of a llkn nntnra ni.n,,.i l
history. A comet tenanted the heavens
mr nuvcrai mouins nerore the birth
of tho great Napoleon anl an
other one of vast splendor became vis
ible at tho beglnnlna of September. 1811,
when he was at the height of his glorv.
More curious still. It attained Its great
est luster In the latitude of Paris, and
It vanished over the latitude o Cor
sica. When Napoleon was dying a
comet appeared again for the third
time In his notable life.
In ItiOfi A f-onipt BlmmiMil In 1.nlnn.l
I r M, 1 II I , IH IIU
In the watery sign Scorpio, and soon
tiierwaru mere was a terrible Inunda
lion In Bristol. Somersetshire. Nor
roig and the eastern counties. Nos
tradamus, by the way, predicted this
flood In 1555, fifty years before It took
place.
Oriental potentates have for centur
ies been swayed greatly by comets,
llinour, when one appeared, consulted
Abdullah l.lnsnn n riimmi. nu,....i.
and was informed that it presaged the
un. i. mi uiaasicrs 10 nis enemies and es
pecially to the Ottoman empire. Ab
dullah nredicterl th.nn ,uln tt,.,t .i,
comet was In the west of Tlmour's do-
minions ana in tne sign Aries. Timour
prepared for war, entered the enemies'
terrltorv Hrwl iirtprlv nvaHhi-aw
- 'III I . i 1 1 1 1 1,
In the reign of Selim II. (1572) there ap-
pemeu a comet, wnicn nad the bright
ness filirl mnirnltiiflM nf whi.
excited the monarch's apprehensions,
which were augmented by the predic
tions oi ins astrologers, wno foretold
this phenomenon announced the calam
ities Which eXPPRSil-.. rnltl Wnnl.l Inlllnl
upon, the empire. "Forty days after-
wuru. ays me nistonan, "they imag
ined themselves threatened with a uni
versal delllOTP! tlleeaunnt ralnu
flowed the monarch's dominions In Eu
rope and Asia, laid waste three of his
chief cities, swept away men, cattle
and hmiMPH nnd ertn,l.,ea,l 1. a h.l,lnaB
and public roads Impassable for several
nccita. wnisinii nas conjectured that
the deluge mentioned In the Bible, was
Dl'OdUCCfl llV the I1MP nnntvtanh rt a
comet to the earth, and he further sur
mises mat me ena or tne-worm may be
proaucea ny tne approach ot a comet
llt'ndlirlnllHlv heated In Ita rtm-lttnllnn
It is interesting to compare his views on
tne stiDjert witn tnose expressed by
M. Flatumarlon, In his book entitled
"La Fin du Monde."
VIEWS OF THE ANCIENTS.
Even the great Charlemagne regarded
comets as portents. Seeing one appear
a few weeks before his death, he con
sulted his astronomers, and In reply to
his secretary, Eginhard, who urged him
not to grow uneasy, he said that he was
not dismayed at such signs, but feared
the divine framer of them, who, being
incensed with anger against a neonle or
a prince. Is wont In this waV to admon
ish them or His wrath and to call them
to repentance. Other famous men held
similar opinions. Cicero writes that "In
the civil war between Octavlus Augus
tus und Mark Antony it was observed
that comets were the harbingers or the
miseries that then befell them," and
expresses the opinion that "such ap
pearances foretell great events." Plnly
writes: "A fearful star, this comet Is,
and not easily expiated, as It appeared
by the late civil troubles when Octavlus
was consul, as also a second time by
the Intestine war of Pompey anil
Caesar, and in our days about the time
that Claudius Caesar was poisoned and
left the empire to Domitlus Nero, In the
time of whose reign and government
there was a blazing coinet continually
seen." Seneca exclaims: "Some com
ets are very cruel and threaten us with
the worst of mischiefs; they bring with
them and leave behind them the seeds
ot blood and slaughter." Socrates, wri
ting of the siege of Constantinople,
says: "So great was the danger that
hung over the city that It was foretold
by a huge blitzing comet, that reached
from heaven to earth, the like of which
no man ever saw before." Anna Com-
nena, the daughter of Emperor Alex
ius, spenking of a comet that appeared
before the invasion or.tno Hauls, says:
"This happened by the usual adminis
tration of providence In such cases, for
It Is not fit that so great and strange an
alteration o" tlilnjrs as was. brought to
pass by that coming of theirs should be
without some previous denunciation
and admonishment from heaven."
FEARED IN ALL AGES.
Machiuvelll, writing on the same sub
ject, says: "Experience shows that
some great commotions are the conse
quence of such signs as these." Mllll
chius, a noted mathematician, says:
"Much experience and observation
shows that comets announce great
slaughter to the world, such as suck
ing of cities, subversion of kingdoms
und other public disasters." The learn
ed Grotius observes that-"Comets and
fiery swords and such like signs are
wont to be the forerunners of great
changes In the world." Kapha'-! tells
us that "The great coinet in lfisu. fol
lowed by n lesser in 16x2. was evbleiilly
tlie forerunner of nil those remarkable
and disastrous events thut ended in the
revolution of itixx.
"A coinet appeared Just nt the time
our unfortunate Churlex of Ktiglund
wu defeated by Cromwell, nnd In ixl't
a ctlimt appeared in the summer pre
vious to the death of the excellent Duke
nf Kent and of his majesty, George
III.".
Many other examples could be given
of the popular belief that comets are
harbingers of tremendous changes in
mundane affairs. Tills belief Is doubt
less not as widespread as It was a cen
tury ago, but there are still some who
cling to the old so-called superstitions,
nnd even
st sceptical must ad
inlt that
things have hap-
pened on
comets were blaz-
ing in t
B-OSJ
vd able
jj Viu
politics mm of old
It Didn't Differ Much from the
Polities of Todav.
HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Doodle and Fraud Charged Just as
Vociferously la the Campaign of
1840 as in Any More Reseat
Presidential Contest.
From the New York Sun.
The presidential campaign of 1S40 was
the longest in the history of the count
try, and, excepting that of ls0, alto
gether the most exciting. It began
eleven months before the election with
the nomination of General W. H. Hnr
rison at Harrlsburg in December. 1839,
a nomlnutlon effected by the most ex
traordinary of sharp political contriv
ances, ingenious and complicated be
yond anything ever since attempted In
anatlonalconventlun; that was intended
to defeat and that did defeat Mr. Clay,
whose nomination, except for this con
trivance, was almost certain to have
been made.
The operation of the contrivance re
ferred to was us follows: Each of the
delegations In the convention selected
a committee or three or its own mem
bers, to which committee the members
of the delegation delivered their several
"views and opinions" as to the nomina
tions for president and vice president
most desirable to be made. The com
mittees, thus selected and Instructed,
met together In one body, and after re
celving nnd comparing the "views and
opinions" of the delegates proceeded to
formulate their own. These were re
ported back to the delegations. The
delegations, enlightened In this way,
then proceeded separately to ballot for
candidates. The results ot theso bal
lots were laid before the committees
again, aggregated Into one body, who,
after comparing and deliberating upon
them, formulated further views and
opinions for the Information of the del
egations. The delegations assembled for the
third time, und, further Informed, again
considered and balloted, and again Bent
their ballots to the aggregated com
mittees, who again compared, consid
ered and formulated. This general
process was repeated until a majority
of the votes was found to have been
cast for a particular candidate. UpVn
discovery ot a majority the fact was
communicated to the delegations In
general convention assembled "for
their consideration," the majority of
the delegates from each state casting
the vote of the state. It was by means
ot the foregoing singularly elaborate
and remarkable system of procedure
that Mr. Clay was defeated and General
Harrison nominated by a majority ot
42 over the united votes of General
Scott and Mr. Clay, Scott receiving 16
votes, Mr. Clay SO and General Harri
son 148.
AN EXCITING CAMPAIGN.
The campaign that succeeded was one
of extraordinary excitement and Inci
dent. According to Mr. Benton It was
conducted on the Harrison side by
banks and their agents, who "used
money In fabulous amounts and in
ways not dreamed of." In an address
to the country Amos Kendall declared
that "contempt of the people lay at the
bottom of the whole Harrison scheme
ot electioneering." "We have seen vast
assemblages collected together," he
said, "at great labor and cost, not to re
spond to any principles, or to listen to
any argment, but to drown the voice of
reason in the shouts of revelry and to
lead captive the feelings of the people In
a senseless excitement aroused by the
hauling of log cabins, canoes and cider
barrels through the streets; the display
of banners with unmeaning mottoes;
the singing nf doggerel rhymes, nnd the
exhibition of vulgar pictures; riot and
drunkenness. Joined with mummery
and mockery all alike disgraceful and
Insulting." Above everything else,
however, according to the same author
ity, was the "use of money without
stint, the abuse of official station, and
privilege without restraint, and the vio
lation of law without reserve;" alto
gether forming "a flood of demoraliza
tion," In "some of the states resting in
stagnant pools, contaminating tho at
mosphere of liberty, and threatening
death to everthlng virtuous, noble and
free" even to the republic itself. This
was putting the case very strongly, hut
no doubt Mr. Kendall devoutly believed
all that he alleged.
The Harrison men otherwise the
Whigs were not In the least moved by
the complaints and charges of the Dem
ocrats, otherwise the "Locofocos," but
continued to hold their big meetings, to
exhibit their vulgar pictures, to sing
their doggerel rhymes, to drink their
hard elder and to drag their canoes and
log cabins on wheels through the
streets and along the country roads.
They "got back" at the Locofocos with
charges quite as serious as those
against which they were called upon to
defend.
' COUNTER CHARGES.
They declared that Mr. Van Buren
whose father had kept a country tavern
was an aristocrat; a monarchist, in
fact, who lived in royal style in the
white house, who ate his soup out of
spoons or gold and his pie with knives
of silver: who honored the rich and de
spised the poor; who demanded a
standing army of 200.000 men under his
own control, for what sinister purpose
of enslavement of the people Is easily
Inferred. He had wasted the public
revenues, had Increased the public ex
penditure, and had added S20.000.000 to
the public debt. He was hostile to the
churches In all their sects, and sought
the destruction of the ministers of re
ligion. He was the enemy of free la
bor, who aimed to bring the wages of
American workmen to the Europeun
level and to destroy the profits of
American farmers. Among the minor
charges were two: That he had estab
lished new mints In which It cost 40 per
cent, of the value of gold eagles to coin
them and that turned out ten-cent
pieces at a cost of thirty cents each!
And a great deal more of the same
kind, ending with a declaration that
one term wa3 enough for any man.
In fact, however, the real issues of the
rnmpalgu related to currency and
banking nnd the tariff. As to the lat
ter, the Harrison (or Whig) doctrine
was Immensely removed from what Is
noSv called "McKlnleylsm." General
Harrison's position on that subject was
authoritatively stated in these words:
"He Is In favor of such Judicious tariff
regulations as siiall provide for the ac
tual wants of the government and pro
tect the national industry, vithout af
fording the recurs of extravagance, or
a surplus beyond what may be neces
sary to discharge Its current land ex
isting obligations." holding It "to lip
the duty of the government to keen Its
expenses within Its ordinary revenues."
It was. however, the opinion of Gen
eral Harrison, and his supporters
thnt even upon this motlciute view
of tariff leglHlutlon n sufficient pio-
icciiou miKiit no nad to give to
fanners protitnble prices for their
products, and to the a'ilsuns ami
l.-ibr.rers of the country constant em
ployment, fair waj.'i'i ami prompt pav
In short. '$-' a day and roast berf " The
Industrial state of the country was one
of great depression; and as Mr. Van
Buren was hld responsible for it. It Is
not surmising that he was beaten
badly both before the peoplo and In
the electoral colleges. Out of a total of
2.411,700 votes, of which 7.0f.9 were for
an antl-slnvery candidate. General
Harrison had a majority of 14G.:tlf. and
in the electoral colleges 234 votes
against GO for Mr. Van Buren.
r -11 la f.A 1 . -1- , V. . 1.
iiu.ii in .lie iai Kmi ji nif puuiiiriii re
public. It Is said to have more navigable
rivers than -any other country in the
world. Hio de Janeiro Is the principal
i-ur, mm lb iiua iicuriy 1,WV,IMI lllUHUHUIlls,
O '-'Knocks Out
The. Large Piece and High
Grade of "Battle Ax" has hjura!
the sale of other brands of higher
prices and smaller pieces. Don't
allow the dealer to impose on you
by saying they are "just as good"
as "Battle Ax," for he is anxious
to work off his unsalable stock
Moosic Povdor Go,
Rooms 1 and 2 ComajieaUi BM'J,
8C RAN TON. PA.
MINING and BLASTING
POWDER
MADl AT MOOBIC AND RUUft.
DAJLB WOftXa
lAffltn Rand Powder Co.
Orange Gun Powdof
Btectrte Batteries, Puses for ernlod
lac blasts, 8af ety Pas and
iepuuoCiemieil Co.'s Hiiti Explosives
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the City.
The latest Improved furnish
lags and apparatus for keeping
meat, batter asd eggs.
223 Wyoming Ave
ROOF TIMING 1RD SOLDERIHC
Jweiwe; with by tha uaa of KARTV
KAN'S PATENT PAINT, which consists
f Inrredlente well-known to all. It caa ba
aaolled to tin, galvanised tin, sheet Iron
roofs, also to brick dwellngs. which will
prrrent absolutely any crumbling, crack
la or breaking of the brick. It will out
last tinning- of any kind by many yearn,
and It'a coot does not exceed one-fifth Utai
of tha coat of tinning. Is sold by tka lab
or pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO HARTUAKN. IS Birch It
nrm ran co., infp. ctptui. i .owawi
uar vi-ao siior i this woblo.
"A ilUw Mioii it a iWJor tarwrf
TMaLerflM Sol Id French Doavt Kid Bao
1 aalliei is pee enywaw la ae u.w
er l'tMUl Mete ter tijo.
mud every war me Kooai
old la ell retail -teres fer
t.W. We mtkm Mt beet
oarMtree, therefore we Mf
anlet ihtJU.ttyU and ww,
end If en one te sot euuflvfl
win niuaa un nm
ereeodsBoUMTpelr. Op
Tee er voaaoi mbm.
ne 1 to I ed hall
zee. 0myeref
IJU yea.
unemMO
lone
CaiQ Srse Go.,
43 FEDERAL ST..
mwrnw.
ajrfgTflf urwu (0 xUoraw
at HBO.
WW, Al'iwlllve Wrlll-a
j-i.' Ginrautertl 1'urc to
LOST .MANHOOD
i uJT ftttmitiutr niiiiioiiti.
both of youug and lukl.llo
re'l men and women. 'Ilia
nvrfril. fftuudf Ynrniirrr.
Ul C
IMS, Nervous lability, Mf-fatly Draiajiof:3, Consumption,
nrunltv. EibaUKtinir riratnfiinl liwtnf thiwm nr tlinll.ni.
trttlve'O reams uriMtlnic ono for rtud v, tmliiei aud mai
rlAKiifi4iIckIyriiredhyir. (;odi ucapatiUh Srrvm
dritliM. Th nut onlyiHirc by ftUrliPtfatilio wr of if t
S.'. but troa eivnt M.l.' TO.N14J oud ULOUlft
I ILli:i:f brintfint: lck Dm pink ijluw to pai
li J fvtoniifcf Hie fr'lltK OP VOlJTII to tha
ratWut. hy mail, !.(( per bos r! for with rlt
ifii atiifipantec to i-ute fir refund tt mtinei. Iluolt
Uvr. SyuejiiliAerfHiralnCt., iiu 2uU0f .ftciv Yuri
For talt by John If. FheipH, nruegtet,
Wyoming uvemn und Sjuupp tnt t.
French Injection Compound
Cares pMltlTtly, qnlrklf. (not merely cliwkj.)
tiurantaud r niuuey refundiil. Avoid ditiifti-rmi
reaii-tllei). Prl'-B fniir bottle. Nis Itofllr
(xlll cure totrrot win itciuM. iwurefroiii
ebtcrretlun. with nuljr .clcuulkmly uuuo )ruigo,
teeuyeJdrttsforti.uo. ,
DR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE
To all nnftVreri of tRKOKSOF YOUTH,
LOST VftiOH end OISLAStS Ol- MI.N AM)
tVOMEIV. a8 nag; eloiu bound: aic.it uly
valid end inn 11 frer. TruaKtivut lr ui til
.tilrt'.y confiuiuitial, net n loaltiTeqnlrk i-nrn
u antHvd. luuuttr how long standing, I
will poiitlfely cure you. Write or call.
10 tflDD U2U N. ISth St., IMiilada., ln.
Jilt liUDO year' continuous practice.
1
mm
All Others
O
O
5.
lUantactorors of tha OtUbrata
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY I
oo,ooo Barrels per Annum
DUPONT'S
RIIUI6, BLASTISG MD SP0RT1R6
htanaf actnred at the 'Wapwelloma Mills, Le
sarae oounty, Pa., and at Wil
mington, Delaware,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for the YT yearning District.
IM WYOMING AVE Scranton, Pel
Third Mataenal Beak Batlatng.
Aaaatnaai
OB. 70111. Httoton. Pa.
THO
KiHN B. 811 ITU A f-'ON. PWavmtk. Pa.
X. W. MCLLJOAN. Wilkes Barre. Pa.
Areata (or im iwueaua uieaueai
fjaav'a Hit h bpkartes.
REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
ISttDay. Of Me.
TNI ORIAT 80th bay.
prodaeee the above results ln'30 daya. It act
gewerfnllr aud quickly. Cures wban all others (ell.
yonac aiea will regain their !nt manhood, aad eld
men will recover t'uolr youtbfnj ngor by ualug
BBT1TO. It caicair and aurely rettoree Nervous
aces. Lea Vitality, Iiavotnacr, Nightly Eiaiaelonm,
Loot Fewer, railing Memory. Wetting Oiaeuee. aad
ell effeote ot aeli-abuae or aisose and Indiscretion,
waieh caltu one for study, kiwluaaa or maniaae. It
net only eurm by etarting at Ibe seat ot dleeaee. but
Usenet gtercatoalo and blood bnlldor, bring
ing back tin pink Blow to rata ckewke and re
storing; the Ore of youth. It warda off Jnaanlt
and CeasumMlon. Inalut oa baying RE VIVO, no
other. It can be carried la mat pocket. Br geelt,
31.00 ver package, or all for ejd.oo, with a poal
tlva written ansrauitee to eeuro ear refund
tho money. Circular free, illdriie
ROYAL MEDICINE CO.. 63 River St., CHIUSO. ILL.
9m y Matthews Bretv, Dsla
ejenautaa JTa-
, Jt a. .
tw ill i7i?r;
SOLD
" g
'.fesSmiflitftffd
HfEravl r?&
tlll'S IS
LAGER
BEER
BREWERY,
POWDER
W