TIIE SCBANTON TBIBUNE- SATUBDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1896.
IF
OUR WOMAN'S PAPER.
;ral of the Articles That Came Too Late for the
Regular
(WELSH PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
m. ! nH4trlu l.v an nnrnrtimato mta
take, was omitted from the literary
page wnere K snouia nave upprmru.
The factB contained herein were re
ceived through the courtey of Hon. H.
M. Edwardfi.
This association In an Incorporated
clety In Scranton. having been organ
ised about the year 1S5S.
Many of the men prominent In Us
early history have disappeared from
the stage of life, amons them Mr. Dan
iel Davis. Mr. Reese T. Evans, former
ly city treasurer of Scranton. and the
Hon. Thomas Phillips. Of the original
members Mr. Benjamin Hughes. Mr.
Thomas R. Davlf. Mr. T. D. Thomas
unci Mr. Knoch Harris are still living,
perhaps ethers whose names we have
been unable to obtain.
The Bociety first met In a room on the
corner of Main avenue and Scrunton
street, holding weekly meetings, having
a librnry of about 200 volumes, and for
several years holding nn annual eis
teddfod. In 1875 a literary and musical
festival on a large scale was held In an
Immense tent In Hyde Park at which
Tail Lerrahn was present as musical
adjudicator. Another of a similar kind
was held in ISM) and In 1885.
The financial results of these festivals
enabled the society to enlarge and
maintain a free library for the people of
the West Side. This library is entirely
dependent on private contributions, re
ceiving no aid from the city.
The lute Hon. John Hundley some
time previous to his death contributed
one thousand dollars, and It Is a well
known fact that hud he lived a few
months longer, the library would have
been handsomely endowed and placed
upon u good financial basis.
The distinctive character of the soci
ety since Its formation hus been the In
vestigation of philosophical und scien
tific subjects. In which line It hus occu
pied a very unique position in this city.
It has produced more practical results
than any other voluntary association
In Iackawannu county.
The questions discussed during these
years would 1111 volumes, prominent
among them being those relating to
geology, mlnerulogy, mining, mine ven
tilation and electricity.
The practical results of the society's
Influence may be found In the fact that
scores of Its members have become
mine foremen, mine superintendents or
mine Inspectors and have reached other
positions of inlluence.
A society that has lllled such a wide
field of usefulness for nearly forty
yeurs is an honor to the city and
should receive the Bupport of the com
munity. THE DIGNITY OF COOKING.
"Civilised man cannot live without
cooks." Thus sings the poet, and to
his sentiment mankind, with no note
worthy exception, gives most hearty,
practical assent, without a blush at the
dependence of Intellect and happiness
upon appetite. On the other hand, wo
mankind, placing the emphasis upon
the nominative, turns the quotation
Into an admission of masculine kinship
to mutter, and, by Implication of his
coarser composition as compared with
the more sptrituelle sex.
Jn the persistent assertion of her
equivalence to man mentally, and her
consequent equal rights In-all matters
demanding skill in intellectual attain
ment, woman has allowed those domes
tic occupations, for which nature and
civilization have best qualified her, to
retire In a gloomy penumbra, while the
full light of her personality shines upon
those departments of the world's work
known as Intellectual pursuits. No
doubt woman today has attainments
and capacities before unrecognized.
The daughters of today Inherit an en
dowment of mental grasp and executive
talent far surpassing their mothers'
legacies. But In her struggle not so
much to evolve perfected womunhood
as to develop mannish etliciencles,
the dignity of obviously feminine em
ployments is being minified. The "new
woman" affects an hermaphroditic ca
reer In a world where sex Is a primal,
salient law, thus, not only subjecting
her progressive ardor to ridicule, but
blinding herself to the rationale of her
permanent wdvancement by her adopt
ed, grotesque relation to her native
sphere, and disproportionate valuation
of feminine vocations.
A prominent fad consists In Ignoring
physical needs as far as possible, and
deploring their existence.- The direct
consequences of this attitude are most
felt In the kitchen and dining rooms.
In the quality and manner of serving a
meal If no servant Is employed, and In
, the impassible gulf between cook and
mistress when a servant is kept. The
"preference of American girls for the
barren life of clerks or factory hands
is the most significant proof of the de
gradation with which domestic labor Is
tamped by American women.
Progressive women tolerate eating to
Insure mere existence. It logically fol
lows that cooking is u tolerated neces
sity and servants a tolerated class.
These women have been putting a new
construction upon the pristine mission
of being a companion to mun in the
subjugation of the whole earth, and
have been demanding that man be
come so far as he can, a partner in ig
noring the earth, hhJ, so far as he
' cannot, that he remain "of the earth,
earthy" without woman's sympathy.
. There can be no progress which does
ih rvune uiv putll Cllioouieu 111 mull
at the creation. Dignity Is un attribute
of that which is worthy. An Indispen
sable Ingredient of worth Is its capacity
to satisfy need. Plainly, then, the
amount of dignity attaching to un oc
cupation is commensurate with Its
scope In satisfying need, and the dig
nity of any method used, depends upon
Its fitness to the object sought. Thus it
would seem that the art of cooking
has Incalculable Inherent dignity from
the one cause. Its continual need.
Health is greatly influenced not only
by articles eaten but by their prepara
tion and combination In obedience to
. chemical and physiological laws, and
by aesthetic serving. The servant who
' can fill these requirements deserves a
higher encomium than merely being
called "a good girl." A housekeeper
, needs the wisdom of a sage, and the ex
ecutive ability and patience of a diplo
mat to manage easily the minutiae of
the cuisine, and the soul of an artist to
Directoiy
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BREWERS.
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Issue.
discriminate the beautiful from the ug
ly In the ever changing fads in serv
ing. All progress, since it depends upon
quality of brain and quantity of health,
is conditioned by cooking. The bar
barous man can dispense with It or else
use food cooked in a crude way. It is
the "civilized man" whose physique and
intellect are sensitive to his style of
living and whose moral equilibrum can
be disturbed for an entire day by a sup
of bad coffee at breakfast, that finds
use for a chef.
It has been said that the general stu
pidity of the Esquimaux is due to their
blubber diet. Among the first Improve
ments of the progressing negro is his
abandonment of coarse, greasy food.
if the home Is the center of the nine
teenth century civilization, a well man
aged culinary department Is the secret
of a large part of the domestic vir
tues. True progress can be made only
with the home as the starting-point,
ami the development of womunhood
begins with the appreciation of the
scope and dignity of. distinctively fem
inine occupations. Only under this
condition will Irreverent scutling ut
wuniun'H true rights be silenced and all
true women be invited in genuine pro
gress. LIICLLA FOLLANSBEE PEN
NINUTON. THE BICYCLE.
IThls bright and Interesting article
wus written for our Woman's Paper by
Mrs. 11. A. Knapp, but owing to her
absence from the city it was received
too lute for Insertion. J
The genius of the Nineteenth century
appears to have crowned the long list
of marvelous Inventions for the aid and
Joy of mankind by the production of
the bicycle. What the tired and over
taxed men and women of the age need
Is not aids to lubor. but inducements
to play. Our national expression was
becoming fixed, euger. anxious und
worried. Have we not all marked it In
hurrying uloug the city streets with
the sumo look upon our faces, un
anxiety that we may not be able to
grasp the flying feet of time which ure
always Just too far before us. Surely
since the steam engine came to bear the
burdens of the world along the Iron
girdle that belts the earth, nothing so
revolutionizing hus been created by
the bruin of mun. What a magic there
is In wheels, the very emblem of pro
gress. The song of the wooden spinn
ing wheel was roplaced by the hum ot
the sewing machine: but after all hus
not the greater Invention only increased
the labor and burden of women by in
ducing greuter wants? Many ot the.
wheels of progress have hitherto been
stationary und fixed, but the music
wheels of the bicycle ure unlimited in
their Bphere, whirling over the bread
earth free us the Hying birds or slow
sulltng clouds. Perhaps because ours
Is the nge of utility we have given the
bicycle so warm a we!c .me, "A'l work
and no piny makes Juck n dull boy."
SSit down on a bench in Central Park
and watch the afternoon procession
along the drive way. The bicyclers
glide swiftly umong the crowds of
vehicles, steady of hand, alert of eye,
with happy half-exultant expressions
born of swift motion and that sense
of freedom which surely Is the highest
Joy of being. We have heard much of
"the bicycle expression" as being one
of the strain and stress. I must confess
to have seen little of It; or have we
passed the early stage? Of all Inven
tions this alone gives womun an equal
ity with man. It serves her as willing
ly and well as It does him. She may not
be physically able to ride It so fast and
so far us he, but when one views the
male "scorcher" with head bent, buck
like a bow, and knees working like the
monkey-on-a-stlck which charmed our
childish sense of the ludrtclous, we
hurdly regret that weaker muscles and
possibly a tlner sense of aesthetics
makes the bicycle In woman's hands
u gentle and modest machine. It may
be urged that there Is also the reverse
of the medal that the bicycle Is not al
ways a docile and obedient tool in our
hands. Who has not fought and bled
and perchance nearly died in the ap
parently desperate uttempt to conquer
this rushing pulr of wheels? Alus!
when shall we learn It Is ourselves we
need to conquer? our native awkward
ness, our resistance to natural laws.
When that Is done, simply adjust our
selves to the bicycle and how easy It
all becomes. A firm push on the p' dais,
a light grasp on the handles,' a quick
eye to see and a ready obedience of ac
tion, and the steed of steel and wood
becomes not only a docll slave but a
part of one's self, a sixth sense, as It
were. How life broadens and widens
and deepens under the delightful mo
tion In the open air and under the free
sky with all the wide earth around. It
is all yours. Just to wheel over and en
Joy. The anxiety and cares and wor
ries that tilled the vision and drew the
sap from life shrink, fade, and If they
do not vanish, do at least assume their
just proportions as the strength and
courage to resist them rises In the
spirit. If the bicycle had taught wo
men no more than the fact that hey
may find other exercise than that of
walking from pantry to sink or carry
ing the baby about the nursery It
would, ns business men say, "pay for
Itself." But It does far more. It cul
tivates a love of nature, that book of
the Creator, It teaches the use of the
faculties, exercises th Judgment nnd
Inculcates the hunirnltl's If "A touch
of nature makes the whole world kin"
so does the love cf a wheel. As you spin
along the highway every one you meet
upon a wheel bus an Interest for you
nnd In you. Tt Is a bond of union, a
magic brotherhood. Uuglndllnc3S, ma
lice, uncharitableness. can never ride a
wheel, they lose the balance and topple
In the dust. Never has the broadest Re
public formulated so democratic an In
stitution as this universal leveler. Here
prince and peasant, grand dame and
maid, meet simply as fellow beings, to
struggle and fall or mount and ride on
individual merit alone.
Scranton has always. be?n In social
sports a conservative city, hence we
waited, as some of us did In regard to
adopting our city steam heat, to see
how "It worked.". It is true the Scran
ton Bicycle club was among the earliest
cycle clubs of the country and has al
ways been an active body, but It is
only this year that the bicycle has be
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come a thins of wide spread Joy to most
young and many of the older people
of Scranton. Now we hcr of the Ixlon
club. The Green Ridge Cycle club, the
South Side club, and doubtless many
others, who make gay the city streets
and suburban highways in the Spring
twilights Those who have as yet used
the bicycle only on the asphalt streets
can have no conception of the Joy of
country riding. It Is an easy task now
to ride your wheel to a railway station
and when you have patiently awaited
the pleasure of that sometimes early
potentate, the baggageman, put It on
the train and with it be set down in an
unknown country. Then what pleas
ure it is to speed along free as a bird,
enjoying new scenes, breathing pure
air and feeling yourself a live human
being. To us In Scranton the roads
of Northern and Central New Jersey
are a revelation. Miles of broad mac
adam roads lie like ribbons among tne
low hills and along the sparkling
streams binding together the hand
some towns and charming villages of
that beautiful region. The road along
the Passaic river for over twenty miles
ranks among the choicest for the
cycler yet It la but one of very many,
and the New Jersey teamster to kindly
yields the wheelman his legal half of
the road. The fine road through the
Delaware valley Is too well known to
require mention Jiere, while there are
many others within easy reach, and
when all those nearby are become fa
miliar why "the world is broad and
wide" and the bicycle can cross the s a,
as we all do, op ships. To all this the
non-cycler may say with eay scorn
"this Is the undue enthurijsm of ttii
cranks who would have all men follow
their fancy." The answer to such Is
"Come and try It." Why should you
creep at the rate of three feet to each
step when you might rover five yarCs
at a stride? We who ride cannot wa't
for you who walk. If you wlBh to keep
up to date and In the current mount a
wheel and ride. One cannot but won
der what the Twentieth century will
unfold as we glide into it on this latest
development, the bicycle. I I. K.
AN ART LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
By an Artist Who Has Made Scraoton
Her Home the Past Winter.
The New York atmosphere has been
peculiarly rich in an artistic way this
winter and has rivalled In exhibitions as
free as uir. for members of "The Trade"
ure kind to these semi-Bohemians, who
revl In the enjoyment of a go:d picture
as the Lord Mayor of London does In
green turtle fat.
Many notable pictures have changed
hands and prices have proved that even
In hard times good pictures are not ut
a discount.
Mons. Churtran has electrified us with
his brilliant potraits and condemned
us with faint praise In our own exhibi
tions. Hut Mons. Chartran Is not absolute,
and Americans cannot but be proud of
the achievements of Americans, as
shown in the exhibitions of The Society
of American Artists now open to the
public in their own beautiful galleries
i n Fifty-seventh street.
This building Is also occupied by-the
Art Student's League and was the gift
of Mr. tJeoige Vanderbllt to the artists
of America. It has been said and with
truth that the American artist put no
thought In his work, and there is no
doubt that he has In the past been sat
Isfled to rialnt only the outside of
things, to paint people with hearts and
souls just as if they were "still life"
simply things of form and color instead
of sentient mortals; but It cun no longer
be said that we have no Idealists, The
American artist certainly knows how to
paint with truth and vlgn. und now by
this exhibition we realize with thank
fullness that he Is taking tme to think.
and to give us his thoughts In beautiful
creations of fancy. Here Is
"THE MOTH"
by Ouy Hose, a small canvass rich In
color and excellent In drawing. The
poor frivolous creature of the night, at
tracted by the cheerful bluze of a lire,
has strayed In at an open casement.
Dazzled and faintlngs with bruised body
and scorched wings she lies prostrate
on the hearth firelight plays on the
slender limbs, bringing out their grace
ful contour and half-revealing the hid
den depths of the room with its sug
gestion of domestic comfort.
is there anyone of us who cannot
carry out the analogy ?
"Summer" Is a Joyous beauty by
Frank Benson; she typifies warmth and
exuberance, but there Is a dim mys
ticism in her eyes which shows her not
unconscious of the future of the seiv
and yellow leaf und the chilling winds
of November.
Edith Mitchell Prellwltz has a canvas
of great beauty which Is "sympatlca"
In every square Inch.
Lydla Field Emmet Is wtlr represent
ed by a charming canvas a portrait of
a mother and child The babe illustrates
her peculiar gift in representing the fas
cinating Immaturity of Infancy it Is
the callow fledgeling, with the smile
that borders on the tear. Miss Emmet
has also one of her dignified portraits
full of life and perfect In characteriza
tion and color. Such too are the por
traits of MIsb Leslie Cotton, a beautiful
young society womun one of the fav
orite pupils of W. M. Chase. She Is
most popular in her work and paints
with a breadth and power worthy of her
master, adding thereto a delicacy of
feeling which he does not possess. Two
landscapes by Bolton Jones will appeal
to every artistic eye.
Childe Hassam's brilliant interior Is
un actual' mosaic of paint which will
shock the well-regulated mind of the
average amateur, but cannot fail to
delight even him, when received at the
proper distance not such a great dis
tance either. Then the amazing kalei
doscope of color resolves Itself Into its
proper element of form and one marvels
ut the ingenuity und audacity of the ar
tist. There are good portraits presented up
here as In all such exhibitions, and we
find that although most urtists of great
repute treut with scorn the idea that
they are portrait-painters, yet that all
do paint them, with a higher ideal,
however, than merely to "get a like
ness." The highest ideal of the artist
is to paint a portrait which shall be a
picture, which will hold Its own for ar
tistic merit apart from Its value as a
likeness.
When we stray through the gallery
of old masters at the Metropolitan Art
(Jullery and sees the iKirtralts of those
sturdy old burghers and their quaint
help-meets, when we gaze on the dainty
face of a Orenze, or study the unat
tractive lineaments of Hillevon Robbo
Ilsh-wife and termagant dead and
gone to dust these 400 years, but a liv
ing presentment today through the
wonderful art of Franz Hals we feel
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Keller Harris, 117 Pnn.
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ill WALL PAPER, ETC '
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the power of portrait-painter to sup
plement the history of trw race.
The dignlfled matrons, the frail beau
ties, the gay courtiers of the past, are
made real to us In the portraits of Rey
nolds, of Laa-rence, and of Kneller, and
In the centuries to come another peo
ple will gas with the same sentiments
on tbe pictures that are new to us to
day. The grandchildren, perhaps, of the
little Beatrice Uoelet will stand with
surprise and delight before the beauti
ful picture painted by Sargent, of the
tiny maiden with the Innocent eyes and
delicate flower-like face her small pro
portions rtrtklngly contrasted by the
gaudy pairot In his great gilded cage.
Sargent has in this exhibition the pic
ture of another little ancestor, made es
pecially attractive by the great masses
of blue hydrangeas which fill the fore
ground and are charmingly suggested
In this background; the harmony
being further carried out by the same
delicate tint in the stockings and small
satin shoes, while the gleam of gold In
the child's hair finds a responsive chord
in the subdued brilliance ot the brass
receptacles which contain the masses
of flowers. .
Happy. Indeed, are these favored
ones of fortune, who, being able to pay
the price that such pictures as Sar
gent's command, are at the same time
sufficiently enlightened to realize the
great advantage of themselves, for Sar
gent could find many such beautiful
children as models for his brush, but
there Is only one Sargent.
The Influence of the puster Is seen In
at least two pictures, und It Is wonder
ful tnat so much cun be suggested by
flat tones character and proportions
being Indicated by simple lines und
touches. Introduced, however, with a
firmness and certainty und a deftness
which prove perfect knowledge of
drawing und value. These pictures
as pictures will provoke a smile. It Is
true, on account of the Inevitable ten
dency to caricature. 1 do not think we
will ever accept them as art, but us
decorative effects, which they undoubt
edly are.
The puster adds to tlit gaiety of our
streets and the latest are certuinly a
vat'l Improvement on the Insipid con
ventionalities of the past. To France
belongs the merit of the remarkable ef
florescence. Their art is that of the
Boulevards, the art of the milliner and
the modiste, to which Is added the bril
liance ot the colorlst, the knowledge of
the master In outline, and the artistic
Insight for effect und motion.
In the history of contemporaneous art
one meets with few evolutions more In
tert sting or more characteristic.
It has occupied a period of two years,
beginning with the slmnlest effect In
chroino-lithography with black for a
basis, and gaining a wonderful Impetus
with the growth of a more Intimate
knowledge of Japanese art, which for
simplicity and directness is without a
parallel.
The motto of this new craft Is to be
origlnul, at any cost: even us It Is In
literature, where In the determination
to be original, some writers find It nec
essary to be offensive. Certain peculi
arities of tile poster do not seem so now
to those of us fumlllur with uurne
Jones. Wulter Crane, too. bus been
their forerunner, us well us that crea
tor of the quaint und picturesque in
childhoodKate Oreenuwuy.
Their riotous color, which would be
undeniable In u picture, seems entirely
appropriate in the glare and the noise
of the streets and our best artists have
nut disdained to yield to flights of fumy
which have resulted In the creations
which now advertise a baby food or a
i.ew shoe polish.
The Pennsylvania Oral School for the
Deaf, and What it Means to Those
Who Receive Its Benefit!!.
In an afternoon's drive about Scran
ton a stranger's attention Is often at
tracted by an imposing group of grey
stone buildings, set well back In spa
clous grounds, on a suburban hillside.
The simple statement that this Is the
Pennsylvania Oral School for the Deaf
would convey but little Idea of the na
ture and scope of the work done there,
but If the uddttlonal explanation' that
deaf children are there taught to speak,
and read the lips of other. should
awaken sufllclent Interest to occasion a
visit to the Interior, t would there be
proved thut this Is actually being ac
complished. Should the cull be timed during
school hours, the visitor would first fce
shown to the beginners' class, where the
happy group around the kindergarten
tables gives one the pleasant Impres
sion that school life, even ut the ten
der age of live, may be made enjoyable.
Possibly the little tots are engaged
In some kindergarten employment as
we enter, but at a few words from the
teacher, they gather around her. 1 appy
to display their recently acquired
knowledge.
They speak and write the names of
objects shown to them, and, by watch
ing the teacher's Hps understand her
directions and do so many little things
at her bidding.
Looking at the bright little fac;s,
turned to the teacher, and noting the
quick response to her commands, It Is
hard to realize that they only see what
she says without hearing a word of it
When she asks "What did you do?"
alter some simple action, the answer
comes In a slow, careful way that gives
one some idea of the labor of mechan
ical speech, though the words are per
fectly Intelligible after we become ac
customed to the manner of saying
them.
The "I love 'oo" of one charming lit
tle girl and the realism of her illus
tratlon is beautiful to behold. Like
wise the air of conscious pride with
which the little sentences are delivered
sentences which represent so much
effort when we remember that It is ele
ment by element and sound by sound
before even the words can be formed
On Inquiring how the work is begun
we ure told thut the senses of sight and
touch are llrst developed, by kindergar
ten methods adapted to the deaf. Sight
is developed to enable them to see the
spoken words more quickly and touch
thut they muy detect the dellcute vl
bratlons of the throat with greater ac
curacy.
The lltt tutll learrs to form the di'-
ferent elements by carefully watching
and Imitating the positions of the
teacher s lips, teeth and tongue, and
feeling the voice first on her thoat, then
on his own.
The next class, grown older, and a
whole year wiser, find the effort of
speech somewhat lessened, apparently,
for we hear them making known their
little wants quite naturally.
One little freckled-faced lad comes
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blume, Wm, ft Son, (22 Spruce.
' HOTELS.
Scranton House, near depot
MILLINERY FURNISHINO GOODS.
Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lacks,
City and Suburban.
ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES.
Florcy, C. M., 222 Wyoming. ... s,;
HARDWARE AND PLUMBING
Gunater 4k Forsyth, 337 Penn.
running In from the play ground with
a bunch of violets In his hand remark
ing, "I want some thread." to t'e un
his little nosegay. Another bright-eyed
little fellow, when asked what he was,
persisted In replying "I am a little
man," stroking an imaginary mous
tache the while, a twinkle In his eye
betraying his appreciation of his small
Joke. In higher grades greater profici
ency In lip-reading is noticeable. The
visitor is occasionally urged to address
some remark to the pupils and Is often
surprised to find himself very readily
understood.
Some of the pupils are children who
have lost their hearing, through sick
ness or accident, long after they had
learned to talk, but in such cases spec
ial attention to articulation is neces
sary to retain speech.
After the first few years of drilling In
speech, writing and lip-reading th
education Is carried on by means of
text books Just as it is in heating
schools.
Professor Bell, of telephone fame,
was for a time a teacher of the deaf and
has been Intimately associated with the
work for years. In un address deliv
ered at the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the Horace Mann Oral School in Bos
ton, Professor Hell stated that It was
while working on an apparatus to
make speech visible to the deaf that he
made the discoveries which afterward
led to the invention of the UDphr lie.
RACHEL CONNER.
MANITOU AND A TRIP TO CLOUDLAND.
Munitou a n J Pike's Peak left out of a
trip to Colorado would be like going to
Italy and not seeing Koine: und we
found ourselves one summer day at
Munitou Springs, a village nestled in h
quiet, lovely vule among the toot-hill:!
at the base of Pike's Peuk.
Munitou hus been made famous by
the possession of effervescent and
medicinal springs und is called the
Saratoga of the West. The water of
these springs of Iron and soda Is peculi
ar und some people say they like It. I
think they speak truthfully. Judging
from the crowds that guther around the
various springs. The tin cups attached
to the curbs would not supply a
fraction of the thirsty souls who
rush to the fountains of health.
Tin cuns. pitchers and "little brown
Jugs" ure pressed Into service to meet
the demands.
There comes a day when the ascent of
that giant of u mountain, Pike's Peuk,
with an altitude of 14,147 feet, is to be
made.
There are several popular means of
ascending the Peak one by the Cascade
wagon road. Awaiting the morning
train may be found mountain wugons
drawn by four horses in which the as
cent over the splendidly built highway
Is safely made. The sturdy, little bur
ros will, after a fashion, take one to
the summit, but one must be well In
sured with accident and life policies.
The most novel nnd wonderful way In
by the cog-wheel railroad, by which
route we decided to make the ascent.
This railway has a length of 9 miles
and wus built at u cost of about a mil
lion dollars. It Is constructed in u sub
stantial manner, ull Its bridges being
of stone und Iron. At times the grade
seems positively appalling, being on a
maximum 25 per cent., but every pre
caution is taken to make safe trips.
On the ascent the cars are pushed by
the engine, but on the descent the loco
motive is pluced In front. It was a
beautiful morning when we started In
one of the observation cars that was to
take us U' this lofty mountain. We
were particularly favored through the
kindness of friends In gaining access to
the car early, thut we might secure the
front seats, whichh were the best. All
In the cars were eager with delight nnd
anticipation. The first purt of the trip
wus wonderfully beautiful, winding up,
up, and through the canon in anil out of
the forests. occasionally passing streams,
dashing down over great boulders and
catching glimpses of exquisite wild
flowers. The wuy seems hazardous as
on and uo. we go. passing over over
hanging brows of threatening boulders.
There is a peculiar sensutlon when sud
denly the train stops und we muke In
quiries of the conductor regarding the
safety of the road. He explains the ac
tion of the cog-wheel and so reassures
us. The steepness of the way still con
tinues; the trees become fewer and
smuller und ut length we reach the tim
ber line. We find It pleasant to stop at
the half-wuy house and have a conver
station with a young lady with a pistol
In her belt who is wulklng to the Peak,
indeed, during the entire trip we were
constantly passing weary foot travel
ers. We preferred to be tuken up by
steam. Once more we start. The
mountain now becomes a measureless
pile of broken ftunes. clouds envelop us
und there Is u great charm of Indis
tinctness on every side. Some in the car
begin to feel the rarity of the atmos
phere und ure searching for camphor
and ammonia bottles. This condition
of the atmosphere causes one to be
greatly deceived in regard to distances
and 1 remember, and many have prob
ably heard, the story so often repeated
In Colorado of two men who started to
walk to the mountains from Denver be
fore breakfast. After tramping whut
seemed to them a long distance, one
suggested to the other to proceed slow
ly while he returned to Denver for a
carriage. When overtaken by the friend
in the carriage the pedestrian wus sit
ting on the bank of a brook scarcely
more than a step in breadth, deliber
ately taking off his clothes. When ask
ed why he did not step across he replied:
"You don't catch me making a fool of
myself by trying to Jump this stream,
Jt looks hut a step, but it may be a mil.;,
so 1 shall prepare for swimming."
After three hours of pushing, pulling
and climbing the train ceases Its res
pirations and comes to u standstill,
seemingly exhausted, before u stone
building, recently occupied us a station
fur the I'nlteil States slgnul service.
Oh! what a view as we stand und
gaze in speechless awe at the puno
rumu of unrivaled grandeur that is un
folding before us. As far ns the eye
can reach a mighty army of mountains
In every direction and the pussing
clouds below us reveal the valley and
plain. There is so much sky one feels
so near It, und realizes more fully than
ever the vastness of (od and the won
ders of His creation. It wus one of the
most uwe-lnsnlring sights 1 have ever
seen words fall In a description of it.
To see it is to appreciate it and now, as
my space is limited, 1 will leave you
among the clouds.
ANNIE FOSTER STELLE.
The Nickel Plate Road runs along
the shore of Lake Erie and through
Erie, Cleveland, Fostorla and Fort
Wayne.
Cowlea, W. C, 1307 N. Mala.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Rogers, A. E., 215 Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goodman's Shoe 8 tore, 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home' Credit House, 42S Lacks.
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER,
Inglls, J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout, N. P., 110 W. Market. .
Jordan, James, Olyphant.
Barthold, E. J., Olyphant.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Snook, S. M., Olyphant.
' ' PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Winks; J. C. IU Penn.
TEA,' COFFEE AND SPICB.
Grand Union Tta Co 1(1 S. UAln. .
The Case of a Veteran Cited Whose
Paralysis Came from Ex
posure in thfe Army.
The Equally Interesting Method of His Cure, and
His Enthusiastic Endorsement.
In the town of Oncnta, in Otwgo County,
New York, for a great many yean there has
lived a man whose life has bteu overshad
owed by that terrible disease, paralysis.
Kecently it wo rumored that a miracle had
been performed that this mun hud been re
stored to hut normal lieultli and strength and
to ascertain the truth or falsity of such a
rumor your correspondent visited Ouconta
to-day and being directed to the man sought
an interview with him, which was readily
and cheerfully granted. The man told bis
own story as follows :
"My name is Edward Huswell. You
would not think from my apiwarance, but I
was bora 77 yearn ago, iu New Scotland,
Albany County, t was reared on a farm
and blessed by Nature with a strong con
stitution und good health. Early in life 1
removed lo Albany, tlieuce to Sclieuevus, in
this county, and finally nettled down in On
euntii, where I huve lived a great many yearn.
" When the war broke out I wus strong
and active, lieim; nearly six feet tall and
weijrliiny 22'i pounds. I cnliated in the
Third New York Cnvul ' ur.d served three
year. Of the Ions, weary marches, especi
ally in North Cuniliim of the day and nights
of exposure 1 will not Npeuk, tor it was in
the barrack nt WusHitiirtoii that my misery
began. While there heavy rains fell und
n il having sufficient protection ofttiiin-s we
swku in the mnrniug drenched willi the
rain. At this time I contracted a cold Hud
along, with it came that dread disease, rlien
mitisin. I rapidly grew worse and was re
moved to the hospital where I was uttended
by Dr. Leonard, now of Worcester iu this
enmity. He mule me as comfortable as any
iirm could, but I could not shake nil' the
disease. It was in my system and after iny
return home with Impaired health soil
stremrtli reduced, my nerves gave out and
additional KiiU'erin1' ensued. I could move
around and was able to dot some work nt
leic.'lli I went to work in the cur shops here,
inside work wholly hut the least exposure
would bring on lerrihlu pains ami life wus
m ule miserable fur inc. After a few years
my strength gave out aud 1 wus unable to
tight aspuust iny pains. Iu addition to the
rheumatism extreme nervousness took pos
session of me then heart disease set in ; I
could lint lie down to sleep and was brought
very low by this complication of diseases.
My wrists und ankles became swollen, my
lens distorted and my hips sunken, now you
can feel the cavities, ulso thrust your hand
into my hark such were the ravages of
rheumatism.
" Rut this was not ull. About six years
a no I had a stroke of paralysis which affected
my left side but by extra care I recovered
somewhat from this. Three years ago I hud
a second stroke which rendered inn entirely
helpless. My left side w.is wholly useless
and 1 could not feel it when a pin was thrust
full length into my lei; or unn. liefore
mriilysis set in I thought I was nigh to death,
tut now cnine the horror of a living death.
On account of my heart trouble which was
aggravated by this new disease, 1 could not
sleep anil could be placed ouly In one posi
tionbolstered up in a chair reclining
slightly on my right side. Now the paral
ysis alt'ected my head and I would remain in
that position oslerD in the chuir for weeks at
! a time without awakening. Words cannot
express tne misery I was in and the sutler
lug I endured. All this time I consulted
doctors and tried all kinds of patent medi
cines without receiving any benefit. I was
doomed to a lingering death and wag in
despair. One day a paper was handed me
Complexion Preserved
DR. HCBRA'S
VIOLA CREAK!
Remove Freeklet, Pimples,
Livsr Moles, Blackheads
Sunbarn and Tin, and re
stores tha skin to its origi
nal freshness, producing a
clear and health v rom-
ttleTlon. fiurjeriortoftUfneA
preparations and perfectly harmless. At all
druggists, or mailed lo: SOcts. Send tor Circular.
VIOLA SKIN 80AP rtmplr lleoassnMt St
tkin purifying But?, unaqi.)d far tht toUt. and irltkoat ft
rival fee Un Durerrr. Abaolct'lr jsut tat Sdkattl mtik
nuo. Atdntirim, Pries 25 Cunts.
G. C. BITTNGR d, CO., TOLEDO, O.
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS, Scranton, Pa.
tsteaess st ths Hintr Midiosl Atrrsesmit
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wonderful boon to sutrren
from Colds, Sore Throat,
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OrHATf FRVIn. JlWrtrdi
In pocket, ready
rcmoflv. cnnrpnlent uimiti
dT M lis nn tlr.t lnHI..i,V , .Y.f
. uniiuHr. ubV jdmh rerssaaens fl'ar.
Bitlif acUon ennranteod or money refunded. Price,
pts. Trial tree st Druggists. Reslsterod mall.
l cent. H. I. CBSHH1II, Mf?.7tim linri, aidht. J. 1
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MENTHOL Tl?0 surest and safest remedy for
' fl U all skin mseaseaj Kciema.ltcb.Ssll
Rseumnld finres. Rural, Cun. Woaderful rem
tujforPlXKs). Price. & ets. it Drag-n a as
rials or lif mull prepaid. Adlre as above. DALIT
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS. Scranton. Pa.
Chlrkeatf.-'a UiuflUk Ulamnd BraaS,
ENNYROYAL PILLS
Orll Dal nd Oaly Gennhte.
Arc. olnftjri relUbto. utoica uk
limitffn for CkirUtttrt Eitvtiik Dim-,
motMf jfrartaf in km and Void BCtauto
itwiM. staJod witli hill ribha.li. Tit La
nnther ftrfielmijrQu tvbitttu v
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FLORAL DESIGNS.
Clark, G. R. A Co., 201 Washington.
CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington,
GROCERIES.
Plrle, J. J 427 Lackawanna.
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERT.
Raub, A. R., 426 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS.
McGarrah A Thomaa, 209 Lackawanna.
Lorents, C, 418 Lacka;. Linden A Wash.
Davis, G W Main and Market.
Rloes, W. 8.. Pockvllle.
Davlea, John J., 106 8. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Blmwell, V. A., 516 Linden. .
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna,
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
UardUg, J. L.. 316 Laokawaaaa.
to read. In the paper I taw an account of
the healing of a paralytic who used Dr. Wil
liams' I'iuk Pills tor Pale People. 1 had do
faith in patent medicines, 1 had spent aver
S.UU.0O iu theni, all to uo purpose. L'aable
to work 1 had uo income save a pension of
$8.UU per month. Hut some way 1 was ini-
5 rested with what Pink Pills had dene ami
etenuiaed to give thrin a tair trial. I did
nol stop with one box hut used three boxes
before I noticed any effect. After taking
three boxes 1 felt a change coming over me.
1 kept on taking Pink Pills and kept on feel
ing better, tiradually my pain letl me, I be
gun to feel new life course through my body
and to my surprise and delight, feeling be
gun to-come into my side sad life and
strength into my leg and arm. After taking
fourteen boxes 1 had recovered full use ol
my limbs, my rheumatism was gone and oiy
heart trouble relieved. During iny sickness
my weight had decreased from 2i5 pound
to 144 pounds, but to-day I weigh 170 pounds,
am strong and uctive aud you would not take
me to be 7 years old."
While speaking, Mr. Haswell showed con
tiderable emotion and when questioned lit
added : " 1 cannot say too much la praise
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I cannot eg.
press my gratitude to the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, they saved my life and
gave me back health 1 bad not enjoyed lot
over SO years."
When told that people might not believe
such a story in print, lie said : " I am will
ing to go before a Justice of Peace and sweat
to its truth, if you wish, and I shall be only
too glad to answer inquiries anyone may
wish to make."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale TcopU
are an unfailing remedy for all diseases aris
ing from a poor and watery condition of tbe
blood, such as pule and sallow complexion,
general muscular weakness, lost of appetite,
depression of spirits, lack of ambition, ma
nna, chlorosis or green sickness, palpitation
of the heart, shortness of breath on slight ex
ertion, coldness of hands or feet, swelling ol
the feet and limbs, pain in the back, nervous
headache, dizziness, loss of memory, feeble
ness of will, ringing in tbe ears, early decay,
all forms of female weakness, leucorrhaa.
tardy or irregular periods, suppression ol
menses, hysteria, paralysis, locomotor ataxia,
rheumatism, sciatica, nil diseases depending
on vitiated humors in the blood, causing
scrofula, swelled glands, fever tores, rickets,
hip-joint diseases, hunchback, acquired de
formities, decayed bones, chronic erysipelas,
catarrh, consumption of the bowels aud lungs,
and also for invigorating the blood and system
when broken down by overwork, worry, dis
ease, excesses and indiscretions of living, re
covery from acute diseases, such as fevers, etc.,
loss of vital powers, spermatorrhea, early de
cay, premature old nge. These pills are not a
purgative medicine. They contain nothing
that could injure the most delicate system.
They act directly on the blood, supplying to
the blood its life-giving qualities by assisting
it to absorb oxygen, that great supporter of all
organic life. In this way the Mood, becom
ing "built up" and being supplied with its
lucking constituents, becomes rich and red,
nourishes the various organs, stimulating
them tonetivity in the performance of Iheir
functions, und thus to eliminate diseases front
the system.
These Pills are manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y., aud are sold only in boxes bearing the
firm's trade mark and wrapper, at CO cents a
box, or six boxes lor $2.50, und are never told
in bulk. They may be bad of all druggists,
or direct by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company. The price at which
these pills are sold makes a course of treat
nient Inexpensive us compared with
remedies.
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BROKER AND JEWELER.
Radln Bros., 123 Penn.
DRY GOODS. FANCY GOOD
Kreaky, E. H. A Co., Ut & Mala.
CREAMERY ,
Stone Bros., 303 Spruce.
BICYCLES, GUNS, ETC
Parker, E. R 321 Spruce. r
DINING ROOMS.
Caryl's Dining Rooms, 60S Linden.
TRUBSES, BATTERIES AND RUBBER
GOODS.
Benjamin A Benjamin, Franklin A Sprue
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Roberts, J. W 126 N. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Btelle, J. Lawrence, 303 Spruce.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES.
- . HARDWARE.
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