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HOLIDAY GOODS, TOYS, PRESENTS, ETC.
We are now showing the largest assortment of Xmas Presents that was ever shown in this city before. Any
kind of a toy for young or old. Useful goods, novelties, etc., at
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Toys, Dolls and Doll Furniture on Second Floor
steps in Front and Rear of Store.
Down Stairs Dept.
flain Floor.
THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SJ, 1896,
FOR THE
Red Sign
Red Sign
For the more modest purse "we
have provided many Toys and
Xmas Goods or Presents at only 4c
Glass Xmas Tree Ornaments, 2 for 4C
Larger Sizes, each - 4C
Large Tinsel Ornaments 4c.
Xmas Tree Candles, 1 dozen 4C
Xmas Tree Candle Holders, 1 dozen ....ioc.
Xmas Handkerchiefs for Ladies', Gents' or Children from
10 cents.
Gents' Initial Handkerchiefs, worth 25c, for only. .14c.
Large, Full Size Japanese Silk Hem-stitched,vorth
35c. Our price 24c. ,
Xmas Cards.
Xmas Booklets.
1897 Calendars, Beauties.
Story Books, 4c. Upwards.
Xmas Jewelry, Earrings, Stick Tins, Brooch Pins,
Rings, etc. Toys too numerous to mention. Call
and see what we have. There you can get an idea
of our stock.
COME AND
THE
J. H. LADWIG, Proprietor.
ftSCome and
TO REFORM MEN BY
USE OF HYPNOTISM
.New Field for Philanthropic Endeavor
Just Discovered.
QUICK RELIEF FOR OPIUM FIENDS
Alto lor Person Addicted to the Ei
ccesive Use or Alcholic Liquors and
Tobacco-.Somi'thinx Which it Im
portant if True and Interesting
Anyhow.
If we may believe In the Times-Herald
of Chicago, hypnotism similar to
that practiced by the Sages will soon
be put to a new use. It Is to be en
listed In the reformation of mankind.
The expert who has this aim in view is
named Brouyette, who lives in Engle
wood, a suburb of Chicago. Says the
Chicago paper:
"Any pedestrian or trolley car pas
fenger passing along South Halsted
street in the vicinity of Sixtieth will
hardly fall to notice a big yellow sign
fastened to the side of a house which
proclaims to the Englewood prohibi
tionists and all the wayfarers who
chance to travel in that dry district
these glad tidings:
: HYPNOTISM :
: Cures liquor, morphine, to. :
: bacco, cigarette, and all use- :
: less habits. Stammering in :
; speech, catching of the breath, :
! etc. 1 remove all Ideas that :
. : cause trouble. :
"If any man Is a slave of drink let
him consult hypnotism and there And
a panacea. Hypnotism In its modern
phases has accomplished wonders.
There has never yet ben discovered a
man who could put an idea Into an
empty head; but here In Chicago this
young man has come to light who, for
a considerations, offers to remove all
ideas of a troublesome nature.
"Never before has any man set him
self up to. accomplish these things
through the mysterious forces of hyp
notism. But now there has arisen this
young man, who claims he Is not only
able to remove all troublesome Ideas,
but who says he is specially endowed
with the powers that will set a man free
from whisky, morphine, cigarettes, or
plug tobacco. In France this science of
hypnotism is much better understood
than It Is here; but this boy not only
studied here but accomplished some of
his most wonderful results among the
friends who knew him best.
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
"For example, he recently took as a
patient a young man who was addict
ed to tobacco. This young man was in
thi habit of smoking 150 cigarettes In
a day. After placing him In achatr and
waving hlB hands over him In mesmeric
fashion, he told him to go to sleep. Im
mediately the subject fell under the In
fluence of the hypnotist, and seem.jl
to. be under complete control. The
welrdness of the hypnotist now became
apparent. Nothing could be seen but
the glitter of hid big black eyes and
sinuous movements of his Ions, skeleton-like
arms. Soon the patient was
apparently In a sound sleep.
"The cigarette tierJ was then asked
if he would like to smoke. Of course
he would like to smoke. And the hyp
notist handed him a lead pencil, which
he smoked with manifestations of the
greatest enjoyment.' ' Then the hypnot
ist passed his hands over his subject's
fare. In the same mesmeric manner.
and said 'Wake un,' which the young
man did without delay. He was again
pat to sleep and told that smoking was
injurious, that he would no longer de
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sire to smoke after waking. This was
the mode of treatment.
"In the next place a man with a bis
bottle nose and a strong whisky breath
was brought before the hypnotist,
rpon examination it appeared the bottle-nosed
man had been drinking twenty-three
years. Professor Uruuyette
put him in the catatleptic state in a
few minutes, by a little waving of the
hands, or what some Ignorant people
call pow-wowlng. Then he said: 'Here
is a glass of whisky,' when as a mut
ter of fact It was nothing but a gluss
of water. He drank the water with
as much relish as If it had been old
Kentucky whisky. Then the hypnotist
said: 'What I'm giving you Is injuri
ous to your health; you must give It up;
it is killing you. When you wake uu
all desire for it will be gone.i The sub
ject was brought out of his trance.
Thereupon the lecturer described to his
subject all the evils of Intemperance
and told him how to gut rid of trouble.
THE TOBACCO HABIT.
The hypnotist In the next case took a
young man who had been a slave to
plug tobacco for fifteen years. He put
him under the hypnotic Influence with
out the least difficulty, and then offered
him an ordinary business card, telling
him it was the finest brand of tobacco.
The patient Immediately began to bite
and chew this card as If It had been
the finest tobacco In the world, wen
the hypnotist said: 'How do you like
that?' 'That's fine tobacco.'
" 'Well,' said the hypnotist, 'I want
to help you; I want to cure you of the
tobacco habit; it is injuring you; It is
destroying your health. Now, I want
to tell you that you don't want any
more tobacco; you don't desire It any
more, do you? You wouldn't take a
chew now if you could, would you?'
"In this way, says Professor Brouy
ette, the desire for habits that are in
jurious are removed. In regard to how
soon he can accomplish a cure, it is
all owing, he says, to the temperament
of the patient. Sometimes, he claims,
he can cure a slave In one or two treat
ments, and then again there are cases
which require from three to ten treat
ments. Of course, where a habit ihas
been fixed on a man for several years,
he says, you would not expect It to be
removed in a minute. Habits are of
slow growth, but they become second
nature to a man. Habits often lead a
man tojhe grave.
"Professor Brouyette said that of all
the (lends he has ever had to treat the
morphine fiend Is the worst. In a case
where a man has been using morphine
or opium iq any form for any great
length of time. It requires the greatest
skill In judgment and often weeks in
treatment before he can get them di
vorced from their trouble. It la a great
thing to remove Ideas that trouble the
mind.
"Hypnotism, according to Professor
Brouyette, Is a thing that anybody can
practice, but not all with the same de
gree of success. He made a study of
the science under an advanced teacher
right here In Chicago. He says that
almost every person Is able to hyp
notise a man or woman that is amen
amble; and then again there are other
operators who have much more mag
netic power. So far as he himself Is
concerned, he Is able to put nine per
sons out of every ten under the hyp
notic Influence. This is his record.
There la nothing new In the bare Idea
of hypnotism. But never before has a
man advertised that he would cure
liquor, morphine, and tobacco habits
by the application of this science. He
claims to have cured a good many pa
tients troubled with these different
complalntc.
AN INTERESTING CASE.
"Professor Etrouyette tells of one
case that Is very Interesting. A lady
of great wealth, whose husband was
one of the most prominent business
men In this city, had secretly become
a slave to the morphine habit. She
had tried all kinds of remedies and
fealed. She was In despair. She went
to Europe and visited thtf different re
sorts and consulted the most famous
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Jointed Dolls.
Dressed Dolls.
Kid Dolls.
Washable Dolls.
Rubber Dolls.
Bov Dolls.
Baby Dolls.
Bisque Dolls, t
China Head Dolls.
Doll Toilets.
Doll Carriages.
Doll Furniture.
Toy Tea Sets, China.
Toy Tea Sets, Tin.
Picture Books, 4c. up.
Jilack Boards.
1 lobby Horses.
.Skin Horses.
Wool Horses.
Wool Dogs.
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physiciuns. Then at last she heard
of this hypnotism and tried It. The re
sult was that inside of a fortnight she
was cured, and she has been free from
this habit ever since.
"There are two cardinal principles In
my method of treatment,' said Profes
sor Brouyette. 'The first Is. as I have
already remarked, that whilu the pa
tient is In a cataleptic state I remove
all desire from the mind for the particu
lar form of indulgence with which he
or she has become allllcted. I do this
In an impressive and permanent way
that Is only known to one who prac
tices hypnotism. In the next place,
when I bring the patient out of the
cataleptic state. I carefully explain the
evil effects of the habit and leave na
ture to build up the broken system.
Sometimes this can be done in a single
treutnient, then again a caes may re
quire several treatments. But the one
fixed Idea which I never allow to de
part from the patient's mind is that the
desire is gone, and gone to stay for
ever. As soon as nature has done her
part, in restoring the dilapidated func
tions there Is no more danger of the
patient's returning to the habit than
there was before he had first begun to
Indulge it.'
Professor Brouyette has a good many
funny experiences In removing trouble
some ideas from the minds of some of
the persons who call upon him.
One day last week he received a call
from a young woman who wanted to
get rid of the Idea that she was de
stined to become an old maid. After
applying the mesmeric force he had no
dlltlculty In convincing her that her
notion was erroneous that she would
be a happy bride at 25 and that her hus
band would be a rich man. There was
not a happier young woman In all En
glewood the next day. She was so elat
ed that she told her friends about the
seance, and thus the secret leaked out.
One treatment was sufficient In her
case.
Perhaps the most remarkable case
which has yet come within the young
hypnotist's experience is that of a man
who lately consulted him In order to
escape from the idea which had fixed
Itself on his mind that he was about
to commit an unconscious murder. This
man was in no way vicious, nor was
he an Inebriate, though it may be that
he was on the borderland of Insanity
over business troubles. At any rate he
became sleppless over the Idea that he
was In danger of murdering a fellow
man without knowing it. Professor
Brouyette still has this strange patient
in charge, and Is confident of affecting
a cure.
AN OLIVE LEAF'S MISSION.
Its Rejection Followed by Ureal
Events in Curopena History.
From the Youth's Companion.
While Bismarck was Prussian envoy
at Paris he made a short Pyrenean
tour, and at Avignon made the ac
quaintance of a young couple named
Lulling who were spending their honey
moon In that romantic spot. One day
the three set out together for a drive,
but .they had scarcely seated them
selves In the carriage when a tele
gram was handed Bismarck. It was a
message from King William, summon
ing him to return to Berlin and as
sume the post of minister president.
The Prussian chamber hnd rejected the
estimates for a reformed army, which
was the first condition of other re
forms, and the king was In despulr.
Bismarck made no Secret of the con
tents of the telegram, and frankly exr
pressed a hope that he might succeed
In reconciling the government and the
chamber. But he would not interrupt
the drive, and they went on along the
bank of the Rhone until, reaching the
vineyards and olive proves, they got
out of the carriage for a little stroll.
Suddenly Madame Lunlng stopped, anil
breaking a double twig from a young
olive tree, offered it to Bismarck.
"May this help you to make It up
with your opponents!" nl. said.
."I will accept half of !t." he an
swered, gallantly, returning her a part
of the twig. "May the other half, with
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this rose, bring, you, dear madam, con
stant peace In your happy marriage!"
Four days later he was In Berlin, and
there he found the king with his ab
dication signed and ready. He re
fused in those circumstances to take
office, and when the king asked him if
he were prepared to govern against a
majority of the chamber, he answered
"Yes," without the slightest hesitation.
The abdication was turn up, and Bis
marck accepted office. It was during
this struggle that the king said:
"I can see far enough from the pal
ace window to behold your head fall on
the scaffold, and after yours, mine."
"Well." said Bismarck, "for myself
I cannot Imagine a nobler death than
that or on the battlefield. Surely, your
majesty as captain of a company can
not think of deserting It under fire!"
"Never!" was the reply, and the king
sprang up, ready for action.
Hut the olive leaf had not yet ful
filled Its dramatic mission. At his first
speech before the Budget committee
Bismarck urged military reform, but
only to be met by the objection that it
would be much better for the govern
ment to depend upon moral conquests
from by the aid of a liberal policy. He
took out his pocketbook and produced
from It a little withered twig.
"I brought this olive leaf with me
from Avignon," said he, "In order to
offer It to the radicals as a symbol of
peace; but I see I am much too soon
with It."
This assurance was met with a smile,
and he roused himself to sterner speech.
"Germany," said he, "does not look to
liberalism, but to the power of Prus
sia; and Prussia must pull herself to
gether so as not to miss the favorable
moment. Not by speechifying and res
olutions can the great questions of the
time be decided, but by blood and Iron."
And blood and iron decided them.
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
Surprising Amount of .Misinformation
About the ProressIIow It Is Done.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
There Is a surprising amount of mis
Information current as to presiden
tial elections even though a campaign
has been going on now for nearly five
months, In which every Item of in
formation possible about such an elec
tion ought to have been fully explained
and understood. There are hundreds
of thousands of people In this country
who still entertain the idea that they
vote directly for president and vice
president, whereas they never have an
opportunity to do anything of the kind.
They vote for men who vote for pres
ident, as they vote for members of
state legislatures who choose United
States senators.
THE TIME.
The Tiresldential election every four
years always takes place on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember. The number of electors to
which each state Is entitled is always
equal to the number of senators and
representatives from that state. The
number of representatives to which
each state is entitled according to the
ratio of representation as It now ob
tains and will obtain until 1903 can be
determined by dividing the total popu
lation by 173.901.
It sometimes happens that some man
is chosen to run for an elector who has
had a talent for making enemies and
who Is therefore badly scratched on the
ticket. It sometimes happens that some
man on the opposition ticket is excep
tionally popular throughout the state.
A case like this happened in In
Ohio, when one Democratic elector and
twenty-two Republican electors were
chosen.
MEETING OF ELECTORS.
The electors meet on the sftcoud Mon
day in January, next following their
election ut such place as the state leg
islature may direct, and generally such
place Is the capital, and there they
cost their several votes for the presi
dent and vice president. ; This they d i
by signing two certificates of nil the
votes given by them, each of which cer
tificates must contain two distinct lir.ta.
A, B, C Books, Linen Books.
Story Books.
Toy Bureaus. ' ' 1 .
Tables, Chairs, Rockers, Swings, Bisque Figures, ,
Pianos, Trunks.
Wagons, Sweepers.
Steel Toys.
Steel Carts, Horses and Wagons.
Hook and Ladders, Steam Engines, s
Fire Chief's Wagon, Farm Wagons,
Railroad Trains, Sulkies, ' 'k
Coal Carts, Milk Wagons, ,
Tin Trumpets, Tin Horses, .
Tin Musical Toys and Tops, "
Guns, Soldier Sets, Swords.
Games. Blocks, Stones,
Safe Banks, Registering Banks.
Toy Sad Irons, Rubber Balls,
Wash Sets, Magic Lanterns,
Buffalo Bill Wild West, etc.
Jardiniers, from .10 up
EVERYTHING IS VET
Holiday Goods.
don't have to buy
one of the votes for president, the other
for vice president. These lists are seal
ed and sent to the president of the
United States senate at the seat of gov
ernment on the second Monday In Jan
uary. They are accompanied by a cer
tificate duly executed by the governor
of the respective state, which certifi
cate sets forth the numes of the elec
tors and the number and division of
votes as cast. The governors of states
are required to Bend a duplicate certi
ficate to the secretary of state of the
United States, who publishes it in full
In a public newspaper, sending to the
senate and house each a copy in full
at their first meeting.
DECLARING THE RESULT.
On the second Wednesday In Feb
ruary succeeding there Is a joint meet
ing of the senate and house called at
1 p. m. at the hall of the house of rep
resentatives, the president of the sen
ate acting as the presiding ofllcef5. Two
tellers are appointed by the senate and
two by the house. The president of
the senate reads all papers und certifi
cates pertaining to the electoral vote
and delivers them In alphabetical or
der to the tellers, who read them In
the presence of the two houses. The
result of this reading is then delivered
to the president of the senate, who an
nounces It, which announcement con
stitutes a certification of the election of
the president and vice president of the
United States.
A MEXICAN NEW WOMAN.
She is a Thoroughly Capable and
Carelul Railroad Ageut.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
There are many things of Interest
along the line of railroad between
Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, but few
attract the Northern traveler more
than the station agent at Etia. This
Is Concha Blanca, a young woman with
honest brown eyes nnd a mass of
wavy black hair. Etla, her post of
duty in the place where the Indians
flock from the mountains for 100 miles
around for their annual feasts, and
also the shipping point for the big
haciendas In the fertile valley amung
these same mountains. When the train
stops at Etla In the dark a young wom
an In white, for Senorlta Concha
dresses to match her surname, stands
at the door of the express car, lantern
In hand, checking the packages on the
big receipt book. When the freight
train stops she tilts In and out oj the
long line of cars, telling the brakeman
what to lake and what to leave. She
is from one end of the train to the
other, seeing that no mistakes are
made. The bareheaded girl In a white
dress Is full of business. She wastes
no time on empty words. The train
men respect her She does everything
about the station but handle the bag
gage. There are plenty of stout Mexi
cans of the other sex hanging about
for that work.
Concha Bianca is so well esteemed by
the management of the road that she
has been twice promoted, until now sha
has one of the most importunt sta
tions under her care. She does all
the telegraphing besides attending to
the receiving of shipping of freight.
It was her knowledge of telegraphing
that got the young woman her ti rut
recognition. Her father and two broth
ers were both operators. She learned
to use the key. A station was given
to her where there was not much to
do besides telegraphing. Her aptitude
for railroad work attracted the atten
tion of General Manager Moiconi and
the promotion followed. Concha Blanca
lives In the station. Her mother keeps
house for her and a younger sister sits
ut the telegraph table learning the vo
cation of the new woman in Mexico.
The conductors have got In the way of
pointing out to travelers Henorlta Con
cha along with the ruins of the an
cient city on the mountain top, the
site where the battle of Teliuacan was
fought, the hieroglyphics on the elllT at
the entrance to itlo Saluda canyon and
other objects of Interest.
In our basement we are showing
a very complete line of all kinds of
serviceable presents in China, etc.
. Select Tham Now While Stocks Compete.
Jardiniers, from . 10 up
Jardiniere Stands, Cherry, Oak, Mahogany. . $149
Hanging Baskets a .10 up
China Cups and Saucers .10 up
Cup, Saucer and Plate Sets .10 up
Night Lamps , .24 up
Vase Lamps , .98 up
Banquet Lamps 1.98 up
Brass Lamps, with Silk Shades, from , 2.98 up
China Bread and Milk Sets , .24 up
China Clocks 1.98 up
China Sauce Dishes , .10 up
China Baskets, China Bone Dishes, China
Shaving or Drinking Mugs , .10 up
China Oat Meal Dishes , .10 up
Large China Salad Dishes , .49 up
Large China Fruit Dishes , 49 up
Japanese Thin China Cups and Saucers...., .10 up
China Te-Te Sets, China Creams.
Toilet Sets, Dinner Sets,
' Decorated Glass Water Sets, etc.
Branch at 111 So. flain Ave.
FAITH OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Most of Them Were Presbyterians,
but Other Denominations Mere
There.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The religious convictions and church
affiliations of our presidents have
often excited the curiosity and Inter
est, not only of church members, but of
serious people generally. Washington
was a communicant of the Episcopal
church; Jefferson, though accused of
being un atheist, alludes in his writings
to his belief in a supreme being. Jef
ferson, however, never connected him
self with any denomination, and not
very often attended any place of wor
ship. John Adams was a Unitarian,
Madison and Monroe were Episcopal
ians, John Qulncy Adams was a Uni
tarian, Jackson Joined the Presbyter
Ian church after the death of his wife;
Van Buren attended the Dutch Re
formed church, but was not a member.
W. H. Harrison was an Episcopalian,
so also was Tyler: Polk was not a
church member, but on his death bed
was baptized by a Methodist clergy
man; Taylor was a regular attendant
at the Episcopal church; Fillmore was
a Unitarian; fierce, a Congregational
ism Buchanan belonged to the Presby
terian church.
President Lincoln belonged to no de
nomination, though before his election
and frequently afterward, he attended
the Presbyterian church. Johnson at
tended the same church as Lincoln.
General Grant was a tolerably regular
attendant on the services of the Meth
odist church, though not a member of
any. Hayes was a Methodist com
municant. Garfield attended the Church
of the Disciples, sometimes also called
the "Christian," or "Campbelllte." of
which he had once been a preacher.
Arthur was an Episcopalian; Harri
son Is a Presbyterian elder and Mr.
Cleveland attends the Presbyterian
church. President-elect McKinley is a
Methodist.
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