THE SCB ANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 189.
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TIPPLING IN THE; v
; WHITE HOUSE
Will Major McKlnley Forbid the Use ol
Strong Beverages?
WINES AT PAST STATE DINNERS
Nearly All the residents Have Been
."Uodernic Drinkers One or Two
Hnd a Weakuess for Stimulants.
Statesmen Who Huve Obtained In
spiration from tho Flpwing Bowl.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The triumphant announcement by the
Women's Christian Temperance union
that Major McKlnley will permit noth
ing stronger than water to be drunk
at the white house is possibly a little
premature. The president-elect has
never been a total abstainer. W nile
temperate at all times, he takes a drink
occasionally. At the same time in
most respects he might pass lor a
Puritan of the old school. Curd games
have no seduction for him, and he does
not even play billiards. It is likely
that during the next four years the
billiard table in the basement of the
white house will be retired from ser
vice. Mr. Cleveland Is very fond of nn oc
casional mime of billiards, and handles
a cue with some dexterity. lie is said
to play a stiff game of poker, though
never beyond a limit or fl. All his llie
he hns been a moderate drinker. lie
would rather have a glass of Rood
whisky than the best port of Marietta,
and a jug of "hot stutf" Is always a
companion of his hunting and fishing
excursions. President -Harrison, while
not a teetotaller, indulged very spar
insly in stimulants a fact which d d
not prevent him from shooting a pig
one day In .Maryland by mistake for a
deer. Some people said that the wines
r-trved at the white house under hla
regime were not up to the mark.
tieneral Arthur was a connoisseur In
wines, lie spent a lot of money on
drinkables while In the white house.
His favorite amusement was Riving
dinner parties, for which the guests
were selected without regard to poll
ties and slnioly for their qualities as
Jolly oomnbriioni. The natural sym
patliv between the large cold bottle
ami the small hot bird was thoroughly
understood by this presidential epi
cure. Not a few old timers, still lin
gering -on here In Washington, smack
tln ir Hps when memory is recalled to
those little banquets in the private din
ing room of the executive mansion dur
ing the reign of King Arthur.
1'oor tlarlield was fond enough of
high living, as well ns of most other
good things of this world; but he stif
lered much from dyspepsia., and no
stimulant. of any sort were served on
his private table at tho exec utive man
sion. He furnished wines at state din
ners and so escaped the criticism which
was bestowed so freely upon Mr. Hayes
on account of Ills . refusal to provide
them. Jn this matter Mr. Hayes de
ferred to the wishes of bis wife.
Though himself an abstainer, he would
hardly have made such a ruling If she
had not insisted on it. His cue mien ac
cused him of stinginess, though the
charge was obviously unjust. Inasmuch
p.s he spent great sums on refreshments
for his public receptions, the caterer's
bill for one such occasion being fti.niK).
Nn president since llnycs has oflVnd
to much as a bite of cake or a glass 01
lemonade to guests at receptions.
WIT OF 1IV KVAKT3:
One remembers the witticisms of
Mr. ICvarts. secretary of state under
llnyesi .-.who. remarked that "wafer
(lowed like :chainpusne" at the White
House liccnctuets. He did not hesitate
to ex.tresH. bis disapproval of the pro
hibition .system at the executive man
plon. saying that the president had no
right to. impose his eccentric notions
upon people who were being entertain
ed as guests of the nation. When the
time -Arrived for -the first diplomatic
dinner of the administration Mr. Kvarts
bail a discussion on the subject with
Mrs. Hayes. He represented to her
that the foreign ministers - hnd been
brought up to drink wine Instead of
water; it was n necessity to them.
The lady replied firmly:
"It .is my dinner, and I shall serve
no wine."
"Hut. madam," replied the secretary,
"it is not your dinner. It is my dinner,
inasmuch as It Is paid for out of the
funds of the state department."
It Is a frtct tnat this particular
"spread" Is not paid for.like the other
plate, dinners, out of the president's
own pocket.. Mrs. Hayes answer is
not recorded, but it is certain that she
had her way ar.d that the luckless dip
lomats got no wine.
General. .Orant's weakness for the
"cup that cheers" has passed Into his
tory but he never drank to excess after
entering the White house. Andrew
Johnson's spree on the occasion of his
inauguration was about the most in
opportune jollification a man ever in
dulged in. On the morning of the event
he reached the cnpitol some time in ad
vance of the. time for the ceremonv, en
tering unexpectedly, the room of the
secretary of the senate, Colonel John
W. Forney. He looked pale and sick,
, and was accompanied by his physician.
The latter nsked Forney, if he hnd any
whl.-;ky. There was a. black bottle al
ways kept In the secretary's room, and
Mr. Forney went and got it. He placed
It on the mantlepiece and set a tum
bler beside it. Then Mr. Johnson
walked over to the mantel and poured
out half a tumblerful of the spirits,
which he swallowed at a gulo.
Mr. J. R McCullaugh, now editor of
the St. T.ouls Cilobe-Democrat, chancpd
to be In th" room of the secretary of the
senate at the time, and so was an eye
witness. In telling the story to a news
paper man some time n;ro he said:
"Mr. Johnson soon became cheerful
and grew very talkative. After a time
he took another drink, though the doc
tor tried 'to dissuade him, tilling the
tumbler-ahiiost fuil of raw whisky. A
moment later It wns plain to us that
y He was- intoxicated.- Meanwhile the
hour for inauguration had arrived. It
wns but a few stops from Mr. Forney's
otlice to the senate chamber, where
Mr. Johnson took the oath. Kvldently
he did not think that the ceremony
should conclude without his saying
something. He turned to the cabinet
and addressed each member of that
body by name in turn,. making a series
of brief speeches, and ending In every
case with words somcthhiir like this!
"And I am here to tell you, Mr. Seward,
secretary of state, that I am a pleblan.
a man of the people, and I um proud of
It." His talk wns so Incoherent as to
make It evident to oil observers that
the new president was drunk."
Johnson seldom drank to excess, and
stories have exaggerated his weakness
In this regard,
. .IN EARLIER DATS.
In-'eaHier days refreshments were of
fered customarily at the white house
receptions, but that' sort of hospitality
came to an end with Van Huren's term.
The crowds were too hungry and the
scramble for food too indeeent. The
carpets an furniture suffered severely.
Uuring Andrew Jackson's administra
tion the carpet In the east room was
totally ruined bv punch that was
spilled on the floor. The beverage was
served . In . buckets, and those recep
tacles were sometimes upset. It was
Jackson's Idea to throw open the doors
of the executive mansion to the people
In general, without special invitation;
but the plan did not work.
President-Madison was a light drink
er. When he had hard drinkers at his
table he would dilute his- wine with
water In order to' keep ud with them.
In his administration thive was much
formality", and ceremony at white
house entertainments. Mrs. William
Beaton, In her diary, speaking of a
Vantjuwi. at the executive mansion In
those days, says: "The'dlnner. was cer
tainly tine, but it did not surpass some
1 havp eaten. In. Carolina. .There were
many French dishes and exquisite
wines. Comment on the quality of
the wines was the chief topic aft?r
the removal of -the cloth; Candle
were Introduced before the' ladles left
the table, and the gentlemen continued
half an hour longer to enjoy a social
glass."
There was no lack of wines at the
tables of the first three presidents.
J e tier son disliked formality and enter
tained in a generous southern style,
while Adams gave stately and magnifi
cent dinners.
There can he no question that at the
present dav alcohol la held in less es
teem than at any previous time in his
tory. It cannot be said to have lost
popularity, but it has got into disre
pute. - No longer fs it the fashion for
gentlemen to drink to excess, and the
statesman who tipples loses caste
thereby. Complaint was actually made
during the first session of the present
congress because u southern member
walked into the house one morning in
a condition of palpable Inebriation.
Other members started a movement to
discipline him. Shade of Daniel Web
ster! What are we comins to?
Was it not he Immortal Webster who
habitually - fortified himself during
speeches with gin and water? And are
not those alcohol-inspired fragments of
patriotism regarded today as the finest
possible stun' for American school boys
to commit to memory? Gin, of course,
has the advantage of looking exactly
like water to the naked eye, and the
great lianiel kept it by him in a pitch
er, with a tumbler for periodical doses.
It is related that one day a fellow svn
ator took a big swallow from the glass
quite unsuspectingly. Just as he rose
to make some remarks, and the con
sequence was a choking fit which threw
the whole chamber, particularly Mr.
Webster, into convulsions of laugh
ter. Those were easy-going days In the
senate, before the civil war. It was
not until April, lSSti.thnt Henry Wilson,
afterwards vice president, offered his
famous involution which prohibited the
sale of liquor in the canltol and its
grounds, Since that time more or less
hypocrisy has governed in such mat
ters, and whisky served in the senate
chamber has masqueraded commonly
as "cold tia." Pottles of good stuff
are kept In tiie committee rooms. Hon
Cameron, for instance, always has
something choice. In a cupboard, and
any drinks that mny be wanted are sent
quietly to the cloak room from the res
taurant below. Perhaps It is owning
to the existence of such conveniences
that wilhin recent- years a presiding
otiicer of the uppcr'huuse was so given
to tippling that on repeated occasions
the senate chose to save him from ex
posure by going precipitately into se
cret session,
APltLMXAKIS LEMONADE.
During the hot weather there Is al
ways an unlimited supply of apollinaris
lemonade served In the cloak room of
the senate. It Is paid for by the gov
ernment, out of the so-called "conting
ent fund" of the upper house. Thus
one finds in the list of expanses of that
body such items as "twenty cases of
apollinaris, quarts," . "six hundred
pounds of ' granulated sugar" and
"eighteen boxes of lemons." This sup
ply, mind you, for a single month. Kv
erybody likes apolllnuris lemonade, but
most senators prefer it with a "stick"
in it. Occasional charges for "syrup."
running up Into the hundreds of dol
lars for a single session, seem rather
suggestive. One is almost at a loss to
know what to make of them.
The famous debati' In the last con
gress on the silver question carried the
senate through two, consecutive all
night sessions. It was a test not of
argument, but of endurance. As toon
as the roll 'hud been called the grave
and revelrend legislators would retire
to the cloak '1310111 and partake of juleps
and other mixed drinks, which a dozen
waiters were constantly engaged in
bringing'', from ' the' restaurant below.
The weather was extraordinarily hot,
ami the continual imbibition of cooling
lluids was a patriotic necessity.
There .are very few total abstainers
In the senate.-'. Hill is one. He is a re
frigerator; and has not a particle of the
convivial spirit. Perkins, of Califor
nia, never drinks anything; but he al
ways has a bottle on tap for his friends
In his rooms at the lUggs house. He
says that he does nut imbibe simply
because he has never acquired the hab
it. His colleague. Senator White, takes
a dash tf brandy in his tea. Hlack
burn prefers his whisky straight, as be
comes a Kentucklan of the old school.
On the whole, the upper house is a
solier body, compared with what it was
before the war.
In the house of representatives It Is
the same way. The fashion of drink
lug while making a speech has gone
out. and members rely no longer upon
alcohol for Inspiring their flights of
eloquence. If a member wants a drink
he giH'S down stairs and takes it in the
restaurant. On the historic occasion
when Cobb, of Alabama, nsked the
speaker "where he was at," having lost
the thread of his discourse, he was re
freshing himself from a gold-lined mug
which held ratht?r more than hulf u
pint of whisky. Rut gin has been a
more popular legislative tipple, when
consumed on such occasions, owing to
Its likeness to a more innocent bever
age. .
A B UAH AM I.I.NCOIA".
Some Stories About His Great Love
lor Children.
Of all the presidents of the United
States none have loved children and
thoroughly enjoyed their fun more than
did Abraham Linroln. If was well that
he was in sympathy with the tricks of
boys and sirls, for he had two boys,
Willie and Tad, who were famous for
their pranks and many stories are
told of the things they did.
Once during a large reception at the
White House, when Tad's father was
president, the boy erected a lemonade
stand in the hail leading to the east
room, by means of two chairs and an
ironing board stretched across them,
and before he was discovered had tak
en in several $ bills with his "Lem
onade here, five cents a glass." Of
course all the guests who passed the
little fello bought a glass, for they
appreciated the joke.
Willie and Tad were very Tond of
animals, and among their collection of
pets, (a veritable menagerie) were some
much beloved goats. No one was al
lowed to Interfere with these goats
when Tad was around. He was so de
voted to them that once when he was
in New York with hia mother, his fath
er sent the following telegram; "Tell
Tad the goats and father are very
well, especially the goats." You can
Imagine how Tad and Mrs. Lincoln
laughed over this. .
Often when Mr.- Lincoln was busy
with some great problem pertaining to
the nation's welfare, word would come
that some one wished to speak with
the president of the United States on
Important business. It would be Tad
or Willie who confided to their fath
er, with great Joy, the fact that the
cat had kittens or that there were some
new purles. The. . president always
smiled over these things and although
he prebably sometimes corrected -his
small. boys, yet he never seemed to lose
his pat l?nee' with them.'
One Sunday morning when Mr. Lin
coln lived in Hpringfield. he was seen
coming awav from church with Tad
slung over' his left arm. Some one,
knowing that the sermon could not
huva.been over, asked what wns the
matter. "Oh," -replied Mr. Lincoln. "I
entered ihecolt, but he kicked around
o I had to withdraw him."
Abraham Lincoln was also very kind
to other children. He was never too
tired to stop, and say a' kind word to
any small being Who ever appealed to
hi.n. once when he was president, a
shabby barefooted little boy got in the
White House and crept tin to the door
of the room where sat the great man.
llusy as he was he heard the soft steps.
THE POPULAR UOTE
A Compilation diving the Complete and Official Poll in
Nearly Every State in the Union.
In the following table the official vote from forty-two states Is given an-l
the unofficial vote from the remaining three states, California, I'tah and West
Virginia. The total poll reached nearly 14.OU0.WI0. and when all returns from the
scattering vote ore In it mny touch or pass that limit. In estimating the strength
of free silver the Bryan-Watson vote should be added to the Bryun-Sewall vote.
And In estimating the sound moncystrength the Palmer Buckncr vote should
be added to the McKlnley vote. This would leave the sound money plurality over
lUe.wu;
Bryan
and
McKlnley
Alabama 54.737
Arkansas 37.317
California 146,217
Colorado 26,279
Connecticut 11IJ.2S8
Bewail.
17.137
142.42'i
142.91-rt
l.w.sso
uii.7:
1.M7
Delaware 20,t5O
Florida 11,285 30,3X3
Georgia 6U.1W) 84,332
Idaho 6.324 23.192
Illinois 07.i:t0 404.523
Indiana 323,7.r4 SIKi.uTB
Iowa 2M,293 223.711
Kansas l.9,345 , 12t!.'W0
Kentucky , 218,171 217.S!ti
Louisiana 22,037 77,175
Maine 80,245 ' 32.217
.Maryland 13.J.97S PM,7iil
.Massachusetts 178,97 W,.Vtl)
Michigan 293,327 237,251
.Minnesota 1SW.5H1 l&.Htf
Mississippi 4,819 55.9SS
.Missouri 301.940 3K,tn2
Montana 10.190 43.ti.si)
Nebraska 1U3.WM 115.!MS
Ntvada 1,9.17 7,775
New Hampshire 54.412 21,27!
New Jersey 221, I7 1:I3.'I75
New Vork 795,271 fi4ll,835
North Carolina 155.222 174.4SS
Ohio , 525.US9 474.SSO
Oregon 4.8.711 4,7:19
Pennsylvania ?2S.:W 427,127
Rhode Island 37,437 lt.4.9
South Carolina 9.313 6S,Sul
South lnkota 4D.5M) 41.125
Tennessee 118,77:1 liAttfl
Texas 1-12.974 2S2.0S9
Vermont 50, Ml Ui.Mli
Virginia 135,3s 154,985
I'tah 13,4'il 1:7.053
Wushlngton 39 153 SLUM
West Virginia 1);,2ii5 91, lot
Wisconsin 2ii8.135, 1115,528
Wyoming 10,072 10.3G9
Totals 7.078,4(il 6,300,018
STATES
California
Connecticut ....
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts .
.Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
FOR M'KINLEY.
.. 9 New Jersey ...
.. 6 New York ....
....3 North Dakota ,
.. 21 Ohio
.. 15 Oregon
. . 13 Pennsylvania ,
.. 12 Rhode Island ..
.. 6 Vermont ,
.. 8 West Virginia
.. 15 Wisconsin
.. 141
.. 9'
. 4 Total
and looking ud asked the boy his
name. The boy answered: "My name
Is Folks.' 'Well,' said Mr. Lincoln,
'that's wrong. Don't you see that you
tire only one, and folks means more
than one. Tell your father that I say
your name should be Folk. Goodbye,
sir," giving him a hearty handshake.
TO TRANSMUTE METALS.
Syndicate Formed to Try to Turn
Base Metals Into t'old.
Eureka! Many a time through the
past centuries have ambitious alchem
ists shouted this joyous world, confident
that they had at last found the long lost
philosopher's stone, and that to them
had been Intrusted the honor of trans
muting baser metals into gold, but In
each case disappointment has followed
hope, and until quite recently the great
problem seemed no nearer solution
than it was in the Dark Ages. At last,
however, practical Bteps are to be tak
en in order to discover definitely w heth
er the philosopher's stone Is altogether
a myth or merely hidden away in some
obscure cranny. In other words, a few
modern scientists, backed by optimistio
capitalists, have determined to find out
whether there is any1 truth in the old
world belief that Iron, silver and other
baser metals can, under proper treat
ment, be transmitted into real gold.
These enterprising gentlemen, among
whom are some Americans, have
formed "The Argentaurum Syndi
cate," and the circular issued by them
announces that thty intend to con
struct suitable furnaces and other
works for caryring on the process of
transmutation. Several leading scien
tific journals have drawn attention to
the syndicate and its enterprises, and
many of them have seriously discussed
the chances of Its success. As to the
method of operation little has yet been
revealed, but it is said that a secret
process of transmuting metals into
gold has been discovered and that this
will be thoroughly tested. Should this
fall, other methods enn be tried for
history tells us of many experiments
that have been made in this direction,
and our practical scientists may well
think It worth their while to find out
If some of those experiments of the
old alchemists were not based on com
mon sense.
MANY EXPERIMENTS MADE.
As far back as the fifth century 55o
simus wrote a book entitle "The Art
of Making Gold." and long after him
Sir Isuac Newton spent many a wearv
hour at his crucible in a vain search
for the tantalizing philosopher's stone.
Night after night, we are told, the
great scientist spent at his arduous
work, doubtless much to the annoy
ance of his assistant, who was obliged
to keep the crucible going, and thus
lost many a good hour's sleep. In the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries many similar experiments
were tried In various parts of Europe,
and on some occasions with signal suc
cess. On no occasion, however, was
the process whereby the baser metal
was transmuted into gold clearly de
monstrated, and thus even the most
successful experiments have generally
been regarded as specimens of alchem
ical Jugglery. Within the past few
years many scientists, it is said, have
zealously studied the same weary old
problem, and some of them have ac
tually succeeded, in transmuting silver
Into gold. That it Is imnossible to
transmute sold into any other metal
except silver seems to be admitted by
modern alchemists.
Thei' is a popular but apparently an
unfounded belief that Bilver has been
frequently transmuted Into gold with
in recent years. In 1S93 Carey Lea
made out of silver a metal the physical
properties of which closdy resembled
those of gold. Hut of what , use was
that, since the chemical properties of
the ncv metal differed In no respect
from those of silver? v'Mr. Edison,"
says a French Journal, "has also stu
died the question of transmutation of
metals, and we have hoard that he has
succeeded In making a metal which is
entirely like gold so far as color, dens
ity, malleability and other physical
properties are concerned. Mr. Tesla
has attained the same result by sub
jecting silver to X rays, using for the
purpose a silver electrode." .It Is also
said that Professor Ira Remscn, of
Johns Hopkins, succeeded some years
ago In transmutlnn silver Into gold,
and has quite lately Inverited.a new
Instrument which he' proposes to use
In bringing about a molecular trans
formation of metals. ;
DISCOVERY OF AliGENTAURUM.
Persons who have studied the sub
ject are satisfied that no reliable meth
od of changing . silver: into gold has
yet been discovered. '.AH that Carey
. Lea did was to obtain an aqueous so
lution of metallic silver that Is to say,
of silver divided Into very many parts.
What the new syndicate proposes to
do, we are told, is to push this process
of division w step further, experience
having shown that in this way an en
tirely new metal can be prcViced. To
this- new metal, which can be made out
of silver, and which Is said to possess
-V'
Bryan
and
Watson.
24,089
Palmer
and
Buckner,
6,4Ut
torlng. Total.
191.574
149,347
289,143
189.65
1,223 174.383
37.963
46,620
157,230
St.Wi
1.0S8.631
329 637, 128
352 521. S 17
1,240 335.639
445,956
101,046
UX.458
2,134 436,568
544.285
807 341,539
69,513
610 674,018
54,170
186 224.172
10.2S5
228 80,566
3,985 371,014
1,358,485
329,710
46.939
1,167 1,014,292
97,318
1,683 1,193,508
51,890
68,938
82.359
321 .WW
516.881
63.45S
115 294,956
80,514
93.583
197,309
1,314 447.686
21.085
10,221 13,818,991
2.117
. 1,732
'2,iio
1,804
"'789
'"isi
10.D88
5.324
3,645
2.231
4.781
i'.57i
2.99S
6.777
4,343
390
2.461
' 2,040
'"si'S
5.614
6,550
""340
7.784
919
19.374
2,398
4,334
9M
2,026
2.708
6.30
2,145
4,516
1.209
5.114
1.834
1.864
11.749
6.930
3.202
1,021
2,355
'2,883
'a420
6.373
12,829
2,137
44,954
2,381
15,181
7,320
f73
379
2,iil5
6,103
4.525
71.818
481
486
1,857
979
10,821
"'824
"l',95i
T.ri
2,127
' 4,854
61)4
3,098
"'728
2,311
'i'.iii
"7,855
159
185,409 118,945
8TATE8
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Montuna
Nebraska
FOR BRYAN.
11 N'avada 3
8 North Carolina ... 11
4 South Carolina ... 9
4 South Dakota 4
13. Tennessee
3 Texus
1U I'tah
1: Virginia
8 Washington
9 Wyoming
17
Total
MuKinley's maj
97
the physlclal properties of gold, the
name argentaurum has been given. In
outward appearance this argentaurum
Is exactly like gold. During the process
of transmutation there is a loss of 25
per cent. In weight, but, even allowing
for this loss, there should be consider
able profit in the transaction that is,
if argentaurum Is really as valuable as
the syndicate claims.
On this point H. de Parville, a Frtch
writer, says: "Every one knows that
the molecular constitution of a body is
considerably modified by division; its
color. Its density, its physical proper
ties are changed. Such has doubtless
been the result in the present instance.
In order, however, to achieve a genuine
transmutation!, a real physical and
chemical change, the molecules, the
atomic equilibrium of the metal, must
be modified and the entire structure
must be wholly transformed. Has this
been done in these latest experiments?
Apparently not, since argentaurum
seems to be nothing but a metal which
has been physically derived from sil
ver. Do not let us go so fast. When
any one shows us a piece of gold which
has been transmuted from another
metal, and which is unassailable and
chemically flawless, then, and not till
then, will we believe in the new dis
covery." INDUSTRIAL JAPAN.
Extending Its Mechanicnl Produc
tions nnd Textile Trades.
From the Chautauquan.
In no line of industry has the revolu
tion been more remarkable than In tex
tiles. The opening of Japan to the
world corresponded in time to the high
est development In the West of me
chanical principles and motive power.
The thousands of bright young men
from the once hermit country who vis
ited our factories discerned at once
their opportunity. A cotton-spinning
machine seemed to them almost hu
man. Realizing their own tremendous
resources in the form of cheap labor,
they saw that if a union were effected
between that and the new wonders of
the West they could, because of their
very nearness to the largest cotton
plantations of the world, begin at once
to drive out British Imports. They
were somewhat tired of paying for
high-priced cotton goods made in Man
chester. The costly British freight and
packing Would be saved, and the ab
ominable adulteration bv means of
I "sizing" would be avoided.
Bo about 1880 the experiment of sub
stituting steam for human muscle was
tried. In 18S2 they had only 1,600 spin
dles running, including those controlled
by the government, and the total pro
duction of the cotton yarn for the
year was but 70,000 pounds. Within one
decade the product Increased to over
0,000,000 pounds. English goods were
driven from the market of Japan!
Then the Japanese began to look
aboard and dream of capturing tho
markets of Asia. In 1894 they had forty
mills, operating twenty-two hours out
of the twenty-four dally during 292
days of the year and turning out 122,
000,000 pounds of yarn. With their he
reditary taste and skill the cotton yarn
has been made up Into fabrics as deli
cate, beautiful and enduring as one
could wish for the wonderfully low
prices at which they are sold. They
are in general free from the sizing
for which 'English goods have a bail
reputation. They have won their way
in Korea, In China, In Slum and even
in India and Australia. As for the silk
fabrics, they are already being offered
In America and Europe at prices that
surprise and alarm manufacturers and
merchants.
This wonderful development In the
textile Industry has actually made the
I'nl'ed States, once the lurgest buyer
and the smallest seller in J a nan. th
chief trader with tills new Industrial
power In the Orient. Whereas the Uni
ted States used formerly to export only
a little kerosene, flour and machinery,
our people sold to Japan during the first
six months of 1835 over 100.000,000 pounds
of raw cotton. The sale of American
iron is also steadily Increasing.
COLD BV TIIE YARD.
How the Gilding I'ned in Ornathcnta
Decoration I Prepared.
From Pearson's Weekly.
The beating of the Innumerable little
square pieces of gold which are used
to cover domes and signs and so on
forms a distinct Industry In the gold
trade, which employs a large number
of hands and requires no small amount
of skill.
The long, low building In which the
work Is carried on is filled, throughout
the day with the sound of hammers.
On every side little boxes containing
tiny rolls of gold are to be seen, which
although only measuring an inch and a
half In length are each worth about flO.
The gold Is received in bars one-eighth
of an Inch In thickness, an inch in
width and weighing 240 pennyweights.
This Is rolled out Into .a ribbon thirty
yards In length.
It Is then given to the workmen In
strips measuring seven yards, each of
which Is cut up Into 180 pieces. These
are now ready to be beaten
out by Land. They are placed
(protected by fine skins) In a
tool known as the "clutch.", and: ere
thoroughly pounded out on a "groat
granite block set In the ground In such
a way that there Is absolutely no vi
bratory movement. The process is re
peated several times, the gold as it
spreads being continuously subdivided
until It is of the exact dimensions re
quired. The skins In which the gold Is beaten
are so delicate that they will tear as
easily as paper, nevertheless they are
of so fine a quality that they will with
stand the continual hammering for
several years. The gold, which is Anal
ly beaten down to 200.000th of an inch.
Is rubbed with "brine" before being
placed In the skins, In order that it
shall not adhere to them.
Easy as this work of beating out the
gold may seem, it is in reality an art
of a very delicate description. The
workman must know to a nlcetv pre
cisely how hard or gentle the blows of
his hammer must be, and also the ex
act spot on which they should fall. Ac
cordingly, a very superior class of men
are employed In the business.
CARELESS PHRASES.
Amusing Arrangements of Words in
Kpenking and Writing.
The following are some specimens of
curious and amusing phrases arranged
by careless writers and speakers:
An old French lawyer, writing of an
estate he hod Just bought, added:
"There Is a chapel upon It in which
my wife and I wish to be buried, if
God spares our lives."
On a tombstone in Indiana Is the fol
lowing inscription: "This monument
was 'erected to the memory of John
Jinklns, accidentally shot as a mark of
affection by his brother."
A Michigan editor received some ver
ses not long ago with the following
note of explanation: "These lines were
written fifty yeurs ago by one who has,
for a- long time, slept in his grave
merely for pastime."
A certain politician, lately condemn
ing the government for its policy con
cerning the Income tax, is reported to
have said: 'They'll keep cutting the
wool off the sheep that lays the golden
eggs until they pump It dry."
An orator et one of the university
unions bore off the palm when he de
clared that "the lirltish lion, whether it
is roaming the deserts of India or
climbing the forests of Canada, will
not draw in its horns nor retire into its
shell."
A reporter In describing the murder
of a man named Jorkin said: "The
murderer was evidently In quest of
money, but luckily Mr. Jorkin had de
posited all his funds in the bank the
day before, so that lit lost nothing but
his life."
A merchant who died suddenly left
In hi? bureau a letter to one of his
correspondents which he had not seal
ed. His clerk seeing It necessary to
send the letter, wrote at the bottom:
"Since writing the above I have died."
An Oklahoma editor expresses his
thanks for a basket of orancres thus:
"We have received a basket of oranges'
from our friend Gus Bradley, for
which he will please accept our compli
ments, some of which are nearly six
inches In diameter."
The Morning Post In 1812 made the
following statement: "We congratu
late ourselves most on having torn off
Corbett's mask and revealed his cloven
foot. It was high time that the hydra
head of faction should lie soundly
wrapped over the knuckles."
An English lectuter on chemistry
said: "One drop of this poison placed
on tho tongue of a cat Is suflicient to
kill the strongest man." and an Eng
lish lieutenant said that the Royal
Niger company wished to kill him to
prevent his going up the river until
next year.
The present Duke of Leeds Is report
ed to have accused the late government
of muking a direct attack on the brew
ers by means of a side wind. It was
during the late administration that one
of tho Irish whips telegraphed to Dub
lin that "the Bllence of the Irish mem
bers would be heard In the house of
commons no longer."
OFFSET HER GRIEF.
The Denier Wns Prepared with nn
Antidote to the Widow's Sorrow.
She was looking over the curios in a
New York bazaar when she happened
to observe some Indian ornaments and
with a deep-drawn sigh, she said:
"Those things always put me in mind
of my dear departed huuband.
"Yes'm no doubt," smilingly replied
the dealer. "I take it that the Indians
assisted your dear departed husband to
depart?
"Yes, they did."
"Materially assisted him by the but
let or the tomahawk?"
"Yes; he was shot down while cross
ing the plains. If I'd known that you
kept Indian relics here I should not
have called.
"The sight of them brings up sad
recollections, ma am?
"Yes, sir."
"Well, I have provided for that, and
I think I can say without boasting
that I am the only dealer In the city
who has. An Indian shoots your hus
band and those arrows and quiver
make you sad. Turn to your left, ma am
There Is the seal') of the redskin who
made you a widow, and It has just
been marked down from $8 to $2.25.
There Is no fjrief without its offset.
You pays your money and you takes
your choice."
STIMULANTS.
Alcohol does not give fores. Taken
Into the body, it liberates more heat (force)
than it gives.
Every hpalthy human body contains a
store of latent energy. Any one of the
r.tlmulant taken into the body liberatos
some of that energy either hs work done
or as heat sensible to the body.
Stimulants are vegetable, animal, alco
holic. Vegetable stimulants are tea and
coffee, and the animal stimulant is beif
tea.
lieef. tea, ordinary tea and coffee and
cocoa all have for their active prin
ciples substances wntcn are very nearly
alike in chemical formulae.
Vh?n we take a cup of tea we tuke It
to get out of the body certain force from
a reserve thut otherwise we woulif not
draw on. We are tending to bankrupt the
system, and the stimulant adds nothing to
our capital.
The use of o stimulant at any time
should be followed by the nromot in
lnnliim of easilv-dlaested food sutllclent
to replace the amount of force thut the
Btlmuhuit released.
Our hospitals abound In tea drunkards
nnd coffee drunkards, Just as much, pel
hups, us alcoholic drunkards.
A woman nervous over houiiphold cares,
too busv to get n mral, takes .1 cup of tea
and ft-ils better momentarily. The tea
braces hir i"), llbeiuting some of the
force -that has been stored up. Shortly
she breaks down again nnd takes ano
ther can of tea. This proceeds a few
hours for days, intimately she gets into
the doctor's hands. Hefore she can re
cover she must give buck to the body the
force that has been robbed from it.
To get the strength out of the meat
one must consume Its roteld matter ns
well as the other constituents.
Beef tea Is ill itself a stimulant, but not
a food.
In administering beef tea give the na
ttent nourishing food at the same time or
shortly after.
A perfectly well person needs no stimu
lant. Never take a stlmelnnt before a task.
After the task Is done nnd the need of
something bracing Is felt a stimulant may
be advisable, as a cup of tea, coffee or
cocoa.
Much poverty Is du9 to abuse of stimu
lants; poverty also leads to their use.
THE WAY TO CURE catarrh is to
purify the blood, and the surest, safest,
best way to purify the blood Is by tak
ing Hood's Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood Purifier.
HOOD'S PILLS are prompt, efficient,
always reliable, easy to take, easy to
operate.
TMB LEADER
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If you love your children, bring them wtyh you when
you come to do your shopping and let them see ...
The Dolls' Ball
in our show window. A wonderful mechanical con
trivance, representing a ball room scene in which a
score of pretty dolls are waltzing to the strains of
catchy music. We have also placed on exhibition an
accurately revolving
Ferris Wheel
Beautifully decorated with all kinds of Bric-a-Brac
Our Christmas windows are more attractive than
ever, and our interior display of
Holiday Goods
Bids fair to rival anything that has ever bqen seen in
Scranton. We carry the finest and best at the lowest
prices, and we are iu a position to fill the wants of the
most fastidious as well as the most economical in any
of the following departments :
Evening and Street Glove3,
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
FEATHER BOAS SOFA CUSHIONS PIN CUSHIONS
UMBRELLAS
GLOYES
MANICURE SETS
TOILET SETS
ODOR SETS
SHAYING SETS
ART GOODS
JEWELRY BOXES
WORK BOXES
GLOYE BOXES
Handkerchief Boxes
NECKTIE BOXES
ALL SIZES DOLLS, ALL PRICES.
USEOK a
Notice
To Publishers
POISONS IX EVERYDAY FOOD.
Infinitesimal in Quality, but Viru
lent If Concentrated.
From the New York Tribune.
One of the curious and llttlo-knnwn
facts brought to light by recent In
vestigations la that in almost every
kind of food some amount of poison is
to be found. Often the quantity Is so
small that chemical analysis does not
reveal It, and It is only discovered by
certain effects upon the human system
under certain conditions. Small as
these quantities of poison are, however,
in comparison with the other consti
tuents of any one food, they do exist,
and are poisons of a deadly sort. Con
centrated, the amount of poison that
is taken Into the system durins an
average lifetime would be suttlclent to
kill an army instantly. Yet the ex
tremely minute franmonts absorbed
during each meal not only do no harm,
but seem almost liealthsivliiff. At least.
It is certain that many of the most
dangerous and destructive substances
known exist in tangible quantities in
some of the most valued foods.
Foods that contain the worst poisons
In these tiny quantities may be eat
en constantly without anv unfortunate
i-eFults. There is no more popular and
widely used food than the potato. In
Ireland, In certain districts, little else
Is eaten, and the pi?asantri thi ive wort
ilcrfullv on them. Yet the potato be
ior.es to t"e Ban'e botanlial cIsihs a:i
the deadly nightshade, and bus iu it
the pame poisonous element.
Many other vesetabh-s have the
same curious quulity. In nearly every
vegetable nnd fruit that grows above
the ground, except the cabbage class,
what are known as vegetable acids ex
lut Thire Ih a different one in each
VPftetablo nnd variety of fruit, and all
are deauiy poisons. neicuucicsn,
would lie Impossible to get a suliiciont
quantity Into the stonmch at a single
meal to do even the slightest Injury,
and the pastrlc juice absorbs and ren
ders harmless these poisons unfail
ingly. POISON IN TAPIOCA.
Tapioca is another food Kiibstanec
that contains pol.on. This bus long
been known. The fact was again called
to the attention of scientists by Henry
M. Stanley, who carried in his kit on
one of hla Journeys in the "Dark Con
tinent" n large quantity of tapioca, and
had the opportunity to detect the dang
er in its use when not properly pre
pared. I'nder proper conditions tap
ioca is not harmful, but poison is pres
ent in It in ruch a larire quantity that
mnny precautions should lie tnken.
Even beer has its portion of poison,
a substance known as picro-toxln.
Lemon Juice contains a virulent and
dangerous element citric acid and
In many of the lemon drops and bot
tles of lemon Juke commercially pre
pared this substance- Is made up In tin
laboratory anil mixed with a disregard
of the way nature does It. The nat
ural Juice of the lemon Is not In the
least ;ioisonous, even tnken In large
quantities, but lemon juice chemically
made, as it frequently is for the trade,
needs to be looked warily at.
Hitter almonds -have' poison In thpm
to such a perceptible extent thut act
ual cases of polsonins are on record.
Strawberries and rhubarb contain ox
alic acid. This, as almost everybody
knows, is one of the most deadly and
rapid poisons, when usad in any ap
preciable quantity. Certain people are
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THE TRIBUNE is now prepared to fill or
ders for composition on newspapers, books,
'pamphlets, or other publications at moder
ate rates.
Address BUSINESS MANAGER.
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Gas and Electric Fixtures, ;.
The Welsbach Light
At Reduced Prices. -
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AUCTION SALE
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BRIC-A-BRAC,
500 and jjj Lukawanna Avenue.
Today ut 2 and 8 p. m., by
MiCSIAELIAN BROS. & CO.,
of this city. We have on exhibition tha
most masnincent collection of rugs ainl
carpets ever brought here, our own latest
Importation. Our friends will favor us by
simply coming and looking at our gooi's
in comparison with other auction sub)
ruga swarming the city lutely.
affected quickly by even a Jew straw
berries. Lobsters, shellfish and crabs
ponsess an Irritant poison which pro
duces nausea, vomiting and general de
pression, in addition to skin eruptions.
In ice cream Is sometimes to be found
tyrotoxlcon, and clam chowder, made
under the best conditions, often has
ptomaines of a virulent and dangerous
sort.
Cases have gone on record In France
of diseases caused by the eating of rye
bread. In these Instances the grain
became musty on the stalk, and was
made Into Hour without Its mustiness
having been noticed. From this must
loess, which Is not at all perceptible
In the bread, the powerful poison er
got arises, causln? eventuully. If suf-
flelerit of this bread is taken into tho
system, paralysis of the extremities,
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