THE SOUAOT'ON TUIISITNE SATURDAY JtO!fISriN&, FEBltUATCY 20. 1S07. 1 feJs thu Etiunw he Intends to taltc next), uiul then In a short, homfonstla Bjieech lie stliinititlzes his to by rIvIiik her over to the tender mercies of other braves, while they look ujicm him en viously and consider that lie lion pcr f 01 mod an net of bravely In his de sertion. Often as many ng half a do?cn divot c 08 tiro thus obtained at a single dance. No tedious wait hip, no com is, no la.v yeis nnd no tiouble about alimony or tho custody of chlldicn. And the squaw s thus cast off, as a general thing, seem to take it as a matter of course, nnd bofoio the close of the dance are using the wiles known and used by women tho woild over' In an clfort to repair at speedily as possible the bleak In their hearts and matilmonlal expeil ence. With tho taking of land In severalty and putting on of citizenship, howevei, the Indian finds that ho has cemented the ties that were so loose before, foi the coutts ceiyhero are deciding that the tilbal mairlagci aic legal and bind ing upon the Indian who becomes a cit izen. And if the welsht of one legal niairlage wears somewhat heavily upon a white man, how must It bo w Ith tho rod man, who has contiactod two, three, four or oven more alliances, which the court now declaies legal, and nt the same time takes away his foimer ave nue of icllef LONDON'S DtiATII KATi: FRANK THOMSON, President of the Pcuuiylv-iuln Railroad Company. s L From Car Shops to Presidency. smi'JjU 1IOMK AIASSA.UU. Trom tho Times-Herald. Philadelphia, Feb. IV. There Is a com forting congiuity in the Utctlon of Fiank Thomson, who Is a model rail road man, to the presidency of the Pennylvania, which' Is the model lall road of the United States. Mi. Thom son came up fiom a bench in the shops ol the road at Altoona, where In foui cais ho had mastered mechanical en gineering and had learned how to build a locomotive. When he was graduated ftom the shops hu understood his trade so well th'at he might have taken crude oto and tiansformed it through all Its multiplicity of piocesses Into the pol ished engine. lie began at the bottom lound of the laddei and climbed to tho oiy top. That Is why hu Is pioperly called a model railroad man for 1 all road men pride thetnieleb on having risen fiom the ranks. Sir. Thomson's family was more or less piomlnent in the old days. Ills father was a judge and a congressman, well known in the eaily yeais of this centuiy. Th new piesldent of the Pennsylvania was boin In Chambers burg. I'a on July C, 1S41. He did not pass through a univoislty, but was giv en a thoiough academic education in an excollent Institution in his own town. After he was giaduated with honors Ills fathei concched the idea of giving him a railroad education instead of a couise In the classics, and young Thom son leadlly fell In with the plan Don ning his overalls he enteiod the shops of the Pennsyhanta, and during his four j ears of ser Ice there his energies ne er Hogged lhe result of his constant ap plication was a masterful undei stand ing of the mechanical pai t of railroad ing. But he could not only build an en gine, he could operate one, too Just as he emeiged iiom tho grease and the giime of tho sljops the countiy was stilt Lon with the civil war Thomas A. S(ott had been selected by Secietar of "V ai Cameron to be his assistant, hav ing ehaige of all army tianspoitatlon. Mi. Scott knew bomething of Thomson and tent for him Soon afterward the jounir engineei washus oiganlzing the transportation of tho auny of the Poto mac. Heiewasa youth who had baielv reached 20 supei intending tho dllllcult voile of moving an army, a woik In volving the oonstiuction and 1 con struction of railway lines, solving prob lems presented to him by geneials, bid ding a bridge 1 Ise hex eandcuttlngaway a nlll there, and mateilally assisting the ptogiess of war. When his military career was at an end in 1SC1 young Thomson had learned all that was to be learned of the details of railway management, and the sevete discipline which came as part of tho lesson served him well eei afteiwaid. The reason for this is simple. No en terprise of Industry is so militant as a railway. In the conduct of the busi ness of a rallioad thlnss must be done on schedule. The management of a railroad consists of oligarchies within oligarchies, tapering to an individual head, from which all ordeis must come directly or Indirectly. Were it othei vvise, confusion would result, and the entei prise would fall. If the success of an aimy depends upon the genius and consistency of Its supremo head, the success of a railroad depends upon precisely the same couse. The success ful general must be a seveie discip linarian, tolerating no excuse for fall uie and ever ready to encourage talent and advance ability. In a xallioad, as in an army, the fittest units segre gate to tho top. A railroad of which the head can see the force and neces sity of this natuial ptocess, and aims to assist rather than estop It, cannot fall. Such a policy, If pursued with the supreme end in -slew, service to its patrons, will oer tend to lapldly Inlng the entile road to the front. Under such a policy young Thomson giew up, and such Is the policy he will follow out as president of tho Pennsylanla. The Pennsylvania thrives under that system which has been miscalled "civil service," Propeily called, this system is a system involving rewaid for meilt. When it has been found out by those employed that duty well done Is cei taln to bring Its reward, and that duty neglected is as certain of being fol )oyed by retrocession in or perhaps dismissal from the bervice, the Hervlce must constantly Improve until perfect equilibrium Is reached. The Pennsyl vania, rigidly adhering to these piln ciplcs, haH already leached that mov ing cqulllbilum, which makes it the most splendid example of piivuto en terpiise In Its kind In America. Tho results are seen from the military cleanliness and order of the president's writing table down to tho flower beds along the track. In tho tiemendous mass between the two the same order prevails. No one has anything but praise for what ho gots from tho Penn sylvania. Out of this policy has sprung the thousands of miles of track and the tiemendous pioperty that is now woith $1,000,000,000. Fiank Thomson steps Into tho presi dent's ofilce of this gieat concern, him self a common product with the prop erty of the common policy that pro duced them both. His first Important position aftei tho close of the war was the supeilntendency of the eastern di vision of the Philadelphia and Urle toad Next he became superintendent of the shops at Altoona, wheie he be gnn to build the foundations of his lailroad career. Then he was made geneial manager of the lines east of Pittsbutg and Irie. While here he en laiged the meilt system of the load, and the Pennsjlvanla rapidly giew Into the supeib oigan of distribution it is today. So perfectly oiganbed was the system that Mr. Thomson could wield its tremendous mass with as much ease as one of the engineers could handle the lever of his locomo tive. The directors saw it all, and Thomson's wonderful success at this stage of his career led to his elevation In 1SS2, to the second vice-presidency of tho load IJe was thus the mastei of tho fi eight and passenger tialllc of the railroad For six eais he man aged those Inteiests so well that his emplojeis doteimined to rewaid him by making his fiist vice-president, which they did in 1SSS. During the six years he handled the trafllo Interests of the road he realized more than evei the prime necessity alieady indicated the necessity of giv ing the public a service In every way acceptable. Pioflt in any enterprise Is nlwajs in propoitlon to populaiity. Good quality with due regard to cheap ness was his motto He Insisted on every pitron having his lights. The smallest shippers complaint would stli the gieat si stem as profoundly as that of a manufacturing magnate. The employes weio told to be polite; no caller, however humble, was Insulted in the oinces of the Pennsjlvanla which can bo said of vety few iall roads in this country. And today the spirit of good will that prevails among its men in all its departments Is a de light to the citizen who Is accustomed to the uncivil ways and words of many lailway employes. As the master Is, so is the man. In his eveiy day llf, pilvato and public, Frank Thomson is a perfect gentleman. Mi. Thomson Is not tho Ideal rail way magnate. That Is to say, he Is not hollow -eved, abstracted, and W lapped up in stocks and bonds. He is lather the open, free, sunny man, such as one would expect to And out doors. Ho is fond of outdoor life, un derstands the art of angling, Is fond of plctuies, knows what a book ought to be, and has a spontaneous i espouse for music that Is unappreciated by most people. In his personal manner ho is suave, gentle and sympathetic In politics he Is sound and is Interested In it because he is a citizen. Duilng the last campaign he auaved himself on the safe, conseivatlve, national side and stood for sound money and the honor of the nation ns valiantly and ably as he vvoiked for the Integilty of the countiy during the war. Tho advance of Mr. Thomson to tho presidency of tho Pennsylvania has reacted with benefit to many of the subordinate ofllceis of tho road, John P. Qieen has become first vice-president, Charles E. Pugh second vice president and S. M. Prevost thlid vice president Several minor ofllcers have been moved up and two new ofllees created freight trafllo manager and first assistant to the president. Illliencious Treatment That Kcquircs Jiittlo or No Science to Achieve. rrom tho Philadelphia Times. A physician of high standing says that ho thinks massage will bo used far moie In the near futuie than it is at piesent, and ho Instiucts the families under his chaise In the ait of mas saging each other. When practicable he advises eveiy one who wants the massage to first bo massaged by'some good operator, nnd thus leatn Just how it feels; but he gives lnstiuctlons that alone fit one to do this woik more In telligently than It is performed by many who pretend and only pietend to know the business. A general treatment should begin with the feet, the subject lying down; each foot should be taken and rubbed nnd squeezed, all tho time tubbing and squeezing up, just as If you weie try ing to send the blood out of it toward the heait; all points throughout the body should be manipulated between the palms of the hands, the legs must be gently grasped and the muscles kneaded, a gentle kneading of the ab domen and stomach follows; kneading ofMho stomach Is one of the most suc cessful ways of relieving indigestion, but it is often done too loughly; it is a good general tule that when mas sage Is agieeable It is also beneficial, and when disagreeable it Is Injuilous. Stiength and gentleness must go to gether In all movements; It one par ticular method of handling, paittcu larly of the stomach and abdomen Is moie agreeable than another, that should pievall; and the hands and arms aie treated just as are the feet and legs, all these movements uniformly tending upwaid. After this tho patient turns on his face and the back is kneaded along both sides of the spine thtoughout its length; the palm of the hand Is used flat on back and abdo men; the muscles of the limbs are giasped, and after tho back is tieated the chest Is gently tapped and piessed with the ends of the fingers. Massage of the face cannot be com pletely taught without visible Illus tration, but a few useful movements can be described, and nothing fuither should be attempted by the novice; with the llngeis the face, fiom the coiner of the mouth, should be softly rubbed up and outward, this tending to prevent the luvrd line that often settles fiom the nose down as the cheeks tend to fall inwaid; tho foie head can be rubbed with the llngeis fiom tho centre toward the temples, for a double chin one simple movement Is Invaluable. No one need have a double chin, but tho lemedj should be lesoited to eaily, as in later life the skin loses Its elasticity, and it is bet ter to have a double chin than a dew-lap, tub under the chin with the fingers, beginning under one side and dniwlng them out at the othei, this done with Hist one hand and then the other makes many stiokes a min ute possible, and the flesh under such tieatment will soon begin visibly to lessen. Much can also be done to le duee the stomach and abdomen in the same way, a rotaiy movement being most effective. In all massage It Is well to oil the hand with cocoa oil. In cases of ema ciation as much oil as the skin of the patient will absorb should be rubbed In In the course of the usual movements Oil also tends to soothe nervous pa tients, and it Is often most giateful. Massage Is a mechanical and Indis putable aid to eliculatlon, and as In piostiatlon and fatigues the blood ceases to flow in proper quantities thiough tho aitetles and is diawn off to the veins (In death the blood leaves the arteiies altogethei), tho 10 llef of restating the equilibrium of the eliculatlon Is instantaneous The Jap anese logaid massage as an Indispen sable featuio of life, Just as they and wo look upon a bath as a necessity, and in this they aie llsht, and ahead of U8. The Mnikot aluu of u Mnn in. the World's Mettonnlls. Prom the Pall Mall Gazette. The dentil late for tho year vhrlo out lb.5 pet 1,000 per annum, which Is one of the lowest we have had. It Is somewhat lowci than the late foi tho thlrty-thrco great l!nsllnh and Welsh towns lolled Into one. If we compare London with Llveipool, the Kugest of the provincial towns, we And that the lattei icturus a late of 22, su that, applying this late to the metropolis, It Is seen thnt our actual mortality meant a gain of 18,500 lives. Dublin, with ono thiiteonth tho population of London, had a tatc of 21.5, and on this reckon ing we have5 gained no fewei than 20, C00 llvas. T)ic western capital of Scot land, Glasgow, wris much healthier than the towns on the MeisSey and the Llffey, its rate being 20.2, Even on this ilguie the metiopdlis shows a gain of 7,200 lives. Some one, hov.ever, had made an aotmlnl compulation of the maiket value of a human being, tnklng into ncocunt all his good and bad qual ities, and so on, and v,e aie, theie foie, enabled to nrilve at some Idea of thu gain fiom a monetary, point of view, quite npait fiom thu losses of the metropolitan uudeitakets and mourning establishments thiough Lon don being healthier thnn the towns mentioned. It has been calculated that about 250 would be a fair aveiage pi ice per Individual, and that being tlie case theio has been, In l&'JC, a gain to London of 1,800,000, compaied with Glasgow, of 4,023,000 compaied with Llveipool, and 0,025,000 compaied with the Itlsh capltnl Cleaily, then, we have In tho metio polltan system of dialnage and geneial banltatlon a first-class investment Our sewers dialnnlpes, water supply and to on may not be altogether pel fec tlon, but they evidently do moie foi us than Just balance tho tendency of our atmospheie to choke us all off. Possibly there wll come a day when science can piovide us with gieat Im ptovements on our modem methods of preset vlng health, but as things go Londoneis have eveiy leason to be giatlfled with what all must tegard as the most satisfactory Indications of a healthy existence which ate nffotded by the mortality statistics in 1S90. CllllE) Use instead of lard and have no fear of dyspepsia. OcnuineCottolciioisRoldovorywhero with trado mnrlta "CotMcnc"an& ttccr'a ItiaU in collon-plunl urcath on every tin. A hnmlsomUv Illustrated Kltrhm tVirnicii of unliuoilcilun, for 1307, contnlnltiR Thrro Iluniliul mid Mvtv tho Holiitoil Ilpdpii liv the lift known tenchomif nml writers ou cuolar) V ill bo tent on unlpt of llih uiKcrtlsunent unU sit coins in ttumni. THE N. K. FAIF1DANK COMPANY, Chicago, ill. DUPONTS MINING, BLASTING AD SPORTING at i' ,, r wm , Tf I- tf kit H-rf&v wfryfck ' t c . ( i "Noblesse Oblige." We do not expect so much of tho hod cirrler as of thor-educated aiehltect, of the navvy who digs the tranches as of tho englneei who lais out thp work. The hotter opportunities a man has had for education, for culture, for development of his cliaiacter, tho moio qulcklj we ob serve an defect that has crept in with his tialnlng. No matter how wise, how clovei, how skilled ho maj be, if ho falls In tho small courtesies of llfo one In stlnctlvoli feels that there is dust on the balance, that he docs not weigh as puie gold. It may seem hyporcrltlcal to weigh one'sfellows undci irlass in this waj ; but, after all, It is only another way of aylpg that noblesso oblige It Is u conjesslon that we have ideals for otheis, and, if for others, perhaps covertly foi ourselves. Christian Rcclstet. Tor the Hands. A very good preparation for chapped hands may be made as follows. Thioo dtachms of camphor gum, thice drachms of white breswax, three drachms of sper maceti, two ounces of olive oil. Place all together In a cup or basin on tho stove to melt slowly until they form a white ointment Apply to the affected parts at night after washing If badlv chapped It Is well to put on a pair o soft kid gloves, from which first cut out tho palms and the finger-tips to allow ventilation. How ever, the best plan Is to prevent this chapping bj never falling to dry the hands well after washing Lukewarm watei should be used, and if oatmeal Is occas'onally substituted for soap It will help to vvhlton the hands. MANSFIELD STATE NOI5HAL SCHOOL. intellectual and practical training ror teachers. Thrro courses of stud besides preparatory. Special attention given to prepaiatlon for college. Students ad mitted to best colleges on ceitlflcato. Thirty graduates pursuing fuithor studies last j oar. Gieat advantages for special studies in ait and nmslc. Model school of three hundred pupils Corps of sixteen teachers. Heautlful grounds Magnificent buildings. Largo grounds for nthlotlcs. Elevator nnd Innimary with attendant nurse. Tlno gymnasium. Everything furnished at an average cost to noimal Btudpnts of $113 a vear. Pall lorm, Aug. 23 Winter teim, Dec. 2 Spring term, Maich IG Students admitted to classes at any time. Por catalogue, containing full Information, apply to S. II. 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Orders received at tho Oflleo. first floor. Commonwealth building, room No. 3; telephone No 2624. or at tho mln, tele phone No. 272. -will ho promptly attondeJ to.Dcalcrs supplied at tho mine. WM. SI WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irving Place, NEW YORK. Roles $3.50 Pet H ifl Upwards (American or Curopcan Plan.) GEO. MURRAY, Proprietor. aro located tho finest flshlns and hunting grounds In tho world. Desqrlptlvo books op application. Tlckots to all points In Maine, Canada and llarltlmo Provinces, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Canadian and, United Btatefl Northwest, Vancouver, Brattle, Tacoma, Portland, Ore, San Prancisco. First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars attached to all throught trains. Tourlsti cars fully fitted with bedding, curtains and opeclally adapted to wants of families may bo had with socond-class tJcliots. nat03 always less than via other lines. For further information, timo tables, etc.. on application to E. V. SKINNER, Q. E. A., 353 Broadway, New York. IS Brcadway and Eleventh St., New York, Opp. Grace Church. European Plan. Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards. In a nfbdost and unobtrusive way thoro bm few buttor coaduotod hotoU in tho metropolis thnn tho fat Denis Iho creat popularity it has nccmlrod can readily bo tracad to its nniquo location, lta uoinellUo ntmosphoro, tho peculiar oxcollonoo o' its cuisino and sorvico, and its very moder ate pr'ces if f 11 J? y ' S . WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON. What Sarah Eernhard says 111 JL- From n Citv Standpoint. "Talk about unieasonnblo people," ald tho ical estato agent who Is Just Rolm,' Into business, "that man Wants me to be suro to lent his farm to homebod who has had oxpcrlencpj' "What is there unreasonable about that'" "Tho Idea of am body who has hnd c peilenco with a faun wanting to llvo on one." Washington Star. ASKFGraEB&KLELON inuian mvoncus. Tho Courts Aro Now Plnvintr IIiuoc with Tribal Customs. Trom the Philadelphia Press. "With most of the plain Indians mni rlago consists of picking out the maiden, leading her to a cabin or wigwam and installing her as mistress of the house and cornfield, bometlmes with the nec essary pieliminary of paying the fathei a pony or two or an installment of blankets, apd occasionally with j-ome slight ceremony peifoimed by a chief or medicine man. And vhen the bravo ijrows tiled of his paitner he can get rid of her as easily as ho won her. The people who aty now iloclclnj to the Dakotas or Okmhoma to get dl voic es would ho nupiemely happy if the could thiow off the galling bomW of wedlock as easily ns does th reset va tlon Indian. Tho fact having been for mally announced by tho head man of the clan, the divorce takes place when tho tribe Is gathered at a dance. Vhen all are assembled and the circle formed the discontented warrior strikes a drum used by the revelers, gives away a few piesents (outlines making tt present to M, JiLX jik 3&2s JL-d TOWN Jj ,J Jtfjsy AyxLzI.L iV J x? XL tompsny s hPhWl Uj ANCIENT AND .MODERN ATHENS. Tho Citv is Nearly its Populous Now ns Ever in Its Histor). Prom the Century. At the accession of King Geoigo, In the year 1SGJ, the population of Ath ens did not exceed 45,000 Tho advance haw been moie rapid blnce then, es pecially durlns the Inst twenty years of material piosperlty, which has lately been inteiiupted, let us hope tempor al ily, by tho financial entanglements of the Greek government. Duilng that peilod the immigiation of well-to-do Greeks from abioad has not been one of the least causes of this development. In 1S79 the census showed a popula tion of nenily 61,000; In 1SS9, 114,000; and today, Judging by the vltnl and build ing statistics,, the number of inhabi tants, if it does not exceed, cannot fall shoit of 110,000. The progress of tho newly-cieated town of Piraeus Is not less lemarkable. Fiom C000 to 0000 souls, which had already gatheted there some thirty years ago, Its population had grown to 31,000 in 1889, and is now estmated at moie than 40,000.. Together tho two towns number as many Inhabi tants as they probably possessed in the fourth centuiy H C. The sources of Information as to the pupulation of ancient Athens aie In deed vasue, but from a passage of Xenophon giving tho number of famil ies as 10,000, and from a passage of Athenaeus, Indicating tho proportion of slaves to fteeman at tho time of De mctilus Phaleieus, It may bo calculated that at that enoch the population of Athens, including that of the Piraeus, wan about 180,000. Tho area included within the walls of both towns seems rathor to coullrm the estimate. Tho sut rounding country was thickly popu latedmuch mora so than at any suc ceeding period; but It Is moio than probable that tho Inhabitants of Athens proper and of her seayoit never ex ceeded 200,000. GIVES TS1L And !5AB39iyTEUf SAFE FOR SALC BY THE nun 111 I SCRANTON STATION. Oil Lackawanna anil Wyoming Avenues. It's No Wonder They're Busy at the Prices They Are Closing Out Their Entire Stock of 5hoes. tht. niwir pnwnffl m HlUUUi iu a ksmuun uuos BOOHS I AIM 2, COETLTH Bl'D'S, SCRANTON, PA. IliG AND BLASTING E MADE AT MOOQIC AND ItUOH DALE WOIUta LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Klcctrlo Dattorlos, Klectrlo Ksplodors, for ox plodlug blasts, bafety fuse, uud Men's Patent Leather Shoes, Congress( "samples," 6, 6 1-2 and 7's worth from $5 to $7, at $1.50 a pair. See them in the men's window. All Ladies' $2 and $2.25 Shoes at $1.50 pair. Same in men's All Ladies' $3 Shoes at $2 pair. 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