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    THE SCUANTON TRIBUTE FfllDAY MXHlNINGr, OCTOBER 25), 1897.
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Lackawanna
CARBONDALE,
Readers will plenso note that adver
tisements, orders for Job work, nnil
Items for publication left at tho estab
lishment of Shannon Co , newsdealers,
North Main street, will rccelvo prompt in
tention; office open from 8 a. m. to 10
P. m.
MARRIED AT ST. ROSE CHURCH.
On Wednesday afternoon nt St Hnp
church ltev. T r. Coffey joined In holy
natrimony Mien Oneleln Ciuter, of l'lko
'treet, unci Trnnk A. I'lenntt, of Uuf
lalo, N Y The bride was ntt ended
liy her cousin, llln Catlieilne Walsh.
Andrew Wnlsh was the groom's liest
man, The bildi woio a handsome
Kovvn of olive preen covert clntli, with
nold chiffon nnd mink fur trlminltiB.
Tho bridesmaid was attlied In preen
uionclcloth, trimmed with Itevptlnn
Kold A leceptlon vn held nt the
home of the bride's uncle. Thomas
Wnlsh After the social Ratlin lug the
jounjr people left for theli futuie home
In Buffalo. The groom will """n enter
uputi the nctle duties of hl.s profes
sion after llnlshlnir his medical studies.
FUNERAL OF JAMES KILKER.
Services were conducted at St Rose
chinch on Weelncsduv afternoon at tho
funeral of James Kllkei. The funeial
procession was lnige. The Ancient
Order of Hibernians. Division 11, of
which he was a membei. attended In a
body The pall-bearcis, membei s of
the society, weie as follows: Michael
McDonald, Michael Flnnegan, Henry
Io'hi", William I'urcell, John Casey,
Jnmes Itagley, Michael I'urcell and
Michael Walnh After tho funeial the
society ndopted I evolutions of respect
nnd esteem In view of the sudden le
monl of their brother.
HOSPITAL DIRECTORS MEET.
The board of dlrcctois of the lhneig
ency hospital held a meeting on Wed
nesday evening. The contiact for
painting the hospltnl was aw aided to
H Frank & Son Their bid was $2S0.
The other bids wore fioni Matthews &
Fiank, for $300, and from A. II. Hick
for $517 Tho contract does not Include
the painting of the loof The direc
tors considered the state of the finances
and find that some plan must be ndopt
ed In older to serine a revenue for ex
penses It Is deslied that a popular
Mibscrlptlon should be made thiough
oilt tho entile dlstilct.
ANNUAL MEETING.
ihe Ladles' Aid society of the Meth
f'dlst church held their annual meet
ing nt the paionnge on Wednesday
nf lei noon About .seentv-lho mom
I ei 3 were present. About $200 was re
ported fiom the books which weie te
turned The olllceis for the ensuing
vent were elected as follows: Ptesi
Cirt, Mis. D. W. Humphrey; Ice
rrcsldent, Mis R. W. Powell; secie
td'y, Mrs. Pierce Hutlei ; tieasuier,
Mr.s Daniel Scuiiy.
REPUBLICAN RALLV.
H. H. Itobathan, of Scranton, nd-d'esf-ed
a huge number ot voteis nt
1'pdjke hall In Fell township on Wed
nesday evening. He discussed the po
litical questions, both of local nnd na
tloral Interest for about nn hour, and
a gcod degieo of enthusiasm and In
t et was aimibctl. Joseph Wllce vas
chairman of the meeting. Deputy
Sheilff Feiber, of Scianton. was
nmong those picsent at the inlly.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Xext Saturday evening Oct. P.O. Dia
mond lodge. Shield of Honor, will le
celve a visit from the giand lodge ofll
cers. L J JIcGregor, grand master;
12 H Xason, grand secietaiy, and Dr.
Finch, supreme medical examiner. A
reception will he tendered them and
all are invited to attend.
Miss Annie Hughes fell on Wednes
day and was painfully Injmed. In go
ing down the open cellar-way, she le
celved a fall, so that she Is now under
the care of Dr. Glllls.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duikett, of
Chuicli street, were lecont visltois In
Scranton.
Dr Lowry is attending bralceman
Jlernard, of the Ontario and Western
road, who received a seveio cut Just
under the eye while at woik. He was
struck by a tie that piojected alons
the track.
Haydn Hvans, of Scranton, was a
visitor In this city yesterday.
ltev. Charles L. Fltchett will be ab
sent two Sundays, taking a vacation.
Peter Brown, of Wllkes-IJarre, visited
friends In this city yesteidny.
Mr. M A. Harrison Is very ill.
The bicycle club will hold a smoker
next Tues-dny evening.
The South Canaan base ball club will
hold a social at Wavmnrt this evening.
Many from this city have received In
vitations and will attend.
Mrs. William Shannon and Miss
Glace Miller, of Xorth Wyoming street,
ate visiting in Xew York. v. hero they
will remain ten days William Shan
non, of tho Arm of J. h. Shannon &
Co.. will join them today.
Hev William Glslon was a visitor in
Wllkes-Darro yesteiday.
Miss Hattlo Whlttaker, of Hones-dale,
Is a guest of Mr. and Mis. 11. It. Wlck
vvlre, of this city.
Miss Cora Chase, of Liberty, X. Y
a former resident of this city, is visit
ing friends In town.
The Ladles' society of the Brother
hood of nallroad Trainmen held u so
clnl on Wednesday evening at the home
of W. J. Perry.
Miss Amy Williams Is visiting friends
In Kingston.
James J. Gorman has been nppolnted
ngent of the Anchor steamship line.
City Treasurer P. F. Corn Is still
dangerously 111. He has ot mprovedi
and the jesult cannot bo told. Tialned
Nurse Elizabeth Maxwell is attending
lilm
The Florence Mission circle will meet
this afternoon In the Sunday school
room of Trinity church at 4 o'ewu
A, L. Morgan, of Xew Yoik, was In
this city on Wednesday In connection
with business for the Anchor steamship
line.
William English, who has been with
Ills parents in this city for n month
returned yesterday to his homo In Dei
Itoynl, Texas.
Miss Annie Alexander, who 1ms been
With friends in Pontine, Mich., for four
weeks, returned homo on Wednesday
Mrs. Albert F. Schwlndt, 'of Shen
andoah, who has been visiting Miss
Sniah A. Fellows, on North Main
street, returned home yesterday.
The homo of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Collins, of South Main street, has been
brightened by the birth of a son.
John Kllleen, of the city street de-
mm
pnrtmcnt, H 111 nl his hunio on BtooU
lyn street.
ON TO VICTORY.
livery Indication points to a rousing
Republican victory for tho entlro
ticket net Tuesday. Tho party's
fighting blood Is up nt last nnd that
portends a Waterloo for tho enemy.
Hut no Individual Hepubllcnn should
rln his efforts. This Is tho chance
of n llfo tlmo tn rivet nnd clinch He
publlcnn supremacy In once Demo
cratic Lnckawnnna.
JERiTOf NEWS.
ruuernl ol'.Mro. Cilcs--Hully of tho
I'nterrlllcd--Personal and Other
Notes.
Mis. Frank Olles, who died on Tues
day, after u long lingering Illness, was
bulled vesterelny nfteinoon. Services
were held nt the house. Intel ment In
Shndy Side cemetery. The pall-boaters
weie: John Mnynaid. William II.
Merrltt, Alfied Matthews, David Hen
gough, sr., Fiank HuUer and Thomas
Champion.
Mr. John 15. Cirlfllths, of Wesloynn
university. Is visiting his parents, on
Third stieet.
The Democratic .illy on AVednesdnv
evening wns largely attended Seated
on the platfonn were IMwnid Meril
lleld. M. F. Conry. Hon. A. F. Mc
Anulty, W. r. Shean, Thomas Law
nnd lloheit H. O'Hoyle. M. T. McDer
inolt, of the Hast Side, was chairman
of tho meeting.
Miss Alice Oillllths, of Scranton, Is
visiting fi lends In town.
Hdwnrd Knglesby, nf Olyphnnt, was
united In man lime on Wedncdny to
Mls Hannah Stanton In Sacied Heart
cliuich. ltev. Father Linott peiformed
the ceiemony. The bilde wns attend
ed by Miss niiznlicth Shanley and
Michael McAndtew acted as best man.
After the ceiemony n leceptlon was
held at the bride's home. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Hnglesby will icicle on Lackawanna
.stieet, Olyphant.
Oeoijrp StooiT-on. of L stieet. Is 111
of Inliammntion of the bowels.
Peter Loftu. of tho Hast Side, la
quite 111.
Miss Mniy Reese, of Scranton, Is sick
at the home of her parents, on Second
stieet.
Warien, the little son of Mr. and Mis.
Louis F. Motils, iS Miffeiing with a
mild nttnek of scat let fever.
ltev. Father Green asMktod at tho
folly horns' devotion at St. Paul's
chut eh, Green Itldge, on Tuesday and
Wednesday ovenlnus.
Mi. and Mrs. A. J. How aid, of One
onta, X. Y are the guests of H. Y.
Layinon.
Miss Cora Laymon, who Is a teacher
In the Toiiest City giaded (.thiols, is at
homo, as the schools nt that place ate
clofced on account of dlphtheila.
TAYI.OH.
A veiy pretty October wedding oc
culted yesterday morning nt in.30
o'clock. Tho contracting paitlcs were
Miss Lillian, tho chauning daughter
of Mr and Mis. William Piestwood,
and Mr, David Lloyd, a. vety popular
young man, both lesldents of the
Aichbald The ceremony was per
formed In the Primitive Methodist
chuich by the paMnr, ltev. Mr. Walk
er, and was witnessed by a laige con
course of f i lends. The costume of tho
Inido wns brown lansdowne, with lace
tilmmlngs. and looked veiy chauning
Her attendant una Mls Ilcsslc Hodge,
of the Pjne. She, too, looked very at
tractive and vvoto a. costume .similar
to tl.at of tho bilde. The gioomsman
was Mr. Beit PioFtwood, bi other of
the bilde. After the ceremony the bil
dal patty diove to the home of the
Initio's patents, vvheic a wedding
bleakfn.st was i-eived. The couple
left at 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon for
a week's tour, Including Philadelphia
and other of the huge cities.
The Home Guard wjll meet this
evening In their usual meeting place.
All members nio requested to be pies
ent. John Knight, of Philadelphia, was
heie on business jcMciday.
Mnstor Matk Ilevan. of Feltsville, Is
confined to his home vv I'll sickness.
Messrs William Fox and Hdwaid
Welsh attended tho funeial of a rela
tive in 1'lttston yesterdiy.
Miss Itnchel Gangwelr, of Xotth
Main street, was the guest of tolatlves
In littston on Wednesday.
Mai tin Luther lodge, Xo. 22, Loyal
Knights of America, will imet this
evening In Iteese's hall.
Unity Smith, of Scranton, was heie
on business jesterdny,
Miss Magglf McXelll, of Wllkes
Bane, vvho has been visiting friends
In this place for tho past few days,
has t etui tied homo,
Mr. and Mis. John Jenkins, of Kings
ton, weio the guests of i datives In
this place yesterday.
George Moirls and family hereby
wish to extend their slncetest grntl
tudo to those who to kindly assisted
and sympathized with them dining
1ho Illness nnd death of Mrs. Mot lis.
James OUgallon. nf Ar.hbnld, was a
Taylor visitor yesttiday.
Dr. H H. Weston Is making
noted lmpiovements around his
dence on Main ttteet.
tiii: u.YMcr.K's m.i'rr,
some
resl-
Hovv lie Stopped n Hun nnd Made His
Depositors I'm" I lluppy.
From the Dcttolt Free Pus.
"Did you ever teallze that theio Is
skill to be exetclsed In the making of
nn elfectlve bluff? Xently eveiy man
In a pinch Is anxious to frighten the
opptsltlon, but evetythlng depends
tiiion the way in which It Is done."
Tnls was the philoxophy of the ret lied
banker, nnd a story went with It.
"In ono of the Colorado towns that
has since become u city I was tun
ning a private bank und there wns
another institution of the i-nmo kind
In the place. We loaned heavily on teal
estute In those dnys and a sudden col
lapse of the boom left our securities
gteatly depreciated. Under such clt
cumstnnces minors that we could not
pay hoon gained circulation and we
had to make the best preparation we
could for a run.
"It come in ttuo Western fashion,
with a rush, with thrcnhi and a (lout
ish of guns nmong the more excited.
My rival took tho old plan of paying
nt but one window, making each trans
action as long ns possible nnd thus
staving off the Inevitable while hop.
Ing against hope. Ho announced to the
crowd every few minutes that h could
pay dollar for dollar, hut his anxiety
was so apparent that It made the de
positors more Insistent,
"I took the other tnck In mnkln my
bluff, I hnd raked together enough to
fattmd a good stiff pull, so I told all
hands to stop everything else and or
dered each one to become a pitying
teller. 1 nlso posted notices that the
doors of the bank would lemaln open
till eveiy one was pnld, even If It took
nil night. Tills set the crowd to guess
ing and they cased up n good deal.
My next move was to place money In
the hands of friends, have them mingle
with the mob besieging the other bank
nnd then rush over nnd deposit with
me. This ruse turned tho tide nnd by
C o'clock t hnd more on deposit than
when the run began."
kvij in pii.vcr. or wiikat.
Another r.leincut in tho lloom Tor
American Ccrunls.
Prom the Sun.
The shoringo this year In the Euro
pean crop ot rye, tho cereal latgclv
used ubtoad for btead nnd at homo
for whiskey, Is estlmnted ns 300,000,000
bushels, nnd tl.'ero Is already a con
siderable demand for Ametlcnn tve
for eport. I'ortunnldy for Ameilcnn
fni liters, this yen's rye crop Is con
siderably In ndvnnce of what It has
been, and the crop will exceed, It Is
computed, "0,000,000 bushels, theteby
btenklng tho tecortl, which was S'J.'JCO,-
000 bushels In 1SSJ.
live Is used extensively In manv
Eutopean counliles particularly In
llii'sln. about half the total used In
Eli tope and America being raised In
Kussla. An cnoimous quantity of rye,
to i. Is raised lit Germany, and a con
siderable, though smaller, amount In
Hungary. Sweden and France aro two
other EutoDcan counltles which pro
dut" a considerable amount of rye. It
being used for lucid more extensively
1 hero than In tho United States. A
computation made a year ago, as to
th extent to which rve Is utilized In
the mnnufnetute of whiskey showed
that tho mateiial used for dlstellety
put poses was '!,T,"0,000 bushels of tye,
2;00,000 bushels ot malt, and 11.500,000
bushels of coin In n year. The fame
ot mt" lean lyo whiskey Is as bioad
and ns groat ns tho fame of any other
distilled beverage perhaps, but Ameri
can-made tye bread has never taken
a voty high rank in populatlty, nnd
this country has gcnetallv had iw to
expott. In 1891 some 210,000 bushels
of Amotion tye weto exported to fore
ign countries, and the expoilatlons of
American iye this year, to meet tho
shoitngo nbtoad, v. Ill bo liigely In
excess of that t' tnl Xebrn.sa alone
hn this year a tye ctop of 2,000,000
bushels nnd tho selling pi ice on the
farm In the Iliac kwnter stat" has tlsen
fiom 17 to 27 cents a bushel nnd Is
still tlsing In tho Chicago mntket this
week December rye. i standatd grade,
for delivery was selling nt (Ml cents,
and touched CO. Last year bailey was
selling In tho Chicago market for 4i
to 4S cents, and, with nn Increased
supply fiom the l.i'-je crop, It might
bo Inferred that tho price would de
cline instead of inerasln:r.- The In
t roaro Is tn lie nsciihsd to the .short
age abtoid.
In Fiance the amount of wheat used
per capita Is moie than double the
amount of tye. In Get many, on the
other hand, twice as much tve as
wheat Is usdS, 000.000 tons of iye and
3,000,000 tons of vvhat. In Xorwny,
Sweden and Denmark twice as much
tye Is ummI as wheat, but Cleat
lhltaln impotts very little lyo, though
tho value of the Impoituttons of wheat
average mote than $.100,000,000 a year.
Tho shot tags of tho European iye crop,
especially In Rimla and Germany,
furnishes a maik't for tho American
sutplus, which wns not expected or
counted upon at the beginning of the
present season.
Tlir. "H.VUY IXCUHATOK,"
Its I'se
Stiics .llnuy u
Dcltcnto
Child.
Prom Harper's Ilatar.
Nothing could bo nppaicntly moie
simple than the Incubator Itself. It is
a cage with a glass ft out, tlnough
which passes a cut tent of filtered air,
constantly tcnewed and maintained
potpetunlly at a ptifectlv even tem
perature. Our ptactleal minds Imme
diately appreciated tho fact that the
entire tilck of this artillclal bleeding
was thete; that this was the invention
In short. The motherly hen w ho gath
os her eggs under her wings Is not
obliged to combat any question of t ca
pitation. The ftlendly nttlflce.s that
successfully supplant het need concern
themselves only with heat. Hut even
the fondest mother usually succumbs
befote the ptoblcm of giving a sttong
healthy baby a constant supply of fresh
nlr which never vailes In temperatine
and ends by giving a delicate child no
nlr nt all
The temperatuto in the incubator is
maintained by a self-iegulatlng ther
mometer. The exact degteo ot heat te
ciulted In ptoportlon to the develop
ment of tho wee moisel of humanity Is
llrst estlmnted by a system of calcu
lation. If tho tempetature tlses nbovo
that level the thetmometer tlses ns
well, and by Its ascension alone dimin
ishes the action of tho cuitont eif heat.
If tho tunneiatuie tends to fall tho
thoimoineter nllows mote heat to pass.
To watch these little animate tolls
was quite a blow to that Instinct which
makes us associate a certain stato w 1th
the new-born heir to eternal life enter
ing Into his kingdom of existence. They
were all exactly nllko.red nnd w tinkled,
sleeping away like so many little ani
mals. They weie dressed, however, In
little white f tocks, on which one saw
tho finest Trench needlework nbovo tho
little limbs, emmnlllotecs, or swathed,
accotdlng to French custom, nnd each
had a tlnv bow of tho nut row est pink
tibbon on Iipi' sleeve. Four times n
day thev aie taken out and fed, nnd
the tiniest mites, "six-month babies,"
as they ate called, ore fed tlnough the
noso by a cuilous spoon, with a bowl
llko a rote petal pinched together at
one end.
At the bock of tho room we noticed
a little glabs-room, In which were two
ro&y-fnccd nurses, for bo simple nnd so
putely mechanical Is the work of baby
Incubating that very little care is need
ed. Each baby Is touched only six
times n duy four times to be fed, tw Ice
changed. Tho nurses llvo In a tem
petature of about 25 degtees centigrade.
Tho baby Is covered to be carried to
the nurse, nnd ns soon ns It Is normal
It takes the breast. Out of the eleven
mites In tho room when we weie theie,
llvo weighed less than two pounds nt
birth. Out of 183 children can led to
tho Incubator In tlnee yents, 1D7 have
been saved.
The baby Incubator was Invented In
1801, and charity Incubators in France
nte the work of a philanthropist, Dr.
Linn, who has Intel osted prominent
people ot all sorts and conditions of life
in tho work, nnd hopes to establish
similar Institutions nil over Pat Is. An
incubator can bo tented for sixty
francs a month, and any family, by
means of nn ordinary gas tube, a keio
sono lamp or u current of electricity
and $12 a month, run have a llttlo llfo,
still more precious to thoso to whom
It hns been given by reason of its fragility.
IS SELF-SLAUGHTER
REALLY CONTAGIOUS
Queer but Interesting Theory Propounded
by a French Paper.
SOME IDEAS THAT ARE CATCHING"
Xcwspnpcrs Illumed for Chronicling
So Conspicuously tho Deeds of Sui
cides. -Notntilo Ciclcs of Suicide
Which 'rend to Support the I'ore
goltig Thcor).
From the Figaro.
Wo are nt tho ptescnt moment con
fronted with a serious question to
which sullklcnt attention has not been
given. It Is the featful Intteaso of sui
cides In Paris nnd In nil other capital
cities. This Is a malady of civilization,
we might almost pay n contagious mal
ady. In addition to physical epidemics,
theie ate also mental epidemics. Doth
commence In the same way, at llrst by
Isolated oases nnd nftei'Witrd bv lm
tuedlato contagion. The epidemic sub
sides nnd then suddenly bursts out
ngaln with extrnotdlnai v enetgy
under some Inlluence, often that of
temperature; for It has been noticed
thnt In certain months of tho summer
suicides nio most numeious. They are
climatic.
Tho existence nf epidemics of Ideas
Is ttndenlnble. That hns been pioved,
for example, during the bomb-tlltow-Ing
craze. It was a Eutopean epi
demic w hlch burst out at the same
tlmo and appealed In sevetal placets.
In anarchy theie nio also centres of
Infection. In France the contagion
wns evident. The enses succeeded each
othei tapldly. Ilavachol was the llrst
victim of tho disease, and ho contami
nated all the others, Vulllant, Henri,
etc. Vitriol throwing was one of the
symptoms of ti mental epidemic. The
beautiful and fotsaken Matlo Dlete
was the fltst to bring the thing Into
notoilety. After her for a long tlmo
many women who believed that they
had reason to complain of tho conduct
of their lovcis had tesoutco to vlttlol.
The craze became contagious, like tho
choleta or the plague. Xow It has al
most entitelv passed nwny.
XOW EPIDEMIC.
Suicide Is the epidemic at tho pres
ent time. It is Int teasing and making
numeious victims, and tho pi ess unin
tentionally helps to lncteae the evil.
Tho journnls aie the centres of its
propagation. They accustom people to
the Idea of voluntniy death, almost
Justify It and extol it In the country
dlsttlcts It Is customatv to he silent
In tegai d to a suicide. It Is considered
a culpable desertion of life, something
that Is almost shameful. In tho ceme
totles theio Is a special cot nor for the
suicides. Hut our newspapets give
publicity to tho suicides, throw a cer
tain amount of .sentimentality around
them, and cover their cofllns with llow
oi s. Imagine an unfortunate man.
broken down by poverty and mourn
ing, leading a detailed account of a
suicide. It puts temptation in his way,
points to a lefuge. Why did he not
think of that simple tetnedy ? And
another figure Is added to the statis
tics of suit ides. Today death has no
tenor for the bioken-hoaited. They
tecoive him gladly, speak to him calm
ly, make their anangements with him,
and sign, to say. togethet tho decima
tion of voluntary departuio upon the
white paper which the Ink puts In
mourning.
Put the gravest symptom of the mal
ady Is .shown In what we tall huleldo In
common. W h ivo all toad ih- honl
lilo account ol tin tee ent suicide of the
four young women in tho Faubourtr
I'olssonnloi". Thy wotked together In
tho same place, and the same box of
charcoal nsphyxiated each one. In this
case, aUo, the Journals wore pernlclms
vchlcKs. You could sap In the illustta
tioiiH colored prints of tho four dead
bodies lying side by side, and even th
little dog also Included In the dark ad-
entitle. Xo doubt the case was singu
larly pathetic. Each one had a teal
grief. One had seen her husband,
whom she loved, taken to a madhouse;
another was abandoned by her hus
band, and tho third abandoned by her
lover and enceinte. Tears nr contag
ious They ate attracted to ok It oth'-r
llko drops ot water, but in mingling
they of cotiise, become larger. Each
ono of thoso unfoitunate young women
might have been able to boat- her bur
den of gri f alone, but tho weight was
Increased by the souot8 of tho oth
ets. That Is why the idea of suleid
having fltst come to one, was bound
Inevitably to leach the others. What a
bcene for a play w tight was that last
evening, tho evening when they told
tho stoiles of their lives and shed their
remaining tears in common! Then they
took their last supper, at which they
laughed and sing. People are Joyous
when they become decided. They feel
stronger. "The strongest is he wh'o has
i enounced," as Isben bays; and In this
ease each one was fortified by the ele
tet initiation of the others.
EXTIHELY TOO COMMON.
This kind of suicide In common Is
certainly ttaglc.and It Is a grave symp
tom of the piogt-'ss of what we may
call this epidemic. The philosopher
Hattmann, a disciple of Schopenhauer,
and nlso nn npostle of pessimism, gives
ns the final consequence of his system
nnd thV Inevitable end of the wot Id
"an Immense cohmlcal suicide to bo
committed by huminlty." Certainly
pessimism, philosophical denial, and Ir
tellglon count for a gnat deal In the
increase of suicides. Muss t himself,
speaking of tho death of Holla, blamed
Voltnlto. proclaiming thnt If the slight
est thtead had still held h'ls soul to any
faith ho would not have "prostituted
his death." The want ut faith Is ono ot
tho great causes of this malady. Nev
ertheless, wo have tho example of sui
cides bequeathing all the money that
th'ey possessed for masses for the te
pose of their souls.
Hut theio are other causes. In the
first place, we aro no longer nblo to
suffer, not even physically. Wo send
for cocaine nnd chloioform In cases of
clniple suffering, even the druwing of
n inntli Where Is tho onduintice of
other times befote the discovery of
these ninrvellous thugs which heem
almost necessaty for our too sensitive
modem and pet haps degeueiated hu
manity, Incapable of Renting physical
pain? Moial suffering wo cannot en
duie. We accept life on tho condition
thnt It must bo without bitterness. In
other words, wo want tho Impossible.
In the "Pnrlslcnne," that admirable
comedy of M. Ilecque. theio is ono pro
found phrnse When tho lovers bo
como cold and a sort of sadness comes
over them, nnd when ono asks tho oth
er the meaning of it, tho nnswer Is:
"There nio shades" That Is the very
soul of tho period: It Is the malady of
people too much civilized and too re
fined, They suffer on account of shades
and die on account of shades,
CIVILIZED CO.WAIIDS.
How many suicides have had no oth
er cause? At tho very first trouble
pcoplo nro ready to say, i have had
enough." Suicide Is there. Tho love of
llfo Is nliscnt. It Is the strong and
young race that sticks to life. Thnt
Is why suicide Is unknown among the
savages. The Idea, of death which Is
presented In the accounts of suicides
to bo founJ In the journals gives tho
vertigo. It hns an attraction; the at
traction t't tho abyss. Ono should nev
er go near the brink. We should con
ceal this Idea of death, thtow a veil
over tho oxnmple of the suicide. M.
Zola In ono of his novels speaks of n
knlfo that had uliondy served one sui
cide oageily snatched up by another.
As In tlni case of tho plague-stricken,
isolation becomes necessaty In this pe
culiar malady, the Isolation of con
cealment. Tho newspapets aro the
centers of Its propagation. That Is
why It Is desirable that the entlto
pi ess should i of lain us much ns pos
flblo from publishing detailed accounts
cf suicides. The malady Is Increasing
ntid becoming a soolal evil which peo
ple do not look upon with suillclent se-
t lousness
At the theater when n piece becomes
tltesom- ono speetnlor tlsus nnd leaves
Ho Is soon followt d by another, then
by three or four more, nnd so on un
til ptetty soon the whole audience
leaves en masse In tho theater of llfo
wo have not yet t cached tho point
where all go out together. Hut nte
wo approaching tho period of that
".vmlcnl suicide" ot which the phll
osouher Hnitmnnn speaks?
NOTAIH.r. IT.X NAMES.
The Norn do 1 I utile ol .llimy Promi
nent Living W rltcrs.
Every leader of novels nnd tales Is
pretty well familiarized with the noms
do plume assumed by certain, favorite
authots, genet all v for leasons only
known to themselves. "The Duchess"
of tho late Mis. Matgatet Hungerford;
"Ouldn," the childish conti action of the
Clnlstlnn name of Mile. Louise do la
Hameo; tho famous "Pnz" of Dickens'
enily w things, foimcd on sltnllatly
childish lines; the "Charles Egbert
Craddock" of Miss Maty Xoalllcs Mur
fico, and many others nio cases In
point. A lecent useful publication
"Who's Who," 1S97 contains a list of
thofe and hany others, a groat num
ber of them unfamiliar to the average
reader.
Among these may bo noted "Sarah
Gtand," who wns a Miss Clatke, and
Is a Mts. McFall; "Henry Seaton Mer
rlmnn," whose novel of "Tho Sowers"
made almost as much stir as Miss
Orand's "Heavenly Twins." who is
Hugh S. Scott; "Maxwell Gray," tho
attractive name assumed bv Miss M
G. Tuttlett; the "Miss Impulsla Gush
Ingham" of Lady Dufterln, and tho
shoit and simple "Q" of Arthur T
Qulller-Couch (who pronounces the last
syllable as If It weie spelled Cooch, by
the wnv); "Maarton Maartens," the
briefer and better name taken by Hen
J. M. W. Van de Pom ten Schwnrtz,
the clover portray er of Dutch life, the
widely known "Edna Lynll," which is
almost an anagram of the first two
nnmes of Its Inventor and user, Miss
Ada. Ellen Havlv; "Iota," who wrote
"A Yellow Aster," Is Mis. Kathleen
Mnnulngton Cafftyn, and nearly evety
ono knows, of com so, that Anthony
Hope Hawkins is the shorter "Anthony
Hope" of "Zemin" fame, and that Hev.
John Maclaten Watbon Is "Ian Mac
laren." A lnige class ot noms do plume Is
made up by the women who have taken
masculine names. Nothing is more
nnnoylng than the uncertainty In re
gard to the pronoun caused by these
less Illustrious followers of George
Sand and Geotge Eliot. "John Stiange
Wintci" is known to be Mrs Arthur
Stnniinid tathcr widely, and tho fact
that the owner of "Lucas Malet" Is the
youngest daughter of Charles and the
niece of HeiTy IClngsley, has made the
fact that she is now Marv St. Legor
Harrison, tho wife of the rector it
Clovclly, better known oven than he.
clever novel. "Tho Carlsslma;" "George
Partem," under whose name som
pleasant tales of ttavel have been
ptlnted. Is Miss Matgaiet SymonJs,
"John Oliver Hobbs" Is Mts. Pontl
Craigle. but her assumed name Is bet
ter known than tho fact that she was
born Jn Hoston; "Rowland Gray" Is
quite as effectually concealed under her
own piopor style of Miss Hrown; "Sh.
ney C. Grier" Is, In reality, a Mlbs
Gtelg, Mrs. Mona Caltd, whoso name
sounds llko nn assumed one. but Is not,
has sometimes written as "G. M. Hut
ton," to make It harder for the otitic,
and finally, Mrs. Langtiv has .'ent out
some at tides with the signature "Mis.
Jut si y."
Another sort of a confusion Is caused
by th mnniages of women well known
to fame under their maden appella
tions Miss Kntheiine Tynan was
gtnwlng In reputation before she be
came Mis. II. A. Illnkson; Amellne
Hives after a tlmo of being Mrs Itlves
Chanlor, became thotoughly disguised
a j the Pilncoss TrouboUkoy Small
Jeanetto Duncan became Mr.s. Evetahd
Cotes; tho "Ilalph Iron," which was
so well known ns the pen name of Miss
Ollvo St hi loner, grew lost to fame
again as Mr.s. Cronw tight; Elizabeth
a' Coutt, on the other hand, Is hotter
known as Lady Iletberi, and Miss
Mottle Mmlnl Dpulo, nuthor or "A Girl
in the Carpathians," pains another suit
of distinction nsMrs. Henry Norman.
Some very distinguished men of let
ters have occasionally used some ap
pellation other thnn their own, tho
' Father Pi out" ot Francis H. Mnhoney,
for exnmplo. Grant Allen masquer
ades even now ns "Cecil Pawer" upon
occasion; Kcbert Hair loses himself
among the mutable many ns "Luko
Shatp;" James Matthew Hat tie used
to be "Gavin Ogllvy;" "F. Anstey"
Is Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and Charles
Heber Clark is always "Max Acleler."
Of different purpose Is the change mado
by dropping tho fnthet's family name,
as Sir Henry Irving hns dropped Iiio
drlbb und Dr. .Max Nordau his Sued
fdd. i
A POLITICAL POINTEK-
If you Indorse tho free trade and frec
sllver Chicago platform ns the Lacka
wanna Democracy does, "fully and
without reserve,'" then work nnd vote
for Sclmdt, Hoin, ot. nl. If you be
lieve In McKlnley.protectlon and pros
perity, turn theho agents of liryan
down.
Surprised ns Hnlitnm Was.
Prom Casstll's Juuinnl.
Tho following la the story of a doctor
at one of Iho London hospitals. Ho was
one day lectin Ing to a claHS of medical
tmidi tux, when ho tstoppnt und asked a
miAHtion w li It'll for porno tlmo uono of
them answered, hut 010 man, who had
never iitiHwetttd a question before, and
wus looked upon as tho fool of tho class,
answered correctly, Tho doetqr was ns
ttmUlieil, and stnrod at tho man In
iimnzemctit.
"You look surprised, Blr?" said tho stu
dent. "80 did Balaam'" vws tho doctor's
sharp reply.
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LACKAWANNA
MANUFACTURERS OF
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Hill 1 Imbcr cut to order on short notice. Hardwood Mine Rails
sawed to uniform lengths constantly on hand. Peeled IImhIocI:
lrop Timber promptly l-'urnlshed.
MILLS At Cross Fork. Potter Co.. on the iJnfT.ilo and Susquc.
hun tin Railroad. At iUitia, Potter County. Pa., on Couderjport. and
Port Alletuny Ruilro.id. Capacity-400,000 feet per day.
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Telephone No. 4014.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURINGCO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE. PA, Manufacturers of
LQCOHiVES, STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS.
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
RAILROAD TIHE TABLES.
Schedule In Uffcct November 15, iSji.
Trains Leave, Wilkos-Barro as F0II0W3
7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burg and the West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazloton,
Pottsvillc, Reading, Norristown,
nnd Philadelphia; and for Sun
burv, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burg and the West.
3.15 p. m., weok days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and tho West.
3.15 p m., Sundays only, for un
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelpnla,
and Pittsburg and tho West.
6.00 p. m., week days, for Hazloton
and Pottsville.
J. R. WOOD, Gen'l Pass. Assent.
J. 11. HUTCHINSON. General Manaster.
Central Railroad of New Jersey
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Stations In New York root ot Liberty
..?!.. vi ..,,1 vhithnil Tetminal.
AntliMcltu'coal used exclusively, ln.ur-
IrWTvULU IN EPFUCTVIUI.Y 1SOT.
'JrrMnV leave Sci.inton . for. l'lttston,
1 r.'iiii' ii:fcu Wn....- - - ., .., ,
1 lnl1iin SHI
viikB.n.iirc. etc.. at b.20, !!.. "
m
1 , iV ..i 3 05. 5 00. 7.10 P m. aunuavs,
9.00,
r'oV M-ouiuntn I'aiC; 8 JO a. n... 3 03. 5.00 p.
"' -.7. i- - tn .. Y.,
m Hunuaj . -. v.
1 SundajB, J.i p. "
ror Atlantic C'lt. 8 20 a. m.
For New York, Nc-watk and Hllz
i) (exifrtss) a tn., U 13 (expiess
zabeth.
8 20 (express)
ess vvltn
'. T.r '.. ..i. .nrl .lOr. (extilUfSJ
p in,
Ifllliei J'"'.'" .".,.-"I-Inn v'nir 1.43 .
lariui
215 p.
in.
,. ,, -. -.-- -
bror I onB Uranch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
8 T?oar lUailne,'.2 Lebanon and Harrlsbursr.
via AlkSown: I 8S0 a. m, 12.43. CW P. m.
lAVotVs' ill "'b 20 a m . 12 43 p. m.
lininriilnc loavii Now Yoik. foot ot Llb
erts "tree tf North Hlver. nt 9 10 (expiess)
n m ill) 120. K (express with UufCet
?Arlir car) p. m. Sunday. 4 If) a m
1 1 i)vo New York, foot Whitehall Ptreet.
Soiiti lVrry. at 8 53 a m . 100. 1.23 3 33
ii in Pas-enut-rs urrlvliiB or departlns
Vrnm this tetminal can connect under
cmer with nil tho elevated inl roads,
llroadwai eablo cars, and feirles to
ltrookhnnnd Stutcn Island inaklnK quick
transfer to at.d from (Hand Central De
not and LoiiB Island Railroad.
PI eavo Phllade'phl-i. IteadliiK Terminal.
9 00 a. m , 2 00 and 4 30 p. m. Sundajr, 0.23
"'rhrouBh tickets to nil polnti at lowest
rato may bo had en application In ad
vance to the ticket Hntjjt j1,1;,1;
Ocn. Pass. Agt.
J. 11. OLIIATSKN. Gen Supt.
Del., Lnclca. and Western.
Lffect Monday, Juno 21, 1S97.
Trains leavo Scranton as follows: Im
press fot Now York and all points Hast.
1.40, 2.50. 515, 8 00 und 10 JO a. m., IJ 65 and
3 33 P m
rxuress for Raston. Trenton, Phl'adel
Plla and tho Smith, 6 15, 8 00 and 10 20 u.
in . 12 53 and 3.3 p. in.
WushlnBton and va stations, 3 Ij p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, c 10 p m.
Fxnress for BliiBhamton, Oswego, HI
mlrn CornliiB, Bath. Daiisvllle. Aluunt
Morris and Buffalo. 12 10. 2 33, 9.00 n. in .
and 1.53 P m , inaklns close connections at
Buffalo to nil points In tho West, North
west nnd Southwest.
BlnKhamton and way station. 1 0j 11, m
Nicholson accommodation, 4 00 and 0.10
P m
niiiEhamton and Elmlra express, G 53
p m.
r.xprcss for Vtlcn nnd Rtchflcld Springs,
2 36 a m and 1 53 p. in.
Ithaca, 2 3u. i"i 11 m , nnn 1 iw p. m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes.
Barre, Plvmoulli, BloomsburB and Dan
ville, makliiB eloo connection at NorMi
umberlaud for Wllllamsport, UnirlsburB,
IJaltlmore. WnnhliiBton nnd the F'mth.
Northumberlat d and Intel mclliit sta
tions, fiOO. 10 20 n tn . nnd 1 55 nnd 6 00 p in
Nantlcoko nnd Intermediate stations,
8 08 nnd 1150 n in. Pl mouth and Inter
mediate stations, 3 40 and 8 17 p tn. For
Kingston, 12 40 p m
Pullman parlor und sleepliiB coaches on
all express trains
For detailed Information, pocket tlmo
tables, etc , apply to M L. Smith, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, depot ticket ofllce
trie aud 'WyoniliiR Valley.
IN Effect Sept. 19. 1897
Trains leavo Scranton for Now York
and Intermediate points on Urlo railroad,
Unni1.iV. '' 1U l.
m oirKcs at Philadelphia. ItcoeiiiiE ieini
rrnl 5!2 P. m. and New York C 00 p m
rnr Vlaucn Chunk, Allentow n, Uethle
htm I-antoM nnd Philadelphia. 8 20 a. m..
',tm' nm Veil (except Philadelphia) p. m.
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Our men'rt oliod nl SM.IHI inn
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Oi:Nl!RAL OFFICII, bCRANTON.
PA.
also for Ilnvvley nml local points at 7 03
a 111 anil 2 21 p m
Airlvo at Srrnnton from above points
at 10 23 a m , 3 P. nnd 9 3S p. m.
Delaware and Hudson.
On Monda), July 5, trains will leavo
Scranton tw tollows.
For Oai boiidale- M. 7 V,, S :', 10 13 11.
m , J2fji) noon: 1 21. '2 M, 3D' 520, 0 Jo, 7 57.
.15, 10 13 p. m , i 10 a in.
Tor Albnnj, Sarntopa, Montreal, Bos
ton, New Lnsland points, etc., 0 JO a. tn ,
2 20 p. in
Tor Hones Kile G JO. S 5", 10.13 a. tn;
12 00 noon , 2 JO, 3 J3 p m
Tor Wllki-nurc 13, 7 50, S.13. 0 "W,
10 lr, n m , 12 03, 1 23, 2 2S, i V, i 11, t, 00. 7 So,
S 30, 11 JO p ill.
Tor Now York, Philadelphia, etc., via
LehU'h V ulley I It , fi li. 7.30 .. m.. 12 Oi,
123, 4 41 p m (with lilaik Diamond Ex
press) 11 0 p m.
Tor Pennsylvania It. It. points 0 43, OSS,
a. m ; 2 23. 4 41 j) m.
Tor western points via LehlKh Valley
It. II.. 7 50 a. m : 12 03, 3 33 (with Black
Diamond npris), U30. 11 10 p m
Trains will aitlvo at Scranton as fol
low h:
From Carbondiln nnd the north 1)
7 43, 8 40, u 31. 10 40 a m.; U 00 noon, 120,
2 21. '2 25, 4 37. 5 43. 7 43, 9 43. 11 23 p. m
Trom WIIkos-Tiirro nnd tho south 5 13
7 5i). 8.30, 1010. It .V. a. m.i 11C. 2 14. 3 43.
r. 20. (i 21. 7 53 9 03 9 13 p m . 12 03 n. m.
.T VV. nrilDICK, O I A. Albany N Y.
If. VV. CROSS, D I' A , Sennton. Pa
Lehigh Valley Itailroad System.
Anthraclto Coal V'eil Lxcluslvrly, Iusur
UiB Cleanllinss ami Comfort.
IN llPFKCT JPNR II. 1S97
TRAINS IillAVK SCRANTON
Tor I'hlladelphla and New York via D.
& II. R R at fi 43 7 30 a m , and 12 03, 1 23.
2 2S. 4 41 (IllacU Diamond Rxpress) and
11 30 p. m.
For Plttston .nd Wllkes-lSarro via D
L. & W. It R . C 00. S OS, 11 20 a. m , 1.53
3 40, C 00 and 8 47 P m.
For White Haven, Ha'leton, Pottsville,
nnd ptlnclp.il points in tho eoal lesion1)
v la D H U. R. R , tl.43, 7 50 a. m , 12 03 and
4 41 p m
For Bethlehem. F.iston, ReadlnB, Ilar
rlsbnrR und principal Intermediate sta
tions via I) Ar H. II R. 0 13, 7 30 a. m,
12 03, 1.2.3. 2 2S, 4 41 (Black Diamond F.x
piess), 4 11 and 11 30 P m
Tor Tunkhannock, Townndn, Rlmlra.
Ithaca. Geneva and principal Intermediate
stations via D . L & V. II. R . CO), 8 03 a.
m . 12 40 and 3.40 p m
Tor Geneva. Rochester. Buffalo.Nlasara
Falls, Chicago and all points west via D
A II R R, 12 03. 3 33 (Black Diamond
Kxprcss) 9 50 and 11 30 p m
Pullman parlor ard pleepliiB or LehlRh
Vallej ehalr cars on nil trains betwom
Wllkes-Birre and New York. Philadel
phia. Hurfa'o and Suspension Bridce
ROLLIN II WILBPR, Gen. Supt
CIIAS. S Li:i:, Gen. Pass. At , I'hlla ,
Pa.
A W. NONNFMACIIHR. Asst. Gen.
Pass. ABt . Philadelphia, Pa.
Scranton Ofllce, 309 Lackawanna avenue
scit wro ni isio.v.
In i:tfTt Orlotirr.'ld, IHiir.
North Itound. Mitilli lloiiud,
l0380l , lOi 2U Ij
-5Sc' btatlon' aw1
g fi (Trains llallj. Ex.g 3
3 ff. cent Sunday ) 2 5 a
i MAnlve Leave u '
1 "8VN Y Krankllti ht ....1 7 D ....
I 7 10 West 4.'nd street .. . 7!W . ..
.... 1700, Wceliawkeu I.. 810....
e Mi MlArrlio leave a mi1 m
1 1 is, Laoobiii . .. I MiTTT
.,,, iw' Hancock .... sip ....
is S htarllKiit .... I aei ....
l.'4tl l'reston park ....'sjji ....
il240 vWnwnod .... !!4l ....
U'tfS Pojntello ,--"H)....
12 11 Orsou .... I VM ....
I2C8 Pleasant Ml ... lit, ....
iliisi' PnlondAle ... I lew ....
liM'i Forest city . . api ....
.... flwilisi, farbondftlo 7 si' 34 ....
.... M4TMP0 White Bridge I7lf3 s ...
,. fi!41tll25l MaMleid 17 418 41 . ..
.... ill 11,11.-1 Jennin 741 34V . .,
.... lOivuis ArchtiMid 7W 351 . ..
.... (3J111S VMUton 7W 364 ....
...., 28 U it l'eckviiio TMSfia. ...
.... Ibtiliiff olyphant hos 401 ...
.. . tuoilOl 1'rlcebiirg 8M 407 ....
.... tilHllin 'Ihroop hob, no1 ..
.... Olftlion Provldenco 8 101 4 14 ...
.... 1 1) u (ia',7 l'ark Place a 1; u 17 ...
... 010,1053 hciatiton j dial 420, ....
lr m'a m leave Arrive a ur ul
All trains run dallr except SiiluIov.
r blitiiliies that traina hteip on slgual tor pa,s
eenKcrs. Secure rates via Ontario & Western, betorn,
purchsMux tickets and uhvu money. Day and'
NUUt Eiuresstotlie VVebf
J.C.Andorsoii, Uen. Pass Agt.
V, l'lltcrott, Ulv, I'aw, Agt. scranton, pa.