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THE SORANCM'N- TKIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 180T.
EDITORIAL TRICKS -IN
THE FATHERLAND
How German Scribes Evade the Lesc
Mocit Law.
JANITORS IIIRGD AS EDITORS
An Dxecrilingly lutcrcsllnc Chapter
Upon tlio Possibilities of Journiil
ism Even In n I,nnd Whuro Freedom
ol the I'rcst Is a Tcnturo Unknown.
Ocorgo W. Hlnnrnn In the Sun.
Tlnee years afro tho editor ot one of
the countless Volkszeltungs In Gei
mnny sat In court, ansvverlnjr the fa
millnr charjro of Insulting a Prince
"You are tho responsible editor of tho
Volkszeltung?" asked the piesliUng
Judge.
"I am."
"And as such you nre named In every
Jsuo of the Volkbzeltunp?"
"I am."
"Did you write the article which gavu
rise to this action?"
"I did not."
"Wlint class of article 1o you vvrlte7"
"I do not write any articles."
"What, then, uie ur ilutlts.'"
"I sweep tho ofllco and receive the
cards of poisons who wish to see the
editors."
"What ple?"
"Well, In winter I build the llres and
keep them prolnp."
"Is that all?"
"No, I dust the desks and so" that
cioh 'TMilUman has hU iMper and Ink
ready lor woik, and ncour the v.Jndows
and sometimes help dHtrlbut. tho pi
peis "
"Anjthlnff else?"
"Why, your Honor, what Jo you ins
pect for 60 maikH ($1G) a month."
The Kotlnlscho 2i'iMn.r, which V
poited the trial, cut short at this iolnt
Its acount of the examination of the
VolkszeltunR's responsible editor, and
fell to moralizing on the deceptions and
tricks which laws repaidlng Insult of
r.iajestj, othonviso- known as majes
taetsbelledlRunf,', or lese majeste, had
forced upon the German ptess. Of
course, the edltot on trial was no editor
at all except In name He tecelvrd his
$15 a month merely as Janitor. Though
he was announced, to satisfy the law.
In eery ibsuo of the Volkszeitung, ns
the lesponslblo editor, ho never had
penned a line for Us columns For
this very reason he had been sellected
to bear the legal responsibility for the
men who wrote the newspaper If ar
lested, tried, and Imprisoned he nevei
would be missed The VolkszeitutiB
would take on another janitor fiom its
waiting list, for even in over-educated
Geitnany Janitors aie much mote
abundant than editors.
THE JAIL EDITOR.
Such is the institution of the jail edi
tor In Geimany. It is calculated sole
ly to thwart by a trick the oppressive
piovlslons of the press law and to for
tify the newspaper business against the
periodical onslaughts of ciown piWcu.
tors. Without it only the dyed-in-the-wool
monarchist would bo able to pub
lish continuously a daily newspaper,
for the law is unbending, the ciown
law yets are fanatically zealous, and
the complaints from Berlin Mutter
down like the leaves of autumn.
But the fiction of the responsible edit
or l.s onlv one of seveial means by
which the law for the protection of
lojal reputations Is thwarted. It be
longs to the dailv and weekly press.
The pamphleteeis, who appeal to a
class of higher avorncn lntf.iiimr
have a better tiick It is that of the
hlstotlcal parallel. The most celebrated
example of this stvle of literature in
lecent times Is "Caligula, written by
the South German," Prof. Quidde.
"Caligula" was aimed directly at the
tin one. It was Intended to tell the
German people that their Emperor was
of the tvee of the old Roman monster,
that his mind was of the same calibre
nnd his Impulses of the same nature,
that he was passing through the same
course of development and that he
piomised to brine up In the same sink
of iniquity, cruelty and madness The
early promise that Caligula gave of
better, things, the dlsmlsal of tried
statesmen, the crowing love of dfsplay
that distinguished his reign and his
waxing eccentrlcitv and final madness
wore depicted by Quidde with a pains
taking use of modei n political phrases
and curernt German idioms. Where Ho
man history threatened to mar the
parallel between th,e monstrous Caecar
and the reigning Hohenzollern, Quidde
bent it forcibly Into line. So, without
once mentioning an event of tho last
thousand years and without once hint
ing at nineteenth century man, he ac
cused William II. of about every enor
mity that a human being can con
ceive. Quldde's position was absolutely Im
pregnable, although his onslaught on
the throne was as vicious and dlreit
as it could be made, and his pamphlet
was sold up to the twelfth edition.
There was no sentence on which a
crown prosecutor could hang a com
plaint. The whole Empire rang with
tho scandal of the insult, and dire
wrath reigned supreme in Berlin's old
castle and Postdam's new palace, et
Quidde was safe from tho clutches of
the law as If he had been in Tlmbuctoo
or Chicago "Caligula" was a dedicate
and poisonous piece of woik Ii has
probably only one superior in the llter
ary products of the lese inajeate para
graph, and that one Is another class,
AIRING SCANDAL
In general the other class Is lowei in
tone than the Quidde pamphlet It In
cludes revelations of loyal scandals,
notably youthful misdeeds in money
and love The scenes of these scandals
are laid In the present usually, but the
names of the actors are omitted or
given only in dlstoiVcd form Most of
the books, pamphlets, and dally news
paper articles regarding the Kotze
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scandal belonged In this class. For In
stance, in "Tho Secret of tho Master of
Ceremonies" (Zurich, 183G), In which
Emperor William Is brought to book
for some of his love affairs under the
name ot King Victor, Baron Kotzej Is
mentioned as Baron Spclcrs, Countess
Uohenau appears as Countess Hohen
horst, and the chief of the political po
lice, Major von Pausch, who then was
In difficulties and therefore n safe sub
Ject, wo's disguised but thinly ns Hcrr
von Hausch All thu may seem rather
clumsy, but It was in this class of
trickery, nevertheless, that the lee
majeste paragraph and other provis
ions of this kind have been cheated
most cleverly In recent times.
One Instance Is worth telling In some
detail, nut only because of tho light It
throws on tho straits of German news
papers, but also because of tho view It
altords of the emperor's biothr-ln-law,
Duke Ernst Gunther of Schleswlg
Ilolstclu. This ilambojant gentlein.ui
has boon the subject of much anony
mous nnd. Bctnl-'tnonyiiious literature,
for when not encaged In some aban
doned spree, he hns been set up bv the
emperor under the halo of divine light
to lectuic the nobility on its duties tn
mankind. As 11 llrst-class capacity at
the wine Hint is red, nt the table that
Is gicen, and at tho chastity that is
st.ilned, Ei nst Gunther has been n
sight for kliiES nnd noblemen riming
his periodical appeal ances In the lole
of moral precentor. In fact, his lec
tures on moderation and duty have
been resented by the nobility, and not
a few of tho newspaper attacks on him
hae been Inspired by the counts and
baions whom lie has offended. Thus it
canio that whin tho loyal take's lie
tiothul to the joung Princess Dnio
thca of Cobuig-Cohaty was announced
early last summer, the masked batter
ies weie opened on him.
T.!,e most cunning and nt the same
time most daring attack came from a
Berlin jouiivil, Die Velt am Montng
(the World on Mondai), whos name,
In vIpw of tho proverbial bluenos of
Monday, mny be intended to explain
Its pet iodlcal publication of very "blue"
stoiles The writer took ostensibly as
his subject a man who wss pel scouted
by the political police, told his story In
r n er.y. rati less manner, ana Drought
in, ns if but incidentally, the details of
the last disagieeiblo nffnli in which
the imperial biother-in-law had been
involved. Ktnit Gunthei appeals In
the nnirntlve as Duke S (Scl'les-
wig), which would bo Indefinite enough
of Itself woie it not for the caie with
which the scene ot his ciimr is laid in
K (Koennlggraetzei) street, the
fact of his betrothal Is pushed into no
tice, and the? police ate lei tn Ptrnzlau
to arrest Ills partner In crime. These
details and a few less sti Iking ones
gle unmistakable evidence that he Is
the man behind a notnilous Urilln
scandal of the pieIous joar, although
when the scandal wn3 In couit the
name of the pilnclpnl was withheld.
Yet, while pointing thus directly to the
empeioi's brothei-lr.-kiw, the w liter
tl.iew up around him a hundred safe
guards, which made his impunity sine.
riCTIOX WITH A PURPOSE.
The story was published ns puie fic
tion It was entitled Dei Spitzel"
(Tno Spy) and was signed "Slmpllcls
slmus." It opened with a refeience to
the c-asp of Malor on Pausch, chief of
the political police, so as to attract the
attention of even body Inteiested In
high politics and political scandals. It
dilfted along In u gossipy vein, touch
ing upon a company of good fellows
who met daily at noon In a eeitain les
tnurant for luncheon, beer and conver
sation, were diawn into a daily discus
sion of Pausch's lights and wiongi
and eventually weie divided into tv
hostile gioups by the question of
Pausch's guilt The secession of the
Pausch group is desciibcd, the. mlgia
tlon of his friends fiom the old lestau
rant to a new one is related with full
cltcumstance and the peculiarities of
evety one of the stood fellows aro
sketched cloveilv and rilvertlngly. All
this requires about 1,500 words. Hav
ing put up his defences and masked his
guns in this fashion, Slmpllcisslmus
warily makes ready for the attack. It
Is a delight to observe how he woiks
himself up to tho critical moment of
action.
"Outside wind and snow whirled
through the restaurant's tiny garden.
Within, however, we sat at our spot
less white table and diank the ledrilsh
brown punch which the doctor had
brewed aecoidlng to his own secret ic
cipe. He knows how to prepare such
ellJlrs of life, the old fox qlitsldo ot
our paity there was not a soul in tho
lestaurant, and that was just to our
liking, ns on such occasions we enjoyed
giving full leln to our mood. But no
the'-e at a llttlo table by the pillar sat
a lone man a young fellow of "0 or
thereabout, I should say, whoso smooth
face and long blonde hair led us to sui
mlso that he was a musician or an ar
tist. He was the onlj other peison In
tho place and, lemarkablv eiuugh, ho
hnd come In at the same tlmo with us.
But he wns a haiml?ss fellow, lie sat
there with his back half turned to us
.end with his fuce d'ep In tho sheets of
the morning newspaper. We were not
disturbed by hl.e presence. In fact,
when he H.emed to catch our jolly
mood and turned his smiling tuce to
ward if giou!, wo sent him by the
landloid a full glass and ask him to
empty it to tho health of the man
whose birthday we vvero celebrating. Of
course one does such n thing only when
lie Is a little exhilarated.
'Wei' theie was no doubt that In
this cas we had to do with an edu
cated man. That was evident In the
manner of the j oung ftllow as h- took
the puiuli. emtio over and humped
giafses with the dex-tui. He cave his
name Feldmann, or something of the
sou and ret our ln it.uton l.e cat down,
tnklng a chali between two vacant ones
as If to mark politely his isolated posi
tion in oui group Then, as he listened,
he laughed softly and drank his punch
In little nippy sips. Tho counsellor had
assun.ofl the duties of master of cere
monies and did not weary of filling our
guest's glsss again and again Nor did
ho fall In his effoits to exhilarate tho
voung man, who in short tliuo was In
happily not found in Coltolcne.
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A HEALTHY WIFE
la a Husband's Inspiration.
A sickly, half-dead-antl-allve woman,
especially when she Is tho mother of &
family, Is a dnrnper to all joyousness
in the home.
1 sometimes
marvel at
the patience i
of some hus
bands. If a woman
finds that
her energies
are flagging
and that
everything
tires her,
her sleep is
disturbed
by horrible
dreams,
nnd that
she often
w altos sud
denly In ihu
night with a
feeling of suffocation and alarm, sho
must at onco regain her strength.
It matters not where she lives, sho
can writo a letter. Mrs. l'inkhnra,
of lijnn, Mass., will reply promptly
and without charge. Tho following
shows thu power of Lyrila H. Pinlc
linin's Vegetable Compound, accom
panied with n letter of advice:
"Dear Mrs, l'lnkhnm: I have suf
fered for over two years with fulling,
enlargement and ulceration of the
numb, and this spring, being In such a
weakened condition, caused me to flow
for neai ly six months Koine timo
ngo. urgvid by friends, I wrote to jou
for advice After using the treatment
which j on ad
vised for a short
time, that ter
rible flow
stopped. 1 am
now gaining
strength
and flush
and have
better
health
than I have
past ten j cars,
to all distressed
had for the
I wish to say
suffering women, do not suffer longer,
when there is onu so kind and willing
tonldyou." Mits. F. S Bennett, Wcstf
phalia, Kans.
the proper birthday mood Ordinal lly
the (outis"llor was so taciturn that we
had nlnio' t to draw the woids frm his
league wltli pincers, but in this cao
he was so talkative that we could
liaidly believe our ears
'The doctor had brewed his punch
for the thlid time. The conversation
pif-vv quicker. Stories and jokes of all
kinds weie told. Now and then, how
ever, seiious questions intiuded, nnd
eventually wo oime back to the great
question of the day, the political po
lice." COMING TO THE POINT.
With this Intioductlon Slmpllcis
slmus has masked his battel les What
could be moie com entionlal, aecoidlng
to German standaids, than this local
color of punch, beer, landlord, biith
riay caiousal? It is as haimless and
unsuspicious as the countiy ball or
cricket match with widen the English
writer of slioit stories delights to veil
his plot. But the English shott story
has Its backgiound of ron owing love
nnd "Der Spltzel" has its substance
of souowful politics. Slmpllclssimus
swung away gtariually fiom punch
and gavety and appioached thus the
serious woik In hand:
"Each of us gave his opinion of this
institution and its impoitance in State
affalis Neatly eveiy one had an in
stance of its activity to relate from
his own expel lence.
"'Now counsellor, what have you to
say? lemaiked the army suigeon,
turning to our man of silence.
" 'After this gentleman,' isald the
lawyer with a motion towards our
guest
"The stranger cleared his tin oat and
with the ventuiesome spliit which the
wine had given him, began his stoiy.
" 'As ou wish,' he remaiked by wav
of intioductlon. 'Of coursu I could tell
you man stotle, for I hae a friend
in the secret police fiom whom I have
learned much of that bod's varied
actlvlt Theie Is. for instance a neat
llttlo stoiv an anecdote, I might say
rcgaidlng an affair of recpnt date. It
is authoritative, for mj friend was one
of the piinclpnls in it. You know of
Duke S , of couise, the man-about
tow n '
"He let his voice sink suddenly and
put ills hand to his mouth.
" "Well, this young gentleman had
become I ft.ithed to the Princess O .
It was in afi'.tlr of European Import
une v, 4 'ltlemen, as you doubtless
understand. One day u. small tinted
note was delivered to the duke. It
was fiom an old fiiend, a woman who
lived In K street She had been
the sole gu.iidlnn of many ticklish
ducnl seciets, and she had an Idea of
turning them to account. Tho duke
had a liklns foi young women veiy
young women anil she- had aided him
In making their acquaintance. P.aia
graph so und s(,, criminal statutes, you
understand Well, her plan was, now
the- peilod of hei usefulness to him
, appealed to be at an end, that she
i should stli his feais a little und open
ills pocket. The duke, in keen distress,
went at once to Paul Gltaidl you
know the detective agency In B
stieut
'Whew, 30,000 marks," exclaimed
Glraidl as he read her demand. "That
is pretty steep Sho wouldn't stick to
that If wo should try to setttle it. How
ever, what wo must do is to turn tho
tables on hei. We have the choice of
two cilminul i barges, attempted black
mall and gross Immorality. Let's tako
gross Immorality, Then your seiene
Highness will not be bothered In any
vva by the pioceedlngs."
" 'The duke breathed a long sigh of
relief On the same day Glrardi re
potted tho case in full detail, and with
in twentv-four hours my fiiend and
another ofilclal weie in pur&ult of tho
duke's female fiiend. Now how long,
gentlemen, do vou suppose It was be
foie thev had their game in the trap?
Eight weeks. Eight anxious, disagree,
able weekH. Thev were out after her
night and day, In all possible and Im
possible disguises, lounging In tho
stieets. loafing In lestnurants. and
Btanding about street cornets. At last
they found her in a llttlo nest of a
plaeo near Prenzlaw. They made her
acquaintance and, after displaying
large rolls of bills, obtained invita
tions to visit her In her city house
On the next dav they all met In tho
K street home of tho duke's friend
The two detectives weie received with
considerable BPlendor, but no sooner
had the second cork popped than the
old woman disappeared. Sho returned
cresentlv with a Dietty lG-yeai-old
V d &
jdmg&k
I I Cs
?rj
girl whom she had Induced to visit her
for the purpose of learning a new kind
of embroidery. "
STABBED AUTISTICALLY.
Thus tho story is spun along in the
rather freo Btyle of DleWeltamMontag
until the moral turpitude of the Duke
and his friend Is fully established,
it Is not polite literature, but ns It
la Intended to nail the Duke publicly
to his Iniquity nnd expose him to the
scorne of the world, It may bo forgiven.
When the Duke's habits have been ex
IKised In adequate dctnll, the "guest"
is nllowed to conclude his natratlvo
thus:
" "And this horrible creature received
her deseits four years in prison,
gentlemen.'
" 'But tho young Duke?' put In one
listener.
"'The Duke,' Inteiposed the coun
sellor. 'Ah, gentlemen, do we put
Dukes In prison for their crimes?' "
Having stabbed the Duke back and
front nnd declaied that the Emperor's
brother-in-law is better fitted for the
prison cell than for the marriage altar,
Die Welt am Montng returns placidly
to the narrative In which the anecdote
of the Duke is supposed to be mere
ly an incident Its innocent manner In
doing this Is calculated to deceive even
tho elect of Berlin society. Here Is
thu conclusion, following immediately
tho Counsellor's remarks about Dukes
and prison cells'
"'And now,' tesumed the Counsellor,
'as I promised to tell my story after
our guest should finish his, I will pro
ceed to do so by completing the inter
esting nnnative with which he has
entertained us. The lawyers who de
fended the Duke's female frb nd In this
case uiged without ceasing that the
Duke himself should be called as wit
ness at the tilal. Theieby he In ought
down on himself In court a sharp call
to order and a fine, which, of course,
he ilchly deseived. But that appor
ently was not enough. Since the trial
the Crown officials apparently have re
garded that lawyer as a dangerous
man He takes hardly a step without
being shadowed and spied on.
" 'The carefully watched lawyer
whom I have described, gentlemen, is
your humble servant My own par
ticular spy and shadow Is the agr e
able Individual who nns entertained
us so capably w Ith the story of the
Duke He Is thu man who pursued
aiuUarrested the Duke'aold accomplice
In crime See, hete is his picture, tak
en in Prenlau during the chase'
"The counsellor handed out a cabinet
photograph of a group, and we eager
ly put our heads together over It. He
was light Theie was th" man, line for
line When we looked up from the
picture to compare it with th? orglnal
the spy was gone OnI the heel of
his boot was visible to us ns the dnoi
cloaked to between us and his ic
tteatlng team "
IMMUNE FROM THE LAW.
That Is "The Spv," as wiltten for Dla
Welt am Montng bv Shupllclsslmus. It
displays thu acme of tint German
nowspapci art which has been pro
duced bv tho lav.s for the protection of
royal families fiom dlsagtceable pub
licity. If an.v pioof of this assertion is
desired, lot th doubter co"sklor the
fnet that "The Spy" was published in
the- Gciman capital at tho mast Inop
poituno moment imaginable In the ca
reer of theempeior'sbiother-ln-law,et
publisher and editor went unscathed
nnd not a copy of Die Welt am Montag
was seizd b the police
Blwmrrck has said that Geunan edl
tois aie men who have failed In othei
piofesslo'is. Be that as It mav, it Is
teasonably cleai that they have not
failed in the ait ot editing without lese
mnjeste
Atter tho examples aheady given, It
seems baldly woith while to mention
how w liters of fewer talents sut mount
obstacles set up by the laso maj?ste
porngiaph and otheis o,Ui ulatetl to
save' tho reputations of rojalty. Some
Get man editoi ) who do not know how
to eJlt according to tlu high requlie
nients of the urcsent ugiino, publish
only th j obsctuest paragraphs concern
ing objectionable doings by emperor
and roval princes. The otfendei is
tared to merely as a "hlsh gentlo
man," and the details of his offence
are given "without any assumption of
responoililltv on the editors part for
the truth of tho statement " This stle
of woik was the liile when tho Aich
riuches Stef.mlp widow of the Ciown
Prince Rudolf of Austria, was In
volved In a qustIonable affair tlnee or
four jeais pgo The paragraph which
then went tha rounds of the Geimnn
dallies was mcrelv to tho effect that
"a distinguished lady and n gentleman,
evidently an officer in civile, alighted
fiom a handsome private callage on
the Piater a few riajs asro and ap
proached a distinguished gentleman,
also in civile, whom the distingulshcn
lady'.' escort shuck several fillies with
a whip, after which cards woie ex
changed and the distinguished lady
ai d her cscoit ritove rapidly away." Of
coutce the Got man edlto- who pub
lishes such thltd-rat- matter as this
dos not i. ink among tho nitists of the
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Prom the Washington Star.
The entrance of tho man from rural
remoteness did not arouse much en
thusiasm in the eminent politician,
There was a certain gloom about his
bearing which tho visitor's best at
tempts at sociability could not dispel.
"Of course, Mr, Goehnvv," said the
great ninn, "I nm glad to hear all about
your family nnd our friends at home
nnri especially about how much you
did to secure my election. But we may
as well get down to business. I sup
pose you're no exception to the rule.
What you want Is an ofllce."
"Would It come Jest as handy as not
to gimme one?"
"To be very candid with you. It would
Inconvenience me a great deal."
"Oh, well then ye needen't bother
yourself "
"Do vou mean that7"
"Certainly. I don't want no ofllce."
His host opened his eyes w Ido and
extended both hnnris In welcome
"My friend and fellow-citizen," he
said, "I nm glad to meet a genuine pa
triot, face to face. The trouble with
this country Is that theie are not more
men like you. 1 hnd begun to fear we
had reached an era when no action and
no declaration of principle wns un
tlnged by a hope of reward. I'm glad
to boast of tho acquaintance of such
a man."
"Thank ye; thank ye, kindly. I was
kind o' glttln' skeered fui fear ye had
some notion o' goln' back on yer old
friends. As I was sayln', I don't es
pecially want no ofTlce. Of course I'd
kind o' like ter hev a place weth a
desk into it, whur the fellers could
come in an' set around nn' swap stories
But I'm new In the business an' I don't
wanter put on too much stvle Ef It'll
benny convenience to you, e kin leave
the ofllce out of the question an' do up
my salary in nn envellup an' have It
sent around to my house."
It takes the place of Coffee at $
about 1-4 the cost.
There has recently been placed
in all groeoiy stores tho whole
somo tablo beverage called
GHAIN-O, which completely
tnkes tho plni'o of cotfeo. ii'
IS A FOOD DIllNK, full of
kmltb, and can be t;ivento tho
clnldicn as well us tho adult
with great benefit.
It is lundo of pure giains and
looks and tastes like the finest
grades of Mocha or Java coilce.
It sutMUs ovci)one.
A cup of G11AIN-0 Is better
for the system than a tonic, be
cause iU benefit is permanent.
h:itcofeebieaksdownGram-0
builds up.
Avoid cheap bran Imitations
claiming to bo the only original.
Weigh a package of Grain-0 ami
j ou will peo that it is sohel gram.
Ask your grocer f r Gram-O.
15c. aud 2."ic. per package.
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STEAHERS
"Princess Anue," "Yorktown," and "James
town" oiler
business men, pleasure feeekors nnd visitors
" OLD POINT COMFORT
a most oxp3tlltlous loute, lewhlng Norfo'U
itt lO.JJOn. in., givlngnw hole diy In Norfoll.,
AND
connecting with fast nlternoon trains for tho
Wet, 'south nnd fcouthwost from
and with boats for Ilaltlmoie, Mel., nnd
Washington, D. C, nnd nil connecting lines.
I'or further Information apply to
OL!) DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.
Pier 26, North River. New or'C,
W. V. OUILLAUDLU. Wce-1'rea. undTraf.
flc Manager.
THE
PATENT
FLOU
We Make It.
Ve Warrant It.
We Wholesale It.
THE WESTON ILL CO,
WE MAKE
A SPECIALTY OF
ERS
Fancy Rockawuys, Last
Klver.s, Maurice: River
Cove, Mill Ponds, &c Ac.
Leave your order for llhie
Points to be deliverevl on
the half shell in curriers.
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1 1 lift PENH HE. MUSI
SLEPT LIKE h CHILD
Gained Twenty-Seven
The Story
From the Transcript, Ptoria, HU
No man is better known and liked In Hint
rlnh ti of Illinois counties, of which Peoria
Is tnc centre, than genial Chester a. Harring
ton, or Prlnocville, iy. ror innnyyears Mr.
llarritifrton haa trAvtird itirnm.h th ,vmtittv
on profitable jounifjR ns nn itinerant mer
chant, ami everywhere ho goes ho is ejlvcn n
nearly teicoiuc by the people who depend
upon h(g vliits for the purchase of the neces
saries, unci sonic of the limirlet, of life.
Mr. Hnrrlngton Is n viUrun of the war,
and from this fact h mude the remarkable
exptrienco which lie related nt the 7Van.
cript ofllco recently. Ills Hory, tillinir of
the evils of which the Civil Wnr wns hut
tho beginning in Ills own, nnd lu tlioutauds
of other casts, was as follows:
" I served three years in the 121th Illinois,
enlNtlng nt Keuanee. 111. I wus In I.lhby
Prison, and suffered, like many another North
em soldier. Until recently I was u member
of the I'rlnccville I'ost.uftiieO.A.ll.
"The strain of army life did its work in
undirmlning my health, although the col
lapse did not come for years. I'or sonio time
I suffered from general debility anil nervous
ness, bo badly tlint I could not Bleep. Tor
fifteen years my sleep was eompletelv broken
up. Indigestion, resulted und my misery In
creased, lly eyes began to fall, and ns my
body., lost vitulity my initidkernud to give
way also. I eoitld seiireely remember events
that happened but u few weeks before.
"For two yenrs T was unfitted for busi
ness. I wni just able to creep around during
the greater p irt of this time, and there were
times when I could not Ret up nt nil. My
brother is a doctor, lint nil liis efforts to help
me fulled to give mc any relief.
I tried n number of remedies, without
avnll. Finally. Imvinp; read nrtieles regird
'n cures that had been efleeted by Dr.Wl
I ims' Pink Pills for P.ile People, I decided
t try them. Tlint was in 18 I bought
a box and took the pills according to in
ttructions. Just four days later I had the
MANSriELD STATE NORHAl. SCHOOL.
Intellectual and practical training for
toact.ers. Three courses of study besides
preparatory. Special attention given to
preparation for college. Students ad
mitted to best colleges on certltlcvto.
Thirty graduates pursuing further studies
last year Great advantaues for speclil
studies In art and music 'Model school of
three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen
teachers. Beautiful mounds Magnificent
buildings. Large grounds Tor athletics.
Elevator nnd Inflrmaiy with attendant
nurse. Flno gymnasium Everything
furnished nt nn average cost to normal
students of $143 a ear. Tall term, Aug.
J8. Winter term, Dec. 2 Spring term,
March 16 Students admitted to classes nt
any time. For catalogue, containing; full
Information, appiv to
S. II. AL15UO, Principal,
.Mnns,iiclil, Pa.
FOR SALE
BGibrs, Engines and Machinery.
W'o will soil sou Now or Second-Hand.
Wo will sell ou new or tn'to old in ex
change, or we will rent you nn thing vou
want In the Maehlneiv l.lno spot Cash
puld foi -uup lion uiul Mauls.
National Supply aid Meial Co,,
709 West Lackawanna Avenue.
M.E. KEELEY, H& Telephone 3954
AICf0HTriBKLETON
GIVES THIl
BETILG11TEM5RIP
ANDlsAltfQiyiFIYMfE
FOR SALE BY THE
ATLANTIC REFINING CO
SCRANTON STATION.
M:V YORK HOTELS.
V WtSs'WVSiSu'Ws. SV
HOTEL ALBERT,
Cor ltth utreet nnd I'lilvorMtv I'l.icc,
M:sr YOHIv Onohloil. W."tof llio.ol-
wuj oted foi two tilings,
C O IVl FO RT and CUISINE
I'll st-class rooms at M.ooa day mul up
wurel, on the lUuopean plan.
1 & E. FRENKLE.
WEST1INSTER HOTEL,'
Cor. Slxteeatu St. and Irving Place,
NEVA YORK.
AM EUIC AX PLAN, $3.50 Per
Day and Upwards.
EUKOPEAN PLAN, $1.50 Per
Day aud Upwards.
GEO, MURRAY, Piwitfor.
The St. Denis
Urcadway and eleventh St., New York,
Opp. drace Church. European Plan.
, Koomi $i,oo a 'Jay anil Upwards.
In a modeit and unobtrusive way tlioro r
ft w batter conducted iiutuli tn tho mutropolli
than the tit Voaia
Tho Kreit ponu arlty lb Ujs nrqnlrad can
readily bu traced to Iti unique, lotatlnn, lt(
bomeliljH Htmoantietra. tho peculiar 'un.oll.jnos
of itu cuialue and aarvloo, and lu very moder
ate prices
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON.
Pounds in Four
of a Soldier.
Weeks.
happiest hours I had known for yearn. Thai
night I went to slei p iislly and slept soundly
ns a child, nnd awoke refreshed. Threoof
four weeUuftcrbeijihtiingthetrciitineiit, when
I had taken four bona of the pills, I found I
had increased in weight, from lit) pounds to
HO pounds. This greatly surprised my friend",
who thought my case was n hopeless one. I
begun my work on the road again, and haio
continued it right along ever since in eiocl.
lent health.
"Let me tell you a remsrknhle thing that
wasn side issue, but a valuable gain to me.
I found tint while I wns taking Dr. Wil
liams' Phil Pills, I had been cured of the
smoking habit, which had been formed when
1 j us u boy. six inrn old. nnd which had
elnng to me nil thec j ears. The crav ing for
tobnero lell me, nnd I imve never cxpcrienceil
it kliR'e. I hiue recommended the pills to
ninny.
(bigncd) CitrsTi ti S. Harrisoton.
PhuliT S. llirrlniit,i,i 1i,1k ,l,t.r ..
deposes ami sn)s, tint the matters contained
lu the above statement by him signed nro
tlllC. ClttbTLRS. IlAHlUNOTON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, n notary
public, this lrth day of July, 1S')7.
Lincoln M. Cot, Notary Public.
All the elements mctiir.i to civc new llfn
nml richness to the ! food nnd restore shattered
nerves nre. contaiucei, in n condensed form, in
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
They nre nn unfailing specific for such diseases
asloeoniotorntaxia. partial paralysis, St.Vitu
dance, seluticn, netiralgi i, rliiiimutism, nerr
oils headache the nfter cflccts of la grippe,
palpitation of tho heart, pale nnd sallow com
plexions, nil forms of weakness either in male
or ft male, nnd all dUenses resulting from viti
ated humors in the blood, Dr. Wllliains' Pink
Pills are sold bj nil dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, CO cents a hot,
or six boxes for 2 fifl (they nre never sold in
bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, 1( Y.
A GREAT OFFER
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
nv
(Jermanla Wine Cellars,
Hammondeport and
Rhelm, N- V.
W'o nre determined to
ntroduoa our goods
Huong tho very be?t peo-
e In ho country, unit
we can sie no better way
of doing this th n by sell
U tliouL a case of uur
oods, cuntulntns cloven
Oattles of wlie and ou
iiottle of our ettra flne
louble distilled Orape
inindy, nt one-half Its nc-
iiiui cost, upon re
ceipt ot 85.00 we
will send to uuy
reader of tula paper
one caso of our
Roods, all rlrst-clasi
and put up in ele
guiit style, ussorted
tin follows.
1 qt. bot Grand Im
perial Heo Cham
pagne. I qt. hot. Delaware.
1 qt, bot. Itleillns.
t qt. bot. Tokay.
i it. bot. Sweet Ca
tawba. 1 qt. bot Sherry.
t qt. bot. Elvira
1 lit. bot. Niagara.
I qt. bot. Angelica,
1 qt. bot. Port.
I qt bot. Hwreet Is
ubedn, t qt. bot. Im. Ornpa
lirandy.
Thla omir i ninilo
mulnly to introduce
our Grand Imperial
Sec Champagne and
our line double-ills-
titlPd Orape Brandy Thla case of goods ii
ofToicd lit about onp-balflt"e uetuiil cast ana
It will p!eHo im If our frlenda and putrons
will tako udvanttise of tlilf and help us Intro
dneo our Kood-e. All oidere ahould be in be
foro Ueee'inber lfith.
THE
iOOHSI AND 2, COMITHBIWI,
SCRANTON, PA.
IRIHIHG AND BLASTING
POWDER
MADE AT M003IC AND BUA&
DALE WOItSS.
IAFLIN & RAND POWDDR CO'8
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Electric flatteries, Klectrio Explidort, for m
plodlnsr blasti, hafety Fuse, and
Repauno Chemical Co.'s explowve
iVIADE ME A
-"!, AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CDRK'
Z"-'m"l Jllr. ALrioi- Diseases 1 alllntr Mam
' i ory,lmi oteniy, hloei'leaBne's, btc a cnusej
t Vl by A buna or other Kicetsts ana India
.rZK'. crtlons. J7teti auicLht ami euieltl
fT rf store Irost Vitality in oldoryounir and
-jCvw ilta wanforetudy, bu i cesser tnarrlagn.
iiiS i'ri.'V'it In-anitr nn ConsumiJttoa if
takonmtime Tticirite showB in mediate fmprova.
xnentnnd etleefs a t UltE nliero nil otlicr fail In
ftUt upon havlnp the gHnuIno Ajax Tablets. They
hare curol thousands and v il I care you. Wo glra a pos
ture written snarantoe t etTett a euro Cfj OV C in
each case or relunithe nionoy I'rice WU U I Oipor
juckaify, or elx ikai (full trvatmenti for $1CU. By
mnll.Tn plain wrai per nron receUtof irfc Circular
'" AJAX REMEDY CO., HSSK'iuf '
Fors.iloln n.rintou, 1'iv., by .Vl.ittliewi
lit ui an I H t -audi.e-.oii, dilin'glsts,
.e
O1
A SPECIALTY.
Primary. Secondary or Tertiary IlXOOl)
I'OiyOX permanently
CLUED IH 15 TO 35 DAYS.
Vou cau be treateel at home for same price
under e.aiue guaranty. If jou prefer to
come here we will contract to pay railroad
fare and hotel bilU, and no charge, if we
failtOLure.
W YOU HAVE
taken mercury, Iodide potash, and still
have aches aud pauu. Mucous Patches in
mouth Sore Throat. Pimples. Copper
Colored frpots, Ulcers ou any part of the
body, Hair or Eyebrows iallinc out, it is
WHS aCkUUUUI 1
W "UARANTEE TO CUE.
Woaolle'lt tlio most obstinate cure and
clullencc the world tur a caie we cannot
cure. 1 uis 1kc isc liui nlwa s bitllej tlio
st.lll of t le most enit.ient hyuclana
$500 oooeapit il behind our iiuiondl
tiouul kiuii mty Absolute proof sent
staled tin upp nation ino.paxe booK
atnl lr eldi-ss CUOK Kl!Vtt.l)Y CO ,
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