do THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1890. k i The Stand Julius UaRloy wns an Australian by birth, and was to aggressively IlrltlBh for any sot on thin continent vest of Canada. It will readily Ik- seen, therufotu, what u inlsluki. I'mvldeni'e made In assigning lilm to San Frun clsro. Why ho was not a popular man U an rnlgmn. neer yet solved by friend of his or enemy, for he was wonder fully well read, clover and hospitable to excess. He wan a clean man, too wonder fully particular about his appearance clean morally, we were grudgingly obliged to admit, an well ua clean phy sically. When It In announced thnt h" was a trifle Ixdow tlvo feet live. In holfiht. It Is finite unnecessary to add that In older to make the most of his Inches he ever stood npon end like a bantam cock, uiid habitually wore a pot hat In preference to anything lower. In happy moments he cited history t.j prove that Intellect lodged from choice In undersized men. Napoleon was u favorite with him. He belonged to the proper club down town, and played cards, admirably, but pmsessed such a vicious knowledge of w hat was correct play that never .in acquaintance of his breathed who would be Ragley's partner of his own Milltlon. He was unpleasant when he liint, to be sure; but he was no par ticularly disagreeable when he won that those whom fate provided to bo bis purl iters Invariably succumbed to a reprehensible desire of lrwlnij the game for hint. Another vice of his was that he never bee nine generally Intoxicated. Drink he did. and sometimes hard, but Us effect :is to render hltn more Itrltons-never- lll-be-slavcs-y. and more anxious to improve upon his height than "ver. Moreover, nn extra glass was apt to bring to his nbnormnlly good memory some dead and buried rules of whist, over which our games mostly broke up in heated and unfriendly discussions. Nor did he get on well with women. He was so prone to construe every re mark of thelra Into something personal and derogatory to his dignity, and to answer It sneerlngly ns such, that Ins and they had 111 times of It together. Poor devil I he tried to be amiable and fascinating, that 1 knew, t sometimes, f.-lt sorry for him. When ho had some particularly hard dig, he would ease bis tension by blowing off to us the bad training of American women. They ill'ln't know their place. They had too much to pay In outside affairs stupid suv, too. They were allowed to be Im pudent from their youth up. Their parents wore to blame, and their hus bands, too. "For heaven't- sake. Hag. whv don't iu mairy. and show us what ought to ie done'."' growled voting (iiosvenor one night. I intend to," answered Oauley. "t Intend to marry a woman with no dash ed notions of independence. If 1 can liiid such a one In this free (dashed fi"e) soil of yours. If she can't read ii'-r write, so much the better, so many less the chances of her wasting her time and getting Into trouble. All u woman wants to know is how to cook well, and how to mind her own busi ness, and keep things tidy." 'Fine ipialillcatlons for a house l.eeper, but say. Bag, would you llud sueh a woman the brightest of com P.mlous?" Companions stuff! A man's com panions should be men." he announced blatantly, rearing his pompadour. He wore it extra long, so u not to depend ntlrely upon bis boot heels for addi tional Inches. " 'Who drives fat oxen should him self be fat.'" spouted Cirosvenor. pull ioc himself out. We wore uneasy lest thlu might pro tnkii a squall, but Julius Uagley had a grasp on the subject that Interested him, and he was loath to let It go for the common occupation of taking of- tense. "When a man provides a woman with a homo and food anil clothes ho has tv right to expect obedience from her." he resumed stildentl. "Hut If nhe is allowed several years' lllng, as' your girls are, he aln'l going ro get It from her. Worse than all. a man really nev er can be sure of what he lias niar iled. so schooled are women from In fancy In keeping their bad traits from cropping out. The safest lhliigs to do is to pick out some neglected, modest gill and train her. Teach her your ways, so that there will be no clashing of wills, no family jars. Jly wife shall have had no 'experience' before 1 mar ried her." "Hut you'll keep her bountifully sup- A HELPLESS CHILD. A weak anil rmnv child is ' almost ns much abandoned to its fute as if it was left alone on n cliim- liev.ton. It isicmlnled from the healthy enjoyments of its little fellow-beings. It cannot partake either o? their piny or their bturdy work and progress in the world ; iw wiujc mi; is uinuuiercu oy incapacity and weakness. Any woman who expects to become u mother ought to know what Dr. Tierce's Fa vorite Prescription will do lioth for her own health and safety during her time of trial and also to insure her in be queathing a fair measure of health and strength to the jHI prospective little one. -JlTI " Some months before my baby --i5-IJ came I found niytelf in rapidly f"l failing health." write Mr. W. . l Kidder, of Hilt Dale I'arm (Knot burg Center). Kuostmrg, Vt., in a Rrateful letter to Dr. U. V. Pierce, of tluffalo. N. Y. " I lutfcred dreadfully from tiloatloif and urinary difficulty. 1 wa growiug perceptibly weal.tr every day and Buffered much sharp pain at times. I felt that something must be done. I sought your advice and received a prompt reply. I followed your directions and took twelve bottles of Dr. l'lcrce's ravonte nescnption. and) also followed your instruction:. I began to Improve immedi ately, my health be came excellent. and I could do all my own work (we live on a food tiled farm), walked und rode all I could, and enjoyed it. 1 had h short eay confinement M.fcJ aud have a healthy t-w baby boy." ' There never ha een a remedy in the history of medicine that has done what this marvelous " Favorite 1'rescription " has accomplished for weak, ailing women. It's an insult to your intelligence for a dealer to attempt to palm off upon you a substitute for this world. famed medicine. You kitoxv what you want. It's his business to meet that want. When he urges some substitute he's thinking of the larger profit he'Utuake not of your welfare. tVbL - ym at Bagley's. 1 piled afterward, eh." drawled tiros venor, impudently. "What do you mean?" demanded Hagley ferociously of nil of us, whom he surprised grinning covertly ut each other. Wo hastened to explain that nobody meant anything In the least and stuck to the lie till It saved us, but neverthe less we held privately to the opinlin that Uagley was Just the man to vent upon a wife and family all those petty brutalities of temper and speech that good m miners obliged him to veneer In society. That summer he spent a month In the mountains at a thlid-rate hotel kept by a miserable little Frenchman. Wo couldn't discover any attractions about the place, but Uagley assured us that the llshlng was good. In the fall he went up there again, and on his return to the city he announced that he was married. He married the Innkeeper's daughter, brought her to the city, and went promptly Into housekeeping. If 1 confess that we were simply wild to see what sort of u woman he hud married, I state the case mildly. Our fever of expectation was aggra vated by a fear that she might be such a dowdy Ignorant thnt very pride would keep him from Inviting us to his house. Hut we didn't know hltn. Matrimony, the first month of It, brought all his good points to the surfnee, and he one day Invited OrcAVennr and me up to dinner with such honest hospitality nnd enjoyment tnat very shame prompted us to refuse. Hut we went. The house was a cozy little box, pret tily furnished (Haglev was thrifty), and Mis. Hagley fairly captivated us. Not that she was ravlngly beautiful, for she was not; but she was very pwect-looklns. and slim, and shy, and appallingly young. She couldn't have been over seventeen Phe hardly spoke a word of KngllFh, either, but she did the honors of the house so charmingly, and showed herself so Infatuated with everything Julius said, or did. or thought, that we went away that night actually pleased with Julius ourselves. Of course we called again and again; but bit by bit, as always happens, we began io see behind the scenes a great deal. As the newness of the situation wore off traoes of Julius' real self showed through, and began to make af fairs lively. For one thing, he shamefully took ad vantage of her ignorance of Fugllsh to badger her into making exciting mis takes, at which he would roar loudlv. and the pour little thine would laugh too aud pretend to be as pleased as pigs herself, In spite of the tell-tale Hood of color that would rise up to her hair roots. Her name was Desiiee, but he said It was too a big a mouthful and called her Sarah "for short." She smilingly beg ged hltn to call her Dalsv If he object ed to Deslree, but Sarah he stuck to, anil Saruh It was, except when an ex tra stiess of bad tenipei piovolo,l him to 'Sal." Deslree (for so we got lo calling her In defiance ,c Hagley) was Indeed Ig norant. Shu scarcely could do more than sign hor own name, but her Ig norance bad been forced upon bei for she was the most intelligent little lady I ever met. The way she began to pick up lufoi motion from the papers mid the (lulckness with which she mastered the language was simply marvelous. Wo used to play cards up at Hagley's until 12 and I o'clock and little Deslree would get so sleepy that she would al most tumble out of her chair, but Uag ley would not let her go to bed. He must have represented to her that It would oe an Insult to her gueMs, or so we Judged from a chance remark of the little woman's, and we made up our minds to clear out at 10. We did It once, but on the occasion of our follow ing visit she begged us to stay so pa thetically and cast such Imploiing glances toward her husband that we felt sure he had blown her up for driv ing us away. So, of course, we stayed. After a few months Uagley got tired of showing off his wife and began to tialn her. The Hist public exhibition of his method occurred on Independ ence Day. (Jrosvenor and I had gone up to Uagley's to take hlin and Mrs. U. to an olllcew" dinner at Presldo. Desiiee came into ibe room all smiles aim blushes. She wore a brand new dress, and her hair, which was ordin arily combed straight back from her ! foiehead, was banged and banged pro- ! fusely. Sho looked radiantly pretty. and knew It, and turned her glowing face to Hagley for approbation. He scowled, and replied: "The next time you saw off your hair consult me. When you have gone Into that room nnd brushed that fuzz off your face I'll take you out with me, not before." It was her llrst act of Independence, In honor of the day perchance, and he resolved to nip it at once. The color that deserted Deslree's l'aco must have crept Into mine, for I felt It sting me. "Don't you like it Julius?" she asked, with a catch In her voice, but smiling bravely at us, as If she enjoyed her lord's little eccentricities. "No! I don't like it. Let me know It you nro going to do as I ask or not, because time presses." "I am afraid eet will look valry funny combed back. It ees so short. Just to day Julius, please." Sho looked at him anxiously, with a nervous dread of his refusal, which made Qrosvenor and me want to kick ourselves for seeing, Hagley hung up his hat, sat down os tentatiously, and opened a paper. The courageous little woman stood ner vously In the middle of the Hour and tried It again. "Will you not let mo go out wlz you unless I comb it my hnlr back, Julius dear?" "Either do as I tell you, or don't do It!" answered ho angrily, turning upon her fiercely, "but not a, too do you go looking ns you do! Understand that." A look of outraged dignity displaced tho entreaty on her face, and I was filled for a moment with unholy Joy. expecting sho would rebel, but she did the wisest thing, perhnps. in turning to tiroxvenor and me, und saying sweetly "Wnlt for men. moment, please; eet will not tnko but n lit' whllo to malto a, scalrrcrrow of myself!" Uagley wisely wrapped himself In his paper nnd never showed his noso above It until Deslrco camo back looking sweet and demure enough ,vlth her pretty curls, but lacking overy tract of her former radiance und coquetry. This scene was the first nt many oth ers, und In all of them Deslree showed tho samo sweetness nnd extroardlnnry submission. Uagley was wlso In marry ing a Catholic; no Protestant would have put up with his airs and graces so uncomplainingly: but It was easy to see that us times passed she bore with him more nnd more front principle nnd less and Icis from love. For a while our visits censed, nnd when wo resumed them Mrs. Hagley had a wee bundle In her nrms, which she crooned nnd cooed over with over Increasing delight. Hagley grow more barbaric, too, and showed off his son and heir with a pride that nlmost re sembled love. Then n new set of persecution began. The little bundle would be put to bed, nnd Its mother would bo forced to leave It nnd pit by her husband's side to listen to how he was going to bring up his son. "My boy shall run In the streets ns soon its he can stand. 1 won't have any women molly-coddling hltn." Or "My pon Is going to be a Man. I won't have him fall Into tho clutches of the Cath olic church, or of tho Kpiicopal church, either. One psnlm-mumblor about the house Is enough." And the poor womnn would murmur "Yes. Julius," or "No, Julius," and grow pale nnd nervous, and smile nil of the time feebly, to show what a perfect nnd loving under standing existed between her husband and herself. Once her baby cried, and she started up to go to it, but Hagley made her sit still, and hold forth on a new sub ject. "Worst ninnagement in the world to take a child up the minute It cries! It puts a premium on fus and dis turbance. Let Is cry." "Hut Julius, liable Is valry yoong yet. Oh, leesten to the poor Rweethonrt! Julius, It hurts me to hear that liable cryl" "Just stay where you are. No baby Is too young to learn obedience. It you begin to pamper It you'll never leave off. I know what I'm about, Sarah. Let it cry, I tell you. So Deslree sat and listened to the walls, and dug her hands Into each other, and kept her strained face turned toward the door until the feeble Utile voice trailed off Into a melan choly silence. If ever woman was tortured In this nineteenth century of progress and en lightment that woman was little Sarah Hagley: and we friends of hers respected her as we did a martyr. Iler courage was superb. Iler's was no fool's submission. She had temper enough Hashing In her dark eyes to give way to If she felt It right to do so; but, you see, she was very young, and con scious to a certain Inferiority to her husband and I supposo Hagley wan the first man that had ever paid her any attentions: so many causes combined piompted her to a plan of subjection and obedience as heroic as anything I had ever seen. If he had only treated her with actual violence wo could have knocked him down and bad It out with him; but as matters went we were powerless to Interfere. Hagley was fond of his wife and proud of her, especially of her clever ness a eitiallty that he had formerly under-ruted In women but he was treating her like a dog, actually break ing her In, as he would an animal. The Lord knows how she stood It. lie went his strongest when any of us were nrouiid, Just to demonstrate that he lived up to his precepts. Per haps he felt safer when we were by, for a wife will put up with loads for appearances' sake. We would have cut the man at tho very start had we not felt that we showed ourselves truer friends of De slree's by sticking to hltn. He was proud of his methods, and ho never tired of ..oldlng forth on what ho would have done In such and such circumstances. lluiiDaru s a rooi: lie said one evening at the club, when we llnlshed telling him the last retort of Hubbard's high-mopping better half. A fool! 1 1 wouldn't put up with a thing like that for a moment." , "No?" I asked, sneerlngly. "Tell me I what you would do?" "Do I'd smash something. There's nothing like hurling a cologne bottle i through a looking glass for stopping; any woman's tongue. I've elone It, and ' I know." l'oor little Desiiee! We didn't doubt , It, not one of us. "C'omo home to dinner with me," he ! continued, affably. "Sarah has been wondering where you have been hiding lately. ronu. 1 had been keeping away for a fact. Tho truth Is I was fairly sick of the scones up at Uagley's. and half angry with DtHlree for putting up with them. Hut hers was not the nature that rebels, and I hud kept away for nearly thre'e months. "Come along," urged Uagley. "Hut, man." 1 expostulated, "it's 8 o'clock. They'll never keep dinner for you all this time." "Won't they? Come and see!" and Hagley laughed an Ill-natured laugh, which told me that his wife had been trained In many unsuspected direc tions. It was after 8 o'clock when we ar rived at his house, und Deslree looked as nearly angry as I ever saw her. She looked very pretty, too, and wan carefully dressed. ".Most slngulaire tlmo to come homo for dinner," she remarked promptly. "We were going to the t'enter, too; did you forgotten It, tell me?" "Well, you see, we are not going after all," he nnswered sourly, for he was particularly taken back at her recep tion of him, since he had Invited me up especially to show me that "din ner time" was simply whenever he chose to dine, not before nor after. She honored me with a laughing w-fcl-cume when she saw me, nnd then gave an order to the Chinese servant to bring In the dinner. Hagley was In a rotten temper, and carped at the position of every spoon on the table. Falling to draw tears or apologies from his wife ho began In an overbearing way to make fun of her appearance, sneered nt her theater finery, donned for nothing, and oh Jeeted to some roses In her dress. She Ignored him with her usual gentle tact tried to keep up a spirited banter with me, althought her breast heaved and her color deepened at his downright Insults. Her calmness merely irritated Julliin to a frenzy. When the soup came on, it was naturally only lukewarm, and llttlo circles of greuse floated on the surfuco of each plate. The plates were of fine china, and hand-painted by Deslree. Shu had evidently had tht'.n brought on for my benefit. "Hah!" ejaculated Uagley In a brutal fury. "I have told you again nnd HAPPINESS VS, MISERY. Dr. Charoota Tonlo Tablets, tliecrs.it Par lsluu remedy, ts n guaranteed euro for t lie Drink Habit; nlo nervousness and meluu oboly cuused by over-ludnUouce. It DfstroyA tfis Appetltj for Alcoholic aud all lntoxlcutlne Deveraaai. und Ipuvhh mun as lio uuould be. It cun bo administered V without tue Knowledge or tue patleut whore neceSKiirv. Send for Damnhlet. Win. a Clark. Mb Penn Ave,. Scraaton.l'a. 1 IS IT CURABLE!1 A Question Ofton Asked by Thoso Afflicted with Pilos. Is a strained Joint curable? Is local Inllammatlon curable' Of course, It properly treated. So Is piles. People often become nflltctcd with Idles and ask some old 'chronic" who hn always persisted In the wrong treatment and naturally discourages them by telling them that their ease ls hopeless. They In turn discourage others, nnd thus a disease that can In every case be cured by careful nnd skilful handling Is allowed to snp the energy of thous ands who might free themselves of the trouble In a few day.. Pyramid Pile Cure will cure the most aggravated case of hemorrhoids In an astonishingly short time. It relieves the conicsted parts, reduces the tumors Instantly no matter how large, allays the Inllnmtnntlon and stops the aching or Itching nt once. Thousands who had resorted to ex pensive surgical operations have been cured by Pyramid Pile Cure In a num ber of instances persons who had rpent months In a hospltnl under n specialist. It Is u remedy that none need fear to apply even to the most aggravated, swollen and inilamed hemorrhoidal tu mors. If you nro nmicted with this stub born disease you can master It and master It quickly. This remedy Is no longer nn experi ment, but a mcdlcnl certainty. It Is manufactured by the Pyramid Drug Co. of Marshall, Mich. Druggists sell It at CO cents per box. It Is becoming the most popular pile cure this country hns ever known nnd druggists everywhere nre ordering it for their customers. again that I won't drink swill; and I won't Now, will you remember it?" Crash! At the question ho had swept the plate off the table to the lloor.where It lay in twenty pieces, In a pool of greasy soup that soaked rapidly into the rich carpet. I held my breath. Deslree held hers also, and looked for one wild, dismayed moment Into her husband's fiery eyes. Then she recovered herself. "You nre rrright," she said, with at least three r's. "Perfectly rrright. It ees swill. Dnh!" and without the quiver of an eyelash alio swept her plate su perbly into the middle of the room, and the two greasy pools crept amicably towards each other. Then she rang the bell und calmly ordered the Joint to be brought on. I must say for Hagley that he knows when he has gone far enough; he took Ills cue from his wife, Ignored tho cha otic messes on the carpet, nnd alloweel the meal to proceed to a really pleasant conclusion. Hut he wus simply dumb struck with surprise. The conversa tion, ns might be expected, was formal; and I did most of It which wns nlso to be expected. Uagley wan aware that by going Into the crockery busi ness herself his wife had spiked his biggest gun. The man was dazed. Deslree had n blazing color In her face, and looked dangerous, but she Invited us to the parlor after ehS3ert with the suavity of a duchess, and never weakened once, not even when the distant tinkling of soup pla'o dem onstrated that the work of reconstruc tion was going on In the .lining room. I was really afraid to leave the house: so I swallowed my objections to him as a man and a brother, and played chess with Hagley. At 10 o'clock, as was his wont, young Julius woke up and howled. After a period of Irresolution his mother rose. "Sarah," began Uagley. with an om nlous polish of tone, "sit down. Let him yell himself to sleep. It's good for him." This last argument destroyed tho balance. "Stuff!" said Deslree, with a line np propilatlon of her husband's rnvorlte ejaculation. "If it ees good for him to yule. It ees bettr.Ir for him to be at tended on," and she very decidedly left the room. It was but five minutes' work for me lo I'heeltin.'ite after this, and, after the achievement I made a frantic and suc cessful attempt to get out of the house. I was no longer afraid of tho madame. In her young eyes was the strong dawn of a rtsolve to defy church nnd state, und get a finger In her own pie nt last. Ami she did. 1 told the tale all over Sun Fran cisco Vou can't Imagine how pleased Uagley's friends were. Wo rallied around little Saivih to a man. and. Inking advantage of a month's absence eif Uagley's Hie was sent oi, business by his firm), we took her and on aunt eif Julius' to many amusements, and cheered her up, and did ome training em our own accounts In two days' time the bang renppcurtl double the quantity of It, too. That was several months ago. She snubs Hagley now as often as he needs It, and never turns a hair. She Isn't half as sweet as sho used to be, but Lord! who could expect It? We often wonder where her shy submission hns all gone to, and have como to tho con clusion that in year and a half of quies cence she was merely getting her bearings, and allowing tho hind to Ho fallow for u fine harvest later on. She has found her tongue at last, has got a grip on tho language, and rattles away with twice the volubility of nn Kngllshwomnn, and with a liner stock of Idioms. Hagley Is Just nowhere when he be gins to nrguo with her, for she has a Jilmblo wit, which invariably turns the laugh on him, even when sho Is In the Wrong and knows It. When she gets tired now, sho goes to bed. On cold nights, she thinks noth ing of enjoying the warmth of the par lor ns long as possiblo by putting up her bangs in curl-papers under the very eyes of thu Queen's subject. Once or twice she has overturned our hnnds at whist and ynwnlngly sent us home. She Is really a little spitfire; but who can blamo her? it sho hadn't been curbed to tho kicking point, she'd bo trotting along ns good as gold to this very moment. We uphold her humid, as it were, and egg her on, and the fun Is Immense. Hut the trouble Is, this sort of thing Is so npt to end In divorce. Marion Hill, in Overland Monthly. ' i - HISTORY REVISED. Dewoy at Manila Did Not Stop uaitio to Get Breakfast. From tho Syracuso Poht-Stanilard. Joseph L. Stlckney, tho New York Herald correspondent who was with Dewey at Manila nnd who sent to his newspaper tho story of the battle i In which n cessation of tho fighting by i the Amorlcnn ships wns ascribed to Commodoro Dewey's orders to stop twenty minutes for breakfast, gives in ino current Harper's Magazine an other version of tho story. Mr. Stlcknov nnvn thnt whan ihn ne. der to cease firing was given nobody aboard tho Olympln, Dewey's flngshlp, had any Idea of tho real situation. In fact the impression there was that the Americans had gained llttlo or no ad vantage, and the ship was hauled out Into tho eipcn bay nt the end of tho fifth round to tnko stock of ammunition and devise a new plan of attnek. The newspaper correspondent acted ns nn aid to Commodore Dewey during the engagement, and, when asked by an Impatient gunner why they were hnullng off. replied that they were merely stopping for breakfast. lie also told Commodoro Dewey thnt ho intended to attribute the withdrawal to the samo reason In his dispatches, which ho did, but now lots the cat out of tho bag In his magazine article. The excuse given to the Inquiring gunner was, however, an actual Inci dent, nnd, nlong with John Paul Jones reply, "I havo not yet begun to light," when nsked it the Unnhommo Itlchnrd had struck her colors, and the dying Lawrence's "Don't give up the ship!" will go down in history tho patriotic, though slightly profane, protest of an unnmed gun captain, "For God's sake captain, don't let us stop now. To h 1 with brenktast!" An Instance of a story wrecked by truth, It may also pass down the cor ridors of time with the real I3thnn Al len at Tlconelerogn. Fixed up in de corous Kngllsh, tho old hero Is repre sented to have said to the Urltlsh com mander that ho demanded surrender "In the name of the Great Jehovah and tho Continental Congress." As a mat ter of fact, tho American, when chal lenged, said to his antagonist, "Come out there, you old rat!" HISTORY OF NEWSPAPERS Had Tlioir Beginning in Rome Be fore tho Christian Era Elizabeth tho First Publisher in England. From tho London Standard. The germ of newspapers Is found In ancient Home. That government, some two centuries previous to the Christian era, is known to have promulgated Its edicts by means of written papers af fixed to pillars. Nor was there much difference between tho style of these acta dlurnla, as they were termed, nnd that which now prevails, further than that the former wns more brief and Hlmple, nnd deficient In Introductory phrases and the editorial "we." They generally gave the news or occurrence In simply lndlcatle sentences without introduction or comment of any kind. Most of these ncta, which havo been preserved, are found to mention but one or two events. They nre headed with the date In lloman fashion, and the name of tho then consul, and para graphs such as the following formed the staple: "It thundered, and nn oak was struck with lightning on that part of Mount Palatine called Summa Vevia, early In the afternoon." "Murenn, the consul, sacrificed early In the morning In the Temple of Castor and Pollux, nnd afterward assembled the senate In Pompey's senate house." "C. Caesar set out for his government In farther Spain, having long been detained by his creditors." It will be observed, too, that as these announcements were made at a central part of the city, only tliotie persons who had leisure to go thither were able to avail themselves of the Intelligence In Its nuthentlc form: so that the utility of such papers must have been very narrow nnd con fined. LACK OF IN'FOHMATION. It is hardly possiblo for us now, with all the lights of science around, und the shoals of newspapers with which wo are supplied, to form a proper no tion of the darkness which for want of these Involved the masses of the people for many centuries, after the fall of the Hniuan empire, We are told that tho crusaders wero so ignorant of geog raphy that nt every town they ap proached In central Europe they In quired if It were Jerusalem. When they nt length reached their destina tion their exploits would have remained unknown for years to their relatives and friends at homo had not at times some few straggling pllgrlmn found their way back to the west. Kven bad news In those days could not, contrary to the proverb, travel fast. Kvery little community must then have lived much within itself. Their own town, or nt most county, would be tho limit of their llttlo world. OHIGIN OF TIIK OAZETTA. It was not until tho sixteenth century that anything at all approaching even to the Scanty Itoinan acta diurnia can bo found to have revived in tho modern world. The war which the Venetian republic waged against the Turks g.ie rise in lCCa to tho custom of communi cating tho military aim commercial In formation In Venice by written sheets, notlzlc scrltee, to be read in u par ticular plaeo to those desirous of hear ing the news, who paid for this privi lege with a coin no longer in use, called gazzetta, a name which came in time to be applied to tho nows-sheet Itself both In Italy and France, and subse eiuently In England, when this mode of imparting news came Into use. The Venetian government eventually gave these announcements In n regular man ner once a month, but they were too Jealous to ullow them to be printed. Only a few written copies were trans mitted to such ns subscribed und paid for them. Thirty volumes jf these valuable manuscript newspapers exist in the Maglla Hechlan library at Flor ence. About tho same tlmo advertis ing wants commenced, the father of Montaigne, the celebrated essayist, be ing credited with tho suggestion for making tho wantw of Individuals known to the public in France. These were received at ofllces established for the purpose, and were firstly posted on the walls of publlo places, receiving tho names of alllches. In tlmo this led to a systematic and periodlo publication in sheets. These wero termed afllches, In consequence of their contents being originally fixed up as placards, though the word Itself Is French for advertise ment. ELIZAUETH AS A PHHLISHEH. It Is to England, as represented by Queen Ellzaboth, that the honor of commencing printed sheets of public intelligence is to be ascribed. When tho Spanish armada threatened nn in vasion of this country that sage eiuecn, remarking tho disadvantage of the vaguo nnd alarming rumorn which cir culated everywhoro, resolved to Inform her people truly of the Impending dan gers. She egan to publish from time to tlmo a sheet bearing the following title: "Tho English Merculro. pub llshcel by authorltle, for the contradic tion of false reports." Of this publica tion three copies nro preserved In tho HrltlBh Museum, tho earliest, No. r.O, bearing dato the 23d of July, 1CSS, Tho first article, dated from Whlteall, con tains advices from Sir Francis Wal Hlngham that tho armada was seen in tho channel, making for tho. entrance. X..KKKKK..KK.KK'.t Scranton Store 124 I For Friday and &' A sale of women's jackets A sale of men's furnishings A sale of fine corsets V V 1' V V V V V All at . If you need a jacket don't forget that HALF PRICE ' uii yi- u;m tji yuu, no matter now tine a garment you mno,i t" ' .'' .".V"" !iv"v "":' s---.-yyu , V ...y .-..woe,- Hum our siock. for iTiday and Saturday .v we promise some phenomenal trading here. ; E $7, $8 and $9 cloth qo jackets, newest goods, $Zo 70 At this excellent season's $14 and ; Ladies' $1.75 flannel x waists, special at 98c x , $1.50, others reduced from $1.69 a and $1.7-5, All of them elabo - X rately trimmed with braid and all at one remarkable bargain price; large sizes only. While -.0 7, they last yot & Men's furnishings at just half the regular price Our Men's Furnishing Goods Sale was a stunner. Clearing out all odds and ends in addition to our sale of regular goods at cut prices. Some prices are less than one-third the former figure. JICU'S Silk neckwear Not a lot of old styles or undesirable patterns, but our entire stock of tecks, four-in-hand and string ties that have been sold previously at 25c as a special bargain. Equal values are sold everywhere at 39c. New patterns and up-to-date colors. Special during this sale I OC Men's Sl.Ol) colored ShlrlS One grand lot of Men's Col ored Bosom Shirts, with separate cuffs, in reality our best one dollat quality in the very newest patterns, all sizes. Cut . price during this sale 49 C Men's 50c working slilrls Of colored outing llannel quite a liberal quantity and nearly all sizes. The clearance sale price should warrant some extraordinary selling. Never less than 50c before. Now j&DC Men's i")0c negligee shirts Very good patterns, and by all means a better shirt than you can customarily obtain at fifty cents. Collars and cuffs attached, all sizes. Cut price while thev last 29 C Men's $1.50 all-wool drawers Best quality of goods, never sold for less than $1.50 here or elsewhere. In sizes 50, 42, 44 and 46. A real bargain if you can be fitted. Cut price 59C Ladies' soc Satin Neckwear 15c Boys' 25c Windsor Tics and Bows 15c Men's 2Y-c Extra Heavy Seamless Sox 7c Men's noc Silk Embroidered Sox 25c 75c quality H. & S. corsets at 49c You will recognize the value when you see them. We promise you that. All sizes and in unlimited tiuan- . tity 49c $1.25 H. & S. sateen corsets at 75c Standard $1.25 value in black, white and grey. The reason of the lowness in price lies in the vastness of the quantity bought. Special price during this sale y5C, A book bargain 35c cloth bound The same series of which and at the same great bargain price. Extra quality of paper, neat cover design and first-class binding. Titles by Goldsmith, Dickens, Stevens, Jerome, Barrie, Scott, Doyle and many others equally well known. Popular titles only. Publisher's price Q 3sc While they last OC 'A ' 'A ' 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A U "A 'A 'A 'A 'A U 'A with a favoruble pale. An account is then Blvcn of her majesty's lloet.wliich consisted of eighty sail, divided Into four seiuadrons, commanded ly the lord lilBli admiral, in the Ark Iloyal, 8lr Francis Drake, and Admirals Haw kins nnd FrolilshiT. Under tho head, London," there Is nn account uf an In terview which tho mayor nnd corpora tion hnd on tho previous day with her majesty, for the purpose of assuring her of their resolution to stand by her with their lives und fortunes to the last. Under the came head appears the followliif? paragraph : "Yesterday tho Scotch nmbnssador had a private uu ellenco of her majestic and delivered a lotter contnlnlneo tho most cordial as surances of adherliiB to her masjestle'a interests, nnd to those of tho Protest ant religion, am . the -youno king, James Vltli, said to her mttjestie'8 minister nt his court that nil tho fa vour ho expected of tho Spaniards was the courtesle of Polyphemus to Ulysses, that ho should bo devoured to the laBt." We wonder what would be thought of ambassadors In theso days if they in terlarded their oral communications wltU such classical references! KnKKnKnHt..t EflDER . . .1 .1 .1 M x X X .t X X X X X X X X X - 126 Wyoming Ave. Saturday cut prices s x x X X X X price we offer some very garments of Kersey, all this goods, and worth positively two ana tnree times our Clearance Sale price. There is no time to be lost if you want one of them. The value of the garment is too evident. Some of them are silk lined throughout. x x X X X X X X X 7, $8 and $9 Jackets $2.98 Kin :inH sto :rUnrz A OR X X ,. .., v,..., ..-u ,$15 Jackets 7.98 Ladies' $3 brilliantine x waists at only $1.98 1 tucked front and back, made ot X 1 the finest quality of black bril- , liantine according to the newest ! styles, all sizes, price was never less than $2.98. Spec- 0 & , ial while they last .... 1 .y X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Special sale of men's $1 "Adler" kid gloves at 69c An excellent quality ot kid and absolutely the best glove on the market at one dollar. Not even inferior to many brands at $1.50. Every pair warranted to be faultless. Spec ial cut price during this sale sixty-nine cents X X X X X X X X X X X X X for Saturday volumes at 8c we have already sold thousands, X X X X X X X 'A'A 'A 'A "A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A "A A 'A A A 'A 'A A A X A Chineso View. From the St. Louis Globo Democrat. A California newKpnper hns come into tho pnHKexHlcn of a high casto Cblnamun'B diary of travel In America and printed a translation. The critic says the Amer icans lake enormous quantities of whisky: "thoy hurry with everything, Instead o( resting like civilized persons; they never enjoy themselves by sitting quietly on their ancestors' graves." They kick balls violently without pay, nnd even sit dewn to tho samo table with women; whllu 'ho American dancing consists of nplnnlng around "to most discordant music." Fui tliermore, In good weather Amerlcuns wander In tho tlelds, waving long stlcki KPiisulesly In tho air. It will bo noticed that tliero are two sides to tho question of natlonul oddity. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bough Boars the Signature of 4t r srst s i
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers