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THE SCR ANTON T1UBUNJ3-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1899.
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TESTS 01? ENTRANCE
ARE VERY SEVERE
STANDARD' OF ARMY AND NAVY
HIGH.
Comparison with the Standards of
Admission In European Nations Is
In Our Favor Many Would-bo
Soldiers and Sailors Fall to Pass.
Dodging the Doctors.
i?7rom the Washington Stnr.
A regular army ofilcor encaged In
'the recruiting servlca In nn eastern city
said to a newspaper reporter a whllo
hack, In speaking of the rigid tests to
which applicants for enlistment in the
Tutted States army, regulars und vol
unteers, nre put:
"I don't believe that one In four of
Itho men now rendering enforced ser-
Ivlce In the French, Herman and Rus
sian armies could pass the physical o-
imlnntloii that tho American Koldier Is
required to pass."
A number of the foreign medical Jour
nals have taken up the statement and
criticized it. Their criticisms nre not
convincing. The recruiting olllcer was
probably right. In the French, Ger
man and Russian armies, respectively,
there arc, of course, n few crack corps,
the officers and men of which are
pretty nigh perfect from a physical
standpoint. The enlisted men of these
corps are drawn from tho best of the
conscripts. Rut the conscript system
renders it out of the question for the
nrmy doctors to employ zeal and strict
ness In the examination of men who
nro required by law to serve their gov
ernment in uniform for a set period
whether they want to or not. The con
sequence, Is that these great standing
armies are composed mainly of troops
that are only moderately fair, consid
ered physically.
WH13RK TUB DIFFKRKNCB I.IKS.
If tho examining surgeons were to
pay any attention to tho statements of
the conscripts as to their physical con
dition there would be no big standing
armies, for many young Frenchmen,
Germans and Russians, ns their time
for army service draws nigh, endeavor
to devise schemes for presenting them
selves to tho surgeon in an Incapable
physical condition, and numbers of
them have even been known to malm
themselves to avoid military service.
Herein lies tho great difference be
tween a standing army of one of tho
European powers and an emergency
army of tho United States. The aver
age European conscript exercises all of
his ingenuity to tho end of convincing
the examining surgeon that he is not
fit for military duty, whllo the Ameri
can would-be recruit, who wants to
break into the service by hook or crook,
loses sleep If he fears that some minor
physical imperfection will catch the
eye of the examining doctor and bar
him out of the service. In brief, the
average foreign conscript doesn't want
to "take on," and the average Ameri
can would-be recruit is crazy to "take
on," else he wouldn't present himself
at a recruiting olllce. It Is a point of
difference that must count hugely In
action In tho matter of comparative
enthusiasm. What it counts for in the
matter of the general physical excel
lence of the American troops is prac
tically Incalculable.
AN ARMY OF ABLE MEN.
The man who is passed by a United
States army or navy surgeon is Jus
tified in belitvins himself to bo ab
solutely sound physically. It is main
tained by men who ought to know that
never before has there been got to
gether, In any country, so large a. body
of completely sound men as tnat. lorm
ed by the regular and volunteer forces
of tho American service at the pres
ent time.
During the progress of tho civil war,
even in its 11 ret stages,. when the army
was choosing its men, tho soldiers as
sembled under the Hag did not, as a
whole, even approximate the physical
perfection of the men now serving the
United States on land and sea. Then
any man who had tho requisite num
ber of inches could get Into either
service. When men began to be call
, ed for by tens of thousands tho limi
tations as to stature were lopped off
and the examining surgeons simply
sized up the men with their clothes
on to determine by cursory eye In
spection If they possessed a fair ap
parent dlegree of hardiness. Later,
when men were summoned by scores
of thousands and the drafting1 process
was begun, the men were not examined
nt all, with the result that many
thousands of queer physical specimens
were packing muskets toward thle close
of the wor. while many thousands
more, physically incapable of enduring
the sufferings and hardships incident
to the service," were mustered out by
disease and death before the peace.
REGULARS AND VOLUNTEERS,
All of tho soldiers, oIHccm and men,
of tho present organization of Ameri
can vohtnteeis have paBscd tho rigid
physical examination In the regular
army of tho United States. The ma.
Jorlty of them have hen examined by
regular army purgeon?. There, how
ever, hnve not had any tho worst of
the examination, for the voluntdor
surgeons, ns a matter ot prldo In pick
ing out tho very bast men, have been
quite ns strict, and, In some Instances
stricter than the surgeons of tho reg
ular establishment. Their work of
selection, has caused many n tempor
nry heartbrenk on tho part of young
fellows who have longed to don the
blue and got Into the melee In tho far
Faclflc.
It may be taken for granted that
physically tho American volunteers
nre Just as sc.od aB the regular troops.
This Is saying a great deal, too, for
nny man who Is nble to got Into the
United State. nrmy is In a position
to pat himself on the back and thank
his progenitors for furnishing hlni
with an nhsolutoly correct physical
makeup.
The nrmy and navy examinations
nro practically the same, neither sur
passing the other In point of severity.
Uefore the war with Spain began tho
navy department, on account of the
scarcity of naval recruits, was con
templating a considerable relaxation
In the severity of the examination giv
en to applicants for enlistment, for It
was found that the surgeons were
turning down about four out of live
men applying for enlistment. For many
years tho army doctors have been re
jecting about three out of five men
applying for enlistment at recruiting
olllces. It would be difficult to exag
gerate the number of yountr Ameri
cans of apparently excellent physical
makeup hundreds of them, indeed,
strapping giants who have hecu In
formed for the llrst time by urmy
or navy surgeons that there was
something the matter with their hearts,
or their lungs, or their eyes, sutllclent
to disqualify them for uniformed ser
vice. The surprise with which most
of those men receive such Information
from the examining surgeon is pathetic.
Sunday-School Lesson for October. 8,
Hamniae's Plot Agaiest the JewSc
ESTHER 111: 1-19.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
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he disheartened
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SURIECT TO SURPRISES.
"Valvular disease of the heart!" a
man who is rejected for this reason
will exclaim. "Why, I never knew bo
fore that I had a heart. 1 can run live
miles without feeling it." Another
man turned dpwn by tho doctor for
defective eyesight will say, and believe
it when he says it, that he can rend by
moonlight, und tho man who Is re
jected on account of a slight shvness
in the matter of hearing will consci
entiously swear that he can hear a uln
fall at a distance of half a block.
A mnxlm of urmy und navy doctors
is this: "Only one man In ten Is ex
actly right." The examining surgeon
will promptly tell the turned-down
man why ho is rejected, but the appli
cant is rarely satisfied. Even tho old
timers In both services have got no
tions about the examlnlns methods
of tho surgeons, and many of them
nick their surgeons when their terms
of enlistment expire and thay are
ready to "take on" again or ship over.
For example, there are surseons in
the regular army whom the old-timers
declare to bo cranks on the heart
disease question, and the long-service
swaddles who, during the progress
of a re-enllstment, experiences an oc
casional palpitation ot the heart after
unusual exertion or after protracted
whirls at the canteen, mentally deter
mines that, when the time rolls around
for him to "hold up bis bands" ngaln
he'll surely keep away' from the sur
geon who has a record for turning
down men with symptoms of heart
trouble. It is probably true that some
of the surgeons In both services nay
more attention to certain details In
their examinations than to others. The
enlisted men of experience have gotv.
all of these specialists marked, Just as
they have the all-around "easy" sur
geons spotted. The nll-around sur
geons are the medical officers who do
not devote so much particular atten
tion to single points of physical con
struction ns they do to the all-nround
physical lltness for the men they pass.
HOW IT USED TO RE.
Up to within a few years the man
who succeeded in passing nn army or
navy doctor once could thereafter re-
enllst in his service as often ns he
chose, without much fear of being
turned down on his physical examina
tion. A soldier who, for example, de
veloped something physically wrong
during his first enlistment, and for this
reason would be rejected upon his ap
plication for re-enlistment by his post
surgeon, could appeal to the medical
department in Washington.
The post surgeon was always willing
to forward such an appeal after hav
ing shriven himself or responsibility in
the case by declining to pronounce the
applicant for enlistment. In nearly
every case of this sort the medical de
partment's answer to the appeal was
nn order for the man's re-enllstment.
If, however, the nature of the man's
disqualification was such that the
medical department couldn't sec Its
way clear to accept him again, and the
man's physical ailment happened not
to have been contracted "In the Hue of
duty," tho applicant for re-enllstment
was occasionally turned down by the
medical department, too. Then he
would pack up his chest and set sail
for Washington, where he would see
the ndjutunt general, who would in
turn refer him favorably to the sur
geon general. The surgeon general
would pass him on. with generally 11
favorable word or two, to one of the
Washington recruiting surgeons, and
thus, lu about nine cases out of ten,
tho determined man would "butt" In
again. The medical department would
perhaps send I1I111 to a military hospi
tal for treatment, but he always wound
up back with his outfit. If a rejected
applicant for re-enllstment happened
to have contracted his ailment In the
line of duty It was deemed politic to
enlist him again If his cuho were not
altogether too serious to hold down tho
pension rolls.
AS IT IS TODAY.
This sort of thing, however, no longer
"goes" either In tho nrmy or navy.
Every time a man re-enllsts he has to
pass quite aB sevens nn examination ns
he went through originally. ' If he can
not do this, owing to some physical
nilment contracted in the line of duty,
he is promptly pensioned off. If he Is
incapable of serving another enlist
ment, owing to some physical disquali
fication not contracted In the line of
duty, he Is simply dished, and nppeals
to Woshlngton do him no good what
ever, This may appear like a hard, rule,
and It often Is, but nevertheless It
serves to keep tho enlisted personnel
of the two services keyed up to a splen
did standard. It serves, howj'er, to
INTRODUCTION. It should bo
borne lu mind that only n Bmnll portion
of tho cantlvo Jews responded to the
proclamation of Cyrus to return to
Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:3.) Most of those
born In Babylon had entered Into pur
suits and relations that could not be
easily disturbed and somo who enme
out from the Holy Land, because of
health or age or other consideration
might not deem It best to seek again
the land of their fathers. Of those who
remained, many, like Daniel, had been
taken Into the government service, ac
cording to a sound policy adopted by
conquerors to employ foreigners ns far
as possible and thereby prevent revolt.
We ure today to study 11 single Inci
dent In the life of Babylon (Hiring that
period. Ahnsuerus nt a great feast In
tho third year ot his reign, (H. C. 48:!)
repudiates his queen Vashtl for refus
ing to obey his foolish command, und
four yents after an orphan Jewess, re
ceiving the name of Esther, was chosen
to take the place,
HONORED. (Vs. 1 and 2). There was
In the public service nt that time a
man named Unman. Nothing Is known
of his earlier history. As he Is called
tho Agnglte It Is supposed that ho de
scended from Agag, (Numb. xxlv:7) a
name glvon to many kings, one of
whom was put to death by the prophet.
(1 Sam. xv:9.) In that case he must
have been an Amalekite, and a cap
tive. This man was promoted to ho
tho chief among the princes. His ad
vancement may have been part of a
plan to conciliate these people who had
been merged In the empire, or, more
likely, it may have resulted from somo
service rendered. In announcing the
appointment of Human Ahasuerus fol
lowed tho usual custom, (Dan. v:29)
and commanded that honor should be
shown to the new chief. The subor
dinate otllcluls were quick to respond
to this requirement doing reverence
whenever Unman passed them, ack
nowledging his superiority and pledg
ing their obddlence.
REPORTED (v., 4.)Thr otllclnls
Who did obedience to their new master
were Jealous of his honor. They dili
gently sought to persuade Mordecal
tj change his conduct, but nil to no
avail. He had ucted from principle
and there was no argument that could
Iniluence his course. Ho had, how
ever, explained to them that ho was
a Jew, which statement confirms tho
opinion given nbove. What they asked
of him was contrary to his religion
(Ex. xx ,5). and It was on that ground,
and not becnuso he desired to make
himself conspicuous or offensive, ,that
ho had refused to do reverence f) the
nlilnf nf llrlrn'fH. This evnlfinnt loll
mndo matters nil the worse Shull n I Inces whose laws were diverse from
who might dispute the claim of one
whom the king's hand honored,
PLOTTRD. (Verses. 7, 8, 9) Such a
deed of blood, even In nn age of wide
spread wickedness, requires somo
scheming. There must at least bs
somo apparently good reason for tak
ing human life. "With consummate
skill Unman laid his plan. To deter
mine the most favorable time lie In
quired of his Idols, by cnstlng lots
what day would be most propitious.
Then he went before the king with
hypocritical expressions of regard for
the public welfare, saying that thero
were people scattered In all the proV'
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DESPISED. (Vs. 2 and 3).-One per
son would not bow. It was Murdocul,
the kinsman and guardian of the
Jewess before she became queen. He
appears to have been In tho public
service so that his conduct attracted
attention. Various reasons have been
assigned for the conduct of Mordecul.
It has been suggested that he despised
Human as an Amaleklte, ngulnst
whom the Jews cherished the most bit
ter enmity. (Duet. xlv:17.) Others
urge that tho reverence required was
that of a bodily prostration upon the
ground as to a Divine being, which ot
course, as an act of Idolatrous worship,
was forbidden to a Jew by the law of
Moses. It Is well known that In nil
eastern and pagan countries at that
time royalty wai supposed to be In
vested with divinity, the earlier ex
pression of the divine rights of kings.
This seems to be the explanation given
at a later tmo by Mordecal himself,
(Esther xlll:12-14) when he declares
that he was moved by no spirit of
pride, but by a determination not to
prefer the glory of a man to the glory
of God.
foreigner, holding ofllclal position, re
fuse to obey the king's command, and
neglect to honor tho prime minister nsi
others do, because of a religion which
belongs not to Babylon Tho men
deemed this a matter of the gravest
character, Involving the peace and
safety of the kingdom, and the dignity
ot the king, and they therefore report
ed the whole subject to Hamuli.
OFFENPHU tv. ri.)-The effect of
this report on Hnman's mind was pre
clnelv what any one might have an
ticipated. Amidst the homage so gen
erously offered by others ho had prob
ably not noticed the conduct of one
man until special attention was cilled
to It. There were several considera
tions operating to nrouse his indigna
tion and wrath. Hainan must have felt
that the king had bestowed upon him
honor and power In large measure,
sufficient to raise his estimate of hln
coif. The other servant of the king
bad still further puffer up his self es
teem and sratlSM his vanity. That
ono man, ho n public ofPccr, and a Jew
pleading religious scruples, should
stand bolt upright ns he passed, dis
obeying tlm king, refusing whtat was
his Just due. and continuing this
course oven lifter kindly and repeated
remonstrance, was not to be tolerated.
Resentment gave placo to wrath, nnd
that prompted to violent deeds. The
chief of tho princes showed by his
spirit how little of tho divine he pos
sessed, and hov little he deserved to
be reverenced .
PURPOSED (V. 0.) An evil affec
tion, If cherished. Increases lu strength
und finally masters a man (James
1., 13). It soon captures tho will and
a purpose Is formed In harmony with
its desires. Haman's enmity toward
Mordecal became hatred for the people
to whom he belonged. Ho considered
that the net of one might at any time
be the net ot all. The motive that had
prompted this first refusal of honor
woud prompt other cases. Tho Imagin
ation of the chief priest might easily
have presented him as the object of
scorn by the whole Jewish race. Scat
tered ns they were In all paits of the
kingdom, mingling as they did with
nil classes of people, there might
sooner or Inter, spring up nmong those
of other nationalities, a disposition to
despise dignitaries (.fude S). And
where would Hainan be then? And
what would his honor bo worth? Ho
therefore formed a purpose to destroy
nil the Jews, to be rid forever of Mor
decal and his religion, and all like him
those of the king, and that It was un
wise longer to tolerate them. (Acts,
xvl, 20.) He suppressed the name of
these people, but asked tho king's per
mission to destroy them. Thinking
that the king might hesitate through
fear of diminishing the revenue, Hu
man promised to put twenty millions
of dollars Into the treasury to compen
sate tho luss. Ho probably expected
to realize this sum out of the proper
ty of the massacred Jews.
ORDERED. (Verses 10, 11.) The
plea was successful. The king's ring
was given to Hainan (Gen. xll, 42) to
seal tho decree for the destruction ot
the Jews, and full authority was grant
ed to do according to his pleasure. It
seems to us impossible that any such
consent could have been obtalned.wlth
out objection 01; hesitation. It would
be absurd to assign reason for so In
fatuated a measure. But when an ar
hltrnrv monarch became tho dupe of
a wicked favorite, it lias boon always
observed that tho. first object of his
life, the chief and almost tho only use
which he make of his power, Is to
gratify and aggrandize him; and the
lives of subjects and the interest ot
empires have, on such occasions, been
wantonly sacrificed to the avarice, tho
ambition, the revenge, or tho caprice
of tho worthless minion. Many Illus
trations of this might be drawn from
history. Men who love their pleasure
are frequently slow to distinguish be
tween truth nnd falsehood, between
right and wrong.
CONCLUSION. The sequel of this
nnrartlvo will appear In nest lesson,
when we may derive the full Instruc
tion intended. At this time we may
profitably lay emphasis on three points,
first, note the Integrity of Mordecal.
Probably born In Babylon, living long
in the midst of Its heathen practices,
he was true to his ancestral religion,
refusing to do what many a man
might have done on purely prudential
grounds. Second, contrast Unman
with Modecal. What a depraved heart
is that which, because of an offense of
one, would put millions to death, caus
ing elorrow and wailing and, blood
throughout all the kingdom. Third,
see what changes have come over the
world. What was then attempted In
the most civilized nation would now
be regarded with universal horror If
proposed In the most benighted land.
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rights are regarded. All men may hold
without fear their own particular re
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force the old timers to take much bet
ter care of themselves than the ever
did under the old "see-'em-in-AVashlngton-nbout-it"
system. When
men have it In mind constantly Hint
at the conclusion of their enlUtivcnu
they nre booked to go through the
same old examination ordeal, and that
they must stand or fall by tho deelUon
of the surgeon, they are more liable !o
take care of their bodies than ever
they were when they felt they had a
"cinch" on the service until they we-e
too old even to totter or wabble. The
height ot the moral elevation scaled
by the old soldier or sailer when on'v
a "butt," say of six months, remains
of his enlistment, Is as humorous as
It Is lofty. He Is through with tins
"demon rum" forever, he says. N'o
more leave of absence or shore liberty
for him. He's had enough of such
foolishness, and so on. In truth, he Is
in training for his approaching exam
ination, and when he passes safely the
rapidity with which be becomes the
same old card Is funny.
HKATING TIIR UOC'TOU.
The scheme the old-tliners eVvlsa
for "beating the doctor" are many ana
ingenious. Some of these schemes re
quire the collusion of tho recruiting
fergennt. who generally conducts! a
considerable part of the examination
for tho surgeon. The recruiting ser-
nnnni nKvfivn wants to see the old
timer get through safely, anil he has,
too. a nersoual Interest in the mat
ter, for the recruiting sergeant who
helps tho old timer in his examination
Is always g-tt'iously "Ulowu off" by
the beneficial y.
For example, th" old soldier whi
feeis that lib: eyesight N becoming a
bit dim has n word or two with the
recruiting sergeant before lit- form
ally applies for le-enlhtment. Now,
the eyesight ttsts III the nrmy medical
examination are oxccodltisly evere.
The applicant must read Sill manner
of print, first with both eyes nnd tm?n
with one ey- nt a time, nt a consider
able distnnce If he falls down In this
attempt more than twice It Is all up
with him. nnd he Is rejected on tho
sppt. The cards containing the various
styles of types are frequently chang
ed In the recruiting otbees In order
that thev may not become too well
known to men npplylnp for enlist
ment The old timer gpts a copy of
the o-ird from the recruiting sergeant
and cons It studiously for a day or
two before he applies for re-enllst-nxiiig
the relative positions of the let
ters firmly In his mind. Thus, when
he Is under examination, he lias the
letters all pat according to their posi
tions on the card. He does not read
thm off with a ninh, as this vould be
likely to excite tip? suspicion of th
surgeon, but fnlteis occasionally In
calling the turn on the smallest tvp ,
always, however, reading Ihe Mtor
correctly after going through this bit
of crafty acting. This gets liln
through so far as his eyesight Is con
cerned, nnd he may be pretty confi
dent ns to the remainder ot his ex
amination, f'r the olcMlmers invar
iably know just wherein they nre weal:
beforo thoy apply for re-enllstment.
and provide for contingencies.
The experienced swnddio who, before
applying for re-enllBtinent, feels that
his hearing Is not quite so good as It
used to be, also has a word with the
recruiting sergtant prior to taking his
examination. It is the recruiting ser
geant who almost Invariably tests tho
hearing of applicants. He goes oft to
n corner of the room and asks tho ap
plicant, standing in another corner of
the room, a few questions In a very
low tone of voice. It Is a simple enough
matter for tho old-timer to have a
little rehearsal of these questions be
fore the examination.
The bluejacket of long service also
has a chance to keep off the lee shore
of rejection by becoming chummy with
the apothecary, who always assists the
exnmlnlng surgeon on a receiving ship.
If ho is convinced that he can't make
out colors as readily as he could when
he llrst shipped, it is no job at all for
the apothecary to give him a signal or
two when the old-time bluejacket is
put through the ordeal of calling the
turn on many different colors of yarn.
THE LAW IS STRICT.
Stringent Penalties in This State
Against the Dissemination of Im
moral or Corrupting Literature.
For the Information of whom It may
concern we have been requested to
le-print the net ot 1SS7 on the dis
semination ot imtuurnl literature. It
Is us follows:
An Act to I'revent ami Punish liu Mak
ing and Dissemination of Ohsceno Lit
erature nnd Other Immoral nnd Inde
cent Matter.
Section 1. He It enacted, etc., That it
any person shall bring or cuumi to bo
brought Into thl state for sale or exhi
bition, or shall sell, It-ml, give awuy, or
offer to ulve away, or Miow, or have in
his, or her possession, with Intent to sell
or give awny, or to exhibit, show, ndver
tlM, or iitlierwlso offer, for loan, gift,
Fale or distribution, any obsreno or In
decent book, miiRQZlnp. pamphlet, news
paper, story paper, wilting, paper, pic
ture, card., drawing, or photograph, or
any artlcle'ur Instrument of Indecent or
Immoral use, or shull design, copy, draw,
photograph, print, utter, publish, or
otlierwIsH prepare such book, picture,
card, drawing paper, or other article,
or shall write or print, or cuuse to be
written, or printed, u circular, adver
tisement, or notice of any kind, or give
Information, orally stutlng when", where,
how or of whom, or bv what means.
such un indecunt or ubsceno article, or
thing, can bo purchased, seen or ob
tained, shall In every such ense, be
guilty of h misdemeanor, and, upon con
viction thereof, shnll lie sentenced to puy
ii fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
nnd undergo an Imprisonment nut exceed
ing onu year: Provided, That this section
shull not apply to nny persons giving In
formation orally for the purpose of pro
curing or furnishing eUdenee to convict
under this act.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall sell, lend,
give away, or show, or shall have In his
possession with Intent to sell, or give
away, or to show, or fchalt ndvertleo or
otherwlso offer, for loan, gift or dlstrlbu
tlon to nny minor, any book, pamphlet,
magazine, newspaper, or other printed
paper devoted to tho publication or prin
cipally made up of criminal news, police
reports, or accounts of rrlminal deeds, or
pictures and stories of deeds of blood
shed, lust or crime, or shall exhibit on
uny street or hlehwuy. or lu any other
place, within tho view, or which may bn
within tho view, of any minor child,
NEW YORK HOTELS.
The St. Denis
Broadway and eleventh St., N.-w York.
Opp. Uracs Church. European Plan.
Rooms Si. oo a Day unj Upward.
In a. modest and unobtrusive way thero
are few better conducted hotels in tho
metropolis than tho St. Denis.
The irreat nonularltv it has ucnulred can
readily be traced to its unique location.
Its homc-llko atmosphere, tho peculiar ex
cellence of its culslno and service, and its
very moderate, prices.
READY REFERENCE GUIDE
OP
WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON,
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth St. an Irvl 13 Plioi,
NEVA YORK.
AMERICAN PLAN,
Day tuid Upwards.
LUHOlMvAX PLAN,
Day and Upwards.
$;?.51) I'cr
$1.51) Vsc
I. D. CRAWFORD,
Proprietor.
nny book, magnzlne, pamphlet, news
paper, picture, drawing, photograph, or
other article coming within tho descrip
tion of articles mentioned in tho first
section of this aet. shall, in every such
case, be guilty ot a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be sen
tenced to pay a fine not exceeding tho
hundred dollars and undergo an Impris
onment not exceeding two years.
Sec. 3. That if any person shall. In
a public place, or on any fence or wnll. or
other surface, contiguous to the public
street or highway, or on tho poor, or
celling or highway, or on tho Inner ur
outer wall, closet, room, passage, hull, or
nny part of any hotel, inn, or tav
ern, court house, church, school, sta
tion house, depot for freight or pass
engers, capltol or other like public
uses, or on the walls of any out
buildings, or other structure pertaining
thereto, make or cause to be mado any
obf-ceno drawing, or picture, or obscene
or indecent writing or print, liable to be
seen by others passing, or coming near
tho same, such perron, so offending, shall
In every such case, be guilty of misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall
bo sentenced to pay a tine not exceeding
live hundred dollars und undergo an im-
liripuniueiii liui lu I'Avtru uiiu iui. i
See. 4. Any person or persons, who i
shall put up. In uny public place, nny in
decent, lewd or obscene picture or chur- J
ncter, representing the humnn form In n ' fs
nude or semi-nude condition, or shall nd- ; BRj33i
4-4- -f -r-f i
For Business Alea
In the heart ot the wholesales
district.
For 8liopiicis
3 minutes' walk to Wnnamakers;
S minutes to Slesei Cooper's lili;
Store. ICusy of acf ess to the great
Dry Goods Stores.
For SSglitsecrs
One block from B'way Cars, giv
ing easy transportation to all
points of interest.
HOTEL AL
NI1W YOIIK.
BERT
4- 4- 4- f 4-
Cor. 11th ST. & UNIVRUSITY PU
Only ono Block from Broadway.
ROODIS, $1 Up, Prices Reasonable
NERVITA PILL!
Restore Vitality, Lost Vigor and Manhood
vertlse by circulars or posters any inde- I J1S, ,
..,.., l...il n. 1 ...... r 1 nt-n,i, lr. .... ...,... B, ',
lllll, irnu ui iiiiiiiuiui ui.uiv, I'l'i. .'I in' , I
reseniation, snnn ne nrcmeii guilty or a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be flood not less than twenty-five
dollars, nor more tlum three hundred dol
lars: Provided, That nothing lu this act
shall bo ronstiued at to Interfere with
purely scientific works, written on the
subject of sexual physiology or works ot
art.
Approved: The Oth day of May. A D.
15S7. James A. Beaver
Cure Impotency, Night Emissions, Loss of Mom
ory. an wnsuni; uitcntes,
nil cffcctB of f clf-abuso or
excess and indiscretion.
A nervo tonlo snd
blood builder. Urintts
tho iilnk clow to nolo
cheeks and restores the
tiro of youth, by mail
60c norbox. 0 boxen for
82.50, with our bankable g-aurantoo to euro
or refund the money paid, fieml for circular
6
PILLS
50
CTS.
and copy ot our bankablo guuraatco bond,
EXTRA STRENGTH
Nervita Tablets
TYPOGRAPHICAL EP.R0RS.
A compositor who was better acquaint
ed with the geography ot the West than
with Biblical lore set up the phrase
"Alplm. to Omega" us "from Alton to
Omnhn," and possibly found himself
compelled to start for those places next
morning.
Shortly after tho battle of Inkermnn
ono of tho l.ondoii morning papers in
formed Its readers that "alter a desper
ute struggle the enemy was repulsed with
great laughter," and only a few days
ago tho Dally ChronlcTt of London an
nounced that one of tho officers on tho
Indian frontier had "died from his
words."
It was nn Irish newspaper that, accord
ing to llacmlllan's mugnzlne, once pub
lished this highly defumatory paragraph.
"Dr. P. has been appointed resident med
ical officer to the Mater Mlscrlcordlu has
pltal. Orders have been Issued by tho
cemetery committee for the Immcdlato
extension of GlnBtievIn cemetery. Tho
works ure being executed with the utmost
dispatch." It Is perhaps unnecessary to
explain that two paragraphs about quite
different matters had got "mixed,"
8&r
The Best
Washing Powder
ImmaUfllA Occulta
(TELLOW LABEL) iiu.v-.-.w .vb..
Positively guaranteed euro for Loss of Tower,
Vuricocoln, Undeveloped or Shrunken Organs,
Paresis, Locomotor Ataxia, Ncnom Prostra
tion, Hysteria, Fits, Insanity. Paralysis nnd tho
Hosults of Kxcesiivo Usoof Tobncco, Opium or
Liquor. By mail lu plain pneknge, $1.00 u
box, 0 for $5.00 with our bankable guar
antee bond to cure In SO days or refund
money paid. Addrofs
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Clinton & Jackson Sts,, CHICAGO, ILL.
Sold bs McQarrnh & Thomas, Drug
gists., 20.1 Lackawanna uve , Strunton, l'a.
MAKE PERFECT MEN
RO NUT HFWPA1II 1 imnotSur
r Lontr' ThOoviarttJ inbltiotitof
lifv can b rtaturtd to j"u Tit tcrjr
bjohittl cirrd by I'KIU'iX'Tf
TAHLKTM.OIft prompt rclimo In
omnia, faltloff memory and the wat
and drain ot vital poeia, Incuiicd by
Inditcretlona ort icvaaeaottaily joaia,
lmnart vlffor inn uoti'ncv tof erv func
k mucin m in
TVeunroroid.
Jtt boxct at
or money re
9n fjyD
lVlltJt
tlon Braca uplheayatcni. Ulv
rhcrka and luitr to th ryat cf
unrwo wok rtnrw thm ncrry
fti.io AtauDliti iruarantacdcura
lunriAft fin hm rarrluit In trit na' nrutktt 'Rnlrl
cvtrywbetf.or mailed Id plain wrapper on tecclp'Jf'
prlra by Tltt ruutmif tuM tiu km., (altifi,P
Sold In Scranton, PaM by Matthews
Bros, and McGarrah & Thomas, drust'lata.
M
Ifflintflri'O'tUDfVirtunateautitrtratrau
aiIllbl6lmiMiiillKc, JIIouU ioIaoit,
ouLhrul trrori. Loit Vl'alltr .ritoccltr. tta.
BtDd for h0rn Teatlwonlale tud Hock '
"Irian to I'rufi . 1'. THi:i;U M. IK,
40 & Xorth Hub M., I'MUdtlphW, .
I'a roltltclr tl only LtUlUt la iti .
Unite! htatca to curt cvcii ihouib tbt moil iclaUatrd ro
Ullitfalled.KrrhceuredU4io Ktdari ltiuri3 6 9 '
TT-r-mnr
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Scranton
Representative Firms
ART MATKRIAI I'RAMINQ AND PHO
TO SUPPLIES.
Tho Grirtln Art Studio, 203 Wyoming.
HANKS.
Scranton Savings Bank, 122 Wyoming.
Merchants' & Mechanics' Hank, 420 Lack.
Third National Hank. 118 Wyoming.
West Side Hank. 10D N. Mnln.
Lack. Trust & Safe Dep. Co.. 404 I.acka
Traders' Not. Hank, Wyom. & Spruce.
Dime. Dls. und Dep., Wyom. & Spruco
HOOTS ANH SIIOKS WIIOLHSALi:.
(ioldsmlth Bros., 201 Lackawanna.
CONPLCTIONf.RV AM) ICU CllCAM-
wiiolusali:.
Williams, J. D. & VSro., 312 Lackawanna
PKUITS-WIIOLKSALH.
Wegnian Fruit Co., 11 Lackawanna.
ouocLRS wiioi.rsAi.n.
Kelly, T. J. & Co.. It Lackawanna,
iiardwaim: and .mini: suppi.ir.s.
Hunt & Connell Co., 4.11 Lacknwinna.
IIKATING ANK PI.UMHINO.
Ilowlcy, l F. & M. T., 231 Wyoming.
IIAKNKSS AND TRUNKS.
Fritz, G. W., 410 Lackawanna.
Hl'ILDnRS' HARDWARE. STOVES, ETC.
Lackawanna Ilardwaro Co., 221 Lacka.
REDDING. SPRINGS, ETC.
Tho Scranton Bedding Co., COO Lacka.
HARDWARE. STOVES. ETC.
Leonard, Thos. F., Lackawanna ave.
IIANDINSTRIMENTS AND PIANOS.
Finn & Phillips, 13S Wyoming.
lURNITUUE AND CARPETS.
Protheroo & Co., 131 Washington.
l.r.MltER AND Pl.VNING MILL
AiiBlcy, Joseph &. Son, SOI Scranton.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY
Mcrcercau & Connell, 207 Lackawanna.
MEA'IS AND VEGETAIILES.
Curr, T. K. & Son, 213 Washington.
GRANITE MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Owens Bros.. 218 Adams.
I LOAN AND IHTLDING ASSOCIATIONS.
! Security Bids & Sav'gs Union, Mcars Bldsf
; CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.
i Nat. Biscuit Co. (Scra'n Branch), 20 Lack,
I CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
I Simrell, V. A., S13 Linden.
PAPER AND DUTCHER SUPPLIES.
I Uthman Paper Co., 225 Spruce.
' 111 ITER, EGGS AND CHEESE.
: Stevens, F. D. & Co., 32 Lackawanna.
! PLOIR. 1'EED. HAY AND GRAIN.
' The Weston Mill Co.. Lackawanna ave.
1 MACIRONI AND VERMICELLI.
i Casseso Bros., 09 Lackawanna avo.
'jewelers AND OPTICIANS-WUOLH
I SALE.
Levy, N. B. & Ero., Traders' Bldg.
BUTTER. EGGS, I'l.OUR, HAY. ETC
Easterle. & Co., 131 Franklin.
Babcock, II. F.. A: Co., 110 Franklin.
JEWELERS AND WATCH MATERIAL.
Phillips, Geo. &. Co., Coal Exchange.
WINES AND LIQUOR.
Casey Bros., 216 Lackawanna.
I.II'E INSURANCE COMPANV.
Northwestern Mutual Life, Meara Bide.
LAW AND COLLECTION.
Okell & Dunn. Coal Exchange.
Yocmn. Geo. C, Connell Bldg.
IHCYCl.ES AND PHOTO SUPPLIES.
Florey & Brooks. 211 Washington.
OVERALLS I NDERWEAK, ETC.
Harris, 8.. 222 Penn ave.
LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES.
Moloney OH Mfg. Co., HI Meridian.
Oil, PAINT AND VARNISH.
Maloney Oil Mfg. Co., Ill Meridian.
bTATIONERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Prendergast & Gelpel, 207 Washington.
1TNERAI. DIRECTORS.
Tngue. P. W., 113 S. Main.; Iteotdence U2
Jackson.
Price, William, 135 S. Main.
DRV GOODS, SHOES AND GKOCEKIUS
McCunn, P. J.. Ill N. Main.
BSfe lTbe liny CnpsnlM ur. y""v I
y Jrmt In 4H bourM wlibouryUIAI
Btiubn mill liilfVllmn full. VX
5 Chtebriltr'a Knrllih PUmond llr4.
'ENtWROYAL PSLLS
T TV (irljlntl and Only Genuine.
..,. Birc. ilviti rviiaLla. iimrt nt
tnend tfranJ lu Itf 1 tud t iU meiallia
, t'alM HiiUt'.w rlbben Tnle
no othrr. Rtfutt Line trout uiltriiu
ttaht adimttaun$ At Droifliifl,rara Ac
In ilimfii fr.r j.ariiaoliri, tvftlmabttU $4
Mtrllcr for I.adlra,"ilU.ly rtr
si Mil. ai'.uvu ifuwmini tmmt rptr,
lhUvrLwilklt)a..lf)fallftn-MA..u.
Bald bj all Local Ufu;t1iti. J'JIJL AUA., VZ
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