THE SCRANTON.. TRIBUNE PRTD AY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1 804.
WHO ARE THEClin 480
Serious Question .. Arises from a
Horsewhipping Episode.
ASKED THE LAW TO DECIDE IT
Cosoof Assault ond Battery Develops a
Question of Social Caste Among Col
ored People-Settlement Was Ef
fected and Proceedings Ended.
The question of which particular sot
Of colored people belong In the figura
tlve'"400"' of Seranton's ebony-hued so
ciety was' decided In Alderman Fuller's
ofllce yesterday. The gathering of the
colored people really sprung from the
arrest of Mrs. Lien Williams and Mrs.
Ella Thomas, who horse-whipped Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Morton Wednesday
night, but while the hearing lasted It
developed that the main difference, be
tween the parties was their respective
rights to shine In polite society.
The prosecutors were represented by
Attorney John P. Seragg, and the so
cial standing of the horsewhip wleldera
was protected by Attorney W. W. Hay
lor. It appeared from the evidence
that Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Thomas
had gone to the African Methodist
church In Lee court with "blacltsnuke"
whips under their shawls with the ex
press purpose of laying said weapons
over the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Mor
ton. They curried out their evil pur
pose at the corner of Pine street nnd
Lee court Jri the presence of nearly a
score of the congregation, who yester
day appeared as witnesses pro and con
mostly con.
Airs. Morton Said Things.
Substantially, It appears, that Mrs.
Morton had made Improper reference
. to the auburn and straight haired and
white faced offspring of Mrs. Williams,
and had Insinuated that the defend
ants were wont to frequent the streets
for immoral purposes. It was after
nsklng a retraction of these statements
from Mrs. Morton that the whipping
began, and in the melee Mr. Morton
Mr. Thomas and one or two others got
into a pugilistic tangle of arms and
legs, which so confused the onlookers
that their testimony at the hearing was
rather mixed. The gathering at the
church, by the way, was to hear the
minister's admonition for peuce nnd
good-will among his flock.
During the progress of the hearing
considerable testimony . was offered
Which Included "not in our set," "crust
of sasslety," "my grandmother was a
white woman," "works in a brewery,'
"husbund black us any man In Scran
ton. Before the case had gained
much headway the attorneys and al
derman came to the conclusion that the
trouble hinged upon social caste. Rath
er than carry such a serious legal ques
tlon Into court a conference was en
tered Into ;Uy the lawyers and their
clients with the result that each de
fendant was fined $7X0, which Included
costs ami ftir. scragg s fee, and re
quired to furnish a bond to keep the
peace.
Attorneys Surrender.
. The . attorneys endeavored to have
Mr. Morton and Mrs. Lewis' husband
shake hands, but the proposition
brought forth only Indignant refusal.
As a litting finale of the case Mrs. Mor
ton grabbed the sentence money from
her husband's hand and shouted after
the two defendants who were passing
from the room:
Tse giif'youh money ndtv, m$ dearlds
I'-se got youh money." - .
Yes, an' we's gnt youh hide, Missus
Mawton," was the reply.
SHORT HOME SUGGESTIONS.
Mix the necessary salt with the flour be
fore stirring in the gravy. This will pre
vent lumps.
Mix mustard plaster with tho white of
an egg Instead of water. It will draw, but
win not ouster.
Tho hair should be brushed often nnd
combed little. The brush is a great beau-
tiuer ot the hair.
Soap suds make a good fertiliser for
small fruits and flowers. See that none is
wasted on wash day.
A clam shell Is more convenient for
Rcraplng kettles nnd frying pans than any
itnire. it does tho work in less time an
more thoroughly.
hen anything has been accidentally
made too salty that it can be counteracted
by adding a teaspoonful of vinegar and a
teaspoonful of sugar.
To make the crust of bread crisp and
brown, brush It well with melted butter
just before you put It in tho oven to bake.
lie sure tho butter is perfectly fresh.
jn mnKing caKes, wnero four eggs nro
railed for, two will sufficient if two table-
spoonfuls of cornstarch are used. This Is
worth knowing during an egg famine.
The surplus soups and gravies shouh
not be allowed to remain in the pot whloh
.they are cooked. 1'our into covered earth
en bowls and set In a cool place until
needed.
Rub the hands with a stick of celory
after peeling onions, and the odor will be
entirely removed. Onions may bo peeled
under water without offense to the eyes
or nanus.
Linseed oil Is better than anything else
for removing rust from a stove pipe. Rub
the plpo thoroughly with the oil (a little
goes a great way) and build a Blow lire
until It Is dry.
Have the tin immediately replaced when
It has worn on of copper utensils.. Copper
can re easily Cleaned with turnentino an
fine brick dust; polish with dry brick dus
nnd a piece of flannel.
Raise the pile on velvet by covering
hot Iron with a wet cloth and holding th
Velvet over the steam. Brush tho velve
quickly with a, bpft brush ?vlillo the hot
Krenm is passing uirougn 11. -
If you want your pie crust to come out
flaky and nice and not take up the Jul
of the fruit or other filling, brush tho
under crust with the partly beaten white
of an egg before putting the filling In.
A bouillon 'Borvlco Is nrnong new table
appointments. It consists of a tureen un
n dozen cups, each piece with handles an
covers. The liulel has a curved hand!
and the bowl is shaped like a triangle.
Mix lemon nnd vanilla when you aro
tired of either of these flavors. To
tublespoonful of lemon extract, add about
The Rev. W. J. Walker's Prayer.
Vanclcave. Jiteliton Co.. Mv.
dr. it. v. riKucB:
Dear Sir I wish to
inform you of the
benefit my wife bos
received from tbo use
of your uiotiloines. I
must ay that your
"Favorito Prescrip
tion " is tho best to
mato regulator on
earth; iny wife has
been cured by the
timely uso of it.
I bave been using
3 ine uoiucn jnuuiimi
LMsnovory aau
"Pleasant Pellets, "
.. and I am fully aat
- lulled they aro all you
BS7.W.J.WAI.MR. claim thorn to bus so,
wishing you abund
ant suocess, and hoping that tbo Almighty
God will continue His blessings toward you
In your nobis work. I am,
Hotipectfully,
... W. J. VtfALKEa
HBCEGUBE
on raoFtEs is defcned.
a third of a teaspoonful of vanilla, and
you will think you have discovered a new
flavor.
Raisins should not be washed before
using In Bweet dishes, as they will make
the pudding or cuke heavy. To cleun them
wliie in a dry towel, then dust with flour
before mixing with the batter. Philadel
phia Record.
Apply baking sodd made Into a paste
with water, for burns and scalds. There
is nothing that will cause them to heal fo
quickly; It should bo remembered that it
is of first Importance to keep the alillcted
part from the air.
A little memorandum book or slate In
the kitchen is a great convenience for
busy housekeepers. A lint of thing ncedod
for tho kitchen or table may be quickly
jotted down as noticed, and as quickly
erased when tho order is tilled.
Home-mado scrapple may be made from
scraps of meat, una make a pleasant
hange from tho usual "hash. In mix
ing the meat scraps with tho boiling
mush, mix in a quantity of stale bread
rumbs, using about an much bread us
Indian meal; it will make the scrapple
firm, and fry a beautiful brown.
THE WORLD OF LABOR.
Persians eat horse meat.
Suez Canal Is 3 miles long.
London has S03 post-offices.
Japan has 39,000 physicians.
Europo has 51,801 breweries. ,
India has 25,000 acres of tea.
We have 842 colored lawyer?.
Gold fish arc of Chinese origin. '
Cattle are branded by electricity.
Vanderbilt has a J2.000 piano stool.
Paper Is mado of sunflower stalks.
Egypt prohibits tobacco cultivation.
England has Chinese house servants.
Arguntlne hus 6,000,000 acres In wheat.
Atlanta trolleys will have air brakes.
The Rothschild:) have an $18,000 clock.
New Orleans has a women's orchestra.
Our woolen mills employ 219,000 persons,
Saranae, Mich., reports a house famine,
Egypt exported 140,000,000 cigarettes In
1S9.1.
Tho Chicago Auditorium weighs 110,000
tons.
Cuba produces 23,000,000 cocoanuts an
nually.
The United States has 8,000,000 home
owners.
Zurich has a 2,000 horse-power electric
locomotive.
Over 90,noo miles of railroad centre at tho
Windy City.
Hiram S. Maxim, tho Inventor, has thus
ir expended upon his Hying muchlne 17,
000.
Bananas are so plentiful In Martinique
that a. big bunch may bo bought lor a
cent.
Lots that cost $2,600 were sold for $160
tho other day in Wlnfield, a Kansas boom
town.
Great Uritlnn gets $9:,000,000 from liquor
taxes, and $40,000,000 from the tax on to
bacco.
Elephants' skins are tanned to make
carpets. They never wear out, but are ex
pensive, i
Worsted stuffs were first made at tho
village of Worsted, In Norfolk, England,
about lull!.
The total nmount of deposits in the sav
ing;) banks of the country In 1893 was
$1,785,150,793.
An inventor has devised a child's swing
which will work tho Well pump as the
child swings.
The bicycle of the Khedlvo of Egypt is a
gorgeous machine, nliuost entirely cov
ered with silver plating.
A machine has Just been completed that
will count and bind In packages 500,000
postal cards In ten hours.
In the northern portion of Florida,
nround lialdwln, mosquito masks are
worn by ouldoor workman.
Tho total value of the United States
mineral products last year was $609;821,G70,
being the srnullest since 139.
Electricity is to be used by Queen Vic
toria's servants for cooking delicate
dishes at Osborne, Isle of Wight.
The largest oil painting In tho world Is
by Tintoretto, entitled "Paradise." It is
Wjt feet in height and 81 in width.
ine urst parrel or "coal oil' was com
merclally used in 182G. In 18S3 38,820,300
barrels of the product were consumed.
vt nen tne irrigation wonts now under
way in Arizona aro completed 1,000,000
acres of arid land will be made fertilo.
No less than 511 persons have already In
scribed their names on tho list of compe
tition for plans for the l'arls exhibition oi
1900.
It Is OBtimntcd that tho California vin
tage this year will not amount to more
than 18,000,000 gallons. This is below the
average.
In South America an electric drying
machine, In which air is forced through a
chamber of heated plates, Is to bo used In
drying wheat.
On tho London, Dover & Chatham rail
road, In England, they use a handcar
which is propelled by means of a sail
when the wind blows.
Wheels propelled by petroleum are be
Ing Introduced in Paris to take tho place
of tho cycle. They aro very costly, $1,000
being the price lor one.
Platinum has been drawn Into wire ro
flno that It could not be distinguished by
tho naked eye, even when stretched across
a piece of white cardboard.
A Peoria shoemaker has Invented a
working shoe with "a wooden (poplar)
sole one Inch thick. It Is very durable,
comfortable and comparatively light v
Tho largest and oldest chain bridge In
the world Is said to bo at King Tung, in
China, where it forms a perfect road from
tho top of one mountain to tho top of
another. .
Five nnd one-half tons of diamonds,
valued at $150,000,000 to $200,000,000, have
been taken from tho famous Klmberly,
South Africa, diamond. mines since their
discovery In 1871, . .
Tubes of exceedingly light weight but of
great comparative strength are now made
from the best tool steel, a material that
hus hitherto not been drawn for this put
pose, because of its excessive hardness,
England has tho advantage of us In
safety or railroad travel. In 1893 not a
single passenger of the 40,000,000 conveyed
during the first six months of the years
was killed while traveling on the trains.
Tho South produced $86,607,092 worth of
lumber In 1890. To muko this output 5784
mills were operated, and 71,650 hands em
ployed. The product In 18S0 was worth
$38,116,000. It more than doubled in 10
years.
In round numbers, one pnssenger In
every 2,010,000 that travel on steamboats is
lost. . About 700,000,000 passengers were
carried during the post year; thero wero
40 fatal accidents, resulting In the death
, of 255 persons.
An -electric brake for trolley cars, to
take the place of the handbrake, has boen
Invented by Elmer A. Hperry, of Clevo
land, and he claims that It will stop tho
car In much shorter time, besides avoiding
danger of wearing tho wheel flat.
The railroad running from Ismld, near
Constantlnopole, to Angora, Is built en
tirely of Iron; bridges, tics, telegraph
poles and all. Three hundred miles long,
It has 120). bridges, sixteen tunnels und Is
the only railroad in the interior of Asiatic
Turkey.
It is estimated that the agricultural
earnings of the I'nlted States are $3,490,-
000,000; from manufactures, $4,330,000,000
from mines, $480,000,000; from transports
tlon, $1,156,000,000; from commerce, $PiO,
000,000; friAn shipping, $160,000,000, and from
banking, $200,000,000.
Mr. Maxim Is having a curious contro
versy with tho ;'Unltd States Patent
Ofllce, which declines to allow a patent
for his flying machine. He can patent the
seDarate Inventions of which It is made.
but that would cost $2,000, nnd would Rive
Indifferent protection.
' Do not forget that the most gorgeous
M well as the handsomest exhibit of sil
verware or anything elso In the line of
holiday goods can be found at Davldow
Seventh Annual State Convention Be
gins in This City Today.
VERY PRACTICAL CONVENTION
List of Speakers Includes Many Men and
Women of Nutlonal Rcputc-Tho Asso
ciation Aims to Reach Girls In Col
leges as Well as Cities.
The seventh annual state convention
of the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation will be held in this city today,
tomorrow and Sunday. The large
number of speakers of great repute and
the generally Interesting business of
the several sessions Is found to attract
many spectators. '
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the first
session will begin in the largo hall in
the Young Men's Christian association
building, where the meetings will be
continued until Saturday evening, when
a session will be held in the Second
Presbyterian church. During Sunday
services will be held In the Young Wo
men's Christian Association hall In the
morning, a gospel meeting in tho Penn
Avenue Baptist church In the after
noon and an attractive speakers' meet
ing in the lecture room of Elm Park
church In the evening.
Professor GUmore, who lectures Sat
urday morning, Is the literateur In the
University of Rochester, and has
gained a wide repute as a poet and
polishod speaker. To many he Is best
known as the author of "He Leadeth
Me." Mrs. William Boyd, of Evans
town, III., and Miss U. F. Morse, of
New York city, two of the World's As
sociation committee, are two of the
country's most intelligent and popular
women, and have for many years been
Identified with the work in this coun
try and abroad. Each hnB traveled ex
tensively In foreign lands.
Notables U ho Will Attend.
Among the other Individuals of note
who will be In the city are Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Wishard, of New York city. He
occupies the Important position of In
ternational secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association, und Mrs.
Wlshnrd Is well qualified to speak en
tertainingly through the knowledge
gained in a tour among the mission sta
tions of Europo and Asia.
The first woman to go to a foreign
field In the interest of the association
will be Miss Agnes Hill, who leaves for
Madras, India, during this month to la
bor among the English speaking girls
of that far off country. She is a speak
er of energy and fire, has had a wide
experience and is a gruduate of the
University of Illinois.
Other well known Young Women s
Christian association women nnd men
from Scranton and abroad who will
take an active part in the convention
are Miss Margaret McLnughry, New
Wilmington, Pa.; Mrs. A. M. Under
wood, M. D., Lancaster; Miss Anna
Van Nort and Mrs. J. Max Hark, Beth
lehem; Miss Emma Hays, Pittsburg;
C. E. Ehringer, M. D., and Miss Sarah
Kirk, West Chester; Miss Ada Lewis,
Iiloomslirg; Miss M. H. Taylor, New
York; Miss Glvan, Clarion; Miss Sarah
Pence, Pittsburg; Professor Samuel
podds, Grove City, Miss Mary Ayer,
Philadelphia; and Mrs. L. M. Gates, C.
E. Hurlburt, George G. . Mahy, Miss
Delia Evans and Mrs. H. M. Holes; of
Scranton.
Miss Dunn's Address.
Miss Mary S. Dunn, of this city, the
state secretary, will address the session
of tomorrow afternoon. "Up. to last
evening reports had been received that
an unusually large number of delegates
would attend. The anticipated large
attendance Is explained In the fact that
the deliberations of the.conventlon will
very generally trend toward extension
work In cities and colleges, an aim that
s Just now particularly occupying the
attention of the association's workers.
To this end an effort will be made to
secure enough funds to maintain an as
sociate secretary and permit the organ
izing work In fifty possible points
throughout the state.
In this connection ono of the novel
and Instructive features of the conven
tion will be a( map exercise. It Is on
much the same principle as that of an
army general's map, except that the
one referred to will have certain marks
to Indicate colleges and cities now occu
pied by the association, and other
marks to Indicate the possible points
for occupancy.
Altogether the convention will be one
A Pain-Racked Sufferer Tells an
Interesting Story.
How He Was Tortured for Tears
and Finally Cured by
Munyon's Remedy.
Charles Walk, of 14 North Twenty-
fourth street, Philadelphia, has been a
constant sufferer from rheumatism for
vears. He was cured by the tme of Mun
von s uneumaiiBm cure, una m iuu
. . . , r-t ... 1 t I 1.1..
story:
"I was afflicted with rheumatism in
the rlirht vshoulder and suffered tne
most excruciating agony. Sharp shoot
lug pains darted through it so Intense
I could not' sleep nights. Even tho
weight of the bedclothes was more than
I could bear; neither could I He on the
right side or on my back. Life became
a nerrect Duruen 10 me. i amm nui
raise my hand to my head, and when I
attempted to put on my coat or any
article of dress, the torture was enough
to drive me wild. Many remedies were
suggested and tried, but none did me
the slightest good, and I began to de
spair of ever being able to obtain re
lief. Some time ago, however, 1 pro
cured a bottle of Munyon's Rheuma
tism Cure. It afforded me relief after
the first few doses, and by the time the
little 25-cent bottle was gone I was
entirely free from pain. I have had no
return of my old enemy, and I feel satis
fled I am permanently cured. It seems
so wonderful I can hardly realize It,
and can only show my appreciation of
the merits of the cure by recommend
ing It to other sufferers."
Munyon'B Rheumatism Cure Is guar
anteed to cure rheumatism. In any part
of the body. Acute or muscular rheu
matlsm cured In fr6m one to' five days
It never falls to cure sharp, shooting
pains In the arniB, legs, sides, back or
breast, or soreness In any part of the
body In from one to three hours. It la
guaranteed to. promptly cure lameness
stiff and Bwollen Joints, stiff back, and
all pains In the hips and loins.' Chronic
rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago or pnln
In the back are speedily cured. '
liunyon' llomeopathlc Ilotnd Rem
edy company; of Philadelphia, put up
BpeclflcB for nearly every disease, which
are sold by all druggists, mostly for 25
cent a bottle, ; ,
BURDEN
of the most entertaining of any of
similar purpose ever held In this city.
This fact, In connection with the recog
nized worth of the association, bespeaks
for it a generous attendance. The sev
eral audiences wdll be augmented by
delegations expected from adjacent
states.
HALF STARVED STUDENTS.
Enthusiastic Seeker After Knowledge
Who Are Often Nearly Famlihod.
It seems difficult to believe that there Is
actual suffering for want of food among
the students in this city, but instances of
privation aro not so uncommon as might
be supposed. The young men and women
who aro willing to go unfed for twenty
four hours rather than give up studying
are generally high spirited, ond would re
sent offers of assistance ns insults. They
keep their sufferings to themselves and
slave away at their work with that grim
determination of despair. Occasionally
the truth comes out und then kind friends
in a delicate way supply the much needed
food.
When students wli030 finances are In a
better shape by some chance learn that
the young man or woman lias been living
on halt rations for weeks, they invito the
unfortunate one to diuncr or to spend the
night with them. That Is about tho only
way In which to approach the sensitive
person without giving offense.
A student at ono of the theological sem
inaries here recently invited u classmate to
his home for diuuer. The guest hardly
looked robust and well fed, but his friend
never once suspected that he was half
starved. When ho sat down at the gener
ous board tho poverty stricken young man
intended to eat sparingly, lest his secret
should be revealed. The temptation
proved too great, however, for nature
would make herself felt.
The poor fellow ate and nte until his
host und hostess could not help noticing
his ravenous appetite. They realized the
truth and insisted that there was no occa
sion for his apologies. Pressing invitations
to dluner came to him frequently from thut
family after that.
A young woman who Is a pupil at the
Art biudeuts' league had a similar expert
cuce with two of her fellow students,
whom she invited to spend Saturday night
and Sunday at her homo in the unnexed
district. The two had no fulse modesty
about their straightened finances. "Isn't
this jolly?" they said at dinner. "You
must really pardon us for eating so heart
ily, but we can't help paying up old scores
and laying in a supply for tho future."
The pursuit of lcubwledgo is marked
nowadays by some ot the same privatious
by wliich it wasiu tho early days of Ox
ford.- ev Xork Tribune.
Progress of a Chliicso Houseboat.
Tho Chinese houseboat is a fiat bottomed
punt, of which tho stem half is covered in,
lint her more than the anterior third con
sists of open deck, where the fourteen
rowers stand when they wield their oars
aud where the whole crew spread the!
mats and sleep at night. Turning on i
pivot at the bow is a long, heavy our,
which, when skillf ully handled, does more
of the steering tliun the rudder. The boat
is furnished with a tall mid strong must,
anil with tho least fair wind up goes
Chinese sail, ribbed with the light bamboo.
When tho wind drops eighteen men jump
ashore, fifteen of thou tow the houseboat
along with from 200 to 1,000 feet of bamboo
rope, chanting as they pull, while two men
keep tho rope clear of projecting rotks
along the river bank, and the remaining
ouo runs besido the rest, spurring them to
their work by shouting, waving his arms
and clapping his hands.
Often tho banks become too precipitous
for this "tracking," aud tho fourteen row
ers tako to their oars. The niodo of pro
gression is changed ten or fifteen times a
day. Often the boat crosses tho river to
gain quieter water or a smoother bank,
and is carried down u quarter of a mile in
tho course of this maneuver, though all
hands stamn tho deck flercelv. row with
desperation and fill the air with discordant
yells. Cor. Moutreal Wituoss.
Albino Birds.
An extraordinary collection of birds is
kept at the residenco of Mr. W. Ingram,
M. P., nt Westgate, living happily in every
variety of condition; In confinement in
very largo cages, in spacious voleries, in
the walled in pleusance, and lastly, with
perfect liberty and undipped wings. There
Is one class of birds in which Mr. Ingram
Is particularly rich ho has ten albinos
viz., three white jackdaws, three white
blackbirds, a whito thrush, a white star
ling, a white hedgo sparrow and a pure
whito variety of tho herring gull, caught
in the neighborhood.
One of the white jackdaws will go with
the members of tho family to tho seashore
and follow them about. What is even
more wonderful, this affectionate bird is
taken by Mr. Ingram in tho autumn to
Over Stilton, in Yorkshire, where she
takes long walks with a member of the
family, flying from tree to tree. Upon the
whole, I deem this white jackdaw to be the
most charming bird it was ever my good
fortune to meet with. J. W. eir in Ma
ture Notes.
A Cyclono's Queer Work.
Nothing could withstand in places the
terrible force of tho wind on that fatal day
of tho 29th of April, 1802, on Mauritius. It
will bo for Rcicutifio men to explain how
trees firmly planted uioro than a century
back, and of eight to twelve feet diameter,
were felled to the ground; how the iroulike
tcukwood branches were snapped and cut
and broken ns mero brushwood; how gir
ders of iron eighteen Inches thick were in
dented and twisted so as to become useless,
B9 in the cuso of the great pulley ladders of
a sea dredger; how, in fine, a column of
Btones, each weighing more than a ton and
fast riveted with iron girders aud with ce
ment, was-thrown down like a pack of
cards, and it will be for meteorologists to
explain how an island thirty-three miles by
tliirty-ono in extent, through which the
center of a cyclone is passing, can escapo at
ull from a wind bo violent us the above de
notes. Blackwood's Magazine.
Mnrdcr Don Not Alwnya Oct.
Tho old ndago that "murder will out" Is,
after ull, mora or less of a fiction. Scores
of murders go unpunished evory yenr
throughout the civilized world, largely for
luck of proof against tho murderers. The
resources of civilisation are open to crimi
nals as well as to olllcers. It is possible
for a murderer to commit his crime nnd
theu be whirled hundreds of mHes away
before the deed is discovered, llu knows
just what methods will ho used to securo
his capture, and ho may have planned how
to outwit such utteuipti before they are
made.
Murder is often and even usually dis
covered and punished, but. there are many
such crimes- that have had no explana
tions, and It Is possible that the Fall Uiver
tragedy may be one of those. Boston Ad
vertiser. -
How Ho 1 olt Aboat It.
"Yes," said tho landlady altera fruitless
search for her guest s silk umbrella, "I
thought it hud been stolen, aud now I (tin
satislled that It was."
"You inuy be satisfied, "'replied thorniest
dryly, "but I'm blest if I am." lloston
Transcript.
' ' Tho Ancient ltomnu Way. -
, Anion g thu ancient Komans nil articles
of food wero cut Into small pieces 'before
being carried to the .table.!1 For cutting
incut persons of . rilnk kept n onrvcr, desig
nated the scissors or curptof, who had the
only knifr placed ou the table. Exchange,
I UY ENBJHE CONTEST
Ballots Cast for Sweeney, Manlcy and
Others Last Spring, Destroyed.
NOT REMOVED FROM BOXES
Election Officers on Tuesday Morning
Emptied the Ballot noxes and Con
signed the Greater Part of the
llallots to the Fames.
It Is highly probable that the election
contests instituted by Henry W. Coyle
and John F. Kearney against Morgan
Sweeney and James A. Manley, for the
ofllces of common and select counclf
respectively from tho Twelfth ward of
this city, will come to an abrupt ter
mination. According " to the election laws the
ballots of each election district remain
In the ballot boxeB, unless removed by
order of court, until the following elec
tion, when they are taken out and
burned by the election officers of the
district In which they were cast.
In the.cnse of a contest an order is
usually obtained from tho court and the
ballots removed from the boxes by the
clerk of the courts and preserved until
their presence In court Is required. It
appears that in the Twelfth ward case
the ballots cast at the election last
spring, the result of which Is now In dis
pute, were not removed before the bal
lot boxes were delivered to the election
olllcers for Tuesday's election.
llallots Wero Burned.
In the first district of the Twelfth
ward the old ballots were removed by
the election olficera Tuesduy morning
and burned. A portion of the second
district ballots were also burned before
It occurred to the officials that these
were the Identical ballots that would be
needed to decide the pending contest.
The remainder of the ballots were pre
served.
Altogether more than one-half of the
total number of voteB cast In the
Twelfth ward were destroyed.
As it will be necessary to examine the
ballots In open court before the con
testa can be decided, to ascertain for
whom the votes found to be Illegal wero
cast, It is probable thut no further
steps will be taken in the contest. The
conclusive evidence has been destroyed,
The Approaching Holidays.
It Is necessary that you will need some
gift or other for the coming hollduys. To
muko an appropriate gift, it Is necessary
mat you examine Davldow Uron'. hand
some line of holiday goods, which Is dully
arriving.
Music Boxes Exclusively.
Best mado. Play any desired number of
tunes. Guutschi & Sons, manufacturers,
10110 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Won
derful orchestral orguiiB, only $5 und 510.
Specially: Old music boxes carefully re
paired and Improved with new tunes.
Money to loan. Davldow Bros.
The incessant wasting of a
consumptive can only be over
come by a powerful concentrated
nourishment like Scott's Emul
sion. If this wasting is checked
and the system is supplied with
strength to combat the disease
there is hope of recovery.
SC0tt9S
Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophos
phites, does more to cure Con
sumption than any other known
remedy. It is for all Affections of
Throat and Lungs, Coughs, Colds, Bron
chitis and WasVin?. J''www.
&30tt&3on8,H. V. AilDrussists. 63c. aw! $1.
V.L Douglas
$3 SHOE NOBQUEAKII1&
5. CORDOVAN,
r ru.nn w ciw: zxjulxj oalj.
4.-3.5-0 FlNECALf&KAJKAKH
3.5? P0UCE.3 Soles.
EXTRA FINE.
2.I-W Boys'SckooiShoes.
LADIES'
END FOR CATALOGUE
W.L'D0UCLA3,
BROCKTON, MAS3.
You can save mnncr by purchiulug W. L.
iuirlna Mmfa.
Because, we are the larertt manufacturera of
advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee
the value by stamping the uamc and price on
the bottom, which protects yon agnlnat high
prices and the middleman's profits. Oki shoes
equal custom work in style, easy fitting and
wearing qualities. We bave them sold every
where at lower prices for the value given than
any oiner maac. lane no surjititutt. it your
leaier cannoi supply yon, we can. boia oy
E.J.LEONARD.
ROOF TINNING AND SOLDERING
All done away with by the use of HART
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, whleh ,,mt.
of Ingredients well-known to all. It can be
appileu to tin, galvanized tin, sheet Iron
roofs, also to brick dwellngs. which will
prevent aDsoiuteiy any cruniuVng, crack
ing: or ureaainK or mo urieK. it will mil.
last tlnnliiir of any kind bv manv vears
and It's cost does not exceed one-llfth that
of tho cost of tinning. Is solil by tho Job
ur pouuu. uuiurueiK tasen oy
AW TOW tO -UAKTUAN, aZI Birch St
Have yon Sore Throat Plmnles. Conner-Colored
Spots, Aches, Olil Sores, Uloors In Mouth. Ilalr
KaUlna? Write Conk Hemedy C'o.,ll07 Ma
.onlcTrinple(,hlrnRo,lll.,forpnKiffl of euros.
Capital IMOO.OOO. 1'atlent.icurod nine yenn
najoJ1iyrnmirUr!rin
TM. Famous Remetlv cures auleklr and pet
nmnontly all norvuiis iI:-ciinoii, aueli as Weulc
Memory, boss of llrnln Polter, llcndiirlie, Woke-
fiilnus., I'Uat Vllnltty. iiliUitlr emissions, evil
ilreiuits, Ini potency und vaallnq illttcuttes enured by
nuthful error, or rxcfmpi, OmlnlnH no
opinio, is a nerve tonic una Mooil builuer.
Milken too pn 10 011. 1 pilnr Hlrnnuiind plump. Kusll
oarrleil In Tost nneket. Ml per buxi (I lor ssfl. 11
wall prepaid with a written guarantee to euro or
money refunded, wrno un tor rre medical
biHili. nent sealed In plain wrapper, which eon.
taliei tentlnionlniH mid tluanohtl reference. No
ehra;e lr consultation. Rrwnre nt fmifn.
tt.un. Sold I'T our udvertlMid aaonts. or sddreai
HI UVIiiu i"".. wasonic rumple, hlcutro.
801,1) IN SCRANTON, PA., H. C. SANDERSON
I
WABHIKUTOH.CUH. Bf BUCE, DKUQU1818.
WEAK HEN
YOUR ATTENTION
IS al.UD TO IDE
Urcat English Rrmedy.
Gray's Specific Medicine
IF VDII SIIFFFR from Nor-
- - ' ' ' riA.
blltty, WeakUMWuf Budy nl Wind, Mperma
torrucft, nnd lmootuncy. aud all diseases that
arise f,oiu over-indulgence net self-abuso. as
Loss ot Memory and foner, Uimness of Vis
ion, Premature old Ago and many otlie dis-
cBaea ium lenu 10 in.nsity or consumption
fciiu u mriy Krav, write lor rt liumruiot
Addre93 UKAY MEDICI NK
Buffalo.
V.. , The Mie.-itto Merik-ino is told by all
arugKisu at 91 pi
for Ji. or aent h
ur packiiuo,, or s x 1 a-katfCB
v n'au on ivp.iint or !nnmir.
and with orwy S CO cider Up PilSnSSjTpF
a cure or money rofuudod. 1 '1 n 17 i
trTOa ai-i o-nt of cuunterfuits wo have
adopted thu Ycl ow Wionnor. tho onlv i?mii.
luo. bilil la bcraiiton by jlatthtWJ Ilrcs.
C0I3PLEXI0II BLEMISHES
May be hidden Imperfectly by cosmetics
and powders, but can only be removed
permanently by
Hetz&l's Superior Face Bleach
It will positively remove FRECKLES,
TAN, MOTH, HALLOWNESS. and cure
any diseases of tho skin, mieh as PIM
PLK9, ACN10, BLACKHEADS, OILI
NKSa and renders the skin soft nnd beau
tiful. Price $1 per bottle. For sale at
E. M.. HETZEL'S
330 Lacka. Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Kuropoan Tlan. First-class . liar at
tached. Depot for Uerrjner & Er.gle'J
laiinnncuscr veer.
H. E. Cop. 15tli and Filbert Sts., Pbila.
Most desirable for residents of N. 15.
Pennsylvania. All conveniences fur
travelers to and from Broad Street
ntntloii and the Twelfth and Market
Street station. Desirable for visiting
Bcniiiionmns nnu people in tho An
tluacito Iteslon.
T. J. VICTORY,
prior RH2TOR.
A. W. JURISCH, 405 SPRUCE ST.
BICYCLES MID SPORTING GCOOS.
Victor, Gendron, Eclipse, Lovall, Dla
mono una other w heels.
SHAW
EMERSON 1
-iwst-'r--.-
WAVEHLt
J. Lawrence Stelle,
FORMERLY STELLE & SEE LEY,
SIC DEALEF
SHAW PIANOS' to the Front.
EMERSON PIANOS, Old and Reliable.
PRICES SATISFACTORY.
DID YOU
That
terns
we WILL GIVE vou beautiful new pat
of Sterling SILVER SPOONS and
FORKS for an equal weight, ounce for ounce,
of your silver dollars. All elegantly en
graved free. A large variety of new pat
terns to select from at
MERCEREAU
307 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
hoes! 3
aJL MjsxxS? 1
All Grades, Sizes and Kinds kept in stock.
RON-
Of every description. Prompt shipments guaranteed.
Chains, Rivets, Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Turn-buckles,
Bolt Eiids, Spikes and a full line of Carriage Hardware.
We have the following supplies of lumber secured, at
prices that warrant us in expecting a large
share of the trade :
Pacific Const Red Cedar Shinnies.
"Victor" nnd other Michigan Ilronds of
While Pine and White Cednr Shingles,
Michigan White nnd Norway Tine Lum
ber and Bill Timber.
North Ciimlina Hhurt and Long Leaf,
' Yellow Pine.
Miscellaneous stocks of Mine Rails, Mine Ties, Mine
; . ' Props and Mine Supplies in general.
THE RICHARDS LUMBER COMPANY
COMMONWEALTH BUILDING, SCRANTON, PA.
THIRD NATIONAL
BANK OF SCRMT0X.
ORGANIZED 1872.
CAPITAL, -SURPLUS,
-
$200,000
$260,000
This bank offers to deDosltora everr fa
cillty warranted by their balances, busi
ness and responsibility.
Speeial attention Given to business ao
counts. .
W1LT.TAM COXNELIi, President.
GEO. H. CATLIN, Vice-President.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
William Connoll. Georiro II. Catlln. Al.
fred Hand. James Arehbald. Henrv Belin.
Jr., William T. Bmlth, Luther Keller.
THE
TRADERS
national Bank of Scranton.
ORGANIZED 1890. '
CAPITAL 250,000
SURPLUS $30,000
SAMUEL HTNE3, President.
W. W. WATSON, Vice-President,
A. IJ. WILL1AM3, Cashier. ,
D1RKCTOR3.
Samuel Hlnes, James M. Everhart, Inr
lnir A. Finch, Plorce B. Klnley, Joseph J.
Jermyn, M. S. Kemerer. Charles P. Mat
thews, John T. Porter, W. W. Watson,
and LIBERAL.
This bank Invites the patronags of bus
lneaa men and firms gcueraly.
"WELL, SIR"
"Spectacles !"
Yes sir I We
have a specialist
here to tit you who
does nothing else.
Sit right down
and have your
eyes fitted in a
scientific manner.
JEWELER,
. 423 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
134 WYOMING AVE
SCRANTON, PA.
CLOUGH & WARREN
WATERLOO
CARFENTER.CROWN
KNOW
& CONNELL
9
" If IF I
LLOYB,
Of A lf C
1TTEHBEIU CO.,
Scranton, Pa.
Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Whlta
Oak.
Sullivan County Hetr.lock Lumber and
Lath.
TIoku County Dry Hemlock Stock
liuardn.
Elk County Dry Hemlock Joists and
Studding;.