THE SCRANTON TMB UN IS-MONDAY, JANUARY !), 1899.
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About the County
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CRRBONDALC
DEATHS.
Thomas Shoiidan and Mrs. T. J.
Howard Passed Away Saturday.
Thomas Sheridan, of CottnKe ctrcot,
died Sntunlaj morning of ti compli
cation of allmcntf Incident to old nee.
Ho spent most of the sixty-two jears
of his life on tho South Hide, and
numerous friends mourn thrlr los.
Tho funeral was held yesterday after
noon at L'.SO o'clock, Interment uelns
niado In St. Hone cemetery.
MHSi HOWARD.
Mrs. Thomas J. Howard, who under
went a serious purRlcal operation at
the Carbontlnle hopltal, Wednesday,
died tit that Institution Saturday Morn
Ititf at 8 o'clock. Deceased was nn es
timable lady of many Christian vir
tues. She was twcnty-dcnt yeam old.
Tho wirvlvois nle her husband and
thico children, Flossie, MarRUetlto and
Kenneth, tho eldest Ileitis scatccly
seven years of ao and the youngest
barely thiee; two hrothers, John ana
Ambrose PldReon, nnd two isters, Mrs.
J M. Murray and Mrs. neorgo K. Hoh
Inson, alt of this city. Tho funeral will
bo held this mornlnp at 9 30 o'clock,
lnetrmorit will be made in St. ltoo
cemetery.
POLITICS.
Republican Primaries Passed Off
Quietly Saturday Afternoon.
Although them aio sevcial aspirants
for tho mayoraltj, the Hepubllcnn pri
maries Saturday afternoon excited
little interest In fact, even tho leadets
haven't taken tho pains to summarise
the tesult. No one seems to be In a
position to predict and it will take thu
i.onventlon to say who shall be the
candidate for mayor. Tho other otllces
to be filled have lccelved little thought
and attention so fnr.
Among tho iiinnralty apliants are
G. P. Swigert, now chairman of nclcct
council; J. M Alexander, for llfteen
years school dlrnctoi Hee.se Hughes
and Luko McQuade. Hon. K. 1". Hen
drick cannot be teimed an aspirant,
though ho Is a possibility and nobody
doubts that he would accept if the
nomination weie tcndeied him
WAS NOT ATTENTIVE.
Mia. Lizzie May Xapimn Desnes tho
Truth Published.
Among tho true bills handed down by
the grand jury, Pridny, was on.?
against Wallace McMullen for exhibit
ing a lascivious photogtaph Mrs. Liz
zie May Tappan Is the prosecutiix In
the case and she takes exception to
the reports of it which have nppeared
In local pupeis. She desires the truth
known regarding the statement that
McMWlen whs nttentle to liei. She
says she never knew him and never
Nervous Dyspepsia
To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to
Know What Appotite and
Good Digestion Mean.
MAKB A TEST OP STUART'S DYSPI2PMA
lAHLUrS
No trouble is more common or more
mlsundei stood than nervous cls.pepiu.
People having It think tin lr nerves
are to blame and aie surprised that
they nre not cuied by neie medi
cines. Tho real seat of the mischief
Is lost bight of. The stomach is the
organ to be looked artei.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have
any pain whatever in the stomach,
nor perhaps anv of the usual symp
toms of stomaih weakness. Nervoun
dyspepsia shows Itself not In the stom
ach so much as In nearly eeiy oigau.
In some enfies the tienit palpitates
and Is irregular, in otlieis tho kldnejs
are affected, In other tho bowels ate
constipated, with headaches, still otli-
PROF. HENliY W. HKCKER. A M
ers are tiouhlcd with loss of Hesh and
appetite with accumulations of gas,
sour risings und heartburn
It is safe to say that Stiuut's Dih-
pepsla Tablets will cure any stomach
Seakness or dfoens" except rancor of
the stomach They cuio sour stomuch,
gas, loss of Hesh and appetite, sleep
lessness, palpitation, heartburn, con
stlration and headache.
Send for valuable little honk on
stomach diseases bv addressing l ..
Stuait Co, Marshall, Mich All diug
gists sell full-sized packages at .".0
cents. Proiessor Homy AV. Ittckei,
A. Jr., the well-known religious woiker
nnd writer of St. Louis
Secretary of tho Mission liuutd of
the Geunan Methodist church. Chief
("Merit and Kxpeit Accountant for the
Hat nor and Wharf Commlsulnn I'ubllc
Secretary for the St. Louis School ra
tions' Association, and tho District
Conference of Stewards of tho Meth
odist Episcopal church; also takes an
active part In tne work of the Upworth
League, and to write on religious nnd
educational topics for fleveial maga
zines. How he found i-llof Is bet told
In his own words:
"Some weeks ago my brother he ltd
me say something about Indigestion,
and taking a box front his pocket said
"Tiy Stuart's Tablets." 1 did. and was
promptly relieved. Then 1 Investigat
ed the nature of .tho tablets and be
came satisfied that they vvoio made of
Just the right things and In just the
right proportions to aid In tho assim
ilation of food. I heartily endorse them
In alt nwpents, and I keep them con
stantly on hnnd."
gave him an opportunity to extend any
attention whatever.
TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATS.
The Cnrliontlalo township Democrats
have nominated the following ticket:
Supervisors, Thomas Cummlngs, nr.,
and Kdward Casey, school directors,
P. Joyce, Michael McDonnell, tlnco
yenis, und Thomas Mcllnlc, one year;
postmaster, Michael McPaddcn; treas
urer, John Battle; judge of election,
W. Toolun; Inspector, Martin Mc
Kenna; register of voters, M. Brady;
constable, William Hradley; auditor,
Thomas Battle: Justice of the peace,
Thomas Ttatlgan
BOTTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
Tho Anthracite Hottleis' Protective
association will meet at M. J. Healey's
restaurant tonight at 8 o'clock. The
bottlers of this section are becoming
thoroughly aroused to the necessity of
protecting their glassware from those
who are short of cntmtp bottles. A
meeting' was held last week to anange
prelimlnailes nnd it Is now proposed to
pursue a vigorous policy.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
The Woman's guild of Trinity chuich
will give nn oyster supper and enter
tainment in tho AVntt building on Jan.
n.
Delawaie and Hudson locomotive No.
II, which was damaged In a wreck last
November, was turned out of the shop
Satuidny ns good oh new.
Fidelity conclave. Improved Order of
Heptasophs, w III install ofllcers on the
25th Inst.
Miss liertha Wolcott, of Dickson hill,
Is entertaining Kdward Steams, of
Toronto, Canada.
Mis. Geoige Spall, of Washington
street, Is entertaining Miss Julia Mc
Andrcw, of Hawley.
M. J. 'Murphy, editor of the Forest
City News, spent Sunday In this city.
A. Derry, tho North Mnln street fur
niture dealer, who has been seriously
lit for several weeks, Is convalescent
Dr. Ii.illey paid Wllkes-Barre u pro
fessional visit Saturday.
F. n. Kllpatrick is entertaining his
nephew, Waul Kllpatilck, who recent
ly returned from Honolulu, where he
went with 'the Flist New York volun
teers. Andiew Mitchell, sr , has icturned
from a business trip to Montrose.
Mrs. G. W. Dly, of South Washing
ton street, is suffering with tho grip.
William Uvans, of Scranton, vvaa the
gflest of his son, Geotge Kvans, over
Sunday.
Miss Delia Bayley, who has been
dangerously HI for three weeks, is now
able to sit up.
Miss Alice Cook has icturned to Star
rueea. after a visit with Mlssj Allle
Price.
This week will bo one round of pleas
uip for our theatro-goers. The people
of Carbondale and surioundlng towns
are fortunate In having the oportunlty
of hearing nnd seeing the many oper
atic successes of Walte's big comic
operatic company at bargain prices.
JERMYN.
The funernl of the late Stephen
Hockaday, of Fourth ptieet, was held
ycsteiday afternoon and was nultu
largely attended. At 3 o'clock the re
mains were taken to the Primltlvo
Methodist church, where the pastor,
Itev. Mr. Hall, conducted the service
and pleached an earnest and touching
sermon. Interment was made in tho
borough cemetery. The members of
the Delaware and Hudson Keg Fund
attended in a body, and tho pall-bear-eis
who weie chosen from the oigan
lzatlou were- Joseph Uoboits, T. M.
Grlllithi, Jacob Pellow, Thomas Kll
liool, Michael Muidoou and Thomas
Ilenwood.
Tho gang of catpentei4 who lime
been for sueial weeks f turning tlm
bci8 at the Delawate and Hudson
breaker hae completed most of the
work, and today it Is expected they
will stail to lalso the new addition to
the breaker. Nearly all the machinery
used will be placed In the addition
and the old part of the bleaker will
be ulsed eight feet Iiighei. By the
alteiutlous tne pockets will be consid
erably enlarged. The piesent pockets
owing to their small capacity, has
caused no end of Inconvenience since
the loading of big cars was begun.
T. E. Gtimths nnd C. F. Bakei, two
of our business men weie In Seiunton
Satuiday.
Nabotli Osborne, of Main stieet, is
isitlng Rev. Fiuncls Gendnll, nt
Plains.
M!f Giace Smith, of Main stieet, is
ilsiting fi lends at Wllkes-Barre.
Mrs. Kilen Nicholson, of South Main
street, Is suffeilng with grip.
Hen Davis and son, John, foi mer
residents of this borougn, but who for
some time past have leslded at Klk
Hill, have again taken up their resi
dence here for the winter.
Mine Superintendent W. F. Jones lias
been ill of gilp nt his home at Scott
for the past week.
John Bengough, of Fourth btreet. Is
on the sick list.
The children of Hpnry Smnlhicombe,
of Fourth stieet, aie ill of measles.
Thomas Rice, the Main street mer
chant. Is alllicted with gilp.
PECKVILLB.
Mr. William Harklns, who occupies
the looms over the ttoie owned by M.
.T. Gallagher, of the East Side, wus
lelleved or $200 In cash last Monday
night. The thieves gained entrance at
the hallway door by unlocking the door
with a skeleton key. Tpon entering,
they went to the bedroom wheie Mr.
and Mrs. Huiklns weie sleeping, went
dliect to the bureau drawer where the
money was kept and taking it fiom Its
hiding place, made good their escape.
Those connected with the theft must
have known where the money was
placed, af they did not disturb any
thing else. Mr. Haiklns has no clue
to woik upon.
The ttreet car service wus badly
crippled here yesterday afternoon on
account of a car being crippled near
tho Lilllbrldge hill.
Mr. K. L. Craig announces that he Is
not a candidate for re-election as con
stable. Charles Jenkins has withdrawn from
the councllmanlc race and will try for
the honors of Inspector of election.
MIsh Ruth Grltman, of Scranton, Is
tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Tay
lor The otnotrs of tho Older of Kastern
Star will meet nt 'their rooms tomor
row (Tuesday) evening.
The many friends of H. 13. Dlkeman
will be pleased to leurn of his lecent
promotion from corporal to sergeant
of Company II, Thirteenth regiment.
TAYLOR NEWS.
Anniversary Celebration A Mine
Party Minor News Notes.
A most enjoyable event was cele
brated at tho hospitable home of Mr
nnd Mrs. Wllllnm Stone, of Taylor
street, on Saturday evening, It beln?
tho fiftieth birthday anniversary of
Mr. Stone. Although taken by surprise
ho soon realized his position nnd mnde
the evening a pleasant one. Many en
joyable diversions solved to mako tho
evening n pleasant one for tho guewts.
A pleasant Incident of tho gathetlng
was the presentation of n benutlful
chair toMr. Stone. Mr. Frederick Sey
more, In a short and happy speech,
presented tho gift, tho recipient mak
ing an nppioprlate response. The com
pany then adjourned to the dining
room nnd partook" of a sumptuous sup
per. The guests preecnt were: Mr. nnd
Mis. Frederick Seymoie and sons,
Earnest nnd Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
iel Evans and children, Mlldied and
Harry, Mrs. Thomas Qettlns, of
Wllkes-Barre; Mr. and Mrs. Chat leal
Dibble, Mr. nnd Mrs. Wllltnm Howclls,
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Fatslnger, Mr.
and Mis. Iiano Stone, Mr. and Mts.
William Richard, Mis. A. Beomer,
Mis. Alficcl Hatton, Mrs. Hendcrshot,
Misses Dora Stone, Uriah Fatsinger,
Messrs. Arthur nnd William Stone and
Masters Ray Dibble, Martin Fatslnger
and Clarence Stone.
Join! D.ivl, of Hyde Park, cliculatcd
among friends In this plnce yesterday.
A mine party comprising of the fol
lowing made a visit to the Taylor
mines on Fildny evening. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Scott, of Bloomslleld, Peny county;
Miss Susie Schubert, of Scranton; Jes
slu Morgans, nnd Messrs. Adolpll Ur
w elder, John L Nelgers, of this place,
and W. J. Schubert, of Scranton. Tho
pnrty was conducted by Fire Boss John
R. Price.
Ellas Thomas, of Piovidence, was a
caller In this place yesterday.
Miss Jennie Powell, of this place, Is
visiting nt the home of Miss Mary
Davis, of Hyde Paik.
At the Republican primaries in the
Second and Third wards the lollowlng
candidates were nominated for the
coming spring election: Second ward,
Ilany James, for councilman, Evan
G. Wntklns, nudltor, Bdmond Carter,
constable; William P. GrllllthH, justice
of the peace. Third ward, John Fran
cis, jr, councilman; James B. Powell,
school director; Evan O. "Watklns, aud
itor; William P. Griniths, Justice of
the peace.
The funeral of Harold, the 1-year-old
child of Mr. and Mis. August Rein
hardt, of Tajlor street, occurred on
Saturday motnlng. Services were held
In the liou'-e by Rev. William Frlsby.
Burial was made In the Forest Homo
cemoteiy.
Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, of Mnin street,
attended tho funeral of Mis. Davis, of
Plnlnsvlllo, on Saturday.
Chalks Lenthold, the popular Main
street barber, has moved his shaving
parlor to the Orger building.
All candidates for the diffeient ward
oJTleeM in the First ward are ui gently
requested to be present at the meet
ing to be held in tho residence of John
E. Davis this evening.
An oyster supper will be held In the
pnrlois of tho Methodist Episcopal
church on Friday evening, Jan. 13. The
fentuie of tho event will bo the menu
which will be served by the gentlemen
membeis of the chuich. Tickets for
the event are eelllng quite lapldly. A
musical progininmo will bo rendered in
connection with tho occasion.
The breaker boys of the Pyne and
Archbald collieries were tieated with a
sleigh tide by their fotemon, Reinhardt
and Thornton.
Tho programme for the coming eis
teddfod of the First Welsh Baptist
church Is neailng completion and will
bo out this week.
Emblem Division, No. 07, Sons of
Temperance, will meet this evening In
their tooms In Van Hom'T hall, when
several candidates will be initiated.
Mrs Jumes MonK jr., of High
street, attended the funeial of a rela
tive in Plainsvllle on Saturday.
Mrs. George Taylor, of Scranton, wus
the guest of lelutlves In this place C'S
terduy. Miss Hattle Evan, of Pittston, spent
the Sabbath wltti lelatlves in tills
place.
. -- -
La Grippe Successfully Tieated.
,-I have just recovered ftom the sec
ond attack of la. gilppo tills year,"
tajs Mr. James A. Jones, publisher
of the Leader, Mcia, Teus "In the
latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and I think with considerable
success, onlv being in bed u little over
two days against two days for the
f ot mer attack. The second attack I
am satlslled would have been eaually
ns bud as the flist but for tho u-e of
this remedy as I had to go to bed In
about fiix houis itfter being 'stiuck'
witli It, while In thellist case I was able
to nttenG to business about two davs
before getting down ' " For sale by
nil diugglst". Matthews Bios, whole
sale nnd letull agent".
ANOTHER MISTAKE.
The Politician Wasted a Laige Lot of
Kisses.
".Madam, may I kiss these beautiful
children?" Inquired Geneinl W. B.
Shnttuc, as he leaned over a front gate,
sas the Cincinnati linqulrer.
"Certainly sir; there Is no possible
objection."
"They ato lovely darlings," jaid the
general, after he had Iinlhed the elev
enth. "I luive seldom seen inoic- beau
tllul babies. Aio they yours, madam?"
The lady blushed deeply.
"Of course they aie, the sweet little
treasures! From whom else, ina'am,
could they have inheilted those limpid
cyps, those msy cheeks, thoso profuse
curls, those comely tlguies and those
musical voices?"
Tho lndy continued blushing.
"By tho way. ma'nm," said he, "may
T bother you to tell your estimable hus
band that William B. Shattuc, candi
date for this dlstilct, called upon him
this evening?"
"Excuse me, sir," said tho lady, "1
have no husband!"
"But those- children, nmdum you
surely nre not a widow"
"I feared you woio mistaken, sir.
when you lirst came up. These uro not
my children. This is the Fresh Air
Fund Vacation cottage "
ECLIPSED PAST EFFORTS.
Fiom the Wllkes-Tlari o Record.
Tho llr.st of tho local mi books to
I each the Recoid office Is that irsueel
by tho Scranton Tilhuue and tno com
pilers havo easily eclipsed all provtuui
efforts. The Tribune's alnutnnc is like
tho papei, constantly giowlug bott r
nnd moio vnlunbl There aie HO jngen
nnd uothiiu; or a political or kihuii
nature Is omtttd Theie Is also muc i
Infoimatlcn of n nature thut will fre
quently prove valuable for reforenee
By way of vnrloty theie nro also Illus
trations of will known Surantoninn
Nothing The Tilbuno has vet donn in
the your book Hue Is equnl to this year's
Issue.
I will gunranteo
that tjy Klu'unutlsm
Cure will relievo lum
bnao, sclHtkn nnd nil
rheumatic pains In
two or three hours,
nnd cure In a few
days.
MUNYON.
At all drugglsti,
25c. a rial. Guide
to Health nnd mcdl
cnl advice free.
IN).-. Arch st.. Phlla.
UWMIUBm
y,
At the meeting of Tiiton Hoso com
pany on Tuesday, Jan. 3, tho leport of
the executive committee of tho recent
fair handed In their report of receipts
and cxpendituies. The tccc'lpts on
Monduy evening were $"r, 03, Tuesday,
$85
Wednesday. $112.43; Thursday,
$1G0.11; Filday, $179.12; donations, $GS.
30. The total expenses were $180.2'),
leaving the nice balance of $501.17. At
the same meeting George L. Roberts
and Fred. B. Jennings were mado life
member ot the company, the former
having been a member for thirteen
years uml the lattei for twelve.
Hon. A. It. Squier, tho iccontly elect
ed representative from this county.who
has been In attendance at tho sessions
ot the legislature? at Hairlsburg, Is ut
homo timing the adjournment of that
body.
Albert NoHthrop, of New York uni
versity; Wulttr Tevvksboiiy and Will
Snmpson, of tho Cnlveislty of Penn
sylvanlu: Will PIntt, of Lafayette col
lege, and Funk Miller, of Pilnceton,
who havo been spending the holidays'
with their people heie. lOturned this
week to their rcspeotlvc colleges.
Mrs. O. C. James, of Argentine Re
public, South Ameiica, is nt present
visiting her sister. Mis. Catherine
Townsond, and her brother, 'Squire
Sampson, ut this plnre. This Is her
111 ft visit home In twenty ye.us.
Thu funeral serv ices of the into
Jnmcs B. Huulintf weie held fiom his
late residence on Trldny nt 2 o'clock,
with Interment at the Eatnnvillo ceme
tery. The denlh occuned Wednesday
afternoon after nn illness of n few
weeks. Mr. Harding was born eighty
three ye.us ago in Eaton township,
Wyoming county. In 1M'. with otheis
of this place, he went the oveiland
louto to the I'allfotnia gold Holds.
After his return he was appointed dep
uty Hheilff of Wyoming county, nnd in
lSJI wus elected sheriff, crving the full
three year term. He was In the Union
army duilng the Civil war and reached
the lank of captain. He Joined Temple
lodge, No. 21t', I', nnd A. M, and was
tho oldest member of that organization
nt the time of his death. He Is sur
vived bv his wife and thiee children,
N. L. Harding of Eaton; Dr. Edgar
Harding, of this plnce, and Mrs. Bur
gett, of Elmlra, N. Y.
William N. Rejnolds, jr., n member
of the Wilkes-Bano bar, Is spending
Sundny with his patent here.
E. Stuart Staik, of Scranton, a for
mer lesldent of Tunkhannock, was vis
iting for a few das In town last week.
The following man Inge licenses havo
been issued bj Protlionotaiy Reynolds
since the beginning of the year: To
George Blrtuli, of Washington town
ship, nnd Ida Luce, of Tunkhannock
township; Philip H Furl, of Tunkhan
nock township, nnd Stella M. Phillips,
of South Eaton, Fred. M. Randall, of
Beaumont, and Eunice Sax, of Kunkle,
Luzerne county.
County Auditors C B. Pickett nnd
George D. Wiight, of Laceyvllle, and
Henry Youngs, of Centremorelnnd.have
been In town this week engaged in
auditing tho accounts of the diffeient
county olIleinR
Maurice Jennings, who Is employed
on the load for Hood, Foulkrod & Co.,
of Philadelphia, has been housed up
for borne time with the gilp.
Notices aie out of nn oidlnance
passed nt the last meeting of the town
council for the piupose of obtaining
the consent of the electors! of the bor
ough to Incieaso the Indebtedness of
the boiough to consitiuit nnd complete
u geneiul sewer plant for s.ild bor
ough The election will be held at the
icguhir time for tho spring elections.
This question lias been before the peo
ple once befoic and was decided ugalnst
tli sewer. As the mutter standi now,
one-half tho town bus sewer, while the
other half goes without.
Mrs. George Rice, of Scianton, is heie
visiting her gi.mdmother, Mis -v. rj,
Graham. Mrs. Graham has been HI for
Homo time.
Mts. J. S. Tuiu came over fiom
Scianton, Satuidny. folio Is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Catherine Towmmd,
POOR FIELD FOR PROPHETS.
Eccentricities nnd Cnpiires of the
Temperate Zones.
1'iom Notts and Queries
Oui so-called tempciale latitude
doubtless affords ui more interest
thiough their excessive cnuilces than
would latitudes either troplial or polur.
But often their irregularities are so
mm keel that the meinurie of tho oldest
Inhabitants of this or that town uro
taxed to little or no puipose In order to
paiallc! the cold, or the heat, or tho
foice of the wind, or the lalnfall. And
If wo take a group of jears and ex
nmino theli extraordinary divergent
type of character, we may lie tempted
to look upon our 'tempoiate" climates
wither In the light of "fell Incensed
points; "twlxt mighty opposltes," nnd
the Btitish Isles perhaps us the center
of the Intenscst quaircl. For heie,
within brief munorv, one has known
tho lobsteig nnd cinbs killed In thu sea
by cold; one hus experienced drouths
that have cost millions of money, and
one has known an Atlantic gale to burn
up with a a ust of salt tho horse chest
nut leaves over the entire lslnnd
Nowheio In Euiopoaic the chances so
great agalnPt tho weather prophet: no
where Is so much speculation about the
weather. Judging vaguely from tho
past, maybe wo have giouud for ex
pecting that about threo times In a
centuiy tho Thumes will be fiozen over
at London bridge, but that consum
mation is synonymous with un Intenso
degree of continuous frort which will
not bo confined to Britain, for of lute
yeurH It has become patent that these
aieas of extreme temperature are very
extensive, and that when there Is an
excessively cold winter In England nnd
France, even Italy Is often included. I
can lecollect in the winter of 1SSI see
Ing tho Arno at Floreneo being skated
upon, and Icicles like a piodigious port
cullis hanging from the Ponto Vecchlo,
some of which weto seven and eight
feot in length. I have known Cannae
nnd PompoII smothered In hiiow, nnd
the ontlie lemon crop of Anmlll und
IN OTHER COUNTIES
TUNKHANNOCK.
Palermo destroyed by frost. Neverthe
less, I have never experienced nnythlug
approaching to the following, which is
related by Bembo In his "Storla Ven
om," 1 I.:
"In 1491, through the severity of the
euKon, tho (salt) water of tho Grand
Cnnul was frozen, and thu strnllots
(Greek mercenaries of the republic)
held their tournament on tho Ice, horse
against hoise, with their lnnces."
PARTRIDGE AND PHEASANT.
A Hybrid Game Bird That Has Ap-
poarod in Orogon.
From tho Portland Oregonlan.
Theto Is a movement of foot among
sportsmen In Portland to Introduce tho
English or Grey partridge In Oregon
next spring. It Is proposed to Import
at least fifty pairs ot thoso blrcla, and
as they aro hardy and prolific, that
number. It proporly placed and pro
tected for a few years, should Rive
tho species a fair start. Tho Wllllnm
etto valley should bo a paradise for
them, as they prosper best wheio the
highest state of cultivation prevails,
and besides nro said to be n benefit
to agriculture.
Tho gray partridge Is a fine, gamy
blid, lying well to dogs, nnd rivaling
the ring-necl: pheacant for sport It
is a very plump, handsome bltd, some
what icscmbllng the Oregon entail In
foim, but fully twice ns large, and will
make a line addition to the list ot birds
In the state. Their habitat Is almost
entltely confined to cultivated tlelds,
and they rarely take to brush cover.
Subscription lists to defray the ex
penses of biinglng the birds from Eng
land arc In the hands of soveinl sports
men nnd also In the various gun stoics
of Poitlnnd, and arc being liberally
subscribed to.
Mr. Stelner, of Stelnor's matket, Sa
lem, has sent to the Oregonlnn a bird
which is a cros3 between tho blue
grouso and tho Chinese pheasant,
which, he sajs, is the first of the kind
ever seen by any of the Salem sports
men. The shape and markings ot the bird
plainly show thnt it is a hybrid of tho
two species. The boly Is shorter and
more chunky than that of tho pheas
ant; tho head is shaped bko a plieus
ant's, the led clicle around the eyes
being visible, though not so marked as
in the pheasnnt. J he legs; and feet are
those of tho grouse, and nro dovold of
the spurs worn by tho pheasants The
colois and markings of the two birds
are so blended In th1 cioss that it Is
hardly possible to tell which parent
it favors most. Tho tail Is longer than
that of the grouse, and shows a slight
inclination to be pointed like that of
the pheasant. Tho breast shows a
semblance of the rich purple coloilng
of the pheasant, but theie Is no sign
of tho white ring around the neck.
Tho bird is plumper and heavier than
a phensant of the same age, and It Is
evident that the ctoss is an improve
ment on the species which pioduced It,
except that it Iff not so handsome ns
the pheasant.
A similar hybrid, shot near Corvallls
by a resident of Portland, wus de
scilbed in tho Oregonlan feoon after
tho shooting season opened, and Its
skin, mounted In very good style, H
now on exl.ibtion In the window of a
Third street gun store. These aie tho
only specimens of a cross between the
pheasant and the giouse which have
been heard of here, but n whole biood
of the piogeny of a pheasant and
domestic fowl wete exhibited hete a
j ear or two ago.
Tho female pheasant being of so
much plainer plumage than the cock,
the female hybrid of the two might
pass without notice. It is scarcely
probable that any now specleo of game
bird will result fiom this cross breed
ing, as all such hybrids are rarely
fertile.
MILES OF WHEAT.
A California Field That Contains
25,000 Acres.
From the San Tianclsco Cull
"W hat Is said to bo the largest single
wheat Held in California is now being
planted to the gialn that makes: tho
staff of life It cove is over 23,000 acres,
or forty squaio miles.
This enormous field of grain is ljrat
ed on the banks of the San Joaquin
liver, near tho town of Clovis, In Ma
dera county. The Held Is part in Fres
no county and patt in Madera county.
Clovis Cole is the man who Is putting
In this vast neiease. and he has undot
laken one of tho largest jobs that anv
man has yet done in California.
While It is true thnt larger acieages
of wheat havo been planted by certain
innchers in the state, theto seems to be
no recoid of an exact pareliel to the
present ease On the Miner & Lux:
ranch, In Kein countv, 50,000 acies weto
planted In on yiar but the fields weft)
scatteied about in different places.
They weie leullv a sciies of Holds, lo
cated wherever there was a fei tile spot.
Few of the fields vv ore ov er 20,000 acres,
and in many Instunces there would be
halt a mile of bare land between them.
The ueieage planted could not be calleil
a wheat Hold eif SO.OOO acres anv mora
than all the wheat fields in the stuto
i ould be clasii'd under one head
The Clovis field, however. Is an ld'ul
wheat field It Is almost us Hat us a
Hoor. with a gentle slope towaul tho
liver. The other Hues of tho field
mal.o it almost a peifect squaie. Each
side K a little over six miles, and If
the day is clear every part of the field
can bo seen fiom any other pail.
Theto are no roads thiough the Clovis
w lieat Held. It is to be one solid stiet h
of grain, and every squaio foot of land
is to be feitlllzed
Plowing und planting began In thu
big wheat field about tho middle of last
July, nnd will baldly be completed for
tho next two months at least. But the
grain will nil mature ut about tho samo
time. Then ill como the herculean,
task of harvesting It.
With tho big, Improved machlnciy it
does not look ns though there was
much woik spent on planting and har
vesting tho Held. But suppose one man
had to handle tho crop, if such a thing
wmh possible, how long would it tuko
him'
Suppose tho Held was one mile wldo
and fotty miles long, and the ono man
had a double gang plow cutting a fur
iow twenty four Inches wide. Ho
would start at n corner of tho field in
San Francisco and plow south toward
San Jose, a distance, of forty miles.
Then ho would come bnck and cut an
other fuirovv to San Frunclsco. making
eighty miles for tho tound trip.
This amount of work would only be a
tiny scratch four feet wide nlong ona
A YlArfort mnlhA tArlAonlnn
T?f)R I trengtlieii, enlarge ull wet,
MEN
ONtLY.
body. tfJeew of errore and
exctssci cured. A klropla plau,
Indorsed by phyrlclaui Ap
pliance: and treatrutntient on
lir.nrillAl. Nn itiailv tn tt.
rraui"1'"1"-"
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In plain, sealiil Utter. Correspondence con
fidential. ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO. N. Y,
Thd irrp
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Eugene Sandow, the strongest man In tho
world, says: " The secret of my strength Is per
fect digestion. I use the genuine Johann Hoff's
Malt Extract, and find It greatly aids me In the
proper assimilation of food."
JOHANN HOFFS
irMTal
I ttlBSS&VJSar v M'ij mfv" fo : vu
Alfred. What can I do for a bloated
feeling in my stomach ?
William Henry. Take a Ripans Tabule.'
A single one will relieve you
in twenty minutes. If you
take one every night for a
week, just before going to
bed, you won't have the feel
ing any more.
k nw FtrU prvltel containing tks uirAiTM;i. In a pper carton (itltho it kUsj) li now for f aleat Foms
drojf rturrs for rivs cmrs ThH lu prtcM fort h Int. nJnl for lh poor and Ihe tvonnmli-Al Ono itoicn
ot tho ntMcnt nrtnu (120 taMilcM nu Iw had li inrtll by wmlimt forty-. Uht rend, to nw Itirixi cnxmcu.
ejcmriMY.Mo. lOSprufthtrtrt.Neir VorL orifnglcaxtou(ti'TABiLES)TviUtKuttornYOCi.nU,
side of the forty-mile Held, mid the pto- J
cess, would have to bo repeated at last
1,100 times, making a total distance of
about 103,000 miles.
Suppose that thu plowman woiked nt
tho rato of about twenty miles a day.
To get over tho 103,000 miles would take
ti,230 days. To plant would take about
tho samo time, making a total of 10,500
days, or nearly thirty years. It would
be like spending a. lifetime, and the
distance traveled would be equivalent
to going around the world four times.
And all in one California vvhonl Held.
To accomplish the necessary amount
of work within the time ut his dis
posal, the owner of the Clovlj wheet
Held hus to employ over 200 man, over
1,000 horses und several tons of big
machine! y. The men aio w 01 king ear
ly and late now, and If the whole
acreage is planted by Jantiaiy, and a
sufllclent quantity of lain lulls, theie
will be such a crop of wheat es has
never be-n heard of, for the land Is
good lard and the seed Is good seed.
Then will the bread euteis of tho world
give thanks for the existence of the
lurgest when Held in Caiitomtu.
MESSMATES.
Ho gave us all a t,ood-bo cheerily
At tho llrbt dawn of elaj ,
Wo dropped liini down the Mde full
dreaiily
When the lleht died awav.
It's a dead dark watch that bo"s a-keep-
nlg there.
And a. dead, cold night that lags a-crcop-
Ing thtrc,
Wliem th Tiades and the tide loll over
him.
And the meat ships go by.
lie's tlicro alone, with gieen scms luiklu
him
Tor a thousand miles round;
He's tli"- ulonu, with dumb thlngi
..-King him,
nml we 10 hoineu.ud bound.
It's a long, lono watch tint he's a-Ueon-
ing theie,
Ada a dead, (old lilsht llmt hus a-cieep-
Ing theie,
Whllu the montliH and the j ' 1 1 s mil ov r
him.
And the gnat r-hlps go bj.
I wonder If the tiamps coino near enough
As they thiash to and tio,
And thu battleships' bells ling clear
enough
To bo litaid down below,
If through all the long watch thut ties
u -keeping theie,
And tho lung, cold jilcht that lig
a- lceplng theie.
The voices of tin salloi-liien diill eotn
foit him,
Win 11 tho gnat ship" cj In
-Henri Newbolt in Atlantic oMtitlil.
DR. B. C. WEST'S
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C3TRed Label Special
txtra btrennih.
For Impotency. Loss of
Power. IxiL lanLoori.
Htorility or HarronneBBi.
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Win. Q. Clarke, J16 I'enn Ave., Scranton, Pa
THE DICKSON M'FG CO,,
bciauton nnd Wlllces-Hauo, l'x
.Miiuufuctmers of
L0C01Y10TIYES,STAT!0NARY ENGINES
Holler., Hoistlnx and Pumpln: Macilnsry,
deueral Ottlco, Hcranton 1' i
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mend brand to Urdu Utid mcttUiV
loeica irsiwi wim n ue ntoofi joke
laoof htrt Jitfuit d&tiatratu aukanrti.
'ttona and iwxitixtlana At DnrvlitB. or anit In.
la niri for ptrtltiUn, uitlraoaltl. t
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Brewery
Alanufacturers of
OLD STOCK
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435 10455 H-Nifiiii Si., SGranlon. Pa.
Telephone Call, 3333.
THE
SIC POWDER CO.
Itooms 1 ami 2,1'oin'Mi U'l'd'g.
SCRANTON, rA
Alining and Blasting
Jliulout Mooslc and Knslnlala Worlii
I.AI LIN & RAND POVVDr.ti C0'5
ORANGE GUN POWDER
J lectrlu liattcilcs Kluetrio UxpIoJeM,
101 exploillui blasts, ufety I me uml
Repauno Chemical Go's cl
man
I.OS1VR5
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At Retail.
C ual of the best quality fur domct o us
niut of ull fclzos, including i.ucl:vv heat ana
liirUbeye, dellvarod In any part of tin
city, ut tho lowest price.
Orders received at tho otilce, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No. 6:
telephone No 2621 or Rt the mlno. tele
phone No Til vmII lio piomptly uttendei
to Dealers supplied at the mine.
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SV3ADE HIE: A RflANJ
AJAX TABLHTS FOSITIVKLY CURH
ory,IapotQcy. 81epleitneti, to, ru$J
by Abuse or ether ilzceescs and India
crtlouB, They tjutehly ftnti aurtt'f
reHtoro IxwtMtallty in oldorjouaff aai
litaruAuTcrfitudrt builuMsor marrla-j,
IrriTnt. lriltllt nnt Prvnann-r.l Inn P
Ihten'ia time. Tbnlrrtii thowfi ircmedUto jniproTo
iuuui auu vuvcm h uju irur un niaor IfUl in
lit lirvMi liavini thn irrnnlnM Atnr Tnt-latai Tt
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Tor fia In Scrantcn, Pa., by Matthews
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