:v' f ;-;, ' Y ' ''Wr i ) c , THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1900. 12 r( VTFI .rsss ?r I will ruorftntM thtt Br Rheutuatlira Cure will rellCTt lum bMto, icIftUc and all rheumatic paint la two or three honra, and cure In a few ay,, MUNYON. At all druggist, 2Sc a ttal. Uulde to Health and medi cal advice free. 1006 Arch at., Phlla. freight has been Increased from alx to ton. LIVE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD CASE OP RUNNING FAST RAIL ROAD TRAINS. Way the D., L. & W. Board Is Made Up for Today Revised Freight Classification on the Trunk Lines. Work ol Clearing Up the Interior of the 3)odson Shnft la Progress ing New Lehigh. Valley Station at East Mauch Chunk. One of tho most Interesting problems which confront the railroad men jf today Is to determine what la the extiut Increase of cost to thu railroad com panies In running a train at Ills'" speed over the cost of running it at a moderate speed. Thus far the prob lem has not been answered with any thing like mathematical exactitude. There are certain item"', however, which can be brought together in a group. These must be taken into ac count in the solution. F. A. Delano, superintendent of motive power of the Chicago, Burlington anu Qulncy. rail lond. In an address made before the Western Hallway club, classified tho items. The Burlington runs the fast est train In the west. Tho matteta to be considered are, he says: 1. Increased fuel consumption. 2. Higher grade or ntundird of ma chinery, material and service required for extra fast trains. 3. Increased wear and tear, cost of maintenance of machinery, permanent way, etc. 4. Increased risk of accident by breakage of machinery, injury to track, etc. 5. Increased rik of aocidont. such as collisions with other trains, and risks token to avoid collisions. 6. Delay to trnflle on account of keep ing the road clear. Increased fuel consumption will ap proximate 7! per cent. This on the supposition that a speed of sixty miles This and That. The plans for the new Lehigh Valley depot at East Mauch Chunk have been changed to such an extent as to save the company almost $200,000. Even with this change 'the building, when complete, will be a credit to the town and to the railroad company. An extra large forca of carpenters will be put to work m as to get cott running through the breaker as soon as possible, as there Is an Increased demand for coal. Tho officials of this company will lose no tlmu In hurrying tho work along. Wllkes-Bnrre Times. Tho work of clearing up the Interior of the Dodson No. 12 shaft which was damaged by fire last July Is progress ing rapidly and a largo force of men has been put on this week to hurry the work along. The work In the shaft Is about completed and the carrlago has been placed in position. The sur veyors were on tho ground on Trlday and Rtaked out the ground for the new breaker and as scon oh that Is dono work on the new structure will com mence. MELON THRESHING- TIME. SAVE YOUR HAIR WITH SHAMPOOS OF A New Industry Among the Farm ers on the Kansas Plains. From the Kanus City Star. This Is watermelon year In Kansas. The fields that seem good for nothing In ordinary seasons are producing great, luscious melons that arc the wonder of tho local newspapers, and furnish more refreshment than the gatlicilngs on the rear steps of the court house can dispose of. Prices, which early in the season were "25 cents straight," have gone down and down as the melons grew larger and more numerous, until they have be come "two for a nickel," or anything that the buyer would give. The mel ons havp attained to an enormous size, too. Whole wagon loads, In which the melons average fifty pounds In weight, are common In the central and western towns, while the king melon, raised at Clifton nnd carefully shipped to the St. Louis market, Is said to have weighed 107 pounds. The sand hills that are found In many Kansas counties have been the best producers. These sections are worthless for corn, and make only fair farm lands under the best of cir cumstances. But when melons are planted there Is almost no end to the number that will be produced. Ranking nlong with the sand hills nie the level plains out on the Ar kansas river, through Kearney and Finny counties. The soil Is light and free from Injurious grasses. Irrigation Is possible from the ditches fed from the river. These ditches aro near enough tho Colorado line to get some of the water that flows by the Qojora do irrigators, but Is lost before it reaches tho lower counties In central Kansas. Tho melon raising Industry here has taken a new form. There are not enough people- to cat a hundredth part of the number that Is grown, but the farmeis raise them for the seed. The men who raise melons for the seed find it a very profitable under taking. They utilize the wide level lAl,1n j . utriuH uiiu Kti irom a row acres as SoaP And light dressings of CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures. This treatment at once stops falling hulr, removes crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes Irritated, Itching surfaces, stimulates the hair folli cles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp when all else falls. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor. , , . ConrfiUtijtof Ccncmu floAP (Me.), to cleanse tho rftln of crniM and fllfiinillin fesles and saftcn tnt thickened cuticle; CcTltrnA Ointment B0c.), 1 1 1 1 111! I TS ! at"ly,ltny Itchlns tnflnmmMloii, nnd Irritation, sad tootho and UUUU1 U beali nd Cgnctnu nisor .vni ltoh,U eoolaad cImim the blood. THE SET SI 25 f''n" H All About tho Bids, Bealp, and Bait," fro. an hour Is made instead of thirty miles much as ordinarily they could from a quuner section uy tne usual course of farming. The object of the crop being to secure seed, they do not give tho tillage necessary in producing melons for market, but nevertheless have enor mous yields. The crop Is planted from the middle of May to June 20, and Is, after being cultivated, well Irrigated twice in dry season three times. As the season progresses, the melons grow ho large that there is no possl blllty of horse cultivation, and the fur mer simply waits for the ripening, which' comes In the latter part of Aug ust up to September 20. During this month Is the threshing a unique expeilence on the plains. Two kinds of machines are used, both of the same principle one run by hand and the other by horse power. The latter Is more common, and may be seen in operation on any of the melon patches. The thresher has for Its nasi an hour. As a result of this demand engines which formerly handled ten or twelve cars to a train have been dis carded or put nn branch or light ser vice, while erglr.es of twice their power cannot handle trains of equal length and weight under the new conditions of required speed. In the extra fast service no expense Is spared. The matter tnrchanla gives increased attention to the conditions of the engine und cars. Only the very best of materials Is used. Just as an instance. The waste Is specialty pro pared and the coal Is selected and broken before It Is put on the engine. Trom tho roadmaster to the section man the roid service If keyed up to top notch to keep the track safe to the fast train. The added cost In the wear nnd tear of the machinery and the track Is more than considerable. It Is hard to of the machine with such force that they are shattered. The cylinder Is turned with a crank and the pulp, seeds and tind come out below. Tho sieve Is on an Incline nnd the. seed pulp works through, to bo caught and placed in pltr In the ground. Hera the pulp rots and seeps away Into the poll, nnd the seeds mav bo gathered and put on a sheet to dry. This Is a cheap way to harvest the seeds, and In some ways Is fully ns satisfactory. The seeds me soUl to the Chicago and eastsrn wholesale seed dealers. The price varies from 8 to It cents a pound, this oar being rather low on' account of the large yield. Tho yield to tho acre runs from 151) to 300 pounds, which, as the land Is worth only $3 or less, makes a good return. With nn Income of $2"; and the cost of raising estimated nt $S to $12 an acre, giving fair wages for all work, this makes one of the most profitable crops that the western Kansas prairie lands can taise. In addition to the melon? threshed for seed there are a few hundred to be sold for eating, often making quite an addition to the re turns of the year. It is estimated by tho farmer,? engaged that the crop Is far better than any of the grains when the price Is an average one, as there is seldom a failure. Kearney county Is this venr the cen ter of the melon rnlslng district. Among tho farmers who are engaged largely In the business ore O. H. rodds. Henry Entz and Lewis KH, of Lakin: A. K. Downing. John Fmi ser, II. C. Wills and William Logan, of Deerfleld. There have from fifteen to sixty noroH every year, and this year are threshing large crops. Scores of farmers are entering th business, and It promises to become one of the lead ing Industries of thnt portion of tho west. While the distance from the market and the proximity to the Rocky Ford region prevent a satisfactory market for melons for eating, seed raising is easily handled and returns an income that is satlr.factory. I age, Is the Inflection of the adjective. Besides singular and pluial they have, ' flit l',l Cllimilil nvllilfll ln .l.lnl "nvwl they are verv stilct about the use of It." One would t-ay that the tesources of human speech do not allow the plural number to be formed unless by change in the first or last syllable of the noun or In the interposition of one midway, as in the Turkish. But Anti podean Ingenuity Is equal to the task. These black follows express the plural by a change, not In the noun, but In the verb. Upon the whole, there Is no such lively example of the perplexing rule that language Is more complicated, and more scrupulous to Interpret tho speaker's meaning, in proportion to tho i barbarism of those who use Jt. There ! are exceptions enough, of co'ursc. Nothing New Under the Sun. Aleck Well, Undo;, this Is very differ ent from the fnrm, It-n t It? Uncle Huhe It teels strange, sure I enough; but I guess the owners of them j new-fangled things know all about wat- erlng their stock. Just tho same. Auto mobile Magazine. determine tho risk to other trains The , a large cylinder, from the surface of expensive block nnd signal systems would not be required were It not for the high speed trains. Their Initial cost Is small compared with tho cost of their maintenance. A most difficult and rollout; faclor is the delay to other traffic due to high speed trains. Altogether it Is not go ing too far to say that the increase In the rate of speed Is not accomplished without the c-xpendlturo of at lead two dollars where one sufl'ced before. ' D., L. & W. Board for Today. Following is the make-up of the Delaware, Lackawanna nnd Western board for toda,v: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1900. WILD CATS SOUTH. 1 a. m, P. Singer. 3 a. m. J. Itowe, with W. D. Wnrfcl's men. I r.9 a. m. W. A. Bartholomew. ft a. m. A. K. Ketrhum. 8 a. m. O. Kearney. 10 a. m.-r. ailllgan. 1 p. m J. MeCue. 5 p. m. James Olnlev. 3 p. m. W. II. Bartholomew. 4M p. m.-F. Hal let t. 4.11 p. m. D. Wullnee, with A. Pollmmus' men. SUMMITS. fi.30 a. m., north C5. Hrounfolker. 11 a. m., south McLane, with Warrick's men. 11.30 a. m., north H. Hush. PULLEH. 10 a. nt'. Peckins. rUSHERS. ,1 a. m., south Houser. 11.30 a. m.. south M. MorarC 1 p. m south-. M. Murphy. 10 p. m., south C. Caw ley. PASSENGER ENGINE. (.30 p. m. M. Magovern. WILD CATS. NORTH. 9 a. m., 2 engines J. E. Masters. It a, m.i 2 englneB C. Klngsley. 3 p, m., 2 enxines J. O'Hura. 6 p. m., 2 engines T. Fitzputrlck. , Qnorge Wandall and men and C. Town scud and men will report at my office at I.J0 a. n., Wednesday, Feb. 2S. A. C. S. LThe Xevlsed Classification. ..'..Nearly ajl of the trunk lino railroads ,pfld connections which uso tho official might classification have sent in t ,ter votes on the, changes recom ' mended by the classification commit 'le It, Is expected that a supplement- ary. classification will toe sent out ,nsjrJ.th'ln a few days. Tho leading trattto '"m.riageiB believe that they have ellm ..lnatd the objectionable features of the pfflp.lai classification and have met jew)shes'of a large proportion of the ''WPPfrs, ' ; Is scarcely a doubt as to the adopt jbiL,pf the changes recommended , y iba committee. Th complalnta of .imiUft differences between, tho rates , ,en' car'-load jots and less than carload 7.1'KaY9.,b,en adjusted in what the 'ftfcfflc ro.naKrs term "a llbsral spirit.'1 .yaere Is no rvth In the rrport from ' fbe weit that tht, number of classes of which pioject many small Iron spikes, Intended to tear and break the melon. This cylinder Is set at the bottom of a hopper, Into which tho melons nro thrown from wagons. Leading from the cylinder Is a large sieve-bottomed inclined canier, over which the mingled melon pulp nnd rinds nro worked, the finer portion, with the seeds, passing through and falling to the ground, the rinds and pieces of vines being shoveled out to a heap as refuse. The melons are cut heveral days be fore the threshing, and nre allowed to begin to decay, so that they may be more easily broken "and the seeds come out with less difficulty. The pulp, which comes through the sieve, Is pluced In a vat or tank, where water Is added nnd the whole mass Is left to feiment. In this process the seeds sink to the bottom, nnd the pulp, which re mains on top, is lndled out, the seeds washed, then spread on sheets In tho sun to dry. The pile of rinds, when It becomes too large for comfort, Is not moved the threshing maculno Ih changed to a new location. The ma chine Is tun easily by two horses with a tumbling rod attachment. The h.tnd machine Is a simple affalf. It Is hauled around the fit Id where tho melons have been previously cut and placed In piles for Its coming. Tho feeder, as in tho case of Hie large ma chine, throws the half-rotten melons against tho obstructions In the hopper THE MATTER OF GENDER. ilni's Lager Beer Brewery MntiuTacturers of OLD STOCK PILSNER 44DoNot Grasp at the Shadow and Lose the Substance' Many people are but shadows of their former selves ; due to neglect of health Look out for the blood, the fountain of life, the actual substance ; keep that pure by regular use of Hood's SarsaparllU and ro bust health will be the result, DysptpsU, weakness, And other 'wor ries tuill be things of the put And lift wiU be worth thing. Hacking Cough "I was troubled with dry, hacking cough. On bottle of Hood's SAfSApArttU helped me And three bottles cured me And nude me strong." George W.Bennum, CoolspHng, DeU MxdiSt Hftod'i Wtli nr Utm UU i tho PT.-trrttettM m only .tWiET5 tfc Willi Bood't SrHtrUUl Its Humors as Exemplified in Var- iou Curious Languages. From the Pall Mall Gazette. There Is fun which the vulgar do not suspect in the study of languages. Eu ropean tongues, springing from tho same root, except Basque and Magyar and Turkish, have been dtilled Into un iformity of structure. They give no no tion of the tricks and complications which savage men devise to express their simple thoughts. But the reader must not suppose I nm more learned than himself In this science; it is only in miscellaneous skimming of books that a few- odd little examples have Impressei themselves upon my memory. Observe the detail of gender. It seems to us that nature itself has regulated that matter once for all. In most lan guages, of course, Inanimate things are treated as masculine or feminine; everybody knows that our forefathers did the same thing long ago. But, In any case, male, female and neuter gen ders exhaust the possibilities. Ycu cannot have more than three genders, or less than two, for the sexes must be distinguished. So It appears to the civilized mortal. But an Australian of Daly river contrives to recognize four, whil? nn Algonquin of North America and a Dravldlan of India have two, In deed, but they are not male and fe male. For tho Daly river person In sists that plants shall have a gender of their own; the Algonquin and the Dravldlan agree that It is the distinc tion of llvlns and dead, not that of sex, which should be maintained. The great Fulah nation also Ignores main and female, making one comprehensive gender of human beings and everything that relates thereto, and another for nil creatures and things outside. Thus, tame c-aXtle are distinguished from wild, and a tree planted with Intention from one that springs naturally. Upon the other hand, those poor Armenians have not . even one gender to bless themselves with. But the Australians of the Daly river actually put gender Into their verbs. Humane persons would not credit such an outrage upon lower authoilty than that of Rex. D. McKlllop, In charge of a Roman Catholic mission there. Only to think of learning such a language gives one a shiver. Wo do not hear how many moods go to a verb, but the tenses are vaguely and awfully described as ('endless;" perhaps tho rev erend gentleman had not yet succeed ed In dislodging them. Thirty-five reck oned In the speech of the Basuto Kaf firsno less do those interesting bar barians require for conversation. But they do not call upon them to agree With th noun In gender as well as In number and person. That is the eg. elusive demand of the Mullok-Mulloks, Cherltes and Ponga-Pongai, among whom Mr. McKlllop and hJs brethren spend their days, desperately wrest ling with the parts of speech. Another contrivance, not exclusive but more Highly developed on the Daly river, ap parently, than in any. other land or 485 to 455 N. Ninth Street . SCRANTON, FA Telephone Call. 2.133. MOUNT PLEASANT COAL At Retail. Coal of the best quality for domestle use and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdaeye. delivered In any part of the city, t the lowest price. Orders received at the office. ConnMI building. Room (06; telephone No. 1711. or at tli mine, telephone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. MOUNT PLEASANT COAL CO nnolyaSiWallac SCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER. Silks for Spring Worthy weaving, reliable dyeing and artistic printing are exemplified as never before in the Foulard Silks we have gathered for your picking. Some of the color combina tions are extremely novel and there's not much to pay. Just such a collection of Silks as will please discriminat ing and economical women. There are so many kinds that it is not easy to select those which shall "get their names in the papers," We pick these at random: 50c 75c Corded India Silks, smooth, strong weaves, fine delicate tints pretty blues, pinks and greens, espec ially appropriate for waists and evening wear. Printed and woven Foulards. You know the ele gance and popularity of Foulards. They deserve their regency gracelul, dainty and durable. Our collec tion contains all the new colors and many new de signs dots, rings, angles, oblongs, ovals, diamonds, squares, scrolls, zig-zags and catchy strokes and' splashes that are ideal for Foulards, but would be ec centric if applied to any other silk. These are 22 and 24 inches wide and the usual 90c and $1,00 values. CONNOLLY & WALLACE, 127 and 129 WASHINGTON AVENUE HI SHORT M DELIGHTFUL TRIPS of two to five) days' duration, are offered by the OLD to such welMsnown historic points as Norfolk Old Point Comfort Richmond Washington at the above prices. V Favorite Route from the North nnd East to the Winter Resorts of Virginia and North Carolina. For full Information apply to OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO Pier 88, North Elver, Wow York. H. B. Walker, Traffic Manager. 3. J. Brown, Gen. Pass. Agt. 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