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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1884-09-11

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SHORT
LIN E.
GHIcAGo.

mOdatiOns-aIl of which are II
greatest railway in America,
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SOON.

The sere and yellow leaf reminds us
that summer is now past; that winter
is approaching with its cold toes, frozen
noses, and long pleasant evenings.
Soon the song of the blackbird and
crow will be heard no more in the land.
Soon the goose with its kissing mate,
viii take the wings of the morning and
fly to SUMMER climes, and leave us poor
wingless creatures to battle with the
cold blast of king winter. Soon will
the tale of love be told under the glim-
mering light of the chandelier, while
the willow and the sycamore and the
sweet brier can sing requiem for the
songs of love which have been sung
under its once green, but now brown,
branches. Soon will the front gate
rest its creaking, for the turtle doves
which once swung there, are now cud-
died near the blazing CRATE. Soon will
the school "marm" take her stand in
the little rickety school house at the
foot of the hill. Soon will be heard
the ringing steel as the happy boys and
girls glide swiftly over the bosom of
the ice bound river. Soon will be
heard the voice of the "guid mon" call
ing me from the kitchen, Chow soon
can l have my supper"
Soon, All Soon.
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First insertion Sept. II: last ms. sep. -.
PROBATE NOTICE.

Dated at Maakatn the =9th day 81 August
A. d., 1881.
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Convention StOry-Tellers.

"Bilr' Travers, the legitimate sue
cessor of Sam Ward. was here and told
the Chicago Club some of his stories.
With him was friend named Bell.
They say that one of Travers' brightest
hits was late at night at an impromptu
supper at the club. In his inimitable
stutter, which it is impossible to trans
fer to paper, he had told story after
story and kept the table in a veritable
roar for hours. In the wee sma' hours
Travers arose to 60, unheeding the call
for more. His friend Bell ran after
him and brought him back. There
was once a sexton of country church, !"
said Travers, "who zealously discharg-
ed his duty by ringing the church bell
until every member of the congrega-
ton showed up. When he started he
couldn't stop till all were present
One night he was accidentally locked
in the church. Fancy him cropping
about in the pitchy darkness, stum-
bling over pews, terrified and afraid.
Finally his hand touched the bell rope.
He gave it peal after peal. The villag-
ers, long since in bed, were thus called
back, and so am 1 by this loud, discord-
ant Bell"
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The Railroad Hog.

'Is this seat unoccupiedP" a lady
timidly inquired.
Her voice was not very loud. 1t did
not recall the fat man from his revery,
nor his gaze from something interest
ing in the brick walls of the depot
The lady passed on rs though embar-
rassed at the sound of her voice.
''Is one of these seats disengagedp"
The question was asked in firm,
clear voice by young woman who
looked steadily into the monopolist's
eyes as though she understood him.
His head turned slowly, and he coldly
replied: Cali engaged"
Then he resumed his study of the
wall, and the train. moved slowly out
of the depot.
s'OofI'
The exclamation resembled exactly
the grunt OF pig. 1t was made by a
young man with dimple in his chin
and a twinkle in his eye, on q seat di-
agonally across the aisle and behind
the baldheaded man. He was absorbed
in an interesting article in newspa-
per. The exclamation was not no
ticed.
"Oof! Oof! Oof!"
A young lady sitting In the seat
just behind the person intended to
be described by the young man with a
dimple in his chin, Uttered aloud. The
fat man with four sittings stole wick
ed glance at the young man with the
newspaper, and then settled back with
a determined gesture of his neck and
head as if he was not going to mind it.
"Oo-oo-oof! kweek! kwee-e-eek! ooi
oof!''
The passengers turned their atten-
ton to the passenger with four seats.
The bald spot on his head began to Sc:
red.
"Kwe-e-eek, kwee-e-eek, kwee-e-eek!
Oof, oof, oof, oofr'
A tittering and giggling broke out
spontaneously up and down the car.
The bald spot on the fat mans head
blazcd. Then one foot was dragged
off the front seat, then the other. A
hand reached out carefully and set one
valise on the floor. Then the other va
lise followed.
Seat here, 1 guess, ladies'" hi
growled.
Three women threw grateful glances
at the grunter and took their seats.
The grunter, who had not lifted his
eyes from his newspaper, turned il
over to continue reading, but just al
that instant the train glided into the
tunneL-Neao York San.
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FIRST insertion Sept ;: last Insertion Sept -
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth -ss In Probate Court. special Term.
In the matter of the estate of George Little
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He Had Just Los. Five Cents.

The meanest man In Boston sat on
the front seat of Highland Car that
went out to West Roxbury Park Sun
day afternoon. He had scarcely got
on board when he saw o fivo-cent
piece lying on the platform. between
the ratchet-wheel and pawl of the
drivers brake. Throwing newspaper
on the floor, so nobody else could see
his coveted find, he leaned over in an
unconcerned manner and reached for
the coin. As 1t didn't start he took q
good hold, and was just pulling for all
he was worth when the driver gave the
crank two or three rapid turns, pinch
ing his fingers in the pawl and causing
them to bleed. Using his handker-
chief to assuage the blood he again at
tackled the nickel, and did not. relin-
quish his efforts until he found that 1t
had been nailed there as o snare to the
unwary and could not be moved with
out crowbar. Then his under jaw
dropped deJectedly and he appeared
like man who had lost all interest in
earthly affairs. Suddenly he picked
up the paper which no had put down
for shield and commenced to wipe
his injured hand with 1t.
"What are you fooling with that pa
per for. David" asked his companion.
why don't you use your handker-
chiefp"
"a man can't afford to pay out
everything in washing bills. Aleck. es-
pecially when he has just lost FIVE
cents"
With this he returned the partially
soiled handkerchief to his pocket and
used the paper until his fingers had
ceased to bleed.-B0stOn Globe.
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Continued from last tceck.)
How Watch Cases are MADE.

1t is a fact not generally known that the
james Boss Gold Watch Cases really con-
tain more pure gold than many "solid"
gold cases The demand for these watch
cases has led to the manufacture of a very
poor grade of solid gold watch cases
low in quality, and deficient in quantity.
These cases are made from AZ to 10 karats,
and a or karat case is often sold for II
or ii karats. 1t is NOT economy to buy
watch case so poor in quality that it will
soon lose its color, or one so soft that it will
lose its shape and fail to shut tight, thus
letting in dust and damaging the works, or
one so thin that slight blow will break
the crystal, and perhaps the movement.
1t is economy to buy james Boss Gold
Watch Case, in which NONE of these things
ever occur. This watch case is not an erpsri-
ment-it has been made nearly thirty years.
HAZLEToN, PA, Oct ~, 1881
sold two James Boss Gold Watch Cases thirty
years ao when they first came ont, aud thoy In
good condition yet Ono Of them Is carried by Q
shows the wear in one or two places; the other by
Mr. Bowman. of Cunningham. Pa and can pro-
duce one or both of these cases ut any time
SYLVESTER ESoLE, Jeeeisr.
Send cent stamp Keystone watch Fastorss Pha,
drpka. Pa for handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Eos.' and keystone Watch Eases made.
ITO be Continually
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Are your nerves weak
"Kiiacy Wort cured mo from nervous weakness
&C., after was not expected to liye."-Mrs. NJ n. B.
GOODWIN, Ed. Christian Monitor Cleveland, U.
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PSALMS.
[REvIsRD.l

uEAR this, all We people, and give
i'll ear all We inuatids of the world
Hop Bftters will make you wei
and to rejoice.
2. 1t shall cure all the people and put
sickness and suffering ,.nder foot.
3. Be thou not AFRAID when your fami
or Liver Complaint, for Hop Bittert
will cure you.
4. Both low and high, rich and pool
know the value of Hop Bitters for bill.
GUS, nervous and Rheumatic complaints
8. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and
L shall have robust and blooming
health.
6. Add disease upon disease and lei
the worst come, am safe If / use Hop
Bitters.
Z. For all my life have been plagued
with sickness and sores, and not until q
year ago was cured, by Hop Bitters.
8. He that keepeth his bones from
aching from Rheumatism and Neural
gia, with Hop Bitters, doeth wisely.
8. Though thou hast sores, pimples,
freckles, salt rheum, erysipelas, blood
poisoning, yet Hop Bitters will remove
10. What woman ls there, feeble and
sick from female complaints, who de-
sireth not health and useth Hop Bitters
and is made s0eu.
IL. Let not neglect to use Hop Ritters
bring on serious Kidney and Liver COM
plants.
IL. Keep thy tongue from being fur
red, thy blood pure. and thy stomach
from indigestion by using Hop Bitters.
Is. All my pains and aches and dis
ease 60 like chat before the wind when
l use Hop Bitters.
IA. Mark the man who scas nearly
dead and given up by the doctors after
using Hop Ritters and hecometh well.
10. Cease from worrying about nerv-
BUSINESS, general debility, and urinary
trouble, for Hop Bitters will restore
you,
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The October Harper's will contain as
a frontispiece charming picture by
Mr.. Abbey of "Judith Shakespeare, %
the heroine of William Blacks story,
which nears its close, and will have
more of the delightful engravings from
the pencils of Dielman and Gibson, il
Illustrating E. P. Roe's Natures Serial
Story" part eleven. Both Mr.. BOugh-
ton and Mr.. Abbey illustrate the install
ment of the formers clever "Artist
Strolls in Holland" which will appear
in that number. Horace E. Scudder
will take the reader to Copenhagen,
''The Home of Hans Christian Ander-
sen," and Rufus +. ZOgbaum to "The
Home of Tommy Atkins" who is quite
another kind of person. Tommy Atkins
is the popular name for the British SOL
der, and the home described is the
great camp at Aldershot. Both these
papers will be fully illustrated, the lat.
ter by the writer himself A Mexican
metropolis, Monterey, will be describ.
ed and illustrated in an article called
''The Gateway of the Sierra Madre,'
by Frank r. Brown. Two historical
papers, one ON Kings College (now
Columbia), New York, by John Nc
: .,ru,ivn, and the second by Rev. Tread
we'll Walden, on Westminster Hall
and two biographical-one remis
cence of Mr.. Darwin, with portrait o.
him in middle age, the other the re
markable story of a slave horse jockey
Charles Stewart, told by himself anC
edited by a Southern lady, will bt
features of the number. One of the
miscellaneous papers, on "Municipa
Finance" by w. NJ. Twins, private sec
rotary to Mayor Grace, of New York
will attract much attention, and there
will be the usual variety of stories
poems, and departments.
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MANKATo FREE Pass
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1884.
CRANKS.

Burdette's latest diagnosis of the
crank will not be out of place, now that
the different species, especially the po-
litical, are 80 active:
"Cranks my son, the world is full of
them What could We do were it not
for the cranksP How slowly the tired
old world would move did not the
cranks keep it rushing along. Column
bus was crank on American discovery
and decentralization, and at last he
met the fate of most cranks, was thrown
into prison and died in poverty and
disgrace. Greatly venerated now2 Oh,
yes. Telemachus, we usually esteem a
crank most profoundly after we starve
him to death. Harvey was a crank on
the philosophy of the circulation Of the
blood; Calico was an astronomical
crank; Fulton was a crank on the
steam navigation; Morse was tele-
graph crank; all the old abolitionists
were cranks; the Pilgrim Fathers were
cranks; John Bunyan was a crank !;
any man that does not think as you do,
my son, is q crank. And by and by
the crank you despise will have his
name in every mans mouth and half
completed monument to his memory
crumbling down ina dozen cities, while
nobody out of your native village will
know that you ever lived. Deal gently
with the crank, my boy. OF course
some cranks are crankier than others,
but do you be very slow to sneer at a
man because he knows only one thing
and YOU can't understand him. A
crank, Telemachus, is thing that turns
something, it makes the wheels go
round, it insures progress. True, it
turns the same wheels all the time, and
it can't do anything else, but that's
what keeps the ship going ahead. The
thing that goes in for variety, versatile
ty, that changes it's position hundred
times day, that is no crank; that is
the weather vane, my son. What?
You nevertheless thank heaven you
are not u crank? Don't do that, my
son. Maybe you couldn't be Il crank,
if you would. Heaven is not very par
ticular when it wants weather vane !;
almost any man will do for that. But
when it wants crank, my son, it looks
around very carefully for the best man
in the community. Before you thank
heaven that you are not crank exam
inc yourself and see what is the great
deficiency that debars you from such
an election"
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First insertion Aug. %. last insertion Sept. 10.
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNEsoTA. County Of Blu

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
10 Earth. In Probate Court. Special term.
In the matter of the estate Of John Com
stock, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of John
Fisher, Administrator with the viii annexed
OF said estate, setting forth the amount OF
personal estate that hts come 10 his hands,
and The disposition thereof; the amount of
debts and lcgaces named in the wi III outStand-
ing against said deceased, and a description nf
Sllihe real estate of which said deceased died
seized, and the CuuuIii,n and value at the
resp, ctivc portions thereof: and praying
that license be 10 him grant, To sell said lands
at puliIc Snlc. And II appearing 10y Shtdpeti-
ti,,n that there ~ not sufficient personal cs
tate in the hands NJ said administrator tO pay
said l,iacics, and that IL j. necessary la or
der To pay the same, Ia still a | "r said real
estate:
Il il therefore ordered that all persons in
terestcd in said estate appear before the
Judge Of this Court on the 18th day NJ Oct,
A. ID. 1854. at 10 o'clock \. VI ut the Probate
then and there to show cause Oh any there h,'l
why license should not bc granted u said
John Fisher tO sell said real estate according
10 the prayer "f said petition.
And IL Is further ordered. that copy OF
this order shall bc published for four sue
cessivc weeks prior in said day of hearing, the
last of which publications. shall he ut least
fourteen days before said day of hearing, In
the Mankat0 FREE PRESS, weekly ncwspa-
per, printed and published at Mankato in
persons interested in said estate. residing I'm
said county, NJ least fourteen days before the
said day of hearing. and upon all other per
sons interested. according Ia law.
Dated, Mankato, the nth day Of Aug, y. ID.
1884. BY the Court, &. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate q! Blue Earth Co Mimi.
WILLARD X HUGHES,
Attorney for administrator.
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A. F. Nordin, commissioner of
statistics for the State of Minnesota,
has sent us a tabulated statement of
the acreage and yield of the principal
cereals for the year 1888, and also the
acreage of the same for 1884. We DIES
duce the following totals therefrom.
The total acreage of wheat for 1883 is
2, 5O7 200 acres. The crop for 1888 is
reported to be &c, OF, 752 bushels, which
gives an acreage yield per acre for the
State of l4.37 bushels. The acreage
yield per acre for the State Of the other
principal cereals was, for 1883, as fol-
lows: Corn. $3.50, 427 bushels; oats, 80
934 1893 bushels; barley, $40, 946 BUSH;
and the increase in acreage for 1884 is:
Wheat, 2l5,s3 acres; oats, SO, 7O4 acres;
barley, 1860 acres.
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pOIt!
"My family"
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pounds of hair worth $3.50 a pound,
may be sheared from his body every
year.
CROUCH on Rats" clears out Rats,
Mice. Is cts.
"Rough on Corns," for Corns, Bun
ions. 15c.
Thin people. "WelIs' Health Re-
newer" restores health and vigor, cures
dyspepsia, &c. 81.
"Rough on Toothache," instant re-
lief. 15c.
Ladies who would retain freshness
and yivacity don't fail to try "Wells
| Health Renewer."
"Buchu-paiba," great kidney and
urinary cure. 4
Flies, reaches, ants, bed bugs, rats,
mice, cleared out by "Rough on Rats. !"
| 15c.
Rough on Coughs" troches, 15c.
liquid, Doc.
For children, slow in developement,
puny and delicate, use "Wells' Health
Remover"
"Rough on Dentist" Tooth Powder.
Try it. 15c.
Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Sexual
Debility cured by "Wclls' Health Re-
newer" 81.
Mother Swans Worm Syrup, for fe-
verishness, worms, cOnstipation; taste
less. 25c.
Singing, irritation, all Kidney and
Urinary complaints cured by "Buchu-
paiba." 81.
Night sweats, foyer, chills, malaria,
dyspepsia, cured by "Wells' Health
Remover"
My husband writes LADY, is three
times the man since using "Wells'
Health ReneWerv
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A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM, Fhomas, of Newton, Ia,
says: "My wife has been seriously af-
fected with cough for twenty-five
years, and this spring more severely
than ever before. She had used many
remedies without relief, and being
urged to try DIR. Kings New Discovery,
did 30, with most gratifying results.
The first bottle relieved herve much,
and the second bottle has absolutely
cpeed her. She has not bad SO good
health for thirty years.p Trial bottles
free at ]. Il. Jones' drug store.
LARGE size 81.
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth IS In Probate Court. special Term.
In the matter of the estate of George Little
deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition of Mag
gle Rlunl, adminiStraiTiN at said estate, set
ting forth the amount al personal estate that
has come to her hands, ami the disposition
thereof: the amount Of debts outstanding
against said deceased and Il description Of ali
the real estate OF which said deceased died
seized. and the condition aud value of the re-
spcctive portions thereof; and PRAYING that
license bc to her granted Ia sell the real
estate OF which said deceased died seized
And il appearing by said petition that there
is not sufficient personal estate i'll the hands
of sand administrators L. pay said debts, ana
that il is necessary in order To pay the same,
Ia sell of said real estate.
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons IN
tercStcd in said estate. appear before the
Judge of this Court on the &lSt day of October
\. ID. 1854, ut 10 o'clock u. m, ut the prohaie
Office in the city of Munkatu. III said conn
", then and IN, RI to show CIi!Sc or any thcrc
bej why license should not bc granted Ia said
administrative Il sell said real estate, nc
cortiiny To the PRAYER of said petition.
And IL is further ordered. that copy vi
this order shall hr published Tor -FOUR success
sivc weeks prior Ia said day of hcmring, INC
last uf which publications shall bc III least
fourteen days before the said day at hearing
in the Munkatn Free Press, Il weekly news
paper printed at Mankut" IL @a:. county
aud personally served ON all ~ I t~''ilS III
tercstrl in said estate. rrsi'ii'.- = sad conI'
~, NJ least fuurtU. II '~...f hh ndE "'
hearing. aud uPnn al! S !n'ctrSt
eel, according L. lt".
.IH..-.I II PrutcIt".
Dated at Mnakatn the @9tL day 81 August
A. d., 1881.
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All In the Line of Nature.

There is nothing in the line of magic
or mystery about that wonderful and
popular medicine, Parker's Tonic. II
eom Sapy sns b Dess Of 9Gs se
principles of those vegetable curatives
which act powerfully and directly on
the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood.
But there neither is, nor will be, any
successful imitation Of it, 1t is all the
time curing those who had despaired
of ever getting well. For yourself,
your wife and children.
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An old time magistrate in Georgia
once delivered the following decision
in the case of an Industrious settler
who was sued for small sum, ''The
defendant in this case is hard work
ing man. He settled in the woods and
has cleared up big new ground and
is now opening up another clearing. /
don't think that he is able to pay the
debt at this time, and the other man
appears to be in good circumstances
and can afford to wait longer. ! cam
not, therefore, give Judgment against
the defendant"
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1t Is fact not generally known that
Bangor, Me-, makes about as many
moccasins rs all tho other places in the
United States combined. In 1868 this
business in Bangor was controlled by
four large firms, which are now merged
into two. These employ about 800
persons, and turn out about 100. 900
pairs of boots and shoes q year, four
fifths of the number being shoes. Many
improvements havo been made In the
mOccasin since It's first introduction.
and it is now decent in appearance as
well Ms very comfortable.
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It is some slight comfort to know
that other nations beside ourselves
sometimes blunder in the construction
Of war vessels. The Ajax and Aga
memnon of the British navy, which
took nearly eight years to construct,
and cost about $5,500,000, are pro-
nounced to be failures. Per contra, a
private firm on the Thames built an
ironclad of 5000 tons for foreign
Government in two years, which not
alone embodied all the latest improve
ments, but cost only quarter Of the
amount which has been squandered on
tho Ajax and Agamemnon.