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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
View of "Old" Rolling Mill.

tai than useful except that is furnishes
small amount of water for cooling the
rolls and like purposes.
Golden Days at the Mill.
The period which the old time en-
ployes of the mill like to speak about
with tenderest recollection of the happy
bygone days is the period during the
war That was the time when wages
were high and work superabundant.
Employees were almost as scarce in
comparison with the demand as wives
are in a western mining town. Mr..
Jones tells that the late D. b. Brainard
of this city, who was before the war
and about that time foreman at the
mill, used to spend hours at the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western depot
watching all incoming trains, ready to
extend a warm hand to all green
horns" arriving.
These were the days when a laborer
was paid for his daily toll as much
as the skilled mechanic Is now paid.
Among all who worked in the rolling
mill in those days and are now living
bond of fellowship to a remarkable
extent exists. Mr.. Jones says that if
he meets man who worked with him
IN the mill in those early days that he
Is as proud to shake his hand and as
happy to welcome him as if he had been
a long lost brother, seen for the first
time since both were boys together.
The old rolling mill sounds with the
same cadence as the "Old Oaken
Bucket or THE Old Mill Stream"
A visit now to it is frought with sug-
gestiions Of the romantic ruins of the
old and ancient gnist mills of poetry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

1t is situated along the stream, walled
in by picturesque banks and has a
charm about about 1t in its stiffness
that is inspiring.
lie Is One of the Very Few.
Mr. Jones is one of the few in these
parts who spent his early manhood.
prime of life, and declining years as an
artisan under the old mills roof. Three
of his sons We're killed In the employ of
the company, the last being John b..
who met his death last October. with
two others, instantly by fall of rock
In the Pine Brook shaft. He Is, he be-
lieves, the only one that has not an
swered the long roll call, who was a
worker in those early days; when, as he
expresses 1t, mo one would think that
Scranton would ever be what 1t is."
During the past half dozen years this
old soldier on Scranton's frontier has
been resting on the easy side of life.
He takes a pride in his long unbroken
years of service for the company and
they have rewarded him with posi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

ing Industry. The manufacture of steel
then was an unknown quantity and not
discovered and made practicable until
almost the time when the war broke
out. Iron spikes and merchant iron
We're the first articles wrought at the
rolling mill and the number of employees
an 1862, ten years after the first stone
was laid on the foundation, had in
creased ten-fold and then amounted to
about 400 men and boys. These were the
Old times prior to the change to steel
rails when it is told of the fabulous
wages paid to the puddlers.
Puddlers Out of Work.
There were sixty puddlers employed
ait the mill and when the company be-
gam the manufacture of steel the pud-
ding mall was shut down, the fires ex-
tinguished and in a few years the grass
was growing In what had been the most
important part of the establishment.
In another partition of the mill steel
rails were being turned out by improved
machinery, giving forcible illustration
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

of the rapidity with which conditions
change in this progressive country
where new and better methods are con-
stantly superseding the old.
The puddlers, among whom were Mr..
Jones, struggled against being separat-
ed from their furnaces, but they were
powerless to stay the wheels of pro-
gress and We're sadly compelled to ac-
commodate themselves to the new con-
ditions of affairs. They still speak with
affectionate regret of the y'good old
days" when they worked before the
flaming furnaces and earned salaries
that in these days appear prlncely. Mr..
Jones spoke with feeling about these
days that have gone and. related many
interesting incidents that occurred in
that old pudding mill.
Many Changes Have Been Made.
Additions and innovations were made
from time to time, and at present the
mill stands as represented in this por-
trait, fully equipped as 1t has been for
more than twenty years with maohin-
cry able to turn out steel rails or steel
fish plates, as the order may be. All
that is necessary is to change the rolls.
which can be done in less than am h ur
and the mill is ready for the manufac-
tuie of one or the other. Industry has
bceE absent from the mill for q Little
more than month and dt Is commonly
reT Crted that work will resume there
again in brief space after the begin
ming of the coming year. 1t is COM
mon impression that the old mill has
been abandoned as q relic of the past,
as something that had outgrown its
usefulness. This is a most erroneous
impression, as 1t has been operated
ceaselessly, with the exception of the
usual idle spells that were felt at the
other mills. In fact, the old rolling mill
worked when the North works and
South works were many times idle.
Quite as interesting as the mill itself
is the. dam that is seen in the view UP
the stream. 1t was built the same year
for the purpose of supplying water to
the boilers that generated steam to pro-
pei the machinery. 1t abounded with
fish and sportsmen spent many pleas
ant hours along it's banks. But as the
years sped by civilization reaching out
settled along the Roaring Brook creek
and the water became polluted so that
the fish died and the boilers would rust
with its use. Now it is more ornamen-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
This Old Country.


Good times or bad times, we're with this
country still:
With her on the mountain top, or slldin'
down the hill!
Don't care how corn's a-sellin' IL cot
toms high or low
This old country. brethren, is the best
one that we know
Good times, or bad times, we're in this
country still
Every time we feel her shake we have a
friendly chill!
Don't care how things is goin', nor how
the tempests blow,
This here old country, brethren, is the
best that we know! ~
Good times, or bad times, we're In this
country still:
With her when we sow the grain, an
when we go to mill I.ttF
Don't care what's In the future; wen
whistle as we go, 80
For this old country, brethren Is the best
one that we knowl
ATLANTA Constitution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
This Is Indeed News.

From the Lebanon Daily News.
Relying upon the reliability as we'll rs
crediblity Of one of our exchanges we
said several days ago that "for the first
time in its history Lackawanna county
has prisoner on hand who has been
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, and will likely be hung" We have
since discovered that this is a mistake
and that We have done the county great
injustice. Instead of having such a clean
record, as we were led to suppose Lacka-
wanna has had a number of ed-handed
criminals, of whom five have been made
to pay the death penalty and the sixth is
almost ready for the gibbet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
Some Pictures of Hndes.

Dec 16.-Last night just before din
ner two of the girls rushed into my
room and asked if | cared to go to heal
Berllozs Faust" with them. They
had gotten tickets and one of them-a
perfect angel, the Scotch one-indulged
In a ticket for me too, so that they
could take me along. OF course l was
the happiest mortal alive all through
dinner, during which function could
not be suppressed, do what they would
to make me and my spirits subside
WE'LL to get on, we went, and we sat In
the stalls" as they call the dress circle
here, and had pretty ladies with love-
ly dresses and beautiful opera cloaks
all around me. where | could look at
and admire and fall in love with them,
and wonder how it felt to have dia-
monds in ones hair, and lace fans, and
silver lorgnettes to look through, and
to look severe and calm and superior
and smart" and all that. or course !
enjoyed Berlioz, especially the orches-
tration, which in this work is superb.
/ should think 1t would be q feasible
plan TO take sinners to hear the last
two acts of this opera instead of
preaching sermons about the lower
regions to them. Lots of people have
gotten hardened to sermons by this
time; but If they just heard the sound
painting, of the terrors and furles
which await the ungodly below stairs,
which the orchestration in this work
gives, I'm morally certain they would
endeavor to mend their ways without
any unnecessary delay. The chorus
was very good, the orchestra magnifl-
cent, taking in every instrument which
is used in orchestra; the soloists-a
Faust, Margaret and Mephlstophe-
les-were so so. The conductor must
not forget, was Sir Joseph Barnby him
self.
Dec. II. Last night we went down to
Queens hall to hear Schumann con-
cert Everything on the programme
vocal, piano and strlng--was by Franz
Schumann. l enjoyed some of 1t very
much, and some 1 didn't. heard some
very good ballad singers, though.
London, by the way, is ballad-mad Just
now, and there are ballads ON every
programme, while the big London bal
lad concerts are attended by throngs
every time there Is one on; and as for
ballad singers, why, their name is le-
glon, and they range all the way from
the very best, among whom is May
Calwalder Darien, whom great many
Of us heard at the Words fair. down to
the very poorest "executioners"
Among Curious Britishers.
Tonight I have a dinner party to go
to. So ! must don the only evening
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
THE WESTERN GIRL.
Octave Thanet Says There Are the Con.
yentional and the Unconventional, but
They Are Always Jolly.

NentlOnal ana the JncOnNentlOnal, puI
They Are Always Jolly.
There may be things which the West
ern girl lacks; but one thing she surely
has-that is a good time! There still
Is, and, much more, there was, pic
turesque social liberty in the average
Western towns whereby the girls and
boys have profited. The laws Of con-
duct were few. Mice" girls could dc
things which would make a woman
reared in a more conventional atmo-
sphere shudder to hear.
The conventional woman did not con-
slider that the liberty accorded to the
Western girl was matched by the re-
spect exacted of the Western man. II
certainly appears an audacious breach
not only of conventions, but of common
propriety for girl of 10 to drive away
with a boy of %, take supper in pub
lie restaurant and come home by moon
light. Yet the boy would no more
dream of thinking lightly of the girl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
WON DERFUL,

soUTu SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 10, 1894.
MIR. G. W. Campbell-Dear Sir: l have
given my boy, Freddie, years old, some Of
DR.; Campbelrs Magic Worm Sugar and Tea.
and TO my surprise this afternoon about 2
o'clock he passed q tapeworm measuring
about 80 feet in length, head and all. / have
u In bottle and any person wishing to see
1t can do so by calling at my store. / had
tried numerous other remedies recommended
for taking tapeworrns but ali failed. In m "
estimation DR.. Campbell's is the greatest
worm remedy in existence
Yours very respectfully,
FRED HEFFNER, 732 Beech st.
sNote-The above is what everybody says
after once using. Manufactured by C. W.
Campbell. Lancaster, Pa Successor to DR..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
As AM.

give the following statement unasked.
l nave been sufferer for SO long a time
anu anu nave spent so much money with so
SaIled specialists and each time have been
disappointed and msed that 1t was with
a good deal of doubt that / called on DIR.
hAChER. But knowing of some of the
cures ne made In this city four years ago.
ana the confidence of the people of Scran-
ton In him then l resolved to try him.
II was lucky move for me, I was
troubled with dizziness, spots floating be-
Iore my eyes, bad dreams, melancholy.
easily startled when spoken TO- no desire
10 exert myself and tired on the least OK
ertion, especially In the morning; had
no pleasure in company; very nervous
ana altogether was a complete wreck.
But thanks to DIR. HACKER, am TODAY
well man. would advise all young men
suffering as | did to call Immediately; in
45 days / gained in flesh Is pounds. For
obvious reasons prefer to withhold my
name, but u any who suffer will call on
DR. HACKER at the Lackawanna Medi-
cal institute, he will furnish my name
and address.
NO CURE, NO PAY.
EXAMINATION FREE and conducted
In German, Welsh or English.
Send for "Our Book on nervous dis
eases OF men. oftice. 327 Spruce street,
Scranton.
:, OFFICE HoURs-S a. IN. TO 8 D, m.
sunday, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
ItTakcs Brains.

From the Chicago Record
No one will be surprised to learn that
prize lighters consider foot ball brutal. 1t
requires prize lighters intellect to make
these delicate distinctions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
As to the Too offieious IIelper.

From the Wilkes-Barre Leader.
The Scranton Tribune is right In this
far-the man who goes into the booth to
help the voter vote, should be sat upon,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
STILL IN EXISTENCE.
The World Renowned and Old Reliable
Or. Campbell's Great Magic Worm
Sugar and Tea.

every box guaranteed to give satisfaction
or money refunded. Full printed directions
from child to grown person. 1t is purely
vegetable and cannot positively harm the most
tender infant. Insist on having DR., Camp
pelFsi accept no other. At all DruggistA Csc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

Scranton can offer no more interesting
or suggestive view than the old rolling
mill herewith sketched.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
WILLIAM CoNNELL, preside-
GEO. II. CATLIN. Vice. President.
WILLIAM Ii. PECK, Cashier
DIRECTORS:

william Connell, James Archibald, Al.
fred Hand. George II. Catlin, Henry Belin,
Jr, William 7. Smith Luther Keller.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

tai than useful except that is furnishes
small amount of water for cooling the
rolls and like purposes.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
j. w. Parker. Prop.

y. ". Mofrett, Notary Public, Convey.
ANGER and Pension Solicitor. PROMPT
attention to all business. West Milford
w. va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
Look After the Chlckens Now.

If the poultry house has moi
been thoroughly repaired and
cleaned, and the flock warmly
housed and settled fcrthe winter,
1t is imperative that it be done at
once. says the American llgricul.
turist. If not. the fowls had bet
ter be killed and marketed with.
out delay, for all hope of prof,
is gone. A hen will not lay-in
fact she can Motif it takes ali
she eats to keep her alive. A
certain amount of every ration
has to be applied to keep her
warm and to nourish her body.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
To q Liring Pleture.


Thine is the artof Beauty and Delight
Thy form is faultless and face divine,
And all thy curves are very. very fine
Indeed. my dear thou'rt simply out Of
sight
To gaze on thee gives one an appetite.
Who calls thee shameless for the gown.
less grace
And frank display to all the world. for.
sooth,
OF charms that prove thee fairest Of
thy race,
And. show the true magnifcence OF
Youth ?
How can the moralists pronounce you
base
For exposition of the naked truth
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
Catholics
May Join Secret Orders. The
Masonic Body is Excepted.

llIl
sr. PAUL. MIN, Dec.
The fact has just been published
thai in the archdiocese of ST.
Paul, Catholics may join any
secret society except the Mason.
ic order. This has been known
for some time, but not generally.
Judge Kelly. of the districtcourt
has just joined the Knights Of
Pythias, although he is one Of
the most prominent Catholic lay
men in America, and consider
able talk among secret society
members has resulted, as other
prominent Catholics are also
joining. One Of them said TO-
day:
Archbishop Ireland has de.
cided that a Catholic may Join
any secret order except the Ma
sonic, so that Catholics are at
liberty to do as they please in
this regard. No public announce
ment of the fact has been made.
but there is the best authority
for the statement, audit is gen
orally understood among Catho.
lies. Monsignor Favoux gives
it as a fact
There can be no doubt of it, as
those who are now joining the
secret orders are earnest Catho-
lies of dignity and standing.
Archbishop Ireland, in an in
terview with an Associated Press
representative tonight said
THE question whether Catho-
lies should belong to secret
societies such as the Sons of
Temperance, Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias or not, is how
being considered by the author;
tiles at Rome, and a decision viii
be given soon. 1nthe meantime,
as to Catholics who Joined these
societies, each case is considered
by itself and a special request
made for each to the author
tiles"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
How y Gar Marries.

@4eS SAS USNANAb{9 Va q SAGhk
pens but once in a generation it
is interesting to know how the
thing is done. The ceremony of
the Greek Church differers from
that of the Western Church, but
before the ceremony let us look
at the bride and groom. The lat
ter wore the red uniform of q
general of the hlzzars, while the
bride wore a jewled crown and
gown of white brocaded silk with
mantle OF strawberry colored
velvet trimmed with gold and a
double row of ermine. She was
dressed in the presence of the
Czarina, the Princess of Wales
and the grand duchess. After
the Gar had been notified that
she was ready she entered the
malachite hall of the Winter Pal
ace with four count dignitarles
bearing her train. AS the pro-
cesslon started for the cathedral
a salute of forty,one guns was
fred. The party was met at the
entrance Of the church by the
metropolitan of St. Petersburg,
the holy synod and the court
clergy, bearing holy water, cross
es AID sacred books. The met
ropolitan blessed the bride and
kissed her on the shoulder and
she kissed him.
Then the Car was conducted
to a position to the light of a
dais that had been raised within
the chancel and the princess was
conducted to a place on the left
of the dais. The psalm 127 was
sung and the metropolitan made
a little address upon the import
ance of the married state. Then
he said ..Hast thou, Nicholas,
a good and uncopstraiued viii and
a firm determination to take unto
thyself this woman, Alix, whom
;. y i u = =
here thou seest before thee r To
trsis 5ssf ans 81 : Z s isssye,
reverend father Then the met
ropolitan asked him if he had
vowed himself to another bride
and the Gar replied that he had
not. The same questions were
asked of the princess and she
made similar answers. After a
prayer the priest took two crowns
and placed them upon the heads
of the groom and bride and bless.
ed them. Then the couple walk
ed three times around the dias
while the choir sang. After this
the Gear kissed the bride. All
present congratulated them and
the ceremony ended by a "Te
Deum" and a salute of Dol guns
from the fortress. This is the
way the Car OF all the Russias
takes unto himself wife. All
the world wishes that he may
have a happy life and that he
may educate his people in such a
a way that they may become
more capable self-government.
-BloOkLun En0le.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Annie Nix, a Choctaw woman
in the Indian Territory. has Jour
new babies, all just the same age
and all boys.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Her Mother-Don't you find
Jack rather rough ? Priscilla
Yes, mamma. And yet he says
he shaves every day.-oil City
Blizzard.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Women's kip shoes at David
Davidson's; former price Sl,25-
present price 69c. Only look for
yourself 4Gtf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Thousands of cases of rheumatism
have been cured by Hoods sarsaparillo,
This is abundant reason for belief that
it will cure you.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Just received at David David.
sons 200 pair of ladies' winter
shoes; worth Sl.25, now selling
Tor 69c per pair 46tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Is, VIII; travelling between PittsburR, Wheel.
ing, M8rgantown or Fairmont and Clark.
burg; Weston, Buckhannon, Park ersbuTe : or
charleston. the "Monongah Route . offers
me mel, shortest and quickest line Close con.
West. and at Clarksburg with h. a q. and W W
MAS va. 7. X r. for all points Fast, south and
West West ASH for through tickets via the
honohgah Route. HUGH g. BowLES.
GEM SUIT. Monongah, W, Va
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-10-19
IN THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY.

If you happen to make your visit to
the observatory about the middle of
the day you will see something very
interesting going on in what they call
the ''time-service ROOM" where stands
the big clock that measures out the
time for the whole United States as
far west as Colorado. This clock does
its work by electricity, and is correct
ed daily to the fraction of a second
1t is connected with the Western
Union wires, which, like the arteries
in the human body, transmit every
heart of the pendulum to all
parts of the system, so that the tele-
graph operators in Maine and Texas
hear its regular tick-tack as distinctly
as you who stand within foot of it.
There is nothing heard now but the
monotonous regular beat of the pendu-
lum. You feel somehow as though you
were watching the pulse of very sick
person, and had to notice carefully the
least change or irregularity. Sudden
Iy one beat misses, and you glance in
quiringly at the preoccupied face of
the officer to see if anything is going
wrong. "Only a preliminary signal"
he says, without raising his eyes. A
few seconds more and another inter-
ruption, longer than the first, calls
sort of Attention, companyr' to the
waiting country. The next instant the
minute hand jerks itself to the figure
70, an electric bell rings out sharply,
and the noon signal flashes over the
thousands of wires centred under the
officers hand, from north to south.
from east to west, from New York's
great offices to lonely little stations far
out on the plains. At the same mo-
ment ball drops from its position on
top of the Navy Department, the
steam whistles take up the signal all
over the city, and the whole country
knows that the sun has crossed the
meridian.