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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
THE OLD SECRETARY
1T MAY BE REMODELeD INTO AN Or
NAMENTAL SlDeBOARD.

No Matter How Plain the Old Piece Of
Furniture Is, 1t Can BE Made a Thing of
Benuty-one Method of Alteration De-
sCribed.
There is scarcely family that does
not possess an old secretary stored away
in the garret because it is too plain to
occupy any other place. But with a lit.
tie labor and at small expense it can be
transformed into useful and decorative
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Commissioners Of LaCkaVanna County,

Showing receipts, disbursements, condition OF
the finances and accounts ofState and County
tax collectors for the fiscal year ending Dec
8lst 1898
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This very comfortable garment fot
driving or for walking is as its name
indicates, cut in one piece. The collar
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COUNTY AUDITORS.
COUNTY OFEICERs

Paid John p Kelly. District
Attorney ey....................SS7Sl 80
John ]. Fahey, Sheriff. 1929 81
Chas Robinson Sheriff. l6T 80
Paid John H. Thomas, Clerk
OF Courts ...,............... 3551 II
Paid c. 4. Pryor, ProthOnO-
tory.....,.. ,,..,....,.,....,. SD 70
Paid j. j. Healy, Recorder Of
Deeds. ds....,....,.,.,....,.... lS9 W
Paid John ]. Shea, County
Detective. ive....n........,,.... 5000
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BURIAL OF DECEAsED SOLDIERS.

BURIAL OF DECEASED SOLDIERS.
Paid for burial expenses Of deceased
INDECENT soldiers as per Act Of AS
sembly, approved 18th May, 1888 10 W
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
Paid II. l. Halstead, County
Commissioner. ,0J2 %
Paid william Franz, County
Commissioner. r............... 1902 10
Paid John j. Flanaghan,
County Commissioner. .. l,0g2 W
Paid Charles +. Wagner Com.
missioners' Clerk. y....... 1900 "
Paid j. f. Williams Assistant
Clerk ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,O2O W
Paid II. A. Knapp, County
solicitor .,..,..............,. 100 W
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IsBuRsEMENTs.

BhlDGES,
Paid oweRo Bridge Company
for building three Iron
bridges, one over Tunkhan.
mock Creek, one over Gard
ners Creek, and one over
Mud Greek ek.....,.....,.....Sl,5 81 ,52 w
Paid Harrison Gardner for
bulldog stone arch bridge
in Scott township. ...,..,,. 2GO w
Paid William Mclaughlin
for stone arch bridge In Wa
verify borough. .,.......,... 10 W
Paid A. b. Dunning Jr., for
plans, &c, for bridges. ..... ll5 w
Paid f. T. Amsden, making
plans, &c....,...,.... ...... rs w
Paid bridge views, inspecting
bridges and advertising let
tings, Recommendations. IA " ,,o n.
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RECEIPTS.
Amount OF receipts for the year as per
statement OF County Treasurer, ID.
W Powell, and chargeable TO Cen M
eral County and Bridge funds, .SlsV,s+5 20
IsBURsEMENTs.
Amount Of disbursements from Cen
efal County and Bridge funds as
shown by the following statement NJ.
OF the Commissioners. rs.......,..,.,...sl77Sit 70
Receipts in excess of expenses. s s7Ol 10
ASSESSMENTS.
Paid Assessors for making State and
County assessments clerks making
copies proving and making tax
duplicates and transcripts Of mort II,
cages and judgments nts..,,.,.........S 6,lsi ~
ADVERTISING.
Paid for advertising redemption Or
County Bonds, sale OF seated and
unseated lands, and publishing an.
nual Btatementof Conhty ComhAis- am No.
slonen ,..,,,.,'.,,'...'...''''.' %'io' VI
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,a Balance due, subject ExOnelOh ana Si
"siuee settled
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!slaa!ae 7sRlap lGS5ss aese9 sl0gkls g9s sg.lo
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ELECTION CONTESTS.
Paid witness fees in the contests of
Okell VS.. Quinnan, Thomas vs.
Cusick and Jenkins 'vs. Gallagher,
and Commissioners In 0kell VS..
Quinnan contest appointed by
Court l orr a
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State OF the Peach Crop.

Except in Florida. where full crop Is e1-
pected, and in lower Mississippi AMI Texas,
where the indications favor partial crop.
there will be but few peaches in the COM
mercIal orchards Of the United States lying
east OF the Rocky Mountains and south OF
Pennsylvania. North Of the southern boun-
dairy line c! Pennsylvania less damage was
done, and the outlook tor peaches Is good IN
the larger portion OF Pennsylvania AMI New
Jersey, Northern Ohio, Western Michigan
and the Hudson River district in New forS.
In Western New York and the Connecticut
valley the percentage OF live peach buds Is
small, but with favorable weather partial
crop may be expected. On the Pacific slope
no serious injury to buds or young fruit oc
Cured, and the outlook is good for full
crop oil all kinds. The new orchard country
III Utah, Idaho. Nevada, Colorado and Art-
zona also escaped. 1t is therefore apparent
that peaches eaten or this side OF the contt-
nent this year will have to come from tns
Pacific west and the north. Virginia has but
three per cent. OF her crop left. Maryland
will have less than half crop, and Georgia
Is going to have but one per cent OF the ex-
pected harvest.
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THE DIFFERENCE

Between a saint and sinner is not that tho
one is not in Gods hands and the other is.
The whole universe-the believer and the
unbeliever Satan himself II arc in Gods
hands, and he will do with them whatsoever
he peases The difference is, that the be-
lever acquiesces in this arrangement, and Is
heartily satisfied with it; the unbeiever is
dissatisfied with it and opposed to it. The
prayer of the disciple is that which Christ
has taught US: "Thy will, oh God, be done"
We learn the words Of this prayer in child
hood, but many are the grey-headed ones
who never learned the prayer.-Whoevcr can
say these six words IN sincerity and truth. is
surely child Of Ged. The prayer of all 9th
ers is that which, with such a wonderful
union of simplicity and seiflshness. was once
offered to Jesus. I'VE would that thou
shouldst do to US whatsoever we desire. y
When We say TINT peuitcnt gives himself
and his all to God. we do not mean that he is
in Gods hands any more than he was be-
fore: but only that he Iow consents to be in
Gods hands--becomes pleased with the ar
rangement. He ceases to offer the latter OF
these two prayers. and begins to offer the
form,r. What blessed doctrine, then, 10
every Christian. must be the doctrine Of
Gods unlimited, absolute sovereiGnty.
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aRIEYE NOT THE SPIRIT.

Ihaye grieved him deeply, and am afraid
others have. We must all cease from 1t, If we
would enjoy revival; for there can be no
revival where he is not, and how can he
dwell where he Is constantly grieved?
He comes to US as q friend, and desires to
speak to Us; but how have you sighted him?
He speaks in the Bible. There are thou
sand minutes in the hours we are awake
daily; but when he offers to speak to us
words OF healthful counsel, or balmy consola-
ton, or glorious hope. how slow we are to
give him Ave minutes out of a thousand! Our
business, company. or the news OF the day, is
preferred by listening to him, and he Is
grieved at our neglect
He invites US to speak to him. He loves
like every true friend to hear our voice. He
is grieyed by our neglect to speak to him IN
PRAYER. Injuries and insults, resulting from
sudden passion. friendship can bear. But
cold neglect continued day after day, what
friendship can long endure2 Who would not
withdraw from the company OF one who
would pass hour after hour In his presence,
and not speak to him2 who would only ad-
dress to him to him few words once or
twice day, and then with cold formality?
We have grieved him, also, by not thinking
much of our sins, our duty and the life to
come. His work in the world is to convince
men OF sin, OF righteousness. and OF Judgment
to come. This work, according to the plan
God has seen fit to adopt, he cannot accom-
plish in the minds Of those who will not
think of these things. He invites us to CO.
operate with him, by 'minding the things OF
the Spirit, by caring for our own spiritual
state and that of others ;and If he will not do
it he is grieved. He desires that men should
repent and be saved, and If we will not seek
to persuade them to repent and be converted
he Is grieved at our indifference to what he
sees to be infinitely more important than any
thing we do care for.
1 need not multiply words. These few
lines are sufficient to direct your thoughts to
the subject, and point you to the way in
which you may enjoy revival. Griere not
the Spirit by the neglect OF the Bible, nor OF
prayer, nor by Indifference about the spirit
ual state and others; and you will most
surely enjoy a revival.
Look over our country and see the dearth
of reyivals; see the youth passing by the age
of most frequent conversions; think OF the
heather without, needing preachers among
them; look around your own home or in it,
perhaps, and see those whose souls you love,
unsaved, fastening on in the broad road;
look and realize your need of revival; and
as you would have one, grieve not the spirit.
Christian Observer.
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TASTE IN DRESS.
WOMEN WILL SHOW MORE INDI-
VIDUALlTY IN TINE.
Fashions Will Not Then Be So Uni.
form as at Present - Seasonable
Hints and Suggestions About
Feminine Garments.

One reason why the tailor-made gown Is 50
popular is that it approdmates nearer and
nearer to mans attire, and this means
greater freedom Of movement, greater COM
fort, with corresponding health, and fit
that tends to show the grace Of figure, as the
variable styles Of woman's, as distinguished
from mans dress, do not do. Women are
moving for reform in many things, but in
nothing is reform more desirable than In
their own attire.
In the better day that is surely coming,
there will he larger liberty in dress, and
individuality will assert itself. Then fashion
will not mean uniform, and women will not
look like so many dressed window dummies,
but each will show her own taste in mater
ials, colors and draping, and the dead level
OF monotony induced by an apish following
Of fashions, prescribed by goodness knows
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Sugar to Produce Muscular Work.

The subject OF sugar as food pro.
ducing muscular power was discussed
last winter before an English society
by DR.. Vaughan Harley. From a
brief summary of his paper, given in
Nature, We make the following ex-
tracts:
During a twentyfour hours fast,
IN one day, water alone was drunk; !;
on another, 500 grammes of sugar was
taken in an equal quantity of water.
It was thus found that sugar not only
prolonged the time before fatigue oc.
Cured, but caused an increase OF
sixty-one to seTenty-six per cent. in
the muscular work done.
In the next place, the effect Of
sugar added to the meals was investi-
gated. The muscle energy producing
effect of sugar was found to be so
great that 200 grammes added to a
small meal increased the total amount
of work done from six to thirty nine
per cent.
Sugar (25O grammes, about eight
ounces) was now added to a large
mixed meal, when it was found not
only to increase the amount of work
done from eight to sixteen per cent,
but increased the resistance against
fatigue.
As a concluding experiment: $50
grammss of sugar was added to the
meals of full. diet day; causing the
work done during the period of eight
hours to be increased twenty-five to
thirty-six per cent.-Scientifo Amerl-
CAN
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who, will be broken up. To be sure, when
such liberty Is given to women there will be
a great deal of wretched taste manifested,
but who can say that it will be worse or more
narrowing to the artistic eye than it Is at
present. The education that will result from
this emancipation from the meaningless
routine Of fashion must in the end result in a
far better display Of taste than We find where
fashion Is blindly followed, without any
regard to the eternal fitness Of things.
While some Of the recent fashions have
gone to extremes in many things, it must be
confessed that women's tailor-made gar
ments have tended more and more to SIM
plcity, and to corresponding comfort, for
soch garment means costume suitable to
the needs OF every day, and in the present
season it is more popular, and deserTedly so,
than ever.
Curiously enough one Of the most becoming
garments Of recent make that have seen,
copies, almost exactly, the walking coat OF
swell dude. Women can wear such o,are
things far more becomingly than do men. This
coat has the front corners rounded entirely
away, and with the. back modelled on the
lines Of q mans coat; vests, either double
breasted or single, can be worn. Some OF the
best material for summer tailor-made suits
is q new fabric composed Of silk and linen
duck, with perfectly plain skirts.
It Is well for the world that artists Of note
now find the designing Of dresses for women
a profitable and congenial occupation.
Labourier has recently modelled charming
novelty which he calls "the Grecian gown"
The very name suggests something simple,
graceful and classic, and we may be sure that
on the proper figure, with suitable colors
and materials, it will be all that the most
critical could desire. This costume consists
Of skirt Of soft wool, attached to wide en-
broidered bands Of the same material ex-
tending over the shoulders, and worn over
silk waist, made in ordinary fashion, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
CURIOUS FACTS.

A human skull as large as bushel
basket has been found in Sicily.
A man who shave regularly until he
is eighty years old cuts off about thir-
ty-five feet of hair.
No fewer than 1760 ancient manu-
script copies of the New Testament in
whole or in part exist.
A club in Berlin, called The Giants,
admits to membership only men who
are over six feet in height.
The German mile of to-day is "a, 31s
feet in length, more than four times
and half as long as our mile.
Oysters that weigh with their shells)
about sixty pounds are sometimes
found in Puget Sound, Washington.
The British Museum now has more
than 10, 600, 900 books, and additions
are being made at the rate of 30, 900 a
year.
Owing to the extension of deer for
ests in Scotland golden eagles and
wildcats are on the increase in that
country.
The earliest coins were formed by
impressing seals on one side of disks
of the metal as certiication of weight
and fneness.
It is estimated that the annual con-
sumption of wheat for food in the
United States averages about four and
a half bushels per capita.
Gold, silver and copper were known
to the Greeks in the time of Homer,
but oxen were still the standard by
which other things were estimated.
When Egyptians went fishing they
used to spit in the Nile in honor of
the river god Hence, it is said, comes
the modern fshermen's practice of
splitting on the hook to insure good
luck.
The average whale is from fifty to
sixty.f7e feet in length and thirty-6ve
feet in circumference. The iawbones
are twenty to twenty-five feet long, and
tongue has been known to yield about
ton of oil.
In 1761 Glasgow (Scotland) paper
announced the marriage of David Lin
coin to Catherine Crow, his fifth wife,
and continued: "He is seyenty-one.
His first wife was a Dutch woman,
whose name he has forgotten. The
rest were Scotch.
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Will Not Build a tabernacle.

II may be considered practically decided
that another big Brooklyn tabernacle Will
not be erected. The movement looking to
the rebuilding of the tabernacle has been
dropped altogether. Trustee Leonard
Moody said that they would probably finally
secure some small place and give up the idea
Of preaching to all the world. The public
has not sustained them, as was expected, and
the result is the accumulation Of a big debt.
Mr.. Moody intimated that Mr.. Talnage
would not resume the pastorate, and that in
his place a young and snall-salerled minis.
ter would be secured.
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A Circus Performers Fate.

Mary Labor, aged eighty-four years. died
q few DAYS ago at tho county farm. Joliet,
Ill. IN 1sl9 Joliet was visited by circus in
which she was the star equestrienne. Her
riding delighted every one, and she was up.
plauded to the echo. While in Joliet she was
tnken sick and was compelled to leave the
show. All her circus friends deserted her
and the poorhou5s was her only refuge.
Her malady proved to be typhoid fever,
and for weeks shs struggled against death:
She survived, but the disease left her 5ea'.
dumb and blind. All efforts to get q Sst
friends were unavailing. anil she ron -.'st
at the County House nsar.y half century.
not seeing, nor hearing. nor speaking.
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4 uGrave SirnaI'' Invented.

Hubert Devan, q Canadian. has patented
an Invention which he calls grave signal.
and is designed to save people who are
buried alive. The device consists o. SIC
ton OF gas pipe, attached to ths coffin near tue
head of the casket. Through it passes stick
which rests on the forehead OF the corpse.
Attached to the top OF the stick
is q tiny red signal flag, which Is protected
by a small glass globe. Any movement ny
the supposed corpse breaks the .ooe, "unns
fresh air and notifies the watcher that soma
one has been buried alive. The inventor
believes that many victims of catalepsy are
htr
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A Strange Phenomenon.

Great excitement has been created at New
man, H., over the appearance OF smoke
issuing from the ground on Thomas Shaw's
farm. three miles west OF tha city. On ap-
preaching the spot where it seems to come
forth no smoke ls 10 be seen. Several noted
scientists have visited the spot AID claim the
supposed smoke to be nntura! gas. inere
is an area of about twenty acres from Wh'ch
tine smoke seems to be issuing, and great
numbers OF people visit the place daily anu
wonder nt the scene.
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A Founding Inherits Half o Million.

DIR. and Mrs. n. A. Ramacciatti, OF Omaha,
Neb.. six years ago adopted an eighteen
months-old boy at the st. Louis Founding
Hospital, st. Louis. They have since died
and the boy has been declared their heir,
tnheriting nearly $500 900.
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Over 600 Cinnamon Drowned.

According to advices from China about
800 junks were wrecked by the flood In Han
River, entailing great loss Of life. Over
600 bo lies had been recovered at latest &C.
counts.
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usually Of contrasting color. An ecru
wool gown over pin Chine taffeta waist Is q
recent Paris coloring. The skirt is some
what bell-shaped, the back gathered to
belt, and to the shoulder strapz. while the
front is prolonged to form the straps that
end in the back. These straps are seven
inches wide at the waist, where they are
folded in, so that they may become about
four inches wide upon the shoulders, where
they are tied, still narrower, by bow OF
black satin ribbon with erect loops and
ends,
French bIouses are coming into general
use, and promise to be a feature OF sum-
mer wear, and will be useful for boating or
yachting dresses. This Is the only blouse
that is gathered to belt in front and baak,
giving On added blouse effect by cutting the
front fuller at the throat and long enough
below to allow them to droop an inch or two
on the belt. The sides are kept intact, the
under arm seams of the outer material
being sewed up separately from those Of
tho ining-if lining be used.
A very natty and becoming garment COM
binine the ease OF the jacket with the dig
nifty Of the coat, and thereby losing The
neglige appearance of the former Is !. '.<|
style Of blouse. 1t is close-httias and com
pleted by waistcoat and chemisette, and
combines we'll with any sort of skirt.
Brown or tan eolored covert cloth is the
best material, with revers Of brown moire,
and waistcoat Of changeable moire In blue
and brown. Suits Of black serge are BE-
coming popular with waistcoats Of white
cloth or satin, and those Of black moire or
satin often complete gowns Of blue whip
cord or brown hop-sacking. The handsome
waistcoat cloths formerly to be had only
from foreign sources, are now on sale In
nearly all shops; they are firm, heavy
fabrics, mostly silk and wool, in brocades,
checks and pin-head dots, and in these
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No DIyIded SKIrCS.

The City Council from Ell Paso, Texas, has
forbidden women to wear divided sk1rts on
the streets Of that CITY
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Has q Good Credit.

Massachusetts Is borrowing money on
forty-year bonds at about threo per cent.
interest.
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WILL MoRTH KNOWING.

It Is said by one who has tried 1t, that
small lump Of sugar added to turnips when
boiling will correct the bitterness which
sometimes spoils that excellent vegetable. II
the turnips are to be served mashed, 1t will
greatly improve them to force them into .
colander.
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questions am not here to discuss, but
what would be the effect OF female suffrage
unon yoman's wages? do not believe that
woman will ever get justice by woman's
ballot.
Indeed, women oppress women as much as
men do. Do not women, as mucn es men,
beat down to the lowest figure the woman
who sews for them? Are not women as sharp
as men on washerwomen and milliners and
mantua makers? II woman asks 81 for her
work, does not her female employer ask X
she will not take ninety cents? You say,
HOnly ten cents difference" But that ls
sometimes the difference between heaveG
and hell. Women often have less commits
Grafton for women than men. II woman
steps aside from the path Of virtue, man may
forgiye-woman never! Woman will never
get justice done her from woman's ballot:
Never will che get it from mans oallot:
How, then? Col will rise up for her. Go1
has more resources than Wa know Of Tbs
flaming swori that hung at Eden's gate
when woman was driven out will cleaVe WITH
its terrible eige her oDpressors.
But thara is something for our women to
DO. Let our young people prepare to excel
in spheres OF work. and they will be able
after awhile to get larger wages. II 1t be
shown that woman can in store sell more
goods in a year than man, she will soon be
able not only to ask but to demand moro
wages, aud to demand them successfully.
Unskilled and incompetent labor must take
what is given. Skilled and competent labor
will eventually make its own STANDARD. Ad-
mitting that the law o. supply and demand
regulates these things, I contend that the
demand for skilled labor is very great and
the supply very small.
Start with the idea that work Is honorable
and that you can do some one thing better
than anyone else. Resolve that, God help
ing, you will take care OF yourself II you
are after while called into another relation,
YOU will all the better be qualified for il BY
your spirit OF self-rellance, or II you are