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The Van Buren press., 1894-04-07

Teutonic hilarity of over t617, 1000, 900,
which means an average OF SO for each
man, woman and child in the whole
population. Then we spent last year
nearly 1884, 900, 900 for cigars and
cheroots, and over s22, ,0oO, 900 for cigar
ettes OF chewing and smoking tobac-
co we consumed about 2S0,0O0,00O
pounds, for which we paid $3.50, ,oe3, ,0Se.
Commenting on these figures, the At.
lanta Constitution says:
Altogether, not taking stock Of the
money we expend for champagne,
whose sparkling bubbles burst about
the brimming goblet, and the other i'm
ported and native wines which drive
away carking care. the people OF the
United States spend annually for drink
and tobacco the almost incomprehensi-
BILE sum of q, ,641, ,00s, 400.
1.-THE mind is incapable OF grasping
the largeness of the total, but when It
Is remembered that this is more than
the circulating medium Of the United
States, that is, e27 per head more than
the per capita circulation; that 1t proves
that the head of every family, suppos.
ing he handles the purse strings pays
out sip5 annually for drink and tobac-
CO. and that every dollar in the United
States goes each year over the bar or
the counter of some tobacconist, some
idea Of Its magnitude can be obtained. y
1t is, of course, possible that there
exists some subtle and undiscovered
reason why the people should not take
on some slight spirit Of thrift and 60
about the improvement OF the vilest
roads and streets that ever cursed an
intelligent republic, but whatever that
reason may be, it certainly has nc
foundation in the oft-r epeated com
plant "hard times and the people cam
afford Il y
The Van Buren press., 1894-04-07
FRESH DAIRY NOTES.

If your dairy has no pedigree, start
one at once. ''
The COW with ruffied temper will
yield poor milk.
ALL straw and no hay will turn
bright heifer into a dull COW.
A GOOD way to choke valuable COW
is to feed her uncut vegetables.
A DIRTY strainer reflects as badly on
the mixer as on her who washes it.
Too MUCH carbonaceous food in the
dairy will make fat beef faster than
butter fat.
A COW THAT begins lose flesh be-
fore the winter Is gone will be 'spring
poor" by the month of May.
Do NOT let the milk get cold before
it is carried from the milking stable to
the dairy house to be strained
GIVE the animals plenty OF room in
the stable in which to lie down, II you
would make them comfortable.
SAwDUsr in the manure heap repre-
sents so much inert matter; land
plaster is an absorbent that is also a
fertilizer.
To FEED economically, and yet suf-
fcienty, give the cows only what they
will eat up clean. Trying to stuff them
beyond this limit will result in loss and
not gain.
Do NOT feed the hay down to the
bare boards in the NOW over the
stable: for If you do the ingress of
cold air from this source will result in
veritable exposure to your dairy.
THINK twice before you go into the
business of raising veal calves by let
ting them suckle their dams. The
system will have a demoralizing effect
on the dairy. offsetting the temporary
gain. American Agriculturis.
The Van Buren press., 1894-04-07
RELIABLE TESTIMONY.
Wide Tires Improve Public Roads and
Save the Horses. 1.tN

Wide Tires Improve Public Roads and
Save the Horses. 1.N'
A correspondent for the Breeders
Gazette gives his observation and ex-
perience In regard to wide tires as
follows:
wish to give my observation and
experience. have lot Of teams to
look after, and we have ON the farm
but two narrow-tired wagons. In the
spring Of 1891, when hauling manure,
the wagon with three-inch tires and
the one with one and one-half inch
both went to the field together, the
loads being equal When in the field
the broad tired drove in and unloaded,
the narrow stuck. Four horses were
put to it to get it to place to unload
The condition of the field was the same;
broad tires on top Of the ground, mar
row tires in ground about eight inches.
In addition to Winwood farm, Mr..
Sunman also owns the largest sawmill
his foreman there uses wide tires on
oil wagons, none being less than four
and one-half inches. The common dirt
roads (clay) have no stone on them in
this country, and roads that are used by
common farmers are cut to pieces-all
rut and mud-wbile the roads used by
the log wagons are solid and fit to
drive over at all times.
In the spring Of 1899, we had couple
OF mule teams to help plow wet piece
of ground. was in the field when they
struck 1t; the mules-which weighed
near to nine hundred and fifty pounds
each-mired to their knees and were
unhitched to get them out. Then /
ordered one of our heavy draft teams
to try to plow where mules could not,
and they completed the job in a good
manner. They weighed 1,790 and !, $40
each. From my observation and actual
experience, having under my charge
more horses and wagons than three or
four farmers in this section of Indiana,
i am led to believe that the wide tire is
the road maker and the narrow tire the
road breaker and horse killer. Where
! cannot 60 with wagon with tires
four and one-half inches wide and q
team Of Clydes weighing from $500 to
1900 pounds each, no man with narrow
tires dare go with the same load, no
difference what his team may be.
Give us wide tires and compel farm
ers to use them and we will have better
roads than we ever had aud save our
hnraas also
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MARKER FOR ONION GROUND.

growth. A small bed can be marked
out with q garden line, or rake or
hoe handle. For larger operations we
need marker that will indicate the
rows without leaving regular furrows
such as we need for seed sowing. l
have used various styles of markers,
but have seen nothing that In my esti-
nation will surpass the device here re-
produced from Practical Farmer. The
illustration explains itself The teeth
are twelve inches apart, and their
points run just far enough below the
surface OF the wheel TO leave light
marks The onion plants are then
"dibbled" in, three inches apart in the
row. At this rate 1t will take about
one thousand plants to set square rod
of ground.
The Van Buren press., 1894-04-07
whitewash,ns the Trees,

Trees that are wh;tewashed about
three times year, from early spring
until fall, will be partially protected
against insects, but the best reason for
using the limewash is the neat ard at
tractive appearance of the trees after
being whitewashed. There is no
economy" pr'ictised in using the
lime. Apply it of the consistency o..
cream and use it plentifully. II neces-
sary apply once month during the
first three spring months and then once
or twice during the summer and fall
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USEFUL IMPLEMENT.

How to Construct Good Marker for
Onion Ground.
The home garden is supposed to be in
a high state of cultivation. The regu-
lar annual allowance of manure will in
all probability be fully sufficient even
for this crop, which is known to thrive
best on plenty and rich food. If you
have the manure, however, light top
dressing on the plowed ground will
be sure to give good results. Deep
plowing Is not necessary, but the sur
face should be we'll fined and kept we'll
stirred during the entire season OF
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Plan Now for Cow Fodder.

The value of dry corn fodder IS a
milk producer is generally underesti-
mated. By all means every farmer
should put in good plot the coming
season; cure it in stack line out of
doors and leave it out until needed for
use. 1t keeps better than in cover and
there is no cost for buildings. 1t is
proved beyond reasonable doubt that
herd of milch COWS kept on steady
feed OF fine corn fodder will produce
better results than on the best meadow
hay,
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ing was being rummaged by group of
highw aymen.
I'm marching the intervening dis
tance did more double-distilled think
ing than had done in the whole jour-
ney before might say In my whole
life but to no avail; for. think rs l
might. nll plausible plans of escape
eluded me with fatal perversity, and
as we were marched up to the group of
men was about giving up all hope of
concocting a scheme of escape, and
wished that we had followed Sans
reckless impulse and made bold break
for liberty while we had only couple
Of captors to deal with, instead Of q
score of them.
I'VE halted, and a tall, athletic,
handsome young fellow stepped from
the posse and called out:
"'Stripr
"a confess that the fellows impcri-
GUS, but almost indifferent manner, as
he gave the brief command, crossed his
legs, leaned the tip OF hls elbow against
the perpendicular face of the mountain,
and rested his left hand on the knot of
his rich saltillo zerapo, while his right
hand toyed with the jeweled hilt of his
cuchillo, inspired me with a desire to
accommodate him as quickly as possi-
BILE, and my hands sought my vest but
tons with spontaneous obedience,
knocking my knucsles soundly against
the specimens of quartz, with which
my every pocket was bulging.
MY guide. however. was in quite q
different mood. First muttering under
his breath something in English about
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Reason Enough.

iedney-l see Mrs. Nagley is getting
divorce from her husband. What is
the trouble?
Marlboro-He was elected to tbs
legislature, you know.
Gedney-Well?
Marlboro-Then he was made speaker
OF the house and she objected. Halo,
The Van Buren press., 1894-04-07

More to the Purpose. Caller
slow do you like your new cook?''
Hostess-"I don't know What am
trying to find out is how the new cook
likes me"-Dctroit Free Press.
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-Diggs-"rhat man we just passed
was the first one to extend to me help
ing hand when Iwas in debt" WAS
it work?" mo, play; it was aush."-
Inter Ocean,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
As reviewed BY DUN 6 CO.
The Financial Situation Shows Slight
improvement Notwithstanding
Disastrous Strikes.

NEw York. April 2I-R. G. Dun &,
Co.'S weekly review OF trade tomorrow
will say:
When accounts Of groat strikes and
labor Disturbances crowd all news
papers, it is idle 10 look for much i'm.
provement 10 business. Ths bituminOus
coal miners quit work last Saturday in
larger numbers than was expected aud
the coke workers ~ once renewed the
struggle recently unsucCesstul while
these great bodies OF men, besides the
thousands who We're on strikes in
building trades, in silk, wooden and
cotton mills, in Alabama iron works
and on western railroads are refusing
to work, there are other thousands
marching to Washington who claim
that they seek work In vain and that
the government must give relief
That every week Of iisness for 50
many men must apprecisbly lessen the
aggregate power to purchase products
Of labor is evident. but in spite Of all
some improyem ant still appears Toe
iron and steel works In the uituminous
region may be seriously interrupted. II
tHe rlEuS ShtN lN AAuNA NIOlOuVe4, out the
immediate effect is to give better look
TO prices Of tue products in these re-
gions while eastern works feel a some
what larger demand
The volume OF foreign trade does no,
materially alter exports, hence for the
month being 10 per cent. larger than
last year while imports at Nav York
have been il1 per cent smaller. The
decline 10 customs receipts, indicating
the decrease in dutible imports is 4j
per cent.
The decrease in liabilities Of firms
failing sull continues and the aggre-
gate reported for the third week in
April was only s. 7y2. iG2 The fail
ures havs been equally divided as to
sections. There were $50 in the United
States against PIG last year, for the
| first time In many mouths showing a
decrease, and IN Canada 20 against .,
last year The list includes none o.
great importance
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HEARD THRouGHTHe STATE.


Senator Quay is reported to be very i'll
at his house at Beaver.
III health caused Mrs. Anna Longnecker,
Of Mnytown, Lancaster county, to hang
herself.
Lizzie Siegle was found unconscious in
Lancaster from inhaling illuminating gas
and she will die,
The clover worm that has devoured a
good part OF the crop in southern Berks
county is now devastating Chester county
fields.
Forty anti-Bowmanite Evangelical
preachers met at Reading yesterday and
discussed a plan Of healing the gfeat
church wound.
The Women's Foreign Missionary soci.
ETY. Of the Presbyterian church, Philadel-
phia district will hold their next annual
convention in Philadelphia.
Three men, all badly burned on their
arms and necks, are going the rounds in
Lebanon county, and 1t is thought they are
thieves who were hurt trying to blow open
a safe with dynamite.
French Creek forge, Phoenixville, en-
ploying 100 hands, will resume next week
after six months idleness. The Spring
City glass works will resume operations
on Monday with sixty men, after having
been idle all winter.
By an explosion of gas in Halle Pines
colliery, Hazleton, this morning, Joseph
Brongenberg was so badly burned that HI
died shortly after being taken to the hos
pital At Lattimer colliery, Salvador
Reitze, a slate picker, fJll between the
rollers and was ground to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
LOUISIANA LYNCHINGS.
Eight Negroes Summarily Dispatched
by lnfuriated Mobs During
the Past Week.

New ORLEANS April 27.-Nine men
have met violent deaths in Madison
parish in the last week aud eight OF
these have been lyuchsd by infuriated
citizens. The last four were hanged
last night the news just reaching
this city. Yesterday the Boyce
asssssins were hunted down by
bloodhounds and finally located in
the Buckhorn woods Sheriff McC+ef=
laud sent for volunteers to increase his
posse and force OF 200 men finally
treed the asssssns in negro cabin
The tugitiVes were just preparing to
cross over to Mississippi where they
would have been comparatively safe
The posse surrounded the house and
called for the owner to make his ap.
pearsnce, but he refused The posse
then fired into the building which
brought the negro owner to the door
He denied that the fugitives were in
his place, but the posse made a close
survey of the premises. and finally
found the four darkies hudlled up IN
the loft OF small crib IN the rear Of
the cabin.
The four were Pomp Claxton. the
leader Of the assassins. Shell Claxton,
Scott Harvey and Tory Mccoy They
were promptly placed under arrest and
Sheriff McClslland detailed party OF
twelve 10 take them to Tallulah. while
the sheriff and the rest OF the posse
started out to try to capture Tom Grif
| fin, who had separated from the Others
As the deputies with the four fugitives
got near Millikens Bond they were
me. by MOP who made an effort to
take the prisoners from them.
The guard resisted and succeeded in
holding on TO the prisoners. The guard
pressed on with the fugitvss until
they reached the Shelby place, two
miles from Tallulah. Here they were
met by a crowd OF 200 who over
powered the guard and captured the
four prisoners The prisoners were es-
corted to the Crescent place, where
their fiendish murder had been com
mitted. aud there strung mp to the
limbs of several trees Their bodies
were found this morning.
II Griffin is caught he will also be
! lyuched, There are seventeen negroes
IN jail, all OF whom will be given II reg.
ular trial, and most OF whom, it /,
thought, will be convicted IL has been
many years since there has been such d
wholesale lynching in the south as that
in Madison parish. in which eight men
have been hanged.
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NOIO MbNS, " ApIll = =.
m TELEGRAM received by Presi-
IAN Mcbride from Thomas Fairy. an
IA( organizer in West Virginia states
u u that the Loop creek district
miners have gone out and the New
river miners will 20 ont tonight.
This will raise the whole number of
miners ont to ljj. 600 and leaving only
30 900 miners working in the produce
tion OF the bituminous coal The coal
produced by these is 30 small In com
parison with the whole product that 1t
will not effect the strike. There will
be general coal famine in less than
three weeks
Brazil, Ind, April 27.-Ths block
coal miners committee met the opera
tors today aud blsndly refused to a3.
cept their proposition TO pay 81 cents
per ton until tho strike In general was
settled. Most Of the miners are out
The men claim that those who want to
continue work until May are not pro
hibited doing so. The bituminous
miners are all out and threaten vio-
leuca to men who continue to work
New York. April 27-Thvre Ia a
scarcity OF bituminous coal in the city
caused by the recent strikes, which
have caused the output from the mines
to dwiudle to almost nothing Coal
dsalers say they anticipate u candition
Of affairs that will come near being a
coal famine.
TOLEDO. o., April 81 A thi-ty-threC
and a third per cent cut was made
yesterday in the wages OF the 300 EN-
ployes Of the Wheeling aud Lake Erie
railway. This action is caused by the
present big strike among the Goa
miners.
READING, Pa. April Eft was
learned here this afternoon that II toe
furnaces In this valley do not get n
supply OF coke within the next week OF
ten days they will have to bank their
stacks The Robesonia furnace, which
has u capacity Of $50 tons Of b,s.emer
weekly, has tea days asupply. Others
have less and no coke IL being re
ceiyed. II is also likely that the Read
ing company. which recently changed
a number Of the FIRE boxes OF its loco
motives 40 as TO burn soft coal, vii
again use anthracite.
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travelling in this country and she as
sumed her maiden name Ths name of
Miss Pottieger's husband was Sir Hen
ry Reed, an English barone t, and she
Inherited large fortune.
Mr. Lauer only recently completed a
palatial residence here costing in the
neighborhood of 800, 900, the decora-
tions Of which are on an elaborate scale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lauer have been mar =
ried ten years but have no children.
Miss Pottieger, otherwise called by
friends Lady Reed in girlhood, was
woman OF wonderful beauty, and IS
still of attractive appearance. She is
about 40 years Of age,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
TWO NEGROES HANGED.
They Paid the Penalty CT the Virgini
Laws for Attacking Women.

They Paid the Penalty CT the Virginia
Laws for Attacking Women.
MANASSAS, Va, April 27.-Jim Rob
inson and Benjamin White, negroes.
were hanged in the jailyard here at
73O this morning, for assault on Two
white women in Prince William county
last January.
The assaults We're committed upon
Mrs. Elizabeth Hefllin, a widow, al
years old, and her sister !in-law, Mrs.
Elliot. young woman Of 20. The two
women lived together about two miles
south of Manassas, and were awakened
at midnight by pounding on their
door When the women opened the
door the men forcibly entered the
house.
A week later the men were captured
and jailed Great fear Of lynching
was entertained, and the prisoners
were taken to Alexandria.
They were both about 90 years old,
and one, White, was az bright as most
white men. Their trial and conviction
consumed but one day, the womer
whom they had attacked testifyinl
against them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
TELEGRaPHlc SPARKS.

BY the will OF Mrs. Sarah Parker, OF
Boston, Radcliffe college, the annex to
Harvard, gets 100000.
Carrying ll5, 600 bushels Of wheat, which
breaks the record, the steamer S. $, Curry
left Superior for Buffalo
Because it can make no profit, the Stan d.
ard Fire Insurance company, OF New York,
seeks voluntary dissolution.
The New York senate has rejected Gov
ernor Flowers denomination of DR.. Jenk-
ins to be health officer of New York city.
Will c Green, living at Adams. N. Y.
crushed the skull Of the woman with whom
he lived as his wife and then cut his own
throat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
HENRY, The ANARCHIST.
Arraigred for Trial in Paris Today,
Jauntily Dressed and Self
Possessed.

PARIS, April 81 The trial Of Emile
Henry, the Anarchist who. on Feb l2.
threw bomb into the cafe beneath
the Hotel Terminus, began today in
the Assizs court OF the department OF
the Seine.
The outside OF the palace Of jus stice
and the corridors Of the building were
crowded with police. The prosecution
will call nineteen witnesses, but the
number retained by the defense Ia not
known.
Maitre Hornboste Henry's defender,
has been endeavorlng TO obtain three
days release from the prison OF Clair
vaux OF heury's brother whom he in
tends to call ns a witness to prove
lIeurys insanity. the line Of defense
which he will adopt.
Henry himseliis absolutely opposed
to this plea, and consequently against
his cnunsels advice and his mother s
entreaties. has prepared long defense
OF his acts. which be will read TO the
court
Hsnry's attitude In prison was com
posed. lie enjoyed his mesIs. slept
well and ohatted with his keepers az I
his days were not counted, aud II any
thing, showed annoyance At the
thought that the matter had dragged
/ so long,
When Judge Potter took his seat
Henry was escorted into the dock by
| five soldiers. lie WAS dressed IN a hlsc K
suit OF clothes. which he had requisite 1
his mother 90 procure for him. and
wore q short beard
Replying 10 question from the
| judge, Henry said tnat he selected the
Cafe Terminus Ia which to explode the
| bomb because 70 entertained more
! bourgeois than tho other cafes, which
he bad found comparatively empty.
! Several " the witnesses called were
still suffering from tho wounds in
| tlicted upon them At the time ot the
explosion, number Of them being
very lame IA they stepped forward IN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
WAITED OVER THE SEAS.

Paris police have arrested a war Office
employe rs an accomplico OF anarchists.
The bill to disestablish the church in
Wales was moved in the house of commons
by Home Secretary Asquith.
Gold medals Of the Vienna salon have
been awarded to Alfred Parsons, OF Eng.
land, and Walter Gay, of America.
\ dispatch from Bueuos Ayres says all
the insurgents, including Admiral Da
Cana, who We're detained ON bonrd th,
Portuguese warships. have succeeded il
escaping.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
ROPE AROUND a rHlsFs EEcK
The Crowd, After Catching Him, Nearly
Scared Him 20 Death.

BRIsroL. April p, A crowd Of men
caught burglar today At Richlaud,
after giving h,m long aud hard
chase. and nearly frightened him TO
death by threatening to lynch MIN
Ths fellow had jnst bcsn liberated
from jail, and last night, 1t is said, he
tried TO steal gold watch and 5000
from Peter Lewis. lie was discovered
and jumped from second-story win
dow
An alarm was sounded, and a crowd
soon collected Tor the chase. Several
men were mounted on horses. They
drove tho thief across fields and along
roads, aud at last caught him in John
Weirbacks wagon shed A rope was
procured. aud moose was hastily tied
in one end, and it was slipped around
his neck. Tho man was badly scared,
and WAS taken before justice, who
sent him 10 iail.
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a stroke of paralysis. and although he
recovered completely, has been very
despondent. He expected that paral-
ysis would end his existence almost any
day. and told several friends that he
would anticipate such death. Var
boro had been in Washington a year,
and when hO came here the publication
of the paper was suspended.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-28
COLONEL CALVIN DESERTS.
His Hoboss Are Ordered Out Of Wash
inRton Court House

WASHINGTON CoURr HOUSE. O April
Q, Colonel Calvin and his four cap
tsins deserted their Industrial army Of
200 here yesterday afternoon, disavow.
ing all responsibility for the actions OF
that body.
The mayor Of this city ordered the
army out and the men were camped
last night two miles east Of here, wait.
ing for the 4 q. IN Baltimore and Ohio
freight which they propose to hold NJ
ana capture
Tho railroad company ia taking pre-.
cautions to prevent this About twenty
detectives aud railroad officials are
watching the "army."