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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Power In Iron Mining.

The power used in iron ore mining in the
United States is enormous. The official
returns from the various mines report o
total of more than 1,100steam boilers, with
an aggregate Of some $1,000 horsepower;
and these boilers furnish steam to about
1,1OO steam engines, including air com
pressors, hoisting machinery, engines for
driving washers, crushers, etc., some of
large size. These engines, however, do not
in most instances include the motive
power for pumps, in majority of cases
the latter being rated independent of
steam engines, as locomotive would be.
In the returns made, however, there were
about eighty pumps mentioned independ-
ent Of steam engines, twenty locomotives
used in and about the mines, four steam
shovels employed in digging or handling
ore, eight turbine wheels driving machin-
cry, and ten air compressors worked by
water power.
OF course the application Of steam and
compressed nir in the iron mines has very
largely reduced the number Of animals
employed in and about the mines, and 1t Is
to be remarked that Michigan, on account
Of its numerous deep mines, and as the
largest producer Of. iron ore, stands at the
head Of these data Of machinery and power.
New York Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09

uASSON STARK.
IL AT THE OLD DEPOT HOTEL,
FACTORYVlLLE,
ispropared to receive summer boarders and
furnish rigs for tourists to surrounding towns
and summer resorts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Some Very Old Pronunciations.

"Laylock," the pronunciation of Nac
once very common, has now almost en-
tirely passed away. 1t is hardly likely to
be found in dictionaries orglossaries, ex
cept such as profess to give provincial vari-
ations of spelling. Sixty years ago, how
ever, it was by no means provincialism
or mark of the uneducated. Iwell re-
member that Walter Savage Landor al
ways spoke of 'laylocks," as did my own
mother and most people of that generation.
1t belonged to the age, now almost entirely
passed away, which called Rome Room"
gold "goold," st. James "St. Jeames,"
with other variations of sound now deemed
vulgar. have heard my father say that
George ~ always spoke of "My loyal CITY
of Lunnon," while 'obleeged" and "cow
cumber" were heard from the most refined
mouths.
can distinctly remember on the first
Sunday in Advent, 1926, hearing the Of
ficiating clergyman at st. Mary Woolnoth
give out sonorously, when reading the first
lesson, like lodge in garden Of cow
cumbers," and my dear old rector, Julius
Charles Hare, twenty years later, adopted
the same pronunciation, saying at table,
"Obleege by passing the cowcumber." "
"Vilets," as dissyllable for violets, was
equally common among people Of good
education and Queries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Stedman on Whittier.

Taken for all in all, Whittier, "our bard
and prophet best beloved" that purely
American minstrel, so virginia. and so i'm
passioned, at once the man Of peace and
the poet militant, is the Sir Galahad Of
American song. He has read the hearts Of
his own people, and chanted their emotions
and powerfully affected their convictions.
His lyrics of freedom and reform, in his
own justified language, were words
wrung from the nations heart, forged at
white heat" Longfellow's national poems,
with all their finish, cannot rival the nat
ural art of Whittier's; they lack the glow,
the earnestness, the intense characterize
tion of such pieces as Randolph of Ro-
anoke," "Ichabod" and "The Lost Occa
sion."
The Quaker bard besides, no less than
Longfellow, is poet of sympathy, HUI
man feeling, derived from real life and en-
vironment, is the charm of "Snow Bound" T."
even more than its absolute transcript of
nature. Years enough have passed since
it was written for us to see within its
range it is not inferior to ''The Deserted
Village" "The Cotter's Saturday Night"
and Tam o ter"-Edmund G. Sted-
man in Century.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
An Old Time Editorial.

Regarding the reading Of the Decla-
ration Of Independence, says the Balti-
more American, the Maryland Journal
and Baltimore Advertiser-now the
Baltimore American-in an editorial Of
July 81, 1776, says:
"On Monday last, at IL o'clock, the
Declaration of Independence was pro-
claimed at the courthouse in this town
at the head of the independent and ar
tillery companies, to the great joy and
satisfaction Of the audience, with dis
charge Of cannon, etc., and universal
acclamations for the prosperity Of the
free United States. In the evening the
effigy, representing the king Of Great
Britain, was carted through the town to
the no small mirth Of the numerous
spectators, afterward thrown into fire
made for that purpose. Thus may il
fare with all tyrantsl''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
The Whist PLAYERS.

They play whist, the beaux in their pow
dered wigs and velvet coats, the ladies in
their brocade petticoats and fine stom-
achers. The west windows, are open; a
fountain FLASHES in the garden; the flower
beds are bordered with box, and the scent
of the box comes in at the open windows
They play whist. A beau shakes back
the lace frill from his hand as he deals. A
red jewel CLEANS on his finger. The ladies'
brocades rustic; they frown softly at their
cards. An hourglass stands ON table in
laid with mother of pearl; the sand in the
hourglass flows silently; the pungent
smell of the box comes in at the open win
dows.
They play whist A lady leads from her
long suit; beau takes the trick With a
king. His black eyes flash under his white
wig like eternal youth.
The fountain FLASHES in the garden; the
pungent smell Of the box comes in at the
open windows; the sand in the hourglass
flows as silently as the lives of the players.
They play whist. A beau leads an ace
his partner trumps A trick is lost, but
he looks at her and smiles. A trick is lost
but love is immortal. Mary E. wilkins
in Century.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Growth Movements of Plants

Photography is marvelously widening
our Geld of vision. 1t has shown us mil
lions of stars hitherto unknown; it has re-
vealed astonishing details of animal loco
motion, and caught the rife bullet in its
fight, and it is now being made to record
the movements of the growing parts of
plants. Especially curious are the results
with certain climbers, such as the hop con-
volvulus, ipomea, etc. The young stems
move in a succession OF irregular circular
or elliptical curves, which vary every mo-
ment, even in direction, and are due to ir-
regular growth in different parts of the
stem. During the sleep of plants, move
ments do not cease. but consist of alternate
upward and downward vibrations-Ohio
State Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Grimes of High Civilization.

May not New England's murders be ac-
cepted as manifestations of the peculiar
weakness of I'm old and advanced civiliza-
tioni How else may they be accounted forP
Upon what other basis may we solve the
yearly reiterated riddle of the unspeakable
scandals of London, the very center and
fountain of modern civilization? If the
most shocking crimes are not related some
how or other to the progress of civilization,
why should we look for and find always the
very refinement of villainy in Paris, the
queen, as London may be called the king,
of Christendom?
The services Of the logician and the soci-
ologist may. be needed to yoke this strange
team together, but surely as much may be
said as has been said without risking a
conviction for sophistry. y.-Bostpn Globe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
The wonders Of Reproduction.

Aphide are species of minute insect be.
longing to the order of bemiptera, sub
order homoptera, and taken collectively
100 Of them would hardly weigh grain
Now let us try comparison. The average
man, we will say, weighs 100000 grains
Yet it has been found, by actual calcula
tion, that IL these minute insects were left
unchecked to only the tenth generation
the descendants of a single pair would bt
equivalent, in point Of actual weight, tt
500,O0O,0Oo very heavy men, This would
be equal to one-third OF the population Of
the globe, supposing each person to weigh
an average Of 2so pounds. Louis Re
public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
An Enticinp Welsh Word.

The Listener once knew some excellent
Welsh people, who insisted that no lpn-
guage in the world is so free from hard
words as Welsh. They cited the, word
cwrw as proof Of the falsity Of the notion
that Welsh words are unpronounceable.
This fascinating word is pronounced ex-
actly as II it were spelled kooroo, and it
means beer. To hear a Welshinan pro-
nounce that word is enough to make ones
mouth water. You might remain insensi-
BILE TO the temptations of mere beer, but
an invitation to take glass Of kooroo--
otherwise cwrw-is irresistible. Boston
Transcript. ,-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-09
Tennyson,s sepsitiyeness.

Tennyson's sensitiveness was often much
tried in the matter of reviews of his works.
If unfavorable he would cry with pain and
vexation, sowhenever an unfavorable word
appeared in apaper, however obscure, the
publication was Immediately hidden or
destroyed, so that the poet should never
bee or hear anything that could pain him.
-Inndon Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09
A THOUGHTFUL WIFE.
Hor shrewdness Provided for the Coming
Emergency.

Hor shrewdness Provided for tho Coming
Emergency.
She was pretty shrewd woman, and
she had heard her husband complain
at different times about the increasing
burdens from his growing correspond
ence. She half OWNED his purpose to
get typewriter, both the machine
and the girl, and as he has an eye for
beauty and likes a pretty face, she
formed her own plans.
what do you have to pay . girl?"
she asked.
As he was reading the evening paper,
In an absent-minded way he said: "Oh,
you can get real pretty girl for ten or
twelve dollars a week"
He had given it all away, but she
Kept her counsel until he said be had
bought the machine and would adver-
tise for a girl. ION, no need to do
that" she said. 81 have a girl en-
gagged for you, and she is said to be tho
quickest and best shorthand girl in
town" So she had, and the next day
the hubby was thunderstruck and all
broken up when he saw the ancient
piece of bric-a- brac with side curls that
his wife brought in the next morning.
She was bird for homeliness, would
stop clocks, turn switches and freeze ice.
And now that wife laughs in the
other sleeve as she thinks of her cute
ness. She thinks.A'harley' correspond
ence will drop off pretty soon, so that
be won't need any assistance--CinciD-
uati Tribune
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THIS is THE GIRL.
RIGHT UP TO DATE AND A JOLLY,
LOVABlE SORT OF A CREATURE.
How She Acts, What She Eats, Where She
Goes and What She Wears-She Has Hez
Faults, but Withal We Love Her Still-A
Nineteenth Century Creation.
TsneciaI Corresnondence.7

Boston, Feb 5.-The lend of the cen.
turyn girl is sign of the times. There is
such genuine stamp of originality about
her personality that counterfeits are easily
detected by the critical eye of that garru-
lous old woman, Nine. Grundy. A faithful
adherence to the following ethics may re-
suit in such a clever imitation even that old
gossip may be imposed upon:
The Fin de steele" girl is readily told by
her tall, slender figure, skin like cool ivory,
proud little head, fluffy hair and lips like
magenta. She carries herself with mingled
touches of independence and girlish CO.
quetry. Her manner in talking begins with
vivaciousness and ends before it approaches
the danger line of loudness. She is no longer
pert; neither does she know what bashful-
ness means She can discuss anything from
ultraism to integral calculus, from cushion
caroms to Ibsenism, and although there is
no trace of the strong minded "bluestock-
ing" in her conversation her opinions are
not launched with timidity. She never
says something is pretty-it is charming"
or ''ravishing;" gown is s'swagger" or
smart"
When she walks, it is with her head proud
~ SCI Oh Htr SQUARE SHoulucrs, uer IlSnt
arm frmly-not stiffiy-at her side, her
left hand resting upon her hips. The pose
gives her rather dasbing air. When she
dances, the left hand holds up the front of
her gown.
When she enters cafe for lunch, she
does not order an oyster stew and vanilla
ice cream. She eats brown bread and but
ter, with glass Of milk, and perhaps an
chovy paste or a morsel of cavaiere. She
never drinks anything but mineral waters
at a late suIe,er. She would curl her nose
in disdain at the woman who drinks cock
tails or a small cold bottle in public.
She is economical, but not misery If
her father gives her s., 900 year allowance,
she wants TO make it go as far as the girl
who is obliged to buy her face powders and
opera tickets out of $500 year. She leaves
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09

the white house, and on days when
there is meet Of the hunt club the
avenues leading to it present gay
scene. All the people one knows-or
would like to, being socially Inclined
either drive or ride out to watch the
sport or to take an active part in IL.
The first meets of the season were
drag hunts, but the anise bag soon
gave way to the more exciting fox,
which, in turn, is giving place to the
lordly stag. Not that the banks of the
Potomac abound in such magnificent
game. The most enthusiastic sports
man could not find one of the species
within miles, were he to hunt from the
gray dawn till dewy eve, but that is
not what the club wants Their desire
is to chase the stag, feat much more
easily accomplished. For that purpose
they have imported two genuine Irish
between the meets the animals are
comfortably housed in the stables at
Chevy Chase. Thus far the diversion
has offered no features to which the
most humane individual could possibly
object The stays evidently like it.
Given anything like fair start, q well
fed, hunting-bred stag can keep a
dozen packs of hounds at a safe dis
lance. The run across country, tbs
stiff jumps, the music in the air, are
all rich fun for him, and when he has
had enough of it he has the good
sense to make for the stable, where,
with graceful toss of his antlers, he
salutes such of the hunters and the
hounds as have managed to keep with
in sight. If there is anyone hurt it is
not the stag.
The local club has not had entire
possession of the field. With the adj
vent of the holiday season the Mon
mouth Hunt club of New York estab-
lished itself a near neighbor. The
Counselman house, the old headouar-
ters of the Chevy Chase club. with its
large stables and kennels, has been
leased by the Monmouth club. and the
finest hunters of its stud ind eighteen
couples of imported hounds are quar-
tered there for the winter. The horses
are among the most noted hunters of
the country, most of them being old
habitues of the New York horse show.
Old Punch and the Dutchulan are IA
nous jumpers Countess. imported By
Fred Gebhardt, is magnificent hunter.
Lord Langford. Good Boy and Long
fellow. all imported Irish hunters, have
imported regulations as well.
The Chevy Chase men think, hover
err. that they have stud that will bear
comparison, and present Worcester and
Shandygaff. bred in Virginia, who have
each a record of FIVE feet and half;
Mavourneen, an imported Irish mare,
the pride of the stud: Moccasin. an ex-
ceptioualiy fast hunter. and Long
stride. broad jumper, for whom q
racord of tnirtx-six feet is claimed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09

bred, Charley, is second to no equine
aristocrat in Washington.
Miss Enloe, daughter of Tennessee's
representative in congress, can scarce
~ remember when she did not follow
the hounds, and in genuine fox hunts
Miss Enloe is one of Washington's
most attractive girls. She is never
prettier than when her bright eyes
sparkle at the sound of the huntsman's
horn.
Mrs. Alexander Legare, daughter of
Judge Cox, is very graceful eques-
trienne. Her favorite mount is fine
chestnut gelding. Gamebird, but Duke
and Duchess of her stable do equal
credit to their fair owner.
The Miss Letters all ride well. They
have stable full of fine animals, their
habits have the London cachet. and
they always make very stylish ap-
pearance mounted. Miss Letter is the
only one of the three who rides to tho
hounds.
Miss White, daughter of Mrs Howard
White, and granddaughter OF the mil
lionaire ex-senator Sawyer. is a horse
woman who always attracts attention
by her grace and skill.
Miss Rochester, one of the fairest of
the seasons debutantes, cousin to the
countess of Craven, is another good
cross country rider. In fact the hunt
ing set is comprised of ''the bravest
and the fairest" of Washington's beau
monde. HARRIET HENRY.
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FOR 1s9s-s4 WICHITA. KANSAS.

which was characterized by deserted
shafts of copper and silver mines. tho
ore taken from which did not begin to
reimburse the unlucky spectators FOR
their outlay.
Every now and then one sees the
Wondering remains of what was at
that time believed to be the ueucieus
of a future village; the decaying shells
of hotels, bearing such characteristics
names as 'Copperepolis Hotel, etc In
the neig borhood of these are To be seen
the dilapidated homes built by spccp
lators for a population which never
materialized-habi citations which were
never even dwelt in for day.
The excavations made in some places
by TIE misguided miners are extensive.
ana the huge artificial caverns thus
created will remain forever, empha.
sizing in their unsightliness q folly
which infected the population of the
entire state.
The one small return which nature
gave for all this foolish expenditure Of
time and money exist to-day in tho
wells of pure water which were
struck" in the course of the sinking oh
shafts through she solid rock-N. Y.
Herald
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they have all proved short-lived until
the Chevy Chase Hunt club sprang into
existence. 1t, like Topsy, was never
born-''it growed." Two years ago it's
present secretary and treasurer, Harry
Earle, as he is known to "the set"
took up hunting as pastime. He
was joined by number of enthusiastic
sportsmen, the number rapidly in
creased, and in short time the merry
company developed into "the Chevy
Chase club" duly Incorporated, its GER
tifcate bearing date March "a, 1893.
The object of the club, as stated in the
bond, is IAN association formed for lit
erary purposes, mutual improvement
and the promotion of social inter-
course, by the support and encourage
ment of all outdoor sports and amuse-
ments." At present it numbers nearly
hundred membership limit is a hun
dred and ffty-it has club house at
Chevy Chase, prides itself on possess
ing some of the finest mounts in the
country, and its pack of hounds is one
of which no club need be ashamed.
Chevy Chase, the home of the club. is
one of Washington's most delightful
suburbs 1t is about six miles from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09
Ehe dahta 1alu Eagle gridau 4uorne. February
They have fifteen couples of imported

They have fifteen couples of imported
hounds.
The two clubs are in perfect har-
| mony, and together they keep the
sporting blood of the community up to
fever heat. There is always q big
field of riders and the honors are
pretty evenly divided between the
horsemen of Washington and the New
Workers. Among the Chevy Chase men
Francis G. Newlands, the president of
the club; Harry Earle, the father of the
organization, so to speak; Harvey
Page, Clarence Moore, Montgomery
Blair, Justin Butterfeld, Baron Won
Kettler most often follow the hounds.
although there are many other expert
cross country riders. The list of mem
bers includes the names of the most
prominent club and society men OF the
capital. New York sends worthy
competitors. Mr.. Potter, the master
Of the hounds of the Westchester
hunt, often follows the Monmouth
pack. Dick Waliack, formerly q
Washingtonian, comes over from New
York, his present home, to try his
luck. Foxhal Keene, Tom Hitch
cock, Frank and Gray Griswald, Fred
Gebhardt and other well-known sports
men from New York are frequently
seen at the meets.
The novel gymkahana races, with
which the days sport is frequently
rounded off, afford no end of amuse-
ment to the admiring spectators. In
the dressing race the contestants
strip off their coats and waist
coats, and, with saddle on the
ground, at the word go" saddle
up and get into their outer
garments with all possible speed, for
the winner must arrive at the stake
clothed and in his right mind The
egg and spoon race discounts a circus
performance. The winner must ride
from start to finish with whole egg
in a wooden spoon. There is no limit
to the number of eggs that he may
break, but the winning egg must have
travelled the entire course. The riders
in a cigar and umbrella race must
smoke a mild Havana while carrying
raised umbrella. This race is a fine
thing for the umbrella trade, as it is
very rare thing for even the winner to
arrive at the post with his umbrella IN
a perfect condition. Then there are
hurdle races and quarter-mile dashes.
and there will soon be polo games.
The ponies are now being trained.
Golf is also popular fad with the
Chevy Chase club. Henry May, the
chairman of the outdoor sports COM
mittee, was a well-known player at
Newport last summer. Mr. Alan John,
ston, of the British legation, is an ex
ceptionally fine player, and there are
others of. the club that require no in.
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the benefit of instruction By Campbell
who coached the players at Newport
Manchester and Beverly Farms las
summer.
The clubhouse is picturesque ole
mansion generally known as the Rog
ers house. It WAS the original home
stead Of the Chevy Chase estate and
was at one time the home of Justics
Bradley of the supreme court 1t il
the purpose of the club TO enlarge Z
by the addition of a ballroom and 8
more commodious diEing-roon- De
liChtful hunt breakfasts are giveI
there and the Chevy Chase teas hav
An element Of piquancy quite foreign
to the town affairs. OF all the merry
nakings Of the gay season the Pink
Coat Cotilliors are the winners for nov
.lty and high tone"
Very many of the bellies Of the capt.
tai are excellent cross-country riders,
and some of them follow the hounds
n fine style and frequently capture
the brush. The daughters OF Mr.. Fran
els Newlands are rare horsewomen.
They have hunted in Aerrie England.
sre experts at polo. drive tandem, play
golf, and crowd the eiubmen closely
70. houors in outdoor sports They
have stable full OF fine horses. the
favorite being an imported Irish mare.
Mavourneen.
Two of the daughters of the British
ambassador, Miss Pauncefote aud Miss
Audrey, are fine cross-coun.ry riders
Miss Lillian and Miss Syoil more
afisn drive TO the meet with LsdI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09
In the Cause Of Charity.

Spokesman of Relief Committee
Now, Mr. Pillburger. the wealthy mer-
chants are assisting us IN our work.
not only by contributions, but, some OF
them, by selling the nescssaries OF life,
such as tea. bread, coal and wood, At
cost What can you do for US?
Pillburger the drnggist)-You VII
find me ready to help der unemployed
Put me down as der man vat sells bost-
age stamps at gossi-Puck-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-09
Did She Ouarra,p

Judge-fou want a divorce from YOU,
wife because She quarrels. You say.
was She ever known to quarrel before
you married her?
Husband-Why, judge, she was the
soprano IN a volunteer choir for twelve
years.-Yo1kers Statesman