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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Successful Fan Painters.

The costly part of fine fans is the paint
ing. Only very few clever artists in
Paris have attained reputation as fan
painters, and many a great master in oils
would not dare risk hisname in such work.
Detaille has painted few fans with his
characteristic military figures and one of
the fans was sold in New York for great
sum. But Detaille seldom essays such
work. lie Loire painted fan that sold in
New York for 5000. Madeleine Lemaire
occasionally paints a fan, but it is seldom
used except for wall decoration. Her prices
for such work are from 5000 to 5000.
There is host of comparatively un-
known artists whose work, excellent in its
way, is seen on fans that cost from $40 to
$50. Some of them sign assumed names
to their work, and all are the hacks of the
Partisan trade. The really famous fan
painters of Europe are Albert, Chesseviere,
Houghton, Eugene Ciceri and Lassallez.
Albert is painter of miniatures, and his
training shows in his work on fans. His
figures have a remarkable beauty of finish.
Cheneviere is strong in costumes. He de-
lights in depicting gay groups of Parisians.
Houghton's work is noticeable for delicate
finish. Cicerf is almost alone in painting
Alpine scenes. He will cover the whole
face of fan with a great Alpine land
scape, and one easily recognizable by those
familiar with the Alps. Lassallez is pc
culiarly rich in coloring. Fans painted by
these artists are sold for Sl25 to $500 each.
New York Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
The Growth of the Acorn.

The acorn is the fruit of the oak; the
seed germ is very small object at the
pointed end of the acorn, with the future
root uppermost. The acorn drops and its
contents doubtless undergo important
molecular and chemical changes while it
lies under winter covering of leaves or
snow. In the mild warmth of spring the
acorn swells, the little root elongates,
emerges from the end of the shell and no
matter what the position of the acorn,
turns downward. The root penetrates the
soil two or three inches before the stalk
begins to show itself and grow upward.
The "meat" of the acorn nourishes both
root and stalk, and two years may pass be-
fore its store of food is entirely exhausted.
At the end of year the young oak has
root twelve to eighteen inches long, with
numerous shorter rootlets, the stalk being
from six to eight inches high. In this
stage it differs from the sapling, and again
the sapling differs from the tree. To watch
these transformations under theNlens is
fascinating occupation Ohio State Jour-
mol
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Hero WOrshin.

Men have a poor eye for the truest heroes
round about them in their own day. Their
hero worship is concerned chiefly with the
past Emerson said Of Webster at the
time of the fugitive slave law, when Gar
rison and Phillips and Parker and Whittier
were waging their great fight, "He knows
the heroes of 1776, but cannot see those of
1851 when he meets them in the street. I"
However severe this view Of Webster may
be, the word is true of thousand thou
ssud men. 1t is as common today as it
was in Christ's time and before Christ 5
time, for men who busy themselves in
painting the tombs of the prophets to be
Just as busy in stoning the prophets sent
unto their own generation.
Carlyle himself, the greatest Of all our
hero worshipers, whose name rushes to
our lips at the very mention of heroes and
heroism, had but a poor eye and ear for
the heroic figures and voices of his own
epoch. He never caught Mazzini's vision.
He hardly understood what Mazzini was
about in the world even when he had him
for his neighbor and went in and out with
him day by day. There had been no con-
siderable exhibition of heroism in England,
according to his vision, for two centuries
no real body of heroes since the Puritans.
1t may well be doubted whether, had he
been the contemporary of Cromwell or of
Luther, whom he celebrated so well, he
would not have been found their enemy
and counted them malcontents, busybodes
and disorderly fellows. Edwin d. Mead
in New England Magazine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
The Why of 1t.

The Hindoo fatalist extends to the in
telfectual side of life. In grammar with
them, as in destiny, a thing is so because
it is so; fatalism kills out reason as it kills
out spiritual effort and aspiration. shall
never forget trying to get an explanation
from Hindoo teacher of finding, in some
of their writings, plural substantive
mated to singular verb.
"Why does not this plural noun take
plural verb?"
Because it takes singular verb"
'WhyY'
Because it is right that it should do
So"
why wouldn't it be right that it should
take plural verbt"
Because it would be wrong"
'But thought plural substantives al
ways took plural verbss"
'They do"
"Yet this one does notS"
mo; this one does not"
What rule governs it then"
"There is no rule. It does so because it
Is right that it should do so.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

Our Independence Day casts into obliv-
ion in this country some famous old holidays
and holy days that ought not to be forgot
ten. Who that speaks familiarly of the
'dog days" remembers that the 3D. of July
is the first of these. famous days-the day
on which Sirius, the dog star, first comes
into conjunction with the sun. July 6was
the old midsummer day. 1t has lost that
honor now, however, June "a having re-
ceived it instead, although that is St.
Johns Day, and only three days later than
the summer solstice, which marks the
scientific beginning Of summer. The 7th
of July is the feast day of st. Thomas a
Beckett, who, though famous saint for
years, is now remembered chiefly as the
cause of the pilgrimage to Canterbury
which Chaucer has immortalized.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
A Great Natural Sounding Board.


"The queerest country ever saw" said
Simon Askins, for twenty-eight years
soldier on the American frontier, sis that
Immediately about Dry lake. in Lassen
county. was a sergeant there under
General Wheaton during the Modoc war
Dry lake usually has no water in it at all.
1t is almost an arid plain, with some al
kali scattered here and there over it, and
its area is about 2J5 by4 miles. On one
side are the Pit River mountains and on
another are big pine woods, while to the
west are the famous lava beds in which
the Indians hid during that last great Cal
ifornia struggle with the savages.
"Well, winding road leads up from the
valley into the curious basin. If horse
walk on this road anywhere, even two or
three miles outside the border of the dry
lake, he can be heard for many and many
miles up in the interior. The ground all
about there sends forth hollow sound.
Reverberations can be heard everywhere.
Whether there are any caves or lost
rivers there | cannot say, but though l
have been almost everywhere ON the from
tier never found anything like it. A foot
fall may be heard like a sound in great
cavern.
"Many night when, as soldier on
duty, we anticipated an attack from the
Indians or the arrival of couriers or sup
plies, have put my ear to the ground. If
horse was moving about anywhere with
in miles he could at once easily be detect
ed. This enabled US to put ourselves in an
attitude of defence. 1t is great gallery,
a whispering gallery it may be called,
where the acoustics are so perfect that any
thing said is published to the world. All
the country about there has ears. Even
the cav of crow or the notes of song
ster take on weird sound. ."-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Malice of Old Sarah Churchill.

An electioneering squib written in the
reign of William III describes the scene
of the hustlings in Guildhall, when the
platform was crowded by ''all the folks in
furs, from sables, ermines and the skins Of
ours" Swift has mentioned "Ballad
Full of Puns," which was produced dur
ing the Westminster election of ITO, But
we have more precise records of the deeply
designed stroke of electioneeripg policy
ascribed to old Sarah, duchess of Marl-
borough, who, wishing to annoy George
Grimstone, who was opposing the success
of her nominees, had fresh edition printed
of very stupid comedy called Love in a
Hollow Tree" which had been written by
Lord Grimstone, and which, being heartily
ashamed of it, he had suppressed. The
implacable Sarah reprinted the silly play,
and affixed to it an engraving representing
an elephant dancing on tightrope. Lon
don Telegraph.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Interrupted the Fight.

A gentleman was in the habit of shoot
ing in very wild and rocky section of the
country. Part of the rocky ground was
on the side of a very high hill, not accessi-
BILE to sportsmen, and from this hill the
hares and faxes, which were the chief
game of the region, would at night betake
themselves TO the plains below. Leading
from these rocks to the lower ground were
two gullies made by the rains, near one Of
which the veracious gentleman who tells
the story stationed himself and his attend
ant one night in the hope of begging some
hares.
Hardly had they taken up their position
when they perceived fox creeping
stealthily down through the gully, fol-
lowed closely by another. After-they had
played together for few minutes one of
the foxes went into hiding under one of the
larger rocks at the end of the gully, and
the other having apparently bidden him
good night sneaked back up the hill again.
In moment he was back, but before him,
racing down through the gully-being
chased, in fact-was hare fleeing for her
life, and as the intended victim was pass.
ing the rock where the first fox lay con-
cealed he tried to seize her by suddenly
springing upon her. but his aim was bad
and he missed.
The pursuing fox came up at this mo
ment, and finding that the lack of skill Of
his co-conspirator had resulted in the loss
his supper, ne began to snap and snarl at
the other in such fashion that the spirit
of the offending fox was aroused, and q
rough and tumble fight resulted They
fought flercely for several minutes, but as
neither seemed to be getting the better Of
the other, the huntsman himself took the
matter in hand and shot them.-Harper';
Young People.
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Ef'[;jijlI|'s!II|l'l||l||a||a!|3l III A u
MAY l3. 1874

MAY l3, 1894
Train leaves Scranton Tor Philad elphia and
New York via ID. & H. r X. at T. Is An. l206,
2S8 and ll.S p. m via D., L. q W. z. B., 500,
BOZ, ll.D a. IN, and LOO D. IN.
Barre, via D., l. g ". r R, 500 sGs nSS
q. m. l.80, a50. 6.07. $50 D. m
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Hazleton,
Pottsville and all points on the Beaver
Meadow and Pottsville branches. via E. g. W.
Y. $40 s.m., via D. q H R.R. at I45 m, H05.
S& $40 pm, via D., l.. @ w r. R., 600, sos,
H. am, l.30, 250 pm.
Leave Scranton FOR Bethlehem, Easton,
Reading, Harrisburg and all intermediate
points via D. q II. r. r. 7.4j am ,l205 Eos IL 38
pa, via D., L. g. W. R. R..6Oos.0s. us0 a N.
Loave Scranton for Tunkhannock, Towanda,
Elmira Ithaca, Geneva and all intermedlats
points via d. q II. r. R..8.45 am, .06 and lL3S
p m, via D. L. % W. R. r., sos an, l.a0 D. IN
Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo, Nj
agara Falls, Detroit, Chicago and all poiuts
west via D. q a. r. R., e.45 am. IL 205. .el5ll 80
2. m, via D. L. g. W. R. R. and Pittston
Junction, SOS am, $50, $50 p. m. via Z. q W.
For Eimira and the west via sslsmanoA vi,
p. q IL Il. Z. e.45 am, l205,6.5 D. m. via D..
L. W. R. r, sos a. m, 30 and dG p m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or l.. V. chair
cara on all trains between l. q B. Junction or
Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia,
Buffalo and Suspension Bridge
ROLL1N H. WILBUR, Gen. Supt
CHAS. s, LEE, Gen. Pass. Ag't Phila. Pa.
AW W.NONNEMACHER,A Asst Gen Pass. Ag't,
South Bethlehem, Pa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
wolseley,s Error as to a Law Lord,


Whatever else may be said about Lord
Wolseley, this at least is certain-when he
speaks as he did in Dublin of the road to
success in the army being paved with
hard work, he is the hero Of his own epic.
It is perhaps the knowledge of his own
career that has caused him to think the
road to the woolsack is similarly con-
structed. Well, that Of course is compli-
mentary to the bar and the bench, but
illustration is sometimes perilous when it
deals With men and their lives.
For instance, Lord Wolseley took the
ease of the lord chancellor of Ireland, who
really gained the woolsack through the
houses Of parliament and not through the
tour courts. In twenty-five years Mr..
Gibson, now Lord Ashbourne, held but
three briefs in the court over which he
now presides. s.-I4ondon Broad Arrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
A Miserly Rector.

The Rev. Mr.. Jones, of Blewbury, with
nest egg of e2OO and stipend amount
ing to fifty pounds per annum, left at
death the sum of 10000. He had been
rector of his parish for forty years, and
during all that time only one person had
been known to sit at his festal table.
No fire was ever lighted in his house nor
was servant kept. In winter he would
visit his parishioners to keep himself from
starving and cold rather than light fire at
the rectory.-Cassell's Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

"Well," said Detroit man who had
gone south when the real estate craze was
on, "Iwas down in Tennessee and Alabama
for only six weeks and came back with
$4,000.
"Jerusalem" exclaimed a speculator.
"How did you get itw
"Took it with me-" was the response
and the speculator caught on to the idea
that penny saved might be penny
earned. Detroit Free Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
DELAwARE, LACKAwANNA AND

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Express
for New York and all points East. l.40, $50
6.l5, 500 and ESQ q m; ; 1855 and $50 p, m
Express for Easton, Trenton. Philadelphia
and the South. 6l1 500 and eos q m; lass
and $50 p. IN.
Washington and way stations, 1865 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 8.l0 p. m.
Expr IS for Binghamton, Oswego, Elmira,
Corning, Bath, Dansville, Mount Morris and
Buffalo, 10, 2l5 a. m. aud LA p. m, making
close connections at Buffalo to all points In the
West, Northwest and Southwest
Bath accommodation. o O.. m.
Binghamton and way stations, l2-87 D. m.
Nicnol.on accommodation, at 4 p. N. and
8l0 p. IN.
Binghamton and Elmira Express, COS p m
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswego
Utica and Richfeld Springs, 2l6 g. m. and La
Ithaca, 2l5 and Bath o. m and 12ipm IN.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes. Barre,
Plymouth, Bloomsbury and Danville, making
close connections at Northumberland for
Williamsport, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Wash
ington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate stations
600, OBS a. IN. and l.3u and 6W p m.
NanticoKe ana intermediate stations, aoa
and ll0 a. m. Plymouth and intermediates
stations, $50 and 8.52 .. m. =,
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on al
For detailed information, pocket time tables
ETC., apply to NJ. l.. Smith, city ticket oince
S2s Lackswanna avenue. or depot ticket once.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
The Motto on the Coins.

The motto "E Pluribus Unum" has never
been authorized by congress. Its first
appearance on a coin was in 17S6, before
the establishment of United States mint.
AT that time there was private coming
establishment at Newburg, N. Y, and the
well known motto was first inscribed upon
a coin struck at that mint" 1t was a
copper coin of the value of about one pen
ny, or something near two cents. They
are now very valuable, and but few coin
collectors can boast of owning such rari-
ties.-Philadelphia Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Weak Ewes from Round Keys.

According to DR.. l.. Webster Fox, new
cause of eye trouble has been found in
typewriting machines. A patient called
upon him who complained of sore eyes and
a sensation as of sand under the eyelids.
He examined the eyes carefully and found
no organic weakness, and on questioning
the patient further found that he had
been using q typewriter with round keys,
and that the most trouble was experienced
while at work. He advised the use of u
machine with black keyboard and rec
tangular keys, and after few months
triel of such machine the patient had no
more trouble.-Analyst.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Fried Wash Grnhs.

Young wasp grubs fried in butter do not
at first sight appear to be the most allur-
ing dish in the world, yet they have been
pronounced delicious by those hardy ex-
perimenters who have tried them. Fed as
they are upon the sweetest juices drawn
from fruits and flowers, they naturally
possess delicate flavor Perhaps the best
way toprepare them is to bake them in the
comb.--Table.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Helping with Influence.

In rather low and crowded basement Of
one of the city's shops recently customer
stood waiting for parcel near an elevated
desk, where young woman was acting as
cashier of the department. Directly over
the girl hung strong electric light. A
man, evidently an attache of the establish
ment who looked after the lights, came
along, extinguished the light, and pro-
ceeded to lower and clean it. The girl
drew breath of relief.
81 wish you wouldn't put the thing
back" she said.
why" said the man, sis your head bad
again?"
ats always bad" complained the girl.
"while that whirring glare is in my face"
The man laughed sympathetically.
"Sorry, but can't help it," he said; and a
moment later the dazzling globe swung in
position again and he went on to finish his
rounds.
But it CHANGED that the woman who
heard this was benevolent and energetic
one. and she was besides rich and long
standing patron of the store. She asked
the girl at the desk few questions to dis
cover that the bad head" described an al
most permanent condition of dizziness and
fullness, which, rightly or wrongly, she
attributed to the electric light. The GUS
toner listened and sympathized and went
straight from the basement to the mana
gers Office, where her statement of the
case and plea for change in the situation
of electric light or desk received probably
more attention than it would have done
from less prominent woman. At all
events, within few days the cashiers
desk in that basement was moved, and a
small gas jet, shaded, supplied the extra
light needed. 1t would be well, however,
if there were more rich customers to come
to the rescue of dazzled clerks, or more
managers to investigate if such rescue is
ded.-Her Point of View in New York
Uimeg
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Wear and Tear of Iron Rails.

Taking the length of the permanent ways
on the surface Of the globe at nearly 10000
geographical miles, with daily average
of ten trains, it is estimated that the total
loss by wear and tear suffered each day by
the metallic rails Of the earth is about GOO
tons. The 800 tons are lost in the form Of
a fine powder, and are carried back to the
earth in the shape of soluble iron salts
Yankee Blade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
The Moons of Uranus.

Uranus has four little moons-Ariel,
Umbriel, Tifania, and Oberon-which, fun
nily enough, rise in the north and set in
the south. A single diminutive one, be-
longing to Neptune, traverses the sky from
southwest to northeast. Neither Mercury
nor Venus has any satellites.-Providence
Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Rich and Poor in London.

According to writer, rather more than
sixty-nine persons in every hundred in
London are living in comfort, while rather
more than thirty in every hundred are liv-
ing in poverty. OF these twenty-five are
poor and seven very poor, while not quite
one person in every hundred belongs to the
"lowest classes"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

The latest experimenter on the auroral
line infers that aurora only appear at "a con-
siderable height in temperate zones, while
in the auroral zone proper the phenomenon
is generally produced in the lowerer at
mosphere.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

Our animal friends have less than we Of
that evil perseverance which makes boy
persist against his nature until he is able
to smoke. If the dumb brute finds thing
distasteful or painful, he seldom touches it
again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
He Told the Truth,

Mrs. Snooper-Men make me tired.
Mrs. Swayback-What's the matter nowP
Mrs. Snooper-My husband saw Mrs.
Keedick yesterday, and asked him what
she had on, and he replied, "Oh, clothes"
Exchange.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

"Haye you book called 'Pansy
poemsp'"
"Yes, sir"
"Gimme all you have"
Certainly, sir. You must have great
admiration for the book"
mo, haven't 1t was written by my
son, and Pm protecting the family name"
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

The largest sum ever asked or offered for
a single diamond is 9+30,0O0, which the
nizam of Hyderabad agreed to give to Mr..
Jacobs, the famous jeweler of Simla, for
the Imperial" diamond, which is con-
sidered the finest stone in the world.-Ex-
change.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
Stolen Fruits Are Dearest,

Cobwigger-I once saw a large melon
sell for two dollars.
Uncle Rastus-Dat's nuthin, sab. I
wuz axed ten dollars fur un.
Cobwigger-You surely didn't give its
Uncle Rastus-No, sab. Iwuz bruk an
TUX de ten days.-New York Evening Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

Telephones In service in the United
States number nearly 5l2, 800, and the total
length Of line is over a quarter of million
miles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
The Tallest Lighthouse.

The tallest lighthouse tower is 1S9 feet
from it's base to the center of the lantern,
at Cape Hatteras. Highest above the sea
level is the one at Point Iona, at the en-
trance of San Diego bay, California, 462
feet above the ocean. Boston Globe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05
CENTRAL RAILROAD or N ].
LEHIcp AND sUsousnAwNA DIVISION


Anthracite coal used exclusively. iuyurfne
cleanliness and comfort
TINE TABLE IN ETgEor MAY 20, 1884,
Trains leave Scranton for pittstou. Wilkes
Barre, etc, at $40, 9l6 lL30 .. m, 1850, zoo
s2o s.o9 IS, l.6 p. IN. Sundays, 900 q m.
For Atlantic City, $40 a. m
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth, aeo
(express) q. M, 1880 (expross with Buffet
parlor carr, $3.50 (express) p. m. Sunday, 2l5
FoR MAUoH CHUNK, AnLENTowS, BrrHLu-
HEM EAsToH and PHILADELPHIA, $40 a. M.
1850, $50, 800 Except Philadelphia) D. N.
Sunday, 2l5p. m.
For LoNa BRANCH. OCEAN GROVE, etc., ah
$40 a. m, l2.50 .. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg, via
Allentown $40 a m, 1880 500 pm. Sunday.
2l6 p. IN.
For Pottsville, SOFA. m, 1850 D. m
Returning, leave New York, foot OF Liberty
street North river, at $40 (express) a m,
LILO, l.3O, 4.N express with Buffet parlor car)
p. m. Sunday, 430 q. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal, 600
q. m, zoo and 43O p. m. Sunday, 6.N O. n.
Through tickets to all points at lowest rates
may be had on application In advance to the
ticket agent at the station.
II. P. BALDWIN,
J. q. oLHAUSEN,
Gen. Supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

There are 1I5 different pieces IN the aver
age watch, requiring in its manufacture
2,400 separate and distinct operations.