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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24
MINOR FACTS AND FANClEs.


In rather bad verse but with tumultu.
Gus wave Of earnestness that compensates
for any rhythmlcgl defects, the disap
pointed Democrat who conducts the poet
ical departme Mt Of the esteemed Wilkes
Barre News.Dealer let's fly this soulful
dirge:
The boys who waited for Grover
Thinking they would lie in clover,
Are much put about
Because they're still out,
But his reign win shortly Ds over.
Only the sublime patience of the Amer
lean people prevents them from rising IN
their might against Grover and those who
connect him, even in wild flights of poetic
license, with so melitiuouS, soothing aud
dreamy thing as clover.
900
From political doggerel TO tho serio,
comic crudities that one often encounters
in elegiRc literature is somewhat of u step
but it must bs taken. Possibly the one
extreme will neutralize the other. At all
events, in an Ontario county n. Y. cemetery
stands tombstone with this unique de-
scriptlon:
"In memory Of - ------,
Who died May Il, 1914
In the 66 year OF bis age.
! 1000 ways cut short our Days,
None are exempt from Death,
A Honey Bee by stingind Ne
Did stop my mortal breath"
II there is another Democrat who feels
like the poet editor OF the Wilkes Barre
News.Dealer, let him keep away from the
sting of the free trade bee while lolling in
fields of clover"
900
An excellent suggestion touching the
problem of relief was made by a writer IN
the New York Tribune the other day. He
called attention to the large number of
little household repairs that are ordinarily
made at this season Of the year but which
are withheld by certain thoughtless land
lords and property owners because OF the
prevalent epidemic OF exaggerated econ
omy. The cost of these small alterations
will have to be met, sooner or later. 1t
can better be met now while labor is will.
! ing to accept low wage, in preference to
idleness, than it could when the revival
shall restore things to normal basis.
| Those who have to pay the bills in either
case usually have the money with which
to do the paying; and the relief which the
aggregate Of these opportunities for neces-
sary work would afford, If improved now,
would be considerable. The suggestion is
Just as good in Scranton as it is in New
York.
900
This year, the down trodden tenant
comes in for his long.awaited revenge For
the first time in decade the Scranton
landlord il the under dog in the fight. The
ITO rent sign is getting to be more
abundant than the 'to reuter-" In several
instances this year the naughty tax payer,
instead of receiving his victim as an auto.
crat might welcome a slave, has regarded
1t good policy to so forth and beg for ten
ants. In fact the latter take it all
through. has decidedly the whip hand, and
unless indications deceive, will possess
that same advantage for several weeks to
come. This condition is partly due to the
large number of tenants who last fall oc
cupied cosy suburban homes Of their own
and partly, no doubt, to the general busi
ness uncertainty. But whatever the
cause, the fact itself is clear and distinct
And the meek and lowly renter seems t
enjoy the change immensely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

IT IS A QUEER condition in the gov
ernment of civiliz3d America when ap-
pointees to our highest iudiciary have
TO get their political records o Ked by
Dave" Hill
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

AMERICANS QUICKLY recuperate. BY
1897, under the good times Of restored
Republican rule, the trials of Grover
Clevelandism will be remembered only
as horrid dream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24
SCRANTON, JANUARY "a, 1894.
REPUBL ICAN STATE TICKET
FOR ESSMAN.ATLARGE,
GALUSHA A. GROW,
OF sUSQUEHANNA
ELECTION FEBRUARY 90.
ouAYs rERsE TALK:

"The administration has Dot TO
loosen the death grip il has taken upon
the throuts Of American tabor and
capital and confidence iviH be restored,
the gold ,,eSe,re ,ciH re-eStablish itself
and the recsnue lciU be all sufficient
fOro,u needs. Until it does so IL should
be scourged at ece,V Legislative lchip-
ping post by every Republican rote IN
congress. Senator Quay at Bearer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

There riH be no recieal until the tniB
question is Settled. II wHL then be q,leS
tion as to tchether the Cetirdl ,riH take
Dlace in this country or IN Europe. --nr.
GrOW at Lancaster.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

The CRAZY man, be his craze tempo.
rarily caused by rum or due to a per
mansnt mania punctuated by occas-
ional outbreaks, has no right to be per.
mitted to carry loaded pistol. He is
not safe in its company, nor is itssfe in
his. The temper that leads to homi-
eide or felonious assault needs to be
vigorously divorced from all prevent
ible opportunity to do mischief. The
brand of Cain is growing too popular.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

IT WILL SCARCELY be denied by the
most ardent Republican that Speaker
Crisp is earning his salary. So is Mr..
Boutelle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24
In Secrecy Il His Strength

II there is one tn ing above all others for
which stephen Grover Cleveland is thank
full, 1t is that proposed cable line be.
tween Honolulu and California WASH t
completed last year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

May had little lamb,
It, flesh was pink and white,
Aud with green peas about this time
That lamb was out of sight
-Ner York Advertiser.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

II is questionable if the Peckham
Jolly" can compensate the mugwump
walters for the Van Allen throw
down >
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24
An Amended Version.

President Dole
Is n merry Old soul,
And merry old soul Is he
For his cranial bonnet,
We'd stake our life on it,
Is chock full Of brains and glee.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

THE SENATE COMMITTEE on pensions
made an adverse report on the bill
providing for an increase to the extent
Of one hundred dollars a month on all
pensions granted for the loss of both
eyes The reasons given for the re-
fusal at this particular juncture in our
financial affairs seem to be ample.
Although II times were thriving and
there were abundant sums in the treas.
ury the justification might not seem so
great
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

POSSIBLY HERRING's s slowness in plac.
ing the faithful is due to delay in
getting Harrity's lists
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24
Not a Tobogan sllds.


'7'7FFT1WFVTT
1t is not violation OF confidence to in.
form Farmer Hatch that the anti-option
bill will find the shedding rough.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

1T Is ALSO possible that the Hill
Murphy crowd laughed too soon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

The BRAND of Cain is growing too
popular in this country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

THE NOMINATION of WheelerH II. Peck.
ham. of New York, to be associate
Judge of the supreme court of the
United States, it is understood, is in
pursuance of aud conforms with the
Presidents action in the Hornblower
case 1t will be difficult TO see how the
Jenate can give valid reason for re-
letting this nomination, as Mr.. Peck.
nam has always figured with the
Samuel j. Tilden wing Of the New
York Democracy and has bOen promi-
nent in all efforts at purifying politics
and has an uncommonly clean record,
although a pronounced Jeffersonian
Democrat. As representative of the
,lement which is in strong Antsgonism
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

The TWO PuGILIsTs in Florida who
both declare they want to fight but do
not seem to be making heroic efforts to
get at each other, may not be exactly
like the two boys Of whom it was said,
lone is afraid end the other dassent, q"
but there is prevailing belief that
under all the adverse circumstances
which surround them the fight either
will not come off or else will be a fizzls.
In either case the public is to be con-
graduated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

In rather bad verse but with tumultu.
Gus wave Of earnestness that compensates
for any rhythmlcgl defects the disap.
pointed Democrat who conducts the poet
ical department Of the esteemed Wilkes
Barre News.Dealer let's fly this soulful
dirge
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-24

We have the goods and our
prices are right. Wholesale
and retail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
The First Meerschaum Pine.

A shoemaker, Kavol Kowates, who,
in 1923, lived at Pesth, the capital of
Hungary, smoked the first meerschaum
pipe. Besides being shoemaker, how
ever, he was one OF nature handi-
craftsmen, being gifted with an in
tuitive genius for carving in wood and
other material. This brought him in
contact with Count Andrassy, with
whom he became a great favorite.
The Count on his return from mis-
sion to Turkey brought with him a
piece OF whitish clay, which had been
presented to him as a curiosity on ac-
count Of its extraordinarily light spe-
cific gravity. 1t struck the shoemaker
that, being porous, it must be we'll
adapted for pipes, as it would aborb
the nicotine. The experiment was
tried, and Kavol cut pipe for the
Count and one for himself. The first
meerschaum pipe made and smoked by
Kavol Kowates has been preserved in
the museum at Pesth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
theineeds of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you. will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08


the National Capital
The pathetic side Of Washington
with its place-hunters, with its starv-
ing beggars, with Its trembling and its
aged, who, day by day, come and 60 In
vain at the doors OF the departments,
for the audience that never Is to come
Is something to touch heart of stone.
You SEQ old men going about the
streets, mumbling to themselves, and
fuinbling packages OF papers In their
overcoat pockets; you see feeble, de-
crepit women, who ought to be In some
sheltering home, dragging themselves
aimlessly here and there, waiting the
pleasure OF those busy men, who will
see their callers-some day.
There Is another class OF walters and
watchers In Washington who never
give up hope. Year after year for ten,
twenty yes, fifty years they have
been turning up, In expectation OF the
settlement OF claims by Congress-and
there Is as small chance OF ever see
ing them disposed of to-day as there
was years ago, when they were first
filed! Some of these men are to be
found in the adjacent towns, whittier
they have been driven in search OF
cheaper lodgings. Others live in Wash
ington, under thu very shadow of the
dome OF the great building whence they
one day expect victory.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Kicked Into a Lady's Arms.

A chappie stood in front of the Tre-
mont House, Yesterday afternoon, smok-
ing cigarette. and gazing admiringly
at the pretty girls that passed. Beside
him covered a small terrier, shivering
with the cold.
The dog had evidently lost its mas
ter, for IL kept watching the crowd
with an expectant Look, eager to catch
sight of the lest one. Two or three
times 1t followed pedestrians, but every
time it was sent back with kick or a
gruff Ego home" 1t seemed to get no
sympathy from any one. Finally 1T
went up to the chappie, and with a
doleful. air placed its little paw on his
lordship's leg and whined.
Alas, there was no sympathy for 1T
from this source. Chappie did not
stoop down and pat the dog gently.
Oh, no! He would not stoop SO low as
to pat a terrier on the street. He saw
agely gave the poor animal kick into
the middle of the sidewalk, for the
terrier had made mark with its paws
on his nicely creased trousers.
His brutal act did not escape un-
noticed, however, for fashiOnably
dressed lady had seen it, and approach
ing him she said, you're contempt
IDLE coward to kick an unprotected dog
lik that If I saw policeman would
have you arrested"
She picked up the little terrier in
her arms and patted it gently. The
animal appreciated the kindness very
much.
1t wagged its tail and tried to lick
the lady's face. She carried it way in
her arms.-Boston Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Odds and Ends.

You can drive nail into hard
wood without bending them IL you
fist dip them In lard.
Walls which have been used for
medicine should be put into cold
ashes and water, boiled, and allowed
to cool before they are rinsed.
A LITTLE salt sprinkIed in starch
while it is boiling will prevent it
from sticking. Before using, add a
small piece of tallow; stir thoroughly.
A BEEFsTEAK cut an inch thick
will be cooked rare In ten minutes.
A mutton chop cut three fourths of
an inch thick will cook in eight min
utes
To REMOVE rust from kettles or
other ironware rub with kerosene and
let them stand. Keep a day. then
wash with hot water and soap, re-
peating If necessary.
WHEN molasses is used in cooking
It is an improvement to boil 1t and
skim it before you use IL. 1t takes
away unpleasant raw taste and makes
1t almost as good as sugar.
For a break in the skin, where
ever found, there is no remedy like
benzoin. 1t is not only rare healer
but an antiseptlc as well. For gen.
eral use have one ounce of the com.
pound tincture OF benzoin mixed with
four ounces OF glycerinc. 1t may be
applied several times day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Large Profits from Fruit.

Small Fruits as Mortgage Lift
ers," was the taking title OF paper
read at the GAINESVILLE Institute by
one grower. In 1890 he bought 104
acres OF land that was industriously
producing elders and briers A per-
tion of 1t was cleaned up and planted
in berries In 1892 the gross receipts
were 81, and the net receipts,
after all labor and supervision were
paid for, says the Hartford Courant,
amounted to IL per cent upon capital
invested in farm stock and imple-
ments, and no account was taken Of
the milk, butter, eggs, poultry, and
fruit consumed on the farm, nor the
food for stock. In 1893 the net re-
ceipts Of the farm amounted to 23l
per cent. upon the capital-S5, 600
invested. As to varieties that had
found favor with him, the speaker
said I'VE have twenty-three varieties
OF strawberries, but Warfeld No 2
and Bubach No. for shipping, and
Haverland fertilized with Enhance
for home market, are the best. We
have sixteen varieties Of raspberrics,
but Gregg, Palmer, and Hilborn are
hard to excel. OF six varieties Of
blackberries the Snyder 'heads the
list. or five varieties OF currants
the Cherry and Victoria have given
best results" The owner of the
farm, Mr. Cowan, thinks that no
could make twenty acres OF good
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
An AlI-Purpose Horse.

To the average farmer an all-pur-
pose horse or term is an absolute ne
cessity-economy and general utility
considered. The theory that farm.
ers must necessarily have large horses,
weighing 1000 to 1900 pounds, had
a long and impartial trial. but after
due deliberation IL was pronounced
impracticable. Most farmers do not
need or require a horse Of huge d.
mensions and not many farmers can
afford to keep speciality teams and
riding horses The farmer usually
desires horse or team that will an
swer all purposes; that is, work to
the sod breaker, the mower, the hay
rake, the farm wagon, the light or
spring wagon, the buggy and the
road cart Now, there are many
who, of necessity, require all these
desirable qualities of their limited
number of horses. This work may be
satisfactory, or it may be performed
in such way as to give only partial
satisfaction, owing to the kind Of
horses employed. II the number of
horses be limited, as is usually the
case, 1T is easily seen that the heavy
draught horse will not answer the
purpose to any reasonable drgree
of satisfaction. This style Of horse is
emphatically speciality horse: and as
such, not the kind the average farm
er should own.
In his special sphere the heavy
draught horse is both useful and
profitable; but, outside this sphere,
he cannot work to the sat sfaction Of
his owner. Yet for the heavy draught
horse there is good market and a
steady demand, and generally at
figures that are remunerative. For
the farmer the most profitable horse
is neither the largest nor the small
est. but one OF that weight and SYM
metry which will enable him to per-
form all kinds Of work: he should
weigh from 1850 pounds to 1,250
pounds. Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08

Botanists generally have but q
faint idea of the breadth of variation
common to all plants; and can only
attribute a sJriking departure from
the normal type"-that is to say
from the specimen from which tho
first description was drawn-as be ing
the result Of liberalization. 'Sup-
posed hybrids" abound In botanical
literature. Mr.. Eugene Schieffelin
OF Tivoli-on-the- Hudson, has beau
tiful form of the common hemlock
spruce, the branches OF which have a
cruciate character. The leader does
not drop as in ordinary heml0cks, but
is stiff and erect, and it has verticlls
OF four branches. at regular intervals.
Those who are familiar with hem
locks on large scale know how wide
is the variation-this particular one
OF Mr.. Sch effelin, is, however,
unique When our botanical friends
get done naming and describing ''hy-
brid" oaks, the hemlock offers rich
field for the extension of botanical
nomenclature. Elk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Life or DeathY

1t is Of vital importance that it should be
understood by persons whose kidneys are in
active. that this condition Of things Is finally
inductive Of a state of the organs where life
hangs in the balance. Bright's disease, dia-
betes, albuminurla are all diseases Of very
obstinate character in their mature stage. and
all have q fatal tendency. They often battle
the most practiced medical skill and the most
approved remedies Of materia medica But
opposed at the outset-that is to say, when
the kidneys begin to discharge their functions
inactively-with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
the dangerous tendency is checked Very use
full, also, is this household medicine for those
ailments Of common occurrence-constipation
biliousness dyspepsia and nervousness It is
a safeguard against malaria and averts chronic
rheumatism.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Wheat as n Side Product.

The wheat crop will not wholly go
out of the rotation even in localities
where 1t no longer pays directly.
This grain is one of the very best to
seed with, and there are many To-
calities where the difference between
a good and poor seeding of clover is
more than what the farmer loses by
the grain crop Where land is most
valuable the wheat straw has a
market value that is greater than its
worth to make into manure. Wheat
straw is purchased for bedding by
the keepers of livery stables 1t is
liked because 1t is sitter than oats
straw and the manure of grain-f fed
horses being mostly dry it does not
adhere to the straw, which thus can
be used several times before becom
ing badly so led.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Somebody's Good

To make our own troubles the means OF
helping the troubles OF others Is noble
effort for good A we'll illustrated instance
of this kindly sympathy is shown In let
ter from Mr.. Enoch l. Hanscom. School
Agent. Marshfeld. Me an old Union SOL
der. He says: ait may do somebody some
good to state. ! am man of 60 and
when 40 had q bad knee and rheumatism
set in. was lame three years and very
bad most Of the time. got St Jacobs OIL
and put 1t on three times and 1t made a
cure am now In good health"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
The Farmers Work.

1t Is the business-we may say the
fate-of all to work. We cannot
escape that Some work by their
hands and some by their heads, and
the latter work is many times more
valuable than the farmers. Hand
work on the farm is the least of the
labor without the brain work to guide
the hand with skill to succeed. Those
farmers who are working with their
heads are making no complaint, and
whatever is heard of this kind comes
from the handworkers, and only from
the least skillful of these. What is
wanted on the farm is contentment
with the good things we enjoy, en-
terprise to improve the work, per-
severance to carry il through, econO-
my to make everything count, pa
thence under little disappointments,
and thankfulness for all the enjoy
ments we possess over and above the
generation which has gone before,
and whose labor made for us what
we now haye.-New York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08
Destroying the white Grub.

The white grub is the especial
enemy of strawberry growers, because
the two-year- old c.over-sod, which 1t
is generally advised to pillow under
for making strawberry bed, is
usually filled with these pests The
best way to get rid Of the grubs is to
turn lot Of young, active hogs into
the patch, fencing 1t in so as to con-
fine their roofing to the plot that Is
to be plowed. Feed the hogs some
milk and wheat middlings, and then
let them root for the white grubs.
They will clear the patch sooner than
1t can be done in any other way and
at less cost. We think, too, that the
roofing helps to keep hogs healthy,
and II they are fed as advised their
droppings mixed with the upturned
SOL will help to enrich it
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08

obviated by the device shown in the
illustration, which is from the
America Agriculturist Slips of
wood, narrowed at one end and hav-
ing slit just large enough to slip
upon the edge of pan, are made as
shown In the sketch. Let there be
sufficient number so that as many
may be marked MONDAY morning"
as would ever be wanted to accom-
date single milking, and let an
equal number be marked Monday
evening, Tuesday morning." and so
on through the days of the week.
BY this means housekeeper can al
ways be sure before she disturbs a
pan whether it contains double or
triple cream.