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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
OthcrNotcs OF interest.


Miss Anna Broadbent, of Lafayette
street, is quite ill.,
Mrs. John Loucks, of North Fdl-
more avenue, is seriously i'll.
Mrs. C. l.. Beers, of Merrifield street,
is confined to her home with illness.
Miss Florence Cannon, of Moscow,
visited friends on this side yesterday.
Misss Lizzie Davies, of Washburn
street, has returned from Carbondale.
Camp IFS. Patriotic Order Sons of
America, will hold an entertainment
ON Feb. %.
The Young Peoples society of the
First Welsh Baptist church will meet
this evening.
has returned home, after an extended
visit with relatives ON this side.
The Arcadian Polo team will meet
this evening at Reeses store at Z
O'Clock, as game of polo will be played
at the Base Ball park.
The school children of the West Side
schools were treated to a 5-cent show
yesterday afternoon In Mears' hail. a
large number attended.
Rev. A. Moore, former pastor of the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church,
is visiting at the home of T. II. Dale,
on North Main avenue.
John Harrington, of North Hyde
Park avenue, left last evening for
Norfolk, Va. He is engaged as ma
chinist on the Columbia.
Benjamin Williams, of Middle Gram
ville, N. Y, and niece, Miss ella Shaw,
of Rutland, VT, left yesterday for their
homes, after visiting Mrs. DR.. ]. j..
Roberts, ON South Main avenue.
The January number of st. David $
Guardian, issued by Rev. NJ. II. Mill,
rector of ST. David's church, has made
Its appearance. 1t is "a pamphlet con-
tanning 100 pages, neatly bound and
filled with news for church workers.
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Willis,
who died on Wednesday, will take
place this afternoon at go o'clock.
Interment will be made in the Wash
burn Street cemetery. Mrs. Willis was
a native of England and was 81 years
of age. Seven children survive her.
Miss Kate McAloon and Thomas
Kudgen, of Chestnut street, Were mar
ried on Wednesday afternoon. The
brides attendant was Miss Margaret
Howe. The groomsman was T.. II.
Walsh. After the ceremony a recep-
tiOn waa held at the home of the brides
parents.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Trains leave Scranton for New York
and intermediate points on the Erie rail-
road at SIS am. and SA pm. ALSO for
Honesdale, Hswley and local points AZ
6. So. ., As q, m, and ga pm.
All the above are through trains to and
from Honesdale.
Trains leave for Wilkss-Bssrs ct &4e o,
IN. and al pm.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES:
Central Railroad Of New .Jersev.

central Railroad OF New Jersey.
Qehigh and susQuehanns D1Slsoa)
Anthracite coal used exclusively. insurs
inE cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1ssA
Trains leave Scranton for Pittstons
Wilkes Barre, etc., at $40, 916 1.8 e.m.s
d245, 200, 3.o5. 500, 7.25. 11.05 Pm 6undsyss
30o am. LOO 2.l5, 710 pm.
For Atlantic City, $50 am.
For New York. Newark and EllEabeths
S.2o (express) am. 12.45 express with But.
fet psrlor carr. S.o5 (exprsss) pm. Sum
For Msuch Chunk. Allentown, Bethle-
hem. Easton and Philadelphia, $40 a.m.s
i24S, s.o5s 500 Except Phifadelphia) pm.
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove. ETC.. at
$40 am, 12.45 pm.
xls SaaGn ssS a s1s n.s .hsasasnasa: sas D
For foiisville s.s9 am. 12,45 pm.
Returning, leave New York, foot Of Lib.
erty street, North river, at 8.lo (express)
am, 1.l0 130 40 (express with Buffet
parlor carr pm. Sunday. 4.30 am.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal.
900 am, 200 and 430 pm. Sunday e.1
am
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ads
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
H. p. BALDWIN,
Gen. Pass. Agent
]. H. OLHAUSEN. Gen. Supt.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castorla
When she had Children, abe gave them Castoria
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silk Factory Site Surveyed.

Civil Engineer William Monsey, of
William Connell & Co., has been busy
for the past few days surveying the
site of the proposed new silk factory,
which is to be located in the upper end
of the Twentieth ward. The place
where 1t is intended to build the factory
is at the intersection of Anthracite and
O'Hara streets, below Cedar avenue.
1t overlooks the South Steel mill and
the plant of the Scranton Axle works
ard is one of the finest sites in the city.
In tine near future the Honesdale Iron
works, concern that manufactures
elevators and is desirous of transfer
ing dts plant ITO this city, may be
brought TO the Twentieth ward. The
street railway runs only two blocks
away from this ground.
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Buy the Weber
and get the best. At Guernsey Bros
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Baker Charged with Theft.

James o. Baker, resident of RAN
som township, was arrested yesterday
AFTERNOON by Constable John Davis for
stealing sl5 from the vest pocket of S.
IL. WickiZer. Baker boards at the home
or Wickizer and the men work together
on the farm. Yesterday morning Mr.,
Wickizer missed the money from his
pocket, and suspected Baker. He
searched for his man and found he bad
come to Hyde Park Mr.. Wickizer
came before Alderman Blair. of the
fNth ward, and procured a warrant
for Bakers arrest. Constable John
Davis was placed on the track and
found Baker in the saloon of George
W uench, on West Lackawanna avenue
Was brought before Alderman n
b. a hearing, Mr.. Wickizer an
pearing against him. After some de-
liberation the venerable alderman con-
Guided that the defendant was too
drunk for a hearing and the was placed
in the West Side station house. Mr.
Wickizer believes that his stolen shekels
are responsible for the intoxicated con.
dition Of Baker.
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news OF THE South Side
Property Owners Of the Eleventh
Ward Are in Favor Of a Sewer.
SITE FOR FACTORY SURVEYED
Intention Is to Locate 1t at Anthracite
and O'Hara Strccts-Death of Son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Ror.
lex of Alder street.

Even though the question Of polhtics
Is an absorbing one and now is the
time when public interest is at the high
est, 1t is the simple truth to express
that the taxpayers of the Eleventh,
Twelfth and Nineteenth wards are less
anxious about politics than they are
about the proposed new sewer. BY re-
ferring to the report in another column
of last nights select council meeting
it will be seen that Mr.. Schwenks ordi-
nance passed final reading and 1t now
awaits consideration in the common
branch.
The property owners of the Eleventh
ward are in favor of the sewer and
they want it and are willing to pay for
dt. In the other two wards there Is a
strong opposition to 1T and 1t Is believed
that their influence will be brought ITO
bear on the members of common coun-
Gil. If there should be a disposition on
the part of the latter to kill the ordi-
nance, Mr.. Schwenk will use his in
fiuence to have the measure passed in
part so that the property owners of the
Eleventh ward may go ahead and build
their part of the sewer as they desire.
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ON Other Side OF Channel
Passing Events Of the Day on the
West Side Of the City Noted.
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1t Is Now Almost Completed and Is a
Very Imposing Structure-James o.
Baker Arrested for Thcft-Enter.
tainment at Simpson Church.

The new Washburn Street Presby-
terian church is now entering u state
of completion, and Is already an attrac-
tive and imposing structure. The build
ing is daily visited by large number
of people, many of whom are members
and watch the erection OF the new
church with great interest. The size or
the building is 81 by SO feet and is paint
ed dark red color. There are three
large entrances. two of which are on
Washburn street side and the other d.
recuy in the rear. The rear entrance is
set off with u handsome porch. The
middle entrance is probably the most
convenient for entering the church.
There are two doors from the hail. one
leading to. the Sunday school room and
the other to the auditorium. At this
point are stairs for ascending to the
gallery and descending to the base
mert. At the other Washburn street
entrance there are doors for entering
the auditorium and choir vestibule.
The halls are finished in wood, the ma
tural color being preserved. In the
auditorium is a pulpit situated on the
eastern side of the structure, and be-
hind this is room for the pipe organ and
choir. The auditorium and Sunday
school room are divided by means of
large sliding doors. The gallery Is di-
Vided into nine compartments, each
facing the pulpit. They contain seats
and are nicely carpeted. The compart
ments are very convenient for classes,
that can be taught without disturbing
each other.
A handsome railing will be placed
around the front of the gallery. In a
small room. aside from the Sabbath
school room. is situated the library. 1t
is a cosy apartment and is fitted up
with fancy shelves for the books Each
shelf will be numbered so that no diff
Guilty will be had in placing the books.
Another entrance to the gallery is made
by way of the school room. The whole
building is finished in oak, maple and
yellow pine. The basement is already
finished and makes a neat class room.
The belfry contains the old bell which
was used in the other church. The
peWs, which will be circular, have not
yet arrived. Services will be conducted
IN the church week next Sunday.
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Seeds.

@. r. CLARK & CO., SEEDSMEN AND
Nurserymen store lag Washington ave-
nue.; green house, 1850 North Main ave-
nue.; store telephoe 49,
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JAMES W. OAKFoRD, ATTORNEY
at-Law, rooms 63. "a and S.. Common
wealth building
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SAMUEL w. EDGAR, ATTOREEY-AT.
Law. Office. 81 Spruce St. Scranton. Pa
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DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RAIL-
ROAD.

Commencing Monday.
day. July 30, all trains
will arrive atnew Lack
awanna avenue station
as follows:
,usill Ian va Sara n.
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Lawyers.

W. F. BOYLE, ATTORNEY -AT-LAw,
Nos. 19 and 20, Burr building, Washing
ton avenue.
FRANK 7. OKELL, ATTORNEY-AT-
Law. Room 5, Coal Exchange. Scran-
ton Pa
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L. A. WATRES, LAW,
423 Lackawana ave. Scranton. Pa.
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P. P. SMITH, COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office rooms, 54, 55 and Sc Common
wealth building
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Loans.

R. M. sTRATToN, OFFICE COAL EN
change.
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C. coMEGYs, 32l SPRUCE STREET.
D. b. REPLoGLE. .ATTORNEY-LoANS
negotiated on real estate security. 40S
Spruce street.
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Dentists.

DIR. WILLIAM A. TAFT-sPECIALTY
in porcelain. crown and bridge work
Odontothreapia Office, 325 North
Washington avenue
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-06-07

Board OF Trustees. una lie on the 9th d,y of Nav :,
1876. 50 may SHARES OF .ch pa of su s ock
may be ne e-sI:y. vii be ID at public auc-
don At the Office OF 20 Com rany in the Airing
ten House Isl ck. Carson Ci y. Nevaha, on We'd
iay June stn. 1926. a p. IN. Of h, laid dsy,
70 pay said deliuqu ut iessment thereon, to-
gethe. With the c 9. OF ad, .lisins and expenses
d ,he ss.e.
J.R. JUDGE,
Secretary.
The above 10 is postponed until July h.
james r, j u ge,
S-crrt'ry.
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

BED Oak Mining Ompanv. Location of prin-
zip 81 place Of bu insss Ca son City, Nevada. LO
cation OF works Sierra County Cal fornia.
Hotice-There are delinquent upon the 70 low
ing d . rib d ct ok on aecoun of assessment
No. q, leyiei on Il Q 6.h day OF April, 1895, the
several amoun oppo.ite the names O. the re-
oo<so I've ah hareh ,lders a fO OWS:
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A Unique Coat Of Arms,

There was one Philadelphian who not
only invented arms for himself, but new
and republican arms, after d~iscardiny
the ancestral arms Of his family. This
was Peter Brown, at one timo an emf
nent citizen Of Philadelphia.
In 1904 William Priest, an English
musician, became attached to the the
alter i'll Philadelphia III his professional
capacity. in 1902 Mr.. Priest printed in
London a book entitled Priest S Travels
In the United States which is now
exceedingly rare, The trontispiece to
this book Is a strange and curious de-
sign, entitled Peter Brown Arms"
In explanation Of his frontispiece Mr..
Priest says: Peter Brown, Il black
smith Of this city, having made his for
tune, set Up lis coach, lat % far from
being ashamed Of the means by which
he acquired his riches, he caused a large
anvil 70 bc painted cn cach side of his
Carriage, with two pairs Ut naked arms
III the act OF stirling. Tho motto 'Uy
this ] got s..
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ara OF India, was a mighty hunter

ara OF India, was a mighty hunter"
and All accomplished swordsman. He
once performed tho hazardous feat Of
killing a tiger with his sword and from
the back Of his horse. General Nichol-
SOB performed a similar feat.
He rode rounl and round the tiger at
a g"liop, gradually narrowing the circle,
until at last he was near enough t. de-
liver ms Ilow. He had only the che
blow, and if he had failed to kill tho
tiger ne himself would have been Slain.
The explanation Of the feat is that
the tiger does not spring upon the horse
man during the circling process. because
he is watching his opportunity. As the
ciccir draw closer and closer upon him,
!lo hr@Gl.eS bewildered by tho strange
inaneEver, 50 unlike that Of any hunter
lie las eve encountered. - Iouth's
Companion.
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PYGMIeS.
Some Information About These Strange
Mites of Humanity.

The Greek word pygmy means a meas
ure from the elbow to the hand. The
pygmies were i fabulous race Of dwarfs
abont whom many interesting stories
have been told. According to Homer,
they were so very small that they were
attacked every year by the cranes oil
the coast of Oceanus and were unable to
defend themselves.
Writers of a later date locate the pyg-
mics at the mouth of the Nile. We also
read Of northern pygmics% iEhabiting the
region Of Thule, and Of others that
lived IN subterranean dwellings on the
eastern side Of the Ganges. 1t is said
that once when Hercules visited the
country inhabited by these little c1ea-
lures two whole pygmy armies attacked
him while lie was asleep. One army
fell upon his right and the other upon
his left, but the hero easily and quickly
rolled them up in his lions skin.
They were not, it seems, at all afraid
of Hercules, for by the aid of a ladder
they climbed up his drinking cup and
helped themselves to its contents.
AAAsCotlo Says. 1ue pySml6S were
probably some diminutive race in Upper
Egypt who rode very small horses and
lived in caves" He did not believe
that the stories told about them were
altogether fabulous.
1t has often been declared that there
are pygmy races Of human beings in the
heart Of Africa. Indeed Du Chaillu
some time ago discovered a pygmy race
in the mountainous country on the east
of the southern great branch Of the
Ogobai. They are about AZ feet in
height and are called Orbongos. ''They
live in the midst Of negro tribes Of or
binary size" says Du Chaillu. land
there is nothing remarkable about them
except their diminutive size. '-Balti-
more American.
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THE EXPRESSIVE HUMAN HAND.
Strength of the Fingers Is an Index to
Mental balance.

Mental balance.
Much hes been written about tx
hand. Artists have depicted its perfec-
tion, physiognonists have i~nterprete...
its shape and expression, chirologists
and h gypsy queens have tried t.
prophesy from its markings. But q
study Of its peGaliarities by the Undue
tive method takes one into entirely new
fields and shows that 10 interp-et Tie
significance of the hand ONO nlas: start
on quite new lines. Thura is sone:hin.
perhaps i'll the fact that Me a1tlsIlG
hand has sonreEa@t tappTina f.Hcc-e,
but beyond this ono Geals VITA u2cG.-
tainties, and | resnllcct IN idiot yuutl.
whose eXtremi,ies had the contour C a
genius or Il Trilby.
1T Il examines the hands of q large
number CT persons with i" nervous en-
dowment, he will find curious defec+si, II
the length and relative proportions Of
the fingers. The length of the finger is
determined by that Of tho middle one.
II the index and modius are closed uloa
the palm, the ring and little finger be
ing left extended, the middle lncec
will reach close to the place where the
so called lifo line runs down, between
the ball of the thumb and that Of the
little finger. 1t will touch the palm last
below the highest part of the ball Of the
thumb. Tho middle finger is taken as
the standard Of length by which to
gauge that of Others. In q normal hand
the forefingor reaches just TO the root Ct
the middle finger, tho ring finger IS ion-
ger and should reach nearly to the mid
die Of the nail Of the mcdius, while tie
little finger shou!d reach to tho last
joint of the third finger. Now, III in
ebrlates, epileptics, neurotics and the
degeneratlve generally these proportions
are often not observed. Tho most coln-
mon defect is shortness, especially O. the
third and little fingers, though some
times a dlsproportionate length occurs.
Sometimes these fingers are unnatural
ly slender, or the little finger is slightly
bent. The most common abnormality Of
the thumb is excessive shortness, with Il
defective mobility. These peculiarities.
we'll accentuated, from what we may
call the .'decadent hand'-the hand
that writes our sensuOus novels, tho
Hauptmann drama, paints symbolic PIC
lures and exploits pure atheism. Such
hands may be well formed to the ordi-
nary eye and may be attached to slender
and graceful limbs, but this kind Of
beautiful hand and arm is found quito
as often among the children of alcohol
les and among those highly cultivated
families which have become degenerated
by vicios vices and vicious crossing
Medical Record.
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Her PRISON..
Where a Cincinnati Sian Found Els WIFE
After u burglary.

tsiefe Cincinnati sian oUnd us .te
After Il burglary.
The construction Of city fats is such
that It seems as if fat thieves ought to
be able to obtain almost unlimited plum
Ger with IMMUNITY. But they are for
ever getting caught, and most Of them
arc the lowest grades Of sneak thieves.
Anything like originality III their
methods is rare, so the experience of the
head of a modest west side fiat is re-
markable. He arrived home from bust
less about 6 CLOCK and at once observed
indications that something unusual had
been going on.
1t was evident that a thief had been
around, and that he had gone away
without taking much, if anything, with
him unless it was the residents wife,
for she was nowhere to be found. The
husband presumed that she had gone to
notify the police, so he sat down and
waited, but after an hour or two he be-
came anxious and inquired Of the neigh
bors.
They had heard or seen nothing either
of thief or wife. Then there was trou-
BILE. The husband hurried t tho near
est police station. His wife hadn't been
there, and a general alarm was sent ont
for patrolmen to watch for her, while
two detectives returned to the house
and helped. push inquiries.
The kitchen and dining room looked
as if the wife had been interrupted in
her work, out there was no other sign
of her. The detectives looked very wise,
asked many questions that seemed i'm
pudent to the distracted husband, made
some notes and went away.
The husband was in a bad state Of
mind, but not s o upset that he didn't
presently realize that he needed food.
Rather han gotO a restaurant he went
to his refrigerator to see what there
might be to eat. He opened the door,
and there, curled up in the ice chamber,
was his wife. She wasn't hurt. She
hadn't ven tainted.
She was simply asleep, somewhat
stupetied with the close air and cramp-
ed in every joint, but otherwise in good
condition and glad to get out. She ex-
planned that she caught a thief at work,
and that he clapped her into the refrig-
orator before she could scream. Once
in she could do nothing. There was no
inner handle to the door. She cried
aloud, and finding NO response just
waited to be discovered, dreading all
the while that her wedding spoons had
been taken. They were not, though.
They had been placed, with other vaIu-
ables, in the center of the dining room
table for carrying off, and the incident
ended happily. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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MUTATION OF DOGS.
Ear and Tail Cropping and the Operation
Known as "W0rrning."

A"A @A~ A"AA SAOPpAhk AAA Tie operation
Known as "WOrlning."
The fashionable mutilations t which
the dog has been subjected are three in
number-ear and tail cropping, and the
strange operation known as worm
ing Though the law prohibits the
performance of the operations which
lead to these mutilations, yet at least
two of them are still carried out surrep-
titiously, and the third, ".worming,"
may also be practiced. At any rate l
have seen it done i'll my young days. It
and the tail cropping can boast of a
venerable antiquity, and they also had
their raison d'etre in a superstitious be-
lief IN their efficacy in preventing mad
ness or rabies. So long as the time of
Columella, the Roman writer on agri-
culture, the mutilation of the dogs tail
was a popular and favor1te procedure.
As he tells rs in his de Re Rustica"
that the shepherds believe that if, on
the fortieth day after the birth of a pup,
the last bone of its tail were bitten off,
the slnew believed to be q worm) would
follow h piece, after this the tail
would not grow and the dog could not
become rabid.
This superstitious notion has prevailed
tor ages. and may still be entertained
IN certain quarters. However this may
be, the fashion Of removing a portion of
the tail of many breeds of dogs is quite
common, and if it is done with a view
to the prevention of madness, it is at
any rate considered most desirable for
these animals to have a short, blunt tail,
because 1t improves their appearance.
Some dogs have scarcely any tail left.
have seen grooms and dog fanciers bite
off puppies tails as a matter of bust.
ness, and some of these people have
shown me a fragment of sinew attached
to the amputated portion as the worm
in the tail.
1t should be noted. IN speaking of this
fashion, that a mongrel dog has been
termed a cur Latin curtus, or crop
tailed because it usually had the tail
shortened, and according to ancient for
est laws, a man who had no right to the
privilege Of the chase was obliged to
cut off the tail of his dog, on the plea
that. If a dog has no tail to act as a
rUdder, he canno hunt came.-Nine-
teeath Century.