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between stations We're alighting and
walking along the -traeture or clam
bering down from it on ladders. on
the river fronts the ferryboats re-
mained in their slips; the busy tugs
We're moored to their piers. Only a
few sailing craft drifted lazily about
the harbor.
The silence continued perhaps for
half an hour. Then there came a dull
roar; not the muffled din always aris-
ing from the streets, but that of es-
Gaping steam, great clouds of which
could be seen rising over the city. In
fact, every boiler was blowing off: for,
as If by common consent, every escape
valve had been lifted, and every fire
had been hauled. At. the gas works
the furnace door stood open, and the
retorts empty. In the telegraph offices
the instruments clicked away, but no
one needed them. In the postoffioe and
at the stations, and in the street boxes
the letters accumulated, for the mail
wagons had no drivers. The machinery
in all the factories of New York stood
idle. No conveyances moved, and upon
every industry a sudden stroke of
paralysis had fallen. And this was
the cause of it:
Michael MCCARTHY, vender Of "grow-
Ing shamrock plants, bog oak orna-
ments, and shillelahs, in Queenstown
Harbor, having engaged in too pro-
longed chaffering on board the Teu-
. tonic, suddenly discovered, at the close
of his bargaining, that the green hills
Of ht,
dim distance at the rate of twenty
knots per hour. lie arrived in New
York, on the eve of close election.
and, without knowing exactly why, he
was conveyed from Ellis island to a
naturalization bureau, and there put in
a fair way to aid us in settling our
tariff and other questions, before the
Emerald soil had left his brogans. In
order to retain this valuable assistance
work was found for Michael as a cob
bler-a trade he had once followed in
the old country-in the establishment
of Mrs. Heinrich Shoeffel, in Avenue
"A; and there he was manfully stitching
and hammering away when a visitor
entering the shop, announced himself
as walking delegate" This infor-
nation impaired to Mrs. Shoeffel, was
not disagreeable, inasmuch as it sug-
gested extensive need of shoe leather;
but when she discovered that the visi-
tor said nothing about the purchase of
boots, but simply demanded the out
casting of Michael Mccarthy for fail
ure to Join United Cobblers' Union No.
Ga, she pEacidly resumed her inter
rupted occupation of binding one of
those colossal carpet slippers so dear
to the east side German heart, and ig-
nored him. until the sharp slam of the
shop door brought from the depths of
her capacfous bosom long-drawn sigh
of "Ach--so!" Thereupon Mrs. Shoef-
fel was boycotted and the ban was ex-
tended to the merchants who furnished
her little supplies. And thus 1t worked
backward 10 a great leather dealer in
the Swamp, who, being contumacious,
found himself without truckmen and
handlers. And the strike ramified and
spread, and finally the result which has
already been noted came about, and the
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came to board in the house / lived in,
who was the widest sort of an inven-
ton. one thing he tried to get up was q
which would send smells, an
other was an explosive safe, but he
couldn't get any one to go into either,
though he spent pretty much all his
own money in trying experiments. FL
nally, he braced up for one last great
effort, and concocted q balloon which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-01
COOKS ARE CONSERVATIVE.
Otherwise Edward AtkinsOn's Aladdin
Oven Would Soon Prevail.

Oven Would Soon Prevail.
From the Reading Herald.
Edward Atkinson has for many years
been combating the enormous waste of
food which he claims is the result of
our present methods Of cooking. He
has invented new methods which not
only reduce the trouble and labor Of
cooking very largely, but which render
palatable, tender and nourishing por-
tions of meat which have heretofore
been regarded as comparatively worth
less. At the same time he effects a
large saving in the cost of fuel. These
improvements are all embodied in what
he calls his Aladdin oven in which the
principle of slow cooking with low and
regular heat Is carried out.
He gave a demonstration of its capa-
bilities few days ago by giving din
ner in Washington to number of
members of the cabinet. They had
plain dinner of seven courses, very pal
atablo and most excellently cooked at a
total cost of fifteen cents to each diner.
The heat was furnished from an oTdin
airy lamp. The cooking, however, in
stead Of taking from half an hour to
an hour, required four or five hours.
Mr.. Atkinson has demonstrated again
and again the enormous saving that
could be effected by his methods, but
cooks are exceedingly conservative and
it is probable that 1t will take gener-
alton at least before the revolution he
Is trying to bring about takes place.
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A SMART EMPLOYER.
lie Wouldn't Let the Tyrannical Office
Boy BuldOzc Him.

lie Wouldn't Let the Tyrannical Office
Boy Buldozc Him.
1t isn't every Office boy that tyran-
nizes over his employer. One Of these
despots at SO per week approached his
boss the other day with demand for
more pay.
what do you get?" asked the boss.
"Three dollars per-" answered the boy
saucily.
"Well, isn't that enough for the work
you do?'
mo, 1t amt. have to be here from
6 in the morning till at night. Twelve
hours day for So week amt
enough?"
"Ain't enough what? Work." and
the boss smiled grimly.
mo. Enough pay"
But you work only half the time"
"Come off; 1 work all the time"
81 guess not" smiled the boss again.
aren't there twentyfour hours in
day?" and the boy saw that in the
boss eye which made him pause ere he
went too far.
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A WOMAN HERMIT.
Her Only Companions Are Five Dogs and

Her Only Companions Are Five Dogs and
Cow.
At Lookout Pass, on the Onoqui
Range, about 150 miles from Salt Lake
City, and Thirty miles from the nearest
ranch, where no one save a stray miner
ever passes her cabin, lives Elizabeth
Rockwell, widow Of Horace Rockwell,
brother of Porter Rockwell, who
achieved fame by leading Brigham
Young's band Of Destroying Angels, or
Danites. Aunt Lib is the name by
which she is known. Her only compan-
ions are a quintet Of snarling cur dogs
and a lonesome COW. For nearly f1f-
teen years the old woman has lived
there. She is extremely averse to hav-
Ing any one inside her door, refusing to
furnish travellers with food, and charg-
ing them with the water their cattle
drink at the rate Of 10 cents drink.
says the Saginaw Courier-Herald. She
Is well-to-do. her husband having left
her comfortable property.
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Whereabouts of the Janvicrs-Stcvcn.
sons Haunting Thought.

Whereabouts OF tho Janvicrs-Stcvcn.
| sons Haunting Thought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Janvier Gays
q New York World writer are spendin..
| the spring in the south of France-in
Provence-Mr. Janviers favorite hunt
| ing ground when he Is not writing up
| the history of old New York on the
| spot. / consider the Janviers a most
| to-be-envied couple. They are in such
a position that they can always do as
they please. There is nothing to keep
| them in any one place. IL they take a
| fancy for another. Their work Is their
| pleasure, and they find material wher-
| everthey pitch their tent, whether I'm the
| wilds of Mexico. the effete civilization
of Narrangansett Pier, the Bohemia of
| Greenwich Village" or poetic Prov
ence. Mr.. Janvier writes on pads of a
| certain size with a fountain pen. The
pen holds ink enough for 10000 words.
When the pen is empty the story is
completed. Mrs. Janvier is a painter
an art student she would call herself
and she is never at a loss for a place
| to set up her easel.
| Mr. Andrew Lang received from r.
| l.. Stevenson, a week before the novel
lists death, letter in which the latter
| showed for the first time certain
anxiety about himself He said that he
| was haunted by a dread of paralysis, OF
a lingering mental malady, of living on,
| no longer himself, like Swift. This most
unhappy fate for man of genius, 1t Is
good to know that Stevenson escaped.
Mr.. Lang notes that his friend took
| a boyish and exuberant delight in the
success of the new Edinburgh edition of
| his works. He was busy with many
plans for new books. One of these con-
cerned romance on the unknown,
| mysterious years of Prince Charles
Edward, for which, only a month ago,
manuscript materials were sent out to
him.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stenvenson's
maiden name was Fannie Vandegrift.
On Dec 90, 1857, she was married in In
dianapolis, her fathers home, to Sam
uel Osborne. Mrs. Osborne was a
| beautiful, high-spirited girl, bright and
clever. Her husband was a dashing,
| well-bred fellow, of good family, and at
| the time the match was considered
| happy one. But Osborne could not
make a living for his family, even in
California, whittier he drifted. So Mrs.
Osborne took to her pen and wrote ar
ticles which her daughter, Belle,
cleverly illustrated. After Mrs. Osborne
had been divorced from her husband
six months, she married Mr.. Stevenson.
According to the New York Tribune
Mrs. r. U. Johnson Is preparing for
The Century series Of paraphrases
from the verse of the Servian poet,
Zmai Iovan Iovanovich. He is assisted
by Nikola Tesla, the electrician, who
furnishes the literal translations from
his mother-tongue.
The author of 'Ideala' and "The
Heavenly Twins is seriously ill-so ill
that her doctors say that nothing but
complete rest and change will do her
good. She has been ordered to give up
all work and to travel, and 1t is pos
sible that she may turn in this direc-
ton.
Daudet's income from his writings,
we are told by his recent biographer, r.
H. Sherard, was 81, 900 in 1872. Today it
is $4,000.
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only at the point of apparent disease, but
had permeated the very heart of the plant
and were in every drop of the sap. He had
discovered a combination of antiseptic
drugs that would kill these microbes and
so bring the plants back to healthful
growth. This point was reached after
many experiments, during which Mr.
Radam experienced certain feeling of cx-
hilaration. Later he found that, after ap-
plying his remedy to his plants, he him
self was In better health. AS the plants
gained in strength SO did he. and It was
but natural that this coincidence should
cause him to. turn his attention from the
health of the plants to his own health
He found that the theory he knew to be
be equally reasonable when applied to
himself. The result was more and more
careful experiments. which finally led to
the discovery or invention of his
gressive physicians admit the correctness
of the germ theory of disease. They
know that all diseases are caused by
germs or microbes, which lodge in some
organ, get into the blood and multiply as
If by magic. A weak spot in the body Of
fers a place for the lodgment of a germ,
and 1t is the propagation of germs and the
consequent fermentation In this spot that
microbes settle in a weak spot in the
lungs the disease is called consumption.
If they settle in the digestive organs and
cause fermentation the disease Is called
NySpcpSid-
Differing locations and different stages
of development cause varying symptoms,
which are called by many different names.
Back of all these names and symptoms Is
the one reason the real cause of all dis
ease-microbes. These may be entirely ex-
terminated by the use of William Radam's
"Microbe Killer" AS soon as they are
completely eradicated from the blood and
from the spot where the fermentation Ia
the disease will disappear. There is no
possibility of 1t lasting after the microbes
are gone, because they, and they alone.
create 1t.
Radam's Microbe Killer should be taken
three or four times a day In wine glass
doses. 1t Is not a strong medicine, and is
made by impregnating pure water with
various gases. 1t is pleasant to the taste
Perfectly harmless, and Il positive and cer-
tain cure for al blood and chronic diseases.
A fifty page book, giving full particulars
regarding this wonderful medicine, also
testimonials of cures, mailed free. Ad-
dress, The Wm Radam Microbe Killer Co.,
Laight St, New York City, or
MATTHEW BROS. Scranton. Pa
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Ships That Never Come In.

SnlpS lUut NcNcT lOIuc
Oh, wondrously fair are the Islands Of
Rest
Those islands we never have seen
But we know they are smiling out there
in the west.
Their valleys are glowing in green.
No cloud ever crosses this tropical sky,
And there Is no sorrow for sin,
And snug in their harbors all peacefully
lie
Our ships that never come in.
There dwell the fair faces our fancy may
see,
With eyes of the tenderest blue,
That come in our slumbers to you and 70
me,
In dreams that never can come true.
We joyfully greet them, nor wish they
were here
Mid all the danger and din;
They are blissfully guarding the hopes
we hold dear
Our ships that never come In.
Nixon Waterman.
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WONDERS OF THE SEA.

The Black Sea has depth Of GOO faith
oms.
The Gorgonia, or fan corals, are fdnnd
in every sea.
The Atlantic ocean takes its name from
Mount Atlas.
The water in the Strait of Gibraltar is
$50 fathoms deep.
The polar current contains less salt than
those from the equator.
The sea is estimated to contain $3.50, Co., =
900 cubic miles of water.
One very common species of ocean in
fusoria is shaped like bell.
In a cubic meter of limestone Orbigny
found 5000, ,OOO.O 900 sea shells.
The Gulf stream is 100 miles wide and
from 400 to 800 fathoms deep.
An echinoderm that inhabits the West
Indian seas has over 10000 arms.
DR.. Young estimates the mean depth of
the Atlantic at about 5000 feet.
The first author to attempt an explana-
ton of ocean currents was Kepler.
The sea cucumber is nothing but thin
skin and very capacious stomach.
Sea water is said to contain all the solu-
BILE substances that exist on the earth.
The average depth of all oceans is sup
posed to be between 1000 and 5000 faith
oms.
The sea-nettle stings its prey to death
by means of a poison secreted in its ten
tacles
The water of the Dead Sea yields about
two pounds to the gallon of saline SUBJ
stances.
Naturalists are still in doubt as to
whether the sponge is a plant or an
animal
over 1000 varieties of microscopic sea-
shells have been enumerated by natur-
alists.
There are springs of fresh water in the
Persian Gulf that furnishes supplies to
vessels.
For long time the coral was supposed
to be a plant Even Reamur treats 1t as
such.
The saline matter held In solution in sea
water comprises one-thirtieth of its
weight.
When the Gulf Stream passes out of the
Gulf of Mexico its temperature is about
40 degrees.
No part of the Atlantic Ocean between
Europe and Newfoundland exceeds 2,iOO
fathoms.
In a cubic foot of phosporescent sea
water there have been found $1,000 living
creatures.
The water of the Mediterranean contains
greater portion Of salt than that of the
ocean.
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CHAT ABOUT WRITER'S.

(To be Continued.)
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lcdlly Ii
There was no evidence given to sup
port this but supposition and sugges-
tion was so artfully blended through
out column of double-leaded, big
type that the ordinarily careless reader
would at once jump to the conclusion
that all the details Of the impending dan
ger were definitely known. The crowds
about East Forty-fourth street now be-
came so dense and unruly that collis-
ions with the police were frequent. The
detectives meanwhile had followed the
balloon wire into the front attic room
where the all-nigfst conversation be-
tween Julius and Smith had occurred.
There the wire appeared to be wound
around the outside of a large iron safe.
but It's end, or rather ends. for nearer
inspection showed It to be double, en-
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Expansive.

From Atlanta Constitution.
"And just to think" exclaimed the un-
sophisticated maiden from the Empire
state, as she watched the breakers beat
on Coney island, that this ocean we're
lookin' at here cars clear to Georgy."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.

Fall River Mass. Jan. % (SpecaD.-Regular
goods are now quoted In the print cloth market
nj GIG cents a yard. This II advance OF one
sixteenth OF a cent. and more than a weeks pro-
duction has been sold at that figure. The American
Printing Company was the largest buyer. and Its
large works here being run to their full ca
pacity on shirtings. indigoes and some fancies.
The local market is almost bare Of stock. there
being only lO1 900 pieces In sight Most OF the sales
and the larger part OF the stock comprised odd
goods up to the moment Of preparing the weekly
sta tement, and there seems to be little prospect
Of large sales OF 64x64s for some time The state
ment shows full production for the week. for the
ment is as follows Production 10000 pieces; de-
iiveries 2420o; stock. lo 600. of which 5000 are
sales g5ooS; odds. $4,000; saxs4s s. CO., spots 1902
rary ie3 900; March $1,000 April. 10000; May 1900;
June. 1900 July, 1900: August. 5000: sepemb.eir.
1000 The market IL firm and the price 10 1915
cents for e4x64s.
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IN lid OF THE DAY NURSERY.

MATINEE, AT DALY'S THEATRE ON FEBRUARY
ll-PATRoNEssEs OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
There will be a matinee Monday FEBRUARY IL
n, DAVIS Theatre for the benefit or the Day
Nursery nj No. 60 Washington Square. ms "e
asrv,ng institution established in lSS. is In controi
=, a committee OF women under the auspices OK
.na E,,thers of ST Vincent de Paul Through 'he
devotion intelligence and charity OF the Mariani'e
sisters OF ST. Croix. and the labor gwen 10 .he
work by women interested In the ihsu'utio'' "''
h,,dreu have been cared for In the absence Oh 'her
,,o,hars nj work. The Sisters feed ana educate
,,o,, without distinction OF Nationality, ana IN
,,s ,,,vs attend to their material wants. thus
,,,,,nr q preat burden from the shoulders or the
80 uorLed mothers who in many cases are not
Iii, ipd,rent but at the disadvantage OF being
,,nr,rt Of the language Of the country The de-
rssssd conditions of trade have tended 10 diminish
mo resources OF the Institution, while, on the other
hand there is constant increase In the applications
,or admission 1t is to be hoped that this appeal
70 the charitable will meet with generous response
Among the patronesses Mrs. Paul Fuller Mrs.
T. r. Coudert. Mrs j. ]. de Barril Mrs. Frederick
II BENEDICT. Mrs John Bowler Mrs. Laura Curtis
Bullard. Mrs. Jose A; Del Vale, Mrs Charles A.
Gsrsa. Mrs. benjamin Haxtun, Miss Iselin. Mrs
jenkins Van schaick, Mrs. II. $. Kingsley: Mrs
Auguste Noel, Mrs. Alphonse Montant, Mrs. Char.es
Montant, Mrs MOuraille, Mrs. Jules Reynal, mrs
Robert b. Roosevelt. Mrs; Jules sazerac Mrs.
Spencer. Mrs. John c. wilmerding.. Mrs. George
Bliss Mrs. F. Brockholst Cutting Mrs Schuyler
Warren, Mrs Emile Vatable. Mrs. v. NJ. P1caoh
and Mrs. ]. Herbert Johnston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
BATHS TO BE on EXHIBITION.
GOOD WORK or THE RIVERSIDE ASSOCIATIONS
RECEPTION TO BE GIVEN To-MoR-
ROW EVENING

ROW ENENlNG
The object Of the Riverside Association organized
in January 1892 is to promote the wel-being OF the
the working people especially of those living on
the west side Of the city. between Fifty and
Sixty-ninth SITS. by establishing and MAINTAINING
public baths. public library and reading-roohl'
kindergarten and other educational classes, parueu-
larry classes in household economy. such as sewing
and cooking. and by providing social mee'ihs
Mace for all the members of the workngmehs
family The association has had in active operation
during the greater part OF the three years boys
club working girls club, a penny proVideht iuiu
and during the last year has added 10 us ac"N''ee
a kindergarten, which has recently peen ehiaiseu
there now being two teachers ana nity chi'ule"
enrolled The public library was opened IN reoru-
orv Of las, wear and met immediate success. There
have also been in active operation during the last
wear public baths. These have proved so suceessiu
that the trustees have thought II advisable l"o'
ouehly 10 remodel the bathing department and put
1t on permanent basis -,
For the purpose of bringing the association to the
attention OF the people OF this city ana particularly
those living on the West Side. reception VIII be
held in the Association House. No. 80 West siNty
ninth-st tomorrow evening Al this uihe inc
building will be thrown open for Inspection dnr ene
Improved public baths will be on exnpl'iXN n,,'
hatbs are the third largest plant In New o'h ~
The system used is that known as ram patns'
which has been extensively used IN Europe io Oh,
number OF years but was first introduced into ms
country by DR.. Simon Baruch. VINO Is 'hD on .in
man OF the committee. and under whose dlrect' ,
these baths have been installed. Messrs Snuy,
Berg See the architects ha.ihs ma" ho,he Is the
only apparatus for the treatment OF diseases oy
water open to the INDECENT CLASSES OH '''' ''"''
hen' th lo reception Mrs Wesley smith Will give
some ~ her recitations and there will be music ana
Soncng Robby Richter the boy elocutionist. VIII
recite Mr. Sonnekalbe. the pianist. mas SiN , ~
t I'VE evenng' The following other artists ana am-
have agreed to lend ,hei usSdricks Nathan
and Arthur Brown.
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wright; the Rey. and Mrs s De I,ancey Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs F A. Snow. Mr.. and Mrs: H. A, Mac
Lane. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph s Decker. Mr.. and Mrs
Hyde, Miss Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. de la Mar. Mr. and
Mrs s Packer. Mr.. and Mrs. 5. w. Peck, Mr. and
Mrs Samuel Sachs Mr.. and Mrs. s.. L. Simpson
Bayard Clark. F. ID. lie Compile and Mr.. and Mrs
John Mclaughlin Of NewYork; Mr.. and Mrs w
Blocker Banks. of Albany. and General and Mrs
George j. Magee. of Watkins Glen. n. Y; A. L. Nor
ton and A. G. Murdoch. members of the Shnnecock
Club are here ENJOYING the golf links Mr. a,a
Huntington. the Misses Huntington. Mr.. and
Mrs Pliny Fisk. II. Winthrop Gray. Miss Gray. Dr.
and Mrs Albert II. Ely. Mr. and Mrs. John Good
George n Gardiner Miss Edith Gardiner, Mrs
Frederic Esler. C. =. Barrett. Mr. and Mrs, A. W
Flower. Mrs. William II: Catln; Miss Alice T.
phrey, Miss Humphrey. Charles A; Gregory Mr.
and Mrs. c. w. Armour Dr. and Mrs h. D. LET
ingwel. Mrs. J. II. Camp. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Dulles. jr.. Mrs Harold Goodwin. Mr. and Mrs
f. l.. Ferry. Miss Ferry: Mrs. c, J. Denning: Mrs
William S. Wright and Mr.. and Mrs. X. Il. Stats
OF New-York: Mr.. and Mrs. Courtandt Parker, OF
Newark: Thomas Bedie. OF Jersey City: Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert Wallis and Miss Walkate. of Mon
treal
Palmer House guests include Mrs j. 3. Foshay
Miss Bessie Foshay. Wilbur Foshay. Mr.. and Mrs
W. W. Palmer, Mrs. Flick Mr.: ana Mrs Charles
Miss F. Beicio of New York; Mr.. and Mrs
Woodell Miss futile. Miss Anna futile Mrs. G. NJ
Johnson and DIR. 4. c. Jacobson. OF BROOKLYN; Miss
NJ l.. Roberts. Miss f. L. Roberts of Elizabeth
Mrs j. Il. Breese. Mrs. NJ. o: Emsley, jr.. and Mrs
NJ T. Rellvile of Trenton: Henry Abbey. of King
sion, and Mrs. Edgar Whitehead, Of Chicago.