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The herald., 1895-02-21
OUT OF THE WAY FACTS
We have ss. 900. 600 postoffices.

we nave 90, UUO, UUO postOinCeo'
1t has come at last. There is "men's
league at Topeka.
There are 175, AL miles of railroad track
in the United States.
About /, 207, 731 90S gallons of beer and
wine is consumed yearly by our people.
A letter of abdication of Liliuokalani
| begins with sentence that contains Just
257 words.
A rainmaker in Wichita advertises to
make rain for $500, rain or no rain, and
| $1,000 if she pours.
| Nearly g. 250, 600 cigars were manufact-
ured last year in Missouri, an average OF
| thirteen for every man, woman and child.
The Hartford postoffice handles more
mail matter than any other city in New
England, outside of Boston and Provi-
dence.
Out of the worlds cotton crop OF 10, =
900, 600 bales the southern states of this
country produced nearly 5000, 600; about
four-ffths.
An Atchison, Kan, girl of twenty-five,
who boasts OF ten proposals of marriage,
forgot to say that nine OF them were
from one consecutive honey boy.
A devilfish having mouth with lat
eral spread of over fifteen feet was recently
captured in the Gulf of Mexico, about
twenty miles from Brownsville, Tex.
The Salvation Army held trial in New
York the other day of his Satanic Majesty,
the devil and tried, convicted and sem
tenced him to 1000 years in chains.
Eighty paintings by the late George
1nness, NJ. A, were sold at executors
sale in Chickering Hall last night and
realized the unprecedented sum of S35, $50.
Tom Gallagher, the hermit of San Gle
mente Island, in the Pacific, lives almost
as lonely life as Robinson Crusoe in
hut. Now and then fisherman calls to
get water.
a marvellous man is Mr.. Banningan of
New Jersey. Having been converted by
the Salvation army he has returned nearly
5000 to the treasury pension money to
which he was not entitled.
The biggest runaway story comes from
Orr's Island, Me-, where frightened
horse, with sleigh attached, is said to
have leaped clean over a team, without
either himself or the sleigh touching it.
Wives are bought and sold in China.
Twenty years ago the average price was
f5. Now it is ESQ, and parents, realizing
that there is a fortune in Il family of girls,
strangle less OF their female children at
birth.
The United States produced, in 1898,
1,519, 496, 130 bushels of corn. The farm
lands of this country are estimated to be
worth $13, 279, 252, 749. The total value of
all the farm products of every description
was by the last census ", 400 l07, 454.
Virgil H. Burns of Ogeechee, Ga, killed
hog that weighed sS7 pounds when
dressed. and from which was made 176
pounds of ham, 160 pounds shoulders, 2l2
pounds middlings, 156 pounds lard, 50
pounds sausage and about 80 pounds
souse, ETC., the whole of which was worth
about $52.
Mrs. Joseph Frank wife of a railroad
baggageman, residing at Bloomington,
ILL.,, several years ago performed a kind
act toward Mrs. Clara H. Russell of Phil
adelphia. The matter had been forgotten
by Mrs. Frank until a day or two ago,
when she received word that Mrs. Russell
was dead and had willed her entire estate
to the lady who befriended her in time of
need. Mrs. Frank gets $40, 600.
The herald., 1895-02-21
HEARD IN PASSING

The more you puff cigar the smaller
it becomes, and that is the case with
some men.
Mr. Fuller Maitland, in his book on
German composers, tells of a lady who,
on hearing from Goldmark that he was
the composer OF the Queen of Sheba, re-
marked, Dear me, that must be a lucra-
tive post!"
you don't tell me that am the pretti-
est woman at the reception, as YOU used
to, 'pouted Mrs. Snaggs. mo, 4" replied
her husband, ''you must remember that
L joined the church only two weeks ago. )"
Chronic Grum bier" Look here. There S
no meat in this sandwich" Affable Waiter
-"Then why do you call it sandwich? :?
am surprised that a gentleman of your
erudition should commit such solecism
in rhetoric -
Miss Madison Square--"Can you explain
how it is that where one hundred men
abscond not more than one woman
can be found who is in the least dishon-
est?" Miss Fremont Certainly. The
women have no extravagant wivcs.''
Hojack reading-"The Emperor of
China has ordered the Pellin bankers to
advance him the money he needs or lose
their heads" Tomdik-'That sounds
like an American invitation to officehold-
ers to make voluntary campaign contribu-
tions.
Walter Dunlop; the well-known humor-
Gus clergyman of Dumfries, was one day
talking to Il brother of the cloth, who in
Il facetious manner said, 'Well, Walter
believe, after all has been said, that my
head could hold two of yours. Man, 4"
replied Walter, with pawky smile, II
never thochtt before that your held was
sac eempty."
Mr.. Spriggs was complaining be-
cause so much effort was required in
succeeding, even so poorly as he did :.
well, exclaimed Mrs. Spriggs, did you
ever get anything without working hard
for it?'' Yes | have, he said, discon-
tentedly. "Oh, guess not, insisted Mrs.
S. But | know Ihave. " What was it | d
like to know "A bad cold" and Mr..
Sprggs took heart and smiled
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
The herald., 1895-02-21

Francisco has now the cleanest streets of
any city in the Union. Men are engaged
during the day to pick up and carry off
any rubbish or dirt nearly as soon as it
accumulates, and that example should be
followed here.
The matter is of great Importance to
Los Angeles, and the Merchants Asso-
citation, always alert for the best interests
of the city, should take the matter up at
once and suggest to the Council the ne
cessity of immediate action. If their re-
commentator should fail of the desired
effect, the merchants will realize that
neat and clean streets are most eloquent
advertisements for growing and pro-
gressive city, and they will, in self-de-
Tense, be compelled to take the matter in
hand
The herald., 1895-02-21
A Woman Of Forty Summers
JENsEss MILLER MONTHLY

Full of outline and fair of face,
Swingn her fan with languid grace
White arms cleaning thI ough folds of lace,
a woman of forty summers
No thread of white in the auburn hair,
No line of age in the forehead fair,
A life unmarried by touch of care,
In spite of her forty summers
A husband-lover and children sweet
Pleasures to charm and friends to gree,
Roses scattered before her feet
Through each of her forty summers
Have snatched her sunshine and made her
cold;
Have killed her roses and left her old;
Nothing she knows but summers.
Nothing she knows OF laden cloud,
OF freezing air and tempests loud,
OF SHOWS that weave for hope shroud;
Her life has been only summers.
So calm she sits in the balmy air.
NO sorrows to fret, no cross to bear,
A summer idyl, vision fair
This woman OF forty summers.
Yet cold and blast but make us strong,
Alter the snow the robins song;
10 the fullest life hy right belong
The winters as well as summers
And they whom fame shall cnrve in stone,
The women whom men would fan enthrone,
The women whom sod has stamped his own.
Live wihters as well as summers.
The herald., 1895-02-21
The Pacific Railroads

In the case of the Pacific railroads the
House should let well enough alone. The
Union Pacific should be ignored The
very persistency of these corporations
suggests the ulterior motive OF barring
all inquiries into their past msdeeds and
preventing steps for the recovery of the
millions which have been diverted. -
Herald
The herald., 1895-02-21

Only few months ago the proposition
to submit all important laws to direct
vote of the people was secuted as an i'm
practical innovation. The fact that the
present legislature proposes a referendum
is an mplifcation of progress along
the line of crank" ideas and ''Utopian
notions -
The herald., 1895-02-21

The high hat bill has passed the Assem-
bly,. If it becomes law will the women
respect it sufficiently to ''love, honor and
obey?" And if they do not, will the
patrol wagon empty the theaters of defiant
volators of the statute?
The herald., 1895-02-21

With an up-to-date City Council and a
Chamber of Commerce loaded with enter
prise, Los Angeles will manage to hold a
little more than her own, even if she is
not made the southern terminus of the
Valley railroad.
The herald., 1895-02-21

1t is proposed to hang medallion OF
the late Creed Raymond in the capitol at
Sacramento. Why? What great deed did
this attorney for the Southern Pacific
Railroad corporation perform for the state
before death relieved him of further re-
sponsiblity? We honor heroes and states
men and benefactors OF the people, but
we are not bound to perpetuate the men,
ory of corporation lawyers.
The herald., 1895-02-21

1t looks as if there is going to be another
nasty mess in Samoa Another of
those hurricanes might tame the natives,
but German warships-never.
The herald., 1895-02-21

The new state OF Washington extends
the hand of fellowship to woman and says
she can vote. California will not be lack
ing in similar courtesy.
The herald., 1895-02-21

The completion of the electric railroad
to Pasadena is an improvement that will
be appreciated by every citizen of Los An
geles equally with those of our charming
sister city. 1t is delightful excursion
through region rich with fruits of the
soil and redolent with the perfume of
flowers Pasadena is one of the loveliest
cities of the plain. and it is an exquisite
pleasure to traverse its broad, palm
shadowed avenues and to wander amid
its orange groves There is an added in
centive in the fact that these pleasures
may now be enjoyed for the cost OF a
street-car fare.
The herald., 1895-02-21

Once more superstition is compelled to
gaze aghast at its own fallacy. Thirteen
shipwrecked seamen were rescued from
the British ship Rialto last Friday. If
this sort of thing continues it will soon
cease to be unluclly to spill salt, to raise
an umbrella in the house. to break look
ing glass or to kiss cross-eyed cham ber-
maid in the presence of jealous wife.
The herald., 1895-02-21

The present Legislature may not be one
OF "a thousand scandals" but it can
beat all predecessors for doing nothing.
The herald., 1895-02-21

How strange it is that alleged exiles
know all about the revolution after some
OF the principals have confessed
The herald., 1895-02-21

The cigarette bill is on its way to the
Governor Another dead letter. What
waste of time on James Crow legislation it
is, to be sure.
The herald., 1895-02-21

of that would-be Azusa bank robber. He
wants to get to the penitentiary quickly.
The herald., 1895-02-21

She is as welcome as a competing rail
road
The herald., 1895-02-21

1t looks as if Huntngton's boycott
against outside railroad agents will be
effective. Whag .!oes the State Legislature
saw
The herald., 1895-02-21

Have the San Francisco highbinders
moved to this city?
The herald., 1895-02-21

Hurrah for San Pedro. Los Angeles
will yet have deep sea harbor.
The herald., 1895-02-21

Talk about monkey and parrot time
Read the proceedings of Congress.
The herald., 1895-02-21

der magazine to settle the Chinese ques-
tion.
The herald., 1895-02-21

There's always trouble when an actor
strikes Redlands.
The herald., 1895-02-21

The women have reason to be proud of
their effort.
The herald., 1895-02-21
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL. 1905.

Will that race war in Georgia never
end?
The herald., 1895-02-21

1t is now the fashion to be a Hawaiian
refugee.
The herald., 1895-02-21

If that carload of Chinese passing
through Fort WORTH Tex, in bond
doesn't get lost on the road it will be
Stranpe.
The herald., 1895-02-21

The way of the Mayor of San Francisco
is hard.
The herald., 1895-02-21

Weather Clerk Franklin is up to his
business.
The herald., 1895-02-21

San Bcrnardino will send a box of her
best oranges to W. E. Gladstone. What
will England's greatest statesman think
as he intensiies breakfast appetite with
the juice of this luscious fruit from "a
land where it is always afternoon"-the
while he contcmplates from the windows
OF old Hawarden snowy expanse on
lawn and terrace and cicles dripping from
ancient oaks defying the tempests of
centuries? What vision of far away Cali
fornia will rise to gladden. the imagina-
tion of the grand old man2 What longing
for tropic shade in the valleys of the palm
and the lemon where the flowers ever
blossom, the beams ever shine, and all
save the spirit of man is divne?"
The herald., 1895-02-21

B. ?. Clayton, president of the Farm
ers' National Congress, discusses in the
current number of the North American
Review, the reason why farmer organiza-
tions in the past have been fiat failure
He asserts that they have been manipu
lated in the interest of political parties
and to advance the interests of political
leaders. The Grange organization of the
early seventies was magnificent effort in
the right direction. As long as it ad-
hered to the object for which it was Or
ganized, it commanded the respect of the
leading political parties, but when it en-
tered the muddy pool of politics it soon
lost it's power for good. The Farmers
Alliance, which took the place of the
Grange, was soon wrecked on the same
pol tical reef. These failures have caused
thoughtful and practical representative
men OF the great productive interests of
the country to look in different direc.
tion for necessary influence to secure
legislation in behalf of our great interest.
The herald., 1895-02-21

DIR. Prices Cream ISaking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02

1t Is estimated that within the past
seven years not less than 500, coo horsef
rave been displaced by the trolley.
1t Is said that 800, 900 cubic feet of water
plunge $50 feet downward over the Mag
ara escarpment every second. thus vast
ing 10.OO0, 900 horse power of energy to the
second. II Niagara were really "har-
messed" so as to utilize this energy Il
would be sufficient to run more machinery
thai there Is In the world.
An artificial 1arynx has been invented
by Professor Stuart, of the University of
Sydney and tried with success on a man
who had lost his voice. The mechanism
can be regulated so as to make the voice
soprano, tenor. contralto or bass, at will.
According to Sir Robert Ball. a telegram
sent at the usual rate would require sev-
enty-eight years to reach the most dis
tant telescope stars. But the camera
has revealed stars far more distant than
these, some of which, II a message had
been sent in the year A. d. THAT is tc
say, 1,s95 years ago-the message Would
only Just have reached some of them ana
would be stir on the waS TO others.
I The mileage of the blood circulation re-
veals some astounding facts in our per-
sonal history. Thus 1t has been caicu-
lated that, assuming the heart to beat
s%ixty-nine times. a minute at ordinary
heart pressure, the blood goes at the rate
Of 2W yards In the minute or seven miles
per hour, 16S miles per day and 81, 800 miles
per year. II a man "a years of age could
have one. single blood corpuscle floating
IN his blood all his life It would have trav-
eled In that same time h,lbo,seo miles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
Del, Lack. and Western.
Eject Monday. June "A. 1895,

Eject Monday, une "a, 1895.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: FL.
press for New York and all points East,
i.ao. ESQ. 5.15, 500 and s.G5 a. M: 12.65 and
1854 p. m.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel.
phia and the South, SIS, 500 and s.55 a. m.
1855 and go. p. m.
Washington and way stations, S.55 D. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation. 6. 10 p. m.
Express for B~inghamton, Oswego, Ell.
mira, Corning, Bath. Dansville, Mount
Norris and Buffalo. 1910. 2.35 a M, and
LII p. m, making close connections at
Buffalo to all points in the West, North.
west and Southwest. ~,
Bath accommodation, 9 a. m.
Binghamton and way stations. 1881 pm.
Nicholson accommodation. 5 p. m. -.
Binghamton and Elmira Express, 6.W
p. m.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswego
Utica and Richfield Springs. 2.S5 q m. and
1.2i p. m.
ithaca. 2.35 and Bath Q a. m. and III pm.
For Northumberland. Pittston, Wilkes.
Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsbury and DAM
vile, making close connections at North.
cumberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg.
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
lions, 600. IS a. m. and 100 and 6.W p. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations.
sos and 11.20 n. m. Plymouth and inter"
mediate stations, $40 and $50 p. m.
Pullman parlor n sleeping coaches on
all EXPRESS trains.
For detailed information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to NJ. L. Smith, CITY
ticket office, 32S Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket Office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
CurIiuc Rink.

The curling club Of this city has
demonstrated its progressiveness, and
will soon begin the construction of a
curling rink on the West Side. They
have, accordingly, leased an acre of
land from A. r. Gates, of Kingston.
The plot adjoins Athletic park on the
South and has been leased for a term
of ten or twenty years at the option or
the club.
1t is expected that the rink will be
completed in ten days at he most. The
portion of the park that will be flooded
with water from Spring brook to a
depth of eighteen inches and as soon as
it freezes the invigorating sport of
skating will be INDUCED in. The pipes
from Spring brook u close by the
Curling clubs plot, so 1t will only be
necessary to nne at h nearest
point. The rink entire will cost about
81. zoo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
UpHOLSTER FURNITURE,
Clean Carpets,
RenOYate Feathers,
Make Over Mattresses,
Make and Repair Springs
Sell Iron Beds,
Make Fine Mattresses.
8sFiE;II|S|||SM|A|||A|z
Nov. II, 1895.

Nov. II, 1895.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia
and New York via d. & II. r. r.. at Las
q. m. 1905. 1.20. 2.3S and 1l.38 p. m, via D.,
L.. & W. r. r.. 600, sos. I.2O a. M. and 10
p.- m.
Leave Scranton for Pittston and Wilkes.
Barre, via D., l.. & w. r.. r, 600, sos, u.c0
a. m, 3.40. 6.O7, S.52 p. m.
Leave Scranton for White Haven. Ha.
zleton, Pottsville and all points on the
Beaver Meadow and Pottsville branches.
va T. 8 W y: +. r., 81, Ss q. % m: > ., via =
M, via p, L. & w. r. r. 600. sos. 11.20 a.
m. 100, $40 p. m.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Easton.
Reading. Harrisburg and all intermediate
points: via p. & H. r. r.. LAS a. m. 100.
~, 2.3S. 100 l1.SS p. m, vii. D., l.. 4 Nv.
Leave Scranton for T~unkhannock. To.
wanda, Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
intermediate points via D. & H. r. r. s:A5
2; m, 100 and 11.35 p. m, via D., L. & W..
H.; r., sos. 9.55 a. M, 1.30 p. m.
leave scranton for Rochester. Buffalo.
Niagara Falls. Detroit. Chicago and all
points I 8 west via D. & H.; r. r., s.45 a. M.
ana Pfttston Junction, sos, 9.55 a. m, 100,
500 p. m, via f. & W. v. X. r., 3.41 p. m.
FOR t.lmtra and the west via Salamanca.
wa D. & H.. r. r., 845 am. 1906, sos pm.
via q, L. & w. r. r.. sos. S.55 q. m., 1.SO.
and so p. m.
chair cars on all trains between L. & b.
Junction or Wilkes-Barre and New York,
philadelphia. Buffalo. and Suspension
N.RoLL1N Fl. WILBUR, Gen. sup..
CHAS: s. Gen. Pass. Agt., Phila., Pa.
A.. W. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen,
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
CLOAKS.

One lot of Ladies' Black Beaver
Jackets. large sleeves. all sizes.
worth S3.9S
Leaders, Price, Csc
One lot Of Ladies' Black and Navy
Beaver Jackets, all sizes. large
sleeves, ripple back, were $780,.
Leaders, Price. S2.4S
One lot Of Ladies' Black and Navy
Beaver Jackets. all sizes, large
melon sleeves, ripple hack, were
Leaders Price. S3.9S
One lot Ladies' Black Boucle Jack
cts made in the latest style ........
Leaders, Price, SIS. 90
One lot of Children's Refers in
fancy mixtures, all sizes ..........
Leaders, Price, Sligo
One lot of Children's Refers in
fancy mixtures, much finer quality,
were $3.9S
Leaders Price, S2,9S
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
Central Railroad OF New Jersey.


(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TINE TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. II. 1885,.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston.
Wilkes-Barre, etc. at $50. 9.15, 11.3O am,
l.20, 200, sos. 500. 7.10 p. M. Sundays. 800
a. M, 100, 2.15. 1.l0 p. m.
For Atlantic City, $50 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth
$50 (eXpress) a. m, 10 express with Buff.
fet parlor carr, sos (express) D. m. Sun
day, 2.15 p. M. Train leaving LOO n. m
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Term
inal, 6.21 p. m. and New York Gas d. m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle.
hem, Easton and Philadelphia. $50 a. m.
10. S.O5. 500 Except Philadelphia1 D. M
Sunday. 2.l5 p. m.
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove, etc. n,
$50 a. m, 1.20 p. m.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrisburg
via Allentown, $40 a. m, 100, 500 %. M
Sunday. 2.15 p. m. ne
For Pottsville, $50 a. M, 1.20 m.
. Returning leave New York, foot of Iib.
erty street, North River. at $40 (exnress,
a. M. Ito. 1.SO. $50 express with Buffet
Leave Philadelphia. ReadiDg Terminal ra;
900 a. m, 200 and 40 p. m. Sunday SCI
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in adj
vace to the ticket agent at the station.
II. /. BALDWIN,
J. II. oLHAUsEN. Gen. supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
Suft for Big DAMAGES.

Myrtle J. Shoemaker, through her at
torneys, ]. NJ. Garman and II. d. Gar
man, on Saturday began suit in tres
pass against the Wilkes Barre and Wy
oming Valley Traction company for
$50, 1000 damages. The plaintiff, who is
a resident of Nanticoke, va that on
August 8, 1895, while she vas riding to
her home, a car collided with the n
she was in and she was thrown viO-
lently against the side of the car, and
had both legs and arms injured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02

IS doz. Of Mems fine silk Neckwear,
consisting of Tecks, Four-in-
Hands, Band Bows, Club House
Ties, all new goods and in the
latest shape and patterns ........
Leaders Price, 19c
rs doz. of mems fine satin Suspend
ers in all colors, worth soc. ........
Leaders Price, Csc
Balance of our mems Jersey Ribbed
Shirts and Drawers. were 69c. ....
Leaders, Price, 3Sc. 3 for 81
One special lot of odds and ends in
mems White Merino Shirts and
Drawers, IN center counter, not
worth less than 49c. each ..........
Leaders Price, 19c
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
BRIEF NOTES.

Miss Grace Bates, of this city, was
married q few days ago at Camden, N.
j., to Ausell Whitebeck, of Albany,
~ Y.
Miss Mamie Russell, daughter of Re
corder M. Russell, has entered the city
hospital, and will become a trained
nurse.
Miss Anna, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Edwards, of Meade street, was
married a few days g to George A.
Fulton. of Scranton, by Rev. f. j. Nor
ris, ut the home of the bride.
The st. Aloysius society gave an in
teresting entertainment lest evening at
their rooms. A large audience was
present.
The minstrel performance that was
so successful on Thanksgiving evening
will soon be repeated in the Grand
Opera House by special request.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-02
STATES FINANCES.
Balance In the Treasury Two Millions
Below tho Fund of Last Year.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 1.-The fiscal
year at the state treasury ended on Sat
urday. The balance in the general fund
was $2.9S9,O1S.SS as against $5,Ol4, 942.1S
q year ago. The receipts for 1895 were
Sl1,377.024.75 and the total payments
for the same period $13,4 02, 94S. 05. The
amount paid or appropriations was
S11, S05, 005. 10. which exceeded the esti-
mated expenditures over SO, 900, 900.
From the item of receipts for 1895
should be deduced state tax returned
to counties, personal fees, attorney
generals commission. etc, amounting to
ST. 52, S95.04, which was not available
for appropriations and therefore rev.
enue in mann only.