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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-06
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE.
Accident Near NanticOko In Which One
Passenger Is Fatally Injured.

Passenger Is Fatally Injured.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Nanticoke. Aug. 1.-TWO electric cars
on the Wyoming Valley Traction COM
panys line tried to pass each other on
u single track a short distance above
this town at II o'clock tonight and
the usual result occurred.
The passengers jumped, but one wo-
man was so badly injured that she is
not expected to recover. The conductor
OF the south-bound car was seriously in
jured. Both cars were greatly dam
aged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-06
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania. fair h the
morning: showers In the aftsruoon>
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-06
War Upon Giikeson

Then also began the war on State
Chairman Gilkeson. He was, and
always has been, Senator Quay's pollti-
cal friend. As such he was appointed
to the important trust office of comp.
troiler Of the United States treasury.
As such he was made chairman Of the
Republican state committee at time
when n was most essential to make q
strong showing Of reaction against the
flood-tide Of Democratic victory. He
made It by winning Republican victory
in Pennsylvania In the two campaigns
which ne managed, by the largest ma
jortties In the history Of the party. A.
Senator Quay's friend, ~ well - in
recognition Of his high services 70 the
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
ABOUT BEES AND BEEH1vEs.
Old-Fashioned Twisted Straw Hive
Has Almost Ceased to Exist.

Ola-Fashioned Twisted Straw Hive
Has Almost Ceased to Exist.
The beehive everywhere represented
as the emblem Of industry, as for in
stance in pictures on the covers of
savings bank books, is the old-fash-
Toned, round, sugar-loar structure made
Of twisted straw; but as a matter of
fact there are very few such hives
now In use except in Germany and
Austria, and ven there, says the New
York Sun, the modern beehive is TAX
Ing their places. The modern beehive
is made of boards, and is square with
some notifications in shape and style;
1T Is not nearly SO picturesque as the
old-fashioned hive.
A gentleman farmer in New Jersey,
desiring to get two of the old-fash-
ionedh hives to set up in his place, com
missioned a New York dealer in bee
keepers supplies to. buy them. The
dealer communicated with many bee
farmers in his search, and finally
found one on Long Island. The gen
tleman had meanwhile found one him
self, so that he had his desire.
Dealers in beekeepers' supplies sell
everything required, including bees in
the season. One can buy a colony of
bees or any number Of bees, just as he
can dry goods or shoes. Queen bees
are sent from here all over the coun-
try. They r shipped by mail in lit
tie boxes called queen cages. There
Is in each cage space for the queen
bee and for q number of worker heea.
In one end Of the cage is placed sufa-
Gent store Of candy for food to last
the bees on their journey. Queen bees
are frequently sent from here to Aus
tralit in this manner, and so per cent
OF item reach their destination alive
after { journey of forty-fve days.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01

Ing. an elderly gentleman in full sight
Of the finish was see to stagger and
fall. Medical attendance was speedily
obtained, but life was pronounced to
be extinct. The remains were re-
moved to the mcrtuary awaiting the
inquest. From letters and papers on
the deceased it is feared that he was
g. Davenant, Es.l., father OF that
brilliant oarsman, who to-day stroked
the Light Blues in such a gallant
manner. Our readers will join with
us in expressing the hope that this
may prove to he n mistake"
Jack never knew how he got
through the next few days. He did
all that was necessary in q perfectly
mechanical manner. He had his faith
er's remains buried in the family
vault. Also he wrote to Ruth, telling
her that "he could never marry her,
though it almost broke his heart to
say So" And tl;en, as might he ex.
pected, the overtaXed brain and body
gave way, and Jack Davcnant lay in
his fathers stately maj sion sick unto
death. Mt the very time that Ruth
Meynell not knowing of his serious
illness, and scorning to wear her heart
on her sleeve-had arranged to tour
with friends abroad.
And so these two young lives, which
but n few days before seemed so full
of life and hope, were blighted as it
seemed at their very outset.
In due time Jack PULLED Though.
And then, for the first time for many
a sad day, the light of hope shone
upon upon him, and he understood
what before had been inexplicable,
namely, that instead of being the
pauper he feared he was, he was real
ly immensely rich.
His father had certainly lost money
In the troublous times of strikes, but
not sufficient to impair his princely
fortune. Business worry, telling upon
an enfeebled frame, coupled, perhaps,
with natural excitement about the
race in which his son was to take such
a leading part, had brought about that
dreadful Authorization from which he
had suffered. For, in fact, he had not
bettcd one farthing on the event.
The most learned scientists cannot
undertake to explain the subtle work.
ing of the mind diseased. But it was
suggested that since these interested
In the result Of the "'Varsity Boat
Race" r often guided in their hopes
by the state of the betting, it might be
Inferred that Jacks father had been
too intently watching the odds.-Tit.
Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
FORTUNES IN ADVERTISING.
Business Men Whom the Newspaper
Have Made Rich.

business Men Whom the Newspapers
Have Made Rich.
When I talk with q man who has
made a fortune by advertising 1 won
der that anybody who has anything to
sell does not go and do likewise. One
man told me a day or two ago that
his concern, with a nominal capital of
$4,000, only $4,000 of which was
paid in, has divided in a siayle year
between three partners profits to the
amoun of $4,000, and that exclusive
of salaries Of $4,000 and SOS, 600
drawn by two members Of the firm.
Ten or twelve years ago this ina. VAS
Q drug clerk on q small salary in n
Western town, and is now one of tie
millionaires of New York. "Wttaout
advertising I might have made X liy-
Ing" he said, ''but it was advertising
that made me rich, and advertising 4
very simple commodity at that
Another man who bears simlia: tes.
timony tells me that his concern, which
began by investing $4,000 n year in
advertising, increased the amount
every year, according to their increase
of business, and this year expects 70
spend $1,O00,O00. Still another, WHO
confined himself entirely to the news
papers and magazines in the explol:a-
tion of his speciality, never having
touched a dead wall, a fence Or the
broad side of a barn with poster or
paint brush, and never employing a
salesman, has a cool million stated
down i'll real estate, keeps his Yacht
and spends most of the year abroad
in luxurious living.
Many other men of my acquaintance,
resting in ease and wealth, haze told
HE stories Of their own experience
with the same moral.-Maj. Handy in
the New York Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
A Blind Billiard player.

Imagine a blind man handling a cue,
and siilfully at that. But Julius
Stern Of New York. does it-does it
for his OWE amusement and that Ct his
friends. 1t is his boast thar lie has
never earned a cent by 1t.
He kept a billiard room in Third
venue about three years ago. and be-
gan then to play by sound. lie soon
became m%arvelously expert, and could
perform some of the most difficult
shots. 81 was never more surprised
in my life," said julius pretty black
eyed wife in recalling the incident.
Julius said to me one day, Come
down to the. place some time and see
me play billiards. He il all the time
joking, and 1 laughed and thought no
more Of the matter.
~ had occasion to stop In the n!ace
a few days later, and found one Of the
tables surrounded by men. Some one
at play must have made n good shot,
for they broke out into cheering. ]
was greatly surprised when l saw
| julius who was playing"
Stern's sense of hearing is phenom-
email. BY the graduation of the sound
of clicking balls he can accurately
judge their distance. His sense Of
/ touch is delicate, and by simply To-
eating the object balls lie can send the
cue hall true. Mrs. Stern tells that
while in her kitchen, which is fire.
quently filled with the din of tho ele-
waited road, her husband came in. Ee
said, cheerfully, "And who is this
youngsters"
The son Of a neighbor was sitting in
the spot Indicated, but the boy mad
not moved or uttered a sound.
GLOW do you know any one is
here:" asked his wife.
II heard him breathing" answered
Julius.-Boston Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
The flag on Lnfayette,. GRAVE.

while in Paris a short time ago."
said a traveller recently, 1t occurred
to ME that 1t was q fitting act to make
q pilgrimage to the tomb Of that H.
lustr:ous Flcnchman dear to the hearts
Of American patriots, Marquis lie La
fayettc. l asked a number of people
before l could find any one to eniight-
ell lie as to the spot, but after repeat
ed inquiry ascertained the location.
The grave is situated in old Paris,
within the grounds of a convent that
the ancestors of Lafayette founded,
and where repose the remains Of the
French nobility. The first thing that
attracted my attention in connection
with the hero's tomb was that above
it floated a silken flag bearing the
stars and stripes.
at seems that a good many years
ago an American gentleman left in
his will u sun of money to he used for
the special purpose of keeping an
American flag forever flying over the
grave Of Lafayette. 1t has done so
without intermission from the day the
will went into effect, and whenever,
through the wear of the elements, one
flag becomes unserviceable, a new one
s%traightway takes its place. Through
untold centuries the emblem of the
country which in it's early struggles
for liberty had his beneficent aid will
wave above his ashes. "-Washington
Post.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
crinolIne I'M sleexea.

AS to evening dresses the enormous
and outrageous width Of the sleeves
is the great feature. Two very ele-
CANT Paris models shown me were Of
velvet as far as the center of the
bodice was Observation-Disclosures
green in one case, yellow in the other
finished off at the bust with folds Of
velvet and embroidered down the front
on the material with a stomacher of
"jewels" very beautifully. The sleeves
were Of brocade in n case and in the
other a shot glace velvet. harmon
izing in color with the center; they
we're made with q shoulder-strap to go
over the shoulder, and then there was
O few inches space of bare arm and
the immense puff began and continued
TO the elbow. These sleeves were. In
fact, held out to that size by a crino-
line inside them. A piece of narrow
steel passed around the lining just
above the bottom. Firm though the
material was in each case, it could
not have supported itself without this
aid.-London illustrated News.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
JUSTICE TO JAPAN's FAITH.
A Christian Missionary Says We
Must Not Call Japs Heathcns.

A Christian Missionary Says We
Must Not Call Japs Heathens.
An American missionary to Japan,
who has spent many years in trying to
Christianize the japanese, is Rev. l..
H. De Forest, who recently spoke IN
Brooklyn upon the subject. HIS opln-
ions are of peculiar interest as coming
from Il missionary, and a few OF them
are contained in the ensuing sem
fences:
sit is time to quit calling the Japan.
ese heather. We should cease to sing
about them as the heather who bow
down to worship images of wood and
stone. This thing of describing every
body excepting ourselves as idolators,
in the interest of Christianity, ought
to stop. We must change u ways of
thinking and talking about the Japan
ese. While I am convinced that Chris
tianity is the true faith, I believe that
there is some truth and revelation In
the Japanese religion. The church,
while carrying OH missionary work In
Japan, must he as polite toward the
Japanese religion as IL government
toward the government of Japan. Our
missionary maps are often made in
black and white patches, to show how
white we are and how black are oil
the people we call heather. We white
wash ourselves and make own
country white, just as though vice and
crime were not rampant here. Our
forefathers divided the religion of the
world into two classes, calling u re-
ligion the true n and the others
false; but it is now recognized that
there is some revealed truth in all re-
ligions. The japanese have glimpses
of the Supreme Being, and now we can
lead them onward to a better view."
The foregoing sentences, which were
uttered by Rev. Mr.. De Forest in
Brooklyn, are detached from their
elaborate context, but are in perfect
conformity with 1t. They give evil
dence that at least one missionary of
the Congregational church has en-
larged his religious ideas during the
twenty years Of his residence among
the Japanese.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
Heat Of the Electric 1,ph..

meat VI the ELECTRIC LlRhk.
Mr.. Tesla says we are fairly on the
way to the production of light without
heat; but until that very desirable
efficiency of energy is attained, we
shall probably have to make the best
Of the coolest commercial light we
have, the present electric light. This
light, though relatively cool, still
throws off an amount of heat that de-
tracts from its usefulness under many
conditions. Capt. Exler of the Aus
TRAN army has been making tests to
determine what the degree of this
heat is, and how 1t can be reduced. A
acknowledgement incandescent lamp
gives of q maximum. temperature Of
81 degrees c., and a lamp Of 25- can
dle-power 1O1 degrees G. Two lamps
raised the atmosphere of a wooden
receptacle in which they we're placed
to 215 degrees c., which decomposed
explosives, such as gunpcwder, ecra-
ploding them. The receptacle was
filled with water, which In fifteen min
utes was brought to the boiling point.
1t has been believed that electric
lamps would entirely obviate any
risk of explosion, in case of the break
age Of the bulb in intlamma BILE air.
Capt. Exler points cut the erre ncous-
ness Of this idea. If the lamp breaks
in the vicinity Of gunpowder and py-
roxyline, there is no ignition, but the
the cas is different If an explosive
gaseous mixture is present. So that,
although there is less chance of an ex,
plosion, the danger is not removed by
the employment of the incandescent
lamp. II has been proposed TO lind a
remedy in the use of a double bull
! with an intern ediate closed space
filled with air or water. The heating
/ OF the water would be avoided by the
use of a reservoir haN ing double coin'
munication with the external lecepta'
Gle, SO that a continuous stream could
be maintained. But this would be
clumsy. Capt. Exler's way out Of tue
difficulty of lighting places wht re gas
Or explosive materials are present, il
to simply adjust the incandescent
lamp in a glass cylinder closed al
both ends by means of metallic cloth
The current of air would freshen the
bulb, aud the slight heating Of the ait
passing out W )uld not amount to any
thing. II the bulb broke. the combus'
ton Of the ilament would cause only
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
ExOneFatiOn.

Jabe Gormly (who plays the bass
drum)-What waz tibet Their school
teacher waz sayin' about a foot essen.
BILE?
The Postmaster-Oh, lie were Jest a
tellin' me about q little social party
at his house last night; why?
Jabe Gormly (sullenly)-Well, that's
all right. l thought mebbe he was
slinging some more of his slurs about
the village band.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
Municipal Ownership of Lightini.
Plants-A Jew "Natural" Method
OF Wood PreservinK-The Electric
Motor I'm Agriculture.

NJ. ]. Francisco, who has devoted
much attention to the question Of mu-
nicipal ownership of public corporal
lions, states, as his conviction, that
the time for municipalities to own
and conduct commercial Industries
will not arrive until men are born into
a world where politicians and alder
men protect taxpayers and refuse
''boodle," and where political bosses
and their hireling,, who have no in
terest in the business except to draw
their salaries. can conduct it more
economically than those men who
have perhaps. every dollar of their
fortune depending upon its success.
Until that time cen es cities should
confine their business to regulating
and governing. leaving commercial in
dustries with their hazards and losses
to individuals and private corpora
tons. Mr.. Francisco says it is only
necessary to give the experience of
cities which have tried the experiment
to show the worthlessness of the claim
that municipalities can produce light
at less expense tnan private corpora
lions. AS an Illustration, the case is
adduced of q town In Virginia which
recently installed a plant of 400 arc
lights to burn all night, using steam
power, coal costing 81 per ton. Before
this municipal plant was established
the local company offered to furnish
any number of lights that might be
desired, to burn every night and all
night, for $72.52 per lamp per year.
Interested persons in the town made
the claim that a municipal plant could
be installed for $4,000. This was
afterward raised to $4,000, and again
to 100000, while the actual cost
proved to be $125.OOO. The advocates
Of municipal ownership represented to
the taxpayers that the total cost of
running 400 arc lights, If the city
owned the plant, would not exceed
$4,000 per year, or $335 per lamp. The
town put in the plant. Troubles came
apace; soon after starting the arma-
lures began to burn out, and many
lamps were taken Off in the hope of
relieving the dynamos. 1t soon became
necessary to buy another dynamo. and
cut down the number of lamps on
each circuit, making six instead of
five. The cost of maintaining the
lights for one year, irrespective of in
terest depreciation, taxes, insurance
and water rent, was $3O,12. The cost
Of running alone, instead of being
$4,000, was between $4,000 and
$4,000. The authorities presently
realized that it was costing them
$112.73 per lamp per year for the same
light that the local company offered to
furnish for $72.52, and the taxpayers
would give a great deal to be rid OF
what they call their electrical white
| elephant"
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
LONG-DIsTANCE SIGNALING.
Scheme for Sending Telegraph
Messages From Washington to

A Scheme for Sending Telegraph
Messages From Washington to
Mexico.
The MaZamas of Portland, If they
can secure the assistance Of any of the
university and scientific organizations,
military signal corps, OF athletic and
outing clubs along the coast. will en-
dcavor to send Il Photograph message
from Washington to Mexico. The
MaZamas are a club of mountain
climbers at Portland, Orc, and have
selected July ~ next as the date for
the transmission of the sun flashes.
They will begin signaling from Mt.
Adams. using the Morse system for
the purpose. Il. Brook White, secre-
tary of Che MaZatmaS, has recently or
ganized classes III Portland. which
have begun the preliminary study and
work necessary to the successful ra-
nipulation of the ins- 'umcnrs u Sue
cessfnl, ii will he the longest distance
a message has ever been transmitted
by syn flashes. The Mazamas have
invited the government officers and
various state military Organizations to
GllAdAtSC uOtullSs IIOls liz JSUN VI
the coast and geodetic s,r,c., Who
has had considerable ,riaa :e in
transmitting heliographi: messages,
was asked last night If he thought the
Mazamas' undertaking could he sue
cessfully accomplished. He said
"I'rof. S. S. Hawkins rf Portland,
formerly of The University II Calsfor-
mia, has written to me 10 interest Inc
in this matter, and I have nMn pre-
pairing a letter in ans W.r nc eto. or
course. the subject p~rese1tal iy the
Mazamas. or mountain .oats, Is a
very interesting one, aud some season
it may be accomplished; hut there will
be much to learn an syste nati.e Le-
fore they succeed. In the first pl.c c,
the mountains named by the Mazlmas
along the crest line of The Cascades
and Sierra Nevada are not in all
cases intervisible. For example, south
Of Shasta the line adopted by the
coast and geodetic survey is Shasta,
Lassen, Butte. Lola. Round Top,
CONFESS and possibly Whitney; or, by
another route, Shasta, Snow Noun
tain, Mount. Helena, Mount Diablo,
and possibly Whitney. I am convinced
that l have seen Shasta from Diablo,
224 miles, and Whitney, 90 miles.
H 1a pesiues uete.l,,inlhs o%eiotenahu
. ..'. oes. lInes ~ ioiiow, u luii season
WIN wen ofsahlzea pattles VIII pe
meeessa,y 10 ueteilnlne Tue interVlsaDl
,lne anu 'ls't 1teeSt Iloln Inc
ia'ter Is OF tue great wba
III the WORK OF the coast n
survey. Where statlon could readily
ne nnisiled IN hfteen days, the parties
nave sometimes Deen hshtins Tor
sights thfouSh two months ana more.
AS TO the distance TO winch sic
nals may De sent little is known by &C
tual experience outside of the coast
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
Dad Enough.

do you smoke cigarettes??' asked
the physician who was examining q
candidate for life insurance.
Never"
do you drink to ~excessw
"Never. l have only bad habit
which tends to shorten life"
What is that?"
81 ride on trolley cars."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
A New "Naturar' Method Of Wood
Preserving.

Preserving.
Hitherto the asone Of wood have
relied almost entirely on the extrac-
ton of the sap, either by the natural
process or ccs.;:cat:on by time and ex-
posure to the air, or by some artificial
process, such as kiln drying, steamfng,
washing, etc. In the curing of timber
by the extraction of the sap a great
proportion of the material is depreci-
ated by reason of sun-shakes and
cracks or by warptng. twisting. shrink
ing and other similar evils. To these
objections may be added many others
of time in seasoning, necessity to hold
large stocks, unproductive outlay of
capital, loss of interest, rent, taxes
and insurance risk Of destruction. de-
terioration in quality, expense of
printing and filling, shrinking Of knots
and liability to rot and decay. 1t Is
proposed to take q short cut out of
all this costly tangle of trouble by
simply emulatlng nature and retaining
within the wood its sap, or @life
blood" This, Col. Hastings, the in
ventor of. the new natural wood pre-
serving process, maintains Is the true
principle of wood preservation. The
sap should be treated so that the
whole Of it's life preserving properties
are retained and solidiied within the
substance itself. The sap Of wood con-
tains large proportions of certain albu-
minous, %glutinous, resinous and olea-
ginous compounds in a state of solu-
ton, and it is Of these compounds that
nature, in the growth of the tree by
her laws Of heat and pressure, grad
ually creates the hard, sound, fbrous
portion of the wood. The new process
is to take the wood in its green state
and so treat it with air pressure and
great heat that it the various COM
pounds in the sap are distilled and re-
tanned within the wood, without losing
their antiseptic and preserving proper
ties. The various essential compounds
become %coagulated in the pores and
impregnate the whole substance. The
soluble sap becomes insoluble, binding
the fbres and forming a homogeneous
mass incapable of absorbing moisture.
impervious to atmospheric changes,
u~nshrinkable, easily worked and prac-
tically indestructible. Thus the pro-
cess clinches in a few hours what ma
ture has taken years to effect.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
New Forage Cap.


enlisted men. Those among army Of
fcers who see no necessity for q
change crlticise the new cap as be-
ing devoiL of what they term ''mili-
tary smartness," but none of them
has us yet attempted to assail the cap
as a practical piece Of wearing APP
parel. Among the advantages it has
over the present headgear the most
CONSPICUOUS one is that it will stay on
the head without being held; another
advantage is the sloping visor, which
affords grateful protection to the eyes.
There will be no arbitrary date fix
ed on which the change shall take
place: it will simply be announced that
officers find it necessary to purchase a
new cap or blouse after July 1 they
will he required to have those essen
tials conform to the regulations
Washington Star.