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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17
HE DISCOVERED THE CURVE
The Player Who Caused Revolution
in Baseball.

1t is said that Brooklyn man,
Arthur Cummings, a member of the
Amateur Stars in 1867, was the dis
coyerer OF the curve that has revolu-
tionized baseball and made it SO
largely pitchers game. Murnane,
member of the famous old Boston
team of 1877, says that Cummings
became a professional about 1872,
and plLyed in the Hartford, Cincin-
natl and other clubs until 1878, when
he retired from pitching.
He was of light build, and bore the
nickname Candy" He stood . feet
s, and had remarkably long arm
and long fingers.
Cummings" said Murnane, was
one OF the few men to this day who
could make O ball curve with o
pendulum or underhand swing, and
his curve was the widest ever saw.
'For the last seven years after this
discovery Mr.. Cummings h"d the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17

The improved Industrial Dwelling
Company of London accommodates
10000 persons in its houses. 1t is
claimed that its system has reduced
the tenement death-rate from forty to
only eleven in thousand.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17

France produces about sos, 900
tons of finished iron ore year. The
ore for it is lnrgely ,'rawn from al
geria, Spaiu. El5a unl Sardinia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17
A Puzzler From Japan.

The japanese aro very ingenious
about inventing puzzles. Here is one
that q reader Of the Pathfinder in one
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17
An Ocean Leiter.BOx.

A peculiar custom prevails among
tho shippers and fishermen in Austria
linn waters. These hardy marines ore
often for months at time away from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17
TuOS. J.,ADAMS, PROPRIETOR

The Turks of New York City say
that the Sultan is tired of trying to
reform his empire, and means to ab-
dicate and give somo other fellow q
charca
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17
Driving Nails by Machinery.

An automatic nail-driver is late
invention. 1t is arranged with slides
:-io which the noil-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-17

square. By looking Mt the lower
figure you will see how it is done, bnt
try it on your friends and they are
pretty sure to find it difficult matter,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27

20. go persons were thrown out Of employ
ment n there was q decrease In the pay
Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota there
were even greater reductions. In those
employment and there was q decrease OF
1886 per e in the pay rolls. The enor-
nous reduction In these particular locali-
ties may be due In q measure. to the en-
In 1855 during the Worlds fair. II the
eastern and New England states only lS,-
$50 men were discharged and the pay rolls
were reduced only 6.S9 per cent. Another
fact Of interest In this connection y ina
greatest. among the employees engaged IN
constructing and maintaining roadways
and least among employees engaged IN
conducting transportation. the average
United States was not reduced. but the
trackmen. who numbered 1S0.l u IN lSsS,
were reduced to 150. III In 1894. The reduc-
ton In employees assigned to general ad-
ministratlon was 1A.29 per cent. mainten-
cent, maintenance Of equipment 1850 per
cent. and transportation I'LL per cent.
The returns from all the railways show
that the loss of revenue suffered from the
commercial depression was generally met
by a reduction In the number rather than
in the pay Of employees: The average rate
Of compensation was higher In 1893 than
in 1892, and. although In some portions OF
the country there was q small decrease IN
only. class of railway employees who now
receive compensation In excess o. Va
day are locomotive drivers and conduc
tors. General office clerks. .foremen, ma
chinists and carpenters receive from :? 10
So a day. All other employees rate Deiow
s.. The following table shows the aver
6 rate Of pay a day by various classes
of railway employees throughout the u
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
philadelphia To,Iow Market.

Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-Tallow IL In ligh'
request. but steady. We quote: city
prime. In hhds. 4a4!sc:; country. prime, In
cakes, 4a,sc.; grease, 3laa3&c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.

John b. Garrett, third vice-president of
the Lehigh Valley railroad, has been Sc
lected by that company to represent It In
the board or managers Of the new Joint
Traffic association Of the trunk lines and
their western connections.
Bethlehem, Pa. Nov. 26.-The Bethlehem
Iron company has received news Of the
award Of a contract for nearly 100 tons
Of armor plate for the new Russian battle
ship Rostislav. The contract will have
to be completed by fall of next year. There
were fourteen bidders for the work. The
contract represents about $500. 900 and will
keep the ordnance works. employing 1000
skilled workmen. running through the
winter.
-:I:- .
The Pennsylvania railroad H. building
senger coaches. to be used ~ an expert
nent on n Of its suburban branches.
recent experiments made by the. COM
pany with 2 suburban. train Of the New
were not at all satisfactory, the cars be-
built are not unlike the present. standard
Pennsylvania passenger cars. except. that
The forthcoming report Of the. interstate
commerce commission will show that the
e =lln a !. q. depression threw out I, e
IL the first time q reduction IN the number
Of persons employed by railway corpora
lions has ever been noted. The increase
has been gradual until q total Of s3, 602
was reached in the year. lBsa The Isduc-
ton was general throughout the United
States with the exception a. the Pacific
slope, where there was an increase Of 1,l0o
In the total number Of persons employed.
This va due to the fact that the Great
year nearly 50 milss Of road. that was
not included In previous reports, and
similar ~extensions wsre made BY other
corporations. The 1fo4teof decESas0 u
ssssss g q sa '6S i:s'i Isai i ! .a + f iis;t sas::
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
RAILROAD NOTES.

1t was announced that the Lehigh
Nalley Railroad Is laying plans to Sc
cure an outlet Of its own at the TOOL
Of Essex street, Jersey City, and that
It to build a ferry from that
point to connect with New York. The
Greenville and Hudson Railroad COM
pany has been organized to build a
new line of road with a capital OF
$500, 900. The directors of the company
are: John Hood. Of Camden. David 5.
Baird, Of Beverly, Thomas w. Hulme
and Friedrich H. Lee. of Mount Holly.
and James f. Shaperkotter. William
Brinder and Madison z. Meredith. OF
Philadelphia. These gentlemen are
closely connected with the Lehigh Val
ley interests. and the new road Will,
the Lehigh Valley. 1t will connect
with the main line Of the Lehigh VAL
ley near Brown place, Jersey City.
with the present Lehigh Valley freight
depot in Jersey City. which Is to be-
come the main depot of the company.
At present the Lehigh Valley trains
run into the Pennsylvania Railroad
depot in Jersey City.
-:n:-
Owing to various reasons, the Read
ing plan of reorganization will not be
announced this week. A movement Is
on foo among the income mortgage
bondhOlders and stockholders, and
which is headed by Isador Wormser.
to oppose the plan Of reOrcanizat'"".
Mr.. Wormser's house Is the large hold
er Of these securities. and IL reple-
sents many other holders. Money
must be raised. and to raise 1t the
income bonds and the stock must be
taxed. II the holders of these securi-
ties refuse to pay an assessment vol
UNFAIRLY the collection of 1t will un-
doubtedly be enforced by foreclosure
Of the general mortgage. The reor-
ganization plan Is liable to be mater
tally changed before 1t Is finally pro-
mulgated.
The decision Of the Sinking Fund
commission to locate the terminal of
the proposed North River bridge be-
tween Ffty-ninth and Sixtieth
streets, New York. at the Hudson
river, while not altogether satisfac-
tory to the New York Central railroad,
ends the fight which has so long de-
layed the determination to locate the
New York end Of the bridge between
Sixty-eighth and S%ixty-ninth streets.
The New York Central railroad OBJ
jected, because 1t has its freight sheds
there.
tilt
Fuller Tucker, of Wilkes Barre, has
been made conductor of one Of the
passenger trains on the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey. 1t will make II
necessary for him to change his resi-
dence to this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27

and wept and went to sleep twitching
all over; and when they woke men said
that the rods were Strengthened and no
, one did any work for w days, but lay
or the decks and ate fruit. Mr.. War
drop would go below from time to time
and nat the two rods where they lay,
and they heard him singing hymns.
= Then his trouble OF mind went from
him. and at. the end of the third days
1dleness he made a drawing In chalk
upon the deck. with letters Of the al
phabet at the angles. He pointed
out that, though the piston rod was
more 'or less straight, the piston rod
cross head-the thing that had been
jammed sideways in the guides-had
been badly strained. and had cracked
the lower end OF the piston rod. He
was going to forge and shrink a
wrought iron collar on the neck Of the
piston rod where 1t joined the cross
head, and from the collar he would bolt
a 'Y-shaped piece or iron, whose lower
arrAs Should be- bolted into the cross
head. If anything more were needed
they could use up the last of the boiler
So the forges were lit again, and
men burned their bodies. but hardly
felt the pain. The finished connection
was not beautiful. but 1t seemed
strong enough-at least as strong as
the rest of the machinery: and with
s,that Job their labOrs came to an end.
All. that remained was to connect up
the engines and to get food and water.
The skipper and four men dealt with
: the Malay boa builder by night chief
ly; It was no time to haggle over the
price Of sago and dried fish. The others
stayed aboard and replaced piston, pis-
ton rod, cylinder cover. cross head and
hn1fo vytth TITO old nj tho fo dom.
key engine. The cylinder cover was
hardly steam proof. and the eye Of
SCIENCE might. have seen, in the curve
of the connecting rod, a fexure some
thing like. that Of O Christmas tree
candle. which had melted M been
Strengthened by hand over a stove:
but. as Mr.. Wardrop said: "She didn't
hit anything" !
AS soon as the last bolt was In place,
men tuinbled over one another In their
anxiety to get to the hand starting
gear. the wheel and worm by which
engines car be moved where there IL
no steam aboard. They nearly
wrenched Off the wheel: but 1t was
evident to the blindest eye that the
engines moved. They did not revolve
in their orbits with any enthusiasm,
as good machines should. Indeed, they
groaned not a little: but they moved
over and came to rest in q way which
proved that they still recognized mans
hand. Then Mr.. Wardrop sent his
slaves into the darker bowels Of the
engine and stokehole and fol-
lowed them with a flare lamp. The
boilers were sound. but would take
no harm from O little scaling and
cleaning. MI. Wardrop would not have
anyone over jealous. for he feared
what the next stroke Of the tool might
show. The less we know about her
now" said he. "the better for us all.
I'm thinkin'. Yell understand me
when say that this Is In no sense
regular engineerin'."
Al all his raiment. when he spoke,
was his gray beard and uncut hair,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27

her sides, some with iron bars red-hot
at the ends. and others with large ham
mers. threw themselves upon those in
nocent inQuiring strangers, and before
any man could say what had hap
pened were in full possession of the
prau, while tn. lawful owners bobbed
In the water oversize. Half an hour
later the prau's cargo Of sage and tri-
pang. as well as a doubtful-minded
compass, was In the Haliotis. The two
huge triangular mat sails. with their
7O-foot yards and boOms. had followed
the cargo and were being fitted to the
stripped masts Of the steamer.
They rose. they sweied. they filled.
and the empty steamer vlsibly laid over
as the wind took them. They gave her
near three knots an hour, and what
better coul men ask. But. IL she had
been fQr1Orn before, this new purchase
made her horrible to see. Imagine a
respectable charwOman In the tights of
a ballet-dancer rolling drunk along the
streets. and you will come to some faint
notion of the appearance of that nine
hundred-ton well-decked once schoon-
er-rigged ca~rgO-boat al she staggered
under her new canvas, shouting and
raving across the deep. With steam and
sail that marvellous voyage continued;
n the bright-eyed crew looked over
the rail, .desolate. unkempt, unshorn.
shamelessly clothed-beyond the de-
cencies.
At the end Of the third week she
sighted the island of Pygang-W atai,
whose harbor Is the turning point Of a
pearling sea patrol. Here the gunboats
stay for a week ere they retrace their
line. There IL ne village at Pygang-
Watai: only a stream Of water, some
palms and q harbor safe to rest in till
the first violence Of the southeast mon
soon has blown itself out, They opened
up the low coral beach with It's long
mound o. whitewAshed coal ready for
supply, the deserted huts. for the sailors
and the .fagless Flagstaff.
N Next day there was no Haliotis-only
. little prau rocking In the warm rain
at the mouth Of the harbor, whose crew
watched with hungry eyes the smoke
fof a'tunboet on the horizon.
Months afterwdrd there were q few
lines In an English paper to the effect
that some guhb0at of some foreign
power had broken. her back at the
mouth Of some PARKWAY hArbor By rum
ming ct full speed into,a 'suhken wreck.
(The End.1
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
Scranton Glass Co.
Economy Steam
New York Produce Market.

New York, Nov. 2s.-Flour-Neglected
easy. Wheat-Dull, easier; No. 2 red store
and elevator. &c.; afioat, 69Ac.; +. o. b.,
6SBa69c.; ungraded red, 64a7Oc.; No. !
northern, 66a66Ac.; options dull; January,
ss5Ae.: March; s7?se.; May: 67ase.; June
Dull. firm; No. 2, 36c. elevator, Sc; afioat
options dull and firm; November, SEC. De-
cember 35sc.; January, &c.; May. 35Nc,
Oats-Easier; options dull. firmer; Novem-
Der, 23c.; December, 23hc. January. 23Ac.
May, 25lsc.; spot prices No. 2. 22Aa23c.
No. 2 white, Paige; No. 2 Chicago, 23Aa2ic.
No. 3, &c; No. 3 white. &c.; mixed west
ern, 23a2ic.; white do. and white state, "a
a27c. Provisions-Quiet, firm. Lard
Quiet, weak. Butter-Firm, state dairy
12a2lc.; do. creamery. l7a22lac. western
dairy, Halle; do. creamery. 15a23lac:; do.
June. %l5a2lc.: do. factory. 9a1Sc.; Elgins,
231ac.; imitation creamery, 12a18c. Cheese
Quiet, unchanged. Eggs-Quiet, heavy
state and Pennsylvania. 22a26c:; ice house.
l6a20c.; do. per case. 50 .50a4. 80; western
fresh, 2la23c. do. per case, 50. 50a4. %; lined.
161lal7c.; do. per case, $3.50a4.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS


- d.
New York, Nov. 26.-As on yesterday
the industrials m~onopolized speculative
attention at the stock exchange and still
lower prices were made for some OF the
stocks. In a general way h indus
trials are affected by rumors Of con-
gressional interference. The railway
issues continue firm and as O rule the
active issues made s:sght net gains on
the day. London was q moderate buy
er. The grangers and Manhattan were
in the best demand and the latter o 8
to 10lk. Speculation closed irregular.
Net changes show advances of h@1 per
cent. in the railway list; Sugar and Chi
cago Gas and declines Of %@2% per
cent. in the industrials. Total sales.
235, 900.
The range of today's prices for the ac-
tive stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by G.. du B.. Dim
mick. manager for William Linn. Allen y
Co. stock brokers. Az Spruce street.
Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
Buffalo Live Stock.

head; on sale, 200 head; market steady
good to choice steers. $4.25a4.5O light to
good butchers steers. $3.65a4; good to
choice stOckers. 81. 75a3. 40; bulls, $2.25a3:
good to choice. s7a7.5O; light to fair lots,
81. 50aG. 10. Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; on
sale, 6,4Oo head; market steady and firm
light Workers. 1915; pigs, $3.S0a3 80; roughs.
s.. 30a3. 80; stays, $2.S0a3. 80; heavy hogs
quotable at 50. 7Oa3.75. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts. $500 head; on sale, %, 900 head
market steady; choice to extra native
lambs, $4a4.20; good to choice, 49, 5a3. 80;
light to fair, 81. l5a3. go; good feeding lambs,
sS.5Oa4; culls and common thin lambs. 81. SO
a3.15; mixed sheep, good to choice, 81. %
a2.5O; common to fair. $1.S5a2.15 culls, 81
al .75; handy wethers, s.. 5Oa3; export sheep,
S3a3. SO; no Canadas on sale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
Toledo Grain Market.

Toledo, O., Nov. 26.-wheat-Receipts
1000 bushels; shipments. 5000 bushels
market quiet; No. 2 red cash and Deem.
Der. 65%c.: May. G7Hc.; No. 8 red. cash
63Hc. Corn-Receipts. 1900 bushels; ship.
ments, %, 900 bushels; market easy; No. 4:
mixed, May. 29%c.; No. 3 yellow, cash,
2Skc.; No. 3 mixed, &c.; No. 3 white, Csc.
Oats-Nothing doing. Rye-Dull; No.
cash, 39c.; No. 3 do, Sec. Cloverseed-Re-
ceipts, "a bags; shipments, 269 bags; mar
ket firmer; cash and December, N.57hi
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
SYNOPSIS.

Tho Haliotis.. a ship Of English origin,
bnt OF very shady record. has been pur-
fosaa and md captured BY q cruiser y, which SlH
and wrecked her engine with a she'll. She
WAS found to be laden with stolen pearls.
The victorious warship lowed her captive
tcs-but meanwhile the chief engineer. Mr..
WRrdrop. succeeded in concealing certain
parts Of the machinery. which was not
a period Of cruel treatment in the jungles.
are Imprisoned. In their own vessel. which
Is supposed to be wrecked beyond repair.
engine m working order, and II possible
escape. TIL task Is terrible: but the men.
though almost swooning from pain and
exhaustion. urged and driven by War
drops relentless will-force, have In part
succeeded. They are now endeavoring to
straighten the huge steel piston bars.
PART v.
But II Is curious that no man knows
how the rods were Strengthened. Ine
crew of the Haliotis remember that
week very dimly. as a fever patient re-
members the delirium of a long night.
There were fires everywhere, they say;
the whole ship was one consuming fur
mace, and the hammers we're never still.
Now, there could not have been more
than n fire at the most. for Mr.. War
drop distinctly recalls that no straight
ening was done except under his W
eye. \ They remember. too. that for
many years voices gave orders when
they obeyed with their bodies, but their
minds were abroad on. ell the seas. 1t
seems to them that they stood through
days and nights slowly sliding a bar
backward and forward through a
white glow that was part of the ship.
They remember an intolerable noise in
their burning heads from the walls Of
the stokehole. and they remember be-
ing savagely beaten by men whose eyes
seemed asleep. When their shift was
over they would draw straight lines in
the air. a~nXiously and repeatedly, and
would, question n another In their
sleep, lcrying: us she straight"
At last-they do not remember
whether this vas by day or night-Mr.
Wardrop began to dance clumsily and
wept the while. and they. too, danced
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27

Fuller Tucker, Of Wilkes Barre, has
been made conductor Of one Of the
passenger trains on the Central Rail-
road Of New Jersey. 1t will make 1t
necessary for him to change his resi-
dence to this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
Oil Market.

P%ittsburg. Pa. Nov. 26.-Oil opened and
lowest. $l.55; highest and closed. $1.57.
Standard Oil c~ompany's price, $1.55.
lowest. sl.55; highest, 81. SO; closed, 81. 56lh.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27

On view from 9 a. m, until 9 p. M, one hundl
the most celebrated
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