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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
READING COAL ADVANCE.
Prices Advanced from Ten to Fifteen
Cents Per Ton.

Philadelphia, Sept. 12.-The Reading
Railroad company today announced an
advance of from 10 to 10 cents ton
on all sizes of anthracite coal. except
pea coal. This applies only to line
and city trade. and not to tidewater
trade. The action has been followed
by a similar move on the part of the
Lehigh Valley company, and will pre-
sumably also be followed by the Lee
high Coal and Navigation company
and the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany
An official Of the Reading company
stated today that the condition of the
trade warranted the advance and
that the movement has been antici-
pated since the first of September 1t
Is said that the Advance Is customary
at this season of the year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Lumbcrrnan Arrcstcd.

Altoona, Pa. Sept. 12.--Samuel Kelly, OF
Chest Springs, Cambria county, was ar.
rested today on an information sworn out
by william O'Hara, who charged him
Justice of the Peace Tetzsinger, of Ash.
willie. and held in $1,000 bail. Kelly and
OHara were formerly partners In West
Virginia coal and lumber speculations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.

Easton Is to have public library.
Cars at n Pittston mine crushed to death
little John Watson. .t y
A premature blast In Shamok.n mine
fatally injured George Bellish.
Lafayette college, at Easton. opens to-
day with over 100 freshmen on hand.
City Assessor Frantz, OF Reading, was
arrested for alleged perjury In awarding
contract.
Pointing an empty gun at a burglar at
East Stroudsburg, Miss Victor shouted to
him: Get out or I'll shoot! and the
thief hed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
SUMMER
JUNKET-
INGS. . .

Are all but over now and most sensible
people are preparing for or looking for
ward to the comforts and pleasure OF
home during the long winter months
that are ahead of us.
Year by year the manufacturers cf
Curtains and Draperies are making
wonderful progress In designs and ar
t.stc effects that harmon.ze excellent
ly with all the surroundings OF home.
no matter whether II be the castle of
My Lord Duke or the cottage of the
artizan or peasant.
Little money buys a lot of prettincss
in Curtains and Draperies this Fall,
and more money but adds to the rich
ness and rineness.
No matter how your ambition or
purse may run, We can suit you.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
TO BORROW S5O,OOO.
Assignccs OF POttsvilic Iron and Steel
Company Gain Permission.

Pottsville. Pa. Sept. 12.-The Schuyl-
kill county courts today granted au-
thortty to Messrs. Atkins and Biscoe.
assignees of the PUttsville Iron and
Steel company, to borrow 900 to be
raised by certificates bearing per cent.
interest. to be secured by the property
of the company.
That amount of funds Is necessary to
put the concern into successful opera
ton again and to maintain and pre-
serve the property.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
DRANK POISONED WATER.
Luther Ripple Dies from tho Effects OF
Carclcssncss.

Carclcssncss.
Harrisburg. Pa. Sept. 12.--Luther
Ripple. aged Al years, died a few min
utes after drinking water from cooler
In which mixture of cyanide of pot
tasium had been poured by a fellow
workman. They were engaged in ex-
cavation for a house on Third street
and the water In the cooler was eX-
hausted
"A colored carter was told to fill II
from hydrant and used a crock which
had contained the poisonous mixture.
The man drank freely Of the poisoned
water and died while being taken
home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Awarded tho Gun.
LOYAL CUBANS ACT.

They Will Present spain with an Armed
Cater.
New York, hSept. R.-YeNterday
meeting was held In this city OF Span
iards and Cubans, those loyal to Spain.
The meeting expressed sympathy with
Spain and Cuba, In the present un-
happy issue: one forced on Cuba by
outsiders. A fund was raised for the
purpose Of fitting out an armed cutter
for service on the Cuban coast.
1t will be presented to the govern
ment Of Spain In the name of the loyal
Cubans and Spaniards Of New York
city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Old Defenders Day,

Baltimore, Sept. l2.-The eighty first an
niversary of the Battle of North Point
cod Defenders Days'o was more gener-
ally celebrated today than for many years.
BY proclamation Of the governor the day
was state holiday. and by ordinance Of
the mayor and city council II was also O
municipal holiday
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
twenty three Bodies recovered

Calumet. Mich, Sept. 12--Shaft No. 4
of the Osceola mine was entered today
and the bodies of twenty three OF the
miners who were imprisoned In the burn
Ing mine have been recovered. Five are
still missing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
DURANr's TRIAL.

Testimony Of Parties Who Knew Miss
g Lamont.
San Francisco, Sept. 12.-Richard
Charlton, grocer, was the first witness
called In the Durrant trial this morn
ing. He testified that his store was op-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania, increasing
cloudiness with local showers: winds
shifting to northerly and cooler.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Earthquake In Mexico.

Tegucigalpa, Mex, Sept. 12-Earth-
quake here. 800 people killed; property loss
$75O,OOO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
FILIBUSTERERS INDICTED.

United States Grand Jury Finds True Bill
Against Cubans.
Wilmington. Del. Sept. 12.-The Unit
ed States grand jury this afternoon re-
turned a true bill against the accused
Cuban filibusterers. including Ralph
DE Soto. the cigar dealer, and bonds
man for a number of the accused men,
The vote Is said to have stood thir-
teen for indictment and six against
The case will come up next Wednes-
day. to which date the petit jury was
discharged
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
BOILER EXPLOSION.
A hoy Killed Outright and Several Per
sons Injured

Raleigh. N. c.. Sept. 12.-The boiler
of Lafrits' planning mill. near Concord
exploded today. killing instantly Victor
l.afrts, aged Is, and fatally injuring
his father. Jackson I4afrits. and John
Burt. an employe. Davis Barrier. an.
other employe, was seriously scalded.
The boiler and engine was hurled sew
enty-five yards and the mill completely
wrecked
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
FIN LIE s


We have just opened the best line Of
Blankets we have ever shown. These
goods were all purchased before the
advance in wool, consequently at much
lower figures than they could be du-
plicated for. We intend giving our
customers the advantage of these
prices and quote the following:
so pairs Elk, 1914
50 Cents.
so pairs each Grey and White Norway,
1O-4
90 Cents.
60 pairs Snowflake, ia
" pans N'''S' s2.25.
'Borders, Pink, Blue and Lemon"
go pairs each, 1O-4 and ia, Jewell,
all Wool and Shrunk. Borders,
Pink, Blue, Red and Lemon,
$3.55 and $3.50.
40 pairs Housekeepers' Choice, ia
S4.0O.
jacquard Borders. Blue, Pink anr
Lemon.
20 pairs Silver Cliff, 12-l
S5.75.
jacquard Borders. Blue, Pink and
Lemon
20 pairs Flour City. 12-4.
S6.75, 1874, 81.
Borders, Lemon. Pink and Blue.
Complete line of California Blankets,
Choice line of Fine Wrapper Blankets.
in Plain and Fancy Centers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Cur tain
Nets

for Dining Rooms or Bed Rooms are
much In demand.
Imported fish nets, S0-inch Noting
ham nets. with tackled edges and
double borders, sash nets. in all sorts
Of ways, etc, are among the new
things shown. and you are invited to
look the stock over.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

Complete line of California Blankets,
Choice line of Fine Wrapper Blankets.
in Plain and Fancy Centers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
The Very Earliest Rose.

The earliest certain trace in Greek
literature OF the rose as cultivated
flower is to be found in Ferodotus, in
his account of the rise Of the House
of Macedonia. The sons OF Temenus,
he says (Bk. viii, 1857 fed into an
other part of Macedonia, and took up
their abode "near the Gardens Of
Midas. In these gardens there are
roses which grow OF themselves"-
that is, we suppose, without much at
tention to pruning or budding-"so
sweet that no other can vie with them
in this; and their blossoms have as
many as sixty petals apiece.
Every rose grower will at once rec
ognize in this the most venerable of
all rose records, the original rosa cen
tifedia, still, more than two thousand
years afterward, one of the sweetest
in many an old English garden-the
old Provence or Cabbage Rose. And
it is curious illustration OF Herod-
otus's accuracy in unsuspected details,
that Pliny describes the same rose as
found principally in much the same
district, in the neighhorhood OF Phil
lppi, the people of which, be says, get
it from the neishboring Mount Pan
gaeus, and greatly improve it by trans.
plantation. In the long history OF
roses, the Provence or Hundred-leaved
Rose seems chiefly to have formed the
backbone of continuity. y.-Quarterly
ReyieU
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
UnapprecIated HerOism.

There are more ways of winning o
wife than there are of losing one. A
bennington lover has, however, dis,
covered new one. The object of his
affections admitted that she had
"walked out" with his rival. Where
upon he threw himself into a canal
not very far. but with the water ur tc
his neck. There he stood and swore
that if she did not promise to marry
him he would e. under. She hesi
tated, but considering how very damp
he had got, at last consented. The
report does not say that she embraced
him on coming to land. 1t was 9
bold step for him to take to the water,
and one that, to quote somewhat
similar instance, might not have sue
ceeded.
A young lady in charge of the cap
tain of P: & o. boat had two suitors
on board and q pug dog. The latter
fell overheard, and one Of her swains
instantly jumped after it into the sea.
The other confined himself to leaning
over the side, and crying, "Poor dog
gie!" When the rescuer came on
board, dripping, the young lady
turned to the captain, and asked him
which of her two lovers, after such an
incident, he would recommend her to
take. He was a practical man, and
replied, "Take the dry one" which
she accordingly did. The only in
stance of wet lover being appreci'
ated was that of Leander.-1llustrated
Neus
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
IOWA,S OLDEST RESIDENT.
Mrs. Lucy Alexander Said to Have
Seen 124 Years Of Active Life.

In Soap Creek Hollow, near Keo-
kuk, lives Mrs. Lucy Alexander, 124
years of age, and, according to the
census returns, the Oldest person in
Iowa. On Concert street resides Mrs..
Mahala Robbins, who, tradition says,
is over 100. Both the old women are
colored.
Mrs. Alexander makes her home
with Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, and here
she sits in the sunshine and tells
stories of past age. Notwithstand-
ing her advanced age she is quite we'll
preserved and has full possession Of
all her faculties. She can thread q
needle without giasses-never uses
glasses, indeed, for any purpose.
Her hearing is good, mind bright and
active and health unimpaired. With
in the past l,,ar she walked across the
river to Oabwood, distance of nearly
five miles. At times her memory is
better than others, and she then
speaks freely of old-time events, re-
counting the names of prominent gen.
erals of the Revolutionary War and
the early Presidents.
Away back before the Revolution
Mrs. Alexander was born, slave, IN
Winchester, Va. Her maiden name
was Page, and her masters name Mil.
ler Alexander. Her master served in
the Revolution, and when he returned
home OF its close she met him at the
gate and carried his knapsack and &C
coutrements into the house.
Her earliest recollection goes back
to the home of her master in Prince
Edwards County, Virginia. While
living there General Washington
stopped at her masters house, but
whether it was during or after the
Revolutionary War she cannot re-
member. Later the family moved to
Richmond. That was then quite q
small place. In 1888 her master re-
moved to Kentucky, taking his slaves
with him. After some years he died
there, and the interest of the other
heirs in the estate was purchased by
Miller Alexander. Jr. who brought the
slayes-ten in number-to Hamilton,
Ill, and set them all free. This was
about five years before the commence
ment of the Civil War. Miller Alex
ander remained in Hamilton till the
close of the war and then removed to
St. Louis, where he now resides. He
was model master, as was his father,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
CUSTER'S HEROES.
HOW THE PLACE WHERE THEY
FELL LOOKS TO-DAY.
Site of the Little Big Horn Battle
field Turned Into National
Cemetery-262 Little
White Slabs.

Ut in Southwestern Montana
[ about sixty miles from Bill
\ ings and ten miles from Fort
Custer, Is a National ceme-
terry. This deaths acre is the site OF
the most tragic and desperate battle
in our military history-the battle OF
the Little Big Form. Here Custer,
with the gallant Seventh Cavalry, two
hundred and si1ty-two strong, met
the Indians on June 25, 1876, and not
one of those brave men was left to tell
the story only 262 little white slabs
clustering about the cross that marks
where Custer fell give mute evidence
Of the heroism and bravery so vainly
displayed at that terribly fatal battle.
That the battle was fought cannot be
doubted. Custer was leading an at
tack and had located the Indian village
in the valley of the Little Big Horn
and was making q forced march in the
night to fall up IN them before they
discovered his presence. The Indians,
however, discovered this plan and
when Custer realized this he attacked
them for fear they might escape. The
battle took place on the brow of high
hill, which commands view of the
whole valley of the Little Big Horn.
It was not massacre or ambush. for
this field stands out the most conspicu-
Gus in the whole valley, without trees,
shrubs, grass or weeds to conceal an
enemy, When the mutiliated bodies
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
A Flying DOrmOuse.

Among the animals in the last col
lection aent from Cameroo1s by the
explorer George Zenker was mann
NAL of an entirely new species, flying
dormouse, to which the name 1diurus
Zenkeri has been given. We publish
herewith an engraving of this little
animal, for which we are indebted to
the Illustrirte Zeitung, and which
shows plainly the membrane that ex-
tends around its body and enables it
to fly or Jump from branch to branch.
Such membranes are well known
among animals of certain species, but
it is distinguished by the peculiarities
of its very long tail from all other
mammals. In the cut the tail is shown
slightly curved, so that the under side
can be seen. At the root of the tail
there is the fold of skin, behind which
are fifteen obique rows of little horny
scales, three or four in each row, short
bristles protruding from amcng the
scales. On the under side of the tail.
along the middle and the sides, are
comb-like hairs, and from the short,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
A New Product.

It is now stated that by subjecting
pure cellulose to the action of caustic
soda and afterward treating the same
with carbon bisulphide, which has
been practiced in England, product
possessing remarkable industrial value
is the result. Dissolved in water an
insoluble coagulum is produced, whicn
when washed and removed from the
water, becomes hard and compact, in
which condition it is found available
for tool handles, buttons and other ar.
ticles; o., if the material while still in
solution has alcohol added to it, there
is obtained mass which may be
stamped into variety of objects, may
be used as medium for pigments in
printing cotton goods, applied to
cloth as a facing, or used as substi-
tute for leather. It is also stated that
cloth having a coating of this solution
is flexible in Washing, but stitfens
when ironed, so that shirt bosoms,
collars, cuffs and table linen may be
made from it advantageously. -Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18

An AmphibiOuS Cralt.

The only vessel of it's kind in the
world was built at Christianstad, In
Sweden, in 1890. 1t could be pro-
pelled on land by means OF its ow1
engines, and was intended for the
traffic on two lakes close to Boras,
which were separated by strip OF
land. Rails were laid between the
two lakes, and the steamer was to run
itself across from one lake to the
other. When tried at the works, the
vessel fulfilled the tests very well.
The engine was of ten horse power,
and the boat could accommodate some
sixty passengers.
Another original craft was the
steamship Louvre, built at Nantes, In
France, about three years ago. She
was the first ocean vessel provided
with two central propellers, which
were placed underneath the middle OF
the hull, instead of at the stern. 1t
was claimed that by this means q
steamer could remain at sea during
the most terrific weather without any
danger being incurred. The Louvre
ran regularly between Paris and
Nantes, calling at Brest. Quite re-
Gently patent was granted in London
for a ship, the propulsion of which
was to be insured under all circum-
stances, being fitted with both screw
propellers and paddle wheels, driven
by Independent engines, while an
other one was secured for steamers
convertible into traction engines!-
Chambers's Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
A Prehistoric Burial Mound.

Near the battlefield of Marathon, at
Kotrona. a prehistoric burial mound
recently opened yielded eleven old
Mycenaan vases, two of them OF gold,
and some gold earrings. At a place
called Krikella, where the Gauls were
driven back by the Greeks in 219
B. G. and over 10000 of them were
slain, bronze helmet has been found,
and st Lycosura the Mosaic floor OF
the temple of Despoina has been laid
bare. In the centre two lifeliAe lions
of lifelike size are depicted, surround
cd bv successive ornamental borders.
New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18

Charles F. Streit, one OF the firm.
who bought the board in a lot of other
lumber from Clint Crane, the we'll.
known lumberman on Eastern avenue,
says it is q yellow poplar board, and,
he thinks, from tree about 100 years
old, cut in the region of the head
waters of the Kanawahs River. There
has been a great deal of speculation
as to what type of man the face is that
was caught by the mysterious forces
of nature and printed on the woody
fiber.
The original block Of wood, which
is now in the possession of MIR. Streit,
was sent to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, Washington, and after it was
put through chemical test there it
was pronounced the genuine likeness
of a mans face.-San Francisco E1.
aminer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
PrUDrietOrShip.

Once upon time, relates Dean
Hole, there was dean so fond and
proud of his cathedral that he came
by degrees to think and speak of 1t az
though he were the sole proprietor.
One evening, just before the close Of
a lecture ON "Thought-reading," at
which he presided, he came upon the
platform with much dignity Of de-
meanor, with his arms crossed upon
his breast. and said: "Lalies and
gentlemen, I have much pleasure in
informing you that Mr.. Cumberland
has intimated to me his most kind in.
tention to devote any pcoits which
may accrue from his lecture to the re-
storation OF my west front. New
York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Quick Railroad Work.

A somewhat remarkable piece of
work is reported as having been done
at the Lorain plant of the johnson
company, of Cleveland, Ohio. The
Consolidated Street railway of Cleve-
land decided suddenly TO extend its
tracks mile in time to accommodate
Fourth Of July traffic. An order was
accordingly given to the Johnson
company for $50 tons of rails, the pig
iron for which lay in the yards of the
company on the morning OF Monday,
the 1st instant, und the rails were
rushed through and were almost in
place in the track by midnight OF
Tuesday, the 2d.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Dramatic Criticism in California.

A come in the morning and go away
ut night two star show held the boards
1t the Bellevue on Monday night last.
Professor Harry Maynard, well known
to old-time sports and men about
town, was the impressario, stario,
ticket takerio, chief usherio, stage
managerio, leading manic and general
high muck -a-muckio. The Profes sor's
better-half started the rumpus with
her songs without music, or rather,
songs guarant eed to make ''mu" or
anything else "sic. Venice (Cal.
BelYederean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Why Eur0y.ans Eat Horse.

Consul Tingle says that with bssS
from fifteen to twenty-five cents q
pound, and other irst-class meats
upon a corresponding scale of prices,
it is only on the rarest occasions that
the average European workman, earn
ing seventy-6ve cents or 81 day, can
furnish his family with the kind of.
meat the American workman eats. The!
German workman's task is, however,;
just as e1acting as that of his trans.
satlantic contemporary. He must, if.
he would keep up his bodily strength,
have as much nutriment, even if it is
Il coarser nature. The demand ex..
listing, therefore, the supply has been
found. 1t is horsehesh.
"1n Germany, the Consul reports,
"the prejudice against horse meat is
fast disappearing. The workman has
found that for seven cents pound he
can procure food excellent in every.
particular, and as the knowledge
grows, the demand for horsedesh
grows with it. But it is beginning to-
be difficult to keep the supply up to
the demand.
formerly the German butcher
procured horses which were either
worn out or injured so as to be useless
for working purposes for from S5 to
$40 each. The supply of horses Of
this character has been well nigh ex-
hausted, however, and he must now
pay from S35 to $50 for his horses.
The consequence is, that just as people
have become attracted to horse meat
because of its exceeding cheapness in
comparison with beef, the butcher
finds he must increase prices"
Consul Tinge says that the meat is
used in Germany salted, smoked and
fresh. He suggests that shipments
from America be made "on the hoof,
for in that way horses are admitted at
tariff of $4.75 head, and doubt
about the purity of the meat Is
avoided. He says the German butchers
pay $35 head for worn out horses,
and that fresh American horses would
be worth more. However, if but $50
q head was received for live American
horses, he says there would be profit
in the shipment, because. allowing
81. rs for duty and 50 for Transports
ton, it would leave S25.25 to the pro-
ducer of the animal in Americs.-Chi.
cago Times-Herald.
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soldiers grave should be on the field
where he gave his life to duty, and
the boy was buried where he fell and
q monument placed over 1t by his
friends.
No more fitting tribute than this
silent battalion of white slabs ar
ranged in line of battle could be paid
to the gallant troopers Of the Seventh
Cavalry who died on Clusters Hill,
where they showed such heroic sacri.
fee; no thought of self, but duty, and
that was to bring in the hostile In
dians who were with Sitting Bull.
This battlefield has made the name OF
Custer and his cavalry immortal; the
slabs have stamped it on the face OF
time. New York Advertiser.