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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28
Die 6ranate.
gpn SSietprieu Sarbou.

Sn Der Rus be Srepiie ipobnte gu
glnfang bes Sabres 1871 mein alter
ssreunb 9utaiIlp. Elm rei9er Subris
fant, 9atte elmer ausgeSei9neten
Srau, 9ater elmer reiaenben So4ter,
Elm ssi9idter Snbuitrieller, gutter pas
triot, Der sipar in politii9er 9inii4t
etipas perriidt. fonit uber Der bette
Meni9 bon Der Melt mar.
@erabe su Der 3eit, als er feline
Softer aur Ibreiie padte, mar er bon
Der Gini9lisBuns bon paris iiber@
ra59t nprben, bate iih ieboh nit Der
ueber5susuns setr0itet. bic Stabt
tperbe ii9 feline a1t Sage balten. Wtaz
bams 0utaiIlp. bic anberer 2lniidt
mar. bate ii9 f9on ieit GGngerem
nit Der @erpropiantirung Der Dobz
nung bef9Gftigt, mo- iie cine fol9e
Siille BON 2ebensmitteln aufitapelte,
bab bic 0utaillbs ME ben 9unser tenz
men selsrnt bdtten, ielbit penn bic 8es
lagerung np9 brei Monate lGn9er gez
bauert baben ipiirbe. Seit benz Mps
nat Sttober mar iie Der 9egeni itanb
fOrmli9er glnhetuns, por alien fir
mid, benn mein 9ebed mar bel ben
9utaiIIps ieben 0Onneritag unb
Sonntag aufgelest unb bier enti9Gz
biste i9 mid fir bic @ntbebrunsen
Der iibrieen Wp9e.
sd mar inbeb nidt Der einSise, Der
on bieiem gditfreunoli9en Slide Suz
aelaiien tpurbe. Heben bem meinen
laq nod bas goubert zines anberen
itGnbisen 9aites, bes iungen Serrn
Mnatole 8ri6aut, @ei9dftsfiibrers
Der Sabrit, tiinftisen 9lHocies unb
S6piegerfpbnes bes Serrn Sutaillp.
SieIer brape iunge Mann, Der ettDds
melan9plii9 uno iebr f6ii6tern mar,
mar in bic Sodter feines Gbefs, Srdu>
lein @ertrub, beftig psrIiebt, unb bus
iunge MGb9en i9ien bieIe 2iebe aud
su eripibern. Sbne bab elm gBort gez
tpe6Ielt fporben mar. tpurbe bic Gans
bibatur 9ri6auts bon ben Outaillps
nit siemlirb freunbli9en 9lueen be-
tra1tet, unb bic @erbinoun9 Der iunz
gen 2eute gaIt itiGfdpeieenb fir ubz
9ema9t. rngliidli9erpeiie peraOeerte
Der Rriea bic Sadie. 8ri9aut, Der
als Corporal in Der Seine=Mpbil=
gdrbe Itanb unb in ct. Denis tuiers
nirt mar, that feline Pflidt als Solbat
eetpiiIenbaft, ipie er eben alles that,
aber obne ieelide Seseiiteruns, unb
fpiini9te i'm Stillen bieie enoloie 8ez
laserung gu alien SeufeIn, bic ibm iein
Slid 10 Iange pprentbielt. Sn FOLDER
9emiitbsperfaFung erlaubts er iid Of
ters, bic Sperationen Der eingeIdlpfez
nen Sruppen nit bitteren Wprten gu
tritiIiren, unb bieie Sritifen Grgerten
ipieberum Serrn 9utaillp. Der Elm faz
natii6er 9lnbdnger bes 9enerdl Sroz
6u ipdr.
Sas GrIheinen zines neuen SiT9z
senoFen ma9te bic 2aoe nod pers
pidelter. gu meiner lleberraI9ung
fanb idb zines gtbenbs, aIs idb mid pers
IpGtet bate, an meinem Ylabe, CUR
re6ten Seite Der Mdbdme 9utailp,
cine unbetannte Beri0nli6teit, einen
eroben, breitT9ultrigen MenIden.
gluf elmer pbantaie> Uniform, bic aug
Der Rumpeltammer trgenb zines Sbeaz
ters itammsn mo9te. trug er Saupt=
manns>@pauletten, basu Elm paar
unsebeuer srOBe S6aititiefeI.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28

-Sn Der merfrif6e {.
Sommerfrifdler (Sum Wirtb bes
Oorfes): Die @erfebrsmittel nit ber
nube liegenben Stabt iinb in 5olge
5requens Der Sremben iebenfalls febr
sut2 Dirtb: 8 ia, mir baben sipei,
nGmlid cine quite Strabe fir f6le9te
SuBgdnser. unb einen i9ledten Selb'
meg fir CUTE SuB9dnger.
= Sem iitbIt9. Ii 9renabeams
ter: Saben's a paBa Reiienber: Sa
freili9. @renabsamter: g1u, bann seis
gems nal. Reifenber: 9tuf meineHt
Pab itebt, i'd brauhe i'm ni9t pDrauz
5eisen. 9renSbeamter: 90, ma ba
eebn's bait riibsr, is mir aber nod
ni9t porgetommen.
- Gut bepiefen. (Gin Serr
sisbt sieinem 9isnitmdb6eu einen
Sub.) OisnItmdbden (oeri6GmD:
9t6, pie gut sic itnb! Sn meiner po-
risen Stellung fam INNER Rur Der
Diener!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28

-8prfi9tis. Gin Serr tIins
geIt an elmer Sbar. 0ienitmGb9eu
(pon inneD: @er tit benn bdg Ser-:
Sd bin es, MAIDEN sic auf. Oienf,
mGb9en: Hu freilid3, tpsnn man bann
aufma9t, iinb sic es ni9t. itb made
nidt auf. mir iinb iiberbaupt ni4t 5n
Saus.
- 9lus bsm Damensp en-
fipnat. 2ebrerin: SrGulstn gIe>
mentine, ipie t0nnen Sic f9reibsn
.Gisenlpb finite" @el9e Musbruds>
ipeife fir cine Dame Der beFeren
Stdnbe! odtten Sic nod seiast: ngt.
genlob rie9t ui9t gut!"
-9auneritpl ola. Ri9ter: Sic
leusnsn, ben Sbnen sur 2ait selestsn
9iebitabl besangen gu baben. Ste
ipurben ieoo9 in Der RGbe bes Sbatz
prtes geieben unb na9 Sbrer @ntfers
nung mar bas S9IoB bes 2abens
perbogen. ginbre9er Unit StolO:
Serr Riatsr. ieien sic nur berubisi,
tpenn ib einbre9e, perben feline
S@lOfer perbpsen.
2atOnif9. SteGIiudenber
&ommis: Siinfais Wsart monatli9
poIlen sic mir seben; - bamit lam
man feline sroBen Spriinge MAIDEN!
Gbef: 3um Springer ensasire i4 Sic
AUDI ni6t! .a
- g a 9berit an zig. - Run.
lie tpuren ia geitern aud i'm Sbeuter,
Serr Selbipebel. Nie baben sic benn
uniere neue SdnSerin sefunbenl -
8 gar nidbt libel, Serr 9auptmann.
iie bGIt gang gut Sritt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28

SEN bnbtitsre9t. t. Hi4s
fer: sic muBten aber bod Ieben, ipie
Der glnsetlagte benz 8eiddbigten eineH
8iertrus auf ben 8Opf fdIug9
3euge: Dos is ma Bel uns i6pn 10
s'pDbnt. SaB ma MI fei b'fonb're a4t
mebr b'rauf baitf e5,... 49,
&ur3eRur. Bauer: WoIIen
Sc mid NAL re6t esnuu unteriu9en,
mel gutter Serr Doctor; i9 tueeB gar
mid, mas 6as nur eessntli9 is: penn
t4 bierber sreife, bbut mer'f9 INNER
10 peb.- arst: Shut es benn audi
ipe5, ipenn sic nidt binsreifens
Bauer: glee, ba fieble i9 niF9t. 4rSt:
So srsifen sic niat mshr 4iHl
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28
4es aeae @ntidjafter.

ells Ia9FoIssr bss peritorbenen
GERM Runppn TT Der bisberige Silfss
&taatsfeeretdr Gbpin s. llbl gum
Botihafter in Berlin ernannt tporben.
Ser neue 8Oti9after gilt aagemein
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28
6. S. L 3 I.

oIs Elm mann, Der fir bieies pidtise
almt in bobem 9rabe qualificirt 1T
nnb nit beFen @rnennung Praiibent
Glepelanb einen febr 9liidli4en @riff
setban bat.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
The Boy to the Front.

When little Jimmy was 13 past, II
next grass he commenced holdin the
pillow handles tolerable regular. He had
TO jump and wiggle powerful at first,
like one of those old Jacllsnappers with
string tied to his leg. But it want
so very long before he worked his hand
in and got the hang of it, and then 1t
was smooth and easy sailin.
At IA that stray orphant boy could
pillow a straight furrow and put as much
fresh dirt behind him in day as any
man, white or black, in the settlement.
We would give him a little schoolin
in the winter and then turn him loose
on the farm. Things rocked along
about so till little Jimmy was IS years
old, and right smart chunk of boy.
lie was now runnin up and film out and
takin on the general shape of man.
About that time | made another trade
with him to run the farm three years,
and when the time run out the boy had
about $500 put away in one of his last
wears socks. He likewise also had
eight cows, with four calves and four
vearlins, maxim 16 head Of cattle-all
grade Jerseys, too-in his own pri-
vate mark, the whole entire herd havin
come from the little orphant cali, (which
the same he had bought Of me for seven
dollars.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
old as gracefully and give as much

old as gracefully and give IS much
pleasure to those around us.
But some folks are born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward, aud am one
of them about these times. The old
COW wanted grass, and this haaall dried
up. and so she broke into my potato
patch and cat Off all the vines; and the
Colorado beetles got into another
patch and just cleaned up all the leaves
before | found IL out; and the dog
scratched a bed between the madeira
vines and the wall of the veranda. and
some of them are dying, and it hasn't
rained enough in nine weeks to run in
and the city fathers won't let me irri-
gate any more because water is getting
scarce. The penalty is $50 fine, but the
mayor told me confdentially that
might irrigate on the sly, but | mustn't
be caught at it, Like the negro preach
er told his congregation that they
must never be cotched stealing chick
ems. So, now when steal water |
do 1t darkly, at dead of night, with one
eye on the hose and the other on Sandy
Wikle, the waterman.
But my comfort now is in nursing
and amusing our little grandchild. Her
mother has gone off on fishing excur.
sion for a few days to recuperate her
health, and she gave me the child. /
Say gave her to me, because she loves
me better thnn anybody, and that
makes her grandma jealous and flatters
my vanity, and satisfies me that l am
neither old nor ugly, nor is my voice
broken nor melancholy crack in my
laugh. In fact, can still sing Flush,
My Dear" and "Ju1iahna johnson" with
sufficient melody to put the little dar-
ling to sleep. | can answer that old
song "What Can an Old Man Do But
Die" by saying that he can take care
of the grandchildren while the mother
has gone a-fshing.-Bill Arp, in At
lanta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
Mother, She Was Wiliin'."

81 am nine years old and gwine on
ten" says little Jimmy as he mopped
the tears outen his eyes with the
l1nuckles of one hand. 81 Amt very big
to my size, but I'll grow fast from now
on. | am a whole passle stronger than
look and | can do heap Of things. can
tote wood, and fetch water, and drive
up the COWS, and feed the horses, and
sweep and hoe, and churn, and pick
cotton, and / will be big enough to pillow
in two or three years. Whilst I'm little
and weasly like am don't want nothin
but somthin to do and summers to stay,
and | am willin to work for that"
About that time mother she come out
to where we was and wanted to know
where in tx round created world did
the child come from. l told her he was
whit you mought call an orphant colt,
without bed or feed or paster and was
thinkin right serious about turnin him
in my lot for the winter anyhow. Then
I nut in and give her little Jimmy's
story exactly like he had told 1t to me.
She was n right smart moved towards
the boy when she heard he didn't have
no ma, though she was powerful bad
worried to think that he never did have
10 pa. But still at the same time she
was willin to leave it with me, as | was
the general boss. Anything | said went
with her, and she was always more than
willin to do her part by the friendless
o,,1 ~, 1, bor,,a1ece nd the hp1DlesS
Life in this valley of dry bones is full
Of ups and downs, and most in generally
downs, Rufus" says she, land nobody
knows what we may come to some of
these days"
So told little Jimmy that he mought
come in and live with us, and call our
home his home till he could do better.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
Training Up n Farmer.


The second year after little Jimmy
come to live with us put him in train
in for farmer. | give him a cotton
patch for his ownest own, yoa under
stand, and told him he could work it at
odd times and between drinks, as it
were, when mother didn't have him
bumped and hustlin around the house.
In the meantime | let the hands pillow
right on through his patch like it was
mine, and he didn't have nothin to do
but to hoe and pick it out.
That fall when the crops were all
out of the fields and the cash was in
the old sock me and Jimmy had to settle
up, and after considerable figuration it
seems like he was ahead of the music
to the extent of seven dollars and six
bits. So we then had settlement on
the spot and | paid him every cent in
full that was conliu to him. And if he
lives hundred years he never will be
as rich as he was that day. He was as
proud as q young rooster with his first
tail feathers. | have l1nowed folks that
N
and call their own, and then along in
the fall the money would get mixed up
with the general family funs and never
reach the boys pockets. But that Amt
right. The way to make somethin out
of boy and make him feel like he is
somebody from somewheres is to give
him a boys chances and tote fair with
him. If you don't want to raise a
sneak you must treat the boy like the
world r countin on him for the maxim
of a man some of these days.
Little Jimmy took his money and
put it away where he could look at it
oncst in awhile, and kept it two or
three weeks before he said anything
about spendin of it. When we settled
up told him the money was his-he
had worked for it and yearnt it with his
own hands, and he could git the good
of 1t any way he wanted to. He could
save it for luck, or he could spend it for
Christmas, and it wits nobody's bust
ness but his But one mornin he showed
up all of student like and wanted to
huON NudU L NOull ldlAG III llltJ lltllt
heifer calf, which our old dun COW had
died and left the summer before. Now,
that calf was about three parts Jersey
and come from family of fine mixers,
and | lowed she was worth ten dollars
of any mans money. But bein as it was
Jimmy and l could size his pile I told
him he could take her for seven dollars
if the fggers suited him. Right there
we closed the trade and Jimmy didn't
have but only six bits left. But he
lowed that was enough to buy him a
new knife and some little extries for
Christmas. The next day we went out
and put the yearlin in Jimmy's mark
crop in the left ear and underbit
in the right-and she was his hence.
forwards and forever after that.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
A SCHOOL FOR FIREMEN.
Ali of the Men Are Carefully Trained for
Their Exacting Duties.

inef GAhtbiHS Dulice.
The school was organized in Febru-
airy, 1858, primarily for the purpose Of
instructing the men of the different
companies in the use of the scaling
ladder" which had then just been intro
duced in the department. 1t gradual
~ became enlarged in its scope, how
ever, until, with the completion of the
new Fire Headquarters building In
January, 1887, it became a general
school of instruction-not only for the
new men admitted on trial (called PRO
stationary firemen"), but for the men
already in service-in the use of all life
saving apparatus, and in the many APP
pliances used for fighting a fire.
Before they had this new building, in
East Sixty-seventh street, the com
panies were taught the use of the acal-
ing-ladders and lifa-net at an old sugar
warehouse near the foot of West One
Hundred and F'ifty-eiglith street and
the North river, ond here the clnsses
numbered nearly 60 men at time. But
this building was on an out-of-the-way
place, and lacked the facilities neces-
sary for instructing the men in raising
large extension ladders, and in the use
of the many new tools then being added
TO the department.
When the new Fire Headquarters
building was being completed yard
designed for this purpose was built at
the back of that building. This yard is
about 100 feet square, being well &C.
mented and drained, SO that water can
be used in the lessons. Here company
drills were troduced-companie be-
ing summoned unexpectedly from diff
ferent parts of tho city, just as they
would be called to an actual fire.
When they arrived the engines were
started and the men put through all
the maneuvers of battling with the
flames. The hose was dragged up the
staircase to the top of the building,
water was started or shut Off, and large
quantities were used in the different
movements executed in the yard or
from the windows al the rear. The
men were thus made acquainted with
every appliance carried upon the APP
paratus, and the system perfected in
every detail.
Companies receive ratings on the
books kept by the instructor according
to the proficiency they showed at the
drills; and some idea of what effect
these drills had in improving the service
may be gathered from the fact that,
when they were started, of the 80 or
more companies in the department there
were about 81 companies In the first
grade, 10 in the second, and 40 in the
third or lowest grade. After three
years of instruction there were only
four or five in the last grade, about 10
in the second, and fully 60 received the
rating of first-grade companies.
1t Is here, in this yard, where these
company drills played so important
part in bringing the New York depart
ment to its present point of perfection,
that the recruit receives his first instruc-
| ton in the use of the scaling-ladder,
the lifeline, and the life-net-Charles
Thaxter Hill, in st. Nicholas.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15

No doubts you have seen boys in your
dav and time that had a reglar gal look.
Well, it was the same way with little
Jimmie. Seems to me like about all
that kept him from bein girl was
wool hat gone to seed, and red jeans
breeches, and set of homemade gal
luses. instid of blue checkered dress
and a pink sunbonnet. He was so pale
and tallow-faceted till bless gracious
could sec the blue veins under his skin,
his hands so little and white and thin
till | could mighty nigh see through
them. and his arms and legs was
swelled up so till they looked like pine
stems. But Jimmy maintained IRON
the start that he was q thoroughbred
American boy, and able and willin to
do q boys part till he growed some
more and could call himself man.
And, by gatlins, he stood his ground
and fought it ont on them lines. When
II come to light work he was plum
caution to be certainly. l wanted to
be gentle and easy with him to
make up for hurtin his feelins
that moruin when he FIRST turned
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
FOND OF BATHING.
The Japanese Spend Much of Their limo
In the Water.

In paper read before the Royal Geo
graphical society, Rev. Walter Weston
says that cleanliness is one of the few
original items of japanese civilization.
TO that idea the people are still true.
In spite of the fickleness usually as
cribed to them, their original love for
hot water has never grown cold.
In the mountains, wherever hot min
eral springs are found the peasantry
resort to them, some to benefit by the
healing properties Of the waters, others
for The simple pleasure of bathing. The
yuba, or "hot-water houses" rs the
bathing establishments are called, gem
orally nestle at the bottom of some steep
rayine, and the water Is conveyed from
the mineral spring through bamboo
pipes.
Bathing is not an expensive pleasure
for these japanese peasants. They
pay about cent day for room rent
and the use of the bath, but food and
bedding are not supplied. In the yuba
of q better class the visitors stay at
chalets or inns, close by the baths, and
in some cases the larger guest houses
have baths on the premises.
In these out-of~the-way mountain re-
sorts the japanese indulge their taste
for bathing TO M almost incredible ex-
tent. In one place, where the water
is Just about l.lood-heat, q man will
stay in, it is said, practically for month
on end, taking care, however, to place
a heavy stone or his knees to keep him
from floating or turning over in his
sleep. The care-taker of this particu-
lar establishment, CHEEKY old man of
some 70 summers, himself stays in the
bath the whole winter through.
In another spot, famed for its thermal
springs, the inhabitants apologized to
n visitor for what they called their dirti-
ness.
at is summer time now" they said,
land we are too busy to battle more than
twice day"
''How often, then" he asked, "do you
battle in winter?"
ooh, then we have more leisure and
can battle four or five times day, and
the children get into the water when
ever they feel cold" was the reply
Youths Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
Tho First Family Talk.

l remember the same as if it was yes-
terday how little Jimmy looked the first
mornin he showed up at our house look
In for "somethin to do and summers to
stay" as he was wont to tell it. lie was
about the sorriest and most seediest
loolin customer that was ever turned
out in these parts. He was so scandlous
pale and slim and puny and siclSly ap-
pearin till it made me feel rale sorry
about somethin to look at him.
Hello Buster!" says I. Did stray
wind blow you up, or did you jest drap
down? How far have you come since
you passed the last mile post this side
of home?"
"If you please, mister" says he, 81
amt got no home, and l am lool1in for
somethin to do and summers to stay"
"You don't look big and strong
enough to make reglar field hand"
went on to say as sized the youngster
up. 81 am skeered you mought maybe
dry up on the stem, or blow away or
turn to somethin good to eat. Maybe
your ma don't put enough salt in your
dirt"
81 amt got no ma" says he, and
the next miDnit there was TEARS
backed up in his eyes, and from where
I was blamed if they didn't look most
as big as glass marbles to me. Then
got sorry right away for what [ had
spoke and the way in which | spoke it,
cause if there is anything in this vain
and wicked world which do love next
to little girls it is little boys. Coin out
to the gate I took him by the hand,
and then presently we was Resin on
the front door steps havin a private
family talk amongst ourselves.
l dassent ask him about his pa for
fears it mought break him up again
and start him off into another cryin
spell. But tarectly he up and told me,
free gratis, for nothin. as it were, that
he never did have no pa so fur as he
knows Of The first thing he lnowcd
he was livin in town with his ma, but
seein how the country was the best
place for poor folks, they moved out
10 the old Grimes farm, where they lived
and got along right tolerable we'll till
his ma took sick with a fever or some
thin and died. And so it had now come
to pass that he didn't have no ma, nor pa,
nor nothin.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
He Took on His Hat.

He was only poor little messenger
boy. When the young woman stepped
into the elevator on the first floor it
was crowded with men and the poor
little messenger boy. In an instant the
boys hat was in his hand. Rather in
n shamefaeed way all the men in the
elevator followed suit. The young
woman was not handsome, but was
distinguishing and seemed self-pos-
sessed. She was neatly attired in Il
fashionable bicycle suit. 'You are a
little gentleman OF the old school" she
said to the messenger, with a smile of
appreciation. The boy looked up at
her, took the message he had to deliver
out of the crown of his hat, put the
hat back on his head and commenced
TO whistle. N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
THE "0RPHANT COLT"
How Little Jimmy Scruggins
Whipped His Fight.
The Way to Take boy and Make q
Man of Hlm-Give Him an Open
Field and Fair
Fight.

Hit was late along into the fall of the
eur, The fields was brown and with
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-15
Wbipped the right Hands Down.

We'll, little Jimmy he whipped his
fight, and whipped it hands down.
About three miles down the road you
will pass by the prittest farm in all these
regions round. The house sets back in
n big patch of oak trees. tits painted
white with green trimmins and light
min rod on it. On the left hand side oil
the road as you go you will notice big
paster, with n spring branch runnin
through it and fine herd of cattle graz
in around or restin under the shade OF
the trees. Every COW and calf and year
lin in that paster is marked with crop
in the left ear and a underbit in the
right. They belong to u young man by
the name of Scruggins-Jeems Sanders
Scruggins, or little Jimmy, as he use
to be. When he was free, white and 81
I give him the reins and told him he
must now wiggle for himself, and he
has kept up a tremendouswigglin from
that good day to this blessed hour.
After buyin the land and buildin his
cage he caught bird to mate with him.
And if you notice right clost you will be
more than probable to sec Misses Scrug-
gins stirrin around the house as you
pass by. So little Jimmy has whipped
his fights and whipped it hands down,
but he had to work and dig and sweat
and fight, then fight and work and dig
and sweat over every inch Of the ground.
RUFUS SANDERS.
-Eepler was the greatest practical
astronomer. He discovered the laws
and determined the orbits of most OF
the planets. Gallileo was the leades
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