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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

ly. He did one fellow up with bucket,
they say, and met the other fellow with
his left Where did the young beggar
get his science?"
''At college, I suppose"
"Well, the young dog seems to have
made some use of his chaunce," said
Salisbury. who had dramatized the
matter in his own way and saw Ram
sey doing the two men up in accord
ance with Queensbury rules. Il
wouldn't hauf liked the jobe myself, do
ye kneow: they're 40 years apiece and
as hard as iron"
Mrs. Salisbury looked up from her
walnuts: "Sam Is ready to carry the
olive club to Mr.. Ramsey: the poor
beggar,' as he has called him all along,
will be a gentleman from this time
forward.
After the major had gone Salisbury
said: There's one thing the major
was careful not to mention, my deah.
about defending the good name of his
niece? Do ye kneow, my deah?
fancy the young idiot is in love with
her!"
well, suppose he is?"
But, my deah, in England, ye kneow,
It wouldn't mattah-it would be case
Of hopeless devotion-but, as I UNDER
stand things heah, it may become awk-
ward. Don't you think so, love?"
ut depends upon the young man.
Edith could do worse than marry a
that"
Good gracious! You don't allow
your mind to 60 that far?"
why, certainly! I'd much rather
she'd marry a strong young working.
man that some burnt-out third genera
fion wreck Of her own set in the CITY,"
But the fellow has no means"
He has muscle and brains, and, be-
sides, she has something Of her own"
Salisbury filled his pipe slowly.
Luckily it's oil theory on our part !;
the contingence isn't hyah, isn't likely
to arrive. in fact"
Don't be too sure. If I can read a
girls heart in the lines of her face she's
got where principalities and powers are
Of small account"
"Really?"
''Sure as shooting" she smilingly
said.
Salisbury mused and puffed. I'm
that case. we will have to turn in and
give the fellow what you Americans call
That's right" his wife replied,
slangily.
Edith went to her room that night
with O mind whirling in dizzying cir
cles, whose motion she could not check.
II was terrible to have it all come in
this way.
She knew Arthur cared for her-she
mad known 1t from the first, but with
the happy Indifference of youth she
had not looked forward to the end of
the summer. The sure outcome of pas
sion had kept itself somewhere in a
golden glimmer on the lower sweep of
the river.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

glad there is some sincerity of emotion
left in our city girls"
Mrs. Thayer broke in. Major, you
go right out there and send that impu-
dent creature away. It's disgraceful!"
Arthur turned cold and hard as q
statue of granite. His heart rose with
q murderous slow WELL He held his
breath while the calm, amused voice of
the major replied:
But, see here, my dear, it's none of
my business. Mr.. Ramsey has per-
feet right to call"
"H'yah! hyatt" called Salisbury, in
a chuckle.
II like him, and, besides, I rather
imagine Edith has given him the right
to call"
The anger died out of Arthur's heart
and the warm blood spouted once more
through his tingling body. Tears came
to his eyes and he could have embraced
his defender
Nothing like consistency, majah,"
said Salisbury.
Sam, will you be quiet?"
The major went on: ~ imagine the
whole matter is for Edith to decide.
IT'S really very simple. Let her send
word to him that she does not care to
see him and he'll go away-no doubt Of
it,"
why, of course!" said Mrs. Thayer.
Edith. just tell Mary to say to Mr.
What -His-Name."
Again that creeping thrill came into
the young mans hair. His world
seemed balaned on a needle point.
Then a chair was pushed back slow
ly There was another little furry.
Again the blood poured over him like
splash of warm water, leaving him
cold and wet.
Edith" called the astonished
startled voice of Mrs. Thayer. What
are you going to do?"
I'm going to see him." said the girls
firm voice.
There was a soft clapping Of two
pairs of hands.
AS she came through the portiers
Edith walked like princess! There
was amazing resolution in her back
fung head. She wore the look of one
who sets sail into unknown seas.
Some way-sOmehOw, through a mist
Of light and blur of sound, he met her
and the cling Of arms about his neck
moved him to tears.
No word was uttered, till the major
called from the doorway:
Mr.. Ramsey, Mrs. Thayer wants to
know II you won't come and have some
dinner!"
(The End)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

Electric rricyclcs.
II multitudinous patents and numer-
Gus improvements go for anything the
road electric cycling machine will soon,
in the opinion of the Chicago Record,
be an accomplished fact. One electric
tricycle., built for durability, comfort
and every day business and pleasure
use," weighs complete, without motor
or batteries. forty-seven pounds; with
motor and batteries. 100 pounds. The
machine Is designed for a maximum
load of 500 pounds-riders and baggage
The battery case and motor are spring
mounted. and the seat is of leather
hammock style. Another electric tri-
cycle is peculiar in having the forward
wheel as the driving wheel. The cur
rent is obtained from two cabinets of
battery, each "a by 8 inches, which are
fixed on either side of the driving wheel.
Their weight is 100 pounds. The car
riage part of the vehicle is a light
structure consisting of a simple frame
work with a wide, comfortable seat.
and two pneumatic-tired wheels hung
in ball bearings. Each wheel is inde-
pendently jOurnaled. so that all extra
friction on curves Is avoided. The pc
culiar friction of this tricycle. is that
the front wheel. being the driving wheel
and carrying within itself the entire To-
comotive force, is practically a mechan-
ical horse. 1t can be detached from one
vehicle and hitched on to another in one
minute. and will work as well in front
of q sleigh as when drawing a carriage.
1t is claimed that one filling of the cells
will run the vehicle from 100 to $50 miles.
according to the condition of the roads
and the load carried. Enough of the
concentrated battery solution may be
carried for a JOO-mile run. In England
a tricycle. propelled by tiny petroleum
motor Is being used. Its weight is un-
der ninety pounds. The petroleum
vapor is ignited by an electric spark.
In order to set the machine i'm motion
the rider admits the petroleum by turn
ing a tap. which at he same time turns
on the lectric current. In mounting
hill the rider can assist the speed by
gearing up the pedals and using the
feet. thus aiding animal pc.yer to that
of the motor. The latest form of elec-
trio bicycle Is now running in the streets
of New York. 1t weighs with an cleo
trical equipment. sixty-fOur pounds and
carries $50 pounds for twenty-four
hours at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
The power is dSived from a storage
battery placed under the saddle, which
Is connected with a small motor geared
to the rear wheel. The current Is con-
trolled by push-buttons near the
handle-bars. A powerful electric lamp
and an electric buzzer to warn pedes-
trians complete the equipment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18
Grapes Ovcrhnns Two Miles Of Carriage
Drives

Grape arbors loaded with grapes, two
miles long and over 300 miles of vines
trained on wires. This is the extent of
Speer's Oporto Grape Vineyard at Pas
sale. N. j., only twelve miles from New
York city. Those who doubt 1t can
have their expenses paid and 500 given
them by the Speer Wine Co. IL they
will come and see and do not find the
above true. The wines are the oldest
and best to be had,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18
SYNOPSIS.


Arthur Ramsey. fine. handsome young
fellow, and u graduate OF q western asrl,
cultural college. comes to the city OF neu
Rock in search Of position as foreman
ON q ranch. After looking In vain LOT
place he meets Major Thayer. weaIthy
citizen of Red Rock, who gives nm u
plowmans position on his ranch near the
city. There Arthur meets with many hu
mutations, and Is particularly enraseu
by the patronizing airs Of Thayers Eng
lish partner, Salisbury, who, however
turns out to be good fellow, unnaccus-
toned to American ways. Just as Arthur
begins work on his chores one evening -
party of Thayer's friends come out iroII
the city to look about the farm, amohs
them a lovely young girl from WasnIns-
ton, Edith. the majors niece, 10 wHSIIi
Arthur's attention IL at once drawn. She
also seems to be impressed by his appear
ance She Is spending the summer ut tne
majors city house. ad comes up with MN
10 the ranch very frequently to enjoy the
country air and Arthur and she some
times meet at the rancho buildings. ne
falls deeply In love and makes up ms nino
10 call on her. Before he gains courage 70
do this, he overhears one or the ruue.
workmen testing in u vulgar fashion abou.
himself and Edith. A quarrel ensues ana
Arthur fells the man with pail: inc
matter IL smoothed over, but Edith Is t0iu
Of the incident by the fOremans wire. Sne
il much affected and discusses II Win
Major Thayer, who praises Arthur ana
tells her to put the whole thing OF her
mhd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18
PART ".

Salisbury took a sudden turn to
friendliness and defended the action
when the major related the story that
night at the dinner table and they We're
seated over their walnuts and cigars.
He was dining with the Saulisburys.
ITS uncommon plucky, that's what
I thing, dye know BY jeove, l didn't
think the young dog had it in him, real
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

tensive, and it is the intention to push
forward the rapid development and
construction of gas engines, for their
use seems to be essential to effect the
required economies in the generation Of
electricity"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18
II Will BE Smaller Than Now.

expenditure to cover the complete
equipment Of the railway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
Qua Unstable STAPLE.
Cotton Seesaws Violently on the
New York Exchange.

New York. Aug. The cotton market
to-day presented another scene Of .tumuIt
the boom Of the past two days being con-
tinued- The prices at the opening showed
an average OF Is points in advance Of YES
terday's closing prices. which were the
highest known in the cotton market in
years Such was the condition OF affairs
to-day that the lines OF demarcation be-
tween bulls and bears were obliterated
Mohr' Hahneman & Co, who are invaria-
oly on the bear side, helped the upward
jump OF prices by joining the bull contin-
gent temporarily. Inman, Swami & Co.
Mcintyre & Wardwell Lehman. Bros
Henry Hentz & CO., and the other big
operators had two or more representa-
tiveS on the floor
Inelr operations were conducted in such
a manner that the smaller dealers could
not definitely determine whether they
were mbining to advance prices gem
orally or making purchases individually.
The selling went on right merrily from
the start for half an hour after the open
ing or the market, and then there was a
stump, which sent the shorts to cover
but from which the market rallied.
The total sales up to Il O'Clock aeqre-
gated nearly $50 900 bales
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
A FAITHFUL CAT.
She Guards Her Masters Wares
While He Is Absent.
From the Baltimore SUI

From the Baltimore Sun.
Near the entrance of Calvert Station
may be found any pleasant night in July
two or more colored crab vendors, who sit
in police enforced silence on small boxes
with baskets of their wares on the side
walk before them. Sometimes the crab
vendors are missing, but the baskets are
there, and apparently without any guar
dian other than sedate and rusty white
cat of mature years.
This cat is NELL" who has been con-
nected with the Northern Central rail-
way for nearly eight years in several use
full capacities, and who in her decline has
taken interest in the welfare of the
speeches. crab men. She spends hours
at night in their company, and to her
faithful vigilance baskets and contents
are frequently trusted, a confidence which
she has never violated by the theft of a
single craw.
The neighborhood is infested with stray
dogs and vagrant cats that are naturally
attracted by the scent of the crabs But
woe betide the animal, canine or feline,
that attempts to purloin a crab when
the baskets are left in the care of Nell.
She not only makes strong show of her
displeasure by the usual bristling but
gathers herself together in the most pug
listic way imaginable and rushes in to
make fur or hide fly, as the case may be.
So far Nell holds an unbroken record in
these exciting contests, having come off
ftNNOAAChoA9 ht2f tfCAy lA0AdnGEs At LlAlCS
she has not hesitated to show luminosity
to men and small boys whom she sus-
pected of sinister design on the basket of
some one Of her colored friends.
For four or five years Nell has also sue
cessfully filled another and very impor-
tant position to which she was self-as-
signed. The same stray dogs and Yagrant
cats used TO have a fashion of lounging
about the entrance and lobby of the sta
tion at all hours of the day, whether
trains were coming in or out 1t was
very annoying TO passengers, and also to
the employees on whom the duty of chas-
ing the tramps away devolved. Nell eyi-
IDENTIFY. studied the matter over, and con-
cluded to relieve her friends by assuming
the job of 'bouncer' on a modest scale
AS a consequence, the place has been SIN
gularly free of animal tramps since Nen
instituted the reform movement. With
such industry and care does she prosecute
the good work that she even objects to
the presence Of animals accompanying
passengers, and often displays her dislike
in ways not easily misunderstood by man
or beast.
There are many other cats about Calvert
station, but to these. Nell manifests only
audiences Of the highest regard
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
The End Of old Money.
From Harner,s Round rahle

From Harper's Round Table
The end Of these old bills that have
served their purpose so faithfully has a
certain amount Of pathos. If one is for
tunate enough to be present when a com
mittee of three officers Of the treasury
send them to their destruction, a curious.
almost indescribable sensation will Green
over one. This destruction fakes place
in a room in the treasury building. There
Is small table in the center Of the room.
in reckless confusion. Through two holes
IN the floor at the end Of the table can be
seen the large cylinders or macerators of
locomotive boilers. A large funnel Is In
serted in one of the holes, and 1t connects
with one Of the macerators The bills
are than united and thrown into the
mouth of this funnel 1t is amusing to
see one of the committee take a stick
when they become damned and prod them
through When the last one is safely in,
a mixture of lime and soda-ash is placed
in the macerator, a cover is clamped over
the ventricle, and each member of the
committee fastens 1t with separate lock.
Steam is then turned on, and the cylin>
ders are set In motion. When the bills
have been thoroughly macerated the pulp
is drawn off and taken TO a paper ma
chine where IT is made into sheets OF
paper, and Afterwards sold.
Some one suggested the idea of using
part Of the pulp TO make little fancy inn
ages The idea was adopted, and dainty
little knick-knacks made Of the Dulp can
be bought in the stores In Washington
The statesmen often induce the possible
purchaser to buy, telling him that the
image at one time represented a large
sum of money.
To pick up one of these images Is to give
rise to thought for here embodied IN !
small compass is that which was once
part Of the greatest power in the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
THE aUINQUENNIAL PERausITE.
Every Five Years New Castles
Mayor Kisses the PrettIest Girl.
From the London News.


Once every five years the mayor and
corporation of Newcastle-on-Tyne go in
state from the mouth of the river to the
upper reaches to proclaim their right 10
the foreshore. They went recently, and the
mayor, still in accordance with custom
landed at village green which marked
the end Of the journey, and kissing the
prettiest girl present gave her a new soy
ereign. That's for remembrance, as Ophe-
liza says. There are compensatfons. then.
for the tolls incidental to civic functions.
There must be a keen competition for the
mayoralty every five years.
The civic fathers, we observe, are con-
veyed In ''Elizabethan bargee." is this
some faint and far-oh commemoration of
the fact that there was kissing every five
minutes or so in the reign Of the virgin
queen and before? Erasmus. in one Of his
epistles, says that he never saw such a
people for kissing as the English. They
kissed all round on the slightest provo
cation--at meeting, at parting, and, appar-
emily, when anybody said good thing.
Newcastle's rare indulgence in this exer-
else testifies to the increasing pressure OF
public business In modern tines
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
GIN A RECEIVERS HANDS"

The Pleasant Notice That Greeted
Lansing People.
Lansing. Mich, Aug. THE Ingham Co.
bank did not open for business this morn
ing. A card was posted on the door, which
reads: This bank is in the hands of a re-
ceiver." The bank had capital of S1O1. OOO
and surplus of $4,000. Paul Ullrich is
president. and ]. A. May, cashier. The
bank has deposits of $144, 600, about equally
divided between commercial and savings
depositors. The bank has assets of about
$285, 900. The bank had not been making
any money for a year. and il was thought
best to close while the depositors could be
paid in full. The stockholders of the bank
are well-to-do, and the depositors are am
nlv OrOfectad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
A THEATER BURNED.
THE Park" at Niagara, Destroyed.
A Big Hotel Barely Saved.


Niagara Falls. n. Y. Aug. THE Park
theater was destroyed by fire at / o'clock
this morning. causing a loss of $4,000
which was covered by Insurance..
Last night a boxing exhibition was
given in the theater and it is supposed
that the fire was caused by careIessness.
When discovered, the flames had gained
such Roadway that they burst through
the roof and walls in several places. and
soon spread to Googan's bazar and res
taurant and to the International hotel.
which adjoins the theater on the north.
The guests hurried into the street, and
for some time ii looked as if the big hotel
would be destroyed, but the fremen sue
ceeded in preventing anything more Sc
rlouS than scorching. At l O'clock the
theater walls fell in and by O'Clock the
fire was under control.
The loss on the bazaar and restaurant
amounts to about $4,000. Park theater
was burned about a year ago and was
rebuilt by a stock company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
serious Accident at swifts.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. IAN explosion
from some unknown cause in the packing
plant of Swift & Co. here last night re-
suited in the death of one man and the
injury of six others. Four were probably
fatally hurt and in the fire which followed
100000 in property was DESTROYED.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
TELLS ON DIR. BROWN.
Mrs. Fowler Decides to Let Justice
Have Her Full story.

San Francisco, Aug. Mrs. NJ. F. Fow-
Ter, or Mrs. Tunnel, as she is better
known, yesterday finally consented to tell
what she knows of the great Brown case.
She settles once for all the controversy
in regard to the Overman letters. by de-
claring that Matte Overman wrote them.
and that she received them. They We're
consigned to a friend, who so far far for
got his trust as to allow them to be pub
lished.
Mrs. Tunnel says she fed from the city
to shield the accused pastor. As she
could not speak in his favor, she says she
had decided not to speak at all
The expenses during her flight were
paid by DR.. Brown.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
VII Remain closed for Some Do~.

thai aaIflc ago Aug. Tit is not at all likely
reora,It ne Chicago Stock Exchange viii
to com. us doors for some DAYS.
NOT bonle. The Moore Bros. are
viii fastening matters. All agree that II
rane-s oe Wei into next week before ar
exc5enaeents can be made to reopen The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
A POLITICAL ROW.
OF MaryIand's Leading Pbvst-
clans Killed in a Barroom

V- Tpper Marlborough, Md, Aug. 7-Dr.
t,, r''iain Waring, leading physician, was
ny ~ mere last night by Mordick Plum
turing a political quarrel
saloon "arlng was drinking in Plummer's
s ser glass at Plummer's head P 5Ir~w
ina ' tbo Dr. Warning in the neck. sever
To- da me carotid artery. DR.. Waring hlaJ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED.

Deaths Caused by a Falling Wall at
a Fire.
Christiana, Aug. Twelve persons lost
their lives through the burning of the
Gliding factory in this city. Three of the
victims are children. A number of per-
sons who had gathered to witness the
fire were struck by a falling wall.
Six were killed outright and thirteen in
jured. OF the latter three have since died
in the hospital to which they had been
removed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-21
CharcoaI fron Leather.

The manufacture of charcoal of an
important commercial value, from
common leather waste or scrap, that is,
as charcoal produced from leather has
been found to be of such peculiar value
in certain processes of tempering, a
plan has been brought forward for util-
ling the waste leather which accumu-
lates in shoe shops, ETC., by converting
it into charcoal. The plant for manu-
featuring this kind of charcoal con.
sists essentially of metal retort,
something like those for the production
of illuminating gas, and the cost Of
such an equipment is calculated not to
much exceed 5000, while one man I'M
aided can easily operate the whole.
The shrinkage of the leather scrap in
thus becoming charcoal is said to be
not more than so per cent.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-21
Experiment with Marked Salmon.


Last year rs salmon, caught after
a freshet at boom in the Weser river,
near Oeynhausen, were marked by in
PRODUCING a numbered clamp of the
kind used to fasten papers together in
the large fin on the back. Circulars
were then sent by the German fish com
missioners to all people interested
along the river that these 26 salmon ha!
been returned to the river, and in the
interest of piscicultare it would be de-
sirable to know when, where and at
what weight the fish were caught
again. Until recently but two OF these
fish had been caught, one of which had
assembled the river fully IS miles, while
the other was caught at a considerable
distance below the point where they
were first taken and returned to the
wet element. Both of them had in
creased in weight and size, the respec-
tive data having been given to the fish
commissioners. Two weeks ago three
of the fish were caught together by one
fisherman at the mouth of the Wescr
river, where at this season salmon will
ascend the stream in schools. Consid-
ering that it is nearly a year and a half
since these fish were returned to the
river it is certainly very strange that
three of them should Ce found together
Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-21

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co.., Chicago.
For IS years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.