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He said no more. He simply fell to.
He could have wept or shouted for
thankfulness. If this were begging, he
would make the most of it. His heart
grew light as the loaf diminished. \
sense OF security and peace pervaded
Ills being. He stretched his legs lazily
and sn lied at the little old woman, as
she buStled herself about and served
his coffee, and fetched some beer, and
took evident delight in the dauntless-
ness of his appetite. well. you are
hungry she exclaimed. admiringly.
"Rather!" he agreed, continuing
doughtily. The more he ate the better
tasted the hot coffee. The more coffee
he drank, the greater his Zest for thick
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GET THE BEST.

One year ago The Tribune compiled it's
political handbook, and although it was a
I first attempt, the compilation was easily
superior to any similar publication in
Northeastern Pennsylvania, and met with
ume of about 100 pages. This year every
| important feature of the former issue Is
retained, the whole being corrected and
brought up to date, and in addition val
liable mass of the new statistical and gen.
eral information is added, together with
an exhaustive review of the local and na-
! tional political activities of this presi-
dental year. The Annual for 1897 will
probably contain over 200 pages-possibly
250-and every line of it will have been
edited and composed in this office. Among
the contents will be:
The complete official vote of I.acla-
wanna. Luzerne, Wayne, Wyoming
Susquehanna and Bradford counties
Rosters of the county officials and
court calendars of those counties
Postal information. with list of post
masters In Lackawanna county
Eastern and National league base ball
averages, bicycle and racing records
and many other sporting statistics
and records.
Internal revenue statistics.
Coal trade statistics.
Proceedings and platforms of the po-
litical conventions of 1896, with list of
the Presidents. Vive-Presidents. Cab
met officers and Speakers of the
House since the government was
| founded.
| History of American tariff legislation.
Digest of State laws relating to mar
riage, divorce, voting qualifications
| and interest rates.
Roll of the Fifty-ffth Congress and Of
| the next Pennsylvania Assembly; also
| list of state officials.
| Very complete digest of official census
| statistics.
| A digest of copyright and patent laws.
Table showing nutritivc value of foods
| Many valuable household hints, health
| helps and recipes.
A digest of the civil service rules and
list of places still open.
| Facts about our coinage.
List of great Worlds Fairs.
Directions to govern one in emer-
| gencies.
| Brief review of past Presidential cam
| paigns.
Several hundred business pointers, es-
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| And a vast mass OF miscellaneous infor-
nation, all valuable and timely. but too
voluminous to refer to in detail We can
assure the reading public of Northeastern
| Pennsylvania that The Tribune Political
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publication of it's kind ever prepared in
this state. 1t will answer thousands of
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SYNOPSIS.

Richard Burgdorf, a young German art
list. whose nickname is Prince Chardo,
and his friend, Florio, a literary student.
in the course of their ''Wandcrjahr"
through Germany, have reached the end
OF their resources, and find themselves,
weary, fOotsore and hungry, by the WY
side near u German town. Richard, in
whose artistic ability Fiorio has great
faith, sinks down and can so no further.
Florio bestirs himself to secure food and
a bed for his friend. After one or two re-
verses, he knocks at a promising looking
door.
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In asfew minutes you shall have a cup
of hot coffee! Bless me, bless me! How
could ! know, at this time of day?
or course at Vespertime l should
have offered it,"
FlOriO had taken one heavenly
mouthful of black bread. when his
heart sank with the awful suspicion he
might be deceving her unwittingly.
II have no money" he bluntly an
nounced.
Sometimes that happens" returned
the little old woman. equally.
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CONRAD, Halter Lax sPi !.
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NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

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with
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ickets and any information of any agent or
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Eric and wyoming Valley.
Effective Nov,

Trains leave Scranton for New York.
Newburgh and intermediate points on
Erie, also for Hawiey and local points at
7O5 a. m. and 2.2S p. m. and arrive from
above points at 1923 a. m, 3.lS and 9.3J
y. m.
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ashamed of myself now, and I'm not,
on the contrary. Fin avant. Hurrah
for Prince Chardo. Hoch."
To be continued.
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Notwithstanding this large increase In Its
scope, the price will remain % cents.
Note to Advertisers-A few desirable
pages yet remain open.
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ARE YOU SUFFOCATING!
Ingenious Mechanism That Informs
You When to Air Your Room.

From the New York Herald.
1t is generally believed that when the
atmosphere of a room is impure the fact
will be sufficiently noticeable to a per-
son of normal sensitiveness without
the aid of an instrument to inform him
of the fact. That this is not 50, how
ever is evident to any one who re-
members how the suffocating Odors
Of an overcrowded meeting room i'm
press their disagrceable presence on a
person coming in from the pure air out
side, while. to all appearances. the
persons in the room are quite unaware
of the air being bad
To remedy this state of things and
show Just how bad or otherwise the
atmosphere of room is Swiss In
ventOr has just completed an instru-
ment which shows the exact condition
of the air. 1t consists of an alright
glass receUtacle, in which is placed a
red fluid. a bent glass tube is inserted
into this fluid, and uDon this tube the
fiu!d runs, to drop at the rate of one
drop in two minutes onto cord that
is stretched by Il weight. This fluid
possesses the property OF changing
color when submitted to the action of
carbonic acid gas. The more of this
gas there is in the air the more pro-
nounced the change in the color of the
fluid.
With this fact in mind, the principle
on which the Indicator works is easily
understood. The drops of fluid, as they
fall on the string, change it according
to the condition of the atmosphere.
Should the atmosphere be perfectly
pure. the string remains red all the way
down. Should it be slightly tainted.
the top of the string appears white.
The fouler the air the longer the white
mark on the string. BY the side of the
string runs an indicator, Traded to show
the exact condition of the air. The
highest point on the scale marks
pure the next "passably pure" the
neAt bad" and from there down to
very bad' and Extremely bad
The instrument has been thoroughly
tested and found to work perfectly.
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WE WANTTO SAY

WE WANT TO SAY
to every man who is not perfectly salts
fled with his furnishing store. that we
would Ike to try satisfying him. If you
have no fault to find, we don't want
your trade--we can't do any more than
perfectly satisfy you. Our styles are the
latest. our stock is large and we charge
just enough to insure good quality.
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All trairs run daily except sunday.
T. signifies that trains stop on signal for pas.
sengers
secure rates via ontario western before
purchasing tickets and save money Day and
Night Express to the west
&c. Anderson, Gen. Pass Agt
Z. Flitcroft, Div, Pass, Agt Scranton, Pa,
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For Albany. Saratoga. Montreal Bos-
ton, New England points, etc.-5.45 a. m. I;
2.20 p. m.
For Honesdale-5l5, SIS, 10.15 a. m: 1900
noon, go. 5.25 y. m.
For Wilkes-Barrem6i3, 10, S.45. 9.3s.
10. Is a. m: 1905. 1.20. 2.2S 1893, AL. so,
$50. $50. ll.SO y. m.
For New York. Philadelphia. etc., via
Lehigh Valley Railroads.&c.. 7.45 a. m. |;
12O5 100. 1898 with Black Diamond Ex .
press), ll90 y. IN.
Fora pennsy ylvanla Railroad points-6.i i5,
9.2S a. M: go. Al p. m.
For western points. via Lehigr Valley
Railroad-I.i5 n. m: 100 S.3S with Bia-k
Diamond Express $50, II 80 p. IN.
Trains Will arrive at Scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbonate and the north-G.4o
7.io, $40. 93i 1c.40 a. m 1900 noon; Los
ga 3.25, 4.31, 5.i5. AS, 9.i5 and ll.25 p. m.
From Wilkes-Barre and the south-5. 10.
7.50. $50, 1910. 11.55 a. m: 116, ia, 3iS,
5.22, 6.21, 7.53, 9.O3. 9.i5, 1l.52 p. IN.
j. w. BuRDICk. G. Z. A., Albany, N Y.
ii. w. Cross, ID. L. A.. Scranton, Pa.
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YOU WILL BE WELL when your
blood is rich, pure and nOurishing.
Hoods Sarsaparil!a makes the blood
rich and pure and cures all blood ds-
eases, restoring health and vigor.
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HOODS PILLS are easy to take.
easy to operate. Cure indigestion,
headache. 25c.
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d z l. A w a r T. AND
HUDSON TIME

NBLE.
On Monday. Nov. %
trains will leave Scran.
ton as follows:
For Carbondale--5.i5.
7.Ja, 500. l0.l5, a. m,
100 noon; 1.2l. 2.2O. az,
5.2J. 6.25. 7.57. 80. 1890,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
Boiling Water with a Wire.

An electric boiler device, adapted to
be applied to any pot or kettle, has been
patented to Il. w. SCHNEIDER Jenny, Of
Kenelbach, Austria-Hungary. This in
vention comprises ring-shaped heat
ing body of refractory insulating mater
ial containing resistance wires and sur
rounded by suitable protection cas-
ing. A handle is attached to this ring
for raising or lowering into or out Of a
pot or kettle. The resistance wires
are connected to an electric circuit by
suitable insulated wires passing up
through the handle. If il Is desired to
boil a pot Of potatoes, the ring Is low
cred into its pot by its handle and the
current switched into the resistance
wires in the ring. The latter immedi-
ately becomes hot because Of the heat
generated In the wires by the resistance
of the same to the electric fluid In a
few minutes the water In the pot will
be boiling and the potatoes cooked. The
ring can then be removed and washed
and the coffee boiled In the same man.
ner. The pots and kettles all rest upon
the top Of an ordinary wood table dur
ing the process Of cooking. The sight
of a pot boiling while resting on a
table and with only n small flexible
wire extending into the same Is indeed
very unusual one, and would no
doubt excite many modern house
keepers greatly upon seeing the same.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
An Enormous Crew.

In Nelson's day the stately Foudroy-
ant carried 700 or 800 men, but with
the aid Of a couple Of donkey engines,
kept out of sight as much as possible,
Mr.. Cobb hopes to be able to navigate
her with about fifty. When she is quite
finished she will sail to the principal
seaports Of Great Britain, and after
that cross the Atlantic to be shown to
our American cousins. AS many Of the
crew as possible are old man-of-war's
men who have served in wooden ships,
and when all is ready they will wear
the uniform Of Nelson's day, from the
white trousers, on which they them
selves sewed vertical strips Of canvas
to make them look smart, to the stee-
ple-crowned bowlers of shiny tarpau-
lin, which they call "sky-scrapers."
All who wish to see what ships looked
like in the day when Nelson swept the
seas should take this opportunity of
visiting the FoudrOyant. 1t was in the
Foudroyant that Nelson had the salts
faction, in direct defiance of his COM
mander-in-chiefs Nord Keith's) or
ders, of capturing the Genereux, the
French ship of the line which had cap
tured Captain Berry in his ffty-gun
ship, as he was carrying home the news
of the victory of the Nile. The French
very ANONYMOUSLY released Captain
Berry on parole. And the Foudroyant
is consecrated to Englishmen not only
as Nelson's flag ship, for in her cap
tain's cabin expired the gallant Sir
Ralph Abercrombie after winning the
land battle Of Aboukir.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
CRACKING OF PEARS.

There are some varieties Of pears
which are very subject to cracking of
the skin, which soon after turns black,
thus destroying the value Of the fruit.
The black is sometimes cut off, but
what is left of the fruit lacks the fine
flavor 1t should have IL the skin had
remained whole. The White Doyenne
pear, known also under its old-fash-
toned name, Virgalieu, Is most subject
to this disease, and its growing has,
for this reason, been discontinued in
some localities. But the disease Is q
fungus, and spraying with Bordeaux
mixture has been found preventive.
1t should be done early. The cracking
generally begins about the time the
seeds are forming In the fruit 1t may
be caused by deficiency of potash In
the soil, making ii impossible for the
tree to form the fruit seeds and ripen
it's fruit. Many fungus diseases are
probably due to this cause, and lib
eral supply Of potash to prevent them
Is better than cure. But wherever the
fungus Is present, it should be de-
stroyed by the Bordeaux mixture, and
the trees then literally supplied with
potash to prevent it's recurrence
Boston Cultivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
Bees Resent the Shotgun Method.

John Reybeck and III. G. Moore, of
Rush township, Penn, engaged In an
exciting battle with bees, and were ig-
ANONYMOUSLY defeated, in addition to
being terribly stung. Their faces and
hands are swollen out of resemblance
Hundreds of bees We're slain during
the fight.
While Moore and Reybeck were talk
ing several Swarms of bees began hiv-
ing on trees and rail fence. Moore,
the proprietor, fearing that the queen
bee was preparing to fly across the
fields to a clump of trees a mile dis
tant. requested Reybeck to aid him in
collecting the bees. Moore ran to the
house, and procuring bass drum be-
gan to beat it In order that the sound
would drown the peculiar signal Of the
queen bee. The method was ineffect-
i've. Then he got shotgun and fired
into the closely packed insects. The
bees darted at the farmers and stung
them so badly that their sufferings
were intense. They were in danger of
becoming blind, and, to avert this,
staggered into cOrnfield with thous-
ands of bees on their persons and
thousands more buzzing about their
heads. Moore's lips were almost swol-
len shut, but he managed to tell Rey-
beck to dig holes in the ground for pro-
lection for their hands and faces.
Their finger nails were worn off and
flesh lacerated by their efforts. FL
nally the holes were made. and, being
partly composed of clay, afforded great
relief. For two hours the men lay al
most smothered, when the bees flew
away.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
HOW, WHEN AND WHAT TO
FEED FOWLS.

Birds In their wild state get their
food slowly and a little at time. 1t
is well that fowls get their food the
same way. 1t is not good plan to
have food before them all the while;
so, excepting soft food, which may be
given In troughs, 1t is best to scatter
their grain rations among straw,
leaves, or in light soil and place their
animal and green food ration where
they can pick at them and gather what
they want at leisure and with exercise.
The V-shaped trough made Of six-inch
fencing Is all the utensil we consider
necessary to feed from; II of dressed
lumber it can be more readily kept
clean.
AS to when to feed, breeders differ.
Some claim that adult fowls should
be fed three times daily; others hold
that twice a day is enough Both
classes admit that the last feed should
be just before roosting time. Young
chickens ought to be fed at intervals of
two hours at first. The period between
feelings may be heightened till they
are three months old, when three times
are enough and if twice is enough for
adults it is about time to break the
'chicks" to that course too. If fed
three times there Is more danger Of
overlooking than when fed twice, es-
pecially if on the range; and overfeed-
ing is really more disastrous than
undertaking, as there is usually a
chance to more or less supplement the
short feed. To feed just the right
amount is more important than the
number of times at which it should be
given.
Feed variety-grain, green food
and animal food. Feed some of each
every day.
Because this is accomplished where
the small flock is kept, and given the
table scraps, accounts for so many
"best egg records" being made by a
small number of hens. Multiplied by
hundreds, in theory the results should
be increased just as many fold. In
most cases this does not prove true,
because the same variety Is not main
tanned, though the same care other
wise is given. There is one other
answer to what shall be fed-and that
Is cost of rations. Feed variety Mt the
least outlay, quality considered. These
two elements open up wide range for
the ingenuity, thought and Judgment
of the feeder.-Farm, Field and Fire
side. ,r,,n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES


There is a growing demand for pure
bred stock. 1t IL becoming necessity
to have the best.
On cultivated farms, at least where
land is DEAR ii Is much more profita-
bic to grow lambs for market than
mutton.
plantation of pines in such part
Of the farm as will make them useful
as shade for the flock as pasture, will
be invaluable.
Good grade stock that natures early
and is of superior quality pays a good
price for the farm feed and profit on
the breeding and feeding.
Colonel Woods says, it is to '.the COW
and the SOW" the American farmers
must trust primarily to pull them
through any and all depressions.
1t does not pay to sell grain or hay
off the farm when 1t requires almost
the price in commercial fertilizers to
replace the fertility of the soil. Better
feed the crops to stock and enrich the
soil of the farm.
A return to the good old-fashioned
way Of raising n lot Of good calves on
the farm upon which they are to be fed
| is well worth considering at this time.
But the calves to be produced must
be strictly high class.
Kicking a calf on the jaw to make it
let go Of teat Is not conducive to the
happiness of the calf or the prosperity
of the owner. Assesses on the Jaw
are often started this way, and then
the owner wonders what could have
occasioned them.
There Is no use in keeping wethers
when they always bring more as
lambs. Kentucky and Tennessee have
learned this lesson well. The climate of
these states is milder, and they can
grow lambs out of doors much earlier
than in the East.
There are some uncertainties in de-
termining horses age by examining
the teeth. The teeth undergo certain
changes as years pass, but the kind Of
feed modify the changes somewhat,
and the skillful dectoring of the jockey
often affect them still more.
| A heifer that is twin to a bull is
called a free marten, and will not
breed. They make good heavy beef
animals, however. A bull that Is twin
to free marten is usually all right,
and both twin heifers or both twin
bulls are good breeding animals.
Horses fed in the middle Of the day
with broken and moistened grains will
be in finer condition at night than
those fed on whole grains. At noon
they are in tired condition, and the
stomach Is often unable to properly
handle the food put into 1t, and they
are put to work again before their ra-
ton is digested at all.
Sheep are peculiar in that they
must have perfectly sweet food. Any
thing sour gives them fits, literally fits
of various kinds, which the shepherd
should guard against. So that 1t IL
somewhat questionable II the silo can
ever become disable on sheep farms.
But there Is no possible question
about roots, especially the sweet, pal
atable and nutritious sugar beet, OF
the succulent mangel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

Curing kIsptomsnIa b. hypnotlsm.
Experiments made by DIR. Bertillon
have proved that kleptomania is easily
cured by hypnotic suggestion. Accord
ing to a recent statement by the emil
nent French physician, the most strik-
ing characteristic Of the disease in
children Is the automaton-like way
they steal. and the fact that when
questioned as to why they did 1t, in
variably the reply is: II don't know;
l couldn't help It." 1t appears as II
the power of will to resist the impulse
was totally absent, and for this reason
coercive measures are nearly always
useless, the impulse returning as soon
as the coercion Is removed. One of DIR.
Bertill0n's recent patients was youth
Of fifteen, belonging TO an aristocratic
family, who was In the habit Of steal
ing on every possible occasion. The
case was a particularly difficult one,
but DIR. Bertillon began by rendering
the lads arm rigid (by hypnotism) SO
that he was unable to take hold Of the
objects he wished to steal. Suisse
quently the usual course of suggestion
was gone through, and complete cure
was effected. Similar success had at
tended the treatment Of other cases of
young kleptomaniacs. The system en-
ployed Is one of mental gymnastics
equivalent In way to physical exer-
cises. One Of DR.. Bertillon's most sue
cessful plans with children who steal
money Is thus described by himself:
''The child being sufficiently under the
hypnotic influence 1 make him APP
proach table on which is lying piece
Of money. You see this coinY / say.
You want to take 1t? Well, take it II
you like and put it in your pocket He
does so. Then l add: THAT is what
you always do, but you shall put back
the coin where you took it from. and
in future you shall always do the same.
If it happens that you give way to
temptation you shall feel ashamed at
having stolen, and you shall put back
the stolen object in it's place. After a
few repetitions of this mental gym
nastics, executed under the influence
Of hypnotic suggestion, the child is
cured forever Of his bad habit."-Pap
Mall Gazette.