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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14
LAW BRIEFS

Can be set and printed by The Trib-
une in less time than at any other
printing establishment in North
eastern Pennsylvania. We are
thoroughly equipped for this class
of work. being able to set 100 pages
In twenty-four hours. A word of
advice to the legal fraternity. Do
not rest under the impression that
you have the only large case that Is
going to the higher court. There
are Others" We have on hand
four, which were made ready for
the attorneys in so short a period
of time, that they were amazed. If
you contemplate having any such
work make Your arrangements
early. Prices reasonable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14

Our COsey Camera Parlor
Is something new. 2OS Wash. ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14

Why the People Walk Blocks.
TO buy groceries of Coursen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14

We give away dinner seats, hand
somely decorated. with 30 lbs. Of tea
decorated tea sets with 16 lbs: printed
toilet sets with IL lbs. Special atten.
ton given to club orders. Scranton
Tea store. 525 Lackawanna avenue. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14
Did You Ever

try Coursen's 34c. coffee. worth CSC.
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Or. Mcdowell. dentist, 24o Adams
avenue. ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
Two DOGS ana Their ways

On a little farm down in Union
county, Kentucky, there is an old Ger
man who has large number of cats
and two very smart dogs. One of
these dogs is a Scotch collie named
Ring. The other is what is commonly
known as s'yaller dog" and is called
Nickel.
When he finds a fresh mole burrOw
he mashes down the earth on it with
his paw, and visits this place for sew
eral days, to make sure that mole
passes through it every day. When
he finds that he is right he goes to the
burrow about the middle II the day.
because moles always move at that
time, and watches for the mole to
come along. When he comes there he
is generally a mole-killer.
Ring spends most of his tine hunt.
ing rabbits, and is generally very sue
cessful. But Nickel has short legs and
is a very poor runner, so he hardly
ever catches a rabbit. But, for all
this, he has rabbit to eat as often as
Ring. When Ring starts out for
hunt Nickel follows at distance.
When Ring catches rabbit he buries
it for several days, and Nickel general
" knows where it is buried So, when
Ring has buried his rabbit Nickel turns
graye-robber and removes the rabbit
to his own graveyard. He is too smart
to steal every rabbit that Ring catch
es, for he knows that if he does he will
soon be caught.
In cold weather Ring. Nickel and
eight or ten cats all sleep as close to-
gether as they can huddle, and in this
way everybody keeps warm. -R ebert
s. tAIillett, in Chicago Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
5has long been a favorite amusement


Books of travel, or stories Of hunt
ing, fishing, etc, may be beautif fully
Illustrated by phot ographs. Unnount-
ed prints are to be desired, although
it is possible to take prints off mounts
by a liberal soaking in warm water.
The soft-fnished photographs. such as
bromide and platinum prints, are waste
" better than the shiny albuman prints
Photog should be mounted in
the same way as other prints, except
that no openings are to be made in
the mounts. The prints should be past
ed on fiat and pressed until dry. Al
abumen prints have a tendency to curl
up, and it will require a pretty stiff
paper to keep them flat. This is one
Of the reasons why platinum or bro-
mide prints are so much better. When
albumen prints are used they must be
mounted wet, and should afterWard
be FURNISHED, which can be done by
any professional photographer, An
a9ma teur photo apher can have the
fun in many cases Of making the pic
lures himself for the book he wants
to extra illustrate, and the finished
work will have an added interest and
value to him.
H The use Of photographs. especially if
many are included, will greatly in
crease the thickness Of book, and it
will generally be found advisable to
have the binder make it into two vol
umes of equal size. &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
Illusion Illusions Of the senses il Men and

illusions of the senses in Men and
n 7E Animal Is. 81
Among the many curious optical il
lusions produced by contrasting lines
and forms, some Of a very astonishing
character occur, for which no satisfac-
tory explanation has been furnished.
Z IF a card perforated by a pinhole be
placed close to the face, resting against
the nose, as shown in the Illustration,
and a pin be held by it's point in such
a way that it's head comes between the
eye and the pinhole in the card, the
pin being held quite close to the eye,
the pin, strange to say, will appear
on the other side Of the pinhole, re-
versed and magnifed. You see the pin,
in fact, not as you hold it in your hand,
but through the perfora ton, on the
outer side Of the card. It will be found
necessary, unless you have exceptional
~ firm nerves to rest the hand holding
the pin against the cheekbone, for the
difficulty is to get the pinhead directly
between your eye and the perforation
in the card, and to hold it there with
out Wavering. I must confess my ina
bility to explain this illusion, nor have
4 met with any explanation that seem
ed to meet the case fully and at every
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
Boys Who Became Famous.

Nearly all boys and girls show in
some way at some time what they are
to become when they grow into man.
hood and womanhood
A Swedish boy fell out Of a window
and was severely hurt, but with clench-
ed lips he kept back the cry Of pain.
The King Gustavus Adolphus, who saw
the fall, prophesied that that boy would
make a man for an emergency; and
so he did, for he became the famous
Gen. Bauer. - n
A woman fell off the dock in Italy,
She was fat and frightened. No ona
of the crowd of men dared to jump
in after her; but Il boy struck the water
almost as soon as she, and managed to-
keep her up until stronger arms got
hold Of her. everybody said the boy
was very daring, very kind, very quick,
but also very reckless, for he might
have been drowned. The boy was Gar
baldi, and if you will read his life
you will find these were just his traits
all through-that he was so alert that
nobody could tell when he would make
an attack with his red-shirted soldiers;
so indiscreet sometimes as to make his.
fellow-patriots wish he was in Guinea,
but also so brave and magnanimous
that all the world, except tyrants, loved
to hear and talk about him.
A boy used to crush the flowers to-
get their color and painted the white
side of his fathers cottage in Tyrol
with all sorts of pictures, which the
mountaineers gazed at as wonderful
He was the great artist, Titan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
Coco,s Downfall.

The old saying, pride goes before a
fall,'' always reminds me of an old
rooster my grandmother once owned.
She lived on a big farm in Mercer
county, Ohio, and, naturally enough,
she raised many chickens and other
fowls. There was one handsome old
rooster among them named Coco, who
was very proud of his bright, fine
feathers, and considered himself a lit
tie better than the rest. He strutted
around the farmyard, never deigning
to notice the other poor fowls except to
fly angrily at those who CHANGED to
come too near his royal highness.
Sometimes he could not restrain his
hoastful feelings, and would perch
upon high boxes and boards and crow
Justify. He seemed to think he could
take as many liberties as he pleased,
and was always getting into places
where he was not wanted.
Grandma had a large can Of molas-
ses which she kept in the summer
house, with other provisions Coco,
besides being a dude, was something
of an adventurer. He managed to get
into the house when the folks were
away, and stepped boldly upon a lard
can. But the lid tipped, and MI.
Rooster slid into the molasses.
He struggled harG to get out, but TIE
harder he struggled the deeper he
sunk He had given up despairingly
when grandma arrived, and by great
effort succeeded in releasing him, then
took him out to the pump and washed
him. ...'@s~'- .
But, oh, what a woeful sight was
that once brilliant bird He presented
the appearance of fretful porcupine,
and he looked, oh, SO respondent! He
went humbly up to the other chickens,
but they scorned him and would have
nothing to do with him. Whenever he
came near they would peck at him and
chase him away. t-@.
Finally, after many attempts at
friendliness, he decided upon an awful
step. He walked slowly to the we'll,
and. after one sad, reproachful glance
at his fellow-roosters, committed sui
eide by jumping in. The well was
dragged and the body recovered. No
coroner was called, and it was never
known whether death was accidental
or Intentional, but the impression was
that it was the atter.-Margaret Roe
buck, in Chicago Record. z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
Tools Mt pompefa..

Prof. Goodman has collected some in
Ateresting facts as to the tools of the.
ancient Romans. 1t is a marvel how
some Of the instruments and tools they
We're in the habit of using could posi-
bly, have been made without such ma
chinery as we now possess. Prof. Good
man says the thing that impressed him.,
when visiting Pompeii, was the resem-
blance between many Of the nipple
ments Of 1900 years ago and those Of.
to-day. In looking at the iron tools.
grouped together in an old factory
there, he could almost imagine he was.
gazing into q modern tool shop, eX-
cept for the fact that there was coat
ing of rust on the iron. Sickles, bill.
hooks, hammers, forks, axes, spades,
blacksmith's tongs, hammers, soldering
irons, planes, shoyels, ETC., are much
like those used to-day; but the most
marvellous instruments found are those
for surgery, beautifully executed, and
of design exactly similar to some re-
Gently patented and reinvented. In
credible as it may appear, the Pompeii--
ans had wire ropes of perfect construc-
ton. Their brOnZaS reveal great skill.
and artistic talent. The bronze brazierf
and kitchener had boilers at the SIDE.
and taps for running off the hot water.
Ewers and urns have been discovered
with the interior tubes and furnaces
precisely like the arrangement now in,
vogue in steam boilers. Metal safes
had substantial locks. Many Of the
locks and keys are most ingenious, and
some very complex. The water supply
of Pompeii was distributed by means
Of lead pipes laid under the streets
There were many public drinking ,foun-
tains land most Of the large houses
were provided with fountains, many
of them being Of a very beautiful de-
sign.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
The Bird and the Cage,

removed, or if a thread be suspended
over the comb Of chicken so that
the end hangs down over its eyes the
fowl will remain in a cataleptic con-
dition and finally pass into somnolence
so deep that it will permit all possible
NOV ements without giving any signs
Of life; or if a pigeon be pressed gently
upon a table so that it cannot use its
wings, and finger be placed before its
eyes and moved back and forth, fol-
lowing the motion of the head, so that
the eyes must continually notice it,
the bird will soon become quiet, and
will not fly away when the hand is re-
moved. II a frogs forelegs are tied to-
gether and the sides Of the animal
carefully stroked with the finger it will,
when laid upon its back, remain per-
fectly quiet and only regain it's activity
when the cord is removed, while frog
that is free cannot be made to lie upon
its back. 5s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
A Magic Letter.

Did you ever think what a strange
letter S is? 1t is a serpent in disguise.
Listen-you can hear it hiss. 1t is tie
wizard of the alphabet. It gives pos
session and multiplies indefinitely by
it's touch. 1t changes tree into trees
and house into houses Sometimes it
is very spiteful, and will change a pet
into pest, pear into spear, a word
into a sword and laughter into slaugh-
ter, and it will make hot shot at any
time.
Farmers have to watch it closely. 1t
will make scorn of his corn and re-.
duce every peck to speck. Some
times he finds it useful. If he needs
! more room for his stock it will change
a table into a stable for him, and if he
is short of hay he can set out a row of
tacks. 1t will turn them into stacks.
He must be careful, however, and not
let his nails lie around loose. The SER
pent's breath will turn them into.
snails. If he wishes to use an engine
about his farm work he need not buy
any coal or have water to run it. Let;
the serpent glide before his horses
The team will turn to steam.
If you ever get hurt call the serpent
to your aid Instantly your pain will
be Spain. Be sure to take it with you
the next time you climb mountain if
you desire to witness a marvel 1t VIII
make the peak speak. But don't let it
come round while you are reading:
now. 1t will make the tale stale.
No Comforts for school Boys Long,
Ago.
Only sixty years have passed since
the boys Of Elton ventured to beg that
pipes might be laid in some of the
school buildings so that they need not
fetch water from the pumps in the
freezing winter weather, and the petit
ton was promptly rejected, and the
scornful comment that ''they would
be wanting gas and Turkey carpets
nextY' At Winchester, another big En-
glish school, all the lads had to wash
in an open yard called Moab" where.
half a dozen tubs were arranged around
the wall, and it was the duty Of one.
Of the juniors to go from tub to tub
on frosty mornings, and thaw the ice
with a candle. Comfort was deemed
bad thing for boys, lest they should
grow Up dainty and unmanly. '.Cold ",
said Dir. Keate, a famous headmaster
of Elton, to a poor little bit of human
ity whom he met shivering and sslak-
ing in the hall. Don't talk to me OF
being cold! You must learn to bear it.
sir! You are not t girls school. -
agnes Replier, in September ST. Nicho-
las. s5 en-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
A Pin Trick

L -
point. If a small perforation be made
in a thimble, such as, indeed, often
occurs from long and constant use,
of that Indispensable household arti-
Gle, everything seen through it, the
letters on this column, for example,
if the thimble is slowly moved over it,
will appear greatly magnified.
A very curious optical Illusion may
be made to occur with the help of the
accompanying illustration. Let white
card about the size of an ordinary bust
ness card, or smaller, according to the
focus Of the PERSONS eyes who tried the
experiment, be placed along the dotted
line between the bird and the cage,
on it's edge lengthWise. 1t must be
turned to the light, so that the card
throws no shadow. Let the middle of
the end Of the nose be placed on the
upper edge Of the card, and after a
few moments steady looking the bird
will be seen to enter the cage.
y Place a pea between the first and sec
ond fingers Of the right hand in their
natural position, and you will feel the
pea as one. Cross two fingers bringing
the second over the first, and place
the pea in the fork between them so
as to feel the left side of the pea with
the right side of the second finger,
and the right with the left Of the first.
The impression will then be that you
have two peas touching the fingers,
especially if the eyes are shut and the
fingers placed in position by another
person. The illusion will be equally
strong if the two fore-fingers of both
hands are crossed, and the pea placed
between them.
If chicken in a sitting position on
a table be gently pressed with one hand
upon the supporting surface, the head
and bill pressed down with the other
hand the fowl will remain perfectly
poWerless in the position given it for
some time after all restraint has sbeen
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
"A Test for Seasfckness.

Many people have genuine curiosity
to know if they would be seasick in
case they should take an ocean voyage:
An easy way to put the matter to a
test is to stand before the ordinary
bureau mirror that turns in its Frame.
and let some one move it slowly and
slightly at first, and gradually going
faster, while you look fxedly at your
own reelection. IL you feel no effect
whatever from it, the chances are that:
you can stand an ordinary sea voyage
without any qualm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
FORAGE Plants.

| - 4 Z 3. !
The department of agriculture has
just issued a bulletin by Prof. r. Lam
son Scribner, chief of the division of
agrostology, giving a descriptive list
of fodder and forage plants, exclusive
of grasses. The scientific names of
ffty-six of these forage plants are
given in alphabetical order, each fol-
lowed by brief description Of the
plant with its most important charac-5
teristics, and giving such information
with regard to it as it is believed the
farmer and others interested would be
most likely to desire to know. The
aim has been to make the work as
popular in it's character and as free
from technicalities as possible. Be
sides the cultivated forage plants a
number of native species that have
never been cultivated are included in
the enumeration. There are in the
United States over 200 native or wild
species Of this class which are rec
ognized locally as excellent forage
plants. It is thought that more atten-
ton should be given to these natives,
as there is reason to believe that.
among them are many kinds fully
equal in productiveness and feeding
value to any now under cultivation,
and possibly many superior to any
thing we now have in their adapta-
bility to certain soils or climates, or in
their value for special use Among
the species particularly worthy Of at
tention for these reasons are mention
ed the wild vetcl, Beckwiths clover.
the buffalo pea. the winter fat the
prickly pear, the sotol and the deer
weed Appended to the bulletin is an
alphabetical list Of the common Eng
Slish or local names Of the forage plants
described B
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
4 Home-Made Barometer.

There is no reason why every boy
should not possess a barometer of his own
which he will find not only endles'ly use-
ful in planning his little holiday trips,
but which will afford him infinite interest
as we'll
All he has to do is to take a gramme
of each of the following substances Cam
phor, saltpeter and ammonia salts and
dissolve them in about Is drams Of alco-
hol. When the dissolution is complete,
shake the mixture well, and pour it into
a glass bottle, one rather long for lis
width is preferred. Cork tightly aud
seal with wax, so as to prevent the air
from penetrating into the bottle.
Expose this improvised barometer on
the outside of the window on the north
side of the house, if possible, and the crys-
talizations which are produced announce
change in the weather.
Absolute clearnesss of the liquid de-
notes fair weather.
If the liquid becomes disturbed, or roily
as we say, it is sign Of rain.
If downy masses form in the bottom OF
the bottle, it will freeze, or at least the
thermometer will descend the more
these masses rise toward the top the more
rigorous will the cold become.
Little stars in the liquid foretell a hare
storm.
Large flakes are sign OF CLOUDY
weather or of snow.
Thread like objects in The top OF tb
bottle indicate Wind.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05

The Fairmont Index says: "Mr. Thomas
+. Hall, Of this place, has very old aud in
teres,ing relic, which WAS presented to him
by bis aunt, Mrs Mary Straight, Of Barrack-
vile. II is an old morocco pocket book,
which was the property Of the father Of the
late Major Cramer, Mr.. Halls great grand
father. II is about by inches aud has
solid silver clasp. The outside WAS dark
morocco, and it was lined with the same
material Of the beautiful Irish green. On
the inside appears the name OF Ambrose
Cramer Doxnpalrick, which is still bright.
The book Is more than two hundred years
old Mr.. Hall values the book very highly,
but intends to present it to his brother,
Capt. Ambrose Cramer Hall, Of Charleaton,
who bears the family name"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
NO. Al.

little better, fully realized. All are on
equal terms, all are happier than ever be-
fore, and the sufferers in pocket from this
fraternity and good will may as well
make up their minds to the new order Of
things, for there will he no return to the
old. The true philosopher under the
new conditions was the matchmaker Of
the rural New York village who, when
he found the demand for watches falling
off, gave up dealing in them and went IN
to the bicycle business.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
For Sale.

On account of my living in Washington and
not being able to manage the running OF my
Green House offer the same for sale on easy
terms.
The Green House proper is p feet VIDE oy
so feet in length. with 200 square feet oil gas
attached 10 rear end. and house in rear end OF
lot with $50 square feet of glass. The house
was built last fall of best lumber and work
manship; has a fine cistern in it with force
pump and good furnace in the cellar elegant
office. all built on lot 3Oxl50 feet located op,
posite b. & o. Depot and right in the town oil
Charles Town. Jefferson Comfy, West Nlr'
rinia. Splendid opportunity for any one un'
derstanding the business.
For terms, &c, address
MISS ELLA BENNER,
1871 9th St, Washington, D. {.
May s, 1s96-3m.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05

he hoped shortly to call his own, The
prettv woman sat on the sofa, white
handkerchief tied carelessly about her
round. white throat, and her black hair
laid in silky waves against her rosy cheek.
Divorce is the word y cried jones'
playfully patting her double chin. "The
fact is, Eliza, l am rid of that cursed
woman, and you and | will be married
tonight. | know how TO manage those
fellows at Trenton. A champagne sup
per-or was it a breakfast did our
business with them. Put on your bonnet
and let US 60 to the preachers at once,
dearest.
The woman put on her bonnet and took
Jones's arm, and
"Just look how handsomely 1t Is put
on parchment" cried Jones, pulling the
document out before her. "Here's the
law which says that Jacob Jones and
Ann Caroline Jones are two. Look at
it !"
Putting her plump gloved hand on his
shoulder, she did look at it.
"Ob, dear" she cried with her rose
bud lips, and sank back, half fainiing, on
the sofa.
"Oh, blazes," cried Jones, rumPling the
parchment in his hand, "here's lots OF
champaign and happiness gone to ruin y
1t was hard case. Instead of being
divorced and al liberty to marry the wo-
man, Jacob Jones was simply, by the
legislature of New jersey, Incorporated
into turnpike company, with the liberty
of constructing turnpike from Burllng
ton to Bristol. When you reflect that
Burlington and Bristol are located about
a mile arart, on opposite sides of the Del
aware river, you will perceive the extreme
hopelessness Of Joness case.
"It's all the fault of that turnpike man
who gave them the supper, or was it the
breakfast ?" cried Jones in his agony
"If they had only chartered me to lay a
turnpike from Pigs Run to Terrapin
Hollow, I might have borne it, but the
very idea of laying turnpike across the
Delaware river from Burlington to Bris
toI, is an absurdity."
So it was.
"And amt you divorced ?" said Eliza
a tear rolling down each cheek.
"No." Numbered Jones. crushing his
hat between his knees, "and, what i
worse, the legislature has adjourned and
gone home and won't be back TO Trenton
until next year"
1t was sad. The mistake had occurred
on the last day of the session, when th'
legislators and trauscribing clerks wer,
laboring under the effects Of a champaign
supper, followed by a champagne break
fast. Smiths name had been put wher'
Jones's ought to have been, aud wise,
wersey," as the Latin poet hath it.