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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
News Of the Suburbs.

Miss Margaret Evans of Film street.
left Yesterday for a two weeks stay IN
New jersey. .
Rcv. ]. J. fiealey, of Pleasant Mount
Wayne county, was n visitor at the nome
Of his parents on Ninth street yesterday
Father Hcaley is arranging for an excur-
sion from this city to Pleasant Mount
September II. when an autumn festival
is 10 be held.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Reynolds, of Ey-
non street. will cave this morning Tor Il
pleasure trip through New York and New
Jersey states.
There is in progress Polish welding
on South Rebecca avenue. Five days IS
the time limit for the celebration. NO
heads have as yet been broken.
A. Risden Acker and Frank Fellows are
on a fishing trip today. This is the third
outing this week and at each fish the
catch was startingly large.
Mrs. Benjamin Jones. of South Bron-
ley avenue. has returned home from Lake
Winola.
The Washburn Street Presbyterian
church will excursion to Lake Ariel today.
James Hart, the recently appointed po-
lice patrolman, is now on West Side heat.
Hart's home is on this side. He appears
to be an efficient officer, courteous. gen.
tlemanly and earnest in his new work.
He has made many friends on his rounds
of duty.
Two committees from the Loyal knights
of America met yesterday at the home OF
Joseph oliver and transacted routine bus
mess
The West Side Republican club held a
regular session last evening. Internal
campaign business was transacted.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Tu:Fy
will take place tomorrow morning at
o'clock from her late home. corner of '.u-
zerne and Fourth streets. Services Will
be conducted at st. Patrick's church and
nterment will be made In Hyde ParR
Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Howell Harris, of South Main ave-
nue.. is visiting in Bradford county.
Alexander Stevenson, of Lafayette
street, has returned from trip through
Scotland.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
SYRACUSE THEATER BURNED.
"iet!ng Opera House Destroyed by
Fire for the Fourth Time.

Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 3.-For the
fourth time in its history the Wietinp
opera house, the leading theater of this
city, was badly damaged by fire at 2
o'clock this morning. The blaze was
discovered In the rear of the building,
the fiames shooting out of the roof.
When the fire department arrived the
entire building was in flames A gen.
eral alarm brought out all Of the appar-
atus, but the fire spread with such great
rapidity through the flies and fixtures
of the building that the structure was
Quilted before the fire was under con-
troll. The loss Is estimated at SCI, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
The building was owned by the estate
of DR.. j. M. Wieting. Wagner & Refs
were the lessees.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
STUDENTS! AF5aaH77SSSSe AF5aaH 77SSS!

Williams Business College Formerly WooIS
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
SOUTH SIDE NEWS.
lamp Disguised with the Corner
Loaiers...Trouble Among Two
Society Members...NOteS.

4 tramp ought to be the last person IN
the world, one would imagine. TO go look
lng tor policeman; and espccially u
tramp of the most pronounced type,
About \ O'Clock last evening middie-aS-o
man crossed the Ceddf avenue bE,"9e'
His clothes suggested that he might nave
zone through the roughost kind OF an ~
p,rience. lie was ragged and dirty,
and lazy-looking as he could be. several
who he met were stopped ana askeu
where he could find "A policeman. Ihey
were sure that he wanted to gel iocNce
up for the night. but he disabused them OF
tina, idea very quickly. He said IL mas
been his lot to travel over many thousaNG
miles OF this country, and his, Journey
brought him into tough places, but the
gang that haunts the corner of Prospect
avenue and Beech street is the toughest
he ever came across. He was very indiS-
nant and wanted to complain of this cor
ner to u policeman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
Chicago Live stock.

Union Stock Yards, Sept. 3.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 5000 head; market firm to &c. high
err; common to extra steers, S3.25a5.20
stockers and feeders, $2.50a3.65; cows and
bulls, sl.25a325; calves, s35Oa6.1 10; Texans
50. .45a3.15: western rangers, s2.25a4 TO-
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000 head; market &C.
lower except for light and medium grades
heavy packing and shipping lots, S2.70a3.2O;
common to choice mixed. s2.SOa3.3O choice
assorted, So 25a3.S5; light, s3.l0a3.35; pigs
s.. .i0a3.2O. Sheep-Recepts, 1900 head
market weak: inferior to choice, $l.G0a3. 40
lambs. $25Oa45O
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
HARVEST HOME SERVICES.

Beginning tomorrow the Salvation Army
will hold Harvest Home services in its
Price street barracks. The celebration
will last until Tuesday exclusive. Tomor-
row night gift meeting will be conducted.
Special services will be held during Sun
day, and on Monday evening a harvest
tea will be served from until 10 p. m..
A Harvest sale of useful materials will
be commenced at o'clock Tuesday night.
William De Garris will be in charge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
FIRST Observation-Disclosures

Scranton. Pa, Aug. 81. 1896.
The Republicans Of the First legislative
district OF Lackawanna county will assem-
bic in convention al st. David's hall, North
Main avenue, Scranton. Pa. on Tuesday
afternoon, Sept. Is, 1886, at O'Clock. for
the purpose of nominating Il candidate
to represent the said district in the legis-
lature. The election of delegates to said
convention will take place at the regular
polling places of the district on Saturday
afternoon. Sept. Y. 1896. between the hours
of and p. IN. Election districts are en-
titled 10 reDrtsentatinn as fnlloWS:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
West Side Business Directory.

HARRIET ]. DAVIS. FLORIST-Cut
flowers and funeral designs specially;
l0i South Main avenue: two doors from
Jackson street.
PHOTOGRAPHER photos. 81. 40
per dozen. They are just lovely. Con-
vince yourself by calling at Starner' 5
Photo Parlors. 1Ol and 1903 South Main
avenue.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE.-Cashf for
anything you have to sell. Furniture.
Stoves, Tools, etc. Call and see the
stock Of ]. C. King. 1924 and 1926 jack
son street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
Next q. A, Il. Convention.

Buffalo. will entertain the Grand Army
OF the Republic next year. 1t did not take
the national encampment long to settle
that questiontoday.
Denver. the only city which was pre-
was taken.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
FIVE YEARS OF LIFE.

st. Marks Lutheran church, corner Of
Fourteenth and Washburn streets, will
celebrate the fifth anniversary of its or
ganizatton on Sunday at the church.
Rev. A. L. Ramer, pastor, will read a his
tory Of the church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
Buffalo Live stock.

Buffalo, Sept. 3.-Cattle--Market steady
for good, common slow. Hogs-Dull. 1Oc
Tower; Workers, good weights, S3.40a3.45
light do. s3.5oa3.55; mixed packers, s33,
a3i0. Sheep and Lambs-Market lower
good to choice native lambs, $i.15a4. 40
fair to good. s37Oai.1O; mixed sheep. good
to choice s.. .40a3. GO; wethers, s3.75a3S5.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
DEATH OF AN AGED MAN.

Ebenezer Hughes died last evening at
an advanced age at his home, llJO Eynon
street. The deceased was quite well
known in this side. He is survived by a
large family. Among his neighbors Mr..
Hughes had many friends. The funeral
day will be announced later.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
THE VERMONT RETURNS.
GrOut's Plurality Exceeds Thirty.
eight Thousand.

White River junction, VT, Sept. g.
Returns from all but three cities and
towns in the state give Grout, Rep, a
plurality of 1892 and a majority over
all of 1929.
The same cities and towns in 1892 gave
Fuller, Rep, a majority over all Of H.
69O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
ROBBED ON JACKSON STREET.

On Wednesday night a farmer bound for
the West mountain was attacked on jack
son street near the city limits by two
young men. They stole from him $25 in
cash and n quantity of produce. 1t is not
known who the culprits are and an effort
is being made to place the blame
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
Oil Market.

Oil City, Sept. 3.-Option oil was quoted
today at 10; credit balances, 1OS: National
transit runs, 30,5A barrels: shipments, H.
600 barrels; Buckeye runs, 59.120 barrels;
shipments, 1884 barrels.
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Vigilance committees will please take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
w. a. PAINE. Chairman
JOHN H. REYNOLDS. Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
WANTED HIM REJECTED.

Alderman Roblng, of the Eleventh
ward, issued a warrant, sworn out ny
Stephen Martin against Herman Swick.
The latetr applied for membership In st.
Peters Beneficial society of ST. Mary S
German parish, and alleges that the de-
fendant got up in the meeting and read the
riot act about him, not that he wanted 10
do favor to the organization by keeping
undesirable members out of 1t, but to
crafty a malicious spite and have the sat
isfaction of seeing Martin blackballed.
Alderman Robling held the defendant in
the sum of $500 bail for his appearance at
court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04
SHORTER PARAGRAPHS OF NEWS.


Michael McGarry, of Pittston avenue.
foreman in the yard of the South Steel
MILL is a candidate for auditor subject to
the decision of the Democratic county
convention.
Councilman Thomas ]. Coyne of the
Twentieth ward, is in New York on busi-
ness.
Miss Margaret Melvin, after two
months visit with her mother, Mrs. owen
Melvin, of Remington avenue, returned to
Philadelphia yesterday.
Misses Leila, and Gertrude Brown, of
Philadelphia, returned home yesterday
after visiting Miss Lucy Coyne of Breck
street.
Anthony j. Battle, of Zig street, will
leave next Tuesday for st. Nincents col
lege, Latrobe. Westmoreland county. to
begin six years course. Mr.. Battles
many friends wish him every possible sue
cess. he is a young man of many tai
ents.
A regular monthly meeting of the Cen
tury Hose company will be held this even
ing.
Thomas Grif!iths has been chosen to
represent the Colonel F.. II. Ripple Re-
publican club of the Twentieth ward at
the state convention of Republican clubs
which opens on the 7th at Erie.
The funeral of Roger Jones took place
from his late residence. corner of Prospect
| avenue and Ripple street, yesterday aft er-
noon and was attended by his brothers
members of James Conncll Lodge of Odd
Fellows. Services were conducted at St
Luke's Episcopal church and interment
was made in Forest Hill ecemetery.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
A Sublacustrine Residence.

An Englishman, who has lake upon
his estate, recently caused it to be tenn
porarily drained. and, in the deepest
part. had house built, which contains
three rooms,-a smoking room, dining
room, and servants waiting.room. The
framework Of the house is iron, the floor
stone, resting upon foundation of con-
crete. The sides and roof are composed
of thick plate-glass. There is passage
under water from the boat house to the
glass house, and air is obtained through
large clumps of artificial water lilies,
which rest upon the surface of the lake.
1t is indescribably pleasant to sit in one
OF the rooms upon warm day. The air
is cool. There is no sound to be heard
and it is especially interesting to watch
the fish swimming around, attracted by
the glare of the electric lights. The
house and passage cost comparatively
little to build. The millionaire to whom
this belongs contemplates a more am
bilious scheme. He has upon his estate
two square miles of forest. This tract
he intends to inclose: first, by a wide,
deep trench; second, by strong iron
railing; and. third, by high stone wall.
He will then turn loose into the en-
closure every sort of wild animal that
he can procure,-lions. tigers. elephants,
and every other kind of beast,-in order
to ascertain if they can live at large in
this climate and without unduly inter-
fering with each other. There is to be
network of underground passages
leading to numerous stone towers in the
different places in the forest. and from
these he intends to watch the animals
and study their habits when in COM
paratively wild state.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
ROMANCE OF THE REEDBIRD.

The story of the reedbird is romance.
1t is tale of the most destructive feath-
cred animal known to this continent
an animal against which man has waged
vain war for more than two centuries.
The rice fields of the South are WE'LL
nigh ruined by it every year. Its peri.
odical migration from the far North to
regions below the Equator is one of the
most astonishing performances credited
to birds. part OF the journey being
fight without pause or rest across 400
miles Of sea. But strangest of all is the
annual transformation which the Great
ure undergoes from the reedbird into the
bobolink. and again from the bobolink
into the reedbird. 1t is like two birds
in one.
Most people in the northern part of
the United States are familiar with the
bobolink, bird of tuneful song and
pretty plumage, black beneath and gray
ish white on the back, with buff spot
on the back of the neck. Its breeding
grounds are north of the latitude of
Southern New Jersey, West Virginia
and Central Illinois, extending north
ward to Montreal and Lake Winnipeg
and westward almost across the Great
Plains. Over this wide area it feeds
upon seeds, insects and whatever it can
pick up. 1t makes its grass nest in fields
and meadows. building on the ground.
aud it lays from four to seven grayish
white eggs, blotched with olive and
brown spots. The nest is so inconspicu-
GUS as to be very hard to find.
BY the middle of July the bobolink is
through breeding, and has begun to
moult. 1t doffs it's pretty plumage and
puts on a sober coat of notified yellow
ish gray all over. At the same time il
stops singing, and for many months
utters no other note than a call of
"chink." In word, it has assumed the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
Balloon Spies in War.

The aerial spy has for some time been
closely studied by French, German, Aus.
trian and Russian officers. and the re-
suits of recent experiments are note
worthy. 1t is not easy to shoot down
captive balloon. for the balls of modern
rifles do not harm it much The holes
which they make in it are SO small that
the escape of gas is insignificant. This
has been clearly proved by the results of
infantry fire at balloon held at an ele-
walton of 975 feet. The only possible
enemy of the balloon is the shrapnel
shell. Experiments with these shells
have been made with balloons at eleva-
tions ranging from $50 to 1900 feet, and
at a distance of from $3.50 to 1920 feet
from the firing ground. Out of thirty
shrapnel shells the Russian artillery
men put twenty-five balls through
balloon $50 feet high, and 10400 feet
from the firing ground. At 1920 feet
from the firing ground the Germans
made twenty holes in balloon little
over 812 feet high out of twenty-six
shrapnel shells. But when the air ship
was 1900 feet in the air and the firing
distance 1920 feet, only two balls
struck it out of sixty-fve shells and
three balls out of eighty shells during
the experiments last year in Austria.
Wounds" that the balloon receives
are not generally mortal. Indeed, it
often happens that the shrapnel and
the broken fragments of the shells pro.
duce no more effect upon the balloons
than the bullets of the small bore rifles.
From all these experiments the conclu-
sion is, that in order to keep the balloon
beyond the reach of dangerous project
lies, it must be kept 16. $50 feet from the
enemy, and at an altitude of 1900 feet.
Public Opinion.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
HORTICULTURE.

Common candy tuft seeds may be
sown in the fall to give Towering plants
for winter use in the window. Nastur.
tium plants, taken from cuttings in the
open ground and rooted before cold
weather sets in. also make nice plants
for indoor Towering during those dreary
months.
If fresh soil be now given to the small,
tea or Bourbon roses to encourage them
to grow, they will be in nice condition
for winter windows. II given good heat
they will bloom nicely. AS to the old
June roses, cut away the old shoots, the
seed pods and the weak branches, and
they will begin a fresh effort to give
towers another season. This is true of
nearly all roses.
Do not mistake by trimming the
young hedges, whether deciduous or
evergreen the fret or second year after
planting. Instead, manure them and
cultivate them that the plants may be-
come strong at both root and top.
The production of few berries out
OF season does not entitle fruit to the
name of ever bearing, and yet this is
about the best that can be said of such
fruit plants. Uniformly they disap-
point one; especially is this the case
with the everbearing raspberry and
strawberry.
Berry plants have cast off their sum-
mer garb. and are prepared for long
winters sleep. They should be nicely
tucked up in the bosom of mother
earth. Do not delay this. II there is
doubt about the value of this protec.
ton, even in mild climates. make a com.
parative test. AS soon as the ground is
we'll frozen cover the strawberries with
clean straw, and this in the spring, can
be placed between the rows for a sum.
mer mulch.
The object in pruning grapes is to
get we'll formed vine and large yield
of the best fruit. Two-thirds of the
years growth should be cut away. II
not severely pruned more fruit will be
grown than can be matured. We must
remember that grapes grow upon the
new wood only. and this years branches
bear next years fruit. Let the vines be
trimmed in the autumn.
So train the grape vine that it may
be laid down in the fall and covered
with dirt. In the spring it can be raised
again and tied to the trellis. Remove
all weeds, trimmings and surplus rub
bish from the garden, see that every
plant is properly protected by its warm
blanket of earth, and then cover the
ground with finely composted manure;
a fruitful resurrection may be looked
forward to in the spring with conf
dence.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
STOCK.

The demand for mules is chiefly from
the South. Good teams of young ami
mails can be made to do considerable
work when one and half or two years
old. just when they will bring the best
prices in ordinary circumstances.
With good care mules can be broken
and worked easier than horses, and far.
mers will find it to pay to keep two OF
three good mares, breed them to Jacks
and constantly have teams which they
can work or readily sell.
If the old ewes be weeded out from
the flock and put in a field by them
selves where the pasture is fairly good
and fed little bran and grain, they can
be fattened and sold for dollar or two
head. The shepherd who keeps such
ewes with the common flock and sells
them at quarter apiece, or allows them
to die of old age, is not wise one.
1t is just as necessary to cultivate the
little intelligence of the domestic ami.
mails as it is to train the mind of the
boy. One thing is certain, they can
never be made to unlearn habits which
are once acquired. First impressions are
most lasting in man or beast.
1t is possible to increase the fecundity
of the sheep very much by breeding
fresh ewes and employing rams noted
for their twin and triplet bearing pro-
pensities. A grade or full blood eve OF
the mutton type can raise pair of twins,
each of which is fully equal in value to
the lamb getting the entire nourishment
of the mother.
1t often pays we'll to give creature
better food than it has been previously
supplied, but. except in the case of
working animals which are temporarily
idle, it is seldom wise to make change
of the opposite kind. If changes are
made, let them be in the right direction.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-17
COMBS.

Combs are found among the relics of
the earliest forms of civilization. In the
British Museum, for instance, may be
seen combs, with hair pins, mirrors, and
other toilet articles, which were used in
worldold Egypt thousands of years ago;
and earlier than the wonderful civiliza-
ton of the land of the Nile it is hardly
possible to goat least with any attempt
at historical precision. Leaving these
twilight regions of extreme antiquity,
however. and coming to more distinctly
historic times, combs are found to have
been used by most European nations,
whether civilized or the reverse. An
Gent Roman combs were made of box
wood, or of ivory, or of still more prec-
ious materials; and similar articles have
been disinterred from the houses of
long buried Pompeii.
The more barbarous races of northern
Europe we're equally familiar with these
aids to the toilet. The old chronicle
history of Ely tells us that our Danish
invaders, following the custom Of their
country, fused to comb their hair every
day. bathed every Saturday, often
changed their clothes. and used many
other such frivolous means of setting off
the beauty of their persons" These
Danish dandies ia whom, however,
dandyism did not beget effeminacy-
many traces of their presence in the
eastern counties of England. Sir Thomas
Browne, of "Urn-Burial" celebrity, rec
cords that in 1868 between forty and
fifty urns were dug up in field at Wal
singham, in Norfolk. Many of these re-
ceptacles contained bones-skulls, ribs,
jaws. thigh bones. teeth. ETC. besides
small combs. brazen nippers, and other
implements. "Now," continues Sir
Thomas, that they accustomed to burn
or bury with them things wherein they
excelled, delighted, or which were dear
unto them. either as farewells unto all
pleasure, or vain apprehension that they
might use them in the other world, is
testified by all antiquity"
1t cannot be positively stated that
these urn relics at Walsingham belonged
to the Danish invaders, who so largely
settled in East Anglia, and influenced
East Anglican life and speech for CEN
turtles: but it is at least certain that the
urns and their contents were of pagan
origin. Combs that have been discov-
cred in certain other burying places are
just as clearly connected with early
Christian sentiment. When the grave
OF ST. Cuthbert, in Durham Cathedral,
was opened in 1927, there was found re-
posing upon the breast of the prelate a
plain Saxon comb. made of ivory, and
measuring six and quarter inches in
length by four and half in width. This
may now be seen by any visitor to the
cathedral. Similar relics have been
found in other sepulchres in the same
sacred building.