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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

The familiar signature of Marion
Stewart Cam now appears at the bot
tom of an exceedingly readable column
on the Truths editorial page. The
Truth and its readers jointly deserve
to be congratulated; the former for its
enterprise in securing so interesting a
feature, and the latter for the oppor-
tunity to enjoy it,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

sions. They are codined by him as fol-
lows:
First-Dr. Ruiz was arrested on fa;se
charge.
Second.-IIe was placed under an Inn
proper jurisdiction and died before the
proper tribunal considered his case. there
by giving him no opportunity to prove his
innocence.
Third.-He was kept "incommunicado'
In a solitary cell for Sl5 hours in viola
tion of his treaty rights, which limits such
confinement 10 sev eventy-two hours.
Fourth.--He died from congestion OF
the brain, produced by a blow on the top
Of the head.
Fifth.--There are two theories con-
nected with the wound on the head; one
that in a state of mental excitement he
ran across the CELL as described by one
Of the jailors, and butted his own head on
the door in a frantic effort to get OUT
another, that he was struck over the
head with one Of the clubs carried by
the jailors-by the immediate watchman-
who had proba bly, ordered him to cease
his cries for relief and for his children,
and upon his not doing so, struck him
with more force than he Intended, or IL
is possible the blow was delivered to
make him confess or give evidence against
others.
General Lee examines each of these
theories with what thoroughness he
can, considering that the opportunity
for proof is absolutely lacking, and ex-
presses no specific preference for either.
But" he adds significantly, "the fact
remains that DR.. Rulz's confinement
killed him. Had he been released from
incommunicado by the hand of man at
the end of 72 hours the hand Of death
might not have released him at the end
of 315 hours and today the widow
would have had the support of her hus-
band and the means of her fatherless
children would never have been heard"
Upon the strength of this report we
may rest assured that our government
will exact from Spain such repara-
| tion and apology as are within its be-
stowal for a crime thus inexcusably
fiendish. While 1t is true that there is
no possible indemnity we can demand
or Spain grant which will wholly COM
| pensate the widowed wife of the four
| orphaned children, yet so far as human
action can avail in their behalf at this
late day, this nation will certainly see
| to it that approximate justice Is done.
On this score all fears may be dis
missed. The facts are plain; the evil
dence is convincing; the papers are
fiawless. Whether we take General
Lees version or the version of Spain;
whether we affirm that Ruiz was beat
en- to death by a brutal jailor or con-
cede that he was kept in his cell, con-
trary to his rights, until the horror of
it filled his mind with madness and
forced his revolving frame to beat out
it's life against the cruel bars, the fact
remains as General Lee has so elo-
gently expressed it in the quotation
above-a damning fact, not only to
Spain but also to that president then in
the American white house who listened
to the Ruiz narrative unmoved. and
threatened to recall General Lee for
wanting to have a warship at his back.
1t is we'll that things at Havana and
at Washington are different now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

When Senator Quay said he couldn't
tell whether the Philadelphia Inquirer
was fool or knave. he showed he hadn't
read the paper. 1t takes brains to be
a knaVe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

Our new revenue proposition at Har-
risburg contempiates 5-cent tax on
theater tickets. Better say cigarettes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

Three weeks more of the present leg
islative session will be ample so far
as the people are concernd, and at
pinch they could perhaps spare it
sooner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

Mckinley" says the Philadelphia
Record, will only be with us for four
years. We might have Jared worse"
You might; but don't be too sure
about that word "only."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

When Spain shall give Cuba home
rule Spain will give Cuba indepen-
dence. The two terms are synonymous
as the situation stands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

There is renewed talk of an oleo
emergency tax. If oleo is fit to be sold
at all, it is entitled to stand on it's
merits and without discrimination.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

would inclose you a bill for the trouble;
but I would fear offending you, and
newer was there, so do not know OF the
best resorts at all. 1 may come on for
that-not sure; kindly excuse my troubling
you, and believe me,
"Miss Madison"
II was at the beginning of Pos.nas-
ter GeneraA Bissells administration that
the government decided to print It's own
stamps. Immediately after the change
hundreds of complaints day poured IN
from all sides. mainly on account OF the
non-stickable quality of the mucilase.
While the department was racking It's
brains TO solve the difficulty, some wag
sent n letter to the postmaster general
ON which the stamp was riveted with
four brass brads.
One day while Mr.. Minick, private sec
rotary to General Villas, was engrossed In
departmental work, his mind was divert
ed by a conversation between the two
messengers. Ross, wlo has become a
well-known figure since was trying to IN
struct Cruso, new recruit In the rudi-
ments of arithmetic. The first example
was;
Suppose you were to buy $50 pounds Of
beef at cents a pound; what would 1t
amount to?"
Cruso scratched his woolly head, figured
over several sheets of paper, using the
rubber end of his pencil quite as often as
the lead, and finally handed the answer
in which proved to be incorrect.
mo, no." said Ross. Let me give you
| another. Now suppose you were to buy
$50 pounds of pork at cents a pound;
what would that amount TOP hoping to
get him by strategy to solve the problem
again.
Go way dar man." said Cruso, ''doan
y s'pose any FOOLS gwine t know beers
WORT mon poker"
And he refused, in disgust, to work out
so foolish question.
While Don NJ. Dickinson was postmaster
! general, he received the following tele-
| gram from one of his postoffies
"Have been brutal,y maltreated by the
postmaster. What shall 1 do?. Shall
come on?"
Tho postmaster general enjoyed the
| message extremely, and after a few pleas
| ant comments, telegraDhed back:
Lick the postmaster first, then come
on"
(Signed) Don NJ. Dickinson, P. NJ. c."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

1t will do the legislature no good to
grow red in the face. 1t brought it on
itself
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

Now will the Pennsylvania rlegisla
ture be good?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-09

'T hear" says Mr.. Wanamaker,
that some who have only been the
presidents friends since election are
skillfully using his words to make
enemies for him" But of course, John,
they can't make an enemy of you.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
WEIGHT AND MEAT.
Fowls That Rank Highest as Used ON tn
Table.

Fowls That Rank Highest as Used ON the
Table.
To produce large and heavy fowl is
one thing and to produce one with weight
and meat combined to the best advan-
tage for table purposes is another.
The Brahma is the largest and heav-
lest fowl, with the Cochin and Lang
shan closely competing with it in size
and weight. But in none of these three
breeds are weight and meat combined as
satisfactorily to the consumer, when
the fowl is dressed and cooked, as it is
in several other breeds.
The fanciers of the country-those
that make mating and breeding with a
view to utility study-have tried for
many years to produce breed Of fowls
that would have small bones and sinews.
with plumpness of breast, meaty thighs
and shortness of leg and neck-in other
words, a compact, blocking bird. with
plenty of meat and little bone.
Working in this line they have evolv-
ed the Plymouth Rock and the Wyan-
dotte, the two best known and most
popular American breeds. These two
breeds are not perfection. Yet these rep
resent long step in the right direction,
the females coming nearer to the ideal,
small boned, meaty fowl SO greatly de-
sired than the males. The latter are
still rather lank and bony. 1t is hard to
breed them down to blocky, meaty
form. But, still, in the two latter named
breeds we find the best table fowl in all
the long list of pure bred poultry. Of
these two the Plymouth Rock is the
best known and the most popular. The
difference between them, however, con-
sists chiefly in plumage, as there is real
ly very little difference in the size,
weight and the amount Of edible flesh
on them.
There is another breed that ranks
high as table fowl, one that, in the
female particularly, combines weight
and meat in a most happy and desirable
degree; we refer to the Southern Game
fowl, fowl that. like Topsy, lust
growed, +" and which. despite the efforts
of the poultry fanciers to produce some-
thing superior, still holds its own as a
table fowl. In fact, game pullet, with
her plump breast, broad and f1eshy back
and meaty thighs, combines as large
per cent of meat to the bone as any fowl
grown. In addition to this there is
sweetness and wild bird flavor about
the meat of the plantation or farm raised
game fowl not found in any other breed,
not even excepting the Plymouth Rock.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07


shield was missed or the spear remained
intact the owner of the lance invariably
lost his balance and tumbled into the
water.
In Switzerland a peculiar game Is
played at Easter. Large baskets filed
with bran are placed in circle some-
where on free field or public place.
Then as many rows of 100 eggs as there
are competitors are laid, each egg foot
or SO apart from the next, the rows
radiating from the baskets to an equal
distance The task is to put the 100
eggs, one by one, into the basket with
out breaking any, and who does it in
the shortest space Of time is the winner.
In Moscow, ST. Petersburg and other
Russian cities swings and merry go
rounds are erected for the festival season
Oh the boulevards, and all sorts of
amusements prevail in the concert and
dance halls.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

there are Easter sports and games quite
unknown to u.s.
The Easter festival of our forefathers
covered a period Of 10 days. The week
beginning with Easter Sunday was al
most entirely given over to sport and
games and general merrymaking. An
odd feature Of the old time celebration
was that Of heaving or lifting, the
''heaved" sitting in a chair decorated
with white ribbons. Easter Monday and
Easter Thursday were known as heav-
ing days, the women sitting in chair
on Monday and the men on Tuesday.
Those heaving or lifting the chair were
expected to life it three times and then
kiss the occupant, who, in turn, kissed
them. To the regret Of the lads and las
sizes in the districts where the novel cere-
mony was once performed, the custom
has long since died out.
Hahdball was formerly one of the
most common of Easter games, and at
one time sort of water fitting contest
was much in vogue. Young men would
drift about in boats without oars and
allow the craft to drift against shield
suspended in midstream, striking it
as with lance. II the lance was broken
against the shield. II was considered =
ecodafnka md Hnn aunlanae. 1T Il IL
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
The Finest Climate In the United
States.


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oonons ond;t;on w..uous e. q iauit h cne iuea' n.
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,oannn ,"u n1 ha,:9 ,nus, s.IoDorn Ease oi pul.
JI u;sId ~ +ba ba n'e,,;a ne,a. copane ius 4sa
IaImv % 20 onI .Is suuh5 h;.h ;mce na.t q tne
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
FARM POULTRY.

More Profit In Eggs Than In Fattening
For Market.
The profit derived from improved
farm poultry comes, first of all, from
their increased size therefore in improv-
ing poultry you should have two objects
In view. The first is egg production; !;
the second is size and keeping such stock
and in such numbers as will allow the
profit resulting from the sale of the sur
plus to pay for labor of caring for them.
In climates not extremely cold
plain, comfortable house should be con-
structed. One that will accommodate,
without crowding, 100 fowls may be
built with small outlay of from $50
to 800, and flock of this size, pro-
vided their sleeping quarters are kept
clean and wholesome and they are al
lowed a wide range, may be kept healthy
without much hard work. Of this num-
ber 25 will easily raise liberal supply
OF young chicks for large family, be-
sides furnishing t!..cc:n IN addition an
abundance Of good fresh eggs the year
around. This will leave 70, and the
greater profit will be realized if they be
of some nonsitting breeds or crossed
with some nonsitters, SO that they will
concentrate their strength and energy
in egg production.
For, unless one has favorable market
facilities, there is no profit in selling
live chickens. Well fattened hens some
times bring a reasonable price, but as a
rule, unless the seller is we'll posted in
such matters, the prices accorded the
farmer. after transportation and COM
mission fees, are SO low that he finds it
would have been better if he had kept
them for home use. Good, fresh, brown
eggs fetch good price in the market
at any time. The price varies with diff
ferent localities, but in the summer sea-
son we can get 10 cents per dozen,
while in winter and the greater part of
the fall the price rises to greater ex-
tent If the food is raised for the flock
on the farm, the expense Of keeping is
reduced to considerable extent. If
large family be literally supplied with
fresh eggs and first class poultry, that
in itself should be considered as equiva-
lent for the food supply of the rest.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
AN EASTER SYMPHONY.
She thrummed on the piano,

She thrummed on the piano,
With no thought of how she played.
And the Easter bells chimed sweetly
While her fingers aimless strayed.
Now sounds minors deep and solemn
Then majors sharp and clear,
From the bells and piano
Issued tones of grief or cheer.
And some power occult within me
The various notes combined
Into chords that swept the feelings,
Raised to ecstasy my mind,
Till my soul was filled with music,
And lived but in dream
Mid the shifting lights and shadows
OF grand orchestral theme.
And its sway became still stronger
As each inner wave Of sound
Trembled DER the chords of feeling.
Stirred my soul to depths profound,
But no earthly passion swayed me,
For lived in higher sphere,
And my world of sense had vanished.
With it vanished doubt and fear.
And thanked the risen Christ
For that symphony divine.
For such potency of music
OF surety was not mine.
Who composed 1t? Who the playerf
Ask the violin as 1t thrills
At the touch Of master player
Whence the soul of sound 1t fills.
NEIL MACDONALD.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurabIe. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
= local disease, and prescribed local RENE
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, prOnOuHced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease, and, there
lore, requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F..
J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally, in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
,sg% g%Sold by Druggists, 75c. At 81.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

The Massachusetts, Horticultural soci-
ETY. offers for 1897 prizes for school gar
dens of $15, $12 and $40; for school her.
bariums, of from 81 to 81 in number
of different classes, and for children's
herbariums, about 40 different prizes
varying from 30 cents to $5. Special
prizes are also offered. W. E. c. Rich,
secretary, 80 Moreland street, Roxbury.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
METHODIST EPISCOPAL,
On Park Avenue.

Pastor, Rev. Levi Lafew. Sunday services
at 1000 A. N. and 500 p. N. Sunday school at
$50 P. M: Superintendent. s. L. Bowen. A gen
eral Bible Glass In charge OF Ephra Sooy to which
all visitors are invited to take part. Class
meeting on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Prayer meetings on Thursday evening.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07


years as Easter, commemorating the res
direction of Jesus. The day, or what
was believed to be such (there was a
wide difference as to the date between
the early Christians of the east and
west), was solemnly celebrated for CEN
turies in the old world as the most mo-
mentous of miracles because it alone es-
tablished, in their eyes, the absolute
truth of Christianity. But here, strange
to say, Easter was hardly observed at
all, except by the Roman Catholics and
Episcopalians, who have naturally much
in common, as the latter are wholly de-
rived from the former until the second
half Of the present century.
Now nearly all the various Protestant
sects celebrate Easter with great zeal
and fervor, as it would seem they should
have always done, to be consistent with
their faith. As Jesus is the sole founder
Of Christianity, how could they afford
to neglect at any time the day, when
ever it may have been, on which he, to
their mind, rose from the dead? The one
explanation is that many Of the sects, re-
garding Easter 40 or so years since as a
Roman Catholic holy day refused to cele-
brate it. The old Puritans Of New Eng
land, with most of their immediate de-
scendants, particularly SO considered it.
And they could not theologically share
with what they called the scarlet wcm-
- a1xiiiRg fhat ahe might eancti@
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

INCE the begin
n ing of the
@ b u C h sports
and games have
characterized the
E a s t er Observ-
ance. In this
country we are
familiar with the
egg rolling
games on Easter
Monday on the
White Hou 8 Q
grounds in Wash
ington, but in
other countries
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
CHURCHES.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Pastor, Rev. Arthur Douglass. Sunday School
at 10 90 m. Peaching at II 90 m. and 7.30 pm.
Young Peoples Meeting Sunday 6 80 pm. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 730 IN.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
w. C. 7. u.

President. DR.. Eva W. Lake; corresponding
secretary Mrs. Gertrude Lake; Treasurer, Mrs.
Caroline A.. Risley. Meets every Thursday at
SPIN.
1.-THE N. J. CHILDRENs HOME SOCIETY"
President, Miss b. Cheesman; Vice President,
Joseph G. Risley, Secretary, DR.. Eva Lake;
Treasurer. Mrs. VIM. Large. Meets the Second
Monday of every month at 7.30 P. M.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
EASTER TENDENCIES.
JUNiUS HENRI BROWNE ON THE RE-
LIGIOUS FESTIVAL

Causes That Have Conduced to It's Grow
ing Favor Among Protestants Nor
manizing of Creeds and the Fellowship of
Creedists-The Doctrine of Immortality.
copyright, 1897, by the Author.J
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
PRESBYTERIAN,

Pastor, Rev. John M. Ferguson. Services
every Sunday evening at 7.S0. Sunday School at
$50 P. M; Superintendent, Levi L. Hewe t.
Combined Prayer meeting and Christian En-
deavor meeting ON Wednesday evenings at 7.S0.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
MT. PLEASANT METHODIST PROTESTANT
On Church Ayenue.

Pastor. Rev. F. Craig, Sunday services, 1000
A. M and 7.45 p NJ. Class meeting after preach
ing in the morning. Sunday School 2.30 P. NJ.
Ziba Adams, Superintendent. G. E. Y. P. Meet
ing Sunday evening. also 7.30 Tuesday evening.
PRAYER meeting Wednesday evening 7.30. Cot
tage prayer meeting Friday evening 7.30. A cor
dial invitation to all. Welcome.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
SECRET SOCIETIES.

IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN.
aAnewausha Tribe. No. As. meets In Red Mems
dali ON Thursday evenings.
INDEPENDENT ORDER ODD FELLOWS.
Union Lodge No. 2ls meets in Red Mems Han
O Wednesday evenings.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE UNION.
Pleasantville Circle. No. q. meets on Friday
evenings in Red Mems Hall.
A.O.U.w.
PIeasantville Lodge, No; 50. meets in Red Mems
Hall on the first and third Monday night in each
month.
ROYAL ARCANUM
South Jersey Council. No. s12, meets in Red
nights in each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Phil Kearney Lodge. meets in Ryon's Hall on
Saturday evenings.
HOME COMMUNION.
The Pleasantville Home Communion. No, 8.
meets every Tuesday evening in Red Mems Hall.
Jr. o. U. A, M.
Excelsior Council. No. 23l, meets in Ryon's
Hall, every Friday evening.
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Pleasantville Mutual Loan and Building Asso-
citation meets in Pleasantville School House Hall
ON the first Saturday in each month.
OFFICERs-President, Mark Adams; Secretary,
Isaac Andrews; treasurer, Daniel G. Bartlett.
The Mutual Guarantee Building and Loan As
sociation.
OFFloERs-Presidents, James l.. Risley; Secre-
tary. ]. W. Hackney; Treasurer. Samuel Ireland;
Attorney, J. P. Ashmead.
Pleasantville Branch of the Atlantic Coast
Building and Loan Association.
UrFrCERs-President. Job C. Siebbins; Vice
President. John McIlvaine; Secretary and Treas
urer, Henry Lake.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE.-Larpe farm at Pleasantville.
N. j.. nearly 100 acres. Will eell in whole or
part Also cottage at AbsacOn, j. For par
ticuars address, Clinton Bassett. Lock Boz IA.
Absecon. N. j.
FOR SaLE-Desrablel lot OF land 136x320feet.
first class location, southeast cor. 0f Wright st.
and Shore Road Apply at the PRESS office,
PlaasAntvia-
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
n Lien B. ENDICOTT.
CounsellOr-at-Law.
Rooms ]. "a Union National Bank. Alta
tic CITY, N j,
lOHN 8. wEsTCOTT.

Joseph THOMPSON,
~ COUNsELLOR-AT-LAw.
Rooms IA and 16. second floor. Real Estate ane
Law Building Atlantic City. II 13 90 Tyr
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
ST. JOHNS METHODIST PROTESTANT.
Corner Risley avenue and Church Road.

Pastor, Rev. James Luffbarry. Glass Sunday
morning $50 preaching 1870, Sunday School
2.30 P. M. superintendent, Richard Stibbens.
Prayer Meetings Wednesday evenings. Class
meeting Friday evenings. Young Paoples
Glass Tuesday evenings. Jr. C. E. Sunday z. M.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
HOME COMMUNION.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Phil Kearney Lodge, meets in Ryon's Hall on
Saturday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
ct. PAUL'S NE,

Pastor. T. J. Oliver. Sunday services at
1000 A. II. and 7.80 P. N. Sabbath School at 2.0S
p. NJ; Superintendent, Charles r. Governs.
Sisters Prayer Meeting. Tuesday evening. Class
Meeting Thursday evening.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

ROYAL ARCANUM.
South Jersey Council, No. S12, meets in Red
Mems Hall on the second and fourth Monday
nights in each month.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN.
6nnewaugha Tribe. No. As, meets In Red Mems
dali ON Thursday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
'NMO RELIGIOUS fes-

70 RELIGIOUS feS-
tival has gained SO
much in favor with
the Ch r j s t j a n
churches in this
ooy7ntrr of rooopf
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

INDEPENDENT ORDER ODD FELLOWS.
Union Lodge No. 2ls. meets in Red Mems Han
O Wednesday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

Pleasantville Lodge, No. SO, meets in Red Men, g
Hall on the first and third Monday night In each
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07

The Pleasantville Home Communion. No, 8
meets every Tuesday evening in Red Mems Hall
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-04-07
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.

Jr, o. u. A, M.
Excelsior Council. No. 23l, meets in Ryon's
Hall, every Friday evening.