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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
TABLE CUTLERY.

American manufacturers of table
cutlery have come into prominence
within the last few years. Formerly
it was not thought possible that a sat
isfactory table knife or carving set
could be made in this country. Today
the best goods to be found in the mar
ket are those manufactured out of
American steel by American workmen.
Nothing better in steel comes from
England, and nothing that Europe
sends surpasses in style and finish the
table cutlery produced in American
factories. From the common table
knife worth $4 a gross up to the pearl
handled dinner and tea sets at $50
dozen, from the shoemaker's knife,
the butchers knife, and the druggists s
spatula up to the costliest carving
set with ivory or sterling silver hand
les, all are now made here equal to the
best imported goods. Excepting the
ivory, pearl and staghorn used in the
handles, all the materials are domestic.
L The domestic manufacture Of pocket
cutlery is also a prosperous industry
wherever due regard is paid to quality
| rather than quantity. 1t is said that
only the highest grade of this class of
goods can be made with profit in the
United States. Germany seems to have
a monopoly in the production of cheap
pocket knives.
In the forging of high grade Ameri-
can knife the blade is heated three
times and it receives at least $50 blows
Of the hand hammer. The blade is of
| Sheffield bar steel, and everything
about the knife is as fine as skilled la
! Dor cam make. Such knife sells at s.
and SO, and is said to be better than
those which come with the brands OF
| the most celebrated makers in Eng
land. In times past the tempering of
knife blade was a work of difficulty
and uncertainty, but the American
workman is now as master of the art
| and the tempering processes are made
| to yield uniform and unvarying re-
| suit. Hard competition and the fail
ures that have attended the production
| of inferior goods in the effort to COM
| pete with low-priced cutlery from
| Europe have thinned out the American
cutlery factories in the last twenty
years, but those that have survived
| and maintained their reputation for
| fine goods have steadily prospered
| and today are able to hold their trade
| against foreign competitors
Americans have no need to send
their money abroad for articles of use
| and ornament in sterling silver and
plated ware, and for table and pocket
| cutlery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
To Distinguish Pure Linen.

When purchasing sheer linen hand.
kerchiefs, those that are pure linen
may be readily recognized by molsten.
ing the tip of the finger and stretch-
ing the fabric over 1t. Linen will
show the moisture through imme-
diately; but Gotten threads take more
time to absorb the moisture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05

egg-shaped holder and standard. At
the top Is a tiny circular knife, which
smoothly cuts the shell from one end
OF the egg. This Is a great improve
ment over the ugly-looking little china
cups so long in use. t..t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
Concerning Boiled Eggs.

II when the shell Is cut from the end
the egg is found not to be sufficiently
cooked to please the palate 1t may be
again put into boiling water and cooked
still longer If the top is sprinkled
thickly with salt. When It Is done re-
move the coating of salt and the egg
will be the same as If the shell had
just been taken off.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
Found His Calling.


From the Cleveland Leader.
Editor-in-Chief Ito applicant for posi-
tion on the Daily Distress)-"Do you have
flts?' '.e.
Appllcant-"Alas, yesv'
Editor-''All right, YOU can commence
here Monday. We want such a man as
you seem to be to edit our Cuban war
news"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
An UnweIcome Visitor.

Caller-Is your father at homer
Little Daughter-What Is your name,
please? ... ... .rns.a ..E
Caller-Just tell him it is his old friend
Eli. ..
Little Daughter-Then guess he amt
at home. I heard him tell mamma II any
bill came he wasn't at home.--Tit-Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05

strength and less liable to bend or mar
than silver itself, and at the same time
impervious to any but high tempera-
lures. Cheaper materials and processes
are used by the pirates in the trade,
who initiate designs of the frst-class
houses, and even go so far as to initiate
trademarks as closely as they dare.
In this way the bargain counters are
stocked with inferior stuff palmed off
as the product of reputable makers. In
view of the large amount of this piracy
now going on 1t is a pity the United
States government did not establish a
hall mark system for American plated
ware. AS the case stands the purchas-
er of plated goods can protect himself
against imposition only be dealing with
reliable and responsible houses, the
same as in buying silver"
Scarcely less numerous, novel and
varied than the articles made in solid
silver are those which are produced
in the big plated ware establishments.
Cups and vases for prizes in athletic
and sporting competitions are now
made extensively in plated goods, the
theory being that for the money ex-
pended the prizes make a much finer
show than If made of sterling silver,
and also retain their beauty a long
time if properly cared for In the line
of table furnishings there Is almost
no end to the novelty and variety
shown in plated ware, and the same is
true of the miscellaneous articles used
for the library and the toilet. The
sterling silversmiths are not depended
upon for designs. On the contrary,
so much broader is the market for
plated goods that the manufacturers
take the lead in originating choice and
novel patterns. Very stylish and
beautiful things are produced for the
establishment of the table as we'll as
for use and convenience. There are
forks for eating berries, forks for fishing
out the bit of fruit found at the bottom
of a cocktail or a whiskey sour, and an
infinity of scoops and spoons, ladies',
and tongs, picks, sifters and all sorts
of things that are odd, elegant, SER
viceable and cheap.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
And He Was Carrom ed on:
From the Boston Post

fCOIn the bOSton fOSt.
Traveller (at a crowded hoteD-How
much do owe you? What's my bill?
Hotelkeeper-Let me Gee: your room
was
slept on the billiard table. ''''#
Hotelkeeper-Ah, well, forty cents an
hour.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
For Serving Soft Boiled Eggs.

For serving a soft-boiled egg in the
shell pretty holders now come made of
delicate silver wire, twisted around in
such a manner as to form graceful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
Misunderstood.

Mrs. Jobber-Too bad the new cook
spoiled the steak-she is so young and in
experienced. Won't you be satisfied with
a kiss instead, dear?
Mr.. Jobber-All right; call her in-
Judge '.r ....
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
Getting Down to Bedrock.

Times are so hard that many men are
cutting their moustaches off so that they
can smoke their cigars shorter.-Tit-Bits,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
In stantinople

Booking Office Clerk-Where for, sir?
Passenger - The nearest massacre,
please. .-Tit-Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
DELICATE WOMEN
ARE OUT OF DATE
II Is No Longer Fashionable to Fain
and Grow Hysterical.
THE ROBUST WOMAN NOW RULES

Food as a Subject of Instruction in a
Course of Physical Cuiture--wom-
en- Who Don't Know How to stand
Up or Sit Down and the Evils That
Result from Such Ignorance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
HOUSEKEEPING in
MODERN HELLAS
Methods and Utensils Little Improved
Since the Days of Homer.

Modern Greece, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch, might well have postponed
the conquest of Crete for the conquest
of the kitchen. In no country in the
world, supposed to be at all civilized,
is housekeeping in such q primitive
and backward state as i'm this little
sea-surrounded land which has had 30
centuries to learn from, and all the
world for a teacher. Perhaps part of
the fault of the modern Greek cook
ing is in the stomachs of the men. A
creature walking on two legs who will
deliberately put powdered resin into
his wine and drink off the nauseous
mixture with gusto, wouldn't appre-
ciate a good meal IL he could get It..
The reslned wine is universal in Greece.
1t cannot be much worse, however,
than the wine of ancient times, In
which was frequently mixed powdered
limestone and other strong stuff. Pike
county whisky would be tasteless to a
Greek.
The housewife who provides food for
the Greek resin-1overs has to cook
dishes with "a tang to them She
mixes the soup with vinegar, produc-
ing a sour and nauseous mess not fit
for civilized palates. OF salt, on the
contrary, she uses little. When one
asks for it, lump of rock salt is put
into a mortar and brayed in his pres
ence. The fresh, white butter she puts
on the table is hardly palatable to a
Western appetite without a dash of
| salt.
UNPALATABLE CHEESE.
4,B xryhtf fa
| and uneatable. But the Greek women
| have learned from the Turks to make
| delicious sweetness and preserves of
citron and other fruits. ounces are
eaten raw-another proof of the
strength of the Greek digestion. The
confection known as loukoumi, or
| Turkish delight" resembling marsh
mallow, is commonly eaten just before
| afternoon coffee, which is always made
| in the Turkish manner and is, there
fore, generally excellent.
A favorite dish is made Of the grains
| of barley soaked in water until soft
| and mixed with dried currants. Salad
| is unknown in the country. Even in
| the best hotels it is made UNBEATABLE
| by the resinous taste due to the wine
| from which the vinegar is made. Upon
| most tables are placed, in lieu or tootn-
| picks, tiny cups containing sprigs OF
aromatic seeds; one of the favoritt
Greek delicacies is the seed of the pine
cone, which is fatter and more meaty
than in America.
Outside of the big hotels in Athens
and a few private houses, there Is
neither stove nor range in Greece. Al
the cooking is done by open fires. The
housewife does not even have swing
ing crane to hang her pots on over the
fire, but sets them on iron tripods, pre-
cisely as was done 1000 years ago, ant
crouches in front to tend them, feeding
the fire with sprouts trimmed from tht
grapevines. Around the same fire th'
family sleep at night, fiat on the floor
upon rugs and blankets, of which ev
cry household possesses a good supply
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
MAKING RUGS.

When the women are not busy at
anything else, they are making rugs
by hand These are sometimes rag
carpets, not unlike those dear to the
heart of the New England housewife
a generation ago; or they may be WOW
en- new from coarse but strong home
spun wooden yarn or eXtemporized out
of scraps of cloth, crazy-quilt fashion.
The colorS are almost always crude
and harsh yellows, greens and reds.
Beds are quite unknown outside of two
or three cities. An occasional refine
ment is to put a raised platform about
the fire, but this is made no softer to
lie upon by its height
Sometimes the air is cold in the Greek
mountains, and recourse is had, as in
Spain and Morocco, to brasiers for
burning charcoal. These differ not at
ali from those used 2,000 5000 or even
1000 years ago, in Rome, Greece and
Egypt. Sometimes in poor families a
wooden box on legs is used for stove,
a bed of ashes forming some slight
protection against burning the house
down. When the smoke from the burn
ing charcoal in the brazier threatens
to stife the people in the room, the
housewife with a knowing smile puts
half lemon on the Goals. The smell
of the burning acid makes the air of
the room most agreeable, but prob
ably not more wholesome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
THE STABLE.


The family stable, IL there is one Is
under the main living room, where there
is every convenience that a horse could
desire. If flocks of chickens invade the
floor of the house Itself, they are large
enough to be seen and easily driven
away-in which they differ from other
numerous animated inhabitants, of
which the flea is by no means the most
troublesome. The walls, which may be
of mud bricks, of stone, of wood, or of
thatch, in any case harbor vermin
readily, and are always open and
draughty.
OF furniture Greek house has prac-
tically none. Instead of chair a tall
box is used. In the middle of the top is
finger hole to lift it by. For guest,
a pillow or a folded blanket is put on
top of the box, and back can easily
he managed by setting it near the wall.
Crockery is almost an unknown guam
tity. Almost every house has two or
three plates and glasses, for best"
and plenty of tiny tin coffee pots. For
| carrying water, gourds are commonly
| used, though in some houses there are
odd little wooden pitchers, followed out
of solid block of wood with infinite
| labor. Wine Is now not often carried in
wine skins, as in the old days, but the
| cheese of the country is wrapped in
sheepslIin cases, of which the skinny
| side out and the hairy side in" resemble
the famous overcoat Of Bryan O'Lynn,
but do not make one like the cheese
any better.
Unlike the peasants of more northern
| climes, the Greek woman has but lit
| tie linen to care for, and that little
is of poor quality, woven from coarse,
uneven and knotty yarn. AS the coun-
try has not yet advanced so far, even,
as the hand spinning wheel, yarn is
always spun by the distaff in the same
old laborious way employed by the
handmaids of Penelope. The pictures
que kits, or fustanellas, worn by the
women, are not made of homespun
| linen, but of coarse imported cotton
cloth, bleached to an exquisite white
ness. They are about the only articles
| of clothing in Greece which always
seem satisfactorily clean. And they,
with the red Albanian caps, are the
most picturesque bits OF costume left
| In Europe by the great levellng agcn-
cies of modern life.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-30
WOODMEN CIRCLE

~UEFN GROVE. WOODMEN CIRCLE V Meets d,5 T15 a2d Tys IhTd F,TaT' i49I,d1y; W c WI1-IG. C. Visiting members are cordially invited
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-30
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlkS

. ATuBOHE LODGE. NO. 10. K. OF p meets every Tuesday eycn'ug. D
 RL,KE, C. C. F. N. loRNsoH K. k
 Visiting brothers cordially invited.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-30
NOTICE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Notice is hereby given. that certain mining clvims called tn. Tam Bi-n, McGniy and Car ayo1. situated in the Warren mining district. and about one half mile northeasteriy firm the Holbrook hoisting works. and about the same distance from the town of Bistce. A T. Ist. As the above named claims weie not located m conformity pi,h the U-S. Mining laws. there f.re, a second party, at later date relocated the sane in full conformity with the above named mining laws aud IS fully determined io u,o-ect his rights. Therefore, all persons aie cautioned not to bargainfor. tgy or lease tn, above named 'laims. z. MANoU9: - aI5-3m H'
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30
TON DELAWARE Thursday SEPTEMBER 30 1917

mGmentoes, to which many Of US added
our bows OF white ribbon. Mrs. Housh
propheBided that, in the future. tbs
birds nesting in that tree would be
found to have acquired new note;
that passers-by would hear them sing
ing. in sweetest strains, Willard, Will
lard.
1T is impossible TO describe Miss
Wizards address. Those who know
what hold home has always had upon
her heartstrings and how her mother
was pre- eminently the central orb
around which that home revolved, can
imagine what it was. 1t seemed to me
l had never known her to be moro elo
quent, more pathetic or more quantity
humorous. Old men and women wept
like children and one old man summed
up the speech in one sentence; That
was the mast honey talk have ever
heard. 1t was the most honey
talk l have ever heard, and re-empha.
sized the fact that home is the centre
and heart of our work as we'll aH the
keynote in the white ribbon symphony.
"Then came the tree. planting and
here joyful surprise greeted our Chief
tain. Tbs thoughtful people OF North
Danville had not bsen unmindful OF
the fact that the streams of her life
had been derived frnm a twofold source,
and so, instead OF one tree there were
two-the second for her father, whose
birthplace was IL miles distant, in the
town OF Wheelock. They were planted
side by eide, the graceful, fragrant
balsam and the sturdy pine, while upon
the baisam was hung beautiful wreath
of evargreens, gathered by some of the
white -ribhoners nf Wheelock from the
site of the old Willard home. 1t was
sweet thought and one worthy the great
homo-hearr Of the W. y. Il. U. We
gathered around the trees and each put
upon them her own shoyelful OF earth !;
| then, as the water was poured upon the
roots we Joined in singing 1.-The Old
| Oaken Bucket" BY the time Madam
Wizards tree was standing firmly
planted in the soil it was bearing
magic fruit, for. in addition to the
wreath and the silver plate with its in
scription, innumerable white ribbon
bows dotted it's ntately stem; evidently
premature harvest from the box at
the root.
For myself. feel that to have been
| privileged to take part in such cele-
bration IL one of the crnwning joys Of
my life, and that can slug henceforth
with new, more tender meaning:
1--WE are travelling home to God,
In the way our fathers trod.'h
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30

q. j. Moriarity Of this city scored
victory over "Young'' Critic at the
Arena in Philadelphia Monday. The
Wilmington man did nearly all the
leading while the Australian was con.
tented to take things easy. Tho result
was that in each of tho first four
rounds Moriarity landed nearly all tho
blows, the majority of which we're
light, and received not over half a
dozen in return. In the fifth Critic
started in to do little work and he
had the better nf this round, his
punches being more effective thar those
OF his opponent. The Australian was
also disposed to let himself out 10 tho
final round but Moriarity gave as good
az he received. Outside of the last two
rounds Critic never allowed any dispo
sition to do other than to ward off the
blows aimed at him. IL this respect
he did clever work, frequently stopping
the Wilmington mans rushes and pre-
venting him from landing his famous
chop blows. Critic showed no marks
of punishment except around the body,
but ON points Moriarity deserved the
decision. Dan Mcdonnell defeated
"Young" Smyrna of Chester, formerly
of Smyrna.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30

Boston. A. Time of game-9.3o. Umpires-
Emslie and Hurst.
PROFITS OF THE GAMES.
The thres games that ended Monday
proved exceedingly profitable. the total
attendance reaching over SO, QUO. The
visiting club il paid so per cent of the
money taken in for general admissions,
while the home club gets the other 80
per cent, besides all the money paid for
grand stand seats, reserved seats and
all privileges.
As the general admission 10 Balti-
more ia 81 cents, the Boston Club took
away from here in the neighborhood of
81, 900 for the three games. Besides
this the home club had about 5000
persons each day in the grand stand
and 1900 to 1900 reserved goats each
day, aggregating 81, 600 to $1,000. The
bar privileges and other things were
also valuable.
The Baltimore club got about So, 900
in Boston on the last visit, but general
admission there is 80 cents and the re-
ceipts arc divided on that basis.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30
CHARGED WITH BLACKMAlL.
Tho Alleged swindiers Trapped by rhei
Prospective Victim.

Tho Alleged Swindiers Trapped by Their
Prospective Victim.
New York, Sept. 90. The arrest of
Col. Robert a. Ammon, William a.
Sweetzer and William Woods, charged
with Matchmaking Samuel Keller. for
merly manager of the L. S. Dean Co.,
was made last night at Mr.. Keller's
residence.
According to Capt. MoClusky, chief
OF the detective bureau Of the New
York police department, tho evidence
of the blackmail was found in Sweet
zer's possession and detectives saw the
money PASSED. Capt. McClusky says
that, after the closing OF the E. S.
Dean Co. g office, Keller was arrested
on a civil order Of arrest and later dis
charged. AIumon and Sweetzer were
his lawyers in the case, and after
Kuller's discharge the lawyers took
Wood into partnership with them and
began writing letters to Keller, declar-
ing that they held certain documents,
the production of which would send
Kej Of to jail for long time. In these
letters, Capt. McClusky Gays, there
was declaration that the lawyers
would destroy these Documents for
$50, 600. Keller consulted with his
lawyers, and the matter was laid before
Capt. McClusky. Keller was told to
write letter accedipg to the lawyers
demands and making an appointment
TO met them for the purpose OF handing
over portion OF the money. Provision
was made for Trio copceslment of
officers in such position that they
could see and hear everything that
TRANSFERRED. Accordingly letter WIS
sent to Wood by Ksller and an appoint-
ment made to meet at Keller's house
last night Keller was provided with
ten 500 bills which had been marked.
Three detectives were concealed in the
back parlor when the lawyers arrived.
The detectives say they heard the law
yers make verbal demand for $40, 900.
Roller temporized and finally forced
| the lawyers to compromise ON 50, 300.
They agreed to accept 81, 900 in cash,
81, 900 on October 18th and the balance
in monthly payments Of $1,000 each.
The next move on the board was the
J handing over OF the marked money.
Wood rscuunted the bills and put them
| in his pocket. The detectives then
made their appearance and made the
three lawyers prisoners. Wood was
searched on the spot and the marked
bills were found in his pocket.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30
Tie Little 1h,ng. in rusinsss.

Grocers Review
In business IL is the little things that
count. The loss Of small discount on
bill is in itself little thing, hut the
sums total OF these little losses reach
large sums.
The giving Of fraction overweight
ia a small loss in itself. but the daily
transactions of the store are numerous
and the little overweight soon makes a
big loss.
The loss of single customer is per-
haps viewed as a single loss, unimport-
ant, bur the influence of the lost Gus.
toner exsrted against tine store will
cause the loss Of others.
Tho failure to deliver an order at the
time specified is little thing, but the
customers plans may have been upset
by the delay and a seed of dissatis:ac-
tion sown that may result in the loss OF
customer.
Failura to fill an order correctly oI
the omission OF a single article may he
a little thing, but the article may have
been the most needed, and an angry
customer is the result.
Little losses ami little errors should
be avoided.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30
DnT.ER.


special correspcnaence ol uasette anu journal
Dover, Sept. 2i.--The Diamond State
Telephone Go. contomplates extending
its line to Middletown.
Mr.. Russell, who resides on the
Maloney farm, has raised several heads
of cabbage which weigh from II TO II
pounds each.
John II. Todd, who has been pro-
fessur at Greek at the Wilmington
Conference Academy for several years,
has accepted similar position in
Washington, and Prof. D. d. Jones,
recently principal Of the Bridgeville
public school, will be given the vacant
chair which he formerly occupied.
John 4, Cooner OF Willow Grove and
Miss Tillie Anderson of Viola were
married last Wednesday, the Rev. Il.
Il. Revelle officiating.