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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If the seat has vanished from a
strong-framed chair worth retaining,
make a "cozy" chair out of it. Saw
the legs a little shorter, then take
small cotton rope, and put it back
and forth over the front and back
round of the seat, then across the same
way on the sides. Draw very, very
tight, and fasten by tying on the
under side. Then made a pretty cush.
ion of silk or velvet, with a deep frill
of silk, or of close long fringe, to fall
over all sides of the seat from the
cushion. Make a separate cushion for
the back, and fasten each cushion at
the corners with pretty ribbon bows.
1t will be the chair that everybody
hut your long-legged brother or hus-
band will want to sit in.
If company comes Unexpectedly Tor
lunch, and you are short on dessert,
try this: Take the little baking pow
der biscuits left from breakfast and
dip them in cold water; then put in a
buttered pie pan, with another over
them, in a hot oven. In ten minutes
take the biscuits out, spread with but
ter after splitting them open, and,
while they are hot lay on a pretty china
plate, and heap each half biscuit with
strawberries, over which sprinkle pow
dered sugar plentifully. Make a syrup
of a dozen or two of the berries mashed
with sugar and a tablespoonful or two
of water. and pour over the STRAW
berry biscuit" serve with cream, and
they are delicious. The butter must
not be that vile thing known as cook
ing butter" but the very best, and
the biscuit must be thin.
Always remember to hang your gas
oline cleansed garments in the sun for
an hour or two and the odor will all
evaporate. 1t will hang round them,
however, if you put them away with
cut summing.
&C by vanishing with white of an
egg.
Try boraX where you have been using
P@"sian powder. 1t is said to be quite
as effective,an its odor is unobjection-
able. because it has none. Buy the
powdered article, and use exactly as
you would the Persian powder.
The oil in your lamps gets rancid
with little use this very warm weather.
and smells to high heaven. There is
no way to overcome it except to throw
the oil out. You can have a can for the
old oil, and use it for cleaning purposes.
There is nothing nicer for an oiled
floor than a rubbing with a well-kero-
sened rag, after the hopping in clear,
cold water has taken up all the dust.
Furniture oiled or vanished always
comes up shining and bright after a
vigorous rubbing with a flannel cloth
dampened with soft coal oil. There
are dozen uses you can put the old oil
to. Keep your burners clean also, If
you would have a bright light and one
free from smoke.
OF course, you got SCOT all over the
floor when you took down the stoves.
Next time you spill the horrid stuff
put lot of common table salt over
the SCOT and brush gently into a dust
pan. You can do it with but little
trouble then.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
A POLITICAL POINTER

If you indorse the free trade and free
silver Chicago platform as the Lacka-
wanna Democracy does. fully and
without reserve" then work and vote
for Schadt, Horn, ct. al. If you be-
lieve in neutrality-suspicious. and pros
perity, turn these agents of Bryan
down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
ON TO VICTORY.

Every indication points to a rousing
Republican victory for the entire
ticket next Tuesday. The party's
lighting blood is up at last and that
portends a Waterloo for the enemy.
But no individual Republican should
relax his efforts. This is the chance
of life time to rivet and clinch Re-
publican supremacy in once Demo-
cratic Lackawanna.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
In the Shelter of His FamiIyT Tree.

Mrs. Fleecem-So your client was ac-
quilted Of murder, On what grounds?
Fleecem-Insanity, We proved that his
father-in-law once spent two years In an
asylum.
"But he didn't. did he?"
"Ies, he was superintendent. but we
didn't have time to bring that fact out.
New York Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
Made Him Snh.

Weary Watkins-What you lookin' so
sore about?
Dismal Dawson-I met guy today AT
tole me | was really workin' harder
bummin around the country than II
was actually holdin' job. 1t may be
true, too, fer all l know.-Indianapolis
Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28

Accordingly, the next day a man
called for the money. Shortly after l
heard that he had married the old lady.
wonder whether her lucky windfall
had anything to do with it?"--Cassel's
Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
WHAT DOTHE CHILDRENDR

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called Grain-O? ID
Is delicious and nouriShing and takes the
place of coffee The more Graln-O you give
the children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made OF
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs bout "A as much. All grocers sell 1t
J &C. abC. nd
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28

OF course, you got SCOT all over the
floor when you took down the stoves.
Next time you spill the horrid stuff
put lot of common table salt over
the SCOT and brush gently into a dust
pan. You can do it with but little
trouble then.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

Ed Hooking took the south bound
train for Marquette yesterday morning
The proprietors OF the Tacoma will
shortly open restaurant at the stand
ia their building lately occupied by j. v.
Brooks, and Ed has gone south to secure
theservices OF first class chef, The new
rest aurant which will be known az the
Tacoma, will be a model OF neatness,
whore all the delicacies OF the season can
be had. The Hooking Brothers never do
things by halves, and as Ed is no novice
in this line of business, their Efforts to
run first class cafe will meet with sue
cess and be appreciated by the public.
The restaurant will be open day and
night.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
MAKING READY FOR A RUN.


A Locomotive IL Almost as Carefully
Groomsd As . Race Horse.
"Running the Fast Express" is the
title of an article by George Ethelbert
Walsh in st. Nicholas. Mr.. Walsh says:
The engineer comes down to his post
of duty nearly an hour before his tram
ia scheduled to leave. All night long In
the roundhouse the engine has been
carefully watched; wiper has spent
the whole night rubbing down the pant
ing. snorting iron horse until every rod
and cylinder shines like gold or silver;
the banked fire has been kept gong, SO
that little steam has been always III
the boxes, and before he left at night
the fireman put everything in perfect
order inside the cab. The fireman ap-
nears first in the morning and lnspects
tbe work of the roundhouse men, ana
if any part is not satisfactory he makes
IL So The engineer makes his inspection
after the fireman and thoroughly and
carefully examines every part. All the
hearings are then oiled, and the oil cups
are filled with oil. Next the engine
RIM ont of the roundhouse and teste
Fifteen minutes before the time to sta
the engine is coupled to the train, and
the steam and airbrakes are tested.
No race horse was ever Brought 10 MS
post better fitted for running the course
than is the locomotive Of the fast ex'
press. In addition to the tests already
made. a mechanic goes from wheel &c
wheel, and upon every one strikes q
sharp, resounding blow to ascertain !,
the wheel and axle are sound. Nuts ano
bolts are examined. The engineer ano
fireman are held responsible for the per
feet condition of the engine and cars De-
fore the start is made.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

IL affords us much pleasure to an
uounce that the British Medical Institute
has become permanent fixture in Calu-
met and that DIR. Ira &. Williams, who has
made 40 many friends in this vicinity.
has been promoted to the position oil
chief consulting physician.
DR.. Williams has had twenty.tour years
of experience in the practice OF medicine,
is graduate Of Long Island Hospital,
OF Brooklyn, New York, class OF 1873. Is
an honest. conscientious. and skillful ply
stefan. His speciality is the treatment OF
all chronic, nervous, and special diseases
of both sexes, especially all catarrh afiec'
tions OF the nose, throat and lungs, dis
eases of women, and the special diseases
OF men.
From now until further notice, the
doctor will give the deserving poor Tree
treatment ever week day morning to
10 O'Clock. at his Office in the Agnitz
block. 439 Fifth street, and to those able
TO pay his charges are exceedingly rea
sonable.
He can be consulted from 8 a. m. till
D. m. on week days, and from 10 to- OF
sundays. No better opportunity ha'
ever been afforded the citizens oil Thu
country to avail themselves OF the ser
vices Of an honest and skiIllful physician
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
WHALE HUNTING.
First American Whalsr Was Accused Of
ssrssry-valaabls Catches.


First America. whaisr Was Accused Of
ssrssry-valsabls Catches.
The whale fisheries pursued for many
years with great proft TO the whalsrs of
Massachusetts and Long Island are now
bat . shadow Of thsir former proportions.
Forty years ago nearly 500 whaling yes
sells sailed from New Bedford, Mass,
and returned with oil ard whalsbons
worth nearly $7,000,o 600. Whale oil
then sold for -. rs = gallon and whale
bone was worth IS q pound. Now that
the whaling grounds have been denuded
Of their riches, the docks of New Bed
ford are almost deserted Of whalsrs, for
few fishermen are hardy enough to ven
turs into antarctic waters, where the
remnants of formerly vast schools Of
whales ned for security.
The whaling industry 10 one OF the
oldest in America. 1t was established
in 1866. 1t reached its most profitable
period 9h years later. Since 1850 it has
been decreasing in importance and profit.
Today it adds very little TO the wealth
of New Bedford.
A writer in Tho Fishing Gazette says
lone William Hamilton was the first
person who killed whales on the New
England coast He was born in Scotland
In 1913 and, coming to this country In
the early part of his life, took up his
residence at Cape Cod, where he was
prosecuted by the inhabitants for killing
whales as one who dealt with evil spir-
it's. Whaling was afterward carried on
by Mr.. Paddock, who went to Nan
| tucket about the middle Of 1880 for the
purpose Of instructing the English in
| The art of whaling in boats from the
| shore, which business continued good
and profitable till the year 1850, when
| it diminished in consequence OF the
scarcity of whales. In 17lS whales were
pursued on the ocean in small sloops
| and schooners of from 30 to so tons.
The blubber was brought home and
tried or boiled in try houses. A few
years later vessels Of larger burden were
employed and the oil boiled out in try
works at sea.
1.-The most valuable catch ever made
by whaleship was that of the Onward
| hlltu, WniSli aiiiNNA ~ 49, "
Bedford after a Al months cruise witt
a cargo worth over $275, 600, OF which
the captains share was $33, 600. Th'
total value of the whole product OF TIT
whales brought into New Bedford dur
ing the so years for which record ha
been kept is more than $145, 600, 600.
"The average ship, carrying crew
of 80 hands, used to cost about $50, Ooo
The ships were owned by companies
which supplied provisions and clothing
and all the necessaries OF the voyag
and advanced certain sums OF money 10
the captain and his crew to leave 10
the support of their families while the
were away. No wages were paid {
either the officers or the sailors bu
each had his share in the proceeds {
the voyage, and the balance was divide
among the stockholders when they re
turned. The captains and mates wei
, hardy New Englanders. but the crew
. were mostly Portuguese from the Cans
, , rv. Madeira and Azore islands.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
Bucklen,s ArDica Salve.

The best salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Scores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chill
biains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions'
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by ID. t.
Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

Fully $50 couples attended the annual
reception OF the Irish relief club Thanks
giving evening. The affair turned out
to be success in every way and the CON-
mittees having the management OF the
party are deserving OF great praise in
bringing the event off 80 successfully.
Weismier's orchestra furnished the music
and many we're the comments heard in
their favor. Host Culvert OF the North
western Hotel, who furnished the supper,
fairly out did himself The appearance
of the tables was very inviting and they
fairly weighed down with good things oil
the season.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
THE SULTAN Of TURKEY.
Eek Minister Terrell Pays Tribute to His
Charm of Manner.

Ex Minister Terrell Pays Tribute to His
Charm of Manner.
Hon. A. w. Terrell, formerly United
States minister at Constantinople, con-
tributes "An Interview With the Sui
tan" to The Century Mr.. Terrell says
The sultan is over so years old, OF
medium height, with clear olive COM
plexion, dark hair, high forehead and
large dark brown eyes. The habitual
expression of his face is one OF extreme
sadness. Though the pashas who attend
his palace when ministers or embassa-
doris are entertained are decorated with
regal splendor, he always appears In
plain garb. wearing red fez, a frock
coat and trousers of dark blue stuff ana
patent leather shoes. A broad service
sword with steel scabbard, which he
holds sheathed in his hand, completes
the costume. Sometimes a single decora-
ton is worn on his breast When he Is
seen thus plainly attired in the throne
room of his palace, on the first day OF
the feast of Bairam, seated on an otto
man covered with cloth of gold, to re-
ceiye the congratulations of his civil
and military chiefs, who are all radiant
in uniforms and decorations, the con-
trast is very striking No Christians
but those of the diplomatic corps ever
witness this impressive ceremony, which
| il conducted with the order that dlstln-
cuisines military review, but with an
oriental servility that An American nnds
! il difficult TO understand. On such occa-
sions Osman Pasha stands at the sui
tan's left, holding q cloth OF gold scarf.
which all reverently kiss after saluting
! their ruler.
No sovereign in Europe is more court
" or refined in entertaining his guests
| and few can be more agreeable In con-
versation. In his personal intercourse
with foreign representatives he Is allke
| free from that stilted dignity which re-
pels confidence and from that absence o.
real dignity which invites familiarity.
When | first dined at the palace, the
sultan sat at the head of the table, witt
| Mrs. Terrell at his right and myself a
his left. Osman Pasha, Ismael Pasha
the former khedive Of Egypt, the CRANE
vizier and other ministers OF state wer'
the other guests.
Nothing could excel the excellence
the cuisine of which he partook witt
his guests, the table service and decora
tions, the magnificence OF the dining
room or the excellence OF his wines
which always remain untasted excep
by Christian guests. Each pasha wor
the insignia Of his rank, blazing wit
stars and decorations, while the plal
costume Of the sultan was alone in han
mony with my own. No armed me
stood guard at the palace doors, and g,
cent a detail from the imperial guaro
who always salute foreign represents
tive on his arrival, no soldiers have eve
been seen by me within the palace wal
ON any Of the occasions when l ha'
dined there.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
A Long Sentence.

Williston Palmer is the name OF a
white man against whom there are sem
fences of 900 years in the Georgia peni-
tentiary. Palmer was originally sent up
for II years from south Georgia for bur
plary. Shortly afterward, while work
ing in the mines of Dade county, he at
TAINTED. with other convicts, to escape,
and in the melee that followed he killed
two of the guards. He was tried some
time ago for the killing of the first
guard and got 80 years. He was then
nut ON trial for the killing of the other
man and got 90 years more. Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

Baer Bros Hancock meat market has
now the appearance OF city market.
In fact there are few city markets that
will equal this one, when the work OF re-
modelling the old stand ia completed.
The old front has been taken out and an
up-to-date plate glass front put in its
place. Floor space in the market has
also been increased by the removal OF
partition, for it was found that the room
in the old market was inadquate to the
transacting OF their business convenient
". The office and cold storage will re-
main as before.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
When Man Is Dangerous.


1t is q singular fact, yet one substan-
tiatsd BY statistics, that most crime Is
committed in New York by men ~
wears old. This is not only true OF the
lesser. but also of the greater crimes, al
xIouah a man is presumed to be at that
naried of his life not only in the zenith OF
his physical powers, but also In full
and complete possession OF his mental
strength, with complete appreciation OF
y;pht and wrong and their respective
conseouenees. This condition is prob
lam which has not been solved by the
student of criminology, and one whlch
il made the more complex by the fact
hat the ages Of 81, 81 and % years
nearly equal it, with the intervening
Years showing o far less percentage OF
crime.
II is indeed peculiar that the Grim.
inaI tendency should be so strong at 3D.
with no such inclination, so far as GRIM
;nal statistics show, in as great degree
for the succeeding 10 years ana theh
another outburst of the animal in man
This condition is found to be true by
actual figures, and as all statistical com
mutations at which average conditions
are sought to be determined are arrived
"a nv this method, SO may the student
Of this subject as we'll as the insurance
maQnate who bases his rates on the gen
eral average of losses in proportion C
the risks taken, and does so with fuil
safety, employ it in solving the problem
hasore him. Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

This evening the Quincy band will give
their annual concert, the occasion being
the opening of the new Quincy hall. An
exceptionally good program has been ar
ranged and it Is hoped large audience
will he in attendance as the proceeds OF
the concert will go toward buying new
curtains for the hall. Our business peo-
nile have contributed quite literally by
chasing tickets, thus showing their
appreciation OF the MANY open air con-
certs given by the band last summer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
The Opera House Orchestra

Will from this date be under the leader
ship and management Ct Mr.. William
Morgan. Jr., and will be composed OF the
following gentlemen: Arthur Solomon,
first violin; Will Mathews, second VIOLIN
August Torreano. clarinet; Will Morgan
cornet; Ed Martin, Trombone; John
Mathews, string base; Richard Morgan
drum. For engagements for balls, con
certe, etc., apply to William Morgan, Jr
Concert music speciality.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

JIG. Berry, one OF the best known Cit
zens OF Spencer, Mo-, testifies that he
cured himself of the worst kind OF piles by
using a few boxes of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He had been troubled with
piles for over thirty years and had used
many different kinds OF so-called cures;
but DeWitt's was the only one that did
the work, and he will verify this state.
ment il any one wishes to write him.
SoDERGREN Il SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

Elias Johnson's dwelling house ard
contents at Dollar Bay were badly dam
aged by fire Wednesday evening from the
explosion OF a lamp in the second story.
The effects were fully covered by insur-
ance through the Friedericks, Strlnger q
harris agency in the Detroit Fire and
Marine insurance company, which has
been doing business here continuously
for over thirty years. Mr.. Johnson's
loss was adjusted within twenty-iour
bours by C. A. Stringer. who does nearly
all the adjusting Of losses for this CON-
pany.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

The bazaar held by the Ladies Aid
club of st. Joseph's church came to an
end on Wednesday evening, when the
remaining articles were disposed OF 20
the highest bidder. The ladies oil the
club are much pleased at the success tney
have met with and quite large sum has
been added to the finances OF the society
which will 90 long way in attending
TO the wants OF the needy poor OF tne
parish the coming winter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

We are now ready for business in our
new store room 429 9Th street where we
have large line OF all kinds OF second
hand heating stoves and stove repairs.
We will buy sell and exchange all kinds oil
household goods and do all kinds Of
stove repairing on short notice. Mail
orders promptly attended to.
AMERICAN STOVE REPAIR WORKS,
Red Jacket, Mich
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

Attorney j. f. Hambitzer arr yea
home on Thursday afternoon from west
Superior, where he was summoned py
his client, Herman Stark. On arriving
xsS Superior Mr.. Hambitzer found that
Stark was being detained by the ponce
officers on a warrant sworn out by AT
torneys Dunstan & Hanchette Tor COM
hitting on extreme misdemeanor unuer
Section S766 OF Howell's annotated sta
tutes. Az there was no evidence to show
dhether Stark had committed misde-
-fSeanor he was released. At this juncture
Deputy Sheriff Mcnamara. who bad been
sent to Superior for the express purpose
then arrested Stark as being fugitive
from Justice, and again in this the al
tempts to hold Stark were foiled. There
was no evidence produced, further than
3copy of the complaint made by Dun
stan & Hanchette for their clients, TO
show that Stark had committed crime,
neither was there proof to show that
Justice Finn, who drew up the papers,
was legally elected justice OF the peace
OF the State OF Michigan. This being tne
the officers decided there was no
Clause under their statutes whereby they
could hold Stark. Here again fortune
smiled on Stark and he was released ano
it is sale to say he will put forth his best
endeayors to keep his liberty Mr.. ham
bitter was assisted by Attorney II. w
Dietrich, of Superior, while Deputy sher't
Mcnamara was assisted by District At
torney Crane and his assistant. Al
amusing incident OF the affair was tn'
officers at Superior expected Mr.. nan
Ghetto to appear in behalf oil his cIient'
instead OF Deputy Mcnamara, this beint
The case stark's attorneys had paper
= already drawn up for the arrest OF ME-
Hanchette and for the release OF STAR
on the charge Of his using Starks nam
with an embezslement. Deputy McNam
ara returned from Superior yesterday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27

A very quiet wedding took place early
Thanksgiving morning at st. Joseph 9
church. Hancock, when Miss Celena DE-
Roster and Mr.. Arthur T. Jacques chem-
lat Of the smelling works, were united in
marriage by Rev. Father Keller botn
vounu people are very popular among
our society going people and have a host
of friends who extend with the NEWS con'
ordinations.