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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24
SIXTEEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, APRIL "a, 1897.

In the Koehler case, If the defendant
deserved "the full extent of the law
why in the name of common sense
and justice, didn't the jury give it to
him2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

An invitation has been extended by
President Cisneros, of the Cuban re-
public to Judge Day, the special Amer
Cuba, to visit the seat of the insurgent
government and see for himself wheth-
er it is government in fact as well
as in name. 1t is difficult to see how
Judge Day can decline so fair an offer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

An early renewal Of large gold ex-
ports is indicated. The rise OF bust
ness may be slow, but it is steady, and
the good effects of it will soon be evil
dent throughout the country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

A new charity proposed in New
York presents novel advantages. 1t Is
the intention Of DR.. William II. Toll
man, general agent Of the New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
tion Of the Poor, to establish as soon
as possible a public wash house and
laundry where the women of the tene-
ments can find suitable conveniences
for cleansing clothes. This project is
to be modelled upon a similar institution
in London where many thousand wash
erwomen find employment in the course
of the year, and much saving is accom-
plished to the community in the i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

provcmcnt of its sanitary conditions.
A slight charge Is to be made for the
use of the institution, but it will be
simply for the purpose of encouraging
independence and self-rcspect, and in
order to keep the place free from femi-
nine loafors. II is very clear from the
bald statement OF these facts that the
purpose is an admirable one. There
are few largo cities wherein such a
bcncncence would not work incalcul-
able good.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

A church conference the other day
resolved that "the use of the bicycle
for pleasure purposes on the Sabbath
is sinful" Is pleasure sinful on that
day, or is it simply the wheel that is
out of gear?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

Impartial opinion we think will hold
that nine years in the penitentiary will
be little enough punishment for John
Kelly, the murderer of Leon Gage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

In the matter of Hawaiian anneXa-
tion the Washington Post wants con-
gress either to put up or shut up, and
the point appears to be we'll taken.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

Tt Is reported that President McKin-
ley freqently consults Vice President
Hobart on matters OF party policy and
that the two men are thoroughly fa-
miliar with each others aims and
ideas. This is as it should be, The
a figurehead office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24
BeyOnd Its DEPTH.

The Philadelphia Ledger raises Scri-
Gus objections to the Crothers bill de-
claring unlawful all contracts between
persons or corporations designed to
restrain trade, or which tend to ad-
vance, reduce or control the price of
products or articles of trade to the
consumer. This buncombe bill has al
ready passed the house, and while its
enactment into law would be followed
by no Improvement in business con-
dtions, it might give power to mis-
chief-makers that would in instances
do great harm.
AS the Ledger points out, the bill,
closely construed, would prevent the
organization of a partnership or a cor
Eoration, particularly if said partner
ship or corporation We're composed Of
persons who had previously been en-
gagged i'm the same line of business for
the reason that such a combination
of persons would tend to lessen full
and free competition in that line of
trade. The individuals forming the
partnership or corporation are COM
petitors,' and by organizing in the man
ner indicated they cease to compete"
1t would further be likely to prevent
persons from going out Of business
| since that also would tend to lessen
| competition.
our contemporary surrounds tho
| whole subject very effectively wher
1t says THE legislature should de-
vote itself to legislation which viii
tend not to repel business from tho
state, but to stimulate and help it
| The country has suffered from trusts
| and monopoles but in the endeavoi
to mitigate this evil let US not plunge
/ into a multitude Of fresh evils through
ill-advised and improvident Legislation
under specuus titles"
| 1t does not appear from anything
| which it has yet done that the presen
| Pennsylvania legislature is capable o
dealing intelligently with a subject sc
complicated as this subject is.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

The rivalry between the Scranton Re-
publican and Tribune may be good nat
ured, from an Outside point of vicw but
all the same we will venture the opin-
ion that IT is costing n good deal OF hard
Ncws-Dealer.
To what rivalry does our contempor-
arv refpr2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

Senator Mason has been in the upper
branch of congress not quite two
months, but already he is sick of its
eternal babbiemert." The country
sympathizes with him. 1t has been in
that condition for years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

The death Of the anti-cartoon bill
at Albany viii be little regretted. Pub
fishers may occasionally overstep the
limits Of decency, but when they do it
is for their patrons to apply the lash.
1t is a poor policy to cripple ninety
and nine reputable newspapers In a
legitimate function in order to hit the
head Of one chronic offender
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

A mine inspector whose services are
worth less than $4,000 a year to the
state of Pennsylvania ought never to
be employed,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

Isn't II rather queer that Professor
Coles with his electric eye, has not discov-
cred the airship before this Wilkes
Barre N6ws-Dcaler.
Wen wager he saw it years ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

Judging by Thursdays voting in the
house a majority of that body. small
but safe, is favorable to the Hamilton
road bill. Let that wise measure,
therefore, be speeded to the governor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

"But more important than ALL the sue
cess which attended the Paris conference
end the ease with which the principles
there promulgated were put into practice,
suggested to the mind OF DR.. Won stephan,
postmaster-geueral OF Germany the idea
Of a Universal Postal union. According
ly, under his direction, the postal admin
istratlon OF the German states issued
call IN 1869 for an International congress
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New York, Sept 30-Beeves-re-
ceipts, 81 cars, or 1861 head; 2 cars to
be exported and As cars direct to local
slaughterers; 40 cars for the market,
making, with the cattle already in the
yards, total of 81 cars to be sold.
Steers ruled slow throughout, and all
except really common fell off 10@15e
per 100 lb; bulls and dry cows firm,
and the former in some instances sold
stronger About cars were unsold at
the close. Poorest to best native steers
sold at $4.10@5 per 100 lb; stays and
oxen at s2.30@3.20, dry cows at $1.75@
$40. Dressed beef steady at 7@9c per
lb for poor to prime city dressed ma
tive sides. Gables from London and
Liverpool quoted American steers at
10A @11c, dressed weight; refrigerator
beef, 5s@81zc per lb.
Mich Cows-Receipts, SO head; 40
direct and So to be sold. Active on
light supplies, with prices generally
higher than week ago. The extreme
range of selling value, calf included,
was $18@62.5O ea,ch; general sales at
$40@50. +,
Calves-Receipts, 1893 head-159 d.
rect and 1884 to be sold. Supplies
WCIc uuOuSl aIC, oAu WALL O. 6OoN 49,
quiry veals advanced Nc per lb, while
other calves ruled firm. The pens were
about cleared at the close. Poor to
prime veals sold at $5Q8.25 per 100 10:
grassers and buttermilks at $3.50@4:
car OF Western calves at $3.75; city
| dressed veals firm at 10h@1213c per
ID; country dressed sold at sole;
dressed grassers and buttermilks at s
@8c; little calves at 6@7kc.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, iEclud-
ing 16 cars direct to butchers, were 81
cars, or 1878 head, making, with the
stock carried over from yesterday, .
total of 4O1a cars to be sold. Sheep
were in fair inquiry at steady prices;
sales of lambs a-eraged fully up to
the week previously noted, but the
market closed slow, with close to five
cars unsold. Poor to prime sheep cold
at $3@435 per 100 ID; common to
choice lambs at $5@6.15, about car
load reaching 1925; dressed mutton,
6k@8c per lb; dressed lambs, 7@1oc.
Hogs-Receipts, Al cars, or 6,s2S
head, including about cars on sale.
Market frmer, and the whole range
fquoted at $4.65@5 per 100 lb. Country
dressed steady at 5@7kc.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
New York Produce Market.

New York. Sept. 3o.-Flour, steady
Wheat-May. 94A@S4hc; Septem-
Der, 9ShQ9s 3-16; Dec, "a 15-16Q956.
Corn-Dec., 351a@35tc.
Oats-Dull and easy; track white.
261k033c. {.
Lard-Quiet; prime western steam.
$500. =
Buttsr-Fair. State dairy. 1101ae:
State and western creamery, 13@2oc;
Elgins. 200; factory. 901zke; fnitsr
ton do, 11h014c.
Cheese-Steady. Large white, Shos
small white, 9He; large eolorsd, egg
small celored, 9he; part shims. 640
7c.
Eggs-Firm. State and Pennsylvania
1s1a01s; western, 170l7ho.
Sugar-Raw, firm; refined, strong.
Crushed, 511-16; powdered. bs-16;
granulated. SIC. =
Hay-Easy; slipping. 4o@As. good to
choice, 5007oc. ;
Hops-Steady. State common to
choice 1895 crop. SOL; 1896 crop. eos:
Pacific coast 1895 crop. 500; 1895 crop
sQs.
Lead-Stsady. Bullion, $4.0o; ex-
change, $I2504.80. I
Tallow-Quiet; city. Sh@3Hc; eoun-
try, 31ac.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
UNPLUCKED CORN.

Tho Proper Time to Cut 1t for tho
Silo.
It is perfectly feasible to preserve I'M
plucked corn in a silo. The fodder is
much better there than tied up in the
field in stacks to weather until fed
out. There Is no economy in pulling
off the ears. 1t makes no difference
about the money or market value OF
corn East or West, so long as it is
grown for home use. How to get this
homegrown corn to the animals in the
best and cheapest way is the question.
Corn for the silo is usually allowed to
get mature, passing from the milk to
the glazed stage, before cutting for the
silo. The object is to get each stalk,
by thin planting, to produce an ear Of
grain. At this period the grain has
reached its highest development of
TODD value, and at the same time is in
a condition to be assimilated with the
least expenditure of physical force.
Each days subsequent drying of this
fodder increases the work of the ami
NAL in masticating and digesting it,
and husking, grinding, steaming, etc.,
are resorted to for the purpose of assist
ing the animal to obtain what was
readily available to him in the glazing
stage. The same rule applies to the
stalks; therefore we resort to the silo
to preserve the succulence Of the fod-
der To husk, crib, grind and feed the
meal cost labor and money fully equal
to one-fourth of the value of the crop.
Now why separate the ear from the
stalk? Let the two go into the silo to-
gether, and be fed without the labor
Of separation. The final object of sep
aration is only to bring the two ele-
ments of feed together at last. The
new way of filling the silo slowly, so
as to develop heat to 125 degrees before
adding fresh layer, enables US to pre-
serve the food value Of the grain
free from acetic or vinegar acid, and to
feed it in more attractive manner to
the animal than any meal ration, no
matter how much trouble we may take
to make the latter presentable. made
observations last winter among hum
dreds of silos, and the testimony Of
the owners was that under no cOnsid-
Grafton will they ever again husk corn
to be fed upon the farm, when the silo,
with it's later ideas of filling, preserves
The grain so perfectly and gives such
satisfactory results. 1t may be we'll to
husk some corn for the hens, and for a
but for cattle, hogs, sheep and goats
the farmer with good wooden silo,
that preserves ensilage as no stone silo
can, has no occasion to husk corn for
stock, save in limited way.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Topping Harvesting Tobacco.

The plants should be topped when
che leaves are making their most v1gor-
Gus growth, so that after topping they
will continue to grow, and attain the
highest degree of perfection. The flow
er stalks should be pinched off below
he third upper leaf. 1t is not advisable
to defer topping till the flowers open,
else the leaves will not make as good a
growth, and the plants will run largely
20 suckers. These suckers have to be
frequently removed. The proper time
for harvesting depends upon varied
circumstances. Under average cond1-
tons, the plants are allowed to stand
fifteen days after having been topped;
n a dry and hot season the leaves will
cipen in thirteen or fourteen days, and
n cold, wet weather, sixteen to eight
teen days may be required. AS the
color and leaves mature, they become
darker in color and assume notified or
narbled appearance; they also lose the
fine down on their under side, and
appear thicker and leathery to the
touch, while previously they were soft.
The leaves should not be cut until
he dew upon them has entirely evapor-
ated. On hot days not more should be
cut than can be brought under cover
the same day, else there is danger OF
sun burn; and when cutting the plants,
the butts should be placed towards the
sun. After the plants have wilted
sufficiently, so that they may be hand
led without breaking the leaves, the
plants are placed in piles of twenty or
twenty-five each. Five or seven plants
ARE then put on each lath, according to
the size of the plants, and these laths
are conveyed to the shed upon a plat
form wagon or rack, especially made
sor the purpose. In the shed the laths
should be six or seven inches apart, to
admit of free circulation between the
Giants,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
BOSTON PRICES.
Quotations for Round Lots Of staple Con,

Quotations for Round Lots OF staple Come
Moditicr.
Boston, Sept. 30.-Flour closed easy.
Ter, with trade dull, spring patents
S5.25@565, clear and straights $3.50
$40, winter patents 5.10Q6.30, cleal
and straights 4.70@5.10.
Corn meal quiet. 10000 q bag, $1.7o
OILS a barrel.
Corn quiet, steamer yellow 3SAc, No
and steamer 37h.
Oats quiet, fancy clipped 29hc, No. 2
clipped 29, No. 3 do 28A, lower grades
27k@2S.
Mill feed quiet. spring bran to ship.
lake and rail, $12, winter bran 1925,
middlings 13.50@1650, red dog fioul
15.5O@15.75.
Pork quiet, long and short cuts $3.50
lean ends 1880, backs 12.50013.60.
Hams quiet, 9@10c.
Lard quiet, &C.
Bacon 1O@12c.
Fresh beef steady, steers 7Qshc, hind
quarters Sh@11h, fores 4@5M.
Butter steady. northern creamery.
21A@22c, western 20@21, imitation
1904. ladies' HOP, Vermont dairy
1903, lower grades 1907.
Lambs steady, 8@9c.
Mutton and yearlings s@7c.
Veal 6@9c. ..
Cheese quiet, northern large 9Ac.
small 9A@sA, sage SA@sA, western
$685.. i
Eggs firm for fresh, nearby 25@26c.
eastern choice, 1920, western 1910
II. Michigan 17@17k, iced stock 1411
OILS.
Beans. yellow eyes $155@L65, red
kidneys 1.85@210, marrow pea 1.15@
1.2O. small pea 1.30@1.35, mediums 1.20
@1.25.
Poultry steady, western iced turkeys
9@10c. western chickens 10@12h.
northern do 16@1s, northern fowls IL
OLA, western fowls, iced 120121s. live
fowls 10, live chickens 9@11. q
Potatoes steady at 75@S3c per bushel.
for Aroostock Hebrons, 5000 for New
York white stock, sweets quiet, $1.62
| OF a barrel for Virginia and 2.12@2.26
for Jersey.
Lemons steady, 1904, Maori 405.5O..
Hay quiet, choice new $15@16, lower
grades 10@16. -'
Rye straw quiet, $10@14. =
Apples quiet, $1.50@3 barrel, choice
Gravensteins $4,000.
firsts, 21@22c, seconds 20, union
sole firsts $1,000, seconds 27@2s.
Peaches per basket 40c@$1, fancy
higher, 1862 per carrier.
Grapes steady, Delawares, pony bas-
, kets, 10c, Concords 9, Wyoming reds
9, Wordens 8, Brightons 8, Salems 8.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

The advice to Improve your oppor-
tunities" is hint that they are not SO
good as they might be.
The use of profanity shows lack
of verbal resource, indicating weak
tongue and a weaker brain.
W hen our desires are fulfilled to the
very letter, we always find some mis-
take which renders them anything but
what we expect.
Among others who have been held
UP by highwaymen lately, is of course
the noodle who goes about displaying
a large roll of bills"
A thirteen-year-old boy at Crown
Point, Ind, became violently insane a
few days ago as the result of continued
indulgence in the cigarette habit.
Judging by the fact that the legisla-
tive expenses of the Boston Elevated
Railroad Company were 1929, 164.24, it
takes money to make other things than
the mare go.
A British scientific society is to in
dex all the names ever given to ami
mails. 1t is assumed that the complete
index will contain not less than ,656,
600 references.
Stepfather is counted for two words
and gradmother is one by the British
postal telegraph authorities. When
| asked why, in parliament, the post
| master-general was unable to say.
In answer to an inquirer, who wants
| to know who or what is 'Sorosis?'
he editor of the New York Sun says
| it is club of women, and that most
| of it's members are women by profes-
sion."
| Nothing goes so far in soothing 9
morse that is terrified as kind, assur.
ing voice. Never use the whip to cure
the horse of fright. Keep cool your
self. and your horse will soon gain con
tidence.-The Livery Stable.
| The expenditures for one vice, say!
| lions Herald, will feed and clothe
| family of children. Some men, ans
generally poor men, drink, burn up
i and chew up every year enough t.
make them well-to-do, if not rich.
Milton Cushing Phillips, the new
United States District Attorney TO
the Eastern district of Wisconsin, j
the son of Maine lumberman, an
|
Green Bay, Winona, and st. Paul Rail
road.
Suit for breach of promise wa
brought against Frank Robinson, G
Anderson, Ind, by his first wife, frol
whom he had been divorced year be
FORE She sued for $1,000, alleging thu
after the divorce he had wooed an
won her again.
People get up early IN the mornin
out in Nebraska, and from this hab
some enterprising social leader hs
evolved an idea which has become
fad in the neighborhood of Grand is
and, where breakfast picnics" are
vogue. The guests start out at
I O'Clock, breakfast in the woods, an
come home before the sun maxi
thiuRs too hot for comfort
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

To obtain the best prices for produce
it is not only imperative that your pro-
duce be equal to the best, but you
must also be mindful of the condition
in which 1t reaches the market. Par
ticularly is this the case with fruit and
berries, the finest of which will be
sure to net you unsatisfactory returns,
If packed in dirty, broken crates, bas-
kets or barrels. Put your name on ev-
erything good that you ship, and ship
nothing as first-class unless it is strict
ly so. Find an honest commission man
to handle your goods and stick to him
year after year. Establish with con-
sumers a reputation for shipping the
best of everything in the best possible
shape City people usually patronize
the same markets year after year, and
they always look for the brand that
has suited them in the past.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

Massachusetts Democrats in stormy
convention nominated George Fred
Williams for Governor and Endorsed
the Chicago platform.
Nicaragua granted to an English
steamship company an exclusive thir-
ty-year franchise to navigate the
San Juan del Norte River.
M. Jules Cambon, governor general
of Algeria, it is now announced, sue
ceeds M. ]. Patenotre as French am
bassador at Washington and M. Paten-
otre will go to Madrid.
The New York Republican City Con-
vention nominated Gen. B. F. Tracy
for Mayor, Ashbel P. Fitch for Comp
troller and R. Ross Appleton for Pres
ident of the Council. Seth Low, plac-
ed in nomination by Jacob Worth, re-
ceived the votes of forty-nine Brook
Ign delegates. Fitch was nominated
by reclamation.
Thursday, September 80.
Hypnotism figures in an Ohio will
contest.
Fire did great damage in Washing
ton, D. c.
Virginia negroes lynched white wo-
man of bad repute.
Washington denied London's rumor
that the United States is trying 70
purchase Greenland.
A burglar choked and bound Mrs.
Fromm in New York city. Her child S
screams scared the man and brought
help.
A microscope which magnifies OBJ
jects so that they can be seen at one
time by several persons was exhibited
in Baltimore.
A Philadelphia couple travelled to
New York on tandem, were mar
ried at City Hall and started homo
on their wheel.
The Spanish Ministry resigned, and
the Queen Regent sent for Sagasta,
presumably to ask him to organize a
Liberal Government.
Canadian Conservatives hope to
cause the downfall of the Liberal Gov
eminent by means of a suit for Grim
inal libel, now being tried in Mon
treal.
The body of Duke Frederick Will
liam, of Mecklenburg-S chwerin, who
was commander of torpedo boat No.
26 and who was drowned with eight
of her crew by the capsizing and sink
ing of that boat near the lightship off
Cuxhaven on September rs, has been
recovered.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Neither Pleased.

Charles Lamb had horror of notori-
ETY. and Of being "Iectured'' in public
places. Impertinence or offensive in
reference of any sort he could not
brook. An overbearing head of a de-
partment in the East India house ap-
preached him one day, when Lamb
was busily engaged with the Paul Pry
question: Pray, Mr.. Lamb, what are
you about?" Forty next birthday"
he replied. Il don't like your answer"
said the man. Nor l your question"
was Lambs rejoinder
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Cav. H,m tho Best bedroom.

The Bookman tells of Scotch hotel
keeper who was not overwhelmed by
the honor of sheltering Tennyson: DO
you ken who you had wi you t'other
night?" ma; but he was pleasant
shentleman." 1T was Tennyson, the
poet" AN wha' may he be?" "Oh,
he is a writer O. verses, SIGH as ye see
l. the papers" moo, to think O. that!
1eest a pooblic writer, an l gied him
ma best bedroom" II 1t had been
Bobbis Burns, 1t would doubtless have
been different.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
LULLABY OF THE FUTURE.

Hush, my babe; lie still and slumberl
Fathers watching at thy bed;
Mothers of electioneerinR,
With q halo around her head.
Soft and easy'll be her cradle
When she's at the nations head;
While with the kitchen work I'll wrestles
Course and hard is fathers bed.
Hush. my dear, thy food and raiment,
House and home thy ma provides;
She's sumner, baby darling,
Gracefully her bike she rides.
Hush, my babel lie still and slumbert
Father wants to go to bed,
Mother won't be home Till morning
Going to make speech, she said.
So We'll lay us down and slumber-
Slumber sweet till morning breaks.
Father then must be humping;
Mother wants her griddle cakes.
Boston Journal
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
No Time Lost.

Scribbler-When is that review of my
novel coming out, Scather?
Scather-Well, to tell the truth, l
have not read it yet.
Scribbler-Yet, when l brought the
book to you, you assured me that you
would lose no time in reading it.
Scather-Well, l have lost no time
in reading it yet.-Tit-Bits.