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West sullivan.
Howard and Adelbert Gordon were i'll
last week.
Grace Bunker is home from Bangor
where she has been employed.
Messrs. Crabtree and Hayey aud b.
Smith went up country cunning last
week
Eugene Ash and Miss Bertha Murphy
were married on Christmas Day by Rev
J. T. Moore All wish them many happy
New Years.
The Christmas tree and concert on
Christmas eve was one OF the best Much
credit Is due the teachers for their re-
memhrance of every child. and the care
full drilling which enabled the children to
go through the exercises without a mis-
take.
Samuel jenkins, who has been employed
as clerk for the sullivan Granite Co. for
four years, has obtained a situati ion at his
former home in Rockland. Mr. jenkins,
wife and two children left Friday for
their new home with the best wishes OF
many friends here.
The ferryman made some rough pas
ssges last Friday. Several times he trip
was made in less than four minute. with
only one sail. Dan McRay was una bic to
cross with large load OF hay, so he re-
turned home to spend Christmas and re-
turned Monday. 1t is quite remarkable
that, within the memory OF the oldest in
habitant, no serious accident has hap
pened on the ferry.
Dec. p. G.
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West Franklin.
The Christmas tree at d. b. Smiths was
laden With fruit that WAS very pleasing
co he iitlle ones.
The drama At the hall on Christmas eve
as well attended, good order prevailed
and an enioNs bic time was reported.
Within radius of one mile in this
town there are ten pensioners who draw
upon Uncle sam to the tune OF q 500 a
gear.
Dec. y. Oh FER.
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Lamoine.
Harvey Lear, who has been absent
several months, is now at home.
Miss Gertrude Hutchings returns to
Kicker classical institute to-day
Nathan Hodgk ins, OF Hebron academy,
il spending his vacation at home.
Capt. Gilman Hodgkins, who has been
suffering from rheumatism, is somew hat
improved.
Miss Cordie King, who has been visit
ing In East Boston for several weeks,
returned home last week.
Msse. Ella Linscott and Laura Crab
tree. OF Bar liar Dor. spent Christmas " it h
Miss Linscott's parents, Capt. J. h. Lin
scot: aud wife.
Appropriate Christina exercises were
held in the church Saturday evening and
a Christmas tree bore its usual share of
fruit On Sunday the pastor, Rev, L. NJ.
Bosworth, preached an Instructive aud
interesting Christmas sermon.
Lamoine grange has elected officers a.
follows: Master, Jesse Young; over
seer, Maynard Young; lecturer. Ray
moud Mcfarland; steward, W. =
Archer; assistant steward, Ruel Me
Fsrland, chaplain. Addie Clark; treas
urer, Hollis L. Austin; secretary, Alton
Trip; gste-keeper, Harry Reynolds;
pomona, Nira Austin; flora, Lizzie Bart
lett, ceres, Myra Young; L. \. 5, Annie
Young.
Dec. =. H.
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0argebtNiife-
A few more cases OF measles are reported
this week.
Percy q Sargent returned to Water
Vile Monday.
The week of prayer will be observed
Iau.2 ,.
Schooner Helen :. Barnes" finished
toading wood at the steamboat wharf
Thursday and has sailed for Rockland.
IN the chapel " ednesday evening, Dec. %.
Proceeds for the benefit OF the circle.
Dec. 81 A. II. $.
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city, came home to spend Christmas.
The whole family was privileged to be to-
gether.
Dec. %. W.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01

quetude of her own apartment. Just
before she lay down to sleep she opened
the door and listened attentively. Total
stiffness prevailed in the great house.
All was safe!
At the next morning Mrs. Mason
awoke with a start. There seemed no
apparent reason for her perturbation,
for the house was still wrappd in pro-
found quiet 1t was evident, then. the
girls had not yet gone down. Hastily
throwing a wrap over her, the house,
keeper with some trepidation-for the
old feeling of yesterday was once more
beginning to assert itself-cautiously
made for the hall. AS she was de-
scending the stairs, she looked into the
drawing room. To her relief, she
found everything right-nothing ap-
peared out of place-all just as she
had left it the night before. Descend
ing farther she reached the inner hall.
1t was darker here than in the draw
ing room and in the dim light of early
morning she had difficulty in picking
her way. After a moment or so, how
ever, her eyes grew accustomed to the
half light, and she walked on a step
or two, peering in the direction of the
chest. Yes, there it lay-just in its
proper position. and by it's side its
faithful guardian. 1t seemed strange
to her that the dog did not run to
meet her. for he and Mrs. Mason were
fast friends. Another four of five
steps brought her right up to the
chest.
Then she knew why Pluto had not
run to her And when she took in the
cause her heart stood still within her.
He was crouching sullenly over some
thing.
A mans body!
An intuitive feeling possessed her
to approach nearer still. The dog even
now did not move a muscle. but lay,
half-couchant, close beside the body.
The man lay face downward. with
his head resting on his right arm.
In his hand, clutched convulsively in
death, were two files and bunch of
skeleton luys. Removing the arm,
Mrs. Mason exerted all her strength
and turned the body over. Then her
limbs grew rigid with horror. She was
only able to whisper in an awed whis-
per the words:
"Mr. Reginald!-then fell back
senseless.
When the body was searched, let
ter was found in one of the pockets:
Unless the money is Forthcoming
by Tuesday. you will be posted at Tat
tersall's, and turned out of every club
, in London. And another: Judgment
| will be applied for on Wednesday, unless
the debt is met" And others still-all
telling the same tale.-Household
| Words.
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Glen Mountain House.

WATKINS, SCHUYLER COUNTY. N. Y.
On Seneca Lake On line of New York Gem
tral, Pennsylvania, and Lehigh Valley Rail.
roads. 1,4oO feet above sea. No malaria.
New water works, supplying mountain
spring water. Sanitary plumbing. Entirely
new management. Splendid fishing. 600
acres, including the famous Watkins Glen.
Popular prices. Special rates for excursion
parties. j. II. KEENAN,, formerly Hotel
Cham berlain, Mgr. Address w. h ROBIN
SON, Prop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
ELECTRIC FREIGHT TRAIN.
New Haven Has a Road Which Jus,
Suits the Manufactures.

tne
The novelty Of an electric locomo-
tive hauling freight cars on the streets
of New Haven was witnessed for the
first time in the city few days ago,
when the Manufacturers Street Rail-
road company was completed. The to-
tai length Is one and one-sixteenth
miles and each patron is provided with
ample sidings to receive the largest
freight cars.
The locomotive weighs thirty tons
and has all it's weight on four driving
wheels forty-four inches in diameter.
The power is furnished by two axle
motors having an aggregate capacity
Of 400 horsepower, mounted direct
without gearing on the axles. The
truck, which hangs directly from the
journal boxes, is made of heavy eye
beams and carries the motors and cab,
each upon independent spiral springs.
The cab Is made of sheet iron. and
windows are so located that an un-
obstructed view is obtained in all di-
reetions. A serles-parallel controller
governs the supply of current, which
comes through the overhead trolley
from the station of the Fair Haven
and Westville Railroad company. The
locomotive was originally designed for
a speed of thirty miles an hour but is
now wound for a maximum of twelve
miles. at which rate it can easily haul
from ten to fifteen loaded freight cars
on a level.
Only four cars on one train are al
lowed by the city and the maximum
speed permitted while on the city
streets is seven s.,iles an hour.
Inside the cab an electric motor
drives an air pump, which automati-
cally maintains a working pressure OF
sixty pounds il the receivers. A pneu-
matte sanding device is used when the
track is slippery. The length of the
locomotive, over draw bars, is 16h
feet; width, feet and wheel Sig feet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01

He For perfect enjoyment of love there be complete conf
dence
She (o Chcago have heard say dencaly the thing
about sausages
rom" by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
HOTELS AND SUMMER RE-
SORTS.
HALL,
CRYSTAL LAKE, PA.

The opening of this famous resort un-
der new management will take place
early in June.
Situated in the southern corner OF
Susquehanna county on the shores of
beautiful Crystal Lake, Fern Hall is
one of the most attractive places in the
State Of Pennsylvania TO spend a few
weeks during the heated term.
Every facility is affordtd for the en-
tertainment of its guests.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
Reduced Rates to Milwaukee, Wis,

July 6-9 the Lehigh Valley railroad
company will place on sale special ex-
cursion tickets at rate of fare one way
for the round trip. The tickets will be
sold July 2, 3 and L. good for return TO
and including July 12, with extension of
time to August 81 by depositing of
ticket and payment of SO cents at Mill
waukee. ~
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Still Better.

The d. L. & w, railroad now runs an
elegant through day coach (as wei as
sleeping carr from New York to Chi
cago on their train No. 7. leaving New
York at p. m. every day, thus en-
suring mo change of cars" to all pas
sengers. 1t is the shortest route and
has the lowest rates. Apply to your
nearest d. l.. & w. railroad ticket
Geept. -
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But when physical weakness or disease is
added to woman's burden it becomes al
together too heavy. No woman can be
cheerful or hopeful who is dragged down
by continual pain and physical wretch
edness.
The special weaknesses peculiar TO the
feminine organism are comparatively easy
to overcome if the earlier symptoms are
given proper attention. But if allowed to
go unchecked, they are liable to develop
into serious, chronic complications.
Any woman afflicted with these delicate
ailments ought TO have the immediate aid
of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription It is
perfect and unfailing specific for all dis
eases OF the feminine organs. 1t was de-
yised for this one purpose, and accomp-
fishes this purpose as no other medicine
has ever done.
For nearly 80 years DR.. Pierce has been
chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y, where in conjunction with his staff
OF associate specialists, he has successfully
treated many thousand cases of female
complaint"
No physician living has had more ex-
tended opportunity to study this class of
diseases in actual practice No medicine
ever invented has done for women what his
"Favorite Prescription has.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
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TRY GRAIN.0! TRY GRAIN.O !

Askyour Grocer today to show you pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink itlwithou injury as we'll as the adult.
All who try 1t, like 1t. GRAIN-0 has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but 1t is
made from pure grains,and the most delicate
stomach receives 1t without distress. IA the
price of coffee. 15c. and 25 cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
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Yoke Fellows.

Many women work too
hard. There is no ques-
ton about that. If they
did not have Love for a
yoke fellow they could
never endure the daily,
hourly grind and drudgery
of life, But they bear It
cheerfully, sustained by
loving thoughts of hus-
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MI EVEREST

suit is apt to become monotonous in
time.
SOME SNOWY USES OF THE
WORLDS GOLD.
A cubic foot of solid gold is worth
about 1851, 800. The total stock of gold
on our planet-21, 400 cubic miles-multi-
piled by lat, ,197, 1852 00O-the number of
cubic feet, in a cubic mile-would give
3,156 900, 900, 900, 900 cubic feet.
This is a considerable quantity:
enough to make a girdle around the
world of solid blocks of gold, each block
being a mile square on the ground and
1856 of a mile high. Or, by still more
snowy arrangement, the worlds gold
would cover all the land of the earth
say some S6,000,00 square miles-with
a beautiful solid gold plating about 20
inches thick. This might be bad for the
crops, but at present no one seems to
mind any other crop if he can only
mine gold.
A chain of mile-wide and nearly mile
high mountains right round the world
would be sufficiently spectacular; but
If there were one of the sons of men
who by some magic could bring togeth-
er all this gold, he could build with 1t
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A FEW OF THE MODERN INNOVATIONS IN CHURCH WORK

Presbyterian at that initial meeting
has helped to break down possible
spirit of. denomnational narroWness
among the members of this church;
thus a step has been taken toward true
Christian unity. All over the land it is
the same; ministers and lay workers of
all "persuasions'' are now constantly
helping one another in promoting the
new work. Enthusiastic believers IN
the unity of the Christian church hope
for great results along the line so dear
to their hearts.
A BEECHER STARTED 1T.
Boston, with it's famous Berkeley
Temple and other churches concerned
in the movement, and many among
the interior cities-not forgetting
Brooklyn-are all deserving of no.
tice in any article touching on the ac-
tivities of the institutional movement;
but it is impossible fully to cover the
ground in a newspaper article. IL may
be said however, that the amount Of
money invested in property devoted to
the so-called secular work OF the In
stitutional Churches runs up into the
millions, while the employees number
thousands.
The title institutional Church" was
first used by President Tucker of Dart
mouth College in an address at the
Berkeley Temple. The term was then
sent broadcast through the land by the
newspapers, and has now been officially
adopted. But it was Beecher-the
Rev. Thomas K.-who started the ear
liest Institutional Church in America,
SO far as the writer has been able to
learn. 1t was located at Elmira, N. Y,
and was noted, throughout the south
ern portion of Western New York par
ticularly, as "the church with bill
lard table," 1t also had bath, and
facilities for playing various games Of
cards.
i. Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
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aggregate attendance at all services on
single Sunday has been as high as
$4,000. The average Sunday school at
tendance is over 1000, and the night
prayer meeting attendance over 1,400.
Fifty-seven separate organizations Of
various kinds are maintained in con-
nection with the church, thirteen of
which are Christian I1ndeavor societies.
The writer does not know whether
games of cards are allowed in the
rooms of the auxiliary buildings Of
Grace Church or not, but they are in
many of the New York Church build
ings of similar scope, and in more than
one case there is a regular baseball
club maintained in connection with the
parish house.
Philadelphia is full of churches,
working on lines essentially the same
as those followed by Grace Church, but
differing radically in detail because of
First Presbyterian Church, for in
stance, is located close to the slum dis
trict Of the Quaker City, and there was
talk at one time of abandoning the
field. Pluckier counsels prevailed, how
ever, under the inspiration of the pas
tor, the Rev. George D. Baker, D. d.
An endowment fund of $1O0, 900 was Sc
cured, and the field is now being
worked with no thought of abandon
ment. A fine gymnasium, a slum mis-
sion, open every day in the week, and
other features designed to interest the
forsaken and the debased, are promi-
nent among the activities Of this
church. The First Baptist Church, the
Beacon Presbyterian Church, Bethany
Church-largely supported by John
Wanamaker-and q dozen or more be-
sides are as worthy Of mention as those
that have been named; and every one
of them is not only increasing its own
power and influence but at the same
time working vast improvement men.
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of like import. show that gold ranges
from the pure nuggets worth S60o,O
per ton. from rich quartz sometimes
assaying $4,000 per ton in small pock-
cts, and from Klondike gravel running
$1OO to the painful, down to the 97-cent-
would be pretty safe to estimate-at
least, no one is likely to dispute it-that
the proportion of gold in the whole sub
stance of the globe we live on is not
less than in the 37-cent clay soil of
Philadelphia. This amounts to three
cents worth of gold in every cubic foot
between China and Brazil, between
Chicago and New Zealand.
| A PLUNGE INTO BIG FIGURES.
| Now, in the whole globe there are
260, 900, 100000 cubic miles of soil, water,
rock, and other substances, and each
| cubic mile contains 12,144 cubic feet,
1850 tons, or 81 Ais, 1885, $50, in pure gold,
even at the low Philadelphia ratio Of
three cents to the foot. The multiple
cation gives for the whole globe some
q, 400 cubic miles of gold, worth the in
conceivable sum of $1,14S. 344, ,025, $780,
000 000,0 900.
To be sure the gold wouldn't really
be worth this sum if it were accessible.
It would cease to be a measure Of
The herald., 1897-10-17
Important Convention Which is to be Held
in Brooklyn on the 10th and 27th
of This Month.
WHAT OPEN CHURCH LEAGUE IS DOING
It Is Reaching the Masses by Its Practical Millions
Of Dollars Invested---Thousands in
$40 Its Employ.

One Of the most important and sig
nificant conventions of the entire year
is to be held in the edif1ce of the Park
Branch of the First Presbyterian
Church of Brooklyn on October 26th
and 27th by the open and Institution
al Church League"
1t will be addressed by many Of the
foremost leaders in the front rank of
modem church work, among them be-
3ng the Rev. Charles l.. Thompson, d.
D., the Rev. Josiah Strong, ID. D., Drs.
Chapn.a an and Conwell of Philadelphia,
Dr.J. p. Peters of st. Michaels Church,
New York; DR.. F. M. North of the
Methodist Episcopal Church Extension
Society," DIR. John G. Hill of Chicago,
and others.
1t is as yet only partially understood
by the world at large, but it is fact
that the essence and scope of Profess
tant church work in the cities of the
United States have undergone an
amazing change in the last ten years.
Until the beginning of this change,
which in truth is rapidly assuming the
proportions of a revolution. ninety-nine
In every hundred of the Protestant
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a mountain far higher and vaster thao
any mere mountain Of earth in exist.
ence.
The area Of Greater New York II 3o7
and fraction square miles. Suppose
our mountain Of gold to have this area
for a base, say Is miles wide by 20h
miles long. 1t would have to tower into
the air 2O.75 miles, in order to contain
those 21 400 cubic miles of gold! Mount
Everest, the highest peak at present
known, is about five miles and half
high; Mount st. Elias is about three
miles; Mount Washington but little
more than one.
Perhaps it's just as we'll that this
mountain of gold is doomed to exist
only on paper. Men are hardly likely
to dig 1000 miles down into the bowels
Of the earth and overturn every spade.
full of its worn old body to get at the
gold 1t guards. But it Is a comfort to
know that the gold is there, and that
each one of us Is potentially worth
$770. .000. .000,0 900, put away so safely that
he can't draw 1t out and spend 1t.
JOHN LANGDON HEATON.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
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head Bay, crosses the Bay and then
plunges into the oceans surf along
with the bathers at Manhattan Beach.
This cable is unaffected by land storms.
Boston was nearly as bad off as New
York and the newspapers of the two
cities made frantic efforts to get word
from the rest of the country. At last
a New York newspaper hit upon the
plan of cabling to Boston by way of
London. A message was therefore sent
by the Commercial Line to London and
forwarded by the other cable Of the
same company to Cape Ann. where
this cable lands, 80 miles from Boston.
Fortunately there was wire between
Cape Ann and Boston that had not
succumbed to the weight of snow and
ice with which it was laden, and
through it Boston got news to New
York and New York to Boston, though
neither of them could get anything
from any other part of the United
Statac
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'em an go on de same boat dey'd fix it
easy fer me in good 'ouse down dere.
l let on dat er house wild me frens d
be better'n de ship, but I'd ave ter go
ter de ship fer me dough. Den went
out wild 'em fer me bag an give de
wink ter a runner fer de Seattle house
as was workin' wild us. 'E wired dat
I was comm an we wus ready.
Gwen we got dere We stepped in ter
de 'Grotter' an 'ad liquor, and den
blew roun' de place, which amt much
fer sport now. But we had a little
booze here and dere, and then me two
frens said dey couldn't fin der people,
but dey'd put up at de best place and
wait for em ter show up. So we waited
an I got 'em ter have little straight
goods wild me, an den dey wanted a
game JUS ter kill time.
LET HIMSELF LOOSE THIS TIME.
"Dey was fer me now hard, an lost
got hottern'ell, an said I'd borrer
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esting institutions in the world. It is
quite as truly college as any of the
institutions of the higher culture whose
titles are SO often seen in the newspa-
pers, whose boating, athletic, football,
ana baseball crews and teams make
such stir in the sporting world. Its
curriculum is scientifically arranged, it
mas a full college faculty, it's students
number S,115-including the attendance
at the lecture courses 6,750-and it gives
diplomas that are as highly priced as
the sheepskins of Harvard, Princeton,
or Yale.
RESULTS IN ONE INSTANCE.
1t was only a short time ago, COM
paratively speaking, that the present
policy of the Philadelphia Grace Bap-
tist Church was begun. Then it was
feeble organization with small and
decreasing membership and a scant and
sometimes empty treasury. Today the
church membership is almost 5000. It's
church edifice, college and other build
ings are valued at $5O0,OOO. Its regular
Sunday congregation numbers thou
sands,-6,000 have listened to Grace
Church services at one time, and the
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value; it would be too common, as each
man, woman and child of the 1,4S7, ,OOO,- =
600 of us supposed to be living on the
earth would have $4,000, 100000 or so
for his personal share. And quite
enough, too. For were this $7700 o.
100000 all coined in nice, bright SIS gold
pieces, it would take each one of US a
trifle over 5000 years to count his
hoard, counting industriously at the
rate of $50 pieces per minute for six
hours a day and 313 days in the year.
Ii the bank clerks of humanity had to
tackle the problem they might, instead
of counting, weigh the coins, as is COM
monty done in England. This would
keep 100000 bank clerks handling each
a ton of gold a day, for more than five
million years. Even a pleasant pur-
The herald., 1897-10-17
Larry "Shanghais" and Sends to
Sea Two "Tin>E 1orns" Who
Tried to Bunco Him.

swaller er ell Nv er lot. We logged
down, me frcns. so happy they had
hold of one er nudder's arms. an den
we pulled on de bottle an den on de
oars, an agin on the bot. an once more
on de oars. l 'ad 'em were l wanted
'em, but 1 didn' say nutting' till we
got on ter de ship, wen I remarked dat
I was warm from de work, an pulled
off me close
THEN THEY SAW.
Say, dem coves looked kinder hard
den, an one er dem says, Wot t ell
De skipper was long side US on de deck.
an says ter i'm:
""Eres er brace er guys as needs
salt air fer dere helt, an I brought
'em 'ere ter sign fer 'er bit err deep
water. If yer t'ink dere right, bring
der ink
"De skipper bro't der ink an dc
blokes signed. Dere likely roun' dc
worr twict by dis time. It's de only