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The herald., 1897-10-28
COUPLERS AND BRAKES
Railways Want More Time in Which
to Adopt Automatic Devices

to Adopt Automatic Devices
The board of trade is in receipt of no.
tice of the proceedings taken at gen.
eral session of the interstate commerce
commission held at it's office in Wash
ington, D. c., on the Sth inst, in the mat
ter of the application of certain railroads
for an extension of the time for equip
ping their cars with automatic couplers
and train brakes under the act approved
March 9, 1893.
The Chicago and Alton Railway COM
pany and certain other railroad COM
panies have filed petitions asking for an
extension of the time within which their
cars are required to be equipped with
automatic couplers and power or train
brakes, under sections 2 and of an act
ITO promote the safety of employees and
travellers upon railroads by compelling
common carriers engaged in interstate
commerce to equip their cars with auto
matte couplers and continuous brakes,
and their locomotives with driving
wheel brakes, and for other purposes"
approved March g. 1898, agreeably to sec
ton of said act.
AS other petitions of a similar import
asking similar extension. will probably
be filed, it is ordered by the commission
that all such petitions which are filed on
or before November Is, 1897, shall stand
for hearing at the office Of the commits
sion in Washington, D. c., on Wednes-
day, December 1st, 1897, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, at which time and place all
persons interested either for or in oppo-
sition to extending the time as prayed
for in said petitions will be heard, and at
such hearing any persons interested
may appear, either in person or by coun-
sci, and may file any affidavit state
ment or argument bearing upon that
question.
The sections Of the act referred to are
as follows:
Sec. q That on and after the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and
ninetyeight, it shall be unlawful for any
such common carrier to haul, or permit
to be hauled, or used on it's line any car
used in moving interstate traffic not
equipped with couplers coupling auto
matically by impact, and which can be
uncoupled without the necessity of 60
ing between the ends Of the cars.
Sec. s.. That when any person, firm,
company or corporation engaged in in
terstate commerce by railroad shall
have equipped sufficient number of it's
cars so as to comply with the provisions
of section one of this act, it may lawfully
refuse to receive from connecting lines
of road or shippers any cars, not equip
ped sufficiently, in accordance with the
first section of this act, with such power
or train brakes as will work and readily
interchange with the hra kos in II CO IN itS
own cars as required by this act
Sec. Z. That the interstate commerce
commission may from time to time, upol.
full hearing and for good cause, extend
the period within which any common
carrier shall comply with the provisions
of this act.
The herald., 1897-10-28
Cotton Seed Meal

A. w. Cheever, in New England
Farmer, wisely warns against feeding
calves cotton-seed meal. Like flax-seed
meal it is rich in nitrogenous food, but
unlike the latter it is a dangerous food
for young calves, though safe for mature
animals. Prof. III. w. Wiley of the
chemical division of the department of
agriculture, has shown that the poison
Gus qualities are due to two bases, cholip
and betain. When fed moderately,
these are harmless to mature animals,
but are seriously irritating to the young
ones This is not the first useful nfor-
nation, by good deal, that DR.. Wiley
has given to our farmers.
The herald., 1897-10-28
Food Adulteration

Next week we shall give an article on
honey adulteration which is carried on
to an alarming extent in the country. to
the serious injury of both consumers and
producers. We are glad to note that
the chemical division of the department
of agriculture, under the direction of
congress, is making very thorough ex-
animation of the extent to which adul-
teration is carried. The division calls
for exact facts, which can be authenti-
Gated, and we hope all will help to secure
them. This investigation is most time
ly. The nefarious business is i'm
moral, Injurious to health and murder
Gus to legitimate production. Let us all
aid to show it in it's true colors.
The herald., 1897-10-28

solute essential to success by constantly
feeding fresh succulent food. But if he
could achieve this object, and at the
same time secure far greater return
from his land with the same cash out
lay, then certainly he would be in just
so far the gamer. Raising corn that will
give a great yield of ears and an i'm
mense weight of stalks in addition would
probably double. il not triple, the re-
turns from his labor. I know of no crop
that will bring more from the land,
unless it be alfalfa than corn. A single
crop will yield from twelve to twenty
tons to the acre. and when two crops can
be matured, as / understand can be done
in these rich, damp lands about Comp
ton, then surely the corn crop and silo
working together will give an immense
return. The Sorn crop, when nearing
maturity, produces with wondrous
rapidity, hence to cut this short by soil
ing the immature stalks is not, / be-
lieve in the line of greatest economy.
I believe corn and the silo would give
far more for the labor and expense than
Mr.. Kellogg's barley pasture or his corn
for soiling.
l also doubt if it will pay to ensilageu
any crop other than corn, where that
can be grown. 1t is SO much more pro-
ductive than the cereals-oats. wheat or
barley-and I think produces a better
quality of silage. ! do not think alfalfa
is equal to corn for silage. 1t produces
very abundantly, but seems in some re-
spects better dry than green, and as it
can be cured so easily and cheaply !
much question if silos are well employed
in preserving alfalfa, especially in case
corn can be secured.
There is one more criticism that may
well be urged against corn growing as
now practiced in Los Angeles county.
Much of the corn crop is grown simply
for the grain, and the stalks are suf-
fered to die and dry up. People seem
not to know that the stalks, if rightly
managed, will furnish nearly as much
nutrition as the ears. Thousands of
dollars worth of feed could be saved
each year if the stalks were cut and
properly punched at the proper time.
The time to cut corn either for the
silo or for preserving in the dry way,
is just as the kernels begin to glaze. AT
this stage there is no loss, and if cut
and punched the ears will harden up
and the stalks will lose little of their
value. The succulence, however, is
lacking and this the silo retains, great
ly to the benefit of the stock to which it
is fed. The ears of corn may well be
put with the stalks into the silo This
softens them so that they are perfectly
digestible, and there is no loss at all.
There are then two great counts for
the silo. 1t insures the best food for
our stock and the most of it in proper
ton to eXpenSe Of production.
The herald., 1897-10-28
BROKE THROUGH A PLANK
Secretary O'Neill Meets With Pain
full and Curious Accident

Secretary O'Neill of the Silver Republic
can club met with painful accident on
Spring street last Monday. He was pass
ing in front of the new brick block in
course of construction on the east side of
Spring street, just below Fifth street,
where the sidewalk was planked over
with some rotten timbers. One of these
broke when Mr.. O'Neill stepped upon i, >,
and his foot slipped through, resulting
in a severely sprained ankle. Andrew
Burley is the contractor who is erecting
the building. and it is charged that the
accident is due to carelessness on his
The herald., 1897-10-28
Bulletin on Bees

Mr.. Frank Benton of the division of
entomology has issued a second bulletin.
No. So, on "Bee Keeping" 1t treats of
general principles, such as location,
profits, knowledge requisite, avoiding
stings, best hive, swarming, special
crops for honey, surplus honey, winter
ing and diseases. The bulletin contains
much that is useful. and will well repay
all who give it study
The herald., 1897-10-28
Moustapha Bey's Departure

The Turkish minister, Moustapha Bey,
who left this country several weeks ago,
will be succeeded by Ali Ferouch Bey.
who has been two years secretary of the
Turkish legation in London. Moustapha
Bey has had short but troubled career
here In the first place he quarreled with
his secretary, who had been in this coun-
try over ten years, the cause of the trou-
BILE between them being that M. Nori-
CHAN Efendi is an Armenian and Nous
tapha a Mussulman. He also became,
through no fault of his own, connected
with gossip concerning two women who
We're too enthusiastic in their admir;a-
tion of him. His family is living in Il
beautiful estate on the shores of the
Bosphorous, and Moustapha gladly re-
turns to them.-Washington Letter to
the Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-10-28
The Chicken Tick

The huge tick referred to in last week S
Herald, upon further study, appears to
be Argos Americanus. l thought from
the size it could hardly be that pest.
DR.. Packard, in the original description,
says: Length, 26 inches some of these
are fully three-eighths of an inch long
and one-fourth of an inch broad. The
huge turtle-like back-piece covers all
below except the end of the long legs 1t
has a narrow brown border, which turns
up, and has impressed lines with pune
lures above and below, except between
the legs and just back of the mouth or
gans. The young are shorter and more
circular, and have longer legs, instead Of
shorter, as stated last week. Mr..
Clark should use copious drenchings of
kerosene to rid his house of these pests.
They would draw very heavily from the
vigor of his fowls.
The herald., 1897-10-28
The Mexican Orange Maggot

The danger of the importation of this
maggOt into the United States or Cali
fornia is so threatening that we need
offer no apology for referring to it
again. Notwithstanding the long article
in last weeks Herald.
THE NAME
1t would be well to rechristen the en-
emy. 1t is not worm at all, but a
foOtless maggot, larva of two winged
fly. 1 suggest, then, that we call it
the Mexican orange maggot. This
would be correct, and I think the word
maggot is even more repulsive than
worm, and so possibly the mere name
might urge to greater caution and more
effort to keep it from our citrus Or
chards.
IT'S CHARACTER
This insect, Tryheta Ludens, is closely
apple maggot, Trypeta Pomonella of the
east. The small two winged fly, re-
sembling in form, though smaller, the
common house fly, lays it's eggs on the
fruit. The larvae that hatch from these
eggs mine all through the fruit, so that
fruit from an infested orchard is never
safe to eat, as no one can know when he
will crunch the disgusting maggots. In
the east the apple maggot is considered
a serious pest, and rightly so. 1t is
even more to be dreaded than the Cod
ding moth larva, as it ruins the fruit,
while the other only damages it greatly
Yet it has one redeeming feature; it
works for the most part on early fruit,
which, because early, and also because
weakened by the attack of this apple
maggot, falls early to the ground. Thus
the fruit falls or may be easily felled
from the tree before the maggot leaves
it to pass into the earth to pupate. The
orchardist by collecting all the maggoty
fruit and feeding it to hogs or cattle
not only destroys the pests but con-
verts his fruit into pork or beef. Oranges
cannot be so easily shaken from the
trees, nor can the affected fruit be util-
iZed. 1t will be noted from the article
in last weeks Herald that the ravages
of the orange maggot are quite local
lied in Mexico, and it ought not to be
difficult to prevent it's importation into
our California orchards. 1t is we'll that
our officials and fruit growers are alive
to the Importance of this matter. We
believe that such caution will be OBJ
served as will keep it from our coun-
try,
The herald., 1897-10-28
The Smyrna Fig and Caprification

We recently remarked upon the value
of the Smyrna fig-the fig of commerce.
The fact that it was the product of a
pistillate fig-the Smyrna-which to pro-
duce must be pollnated. This is done
in Turkey by a wasp, Blastophoga
psenes. The state board of trade has
memorialized the government, or the
secretary of agriculture, on the subject
They show that $1,200,00O is sent abroad
each year for these figs; that they have
very superior flavor; that the trees do
we'll here, as do the wild capri fig trees,
which are also grown in California, and
furnish the pollen to pollinate the Smyr-
The herald., 1897-10-28

A. J. Ropes of San Francisco has just
made good photograph of Cape Horn
and is said to be the only man who evel
accomplished the feat.
The herald., 1897-10-28
Five New Houses Started This

part in not having the sidewalk properl.
planked,
The herald., 1897-10-28

The lots front Adams Washington Twentieth Twenyrst Twen
nth streets full size being oxIo and 4ox5o feet to foot alley
street work this tract The streets graded graveed and dew
purchasers Building restrictions insure rstass
them all. Eighty homes built this year.
The herald., 1897-10-28

The danger of the importation of this
maggOt into the United States or Cali
fornia is so threatening that we need
offer no apology for referring to it
again, Notwithstanding the long article
in last weeks Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
CITY NOTES.

Tonight the board of control will have
regular meeting.
This evening there will be a meeting
of the Joint auditing committees of coun-
cils, @
Rev. Dir. Stafford, of Washington, ID. c.,
wiz deliver two lectures in this city dur
ing the latter part of December.
John Moyles was fined SO by Alderman
Howe Saturday for jumping on Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western coal trains.
The bugles appear to have awakened
everybody on Saturday morning save the
Republican reporters. They were awak-
ened later.
Michael O'Horo ami Patrick GiIgallon,
arrested Friday night for fast driving,
We're sent to the county jail for ten days
by Mayor Bailey Saturday.
John Drock in police court Saturday
paid So fine because hA attempted to dodge
a Sg-cent fee by climbing through a Win
dow at Davis theater Friday night.
This morning the funeral of Mrs. Susan
Newell viii take place from her late
home 119 Green's place. A high mass Of
requiem will be celebrated at 10 O'Clock
and interment VIII be made in Hyde Park
Catholic cemetery.
Wednesday afternoon the eleventh con-
vention of the Lackawarna County Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union Will
be held in the Methodist church at Dali
ton. The concluding business of the con-
vention will be transacted on Thursday
The st. Peters society, of Bellevue. held
a largely attended picnic at Laurel Hill
park Saturday afternoon and evening.
Master Duhigg won the prize in the race
for boys ten years of age and John NealOn
won the prize in the race for boys OF thir-
teen. Frank Dyle was awarded the prize
for being the quickest dresser.
Big Captain Richard Edwards escorted
wee little giri to the police station yes
terday afternoon and ordered Patrolman
Dyer to take her home. The child had
been crying and in answer to questions
lispel: "My name is Florence Singleton
an l live at 62O Lee court. I want to go
TO Sunday school but my two brudders
taken home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13

This was fitted up as a chapel, maxi
ing n seating capacity of about 100,
with an annex for infant department
large enough to seat rs more. on June
IA, 1896, the congregation said farewell
to the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion rooms and held the first service in
their own chapel. They hope soon to
be able to erect a suitable structure
upon this corner.
On the 1st Of June 1896, the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary society
of the general synod took charge of the
work, and there is now womau's mis-
sion, the only eastern point under their
care at present.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
WHAT POSED HIM.
The Neurological Centaur and the
Proper Medicine Man.

From the washington star.
The man with a valise and an um-
brella had bought one or two cheap vol
umes of fiction. when a more preten-
tious publication on counter near the
door caught his attention. 1t contained
a number of elaborate pictures of my
theological characters, and he was
slancing rapidly through 1t when one of
the pages attracted his especial inter-
est. He fingered over it, turned several
leaves and then went back. After he
had started away and gotten as far as
the door the fascination again proved
irresistible, and he was soon gazing
thoughtfully at the same page.
"Can we do something more for you,
asked the clerk.
"You learn great deal about what's
in these books. don't you?" he asked.
1--WE naturally become familiar with
the contents in the course of time" was
the answer.
well, it will probably be exposing
my ignorance for me to ask it, but
wish you would tell me what that is,
and he turned the book around so that
the salesman could see. II never had
much chance to study up on natura
history" he added, apologetically.
That, sir, is a centaur," was the an.
| swer.
| His curiosity was not yet satisfied
| He dropped his head over on his should.
er and looked at the picture with one
| eye.
Il suppose" he resumed, "that this
| thing wouldn't bother me so much if
hadn't recently gone on the road for &
patent medicine firm. That has giver
me an interest never had before. Ant
you know whenever a man has JUS
taken up subject it's hard for him t.
get it off his mind. I don't believe tha
will ever get over being puzzled abou
that centaur."
"In what way?"
"Supposing he got sick?"
"Well2"
"Whom would they send for, a regu
lar physician or a veterinary surgeon?'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13

whether a man be a prince or a moulder-
he ought not TO live an idle life and so
long as there are some men who are
looked upon as being able to live without
work there will be a class of people who
will try to get along with doing as little
as possible to secure a livelihood. Christ
and his disciples were poor but they were
not paupers. The pauper and the poor
man stand at opposite poles the whole
diameter OF manhood stretches between
them.
Edmund Burke refused to call any man
poor. simply because he is compelled to
do manual labor and he declared such
men to be the bone and sinew OF the state.
They are, this is more the reason why
they should hay by something for days OF
sickness, for the education of the chill
dren and leave them above the fear OF
wretchedness and want. This Is hard
task to do in these days of luxury-when
the wealthy live to spend, but often 1t
could be comparatively easy with the
mighty antagonist of the workingman-
the rumshop. More than idleness, worse
than pauperism Is this curse of intem-
perance.
William Hargreaves says: "A laboring
man need not become a drunkard to inn
poverish himself and family. To drink
two or three glasses day is enough to
produce want or a lack of many COM
forts of life"
The speaker then said with great
earnestness:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
PUZZLE POKER PLAYER
How Participant " orked in n Cold
Deck Mt Jackpot Crisis.
From the Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Detroit Free Press.
"Some of the story tellers have dis
covered that woman can play poker"
The speaker was a man who used to
travel because he had a constitutional
antipathy to remaining in one place
for any considerable length OF time.
This one I've just read recalls an
experience of my own.
II had been to South America and
was returning to New York by a slow
steamer from Buenos Ayres. The pas
sengers were few, and the chief end of
their existence seemed to be to kill time
pleasantly. Among other things we
played poker, and the most enthus-
iastic devotee of the game was beau
tiful Spanish woman, who seemed not
to care whether the little curly-head-
ed god of chance favored or opposed
her.
"As the end of the voyage approached
the inevitable happened, for you never
can run series of these contests with
out working up the sensational. The
woman had been a loser. and so had
the dark-skinned man from Colombia
who posed as an interesting invalid.
1t was the merchant from New York.
seconded by the diplomat on his way
to Washington, that had introduced
jackpots, just for that evening. No
one had suffered seriously, and we
agreed on just one more round
II dealt. The diplomat opened for
$lOO. The woman tilted 1t another hun
dred, and no one dropped out. When
offered to help the hands no one drew
card. Every player stood pat, and
five people Joined in a frozen laugh,
while all looked puzzled. Not being a
believer in miracles, 1 laid down four
aces and looked on. When the bet
ting was done the woman raked in So
900 on a royal flush. beating a straight
or straight flush in every other hand.
Then she suddenly grasped hand
keTchief on the knee of the invalid,
threw it upon the table, and expressed a
deck of cards. With wonderful deft-
ness he had rung in cold deck while
pretending to cut the cards on my
deal. She alone saw it, and, throwing
the money to me, asked me to give
each player his share. In giving it to
YOU she added, 1 earn the right to
ask a favor. Say nothing about the
hateful incident AS to what was be-
hind it all you know just as much as ]
do"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
THE USE OF ALUMINIUM.
The Demand for 1t Is Increasing and
ills Becoming Much Cheaper.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The use of aluminium in the arts does
not grow in proportion to the reduction
in the cost of the material. A few
,-years ago the price of the metal was
: from SO to $15 pound. 1t is now sold
at from 81 to 80 cents pound. At that
price II is now cheaper than copper or
brass for the same purpose. because for
given strength the weight is much
less. The consumption Of these metals
In 1896 was: Copper, 10000 tons; brass,
10000 tons: aluminium, $50 tons.
The producers of aluminium in order
10 make A market for the metal have
been obliged to discover nearly all of it's
uses, invent methods of handling it,
and build the works for turning out the
finished product. Thus far it has near
ly displaced nickel in the arts, and ii
bids fair to eventually displace brass
for most purposes, except where expos
ed TO heat of over 800 degrees. 1t is
largely used for cooking utensils and
keeps bright. 1t is used in laboratories
and for the handles or surgical instru-
ments, not only for it's lightness, but
because it is not affected by the anti
septics used. 1t is coming rapidly into
use for bicycle parts. Dentists use it
for plates for false teeth, and it has
been used to replace a broken jaw. One
Of the latest uses is for photographic
plates instead of stones, cheapening the
process. In electrical apparatus it is
useful on account of its non-magnetic
quality. In Europe it is being used to
reduce the weight of military accoutre-
ments, canteens, buttons, belt-plates,
and the like being made Of it.
The anticipated output in 1898 Is 2, 900
tons, and in 1900 10000 tons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
STEEL RAILROAD CARS.
To BE Used for General Freigh,
Carving.

The next great revolution in the use
of steel, says a writer in the Railroad
Gazette, will be the building of COM
plete steel freight cars. The cost of a
steel car fifteen years ago would have
been several times that of a wooden
car, rendering it's use impracticable.
but today it is possible to build COM
plete steel car for about the same cost
per ton carrying capacity The ad-
vantages claimed for cars of this con-
struction are saving in dead weight
and repairs, absence of risks from fire,
while the life Of the car would be, say,
three time as great. 1t has been COM
puted that it costs $40 per annum to
haul one ton of dead weight, thus a
saving of 5000 pounds in the weight of
car would mean, if applied to 1000
cars, saving of $4,000 per annum,
while if applied to the total freight
equipment of 1,25O,OO0 cars it would
mount we'll up in the millions.