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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12

steady; fancy western creamery, 22c. do.
Pennsylvania prints, 22c; do. western
prints, 22c. Eggs-Steady; fresh, nearby,
17iSc.; do. western, 161ka17c. Cheese--Un-
changed. Refined Sugars-uQiet but firm;
at $50 a. m. Nos. IA. Is and 16 advanced
Lice. Cotton-Was 1-16c. lower; middling
uplands, 11-16c. Tallow-Dull; city
prime, S%c.; country do, S3sc.; dark. do,
&c.; cakes 35sc.; grease, &c. Live Poul-
try-Dull and weak; fowls, 9a9I5c.; old
ROSTERS, 7c.; spring chickens, 7lAaSc.; I;
ducks, Sa9c. Dressed Poultry-Fair de-
mand, steady; fowls, choice, &C.; do. fair
to good, SaSikc.; chickens large, 10lRa1lc. !;
medium do, 9a1Oc. do. small and scalded.
7aSc. Receipts-Flour. $500 barrels, 5000
sacks wheat, 29OO0 bushels corn, 12S, 900
bushels; oats, 1900 bushels. Shipments
Wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels;
oats, II 900 bushels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
ALWAYS READY FOR A ROW.
Wears Bnllet-Proof Clothing and
Does Not Fear n Shot

Boston, Mass, Oct. 11.-BuleS proc6
clothing saved a mans life in a street
row here today. Frank Share was ar
roster for an alleged assault with load
ed revolver on Nincenzo Melli. 1t is said
SharrO dew a large calbre revolver and,
pressing it close to Mcllfs right breast,
fired
The flash burned a hole in Melli's coat,
near the right shoulder, but, strange to
say, Melli did not drop. He Clapped his
hand to the spot whore the bullet had
hit him, but no blood showed. lie
shrugged his shoulders, and as he did so
felt something drop through his trouser
leg, and, STOPPING, picked up big bull
let.
This he took to the station house,
where he was examined by a physician
ana only a little discolored bruise was
found.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
BIG PURCHASE OF RAILS.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buys Forty Thousand Tons.

Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-THE Pennsylvania
Railroad company has purchased forty
thousand tons of steel rails at $40 per
ton for thirty-foot rails and $50 for sixty
foot rails. The contracts were awarded
to the Pennsylvania Steel company, the
Cambria Iron company and the Carnegie
Steel company. All the rails are to be
delivered before Jan. /, 1895. The new
rails are to be used for double tracking
the Atlantic City division of the West
Jersey and Scashore railroad and replac-
Ing old and lighter rails on other por-
tiOns of the Pennsylvania eastern lines
Contracts are also to be given out for
new rails for the western lines in which
the Illinois Steel company will partici-
pate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12

where they have been spending a few
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. George Hem
niger.
Mrs. Sarah j. Williams is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. E. j. Raymond in
Bnghamton.
Arthur Smith is nursing a boil on
one of his fingers.
Mrs W. II. briggs has gone to Mans
field, where she will visit her cousins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Judge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baker and Mr..
Ralph Williams will attend today, the
wedding of their cousin, Paul w.
Gardner, to Miss Louise Heft at Homes
dale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
EastLIberty Cattle Market.

East Liberty, Pa, Oct. 11.-Cattle-Slow;
prime, S4S0a4.9O; common, S3a3.5O: bulls
stays and cows, S2a3.6O. Hogs--Farly ac-
tive; best medium weights, Si20a4 25; best
Workers, Al0a4l5; comon Workers and
pigs, S4a4lO; heavy, Si.10a4.l5; roughs, 50 "a
aS,5O. Sheep-Nery slow; choice sheep
A10a4.2O; common, 2.7Ja3.25; choice lambs
S5a5.25; common to good lambs, $ia4. .9O
veal calves, $6a6.5O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
Buffalo Live Stock,

East Buffalo, n. Y, oct. 11.-Cattle-
Steady, choice steers, S4.9Oa $40; medium
TO heavy, $i65aiSO coarse, SO. 75a4.5O
choice heifers, Si15a45O; fair to good
butchers stock, s3.4Oa4OO; good smooth
cows, $S,iOa39O; export bulls, S3.G5a3 90;
oxen, $22ja4.5O; mileh COWS and springers,
$20a35; veals and calves $6.00a6l5. Hogs
Mixed packers grades, S415aA2O; med
ium weights, S4.1Oa42O heavy, $41Oa4. Is;
pigs, 3.25a4.55 Sheep and Lambs-Lambs.
S3,75a4OO; culls, S35Oa375; sheep, SS.25a5. 90;
culls, 81. .25a3.OO; export sheep, $375a435
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
NICHOLSON,

d, Miller, who was struck by a
train last Friday near Oakley station,
is still alive and his attending physl-
clan expresses hope of his recovery.
DIR. Brown thinks to leave this place
the latter part of this week for Phila-
delphia, where he VIII remain during
the winter.
Mrs. O. II. Williams and sister, re-
turned Saturday from Wetherly, Pa,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12

Chicago, Oct. 11.-Cattle-Inactive de-
mand at A.65a5.1O: stockers and feeders,
S29Oa460; feeding westerns, $3.6Oa4; cam
ming steers, $3.35a3.40. Hogs-$3. 7Oa4; pigs,
s3.5Oa3S5. Sheep-$2ai for natives; $50 for
westerns; lambs, S3a350 for poorest, to
$j50a565 for best natives; western lambs,
S.75a4.75. Receipts-Cattle, 22,00O head;
hogs, 1900 head; sheep, 5000 head
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-12
Richard Adams Declines.

New York, Oct. 1l.-EX-Mayor Hugh j.
Grant, who is managing Justice Van
Wyck's campaign for mayor, gave out a
statement today denying the alleged con-
ference with Judge Gaynor in Great Bar
rngton, Mass Richard II. Adams, nom
mated for register on the Citizens union
ticket, has sent notice of his declination
Of the nomination to the bureau of cleo
tiOnS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03

Windy Gulch, altogether forgetting
it's previous spirit of prophecy, turned
with renewed enthusiasm to it's aban-
doned claims, while Col. Meredith was
50 far impressed by the published re-
ports that now he came himself to in
spect his Grubstake holding, thinking
eood>to clear a somewhat clouded title
by relocating the claim, changing u
little the trend of the side lines, which
brought to more acute angle it's cross
ing with the Mascot vein. With the
colonePs evident endorsement, the
camp having large respect for that gen
tleman's judgment, however it might
regard his business methods, conf
dcnce grew apace; hardly prospect
hole so poor that it did not forthwith
advance to fabulous value in it's owners
eyes, while everybody looked to see
Windy Gulch enjoy an immediate boom.
Put now the autocracy of organized
labor was moved to bring confusion 20
the building hopes of the camp and in
woke new trouble upon poor Neil.
[To BE Continued
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
"ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL -
The Early Moments of 1897 Made To
for Past NegIects.
[To BE Continued

Four nights a week and once ON Sun
days had Lancelot Gewgaw been pay
ing his attentions to the pretty Sy-
rasella Floordelee, and there was yet
quite long payroll before him. But
in all that time he had not thought to
say the thing that would have made
him happy. Syrasella was a beautiful
being. Her hair was so raven black
that it left a mark on verything white,
which is why Lancelot always wore
colorcd gentlemen's furnishing goods.
Her eyes were like twin comets, rush
ing through space at each other, and
she had many beautiful teeth. Alto
gether she had the proper assortment
of attractions calculated to make her
face thing of beauty.
Lancelot was not chump, although
he wasn't saying thing to her. He
was simply lacking in assurance. He
was book agent, but that was his pro-
fession. His almost human ears hung
on either side of his head, tastefully
covered over with real hair, and his
eyes were of the true foor-walller va
riety. He was no bargain-counter at
traction, but special Monday mark
down, and Syrasella knew it.
And now they were seeing leap year
go out together. He had talked about
everything except the one dead-easy,
hackneyed, yet never stale subject, and
as the hands on the clock chased them
selves near to II she grew more and
more beautiful as she seemed to be
nerving herself up to the point of say
ing a few words herself. Suddenly the
clock struck a dozen times, and with a
wild cry she cried out, saying: Ian
celot, why did lose my chance? Leap
year is gone for eight years."
Lancelot beat at his forehead with
his clinched fish until the veins in his
neck assumed the proper SHADE of pur
PIE. Then, stalking across the floor
he came back. He lznelt in front Of
the divinely beautiful girl, whose hail
was making streaks over her gown
His tone was like the best quality q
honey: "Syrasella, forgive me-"
'Give you what?" she murmured
cOyly, as she swept her cheeks will
her long eye-lashes. She was that neat
that she swept them every day.
GIVE me your heart" he said. il
deep, wealthy tones, and as the whistle!
| sounded ushering in the new year hel
tender Eyes" rose above all the tumul
and two loving hearts gave faithful
imitation of a dynamo working over
| time.-N. Y. World.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
A Little NONSENSE.

One Way.-"What would you advises
ne to do to become worth my weighe
in gold?" ''Wen, you might try anti
tat."-Truth.
Not to Be Beaten.-"My little sister
is the best baby you ever saw. She
sleeps "a hours every day." "Huh! our'n
sleeps 6."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mistress what in the world are
you putting ashes on the floor for,
Bridget" Bridget-"Shure, ma'am.
an didn't yez say to doost the parlor?"
Brooklyn Life.
Another Way.-"Mr. Davis wants to
borrow the lawn mower" mo. tell
him we won't lend it; but if he needs
exercise he can come over and cut our
grass. Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Hackett has to keep up her
summer trips on account of her hay
fever" 'You mean that she has to
keep up her hay fever on account OF her
summer trips Chicago Record.
One, at Least.-She-"YO are just
like all the men; you would not admit
that you ever made mistake, to save
your life" He-"As if I hadn't told
you time and time again that the mis-
take of my life was in marrying you"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
-"Wait year, my son, and you may
feel very different" said the father.
''I've tested my love for Miss Higgins
thoroughly, and I know it cannot
change" the son confidently replied
''Pve played golf with her, and still 1
want her for my wife."-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Weed-"Are you one of those
men who regard all widows as danger
ous??" Mr.. Green (edging away
''No, I don't think they're all dangerous.
Some of them don't become widows I'M
til they have passed the danger point. !"
Mrs. Weed (after he has left)-''I won
der if he meant that as compliment"
Cleveland Leader.
Origin of the Tale.-The Farmer
eyes; know that spot. It's about five
mile up the road, an they call it The
Lovers Leap" Summer Boarder-
"And there's an old tradition about an
Indian girl who sprang from it?" The
Farmer-"Yes'm it's pretty old ira
dition. I reckon it must "a been start
ed when folks round here first began
to take summer boarders. Puck
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03

work on the Grubstake claim just over
the hill from the newly discOvered Mas
cot, a property long docketed in the
coloneTs mind along with certain other
possessions significantly known to him
self as yellow dogs"
But in mining, perhaps more gem
orally than in any other pursuit, it
l.: the unexpected that happens. y few
feet below the surface the Mascot vein,
erstwhile so fair in promise, abruptly
"pinched out" scarce showing even a
trace of mineral, while old miners
looking on declared that the ore would
Eever come in again, however deep Neil
might sink his shaft. His discovery was
simply pocket" nothing more; and
an assured 81 told you So" Windy Gulch
veered round to it's first opinion of the
ground, leaving Neil to his work alone.
The ''tenderfoot" confidence with
which he stuck by the claim came to be
regarded as rather a good joke as time
went on; but, prone most of all to adj
mire that quality in man known in it's
own vernacular as "sand," the young
man was held in growing respect, the
camp as unit declaring that he de
served "to play in better luck" than
was ever likely to be his share up there
by the old trail.
To Neil it seemed simply inevitable
that he should go on with the work, al
though, with finances presently "down
to bedrock" in the mining phrase, he
struggled against heavy odds. He had
so far profted by lessons of adversely
however, that he was fertile in contriv-
ance; and when the last slice of bacon
had gone into the frying-pan and the
last stick of giant powder had plowed
up the Mascot shaft to no end but to
increase its depth, in no wise dis.
heartened, he betook himself to one Of
| the neighboring mines, there to ham
mer drill for day wages until a suffi
cient fund had been accumulated to re-
new the work upon his own claim. Sc
| for many months he alternated be-
tween. the rough lot of the common
miner and what seemed the even harder
experiences of the mine-owner, unit
the numbing touch of despair had slow
ly settled upon his heart and he went OF
| duly with the work, more from force
| OF habit than from any living hope il
the outcome. And then, as though fat,
had tried his mettle far enough, he raj
into free gold in such marvellous masses
as had never been known before in al
the region round.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
ADMITTED HE WAS DEAD BROKE
Honesty Was Found to Be Best Policy
with n Car Conductor.

Dead broke is not an accurate term.
1t is relative A millionaire considers
himself dead broke when he finds that
he has only V in his pocket. Men of
less means think they are dead broke
when they can find but a quarter or a
half in their pockets. Butwith the mass
of people who haven't very much, even
when at their best, dead broke means
that condition in which a man finds
himself without a nickel in his pockets.
Pennies don't cut any ice. Even three
or four of them won't pay car fare,
and when a man hasn't car fare the
walk to Comminsville at midnight
seems long-awfully long.
That's what allied me the other
night" said a resident of that suburb
81 didn't have a nickel to my name-nOt
a nick And you bet it was warm. So
I tried to work the conductor. When
he struck me I felt in my pockets, first
one. then the other, and then looked
dazed.
81 had Nickel said, but blame ms
if know where it is
less man in blue. You'll have to walk
little just for change, as you haven't
got it. Think of man getting off a
Joke like that.
81 walked, but not far. Tried an
other conductor with the same racket.
Didn't work. He was heartless also. ]
knew I'd get home if the cars kept com
ing. but the last car would be due soon.
Then 1 thought of the old motto: Hon
esty is the best policy I'd try it on.
81 got on the car and held up my
head. When the man with the badge
came along 1 said:
I'm dead broke, old man. Let me
take a sneak home, will you? Walk
ing's awful hot a night like this.
'That worked like a charm. He was
the best conductor ever saw. He knew
i was telling the truth. The other fell
lows thought 1 was lying, and I was
but not in the way they thought. All
he said was:
"'AIl right, old fellow. Don't give
me away, though
"'Not on your life 1 said. Then
curied up and slept the sleep of the just
and the righteous. Hereafter I'm go
| ing to tell the truth, cost what il
mav."--Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
|
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
Was Quite q Help.

Archbishop Tait's coachman was a
very original character. One day cler-
gyman who called at the palace asked
him whether he still had as much to do
as ever. The answer was sublime.
There's always a goodish bit doing,
sir; but it has been tritle easier since
we took young Mr.. Parry into the bust
ness" 1t. Rev. Edward Parry had re-
Gently been appointed suffragan OF
Dover.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
SOFT ANSWERS IN EAST AFRICA.
A Few German Words That the DOciIe
Native Knows Well

y German newspaper correspondent,
just back from German East Africa,
gives an interesting illustration of the
gentle course of imperial civilization
in that colony. In Dar-es-Salaam one
day he met some small negro boys as
they were going home from school. He
stopped them by scattering few cop
per coins in their way and then pro-
ceeded to examine them as to the
amount of German they had learned.
The examination in part was as follows:
Q.-Tell me a good German word.
\. (frOm a dozen tongues) - Good
morning.
Q.-That is good; now can you give
me another? A.-Pig-dog.
Q.-But is that Il good word?
Dead silence followed the inquiry.
Q.-Can't you tell me three or four
good words? A.-Beer; dead drunk;
numsllull.
Q.-Bravo! Now will you try again
Dead silence, broken eventually by
the fall of more coppers on the sand
and scramble, after which the ques-
ton was repeated, with this result:
A.-Forbidden; police; hold your
jaw.
Q-Can't somebody tell me just one
word more for three coppers? A
Halt; cattle; blockhead.
That ended the examination, whose
results show, says the correspondent,
how kind is the official hand and how
soft the official tongue that spread
European customs in the dark CONT
ent.-N. Y. Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Seasonable Suggestions for the
HOusekeeper.


Flowers provided for bridal parties
and also those used by women in even
ing costume this season are again de-
scribed as made bouquets, but in no
way do they resemble the Old-time bou-
quets. These were pyramid-shaped
masses of flowers, each blossom so
closely packed in place that its beauty
was lost. The new bouquets have flow
ers on one side only, so grouped as to
show each individual blossom and give
4 graceful but careless arrangement of
them. These one-sided bouquets have
the advantage of being lighter and less
clumsy to manage than the old style.
The wearer may hold one of them close
to her gown without being in constant
fear of crushing the blossoms. Another
good point is that a smaller number of
flowers is required, thus making the
expense much less.
If women staying at SeaShOre resorts
will spend part of their idle time in
collecting a variety of shells, they may
utilize them in the fall for unique door
drapery. Fasten the shells thickly on
fish netting, then drape the netting over
door casing and let it hang down at
the sides. The shell-trimmed netting
also makes an attractive portiere by
lining it with light shade of sea green
silk-finished material.
Green MOSES gathered in the woods
for winter use have way of losing
their color and turning brown as they
become dry. If the moss is first well
cleansed in clear water and then soaked
short time in water almost black with
bluing, it will brighten in color when
dried. Spread the wet moss upon pa
the air, but not where the sun will
strike it.
| One of the best cosmetics for bicycle
riders or persons upon the water is
fresh cucumber juice. This will aid in
keeping the skin of the face soft and
smooth. To extract the juice from a
cucumber, first peel it, and then cut it
into thick slices and press the juice out
with lemon squeezer. A simple and
harmless remedy for sunburn is to
battle the face in buttermilk.
In making bags or cases for silver
ware an unbleached material should be
employed. Sulphur is generally used in
the bleaching processes, and it tends to
blacken and tarnish silver. Rubber in
any form is another thing that should
never be kept near silverware. Silver
is best wrapped in blue, white, or pink
soft tissue paper, and unbleached cot
ton flannel bags.
Peanuts may be baked and served as
a vegetable. Remove the skins from
the meats and put one cupful into ar
earthen baking dish. Pour over them
two pints of boiling water, cover the
dish with plate, and place it in mod
erateIy cool oven and bake from foul
to five hours, or until the nuts are ten
der. When the nuts are partly cooked
season them with salt and stir among
them teaspoonful of butter.-N. Y
Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
SNAKES DRIVE OFF ROBBERS
Queer Pets Save Ernest Barbour, n
Downer's Hill Ra.) Hermit.


Downer's Hill Pa.) Hermit.
The geese saved Rome once upon a
time, but probably the only case on
record where a rattlesnske proved
benefactor to it's owner occurred at
Binghamton, n. Y, recently when
Ernest Barbour, the hermit of
Downer's Hill was attacked by burg
lars in his howell and the robbers
were driven away by q rattlesnake.
Downer's Hill is in Susquehanna coun-
ty, Pa, not far from the line separating
New York and Pennsylvania. Bar
bour has lived in hut there for many
years and has secreted about $4,000 in
securities. He also has considerable
money about the little howell at times.
There he lives with two large dogs and
q number of rattlesnakes which he has
charmed'or tanned so that he can freely
handle them. The neighbors usually
avoid the place on account of the
snakes and the fierce dogs and Bar
bour is left quite alone. But a few
weeks ago g number of robbers planned
an attack on the hut, attempting to get
the money and securities In the place.
They made the dogs inseasible with
drugged meat and were ab2ut to seize
Barbour when the faithful ra4tlesnakes
INTERVIEWED. One of them bit a robber
in the leg, whereupOn the marauders
fed in terror. Two days later a man
died from a rattlesnake bite in a farm
er's house six miles from Hallstead.
Although Barbour is a recluse he
came out of his hovel when he heard.
footsteps. When asked about his rattle
snakes he pulled two of them out of his
pockets and said they were as tame as
cats. His two dogs had evidently recov-
cred from their drugs. They are huge
mongrel hound and large Gordon
setter Barbour gave this explanation
! of his adopting hermit's Life:
Il was born in Brooklyn. My ps&'ents
were well7to-dc and I was well edu-
Gated. On the street where, 1 rexideCh
was female monster and together
we grew up. AS far back as / can re-
member we promised each Other to
marry just as soon as we were old.
enough. Things went along smooth
ly enough until she went to a young
lady's finishing school near Peekskiu.
There she met an actor, a member Of a
travelling troupe. She fell in love with
him and, forgetting her promise to be
my bride, within six months she
eioped.
''They lived together for awhile. but
he treated her shamefullly and beat
her. The wretch also neglected to pro-
vide her with money sufficient for food
She would not ask aid from her par
/ ents, for they had disowned her. She
came home finally. A child was born,
but she died. All this happened within
year, and during that II months both
my father and mother died. sold all
the property L possessed invested the
money and came here to live That's
all there is to tell"
| With that he went inside the cabin
and shut the door.-Chicago Chronicle
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
A Dream Invention.

Possibly the most interesting
woman's invention was patented by the
wife of a well-known western man.
There had been some trouble with a
lock, either at her home or at her hus-
bands office, and she had been much
wrought up about it. When she went
to bed at night she dreamed of a new
lock made on a plan entirely different
from any she had ever seen. In the
morning she made model of her
dream lock out of cake of soap.
Then she took the model to a machin-
list, who duplicated the soap lock in
steel, and it worked so satisfactorily
that a large firm of lockSmithers
offered a royalty to her for the privi-
lege of manufacturing locks after her
design. and she is still in receipt of a
considerable income every year from
that source.-Ohio State Journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03

-Woman's inhumsnity to man makes
countless husbands die old bachelors.
Chicago News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
Cherry DumDlings.

Chop two tablespoonful of butter
into a quart of -four, in which have
been sifted heaped teaspoonful OF
baking powder and saltspoonful OF
salt. Wet with two cups of milk, or
enough to make soft dough. Roll into
sheet a quarter of an inch thick, cut
into squares, put large spoonful of
pitted cherries into each, fold together,
pinching the edges firmly together,
put in a buttered tin, like biscuit, and
bake; or, tie in cloths, leaving room for
the dumping to swell and boil enc hour.
Detroit Free Press.