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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

NERVOUS TROUBLES; ALL KINDS
~ cured with Animal Extracts. Free book
tells how, WASHINGTON CHEMICAL Co,
Washington,D.C For sale by Matthews Bros.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

1Cold
the heart of the Gold Bottom Mining
Development has proved be thick
SIP cubic
from the work already done, TEN MEN WITH PROPER
CHINERY SHOULD EXTRACT $4,000 from
this property, and its total yield should
Kirkpatrick, resident superintendent,
other
mile of the richest Klondike which this
has right to take
"a quartz lode located ridge
Creek to which
points as HE MOTH Err LODE FROM WHICH MILLIONS
OFTREASURE IN THE GOLD BOTTOM
BEEN DERIVED. The lode enormous outcrop
the which
Arrangements o a m on
when
many years
THE sun OF aside for the d
erations of the under its charter
Applications should addressed
by check onehaf the
official
tary, 20 Nassau street, New York City.
should be borne in mind
lumber
other
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
Third NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.

Special Attention Given to Busi-
ness and Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodations Ex.
tended According to Balances and
Responsibility.
3Per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
THE JOSEPH LADUE
Gold Mining and Development Company Of Yukon.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

ga Climber Berth from Government comforting
exclusive right to cut timber on both sides Of the
distance of Is miles from Dawson THUS GIVING
PAN4 PRACTICAL MONOPOLY OF THE LUMBER BUSi-
A large saw mill built by Mr. Ladue Dawson City
the time of his departure, EARNING AVERAGE
$1,000 DAY NET-enough pay per dividend on
the capital stock of the company. ~
5Eghty choice
the City will sold On Others
buildings will
profit o'
Canadian charter
any TO engage every variety Of mining and industrial
terprlse, to build and railways,
charter gives greater powers than obanable
difficulties by
foreign companies seeking to operate the Klondike.
veopment placer and quartz claims general
THE COMPANY, 20 NASSAU STREET he
ibed drawn to the order of f. f.
adue
VIII be
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
Acknowledged
Cheapest Shoe House
In Scranton.

Mems Leather Shoes, all sizes, con-
gress only, at soc.
Ladies' Goat Shoes, button only, at
49c.
Misses grain school shoes, soc.
25O pairs Mems Hand-sewed Dark
Russet Shoes, bull dog toe, worth 81
to IS a pair, at $2.4S.
300 pairs Mems Enamel Shoes, worth
$780, at $1.29.
450 Mems Russet Calf Shoes, hand
sewed, regular value, $3.50 and $780, at
s1.29.
1850 pairs Mems Congress and Lace
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Romance and the Law.

Al interesting law case involving
love affair enacted in Samoa and this
country will be called up in the United
States Circuit Co:rt, in Brooklyn, in
few days. The story OF the incidents
leading up to the case is long one
and contains many clements OF TO
nance.
Edward Bourdois. C. resident OF
Brooklyn, whose business is in New
York, married on July l6, 1895, Miss
Hattie Won Ratforl, niece and ward
of David Street Parker. Mr.. Parker
was an American trader in Apia.
Samoa. Some years ago he became
the guardian of Miss Won Ratlard,
whose mother was dead and whose
father had left Samoa on a trading yes.
sci and never returned. Mr.. Parker
sent his ward to New York City to re-.
ceive her education, and while there
she became acquainted with Mr.. Bour-
dois, son of a Wall street broker.
The acquaintance rapidly developed
into love affair. Finally Miss Won
Rahard returned to Samoa, but not
until she had promised to marry Mr..
Bourdois. In the summer OF 1895 Mr..
Bourdois went to Apia to marry the
young woman. As the story goes, Mr..
Parker had become greatly dlsappoint.
ed because his niece refused the hand
of many Samoan sutton, but persisted
in her devotion OF Mr.. Bourdois.
No obstacles were placed in the way
of the wedding, however, md the cere'
mony was one of exceeding splendor.
After brief sojourn on the island,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bourdols returned to
this country and became residents of
Brooklyn Not long after reaching
this country the trouble arose which
must now be settled in court. Mrs.
Bourdois says that she gave once to
her uncle for collection two promls.
sorry notes worth about $4,000. Later,
she says, she demanded the money
and he refused to give it to her. It is
said that q quarrel arose, as result OF
which Mrs. Bourdois brought the suit
for $4,000 and accumulated interest.
Mr.. Parker brought counter suit
against Mr.. Bourdois for $4,000 for
damaging his affections and feelings
by wooing and winning his niece. 1t
is this combination OF suits which the
court must untangle.
The tale further runs to the effect
that Mr.. Bourdois's mother was Sa'
moan woman of royal blood, whose
sister was married by Mr.. Parker, but
this particular could not be VERIFIED
New York Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Swapping Horses.

General Horace Porter, in his "Cam-
paigning with Grant" in tho Century.
tells the following anecdote Of his
chief during ride from Petersburg to
City Point:
Owing to tho heat and dust, the long
ride was exceedingly uncomfortable.
My best horse had been hurt, and I
was mounted on bay cob that had a
trot which necessitated no end OF
"saddle-pounding" on the part Of tho
rider; and if distances are to be meas
|ured by tho amount of fatigue en-
dured, this excrtion added many miles
to the trip. The general was riding
his black pony "Jetf Davis" This
smooth little PAGER shullled along at q
gait which was too fast for walk and
not fast enough for gallop, SO that
all tho other horses had to move at 9
brisk trot to keep up with him.
When we wore about five miles from
headquarters the general said to me in
q joking way: 'You don't look COM
Portable on that horse. Now feel
about as fresh rs when we started
out"
replied: ut makes oil the differ
ence in the world, general, what kind
of horse one rides.
He remarked: "Oh, all horses are
pretty much alike as far as the comfort
of their gait is concerned"
"In the present instance. I an
swcred, 81 don't think you would like
to swap with me, general"
He said at once, "Why, yos; I'd
just as lief swap with you as mott" and
threw himself off his pony and mount
cd my uncomfortable beast, while I
put myself astride OF Jeff" The
general had always been famous
rider, even when ca let at West
Point. When he rode or drove q
strange horse, not many minutes
elapsed before ho and tho animal
seemed to understand each other per-
fectly. In my experience l have never
seen better rider, OF ono who had .
moro steady seat, no matter what sort
OF horse be rode; but on this OCCASION
it soon became evident that his body
and that of the animal were not al-
ways in touch, and he saw that all the
party were considerably amused at tho
jogging to which he was subjected. In
the meantime "Jeff Davis was pacing
along with o smoothness which made
me feel US if ] were seated in rock
ing chair. When we reached head
quarters the general dismounted in q
manner which showed that he was
pretty stiff from the ride. AS he
touched the ground he turned and
said with quizzlcal look, swell, I
must acknowledge that animal is pretty
rough"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
CURIOUS FACTS.
There is paper underclothing.

There is paper underclothing.
Spiders usually live two or threo,
FEARS.
The total killed on both sides, at
Gettysburg, Penn, numbered $500.
The Oldest house in Maine is said to
be Sylvester house, Mt Small Point, the
age of which IS put at $50 years.
Tho sword and belt of Latour d'Au-
ververgne, the first grenadicr of
France, have just been presented to
the Paris Musee Carnavalet.
The Island of Malta has language
OF its own, derived from tho Cartha-
ginian aud Arabian tongues. The
nobility of the island speak Italian.
A whale recently captured in arctic
waters was found to have imbedded
in its side harpoon belonging to
whaling vessel that had been out Of
service near " half century.
A New Yorker paid q visit recently
for the first time in tifty-one years to
Alexandria, Va, to make search for
the house where he boarded in 1886
while recruiting for the Mexican War.
Mrs. c. X. Thorp. OF Washington,
Ind, wife of former Mayor of that
city, held up at tho point OF revolver
a young man who had slapped her son,
and forcing him to kneel in tho street.
she horsewhipped him in the face un-
til blood was drawn. Then she lectured
him.
Isabelle, notorious under the Second
Empire rs the flower girl of the Paris
Jockey Club, is now an old woman
earning precarious living by selling
flowers in the streets. She was turned
out by the Jockey Club on her mothers
appealing to charity because she would
not support her.
How large must be the hole through
which horse can pass? This ques-
ton was discussed by deacon and
newspaper friend in East Winthrop,
Nc. The next day the deacon dis
covered that his horse had dropped
through trapdoor in his stable, land
ing in the cellar without scratch.
The hole was IS! by 81 inches.
There is cat that goes hunting at
Hoisington, Kan. 1t makes its home
in the roundhouse whore railroad
man placed it TO get warm one day
when he found it holt frozen in the
street. The men made practice Of
shooting birds for it, and now the cat
will follow for mile or moreany man
who carries o gun, and at sound Of
shot will run for the bird.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Money Made by a Blacksmith.

Tacoma once had mint that coined
all OF the money in circulation where
the City of Destiny now stands, and,
it did not require the fiat of Uncle
Sam, tho silver of Idaho or the gold
of California to make the pieces from
Taco1na's mint pass current among
Indians and tho few hardy pioneers
that we're blazing the path Of civiliza'
ton through the forest on the shores
of Commencement Bay.
Back in the early seventies the
Tacoma Mill Company, not being able
to handily secure gold and silver for
uso in trading with and paying off the
Indian laborers and early settlers, hit
upon tho novel plan OF issuing their
own currency, and to this end set their
blacksmith to work to fashion for
them, out Of scraps of iron and brass,
pieces of money, or rather tokens,
which could be used as circulating
medium. The pieces consisted of 10
and As cent iron tokens and brass 81
pieces. The 40 cent pieces were about
an inch in diameter, and the Is cent
pieces were about tho size of the
present silver half dollar. The 81
pieces were oval in shape, about m
inch ard a quarter long, an inch wide
and sixteenth of an inch in thickness.
These pieces were stamped with tho
figures showing their value, and read
lily passed current all over the country
tributary to tho mill.
The coins, which are still preserved,
ere roughly made, just such as any
blacksmith with ordinary tools might
make, and as matter of fact during
the early years Of tho mill company's
existence formed practically tho local
circulating medium of exchange. When
the Indians who were employed in the
mill were paid for their labor this
coin sul1iced, as al! the trading they
did was with the little store run IN
connection with the mill. The iron
and brass pieces were,o of course, passed
among the Indians in trading with
each other, and as anything in the
way ofsupplies was purchased by them
at the mill store, tho pieces were fully
as good to them as if they had borne
the stamp OF the Government
Tacoma Wash Ledger.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
History on q Watch Facc.

Almost tue last work of-the Belgian
astronomer, Houzenu, recently de.
ceased, was m article in which, while
arguing in favor of decimal division
of time, he pointed out the origin Of
the double set of twelve hours repre-
sented on our watch and clock faces.
The ancient inhabitants of ,Mesopo'
tamia chose tho number twelve as an
urlthmetical base because it hus four
divisors, viz: two, three, four and
six, while ten has only two di7isors,
viz: two and five. They counted
twelve hours in the day and twelve in
the night, measuring the day by the
progress OF the sun, and the night by
the progress OF the stars across the
sky. This system, prevailing over all
others, has come down to us, and SO
our watches bear on their faces sou.
veuir OF those ancient days when the
sun served as q clock hand half OF the
time and the stars the other hail.
Youths Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Americas Common Roads.

The total length Of the common
roads in this country. good, bad and
Indifferent, is estimated by General
Stone, Of the Road Bureau Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, ut something
over 100000 miles. The majority
of these roads have been opened by
common laborers, hired by local su'
pervisors, and no engineering prin-
ciples have been observed in their
construction. As result, it costs
more to keep them in repair than if
they were as many finely macadamized
roads. Keeping these poor roads in
repair and opening new thoroughfares
cost Massachusetts in 1898, outside OF
cities, 81, 1885, 44 or $GG.30 per mile
New York, $1,500,0o0 or $50 per mile,
and New Jersey, s77s, 407. 50, or 1925
per mile. The total expenditures for
roads in that year amounted to about
$50, 100000. As greater part of the
enormous sum was spent in repairing
poorly constructed roads, that would
need exactly the same attention next
year, it is not exaggcration to say that
most Of the money was wasted Fine
roads can be constructed all the way
from 500 to $500 per mile, according
to the nature of the country through
which they pass, the cost OF crushed
stone and other engineering problems.
The cost of keeping these roads in re
pair is infinitely smaller than that re,
quired to repair the ordinary dir
roads each winter and spring, whel
great gu'leys and ruts are washed into
them by rains and floods. The Manu-
fucturer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
No Healthy Baby Cries.

A favorite assertion OF the modern
trained child's nurse is TINT no healthy
baby cries. If he is well, as he should
be, and properly clothed and looked
after, he will not cry. But on tho
other hand. some medical autt critics
assert that crying is the chief and best
exercise for young children, and ono
hospital superintendent says that o
healthy baby should cry three or four
timesa day at least, and from ten to
fifteen minutes ut time. This world
would be dull, indeed, If all mankind
agreed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
CHAPTER XIV.
A BITTER REVELATION

A BITTER REVELATION.
The old year died amid the festivities
incident TO the season, and the new year
was already a week Old; but still Mar
garet had not regaine1 her old-time
spirits.
Brian was at first anxious and then
annoyed. 1t was too Dad of Margaret
to look so pale and thin, when he liked
TO see her strong and well. Thus he az
gued with man s sublime seltlshness.
L wish you would tell me what is the
matterwith you, he said, rather sharply,
at breakfast one morning. You say you
ieel strong. You will not allow me to
prescribe for you, nor will you see DR..
Philips; and yet you go around looking
luxe ghost. can't understand it.
, There is no necessity for trying.
nrian. | was never rosy in my best
'aays, and people often grow thin from
very simple causes. viii you pass me
aroll, pleasc?"
You need not try to deceive mo, put
a. ~ Brian. complying with her request.
Ills we'll enough to talk of being pale
. ana growing thin from simple causes. l
Mow there is reason for your indispo-
suon. The place is dull enough. dear
Mows. | think you might try to be
eaeerful if only for my sake"
aarsarets lips twitched. Her temper
naa been tried by several circumstances
uat morning, and now Brian's COM
pants Gaping the climax, put her III a
MOOD for retaliation.
wish you had thought Of the dull
ness before you married me-" she re-
i"rted with the bitterness that filled her
Breast.
l suppose YOU are angry now. |
iAhoW you'll drive me mad. l wish l
/ could hate YOU"
:. Don't quarrel. please I don't like
-. II you do not find sufficient to in
crest You at home, it is not my fault,
ahu vii! not bear the blame"
ner eyes flashed as that determined
VIII passed her lips.
Are you going to the city again.
- les Tomorrow. can't stand more
a'an little OF this life at time"
Nor OF my company" added Mar
saFet, rather bitterly. You are COM
pAMentary. decidedly"
a. As 10 standing Your company, Mar
saiel' you know my feeling perfectly
NIL ~eti. 1t is of the place, not you, COM
pam. What under heaven can sane
man do hcre?'
What can he do in the city? What
10 You do there?"
margaret asked this question very
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
>1,,pJE!, Xli!-COntinncd.

Ono bent her head, pretending to ex-
.a;no the cleaning stones, but raised
!; aDi Immediately, TO say rather slowly:
srs, NE what you wish most, and you
sball have it.
w. prian gave a questioning glance at
ser half-avcrted face. He hesitated,
~, only for a second. The next he had
..uoht ner in his arms, and holding her
, ,nstnst his beating heart he pressed a
eno passionate kiss upon her passive
'f she made not the slightest resistance,
though her face had grown very white.
Ne laid his own Interpretation upon
mic sign. You are angry" he said,
allowing her to 90 at last.
NO. no, not angry; that was your
christmas gift.
She spoke with IN effort and once
more fell to admiring her pin. Brian
~stcbed her with u longing she felt
ether r than saw. TO avoid his eyes she
drew her chair closer to the fire and
hurled her head in its cushioned back.
1T is odd" remarked Brian, after an
awkward pause. II think the world
uon)d smile to know that husband is
univ permitted to kiss his wife on
Christmas day.
aSomc other time VIC will talk of that,
Brian. Not now. 1t will only stir up
old discords.
.Therc is always the shadow Of dis
cord between us. was the answer given
vith a sigh. Heaven knows | should
like to be different man; but as | must
be what | am, why can We not be happy
together?'
Are you unhappy"
you know I am. What pleasure can
YOU find in hearing me say SO? You
know your love is the ono thing | long
for. Yet you will kill yourself in the
interest of others, while for mo-
He paused with passion more clo-
quent than words. Margaret could not
reply Immediately. A strange, nervous
weakness benumbed her faculties, and
she waited for a stronger moment 10
answer his reproaches.
You speak unjustly," she said at last,
with great effort. Il do not take pleas
ure in your unhappiness. If you knew
how utterly exhausted | am, you would
spare such remarks. They pain me.
y can't hear them now.
She had risen from her chair with the
last words. and with sudden trembling
swayed as though she would faint.
Margaret" he cried, catching her il
his arms, tell me the trouble. d."
lam only tired, was the answer
with half sob as her head rested for q
second on his shoulder. "Only very
tired
Il have been brute" he reioincd
penitenlly. Il should have seen 20,
we're i'll. Let me do something for you
darling"
"Oh, no, Bran; I thank You. I shall
be better when | have slept. l neeC
only that, I think. | must say good
night now"
With sigh he let her 80 from him
and she moved away unsteadily; bu
coming back under the impulse of al
aitcr-thought, she said, very slowly: !.
Brian won't you try to believe tina
want to see you happy and contentcd
and that try very hard t, make you SO
Ii am not a better woman it is not be
cause | do not strive to be-
No more" cried Brian, with mucl
warmth. Margaret, you hurt me. No
to win your love, but to be worthy of it
that should be my ambition. You ar
100 good for me, / Goodnight
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Making Needles By Machinery.

the making OF needles is accom-.
plished entirely by machinery. 1t is
an interesting process to follow the
developing" OF q needle out Of rough
steel wire, tho piercing of the eyes
being q very delicate operation. After
the needles are FURNISHED the same
machinery counts them and stlcks
them in the papers and packages in
which they are sold. New York Tri'
bune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Imitation Mountain.

Just now. at the office of the Geo
logical Survey, they are engaged in
building imitation mountains, for the
purpose of studying the way in which
the eternal hills were formed by the
cr,lmpling due to the contraction Of
the earth's crust. The coal basins and
other valuable mineral deposits in
many parts Of the United States have
undergone just such crumpIlng, so
that it shall resemble in consistency
the brittle rocks near the surface Of
the earth or the plastic rocks which
are in that condition because OF the
great pressure that exists even at
DEPTHS Of only two or three miles, as
the case may be. The mixture is cast
in layers of given thickness by
melting and flowing it in wooden
trough.
When each layer has hardened it
is taken out, and a number of layers
thus made are supcrimpoScd one up
on the other like layers of jelly cake,
representing geological strata. The
next process is to place the layers in
a machine. piling shot on top of them
to represent the force Of gravity,
after which pressure is applied from
the ends very slowly BY Il piston adj
yanccd with a screw. This causes
them to crumple up, and under the
artificial contraction they are found
to take precisely the forms of noun
thin RANGES like the Allcghanics.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
A llainIY TcamD.

'Thank the old lady for the chicken
and ask il she hasn't got some cake
with chocolate frosting instead of this
white kind" This from tramp who
asked for "hand.out at Bath (Me,l
residence. Boston Herald.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

you are mistaken" came the answer
in Bertie's voice. Il have no desire to
emulate Brian in any respect. Please
credit me with some consideration for
Alice.
IF you didn't show more for her than
he does for his wife, I'd shoot you with
my own hands. He ought to be hung,
the scoundrcl! Leaving his wife as he
has been doing, allowing his domestic
affairs to be the talk of the neighbour
hood and her name to become the sub
iect of discussion with every vulgar
gossip in the place and he galivantInS
around the city like loafcr, lounSlnS in
clubs mornings, moons, and nights, and
drunk at that. Beale saw him the other
dav living on the club house steps, too
drink 10 move. And Margaret has
thrown herself away on such creature.
| Don't get so excited, you say? DO you
think | am made Of stone? Do you
think can talk quietly and calmly
when I remember her? Why IN the
name of heaven do such men have
wives? Why in the name of Just
heaven should she have such husband!
( And why in the name OF the devil don t
some one shoot or hang him:
! Margaret had heard all-every word.
the Colonel's high pitched denuncla-
tjons, Berries lower but not less en-
nhatjc ones. and now she could hear the
! Colonel an srily pacing the library, his
regular rapid steps seeming to keep
time with her quick heart beats.
| No. this was not dreaming. She was
fully awake. And crouching down in
her chair she pressed her hands over
her eyes as though she would shut from
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

The art of printing, according to
Dr.. Ha!de and the missionaries, was
pract;ced in China nearly fifty years
before the Christian era. In the time
Of Confucius. b. c. 800, books were
made of bamboo and about $50 years
a. D. paper was first made.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Nlcxico's Cathedral.

The cathedral in the City OF
Mexico is the largest in America. and
cost nearly s., 000,00