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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
THE LAND OF FLOWERS.

About this time every year many per-
sons who find the bracing winter air of
this latitude a little too rude and pene-
trating, prepare for q Sojourn in balmy
Florida where the temperature is
rarely less than thirty to forty degrees
above the freezing point at times when
the ferry boats here are churning the
ice. Florida has its manifold charms,
even though little sand pervades the
landscape; and to the four types of
her winter visitors the great state is q
delightful haven of refuge and rest.
Not few whose lungs are pierced as
with a knife by our energetic gales
from the northwest inhale genial and
healing air in the more elevated part
of Florida, midway between the coasts.
The east shore of the peninsula, with
all it's sand and lagoons, has tonic
effect upon those who are afflicted
with nerves; and stalwart sons and
daughters of the North who have mere
ly an unreasoning antipdthy to Jack
Frost repair to Florida to avoid his
company.
Then there is the large and growing
class of pleasure seekers who find
agreeable variety in the winter hotels,
in shooting and fishing, and in the
comparatively new diversion of house,
boating. There is pleasant news this
season for the house boat colony, for
a channel has been dredged to connect
the arms of the long lagoon between
the east coast and the ledge that keeps
out the sea. House boats and naptha
launches may start from ST. Augustine
this winter, through lines of cane and
pineapple fields and scenes of semi
tropical verdure, and steam through
reaches of. lagoon, river, creek and
canal to Bay Biscayne, near the south
end of Florida, 400 miles from the start
ing point. What is house boating on
England's little rivers compared with
such a journey as this, on one hand
the summer seas and on the other a
shore that is vivid with magnolia and
honeysuckle cypress, and palmetto, to
say nothing of alligators and other
| interesting products peculiar to our
| sunny South?
\ 1t is gratifying to learn that the
| orange groves, though most shamefully
treated by Jack Frost when he got out
of his proper sphere, have declined to
| be suppressed. About sixty per cent
| of the blighted trees have grown again
| from the roots and some of them are
| DtdllHS llllS StdSOii'a hc idSl tloP NC
fore the frost, the largest Florida ever
raised was 5,500,000 boxes, and it, is
estimated that three years from noW
the revived groves viii yield at least
| four-tfths of that enormous output
But Florida has learned a lesson. II
is not wise to carry all your eggs in one
basket. Orange growing was too Ions
her chief concern. Now she is giving
| attention to pineapples and Other
fruits and vegetables. which are ripen'
ing for market when our farms and
gardens are in the grasp of winter
on the whole, we all have reason tc
be proud about her. South of the Bis
Cypress Swamp and in the Everglades
a large part OF the interior is almos,
unknown. Exploration there is M
child's play, but we ought some day
to have at least as accurate informa'
ton of the southern part of our great
peninsula as we have now of Centra
! Africa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
ITS FINAL REPORT.
Grand Jury Completed It's Work and
Submitted Its Findings to Court.


The grand jury yesterday made it's
final report, returning twenty-five true
bills and ia ignored. All told during
the present session 119 true and 1876 ig-
nored bills have been passed upon
Seventy eight cases were filed, making
19I cases in all for the February term
of criminal court. The true bills re-
turned yesterday were:
Embezzlement-W II. Coons, Alfred 4.
Brdgman, pros
False pretences-R. r. Escott alias II.
Fl. Howard, Selena Kingdom, prox.; r.
II. Escott, alias II. II. Howard Albert
Ball. pros
Trafiicing. etc, in registered bottles
George Prokopovich, A. NJ. Morse pros.
Assault and Undergraduates Herr, Will
lam NJ. Miller pros; Edward +. Keating,
Thomas f.. Meagher, pros; Joseph Pu-
kolski, Joseph Toorofski, pros; Patrick
McPeak jr, James Ford, pros; Frank
Cobb, Hillary Kasofski, pros; Dominick
Goukoboski, Joseph Matulivz, pros
Domnick Youkoboski Joseph Matuivz,
pros.
Felonious wounding-John Morgan,
Frank Roblng, jr., pros.
Attempt at rape-Joseph Boltromis; Jo-
seph kowiens, pros.
Statutory urglary-Charles Burke, T.
Fellows Mason, pros.
Aggravated assault and battery
Michael Coelchuck, John Sekelsky, pros.
Michael Coelchuck. John Sekelsky, pros.
Malicious mischief-J. Strenk, Michael
Strenk, John Pencash, Persach Mellia-
vitZ, pros.
Larceny by bailee-Michael Matiewicz,
Frank kowaloski. pros.
Selling liquor without license-Jane
Joyce, Mary Shaw, proX.; Mamie Smith,
Thomas LeyShon, pros.
Selling liquor on Sunday-P. j. Nc
Laughlin, Mary Shaw, prox.
Selling liquor to minors-P. ]. Nc
Laughlin, Mary Shaw, prox.
Keeping a bawdy house-Mamie Smith,
Thomas Leyshon, pros.
Wifully cutting timber trees-I.uke
Walsh, Hugh Gilmore, Martin Cawley,
Patrick Boland: John Cosett, pros.
There We're thirty-three cases of as
sault and battery ignored, and in each
of them the prosecutor was called upon
to pay the costs. Twenty eight of the
ignored bills We're for larceny and re-
ceiving. Among other bills ignored was
the charge of robbery preferred against
Patrick Mullarkey by Bert Sisco.
In lengthy general report the jury
expressed itself as well pleased with
the changes that had been made about
the court house: complmented Con-
tractor Schroeder and Architects r. l.
Lacey & Son; commended the county
commissioners for their Jealous inter-
est in the public welfare; expressed d
satisfaction at the manner in which the
affairs of the county prison are con-
Quoted and thanked District Attorney
John r. Jones for his able and impair
tial presentation of the cases that came
before the grand inquest.
The jury disclaimed collectively and
individually that it was responsible for
the result of the Kelley Burke case
being known on the streets before it
went to the court, and suggested that
it was most likely the information was
CLEANED through an eavesdropper
The jury was discharged with the
thanks of the court by Judge Edwards,
who took occasion to say that he be-
lieved the solution they offered in the
matter above referred to was the only
correct one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
Ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME FABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 15, 1896.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes Barre, etc, at $40, 9.15, II. 80 a. m,
12.45, 200. 3.05, 500 710 p. m. Sundays 800.
a. m, LOO, 2.15, 710 p. m.
For Atlantic City, $50 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
500 (express) q. m. IL. 45 express with Buff
fet parlor carr, 3.05 (express) p. m. SUM-
day, 2.15 p M. Train leaving 12.45 D. m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Term
inal, b.22 p. m. and New York 600 p. m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle-
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. m.
12.45.. sos, 500 Except Philadelphia) p. m
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove. etc.. at
$50 q. m. and 12.45 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown, $50 a. M. R.45, 500 p. m.
Sunday. 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsville, $40 a. m, 1245 D. m
Returning, leave New York. foot of Lib
erty street. North River, at 9. 10 (express)
a. m. 1.1o. 13o. 4.15 (express with Buffet
parlor carr p. m. Sunday, 4.30 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal,
900 a. m, 200 and 4.3O p. m. Sunday. 6.2S
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may. be had on application in ad.
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
H. P. BALDWIN.
]. H. oLHAusEN. Gen. supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
Del, Lack. and Western.
Effect Monday, october 10, 1896.

Effect Monday. october 10, 1896.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East,
l40 ESQ, 5.l5. 500 and s.65 a. m: 1.10 and
Express for Easten, Trenton, Phiiadei-
pl.:a and the South, 615. 500 and s.55 a. m:
1.l0 and 3.33 D. IN.
Washington and way stations, a46 D. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 8.10 p. m.
Express for Binghamton, Oswego, FL
mira, CORNING, Bath, Dansville, Mount
Morris and Buffalo. 1920, 2.35 a. M, and l. SO
y. M, making close connections at Buffalo
to all points In the West, Northwest and
Southwest.
Bath accommodation, 915 a. m.
Bnghamton and way stations, los %. m
Nicholson accommodation, SIS p. m.
Binghamton and Elmira express, b.ss
Express for Utica and Richfield sprines-
2,35 a. m., and 1.b5 p. M
Ithaca 2.35 and Bath 9.15 a. m. and 1.5s
For Northumberland, Pittston. wilkes.
Barre. Plymouth. Bloomsbury and Dam
Vile, making close connections at North
cumberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore. Washington and the South.
tions, eco. 9.55 a. m. and SIS and {. 90 D. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations, sos
and 11.20 a. m. Plymouth and interme d ate
stations, $40 and s.47 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables tables oc etc. a.ppply .pp to M L. Smith. city
depot ticket office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
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TEN.
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively Insur-
ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN EFFECT NOV. Is, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.
For Philadelphia and New York via D.
4 Fl. r. r. at 6.45, 7.45 a. m. 1905, 1.20. 3.33
(Black Diamond EXpress) and 11.30 p. m.
For Pittston and Wilkes Barre via. D.
l.. ". r. r.. 600, sos, 11.2O a. m. LOS.
$40, 500 and SAT ,. m
For White Haven, Hazleton, Pottsyille
and principal points in the coal regions
Via d. & H. r. r.. 6.45 a. m, 1905 and Al
D. m.
For Bethlehem. Easton, Reading, Har-
risburg and principal intermediate sta
tons via D. & H. r. R., 6.45, 7.45 a. m.
100 12o, 33S (Black Diamond Express).
AL and 1l.30 D. m.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmtra.
Ithaca, Geneva and principal intermediate
stations via D.. l.. & w. R. r.. 6.00 sos.
9.55, a. m, 1920 and $40 p. m.
For Geneva, Ruchester. Buffalo. Niagara
Falls, Chicago and all points west via D.
H. r. r., 7.45 a. m. 1905, 3.33 (Black Dia-
mond Express), $50 and II 80 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehlgr
VIII Wilkes Barre and New York; Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen. Supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., ,Phila, Pa.
A. W. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen.
Pass Agt, South Bethlehem, Pa.
Scranton Office. 300 Lackawanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
THE BOY LEFT HOME.
Because His Parents Were Prisoners
in the County Jail.

Willie Gibbons, a 12year-old boy
whose stepfather, George Tanning, of
Theodore street and mother were COM
mtted to the county Jail last week, was
picked up by the police Monday night.
He was taken by Mrs. Duggan of the
Associated Charities yesterday to st.
Patrick's orphan asylum.
The boy had been cared for by his
brother, John Gibbons, 26 years old,
who is sober and industrious and has
steady employment. The little fellow
disappeared after eating dinner Mon
day noon. The Associated Charities
will aid the elder brother in being ap-
pointed the youngsters legal guardian.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13

are preserving future generations from
pollution.
We appreciate most heartily the CO.
operation in our work of the authorities
both of the city and of the court and Of
the charitable associations. We supple
ment but do not interfere in any way
with other organizations We ask both
moral and financial support of all men
and women.
Membership in this association. which
is a sure means of definite and practical
assistance to us, may be had on the an
nual payment of 81, or life membership
may be obtained on the payment of $50
at any one time. If every householder
were but an annual member we should
have all the means nece sary to press our
work to its best results.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist, Rich
mond, Va, says II had a fearful
attack of Sciatic Rheumatism, was laid
up almost two months; was fortunate
enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tism. This cured me after doctors
prescriptions had failed to have any
effect. l have also heard of fine results
from others who have used it."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
HE
II: A DER
124.126 Wyoming Ava
This Is the
Bargain Week
of
Our Annual
Clearance Sale.

The values we have been offering
since January ?, are proof to the fact
that we have reached the extreme in
bargain offerings and this coming week
will cap the climax. The enormous
reductions we have made do not only
affect the departments given below,
but our entire business, and money
saving people will do we'll to inves ti-
gate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
PERNSYL RAILROAD.

Schedule in Effect November is, 1895.
Trains Leave Wilkes Barre as Follows
7.3O a. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balt.
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burg and the West.
iO.l5 a. M, week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
BIS p. M, week days, for SunburY,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and the West.
3.l5 D. M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Phiadelphi a,
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M. week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. r. WOOD, den'i Pass. Agent.
S. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
SILKS and DRESS GOODS.

62 pieces double fold plaid dress goods
worth Sc.
Clearance Sale Price, SC
70 pieces fine wool dress goods, 45c. and
soc. kind.
Clearance Sale Price, 29c
10 pieces black and colored silks, 65c.
quality.
Clearance Sale Price, 39c
so pieces black and colored silks, Toe
quality.
Clearance Sale Price, 49c
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13

puffed from his cigars. 1t became so
noticeable that Thomas foster father
regularly shared his dinner ci-
gars with the cat. giving him the
smoke half. AS a joke, a cigar was put
into the cats mouth one day, and to
his owners astonishment, the cat sat
up on his hind legs and puffed away
with the most complacent equanimity.
There was only one drawback to his
complete success-his teeth were so
sharp that they bit off the ends of the
cigars continually, and it required too
much attention to keep fixing it for
him. To remedy the deficiency, Mr..
Westcott had a wooden cigar-holder
made for Thomas, and now he is able
to indulge his taste for the weed by
smoking a Havana every day after
dinner. Another accomplishment of
the cat is his ability to drink beer
without dsagreeable effects. When
milk happens to be scarce, Mr.. West
colt easily compromises by giving
Thomas lager. The foaming fluid Oft
en- forms one or the chief articles of
the cats daily diet
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
Erie and Wyoming Valley.
Effective Jan. 4, 1S9

Effective Jan. 4, 1897.
Trains leave Scranton for New York.
NeWburgh and intermediate points on
Erie, also for Hawley and local points. at
7O5 a. m. and 22S p m, and arrive from
above points at 1898 a. m. and 9.3S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
TUESDAYS TIDINGS.

The Republican county committee
Will meet today in Montrose.
In Oakland, on Saturday. Burton T..
Hall, of New Milford, and Miss Dora
f. Mead, Of Hallstead, We're united in
marriage.
The wood acid manufacturers of this
section are anXiously waiting to see
what congress will do about the tariff.
Free alcohol means death to the wood
alcohol industry.
The tenth annual ball of Monroe
Curtis lodge, No 1884, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, will occur on Fri
day evening, April 30.
Howard Evans, an erstwhile popular
Erie railroad man, now of the Albany
and Susquehanna road, is a candidate
for New York state railroad commits
sioner.
A big delegation of Montrose people
waltZed down to Harrisburg to help
elect a United States senator. The ma
jority of them We're Wanamakerites.
Woe is theirs! The Penrose above the
yardstick.
Susquehanna county will now settle
down to the work of having passed the
Erie bonus bill 1t is the paramount
issue. 1t is q just bill and should be-
come law.
Buy a goat. A scientist has discov-
cred that a serum made from nanny
goats milk will cure the germs of
consumption.
They thought they had a haunted
house, about five miles from here. The
| cross-road people We're nearly wild
until hard headed old fellow discov-
cred that the grating. uncanny sounds
We're made by the limb of a tree rub
bing against a loose shutter. 'Tis
ever thus! Whitney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13
HERE AND THERE.

The Republicans-and good many
others-of old Susquehanna county
would be delighted to have an oppor-
tunity of voting for William Connell
for governor. He would make a model
governor.
Railway conductor, representative,
state senator candidate for auditor
general! our state senator. Harden
bergh, is getting there" with neat
ness and dispatch.
The January term of county court is
in session in Montrose.
Captain l.. NJ. Bunnell, of Scranton,
Will deliver the address at the camp
fire of Myron French post, of Jackson,
on Friday evening, Jan. 90.
The First National bank is removing
to its splendid new buiding-one of the
finest in this section of the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13

A Susquehanna bride spent the first
week of the new year in bed and all on
account Of her obliging neighbors.
They told her that kerosene would burn
better if it was boiled before
using, and she was fool enough to try
the recipe--to her SORROW The jokers
who suggested the thing should have
been arrested.-Sundry exchanges.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-13

Mr.. Westcott, a suburban farmer
has remarkable Thomas cat. The cat
came to Mr.. Westcott's home a year
ago. 1t looked so forlorn and me-owed
so feelingly that the farmers heart
was touched, and he took it in. The
cat proved so affectionate in his man
ners that he was adopted. After a
Thile it betrayed an exceeding fond
ness for the smoke that Westcott
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29
Egg ChOwder.

Take three slices of salt pork about
three inches square; place in kettle
on the top of the stove, and allow the
fat to cook out slowly; when delicate
brown, take out the pork and pour into
the kettle pint of boiling water; then
place in layer Of sliced potatoes, then
layer of crackers, seasoning each lay
err with salt and pepper. When the
potatoes are cooked, which will be in
about thirty minutes, add cup of
milk; when this comes to boil add the
eggs, dropping them in carefully, one
at time When the eggs are done, re-
move with skinner. After the chow
der is taken out, place the eggs on top
of it. Onions may be added If the
flavor is liked.-American Agricul-
turiSt ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29
Two Musical Prodigies.

Most of the boy prodigies who have
come to tie front of late years have
been musicians. Two very noticeable
examples of this variety of child won
der are still fresh in the minds Of New
Workers. Josef Hoffman, the boy plan
list. and Bronislaw Hubermann, the
boy violinist. Hubermann was born
in Warsaw in 1888, and after a few les
sons from a local teacher was placed
under the tuition of Joachim. He
seemed to learn both the technique and
the forms of composition by instinct
Joachim declared he could teach him
nothing, and when Goldmark heard
him play he said that hereafter he
would believe in miracles. When he
was here last year at the age of 49,
he was one of the finest professional
players on the violin in the world.
Little Josef Hoffman was a profess
sional pianist as well as composer
when he was seven years old. He was
born in 1877. He was compared with
Mozart, who at the age of four was a
good player and at five years was at
tempting composition When Mendels-
sohn was twelve years old he had COM
posed five symphonies, two operas and
part of third, besides great number
of fugitive pieces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29
ramp Weather and Roup.

There is more roup in the spring
months than in winter, due to spring
rains and dampness. While the drafts
of air in the poultry house may not be
cold, yet they are damp and chilly, rem
dering the fowls very uncomfortable.
1t is at night that fowls seem to take
disease. During the day they are ac-
tive and at work, but at night they can
not change their positions on the roost
and are consequently helpless to avoid
damp drafts Of air. The longer days
and warmth at midday induce the
fowls to remain outside during the
spring season, and they consequently
do not always resort to shelter in damp
spells. 1t is then that they are fire.
quently attacked by roup. A little eX.
ira attention until dry weather sets in
will greatly aid in preventing roup anG
the liability to disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29
Clover Needs Undetermined Land.


While the country is new clover seed
with little land plaster is sufficient
usually to insure good catch. What
is quite as important, the clover grows
and makes good stand, living until it
has produced a seed crop, when as
clover is biennial it naturally dies. But
as the country gets older and it's veg
etable matter is exhausted by contin-
ued cultivation the clover crop becomes
more and more uncertain. It is hard
to get good catch, and even when the
seeding is all right the clover winter
kills badly. Wherever this is the fact
it shows that undertaking is needed
Whoever has underdrained a field
knows how much more certain the
clover seeding and growth is there
after. With an outlet below for water
and warm air constantly rising from
the subsoil, it is easy to make good
seed bed for clover seed and get good
catch. The same conditions also pre-
vent the clover seed and get good
catch. The same conditions also pre-
vent the clover from being winter
killed by freezing and thawing in win
ter and spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29

sap starts. After the bark peels, all
thick-barked limbs should be set un-
der the bark. Cut tree shape of UNI
brella, not too far in or out; give room
for CRAFTS to grow. Cut cion to thin
one-sided wedge; be careful and take
the outer bark off from point, then in
sert, by peeling bark from wood with
point of knife; cut side to heart, two or
more In each limb; nick bark back Of
cion If very thick; spread wax on all
cuts and little down the limb back Of
cion. When limb is split make true
wedge by cutting both sides, leaving
side next to heart thinnest. Have three
buds to every cion. Trim the sides Of
the split smoothly, insert, keep inside
bark even. Put on wax and it is done
Western Rural.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29
Seed Potatoes.

At the Rhode Island Station four
teen varieties of potatoes of Maine
grown and home grown seed were test
ed during two years on sandy loan soil
MANFRED with commercial fertilizers
applied on clover sod. Ten pounds OF
seed of each variety was used, cut in
one case to $50 pieces, in the other to
two sets, and planted sixteen inches
apart in the row. The vines were
sprayed for potato blight. OF the mer-
charitable potatoes, the Northern grown
seed tubers produced q greater per-
centage in eleven out of fourteen varie.
ties and a greater yield in nine out OF
fourteen varieties, the average increase
being 17.O4 bushels per acre; the home
grown tubers gave greater yield IL
five out of fourteen varieties, the aver
age increase being 2O.94 bushels pei
acre.