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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
RENTZ.SANTLEY NOVELTY COMPANY
Company Will Fill n Three Days
Engagement at Davis, Theater.

The engagement of the Rentz-Santley
Novelty and Burlesque company at the
Davis, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day next. will be special event. II
is claimed by the management that the
company in its present makeup is of
the very best talent from the operatic
burlesque and comedy world, will fairly
overshadow any former efforts by this
well-known aggregation of music
mirth and melody.
One of the bright particular stars
will be Miss Annie e. Sylvester, cham.
pion lady trick bicyclenne. There are
thirty artists. and each is guaranteed
a shining light in their adopted pro.
fession.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
DIED.

BUCKLEY.-In Scranton, Pa, Sept. 8,
1897 Dennis Buckley, PHI Lafayette
street. Funeral Sunday afternoon at
2,SO. Interment in Hyde Park Catholic
cemetery.
KpNlMERBR.-In Scranton, Sept. 10. 1897,
hAian Kemmerer, the infant daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kemmerer OF
l46 Morris court, at the parental resi-
dence. Funeral services tomorrow at-
ternoon at the residence. lnterment at
the Washburn street cemetety,
LYNOTT.-In Scranton, Pa, Ffiday, Sep
tember 10, 1897. Miss Bridget Lynott,
at her home, corner OF Carbon and DOR
don streets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
FUNERAL OF "OLD ABSOLUTELY"
Remains Were Laid at Rest in Forest
Hill Cemetery.

Many friends gathered at the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church yes
terday afternoon to pay their last trib-
ute of respect to the, memory of Ed
ward Thomas Whiting, better known
as "Old Absolutely"
The remains lay in an oaken casket,
over which was strewn beautiful flow
ers, and near which stood several set
pieces. The services were very i'm
pressive and were conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Grant. His sermon was very pa
thetic and he made several touching
references to the personal character
istics of the deceased.
The remains were borne to the For
est Hill cemetery by pall-bearers, Sc
lected from among his most intimate
friends
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
AT THE LYCEUM.

Monday evening Lillian Russell, Della
Fox and JEFF De Angels and the IA
nous all-star company will present at
the Lyceum the comic opera, "The
Wedding Day." Besides the three lead
ing characters being IN the hands of
such celebrated people, the opera itself
is claimed to be the best staged and
the handsomest production ever Of
fered. 90
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

& Son. Price & Hovarth, j., ID. oster-
hout.
The nails, valleys, Hastings, gut
ters, conductors. stain and paint suf-
ficient to complete the roof were
donated by Hunt & Connell, T. f.
Leonard. W. Il. Connell & Sons, AM
Brose Mulley. Moloney OIL Il Mfg. Co.,
Matthews Bros, and the carpenter
who is to do the work has promised
to contribute one-third Of the time us
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

THE Strange Adventures of Miss
Brown" great London and New York
success. will come to the Academy of
Music Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day next with matinees Tuesday and
Wednesday. miss Brown" is on the
order of my Friend from India" and
is said to be the greatest laugh pro-
ducer of several seasons. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
BENJAMIN CROWTHERS INJURED.
Five Inch Bit Was Driven Into Ills
Left Hand.

Benjamin Crawthers, a well-known
young man, residing at West Pittston,
met with a serious accident at the
Comstock Bros planning mill at Pitts
ton yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
The young man has been employed
at the mill about six weeks and was
running a mortising machine. In set
ting the bit. he accidentally touched
the wrong lever and the five-inch bit
was driven nearly through his left
hand. Mr.. Crawthers was assistant
secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian association Of that place for sew
eral years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
indianapolis, Ind. ,

and return, only $3.50 from Buffalo, via
Nickel Plate Road. account Christian
Churches National convention. Tick
cts sold Oct. 13, Ia and IS, good return
ing until Oct. 23.
Call on your nearest ticket agent, or
address F. j. Moore. Genl Agent, 20
Exchange street, Buffalo, N. Y. =.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
SAYS SHE WAS SLANDERED.
Mrs. John Everhardt Wants $1,000
from Mrs. Caroline Weinds.

Mrs. John Everhardt yesterday,
through Attorney George d. Taylor,
brought a suit in slander against Mrs.
Caroline Weinds, alleging $1,000 dam
ages.
The cause of action is an accusation
against the plaintiffs virtue, Mrs.
Weinds on two occasions recently hav-
ing told before large assemblages that
Mrs Everhardt, in coming to this
country from Germany. Travelled as the
wife of one George Gebbert.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

The failure of the firm of j. r. Will
lard & Co., bankers and brokers, with
headquarters In New York city, and
branch offices in this city. was mat
ter of extended discussion in the New
York dailies yesterday, Judging from
the best reports 1t appears that the
break was not caused by any clande-
stine effort, but that the condition OF
the markets In respect to the firm was
wholly responsible.
]. r. Willard, the head of the firm,
was formerly a reporter for the Chi
cago Herald, on the Chicago board OF
trade. The other members We're two
brothers, Elmer Dwiggins and Jay
Dwiggins, nephews of Zimri Dwiggins,
the famous western banker. The firm
had been in business since September,
1895.
"The concern, which advertised that
1t held memberships on the CONSOLE
dated Stock and Petroleum company
the New York Produce Exchange and
the Chicago board of trade, has done
an enormous business" says yester-
days Sun. 1T had more than 100 cor
respondents in various cities and an
extensive private wire and long-dis-
tance telephone system extending
through the Southern, Western and
New England States and into Canada"
WHAT ASSIGNEE SAYS.
Starbuck, the assignee, is quoted as
saying: THE cause of the failure was
simply that the firm was on the wrong
side of the market. 1t was short of
| grain and also of most of the stocks
on the list. The liabilities will nearly
| wholly represent the claims of GUS
| toners"
1. F. Fuller, of the firm of La Bar
and Fuller, agents OF the ruptured con-
cerp, with offices in the Board of Trade
| building, stated last night that as far
as he knew there had been no new de-
| ve'opements during yesterday. Mr.. La
Bar said that the firm lost solely
through the condition Of the markets
The Scranton capital effected by the
break was regularly invested by the
firm. II do not think" said Mr.. La
Bar, that the creditors will ever re.
ceive one cent. 1t was a clean anC
| complete failure"
T. w. Millar, who conducted the 9th
er agency, in Moses cigar store, OF
| Wyoming avenue. visited his formeI
place of business for a short time yes
terday He would say nothing abou
the failure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
POLITICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Ex-County Commissioner William
Frantz announces himself as an inde-
pendent candidate for county treasur-
er He has taken the preliminary steps
towards having his name placed in the
Independent Republican" column. Mr..
Frantz says the people want him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
When Tired Out
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate

DR.. NJ. H. Henry, New York, says:
when completely tired out by pro-
longed wakefulness and overwork, it is
of the greatest value to me. AS bev-
erage 1t possesses charms beyond any
thing I know of in the form of medi-
cine
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

PRACTICE ECONOMY in buying
medicines as in other matters. 1t Is
economy to get Hoods Sarsaparilla
because 1t contains more medicinal
value than any other.
100 doses one dollar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

The Democratic candidates held an
other meeting yesterday afternoon and
discussed the matter of chairman of the
county committee. The result of their
deliberations will be made known to
the committee tomorrow night. Sever
al new names were added to the COM
mittee making it number in all some
thirty members
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

Sleeping car for New York, via Le-
high Valley. railroad may be occupied
at Wilkes-Barre after 900 p. IN. Ar
rives New York 1928 a. m. Tickets at
300 Lackawanna avenue. .*
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11

To Cure n Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money it Il
fails to cure. 20 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
PRICE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT REDUCED.
Suburban Electric Light Company
Lowers the Rate Per Lamp Hour.

The Suburban Electric Light COM
pany gives notice that on Sept. 1 the
price of incandescent lights within the
city limits will be reduced to five
eighths (&) of cent per lamp hour,
subject to a discount of ten to twenty
per cent. according to the amount of
current consumed) IL bill is paid on or
before the goth OF the month in which
the bill Is presented.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
You
Haven't

The convenience of
hot and cold water in
your spare room. Then
perhaps you need a
Toilet Set. Then do
you want to see the
most complete assort-
ment? We have it:
Ten comprises the set we
Pieces boast of, 1t has four col
ors in the decorations
of Sweet Peas, Roses, is stipled
and heavily gold traced. They're
fully worth 81. 4S, while they last
they go at S2.9S.
Cool remind us of cereals.
forming We have the oatmeal
sets; you the cash,
let's exchange. For a tinted, plain
or fancy set, ordinarily sells at
4Sc, for two days we have them
at 24c.
Porcelain Made in France,
Busts delicately tinted in
blue, pink, laven-
der, nile green; all the pretty
faces; the price, 19C.
"a is what we ask for q
Cents pitcher with decorations
of wild flowers; stipled
and traced with gold; they will
hold 5 pints.
a of tea is the usual
Guns amount required for a
little gathering. A dainty
set of B pieces. Teapot will hold
above quantity. Cream and sugar,
blue tints, gold decorations, all
for CSC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
FAILURE OF FIRM
OF WILLARD & CO.
Was a Matter OF Extended Discussion Ii
the New York Papers.
EFFECT OF THE COLLAPSE HERE

J. X. willard, the Head of the Firm,
Was Formerly n Reporter for the
Chicago Herald in the Board OF
Trade of That City--IIad Two OF
the pwiggins Associated with Him.
Writ of Attachment Served.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
wRITs WE'RE SERVED.

Deputy Sheriff Jacob Ferber yester-
day served the writs of attachment, Is
sued in court Thursday. in the inter-
ests of Henry Bodner of Wilkes-Barre,
one of the creditors, against the four
banks of this city as garnishee of
moneys credited to the firm of Willard
& Co. The writ was futile, as there
was no deposit in any of the banks.
Both of the local agencys were closed
yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
MARRIED.

KELMER-SHOEMA Syracuse,
August 81, 1897, DR.. Jacob w. Kelmer
and Miss Martha e. Shoemaker, by Rev.
II. II. Shoemaker
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
WISE WORDS.

Silence seldom makes a mistake.
To have a bad habit is to have q
hard master
Some OF our happiest moments are
spent in air castles.
If you are looking for trouble tell a
woman that her new wrap is unbecom-
ing.
A woman's reason may not convince,
but it often puts an end to the discus
sion.
Women seem to think that husbands
never have any need to reform their
wives.
The man who goes out of Office as
pleasantly as he does in is very rare
individual.
When you are in trouble, people who
call to sympathize are really after the
particulars.
A person under the firm persuasion
that he can command resources virtual
ly has them.
There are others, but people never
find it out until they are married, and
it is too late.
Talk what you will of taste, my
friend, you will find two of face as
"Oon as of a mind.
Fortunes ladder has no top. No
man has ever stopped climbing for
want of another rung.
An egotist may be defined as a per-
son who is so wrapped up in himself
that he pays no attention to us.
After a girl has heard some one say
she has a sad face she always goes
around trying to look sorrowful.
Since a woman can't make her hus-
band like her ideal, why not try to
make her ideal like her husband.
Give self power to move a mountain,
and it will put big sign out on it to
show who did it, as the house movers
do.
The one who works the hardest re-
ceiyes the most blame. The idle, do.
ing nothing, are responsible for moth
| ing.
There is such thing as knowing toe
much. have seen people who would
be wiser if they could forget half they
know.-The South West
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

are put in before the first of May they
are apt to decay and not terminate.
Sweet peas should be planted first,
and they may be put in if the weather
is very warm in the latter part of
April. Seasons vary in this climate,
and one year seeds will germinate if
planted as early as the middle of April,
but it is always safe TO wait till the
first of May
In yards surrounded by high walls
and where the modern extension is
built where the sun gets little chance,
the best plants for borders are bego-
Mas, fuchias and ferns. 1t is better to
buy these plants potted, as they de-
velop quicker. Remove them from
the pots, dig hole in the earth and
set them in in the early evening. Do
not pack the earth too tight round
them. Water them well. If these
plants do not blossom their foliage is
decorative and luxuriant.
There is not much use in trying to
grow towering vines ON the walls or
fences of city houses. For walls,
fences and racks, where there is sufii-
cient light and air, the best hardy
vines are climbing roses, honeysuckles
and the different varieties of clematis
and convolvulus.
Plants to be grown from seeds which
are prolific in flower are the mignon-
cite, portulacca, candy tuft and sweet
alyssum. These are suitable for both
city and country gardens, and the
seeds should be put in early in May.
Later in May, or the first of June,
plant balsam seeds, then plant them
successively for two or three weeks;
then you will have blossoms all the
time. Verbenas, heliotrope, monthly
roses, geraniums and pansies are all
desirable towering plants for home
gardens, and it is best to put them in
as small potted plants instead of seeds.
May is the month for planting them.
Select pansies with view to making
an artistic color display. Nothing is
more beautiful in a garden than a bed
of tastefully-arranged pansies.
Saliva is lovely garden plant, q lux.
uriant grower and flowerer. 1t may be
IulStu rum SSSu VI pluutSs l1l0 DSSl re-
suits are from small, sturdy plants.
Set them out late in May. Set out
verbena plants in the middle of May.
Select them with view to color, SO
the variety may be as large as posi-
BILE.
Bulbs of gladiolas and tuberoses may
be planted in succession from the
middle of May to the first of August.
The first year you plant your gar
den watch closely conditions and re.
suits. The plants which grow the best
should be renewed the following year.
Ii certain plant does not grow well
in one part of your garden, try it in
another next year. City gardens need
more frequent watering than suburban
ones, as the soil is not so deep. Add
fresh composts when needed to keer
out the weeds. Turn up the earth
| lightly round the roots often and the
result will be sturdy and countless
blossoms. Gilmore Clarke, Florist, in
| New York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

In making home gardens in the
yards of the city houses or in the
grounds of the suburban houses the
first thing to do is to prepare the earth
where the seeds, bulbs and potted
plants are to be planted
The city yard is SO shaped that it is
always laid out in borders round the
centre grass plot and in narrow beds
running round the yard against the
fence. All these beds should be filed
to the depth of a foot with good earth
What is known as a rich garden mould
is the best. People make a great mis-
take in thinking any earth is good
enough for grass. You want as rich
soil as for plants. Have the loan well
sodded and seeded and rolled. Keep
the grass well watered. May, from
the first to the last, is a good month to
sod and seed the grass plot. The first
week in April is the time to get the
earth ready. Phosphates and other
oomposts should be freely used. Roses
require strong fertilizers. All the
earth in flower gardens should be light
and friable, so the water will filter
through easily
After the earth is all fertilized,
spaded, mellowed aud raked it must
lie exposed 10 the influence of the sun
and air till il is thoroughly warm be-
fore the seeds are planted. If seeds
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
The Cause of Untold Misery.

The stream Of horrible profits which
drunkards pour into the enormous reser-
voir of the drink trade is a stream swollen
by untold misery to the innocent, and a
stream which everywhere leaves the slime
of its overflow over devastated areas Of So
ciety. But, apart from drunkenness and
all its ruinous incubus upon the well-being
OF the country, the amount Of hopeless
waste caused by the drinking habits of our
poorer population is the main cause OF
pauperism and Generalization with which,
for so many weary years, the best have
struggled I'm vain. If there were no other
and deeper grounds for temperance efforts,
they would be amptly justified by the i'm
mense prosperity which the working classes
might achieve for themselves II they would
divert into the channels of useful trade the
vastness of wealth--amounting, according
to some calculations to eco, 900 900 year
which they spend on an article Of con-
sumption which Is not good but needless
stimulant, and which even in measures
that are deemed moderate is to large
multitudes of men n source not OF strength,
but of weakness; not of health, but OF
widespread anguish and disease.-Canon
FarraT.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Tn the "cheese regions" of Switzer-
land it is the custom to present to q
newly married couple register
cheese" On this cheese the whole
history of the family is carved, such
as births, marriages, deaths and other
incidents which il may he desired TO
make matters of record. Some of these
old Swiss family cheese records are
said to date back TO the middle of the
seventeenth century. At the agricul-
tural fair annually held at Gressenay q
great many cheese records have been
exhibited which were known to be
from 1S0 to 900 years old. The oldest
that has yet been displayed belongs to
a country squire living near Gress-
enay, who shows his family record
carved on cheese made in 1860
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Tn preparing chocolate q paste
should first be made. The proportion
in making chocolate is one square of
chocolate TO one tablespoonful of hot
water. This is stirred smooth in the
double boiler, chatting dish, or what
ever utensil is used for making it, and
then the milk or milk and water
added. The proportion of half water
TO the chocolate makes it more digesti-
BILE. Allow one cup or one-half pint
of liquid to the square of chocolate.
The water is first added to the paste
and well cooked. There is not the
oiliness TO the chocolate, and it is
much more delicate if the milk is not
cooked after being poured in, but
merely allowed to become thoroughly
hot. No scum arises on the chocolate
when the paste is first made. The
paste is convenient. 1t can be made
and kept on hand, packed in a small
china vessel, for two or three days,
and used when desired. The choco-
late should be well beaten with an egg
beater, the dish being placed on the
back of the range if convenient, before
serving. To give additional nourish-
ment the white or the yolk of an egg,
well beaten, can be stirred into the
chocolate New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
Hoods Pills P Ei tGS sG RSit dssstoa. st5S5dnasF 9so
Names That Have Changed.

The original family name of a gentle
man in this city, favorably known in
connection with the United States
Treasury, was John Francisco, which
after change became John L. Cisco.
English surnames suffer perhaps quite
as much in the pronunciation by the
English themselves as do foreign words.
Take for instance the English pronun-
citation of Cholmondeley, Brougham,
Haworth, Auchinleck, Mohun, and
Cockburn, and notice how the edges
are clipped of, becoming Chumley,
Broom, Horth, Affleck, Moon, and Co.
burn. The common English surname
Putnam is an abbreviation of Putten-
ham, and Snooks was formerly Seven
Oaks. Perhaps if the battle of Seven
Pines had been fought on English soil,
it might have become ancient history
under the name of Spines. CROWN
shield is the word from which the COM
paratively common surname Ground
sell is derived. You have only to ar
rive in Canada to find that ST. John is
Sinjohn.-New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
Failure of Aluminium.

After various investigations and
tests of aluminium for mechanical pur-
poses, says the Engineering Magazine,
aluminium bronze is found useless for
bearings, valves, etc, on account of
the rapid wearing away, but has proved
useful for various parts of machines
where friction is not an important fac
tor, and also of course, where light
weight is an object. Furniture made of
this material shows decidedly too lit
tie resistance, requiring also frequent
repainting. Aluminium exhibits, fur
termore, but slight resistance to sea
water, thus making it useless for the
walls of vessels. 1t is believed, how
ever, that ten per cent aluminium
bronze stands fair chance of being
employed somewhat freely as soon as
the price of the article can be reduced
sufficiently to approach the value of
cast steel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

1t is always a mistake to plow the
clover seeded a year ago unless it is
late enough for the plant to get into
blossom. There is little plant food in
the early watery growth. 1t lacks nu-
tritive value also, as is shown by its
rejection by all kinds of farm stock,
1t is possible that by delaying plowing
until nearly June the clover will begin
to head out then, and it may be plowed
under in time for n late crop of pota-
toes. But that is wasteful of the
clover, as its manurial value after be-
ing cut and fed is very nearly as great
as that of the green herbage. 1t also
wastes fertility, for after the clover is
cut its second growth develops soil
fertility much more rapidly than did
the first This leaves, to make the
most of the clover, only the alternative
of cutting two crops of clover the sec
ond year of growth, and plowing the
stubble in spring for corn or potato
ground, as is the general practice
among the best farmers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


When a carpet comes to be laid
afresh, the colors are apt to look some
what dingy and certainly not so bright
as was expected. To remedy this use
n pailful of warm water containing two
or three tablespoonfuls of household
ammonia and a soft flannel and two
soft cloths for rubbing the carpet dry
after it has been washed with the first
flannel and water. This treatment
will, when the carpet is quite dry, be
found to give a most effectual renova-
ton. But it must be remembered
that certain greens will not bear am
monia; in such cases clear warm water
will freshen and help the carpet very
much. New York Sun.