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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Davies, of the South Main avenue Cal
whistle Methodist church, preached the
funeral sermon and they both referred
in a touching way of the many traits
which endeared the departed to those
who were fortunate enough to know
her. Those who acted as pallbearers
were: William ID. Morris, Thomas How
ell, Isaac Morgan, John Thomas, Will
liam r. Jones, Joseph Reynolds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
TIGER WAS FEROCIOUS.
He Assaulted Miss Ella Reed and Is
Now in Jail.

Tiger is the last name of a colored
man who was up before Alderman Mil
lar last evening on a charge of as
sault and battery preferred by Miss
Ella Reed, also colored. Tigers first
name is David. They live in Oakford
court and yesterday Miss Reed and Mr..
Tiger quarrreled. On the witness stand
Miss Reed said
Il was black before but I'm black
er now"
Tiger also made threats. He was
sent to the county Jail in default of
5000 bail on each charge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
Itching, Burning Skin Diseases.

Relieved in day. Eczema, Salt
Rheum, Barber's Itch, and all erup-
tions of the skin quickly relieved and
speedily cured by DR.. Agnew's Oint-
ment. 1t will give instant comfort in
cases of Itching, Bleeding, or Blind
Piles, and will cure in from three to six
nights 35 cents. Sold by Matthews
Bros. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
West Side Business DIRECTORY.

b. G. MORGAN & SON, NOTARIES
Public, Real Estate, Foreign Exchange
and Ocean Ticket Agents. Rents col
lected Prompt monthly settlements.
Office 1l0i jackson street, over Mus
graves drug store.
HARRIET ]. DAVIS, FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs a speciality:
l04 South Main avenue; two doors from
Jackson street.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE-Cash for
anything you have to sell. Furniture,
Stoves, Tools, etc. Call and see the
stock of j. c. King. 70l to 709 West Lack
awanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

The inventive of living English novelists has
back fifty thousand years. the StoneAge and the dawn OF
History this story. Beyond this his imagination does
60 for the details archaeoogicay in accordance with
the hig hest existing knowledge of prehistoric man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

tUnder this heading short letters of In
terest will be published when accompa-
MED. for publication, by the writer's
name. The Tribune will not be held re-
sponsible for opinions here expressed.l
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

To Cure "A Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money IL It
fails to cure. 25 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

An infant child of Mr., and Mrs. Jacob
Schreiber OF Alder street, died Sunday
from Group. The funeral Will take place
today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Edith the little 6-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward n. Jones, of the
West End Peckville died yesterday Of
Pneumonia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Michael Smith, residing at the corner OF
Ninth ana West Linden streets, died at
$50 yesterday afternoon. No funeral ar
rangements have been made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

PENSIONERS TAKE NOTICE.
Il. G. Morgan, notary public, will be
at his office, 103 n. Main ave. all the
week. to prepare pension certificates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

A child of John Collins of Dupont, died
on Saturday night of pneumonia. The
funeral will take place this afternoon at
2SO o'clock. Services will be held in st.
Peters Lutheran church, Hughestown.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

An 1S-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs John McHale, of Wales street, died
yesterday after a brief Illness. The fu-
neral will take place this afternoon. Bu-
rial will be made in Hyde Park Catholic
cemetery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
Lincoln and the CoIored Troops.

While visiting the union forces be-
fore Petersburg President Lincoln was
asked by Gen. Grant to visit the colored
troops that had distinguished them
selves in Smiths attack on the works
in front of Petersburg. "Oh, yes" re-
piled NJ. Lincoln, II want to take a
look at those boys. L read with the
greatest delight the account given in
Mr.. Dana'sr dispatch to the secretary of
war of how CALAMITY they behaved.
He said they took six out of the sixteen
guns captured that day. was opposed
on nearly every side when l first fa-
vored the raising of colored regiments,
but they have proved their efficiency,
and am glad they have kept pace With
the white troops in the recent ASSAULTS.
When We wanted every able-bodied man
who could be spared to go to the front
and my opposers kept objecting to the
negroes 1 used to tell them at snch
times it was just as well to be little
color blind. I think, general, we can
say of the black boys what country
fellow, who was an old-time abolitionist
in Illinois, said when he went to q the
ater in Chicago and saw Forrest play
ing 'Othello.' He was not very wei up
in Shakespeare and didn't know that
the tragedian was a white man who had
blacked up for the psrpose. After the
play was over the folks who had in
vited him to go to the show wanted to
know what he thought of the actors and
he said: 'Waal, layin' aside all sectional
prejudices and any partiality l may
have for the race, derned If don't
think the nigger held his own with any
on 'em!'" The western dialect eng
ployed in this story was perfect
and EanpieS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
Fine Tutti Frutti Pudding.

Tutti frutti pudding is made by
putting one quart of cream in double
boiler; add to the yolks of five eggs
a cupful ef sugar; bent until li"ht; stir
these in the hot cream. CooK mo-
ment, take from the fire, strain, and
when cool add teasroonful of vanilla;
turn the mixture int0 the freezer and
freeze; when frozen stir in one pint
of whipped cream and one cup of cher
ries, chopped fine, half the quantity OF
pineapple, chopped fine, and three OF
four green cages. All the fruit must
be soaked for an hour in orange juice.
Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in Ladies' Home
Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31

doctor of medicine was conferred by the
Woman's Medical college of Philadel-
phia, and, also, after brief post-grad-
uate course, by the Philadelphia Poly
clinic Then followed several months
of practical work in the Woman's hos
pital of Boston.
In December of 1920, DR.. Hu, fully
equipped for her life work, returned to
Foochow to assume charge of Liang-au
hospital. A triumphant homecoming
1t was. Mandarins and coolies, high and
low, met the ship, eager to pay their
respects.
Her most priced successes, however,
are not social, but professional. One IN
stance is related of coolie whesling
his blind old mother a thousand miles
in wheelbarrow to consult the woman
doctor. A double cataract operation,
and the blind was made to see.
The only son of a wealthy mandarin
was dumb from his birth, and so of no
account-disqualifi to worship before
the names of his ancestors. The tied
tongue once relieved, and the dumb
was made to talk! Hence the name and
the fame of the miracle Lady!"-N. Y,
Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
sIxTEEN-poLLAR BOOTS.
And n Fifteen-Yenr-OId Soldier VINO
Went blind.

went bItnu.
Said Gen. Newberry: Matt Hickey
came to me one morning in August,
'64, saying he wasn't feeling well and
would like a day off. told him to re-
port to the doctor, which he did. The
doctor laid him off, and with him Sergt
Maj. Williams. Now, / had just re-
ceived n new pair of SIG patent leather
boots which were too tight for me.
1t was too late to put them in my bag
gage, for all the baggage was packed
to move that day. So l said to Matt,
who was a color-bearer, that inasmuch
as he was off duty that day, wished
he'd carry my boots. lie agreed to do
so. That was the day of the fighting
at Yellow Tavern. Matt Hickey and
Williams, still under the doctors care,
kept quiet as long as they could, and
then went out on n little expedition
of their own. Suddenly, through a
clump of bushes, they saw about eight
Johnnies sitting on log, with their
guns out of reach from where they
sat.
"'Hist! Williams, will you give some
company ordhers!' Matt whispered.
Company, halt!' Williams shout
ed. 'Ready-aim-'
"'Say, yuse,' said Matt, pushing
through the bushes, will yez be holdin'
up your hands now and surrendherin',
or shall have me company shoot livery
wan av yez?'
zone of them started to look over
his shoulder.
"'None o that!' Matt ordered. DO
yez surrender, now, or
"They surrendered, and Matt and
Williams marched them three miles
into camp. Matt was still carrying
my SIG boots, and he used them with
such vigor and frequency against the
persons of his prisoners that he wore
the heels entirely Off"
General Newberry reflected mo-
ment, and his voice changed as he said:
George Jacobs and Georgia Lamphere
were II and 10 years of age, fifer and
drummer. They were enlisted from
the same neighborhood and had known
each other all their lives. They were
careless little rascals, and on one occa-
sion Georgia Jacobs split his fife and
George Lamphere spoiled his drum by
allowing it to get wet. They were
reprimanded and detailed to hospital
service.
Fighting began at Fair Oaks, and
the two boys were lowering around
with a stretcher. George Jacobs
didn't stay in the hospital corps long,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31

the man who had deserted from his COM
pany few weeks before. Found guilty,
he was sentenced to be shot. The day
upon which he was to die we were on
the way to Pennsylvania to help fight
the great deciding battle. The deserter
was placed in an ambulance, by his cof-
fin, that morning. At noon, after hard
tack, pork and coffee, the brigade
formed three lines of square, when
the deserter was marched from right
TO left of the line and seated upon the
coffin. Twelve men were marched to
or three rods from him. The officer
gave the command: Ready, aim fire!'
The criminal fell back on his coffin
pierced by five or six bullets. The bur-
ial followed Immediately, without serv-
ice and the brigade pulled out, the band
playing quickstep.
"After the battle of Gettysburg, and
when the Fifth corps was camped near
the Rappahannock river, in September,
the whole command was formed on
three sides of a square, the customary
formation, and witnessed the shooting
of five deserters. All of them were of
the class known as bounty jumpers.
They had deserted several times, one of
them five times. They were New York
ers. desperate effort had been made
to save their lives. Several committees
from the great city had waited upon
President Lincoln and pleaded for
them. The wives and children of two
of them had visited the president, but
Mr.. Lincoln could not be moved. Hehad
overlooked the offense in hundreds of
instances, but the time had come when
the discipline of the army demanded
the severest punishment of soldiers
found guilty of that crime. Secretary
Stanton, for year before Mr.. Lincoln
had refused to so punish deserters, had
pleaded with him to let the law have
its way. Mr.. Stanton had told the pres
ident many time that his soft heart
was spelling the army and endangering
the life of the nation, but Mr.. Lincoln
paid little heed until 1868.
I'm some portions of the army it
was the custom to hang deserters, but
In most instances they were shot, and
in the presence of their respective COM
mands, as described. The effect was
magical. Desertions were little heard of
for the next few wonths." = Chicago
| L Iimes-Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
RARE MRS. BlLLToPs.
Her Husband Greatly Impressed by
Her Wonderful Ingenuity.


Her Wonderful Ingenuity.
"You open the drawer in the kitchen
nearest the hall, and on tin pie plate
you will find a steel fork"
That is what Mrs. Billtops said to Mr.
Billtops when he had asked for some
thing with which to wind up the un-
wound spring in the roller of window
shade. Did Mr.. Billtops find the steel
fork on the tin pie plate in the drawer
nearest the hall in the kitchen? Well
ask him He did; and he not only
found it here, but he found it with the
sharp points of its primly parallel
prongs pointed safely away from him.
and its handle conveniently within
reach.
He carried the fork into the dining
room, but there Mrs. Billtops took it
from him, and wound up the shade her
self. Mr.. Billtops observed that the
tines of the fork We're just wide enough
apart to fit snugly over the tlat-sided
spindle of the fixture, so that it was
perfectly easy to twist the spring up
with it. He learned, indeed, that Mrs
Riiltops kept this fork for the express
purpose of winding up window shades,
and when he had seen her wind up this
anring with it, and then throw the little
side piece, that held it, into place again
with single touch of hairpin, why,
he was more than ever convinced, il
that was possible, that Mrs. Billtops
was wonderful woman.-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
WOMAN LND HOME.
NEW WOMAN IN CHINA.
b--st Chinese Lady to Practice Medi-
cine in Her own Land

Ciht III htE ONh Ashhn
The higher education of women in
diligently winked at, in special in
stances even upheld, by Viceroy Ii
Hung Chang, and through him by the
vast Flowery empire! Such, surprising
as it seems, is the present status of the
woman question in China, the still
shadowy beginning of a vast social rev.
olution; result of the astute states
mans occidental tour.
At least n number of his recent acts
and the complacency with which they
IRE received by the public so signify.
One of these, coincident with his return,
was the choice of DIR. Rachel Q. Benn,
of Tien-Tsin, where is his palace, as
physician to the women of his house
hold; another, deeply pertinent, the
appointment as delegate to the wom-
ems congress to be held in London in
1898 of two young Chinese girls, Miss
Wang and DIR. Hu King Eng.
Among the few almond-eyed stand
ard-bearers of the mute new born re-
volt against the subsection of Chinese
womanllind DIR. HUI King Eng stands
preeminent. OF her sex and race the
of medicine, DR.. va Mae Kin gradu-
ated in 1889, but without returning to
the orient married Eca de Siloa, with
whom she lives in Honolulu, her posi-
tion in the history of China is unique.
King Eng was born in Foochow to a
heritage of wealth and aristocracy. Her
grandfather, HUI, was mandarin of in
fluence. In the SEVENTEEN year of his
age he became convert to the"Jesus
doctrine" and with him his two sons,
Hu Po Mi and Hu Yong Mixing Eng's
father-both of whom for more than so
years have been Methodist pastors and
presiding elders. Soon Grandmother
Hu and her daughters-in-law, all of the
bound-foot class, influenced by convinc-
ing, even coercive. arguments, also re-
luctantly embraced the alien faith.
When quite a child, King Eng was
placed in the girls boarding school at
Foochow, where, in time, she developed
into a thorough student, evincing
marked artistic abtlity-an inherited
talent. Furtive peeps into the dispen-
sary and wards of the adjacent hospital,
however, determined effectually her vo-
cation to be, not art, but medicine.
With that end in view the little high
caste Celestial maid, now in her 18th
year, came across the seas, having met
and conquered bitter, determined oppo-
sition She Immediately entered the
Ohio Wesleyan university, graduating
four years later a master of arts. Three
years more of study, and the degree of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
10 Match the room.

A very pretty idea is to buy plain
wooden-framed mirrors and then make
them match the room for which they
are intended by covering the frames
tains or divan pillows. Everyone has
some odd, inartistic looking mirrors
with wooden frames about the house,
which may be made truly beautiful with
justa little time and care expended upon
them
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
peIicious Tomnto salad.

A most delicious tomato salad is
made of raw tomatoes, peeled and
chilled, and cut in thick slices. Mince
fine stalk of white celery for every
slice of tomato; make dressing of
saltspoonful of salt, half a saItspoon-
full of pepper, two wooden saladspoon-
fuls each of vinegar and oil, This
quantity is sufficient for two heads of
celery. Dip the slices of tomato in the
dressing and heap each one with the
chopped celery that has previously
been dressed; or peel and chill the
tomatoes, make them into little cups
by scraping out the inside, and fill them
with celery, cut in squares and dressed
with French dressing or mayonnaise.
Serve each tomato cup on crisp leaf
of pale-green lettuce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31

These are then tied at the corners with
ribbon or braid, which is quilted around
the edges as an ornamentation. Pock-
cts are put on two opposite sides, and q
cushion and needle-book on the other
two. The handle is also detachable
and tied on. When it is necessary to
pack up, this can all be united and
packed fiat.
1t is nice at home also, as it can be
readily busted and cleaned.-Belle
King, in Farm and Fireside.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
COL. PARSONS LONG RIDE.
His Commanding Omcer Doubted It's
Accomplishment.

uiS COMMENCING Omcer Doubted Its
Accomplishment.
Col. z. Bloss Parsons was breveted
general for distinguished services dur
ing the war.
a few days before the battle of Get
tysburg was fought Gen. Meade had an
important message to send to Gen.
Harding, 100 miles distant. AS the
route was through country swarm
ing with confederates the message was
written on tissue paper, that it might
be swallowed in case the carrier was
captured.
The commander was in doubt re-
garding suitable messenger. He sum
moned Gen. Davis to headquarters.
General, who is the hardest rider, as
well as the most trustworthy man in
the service?" asked Meade.
"Col. Parsons, sir" was the prompt
reply.
''Send him to me at once.'
1t was six o'clock on Monday night
when Gen. Meade gave the young Of
ficer his instructions. He was to ride
with all haste to Gen. Harding's head
quarters and return at once with an
answer.
The messenger retired. Two hun
dred miles were to be covered. The
roads were heavy, and they led through
the enemy's country.
Exactly at noon on the following day
Col. Parsons entered Gen. Meade's tent.
The latter's face grew purple with rage,
and lie ripped out string of oaths.
'Is this the way you obey orders?"
he thundered. what are you hanging
around camp for? You ought to be
with Gen. Harding by this time"
II have just returned from Gen.
Harding, sir"
"You lie!" exclaimed the exasperated
general,
Parsons face paled, and he dug the
nails in his hands to restrain himself.
Gen. Meade" he said, in voice that
i'll concealed his anger, "if you were
not my commanding officer, i would
knock You down for that Insult"
Without the formality of salute, ne
turned on his heel and left the tent.
Meade afterward made an ample apol-
ogy. -
| Col. Parsons killed two horses and
went himself without particle OF
food. For 1s hours he was not out Of
the saddle.-N. Y. Sun.
"A $4,000 snuffbox has been stolen
l'from London salesroom.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
COOKING VEGETABLES.
Mrs. Rorer Points Out the Food Value
of Garden Products.

Mrs. Rorer Points Out the Food Value
of Garden Products.
although it is well known that the
American markets give an abundance
of vegetables, it is regretted that there
is no country where they are so little
appreciated" writes Mrs. S. L. Rorer in
Ladies' Home journal. 'To this omis-
sion may be traced much discomfort
among the poorer classes. The legu-
minous seed, peas, beans and lentils,
yield almost double the amount of mus
cle-making food to be found in beef.
One pound of beans costing five cents
will give Il food value equal to two
pounds of beef at so cents, an item of
economy worthy of thought. l am in
this considering old peas and beans;
those green or unripe contain larger
amount of water and more sugar, and
less albuminous matter, but on the
other hand they are more easily di-
gested.
"All concentrated vegetable foods re.
quire long, slow cooking to render them
suitable for use. A little baking soda
added to the water in which old
peas anu DtdllS ar SOOhSu ASiiO'SS SiAS
strong flavor, making them much more
delicate. All vegetables should be
washed well in cold water. Green vege-
tables, such as spinach, caulitiower, cab
bage, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, kale,
onions, leeks, asparagus, turnip tops,
beet tops, Swiss chard, young peas and
string beans, should be cooked in boil,
ing salted water, and boiled slowly until
tender, not moment longer or the
flavor will he lost"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
BEGAN SHOOTING.

however,; he found gun and cart
ridge box and began shooting. Pres
entity the word was passed around that
he was killed.
George Lamphere, Is yeazs old,
dropped his stretcher, and took up the
gun his friend had been using. All
that afternoon he loaded and fired to
avenge his friend; all that night and
well into the next morning; then, over
come by exhaustion and exposure, he
lost consciousness.
1.-THE strain had been too great. When
George opened his eyes again he found
himself stone blind, and stone blind
he is to this day."-Chicago Inter
Ocean
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31

Bones of soldiers who were buried at
Clarksville, Tenn, when the female
academy at that place was used as a
hospital during the war were uncov-
cred by recent landslide back Of the
building Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
SEASIDE woRk-BAsKET.
Dainty Little Creation which Can
he EOIheh Flint.

In planning for articles to take away
with one on summer trip one often
misses the home conveniences. A work
basket is almost indispensable, so we
give our readers one that can be folded
fiat.
For the bottom take a siX-inch square
of cardboard, cover with any pretty
material, cover the sloping sides and
sew only on the edge that is attached
to the bottom, leaving the sides free.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
The Wise One.

"You see it was this way: They were
all three so dead in love with her and
all so eligible that to settle the mat
ter she agreed to marry the one who
should guess the nearest to her age"
"And did she?"
81 don't know. know that she mar
ried the one who guessed the lowest. -
-Pearson's Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
SHOOTING BOUNTY JUMPERS.

II Became Imperative After the Bat-
tie of GcttysburE.
"Did you ever see man shot for de-
sertion?"
"Yes, several of them. The first 9ne
was man of our brigade. He deserted
while we were near Fredericksburg
and joined the confederate army. A few
weeks before we started for Gettysburg
a confederate deserter reached the lines
of another brigade and was placed
under guard. A soldier of our brigade
passing that way saw the confederate,
and was surprised to find that he was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31
A NnturnI auentlon.

He.-No, couldn't go to Europe this
year, because md to have my plumb
ing done over.
She-When does your plumber sail ?
IN Y. Truth.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-31

"A $4,000 snuffbox has been stolen
from London salesroom.