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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
New York Live Stock.

New York, May 5.-Beeves-Receipts,
977 head; no trading; cables quote Ameri-
can steers at 11a12c.; sheep a t 10laa1Sc.; re-
frigerator beef az 9a9Ac. per pound; eX-
ports, $3.50 beeves, and 4.335 quarters of
beef. Calves--Receipts, 625 beeves; slow.
l4assc. lower; veals. $ia5.25. Sheep and
lambs-Receipts, 2,29j head; slow, shade
easier; clipped sheep S3.50ai.4O; clipped
lambs. S4JOa535 spring lambs, s6.75a7.5O.
II Hogs-Receipts, 3,S22 head steady at $ia
o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
FIRE AT HALLSTEAD.
A Building Used as n Lookup 1:
Totally DESTROYED.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Hallstead, May 15.--The building on
Church street owned and occupied by
William Knowler as a carpenter and
blacksmith shop and the borough lock-
up. were destroyed by fire early Sat
urday morning.
The fire originated in the Knowler
building, on which was an insurance
of $3.50 and $l00 for the tools it con-
tanned. The fire is believed to be Of
incendiary origin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
SHOT IN THE KNEE.
Accident to Carp Fisherman Up at
HaiIstead.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Hallstead, May 16.-George Barber
was accidentally shot in the leg by Ar
thur Sprague on Saturday afternoon
at about o'clock. They, in company
with several other persons, were at the
"Ox Bow trying to shoot a very large
carp which had been seen in the water
there during the day.
Sprague had rifle and the others
each a shotgun. Barber was on the
bank on the right side of the water and
the others on the opposite side when
the accident happened. They had all
been unsuccessful in their efforts TO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17

PROMISE,
MANY years afterwards ] received a
box of good things for Christmas from
California. The next year another box
came and so for many years. The only
clue had to the sender were a few words
in the first box: 4 have kept the promise
l made you, DOCTOR "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17

do. creamery, 1iiha14c. Cheese-Qulct;
state large, 9a10c; small fancy 10allc;
western part skins, 4a7%c.; full skins,
2lea3c. Eggs-Stcady; state and Penn
syNania, 1lc; estern fresh. 10IAa10iRc
southern, 9a9hc. Tallow-Quiet city Cs2
per package), &c.; country packages free),
3tbc-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
fleigbbpritt9 Counties.

capture the fish and as he appeared
again all shot. The bullet from
Spragues rifle glanced and entered
Barber's left leg below the knee. For
tunately he is not seriously injured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17

Moralists upon the drama are fond
of dwelling on its alleged decline from
certain "palmy days" of the pasta
vague period which no one distinctly
remembers or defines. and which still
recedes, the more diligently it is pur-
sued, 'in the dark backward and
abySm of time" One difference be-
tween the past and the present is that
the stage which once lived in a camp
now lives in a palace. Another diff
ference is that eminent talents which
once We're concentrated are now diff
fused. The standard of taste has fuc-
tuated. At the beginning of the CEN
tury it appears to have been more fas-
tidious and more intellectual than it is
row, but not more so than it has two
or three times been within the inter-
Vening period. In my boyhood the
great tragic genius of the stage was
the elder Booth, whom / saw as Pes
cara, during his last engagement in
Boston, in 1S51-and magnificent i'm
aSe he was, of appalling power and
terror. The tragic sovereign, however,
was Edwin Forrest, and for many years
his influence survived, affecting the
style of such compeers as Eddy, Neafie,
Scott, Proctor, Kirby and Marshall,
and more or less moulding that of the
romantic Edwin Adams, the intellec-
tual Lawrence Barrett, and the gentle,
generous, affectionate, stalwart John
Mccullough, the noblest Roman Of
them ALL" In comedy the prevalent
tradition was that of F'inn-Whom /
never saw, but of whom / constantly
heard-but the actual prince was the
elder Wallack; and very soon
after he had sparkled into splen-
did popularity the rosy gods. of
mirth released such messengers of hap
piness as Warren and Gilbert, Burton
and Blake, Hackett and Fisher, Pla-
eide and owens, and the buoyant John
Brougham, whose memory is still
cherished in all our hearts. A little
later---the more intellectual taste in
tragedy gaining sudden pre-emin-
ence from the reaction against For
rest-the spiritual beauty was the wild
and thrilling genius of Edwin Booth
enchanted the public mind and cap
tured an absolute sovereignty OF the
serious stage; while, in comedy the
glittering figure Of Lester Wallack
bore to the front rank, and reared
more splendidly than ever before, the
standard of Wilks, and Lewis, and FL
liston, which had been preserved and
transmitted by Charles Kemble, the
elder Wallack, and, both the cheftains
of the house OF Mathews. Meanwhile
Murdoch, Vandenhoff e, L. Daven-
port and the younger James Wallack
maintained, in royal state, the fine
classic tradition of John Kemble, Coop
er, Macready, and Young: The grand
eur Of Sarah Siddons lived again in
Charlotte Cushman; and, in the realm
of imaginative, romantic, human
drama, more exquisite artist of hu-
NOR and Of tears than ever yet had
arisen on our stage-an artist who is
to Acting what Reynolds was to Paint
ing and what Hood was to Poetry
carried natural portraiture to ideal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Quotations--AIl Quotations Based
on Par of 100.
STOCKS
BONDS.

Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 ............. 10 -.
Peoples Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 ............. 10 80.
Scranton & Pittston Trac. Co. -. so
Peoples Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 ....... 10 -.
Dickson Manufacturing Co. ... -. 100
Lacka. Township School So. -. lO2
City of Scranton st. Imp. So. -. 102
Mt. Vernon Coal Co. .,........ -. SO
Scranton Axle Works .......... -. 100
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
AN ELOQUENT DEFENSE
OF THE STAGE.
From an Address by William Winter
Before the Lotus Club OF
New York.

To understand human nature; to alb
sorb and coordinate the literature of
the drama to discriminate between
talking and acting; to see the mental,
moral and spiritual aspect of the stage,
and likewise to see the popular aspect
of it; to write for a public of mscel-
leaneous readers, and at the same time
to respect the feelings and interpret the
ambitions of artists; to praise with dis
erection and yet with force; to censure
without asperity; to think quickly and
speak quickly, and yet avoid error; to
oppose sordd selflshness, which for
ever strives to degrade every high
ideal; to give not alone knowledge,
study, and technical skill but the best
powers of the mind and the deepest
feelings of the heart to the embellish-
ment of the art of others, and to do
that with an art of your own--this it is
to accomplish the work of the dra-
matte receiver 1t is a work of serious
moment and incessant difficulty. But
it has it's bright side; for, as years
speed on and life grows bleak and lone
some, it is the stage that gives relief
from paltry conventionality; it is the
stage, with it's sunshine of humor and
it's glory of imagination, that wiles us
away from our defeated ambitions,
our waning fortunes, and the broken
idols of our vanishing youth, In the
long process of social Development
at least within the last three hundred
years--no other single force has borne
more conspicuous or a more potential
part. 1.-THE reason of things" said DR..
South, lies in a small compass, if
man could but find it out" The reason
of the drama has never been a mystery.
All life has, for it's ultimate object, a
spiritual victory. The divine spirit
works in humanity by many subtle
ways. 1t is mans instructive and in
tuitiVe imitation of nature that creates
artificial objects of beauty Those, in
turn, react upon the human mind and
deepen and heighten its sense of the
beautiful. 1t is mans Interpretation
of humanity that has revealed to him
his divine father and his spiritual des-
tiny. All things work together for that
result-the dramatic art deeply and d.
rectly, because, when rightly adminis-
tered, it is the pure mirror of all that
is glorious in character and all that is
noble and gentle in the conduct of life,
showing ever the excellence to be emu
lated and the glory to be gained, sooth-
ing our cares, dispelling our troubles,
and casting the glamour of romantic
grace upon all the commonplaces of the
world What happy dreams it has in
spired! What grand ideals it has i'm
parted! With what gentle friendships
it has blessed and beautified our lives!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
Oil Market.

Oil City, May 15.-No bids for certifi-
cate oil. Credit balances unchanged. Runs,
so, 737 barrels; shipments, Il, ,162 barrels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-17
CARPET SALE

This sale to last week only Tapestry Carpets prices
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
A UNIQUE Pine.

A novel pipe for transmitting hydrau-
liz pressure is In use ut the Victoria
bridge. near the mouth Of the River
Dee. England. As described in the En-
glneering News. 1t consists Of solid
drawn lead pipe, covered with close
coils OF copper wire. and Is used for
conveying water at 100 pounds per
square inch pressure from one Side OF
the river 10 the other TO operate the
machinery OF a span Of the swing
bridge. At first copper pipe one and
q half inches In diameter, jolntcd with
screwed unions. was used, but the
securing action Of the tide washed out
the bed OF the river, left the pipe un'
supported In two places and caused II
10 leak. The new pipe made OF lead
wrapped with copper wire. Is more
flexible than the old one, and II Is ey
pected 1t will work more satisfactorily
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
Tho Longest Bridge.

The longest bridge in the world IL
said to be u stone structure. that spans.
IN China. IN inlet of the Yellow Sea.
Its length. as claimed. Is five and u
quarter miles. The number of piers In
the structure Is three hundred; each
of these Is Ornnmented with marble
lion three times life, size. The top Of
the roadway Is sixty.four feet above
mean low.water level. The bridge Is
about eight hundred years old.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
The IarthenOn.

The Parthenon, at Athens, Is virtu'
ally in ruins and likely to tumble down
II another earthquake occurs before
certain repairs are made. An immense
scaffold of American timber now props
up the entire entablature and prevents
collapse Of the building.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
81: Il ~. W.; e.: :; &; s::. ::r s:
FIELD eFLOWERS
che Gnatne TN 1lAounmtni Souuenip

The most beautiful Ar Production Of the cen.
eury. "A ses!i bueeh Of tie Meet fsesrsst q ties.
esso Of lsvs." Contains selection OF the most
beautiful Of the poems Of Eugene Field. Hand.
T;:,:tsd p shirySys Of ;ns :csids
0meut Fund Bet lss The sstls eostsibutlsss q the
Gest estlss ths bet eesId set have bsea nssutae.
efsd iee S7eo. For sale at book stores, or sent
he Shiid's Poet Laureate. published by the Com.
nittee to create q fund TO build the Monument
end to care for the family Of the beloved poet.
Eugene Field honument Souvenir Fund,
10 Msarss Street. Ctieses, ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
MT nj All.

"COlOnel. don't you know that the
good book says Swear not ut allY"
"Sartin do. Thet's all right. swOre
at 'em NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PLAIN
Dealer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16
A Time for All Things.

Mrs. Flgg-Tommy swore to-day.
Mr.. Flgg-Where Is he? Ill fix him.
There's time enough for him to begin
swearing when lie Is grown up and
| married.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
Deed Of a Brave Mother.

The almost miraculous escape from
horrible death of Mrs. Ii. Kirke
White. editor OF the Owosso mich. J
Press, and her three-year- son. has
been matter of general conversation
at that place. In company with Mrs.
G. W. Loring and her little boy, they
went to Burton to spend the afternoon
with friend. Returning to the depot
after dusk. they were obliged to cross
the railroad track. Mrs. Whites son
started down the track, and stepped
into the cattle guard at tue side of the
road. He was unable to extricate
himself, aud the train was fast APP
preaching. Mrs. White rushed to his
rescue, loosened the boys ieet and
threw him off the track just as the To-
connective struck her. After the train
had passed she was found lying on the
road bed between the rails. She wa;
brought home on the train, and medi.
cal attendance summoned. Beyond
severe bruises and the shock to the
nerves she was all right. The boy
escaped with bruised shoulder.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
Biz Soap Bubbles.

Everybody has tried, at one time or
another, to make soap bubbles, which,
you know, Is quite easily done by means
of q pipe, straw or small tube OF
some sort. But everybody does not
know how to make bubbles IS big as
your head. We are going to tell you
how to do 1t.
Take a piece of ordinary wire and
place 1t around the body OF bottle,
drawing it close and twisting the ends
together to form handle to the ring
thus made. Having prepared the soapy
water, adding a little sugar to make 1t
stronger, dip the wire ring into 1t and
then take 1t out carefully.
You will see that the ring has, on the
inside, a thin covering or skin OF soapy
water. Hold the ring upright before
your mouth and blow gently but stead
ily against the center of the soapy skin
when it will begin to swell out into
pocket, which will grow. larger and
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larger until it finally detaches itself
from the ring in the shape Of a big
bubble, beautifully tinted with all the
hues Of the rainbow. And the bubble
thus made will last for some time.
Having become familiar with this
method Of blowing bubbles, try anoth-
er. This time you need not use pipe,
straw, tube or ring-simply your hand
Steep your fist in the soapy water; open
your hand slowly in the water and
around your fingers, making your
thumb and the end of your index fin.
ger touch so rs to form ring.
Then lift your hand slowly from tic
water, and you viii notice Il soapy skin
over the ring made by your thumb and
finger, the same as with the wire ring
Bring your hand carefully up to your
mouth, palm upwards. with the littls
finger turned towards your body, and
blow into the hand % shown in the
illustration.
You will be surprised to see coming
from your hand many-colored bubble
whose diameter may be eight or tel
In cheS.-Philadelph Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
* Girl with a Quick wit.

A girl who lives in little town in the
West, not far from a railway crossing,
looked out of the window the other day
and saw laborer jump from one track
to the other to escape an approaching
freight train. He was apparently dazed
by terror, and stood still, not seeing
that behind an express train was rush.
Ing down upon him.
The girl saw that before she could
make him understand his danger II
would be too late. She therefore threw
up her arms, shrieking wildly, Help!
help! helpv' trusting to the impulse
which sends man on the instant to
the relief of a woman in distress.
I'm comingy' shouted the Irishman
springing toward her in time to escape
the engine as it rushed past. He stared
back at it, and then at the woman cry
ing and laughing at the window, and
taking of his hat with shaking hands
said:
II owe you something, miss" and
walked away.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
FlBRolD TUMoR
Expelled by Lydia q. Pinkham'o
Vegetable Compound.
1n.erview with Mrs. D. A. Lombard.

Ihave reason to think that / would
not be here now If it had not been for
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound. 1t cured me of a fhroid tumor
in my womb.
Doctors coul1 do nothing for me, and
they could not cure me at the hospital.
will tell you about it:
had been in my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, I flowed very
badly. The doctor gave me medicine,
but it did me no good. He said the
flow must be stopped if possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
Upon examination, he found there
was Fbroid Tumor in my womb, and
gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever. About that time lady
called on me, and recommended Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
said she owed her life to it. I
said I would try it, and did. Soon
after the flow became more natural and
regular / still continued taking the
| Compound for some time. Then the
doctor made an examination again,
and found everything all right. The
tumor had passed away and that dull
ache was gone.-MRs. b. A. LOMBARD,
| Box II, Westdaie, Mass.
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finding temporary safety. He was by

finding temporary safety. He was by
no means Faved, however. A sheer
descent of eight feet of rocky wall was
between him and terra irma. Cap
tain Stewart Taylor, of Truck No. 3,
saw Billson's danger. and, calling to
William Kinnane, Foreman Kearney
and Engineer Nichols, of the Pump
Hose, hurried to the assistance Of the
exhausted man.
Billson was fast losing strength. and
how to get at him was problem.
Finally Taylor suggested that they
form a human rope and reach out to
him. Kinnane agreed to be the saliva.
ton, end of the rope, and he was &C.
cordingly lowered.
Kearney and Nichols came next, and
Captain Taylor acted as anchor on the
wall. Kinnane seized the helpless
oarsman and cried "All right |" Slowly
Taylor backed away, pulling with all
his strength, while number of spec
tatcrs who had arrived on the scene,
lent willing hands. 1t was risky work,
but Billson was gradually pulled up,
and after being wrapped in a blanket
| was taken to his home.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
Saved By a Human Rope.

Actors who "do" 'sspans of liie'
and ''human bridges" might hare re-
ceived valuable instruction had they
been in the vicinity of the Passaic
Falls, in Paterson, n j., on recent
afternoon when Frederick Billson was
saved from being carried over the
roaring cataract by the efforts of four
men who formed living life line.
BiIlgon is o member OF the Excelsior
Boat Club and an expert oarsman. The
Excelsior club house is situated just
above the Passaic Falls, and when
Billson entered his shell the water was
high and swift, and swept toward the
Society Dam, which is about one hun
bred feet above the falls. With diff
Guilty BilIson turned the shells bow up
stream, and, after pulling some dis.
tance, turned about. He had mis-.
calculated his strength and soon re-
allied it. He was unable to gain q
foot.
Inch by inch the frail craft was
swept back, Notwithstanding the al
most superhuman efforts of the desper
ate oarsman. The slender souls. which
flashed in and out of the water, bent il
curves with the strain.
Gradually the stroke became more
feeble, and. the oarsman saw the gar
between boat and dam grow less. TIT
lost inches grew to feet, the feet t
yards, and finally, with cry of de
spair, man aud boat were swept ovel
the dam and on toward the Passaic
Falls. !.
Billson, seeing the -futility OF bat
Ting with the current, sprang from
the fragile she'll and struck ont for th,
rocky shore. To counteract the efiec
of the current he swan mp stream
/ and, struggling hsrd. was anis at las
% slatsa sesk md cling to u. thu
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05
ECCENTRIC CHARACTER GONE.
Death Of q Money Miser Whose Room
WcS a CuriC ~.

GO a - IA II
Eccentric John Weisbrode, of Cum
berland. Md, is dead. He had lived as
a recluse and was eccentric to the ut
most degree. During his Illness he re-
fused medicine until this morning,
when he took the first dose in his. life.
Mr.. Weisbrode was native OF Ger
many. He leaves sister, residing In
New York, and niece by marriage,
Mrs. Maggie Wiesbrode, widow, liv-
ing In Cumberland. He owned store
building on Center street, nearly oppo-
site the city hall, which he rented, liv-
ing in roomsin the rear. He also owned
a city lot, which he cultivated, raising
tobacco, besides vegetables. He was
reputed to be worth $4,000. but ne
lived in squalor.
His rooms are curiosity. In one OF
them he had nearly 1000 pounds Of leaf
tobacco, which he had saved since the
war, when he was q cigarmaker and
barber. He was also a shoemaker and
a timer. In his room are also thirty
sewing machines, which he kept since
the war, when he was an agent. lie re-
fused to sell them except at the original
price. He also had two printing presses
and many cases of type, and nearly a
carload of crooks and Jars. His food
was bread and milk. He did his own
cooking, and his expenses were not
oyer Is cents day. he made his OWE
clothes. Some years ago he operated
8 steamboat on the canal. He made the
most of the machinery himself. Not
withstanding his apparent penury, be
practiced charity, but made every effort
to shield his identity. He was noted
for his Observation-Disclosures tMd9 dis
| ,,atnh
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-05

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