The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09
~ BEFORE BREAKFAST. S

There may be considerable notoriety
and some glory in being on the jury in
famous murder trial such as the Mar
tin case now in progress in Wilkes
Barre, but there are also disadvan-
tages. The defendants have better
time than the Jurors as far as freedom
goes. To be sure the judge is disposed
to allow them some recreation but
there were never twelve men created
who would feel like agreeing on any
thing after being shut up for a month
together with only their own cotnpan-
lonship. on Sunday the judge sent
them off on a little trolley trip to Har-
vey's lake. But even then they couldn't
rid themselves of their own company
and the mar who kent In front Of them
with a pole and the other man in the
rear who was prepared to prod them IL
they looked Mt anything else much less
spoke. To the eyes OF the Scranton
people who were in the same eXpeGi-
tion bound for the lake they all looked
extremely tired of each other and as
IL they wanted 10 be hone in the bosom
Cf their families and conducting them
selves in a Christian manner instead of
roaming aimlessly about in the snowy
woods gazing at new hotels, especially
was this true of the one who was mar
riad only three days bLfor1 he was
drawn on the jury The Scranton peo-
I,le We're persuaded that ne would have
been justified in annouEcirS as his SEN
timents that he had formed an opinion
months ago on the case that nothing
IN the evidence could change.
If they were a dozen women instead
of twelve men, they would have
scratched each others faces before this
time, or else they would have forgotten
to listen TO the evidence while they
planned new IDENTITY frocks and shirt
waists for summer. Every mothers
son of them looked as if he ought to
go home and have his wife look after
the way he wore his tie and the sort
of shave he was getting in Wilkes
Barre. Speaking of Harvey's Lake the
| new hotel there is to be a beauty. 1t
will have about one hundred guest
chambers, steam heat, electric lights,
brilliantly illuminated grounds. 1t is
| probable that Fred X. White. the for
mcr proprietor of the Wyoming in this
city, will have it in charge.
The young daughter of a prominent
ClltZtll HOlIllltu HtI
mother the other day by enthusiastical-
! ly declaring herself in favor Of war.
why you hard-hearted child" ejacu-
lated her shocked relative. DO you
went your papa TO go to war and get
shot?" We'll" philosophically remark
ed the small maiden, "He would stand
as good chance as any of them. for
| you know yourself how he can run"
On the evening of the 1st Of April
Miss Sadie Kaiser and W. Grant Egg
bert, of the Ithaca Conservatory Of
| Music, will give a concert in the Ninth
| Regiment armory. Mr.. Egbert has
| studied two years abroad and had SUI
| TeriOr merit even before he went
| abroad for n special course He is now
| at the head Of the conservatory, hav-
ing under him faculty of twenty. He
is violinist Of rare ablity.-Wilkes-
Barre Record.
Monday evening, March Z, Mr.. and
! Mrs. C. II. Van Buskirk, of 1909 Pine
! street, gave a reception to Rev. and
| Mrs. +. L. Gift The following persons
were present: Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Rush
more, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Dickens, Mr..
and Mrs. C.. Bendon, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Leighton, Mrs. f. Sturges, Mrs. Will
liam Luther, Mrs. j. Kaufman, Mrs. /.
s. Tice, Mrs. T.. Haas, Mrs. l.. Mauer,
Mrs. j. J. Kline, Mrs. w. CorreY, Mrs.
Kaiser, Mrs. A. Gordon, Mrs. c. Luiker,
Miss f. Benson and Miss L. Berry.
The street commissioner received the
gratitude of the residents i'm the vicin-
| ity of Mulberry street yesterday as
that thoroughfare was flushed. thus
disposing of the clouds of dust that
have been such a grievance for the
past few days. 1t is evident that II
only needs the active interest of a few
enterprising members of the fair sex
to work a reform in this street clean
ing business. The men were about
starting off with their centipede-like
hose when a Clay avenue lady viewed
their preparations for departure with
dismay, Aren't you going to wash
clay avenue?" she demanded. eve
haven't seen the pavement since last
fall?" Nom, we calculated TO only
flush Mulberry" replied one of the
men. "Well, now, you just stay right
here and clean Clay avenue" she re-
marked in a decided tone; and that Is
what they did