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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
WERE VERY FEW DEATHS.
Mortality Rate for Two Weeks Has
Been Low.

Either the city's death rate is away
below normal or else the board Of
health regulation, requiring reports of
all deaths, is not being complied with.
Last week only eighteen deaths from
all causes were reported and the same
report was made for the week preced-
ing, each being about one-half the nor
NAL rate. Last week there was one
new case of and one death from ty-
phod, one new case of scarlet fever
and two of diphtheria.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23

mitted to the county jail for thirty days
in default of a fire of s.. Kelly had
wrecked a goodly lot of the furnishings
of his home before Patrolmen Ross and
Collins arrested him.
Michael White. arrested for being
drunk and disorderly, was penitent and a
new offender. He was discharged. John
Madigan, who had been arrested on the
same charge was also discharged
A woman who gave the name of Lena
Bowman was fined 50 for street walking.
For drunkenness Michael Brown, John
Kelly, Walter Zinh and Joseph Nieper
were fined 50 each.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
Special SALE
ONYX TOP TABLES

If you have ever wanted a Table,
you should get it now, as you
have never had them offered at the
prices we have put on these. They
are not cheap, trashy lot bought
for this sale, but are our regular
goods, and there are no better made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
Filed by Bellman & Company i,
United States Court,

The following dispatch from Pitts
burg was received last night by Asso-
ciated Press:
"Bellman e. Co.. of Throop, Lacka-
wanna county, today filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court. According to schedule
the liabilities amount to $S1,96475 and
assets $500. The creditors are banks
principally in the eastern part of the
state"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
CONTROLLER EVANS
AROUSES THE BOARD
SAYS A QUEER COAL DELIVERY
SYSTEM Is IN PRACTICE.

Rather, He Intimated, There Was No
System at All and Coal Contractors
Were Privileged to Charge for Al
most Any Weight They Pleased.
Important Rules Relative to Ex-
animation of Pupils and the Pay
of Teachers Were Submitted--Ac-
tion on Them Was Postponed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
His Last Day in the Mines.

John Fox was crushed to death be-
tween car wheels at G. B. Markle &
Co.'s mine at Jeddo on Saturday. A
particularly sad feature of the affair
was that Saturday was to have been
his last shift at the works, as he was
about to prepare himself for admission
to the Bloomsbury State Normal
school.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
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. Tho Tribune will not be held re-
sponsble for opinions here expressed.l
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23

THE VICTORY rests with Ameri-
cas- Greatest Medicine. Hoods Sarsap-
arilla, when 1t battles against any dis
ease caused or promoted by impure
or impoverished blood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO PARADE SEPT 29
DATE Is FIXED BY THE BOARD
OF ENGINEERS.

At a Meeting Last Night Chief
Hickey and the District Chiefs De-
eide Not to Invite Companies from
Outside the City-State Convention
Is Too Near at Hand-will Be a
Delay in the Transfer of Apparatus.
Fir Badges for Commissioners
and Engineers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
Another Subscription.

Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Only one gave anything today for
shelter tent in Nay Aug Park. Five dol
lars came from DR.. N. Y. Leet. There is
no soliciting for subscriptions to this
fund. Send what you feel ike giving to
the newspapers. G., e. Hill,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23

HOODS PILLS are the favorite
family cathartic. Easy to take, easy
to operate. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
LOCAL CHARGES.

After his work at the mission he had
charges at Gouldsboro, Paupack and
Salem. For several years he has been
on the retired list, but was frequently
heard in pulpits all over this part of
the state. and assisted the presiding
elder at many of the quarterly confer
ences.
He was a man who took an active
interest in public affairs and thought
full letters from his pen on subjects
of general interest frequently found
their way into the public prints. Three
years ago he paid visit to England,
the first since he left it to come to this
country. His impressions of that trip
were given in The Tribune at the time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
The Seashore in August.

IHC RCuSrfOfC III 1hub U0V'
IT at it's best. $500 to Atlantic City.
via Lehigh Valley, August "a. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
IN POLICE COURT.

For smashing the furniture in his home
on Fifth avenue, John Kelly was COM
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23

The Tribune OF Aug II printed In de-
tail the representation ~ which each dis
tvsst is entitle<.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
The Persistency of Gas.

"The gas companies throughout the
country have spent large sums OF
money with a view to getting rid Of
the expense of lighting and extin'
gushing street lamps" explained an
official of the gas company, "but,
st ange as it may appear, with all the
inventions and improvements of mod.
ern times, the lighting and extin.
gushing of street lamps is now iustas
it was when the street lamps were es'
tablished, and men or boys have to
be employed to go to each lamp to
light and extinguish it. This costs
great deal of money in the course ofa
year. There have, of course, been
hundreds of appliances used to light
and extinguish gas street lamps, but
after being tried awhile they have
been discarded. 1t has been pro-
posed to run separate mains for the
street lamps, independent of the
house service. In this way the whole
supply could be cut off, but it would
not help out in the matter of lighting.
The expense, too, would be very con-
siderable. As it would only do half
of the work is has never been serious
ly considered. There have been
dozens of schemes or systems oflight-
ing and extinguishing the street
lamps with electricity, but as a rule
they have been cumbersome and moi
thoroughly reliable as to their work
ing. The electric street lamp has
found its way into almost every city,
town and village in our land. and
there we're many who supposed il
would supplant the use of gas, bu'
just the same it has not, and is prob
ably not likely for some years t.
come, if it ever does. ."-Washingtor
Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Raising Geese.

1t is useless to attampt to raise
cecse successfully if they are afraid of
their attendant. They should be
treated with great gentleness, and
have full confidence in their keeper.
A nervous, quick-motioned, excitable
or rough person may keep them SO
disturbed that they cannot thrive.
If cooped at night in tight house,
or one having open windows protect
ed by wire netting, loss from dogs,
cats and other animals is prevented,
but the bedding must be renewed
daily and removed frequently. Ii this
is not done or they are crowded too
much and do not have sufficient air,
their growth will be much less than II
left out in the open. To make the
best growth they should have succu'
lent green food before them while
they can see to eat. If shut in for &
short time morning or evening, or on
a stormy day, they should have
continual supply of freshly mown rye
oats, clover or corn fodder. Other
wise they will fret and lose much IL
weight.
They may be pastured from the star
on growing rye, oats, millet and othel
green crops to their great advantage
or may be turned on to those crops
when grass becomes old or dries up IL
hot weather. If shut off the plat be
fore it is eaten too close, it will grow
up again and may be thus eaten dowi
several times. Such crops should b'
thickly sown. Mr.. James Rankin
who grows rye and oats for his ducks
sows five bushels of seed to the acre
By planting one piece after another,
succession of green crops may be ha,
(even in the South that will furnisI
the best of succulent food through tn
hot weather, and even in winter. =
Samuel Cushman, in the Countr,
Gentleman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Now rnrncdo Net.

As a protection against the action
Of torpedoes our warships were pro-
yided with wire-netting shields, or
crinolines, which can be expanded by
spars so as to form wall around the
vessels sides. Upon which some in
genious inventor gave the travelling
6sh-shaped destroyer cutting inn
plement at its head which could pene.
trate the wire screen. A new form Of
crinoline has now been introduced
which possesses mesh OF such con-
struction that it cannot be pierced.
But the 7ention probably comes too
late; for if any lesson is to be learned
from recent events, it is that the tor
pedo in naval warfare is of such Sec
ondary Importance that it may be al
most neglected altogether. We have
learned lately that fighting ships
armed with modern guns need not get
to close quarters to work terrible de-
struction upon one another. A couple
of miles separating the attacking ves'
sci and that with which she is en-
gagged is regarded as near range;
and no torpedo is effective at a quar-
ter of that distance. Quick-firing
guns and accurate craftsmanship are
the far more important items to at
tend to, and American perfection in
both these respects has really de-
termined the issue in the present war
Chambers Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Hoods Pills SFf %G III Hoods S1s gaTsapsrS s fS shES
samoa's Snake Sivas.

Samoa, it is we'll known, is one OF
the very few islands in the Pacific
where snakes are found in plenty.
None of the reptiles he;e, however,
are venomous, and in consequence the
natives show absolutely no fear OF
them.
Their indifference to the reptiles is
made most markedly manifest at the
hamlet of Iva, on the northeast coast
of Savaii.
The dancing girls of the place are in
the habit of employing the snakes for
personal adornment in their dances.
They tie them about their necks, their
ankles and their wrists, festoon
them in their headdresses, and tuck a
few extra ones in the belt in readiness
to replace such as may escape in the
dance.
At their best these sivas danced by
the Samoans are revolving shows OF
savagery. 1t can be easily imagined
that they are made no more attractive
by the village maid and her crew of
attendant girls careering round
adorned with an assortment of writh-
ing red snakes. London Mail.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Device. Of the ns-:i.

The devil Is always abreast OF the times
srd adopts cunning devices to trap the
unwary. In front OF saloons In nearly
every city In the country during the wal
he had this placard exposed; "war news
insldel"
Yes, war newsl The same returns the
drunkard's wife has been receiving year
after year since the husband enlisted In
the army of inebriates. What are the re-
turns? Neglect, abuse, distress, shame
despair, physical decay and spiritual
blight Dcserters from the ranks OF man.
hood and social purity find In the saloon
an abundance OF war news In times oil
peace. The saloon itself is the DEVILS
arsenal 1t Is also the rendezvous where
he mobilizes his forces for the final assault
upon society and the home.
War news In the saloon represents the
new recruits under King Alcohol. SO long
as the saloon exists there will be plenty OF
war newsl"
What does the devil care about our en-.
tanglements with foreign powersp He has
no interest In our present struggle for
humanity's right beyond the canyas walls
of the damnable canteeni From 1t he gets
his war news from the front. Glorious
accounts OF the surrender OF manhood and
everything that makes life dearl Verify
these authorized depots OF helllsh supplies
are disgrace and crime against civiliza'
tion. 0lfcers feast upon luxuries pur'
chased with money received In exchange
for whisky and beer sold their commands
while the dupes who spend their money
for drinks must content themselves with
coarse rations provided by the CON-
missaryl Here Is picture to hold up be.
fore civilized critics. Our nation paradinR
before the world, arrayed In the para
phernalia Of war, as the champion oil
liberty and oppressed humanity, while
establishing and maintaining In our mill
tary centres traffic that Is welding the
chains Of eternal bondage around the
hopes OF the flower OF our country's man
hood Truly, the devil has war news to
bulletin In the saloon.
But the most appropriate bulletin OF war
news the saloonkeeper could expose would
be the picture OF drunkard's home. This
would represent the storming, the assaults,
the eounter-charges, the all-day and all.
night battles with hunger and disease,
forced marches to evade creditors, beg.
glng, pleading for mercy and the final
surrender Of hope and virtue to the over
whelming forces Of despair and demoralNa.
tion. The drunkard's wife has no time oi
peace in which to prepare for war. IT is
for her one continued struggle against
poverty and the demon sent against the
home day after day from the DEVILS head.
quarters In the saloon.
An hour in the police court In large
city will convince anyone that there Is
"war news" inside the saloon, the echoes
of which resound through the dark
corridors OF the prison and the grave,
and whose duplicate bulletins hang upon
the pictureless walls OF the cherries
quarters the saloonkeeper has robbed oil
the name OF home.-Zion's outlook.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
rranspianting Tomato Plants.


The small, shallow boxes into which
seedsmen crowd dozen tomato plants
as they are removed from the beds
where the seed is sown, are doubtless
large enough for the plants when they
are small. But so soon as the box is
purchased the first duty of the man
who buys it is to Immediately trans
plant, not into the open ground, for
that is not usually ready, but into
larger boxes with deeper soil, so that
new roots will start, and have room to
spread themselves. The scotsman
handling plants by the million cannot
we'll afford to give tomato plants more
than one transplanting. He does we'll
if he does that. Oftentimes the seed
is sown in the small boxes, and only
the surplus above the dozen the box
is finally expected to hold are re-
moved. Where farmers save these
tomato boxes to use next spring, and
grow their own tomato plants, they
often do not transplant until June,
when the long-stalked plant, with
scarcely any root, is set out into the
open ground.
All know how slow and unsatisfac.
tory the first growth of the tomato
plant is out of doors. 1t needs much
warmth and some available nitrates to
start into vigorous growth. In fact,
if the plants are purchased about the
first of May they should be trans
planted at least twice before they are
put in the open ground, and each
time given three to four times the
room they had before. If at all
crowded, tomato plants are sure to
have long stalks with just little tuft
of leaves at the top. What is wanted
is stocky growth, with thick, not
long, stems. Such plants will have
plenty of roots, and if planted when
the soil is warm, will grow right along
without check. But the long-legged
plants, if any such have to be used, re-
quire different treatment. We have
sometimes taken them when we could
get no others, and have laid the plant
in trench five or six inches long,
and slightly sloping down to the end
where the root was to be. In this
way the root would be only two or
three inches below the surface, while
the stalk sloping upwards from it will
send out roots wherever it Is covered.
In this way good, stocky plant may
be made out of one that has been in
jured by overcrowding.
Many farmers postpone buying to-
mato plants until the land is good and
ready for them. But their plants
have so long needed transplantine
that in many cases we would not take
them as a gift if we could buy better
even if we had to pay treble the fail
price for the latter. Even if the long
legged tomato plants that have beel
crowded in small boxes can be mad
to grow, their crop will neither be S,
early nor so productive as that from
plants that have received severa
transplantings between the seed be,
; and their summer growth out of doors
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
lines the extra gain in the weight Of

sumes the extra gain in the weight Of
corn.
The average day laborer will, if cut
ting by the shock, cut seventy SHOCKS
containing sixty-four hills in each
shock per day. An expert worker
will, in medium corn, cut from 100 to
l25 shocks in the same length of time,
and of equal size. But | have found
by experience that unless corn is suffer
ing to be cut it usually pays to employ
the man who only tries to make good
day wages, for in most cases such men
take more pains in standing up then
corn. The method of tying up shocks
has great deal to do with the way
they remain in position if not husked
until late in the fall. Good green
cornstalks answer very well, but they
often break in tying or nearly so, and
in few days after cutting, shocks
will be seen tumbling over, or getting
scattered over the field, if there should
be heavy wind storm.
Twisted rye straw or marsh is good
to use, although the best thing that is
being used in this part of the country
is a No. 8 wire, cut about three and
one.half feet long, with hook bent
on each end, so that theJ can be
quickly fastened "a unfastened. These
wire bands can be saved and used
yeai after year. Agricultural Epito'
mist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
The War on Rum.

II a young man has the love OF drink and
does not give 1t up, the chances are a
hundred to one against him. He will 60
on little by little. and he will find at last he
has got his master.
II we are to have happy and prosper
GUS commonwealth, we must keep the do
nestle life pure and strong Drunkenness
is one OF the greatest curses Of the domes.
tic life OF the people.
Statistics show very close connection
between poverty and saloons, A recent
number of an English publication asserts
that In the poorest district In London there
Is one saloon to each 1856 OF population, OF
eighty saloons to II 900 Of population.
Intoxicating drink is not necessary fol
food. 1t is not necessary for health. 1t is
not necessary for strength.
How may one overcome the habit Of
drink? By cutting off completely all i'm
mediate occasions aud associations that
were the cause Of the vice.
A strong tldal.wave against the "can
teen" has set in all over the land. Remon.
strances and petitions against its continu.
ance are pouring in to the President. The
canteen will go.
There is nothing more credltabe to a
young man than to present himself to he
state and the age in which he lives, a
monument OF health and vigor and true
manliness. Temperance brings you to
this higher and nobler condition OF man
hood, but intemperanee takes YOU from 1t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Celery Following Potatoes.

Where potatoes are of early varieties
and can be gotten off the land in time,
they are much the best crop toprecede
celery. The thorough cultivation
which the potato crop needs develops
great amount of plant food in the
soil just as the potato vines are ready
to die down. The cultivation, we be-
lieve, makes the soil just as rich as
would crop of peas, and it certainly
leaves the soil in better condition for
moisture than a pea crop would do.
1t is moisture as well as fertility that
celery needs to make rapid growth,
and thus be made tender and crisp, as
celery ought always to be.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. w. E. PAXTON, youngstown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug-
gle to regain health after the birth Of
her little girl:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that add my testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val.
liable medicine.
"After the birth Of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. 1 had leucorrhea badly, and
terrible bearing-down pain which
gradually grew worse, until could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
situations were very profuse, appear
ing every two weeks.
"Itook medicine from good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good. / was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when I read your advertisement in
paper. l sent at once for bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of
the bottle I felt so much better that /
send for two more. After using three
bottles felt as strong and well as any
one.
"I think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised, and
recommend it to every lady 1 meet suf.
fering from this trouble"
Maternity is wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify women.
The ADVICE of Mrs. Pinlham is freely
offered tdSall expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be-
fore confinement she would have been
saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-19
Bees and the Fruit Grower.

I have a number OF times stated
that it would pay the fruit growers
well to have plenty of bees close to
their fruit plantation to fertilize the
blossoms at the proper time to insure
a good set of fruit, even if the prod
uct of the apiary is not considered.
Here is an instance given by Mr..
Cowan, one of the worlds best bee
authorities. He says: "It is useless
increasing the area under fruit culti-
vation without at the same time in
creasing the number of bees kept. AS
an instance 1 would mention Lord
Sudeley's fruit plantation, in Glouces-
tershire, England. About 200 acres
of fruit trees were first planted, and
for some years there was such poor
success that it was a question whether
the enterprise should not be aban-
doned. Lord Sudeley was, however,
advised to introduce bees, as it was
found that not many were kept in that
district. Two hundred colonies in
charge of practical keeper were in
troduced, and the result was magical.
Thenceforward the trees bore fruit
properly, and the former failure was
turned into success. Since then 5OC
acres have been planted with fruit
trees and large jam factory has been
started close by, both undertaking.
being in prosperous condition"
How many are largely engaged IL
fruit culture who might not proftably
follow the example of Lord Sudele!
and largely increase their present
profits and future prospects by estab
fishing an apairy close to their frui
plantations?
Why, I even sometimes meet frui
growers who contend that bees ruii
their fruit and do all in their powe
to harass their neighbor beekeepers
1t is always well for us not to let on
prejudices run away with our goo
sense.
Every fruit grower should encoul
sge his neighbor beekeeper, and
he has none such should induce som
one to take up beekeeping or do
himself. 1t does not pay to buc
against the laws of nature.-L. "
Lightly, in American Gardening.