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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Feminine adaptation of parliament
airy usages is always more or less
amusing, not that women cannot con-
duct a meeting with as much decorum
as can men. In fact, they usually do
1t very much better, or else have no
parliamentary frills at all. Women
never climb over the chairs and
threaten to punch each others heads,
and also carry out the threat, as men
occasionally do in important meetings
in this town. They don't call each
other liars and afterward 90 out and
take drink together. They don't dance
up and down, yelling order! order!"
They have not learned the superlative
advantages which may exist in know
ing when to rise and march out majes-
tically, taking any number of factionaI
friends along with sillt-lined swish.
thus breaking the quorum. They prob
ably never win get tactics down fine
enough to say, sneeringly, The lady
from the Sixth has been seen by the
opposition since last night, when she
thought differently.
Women will either have very exquis-
ite, pink-tinted parliamentary tactics.
whore toy gavel and lady-like ap-
peals to Madame president" figure
prominently, or else they will let a GO
as-you-please meeting conduct itself,
where they get through the same dav.
know an organization Of large num-
Der of women, where such a thing as
Cushings Manual or Roberts Rules of
Order We're never brought into the cal
culations. Sometimes they all talk at
once, sometimes half of them are chat
ting in a low voice to each other about
the woes Of fall housecleaning or the
bliss of possessing new tailor-made
gown, while the rest are deciding some
important matter that may involve the
we'll being, If not the happiness, of
whole families. They never dream Of
saying Madame president" any more
than of kOwtoWing and remarkng
Your eNCellenCy," as they should
bump their heads three times on the
floor. They sometimes vOCiferously re-
mark Mrs. Smith, don't You think so
and so ought to he done" But they
never rise to a point Of order" or
/ designate their next naighDur as my
colleague from the First church" ,"
Sometimes the president-there is a
preSident-poundS meekly on the table
with a chunk of glass originally de-
/ signed as paper-weight, and says
/ apologetiCally, Ladies, shouldn't we
decide the matter We were talking
/ about an hour ago, before We began on
| the hired help" Sometimes everybody
/ is announcing II think so, too" about
/ a point that would cause men to have
an adjourned session in order to
! wrangle over it. Sometimes they are
/ all discovered wiping the mist of tears
/ from their eyes, and sometimes they
are all laughing in glee over the re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-29

there seems no reason why il should
not take its place on the scroll Of
fame with the star Spanglcd Banner, "
America" and other ballads Of free
dom. The rhythm of the words is all
that can De- desired, rs will be seen
by the first stan2a, given below:
America, q glorious land
Where pity fills both heart and hand
For those who are oppressed;
Where justice linked with mercy lives
And each an equal right it gives
With freedom blest,
rhc second of the series Of autumn
organ recitals at the Providence Pres
byterian church win be given on next
Monday evening. oct. 81 by Miss
Florence II. Richmond Of this city,
assisted by Mrs. joseph OBrien and
Miss Katharine Timhermau. all Of
whom are so we'll known i'm this city
that the mention of their names should
be sufficient to ensure a larg, audi
ence. As this recital is the second OF
a popular series upon a popular plan
of voluntary silver contribution, it is
safe to predict Il very large attend
ance. Appended is the programme:
Allegro from Fourth Sonata. Mendelssohn
Wedding Music .,.,,,,,........Du Dudley Buck
Cavantine from queen ol Sheba,'
Goldmark
Andaute from Concerto No. /,
AIeldelSsOhn
March from Sixth Suite LachneI
Noel OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Dudley Buck
"Quis Est Homo" Stdbat Mater
RoSsiui
Air with Variations haydn
Military March No. I .....,,.....,. SCnpnert
Overture "Oberon" ...........,.,,,...N NeocI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-29

Americas Greatest
M ediCine is
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which absolutely
Cures every form of
Impure blood, from
The pimple on your
Face to the great
Scrofula sore which
Drains your system.
Thousands of people
Testify that Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures
Scrofula, Salt Rheum,
Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Catarrh, Rheumatism
And That Tired
Feeling. Remember this
And get Hoods
And only Hoods.
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No Real Danger.

Mrs. Scantem-Young man, don't count
your chickens before they are hatched
Festive Boarder-Oh, with these eggs
botherin about.-Truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-29

burst. william Widenor. Stanley Sim
rell, Professor Charles Doersam, Phil
ip Doersam, Harold I<loss and George
SlantZ
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MUSICAL QUESTION BOX.

Pennington
organst of Elm to
saturday Tribune
asked
or
with the TO their questions
they desire remain entirely ~
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the be Of only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address r. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28

The faintest stars visible to the naked
eye are of the sixth magnitude; the
faintest telescope stars are reckoned
of the sixteenth or seventeenth magni-
tude. -
The European hornet Is shown by
DR.. l.. o. Howard to have existed near
New York city for at least so years,
yet it has spread $50 miles. In Europe
the species usually inhabits outhouses,
but in america the nests are almost
Invariably built in hollow trees.
The wings of birds are not only to
aid locomotion in the air, but also on
the ground and water. One bird even
has claws in the elbows" of its wings
to aid it in climbing. The clothing is
a modification of the skin, Just as hair
and nails are, and sometimes it closely
resembles hair. ftA 'tis<s5flss
1t has long been held that typhoid
fever is disseminated by bad water, or
germ-infested milk. and not by direct
contagion. Recently typhoid fever
among soldiers in "a small barracks has
been directly traced to dust from the
floor. On examination the disease-pro-
ducing bacteria were found in the
sweepings, and the locality of the cots
carried out the conviction.
An effort has been made to determine
the pulling strength ofsselephants,
horses and men. Attached to dy-
namometer, Barnum & Bailey's largest
elephant registered pull of 2ls tons
on the second trial, but smaller and
more, active elephant gave record OF
5% tons-whether as the result Of a
steady pull or a sudden jerk appears
to be uncertain. a pair of powerful
horses registered 1 Is tons. while il
required the strength of SO men to
equal the pull of the smaller elephant.
Remains of the skulls of two wild
horses have recently been discovered in
Ireland. They indicate that the ami
mails were very much smaller than the
horses of to-day. The remains were
found in the gravel underlying bog.
Similar discoveries have heretofore
been made in Ireland. some of them
in Shandon cave. Geologists believe
that race of wild horses inhabited the
island at the same time that the gigan-
| tic elks, whose skeletons are found in
| the bogs, flourished there. But while
| the clks were of enormous stature, the
| horses were dwarfs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
RAISING IRISH POTATOES.
An Industry that May be Made Profitable
In Some Portions of the
Southern Seaboard.

Two gentlemen of Brunswick, Ca,
have announced their intention of
planting 100 acres in Irish potatoes,
and want to know if it will pay to
plant Irish potatoes largely in Georgia
In localities where the Irish potato
may be gotten in market very carly
as along the southern seaboard, the
crop may be made quite profitable.
Also in the mountain regions where
the crop natures so late as to keep its
good qualities through the winter, it's
cultivation will pay well 1t is to the
first of these two cases to which your
inquiry applies. The conditions of
success are a rich sandy soil. well
drained, highly manured, and
good productive early variety of po-
tate. A good preparation for the crop
is agrowth y of COW peas on the land the
previous season, the vines being plowcd
in during November. Tie peas should
be mauured with phosphate and kai-
nit. Cow manure may be applied freely
to theland, but horse manure is objec-
tionable, having a decided tendecy to
produce "scab" in the potato, which
makes them appear unseemly and in
jures their SALE AS early as local ex-
perience shows that potatoes may be
safely planted to escape frost. lay off
rows four feet apart and distribute in
them 400 pounds each of acid phosphate
and cottonsed meal and 200 pounds of
kainit and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda.
Then run plow through the fertilizer
a couple of times to mix it with the soil
For an early crop the seed should not
be planted exceeding four inches in
depth. If drill is deeper than that,
only partly fill it when covering the
seed, SO they may come up promptly,
and at first working fill up completely.
This, by the way, is very good plan
to kill the first crop of grass. The
crop should be cultivated at short in
tervals with cultivator or heel-scrapc,
keeping the surface well-stirred and
free from grass and weeds Use me.
dium-sizeds potatoes for seed, cutting
the, tuber in half the long way, and
dropping pieces one foot apart in drill.
One of the earliest and best varieties is
Bliss Triumph. Early Rose and its
offspring, Beauty of Hebron, are also
good early varieties. Southern Cul.
tivator. 81
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
HERE AND THERE.

The April-hatched chicken is hus-
tiers. 1t is up early and about late.
There is no month in the year in the
south better suited to Matching chick
ems than the month of April.
Never feed sloppy food to young
chicks; they do much better on dry
food. Millet seed is an excellent food,
and together with cracked oats consti-
tutes one of the very best rations.
ITO have rotation and variety divides
the labor of the year. reduces the num-
Der. of teams. gives regular employ
ment every month, and develops the
husbandman into a capability greater
than that of mere sower and reaper.
Every farmer ought to give his fam
lily an abundanceo ofsugar corn. IIalfan
acre is not too much to plant, and all
that isnot used on the. tai bic will make
excellent feed for the cows and the fod-
der is better for them than any kind of
hay.
1t is learned from official statistics
that the south, ia 1897, exported e32,-
0o0. 900 more pounds of cotton than in
1896, and received more than SEC, o,000,-
600 less for the large crop than for the
small one Doesn't this look like over
production?
When horse is starved, besides
losing strength and flesh, his bowels
get full of worms, and his skin covered
with lice. Very often he takes mango,
and sometimes the hair falls suddenly
and entirely of, leaving the skin near
ly bald for long time.
The dairy COW likes reg clarity. We
have heard arguments as to the best
hours in the day to do the milking, but
we think it makes little difference to
the cows provided they are milked reg
ularly and go through the same routine
at the same hours each day.
Those Of our farmers who complain
they can not sell anything they pro-
duce except cotton should remember
that gilt-edgs goods of any kipd are al
ways saleable. and that any other sort
can hardly be sold at profit. 1t they
don't know how to make products Of
the highest merit IT 10 time they were
learning.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
Sweet Potatoes.

Towards the last of the month, swee,
potatoes drawn may be set out. 1t does
not pay to do this work until settled
warm weather. Do the work just be-
fore rain if possible. This is better
than doing it after rain, which is the
usual practice. Ii done after rain
the disturbed soil is apt to get packed
and hard about the plant. Dip the
roots in mush of clay and press the
earth well around the root before fill
ing up the hole in which the plant is
set, and most of the plants will live
even in quite dry weather. Give good
distance, say IS to "A inches, between
hills if large potatoes are desired
Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
Supreme Court Sustains the Foot
Ease Trademarks.

Justice Laughlin, in Supreme Court, Buff
falo, has just ordered a permanent injunc-
ton, with costs, and full accounting of
sales, to issue against Paul b. Hudson, the
manufacturer of the foot powder called 'Dr.
Clark's Foot Powder" and also against a re-
tail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining then,
from making or selling the Dr. Clark Foot
Powder, which is declared, in the decision
Of the Court, an imitation and infringement
OF Foot Ease" the powder to shake into
your shoes, now SO largely advertised and
sold all over the country. Allen s. Olmsted,
Of lie Roy, N. Y, is the owner of the trade
mark "Foot-Ease," and he is the first iadi-
vidual who ever advertised foot powder
extensively over the country. He will send
sample Free, to anyone who writes him for
IT. The decision IN this case upholds his
trademark and renders all parties liable
who fraudulently attempt to profit by the
extensive '.Foot-Ease" advertising, in plac-
ing upon the market a spurious and simil .r
appearing preparation, labeled and put ID
~ envelopes and boxes like Foot Ease Sim
liar suits will be brought against others who
are now infringing on the Foot Ease trade
mark and common law rights.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28

mination and persistence I'm 90 cass
in every 100 it will be wise to vary
crops, on the principle that it is not
safe to carry all ones eggs to market
in one basket. Any single crop will
reduce both farm and farmer to power
ty. A judicious diversity is necessary
to general success, and the crops to be
produced and the stock to be kept will
vary with conditions and surroundings,
and also with farmers. In adopting .
system there is wide field for the ex-
ercise of judgment. That which will
suit one farmer may not suit another;
that which suits one farm may not suit
the one across the lane. There can be
no comprehensive rules laid down ON
this subject, but all must depend on
the judgment of the individual farmer.
A good farmer makes good farm, and
a good farm and good farmer makes
the happiest combination of man and
opportunity to be found in all the coun-
try.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
Deer Turns ON II. Preserver.

H. McCorkle, farmer in the towr
sf Amigo, Langlade county, knows
what it is to have tussleN with an en-.
ragged deer. Recently he heard the bay.
ing of hounds, and discovered that they
were in full chase of deer. He tried
TO drive the dogs off the almost ex.
hausted doe, and finally succeeded, but
he had scarcely done so when the hunt
ed doe turned ON him, and with nothing
to defend himself with he was forced
into fight for life. A neighbor came to
his assistance after McCorkle had been
roughly used, and together they cap.
tured the animal and took il home. The
doe lived but short time, however. ita
fright and exhaustion proving tatal.--
Milwaukse Wisconsin,. Z
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28

There are thousands Of people suffering
from blood poisoning who have almost
beggared them selves in buying medicines
from which they have obtained no help.
There are thousands of others who first or
last have tried DR.. Ayers Sarsapariila and
found perfect healing. One Of these
others, Mrs. A. r. Taylor, of Englevale.
N. Oak. relates the following experience;
"About two years ago, / nursed lady
who was suffering and finally died) from
blood poisoning. I must have contracted
the disease from her; for shortly after her
death. had four large sores or ulcers,
break out on my person. I doctored for O
long time. both by external application
and with various blood medicines; but, in
spite of all that could do. the sores would
not heal. They were obstinate. very pain.
full. annoying, and only getting worse ALI
the time. At last, purchased six bottles
of fDr.Ayer's Sarsapariila, thinking would
give it q thorough trial. Before is the {, first r;
provement in my general health; my ap-
petite was quiskensd and l felt better st..
while using the second bottle. noticed
that the sores had begun to look healthier
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
MORE METHOD IN FARMING.
Certain Fundamental Principles that Must
be Observed In Order to In
sure Success. ~

There are many good ways to run
farmland probably and equal number
of bad ways seem to be the worst pos
sible. There are successful truck farm
ers, successful general stock farmers,
successful farmers who make hogs,
horses, sheep or cattle speciality.
There are some comparatively success
full farmers who make cotton their
main crop, with only corn enough to
feed the plow mules three months of
the year. There is range enough in
the agricultural field to please the
most exacting as to variety. Some
farmers are adapted to one farm or
one method, and some to another; and
so it goes. However, there are certain
fundamental principles that apply to
all farms and all farmers-just as the
whole vast range of mathematical
science is based on few axioms. At
the beginning. every fence, building,
or structure OF any kind, from barn to
chicken coop, should be substantially
built. 1t is better to build smaller
than to build amply, but temporary, in
character. Let every post be of dur
able wood, well set in the ground. Let
every board be full thickness and well
nailed on, and don't build more than
can be painted. Remember the wise
man who builded on a rock, and his
house stood the gale; also, the fool,
who built on sand, and the rains de-
scended and the winds blew and beat
upon the house and it fell, and great
was the fall of it. He who build for
to-day will spend tomorrow repair
ing. Early dilapidation is the result
of neglect of these principles, which
apply to every structure on the farm
residence, barn, stables, cribs, grain
bins, hog sheds, chicken coops, fences,
etc. The soil must be fed if it pros
duces. As well expect milk from a
starved COW as to expect continued
succession of crops from starved out
soil. The soil is like bank-you can't
draw on it forever without making a
deposit Some soils require more feed
ing than others, but the only excep-
tion to the rule is the deep alluvium of
the river bottoms, and these are fed by
the sediment from occasional over
flows. Success depends largely upon
an intelligent study of methods. Farm
ing is not exempt from the rule that
the man best qualified, other things
being equal, is the man who knows
most about his business; and man
can never know much who does not
think, study methods. As the farmer
must sell products in order to prosper,
it becomes necessary to study markets
rs we'll as methods. 1t is as necessary
to sell well as to produce well Some
men by nature are incapacitated
for outdoor business. But many,
even OF these. can overcome this
natural deficiency by putting into
geauis'l'qn on extra amount Of deter.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
BLOOD POISONING.
A Nurses Experience.
Shed rather have one than three.

and to heal. Before the SIX bottles had
been taken, the ulcers were healed, the
skin sound and natural. and my health
better than it had been for years. havp
been we'll ever since. had rather have
one bottle of DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla than
three of any other kind"
This 10 but one example of the remedial
value of DR.. Ayers sarsapsriila in all
forms of blood disease. There Is no other
blood medicine that cures SO promptly,
so surely and SO thoroughly. After nearly
half q century Of test and trial 1t Is the
diseases Of the blood. Sores. ulcers, boils,
tetter, rheumatism, scrofuia and every
other blood disease is durable by DR.. Ayers
sarsaparilla. The success of this remedy
has caused many limitations to be put on
the market Imitation remedies work i'm
itation cures. The universal testimony -
that "oue bottle Of DR.. Ayers SarsapariilA
is worth three of any other kind" IT YOU
are interested in knowing more about This
remedy. get DR., Ayers Cure1ook, q story
of cures told by the cured. II IL seut free
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Mass. Write for It.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-05-28
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
RAISING PIGS FOR PROFIT.
To Make ig-Growing Profitable the Wise
Farmer VIII Begin With Care
of His Sow.

To make pig-growing profitable you
should begin with the sow, before the
pigs are farrowed. Begin fully two
months before farrowing time by grad
ually diminishing the corn ration, and
substituting bran, middlings, roots and
such like. AS you diminish the corn,
increase the other feed named. The
last month before farrowing scarcely
any corn should be fed.
Make a comfortable place for your
sows, and don't let too many sleep to-
gether, as they are likely to lie on each
other and kill the unborn pigs.
Remember one of the great sources of
profit in pig-growing is the saving OF
all the pigs.
In growing pigs for profit the first
thing to be looked after is the breed
ing. If pigs are poorly bred we need
not expect much of profit from them.
The better bred they are, the larger
the profit If fproperly taken care of.
Don't think that because pig is well
bred that nothing else is required.
Well bred and we'll fed are words that
go together in pig growing.
When the sow first has her pigs don't
disturb her with feed for the first day.
Give her a little water only. The Sec
ond day she may be fed little slop,
not much. Increase gradually, and let
it be a full week before she is put on
full feed. Too much milk-producing
feed will make too much milk and
the pigs will have the scours, which
mt hoa ap
the pigs are week are SO old they will
take all the mother will give, and there
is no danger of over-feeding. The SOW
should have all the bran or middlings
mixed with milk from this time on.
Begin gradually to give her a little
corn to keep her from getting too poor.
Increase this corn as thA pigs begin
to eat, and at the same time diminish
the slop for the sow, saving the milk
and feed it to the pigs instead of the
SOW. Make pen of rails and put sew
eral little troughs in it, and feed the
pigs in it. They will soon learn to go
through the cracks and eat BY this
method the pigs at six or eight weeks
old, will almost wean themselves and
hardly know they ever had a
mother. They should have all the good
slop they will eat up clean three times
day, and no more. A lot with good
pasture should also be provided, where
they can have plenty of exercise. Fix
a place where they can get salt and
ashes whenever they want it. An old
barrel or box with hole cut in the
side, and filed with ashes mixed with
one-third salt. and placed in the lot
where they can get to it at all times,
is good way.
The box should be fastened down and
lid put over it to keep out the rain.
You will be surprised at the amount
they will eat. If supplied with these
things, they won't root SO much, and it
may not be necessary to put rings in
their noses. / think they do better
without the rings If you can get
charcoal for them, you Will find it most
excellent.--Farm. Field and Preside.