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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Der emma @ia'ttbe Wfprbfaa.

@uroner DoIan bat ben Snquef tiber
ben sstpaltiamen Fob Der emma @la,
eeren ,stiiddsIts 2eide Dor einisen Woden
in osm DsaOp Nia Bomb sefunbsn ipuroe,
bssnest uno bic Surp III Su oem Sblub
asIommen, oab bas iunse Mdbden ben
loe eur6 psrbrs&erii6sn Dlorb bon ben
uesn Der 5rau DottOr 9iuncp u.
.iote srIiitsn babe, nit unteradsuns
lib 9ubilfs bon Alfreb OrIep uno 8oie
Drapicn. Die @ranb Surp bat in SoIee
psiIsn iofort bic gnilass sessn Srau
@ulliore psssn Woross i'm stpeiten @rabe
srbObsn. ipOOur6 bic ausIisfsruns ber
56ulbissn isitens England ermbsIi&t
pire. Bersits iino Berionsn sefunben,
psI4s bic in England uerbaftets SrauenS'
perion ais bic 5rau @uilforo ibentificiren
iOnnsn. 70 elm anssisbsnsr 8abnarst Rep
lorfS,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
q hlauer 0ieb.

Samuel @resnpocb, Brdiioent ber
Goatespiae 9lationaIbanf in @oatesbille.
Pa.. tpurbe UNI feline 8eiietaiAe beraubt,
ipeIde Bombs i'm 8etrase bon $4,000
entbieIt. 8dbrenb er in einem Reitau,
rant frdbiiddte, nabm ireenb Semanb
feline &siietaide unb ieBte an oeren
STEELE cine, bic eans senau tpie bic iei'
nise auSiab, mas Serr @reenipoob erft
in einem WiafIer'S Compton entbsdte,
als er bic Bombs perbanbeln ipoate.
2sstere tOnnen nidt pertauft perben, ba
iie ale numerirt uno resiitrirt iino unb
cine 8eidreibuns berieIben allen 0tat'
Iern i'm 2anbe tslssrapbii6 IbermittsIt
tpproen 1T.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Gnnaba bleibt .fenht.H =

Cine Depeide aus Ottapa melbet !:
Rad ben bis iebt sinseIaufenen @abIs
reiuItaten su i6lieBen. bat faum / oer
Stimmbere&tietsn feiner Gnii&t iiber bic
Misunderstanding ausbrud Beseben
unb bic Rssieruns tuirb ouber bic eunSen
@abIporeanse isnoriren. gs fino our
3eit nod tpenise Winiiter bier anweienr,
oieie perbaIten iib iiber bic InseIessn.
belt b6dit ausetnbpft. SIN Quebec mar
bic srbBte Oppoiition sesen bas @e'
trdnfeosrbot, Ionit berbieIten iid bic
Stimmsnoen siemIi& ibeIInabmsIOS.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Gin Seutfber SfieIenOampfer.

SIM Sriibiabr 1900 tpiro Der sr5Bte
mOOsrne Bahasisr' unb Sradtoumpfer
gum sriten Ulale bon Samburs nab
gtsp Yorf fabren. IS 1T bas Elm pbaie
nsusr S9,ifsippus. tpeIdsn bic Amerifa'
2inie BET Der Sambureer Sdiffsbauer'
5irma 8Iobm & 8oB befsat bat. 9as
S6iif Diro 600 6ub lang, &c SUB brett
uno AZ 6uB tief perben. Siir bic Sidsrs
belt unb 8equemlidfeit Der PaRasiers
piro in einem bisber uuerreidten Mabs
ssiorst. Die blsberisen Sdneaisteits'
Rscorbs birften ipsit iibertrOffen tperben,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Gntfeelibe fannibalifbe 6raufamr
feiten.

Der Dumpfer ..8urrimo" bat aus
aufrulisn bic Nadridt eebrudt. bab bic
,,Senb Sunters''. Elm Ibeil Der 8anui.
baIen auf Der Sniel 8snoopa, in lester
3eit uuBerorOentIi6 tbdtis in Der 8er'
ioIsuns ibrer idredIipen 9eipObnbsit
ssipeisn lino unb elne sniiebIl6e @rau.
iamfsit i'm nprbpefliden 9beile bss BRO.
teitoraiS periibt baben. Sic ubsrTelen
elm Dorf uno nahbem iie 6iele 8epObner
niebsreemebeIt batten, febrten iie nit
oreibis @sfanssnen b'im. 0ieis pur.
ben ale setboiet unb auf einem Ssitsi'
fen. bas ben .,SeuO 9uniers" su gbrsu
ibres SieeeS eessben ipuroe, bon osr
Barbaren peripeiit. @iner Der idlimm'
ten glnfilbrer iener SGssrbanoe 1T felt.
oem BON ben 8ritsn sefansen porben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Tnrftlitbe Damen In Sebensees
fabr.

Die 8bnisin 8ictOria, ibre Eo&tsr,
bic 8aiierIn Wiitpe Srieori4 bon
Oeuti6Ianb unb Die prinseiiln aoolpb
bon Sduumburs.2ippe entsinsen elmer
sroBsn 9ebenSssfubr. alS iie in 8aImo'
raj, Shotilano, eine Spusierfabrt mad.
ten. Ser 8uti9er perlor bic @ontrols
tlber bic Pferbe uno elm ernitli6er llns
faa puroe nur bubur1 psrbatst, bab biz
Bieroe ms @eb6Is Iiefen. mo- bic @qui'
page spif6en 8dumsn iteden bIlsb.
Die Damen ipurben berb burd8erdtteIi
unO in srOBe Aueit berfeBt, aber niai
perlebt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Die SaSafrifanif6e Republif.

SIN 8erbinouns nit bem bsutib. enoIis
faen abtommen, oefen Snbalt INNER
nod ni9t senau bsfannt 1T, erfIdren bic
..Samburser 9tatridten", bic .,8oiiiids
3eiiuns" uno bic ,,8erIiner Reuefsn
Ra4rl&ten", oer 8aiisr lei unribtiS ins
iormirt, tpenn er CLAUDE, oaB bic oeuti4s
BreIe bon Der Transpual' '8e8ierune
beeiniIubt perbs. Sierpon f6nne feline
Rebe lein, bic fur bic 8uren eintretsnoen
8Iatter fOIsten pielmsbr ibren bsfen
ueberseuBunsen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Gin Sementi Der beutfben Neeies
rung.

Sn einem baIbofiieielen Nrtifel Der
&olnIlden 3eituns miro bic Insabe
franSbIider 3eituneen. Der 8aiier babe
Den 8otidafter 8aIop ansepieien, Der
irans5fi6en &esieruns freunofdaftliae
@rtldrunsen Der ROls bes Obsritsn
S6parstoppsn in Der 0repfuSseidl&te
su seben, ais unpabr be3ei8net. 0as
8Iatt fist binsu: Sebt. oa bic 8epilion
oeS BrosefsS anssorcnet 1T, bat bic &es
sisruns nod psniser llriade als uorbsr,
aus ibrer ieitber beobadteten reierpirten
Stellung berausju9eben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
S@redltdbe &bat bon Xemp perenSs
faftatifern.

Cine SpesiaIbspei&e aus gleipton. Sa.,
melbet: Or. Sarriion. Elm alter Bionier
unb Der rsidhe Wann IN ienem Orte, Sos
lid bic Ssinbidaft unbefunnter BeriOnen
su, bic ibn anilasten, @biSiep in ieiner
Npotbsie su bsrtaufeu. Srsitas Ra1t
ipurbs burd 8ranbfifter feline 2lpotbsfs,
Elm ibm sebbrsnber 2eibfaa unb Bobns
bauS nieberesbrannt. Bdbrenb bas
5euer tpitbete, tpurben baS Wobnbaus
unb bic pripaiitdlle beS Doitors in e,nem
anberen TbeiIe Der Staot bur@ Dpnamit
sum 3beil in bic 2uft eeiprepst. Die
Samilie entains nit fnapper 9totb Der
Sobsseefnbr. Der 8erluit bes Or.
Sarrifon besiifert iid uuf $4,000.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
Bur 6clbfiebcrfaae.

Or. SOudon sub ben foleenosn Beridt
lber bic @eIbfieberIuse in 2ouiiiona be'
FAINT: 9tep Orleans. z Sale, l GoOsS'
faa; 5rantIin, 8 Sale; SadiOn. 10
Sale; Neit Seliciana 8ariib auf Der
Stepurb'i6en Bluutuee, z WieiIen bon
SadiOn. 4 Sale. 3OOesfaq; 8iliOu.
A Sale. Or. Oupse unieriudte bic Sale
in Sudion uno meIbets: 10 8eIbfebers
fdae. 3 perba6iIse Sdue, 4 Serbe. gn'
itedunssberb, Wiabiion Station, Mih,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
xreulpIes Weib,

s. 3. @onnorS ruoerte in einem Ra.
dsn iiber ben Slub bel @pausuiae, Suo.,
unb iobalo er oaS &sntudp' 'llfsr errei9t
bate, erbffnete er iSeuer auf einen Mapn
uno cine 6rau. Die iid peritedt battsn.
IS itelte lib beraus, oab @onnors' Srau
nit l@barles BlIliams suiammsn mar.
9eibe tpuroen eridoiien unO @onnors snt'
fam burh ibleunise SIudt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
&oma,a TuSfeQuua.

Nur s28.75 bon Buffalo mad Omabu
uno ,urild, per Rldel BIate Sabn.
8iaets perfauft gut fiir Sabrt bineebent
am 8. unb 10. Sttober. siltis sur Rdd'
fabrt innerbalb 81 Taeen; ano am IL
unb "a. OtiOber. sdItis sur &ddfabrl
bis ,um 8. 9iopembsr.
SIR austunft frust eursn 8iletper'
fduier ooer nbbreiiirt s. S. WloOre
@en'l Assnt, NideI PIate Sabn. 29l
Weain Strabs, Buffalo, y. .. 40,3
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
3pnhjuhis.

Der 2eser 8risbt Smitb bon Yin.
napolis, Mb., Der in Der 9edbe bon
ssones's Station ben 8eriu4 mabte, bic
i5rau bss @apt. SumeS WorrIiOn Su per'
eeipaItisen, puroe bon einem Uiob ee'
ipaItlam aus benz @sfdnsnib Bsbolt, in
bic Ndbe bes tdotiiden 5rIeobofeS 8es
idleppt uno bort eritOhen. Der Ressr
fIsbie um 6nuoe uno idrie ,.WlOroer".
ais man ibn aus ieiner Belle 3srrte
auf ben Nd9ipd4ter Oupaa i'm @e.
fdnenib riateie Der Dob feline Saeofin'
ten, 70 ba6 er bic @spalttbat rubis se'
Iheben lieB.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
eeutfber ,lnteruebmunssacift.

Gs pcrInutst. baB bic 0orbbeutibe
2IOpc. 9ampfidifffabrtS' @sisGidaft cine
OumpferIinte SpIiden einem paeifiidsn
Sufen unc bem Orient erri6ten mil.
Die @ompanie bat bereits 8Orisbrunssn
fiir einsn Bahaeiers uno @lter'1 Grams.
port setroffen. uber nod feinsn Safen
auserfeben. Die g8abl piro spii9sn
San SranriseO, Seattle, San Diego unO
San Yeorp entIaeioen.
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eiues saiffsfaplaus. /.

Bon Sapan tommt bic Ra&riat. bab
in Nasalati Der 8aplan beS Ser. Staa.
ten. arsusers. Baltimore, 1buoodus
+. Freeman, in einem 3ufano bon gile'
oersei6lasenbeit iibsr feline i@le6te Sc.
iunobsit Selbitmoro besansen babe, ln'
benz er bon osm Dampfer .3eaIanoia"
dber 8orb ipruns uno ertrant. Seine
2ei6e purbe eefunoen uno iou Sur 8e'
erbisuns bisrbsr seiaidt percen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
oas llltimatum Der Mdate.

Die SammeInote @nslanos, Srant'
rei6s, Stalisns uno 8ublunos, in pels
Hen oisie Die 3urddsiebuns Der tiirfis
iaen 1ruppen bon Der Sniel 2reta for.
bern, tpuroe Der Pforte unterbieitet. Die
Wddte befeben barauf, oaB in einem
Wonat bic tiirfiiden Truppen bic Sniel
perlaHen buben mifen unb bab nit Der
8dumune in stpei 8oasn besonnen iuers
ben mub.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-10-13
9aurel 9ill Yarf Sotel,
an Der Sunmcre Mpae.

an Der Sunmcre Ncae.
Der llntsr,sibnstf bat bas Sptsl bss 5rrn
l}riB S@miet an bsr Dunmore Rcab iibr-
nunimsn unb pirb i1 btffrsbsn, ben irsribsn
@'Gfsn NIT BEN Bslien aufawarisn, mas aiHf
unb aeller bisttt.
Snbsm i'd mid bsm stsbrisn publifum btftns
smpfsbIs, laps Id su sablrsiGem Ssluts srssbtnif
Gin. Sec. atnbad.
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CrndsMrbetten iebsr list im bss
.@ > &sRkIatt" pfFss.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-20
PRIMITIVE LIFT BRIDGE.

Grafton, and only necessity will tempt
them to part with one of their "antiqui-
ties" as they cali their heirlooms. Yet
curio hunters and dealers have man
aged to acquire many. treasures of late
years. Scores of interesting pieces have
found their way into privatecollections
and others have been added to museums
and art collections in various parts of
Europe.
The picturesque costume of the dis
trict is unfortunately no longer popu-
lar. Only elderly women wear it, while
the younger matrons and girls are
dressed in the proverbial garb of our
cities. The ancient gown was dark and
sad, mostly black. A. satin bonnet,
trimmed lavishly with ribbon, covered
the head, almost completely hiding the
tresses. Waist and shirt were covered
with gold and silver filigree work which,
in conjunction with buttons of the same
metals, lent noble elegance to the dark
costume. E&f.i3.sG.s-E
AS in the past, weddings continue to
this day to be the grand events, in the
social life of these people. Very fire.
quently 500 invited guests meet at such
an occasion, and the customs governing
1t are so unique that an account of one
or two should be preserved for lovers
of the quaint and curious. The spoon
wedding" is perhaps the smost interest
ing. It receives its name from the fact
that each guest is expectedto bring his
own spoon, knife and fork. The meal
consists only Of soup, beef and baked
plums, and each guest fills his plate
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fects of ebb and tide high bikes have been
built on each side, extending several
miles inland. The fertile soil lying be-
hind the bikes is devoted almost ex-
clusively to horticulture. Fruit trees
cherry, plum, apple and pear orchards
are planted so thiclly that they pro-
duce forest-like effect, and the roll
ing pasture land is, intersected by
countless irrigating bitches.
Every farmhouse is surrounded by a
carefully-tended garden. Each year
everything that will bear paint is dec
GRATED with new coat. The living
rooms, stables and granaries are under
one matched roof which frequently
reaches immense dimensions. The walls
of the houses are made Of beams, with
brick filling, every beam being richly
carved and the colored beams arranged
in really artistic and pleasing designs.
The inherent love of art of the people
is also expressed in the interior decora-
ton of their homes, there being not one
which does not contain interesting old
furniture, large carved wardrobes.
chests, boxes, benches and chairs.
In the course of time the love of the
"old country" people for the possessions
of their forbears has developed into ven-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-20
MARCUS A. HANNA ELECTED.
Outcome OF Remarks BILE Senatorial
Contest In Ohio.

f n *, S t4
Outcome OF Remarkable Senatorial
COntest In Ohio.
Columbus o.. Jan. ID. Marcus A.
Hanna was elected Wednesday to. rep
resent Ohio in the senate for seven
years and two months. If Mr.. McKin-
ley should be reelected. Senator Hanna
would still be there to the end of the
presidents second term. Including
both the short and the long terms.
Hanna's time as senator will expire in
March; 1908. N
Less than two years ago Senator
Hanna entered politics ine advocating
William McKinley's candidacy for the
presidency. He was successful as the
leader of the Mckinley forces at the
St. Louis conventionuand afterwards as
chairman of the national republican
committee. For almost year he has
been in the senate as the successor of
Secretary John Sherman.
During his short service in public
life Senator Hanna has participated in
hard fighting, but be never before won
such victory as that of Wednesday.
fractional fighting has waged among
Ohio republicans for years. Others had
been fighting under cover. Senator
Hanna came out openly at the state
conventions in Toledo last June and de-
feated Charles L. Kurtz, the close.
friend of Senator Foraker. Gov. Bush"
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enforcement. II IL not altOgetner uns
likely that Mckinley extended the civil
service classification to. make the ex-
IRENE administration of the civil serv-
ice law obnoxious. Therefore, it is not
surprising that Gen. Grosvenor should
be doing his part in congress to make
the law unpopular, ~
That is supposition; but to one ex-.
perienced in the ways of politicians IT.
does not seem to be an improbable view
of the actualities of the situation. Gen.
Grosvenor is one of the best men in con-
gress, and President Mckinley is one of
the purest men ever known in public
life. Both of these are politicians, and
yet both of them come fully up 20 the
measure of true craftsmanship. There
is nothing partisan in the true admins
tration OF the civil service law. People
everywhere, however, are divided in
their views concerning the manner and
method of its proper enforcement.
The debate Of this question incites the
thought heretofore expressed in this
column of correspondence; that is, are.
not the offices made too tempting by
the large salaries attached to them?
There is a reason for everything in this
world, and there must be some reason
for this terrific clamor for the spoils of
Office.
But it is perfectly natural, after all.
If John Doe gets a nomination to con-
gress, and his success is largely due to
the political management of Richard
- Sc 1,,1S, hot D;1horc1
Roe should expect some sort of reward.
When John Doe comes to congress he.
gets a salary of $4,000 per annum, and
that looks pretty big at home. Never
theless, the cost of living in Washing
ton, according to the style expected of
congressman. is very great, and the
congressman cannot afford to pay
money to Richard Roe for having stood
by him in the past, and for standing by
him in the future. But Richard Roe
wants his reward, and he applies for Of
fee. Of course the congressman ought
to do something for him. if he can, !;
That sums up the original cause of
of6ce-seeking, but it does not suggest
the cure. The plain people of our coun.
own time settle this question once for
all and take it out of the realm of dis.
cussion.
The fate of this much-discussed law
may be settled in the debating societies
of the country. Let the young men take
it up. discuss it, argue it and reach con.
illusions concerning it. There is no
more fruitful theme to-day before the
people. 1t will be found that the young
men in all of our cities and villages have
views; and when they make study OF
the. subject, ascertain all of the facts.
take particular interest in the theme
and reach conclusions, they will be
about right. Then, when political cam.
paigns are fought, they will instruct
their representatives what to do. and il
will be done. Many public question
has thus been settled in the debating
societies long before the statesmen were
able to reach conclusions thereon. They
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-20
PERs )VAL AND lMPERsoNAl.

- ne Dutch privy council has de-
cided that cycling is undignifed and
unsafe for prospective queen, and ac-.
cordingly Wilhelmina must content
herself with Shetland pony.
Hiram S. Maxim, the ell-known inrs
ventor, is by birth an American, but
went to live in England because he did
not believe the American government.
gave him sufficient protection for his
inventions.
John Holmes, the brother of Oliver
Wendell Holmes, was almost unheard
of until his recent severe illness brought
him into public notice. James Russell
Lowell once wrote of him as zone of
those choice poets who will not tarnish
their. bright fancies by publication ~
-"Tod" Sloan, the American jockey
who is being made such lion in Eng
land, has an apartment of four rooms
at the Hotel Cecil in London, keeps a
valet, and observes no rules of training
OF diet. He makes an income of 5000
g. day and lives within it. In spite Of
his success in the old country, he will
return to the United States after visit
Ing Paris and Monte Carlo. =.
Prof. Theodore Mommsen is cred
tied with bringing about much Of
the troubles in Austro-Hungary by his
fiery writings. He is so years of age
and very short in stature. In 1870 he
was known, for his hatred of France.
as the "Franzosenfresser," or eater of
Frenchmen. His hatred of Bismarck
is religion with him, and he once chal-
tenged the :'Iron Chancellor to mortal
combat.
Don 1.-TWO Borghese, second son OF
the Roman Prince Borghese, is about to
marry Mile. Porges, daughter of the
rich Jewish banker of Paris. Thus will
the fortunes of the family be rehabili-
tated. Not long ago they tried to sell
the famous Borghese art treasures to
foreigners, but the government inter-
fered. Much of their present financial
distress is result of the collapsed real
estate boom in Rome few years ago.
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("A1r. Speaker; cannot keep my seat" y
usually obey popular opinion as<soon as
it crystallizes so that they cannot mis-
take it.
1t has been the care of the nara tor
of this story to refrain from expires.
sions of opinion. This is merely mar
ration of facts as they appear to one
who is closely observing public men and
public affairs. The reader will not
reach the conclusion that all men in
congress are insincere, or that majori-
ty of them are not in earnest in thei,
congressional utterances. Nevertheless
it is true that on this subject, and on
many other subjects, speeches are made,
as Congressman Sunset Cox once said,
for home consumption"
BY that he meant that many speeches
are made here, not for the purpose of
affecting legislation, but for the pur.
pose of having the people at home read
the speeches and consider what great
men they have sent to the national ca ri.
tai to represent them. With this under
standing. the people who read congress.
sional debates will give them such
weight as they deserve.
SMITH D. FRY
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-20
WHERE Peal E & EIGNS.
An Idyllic Spot Near the Ever.
4 Busy City Of Hamburg.
1t IL Called the ..Old Country" and
Well Named 1t 10. TOo-A Charm-
Ing Retreat for Nervous
II. Americana
Especial. Hamburg. Letter

Especial Hamburg letter.
1t is strange how ancient customs and
antiquated methods will survive in GER
tain districts. In our own country we
have the primitive mountaineers of Vir-
ginia, Georgia and Tennessee, who, ac-
cording to Charles Egbert Craddock,
Will Allan Dromgoole and other fasci-
mating narrators and historians, live
continually in a way which seems al
most barbaric to our thrifty northern
farmers and the aristocratic planters
of the south, to say nothing of our
Pomp and circumstance loving city pop
ulation.
But our American mountaineers are
far away from the centers of progress;
many of them are engaged in the run
ming of illicit stills, and are rarely Wis
tied by travellers or tourists. Hence
there is some excuse for their lack of
enterprise. ). .>..,
Whena progressive community clings
to the traditions of their fathers, how
ever, it means that its members are
men and women of powerful individu-
ality who despise the tinsel of modern
civilization and hold dear the solid
things of the past which make up in
stability what they lack in elegance.
Such a community has recently been
introduced to the world by Mr.. A. Lut-
teroth, German writer of note, in a
series of articles called "Sketches from
the Old Country" The "Old Country"
for SO the tract inhabited by Mr.. Lut-
teroth's interesting friends is called,
is located in the Prussian province of
Hanover, about five miles northwest of
the city of Hamburg, on the left bank of
the river Elbe. The charming little
stream, called the Lube, passes through
the district, and to protect the mouth
of this miniature river against the ef-
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from huge bowls placed in. the center
of the table. No wine, beer OF liquor II
served with the meal. but bottles Of
"kummel"a cordial Favored with ear
away and very much sweetened-
placed on the various tables, each bottle
being surrounded by six whisky glasses.
of this the guests partake as freely as
they please. men, women and children
drinking from the same glass. The
meal usually occupies two hours, but
speeches and toasts are barred. At
the conclusion each guest pours some
of the kummel over hisspoon, knife and
fork. and wipes them dry on the table
cloth, napkins 'being,o Of course an un-
known luxury. ss' :2sss57
The income of the people is derived
principally from cherries, which are ex-
ported, packed in baskets, to England
and other European countries. When
the cherry crop is ripe the ''old coun-
try" is busy spot, all hands being kept
at work from four o'clock in the morn
ing until nine at night. The principal
village is Steinkirchen, which derives
its name from an ancient church whose
lower structure consists of gigantic
granite block. The wooden spire of this
church is painted in apeculiar color
in general use in that region. It is called
royal red, and when the tower is newly
painted in the spring it presents GU
rious aspect, looking like red pillar
surmounting the white crowns of hum
dreds of blooming cherry trees. Aside
from it's church. .Steinkirchen possesses
one otherobject of generalinterest.T That
isaliftb bridge of the antiquated and now
whose arms must be raised to permit
the passage of vessels. In its crude way
this style of bridge may be considered
the prototype of the bascule bridge,
now considered the superior of the once
popular turn BRIDGE;
When the cherry orchards are in
bloom, Steinkirchen is a favorite resort
for the better classes of Hamburgs
society. It's principal inn, located in
the center of the village, has more
than local reputation for the excel
lence of its cuisine; and if there is any
class or condition of people competent
to give reliable judgment about things
to eat it is the well-fed Hamburg mer-
chant, who delights to spend week upon