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The old possum hunter of Tennessee was in talkative mood one evening, and took advantage of it to ask him about moonshine whisky. This was q subject he had little to say about, but on this occasion he led off with:
 Them reverneo fellers at Knoxville was up to all sorts of tricks when l had a still, and l lost heap O sleep in plannin how to beat 'em. They was purity sartin had q still up yere, and they was bound and determined to find it. Some O their tricks was mighty cute. One O their spies was n preach CT, another was a peddler, another was a land-looler, another was feller who had bin ordered by the doctor to camp out in the woods. It got so l dasn't trust anybody"
 Where was your still?" asked.
 "'Bout half mile from we're, i'll big ravine, and the way down into that rayine was so rough and poky that they all passed it by for a hull var. Bimeby the revenoo sort O let up on me, and fur a month or so not q stranger showed up. 1 began to leei peart and to brag about it, but the ole woman looks at me in a serus way, and sez:
 "'Zeb White, don't yo' be too power full smart over this thing. Them rev enoo fellers has jest let go to spit on their hands and git better holt
 "tAs how?' sez I.
 "'Jest yo' lay low, and yo'll find out
 "Mebbe it was week arter that, said the old man, "when three strangers showed up one day. They had guns
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Tt was purity nigh dark when ~e We jest went straight to the still, and we found them three fellers lyin' on their backs and sound asleep. never did know what Dr. Stebs put into that whisky, but it nude them fellers as stupid as logs. We kerried 'em ono ky one out O the ravine and over to an old iron pit, and then we used the rope 10 lower 'em down. The pit was over % feet deep. and if the feIlers got bumped about it wasn't our fault. When we had lowered sem down we went to work and moved the still purity nigh mile 1t was daylight next mornin' befo' we got through, and we was all played out. We didn't go nigh the pit that day. Along to'rds night we could har the fellers shoutin', and it was the same next Amawnin', but it was most two days befo' we went to 'em. 10 may reckon they was feelin' mighty bad by that time, us they hadn't nuthin' to eat or drink. When we got to the pit we 'peared to be pow erfully surprised, and l hollers down and sez:
 :. Be yo' them three critters who was lookin' fur gold miner
 We arel' they yells.
 "'And what ar yo' doin down thar''
 "'Starvin' to death'
 ".Hain't ye found the miner
 "sNo, and fur heavens sake help us out O this and we'll never look no mo'i'
 Wall" said zeb, 'we purtended to go away arter ropes, and we left 'em thar till midnight and then drawed 'em up and the ole woman got 'em sunthin' to eat. They was the shame facedest set O men yo' ever saw, and they couldn't skassly keep from cryin'. They had to rest all next day, and the day arter that one of lem sez to me:
 "sZeb, l want to ax yo' few queshuns as between man and man. Is thar a big ravine bout half . mile east O the cabing
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T never heard O one.'
 Didn't yo' hey still down thar'Y
 "sYo' kin go and lock-
 "sWho put that jug O whisky down thar, and what was in the whisky?
 "sYo' must be dreamin' bout jugs and whisky
 "'And how did we git from the ravine into the pit?'
 "'I sake it you walked into that pit while yo was lookin' fur that lost gold minel'
 Then he looks at me fur long time, and he looks at the ole woman fur a long time, and bimeby he shakes his head and sez:
 "'zeb White, if thar's Q dod'rotted idiot in this yere case it ain't yo nor t ain't yo'r ole womanl Cum on, boys, let's be gittin' back to Knoxyille!'"
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"But please let me see who it is first ,"
 "Ohl we'll see who it is fast enough, and they'll see who am!''
 It was woman. She was canvass ing for the benefit of a charity. She had never heard of Mir. Bowser. but she saw the namcon the lctter-box and it struck her tbat it belonged to a kind hearted, hberal-handed man. As she entered the door she thought she would strike him for five dollars. As she mounted the stairs she decided to make it ten dollars. As she caught her first glimpse of him, standing in the door with the cloth around his throbbine. brow, she hoped he would give $20.
 Who are you, and what in Texas have you come up here for!" was the greeting she got, and the wind of it almost lifted her hat off her head.
 ''f-I am soliciting for eharityl" she stammercd.
 Soliciting for cats and dogs! How dare you ring my bell? Here I am, a dying man, and you come clumping up- stairs and talk about charity! Wom- an, if you were a man, I'd take you by the n-n-necl1 and I'd che-oke the life out of you!"
 She didn't wait to argue the case. On her way down to the street she won dered how she could have been so mis- taken in the name. but she wondered as she walked.
 "Oh! Lord! Oh! Lordl" groaned Mr. Bowser, as he returned to his rest.
 T wish you'd let me go to the doc. tor" said Mrs. Bowser, as she lowered near him.
 ''Go for nothing! Haven't had these headaches for years, and has doctor ever helped them? What I want is sleep, and by the living jingo I'll have it or go to jail for murder! The idea of that strange woman dumping up stairs to strike me for charity! Why H."
 He couldn't find words to continue, and after long, deep growl he turned over and fell into troubled sleep. Mrs. Bowser mufled the bell, but directly some one knocked at the door. She opened it and turned away match peddler, and ten minutes later wom- an who wanted to do family washing
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Apg headache when you had to ring the
 li and come tramping up here!
 naven't you got the sense of a boy
 Rree years old?"
 beg your pardon, but I did not kpow-l could not know that-that-"
 That man whose head seems as big q barrel and as sore as a boil wants a spOW to get over it! It's a mighty good
 lng for you that you ain't selling E9lafeoal or popcorn, If you were I'd Es''e you the boot and then throw you EzOwnstairs."
 me clergyman had known Mir. Bow sef Tor several years. Now that he |1p0ked at him more closely be saw that |ss aad made a mistake. This wasn't sie MT. Bowser of his congregation, but # man named Jones or Green, and the ztairs.
 now can we ever return to Brooklyn Ri our ehurch?" walled Mrs. Bowser, as Bands. = v u ''--0 !" : 11 : 1o-
 me idea of his hanging around here way he did!" growled MT, Bowser, aal ne went back to the lounge. "The sss man who rings that bell before I
 soser this headache will wish he had FeTef n been borni"
 4ha anefe was peace and quietness for
 neAl quarter of an hour. Mrs. Bow <ss sepe softly to herself, and MT. Bow fsn uiea so hard to get to sleep that he
 mo a doze. Then the door, bell as again. That was one of the things |doa. 'anaiord had recommended-that enni oi.oell' He said it was equal to an |of sue house gong, and was never out |g.s s4uef' A steady push on the button |s;Ss. Ss warranted to lift the chairs in the
 Nla a5 story off their legs. |,ras, " the great horn spoon. but that's |er eaoiy minister from Staten Island |as Iefsey City!n exclaimed Mr. Bowser, Fl ne started up.
 |ana ! yon'll lie down quiet I'll go down |sa;a sa sr see who it is and turn him away. s@'a a,, Mrs, Bowser.
 |rn ss., "e do nothing of the kind. Iwake but .s" an headache. go to the office, a ,1,'; .p ooilged to return. am almost ast sns man, but because we live in a witb brsopie , think they can ring that bell a slo, auipunlty. I'll turn that hall into rtss,n sl'ershouse in about two min
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The ,<aiser's sfenographer.

It is not generally known that under the present emperor new office hns been created, that of personal stenog- rapher to his majesty. William I. but rarely delivered n speech, and, when he did, the text was always decided on beforehand in consultation with Prince Bismarck, and the monarch either learned the speech by heart or read it from manuscript. He knew that he possessed no gift of language, and had no confidence in his ability to impro- wise in public. William H. soon after he came to the throne gave orders that stenographer should always be pres ent during his speeches, whether at home or on travel. This duty is full filled in Germany by one of the official ssenographeqs of the reichstag, who took down the speeches of the emperor and Prince Henry at Kiel. The em- peror himself supervised the short- hand writer's transcript before it was transmitted to Wolf's telegraph bureau the German Reuter-. The speeches of the emperor, sent over the official wire, are therefore ipsissima verba. A dif- ferent shorthand writer accompanies the emperor abroad. where the speeches are, for the most part, delivered in foreign language, and could not, there fore, be noted dowR by German stenographer.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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ur Bowser wasn't feeling well
 z .' sot up in the morning was
 hs s.sS g0' to t the eat, and Mrs. Bow
 sssg s' him very gently during
 ,a.t and kept hoping that she
 as sst him away without a row.
 succeeded in doing, but an ['.tsr s4 he returned from the office ,a, snIitting headache, to be ursed (a, rest of the day. She had tied ] nIota around'his head and got him 1 m on the lounge, and in five more he might have been ! when the door-bell rang. :. ' then. what in the name of Hali- 1. G1' fbat??' he demanded, as he 'u E.ae D me has rung the bell by mis- |Parobably,e soothingly replied Mrs. sr had hardly ceased speaking 'tbe ring was repeated, and it hung long that Mr. Bowser sat up and led;
 That person shows his head up m have his life if1 have to burn at take.'
 or best to get him to lie down. He thoroughly aroused, however, and
 the footsteps of caller were
 on the stairs he flung open the nd.stepped out into the hasl. It I minister from Brooklyn-the fer whose church Bowser had at I for years-and he had called to fer that small portion of his flock. I Ny dear Mr. Bowser," he be- $ he held out his hand and smiled Iy. "but you see I have-''
 s, I see you havel" shouted MT. T, as his pale face flushed scarlet. l just lopped down with a split
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Hearty Endowment.

s"Are your children fond of reading ?''
 T should say so; there isn't book in the house that has back on it."- Chicago Record.
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4 ProDosaI.

"Without a word of warning he threw himself at my feet"
 70, well, you know he couldn't miss them. v-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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Slirhtly Disabled.

CholIy-If I should kiss you would you scream?
 Maud--Of course, but I'm awfuily hoarse Topics.
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Largest Grain Elevator.

It is said that the grain elevator re- gently built in Buffalo is the largest in the world.
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The Worst conxtructIan.

Something has been clipped from this paperl' she cried, springing to her feet.
 As for her husband. he affected in- difference.
 Oh yes,' he answered. lightly. "The account of q woman who threatens to have me arrested for bigamy.'
 False in one. false in all!" shrieked the woman, her eyes glittering with rage. T believe you lie! l believe it was an advertisementl"-N. Y. Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
FOREST CITY.
changed.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Joseph are visit
OTs at MOntrOse.
H. w. Brown is spending the week in
Philadelphia,
Funeral services over the remains of
Robert Butts, who met death Tuesday,
in the mines at RiChmondale, will be
held at the First Presbyterian church,
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev.
W. 4. Darlington viii conduct the SER
vices. lnterment will be made at Hill
side cemetery.
This evening a meeting of the citi-
zens of the borough will be held at
the council rooms on Center street
when all who desire 20 do so will be
given the privilege to joining the Ma
tional Volunteer Reserve association
The question of forming a company to
join the Susquehanna county regiment
of infantry volunteers which Captain
Ainey, of Montrose, is organizing, Wi
also probably he discussed The meet
ing was called by Burgess James j
Walker and the patriotism of the peo-
pie ought to be shown by a large at
tendance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
FUNERAL OF MRS. EITEL.
Impressive Services Held Yesterday
Afternoon at PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Final rites over the remains Of Mrs.
Jacob Eitel We're held at the First
Presbyterian church yesterday after
noon at half-past 9 o'clock. Rev Chas.
Lee officiated.
The Woman's Relief corps, Of which
deceased was q member attended the
funeral in a body as Gid the Grand
Army of the Republic, Gorman,a sing
ing society and the odd Fellows, OF
which MIR. Eitel is a member.
\ profusion of flowers surrounded the
casket, mostly the offerings of friends.
The services were impressive, Mr..
Lee dwelling on the uncertainty OF life,
and exhortinG his hearers to make
timely preparation.
The flower bearers were: julius
Spaeth, Robert Blair. Will DimoCk,
Robert Whitfield. George Gilbert and
Charles Alexander. The pallbearers
We're: William r. Chase, William Male,
Carl Roesiger J. Nandermark, II. H.,
Major Peter ManC.
The out of town people present were:
MIR. and Mrs. Evan Roemmelmeyer, of
Fort Thomas, Ky: Mrs. Justus GOebci
and daughter Helen, of Cincinnati, O.;
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roemmcmeyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Miller. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Eitel, and Mrs. Frank
Forbes and son. of New York city:
Mrs. Frank lIerbert Mrs. Augustus
Harting, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs.
George Lest. Of Honesd9le; Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jones, of Priccburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
TAYLOR NEWS.
Frank Aulknor Instantly Killed.
Personal and other News.

! While the north-bound 1890 express
| train on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad was running
| through this borough on Tuesday at
| noon Frank Aull<nor. a Hungarian res
! idont of Old Forge, was run down and
| almost instantly killed. The remains
were taken t. r. j. Davis establish
ment to await the decision OF the cor
| unCr.
Third street which is situated i'm
| North Taylor, has been made. of late,
a regular dumping ground for ali kinds
Of rubbish by the Hungarian residents
of that place. Respectable people liv-
ing i'm that vicinity complain bitterly
| about the horrible smell which arises
from the dirty road opposite their dwell
| ings. 1t is to be hoped that our bor-
ough authorities will see that no more
filthy rubbish is dumped there.
1t has been announced by the COM
mttec of the Wilkes Barre eisteddfod
that the musical festival has been post
poned until fall.
The Tribune branch Office i'm Taylor
! Is i'm the COboigh building. Local Rep
| resentatve f. G. Evans in charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jones, of Provi
| dence, were the guests of relatives in
! this place yesterday.
Lackawanna valley. No. 81. Junior
! order United American Mechanics, will
meet this evening in Van Horns hall:
| Taylor lodge, No. 267, knights of the
! Golden Eagle. will meet this evening
| i'm Eceee's hall.
| Harry Williams who has been con-
| fined to his home with sickness. was
| conveyed to the Moses TAYLOR hospital
| on Tuesday, where he viii undergo
medical treatment.
The board of trade will meet this
evening n the Price Library hail Many
things Of Importance will be brought
up for discussion. President j. l.. Tay-
| ior viii preside and announce his COM
mttees for the year.
| Misses Dora and Bessie Burke, of
I'unmore, were the guests of friends
on Tuesday.
Burgess J. z. Watkins and John p.
| AthCrton, of this place. We're appointed
| auditor and poor director respectively.
of the Ransom district on Monday by
| Judge WOOdWorth, Of LuZerne county
Mrs. Daniel Jenkins, of PittstOn, was
the guest of relatives i'm this place yes,
| torday.
Mrs John Grimths, Of Hyde Park,
spent yesterday with her mother in this
place
\ correspondent asks: "I wonder
! what has become Of the now road which
has been causing so much considerable
| talk, and which is about to opened in
| the vicinity of North Taylor?"
Contractor J. +. Taylor is preparing
| to lay flag sidewalks in front of his
| Main street properties.
Get The Tribune with all the latest
and best war news at r. A. Evans
| newsstand
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
OLYPHANT.

Rev. J. J. Williams and family left
yesterday for Rome, y. Y, TO reside
permanently.
Miss Anna Brown, the well known
soprano. participated in a concert given
in aid Of the new hospital at West
Scranton last evening.
Miss Gertrude MCHale, of Green
Ridge. is visiting her brother, j. r..
McHalc. of Dunmoro street
Mrs. Nathan Dodson, Of RlaKelv,
who has been seriously i'll, is improv-
ing.
Mrs. Margaret Hmm has returned
home after a weeks visit with rela-
lives at MoosiC.
ID. c. Evans. of Susquehanna street.
spent the fore part of the week at
Duryea.
Miss Jennie Davis attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Elizabeth Bcvan at West
Scranton yesterday.
Miss Bernetta McHale. of Scranton.
who has been the guest of her cousin,
Miss Nellie Farrell, returned nome yes
tcrdav.
Professor Smith, of Scranton. who
has had charge Of q dancing class in
Elakely, is conducting class in the
club of '95 hall on Friday nights.
Several engineers have been survey
ing LaCkawanna street for the past
few days preparatory to paving thar
thoroughfare. The sidewalks win be
widened to the extent of two feet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05

for volunteers they would respond to
the call at once. The company is COM
posed of able bodied men and was
organized about eight years ago. Since
hostilties broke out they have given
attention to military tactics. If re-
ceived they would enlist i'm the new
Thirteenth under the leadership of
Captain w. A. May. On Saturday they
will conduct a smoker in their rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. Hollister and
family have removed to Scranton.
Mrs. Thomas Curran, of PeCkville,
was a visitor in town this week.
John Mackey. of York street, is SER
lously i'll of brain fever.
The debate between prominent mem
bers of the Young Mems Institute and
st. AloviOus society, which took place
Tuesday evening proved quite inter-
esting and resulted in Il victory FOR
the st. Aloyius members. The ques-
tion argued was Resolved, THAT
statesmen are more beneficial - the
country than soldiers"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
ToWANDA.

The Fagan murder trial has been
postponed to September court.
c. Il. Hull and Editor Hunton were
down from Athens Saturday.
Postmaster johnson, of LaCcyVille,
had business i'm Towanda Monday.
The Lehigh Valley are laying steel
rails on their tracks between Monroe
ton and Ricketts,.
q. n. TruaX, manager of the Wyal-
using Printing and Engraving CON-
pany, was i'm town Monday.
The Park hotel changed hands on
Monday, Mr.. Eonncy of Canton taxi
ing charge. The former proprietor
Reid Nelson, will take personal charge
of his popular summer resort at Lake
Wesauking.
James Vincent has opened a shoe re-
pair shop opposite the opera house
block
The pcstmastership fever is now bet
ter, the name of d. NJ. Tuner having
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05

George s. Horn. An adjournment was
taken until this afternoon at o'clock.
Secretary Nlurrays report showed
that during April there were 121 deaths
in the city from diseases of various
kinds. Eight accidents resulted fatally,
there were four still births and one
premature BIRTH Three bodies were
brought here for interment The death
rate i'm Scranton for April was lower
than during any of the preceding five
years. In 1894. the number of deaths
in April, was 12j; i'm 1895, 125; 1896.
1&i; 1897, 15S, The number of births
during the month was Cighty-eight
Twenty cases of contagious dis
eases were reported. OF these twenty
two were diphtheria, one typhoid fever,
one measles one scarlet fever and one
whOoping cough. COntaCiOus diseases
caused nine deaths as follows: Mem
braneous Group. ,; whoCpinG cough,
.: diphtheria, >. Eighteen marriages
were reported for the month.
Food Inspector T. n. Cullen's report
was to the effect that he made $50
visits during the month OF milk 272
tests were made. He DESTROYED ~
pounds of beef; 360 pounds of veal. 81
pounds of chicken. 1,2S9 pounds of fish,
two barrels of clans. II punches OF
bananas and 40 bushels of onions. The
milk supply in general was good.
The report of Health officer Allen set
forth that SO nuisances We're complainz
ed of during the year ana eighty were
abated. The cess pools i'm Dunmore
which cause a nuisance in Green Ridge
between WASHINGTON and Adams ave-
nues the doctor said. will cause much
trouble during the coming summer
months. He suggested that sewer
would remedy the difficulty. He rec
ommended that all public institutions
report ell deaths and designate the true
cause in all instances avoiding vague
terms. He thought this very import
ant. He suggested that something be
done to secure a better collection OF
garbage
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
LOCAL AND PER S0NAL.

Street Foreman Killcen has very
generously donated to the city enough
land on Brooklyn street to make safe
by widening the street, one Of the most
dangerous places in the city.
The locomotive shops go on nine
hours today. More work and recent
designations of men who have gone
elsewhere for employment ON govern
mcnt jobs, are the cause The force
has been working seven and unc-halL
hours.
Miss Josephine Burr is visiting Miss
BrdSall, of Scranton.
VIII Thomas filed Horace Daloy'r
place on a Delaware and Hudson pas
senGer train Yesterday.
Miss Lillian Baker will entertain the
Young Ladies Cooking club Saturday
afternoon.
Mayor James j. O'Neill and Attorney
Louis Gramer Were in Scranton yes
terday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-05
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

The school board met in regular ses-
sion on Tuesday evening. The report
of the visiting committee was made
and they were discharged. The follow
ing committee was selected: Thomas
Henwood, James Shields and James G..
Nicholson. The report Of the building
committee concerning the damage done
to puilding by the explosion of the safe
was laid over.
Our townsman. Mr.. G. ID. Winters,
returned home last evening from his
recent visit to the holy land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael McDermOtt
We're rendered n reception at the home
Cf Mr.. and Mrs. John McDermOtt, on
Main street, Tuesday evening Mir. and
Mrs. MCDermott have just returned
from their wedding tour. The evening
was spent in an enjoyable manner by
the guests, and at II o'clock q delightful
Tepast was served. = Among those from
out of town who were present were:
The McSsrs. and Miss Murphy, and
Miss Snow, of Scranton. Mr.. and Mis-.
MCDerm0tt will commence housekcep-
'ng in their handsome furnished home
on the East Side.
The Young HickOIieT of Jermyn have
re-orgariZed for the coming year with
II. j, Brown as manager. The follow
ing is the players and positions: DaVid
Moon, catcher; NJ. f.. LOTUS Fred Bat
tenberg and Frank Feeney, pitchers;
w. j. Kennedy, first base; William
Henry, short stop Michael Feury. sec
ond Lase: VI. Mendelsohn. third base;
Maurice Powers, left field; David
Bruce, centre field; and Patrick Feury,
right field. The club would like to play
again with the Railroad team of Car
bondale, the Jessup or Priccburg teams
on Tuesday. The first club to answer
will be accepted.
Mr.. j. j. McCOrty, of MayGeld, was
visitor i'm Archibald last evening.
Mrs, Ramsay and son, Alexander.
Of New York, are the guests of Mrs.
Dunn, of Main street
Mrs. Patrick Burns, Of Mayfield. left
last evening to join her husband in
Victor. Colo
Mr.. u. J. McAndrew, Of the East Side,
was a caller at Avoca Tuesday.
Druggist Frank Welch was called TO
Tunkhannock Monday by the serious
Illness of his mother.
William SmallacOmbe, of Second
street, is confined to his home through
sickness.
The condition of Joshua ParllcYs, of
South Second street, is in no degree
changed.