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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
aUINNAN WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Won a Medal in the Games at Trav-
ers Island.

II. ]. Quinnan, all around athlete, has
returned home from New York city,
where he represented this city in the
record breaking games OF the New
York Athletic club at Travers Island
on Sept. 23. He won a handsome sill
Yer medal as a second prize in the mile
run.
This is the first time one of their
medals has reached this section of the
state. On the face of the medal is a
laurel wreath representing victory, the
winged foot, the club emblem, and
the letters N Y. A. c., and on the re-
verse side is "SiXtythird Games. Tray
ers Island, 1899, One Mile Run"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
PLUMBERS HAPPY.
They Have Received Aid Amounting
to $4,000 with More to Follow.

Word was received in this city yes
terday that the International Journey
men Plumbers association in session
at Peoria, Ill.,, had appropriated So 100
with promises made for an additional
$4,000 for the aid of the striking
plumbers in this city.
Nothing definite is known by the
local journeymen as to when rhe
money will arrive until Vice President
Il. +. Cleary, Of this city. through
whose efforts the money was secured,
arrives in this city. There viii then be
a meeting OF the local union called for
the purpose OF deciding upon what use
to make of the appropriation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
The s-Hardenbergh School of
Music and Art.

The unqualified endorsement and sue
cess of Mr.. Virgirs labors in London
and Berlin during the past three years.
together with the widening sue
cess and scope of his work in America,
has amply demonstrated the value Of
his method and commands a thoughtful
and searching investigation of it's mer-
it's on the part of parents and of all
earnest students of music. Carter
building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
TEACHERS WILL BE PAID.
Controller Says He Will Not Hold
Up Their Warrants.

City Controller Howells contem-
plated refusal to countersign school
district warrants will not result in the
teachers and other employees being
compelled to wait for their pay until
the case has run the gauntlet of the
courts, the controller says.
Just how he will effect this he does
not say, but he gives assurance that
these warrants will escape the hold-up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
Card of Thanks.

We desire to return thanks through
the press to our many friends and
who aided us by their kind
ness in our late bereavement, the death
of our mother Mrs. f. j. Lord. To
the choir OF the Court Street NJ. T..
church and all who showed us aid and
comfort, thanks. Mr.. and Mrs. ~ l..
Waterman and family. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
Scranton Business College Notes.

New students are enrolling every
day.
Total enrolment for first three
weeks 357,
The night school is composed Of an
enthusiastic crowd of men and wo-
men, and Is well worth a visit.
Clarence SGhnee, bookkeeper. has
accepted q position with the Atlantic
Refining company. This makes the
cath position filled since the 10Th OF
last month, and a total OF 237.
TRY the "JoY Makern cigar &c -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
The Last Grand Excursion to Mag
ara Falls.

The Iehigh Valley ra'iroLl an
rcunces the last grand excT:sio1 of tile
season to Niagara Falls at $500 rate.
Tickets will be sold from Scranton on
Oct. 9TH, good going on all trains on
that date except the Black Diamond
Express, limited for return to and in
Guiding Oct. 9th.
Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents
for further particulars. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
BIG CONVENTION
OPENS ON TUESDAY
ARRANGEMENTS BEING RAPID
LY BROUGHT TO A FOCUS.

Companies and 1880
Musicians Will Appear in Parade.
Court House to Be Elaborately
Decorated - Handsome Souvenir
Badges on Sale Today--New Castle
to Make a Fight for Next Conven-
tion - Meeting of Reception and
Executive Committees Held Last
Evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
BRILLIANT CONCERT
AT THE LYCEUM
GIVEN BY DIR. PARRY AND
PARTY ACCOMPANYING HIM.

The First Part of the Programme
Was of Varied Nature and Gave
the Members of the Party an OPP
portunity to Display the Excep-
tional Quality of Their Voices.
The Second Part Consisted of Two
Acts of DR.. Parry's Opera "silvia."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
Are Gone

and prosperity is returning. when you
see Ranges selling at such prices as we
are selling this week. People We're never
so much disposed TO buy as they are
lust now, and we give them the incentive
by selling at prices that gives them no
reason 10 deprive themselves Of a Range
or Heater because of the price. The early
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30

When dizzy or drowsy, take Beech
ans Pills.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
October Magazines

October Magazines
Received at Norton's Book Store;
The Century.
The Mcclure.
The Harpers.
The Black Cat.
The Pearsons.
The Strand.
The Munsey
All the Fashion Periodicals.
st. Nicholas.
The Scribner.
All the New Books at Cut Prices
in Cloth and Paper Covers.
Novelties in Fine Stationery,
Blank Books, for all sorts uses,
Wall Papers and Decorations,
Room Wall Mouldings,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
M. NORTON.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
PierCe'S rIarket

Receiving daily - Turkeys, Fowls.
Springers, Ducks and Squads; also Rock
away, Maurice River and Blue Point Oys-
ters; Everything the market affords in
fruits and vegetables.
Your orders will be filled promptly witf-
best goods at reasonable prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30
DRAWING THURSDAY.

There will be a drawing next Thurs
day morning before the convening of
the convention for the miscellaneous
prizes which We're not chanced off dur
ing the fair. The list of prizes is as
follows;
First prize, a beautiful tea set, donated
by Clarke Brothers, Hyde Park.
Second prize, grand piano, valued at
$1,000, given by the Scrantonian, the win
ner to have the privilege of selecting any
instrument in the warerooms of j. w.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
wherever Introduced, the System
Has Proved blessing and Pleas
IRE to Its Beneficiaries.

In the report just made By the assist
ant postmaster general there is crafty
ing information in regard to the re-
suits of the experiments in free mail
delivery in the rural districts. 1t APP
pears that the service so far has re-
suited in increased postal receipts, an
improvement in the condition of the
roads trayersed by the carriers and ma
terial benefits to the farmers. Not only
has the value of farm land risen, but
better prices for farm products are OBJ
tanned as result of daily touch with
the markets. Educational benefits are
also conferred through ready access to
periodical literature.
1t is no doubt great accommodation
to the farmer to be spared drive OF
several miles over country roads and
some loss of time in getting his mail.
The argument approvingly cited in the
report to the effect that some statisti-
clan figured out an annual loss of many
millions of dollars to the agricultural
interests of the country through the
necessity of sending to the village Or
very much, to be sure, for it savors Of
the absurdity characteristic of all such
calculations. Farmers lose millions by
talking politics or indulging in neigh
borly gossip, but they are not altogeth-
er economic men" or producing ma
chimes, and have other interests and
needs besides agriculture. Farfetched
arguments are not necessary to show
the expediency of extending rural mail
delivery if it can be done without ma
terial loss and without increasing the
deficit.
We learn from the report that at the
present time there are in successful OPP
Grafton over $50 services radiating over
40 states and one territory. The only
states unrepresented are Mississippi,
Montana and Idaho. Between the be-
ginning of the new fiscal year and No
vember /, with an additional expendi-
ture of $3.50, 900, rural delivery has been
extended to nearly 1S9, 900 persons at an
annual cost of about S4 cents per cap
tia. In small towns Of 5000 population
the average per capita cost is much
higher, being about $3.50. These fig
ures lead the assistant postmaster gen.
eral to advocate vigorously further in
PRODUCTION of the system so advan-
tageous to the farmers and sokeenly ap-
preciated by them. But the summary
of the report does not tell us anything
about the financial effects of the re-
form. Our progress is certainly rea-
sonably rapid at the present rate.--Chi-
cago Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
ZEB'S NEW GUN.
The Boys Told Him There Was Some
thing About 1t That He Could
Not Make Out.

The rugged old fellow who always
goes as guide and companion to party
of young men on their hunting expedi-
tons was very proud of new gun
which he had just purchased. He had
boasted of it many times before they
get to his home, and lost no time in
bringing it out for inspection
Thar" he said, as he held it out.
"Ain't she beauty
"Why, yes" answered his friend, as
he took the weapon; lit looks all right.
Say, you've never fired this, have your
Not yet. | were waitin' fur you
fellers all to come along so as to gin
it its fust trial"
why, it's handsome piece of work,
and 10 mistake, but, Zeb, this gun
shoots blue flame"
You don't say So
"Yes, sir"
He took the gun back gingerly and
was about to put it away, when an
other of the party came in.
"Now. Zeb," he said, lets see that
gun YOU were talking so much about"
He handed it over, and the newcomer
returned it hastily with the eXclama-
ton:
"Why. Zeb. this gun shoots blue
fame.'
The old fellows simple nature never
permitted suspicion that so small
matter as a joke could be made the
subject of an organized conspiracy.
He meekly took the gun back and said
nothing.
A third hunter came in and said,
cheerily: Lets have look at the
gun"
"Oh, I guess mebbe faint so much
of gun" he said, glumly.
Nonsense. Don't be modest-why'
Zeb!"
That's all right. You needn't tell
me. know it already. The gun shoots
a blue flame"
"As sure as you're born it does. Here
comes joe" he added, as another mem
Der of the party struggled in. ASK
him. How about that gun, Joe?"
''Why." answered Joe, promptly, aft
err casual inspection, 1T shoots blue
! flame"
"You fellers kin go to bed when you
git ready" Zeb said, abruptly. I'm
goin' to take walk
That night in the middle OF sound
slumber all the members of the party
were awakened by vigorous shaking.
Zeb stood in the middle of the floor.
Gentlemen" he said. 'I've been sit
tin out in the moonlight on rock
thinkin' it over ever since I left you
An thar's one question | want to ask
you all. S'posen this gun do shoot a
blue flame. What the blazes difference
| do that make Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

Cultivation of trees late in the season
is harmful.
Care must be taken not to keep scions
for grating too damp.
All the sorting that apples require is
when they are gathered.
There are few, if any, fruits grown
more readily than the grape.
The storing place for apples should
be cool-just above freezing.
Applying salt around the fruit trees
makes the plant food available.
When too large flower pots are used
there will be more foliage than flowers.
The symmetry of tree depends on
its proper pruning when young and
growing.
One OF the best remedies for plant
Ice is strong tobacco water, sprinkled
well over the foliage and leaves; repeat
If necessary.
Raspberries produce good crops in
the same soil for years, but strawber-
rits produce their best crop the first
year after they come into bearing.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
nAIA nSyUp.' ..AyA~
GSsgKS,,! :SlllEr5S
SWEET POTATO CROP.
Texas Experiment Station Gives .
Few Hints How to Harvest and
store 1t.

To keep sweet potatoes, they must
first be properly harvested. Cattle may
be turned on first to eat the tops and
vines, afterward hogs may be turned
on to harvest the tubers. In this way
nearly all the crop may be saved at a
minimum cost. If the potatoes are TO
be dug, it is important to know when
to dig the crop. They should not be
dug when the sap is active in the vines.
If, when tuber is cut, the cut place
partially heals over and becomes dry,
the crop is usually ready to be harvest
ed; but if the cut place turns greeEish
black, the crop is not ready to be harY
vested.
Vines are a great nuisance in har-
vesting sweet potatoes. We have used
. sharp rolling coulter on the beam OF
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
TEXAS POTATO HOUSE.

q turning piow just in front of the
point successfully. Oh rolling coulter
cuts the vines on eacn side of the row
while some dirt is thrown away from
the row at the same time. The third
time the turning plow is run in the
center of the row and the potatoes
thrown out. The tubers are then gath
cred and sacked. Care must be taken
not to bruise them, as the soft rot
is apt to start at all bruised places. All
bruised tubers should be sorted out at
once and fed before storing.
We have obtained good results
against black rot by letting the tubers
remain in the ground where they grew
until wanted. Throwing dirt over them
with turning pillow will prevent freez-
ing. If potatoes are to be stored, they
must be dried out first, and those which
decay from soft rot must be taken out
frequently. In about two weeks after
digging they will be dry, and the soft
rot will stop. The cut shows a potato
house we have used in keeping pota-
toes, both sweet and Irish. 1t consists
of two outer walls with a dead air
space between. Also two doors, a
double floor, and a ventilator. The
ventilator, b, may be opened and closed
at will. During warm days in the fall
the doors are left open for further ven
tilation. Inside are upright pieces, "a
which project from the floor to the cell
ing. Strips, e, reach from these across
to the wall, and on these planks are
laid lengthwise, which are also nailed
against the side of the posts, thus
forming long box. The potatoes are
stored in these, and dry road sand
mixed with them as shown at d. Mice
cannot go through dry sand.
Potatoes Kept Wei in this house when
the temperature went down as low as
seven degrees Fahrenheit, and not one
Per cent. was injured by freezing The
sand must be changed every year for
sweet potatoes, because it is very apt to
contain spores of diseases which will
infect the next crop when stored.
Where we did not change the sand near
ly all the crop was lost from black rot
The potatoes that have kept best are
the Brazilian, Canal, Shanghai and
Southern Queen. The purple skin va
rieties have resisted the disease best.
We have failed in trying to keep the
vines over winter when stored in dry
sand and when buried out in the
Sround.-Texas Station Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
RURAL TELEPHONES.
Ohio Farmers Are Making Wide
spread Use of n Convenient and
Economical System.

The rural telephone service is said to
be far advanced in northeastern Ohio,
and particularly in Geauga county,
which is strictly an agricultural coun-
ty. According TO the Electrical World
and Engineer, not only is there an office
in every township, but hundreds of
farmers have telephones in their homes.
One OF the companies III the county
named is strictly farmers company,
it being operated by eight farmers, who
own everything from franchise to
switchboard. The primary object in
constructing the lines was not to build
them for an investment, but as help
in the transaction of business and to
give the families some of the social privi-
leges that are too often lacking on the
farm. A modern hundreddrop switch
board is centrally located in the home
of one of the company, who with the
help of his family attends to this work
very satisfactorily. The rental price
of telephone is only SIP year, in adj
vance, or $1.25 by the month, and this
entities the subscriber, his family, hired
help and guests to the free use of the
lines and those with which the COM
pany has reciprocity contracts. The
low rate of rental is made possible only
in the country by placing several tele-
phones in each circuit, usually one
street or neighborhood being on the
same wire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
STAYIN' UP LATE.
A Little Home Incident which Lea 10
Small Investigators Dis
iIIusionment.

Everyone who has ever been child
will recall that sense of injury entailed
bv being sent to bed early-that con-
viction that you are being deprived OF
the most interesting part of the whole
day. There is really no knowing what
the elders are up TO when once they
get the youngsters tucked up safe III
bed. but it stands to reason it must
be very interesting or why would they
be in such hurry 20 get the youngsters
out of the way?
With some children this amounts to
more than mere feeling. 1t was lit
tie girl of the latter sort who begged
so hard to sit up just for once, that
her mother one evening, not long ago,
said that she might. How the little
girls eyes danced at the prospect or
all the wonderful things she would see
for herself upon this her firsb occa-
sion of sitting up!" How commits
eratingly she regarded the other chill
dren, who were as usual packed off to
bed at an early hour! She seated her
self in her small chair and eagerly
awaited developments.
But imagine her surprise when her
parents, as was their custom, seated
themselves at the library table, and I'M
socially, but hygienically, turning their
backs to the light, began to read. For
some time the small girl rocked away
in her small chair in silence. Then
came a sleepy. plaintive voice: rs that
all YOU ?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

The season approaches when ones
thoughts turn toward place where the in.
coaveniences of Northern winter may be
escaped. No section of this country offers
such ideal spots as the Gulf Coast on the
line of the Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad
between Mobile and New Orleans. 1t pos
sesses E,ild climate, pure air, even temper
ature and facilities for hunting and fishing
enjoyed by no other section. Accommoda-
tions for visitors are firstcass, and can be
secured at moderate prices. The l.. n.
r. r. is the only line by which it can be
reached in through cars from Northern
cities. Through car schedules to all points
in Florida by this line are also perfect.
Write for folders, etc, to j. X. Ridgely, N
w. p. A, Chicago. Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

In earliest spring we have the Christ
mas rose (helleborus niger, the snow
drops (galanthus), crocuses and pan
sizes. A little later tulips and hyacinths
appear, and these are followed by the
columbine, lily of the valley, bleeding
heart (dieentra) and peony. In sum
mer and .ariy fall the Japan anemone,
the golden coiumbine (a9nilegia chrys-
autaat, the loxglove, hollyhock, plan
tain lily Gpnkia) and the numerous
species and varieties of true lilies are
ali very effective aus arc easy Of cul-
ture
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
vegetable Roast.

Two cupfuls of strained stewed toma-
toes, two cupfuls of cooked lentils
(measured after being rubbed through
a colander), four eggs, two tablespoon
fuls of nut butter, five soda crackers
rolled fine, one teaspoonful Of finely
powdered and sifted sage and one finely
minced onion; season to taste, turn into
a baking dish and bake in the oven until
quite dry. Serve in slices with nut
gravY.-Ladies' World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Apple sauce for Roast Fowls.

Quarter and core tart apples, bake
until tender in stock seasoned with
salt, white pepper, stick cinnamon and
little cayenne, and press through a
fine sieve; when cool beat with a wire
egg whip until light, add the stif1y
beaten whites of eggs, allowing two to
each pint, beat well together and heap
in pretty serving dish.-Boston Bud
get.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
CORDUROY FARM ROAD.

season. Split cedar or pine logs in
two and lay them, sawed side up, on the
wet ground, as shown. Two strips Of
board can be laid down lengthwise or
each side and nailed to the slabs to holo
them in place, or iron dogs" can be
used. The diagram A b shows how to
saw the logs for such corduroy road
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Qufnine.

Two-thirds of the quinine consumed
is produced in the island of Java, from
cultivated trees, the young plants hav-
ing been procured by the Dutch gov
eminent rom Peru in 1852 The Eng
lish gr eminent also started cinchona
plant ttions in India, which now pro-
duce large quantities of quinine.-Chi.
cago Inter Ocean.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
A Good Road to Cincinnati.

The Monon Route and c. H. B. n R'y run
four trains daily from Chicago to Cincinnati.
Tie dav trains iea., Dearborn Station, Chi
cago, at $50 a. m. and HAS a. m, and are
equipped with elegant Parlor and Dining
ears. The night trains leave at $50 p m,
and 2:45 a. m. These trains are equipped
with elegant sleepers and compartment cars,
the sleepers on the latter train being ready
cts via Monon and G. H. & ID. City Ticket
Office, go s. Clark ST., Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Rice and ssaSwin Croauettes.

Stew raisins till tender, then stir
them into the boiling rice When cold,
form them into croquettes, sift pow
dered sugar over, or serve with sweet,
ened sauce Housewife.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

When trees are set out in the fall,
good care should be taken to protect
them well from rabbits and mice. This
should be done before freezing weather
sets in.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

II you want to build an automobile engine,
or intricate machine of any kind, come to
us, we have the skilled labor and tools re-
quired. Auto Machine Works, PIT South
Clinton Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Everything n Disease.

doctor, if microbes in food are hurtful
what makes me get SO stout!'
"Oh, my dear MADAM, there is a flesh
producing microbe, you Know. "-Indianapo
lis journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

Small trees viii root better thar
larger ones, and young trees Will start
IF in growth sooner than larger onex
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

Does her family tree have anything to do
with making a woman willowy?-Boston
Transcript.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many DOCTORS bill IS. f. Hardy, Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, "a.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys Cures sick head
ache. Price Is and SOC.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

So long as we have the self-made man,
there will doubtless be a call for the ready.
made ancestry .-Detroit journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
CORDUROY FARM ROAD.
How to Saw Logs for n Roadway of
This Description and How to
Lay Them Down.

The chemically wet spots in the
farm roads can be well treated by the
plan shown in the illustration. Such
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.