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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.

Has. been used for over FIFTY YEARS
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHlNG WITH
PFRFECT SUCCESS. II SOOTHES The
CHILD, SCFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS
all PAIN; CURES WIND collie. and
IS the best remedy FOR DIARRHOEA.
Sold by Druggists I'm every part of the
world BE sure aud ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing syrup" and take no other
kind. Twenty-Five cents Il bottle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
VICIOUS ASSAULT
AND BOLD ROBBERY
FATHER AND SON ATTACKED
BY FIVE coLoRED MEN.

Affair Took Place in the Early Even
ing on Linden Street Bridge-Citi-
zens Who Found the Wounded Vic
Tins Trail the Assailants and Put
the Police on Their Track-Four
Are Arrested After q Lively Fight
but One Escapes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

London. Aug. &-Thc French schooner
Pauoboto was sunk in collision today off
LuwestOm by the steamer Hercules and
five persons were drowned. The steamer
rescued the remainder of the crew.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

TRAINED NURSE IN CHARGE.-St
Lukc's summer home is now under the
charge of a competent trained nurse WHO
has taken the place OF the dcaconess who
was in charge the first month of the sea-
son.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

SPECIAL MEETING. - The Hebrew
Womens Relief society will hold spec
cial meeting this evening at the home of
Mrs. j. II. Cohen, 800 Madison avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
THREE LIGHTNING STORIES.
Melted Watch in a Pocket and Hair
pins in Use, and Bleached Negroes
Shine
Spine.

From the Denver Republican.
party Of commercial men lounged
in the easy chairs in the rotunda of
the Brown Palace hotel last evening,
AS I was going to remark" said the
cologne man, II was travelling in Texas
few years ago, and spent .day or
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

IN POLICE COURT.-Patrick Cain was
discharged in police court yesterday
morning on Il charge of drunkenness.
Patrick Quinn and Robert Roberts each
paid 50 fine for being drunk and disor-
derby.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

"DEAR MRS. When | COM
menced the use Of your remedies was
very bad off. Every two weeks was
troubled with flowing spellswhich made
me very weak. 1 had two of the best
doctors, but they did not seem to help
me.
"They said my trouble was caused
from weakness and was nothing to
worry about. Ifelt tired all the time; had
no ambition. was growing worse all
the time until began the use Of Lydia e.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. lam
now able to help about the house, and
am much improved in health. ."--MRs
A. WALKER, CALLICooN DEPOT, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

FRACTURED HIS LEG. G.-Thomas Ru-
ane of Cayuga strAt was caught by a
fail of roof in the Cayuga mines Satur-
day morning, sustaining a fracture of the
left leg. lie was taken to the Moses Tay-
lOr hospital.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

CAR RAN AWAN.-A Petersburg Lu-
zorne car bound Cor Iu2crne street, got
away from the motorman on West Lack
awanna uvenue hiii at 10 o'clock Satur-
day night and ran backward at q high
rHtc of speed 10 the LaCkawanua cross
'Hg Tho eighty passengers were badly
scared ana some o. them jumped No
ono, however, WAS injured Slippery rails
were responsible Tor the runaway
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
CITY NOTES


MEET TONIGlT.-NIcmbcrs of Com
pany X, meet at the armory Monday
night, August II, for distribution of am
muniton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

The Rev John II. Harris. LID,
pres sident of the Bucknell university,
preached "A very able sermon last even
ing in the Penn avenue Baptist church.
He took as his text Psalms 1866: "He
that goeth forth and wecpeth bearing
precious fruit shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing bringing his
sheaves with him"
The doctor delivered a simple and
earnest appeal. based upon the words
of the text, for a more general inter-
est in the simple truths of the gospel.
He said in part
Let us take the words Of this text
to our hearts and profit thereby. Some
say we need salvation; others say We
want salvation. There is a vast diff
ference between need and want. The
world needs salvation, there are men
here tonight who need salvation. There
are always men that need Christ.
But the world doesn't want saliva
tion, not at all Eut the doctrine OF
salvation should be carried into the
workshop; it should be brought to the
man in the harvest field; it should be
carried to every man. woman ana
child in all the world.
MORMON'S WAY OF PREACHING.
"We should profit by the example of
some of the other religious sects. Take
the Mormons for instance They are
going about the city of Chicago at the
present time in pairs, visiting every
home, and talking to everybody that
will listen, talking the doctrine Of Nor
mJnsm. This is the right way; not
the MoTmon'S doctrine, but his way Of
preaching it.
Let us be 'button-holcrs' and let
us not leave go of q man until we
have convinced him of the truth Of
Gods word. 1t is not the preaching
not the choir singing. not the novel
character Of the preacher himself that
is the essential thing in winning souls
to Christ. 1t is the individual work
that counts. There must be an indiv-
idual forth going if victory is desired
And it must be purp1scful forth
going. Paul did not go about like a
man beating air, but there is a great
zeal of this kind of preaching at the
present time. There must be something
definite i'm view and that definite some
thing should be to work for Christ and
THE duty of the minister is not to
his gospel.
argue or debate. Ministers should not
proclaim error or spend valuable time
in refuting Herbert Spencer from the
pulpit, but should use their best efforts
in proclaming the glad tidings of sal
walton. The purpose should always be
that the one thing men need above all
else is salvation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
Mrs. Morris Letter to
= EVERY WIFE AND MOTHER.
ILErrER 10 MRS. PINKnAM NO. iA.,61l

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. i4,JojI
81 have taken eight bottles of Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
with gratifying results. ! had been
married four years and had two chill
drcn. | was all run down, had falling
of womb with all its distressing symp-
toms. 1 had doctorcd with a good
physician, but derived very little good
from mis- treatment After taking a
few bottles of your medicine, l was
able to do my work and nurse my seven
months-old babe. recommend your
medicine to every wife and mother.
Had / time, could write much more
in its praise. 1 bid you Gods speed in
your good work. ."-MRs. l.. A. MoRRIs,
WELAKA, PUTNAM Co., FLA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

Smoke the Hotel Jermyn Cigar, 1Oc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

THE WEEKS CLEARINGS. - The
Scranton Clearing House association re-
ports the past weeks exchanges as fol-
lows Monday. August T. Sl}3.3j2.9i Tues
day August s, Sl@1,S;2.35; Wednesday, Au-
gust ., $l5G,T11l, Thursday August 10.
$l51 1,2N24; Friday, August II, $l97,42LG2;
Saturday August IL. Sl3l, l72. i5; total $780,
S1TS4.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

JAMES OLIVER INJTRED.-James
Oliver, of West Scranton. sustained a
deep cut i'm his leg on Saturday while at
work in the mines. lie was taken to the
Moses Taylor hospital, whore twenty
'prCc stitches were taken in the wound
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

SATCIIEL STEALERS COMMITTED
The two PolaudcrS who took Clark
l.owry's satchcl from a PcCkVille car on
Friday evening and who were subse-
Quenlly arrested were urraigncd bcfo.e
Mayor Muir on Saturday and committed
10 the county jail in default of $500 bail
each,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

SHE WAS SWORN IN.-Miss Ncttic
Sweeney. the newly elected secretary of
the board Of health, took the oath Of Of
flee before Mayor Moir on Saturday morn
ing and Immediately entered upon tho
discharge Of the duties of her new posi-
tiOn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
A MILLION MILLION.
How Long, Think you. wouid ~ Take
You 20 Count itf

Professor Wagstatf. whose very name
suggests pleasing first cousinship to
Shakespeare, has lately been amusing
himself and his audience mt Gresham
college by specuations as to what might
have happened If the father of our hu-
man race had given up delving and
taken to figures. Let us suppose that
Adam had set himself to count Il mil
lion million, or, in figures, 000 900,
600 600 We will imagine that he could
count three IN second, which, though
not exactly rapid ciphGring, will be
found ample, if taken continuously.
Now, If 5000 years have elapsed since
the gracious amenities of Eden formed
the cradle of humanity, Adam would
have been working for lS0 2l6, 600, 900
seconds and have reached total of
5G7, G1S, 000 900 figures. In other words,
his task Of counting million million
would still have been unaccomplished
by over four hundred thousand millions
digits
All Of which goes TO prove what?
There are many possible conclusions
The first is, of course, that Professor
means melancholy mathematician, but
that hardly needed proof. A second de-
duction, which we advance with all
humility, Is that If Adam had only had
habitual recourse to harmless dissipa-
tion Of this arithmetical kind, instead
Of betraying marital weakness and
fondness for fruit, his descendants
would have been very much better Off
morally and spiritually, though not
perhaps in material comforts. And
third conclusion, eminently gratifying
to those who refuse to believe that there
is any serious discord between religion
and science is that Professor Wagstaff,
no doubt man of distinction in scicn-
tific attainments, accepts without any
demur Bishop Ussher's chronology.
According to the divine, the world
was created in 4004 b. O., and that
added to the 1898 years which have
elapsed since the Christian era makes
in round numbers the 5000 years on
which the whole calculation depends
Some wayward scientists" have dog
matically affirmed that the world has
been wagging along good many more
centuries than USHER supposed, al
though there is serious difference, it
is true, in this matter between the as.
tronomers and the geologists. So, after
all, perhaps if Adam had been reason
ably industrious. he would have had
time to accomplish his task, unless his
brain had given way under the strain
Most of us have such vague ideas az to
the meaning of large figures that it is
as well to be reminded by so happy an
illustration how many units go to the
making of million. The only other
conceivable fashion in which such in
struction could be acquired is to become
South African boss" of mines and
diamonds, and that process, much as
we may desire it, is, fortunately or un-
fortunately, not open to the majority of
us.-London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
Not SuneratitIoua.

"Whose umbrella is that?' yelled the
conductor as he entered the smoking
car Of a suburban train.
The timid little man started and was
preparing to apologize for owning the
cause Of the trouble when the conductor
again yelled almost in the same breath,
Put it down."
The timid little man grasped the
dripping umbrella, which he had
spread in order to allow it the quicker
to dry, and as he closed il with nervous
haste the conductor continued:
"Dont you know enough not to open
an umbrella in house--in car, /
mean? Do you want to hoodoo this
train? Well, it's mighty lucky you
didn't run across conductor that was
superstitious, with that umbrella, or he
might have put you off"
The timid little man slowed the drip.
ping umbrella under the seat, watched
the conductor punch his ticket, replaced
it in pocket where he wouldn't think
to look for it in the morning and
breathed sigh of relief as the Car door
slammed after the presiding genius of
the train. n.-Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
RUFFALO. ROCHESTER, & PITTS.
- BURGH RAILWAY.

On and after January I, 1890, passen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, as fol-
lows;
DEPART.
For Dubois Big Run and PunNsutawney,
1892 n m, l.A0, 3.5j, 500 D m.
For Dubois. Cutwcnsvlllc and Clearfleld, 7.25
m, lao, sos nm.
For Ridgway Bradford and Rochester, i0.li
m.
For Ridgwny Bradford and Buffalo, LIS p. m.
For ReynOldsville, 1915 u M, AZ IN.
ARRIVE
From PunNsutnwnry, Big Run and Dubois,
. 100, lu.ll u ~, l.lh, AZ p III.
From Clcuriicd, Curwcnsvillc aud Dubois,
1915 m, 1895, ~ 7.5i pm
From Buffalo, Rochester, Bradford and Ridg-
way, 3.5i y. m.
From Bradford and Rldgway, 1912 IN, 3.55
p m.
From Eeynoldsvllle LOS, 5.02 y. m.
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars. An excess
charge OF Ten Cents will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid On trains from
allstations where n ticket office Ia maintained.
Thousand mile tickets good for passage
over any portion Of the H.. X. & =. and Beech
Creek railroads are on sale AT two ~ cents
per 'uilu
For tickets, time tables and full informa-
tiun apply 10
T.. G. DAVIS. Agent, Reynoldsvillc, Pa.
T.. g. LAPEy, Gen. Pas. Agent,
Rochester n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
Time Enouph TO Keller.

One day Billy, that's my brother. he
and Sammy Doppy was playin by a
mudhole, and Billy he said:
"Now, Sammy, les play we was a
barnyard. You be the pig and lie down
and woller, and I'll be a bull and beller
like everything"
So they got down on their hands and
knees, and Sammy he got in the mud
and wollered, while Billy bellered like
distant thunder. Bimeby Sammy he
cum out muddy-you never see such a
muddy little feller--and he said, "Now
you be the pig, and let me beller." But
Billy said, 81 amt very good pig
fore dinner, and it'll be time 'nuff for
you to beller when yer mother sees yer
close. "-Scrap Book.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
QUITE INFORMAL.
LincoIn's Reception of the Notincn-
tton Committee.


In the Biography Of Charles Carle-
ton Coffin" is his own account of ac-
cumpanying the committee to the home
of Mr. Lincoln in Springfield, Ills, to
notify him of his nomination for presi-
dent. They reached Springfield early in
the evening, and after supper at the
hotel made their call on Lincoln. It
was not to be very formal interview.
Lincoln stood in the parlor, dressed
in black frock coat. The announce
ment was made, and his reply seemed
brief IIo was evidently much CON
strained, but as soon as the last word
had been spoken he turned TO Mr.. kel-
ley of Pennsylvania, the chairman of
the committee. and said: "Judge, you
are pretty tall man. How tall are
you?'
",iix feet two.
81 teat you'll am feet 3 without
my high heeled boots.
Pennsylvania bows to Illinois, where,
we have been told, there were only lit
tie giants" said Kelley.
This was an allusion to Douglas, who
had been called the Little Giant"
One by one the members Of the com
mittee were introduced to Lincoln, and
when the handshaking was over he
said:
"Gentlemen, Mrs. Lincoln will be
pleased to SEQ you in the adjoining
room, where you will find some refresh
ments."
There Mrs Lincoln met them pleas
antly, but the only visible sign of re-
freshments was white earthen pitcher
filled with ice water This was possibly
Mr.. Lincoln's little joke, for it was
afterward ascertained that his Repub-
lican neighbors had offered to furnish
wines and liquors, which he refused to
have in his house, and that his Demo
cratic friends had sent round baskets Of
champagne which were also declined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
DEEP SEA WATER.

At One thousand Fnthoms Its Pres
sure Is Toi to the square Inch.
When marine life began to command
notice, the question of the depth to
which life could extend divided scien.
tific Thought into warning camps, About
1910, it was generally believed that the
batbymetrica limit was about 300 faith
oms, and some strange ideas were cur
rent rs to the physical condition of wa
ter when under a pressure such as
depth of two miles would produce 1t
was thought that skeletons of drowned
men, or even heavy cannon aud the
"wedaes Of gold" that popular imngina-
tion places in the sea- hOated at certain
levels, beneath which is water 80 com
pressed as TO be impenetrable In fact,
water is almost incompressible and the
weight of cubic inch of it at the depth
of mile is very little more than at the
surface, but it was assumed that no liv-
ing being could survive pressure
which at 1000 fathoms is about ton
to the square inch
We ourselves live under pressure of
about B pounds per inch and are un-
aware of it Indeed we sometimes
waken on morning when the barome.
ter has risen, say, half an inch during
the night and consequently find our
selves sustaining an increased pressure
Of several tons not only without suffer
ing, but with a positive feeling Of buoy
nncy and good spirits On the other
hand, IL the tremendous pressure under
which we live be relieved as by a sur
gical "cup," severe injury may follow.
Aeronauts suffer from this cause, and
marine animals dredged from great
depth often reach the surface in most
lamentable condition, with eyes protrud-
ing and viscera distended. DIR. @. NJ.
Blaokford. Jr., in North American Re-
view.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
THE DOCTOR IN WAR.
stands the Test of Courage when.
ever Under Fire.

stands the Test of Courage When
ever Under Fire.
The London Lancet has an article
about the bravery Of surgeons under
fire. The Lancet's article is about Brit.
ish surgeons. 1t applies in so far as its
anecdotes go to them, but in it's general
terms and its comments it applies to
all. We have never read Of surgeon
quailing under fire or deserting his post
in a panic, and what is great deal
more we have never heard of sur
geon quailing before hospital or de.
serting his post, though yellow fever,
smallpox, typhus or cholera threatened
his life and surrounded him with its
horrors. There are many well authen-
ticated stories of the courage and devo-
tion of our army. doctors in the field and
hospital. The latter is the much more
trying to courage and fidelity.
The excitement of battle goes far to
keep man at his work, even should he
be disinclined for it. The long dreary
watches of the hospital, the hard and
thankless round of duty, the hourly
scenes of horror and possibly the dis
couraging absence Of proper assistance
and support from the administration of
the army are what try doctors nerve
and test his fortitude and patriotism.
We do not know why they stand the
test so well-better apparently, on an
average, than those whose trade it is
supposed to be to face death and danger
But the fact remains that they do, all
honor to them San Francisco Report.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18

Counsel for the plaintiff in certain
case made use during an argument of
the word "brougham.
Excuse my interrupting you, Mr.
Brief, " said the judge, "but in the So
ciety in which am accustomed to move
we pronounce the word broom, and so
save a syllable.
During his summing up the judge
had occasion to use the word "omni-
bus"
excuse me, m'lud." broke in coun-
sci, "but in the society in which l am
accustomed to move we pronounce that
word bus. and SO save two syllables -
London Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
CHlMNEYs KNOCKED OUT.
Machine shops Can lie Run More
Economically without Them.

Machine shops Can he Run More
Economically without Them.
A few years ago the building of a
machine shop without chimney would
have been looked upon as the act of an
idiot. Now it may be the wisest thing
a builder can do, for the large fan
which is taking the place Of the Chin
ney costs a great deal less than the lofty
stack, and does it's work much better.
Besides this there is great saving in
fuel.
In one plant where this experiment
was tried there were three boilers, ag.
gregating $50 horsepower, and directly
above them was mounted fan connect
ed direct with n by double cylinder
engine. The wheel of the fan was 54
inches in diameter, and as it could be
run at any speed, it provided a draft
quite independent Of the fire. 1t was
possible to use much cheaper grade Of
coal and the saving thus effected was
quite appreciable
For instance, with the ordinary form
Of chimney the shop would use 1, ,624
tons of Cumberland coal, at SO. 65, ag.
greRating $5, 929 a year. Using the
blower. mixture of Cumberland coal
and yard screenings, half and half,
would suffice. This, at 2.s51s, would
amount to 81, 995, showing a difference
Of 1884. The cost Of operating the fan
was placed at $1s3 per annum. SO that
the net gain was $751;, sum greater
than the entire cost Of the mechanical
draft apparatus.-St Louis Globe-Dem
oorat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
A CLEVER RUSSIAN.
He Found n Method of Heating I'll,
PcrsinD creditor.

FtrStnu trcttfOr.
In Persia. when creditor fails TO get
his money in any other way, he appears
In the debtors house and sits down.
Then he does not move away till tho
delinquent pays MP He enters the debt
or's sleeping apartments. ii possible, and
has his meals brought in a few years
ago n Persian held an unsatisGed claim
against the British government and he
presented himself before the British
minister one day and cnmped out in his
private office The minister did not see
tho joke, and sent for policeman. That
made u lot Of noise aud tronble ard the
kussinn representative IN Toheran evi-
IDENTIFY learned lesson from IL, for he
managed case of the same kind much
differently
The Persian who demanded money
from the Russian Count Kolomeisow)
was holy man, deryish, and when he
sat down in the Russians antei oum to
wait till the latter paid his disputed
claim Count Knlomeisow knew that he
could not get rid of him without much
fuss and explanation II Is against the
laws, or at least tho custom, which is
just as firm, to touch creditor who
takes this means of collecting money,
so the count could not throw him out
He thought over the matter, and one
morning he sent for lot of masons
Then he ordered them to build wall
around the dervish, who was sitting in
the middle of the room The dervish
watched them placidly at first, but
when tho wall grew and IT became ap-
parent that it would be completed soon
he jumped over it, ran away and has
not been seen since. They say that the
count is the first man in Teheran who
has beaten n creditor of this kind with
out recourse to the police. New York
Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18

A woman summoned to see her dying
husband who had met with a street ac-
cident showed every sign of grief She
threw herself on the floor and howled
at the top of her voice as the man died.
Three days afterward she arrived in the
ward arrayed in the deepest widows
weeds.
'Please, I've come for pore Walters
clothes. The Lord.took i'm, but l 'ope,
please God, as I'll find another. Corn
hill Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18
dwelling the Past.

81 wish now," shrieked the angry
young wife, 81 wish now, George
Winchester, you had married Luce Jones
instead of mel That's what l wish |"
81 would have married her." howled
the equally angry young husband, "on-
ly she wouldn't have me and you
would "-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18

The plant known as vervain, which
is not distinguished for its beauty and
which grows nowadays utterly disre-
garded, was so sacred to the Druids
that they only gathered it for their
divinations when the great dog star
arose, in order that neither sun nor
moon should see the deed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-18

The name California, derived from
the two Spanish words caliente formal
Ii, i. O., "hot furnace" was given by
Cortes in the year 1875 to the peninsula
now known as Lower California, Of
which he was the disooverer, ON account
of its hot climate.