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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28
REAL ESTATE.


LOT FOR SALE COR. MONROE AND
Delaware, 70x1sli5 $3.50: lot for sale,
Delaware near Monroe, J0Xl30; barn, Sl,5O0.
Apply on premises.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28

The Grant monument as it now
stands is exactly the same size as the
one in Union square, New York. IL
was uesigned by Daniel Chester French
and Edward 4. Potter, both American
artists. The former modelled the figure
OF General Grant and the latter the
horse, They have endeavored to de-
pict the hero in the position OF a digni-
action shown in the prancing steed and
or horseback" and in so doing have de-
parted entirely from the conventional.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28
SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED by AN EXPE-
rienced teamster: a good livery hand;
will accept any position as driver.
Driver, Tribune Office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28

BACERS ORCHESTRA-MUS-C TOR
balls, picnics. parties. receptions we'd
dinCs and concert work furnished. For
terms address X, j. Bauer, conductor,
III wyoming avenue over Hulberts'
music store.
MEGARGE1 BROTHERS, PRINTERS
supplies, envelopes, paper bags, tNvine.
Warehouse, 100 Washington avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28

Quotations furnished by LABAR &
FILLER, stock, grain and cotton prok-
FRS. rooms 200 and 2lO Board OF Trade
building Scranton Pa
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IS OBSERVED BY ADMIRAL DEWEY AS TO WHAT
 HE WANTED
WITH THE BRAVE OREGON
Germans Deny That They Have Any Intention of Taking a Hand
 In Filipino Affairs.

MANILA, feb. 27 f1l:40 q. m. 1- Admiral DeWe2, when asked by the 1spoHdent of the Associated Press to give his reasons for request ing Washington to send the battle ship Oregon to Nanila, firmly de clined to discuss tl mattel .Ei
 All was quiet her lest night and along the line, exception some desul- tory firing by the rebels lear Cal0o- can and San Pedro Macati.
 London. Feb. 27 -The Berlin cor respondent Of the Daily Telegraph, who says he is "authorized to deny that Germany has any intention 10 interfere in the Philippines, adds:
 Neither has any other power, and the Oregon cannot therefore, have been ordered to Manila on this ac- count.
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HUMOROUS 5QU1BS.

The apparel of the small boy is al- ways a suit for damage.
 It's one thing to have an idea and another to carry t out.
 No man ever has to feel ashamed of tie company be keeps out of.
 Seven days make one weel-but it often takes more to make one strong.
 Some men give according to their means and others according to their meanness.
 Poltteness pays as q rule, yet many a man has lost heavily through 3 civil action
 Patent-medlcine men i'll their alma naes with ancient jokes to show their skill ill prelonging life.
 A woman seldom objects to a self made husband unless he insists upon her wearing self-made dresses.
 A rural exchange says: Silver is less valuable than eggs Perhaps it is, but g pocket full Of the former causes less uneasiness than the same quantity of the latter.
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SMALLEST IN THE WORLD.

The smallest cows in the world are to be found in the Samoan islands
 The smallest camcls belong in Per sia. They are not more than fifty centmetors high
 Berlin has the smallest elephant in the world It is only one meter high and weighs eighty kilograms.
 Gaust is tho smallest republic as to era, which is exactly one mile. The population numbers 150. It is sit- uated in the Pyrenees.
 Tayolara is the smallest republic as to population, having only fifty-three men, women and children. It is twelve miles from Sardinia.
 The smallest horse in the world is q Shetland pony owned by the Marquis Carcano. It's height docs not surDass seventy eentimeters; it is often har- messed to 3 Iiliputian mall coach.
 King Malietoa, tho Samoan mon- arch, lately dead received 6 smaller salary than any royalty. $t50 monthly, and it was usually in arrears.
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MADE HIS ESCAPE.
A Prisoner at the Jefferson County
 JalI Gets Away,

II. Il. Blec&er. Il negro who ", s confined in the Jefferson county iail at this place Il 8aitug trial on the charge of grand larceny, took a pan Of ashes out of the baildi1g sunday morning to dump them into the street and it seems that he lost h $ way for I'D to the present writing ne hasn't returned and the jailor fears that he never wilt.
 As soon us the negro'anbsenee was noticed, Deputy Sheriffs Roht. John- son. Pleas Cuipepper and Deputy Constable Frank Stewart, accom- panied by one of the bIoodhounds. started out in search of him.
 After spending. the whole of Sun day in tfamping tArouGh the mud and water iD the vicinity of Lin " wood looking for the negro, the par ty returned to This city last evening very much discouraged.
 Several months ago Blocker was walking in the country near Pine Bluff, when he found ncce of rope with cdw tied to they other end. He sold the rope and threw in the COW, hence his arrest.
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AT THE THEATER.

Emma Myrkle who was seen last night in the Little Sinner" is the cleyefest little snubrette ever seen in this city her work fn last night s bill at the opera house was a great bit of acting. Will Harder in his comedy work as q farm hand kept the audience in an nproar from start % finish and the specialties of Myrkle and Harder were a record breaker for applause. This is the best company ever seen here at pop uiar prices.-IIuntington, W. Va. Advertiser.
 The MyrkIe and Harder company will appear il this city for three nights next week, beginning Mon day evening, February 7.
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A BIG LAW SUIT
Filed in the Ohancery Court by At
 torueys J. M. & J. G. Taylor.

A big law su was filed in he chancery court this morning by Att torneys J. NJ. S J C. Taylor, as for Mr. Josiah H. Gibbs, of Edmore. Mich.
 Tine suit is for the recovery of a debt amounting to $7,Q00 from Me s ,rs. August Haase, of England, Ark, and T. c. Waters. of Little Rock. two influential min mel of this State.
 On the second day of December, 1895, Mir Gibbs, the plaintiff, sold Messrs Haase and Waters, n large tact of land king in Township 4, south Rarge West, in Jefferson county for d big snm of money, which was partly paid in cash nnd the balance $7,OO0 was to be paid later oii. The latter amouAI became due and was not paid, hence he suit, which promises to be 'An inter esting one.
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=WISEWORBs

To bear disappointment bravely is to diseoneert the fates.
 Every woman is as old as the neigh bors remember she is.
 Minglo folly with your wisdom, or nobody will associate with you
 We are we'll balanced when our wills can control our prejudiees.
 Faith is higher than reason, as 1oy- alty is finer than investigation.
 IAeageniality of some people amounts to pasi4iye blemish in charaefer.
 LoolTbefore you leap; otherwise you won't recognize yourself afterWard.
 Originality consists mainly in not saying the things which everybody else says.
 Stupid people rob us of time and temper, but clever people go away load cd with our ideas.
 When a girls clever tongue keeps her from marrying, # is because she has not yet met her equal among men.
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Origin of Blind Mans Buff.

This fayorite sport of childhood and youth is of French origin and very high antiquity, having been introduced into England in the train of the Norman conquerors. It's French name, Colin Maillard," !" was that of a brave warrior. the memory of whose exploits still live in the chronicles of the middle ages.
 Tn the year 990 Liege reckoned among its valiant chiefs one Jean Colin. He acquired the name Maillard from his chosen weapons being mal- let, wherewith in fight he used literally to crush his opponents. In one of the feuds which were of perpetual reeur- renee in those times he encountered the Count de Lourain in a pitched bat tie, and, so runs the story, ill the first onset Colin Ma1llard lost both his eyes. He ordered his esquire to take him in- to the thickest of the fight, and, furt- ously brandishfng his mallet, did such fearful execution that victory soon de- clared itself for him.
 When Robert of France heard of these feats of arms he lavished favors and honors upon Colin, and so great was the fame of the exploit that 1t was commemorated in the pantomimic representations that formed part of the rude dramatic performances of the age. By degrees the children learned to act It for themselves, and it took the form of the familiar sport.
 The blindfolded pursuer, as, with bandaged eyes and extended hands, he gropes for victim to bounce upon, seems in some degree to repeat the ae- ton of Colin Maillard, the tradition of which Is also traceable in the name blind mans buff.
 Excuses for BaDy.
 Teasing Friend--What makes that new baby at your house cry so much, Tommy?
 Tommy (indignantly)-It don't cry 50 very much; and, anyway, if all your teeth were out, and your hair off, and youS legs so weak you couldn't stand on them, fancy you'd feel like crying yourself!
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MAKING A LAZY FISH WORK.
Manner in Which the Chinese Make Use
 of the Remora.

Manner in Which the Chinese Make Use
 of the Remora.
 Most voyagers in tropical seas arc acquainted with the remora, which is known generally by the trivial name of the sucker. The distinguishing char aeteristie of this fish ia laziness. Un~ willing to exert itself overmuch In the pursuit of food, 1t has developed an ar rangement on the back of its head ex- aetly like the corrugated sole of a ten his shoe, and as artificial in appearance as if made and fitted by tb4 hand of man.
 When the sucker finds itself in the vi- cinity of any large floating body, such as 3 ship, a shark or a piece of Aotsam, whose neighborhood seems to promise an abundance of food, it attaches itself firmly thereto by means of this curious contrivance, which permits 1t to eat. breathe and perform all necessary func- tions while being carried about without any exertion on it's part. It can attach and detach itself instantaneously, and holds so firmly that a direct backward pull cannot dislodge it without injury to the fish.
 Several good sized specimens of the fish having been caught the Chinese fishermen fits small iron rings to their tails, to which he attaches long, sIeR- der, but very stout lines. Thus equip ped the fisherman sets out, and when a basking turtle is seen two or three of the suckers are put overheard. Should they turn and stick to the bot tom of the raft they are carefully de- tached and by being pushed forward with the inevitable bamboo, are start ed on the search again. At last they attach themselves to the supine turtle. Then the fisherman hauls in the lines, against which gentle suasion the hap less Chelon struggles in vain. Once on board the raft the useful remora is detached and is at once ready for use again.
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FUNNY TRuTHs.

It sometimes curbs fast bachelor to bridal him.
 It's hard for a wise man to bluff a fool who wants to fight.
 Tailors say that hard cash makes the best lining for pockets.
 Lots of people who cling to the an- chor of hope go down in the mud.
 A girl seldom troubles herself to light the gas when an old flame calls.
 Female poets are rare for the simple reason that poets are born, not maid.
 A farmer says the most difficult thing he ever tried to raise was a mortgage.
 The great trouble with milk of hu- man kindness is that it's skinned too often
 Numerous crimes have been com mitted against the helpless oyster in the name Of charity
 Some people would never want cer- tain things if they didn't see others trying to get them.
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Last week tF e grand jury return ed ten true bills aud nine of these were felonies The following par ties were convicted: Willis Will Hams, horse stealing, five years; Willis Washington, grand larceny, two courts, six years. Andrew Creeson, a fourteen-Year-old white boy, was given a term of six months in the penitentiary Tor obstructing a railroad track.
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POINTED SMILES.

The credulous being may be silly but he never gets bitter
 If you want 2 thirg 2 done quickly tell a, small boy not to to it.
 The long-winded man is the hotbox of agreeable conversation.
 Where q new hat is concerned all women believe in love at first sight.
 We learn more from our own failures than lrcm tho whole worlds successes.
 t is brave man who comes home wearing new Fall hat before his wife gets one
 Occupation is-nature's physician. and de pays wages Instead of sending in a 6ill
 Women always put garden seed a9say so carefully that they have to buy new seed every year.
 No show on earth IS considered sue ess unless 1t gives man three times the worth Of his money.
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POLITENEsS IN MEXICO.
Stately Courtesy Is Practised in Everyday
 Life Among All Classes.

Stately Courtesy Is Practised in Everyday
 Life Among All Classes.
 No other nation can equal Mexico in the stately courtesy practiced in eyery- day life among all classes. Even the poor laborers rarely address one aD- other without some terms of endear- ment. Como estas, mi alma% Glow are you, my soul?') is a com- mon form of address. Every one seems to have a gentle consideration for the feelings of others. My lady. l am at your feet" is the prescribed form of salutation from a gentleman who meets lady, whereas if two gen. tlemen meet they say, T kiss your hand"
 A Mexican will never permit lady to descend the stairs alone; he takes her by the hand or offers his arm, and only takes leave of her at the street door. Often in their rambles through Mexico strangers lose their way, and If they have a slight knowledge of Span ish an appeal to a native is certain to bring courteous relief.
 The Mexican lover calls his sweet heart "the very eyes of me-" and if she rejects him he is likely to say, since there IS no help, bow before you. kiss your feet and depart"
 Mexican politeness always has the appearance of perfect sincerity. An American young lady was once talking with an old Mexican gentleman and she laughingly said something. about having some literary work to do. 1t was good to see the old fellows im- pressive manner as he exclaimed: Work! Miss, such lips as yours should never mention work. You should be a queen and wear pearls as beautiful as those ineased in your lovely mouth"
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DIED.

Sunday morning just before 10 o'clock Mrs. Martha I. Mills, beloved wife of Dr. D. $. Mills. surrounded by her devoted husband, loving child ren and friends, surrendered her life at the family residence No. 1903 West Second avenue, and passed to her reward. She was stricken with chill last Thursday afternoon and gradually grew worse til the end came yester fay murnfng, The funer- al services will be held Tuesday morning at Il o'clock at the Main Street Methodist church, of which church she was a devoted member
 Mrs. Mills WAS born in Tennessee about the year 1881. She was Il daughter of Hon. Samuel Adams. who was one of the early settlers in Arkansas and was at one time gov ernor of the State. The late Major J ohn D. Adams, of Little Rock, was was brother of the deceased. She had been murried twire e, her first husband beng Mir. w. W. Andrews, a prominent planter near Hope, Ark Her surviving relatives in this city are Dr. U. $. Mills. Ter husband, two sons, Mesprs. Will " and Leo NJ. Andrews, and two daughters, Mes damcs Fred M Hudsop ard William N. Nichol. A daughter and spn, Mrs Leila Gillespie and MT. Everett An drews, who reside in Hope, and d son, Nr. Coll A. Andrews, in New Orleans. Besides these relatives are several grand children in each of the above named places, and mum erou,, relatives throughout the State
 In the death of Mrs. Mills this com munity has lost one of it's most high ly esteemed anG valued citizens. She was as a light in every home she visited. Her heart was fuli of ten- derneAs for the sick aud needy and suffering and ever ope to dny wof- thy appeal to her benevolence. Mrs. Mills was q true Christian woman in all the term implies and her religion was not confined 10 lip service; she was imhued with the beautiful spirit of Christ. and all her life, eo fnlI of good works, was beautiful illus tration of her piaty aud faith.
 MS-In this city at his home on Elst 12th avenue. Sunday afternoon, Feb. l2, 1899, Mr A. B. Williams, age 43 years.
 The deceased leaves Il wife an q three children in this city, a mother and brother at Prescott. Ark, and a brother at Sheridan, to mourn his death. He had been in the employ Of the postoffice at this place for the past five years as substitute mail carrier. He was greatly devoted to his family and was liked by all his a"quaintances.
 The remains will be taken t0 Grant county for burial.
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TIE WARNER SESSION,
Much Business Was Transacted By
 the Circuit Court Last, Week.

Prosecuting Attorney Sorrells and q large number of attorneys 'frcm this city returned last Friday afternoon last from Warner. where Circuit court has been in session for the past week and at which mudn important business was tran saeted. The oourt'h has not been ad- iourned there but other business is to be transacted in that body this week.
 Mccloud and Jackson, the two ne- groes who are charged with m lrder will be tried this week.
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DAM BR6kE
At Ladds Mill and That Place Was
 Thrown Into Confusion.

The mill dam situated at Ladds, Ark, thriving little lumber town l5 miles south of here on the Iron Mountain and the rfonerty of the E. P. Ladd Lumber company, broke on the north end Sunday afternoon and for a while it seemed as if thu town would be wiped out of creation by the rushing waters.
 Hands from nearby places volut $ teered to assist in closing the ere vase and all day Sunday worked manfully with the struggling waves.
 Word reached us this morning that they had succeeded in closing the breach with sacks of earth Tn damage as estimated reaches about $200.
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WstTTLEo TO A POINT

Family trees are more or less shady.
 Tho office never has to seek the man qb gay day.
 Some dogs are pointers and some are disapE Eaiuters.
 More people have the gift of speech than the gift of silence.
 The older the trousers the better they are prepared for the fray.
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Mir. M. j. Reynolds, an empIoyc in the Iron Mountain yards at this place, who had the misfortune to lose q thumb last Nocember, has oeen paid S10O for his floss and sui fering, as he held an, accident insur. ance policy. c.
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Rowdyism and disgraceful scenes were again in evidence at the post office sunday morning curing the general delivery hours. No officer was in sight and not even the post office authorities themselves at tempted to qLtll the Sabbath dis turbanees. The writer saw 1.-two lit- tie girls station themselves at the window before the delivery hours. The windows were opened and the fhoodlums" present crowded there to, at the same time pushing the l'ttle girls out to the renr of the crowd. II was fully three quarte s of ain hour before the little girls were able to get their mail. Tins disgf ace is becoming entirely to monotonous and if the public authorities do not take the proper steps the postoffice authorities should compell them to do SD.
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LEARN TO SAY NO" when a dealer offers you something just as good" in place of Hoods Sarsapa- rilla. There can be no substitute for Ameriea's Greatest Medicine.
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MT. ". H. Taylor. cotton buyer for the J. B. Speers Co.,. has purchase ed q lot on West Fifth avenue and will aw ard contract soon for tine erection of a spacious home on that tn r0ughfare.
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lhere nnbles cnn sxEtEa.

The Sandwich Islanders are so fond of the sea that they actually teach their children to swim long before they arc able to walk.
 The tiniest mites play games i'll wa fer well out of their depth
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Mrs. D Kerwin left this afternoon for Quincy, H., where she will vialf her son John, who is attenoiug , business college it that place
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Mrs. Florence Rothehild, If Overs boro. Ky, Ssho has been the guest of Miss May Meyer h this city for the past, week, left this morning fl}. Helena, where she will visit friend. before returning home
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The Commercial I.eague hlds an important business meeting at thpiI quarters on Pint. street this evening at 7;30 o'clock All memDprs ara re- uuested to be present.
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Crown Prince of Siam.

The Crown Prince of Siam is among the boy authors of the world; he has written several stories for English cnil- dren's magazines, and can write fluent v iTI three European languages.
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Bluff ityLumber c.. manufactur CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber Also sashes doors, blinds, and all kinds of interior and exteri1 finish. Every thrng at reasouablepr.ces.
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HOODS PILLS cure nausea. sick headache. Lilliousuess and all liver ills. Price g cents.
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Ex-Senator W. $ Amis, of Rison, who is q candidate for ohancellor of the new Fourth district, is visitor in the city today
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Hon WE. saliee went to Englaf.d this afternoon on an important busi- ness mission.
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Just received all kinds of Lan- dreth s onion se.s and garden seeds in uIN or papers m
 Mccain Grocery Co.
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President NJ. !. Manning, of the State Senate passed through thecit4 today enroute to Little Rock from Il visit to rela tives at Clarendon.
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Southwestern
 Telegraph ana Telephone Go.

Representative Galdwefl's bill reg nlating the price of weighing cotton to five cents a bale from October tt January and the remainder of the year ten cents, has passed. It is considered one of the most sensible introduced into the legislature since its convening.
 Sergeant Harry Lusby and eoruo- ral Il. J Stubblefield, two Pine Bluff boys W ho were members of Co. II Second Arkansas regiment, hich aa mustered out of service ut An- alston. Ala. Saturday, will arrive in tie city today and make this place their future home.
 Bill Evans, of Pine Bluff, is speak Ing of moving en his fathers farm sne-half mile east of Lanark. Bill was Sheriff of Calhoun county scvei- al years and is good man and We gladly welcome him and family tu Lanark any time they see if to come Warren Sentinel
 Prof. IIamil, the general agent for the International Sunday School As sociation of America, delivered 1t most interesting talk on Sunday school Work" at the Main street Methodist church Sunday evening. A large crowd greeted Prof. Hanil oW ing to the suspension of services at the other churcLes, and all were we'll paid for their visit
 Mir. ]. r. Clemnious, Of Swan Lake, in the city today. He says the re- Vefe rain of Inst Saturday finished tbe demolition f cotton that was yet in he neld There is not ono oIt of cotton left in the field" he said, the small amount which was eft and which we had hopes of yet picking, has been either washed aeay or beateI down"
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Messls.d c. steswnf.t ana Will " Scuil, formerly employed in the Blum establishment vii soon embark Il the tailor brokqrage business at tHe corner oi Main and Barraqnestreets, opposite the court house.
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Attorne9s II. K. White and D. II. Rousseau went to Warmer this morning ta attend Circuit Court.
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Bluff City Lumber Go. Manniactnr CT and dealer in all kinds of Lumber Also Sashes, Doors, Blinds and all kinds of Interior and Exterior finish. Every thing at rensnnnhle nrices-