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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-23

Smoke the Popular Punch cigars. 1Oc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-23

"A. Richard Little, one OF the defend
ants, being duly sworn, says: That he Is
informed and verify believes that one Of
the jurors to wit, T.. Il. Allen, after be-
ing empanelled and sworn in the case was
tampered with and undue influence was
useH to induce him to find verdict Of
guilty against the defendant.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this
2lst day of October, 1899.
Thomas p. Daniels, Clerk
c, Smith atty for deft, per Bonn
Mr.. Smith wants hearing on the
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22
REMEMBER that the Marietta jour

REMEMBER that the Marietta JOUR
NAL Job Office has been completely re-
fitted with the latest faces of new and
stylish job type, borders, rules, &c. land
there is no establishment in this Sec
ton better equipped to do fine print.
ing. Fast presses, steam power and
artistic printers, all make it easy fol
US to duplicate Atlanta prices and turn
out work with neatness and dispatch
See our new specimens Of work; office
near the postoffice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Industry is the great antidote
against bad feeling, common i'll
ness, discontentment and Adver-
sity. Poverty usually grinds the
hardest on the indolent, simply
because th0t Incidence violates all
laws of prosperity. An industri.
Gus people is a contented people,
and a contented people means a
happy, prosperous people. A
pretty good way to ruin boys is tc
allow them to act the gentleman
and spend their time in idleness
while the safety-valve of boys be-
coming good, true men, is to keel
the boys busy at work.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22
TO WELCOME CAPITAL.

A leading Northern man, who
has been established in Alabama
for some years and is intimately
identified with the business inter
ests of the state, in persona
letter to the editor of the Manu-
facturer's Record, says:
"You know | am no speculator.
believe i'll steady, continuous
conservative progress, which no
sudden collapse of business can
destroy. Things are tending to
over-speculation. If prices were
to rest where they are just now all
would be we'll, but they are going
higher, and there is danger ahead.
Men are not satisfied with sound
trade conditions. The modern
speculator has the nav of the
Centaur. The only thing that ia
vors us here in the south is the
cheapness of property,
raw material and labor. A sud-
den revulsion would fird the
south prepared. so far as her man
ufacturing interests are concern
ed, but her inflated stocks would
go to the depths like broken
pot. Nothing now can stay the
march of southern enterprise.
Steel, pig iron, bar iron, water
pipe, cotton manufacturing and
the great coal trade are even to-
day her great trophies. The south
will dominate these industries as
surely as the fertile lands of the
great west made new laws for the
agricultural Interests of the east
ern states and wrested the great
grain control and kindred trade
from that section.
prejudice, vicious and unrea-
sonable, keeps capital from this
section of the country, but the
of American trade be-
ing towards countries south of us
will give this region such an i'm
mense advantage that it will be
able to control, despite the enmi-
ty, jealousy and opposition of the
world. The north is making a |
great mistake. Instead of antag-
onizing southern progress, its
capital should be here to assist in
southern progress nation
al, continental, American. Glad
hearts would welcome it, and
there would be no danger line if
would avoid the quick
sands and select safe ground to
build on"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22
JUST so.

There was big joke perpetrated a
few days since in Atlanta which was
described in full in last Sundays Con-
stitution. Two young men piled crush
ed ice up around the tube in a Their
mometer hanging just outside drug
store. One man came along and see
ing the thermometer at 40 degrees
thought it wonderful for June and
pulled up his coat collar, By the time
the next one arrived he could see the
mercury dropping several degrees at a
time. At last the sidewalk was block
AIDED with people who couldn't under
stand the exceedingly low temperature.
At last the joke was discovered.
A Marietta man was reading this out
aloud to the usual Sunday morning
crowd near the pOstoffice. When he
finished an interested listener exclaim-
ed: ''Well, l can beat that. The other
day at my house, my better half and
myself got in to domestic broil. Let
me explain that these little 'spats' are
not frequent, but when they do occur
they make up for lost time. Our Their
mometer hangs in the hall where we
CHANGED to be when the argument
commenced. All at once we heard
something go pop-pop. We looked to
see, and there was the thermometer in
fragments!
The mercury had crawled up and at
last could go no further and the tubes
flew all to pieces. You see our Ian
guage made the atmosphere warm. 1t
was cheated argument" and no ther-
mometer could survive which was in
close proximity to the epithets which
we applied to each other. We have
made up now, but we have resolved to
move away from the thermometer
when We get riled again."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22
HUMBLE MILLIONAIRE.

| Mr.. James Tyson, the Austria
liam millionaire, e,from the po-
sition of a plowman. He COM
menced life as mower at SO a
week, and died worth $25.0OO, 600.
All through his life he remained
an industrious plowman. Poor
or rich, he worked all day and
every. day; he never put on a
white shirt, never wore any but
the plainest clothes, never owned
a pair of gloves, and never ate
anything but the coarse, plain
food to which in his poor days he
had been accustomed. He never
read, enjoyed no amusement, and
sought as little intercourse with
his fellow creatures as business
permitted. He thought little
about money, did not give any
away, and did not seek greatly to
add to his store, and he never
married. His one ideal was to
make water flow where no water
was, to cover arid soil with grass,
and to fill the land with good
stock. Having his whole force
concentrated on that business, he
succeeded marvelously, and bought
fenced, watered and stocked es-
tate after estate all over Austria
liza, took leases. of thousands of
square miles, and, when he died,
he was the greatest stock owner in
the world, with half a million
acres in freehold, and acres in
leasehold almost beyond counting.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22


Otis wins one brilliant victory
after another, but they seem to be
like brilliant fireworks, having no
lasting effect. The enemy disap-
pears at one point only to reap
pear at another, and there is lit
tie, if any, permanent gain of
tel ritory. Nor, since Aguinaldo
rec lived the ultimatum of "un-
conditional surrender" have there
been any further overtures for
peace. The war drags on its
weary length, and there no signs
that it is near an end.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Ten ''yaller" ours will do more
harm to single sheep raising Sec
ton than a good sized circus
would do to the whole state. Our
august legislators stopped the cir
Gus and disappointed the chill
dren. Now kill the "yaller purp''
and let the sheep grow, says the
Dawson Dispatch.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

The wheat convention to be
held in Macon ON the 18th of July
promises to be largely attended,
and it will be one of the most i'm
portant gatherings of the people
yet held or to be held in Georgia
this year. The Macon Telegraph
deserves credit as the originator.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Married men, according to a
German Investigator, live longer
than bachelors, and are less like
ly to become insane. Another
argument for matrimony is found
in the fact that there are 3S Grim
inals among every 900 bachelors,
while among the married men the
ratio is only Is per 900.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

"I'll be glad when | get big
enough to wash my own face, "
said little Willie, as his mother
finished the operation. "Why so,
dear ?" she asked. "'Cause then
] won't wash it" replied the pre-
cocious youth.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

- Tae state of New York may be
Nhsaidered wide open" The
JAfrIes-F itzsimmons fight could
not have been pulled off in that
state a year ago. This causes the
Chattanooga News to wonder
whether prize fighting. has grown
better or whether public senti-
ment has grown worse =?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

In a sensational sermon Sunday
night in Atlanta, DR.. l.. G..
Broughton. pastor of the Baptist
Tabernacle, called upon the city
council to impeach James G.
Woodward, Mayor of Atlanta.
DIR. Broughton said the chief ex.
ecutive was confessed gambler
a libertine, a sot, and disgrace
to the city"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

The yellow fever, reported to be
epidemic at Vera Cruz; Mexico, is
apparently of exceptionally viru-
lent type as compared with vista
tions of recent years in this 'coun-
try. The death rate at Vera Cruz
is reported to be over 60 per cent.
six times as high as has been in
this country during any recent
outbreak. The probabilities are
that Vera Cruz is dirty and un.
drained town.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

s'Willie, l hate to whip you.
1t hurts me worse than it does
you" "Let ma do it, then. She
can't pound hard 'nough to hurt
me ner her either. y
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Bullion-''Want a little advice,
eh? Well, my advice to a young
man is never to run in debt. "
Harduppe-''What else is there
to do? You can't expect him to
stand when his creditors show up. "
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Old Glory" doesn't seem to
wave over the captured territory
Of the philippines very long at
the time. Gen. Otis has to fall
hsck too often.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Joax-"Your friend Smith fell
out of the window of ten-story
building and escaped without a
scratch. " Hoax-"Oh, what are
you giving me?" Joax-"That's
right. He was on the first floor"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

This is Mark Twain's latest pun,
which, he says, cost him eight
days labor: "Since England
and America have been Joined to-
gether in Kipling may they never
be severed in Twain"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Hon. Clarke Howell has an
n9unced that he will be candi-
date for the state senate next year
with the object of becoming presi-
dent OF that body.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Lieut.. Gov. Worthington of
Kentucky has served as acting
Governor for two weeks. During
that time he has pardoned thirty
two convicts.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

. Before sailing from Hong Kong
Dewey's sailors painted the
"Olympia" a white, but when
they land in New York they will
want to paint the town red.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Congressman Richard P. Bland.
of Missouri aied at his home in
Lebanon sop last Thursday.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

When 8hR Filipinos hear of the
Fitgsiminons-J effries prize fight,
they Will think New York civili-
cation ID not any better than their
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern
Railway Company.

Effective December 18th, 1898, the fol-
lowing change in schedule will take eff
feet on the A. K. & N. Ry:
Passenger trains going south will leave
Knoxville at S:45 a. M. arriving Mariet-
ia at CHS p. m. Leave Atlanta, going
north, at $3.50 a. M, Marietta 9:15 a. M.
arriving at Knoxville $50 p. m.
Train leaving Blue Ridge at 1000 a. m.
arriving at Knoxville : p. M, returning
leaving Knoxville at 9 a. M, arriving at
Blue Ridge at 100 p. m, will be aban-
doned. Train leaving Marietta at 1000
a. m arriving at Blue Ridge at 20 D.
m, returning leave Blue Ridge at 2 D. m.
arriving at Marietta $50 D. m will be
abandoned. j. H. MCWILLIAMs,
T. P. A., A. K. & n. Ry.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Mob regulators of religion in
Maine the other day tarred and
feathered apreacher whose preach
ing they did not like. Mob regu-
lators of morals at West Berlin,
VT, sarred and feathered a Lo-
thario whose love making they OBJ
jected to on Sunday night last.
Mob government seems to be
rather popular in New England
these days.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Within the last few days mobs
have attempted to lynch negro
rape fiends at Philadelphia, and
Bridgeport, Conn, but in both
eases they were baked of their
purpose by the officers of the law.
1t would seem that the northern
mob has no more respect for the
law than the southern mob, but is
more coward'y.-Chatt n o o a
News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

THE best of Vehicles, the safest of dri
vers and the fastest of horses are always
ready, night and day for hire. No man
or woman or child ever has givenme a
call an the past, who has been, nor shall
any ever in the future be dissatisfied
with my teams or the men in my employ.
Everything and every body about me are
number one.
l have cheapened my charges proper
tionate to the stringency of the times.
For references as to the truth of what
say, as to the turnouts and charges, go
to my friends, which means the people
generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible
for the safety of themselves, vehicles and
horses.
j. A. G. ANDERSON.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

Snobs are to be given credit,
after-all, they work SO hard them
SELVES to make themselves imita-
tions of the real thing.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-06-22

|
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
The Walls Ran Down.

The Irishman who went up in the ho-
tel lift without knowing what it was
did not recover easily from the sur
prise. He relates the story in this way:
II wint to the hotel, and, says /, is
Misther Smith in?'
Yes said the man with the sojer
cap. VIII yez step in?
so 1 steps into the closet, and all of
a suddint he pulls the rope, and-its
the truth Fze telling yez-the walls of
the building began running down to
the cellar.
"'Och, murtherr says I. 'WhatIl be-
come of Bridget and the children which
was left below there?'
'Says the sojer cap man: BE aisy,
sorr. They'll be all right when yez
come down
"'Come down, is it:' says I. And
it is no closet at all, but Il haythenish
balloon, that yeZ got me in"
tAnd wild that the walls stood stock
still, and he opened the door. and there
1 was wild the roof just over my head!
And. beGOrra, that's what saved me
from going up to the hevins intireIyw
Irish Independent.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
FOR STATE MEETING.
Committees Named to Make Ar.
rangements for Convention
of Merchants.
IN ROCK ISLAND IN FEBRUARY.

Retailers Association Selects Members to
Perform the Various Duties in Connec-
tion With the Entertainments of the
Gathering-Five Hundred Delegates Ex-
pected-wIu BE Here Three Days.
At the semi-monthly meeting of the
Rock Island Retail Merchants asse-
citation last night, the work of ar
ranging for the state convention to be
held in this city.Feb. Is, II and Is, was
begun. About 500 delegates are ex-
pecetd to be present and the conven-
tion promises to be one of unusual in
terest. The home retailers are making
elaborate arrangements for the enter
tainment of the visitors.
The following are the committees
appointed.
Executive-L. Kohn, Will Hess, B.
F. Knox, W. A. Ehleb, E. B. Stone,
Z. j. Sommers, William Stewart, L. E..
SCHNEIDER, A. j. Riess, IR. Champion.
w. B. Petit. c. w. Horton, L. Mosen-
fielder, W. T. Hartz.
Finance - George Schneider. r.
Kushmann, NJ. H. Sexton, Joseph
Lerch. NJ. Buncher. c. Oswald, w. j.
Moeller, J. NJ. Schaab, George Hess.
Win Lamont. L. &. Eddy, R. c. Ben
son.
nvitation-William Stewart, A. P.
Hartz. DR.. j. De Silva.
roasts-C Z. Adams, E. B. Nc
Kown, George H. Kingsbury.
Entertainment-F. L. Myers, NJ. c..
Rice, ID. Roy Bowlby.
Decoration-E. Z. Mangold, w. L..
EvSfer w q TTpttan
Music-H. Kramer, o. Apple, w. c..
Totten.
Banquet-George A. Mcdonald, II.
E. Krell, Z. f Maugold.
Halls and Hotels-E. G. Frazer, w.
IL. Marshall, G. X. Wheelan.
Interpretations r. Wright,
George Scott. j. ID Rlakc.
Printing and Badges-J. L. Motifs
ker. Clint Cash. Henry Kramer.
Reception-M. II. Sexton. Norman
II. Wcodin, l. c. Pfoh. ID. Don, Thom-
as Dolly. c. +. Adams. W. Il. Petit,
George Schrualc, j. NJ. Schaah, w. j.
Moelcr, j. T. Shields, L. f. LaVelle,
S. j. Apple.
Club Cooperate.
Committees have been named by
the Rock Island Club to cooperate with
the merchants as follows:
Execulive-George Price, r. A.
Donaldson, w w. Harris.
Financc-T. +. La Velle, j. II. Nor
rison. a. Mosenfelder.
EnteIt linment--W. S. McCombs.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

L. r. Walters is in Orion.
w. j. Brown, of St. Paul, is in the
city.
Mrs. C. S. Yetter has returned to
Beardstown after visit in the city.
Edward Sommers and little son, of
Chicago, are visiting relatives in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dixon and
daughter, Miss Lulu, of indianapolis,
who have been visiting at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Leonard,
in South Rock Island, returned home
today.
DR.. j. r Hollowbush has returned
from Des Moines. where he attended
the convention of the Western Surgi-
cal and genealogical association,
and by which he was bonored with
election to the vice presidency.
The Memorial Christian church eld
a Christmas entertainment for the
Sunday school at Armory hall last
evening. There was huge Christ
mas tree, which was stripped of its
presents and candies, which were dis
tributed among the children. A pro-
gram of music and recitations was
rendered.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
UNIONS NAME OFFICERS.
Carpenters aud BARRIERS Hold Elections
Last Night

Carpenters aud BARRIERS Hold Elections
Last Night
Officers were elected as follows last
night by Carpenters and Joiners'
union No. loo:
Presiicat-J. j. Ford.
Vice President-Frauk Bleuer.
Recording Secretary-A. w. john
son.
Financial Secretary George C.
Barnes.
Treasurer-F. Nachbaur.
G., nductor-John Brant.
Warden-Gust Beregson.
Trustee. A. Anderson.
Journeymen BARRIERS union No.
113 elected officers at its meeting last
evening. The officers are:
Presldent-Joseph Richart.
Vice Presidential l.. Salyard.
Corresp onding and Financial Secre-
tary-Leo Vermere.
Recording Secretary Gilbert Goff.
Guide-J. F. Waddell-
Guardian-Henry Dresser.
Trustees Biehl, Herman
Holtorf, William Dsisenroth.
Delegates to Tri City Labor Con-
gress-Ered Hoesli, Leo Vermere,
Gilbert Goff. NJ. L. Salyard, Charles
Burchard. Delegates to Industrial
Home Associa:ion-J. F. Doonan.
William Deisenrotb. Joseph Richart;
alternate-Henry Dresser.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
DahIing For Food.

1t is an interesting fact that when
the dahlia was introduced into Europe
it was not as a flower that it was
valued. but as vegetable. The plant
is said to be really akin to the potato,
and it was thought that it would prove
an important addition TO our food re-
Irces. The single variety seems to
have been imported first. the Marchion-
css of Butte having introduced it about
100 years ago. 1t came to us from
Madrid, the Spaniards having. it is be-
lieyed. found it first in Mexico. and it
was introduced into France as well as
England.
\ few daring adventurers appear to
have made trial of it as an edible root,
but 1t is never an easy matter to popu-
lariZe a new article of food. and the
tuber of the dahlia did not take on. II
it had done so. the probability Is that
we should never have troubled much
about its cultivation as a flower. We
never do grow things for fruit and
flower, too. and If we had sacks of
dahlia bulbs in Covent Garden we
should have had no dahIia show at the
Crystal Palace.-London Correspond
ence.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
JOHN GLASS KILLED.
Sad Fate of Brakeman on
the Burlington Rail-
road.
BETWEEN CAR AND ELEVATOR.

Accident Occurs While the Crew Is switch
Ing at Alpha This Mornlng-Unfortu-
nate Young Man Dies Two Hours After
ward in the once of q Physicisn-A
Member of Company A.
John Glass, a brakeman on the Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy, whose
home was at sos Twelfth street, in
this city, met sad fate while in the
performance of his duty today at AL
pha, where he was crashed between a
car and an elevator, his death ensuir e
two hours afterward.
Glass was on the extra list at the
Burlington. For a month or more
he had been running on the coal run
from Rock Island to Viola. At $50
this morning, while enroute to The
latter town, the train stopped at
Alpha to pick up several cars. Dur
the switching Glass was hanging onto
the side of car, and not noticing
in time an elevator located alongside
the track and toward which the train
was moving. he was caught and roll
ed between the building and the car
He fell TO the gronnd, where he was
found by Conductor J. ID. Brown and
Engineer Ed Dempsey, who carried
him to the nearest physician, but all
efforts to save his life were unavail-
ing, and he breathed his last at 1880
o'clock. One arm had been broken,
but it was the Internal injuries that
caused his death.
Body Brought Home.
The body arrived here on the noon
passenger train and was taken to
knoN's undertaking parlors and pre-
pared for burial. Glass was 81 years
of age. He is survived by his
father. eN-Policeman William Glass,
and his mother. Mrs. G.. &. jerks,
with whom he made lis home, and
one brother, William, and one sister,
Lottie. He was member of Compa-
ny A, with which he served with dis
tinction through the Puerto Rico cam
DaiUn.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
MoUoIN IS DEAD.
Saccumbs to Paralytic Stroke at His
Home Today.

Home Today.
Clemens Mougin, who for many
years was fiagman for the Burlington
and Peoria railroads at the Eighteenth
and Nineteenth street crossings,
passed away this morning at his
home. 609 Twenty-fourth street, after
being confined to his bed for one
week with paralysis.
Mr.. Mougin was a native ofFrance,
where he was born in 1924. He was
married in Germany to Miss Charlotte
BAIL. They came to America in
1854, settling in Davenport, where he
followed his trade, that of wool spin
ner. Twenty-one years ago the fam
ily moved to Rock Island, where Mr..
Mougin had resided since, with the
exception of a brief residence in
Gable.
As guard at the Eighteenth and
Nineteenth street railroad crossings,
Mr. Mougin prevented numerous ac-
cidents and saved many lives, and will
be remembered kindly by all who
knew him. He is survived by his
wife and six children: Louis and Miss
Mary Mougin. at home; Mrs. Louis
Glockhoff and Mrs. George Schneider,
of Rock Island, and Mrs. Barbara
Braack and Mrs. Anna Egan, of Mil
waukee.
The funeral will he held at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon from st. Mary's
church.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Norton, of 430 Forty-fourth
street. died last night. The remains
were inferred in Calvary cemetery
this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-29
PiIlsbury at Chess.

H. N. Pillsbury had no difficulty in
defeating mem bers of the Rock Island
and Davenport Chess clubs at Turner
hall, Davenport, last night. Twelve
games were played at once by the
while he could not see any of
the boards. Those playing against him
were II. a. Weld and DIR. w. C..
Shoemaker, of Rock Island, and
Felix Hirschil, j. Allen, Ed fischer,
DIR. jay. o. F. Hansen, L. c. Cross
EFT. A. Bergman, Frank Bailuff and
Oscar fischer, of Davenport.