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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

MILLER.--In Secleyville, Sept. 3. 1890, at
5 a. m" Mrs. John Miller, Funeral
notice later
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

Finest wines and cigars at Lanes.
S20 Spruce street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

CASE WAS SETTLED. Charles Court =
right was arrested and brought before
Alderman Millar yesterday on a charge
of stealing 81 from a Mrs. Henderson.
The case was settled by his sister.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

IN a PRECARIOUS CONDITION
Helen Shafter, the young girl who was
acCidcr tally shot by Albert White, in
North Scranton, ON Sunday evening, lies
in Il prccarious condition at the Lacka-
wanna hospital
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

Try the "Joy Maker" cigar, &c, /"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. F. NJ. T. Howley. .2S1 Wyoming ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

On one side Of the board was painted
the usual inscription on postal cards,
with the following address: Tim l..
Stanley and bride, Just Married, Scran-
ton, Pa. Care of Secretary National
convention, N. A. l.. c." on the other
side was a picture of Cupid, with the
following names and congratulations:
CONGRATULATIONS
of the
PosToFFlCE EMPLOYEES
of
COLORADO SPRINGS. COLORADO.
SOL. G. DANA, p. NJ
q. NJ. EDMONDSON, Asst. z. NJ.
Carriers. Clerks.
Harry u. Funk. s. y Gamble.
Fred Il. Dunkle. T. i. Dana.
William T.. Hart. T.. Thomas
AL Wyatt. J. Il. Thornton.
s. ]. Britton. John J. Young.
4. y. White. Luella S. Perry.
W. G. Robin. Florence Il. York.
p. VI. Edward John G.. Everett
w. f. Enworth j. A. Bowen.
Geo. II. Hardie. n. X. Mc1ain.
O. NJ. Mcbride. w. s. Laurie.
Edw. II. Joslyn. IL. S. Policy.
Brooke Irvine. W. W. Udick
S. A. Spencer. Il. =. Carter.
w. Il. Goodrich. II. w. Davis.
r. T.. Chaplin,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07
DIED.

Smoke the Popular Punch Cigar, 1Oc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

COUNCIL MEETING.--Thercw will be a
regular meeting Of the select council to-
night.
ANNlN ERSARY TONlGlIT.-Thc sew
enth anniversary of Thomas Fitzgerald
will he celebrated at the Rescue Mission
tonight. Cream will be served at the
close of the service.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

HIS LEG BROEEN.-Nicholas Kcltz,
while unloading a load Of stone at the
Bolt and Nut works yesterday afternoon,
had his left leg broken by a heavy stone
falling on it. He was removed to the
LaCkawanna hospital
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

PEDLAR ASS SbULTED Max Miller a
pedlar, while walking along Capouse
avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, was vio-
lontly assaulted by a crowd of young
lads who puunced upon him and cut his
head open, Two of the crowd John
Clarke and John Malloy, were arrested
yesterday and taken before Alderman
Howe, who held them In 800 bail each
Warrants are out for the arrest of eight
or ten more of the garg and they will
probably be rounded up today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

HOME REMEMBERED THE enter
tainment committee Of the Carriers as
sociation did not forget the Home for
the Friendless in the midst of all he
festivities. Several big boxes of sand
wiChcs ana quantity of pickles were
gladly received Tuesday. Yesterday
quantity of bread, buns and sandwiches
was presented by Mcssrs. George Backus
and l., Moses, thanks for which are duly
extended
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07

ONE OF the pleasant surprises at
" the mailcarriers' convention
NesterdaY WAS the nresentntin,,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
An Indian Bridal Pair.

"Once saw n pretty thing, a young
bride of the Kickapoos, on Il sort of
wedding trip. She was tall and slight.
and-so closely do the members of a
tribe resemble one another-she looked
like the twin sister of her young hus-
band. At first they were accompanied
by stout old chief. but he left after
circus day. 1t is odd to see an Indian
chief patronize the peanut and lemon
ade stands. and sit unmoved 1T the per
formance, and yet stand enthralleG be-
fore the cages OF animals unknown on
his native prairies. The bride and
bridegroom spent three or four days in
the town. wandering about as uncon-
sciously as Adam and Eve in the Gar
den. The man was already masterful
and protecting, the girl shy and sub
servient Day after day they walked
hand in hand, looking at everything,
people, shops, cattle, but never speak
ing to anyone, never even to each 9th
er, yet deeply content in the conscious
ness of companionship. They were 4
living example of the happiness of sim
plicity, and, while they stayed in the
hustling town, made many a civilized
man and woman think of how far their
own conduct as wives and husbands
fell short of the standard of this uncon.
scious Indian pair"-Ainslee's.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
4 RraYc BIunder.

Never perhaps was q more regret
able order given than that which sent
Il hundred cavalrymen against the
Confederate rear guard ut Falling
Waters. Two depleted companies of
the Sixth Michigan Cavalry-Custer's $
men they and heroes every one-were
ordered to charge the breaStWorks
which Gems Heth and Pettigrew had
thrown up TO cover the retreat of the
Southern army across the Potomac.
1t was hopeless, but the men never
faltered. They gailoped along, un-
molested at first. for no one dreamed
they could be Union men advancing
to attack. Presently they surmounted
a little knoll where L number OF ofil-
GERS We're standing, and dispersed the
group, mortally wounding General
Pettigrew. Heth's men now opened
upon them murderous fire and, rs
was long supposed in the South, where
the pluck of the hopeless onset was
much admired, all We're shot down
AS Il matter of fact, six men of the
hundred lived through the fire, and
rode or ran back to their lines. One
of these. Lieut.. Elliot NJ. Norton, after
ward won IL medal of honor.-NeW
York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
The Thiexine Mongoose.

There are numerous instances on rec
ord Of the remedy being worse than the
disease. Witness the case Of the mon
goose. a small liZard-like animal which
was introduced into the West Indies
several years ago as remedy against
the gray rats. 1t made way with the
rats partly, but not entirely.
In the meantime, however, 1t has IL
self become as great pest 1t has near
ly exterminated poultry and birds from
the islands, is very destructive to turtle
ercs. and is n terror to small lambs
pigs and kids. 1t deyours all sorts OF
fruits, sugar cane, fish, wild game,
snakes. crabs, and even extends Its
thieving operations to the provisions OF
the house.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
Soldiers in Battle.

Speaking of the persvsiiiei vf the sol
uIer OF the civil war veteran says:
The reckless daredevil compelled ad-
miration. but the steady fellow, who
kept duty before him in spite of realiz-
ing the danger, commanded confidence.
An example of the former was the
private soldier in the trenches at Nicks-
burg, ragged and dirty, and in no sense
looking like Il hero, who, rising up
from a pitiful little fire on which his
blackened tin cup of coffee was heat
ing, found himself face to face with a
party of officers of high rank, who
had Just come around an angle of the
works, as Il kissing grenade fell at
their and his feet. Among these of
ficers were men whose names are
synonymous for bravery, but they
stood transfiXed when the ragged hero
picked up the shell, and blowing on the
fuse to make sure of its being in work
ing order, threw it back over the breast
works, yelling TO the Confederates,
Keep it yerselves; we don't want it,
and turned to his coffee as the thing
exploded, just out Of reach, with a
force that a moment sooner would
have blown them all to atoms.
Another case will Illustrate the valor
of man through Il sense of duty. He
WAS the lieutenant of an Ohio regiment
in its first battle. The command was
lying down, sheltered by depression
in front of which was an open field
with Confederate earthwork a couple
of hundred yards ahead. Over this
open place rifle balls were singing and
fine stuff from the field pieces was
whistling. The colonel of the regi-
ment, returning from his brigadier in
the rear, was ON the point of going out
TO view the ground over which the
regiment was to charge presently. In
answer to Il lieutenant'S question, he
said he had to know whether ravine
Oh the left extended up into the ground
in front. The lieutenant pulled him
down gently to where all were crouch
ing and said calmly, Let me so.
There's only one colonel to this regi-
ment, but there's Il lot of us lieuten-
ants" Five minutes later, as he band
aged a badly shattered leg he had
dragged back, he described the ground
accurately to the colonel. This done,
without q word of comment he started
back to the rear to get the leg liked
by the Doctor
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
OF the Army of the Cumbel

infantry OF the Army Of the Cumber-
land than Wolford's. Even when he
commanded only regiment he seemed
to be constantly in hot water, and, as
the boys put it, he was always feeling
the enemy. When he came TO command
a brigade and a division he seemed TO
be more active and to have greater
luck in striking the enemy or In being
struck, because WoOlford was not the
kind of a man that was uniformly on
top.
ION one occasion he was surrounded
by the cavalry of the enemy and cut
his way out with difficulty. He imme-
diately sent Il report TO Gen. Burnside
stating the plain facts of the case, say
ing in effect that he had been surround
ed that lie and n part of the command
had cut their way out, but that he
feared that all his guns had been cap
tured, and that good many of the ar
tillerymen had been shot. He offered
no excuse whatever. He might have
said that flag of truce was used to
misIead him, and that this led to his
defeat But he told the plain truth
truth without Guessing over the dis
tressing parts of the report.
"Wolford, after he came to command
n brigade and Il division, was so con-
stantly on the move, was in so many en-
gagements, that we of the infantry
came to regard him as n handsome,
dashing man like Rousseau, always in
front of a prancfng horse and always
in state OF great excitement. On one
occasion when | was on the Generals
staff | was sent forward 10 Wolford
with n message. His whole command
was engaged and there was a tremen
odus racket. could see that the troops
were being well handled and rode to-
ward the front expecting every minute
to come on Wolford and his staff.
81 saw two rather slouchy-looking of
ficers sitting on fence and l stopped
to ask where | would find Wolford.
One of them seemed to be very much
interested in the fight, but he was
calmly whiting a splinter from fence
rail, and looking up asked what I
wanted with Wolford. l replied that l
had a message from the commanding
General. Very well, them said the Off
Ger, you may give it to me. l am Col.
Wolford.' did not believe it for a min
ute, but then l saw that he wore a
colonels shoulder straps, and after
looking him over suspiciously l decid-
ed that I would give the message
"As he read the message or the order,
he turned and said something in low
tone to his companion on the fence,
and the latter, jumping down, gave a
! low whistle, an orderly came up with
a horse, and away he went to push for
| ward the line on the left. Then VOL
/ ford turned to ne and said: The Gen
| eral wants to know how the fight is
1 going. Will you tell him that I'll be
| blanked if | know? / think we are go
ing TO whip them, but if we do it will
be heavy job, and none of us are
shouting any. Yes he said, as he
! jumped off the fence, you present my
compliments TO the General and tell
him that l am blanked if l know how
the fights going"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
mn. suaep in swltzerl.nd.

In Switzerland the chimney sweep is
IN official parsonage. He is the en-
ploye of the commune, receiving fixed
salary. He is also. as many tourists
will have noticed. one Of the few sons
Of the Helvetian republic who on sun
days and week days sport a tan SILK
hat. On his official tour he takes II
of blandily, and informs the house
holder that he is empowered by the
state to inspect his fiues." In the can
ton of Grisons recently the post and
title of communal chimney sweep
was opened to competition. The sal
airy was $160 year, and the candi-
dates were numerous. But the strange
thing was that they were mostly
schoolmasters from Italy, a painful
sign Of the times in that unrestful
land.-Boston Traveller.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
Can Live without Atr.

The common snail, which, although 1t
has lungs. heart and general circula-
ton, being in every respect an air
breathing animal, can yet live for an
indefinite period without inhaling the
least atom of air.
On the approach Of winter the snail
retreats into its shell, and hermeticaEy
closes the opening or mouth with a Sc
erection of silky texture, which is abso-
lutely impervious to both air and water.
Spallauzani kept small snail hermet-
ically sealed in glass tube, from which
all air had carefully been removed, for
four years and two months, and yet II
resumed all its natural functions within
less than an hour after being exposed to
a temperature Of so degrees.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
BATTERY TO FIGHT FIRE.
Unique Piece of Department Appara
tus in san francisco.

tus in san Francisco.
The San Francisco fire department
has in its service a machine bearing
somewhat the appearance of small
cannon mounted on two wheels, says
the Philadelphia Record. Instead of
pouring out shot and shell like the lat
ter the machine in question, however,
pours out a great volume of water on
fire with telling effect. This piece
Of apparatus is known as the Monitor
battery and was invented by ii. III.
Gorter, constructor for the San Fran
cisco fire department. 1t is designed
to take the place of a water tower in
small confines where the latter cannot
be taken and can be used i'll base
ment blaze and up to n fourth story in
elusive. Several lines of hose are CON
| nected, thus concentrating great force
of water that is easily handled by one
| man.
The nozzle is provided with tips.
| When not in action the table upon
which rests the huge nozzle is suspend
| ed so as to throw the weight on the
wheels and relieve the horse of the
strain. When required for action the
| table is released by a lever which
| throws it forward to a level, at the
| same time moving the center of grav-
ity forward The weight is thus thrown
| between the toes at the end of the shaft
and the axle, giving the machine sta,
bility to withstand Il back pressure OF
1,5OO pounds to the square inch. The
toes referred to are spikes under the
end of the shaft for the purpose of OBJ
tanning purchase in the ground to
prevent moving.
The vertical movement of the nozzle
is on an improved ball and socket joint
allowing Il free flow of water at any
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
Nashville has few idle men.

Nashville has few idle men.
India has immense coal deposits.
Steamer Oceanic employs 800 men.
England has S4,O33 union engineers.
New York State has 1SS,455 union
lists.
New York has a Hebrew Bakers
union.
London bricklayers get 10 cents per
hour.
Wheeling made 56,25O,O0O stogies last
year.
Berlin sewage farm laborers get 2.6l
n week; 17-hour day.
Unionists managed an Industrial eX'
position at Minneapolis.
Southampton has municipal dwelling
houses (edifices erected and rented by
the city.
There is no mill and smeltermen'
union in Anaconda. The largest
smelter city is in the State of Wash
ington.
At Pittsburg the carpenters and
painters have withdrawn their dele
gates from the Central Union because
the dues were increased from 1-3 to >.
cents.
Canada's trades and labor congress
wants the alien labor law amended Sc
that it will cover all aliens imported
under contract, mo matter from wha
country they come" \ labor politica
party is projected.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
The "Greenback Raid"

Once Mosby, while unattended by
any Of his command, captured two
Federal cavalrymen. This story is
thus related by Williamson:
He stopped at farm house John
Coleman's), for the purpose of making
some inquiries, when hearing a noise in
his rear, he turned and perceived two
Federal cavalrymen picking cherries
from tree. Riding to where the two
men were standing. he asked. What
regiment do you belong to-" The wa
terproof which Mosby had thrown over
his shoulders TO protect him from the
drizzling rain, hid his gray uniform,
and the cavalrymen, not suspecting
who he was, answered that they were
from the Fifth New York. He told
them who he was and demanded their
surrender. AS they were unarmed and
had only struggled from their camp
near by, there was no alternative and
they yielded.
Coming iii sight of the pike he dis
covered long train Of wagons passing,
guarded by Federal cavalry. Turning
to his prisoners, he told them he was
in tight place and meant to get out;
that If either showed the slightest sign
of an intention to betray him he would
instantly shoot him. Having thus eau
toned them, he tied their horses heads
| together to prevent their parting, and
| trotting along at brisk gait, passed
| through the train and made his way
safely to Gen. Stuart's headquarters.
| The train guards no doubt mistOOk
| Mosby for one Of their own officers and
the prisoners for his orderlies or escort.
The boldness of his action threw them
completely off their guard.
The best haul ever made by Mosby's
men was the unexpected capture of two
Federal paymasters. This capture grew
out of the deraiing of railway train
and Is thus described:
Dear fired on him and he fell. No
| ticing group of five officers around
the stove, Dear walked up to them and
ordered them to surrender. He at
tempted to take satchel from one of
the officers, and as the man refused to
| give IL UP, Ills itiION -OintciS toid Hlui
he had better give it up or they would
be killed. The cause of his reluctance
to part with the satchel was apparent
to Dear when he marched his prisoners
from the train and turned them over to
Col. Mosby. To his surprise, he then
learned that it was filed with green
backs; that among his prisoners were
Maj Moore and Maj. Ruggles. paymas
ters, with their funds. The other Off
GERS were two captains and one lieu
tenant.
"All met next day at bloomfield, IL
Loudoun County, examined into the
condition of our submitted States
Treasury, and finding there net sur
plus of $16S,000, the same was divided
among our stockholders $4,000 each
and circulated SO freely in Loudour
that never afterwards was there II pl'
or blooded horse sold in that section fo
Confederate money!
This expedition was always spokel
of as tt, "Greenback Raid"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
For His Eriend.

James Brown and Harry Lee were
the closest of friends. They we're
painters by trade and unmarried.
James Brown, however, was the only
support of an invalid mother, the feet
being well known to Harry. The New
Voice tells the story of their friendship
as follows:
The two young men were at work
uon one of the high buildings of the
city. For some reason Harry had oc-
casion to descend to the ground, and
there noticed for the first time how in
secure was James position. At the
same moment he was Mortified TO See
him lose his footing.
AS quickly as thought can work
Harry remembered the invalid mother,
and stepped in an instant directly into
the spot where James would drop, and
braced himself.
BY something like miracle he sue
ceeded in his purpose of rescue. When
the two men were brought into the
Flower Hospital in New York it was
discovered that Harry had not received
fatal injury, and James, for whom he
had risked his life, was suffering
chiefly from the breaking Of both
wrists and the bones of one ankle.
Harry. who was the first TO be well
enough TO report for duty, found n
pleasure in caring for the invalid
mother of his friend as if he were her
son.
The doctors of the hospital, who alone.
were aware of the facts. report an eS
preston of gratitude upon the face of
James whenever Harry visited him
during his convalescence. look that
expressed more than human eyes are
accustomed TO see or human hearts to
rpyp11
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
Miss Proctor's Youthful Critics

Miss Mary Proctor, the astronomer
and lecturer, takes a deep interest in
social settlement work in the big cities,
and frequently gives her personal ser
vices toward entertaining poor chill
dren and adults. Generally her lee
lures are very well received. Many Of
her audiences often manifest better at
tention than those drawn from higher
circles. Now and then there are ex-
ceptions.
On one occasion a bright-eyed little
boy, who sat in the front row with his
eyes fixed upon the speaker, was asked
how he liked it.
Il guess" he said, at was pretty
good, but she ought to talk about lions
and tigers. That's better for every
body"
At another lecture youngster criti-
cised her as follows:
Its all very well to talk of weigh
ing and measuring stars. There are
some people. of course, who believe
that sort of thing, but if she thinks she
can fool us boys with such fairy tales
she's very much mistaken. ."-Philadel-
phia Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
First.Class Sewing Machines for
S14.26.

For those who are accustomed 20 send
ing away from home for their goods it
is of the greatest Importance to know the
character and reliability of the establish
ment selling goods to families from cata-
logues. The great emporium Of the John
Nj. Smyth Co., located at $50 to 166 West
Madison street, Chicago, has been estab-
lished for third of century, and has
furnished over half million homes in
Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm
enjoys the confidence of the public by its
many years of fair dealing. 1t issues an
immense illustrated catalogue that should
be in every family, As it describes and
gives the price of every article required
for household use. A sample of the ex-
traordipary values offered by this firm is
shown in the illustration of the "Melba''
sewing machine in another column Of this
paper for $14.25. This is one of the best
sewing machines ever offered to the pub
lie, and yet it is but sample of the
thousand and one useful articles Illus
trated and described in the beautiful cat
alogue Of the John NJ. Smyth Company.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
yerne,a Many Books.

Jules Verne, the French author, VINO
wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues I'm
der the Sea" and many other books
we'll known by boys, has been buster
than any other writer, having written
six more books than the number. OF
years he has lived. Perhaps Miss
Braddon, among English writers. with
fifty-fve novels to her name in thirty
seven years. most nearly approaches
this wonderful record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-16
Had Job BeRteU.

1t Is related of Sir Henry Hawkins
that he was hearing long, tedious and
uninteresting case in the English
courts. He became weary of the long
winded argument being made by the
learned counsel for one side of the con-
troversy At last he wrote note and
sent it by his page to the Queens coun.
sci, also in the case. The note read:
Patience Competition, Gold Medal, Sir
Henry Hawkins; honorable mention,
lob"