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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
ANIMAL REPORT.

The annual report of the =. O. S. OF
a. for the fiscal year beginning Aug
|, 1898, to Aug. /, 1899. has just been
issued. The report shows that during
the year thirty-tive new camps were
Instituted. showing an increase in
membership of l.50O in the state as
well as an increase in valuation Of
camp property of $4,000.
II has been arranged to hold pub
lie installation of the new state Off
GERS at the park on Thursday evening
at 80. This will be followed by ad-
dresses by 4. j. tolborn and other
prominent speakers. a band concert
will also be given during the early
evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
HAS GROWN RAPIDLY.

The order has grown rapidly during
the last three years and is now at the
highest point in membership in it's
history. II owns property valued at
nearly $2,000,000 The order is one of
the strongest in Pennsylvania and the
members are patriotic and country
loving body of men. Wilkes Barre is
being decked out in gala attire and
the visitors will be pleasantly sur
prised at the arrangements which have
been made in their honor
The four arches at the corners of
Public square, together with those on
the other streets, are handsome and
substantial. The decorators have put
their best efforts on them and the pa
triotic colors are beautifully arranged.
The convention will open this morn
ing and Will continue till Thursday
evening. The annual address of State
President A. ]. Colborn, of this city,
will be delivered at this mornings ses-
sion. The nomination of officers. re-
ports of officers. election of officers and
reports of committees will follow. Then
will come the discussion of amend
ments to the bylaws and constitution,
the hearing of petitions and appeals
and so on
Tonight the oratorical contest will be
held in the Nesbitt theater. The par
ade on Thursday will be one of the
big features of the convention and Wis
iting societies will come in from all
over.
A prize valued at $50 will be offered
to the camp having the largest num-
Der of members in line, city Of Wilkes
Barre not included
a prize valued "a $50 to the best
drilled commandery or company of Pa
triouc Guards in line.
a prize valued at $50 to the best p.
| O. :. of \. band in line. composed OF
mpmb bprS of he or5ar
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
The Only Union Brewery
I'm the Vicinity.

Owing to the brisk sale of
lots on the Dram Tract, on
North Main Avenue, now
known as
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
West Park

The owners have decided to
open Sumner and Lincoln
avenues aud place these de-
sirable lots OIL the market with
those heretofore offered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

away the wood from around the staple.
Suddenly the trapper opened his eyes,
! and fierce light came into his face as
he saw the porcupine within easy reach.
Here was food, here was something that
would keep him alive q little long
err, and he caught up small stick that
lay beside him and slowly and cautious
ly made ready to strike. The porcupine
had his back to him and did not see his
danger; but now the bear burst out of
the bushes with an angry roar, and
planting himself with his forepaws on
the log he glared down upon the terri
fled. man. The trapper dropped upon
the ground again and buried his face in
his hands, and the bear stood guard
while the porcupine chewed and chewed
with all his might.
1t took nearly an hour for the little
yellow teeth to finish their work, but it
was done at last, and the loosened sta
pie fell to the ground. The two animals
backed into the bushes and the trapper
slowly and painfully crawled away
toward his cabin, dragging the trap and
chain behind him. The club saw moth
ing more of him that day, but the next
morning he came to the door just as the
red squirrel was passing the cabin. The
trap was gone from his foot, and he was
leaning upon pair of rude crutches.
For moment he stood in the doorway,
looking about him at the woods and the
water that had been his home for so
long, then he hobbled away up the trail.
Often when the Backwoods club gath
ers on Canoe point the animals talk of
the trapper, and wonder what has be-
come of him and whether his foot ever
got well. Sometimes the wolf wishes
that they had served him as he had tried
to serve them, but / think that most of
them are glad that they let him go. One
thing is certain-he never came back to
the Glimmerglass.-Ch Chicago Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Real Heroes.

When big sea fight takes place we
hear of the brave commander, who
stood upon the bridge while the shell
flew thick around him, and of the
linen behind the guns who cheered
as every shot struck the enemy. But
there are men way down in the hold
who are as brave as any of these. They
are the men who shovel coal under the
boilers. If it were not that these men
stick to their posts, no matter what
goes on above, the great ship would not
move nor the big guns be worked.
Down there they work, stripped naked
to the waist, in heat which is hotter
than the hottest day that ever was,
not knowing when shell from the en-
emy's ships may pass through and sink
them to the bottom of the sea; not
knowing, in fact, anything at all about
the battle which is raging overhead.
Their duty is to shovel coal, and they
do it until the battle is won OF the ship
goes down. Are not these men as
brave and as much heroes as any 9TH
ers on the ship?-7Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
VALUELESS TITLES.
When They Marry Some
Foreign SwelIs.

Millions and millions of our American
earned money have crossed the Atlantic
with our American girls, hitched for
life to dissolute foreign swells. Scarce
ly any of these marriages have proved
happy ones. Our American women
don't seem to know that civil titles in
Europe are just as common as military
titles in this republic after big war.
Some star gazer says that on clear
moonless night we can count some 1920
stars with the naked eye. And yet, since
history began there have been more
kings than that, not to mention the en-
perors, czars, shas, beys, archdukes,
grand dukes, princes, earls, lords, chan
cellors, electors and sires. Royal orders
and decorations among the nobility of
Europe and Asia began with piety and
war.
They Have all terminated now in rib
bons and buttonholes. The monkish
knights of 500 years ago won their gar
tiers and crosses by killing some other
knight with a broadsword, but the
knights we have in official life in Wash
ington are of the stale and insipid type.
The most of them won their decora-
tons as ancient captains or worn-out
majors, or have had their discharge
from public trust smoothed over with
the cheap ribbon of a chevalier. France
alone has issued over $4,000 of these in
ternational vanities.
And thousands of our rich American
girls, who should have adorned Ameri-
can homes and raised up worthy sons
and daughters of this republic, have
been caught in the gaudy meshes of
supposed royalty, and found neither
homes nor happiness.-Gen. Isaac Il.
Sherwood, in American Sportsman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
WONDERFUL

isn't 1t wonderful, when you think
How the creeping grasses grow,
High on the mountains rocky brink.
In the valleys down below?
A common thing is grass blade small.
Crushed by the feet that pass
But all the dwarfs and giants tall,
Working till doomsday shadows fall,
Can't make blade of grass.
Isn't it wonderful, when you think
How a little seed, asleep,
Out of the earth new life will drink,
And carefully upward creep?
A seed, we say, is a simple thing,
The germ of a flower or weed
But all earth's workmen laboring,
With all the help that wealth could bring,
Never could make a seed.
Isn't it wonderful, when you think
How the wild bird sings his song,
Weaving melodies link by link,
The whole sweet summer long?
Commonplace is bird Away
Everywhere seen and heard
But all the engines of earth, 1 say,
Working on till the judgment day,
Never could make bird.
Isn't it wonderful, when you think
How little baby grows,
From his big, round eyes that wink and
blink
Down to his tiny toes?
Common thing is a baby, though,
All play the babys part
But all the whirring wheels that go
Flying round while the ages flow
Can't make a baby's heart
Jewish Comment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
How,s Thisy

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Taxnmeters.

An effort is being made in England
to introduce thezs'taxameters," which
have proved useful in Paris in rcgulat-
ing the pay of drivers. A ''taxameter"
is a sort of cyclometer and cash regis
ter applied to cabs, watch keeps records
of fares and distances. and the plan pro-
posed in London is to give the drivers
$40 week and 25 per cent. of all earn
ings over certain amount in addition.
But the cabdrivers' trade union has pro-
tested, and threatens boycott if the
new device is used
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
PARSNIP COMPLEXION.

A majority of the ills affecting people
to-day can be traced to kidney trouble.
1t pervades all classes of society, in all
climates, regardless of age, sex or con-
dition.
The sallow, Notwithstanding people
you often meet are afflicted with kid
ney complexion" Their kidneys are
turning to a parsnip color, SO is their
complexion. They may suffer from in
digestion, bloating, sleeplessness, uric
acid, gravel, dropsy, rheumatism, ca
tarrh of the bladder, or irregular heart.
You may depend upon it, the cause is
weak, unhealthy kidneys.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same remedy. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bladder remedy, will
build up and strengthen weak and un-
healthy kidneys, purify the diseased,
kidney-poisoned blood, clear the COM
plexion and soon help the sufferer to
better health.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp4Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for it's wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases, such
as weak kidneys, catarrh of the bladder,
gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Dis
ease, which is the worst form of kidney
trouble. 1t is sold by druggists, in fifty
cent and dollar sizes. You may have n
sample bottle by mail free, also pamph-
let telling all about it. Address DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, NY.
When writing be sure and mention
reading this generous offer in this pa.
per.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
burglary in the Future.

Course me luck!" Kissed the burglar, and
fled into the night. Bear in mind, if you
please, that all crime was now disease, mere
ly, and all diseases the work of germs The
burglar perceived, in the cellar window
where he tried to enter, one of the latest
electric automatic spraying devices, and en-
deavored to avoid it. But fortune was
against him. A click in the dark, and al
most before he knew it he was drenched
with germicide and cured of his malady.-
Detroit Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Abolish the Death Penalty.

AT Albany the lawmakers are wranglng
over the abolition of the death penalty.
will prove as great ~ benefaeto o' to the
breaker of mans laws as Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has to the breaker of natures
laws. If you've neglected your stomach un-
til indigestion, constipation, bilousness,
liver and kidney troubles are upon you
there's but one cure-Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Don't fail to try it. All druggists
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Signs of spring.

Atch0O!
The popularity of the shady side of the
street.
The flowers that bloom in buttonboles.
Absence of furry garments.
Open spring coats.
The advent of the shirt-waist girl
The posy hat.-Philadelph Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
sSO,OOO,OOO

A teacher at Garden City said to her
primary class the other day: IF your ia
Their gave your mother seven dollars to-day
and eight dollars tomorrow, what would
corner replied "She would have fit
Kansas Civ ,Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Who's to Blame.

When girl graduates she has an ambition
to show the world what noble woman,
with high purpose in life, can do; but she
meets man and marries him, and soon be-
gins to get that funny look in her eyes,
Atchison Globe,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

Whisky relieves dyspepsia on the theory,
perhaps, that the feeling of brick in the
hat offsets the feeling of brick in the
stomach.-Detroit Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Output Is Not Crippled.

Gold almost worth $56,0OO,OO0 has
been taken out of the mines in the
Cripple Creek district in the last eight
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

George Saxton fooled with a buzz saw,
and lost his finger: Later, he fooled with
love, and lost his life.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

The man who tries to say smart things
makes more breaks than other people,
Atchison Globe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine.--F. M. Abbott, 3S3
Seneca St., Buffalo, N Y, May 9, 1894.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar?
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Many girls heart has been melted by
ice-cream.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
No Serious Damage Done.

Awkward Miss with an umbrella -Beg
pardon!
Polite Gentleman-Don't mention it. l
have another eye left.-Stray Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
NEW YORK CENTRAL.
It's Passenger Earnings, Including
Controlled Lines, Excel the Penn
syIvania-A StupendOus Showing.

The passenger department of the
New York Central system, including
lines leased, operated and controlled,
east from st. Louis and Chicago, is the
largest paying institution of it's kind
in the world. 1t beats the Pennsylvania
system with it's leased and operated
lines in the territory named by 1885,
75S, and is so far ahead of any other
system that comparison, to say the
least, is odious. Poor's Manual, which
is an authority on railway statistics,
in its last yearly edition showed the
passenger earnings of thirty-six of the
leading railways, as follows:
Pennsylvania ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 200, 900
New York; New Haven & Hart,
ford Qncluding New England
New York Central & Hudson l'''OO'OO0
lines) ...:..................... 1924, 900
southern Railway System. ........ 4,S00,00O
burg .......................... $500, 900
BOSTON ~ maine system. ............ $500, 900
Chicago & Northwestern. ......... 6,90O,OOO
chicago, Burlington & QUINCY. $500, 600
canadian Pacific; go. $500 900
chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul. -. $500, 600
Erie ...-..:................. 100000
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe...... 56O0,OOO
Grand Trunk. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500, 600
Baltimore & Ohio. ................. 5O59, 600
Southern Railway System ~ 1890, 900
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific. 100000
Louisville & Nashville .............. 4 292, 900
Lake Shore q Michigan Southern. 1900, 900
Missouri Pacific System. ........... 1900, 600
Boston & Albany. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Big Four. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3,800,000
Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern ....................... 3,6O0,O0O
Michigan Central NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500, 900
Northern Pacific. Observation-Disclosures. 1850, 600
Wabash NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500, 900
Lehigh Valley. Observation-Disclosures. 2,700, 900
Central Railroad of New jersey. 2,7OO,0O0
Union Pacific. Observation-Disclosures. 24S0, 900
Great Northern. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,074, 900
Chicago & Alton. 1861, 1897
Chesapeake & Ohio. 1857, 900
Plant system. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,275,14
Denver & Rio Grande. ............... 1,24S, 900
New York, Chicago & ST. Louis. S76,97
New York, Ontario & Western..... 638, 900
Pittsburg & Lake Erie. 544,7S1
Two of the great systems show earnings
from passenger traffic, as follows:
New York Central lines:
New York Central. SIS, 214, 900
Michigan Central. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 100000
Big Four. ......................... $500, 900
Boston & Albany. ................... $4,000
Pittsburg & Lake Erie. ............. 544,7S1
New York, Chicago & st. Louis.... S76,9T
$31, 5S5, 75S
Pennsylvania lines:
Pennsylvania Railroad. 81, 200 900
Penn. lines west of Pittsburgh. S,S00000
$50, 900
TO,,ff aIo ~, sa1 ,r;ld
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Simple Addition,

Buffalo Commercial, April 4, 1S9!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30
Good Plays Last Week.

Mitchell's All-Star Players closed
their weeks engagement Saturday even
ing. On Thursday evening, Govern
ment Acceptance" brought out the full
strength of the company and the piece
was well played and staged. On Friday
evening large audience was well
pleased with the production of East
Lynne" which was given in capable
manner. Saturdays matinee was well
attended and Saturday evening, 1.-The
Dark Side of London" in which the
company gave further evidence of their
abilities. 1t is to be regretted that thi $
capable company opened with what
proved to be the weakest piece of their
repertoire.
The speciaties during the week were
feature, Frank L. Whittier's work
being very good. The next attraction
will be Daniel Sully, November 6.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30

James Gallagher. of No. Drifton,
who fell in mine hole at that place,
mention of which was made in our last
issue, has since died from the effects of
the injuries sustained. 1t is not known
how the young man fell in the cave,
but deaths will likely continue to be
chronicled from time to time of people
unconscionsly walking into these un-
guarded death-traps The young man
was aged 3S years, and brother of the
late William Gallagher, Traction con-
ductor, whose death occurred during
the winter. The funeral took place
yesterday afternoon and was largely at
tended. Interment was made in St.
AIMS cemetery. .....
The deceased is survived by his
mother, two sisters and three brothers.:
Mary, Rebecca, John and Joseph, of
Drifton, and Timothy, of New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30
PERSONALITIES.

Jacnto Zadra, who left here several
months ago for the Klondide gold fields,
returned on Friday to visit his family.
Mr. Zadra has been very successful
since leaving here, having had no
trouble in securing work at good wages.
Simon Miller, of Adams street, re-
moved his family today to Spring City,
Pa, where he has secured work for
himself and sons at the Royersford
glass works.
Steve Drasher, visited his wife and
daughter at Philadelphia last week,
where the latter is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Lesser, of Upper
Lehigh, have returned from visit to
Philadelphia.
Condy Boyle. Sr., of Ridge street, has
returned from a visit to Scranton rela-
tives.
John Kelshaw removed his family and
household goods to Hazleton today.
M. Leichtman is removing his stock
to the Lentz building.
John Cartright, has removed from
Highland to Ebervae.
f. II. Albert, transacted business at
Fairview on Saturday.
Geo. Shambora has removed next
door to the laundry.
Jas. S. Mcdonald is visiting in Schuyl-
kill county.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30

r. r. Cross, of Oneonta, N. Y, the in
ventor of the Cross axle, who spent
some time in town, in an endeavor to
start factory for the manufacturing
of his patents is now at Wilkesbarre,
and is succeeding admirably in the for
nation of his company to be known as
the Cross Manufacturing Company for
the making of all kinds of axles, and
particularly of the two new inventions
of the promoter 1t is his object to
raise $4,000 before commencing opera
tions, and the commercial club, which
has approved the project has appointed
DR.. c. L. johnson and R. p. Robinson,
as board of trustees to receive the
funds. Mr.. Cross has already had 81, ,00o
subscribed and is hard at work getting
the other So. .OO0
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30
That Nanticoke strike.

After suspension of operations for
four months the Susquehanna Coal Co.
last week made an attempt to resume
work at No. 6 collery, Glen Lyon, but
only a few of the men reported for work
and after the filed cars which had been
standing in the mine since the strike
was inaugurated were run through the
breaker, the officials were forced to
shut down the mine. The men seem to
be still masters of the situation and
everything now points to a complete
tie-up of all the collieres of the com
pany in Nanticoke and Glen Lyon until
next spring, at least the company will
make no further efforts to settle the
trouble, according to statements by the
off piolS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30
An Important Coal Case.

Referee S. j. Strauss last week heard
the arguments of counsel in an import
ant,case which involves oyer $50, ,000sand
also the meaning of the term miners
ton or miners weight" The plaintiffs
in the case are M. w. Morris, l. Everett,
George X. Drake, Thomas Drake and
Ebenezer Drake, and the defendants
John Jermyn, Joseph j. Jermyn, r. d..
Lacoe and Jeremiah b. Shiffer. The
plaintiffs leased certain coal lands in
Lackawanna township to the defen-
dants upon royalty of 10 cents per
ton miners weight. The lease was made
in 1865 and the controversy involves the
meaning "miners' weight" in the lease.
The plaintiffs contend that the min
ers' weight was AGA pounds to the ton
of such material as came from the
mines, acceptable under the rules of
mining in vogue at the time, for which
the employer paid the miner. The de-
PENDANTS claim miners weight ton
was such coal and refuse that came
from the mines and was accepted from
the men, as would make ton of pre-
pared coal; also that the question in
volved in this case was settled in a
former suit in which the supreme court
rendered a decision which was final and
conclusive and prevents the plaintiffs in
the present case from securing judg-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-30
She "Took Her Clothes Back Home. +"

Mrs. Alice Jones, of Parsons, went to
the district attorneys Office few days
ago and took home her trunks, which
had been in the custody of the county
detective since the party left London.
Mrs. Jones was accompanied by her
husband and he sat in the Office as
she opened one of the trunks and re.
belongings. Stephenson's trunk is still
at the district attorneys office and ho
remains in the county jail. The cases
will be brought before the grand jury
which meets this week.