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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22
WASHINGTON AVENUE NEXT.

After those are put in repair upper
Washington avenue in the neighbor-
hood of the +. d w. V. depot will be
looked after. The first block Of Lacka
wanna avenue and the first, second and
third blocks of Washington avenue can
not be repaired until the city engineer
devises and puts into effect some
scheme for overcoming the disturb
ances that have occurred to the grade
by reason of settings.
on the first block of LaCkawanna
avenue and on the Washington ave-
nue. block fronting the court house, it
would be impossible to uniformity fol-
low the present curb line without haV
ing a sag. Mr.. Phillips contemplateS
changing the curb and grade on these
blocks or else putting in auxiliary
catch basins and allowing the pave
ment to have a sag. If no better plan
is found one of the other of these
schemes will be put into effect and the
repnving allowed to proceed
General Manager Griffith says he has
made no measurementS to ascertain
the amount of resurfacing and repair
ing that will be necessary, but from a
Cursory survey he estimates that there
is fully $4,000 worth of work to be
done before the streets can be put into
first class shape.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22
PUBLIC CAN JUDGE.

Let the public watch our operations
on LaCkawanna avenue tomorrow
said Mr. Griffith, "and then judge for
itself of the kind of work we propose to
do The opportunity of demonstrating
this is so near at hand that it would be
idle for me to make any statement re-
garding it. / hope the critics will be on
hand in good numbers"
The specifications which are part of
the ordinance and contract provide
and there is a bond to assure it's being
done--that at the expiration of the ten
years contract there shall not be a
yard of asphalt pavement in the whole
city that shows more than half an inch
ware.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22

GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB.-Thc
Scranton Good Government club will
meet i'm Carpenters hall this evening.
The platform ana constitution will be
distributed. All citizens are invited.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22

MAJORITY lNSPECTOR.-Mr. NJ. Il
Charles was yesterday appointed major
ity inspector of Dalton borough by the
court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22

LOOKING FOR CCRB.--ThC Girard
Construction company, which has the
contract for raNiug Providence road. is
negotiating for curb with local stone
mon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22

FUNERAL. TODAI.--ThC funeral of
William Meyers Of 6lS Linden street, will
bC held this afternoon from the German
Methodist Episcopal church at p. III.
Friends and acquaintanccs are invited
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-22

LITERARY SOCIETY The literary
society of the Univorsalist church will
hold business meeting Friday evening.
ON Friday afternoon there will be 4
meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the
tnivCrsalisL church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
Does 1t Pay to Buy Cheap?

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung trou bles. What shall
you do? Go to warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, if possible; if
not possible for you, then in either
case take the only remedy that has
been introduced in all civilized coun-
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German
Syrup" 1t not only heals and slim
ulates the tissues to destroy the germ
disease, but allays Inflammation,
causes easy expectoration, gives a
good nights rest, and cures the pa
tient. Try one bottle. Recommend
ed many years by all druggists in the
world. Sample bottles at T. II.
Thomas, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

THE administration press has be-
gun to scold the American people
for the inherent weakness of the race
for hero worship. This has been carried
to extremes, we are told-in the case
of Admiral Schley. and from the same
source whence comes this admonition
and in the same connection, the as
surance is offered that the honors
heaped upon him by an appreciative
nation have become distasteful to
Schley himself, who is crying out for
deliverance from fool friends" OF
course it is Sampson who is praying
that the attentions shown Schley
shall cease, merely a confusion of
names on the part of the industrious
administration correspondent But
the most amusing part of the reopen
ing of the subject OF Schley's popular
ity from the Washington bureau is
that accompanying the grave and pos
tive announcement that the Sampson
Schley incident is absolutely dead, is
the rehearsal of the whole affair in a
manner aimed to put Schley in the
most unfavorable light possible in
connection with his command of the
flying squadron that finally ran Ger
vera to cover. Ever since Secretary
Long was choked off in Minnesota
during the presidents tour in his at
tempt to picture to an intelligent au-
dience Sampson as the sole hero of the
battle of Santiago, the admins
tration organs have been busily
engaged again attempting to dispar-
age Schley and educate" the people
into the administration way of Plac-
ing the credit for the humiliation of
Cervera's fleet. The nature of the
spontaneous demonstration in honor
of Schley both in New York and
Washington at the time of Dewey 8
return should have taught the adj
ministration the lesson that the Amer
lean people do their own thinking,
and express their thoughts and con-
victions, and no attempt to contro-
vert or misrePresont the facts OF his
tory will go.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
WINGS OF THE HONEYBEE.
A Microscopic View of One of M
lures Wonderful Schemes.

At a meeting of the New York Mi
croscopical society the president of the
organization exhibited, besides other
things, the honeybee's wing, showing
the booklets by means of which the
lower of the two wings of the bee is
Joined to the upper wing in flying, thus
making them practically single wing.
The upper of the two wings is about
half an inch IN length, the lower little
shorter. The wings come together
where they are Joined to the body;
they are otherwise separate. When the
bee goes into it's hive, il folds its wings
together, one leaf over the other, so
that they will take up less room. When
it goes abroad, it spreads its wings and
couples them together with the hooks.
When looked at under the microscope,
the upper edge of the lower wing is
seen to be REINFORCED as though it had
an extra plate or rib stretched along
there, and to this rib, spaced apart at
regular intervals, though they are all
contained within total space of little
more than n quarter of an inch, there
are attached 10 or 20 tiny, bony hooks.
There is little thickening at the base
of each hook, where nature has
strengthened it, and one is inclined to
regard the hooks as inset separately
and to look for the rivets wherewith
they were secured to the plate or rib
from which they spring.
The lower edge of the upper wing, as
looked at under the microscope, is seen
to be curled up into n fiange or trough.
When the bee comes out of the hive, it
hooks the hooks on the upper edge OF
the lower wing into that fiange or trough
at the lower edge of the upper wing
and so makes the two wings practical
ly one.-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
THEY ALL SAY so.
Not Only in Rock Island. But in Every City
and Town in the Union.

Not Only in Rock Island. But in Every City
and Town in the Union.
If the reader took the time and
trouble to ask his fellow residents of
Rock Island the simple question given
below, he would obtain the one an
swer If he would read the statements
now being published in Rock Island
papers, which refer to this answer, it
would surprise him to note that they
number SO many. As many more
could be, and NAV be, published, but
in the meantime ask the first person
you meet what cures backache? The
answer will be Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here is a citizen who endorses our
claim: Albert Burton. 2S10 Fifth-and-
a-half avenue, an employe of the
Electric Light company, says: Il
had a soreness across my back nearly
all the time and the kidney secretions
were irregular in every way. When
/ caught the least cold it always set
tied in my back. l saw Doan's Kid
ney Pills advertised and especially
recommended for my trouble, so |
called at the Harper house drug store
and got a box. After using two boxes
1 felt almost like new man. They
500 1 relieved the soreness across my
back, and regulated the action of the
Kidneys"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price so cents. Mailed by
Fcster-Milburn company, Buffalo, n.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remem Der the name Doan's and
take no substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
Japan. aueershre..41

japanese are very fNnu or suelfng
through their bazaars. You enter at
one door and leave by another. Goods
for sale are displayed on each side of
aisles that wind through the length
of the shop. Passing up and down
these aisles, they lead you TO the sec
ond and often third story of the build
ing and then back again through diff
ferent aisles. causing you to travel the
length of the establishment many
times. Finally you see the doorway
few feet distant. but even then you
must travel tl.is maze several times its
length TO escape.
Usually shopping is very restful in
Japan. You sit around on the floor,
and in some shops they bring you cups
of tea TO sip and n "hibachi" from
which TO light your pipe.-Baltimore
sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
The administration LIMOGES" will

The administration ''jingoes' will
be crying treason at the Women's
Christian Temperance union for pass
ing the following resolution:
I'VE deeply deplore the attitude
taken by our nation with respect to
the Philippine islands. and since gov
ernments can derive their just powers
only from the consent of the governed
we protest against the policy which
would compel a foreign people to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

II these days hen the hopes of the
American people have been buoyed to
the point of eagerness by the assuring
nature of the censored dispatches that
have come out from Manila as to the
closing in of the American forces on
Aguinaldo, the enthusiastic announce
ment on the part of Otis that his ofli-
GERS have captured the wardrobe of
the insurgent chiefs wife does not
tend to entirely relieve the anxiety
that naturally prevails in this coun-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

IT now comes with The stamp of ap-
parent authority that Mayor Carter
Harrison will give absolute sway to
Charles X. Ladd for the Illinois demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination and
abide his time for q seat in the United
States senate. That the opportunity
will come for the Chicago mayor to
seek the qualification of such high
and laudable ambition none will
doubt, but when that opportune mo-
ment arrives he may find that there
are others just as willing, and in fact.
lust as ambitious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

Bur one strong reason exists for
McKinley's humiliating conversion of
the United States into a catspaw for
Great Britain. The trusts, which
control the administration, know that
they are doomed unless the republic
can party can be continued in power.
To continue it in power they have
organized this scheme of imperialism
and foreign conquest to divert the
public's eyes from the spoliation
which the trusts are carrying on at
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

A friend in need is friend indeed.
That is exactly what Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is. 1t is the moth
er's help when she is suddenly
awakened in the night by the omi-
nous husky cough, and labored breath
ing of her babe. 1t is the safe resort
of the youth or adult when he has
caught cold and there is coughing
and Irritation of the mucous mem
brane of the throat. 1t allays the ir-
ritation and cures the cold. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

IT is said that when Kruger first
went to South Africa he was man of
such redoubta courage that he
fought and killed lions with nothing
more than an ordinary hunting knife.
His propensity for fighting lions
seems to continue to cling to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

LORD DUSRAyEN denies that Sir
Thomas Upton asked for the use of the
Valkyrie as trial horse" and that
he refused to accommodate him in this
reSnect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

JUDGE SPRINGER, the former con-
gresham of Illinois, now of Indian
territory, was a caller at the White
House yesterday. Mr.. Springer says
he will return to Washington to live
after the expiration of his term on the
hpnch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

George A. Pontins, Upper Sandus-
ky, Ohio, writes: Il have been u.s.
ing Foley's Honey and Tar for sore
throat and hoarseness and find it is
the best remedy 1 ever tried. 1t
stopped the cough Immediately and
relieved all soreness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

G. OLIVER IsELIN is credited with de-
claring that he will no longer under
take to build or manage yacht to de-
fend the America cup, and his re-
tirement will probably be followed by
that of Nat Herreshoff, designer of
three of the defenders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

submit to the rule of the United
States, and against the war through
which the administration is striving
to force it's policy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

FRANCE will bring suit against
churches to recover taxes avoided by
falsifications.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

SECRETARY CAGES heroic devotion
to the Wall street financial infant is
really pathetic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

IT is generally believed in Europe
that clash between Russia and Japan
is likely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17

THE Russian government has or
dered a new line of battleships from
Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
What a Well known Railroad Man

and resident of Lima thinks of Foley's
Kidney Cure. l have been troubled a
great deal with the backache. / was
induced to try Foley's Kidney Cure
and one bottle entirely relieved me.
gladly recommend it to any one,
especially my friends among the
train men, who are very generally
similarly afflicted. George H. Hau-
san, Engineer on L. E. & W. railway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-17
THE ARGUS.

IN THE NAME OF j. W. POTTER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
THE CHINESE PEDDLeR.
lie Ones Have to Depend on Him For
 Their Toys.

tie Ones Have to Depend on Him For
 Their Toys.
 Feg, indeed would be their play .hings if the Chinese children had to depend on toy stores for them. As It Is, the peddler is familiar sight in every Chinese city, and when the cnll- iren hear the gong of toy seller It IS signal for a rush to the front gates .o catch him before he gets by.
 At a call these men slip the pole from their shoulders and set their baskets on the ground, and there is always a group of children ready to gather around them.
 A display of toys carried by one of these toy sellers includes many things familiar to Americans, though the shapes seem odd and fantastic. Clay fruits, dolls of all kinds, pewter jewell FY. earrings and hair ornaments, ire crackers of strange shapes which will hardly ever go off, toy pipes, little bowls and chopsticks, small carved idols. little horses, dogs. camels and elephants all covered with rabbit fur, and wagons with music boxes under the seats that grind out 8 tune as you pull them along.
 Other things seem stranger still, for the kites, made in the shape of birds, fish, serpents, dragons and even inani- mate objects like bells and houses, will have wind harDs fastened on their backs to make them sing while in the air. and will have eyes set loose in their heads, so that when the wind blows the eyes will turn around and look as if they were Winking at you. There are long glass trumpets, to be blown like bugles, that give out a beautiful, clear note Little shuttlecocks made out of a couple of cash bound together with red leather and with a bunch of feath- CTS fastened in the holes in the cash, which the children keep in the air by pumping with their heads and striking with their feet. Mods for making clay money, Whistling tops that spin on 8 string held between two sticks; small whistles to fasten on the tails of pet pigeons to whistle as they fly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
Grandmas Ignorance.

Little 5-year-old Kettle. who had been brought up in the city, was spend ing few days in the country. Grand ma. what are those funny little green things?" she asked, as they were pass ing through the garden one day. why, those are peas" was the reply. "Peas notk4ng!" exclaimed Nettie, I'm s'prized at your ignorance, grandma" Why, dear, what do you mean?" asked the old lady. I'd think, replied Nettie, that woman of your age ought to k9ow that peas come in tin cans"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
A SERIOUS QUESTION.

A kitten went a-walking
 One morning in July, And idly fell a-talking
 With a great big butterfly, The kittens tone was airy,
 The butterfly would seoff; When there came along a fairy Who whisked his wings right off. And then-for it is written
 Fairies can do such things Upon the startled kitten
 She stuck the yellow wings. The kitten felt a quiver,
 She rose into the air Then flew down to the river
 To view her image there. With fear her heart was smitten, And she began to cry, Am I a butter-k kitten?
 Or just a kitten-f1y 2"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
A Grateful Cal.

A Boston family had cat of which they thought a great deal. The cat was sick, and in spite of careful nursing. ratnip tea and all they could do, the cat grew worse, and they had to call thR doctor The doctor soon put pussy on her feet again
 Not long after tais doctor was called again to see q member of the same family. No sooner had the doctor en- tered the room than the cat appeared. took seat beside the doctor and did not stir until the physician had left. Every day the doctor returned, and every day the cat sprung to greet him with every appearance of delight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

 inches h diameter are made by past. ing together strips of writing paper an inch wide. Two sharp table knives or razors should be held by two persons. each holding one on the same level with the sharp edge upward. Over these the paper rings are to be passed and the broomstick suspended by the paper rings. The performer then takes a strong stick and strikes the broom stick a sharp, strong blow in the mid. de, and it breaks instantly, without tearing the paper rings or causing them to cut on the razors.
 Or this can be done by sticking needle in each end of the broomstick and resting the needles on the edges of glass goblets stood on chairs. Tn either case the blow struck in the mid- dle breaks the stick without moving the supports. A pile of checkers may be put on the table and by one blow with the edge of a knife the center or even the bottom one may be removed without disturbing the others.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
How to Make n Paper Fish swim

How 10 MAke n FapeE Fish Swim
 Cut out of ordinary paper a fish. In the center of the body must be a cir cular opening, communicating with the tail by a narrow canal. Place water in an oblong vessel and lay the fish carefully on the water, so that it's un- der side will be thoroughly wetted. though it's upper surface remains dry.
 Pour delicately one or two drops of oil within the circular opening. The oil will strive to spread itself over the surface of the water, but by doing so it can only travel along the little canal that leads to the tail. By a reactive eff feet the fish will be impelled in direc- ton opposite to that in which the oil will go. The movement will last quite long.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
THE CARPENTER BIRD.
These Industrious Little Fellows Fly Many
 Miles to Secure Their Stores.

These Industrious Little Fellows Fly Many
 Miles to Secure Their Stores.
 Down in Mexico there lives a Wood becker who stores his nuts and acorns in the hollow stalks of the yuccas and magueys These hollow stalks are sep arated by the joints into several cav ities, and the sagacious bird has some how found this out, and bores q hole at the upper end of each joint and an- other at the lower, through which to extract acorns when wanted. Then it fills up the stalks solidly and leaves it's stores there until needed, safe from the depredations of any thievish bird or four footed animal.
 The first place in which this curious habit was observed was on hill in the midst of a desert. The hill was cov- cred with yuccas and magueys, but the nearest oak trees were thirty miles away, and so it was calculated. these industrious birds had to make flight of sixty miles for each acorn slowed thus in the stalks
 An observer of birds remarks:
 AeIe are several strange features to be noticed in these facts: the provi- dent instinct which prompts this bird to lay by stores of provisions for the winter, the great distance traversed to collect kind of food so unusual for its race and its seeking in a place so remote from its natural abode @ store house so remarkable"
 Gan instinct alone teach or have ex- perience and reason taught these birds that. far better than the bark of trees or erevices in rocks or any other hiding place are these hidden cavities they make for themselves with the hollow stems of distant PIants2
 This we cannot answer. But we do know that one of the most remarkable birds in our country is this California Woodpecker, and that he is well en- titled to his Mexican name of eI car pintero-the carpenter bird.-Ex- change
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

you raise your fist firmly cInched above the mantel, and as you bring it rapidly down, open your fingers suddenly and strike the marble. then close them again as represented in the engraving, 1. 2, and 8. If this is quickly done, you will seem to have knocked your knuekles violently
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

Select a marble mantel or any other hard surface, then tell the spectators that by q certain preparation you use, you have made your knuckles so hard nothing can hurt them, in proof of which you offer to strike them on the marble slab of the mantel. To do this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30
The prIncinIe ofInertla.

By applying the principle of inertia we may produce a number of interest Ing tricks that will amuse and perhaps instruct some of the big folks as well as the children. One trick requires an old broomstick, sawed off at the broom end. Two paper rlngs about twelve
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

Doors and windows made from aatiye lumber stand this climate better than northern made stock, The Bluff. City Lumber Co. are large manufacturers of these goods, and guarantee every one sold to give perfect satisfaction. B279
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

Tne BluH City Lumber Co. manu
 aetares a4l klnds of bank, store and Aar fixtures and can furnish any E2sing wanted in that line. Getq74Ii9 estimate if you contemplate pur- chasing. 2l-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

BluffGity Lumber o. manufactur sr and dealer in all kinds of lumber. Also sashes doors. blinds, and all Kinds of interior and exterior finish EYsrYthing at reasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

Bfun City Lumber Go. Manufaetur aF and dealer in all kinds Of Lumber. Also Sashes. Doors, Blinds and all Kinds of Interior and Exterior finish. Everything unreasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-30

Blud City Lumber Co. manufactur- sr and dealer in all kinds of lnmber Also sashes, doors, blinds -al all Kinds of interior and exterio. aaish. Everything at reasonable prices.