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Whooping Cough.

I had little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack of whoopiug
cough. My neighbors recommended
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. l did
not think that any medicine would help
him, but after giving him few doses
Of that remedy I noticed an improve
ment, and one bottle cured him en-
tirely. 1t is the best cough medicine /
ever had in the house,. 4. Moore,
South Burgettstown. Pa, For sale ty
all druggists Matthew Bros, whole
sale and retail agents. ."
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MGARRY.-In Scranton, May ), 1899,
Edward McCiarry, an old and respected
resident Of Bellevue. His wife and two
daughters, Miss Ellen McGarry and
Mrs w. A. Stanton survive him. Flu
neral Monday from the residence, cor
ner of LuZerne and Fourth streets.
Requiem mass at a. m. in Holy Cross
church. Interment in the Cathedral
cemetery. Funeral private.
ORR.-In Scranton. May I, 1899, Maria,
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Orr, aged 10 months and 12 days. Fu-
neral from the family residence, sos
New street at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Interment in Cathedral cemetery.
ROCKAFELLER.--I Cortlandt, N. Y,
May 6. 1S99 Mrs. A. D. Rockefeller,
formerly of this city. Funeral services
in Baptist church at IIollisterville,
Wayne county, at $50 o'clock this af-
teruoon.
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Leaving aside all consideration of the
increased revenue that would come
from liquor licenses, Scranton has little
to dread in a financial way from its
approaching transformation from a
third-class to a second-class city.
Not counting paid firemen. police
lieutenants, detectives and patrolmen
and such other employees as vary
largely in number according to the size
and systems of cities, there is paid at
present in salary and wages Sj9,i70,
divided as follows
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ALLEGHENY owns it own light and wa
ter works.
This brings the Allegheny list down
to $63,710, or only S4,2i0 more than it
costs to run Scranton under a third
class charter
Below is given a second-class city
salary and wages list such as would be
fair and reasonable for Scranton, taxi
ing the present salaries and wages paid
in Scranton as a basis for positions
that are similar as to duties, under
either charter, and basing the re-
muneration for new offices on the AL
legheny list with due allowances made
for the difference in the size of the two
cities:
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IN ALLEGHENY.

In Allegheny, a city of the second
class, the salaries and wages for the
same classes of officials and employees
amount to $SS,s9O. In applying the sal
airy list of second-class city to Scran-
ton. and using Allegheny as a criterion,
allowance must be made for a number
of offices that are not necessary to this
city. as for instance a superintendent
of the bureau of wharves and landings.
Some cuts that could be made in AL
legheny's salary list, should it be ap-
piled to Scranton, follow:
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CITY NOTES
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MALL MISSION-Tho McAn auxiliary
will hold a meeting at the house of Mrs.
J.. j. Northup, 500 Quincy avenue, this
afternoon at $50 o'clock All interested
in the work are cordially invited TO at
tend.
THE GREEN RIDGE FAIR.-'rhe tair
now in progress at ST. Pauls church.
Green Ridge, will continue another week
owing to the many desirable articles 10
be disposed of. Entertainment will be
provided each evening.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. - The
Democrats of the Second district will
convene tomorrow in the court house to
select delegates to the June state con-
vention. 1t is understood Judge Smith
Will bo allowed to name the delegates.
PAY-DAYS.--The Delaware and Hudson
company paid the employees at the Bal
timore slope, tunnel and No. shaft and
Conyngham shaft. all at Wilkes Barre
Saturday. The Delaware, Lackawanna
ana Western compny will not pay today
NOT CLOSED.--A morning contempo-
rary announced that the United States
army recruiting station on Spruce street
would be closed temporarily This Is
untrue as men are being examined and
''AiiSNNu tNtly bdN as Il ptIuSdl Oh Ihe
Tribune will prove.
4 COON'S HOLIDAY.--Finn & Phil
lips have just published a new cake walk
ana tWO-stcp under the title of "A Coon's
Holiday" by Thomas Rennie, jr., of this
city, The piece of music is unlike the
average coon melody, and is a compost
ton Of exceptional merit,
DIED SUDDENLY.-Phili Ben
der, of Dunmore, the young woman who
was engaged to be married to Peter
Mayer, who was killed by Joseph Keller,
died Saturday evening. The woman gave
birth TO a child Friday morning and died
very suddenly. Coroner Roberts has been
notified and will further investigate the
case today.
CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLE..-Following
is tho programme that will be observed
this evening by the Elm Park Chautau-
qua Literary circle Roll call; quota
tions from Thackery or Dickens: vocal
solo. VANITY Fair" a. i. Shou; vocal
solo, Alfred Wooler; intermission; talk
on geology, w. j. Douglass; discussion; /;
readings from Plckwick papers, Miss Lii
Ian Whitlock.
CONCERT POSTPONED.--At a spe-
clal meeting of the Symphony Orchestra
society of Scranton held last evening il
was decided to postpone the tenth con-
cert of tie organization until mex. fall.
The action OF the association was due 10
the i'll health of the leader, Professor
Hembergcr, who is suffering from bron-
ckitis. making II physically impracticable
for him to conduct the rchearsals.
YOUNG GIRLS FRIGHTENED..-Li-
lian Prlngle the A-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. william Pringle, OF lii3
Albright avenue, with two companions
were attacked by tramp IN Trinni
woods yesterday afternoon and an at
tempt was made to assault the former.
Patrolmon Thomas Jones and Iiiah Peters
were dispatched to the scene, but tho
assailart had escaped. The patrolmcn
arrested seven other hobos and locked
them up In the Vast Scranton police sta
tion,
Ballantine's Sparkling Table Ales
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Clearing House Exchanges.

The list of exchanges from the Scranton
Clearing House association for the week
ending Saturday, May G. is as follows,
Monday, May l, s212, 1885, Tuesday, May
2, S1S7, GOG.O5 Wednesday May 3, SlSl. .4S0 Is
Thursday, May 4, $751; ,962.75; Friday, May
3, $l41,6lS.lS; Saturday, May 6, $ll9,6l3S2;
grand total S994 534.90.
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COST OF RUNNING
SECOND CLASS CITY
EXPENSES OF SCRANTON UN-
DER THE NEW CHARTER.

From a Carefully Compiled Estimate
1t Would Appear That 1t Will
Require no More, or at All Events
Not Much More, to Run Scranton
Second Glass Than It Does at
Present-Revenue from Liquor
Licenses Will Be Greatly In
creased.
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UNWILLING OF THE HART
RANFT MONUMENT.
Harrisburg, May l2--Low Rates Via
Lehigh Valley Railroad.

The Lehigh Valley railroad an
nounccs a special low rate of one fare
for the round trip from points in Penn
sylvania to Harrisburg. for the above
occasion. Tickets to be sold May 10,
IL and ~. for all trains Except the
Black Diamond Express), limited for
return to and including May 1S. In
quire OF Lehigh Valley ticket agents
for further particulars. ~
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Notice.

Bids will be received until Thursday,
May %. for the position of janitor Of
the Simpson NJ. f. church for one year,
June 1, 1899, to June /, 1900. Address
George SAKE, chairman North Main
avenue, Scranton, Pa. 80
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Finest wines and cigars at Lanes.
800 Spruce street. 90
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Today will occur the annual parade
and inspection of police and fire de-
partments.
The procession will form on Mulberry
street, right resting on Washington
avenue, and will move at o'clock p.
m. The signal for the start Will be
one long blow of the blast furnace
gong
The fire companies will march in
their usual order of seniority with Act
ing Chief Suydam and the visiting
chiefs in the lead. Preceding them
will be the police force commanded by
Chief Robling. Eight out-of-town COM
ponies representing the fire depart
ments of Dunmore, Avoca, Peckville,
Pittston and Jermyn will also partici-
pate. Carriages containing the city
officials will form part Of the process
sion.
The route OF march will be as fol-
lows. out Mulberry to Wyoming, to
Linden, to Penn, to Mulberry,to Frank
lin, to Spruce, to Penn, to I,ackawan-
ma, to Eighth, countermarcb to Adams,
to Vine to Washington, to Spruce to
Wyoming, to Lackawanna and dismiss.
The parade will be reviewed from
the Washington avenue front of the
city hall by the mayor, the two chiefs
and the other city officials After the
parade is dismissed the firemen will
proceed to the armory to attend the
opening of the firemen's fair.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE.
Every arrangement for the fair was
practically completed Saturday night
and when the doors are thrown open to
the public this afternoon a treat will
be found awaiting its prospective pat
rons.
The interior of the big barren build
ing has been transformed into a bower
of loveliness. When it is stated that
the decorating of the booths was done
by the expert window dressers of our
leading stores and that each was CIV
EN- carte blanche by his employers to
outdo the others it is sufficient assur-
ance that this particular feature of the
fair will not be it's least noteworthy.
The general decorating of the build
ing was done by Thurman and is con-
sidered to be one of his best pieces of
work. Eight arc lights and one hun
dred and fifty incandescent lights,
which are arranged to be ornamental
as we'll as useful, have been furnished
gratis by the Scranton Illuminating
Heat and Power company. Four arc
lights used in front of the building are
the personal contribution of w. w.
Scranton.
A rustic bridge and fish pond con-
structed by Park Superintendent Phil
lips, is one Of the prettiest features.
The decorators of the booths are Will
liams & McAnulty, Jonas Longs Sons,
Goldsmith's Bazaar, Globe Warehouse,
the Leader, Mears & Hagen, Clarke
Bros, Connolly e Wallace and Marvin
& Muir. In one corner will be q soda
water fountain loaned by ]. d. Will
! liams & Bro.
Other contributors are: Postal Tele-
graph company, messenger service; j.
F. Fahrenheit, costumes; J. w. Guern-
| sey, orchestrion; j. Frank Siegel, and
! Undertakers Raub, Price and Jones
! chairs.
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FIREMEN WILL OWN
THE TOWN TODAY
ANNUAL PARADE AND OPEN.
ING OF THE FAIR.

out-of-Town Fire Companies Will
Participate in the Parade and AS
sist In the Formal Opening of the
Fair--Formation of the Column,
Line of March and other Details.
Police Will Be Inspected, Too.
Some of the Features of the Fair
at the Armory.
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A valuable property at a bargain,
4l9 Penn ave. See Real Estate column.
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DIED.

Smoke the Popular Punch Cigar, 1Oc
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TAKE TIME BY TIE FoRELocX.'

Smoke The Pocono sc. Cigar,
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Smoke The Popular Punch Cigar, 1Oc.
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Ballantine's Sparkling Table Ales
and Export Beers.
Sunshine Bottling works, 1i0l Sander
son avenue. -
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MANY LADIES TO ASSIST.

Nearly 500 ladies will assist in con-
Quoting the fair. Mrs. O'Reilly will
have charge of the North End division:
Mrs. Joseph Danner, central city; Mrs.
Shea, West Scranton; Miss Lena Ro-
sar. South Scranton.
The fair will be open every week day,
afternoon and evening, from . to IL
o'clock for eighteen days. The general
admission is ten cents. On Saturday
afternoons school children will be ad-
mitted for five cents.
The fair will be formally opened to-
night with an address by Mayor Moir.
A concert by Lawrence's band will
follow. The programme is:
March, New York Four Hundred"
o. S. Wald
Overture, Morning, Noon and Night"
f. V. Suppe
Southern PATROL ........George Voleker
Selection, Bohemian Girl ......... Balfe
Grand Entire March ....,..........G Carton
Fantasie, my Old Kentucky Home"
Dalby
| March, "El Peloto". w. Paris Chambers
on occasional nights informal dane
| ing will be INDUCED in during the clos
| ing hour.
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PAY-DAYS.-The Delaware and Hudson
company paid the employees at the Bal
timore slope, tunnel and No. shaft and
Conyngham shaft all at Wilkes Barre,
Saturday. The Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western compny will not pay today
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. - The
Democrats of the Second district will
convene tomorrow in the court house to
select delegates to the June state con-
vention 1t is understood Judge Smith
Will bo allowed to name the delegates.
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THE GREEN RIDGE FAIR.-'rhe fair
now in progress at st. Paurs church,
Green Ridge, will continue another week,
owing to the many desirable articles to
be disposed of. Entertainment will be
provided each evening.
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NOT CLOSED.-A morning contempo-
rary announced that the United States
army recruiting station on Spruce street
would be closed temporarily. This is
untrue as men are being examined and
enlisted every day as a perusal of The
Tribune will prove
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MALL MISSION.-The McAu auxiliary
will hold meeting at the house of Mrs.
L. j. Northup, 500 Quincy avenue, this
afternoon at $50 o'clock. All interested
in the work are cordially invited TO at
tend.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

ENGLISH DUM-DuM BULLET.

comes in contact with any moist sub
stance. such as the living body, spreads
out into sort of rounded knob. but the
nickel cover prevents any lying or
separation of the fragments. II the
bullet strikes any hard substance, such
as wood, it passes through it, cutting
clean hole. The cordite charge takes
the place Of the powder in the ordinary
cartridge. and 1t is set on by mans of
cap and anvil. The peace congress pro-
hibited the use of bullets covered with
a hard outer case unless the case covers
the core entirely and is free from in
cisions. There has been considerable
objection to the dum-dum bullet be-
cause it is said it does not carry
straight. 1t is likely that ii is doomed
for modern warfare, but it should not be
forgotten. in dealing with savage tribes,
they are not particular as to what form
of bullet ar weapon they use. This am
munition las been tested at Bisley,
England. Some Of the cartridges
caused the lore Of the gun to become
obstructed And momentarily checked
the free expsaSion of the gas by the
stripping Of tbs nickel sheath; this was
followed by injISy to the guns, such as
the blowing ont of breeches, etc.
Cordite is true explosive, and its use
in guns Of small caliber requires that
she cartridges shall be mechanically
perfect to avoid oastructions which
tend to cause the b.eyrel to be shattered.
The ammunition tests at Bisley showed
that economy must not be considered
where cordite is used.-Scientific Amer
lean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
NATURES OWN ToN1cs


A professor in one of the many med
ical toslee - of this city holds that there
is no reed Of buying and swallowing
tonics, because they accomplish ~ more
than a judiriously selected die: will.
The professor says that spinach II richer
in iron, which y the basis of most ton
les, than even the yolk Of m egg, while
the latter contains more than beef. The
ordinary dish Of spinach and poached
egg is tonic u potent NJ one in which
iron forms part, without the harmful
effect of other ingredients that enter
into the medicinal compound. Plants
imbibe iron, and II y through them
that we should absorb it into our sys-
tenn. That mineral il present largely
in apples. lentils, strawberries, white
btens, peas. potatoes aud most OF the
red fruits and vegetables. Stewed black
currants il taken daily In their season
will cure anaemia that has become
chronic. It il the exp%aiel.ce Of mari
ners that while lime juice IL , palliative
of scurvy potatoes are specific. Nam
sen, in his voyage in the Fran. had NO
occasion to resort to the madeleine chest.
The concentrated form Of NIL the fruits
and vegetables that his men were &C
customed to eat in Norway was worth
. shipload Of drugs. II il the first in
stance on record of the escape Of arctic
explorers confined ON shipboard from
the ravages Of scurvy. and it was due
entirely to the tonic effect of the food
supplied.-Chicago Chronicle.
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PUSSY SAVED THEN.
4 whole Family Escapes from Z
Burning Hoase, Thanks to .
Cat.s Falthfalness.

Score one for pussy. A Bristol Eng
land) cat few days ago proved the
means of saving whole family from
destruction Ey fire. At half-past two
in the morning a shopkeeper named
Ledo Schniedermann was aroused by
his pet tabby. whichwas gently scratch
ing his face.
He tried 10 drive her away, but as
the faithful feline persisted, he aroused
himself, to find the room full of smoke,
He alarmed lodger, Hermon Muller,
who was sleeping on the same floor,
and also his sister and another young
woman. They al rushed to the stairs,
where the flames were already spread
ing.
With the exception Of the lodger, the
inmates, taking puss with them,
reached landing. from which they es-
capped to the back yard. Just as the
flames shot right through the spiral
staircase, Muller, who had stopped to
put on his boots, was cut on from es-
cape. The flames reached his room, and
then, thI owing out some bedding, he
leaped from the second story window.
He badly sprained his ankle and was
taken TO the inhrmary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

when he offered his services to the
American congress he was only 20 years
old. Although so young and inexperi-
enced, he belonged to one of the most
powerful families of France. and his
influence at court, through his wife's
relatives, as well as his own, was of the
greatest assistance to us.
In offering his help to congress, he
purposed to bear all his own expenses
in the campaigns. Congress was poor.
and his services were gladly accepted.
He was at once given an appointment
on the staff Of Gen. Washington, and
these two great men, both Of the noblest
character and the most generous minds.
became lifelong friends.
In 1924 he was given public invita-
ton to visit the United States, and his
travels through this country were like
4 triumphai progress. Congress voted
him a gift of s20O, 900 and "a, 900 acres Of
land as mark of appreciation for his
services in the revolution. He died in
Paris May "A, 1894, and lies buried in a
handsome tomb in the cemetery Of Pic
pus in the Faubourg Saint Antoine
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
TIE DUN.DUN BULLET.


The peace congress considered the
"dum-dum" bullet at considerable
length, and England strongly opposed
any restrictions against its use among
savage tribes. There are certain cases,
however, where its use really seems to
be advisable. When dealing with
fanatics, like the Soudanese, war Of
determination must be carried on, and
the dum-dum bullet seems to be the
most effective remedy for placing the
enemy hors de combat, and the bullets
are also used in the prison of one OF our
western states. Nowadays all the chief
powers have small-bore rifles, and are
liable to become Involved in warfare
with more or less savage races, as when
their colonial possessions are menaced.
SO that many of them doubtless desire
to use the most effective bullet possi-
BILE. Our engraving shows what IL
known as the English mark ~" cart
ridge, containing cordite charge as
sent to the Cape. The bullet has hol-
low in the head, and the nickel sheath
ends ON lip at the entrance. A small
disk of nickel is forced down to the bot
tom of the recess. This bullet, when II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
THIS CLOCK RUNS A YEAR.

its owner considerable money. The
clock proper II run with a wheel 60
inches in circumference. From the out
er surface Of the circumference are sus-
pended 120 cups, each one-haf inch in
diameter and third Of m inch deep.
Each Of 40 Of these cupa. which are sue
cessive, contain steel balls three-eighths
Of IN inch in diameter. Every minute
and a half, as this wheel turns by tho
weight of these balls, one " them falls
ont Of its cup, rolls down en- inclined
plane 20 inches long, when, " its own
weight, II reunites = broken circuit Of
electricity, andis again elevated y lit
tie car travelling along . sleeper i'm
clined plane to the top of the whsel.
where il falls into cup which stands
vertical for short time. After the car
discharges its cargo it returns 10 its
original station from its own weight.
From the time one Of these balls il
dropped into cup until it il again
dropped into another cup. It travels 36
inches. Thus the work done by all ths
balls is equivalent to one ball travelling
over one mile day, 400 miles in one
year, and during the lifetime Of per-
SON living three score years the distance
around the globe.
The electricity used is generated in
an ordinary storage battery, which does
not require any attention for fully .
year. Mr.. Ravenskilde has been asked
to exhibit his clock at the Paris expo
sition. but has declined to do SO.
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sunk out of sight, slipped back and lay
behind the log. My scheme was ia
frighten the brute, not to kill him. SC
put aside my gun.
1t was some minutes before saw him
coming down from the crest of the op-
posite ridge. The gnarled roots of the
tree held the trunk a little off the
ground, so I could see beneath it. The
coyote was apparently satisfied that
was moving along, for he came on.
After he reached the bottom Of the
hollow and started up the slope toward
me he was out of my sight, and he must
be so until within ten feet of the log
unless he should diverge from his
straight course up the hill.
Finally he appeared, Sinking along,
apparently half asleep. As he passed
around near the gnarled roots, gath
cred myself for spring and drew in
my breath for shout.
The instant he showed himself !
plunged forward frog-fashion, landing
directly in front of him. and uttering
yells so hideous that they almost fright
ened me.
The coyote was taken completely by
surprise. He shrank back SO suddenly
that his loose hide seemed to slip for
ward over his head. Exactly the re-
verse of what expected happened. He
made desperate dash straight at me,
viciously clicking his wicked teeth
within a foot Of my nose.
l scrambled backward down the hill
as fast as could. The coyote followed,
swapping furiously. There was broad
patch of healthy prickly-pears, and !
got among them. but did not notice
the fact for minute or two, as waa
otherwise engaged.
There was no time for me to get on
my feet. The brute pressed me SO
close that a second lost would have
resulted in his biting me. At least, !
thought SO. As | rolled over in the
prickly-pear bed, the brute turned and
whisked back over the ridge, seeming
~ very much frightened, but / failed
to laugh at his fright.
sat down and picked out the prickly-
pear spines, while the coyote sat down
on the opposite ridge and looked at me.
A strong desire to kill the brute took
possession of me. prolonged my hunt
till dark. trying in every possible way
to get within gunshot, but he could
not again be fooled.
/ saw his exact counterpart the
other day at a sheep-camp in northern
Utah, but tried no tricks with him.
Warren L. Watts, in Youths Compan-
ion.