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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-15

REFLECTIONS.-S what Jesus
accomplished by the feet-washing: !.
He gave proof oF His love for His dis
ciples-love that was undminished by
their dullness and ambition, that in
cluded all alike though one had a devil.
.. He gave an instance of His own hu-
mility, and showed how lowly and con-
descending He was, and let all the
world know how He could stoop in love
TO His own. This was the more neces-
sary after the amounting OF Mary which
might have been taken as an act Of
honor. 3. He set before His disciples
an example which they would never
forget, calculated to prevent them
from any further striving for place and
distinction. !. lie showed Himself q
true master, the same in spirit toward
John the beloved: Judas, the traitor
and Peter, the impetuous and head
Strong-hence worthy the love of all
explaining His relation and exercising
His authority. s. lie used the occa-
sion, nevertheless. to pronounce JUDI
ment, declaring all clean but one, dis.
tinguishing according TO the state Of
the heart The narrative is full of in
struction for all time.
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AS for cattle raising, Captain Folt3 is
of the opinion that that industry could
not be made paying project except for
home consumption.
To sum up, in brief. the material re-
sources of the island are as follows.
Fine timber for the saw is not large.
The area of cane land is insignifica mt
High freights and distance to market
make agricultural produce valueless ex-
cept for home consumption. The
amount and quality of mahogany is
not sufficient TO attract buyers from
more promising fields. This, of course,
appertains to the northern part of the
island.
The southern part OF the island has
not yet been thoroughly inspected. Its
resources will be the subject of a visit
in the near future. Tobacco culture is
capable of great development. Men of
experience and capital will do well TO
inspect the marble quarries. The great
est returns to the capitalist, as well as
the greatest benefit to the island itself,
at present seems to lie in it's future as
a sanitary resort. The island can be
brought within eight hours or less of
Havana, and the traveller runs no risk
Of sea sickness in the shallow sea in g..
closed by keys. A close connection can
be made with Havana, provided suffic-
lent capital is invested by establishing
swift steamer of light draft to Ba-
tabanO.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-15
Sunday-Sch0OE Lesson for April IT,
Jesus Teaching Humility.
JOHN xiii, l-7

BY }. e. GILBERT d. d., IL. D.,
Secretary of American Society OF Religious Education
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hammatiou, an irregularity or a weakness,
aid this medicine will act directly upon it,
and restore the organs TO perfectly healthy
action. II prepares the girl TO become a
woman; the wife Ia become a mother, the
middle-aged TO pass the turn of life in
safety. II is not cure all " but a medi
cine for women only, and is the prescTip-
ton q Dr. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, y. Y, the
wi! .ained specialist in the treatment of
d,-p-.ss-s of women. Any reader of this
ppr'I nay consult Dr. Pierce free by mail.
Wrte MIN if your local physicians do not
sevu 10 understand your case
Mrs. W. J. Kidder Of Hill Dale Farm tEnos.
hVE Center, Enosburg, VT, writes During
Ia pest year found myself pregnant and in
ttpiS.y falling health. I suffered dreadfully
!r."l bloating and urinary difficulty | was
growing perreptbly weaker each day aud sui-
'rred much sharp pain al times ! felt that
-s,'Hethtng must he done. | sought your advice
pud received prompt reply. / followed your
directions and took twelve bottles OF Or. Pierce 5
Fsvorite Prescription, and also followed your
instructions. began to improve Immediately,
my health became excellent and | could do all
my own work 1--WE live on good sized farnll. |
walked and rode all could and enjoyed it,
had short, easy confinement and have healthy
baby boy"
Or. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
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a corresponding benefit to the island
Tobacco growers are of the opinion
that the only difficulty thus far pre-
sented in growing the weed arises from
the newness of the soil. The latter has
not been sufficiently worked and mixed
TO insure a uniform crop. Some plants
grow and others poorly.
The sugar cane at present used in
| the island Is for home use only. The
| tIice is extrated by a crude wooden
mill and boiled down in a large open
| kettle, making a dark, coarse sugar un-
| fit for export. A sugar plantation here
would not probably be able to compete
| with those in the rich level lands of
| Havana province. as the sol Is not
! as strong as it is in the region named.
| Coffee has only been raised in an eX
perimental sense. The quality seems
| to be fair, and Captain Foltz believes
that If cultivators who understood the
work should commence operations in
an attempt to raise the berry, good
results might be obtained.
| Cacao (chocolate) is also used and
only experimentally grown, but the
| fruit appears to be fine. Rice grows
well without irrigation, Yuca, which
|
well without irrigation, and usually
! yielus well,
| Malango. which is a species OF potato,
| grows we'll without irrigation. yields
| we'll and is OF a fine quality.
The sweet potato grown in the ISL
! and possesses a particularly fine flavor
| and with reduced rates 10 cuba would
| become q marketable product.
LARGE AREA OF PINE FOREST
There are at present two small saw
! Mills in the island. only one is now
in actual running order. There is a
! large area of pine forest, but the logs
large enough for saving are found
only in small stretches west of the
center Of the island. These small pines
are principally exported TO be used
as railway ties, telegraph poles, poles
for the roofs of native Cuban huts
| and for hanging tobacco around its
curing. There seems TO be no avail
able statistics from which the amount
and quality of the hardwood in the
southern part Of the island can he esti-
! mated.
Captain Foltz is OF the opinion that,
| while much Amer wood might be
found I'm the southern portion Of the
island, 1t would not be found OF suffi-
cirnt size and i'm sufficient quantity "a
warrant the expense of getting it TO the
water over the ulfiicult, rocky ground
in which il grows. The most access
sible localities have already been culled
and It is feared that 20 take ont the
best timber portable railways would
have to be used.
POOR AND SMALL HORSES.
The horses of the island are very
small ana generally very poor They
are hardy and travel with a comfort.
able and rapid ambling gate. The
pasturage is not such as to favor
growth and the stock brought to the
island during the war IS being rapidly
exported to Cuba. Cattle have almost
disappeared from the island.
In weeks riding not a hundred head
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resumed His seat and explained Cverse
12), "Ye call me Master and so / am"
lie said, desiring them to know that
He had not relinquished His place.
What lie did was not because He had
abdicatcd His authority--indeed, lie
had re-afiirmed it with Peter. He
would not be esteemed less than He
had been. lie would claim as before
complete supremacy, and that He
would make the basis of an example
for them Oversees ID and 1O, urging
them to do by each other what He had
done to each. That does not mean,
what some small sects suppose, that
feet-washing should be perpetuated in
the church, a practice that might be-
come very vulgar and offensive, under
certain circumstances. 1t does mean
that these men who had disputed
about priority and greatness. and that
all Christians afterward, should be
anxious to serve one another. And
there sat Judas, tthe traitor, hearing
these wonderful words (verse IL, yet
chershing his wicked purpose against
the innocent.
ENFORCED.--The virtue of humil-
lly was iluS SET lOIlH ny lue
and precept of Jesus. 1t must now be
made attractive, and the disciples
must have motives for its cultivation.
No one performs a good act or culti-
Yates a good quality without a cor
rect ideal and prompting toward it.
Jesus therefore enforced the virtue by
two important principles. First, 1.-THE
servant is not greater than his Lord
(vorse 16). The disciple must not seek
to he above his Master Matt, x:24).
Here Jesus makes Himself the pattern
for all His followers What they see
in Him they may imitate-all else they
must discard. No rule could be sim
pier. 1t is at all times applicable. The
study Of Christ and the imitation of
Christ constitute the great business of
life. The feet-washing scene in the
upper room is the perpetual ideal.
Second, Conformity to this spirit will
bring happiness (verse ~. who does
not know the pain of ambition? Who
among all that strive to outstrip their
fellows is at peace? But blessed are
they who serve others Uames, i:25).
BY these two considerations the dis
| Ciples must have been moved. To
by like Jesus, their Master, to be hap
py-they must humble themselves.
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A Kiss of Gratitude.

Mrs. West--I suppose you have heard
that our neighbor, Mrs. Hingle, caught
her husband kissing their cook yester-
day?
Mrs, East-Yes, but who can blame
him? It's probably the first time he ever
had anyone in the house that knew how
TO cook.--Boston Courier.
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SOMETHING ABOUT
THE ISLE OF PINES
UNCLE SANS NEW ISLAND POS
SESSION.

Situated to the South of Cuba It
Guards Effectively the Entrance to
the Caribbean Sea But Has Never
Been Developed-Marble ouarries
and Forests Of Fine Timber-Im-
passable Swamps.
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We're seen. Beef is such q luxury that
1t is not usually obtained even in the
towns OF New Corona and Sante Fe.
1t being rumored tina: the Spanish gov
ernment was to seize all the cattle the
owners hurriedly sold them and the
purchasers Immediately shipped the
animals to Havana. The island is a
paradise for pigs. The vast variety
of wild fruits and seeds furnish them
abundant food. Parrots are found in
large numbers and are yearly exported.
The shallow waters about the island
abound in an excellent quantity Of fish
and Holsters.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.
The agricultural resources OF the ISL
anrd are as follows: Rich land. ten
per cent. land of doubtful agricultural
value, ten per cent; Savannas covered
with mangroves and palmetto, twenty
five per cent; mountains and steep
hills, five per cent; pine lands insult
able for agriculture, twenty-five per
cent. The land thus named lies north
Of the Cienega. OF the land denom!n-
ated rich only very small percentage
Is actually under cultivation, but the
nature of its growth shows the value
of the soil. OF the entire surface of
the island, but one per cent. is now
under cultivation. AS an example Of
the wonderful variety of products of
the island, Captain Foltz mentions in
particular a farm OF less than thirty
three acres actually in cultivation
whose products include coffee, sugar
chocolate (cOcoa), cocoanuts, plain
tains, bananas, sweet potatoes, csssava
from which laundry starch may be
made, malangoes, which answer for po-
tatoes, rice. beans, lettuce. tobacco,
honey, fowls pigs and cattle,
The rich arabic land OF the island is
not found in large tracts, but in scat
tered patches among the hills, which
is suitable for tobacco patches rather
than sugar plantations. The demand
for consumption in the island is small,
and the freight rates to the mainland
high. Hence the only agricultural pro-
duct that commands ready cash mar
ket is tobacco. OF this staple the ISL
and exported last year about 1000 bales
| Of 100 pounds each. This year the
amount will fall to 1000 bales, or less,
| for tn. reason that the workers who
! Abajao came to escape the war. They
| have now returned to their old homes,
| where the reputation OF the leaf, II not
| It's actual superiority, gives the labor
er who cultivates it a larger return for
| his work.
| CFENING TO ORANGE GROWERS
No attention seems to have been paid
| 10 the kind Of trees planted, and il il
| believed that there IS an opening or
the island for orange growers Of eX
perience, who would plant trees Of tn,
most approved varieties.
Guava grows wild over "A large par
OF the island, and furnishes fruit fol
| pigs. 1t could be utilized in the manu-
! facture Of the guava paste and jelly
The cocoanut trees of the island yielt
| abundantly. Few trees have beer
| planted, however This fruit could als(
easily become an article of export.
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READY REFERENCE Guide
OF
Scranton
Representative Firms

ART MATERIAL, FRAMING AND PHO
TO SUPPLIES.
the Griffin Art Studio, 2O9 Wyoming.
BANKS.
Scranton Savings Bank, 100 Wyoming.
Merchants X Mechanics Bank, 40 Lack.
Third National Bank lis Wyoming.
West Side Bank. 100 n. Main.
Lack. Trust & Safe Dep. Co, 4Oi Lacka.
Traders Nat. Bank. Wyom. q Spruce.
Dime. Dis. and Dep. Wyom. & Spruce
BOOTS AND SHOTs-wuoLESALE
Goldsmith Bros. 3O4 Lackawanna.
CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREAM
WHOLESALE.
Williams, j. d. & Bro. 3l2 Lackawanna,
FRUITS WHOLESALE.
Wegman Fruit Co, II Lackawanna.
GRoCERS-WHOLESA
Kelly, n. !. e Co, IA I.ackawanna.
HARDWARE AND MINE SUPPLIES.
Hunt 6: Conncll Co., Al Lackawanna.
HEATING And PLUMBING.
Howley, p, T. * NJ. r, 23l Wyoming
hAENESS AND TRUNKS.
Fritz. G. w, 40 LacEawanna.
HiiLDERS' HARDWARE, STOVES, ETC.
Lackawanna Hardware Co., 22l Lacka
BEDDING. SPRINGS. ETC.
Tho Scranton Bedding Co., Coo Lacka,
HARDWARE. STOVES, ETC.
Leonard, Thos. r, Lackawanna ave.
BAND INSTRU MENTS AND PIANOS.
Finn g. Phillips 1888 Wyoming.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
Protheroe G. Co., 1874 Washington
LUMBER AND planning MILL,
Anscy. Joseph & Son. SOL Scranton.
oIAuoNDs. WATCHES AND JEwELRY
Mercereau e Connell. SO7 Lackawanna.
MEATS AND VEGETABLES
Carr. r.. +, & Son, 213 Washington.
GRANITE MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Owens Bros, 2lS Adams.
LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS
Security Bldg & sav'gs Union Mesrs bldg
CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.
Nat. Biscuit Co. (scra'n Branch), 20 Lack.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Simroll V. A., 515 Linden.
PAPER AND BUTCHER Supplies.
ltnman IaOer %, - spruce.
BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE.
Stevens +. d. {; Co., % LaCkawanna.
FLOUR. FEED. HAY AND GRAIN.
| The Weston Mill Co, Lackawanna ave.
MACARONI AND VERMICELLL
| Cassese Bros, 80 Lackawanna ave.
JEWELERS. AND wuOI. +
SALE.
Levy, y. L. & Bro, Traders Bldg
RUTrER. EGGS. FLOUR. HAY, ETC
| Easterle & Co, 13l Franklin.
Babcock, II. f., & Co, ll6 Franklin
JEWELERS. AND WATCH MATERIAL.
| Phillips Geo. & Co, Coal Exchange.
WINES AND LIQUoR.
Casey Bros, PIG Lackawanna.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Northwestern Mutual Life, Mears Bldg.
LAW AND COLLECTION
Okell & Dunn, Coal Exchange.
Yocum. Geo. c., ConnoIi Bldg
BICYCLES AND PHoTO SUPPLIES.
Florey & Brooks, 2ll Washington.
ovERALLS. UNDERWEAR. ETC.
Harris s, 800 Penn ave.
LUBRICATING OILS AND GREAsES.
Maloney oil Mfg. Co.. lil Meridian.
OIL. PAINT AND YARNISH.
Maloney OIL Mfg. Co. lil Meridian.
STATIONERS AND ENGRAyERS
Prendergast & Geipel 9O7 Washington.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS,
Tague, p. w, ll3 s. Main; Residence 1924
jackson.
Price, William. l35 ). Main.
DRY GOODS. SHOES AND GROCERIES
McCann, =, j., All n. Main.
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EXPLAINED.--It is quite probable
that some one discerned the meaning
Of Christ's act, but to make It plain
10 all, having completed His task, lie
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ucSlIOylnR nSt yOulni nti
beauty, her very life.
She will urcomplain-
ingly resign herself to
the woes and miseries of
female troubles, which
are to be dreaded a thou
sand times more than a
tiny mouse. II Is graft
flying to know that untold
numbers of women are
being restored to perfect
vigor aud strength by DR..
Pierce's FavoTitc Pre-
sCription. II cures all
uterine disorders. The
exact name of the dis
ease doesn't amount to 4
row of pins. If it is in
4.
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ceeded to wash the disciples feet
Oversees and 81. This service was
usually rendered TO guests by the low
est household menials Gen. Xviii:D, de-
signed to bring both comfort and clean
lness, made necessary by the heat OF
the country and the character of the
shoes worn With what spirit Jesus
performed the act we are distinctly in
formed (verse -. He was fully con-
scious of His dignity and right He
knew His origln-having come from
God. He knew his destiny-eXpectinS
to return to God. He knew His au-
thority-all things had been commit
ted to his hands OIeb. ii:9. He had
therefore voluntarily humbled himself
to serve men unworthy of him (Phil.
ii:S.
DHCLINHD.-Th some of the
disciples allowed Jesus to wash their
| feet without objection is proof of their
coarser nature. But when He reached
Peter the improperly of the act APP
| peared to the stern fisherman, who on
previous occasions had acknowledged
the worth of Jesus and had confessed
his own sinfulness duke verse 81.
| DOSL HOu WASH my ANNNt nv N-N
claimed (verse 81, with emphasis on
the pronouns, feeling doubtless as John
! the Baptist did Matt. iii:1D. Per-
suasively, Jesus replied that He was
doing what Peter did not then under
stand, but what would afterwards be
made plain (verse y as the apostle ad-
yanced in the spiritual life q Cor. II:
! 14-15). Here was wholesome counsel
| proper TO all the followers of Jesus
| in every age--submit to His require
| ments even though they seem TO be
! unreasonable and expect explanation
| in after years. But Peter could not
/ grasp the force of this remark. He
! was not prepared TO surrender his
| Judgment and his will. He could see
/ in the Lords humiliation no evidence
I Of His glory and he shrunk from ac-
| cepting what seemed incongruous,
saving: Thou shall never wash my
/ feet" (verse 81.
| YIELDED.-Jesus did not abandon
| His purpose because of this reply, but
| He presented an alternative. Peter
must be washed or he would have no
part partnership with Jesus ". 81.
! THAT did not signify that a little water
| ADDlleu lo lnc itcI was 'S'ShNidA "
Peters discipleship. 1t did signify
that the will of the apostle must sub
nit TO the Saviours requirements,
i otherwise there could be no relation
, between them Matt. VII 10. 1t would
| never do for ones sense of propriety
to be the source of dsobedence. The
issue was drawn. Christ was ready
to dismiss one who afterward preach
ed the first post-resurrection sermon
(Acts ii. 1D. Destined to lose one
apostle through treachery fMatt
xviii. -. He was willing if need be
TO reject another through obstinacy.
Happily Peter yielded, and urged that
his hands and head also be washed
". %. He was willing TO go beyond
the lords requirement, q fault not
uncommon IN our dey. Bur true ODE
dience requires only the meeting of
the command, and Jesus replied that
what lie had set out TO do was all
that He should do. all that was re-
Quired to fulfill His purpose and seal
His own TO Himself(v. 10).
EXPLAINED.--It is quite probable
that some one discerned the meaning
Of Christ's act, but to make It plain
TO ALL having completed His task, lie
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DANCERS PEAL AND EANCIED.

The average woman will scream with
terror at the sight OF an innocent little
mouse, and then conplacently sit down
and suffer in silence with diseases that are
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the WOnldnly
organs, pa
VoVite Pre- 70
scription" will
} hunt it out and
cure 1t. II can
be a drain, a
pain, an in-
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07

b 20 ss
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07

the state is more wheat unloaded
from farmers wagons. It is estimat-
ed that 5000 bushels of wheat
were marketed here from the crop
of 1895.
The people who founded and were
the first citizens Of Warren were Of
the right sort to make a town, and
the many who have come here since
have generally been of the same
class. They are intelligent, thrifty,
honest, energetic, public spirited and
enterprising. Through their efforts
the commanding social, commercial
and political Importance of the town
has been secured.
Warren has always been de-
sirable place for home its standard
Of morality has always been high,
and its aim has been to surround the
young and rising generation with
good, wholesome influences. The
value of the church and the school as
adjuncts Of civilization we're early
recognized, and the two were estab-
lished side bY side.
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07
K. j. Taralseth,

one Of the prominent and successful
business men OF Warren, was born ia
Norfiord, Norway, in 1847. He
came to America in 1872. and for q
time followed the carpenter trade.
ln the spring OF 1882, he came to
Warren and established a generM
merchandise store i'll the little build
ing where the laundry now is locat-
ed. His business has steadily In
creased until to-day he is established
in a large handsome brick store, ana
employs no less than 16 clerks in
his mammoth establishment.
Mr.. .Taralseth has q family con-
sistingy Of wife, two SOUS, Henry and
Ralph Taralseth, aud one daughter.
Miss Lena Taralseth. He has long
been a member Of the Board of Edu-
cation, and is at present treasurer Of
the district. In all matters affecting
the welfare OF the city he takes On
,tctive par -..s:-:s ~ ; -. -.
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07

. post odicee, three thrifty and
growing soMns, = Warren, Argy II md
Stephen, md = number OF 6ansfy
stores besides. By the census 81
1885 the population was Il, ,O72,
but since then there has been i large
influx Of settlers. The unoccupied
lands are being rapidly taken. There
is still some government land left,
but those who want it must not delay.
Railroad land and improved farms
at no great distance from Warren
can still be purchased cheap, AZ
prices ranging from five 10 twenty
dollars an acre, but values are con-
stantly advancing
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07
The Public Schools.

No man who believes in educating
his children would care to take up
his residence in community that
did not believe ia literally support
ing its schools. Warren has always
been an educational'tc center, and this
fact has brought many families here
who have become residents Of the
city in order that they might secure
for their children the benefits 10 be
derived from superior education
The excellent and indeed superior
character Of the public schools Of
Warren is we'll known. The manage
ment of the educational affairs is in
the hands of competent persons, and
the corps of instructors employed
comprise a list Of teachers of ac-
knowledged ability and proficiency.
Warren has a State High School !,
maintaining a complete state high
school course Of study, where the
youth Of Marshall county may obtain
free a good practical education, that
will fit them admiralty for the active
duties OF life: Graduates -of~. the
school are admitted to the State Uni
versity without examination The
high school building is substantial
and modern brick structure, we'll
lighted, heated and ventilated. .
The superintendent Of the city
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07

schools is VIM. Angus, 4. b., Z. Z. B.
Heis graduate Of the Stlte University
of Minnesota, teacher Of many
years experience in the school room,
and as an instructor III tc,chers IN.
stitutes. The following is the per-
sonel of the other teaches: Mis-.
Edna Q. Fawcett, assistant principal !;
Miss Susie 4 Easton, ptiin,'s
teacher Miss Ere ia Samle S III, Miss