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The times., 1899-07-30
WORK IN THE IRON REGIONS.
Great Activity in Companies operat-
ing in Nnrioms Sections.

Reading, Pa, July 29.-The Empire Iron
and Steel Company, which is composed
largely of New York capitalists and has
its offices in that city, is now one of the
largest producers of pig iron in the Eas-
tern part of the United States. The com
pany now owns eleven anthracite blast
furnaces, and, with the match to be ap
piled to two more shortly. ten of its fur
naces viii be in operation. These two are
the Victoria, at Goshen, Va, which will be
blown in few days, and another at Ok
ford, n. ].
The two Henry Clay furnaces in this
city and the Topton plant at Topton, this
county, purchased by the Empire recent
ly, have never turned out more pig iron
in a given time than now, and the big
furnaces of the Crane Iron Company, at
Catasauqua, also bought by the Empire,
are running to their fullest capacity To-
day these furnaces are among the best Pig
iron producers in this end of the State,
and they have orders for months ahead
Leonard Pecitt, formerly of this city, is
president of the Empire. Other furnaces
owned by the company are at Greenburg,
N H. ana bellSIOult. lnlS Sldlt
II has been the purpose of the Empire
to render its furnace properties, as far as
practicable, independent of the market in
the supply of raw material. In connec-
tion with an important Pittsburg interest,
the company has purchased a tract of Con-
nellsville coal land. Here 100 ovens will
be constructed, TO be increased later, and
the entire output will be shipped to its
Pennsylvania furnaces. The Oxford IN.
J) furnace property contains valuable
magnetic ore mines, which will be devel-
oped. Ii has been determined TO put the
furnace in operation, and probably the
rolling mill on the premises later on. The
Empire has now purchased from the Lack
awanHa Iron and Steel Company the Mount
Hope Mining Company and the Mount
Hope Mineral Railroad, near Port Dram,
N. ].
There are three magnetic ore mines on
the property, and the company expects to
ship ten thousand tons of ore a month, all
of which will go TO the Crane furnaces at
Catasauqua.
The Reading Iron Company, which is a
hig producer Of pig, bar, plate, and manu-
factured iron, and consumes vast amount
of bituminous coal in its blast furnaces
and rolling mills. has also made arrange
nients to control its own supply of fuel,
not only to make itself independent of the
market, but on the ground of economy. II
will hereafter get its soft coal from a tract
of nine thousand acres purchased in Som
erset county, from fifty individual owners,
and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Nothing but the mining right has been
bought, and not the surface. Several veins
will be worked at once, and hereafter the
company will secure all its bituminous coal
from that region.
The times., 1899-07-30
POULTRY ON DRESS PARADE
Fantastic Advertising Scheme of q
Cincinnati Dyer.

Cincinnati, Ohio. July 29.-Charles Fish
er, dyer, of 514 George Street, is In
trouble with the Humane Society Fisher
has the newest advertising idea, but on ae-
count of it the Ohio Humane Society is
after him. On Thursday Fisher bought
half dozen white ducks and chickens and
when he was through dying clothes he sous,
ed the birds into tubs Of various colored lIq-
uids.
One old rooster appeared in the street in
an army blue uniform and young hen came
out with a green dress, while the duck was
a royal purple. NFisher put some of them in
his window and one in a grocer's coop at
Smith and George Streets, where it almost
frightened the other chickens into spasms
man who had been drinking freely saw
pink pullet in the street this mornir- and
wanted to be locked up until he got over
the attack. Fisher says the chickens close
their eyes when he dips them, but the hu-
name officers are investigating it.
The times., 1899-07-30
A BRIDAL COUPLE IN JAIL.
The Groom EIoped in His Grandfa.
thcr's Best Apparel.

somerville, N. j., July 29.-Because he
stole his grandfathers best suit of clothes
in which to run away and get married
Frederick Van Kirk, of Lamington, is
spending a sad enforced honeymoon in
the Somerset county Jail. The prisoner,
who lived with his grandfather, Cornelius
Van Kirk, became engaged to Miss Kate
Bird, living near Whitehouse. and one
night a short time ago he appropriated the
best clothes his grandfather owned, met
his prospective wife, and they were quietly
married.
Van Kirk. ST., exasperated at his grand
sons conduct, swore out a warrant fH!
his arrest. and when this week he returned
from Newark, expecting forgiveness, he
was met by constable and taken before a
justice, who committed him TO Jail to
await the action of the grand jury. The
bride, who also went to her marriage in
appropriated finery. has been arrested and
sent TO the county Jail.
The times., 1899-07-30
RACES IN A PITCHED BATTLE.
Arabs and Negroes Fight With Pis-
tolls. Knives. and Clubs.

Newburg, n. Y, July 29.-Ever since the
brick manufacturers along the Hudson
took to their yards many negro laborers
from the South there has beeen trouble.
The Hungarians, Irish, Italians, French
men, and Arabs make common cause
against them, and of these the Arabs es-.
pecially are bitter.
One large yard in Haverstraw opened
with many negroes at work. The white
men quit, and the negroes were discharg
ed This made much disorder. The race
war eliminated in pitched battle Thurs
day.
There is little question that all the
Arabs employed in the brickyards here
abouts, more than one hundred in number,
met at Dutchess Junction, at the south
end of Freeman Hammond's yard. AS
many negroes assembled at the, north end
of the yard. Both sides were armed with
pistols, knives, and clubs.
They came together with a clash, and
fighting was fast and furious In the first
attack the advantage was with the ne
groes. Then the Arabs got more pistols
and made their opponents take to the
woods.
Two men were shot, neither seriously,
and one Arab was terribly cut about the
but each side took care of its wounded.
No negroes were at work in the brick
yards yesterday. They said they would
return today. If they do, further trouble
is feared.
The times., 1899-07-30
SENT POISON TO HERSELF.
A Peculiar Case Not Covered by the
LnMs of California.

San Francisco. July 29.-The mystery
OF the sending OF a basket of poisoned fruit
10 MISS Florence Campbell, of $40 Ellis
Street, has been solved by Chief OF Police
Lees, and the result shows that there was
no attempt made TO take life, and that
no one was even made III by the poisoned
fruit. II appears that Miss Campbell sent
the poison TO herself in furtherance of a
little plot. by which she hoped to keep
her name from figuring in a divorce suit
According TO the confession which has
been made by Miss Campbell the basket
Of fruit was sent on June %. to go Ellis
Street, where Miss Campbell had been liv-
ing with John r. Rathom. II was claim
ed at first that Miss Campbell and Mrs.
Elsie Schieb had been made III by eating
the fruit. The police learned Of the case
and an Investigation was made by CHIEF
Lees. The results of the investigation were
laid before the District Attorney who stat
ed that the California law did not cover
the case. There will consequently be no
prosecution. and there viii be no police
interference with Miss Campbell's an
.ounced plan Of returning 10 her old home
In West Virginia.
The times., 1899-07-30
An Infant Firebug.

Bethlehem, Pa, July 2s.-Four- year-old
Willie Rundel year ago set fire to his
fathers wagon shed, and it was burned to
the ground. Last evening his mother re-
them and boxed his ears. An hour later
the little fellow came running into the
house exclaiming: Mamma I've got a
bigger fire than last year," And, sure
enough he had. The big barn was ablaze
and was destroyed, with all the adjoining
buildings and their contents. Only horse
and a COW were saved. Mrs. Rundel was
scorched about the face, neck. and hands
in getting out the live stock. The loss is
81, 100, with no insurance.
The times., 1899-07-30
COMBINATION DINING CARS.
They Save Passengers From an In
genious System of Taxntion.


New York. July pa Southern railroad
is preparing to convert all of its dining
cars into combination cafe and table d'hote
compartments. This plan will place within
reach OF everybody the possibility of get
ting what they want and paying for what
they get, and, in addition, it will leave
open TO the man who wishes to smoke the
privilege OF doing so in the cafe. an i'm
possibility In the ordinary dining-car. The
railway which is making this change will
undoubtedly benefit by the plan quite as
much as its passengers.
Such plan will put an end to the in
genious system by which ths railway COM
panies give their passengers the thing they
want least in the way of meals and charge
them the highest possible price for 1t Up
to the present time there has never been
q regular la carte service in any OF the
dining-cars OF the big roads in the East.
This want has been felt by the public, and
as q result the restaurants at the different
stations have received good share OF the
small trade from those who did not care to
pay a dollar for a dinner. and who could
get nothing for less than that amount The
idea OF the companies seems to have been
TO get as much as possible out of the pas
senger. whom they had practically at their
mercy II is true that in the ordinary
draWing-room car lunches are served on
the a IA carte plan, but only in case there
happens TO be no dining-car on the train.
The station restaurants add to the general
discomfort by their high prices. As con-
sequence, many travellers on Eastern roads
carry lunch baskets.
West of the Mississippi the opposite con-
dition Of affairs is found. The table d'hote
is rare on dining-cars, and the a la carte
system is the common one. In the West
the passenger. as rule, is making a long
journey. Consequently. he desires an
abundance, and he is made to pay for it by
ordering IL la carte.
In this manner he gives three or four
times for his dinner what 1t would cost
him table dhote. Thus the railroad COM
pany is the gamer by the a Ia carte system
in the West, as it is by the table d'hote
system in the East
The times., 1899-07-30
A Marine Monster sighted.

Boston, July 29.-Capt. McAuley, of the
Dominion Line steamer New England
brought in on his trip from Liverpool a
sketch of a marine creature that at least
comes up to the idea of sea serpent. 1t
was sighted about two days ago. The cap
tain says that while it was impossible to
see its entire length he is of the opinion
that it was at least fifty feet long and about
eight feet broad. From a side view il
looked exactly like a life boat turned up
side down. An attempt was made by sew
eral passengers to catch a picture of it,
but the evening light was too uncertain
The theory has been advanced that it was
an ichthiosaurus, an animal supposed TO be
extinct
The times., 1899-07-30
4 Syndicate Land Purchase.

Syracuse, n. Y, July 2s.-Peter Pfeiffer,
of Durhamville, acting for a syndicate of
New York and Boston capitalists. has pur-
chased 100 hundred acres of land on The
shores of Oneida Lake, in which 1t is be-
lieyed gold has been discovered in paying
quantities. Last year the property was the
site of a spiritualistic encampment, and it
is alleged by believers that the presence
of gold was revealed through a trance me-
dium to the late owner OF the property.
1t is asserted that an assay of the ore
shows a value of SIS per ton, and that
reducing plant viii be erected at once.
Near huntsville. at the other end of the
lake. discoveries of bituminous coal have
been made in such quantities that experts
are now examining the locality to ascertain
whether profitable vein of coal exists.
The lake is in the central New York nat
ural gas belt, and high anticipations have
been raised in the minds OF the country
folk
The times., 1899-07-30
KIDNEY
TROUBLE

rser's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
At druggists In ffty-cent and dollar sizes Sam
pie bottle by mail free; also pamphlet telling you
how 10 And out II you have kidney trouble.
Adt es d.. Kilmer & Co., Binshamton, n. Y.
The times., 1899-07-30
nass Fishing in the Potomac.

This season bass have been very plentiful in
the waters hereabouts, and anglers constantly
watching the reports for clear water, the one
condition Necessary to good sport. From Penny
fields to the Little Falls large strings have been
taken out by expert and novice, and the disciples
Of Izaak Walton in high spirits over tn
prospects for continued run Of fish during the
autumn. In addition to the regular outfit every
fisherman should provide himself with a supply
OF Heurich's Maerzen, Senate, or Lager Beer for
there is much comfort to be derived from a cool
glass OF these famous beverages taken between
the strikes while angling in the broiling sun.
Your grocer Arlington Bottling Co., phone
six thirty four, for case.
The times., 1899-07-30
Plan. for a New six Mill.

Stirling, n. j., July 29.-Plans are now
completed for new silk mill TO be built
here, and work will be begun next week.
The mill is TO be built for H. A. Streuli,
the owner of the silk mill already in ope-
ration here, and is to meet the demand
which the other mills cannot handle sat
isfactoriiy. The building will be hand
some one, with clock tower on top.
The times., 1899-07-30

Is a deceptive disease
thousands have IL and don't
know ii. II you want quick
results you can make no
.nistake by using DIR. Xii
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15

Our new elersymun is bachslor. but
he looks 30 mela holy. what a
shame! It's clear H. engaged already"
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
Wss.s my ss sAe Wesa.

A German statisticIan has cone 70
The rescue Of those peTse0s Who - not
share the widespread s1Dsrstitioa that
Friday b the most unlucky Day Il he
week. A short time ago he 6sterDi0sd
10 make . scientific investisAtioa q
The question, utilizing for the psrDoes.
aA0ag other thinGs. the records a ths
Aspartneat Of comp1lsory Insurance
Ths nost fatal or unfortunate wesk
day. according to the Investigator. y
not Friday. but Monday. 6ixtsen and
seventy -four hundredths per cent q all
accidents. 1t seems, occurred O thst
day. 1851 per cent on Tuesday. 1881
per cent on wednesday, 1877 per cent
On Thursday, 1913 pr cent o. Friday.
the same On Saturday snd 80 pr cent
O Ssaday. It IL Interesting, however.
to know that the compiler attributes
the large relative number Of accidsats
on Moaday to the excessive a0osnt II
liquor Consumed on Sunday.
Stories.
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
AiPLING ON JAPAN.
WHAT THE POET SAW AND
HEARD.
Tho Pretty but Wicked Geisha Attracted
Most Of HIS Attentlo.-Could Have
Lived Amidst Them All His Life
He Says.

From the Kobe Herald: Rudyard
world avowedly as a globe trotter. 1t
was in 1889. He was at that time a
reporter for the Pioneer, published at
Allahabad, and also did work for the
Military Gazette. In the early spring
of that year he set out by way OF Chi
ma and Japan to visit America and
England. At regular intervals lie
wrote letters describing what he saw.
'Nagasaki is inhabited entirely by
children. The grown-ups exist on SUI
ferance. A four-foot child walks with
a three-foot child, who is holding the
hand of a two-foot child, who carries
on her back a one-foot child, who-but
you will not believe me IL l say that
the scale runs down to six-inch little
Jap dolls, such as they used to sell in
the Burlington Arcade. These dolls
wriggle and laugh. They are tied up
in blue bedgown which Is tied by a
sash. which again ties up the bedgo1n
of the carrier. Thus, ii you unite that
sash. baby and but little bigger brother
are at once perfectly naked. l saw a
mother do this, and 1t was for all the
world like the peeling of hard-boiled
eggs" His description of his first
visit to tea house is very amusing.
Il assure you there is NO dignity in
sitting down on the steps Of . tea
house and struggling with muddy
boots. And 1t is impossible to be polite
fp your stockinged feet when the noor
under you Is As smooth as glass and q
pretty girl wants to know when you
would like tinin. Take at least one
pair Of beautiful socks when you come
this way. Get them made of embroid-
cred sambhur skin or silk II you like.
but do not stand. as I did. in cheap
striped brown things. with q darn at
the heel and try to talk to tea girl"
He closes in this happy vein: Ny very
respectable friends at all the clubs aad
messes have you ever, after . good tif-
dn. lolled on cushions and smoked with
one pretty girl to hll your pipe and
four to admire you in an unknown
tongue? You do not know what life
IL. looked around me At that fault
less room. At the dwarf pines and
creamy cherry blossoms without, at
O'Toyo bubbling with laughter bscauss
l blew smoke through my nose, and at
the ring Of Aikado maidsss over
against the golden bearskin rug. Hsss
Was color. form. food, cnfoet a.A bssa-
". ssoash for half . ysar's eoatsa-
p'atioa. I vould not b . Barnaa
any moro"
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
what RassaDa0 -.

Great quaatities q Gratis as1 Iee-
stsss are Annually canned ia RossA
yet oysaefs are In littls fAves, aa1
froO' BeO are regar6sA vteA hosF0s.
A wu0aa Who sold large QuaatitSso q
esabs. spoa bsiag ashe1 ~ oeos
fss0' bs0. ssVsSe1 shoe - "wsusa
- tsoeA 60 q ~ hsss11 sA1aO ~
0 rubse." Whsssvs1 tAss0 = Vo01 -
R.sssa ths fssD absosA - s1sA Sma-
tseS0 thaa 60 = sU0eD1s1 q - -
basDso q seAss 1ayU W. uss1 - sso1
shs0P sosvsD - - bsa9 - 0ngs00s
- ~ ~ ss101 sosse nn1nnD
nsvB - sahoeos, . ~ - ~
- M mAA - 90 ~ ssosA
maaD - ssss3sA WA1so - esuo1 -
Oa o1o1sgo - 0ssB - esu1esy.
0nl0 - 0a1oosso0 - 11111U2 -
90 ~ Ans - - 49, - ln0A
DUsD - = noo1D 0BosGDo4 0s1Oo
0Do = - - 1g0l11sy OuUaA
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
osv,.l.. e wese.a.sss, 49,.


Dr.. Bridge. The orSanist q West.
minister Abbey. b jocularly knsva -
"WsstniAster Bridge" He = oas q
the funny men Of the EnSlisA nnsieal
profession, says Tid-Bits. 8oos tios
ago he weat to opeA . nsw organ IN
the country. After he haA AsisAsd Ais
recital, one Of the music c000lttes
asked him how he liked the instru-
meat The action was very sti4 aal
heavy. and DR.. Bridge told hin -.
"Oh. well!' was the reply. ''our orGan-
ist = . very strong young naA. Ths
exercise will do him good" Dr.
Bridges houEe 10 In the old AttllAG-
ton tower Of the abbey. and he sleeps
in The old prior's bedroom. date 1884,
Mrs.. Bridge d . charming and acco0-
plished lady. niece Of the late 1aroo
Anphlett. She and her hushsnd are
both very fond Of Ashins. There 10 a.
annual competition between then for
the biggest 6ah: but Ms. Bridge has
been cautious since she learnel that
before putting his 1sh On The scales
he had pumped . good bit oe Iss1
dowa its throat.
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15

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a111g11Nsl. thsss - g.
%9dsSaaA . - - Ss<sa
;t:s. :: i.ss 3 s ss..s !:
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
TRAM7'S HONESTT.
Hh 1909 Would buy Nothing. 30 e
Hunted Up tho True Owner.


Hunted Up tho True Owner.
I've slept under sncd with tho
thermometer way below Zero" said
the tramp, in the Boston Herald. and
I've gone two long days with nothing
to eat. but In telling You straight
that when | once had $1,000 in my
pocket l was verse OF than at any
other time l can remember. ! had Just
been let out of the bridewelll. in Chi
cago, and was begging on the streets
and being turned down on every hand
when l picked up a 81 600 bill on the
sidewalk. thought 1t was a dollar
and you bet l made a hustle to get
down a side street. When l lodged
into . doorway and made out that l
was 81 900 ahead of the game the sweat
started from every pore and my knees
knocked together. l was regularly
seasick for ten minutes and my heart
break out. That $1,000 meant a heap
for me. you understand, but l was 30
excited that 1t was two hours before l
could do any planning. The FIRST
thing was to buy new suit of clothes
and l entered a store and picked them
out. When l exhibited that $1,000 bill
the clothier ran to the door to call a
policeman. l got away by a close
squeeze and then l realized the situa-
tion. Tramp that was l couldn't get
1t changed at a bank nor use 1t to
make me more comfortable. II it Mad
been q ten ! could have had lodgings
and q bed, but I'm telling you that l
walked the streets as hungry as a
shark and slept at police stations and
in lumber yards. Under the circum-
stances the bill might as well have
been . piece Of brown paper. l tried
all sorts Of dodges to get 1t busted. but
1t was no go. Every time l showed 1t
ran the risk Of arrest. l offered q
butcher 500 to get 1t changed. but he
refused to have any thing to do with
1t. Id have sold 1t for half price and
been glad to. but there was NO such
thing as making a deal. Finally. in
despair. went to one Of the newspa-
per ofiices and looked up the advertise
ments fer the week past. The loser
had advertised, and l went to his once
In big building and gave up the bill.
The reward was $50. but he counted
out SO on top Of that and said: I
wouldn't have believed there was such
honesty in the world. You could have
kept the bill as we'll as not He took
down my name and all that and gavs
the a6air away to the reporters. They
wrote me up ~ the Honest Tramp
and had my picture in the papers. but
you may guess I didn't enjoy It over
much. I had 30 in place oe C.ses.
and q for my honesty. II was all bosh.
I returned the bill because ! I'D to.
and though I'm hungry and asaA broks
aad 6oa't know vhsrs 70 tnra d Soe
ths nlght Tn not hooking 1us aay-,
Dose ~ Aads. 0o0sthiAg win o.
urs = - ths ossass Vim jase aAsas
- ~ vsa4 DseAsG =. Is III
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15

U01teo States
Mr.. Isaac Dsssk, Of McLennaa county,
Tux, he's sssaineA the great ags Of Ill
ysess, hsviAG hsea born in IT'S. He b -
ardsat fr3sn1 - fsruna and spsAks Of IL In
'Dari1G ny Beag life ! have knovn .
great D6ay fsnedies for eo1Shs, coads,
catarrh cd AiasSA3s. had alvays ssp-
poosA tAsDo a9aeti0os to 10 di2scSot de-
oAsss, bot hav1 lsarned fro0 D.. Hart
inan's beoks tAae there a6ecttoos are ths
sams and ass ReoQsgiy called catasSh.
'.As for d. BaSeDan's remedy. RssuaA,
havs fssnA u - be the bsst, u not ths
only rsaishas Fsosay for these s6ectioss-
"Psswns A1s bee~ my stssS-bu
fss asss0 0as1s, SHd I IastribssAs n.y.
Rood Aaoa1A 1a1 sssy eEisesse 10e -
eAis rssse1S. n ~rncslv sseskS ~
n.y. rssstssaDas1s.
~ havs csDs - rely upon Il alasst -
tirely fse tAs a1a1y little things Tor vateh
I nsSA nsaie1aA believe 10 70 - sps.
ciasay vaDsaAas - - people"
CaGassh hahe enDat%-t essuy = - 90
A Psssso soe1gS efss fro0 elAa1sA = e1s0
. kvo - D haaD6o hearty - - 4 fsse
beae - annqgg91nne by n Hu9u0o -
60 O.. 0gnZ o. Is
The Delta independent., 1899-12-15
SAvaaaa,.. Use Oss,m.

1O - ~TS~~
DR.. +. ID. Ctother> has startled the
medical profession. well NJ the pub
liz. By making . statistical report con
cerning the history Of more than 1900
physicians sf the middle and eastern
states. n per cent. of whom Were US
Ing spirits oe opium to excess. From
this report. DR.. Cro,hers deduces the
alarming genefal Inference that at
least from to 10 per cent. Of all med
ical men are opium inebriates.
New Ta0 h Rocky Aoantains-
After numerous lairbreadth escapes
party Of explorers IN the Rocky
Mountains stuMblel onto u new pass.
In like nsaAner, people who believed
dyspepsta incasablr are astOnished to
md that Hostettpr'> stomach Bitters
used faithfully will make the digestion
strong. the bowels regular. the liver
active. Try II.
Our new elersymun is bachslor. but
shame! It's clear H. engaged already"