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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
MESSMATES.

lie gave US all goodbye cheerily
At the first dawn of day;
We dropped him down the side fun
drearily
When the light died away.
It's a dead dark watch that he's a-kCep-
mig there.
And dead, cold night that lags a-creep-
ing there,
Where the Trades and the tides roll over
him.
And the great ships go by.
He's there alone, with green seas rocking
him
For a thousand miles round;
He's the", alone, with dumb things
,cKing him,
and were homeward bound.
It's long, lone watch that he's a-keep-
ing there,
Adm dead, cold night that lags a-creep-
ing there,
While the months and the years roll over
him,
And the great ships 60 by.
/ wonder If the tramps come near enough
As they thrash to and fro,
And the battleships' bells ring clear
enough
To be heard down below;
II through all the long watch that he's
akeeping there,
And the long, cold night that lags
a-Creeping there,
The voices of the sailor-men shah COM
fort him,
When the great ships go by.
Henry Newbolt. in Atlantic oMnthy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

The Womans guild of Trinity church
will give an oyster supper and enter
tainment in the Watt building on Jan.
49,
Delaware and Hudson locomotive No.
Il, which was damaged in a wreck last
November, was turned out of the shop
Saturday as good as new.
Fidelity Conclave, Improved Order Of
Heptasophs, wiz install officers on the
25th inst.
Miss Bertha Wolcott, of Dickson hill,
is entertaining Edward Stearns, Of
Toronto, Canada.
Mrs. George Spall, of Washington
street, is entertaining Miss Julia Nc
Andrew, of Hawley.
NJ. ]. Murphy, editor of the Forest
City News, spent Sunday in this city.
A. Berry, the North Main street fur
niture dealer, who has been seriously
i'll for several weeks, is convalescent.
DR.. Bailey paid Wilkes Barre a pro-
fessional visit Saturday.
+. f. Fitzpatrick is entertaining his
nephew, Ward Fitzpatrick. who recent
ly returned from Honolulu, where he
went with the First New York volun-
teers.
AnuIeN MllCHeli, ST., mas lelullleu
from business trip to Montrose.
Mrs. G. w. Bly,, of South Washing
ton street, is suffering with the grip.
William Evans, of Scranton, was the
guest of his son, George Evans, over
Sunday.
Miss Della Bayley, who has been
dangerously i'll for three weeks, is now
able to sit up.
Miss Alice Cook has returned to Star
rucca after a visit with Miss Allie
Price.
This week will be one round of pleas
ure for our theatre goers. The people
of Carbondale and surrounding towns
are fortunate in having the oportunity
of hearing and seeing the many oper-
attic successes of Waite's big comic
operatic company at bargain prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
PECKVILLE.

Mr. William Harkins, who occupies
the rooms over the store owned by NJ
J. Gallagher, of the East Side, was
night. The thieves gained entrance at
the hallway door by unlocking the door
with O skeleton key. Upon entering,
they went to the bedroom where Mr..
and Mrs. Harkins were sleeping, went
direct to the bureau drawer where the
money was kept and taking It from it's
hiding place, made good their escape.
Those connected with the theft must
have known where the money was
placed, as they did not disturb any
thing else. MI Harkins has no clue
to work upon.
The street car service was badly
crippled here yesterday afternoon on
account of a car being crippled near
the Lillibridge hill,
Mr. Il. Il. Craig announces that he is
not a candidate for reelection as con-
stable.
Charles Jenkins has withdrawn from
the councilmanic race and will try for
the honors OF inspector of election.
Miss Ruth Gritman, of Scranton, Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Tay-
lor.
The officers of the Order OF Eastern
Star will meet at their rooms tomor-
row (Tuesday) evening.
The many friends of II. Il. Dlkeman
will be pleased to learn Of his recent
promotion from corporal TO sergeant
Of Company II, Thirteenth regiment
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09

PROF. HENRY w. BECKER. A. NJ.
ers are troubled with loss of flesh and
appetite with accumulations of gas,
sour risings and heartburn.
1t is safe to say that Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets will cure any stomach
weakness or disease except cancer of
the stomach. They cure sour stomach,
gas, loss of flesh and appetite, sleep
lessness, palpitation, heartburn, con-
stiration ana headache.
Send for valuable little book on
stomach diseases by addressing T.. \.
Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich All drug
gists sell full-sized packages at 20
cents. Professor Henry W. Becker,
A. NJ, the well-knOwn religious worker
and writer of St, Louis.
Secretary of the Mission Board OF
the German Methodist church. Chief
Clerk and Expert Accountant for the
Harbor and Wharf Commission. Public
Secretary for the st. Louis School Pa
irons Association, and the District
Conference of Stewards of the Meth
odisI Episcopal church: also takes an
active part In the work Of the Epworth
League, and TO write or religious and
educational topics for several maga-
zines. How he found relief is best told
In his own words
Some weeks ago my brother heard
me say something about indigestion
and taking box from his pocket said
TRY Stuart's Tablets" l did, and was
promptly relieved. Then / Investigate
ed the nature of the tablets ana be-
came satisfied that they were made OF
Just the right things and in Just the
right proportions to aid in the assim
llation Of food l heartily endorse them
in all respects, and keen them con-
stantly on hand"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
JERMYN.

The funeral of the late stephen
Hockaday, of Fourth street, was held
yesterday afternoon and was quite
largely attended. At 3 o'clock the re-
mains were taken to the Primitive
Methodist church, where the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Hall, conducted the service
and preached an earnest and touching
sermon. Interment was made in the
borough cemetery. The members of
the Delaware and Hudson Keg Fund
attended in a body, and the pall-bear-
ers who were chosen from the organ
iZation were: Joseph Roberts, T. NJ.
Grifiiths, Jacob Pellow, Thomas Kill
hool, Michael MuldOon and Thomas
Henwood.
The gang of carpenters who have
been for several weeks framing tim
bers at the Delaware and Hudson
breaker have completed most of the
work, and today it is expected they
will start to raise the new addition to
the breaker Nearly all the machinery
used will be placed in the addition
and the old part Of the breaker will
be raised eight feet higher, BY the
alterations the pockets will be cOnsid-
erably enlarged. The present pockets
owing to their small capacity, has
caused no end of inconvenience since
the loading of big cars was begun.
II. f. Griffiths and c. +. Baker, two
of our business men were in Scranton
Saturday.
Naboth Osborne, of Main street, is
visiting Rev. Francis Gendall, at
Plains.
Miss Grace Smith, of Main street, is
visiting friends at Wilkes Barre.
Mrs. Ellen Nicholson, of South Main
street, is suffering with grip
Ben Davis and son, John, former
residents of this borough, but who for
some time past have resided at Elk
Hill, have again taken up their resi-
dcnce here for the winter.
Mine Superintendent w. +. Jones has
been i'll of grip at his home at Scott
for the past week.
John Bengough, of Fourth street, is
on the sick list.
The children of Henry Smallacombe,
Of Fourth street are i'll of measles.
Thomas Rice, the Main street mer-
chant, is afflicted with grip.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
MILES OF WHEAT.
A California Field That Contains
$4,000 Acres.

From the San Francisco Call.
What is said to be the largest single
wheat field in California is now being
planted to the grain that makes the
staff of life. 1t covers over $4,000 acres.
or forty square miles.
This enormous field of grain is lIat-
ed on the banks of the San joaquin
river, near the town of Clovis, in Ma
dera county. The field is part in Fres-
no county and part in MADEIRA county.
Clovis Cole is the man who is putting
in this vast acreage. and he has under
taken one of the largest jobs that any
man has yet done in California.
While it is true that larger acreaSes
Of wheat have been planted by certain
ranchers in the state, there seems to be
no record of an exact parellel TO the
present case. on the Miner d Lux
ranch, in Kern county, $4,000 acres were
planted in one year but the fields We're
scattered about in different places.
They were really series of fields, To-
Gated wherever there was a fertile spot.
Few of the fields were over 20, 600 acres,
and in many instances there would be
half a mile of bare land between them.
The acreage planted could not be called
a wheat field of $4,000 acres any mora
than all the wheat fields in the state
could be classed under one bead.
The Clovis field, however. is an ideal
wheat field. IT Is almost as fiat as a
floor. with a gentle slope toward the
river. The other lines of the field
make it almost a perfect square. Each
side is a little over six miles, and il
the day is clear every part of the field
can be seen from any other part.
There are no roads through the Clovis
wheat field. II is TO be one solid stretch
of grain. and every square foot Of land
is To be fertilized.
Flowing and planting began in the
big wheat field about the middle of last
| July and will hardly be completed for
J the next two months at least. But the
grain viii all mature at about the same
| time. Then win come the herCulean
| task of harvesting it,
With the big, improved machinery il
does not look as though there was
much work spent on planting and har-
vesting the field. But suppose one man
! had to handle the crop, if such a thing
were possible, how long would it take
| him?
! Suppose the field was one mile wide
and forty miles long, and the one man
| had a double gang plow cutting a fur
row twenty four inches wide. He
would start at a corner of the field in
| San Francisco and plow south toward
San Jose, a distance of forty miles
I Then he would come back and cut an
other furrow to San Francisco. making
eighty miles for the round trip.
| This an1Onnt Of NVppLy N.-n,,II ,nlxy I,a q,
tiny scratch four feet wide along one
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
PARTRIDGE AND PHEASANT.
A Hybrid Game Bird That Has Ap-
peared in Oregon.


From the Portland Oregonian.
There Is a movement of foot among
sportsmen in Portland to introduce the
English or Grey partridge in Oregon
next spring. 1t Is proposed to import
at least fifty pairs of these birds, ana
as they are hardy and prolific, that
number, If properly placed and pro-
tected for a few years, should give
the species q fair start The William
ette valley should be q paradise for
them, as they prosper best where the
highest state of cultivation prevails,
and besides are said to be n benefit
to agriculture.
The gray partridge is a fine, gamy
bird, lying well to dogs. and rivaling
the ring-neck pheasant for sport. 1t
is n very plump, handsome bird, some
what resembling the Oregon quail In
form, but fully twice as large, and will
make a fine addition to the list of birds
in the state. Their habitat is almost
entirely confined to cultivated fields,
and they rarely take to brush cover.
subscription lists to defray the eX-
penses of bringing the birds from Eng
land are in the hands of several sports
men and also in the various gun stores
of Portland, and are being literally
subscribed to.
Mr.. Steiner, of Steiner's market, Sa-
lem, has sent to the Oregonian a bird
which is a cross between the blue
grouse and the Chinese pheasant,
which, he says, is the first of the kind
ever seen by any of the Salem sports
men.
The shape and markings of the bird
plainly show that il is q, hybrid of the
two species. The bo ly is shorter and
more chunky than that of the pheas-
| ant; the head is shaped like a pheas-
ants, the red circle around the eyes
being visible though not so marked as
in the pheasant. The legs and feet are
those of the grouse, and are devoid Of
the spurs worn by the pheasants. The
colorS and markings of the two birds
are so blended in the cross that it is
hardly possible to tell which parent
it favors most. The tail Is longer than
that of the grouse, and shows a slight
inclination to be pointed like that Of
the pheasant. The breast shows q
semblance of the rich purple colorlng
Of the pheasant, but there is no sign
of the white ring around the neck.
The bird is plumper and heavier than
pheasant of the same age, and it is
evident that the cross Is an improve
| ment on the species which produced it,
except that 1t is not SO handsome as
| the pheasant.
A similar hybrid, shot near Corvallis
| by a resident OF Portland, was de-
scribed in the Oregonian soon after
| the shooting season opened, and its
| skin, mounted in very good style, is
| now on exhibition in the window of a
| Third street gun store. These are the
| only specimens of a cross between the
| pheasant and the grouse which have
| been heard Of here, but a whole brood
of the progeny of a pheasant and
| domestic fowl were exhibited here a
year or two ago.
The female pheasant being of so
| much palmer plumage than the cock,
| the female hybrid of the two might
| pass without notice. 1t is scarcely
| probable that any new species of game
| bird will result from this cross breed
| ing, as all such hybrids are rarely
| fertile.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
POOR FIELD FOR PROPHETS.
Eccentricities and Caprices of the
Temperate Zones.
From Notes ana Querie

From Notes ana Queries.
Our so-called temperate latitude
doubtless affords us more interest
through their excessive caprices than
would ATTITUDES either tropical or polar.
But often their Irregularities are so
marked that the memories of the Oldest
inhabitants of this or that town are
taxed to little or no purpose in order to
parable. the cold, or the heat. or the
force Of the wind, or the rainfall. And
If we take a group of years and ex-
anime their extraordinary divergent
types of character, We may he tempted
to look upon our temperate" climates
rather in the light Of fell incensed
points 'twiXt mighty opposites," and
the British Isles perhaps as the center
of the intcnsCst quarrel. For here,
within brief memory, one has known
the Holsters and crabs killed in the sea
by cold; one has experiences drouths
that have cost millions of money, and
one has known an Atlantic gale to burn
up with a crust of salt the horse chest
nut leaves over the entire island.
Nowhere in Europe are the chances so
great against the weather prophet: no.
where is so much speculation about the
weather. Judging vaguely from the
past, maybe We have ground for ex-
pecting that about three times in a
century the Thames win be frozen over
at London bridge; but that consum-
nation is synonymous with an intense
degree Of continuous frost which will
not be confined TO Britain, for of late
years 1t has become patent that these
areas Of extreme temperature are very
extensive, and that when there is an
excessively cold winter in England and
France, even Italy is often included /
can recollect in the winter of 1881 see
ing the Arno at Florence being skated
upon, and icicles like prodigious port
culis hanging from the Ponte VecChlo,
some of which We're seven and eight
feet in length. I have known Cannae
and Pompei smothered in SNOW, and
the entire lemon crop of Amalh and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
ANOTHER MISTAKE.
The Politician Wasted Large Lot of
Kisses.

Madam, may I kiss these beautiful
children" inquired General w. B.
Shattuc, as he leaned over a front gate,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Certainly sir; there is no possible
objection"
"They are lovely darlings," said the
general, after he had finished the elev-
enth. II have seldom seen more beau
tful babies. Are they yours. madame"
phe lady blushed deeply
"Of course they are, the sweet little
treasures! From whom else, ma'am,
could they have inherited those limpid
eyes, those rosy cheeks, those profuse
curls, those comely figures and those
musical voices?'
The lady continued blushng
by the way, ma'am," said he, may
I bother you to tell your estimable hus-
band that William b. Shattuc, candi-
date for this district. called upon him
this EVENING"
Excuse me, sir" said the lady, 81
have no husband!
But those children, madam-you
surely are not a widow"
II feared you were mistaken, sir,
when you first came up. These are not
my children. This is the Fresh Air
Fund Vacation cottage"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
La Grippe Successfully Treated.

II have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of Ia grippe this year"
says Mr.. James A. Jones. publisher
of the Leader MeXia, Texas. In the
latter case l used Chamberlaln's Cough
Remedy and l think with considerable
success, only being in bed a little over
two days against two days for the
former attack. The second attack 1
am satisfied would have been equally
as bad as the first but for the use of
this remedy as / had to go to bed in
about six hours after being struck
with it, while in thefirst case l was able
to attend to business about two DAYS
before getting down." For sale by
all druggists. Matthews Bros whole
sale and retail agents. "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
POLITICS.
Republican Primaries Passed Off
Quietly Saturday Afternoon.

Although there are several aspirants
for the mayoralty, the Republican pri-
maries Saturday afternoon excited
little interest In fact, even the leaders
haven't taken the pains to summarize
the result. No one seems to be in a
position to predict and it will take the
convention to say who shall be the
candidate for mayor The other offices
to be filed have received little thought
and attention so far.
Among the mayoralty aspirants are
G. +. Swigert, now chairman of select
council ]. NJ. Alexander, for fifteen
years school director; Reese Hughes
and Luke McQuade. Hon. +. L. Hen
drick cannot be termed an aspirant,
though he is a possibility and nobody
doubts that he would accept If the
nomination We're rendered him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09

Palermo destroyed by frost. Neverthe-
less, have never experienced anything
approaching TO the following, which Is
related by Bembo i'm his "Storia Ven
eta," |. t.:
TN 1891, through the severity Of the
season, the (salD water of the Grand
Canal was frozen, and the straliots
Greek mercenaries of the republic)
held their tournament on the ice, horse
against horse, with their lances."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
EcLIPSED PAST EFFORTS.

From the Wilkes-Barre Record.
The first of the local year books to
reach the Record ofIicu Is that issued
by the Scranton Tribune and the com.
pliers have easily cclipsed all previous
efforts. The Tribunc's almanac is like
the paper constantly growing better
and more valuable, There are 40 pages
and nothing of a political or general
nature is omitted. There Is also muca
information of nature that will fre-
quently prove valuable for reference
by way of variety there are also illus
trations Of well known Scrantonians
Nothing The Tribune has vet done in
the year book line Is equal to this years
issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
Nervous Dyspepsia
To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to
Know What Appetite and
Good Digestion Mean.
MAKE A TEST OF sTUARTs DYsPEPsIA
TABLETS

No trouble is more common or more
misunderstood than nervous dyspepsia.
People having it think their nerves
are to blame and are surprised that
they are not cured by nerve medi-
cines. The real seat of the mischief
is lost sight of. The stomach is the
organ to be looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have
any pain whatever in the stomach,
nor perhaps any of the usual symp-
toms of stomach weakness. Nervous
dyspepsia shows itself not in the stom-
ach so much as in nearly every organ.
In some cases the heart palpitates
and is irregular; in others the kidneys
are affected; in others the bowels are
constipated, with headaches; still 9TH
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
About the County
gave him an opportunity to extend any
attention whatever.
TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATS.

The Carbondale township Democrats
have nominated the following ticket:
Supervisors, Thomas Cummings, ST.,
and Edward Casey: school directors,
=. Joyce, Michael Mcdonnell, three
years, and Thomas McHale, one year;
postmaster, Michael McFadden; treas
urer, John Battle; Judge OF election.
w. Toolan; inspector Martin Nc
Kenna register of voters, M. Brady;
constable, William Bradley; auditor,
Thomas Battle; justice Of the peace,
Thomas Ratgan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
WAS NOT ATTENTIVE.
Mrs. Lizzie May Tappan Desires the
Truth Published.

Among the true bills handed down by
the grand jury, Friday. was one
against Wallace McMullen for exhibit
ing a lascivious photograph. Mrs. Liz
zie May Tappan is the prosecutriX in
the case and she takes exception to
the reports of it which have appeared
in local papers. She desires the truth
known regarding the statement that
McMullen was attentive to her. She
says she never knew him and never
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
BoTTLERs' ASSOCIATION.

The Anthracite Bottlers' Protective
association will meet at NJ. J. Healey's
restaurant tonight at o'clock. The
bottlers of this section are becoming
thoroughly aroused to the necessity of
protecting their glassware from those
who are short of catsup bottles. A
meeting was held last week to arrange
preliminaries and it is now proposed TO
pursue a vigorous policy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
CARBONDALE.
DEATHS.
Thomas Sheridan and Mrs. I. j..
Howard Passed Away Saturday.

Thomas Sheridan, of Cottage street
died Saturday morning of II compli-
cation of ailments incident to old age
He spent most OF the sixty-two years
of his life on the South Side, and
numerous friends mourn their loss.
The funeral was held yesterday after
noon at 2.3O o'clock, interment being
made in st. Rose cemetery.
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MRS. HOWARD.

Mrs. Thomas j. Howard, who under
went serious surgical operation at
the Carbondale hospital, Wednesday,
died at that institution Saturday morn
ing at S o'clock Deceased was an es-
timable lady OF many Christian vir-
tues. She was twenty-eight years old.
The survivors are her husband and
three children, Flossle, Marguerite and
Kenneth, the eldest being scarcely
seven years of age and the youngest
barely three; two brothers, John and
Ambrose Pidgeon. and two sisters, Mrs.
j. NJ. Murray and Mrs. George r. Rob-
inson, all of this city. The funeral will
be held this morning at $50 o'clock.
Inetrment will be made in st. Rose
cemetery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-24
A STILL ALARM.

. At two O'Clock Sunday afternoon, or
shortly after this hour, some boys who
were playing near the Green street en-
trance to the Oaks set fire to a big pile OF
manure which has been piled up at this
spot for use in dressing the lawns and
flower beds of the park. The pile is some
three hundred feet long and the fire
spread over its entire surface causing u
big smoke. Mr.. Charles +. Tobie saw the
fire which threatened to damage sur
rounding property bS spreading and tele-
phoned for the chemical engine. When
the chemical arrived at the place Capt
Butler found that something more than
chemical stream was needed and tele-
phoned Chief Eldridge who ordered hose
tour to the place By laying $50 feet of
hose the firemen were able to extinguish
the fire without its having caused much
damage,