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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

oughfares now remaining to be opened
are Raymond alley and Washington
avenue from Spruce TO Vine street
The large switchboard has not yet
arrived, but It is expected daily, and
when 1t comes will Immediately be put
in place in the company's quarters in
the Republican building. Mr.. Dun
ming says that the asphalt pavement.
wherever torn up, will be replaced just
as soon as the concrete. which has al
ready been placed, hardens.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
WORK NEARLY FINISHED.
Telephone Company's Conduits to Be
All Laid by August 1.

Engineer A. II. Dunnng, who has
charge of the work Of laying the con-
duits for the Lackawanna Telephone
company, stated yesterday to a Trib-
une man that all of the wires in the
central city would be under ground by
Aug. /, and that the system will be in
active service by the middle of that
month.
The conduits have now been laid on
Spruce street, Washington avenue,
Forest court, Centre street, Railroad
alley and Oakford court, and men are
now engaged in laying them on lower
Lackawanna avenue, The only thor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
To Promote Firemen.

About twenty-five engineers on the
Lackawanna railroad are off duty,
owing to sickness, disability, vacations
and other causes, and in consequence
several firemen will be promoted.
Trainmasters +. z. Hamilton, ]. W.
HOnan, j. c. Ferris and j. G. Sickles
held an examination at Hoboken yes
terday for that purpose, and the pro-
motions will be made in a few days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

county, arrived in town yesterday morning and
took back TO Steelton with him Martin Sherman,
who was arrested here Wednesday night on
warrant issued by Justice Of the Peace Dunklc
Of Steclton, charging him with the larceny Of
coat. Lieutenant Davis and Detective Moir ar.
rested him on Penn avenue.
Andrew Brady, who was arrested Lacka.
wanna avenue Thursday night by Patrolman
karius, was arraigncd before Mayor Moir ycster.
day in police court and discharged from custody
Brady was arrested on the complaint Of his
brother and was acting in very drunken and
disordcrly manner.
They sing a song Of blooming May
And seek TO wake our smiles anew,
But man refuses to be gay,
Alas! His taxes then are due!
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

Following is the makeup of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
board for today:
Friday, July 20.
WILD CATS, SOUTH.
$40 p. MI. Ennis.
1880 p. NIL Bartholomew
Saturday, June 81.
WILD CATS SOUTH.
1890 a. NC, t. Staples, with A. Bartholo.
news men.
a. m.-Ginley.
a. mo. Kearncy.
S q. ms. Carmody.
Q a. NC. Ludlow.
10 a. nj. Burkhart.
IL a. m.-Mann,
l p. m.-B. Bennett
$50 p m.-Nall
4.i5 p. MI. J. Duffy.
SUBMITS.
10 a. M, south--McTane.
$50 a. M, nOrth--FTounfelker.
10 a. m.--Carrigg, with Nichols men.
p. M, north-Doudican
PULLERs.
10 q. m.-
PUsHERs.
S n. m.-IIouser.
IL a. m.-Moran.
Z p. m.-Murphy.
p. NC Cawley.
PASSENGER ENGINE.
$50 p m.--Magoven.
WILD CATS. NORTH.
5 a. m.-Larkin.
G a. m.--Kingslcy
! a. nj. lIcnnigan, with Masters men.
s q. m.-O'Hara.
10 a. m.-John Cahagan.
l p. m.-KctCham.
2 y. m.-FitzpatriCk.
3 p. NIL. V. Colvin.
4 =,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
LIVE NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
A WORD AS TO THE WORLDS
IRON OUTPUT.

The Remarkable Demand for It May
Mean That the Raw Material Will
Play out-Make-up of the D., L. G.
w. Board for Today-Firemen to
Be Promoted to Engineers-Build-
ing Trades of San Francisco De-
mand an Eight Instead Of Ten
Day-Tonight's Meeting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

n generally increased demand, the
countries showing the most marked
growth in their purchases Of steel rails
from the United states are Russia,
Canada and japan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
AMONG THE POLICE.

Officer r. II. sinkacld, of steclton, Dauphn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
D., L. & w. Board for Today.

Following is the makeup of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
board for today:
Friday, July 20.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

The man tangled in the tape from
the ticker is the type of the average
business man. His business cares
wrap him about like the coils of a
constructor and slowly crush out his
life. The common sign of the bust
ness mans slavery is "weak stom-
ach," the natural consequence of the
rapid eating, the indigestible pastry,
the coffee and pie or doughnuts,
with which many man stuffs his
stomach under the name of 0quick
lunch" The quickest way back to
strong stomach and sound health
is to use DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
cal Discovery until perfectly cured.
1t goes to the root of disease. 1t
removes the cause of ill-health.
1t makes more blood and better
blood, and this blood nourishes
every organ in the body to the
highest point of vigorous health.
sDuring the summer and fall Of Iso6,n
writes Chas. II. Sergeant, Esq, Of Plain
City, Madison Co., Ohio 81 became ali
run down. nerves were out Of order.
wrote TO Dr. Pierce for advice. He said /
had general debility and advised Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and,
thanks to you for your advice, used six
bottles; and since stopped taking il about
one year ago, I have not taken any medi.
cine of any kind, and have been a6kei noyk
fy<ry DAY. My appetite is good, 1 can eat
three square meals day, aud do not feel
that miserable burning in the stomach after
eating, My blood and nerves are in good
shape, and, am In good running order.D
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
RIOT RIFE IN PEKIN.
Fire, Fighting and Dissension Marx
Rule of the Allies.


Fires. lighting ana dissension are APP
parently following in the wake of the re-
lief OF pekin The London Daily MaiE
publishes dispatches from the Chinese
capital declaring that a great lire was
raging in the imperial cry The Rus
sian commander had declined to accept
the decision of the other generals not to
violate the imperial precincts, and street
lighting WAS going on.
Gen Chaffee. SO it is asserted. main
tanned that tine Chinese had been ade-
,uately punished already. and that 1t
would be unwiSe to take the Imperial
palace. This explains the withdrawal Of
the Americans after preaching three
gates, as cahled by the correspondent Of
the Associated Press. The Russian gem
eral maintained that his Government had
declared war against China, and that
therefore there was na reason 70 prevent
him carrying h0stilities into the sacred
precincts. The fires appear to be lnccn-
diary and 70 be caused by the Chinese
A report from st. Petersburg says the
Japanese legation there has received a
dispatch from Pekin with the news that
the legationers are all liberated, but that
the allied forces are poweriess to qucnch
the terrible ire which Is making great
inroads in a thickIy built portion of the
city. The soldiers are teo fatigied To
master the disastrous iames, which are
threatening the whole of the capital. The
leaders of the rebels, Prince Tuan and
others. are still in the city. but too Sc
curely concealed 10 be found, although
they are being carefully sought The
DowaEer Empress has fed i'll an I'M
known direction
y report from Pckin says that Gen.
LiucN .tch has been gwen full authority
to guard aud defend the city. Fierce
fighting is also said to be still going on
inside the walls. Gen Lineyitch's 81
berian army corps has become practical
ly imperative on account of the warm
weather.
All the dispatches point 10 the fact th t
the commanders were somewhat at sea
regarding their future action, all await
ing instructions from their governments.
The foreign residents appear To have been
sent to Tieu-tSu. although the st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
says the ministers will not leave Pekin
until negotiations for indemnity are un-
der way.
Berlin learns that there has been fun
Their fighting west of Ticn-tsin. whisa
creates the impression that the province
OF Pc-Ch Ii must lac effectively occupied
before peace negotiations will become
feasible
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
----s---------a-s-7---s
The Influence of Food,

II Is the food that gives the flavor to
the milk. the egg, the flesh of animals
OF fowl, or we may as properly say the
food and drink. for both are absorbed
by the digestive organs and passed Into
the system. In our search for the
cheapest food. or that which will pro
duce the most, we are apt sometimes
70 forget that the quality needs to be
c Jnsidered for home use and for mar
ket Good corn and its products gives
a better flavor to all the above than
any otL sr food we know, al 1t gives to
these p oducts as much rdt tive quail
ties as any other food III I Is not OBJ
jectlonable in flavor or in some other
way. 1t is not a perfect food, or a
complete food In all ways, but needs
other foods with 1t, and one of the arts
OF the skillful feeder Is to see how he
can best combine those foods so as TO
feed as much corn as may be profit, bic
without injuring the health OF he ami
mai We all know how much better
is the flesh of the steer or hog fattened
on corn than on other feeds. and poul-
try. eggs aud milk are also much bet
ter when corn is a large part of the diet
than when cheaper grains are used.
while many foods may actually give
unpleasant hayors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
Deep Soil Needed for Roots.

The Cornell Experiment Station
showed by illustration in a recenc bulle-
tin the difference In form between
beets grown upon plot where the sub.
soil was we'll Ioosened SO that roots
could penetrate IL easily. and those
grown where the subs0il was hard Ia
the former case the beets were smooth
and a regular taper from just below the
crown downward Those on the hard
snbsoil were shorter and were obliged
to branch out number of side roots,
making them hard to handle ana less
valuable for sugt making They also
grow more out Of the ground. 4 sim
lar result was noticed when fertilizer
was used for growing beets The same
thing must be true Of many other root
crops. and they suggest that If potatoes
had more mellow and we'll drained
soil beneath the seed they would not
be SO likely to expand upward and
grow ont Of ground. They nay be cor
rect In this point, but we have thought
that the growing out of ground was a
matter in which the variety made most
of the difference, some kinds requiring
much killing up to prevent out growing.
while others put their roots down deep
er when on the same soil.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
How He Managed.

Absent-minded persons are the easy
prey of the INSCRIPTIONS. notad
German chess playing pref ssor had
lost three overcoats at a cafe while On.
gagged at his faForite pastime. He was
at loss to know how to preyent =
fourth from going astray, when all NJ
once a brilliant idea occurred to him
Immediately before sitting down to 4
game he took his brand-new garment
hung it over the back of his chair. leanf
against it, and said to himself with
a grateful feeling of perfect security.
Now it must be safe" He soon be-
came deeply engrossed in his game.
when lght-fngered gentleman APP
rroached, and apparently became
greatly interested. At a critical mo-
ment he tapped the professor on the
shoulder, exelaiming, Excuse me-
Don't mention il" returned the alb
sorbed player bending forward. Like
lightning. the thief withdrew the coat
from the chair, and a moment later had
disappeared into the street
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
Racing Can,els.

OF all animals the camel would seem
to be the least likely to distinguish it.
self at race. yet camel races are held
regularly in the south of Algeria. where
valuable. prizes are offered for the an
enlargement of the breed of racers.
and as much interest is taken in their
preparation and performances as in
Il at of race horses at Latonia. The rae
ing camels are the result of very care
tul breeding through many generations,
and in size, temper and appearance
they are so different from the ordinary
beast of burden that they might almost
be considered different race of ami
mails. Perhaps the most conspicuous
characteristic of the ordinary camel is
its extreme slowness. Nothing on earth
will ever induce it 10 hurry. Twenty
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
CHINA ARMY TO AID.
Force of 1000 En- Route to Be Diverted
IN Manila

Force of 1000 En- Route to BE Diverted
TO Manila.
No more United States troops are to
be sent To China unless future develop
ments necesstate such action. Even
those now on the way Or under orders for
service in China are to be diverted from
their destination and sent to Manila.
Such is the order promulgated by the
War Department Thursday. 1t marks.
says a Washington correspondent. as far
as the United States is concerned, the
close of military activity in China, un-
less an unexpected crisis arises. Having
secured its principal aim-the rescue Of
Minister Copger and other Americans at
Pekin- the Government, in order to OBJ
tain its other demands, will. as far as
possible. substitute diplomacy for force
Of arms.
China wili5now be asked by the United
States to insure to her these three desid-
erata:
l. Restoration of order throughout the
empire
2 Securing for the future safety for
American missionaries and protection for
American commercial interests.
3. Indemnity for the outrages suffered
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

Whore extracted honey can be sold to
consumers in sixty pound lots not at
fancy prices a wooden pail answers our
purpose quite well. Enough OF second
hand candy pals may be picked up
during the summer at our different
grocery stores 10 store several tons Of
honey. Their cost is only 10 cents. and
they need but little cleaning. / have
used regular butter tubs for the same
purpose. The wooden pail would not
fill until the honey is about rrady 10
granulate, As soon as 1t is solid the
covers may be nailed on aud the net
weight marked on each of the pack
ages WHEN they viii be ready to ship.
II, treiuer In American Bee Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
hay Tea for Calves.

Tea, which is quite satisfactory for
rearing young calves, can be made by
boiling hay ia a reasonable allowance
OF water. The soluble nutrients Of the
hay pass into the water unuer such
treatment. ana are palatahle and ncur.
ishmg 10 the young calves. 10 the hay
ten add mixtures Of either iiusced
meal, oatmeal or middlingS cooked in
Cruel form For calves few months
old. feed any and all t1e grains just
named, according to tho wishes of the
animal fer prices for feeding SUITS arr
not important In comparison With
thrifty animals and satisfactory gains.
w. \ Henry, Farmers Advocate.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

A Londs1 dispatch says: Expert
menrs in growing potatoes by elec
trieity have ben undertaken by tie
Irish Agricultural Board. Father
Glynn, of Athea, Limerick, In charge
of the experiments, studded a potato
patch with lightning conductors con
nected by wires running through the
patch. Tue result was an increase of
so per cent in the yield in the section
so treated. Should the official expert
ments bear out this experience, a sol.
vent for the chronic distress in the west
Of Ireland viii have been found. Hor-
ace Plunkett. NJ. T.. Vice President OF
the Agricultural Board. says This
most remarkable phenomenon may be
the forerunner ofva revolution in agri.
culture. The evidence furnished ana
the genuinenesS of Father Glynns ex-
pertinent are inconuovertihle."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
4 .,cw stndr nd Cnlicre.

The Agricultural aud Mechanical Col
Iegt of Texas has begun 10 show that
ii is worthy Of its double name by es-
tablishng a new industry which com
h.ues in Que the two interests of aeri-
culture and mechanics. ON J}inc o
they began work Ia canning factory,
aud at the time the repor> was written
they had put up 1000 cans OF peaches
and Intended to put up as many more.
This year they have not made their
own cans, but have bought thrm in
Baltimore. Md. al a cost OF 2ls cents
each delivered ut the college. The cost
of growing and gathering the peaches
peclng and canning them, ard cost
of cans Is II cents can. They expect
80 reduce thI- another year, aud 70
have all the work done then by the stu
dents of the college Now they do il
all but the processing and general III
Tections. The students are thus learn
ing an excellent business which may
Toe made available almost anywhere jrr
that land of fruit. ANA az the same time
they are earning l2ls cents au hour 10
help pay their college expenses. The
plant in use this year had cost mp to
date the small sum oi $500. Possibly
they may enlarge 3, and try otatr fruits
and Vegetables later on. II is an as
tonisilng thing TO thnk how this can
ming industry has grown. and how
many canned goods are used II Is
claimed 'has last year 3,00o,oo0 cans
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

This is accomplished by forming the
deat cups with double walls and con
meeting the secondary vacuum system
with the pockets Inside the cups, the
operator who attends the machinery
preserving the proper vacuum in each
ret Of pipes to DO tba work withou, in
Jury to the cCsSs. Valves are proy'oed
to start the milk flowing as soon as tie
cups are fixed in place With The jew
machine a large herd can be MIXED in
the time il usually takes to milh a
single cow. to which may be- "4deG the
advantage of cleanliness sa3 3, deslr-
ability Of a method which shah operate
exactly alike at each milking. The AMI
mas sOou become used 10 the machine.
and stand as readily as when MIXED
by the Old way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

that Is sold in Pennsylvania as dalr,
product is thus described in the patent
Office records:
The process consists in first forming
soap emulsion of the fats or fatty
oils with caustlc soda; then precipi-
tate the lyes; then applying chlornated
alkaline I've or chlorinated gas to the
soap emulsion"
That sounds like a recipe for making
soft soap, but when the color Is added
the result is gilt edge creamery" but
ter for the Pennsylvania market.
Here are few Of the constituents OF
the "adyanced product Of the farm"
Blsulphatc Of lime. borax, salicyllc
acid. benzoic acid. orrls root, cotton
seed oil, bicarbonate of soda. glycerine.
Capsule acid, alum, eapsic acid, sui
plate Of sodi, cows udder, sulphuric
acid, pepsin, tallow, lard. salt, corn,
starch. butyric ethct. caustic potash,
castor oil, chalk, slippery elm bark,
catl, oil of sesame, oil Of sunfower
seed. olive oil, tiTnip seed oil, broma
chloralum. chlorate of potash, oil Of
sweet almonds, oil CT peanuts, peroxide
Of manganese, stomach of pigs, sheep
or calf, nitrate of soda, mustard seed
oil, nitric acid. dry blood albumen,
sugar, butyrie acid, bicarbonaie Of p0r
ash aud caustie soda. One cent a
pound is very modest rate of protee-
tion for such formidable array OF
mineral and organic poisons and abom-
nations Philadelphia North Amerl.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
This 1,nd That.

Two submarine boats will he built at
San Francisco.
Chinese army has hccn driven from
New .Chwans 10y tho Russians.
Fire in Begenia, Spain, church eaus-
ed "A panic and two were killed.
Evidence accumulated that several az
complies aided Humbert's murderer.
Prcshyterian> lost S2oon worth ri
property al Iclsun-Fn, China, Looted 10y
Chinese.
Chinese gamblers in New lork had IL
fatal row among themselves Song Kin
MAS Killed.
The Kansas wheat cr9p this year has
bern officially put nj IS $1,000 bushels.
breaking thu record.
y Chicago woman attempted to stop
sanbija4 hy thr KING acid on The play
erS aud tabirs.
Il. \. +. Mamroev. at one tune private
Secretary Of W II. Seward, died sudden
ly ia New York
Dennis Coughiin, the weatbie>, mar
in Toledo and northwestern ONO died
IN fo,ede. aSrl ~ years.
FOR participating in Fl triple iynchine
w t. Brooks WAS sentenced 20 life i'm
prj~onmeng "a; Palestine, Texas
The royal arsenal at WooiwiCh ha,
b,,.u ordered 90 send 3nNtt,ss} pound,
of snail arm ammunition 20 China.
Presjdeut Mckinley has rrprievc3 uu
til Friday Oct :. the Haidcu'n broth
as. sentenced 30 h. hanged 1T Tomb
stone. Ariz.
Al official report from San JUan says
that the exchange of Porto Rican monc!
Tor tba, OF the United States was accom-
{ plishtd on Aug 1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

fought desperately, CAPTAIN RtILLY.
Fonr hundred were killed, 300 prisoners
taken and six towns burned. The allies
loss was four wounded
Captain Reilly Of Battery L, Fifth
United States artillery, who was killed
before the Imperial Palace was buried
in the legation grounds. Gen. Chaffee,
the British and japanese generals and
many civilians We're present AT the in
terment. The japanese troops have re-
lieyed the Pei-tsang cathedral, where if
teen French nuns and forty French and
Italian soldiers have been isolated and
besieged two months. They found that
FIVE had been killed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
Anotber Miikinr Moc,ine.

Recently we illustrated machine
which would milk single COW aud
trarsfer the milk to can. We now
SHOW an apparatus which can be used
to mh a whole herd of COWS at once,
needin,. but two men to operate the ma
chin y. One man is stationed at the
reservoirs to watch the indicators and
operate the pumps when necessary, and
the other passes along the stalls, at
taching the teat cups and starting the
flow Of milk At intervals are placed
receiving cans, which are connected
with the suction apparatus and also to
the teat cups Direct pipes suspended
overhead connect The cans with the
vacuum boiler, and the teat cups are
also provided with vacuum arrange
ment. which prevents the suction from
taking too strong hold on the teat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

hold any size log, This lever should
be of hard wood, u inches wide and /
inch thick. A large v ire nail viii an
swer very well as pin BY the use of
this device the operator is not required
to exert any effort in holding the log
in place The small figure shows how
the saving is to be done the log is to
be cut INTO four pieces. First saw of
the cut marked at /. then the second
cut Ii ut >, then finally saw the remain
ing port n in two at i. 3. t. Dawson.
in American Agrigulturist
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
hy Americnns dnring the Boxer trnnbles.

by Americans during the Boxer troubles.
These granted. the United States mill
tary force will be gradually reduced IN
til, comparatively speaking, only mere
corporal's guard is left in the Chinese
empire.
Secretary Ertt said that no more
troops would rl sent 80 China. because
they were not needed. With the alriv.,l
at Taku of The Hancock aud the troops
she carried Gen Chaifce viii have 1000
available men, which is deemed sufficient
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
a Hold -Tirht sawl,nck.

The accompanying illustration shows
how a sawbuck may he arranged SO
that log Of wood will remain perfect
~ stationary The buck itself is made
like any ordinary sawbuck, but on one
end a lever, a. & attached and 50 ar.
ranged that 1t can De pushed down and
fastened with tae peg, @ thus holding
the log, b, firmly BY arranging holes.
c, IN one ara and a series Of small
holes. d. or the other. the buck will