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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
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PERSONAL

John o. stanton left yesterday for New York
city.
Myer Davidow has returned from New York
city.
DR.. j, J. Carroll, of West Scranton, returned
yesterday from visit to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bowie, of 624 Washing.
toy avenue, will so to Europe about the middle
of June.
Mr.. and Mrs. George IIoughton, OF New York
city, are visiting MIR. and Mrs Adcl Moore, Of
Ridge Row.
Tunis +. Dean business manager of "The
Christian" is in the city arranging for its APP
pearanoe here on saturday, May y, at the Ly-
ceum.
Ex-Sherif Charles Robinson, William Craig,
Victor Koch, David PTitchard +. NJ. Vanding
and Emil Schimpff left yesterday for New York
city to bid farewell to August Robinson, who
sails today for Germany.
John McCourt. local editor of the Sunday
News and his sister, Miss Helen McCourt, left
yesterday for New York city from which place
they will go TO Old Point Comfort by boat They
will spend several weeks at that place and points
further south.
William G.. Nelmes, OF Capouse avenue will
leave this week for England, for a months
visit On his return he will be accompanied by
his wife, VINO has been touring in Europe for
the past ten months. Mrs. Nelmes is a sister
Of George j. Ash, of the Times
+. l.. wormser, Of this city, has Just been
elected national vice president of the B'nai Birth
at the grand council Of the order now in session
in Chicago Mr.. Wormser was one of the moving
spirits OF the recent state convention OF this
order held in this city.
Bert Foote, Of Jonas Longs Sons store, and
Miss Minnie Erway, formerly an employe at that
establishment, were married in New York city
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
AFTER MANY WEARY
YEARS OF WAITING
Paving of Providence Road and
North Main Avenue Begun.
Councilmen Dug First Dirt.

The Girard Construction company,
of Philadelphia. yesterday began work
on the North Main avenue and Provi
dence road pavement, and in a few
months the residents of North Scran
ton will see the realization of their
dream Of a life time.
Quite a crowd collected yesterday
morning at Providence road and Court
street where operations were COM
menced. Among those present were:
Select Councilmen w. M. Finn and
Finlay Ross. and Common Councilmen
David Reese and Morris V. Morris,
OF the First and Second wards. all of
whom were largely instrumental in
securing the passage of the ordinance
by councils
The first work done was the turning
up of a bit of ground with a shovel.
and each of the four councilmen took
turn at this, after which the opening
of the street was commenced with a
plow. The pave to be laid will be of
vitrified prick on a concrete base. The
stone crusher and concrete mixer has
arrived and is now on the ground
About fifty men were employed yes
terday, but in few days over $50
Will ne put dI NOrk 10 HdSlen tne con-
struction. City Engineer Phillips stat
ed yesterday that he believed the pave
ment would be entirely finished from
Court street to the city line in five
months time, or by Oct. 1 next.
Arthur l.. Shrive is the company's
general manager here and he has es-
tablished an office in the Auditorium
building, from where he will direct the
nrly Of CT tIfi a
and North lain avenue will be closed
in few days as far as the corners
so that the work may be pushed rap
idly.
Simultaneous with the work of paw
ing the Scranton Railway company
will lay a double track from Court
street to the corners, where the street
ia not now double tracked.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
REVOLVER WENT OFF.
Thomas Dougherty and Martin Nc
Grail Had Narrow Escapes.

Two South Scranton young men.
Thomas Dougherty and Martin Nc
Grail, had very narrow escapes from
serious injury on Sunday night. The
boys were standing at the corner of
Birney and Cedar avenues and young
McGrail was showing his companion
an old triggerless revolver he had in
his possession.
He supposed of course that 1t
wasn't loaded" but it was and it
suddenly went off, the bullet taking
the tops off two of McGrail's fingers
and striking Doughcrty in the abdo-
men. 1t fortunately struck q button
and made only slight abrasion on the
flesh. Had it entered the abdomen Sc
rious consequences might have result
ed. The young mems injuries were
dressed by DR.. Manley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
HAINES IN HARD LUCK.
Twice Has the Cup of Happiness
Been Dashed from His Lips.

Either David Haines is regrettably
impoverished or walking contradic-
tion.
David is a farmer lad from Spring
Brook. Aug. II, 1898, he came to this
city with Louisa Swingle, a 24-year-
old widow and applied for a marriage
license. His father anticipated this
and when he and his bride-nc mated
appeared in Clerk Daniels office, they
were confronted with telegram from
Haines' father, forbidding the grant
ing of the license. David maintained
he was twenty-five and beyond his
fathers control, but the clerk had the
fathers telegram, declaring that the
boy was only nineteen and the clerk
chose to believe the father.
Soon after they left the office the
father came in and inquired for the
elopers. Learning that they had de-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
RECEPTION TO DIR. GIFFIN.
Elm Park Church Members Express
Joy Over His Return.

A reception was last night rendered
Rev. G. NJ. Giffln, pastor of the Elm
Park Methodist Episcopal church, at
the rectory on Linden street, by the
official members of the church board
and their wives. The reception was
given in honor of the re-appointment
of DIR. Giffin to the Elm Park church,
at the recent conference in Owego.
This is his fifth year here and will
conclude his term.
Last night was the occasion of many
wishes of hearty good will and very
complimentary remarks regarding Dr.
Giffin's work, since he has been pastor
of the Elm Park church.
Remarks were made by w. II. Peck,
G. f. Reynolds, ]. G.. Shepherd, Chas.
Schlager NJ. s. Larkin, Mr.. Surdam
and others. A general air of good fell
lowship and good cheer prevailed
throughout the entire assembly, and
the speeches of all the gentlemen
mentioned. overflowed with the spirit
of the occasion. One gentleman quot
ed Mark Twains story of the small
boy who crawled into a hogshead,
which had been filed with molasses,
and then wished for "a thousand
tongues to do justice to the barrel"
The speaker. in like manner, wished
for a thousand tongues to do justice
to his subject, in speaking of the works
wrought by DR.. Giffin. and of the love
and reverence felt for him by his con-
gregation All of the speakers united
in wishing the pastor good speed in
his work. and in pledging him their
earnest support.
DIR. Giffin, in response, expressed
himself as highly gratified by the evil
dences of regard shown him. and
seemed particularly pleased at the
general spirit of jollity and good fell
lowship which marked the occasion
After the speech making all present
Joined in the singing of Blessed BE
the Tie That Binds" The company
broke up a short while later.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
lAasonic!

The members of Hyde Park lodge
No. 339. F. & A. NJ, are respectfully
requested to meet at the lodge room
No. POS North Main avenue, Tuesday
May /, at | o'clock, to attend tn,
funeral of our deceased brother, DAME
l. Phillips. Members of sister lodge
are invited to attend. Members vii
appear in Masonic dress.
David j. Davis, w. NJ.
Attest: G. Il. Laning, secretary. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
KINGSBURY-BEARDSLEY.
Ceremony Performed at Brooklyn, N
Y, Where the Bride Resides.

DR.. William p. Kingsbury, formerly
of this city and son of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
p. KinSSbury. of Clay avenue, and
Miss Annie Beardsley daughter of
Mrs, Elizabeth Beardsley, Of Brooklyn,
n. Y. were last night united in mar
riage in that city by Rev. f. II.
Wellman, ID. ID. Miss Fitzpat-
rick was maid of honor. and Charles
E. Kingsbury, of this city, best man.
Among those from this city who were
present were Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Kings
bury parents of the groom; Mr.. and
Mrs. H. p. Simpson, H. w. Kingsbury
and c. +. Kingsbury.
DR.. and Mrs. Kingsbury will reside
at 335 Second avenue, New York.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
THIRD DEGREE WORKED.
Wilkes-Barre Knights of Columbus
Visit Local Council.

About fifty members of the Wilkes
Barre council, Knights of Columbus.
came to this city last night and as
sisted in exemplifying the third de-
gree of the organization at the hand
some new club house on North WASH
ington avenue.
The visitors We're met at the station
by a committee from the local coun-
ell, who escorted them to the club
house, where nearly 200 of the local
members We're assembled. At the con-
clusion Of the degree work refresh
mentS We're served.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
Notice.

During the work of paving in Provi-
dence, IT will be necessary for passen-
gers on the Providence line to transfer
from one car to another at the point
where the paving operations are in
progress, and walk around the i'm
mediate work in progress from one car
to the other. 1t will also be necessary
to take off the Market street" cars
during the progress of this work.
Scranton Railway Company.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
Do You Want to Be Posted

on the fastest route to the west? A
postal card addressed to p. s. Timpson,
General Agent, Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railway. Buffalo, n. Y.
will bring you timetables and inter-
esting information showing how you
can best reach your destination in the
West, or the local agent of the Lake
Shore or New York Central Railways
will give you full particulars. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by
MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
WHILE TEETHlNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS
ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND C0LIC, and
is the best remedy for DlARRHOEA, Sold by
Druggists in every part OF the world Be sure
and ask for "Mrs Winslow's Soothing syrup"
and take no other kind. twenty-five cents a
hottla-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01

/ hereby announce myself as a can.
didate for the office OF Recorder of
Deeds, subject to the voters of Lacka-
wanna county at the Republican pri-
maries, to be held June IL, 1900, to 8
p. m. George f. Kellow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

Under this heading short letters of interest
will he published when accompanied, for publica.
tion, by the writer's name The Tribune does not
assume responsibility for opinions here expressed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
DISSOLUTION OF A
CLOTHING FIRM.
MI. James Tigue to Retire from the
Firm of Corcoran, o'Brien e. Tigue.

rhm OF SorCOian, OBrlen & I1gue.
The clothing firm of Corcoran,
O'Brien & Tigue, at 40S Lackawanna
avenue, has been dissolved, Mr.. James
A. Tigue retiring from the business.
Hereafter the firm will be known as
Corcoran e. O'Brien. On Wednesday
next the store will be closed, in order
to arrange the stock for a big disso-
luton sale, which will begin on Thurs
day, The firm must have money to
settle up affairs with the retiring part
ner. and to this end will inaugurate a
great bargain sale. Every article of
Clothing, Hats and Furnishings will be
marked down to sacrificing prices, and
as the stock contains all this Spring
styles, it will afford a great opportun-
ity to secure the newest fashions for
little money. The sale begins next
Thursday morning, and no doubt large
numbers will take advantage of it. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01
40 Shares Colliery Engineer Co.
For This Day Only,

stock for sale. r. E. Comegys, Dime
building. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01

10c. working caps for &c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01

Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. f. & NJ. T. Howley ,231 Wyoming ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-01

Smoke The Pocono. Sc. cigar.
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21
SHE KEPT THE APPOINTMENT.

Not every governor who falls i'll has
a wife who can keep his appointments
for him, so Gov. Mount of Indiana
should consider himself an especially
fortunate man, says an Indianapolis
correspondent. The other day he was
taken i'll few hours before he was
due for an address at farmers in
stitute ten miles from his home, in
indianapolis. When he began worry
Ing about it, Mrs. Mount said:
Never mind; I'll take your place"
She boarded an electric car, reached
the institute on time, and delivered an
addrss of her own on THE mistakes
and possibilities of rural life," which
she had just prepared for publication
in a local paper.
Her audience was delighted with the
change of orator, and gave her a cor
dial invitation to come again.
Cleveland Leader.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21
SIR CHARLES WARREN'S BATH.

There is something extremely Eng
lish in the story of Sir Charles War
rem doing trimbics," as Bouncer ex-
pressed it, in the open air on the bat
tleield of Vaal Kranz Sir Charles,
it appears, is strong believer in
hydrcpathy, and under no circum-
stances intermits his morning bath.
On the occasion of Buffers last effort
to relieve Ladysmith (according to
m. A. P.O, Sir Charles found it inn
possible to leave his post, so when day
broke on the battlefield, he ordered his
servant to bring his bath with sponge
and towel, and there and then, in the
open air, Sir Charles Warren. COM
handing the Fifth division, proceeded
to take his BATH sublimely Indifferent
to the fire of the enemy. The enemy
were, perhaps, too much astonished
at the British eccentricity of bathing
at all, much more of bathing in this
etremely public fashion, to attempt
any violent interruption. A humorous
addition to the incident relates how
Sir Redvers Butler, wishing to consult
with Sir Charles, sent his orderly to
summon him. But not even an order
from the commander-in-chief could
interrupt this matutinal function, and
Sir Redvers was obliged to ride to the
bather, and then an important CONVEX
sation was held between the two gem
erals-the one on horseback and the
other in his tub. Diogenes himself
never performed feat of cooler indif-
ference to the conventioualities than
Sir Charles on this occasion.-London
News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Lawyer Charles Allen of Boston has
written book on the Bacon-Shakes-
pearean controversy in which he says:
Lord Bacon was too learned a jurist
to have written plays and poems
showing such ignorance of legal
knowledge as that displayed by
Shakespeare"
Congressman Charles 3. Lands OF
Indiana says of himself: 81 pitched
hay as lad, worked in gravel pit Iii
my youth and attended college only
when | reached manhood"
The orloff, one of the Russian crown
jewels, is the largest in Europe, weigh
ing 1873 carats. 1t was purchased for
$4,000 and an annuity of $4,000.
Thirty thousand women are en-
ployed in the British postal depart
ment. There are $50 head postmis-
tresses and over 5000 sub-postmis-
tresses.
Fiction comprised 81 per cent. of the
books given out from the Joliet prison
library last year. OF the remainder
IL per cent were religious works.
One cause of the increase of immi-
grafton into the United States is said
to be the apprehension of a great war
in Europe.
A statue of Gordon is to be erected
in the public garden at Khartum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21

pamphlets and books. which are used
as advertising mediums. Time was,
years ago, when every road had the
straightest line ION its map between
any two or more competitive points
but now the public demands actual
facts and truth-telling maps, and,
again, gets what it requires
1t may interest some OF your readers
to quote a few statistics gathered from
a recent report of the interstate COM
merce commission:
There are over 1000 railway corpor-
ations in the United States.
The total mileage, in round numbers,
is 186, 900 miles
The number of miles of railroad per
10000 inhabitants is 251z.
The number of locomotives in service
is $1,000
The number of passenger car in
service is $4,000.
The number of passengers carried per
annum, 100000.
The revenue derived from this
number of passengers, $26S 100000.
The number of persons employed in
railway services. about 100000
In great degree, the influence of
railway passenger traffic has an effect
in controlling shipments of freight over
lines which are the best advertised and
are the most popular among COM
mercial travellers and merchants.
Trade follows the flag of first-class
road.
No country in the world furnishes
such luxurious and comfortable rail-
way trains as the United States has
produced at the end of the nineteenth
century, nor are passengers transported
elsewhere at such cheap rate of fare.
The so-called limited trains of to-day
are marvels of beauty. They combine
all the attractions and requirements of
home, Office and library, with the ap-
pointments OF a first-class hotel. They
are as near perfection as the inventive
genius of to-day can make them, but
who shall say what another decade
may bring forth?
And when Self-Culture has attained
its twentieth volume, perhaps some
other contributor will review this
article and points out the development
of railway passenger traffic between
now and then, thus carrying this brief
history of events along for the benefit
of those who come after the present
generation of seekers after knowledge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21

that so few feeders yet realize that
sufficient amount of one or the other
is indispensable to the highest bodily
vigor and the largest financial returns.
Feeders as a rule do not sufficiently
appreciate the fact that through I'M
numbered centuries of evolution our
herb-eating domestic animals became
habituated to conditions which made
the chief part of their diet of necessity
some form of fresh succulent vegeta-
ton. All of their processes of diges-
ton, assimilation, excetion and re-
production grew into balanced action
with the fresh tissues, juices and stor-
age products of plants as essential
stimulants and foods; and now when
the system is long deprived of them
the functions cease to be normal, be-
cause their presence in the body is
now indispensable.
1t is only within comparatively re-
cent times that the absolute necessity
of some form of fresh vegetable food
or fruit in our own diet has been
learned and the methods of canning
fruits and vegetables, to be used in
camp life, at sea, and on polar expedi-
tions, as well as on the table in winter
has rendered an immense service to
man in maintaining health under
those conditions. The silo is cheap
means of canning grass on a large
scale to be used by domestic animals
at times and in places when it could
not otherwise be had; and, because
silage can be produced cheaper, kept
longer, and fed to stock more ex-
peditiously, 1t must largely take the
place of roots wherever large amounts
must be stored.
1t has been demonstrated the past
season at the university that if green
corn is put into a vessel having strict
ly air tight walls and at the same time
is so thoroughly packed as to largely
expel the entangled air good silage
may be made in very small quantities.
I'VE have" says Prof. Con-. used
galvanized iron cylinders as small as
is inches in diameter and AZ inches
deep. filling them with corn cut in
half-inch lengths and simply covering
with two thicknesses OF acid and
waterproof pager, and yet after us
days standing in our continuously
warm aud sunny plant house there
was only inches ofspoiled silage on
the top. All OF the balance was OF ex-
cellent quality. In another silo only
/ foot in diameter and 10 feet deep,
filled with corn at the same time. sim
liar results were secured. Even so
difieult crop as green oats. rust COM
ing into the milk stage, has been kept
in good condition during so days in
the same cylinders covered In the
same manner"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-06-21

80 feet, and the fourth q feet deep
and 80 feet inside diameter. All were
provided with stone foundations u
to 80 inches in height, with good roofs
and cupolas, and were substantially
built in every way. If we allow the
same cost for the roof of this type of
silos as we have in computing the cost
of the preceding types, it will be found
that the cost of the walls of these
four athed-and-plastered silos was at
the mean rate of 1898 cents per square
foot of outside surface of the wall. The
cost of this type of silo is somewhat
more than that of the stone silo where
the cost of stone is not included
Where the silo is made inside of a
barn or If it is built out of doors with
out roof or other weather protection
than the materials needed for strength
and lining, a silo IS feet inside diane
ter and 80 feet deep will cost about
s133, while one % feet in diameter will
cost $244. The first silo will hold 20
to so tons, and the last 290 tons, thus
making the cost at the rate of SLIT
and so cents per ton of silage.
Up to the present time more silos
have been built of wood than of any
other material. The cost of this type
will vary with the thoroughness of the
manner of making the lining and of
protection against frost These silos
will keep the silage we'll and will
have a durability comparable with
that of other wooden farm buildings.
Atwood round silos 80 feet deep cost
about as follows: Size Is it. inside
diameter No. 1873 for outside construc-
ton s12S for inside; size "a it
1924 for outside and S226 for inside con-
struction.
One stave silo, IS #. inside diameter
and "a #. deep, cost s242.SO. Two other
silos built in barn in 1898, Is feet in
side diameter, of 2x4 slaves, 26 feet
long, beveled and with 10 SIS inch
round hoops each, cost s170.50 for the
two. The bottom of these silos extend
s feet into red clay subsoil and are
eemented directly upon 1t, only one
course of brick being used above for
the tubs to stand upon.
In localities where both lumber and
masonry are expensive Or cannot be
had, and where the soil is Of such
character that pit Is to 20 feet
deep may be sunk in the ground. a
good silo may be made in this way.
The most serious objection to such
silo is the inconvenience Of removing
the silage to feed. II the soil Is OF
such a character that it will not cave
in the pit may be made circular In
form OF the desired size and depth
and then plastered with cement in the
manner OF cistern. II there is a lit
tie difficulty IN the walls standing the