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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-25
AMtNpMENr NECESSARY.

But, however this may be, there was real
and importans reason for this provision stated
clearly by Gouverneur Morris, who declared the
amendment absolutely necessary otherwise mem.
bcrs chosen TO the senate would be disqualified
from being appointed to any office by section 0
of the article than under consideration. It
would be in the power of the legislature by sp.
pointing man As senator against his consent
10 deprive the United States OF his services.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-25
Victory for Coal Operators.

a ENCOURAGEMENT of the de-
cision of the board of rail-
4 " road commits SionerS IF New
York filed i-asfpr1lv GRANT .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
=klDNeYT TROUBLES.

The kidneys cleanse the blood and on their activity depends the health of the body. If the liver becomes SO torpid that it interferes with the work of the kidneys the body suffers and dropsy results. The most val uable feature In the curative effect of Prickly Ash Bitters Is it's stimu- lating influence in the kidneys. It heals and strengthens those organs so that they resume their blood clea ansing and urine gathering func- tions. purifies and regulates the liver. tones up the stomach and di gestiot. and by a mild vel thorough cathartic effect, all poispns and bil- ious impurities in the bowels are driven out. T. quickly restores strength and health. Sold by " alkcr Drug Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
FLYING ENGINES TAKE WATER,
Tanks Are Repienished While the Loco
 motive Is Making Speed.

On many of the railroads centering at Chicago it is no longer necessary for a train to stop to enable the engineer to replenish his boilers with water. All travellers have now become accustomed to seeing the narrow trough, 1,200 to 1,400 feet long, at various dead level points along the road and they know that the strip of water which it con- tains is scooped up by the engine as it speeds over the tracks. But people from foreign countries often ask ques- tions about the water between the tracks and marvel when they hear the story about drinking the engine oR the fly. What seems marvellous me- chanical contrivanee is an extremely simple thing. A pipe with a scoop end is fastened to the tender. It is c shaped, with the top end pointing into the water tank and the bottom curied under the body of the tender. By a series of levers this end may be dropped until it reaches the level of the ties. When the engine reaches the trough the fireman drops the scoop end, which is 31a inches high and 12 inches wide, into the trough, into which it sinks distance of about six inches or within an inch of the bottom. It may wabble slightly without doing any harm, because the trough is A ineh4s wide Dropping the end is all that is done, for the motion of the en- zine does the rest. The water rushes into the pipe and thence into the tank with rush and force that suggests to the uninitiated the use of powerful en- zines. "The most remarkable thing about the water-taking scoop" said a railroad official, ''is the fact that the speed of the train must be reduced when the water is taken on. IL reaches inc bend in the pipe with such force that if the train were allowed to go at its regular speed the metal would be seriously strained, so we reduce the speed to about thirty miles an hour and have the best results" While the engine is passing over the trough at the rate of thirty miles an hour 1t takes up about 4,000 gallons of water. about as much as would be contained in 100 spirit barrels.
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COTTON BELT NOTES.
BYE. WALTER NORDMAN

Bids will be received fSr the next ten days for one brakeman on trains No. 9 and 10 with lay over at Pine Bluff on Conductor Thompson 5 crew on caboose 20, ,020 in place of j.. F. Alfred, who relinquishes his rights to same.
 "Home, Sweet Home," was sung by our long lost friend, MT. Jack Daly, who has again returned to bis happy home. after an absence of about one year. Happy Jack" has accepted his old position In the tool room in the machine shops.
 The advertising board now adver- tises for fireman on engine POT, fire man on engine 130 on trains [ and s. also one fireman on local between Texarksna and Stamps on engine 197; also one fireman on passenger engine 10l.
 A certain railroad man who was recently garnisheed for his poll tax, has placed the following by his bench:
 Lives Of railroad men remind us,
 We might also be sublime,
 And departing, leave behind us
 Garnishees upon our time.
 Conductor Fox, who has been constantly on his run on trains oDd f,,r n lowe .,, bila batxyoop hara and Cairo, has decided to take a much needed rest during his lay off, Conducto Jno. Granville will collect the fare on that run.
 It Is rumored that the popular messenger at these shops, MT. J. l. Russell alias J. w. Spraggins, will resign his position at once, if made to pay the damage to the quartette table in the telegraph office which happened while in bat tie with six
 General Manager ]. Fl. White, of thu Louisiana and Arkansas rail road, was in the city last week on important business. Mir. White was formerly superintendent Of the Fort Worth division f this road at Com merce, Texas.
 new siding has been constructed at Paragould connecting at both ends with the main line Of the Par agould and Southeastern Ky. and is located near their round house. On and after this date all inter- change business between the Para gould and Southeastern Ky. and this company will be done on the track referred to.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
AT THE PARIS MoRoUE.
subiecting Criminals to Terrible
 Ordeal.

subiecting Criminals to Terrible
 Ordeal.
 A law that has recently come into operation gives prisoners the right of communicating with counsel within twenty-four hours after their arrest. says a Paris correspondent of the Lon don Standard. One of the immediate consequences of this measure may be to put a stop to those "eonfrontations' at the morgue, which are so dramatic a feature of French criminal proceed ure. With a view to bringing a mur- derer to confess, he is taken to the morgue, and there brought face to face with the body of his victim. Every artifice Is used to make the eonfronta- tion as impressive as possible, as it is hoped that the terrible sight he is com, pelled to gaze on will so trouble the murderer that he will lose command over himself and make a clean breast of his crime iii his agitation. When he enters the room he can see nothing, as the stone bench on which the body is exposed is concealed by curtain.
 
 with questions, and then, at what he considers the opportune moment, gives the signal for the curtain to be pulled back T he murderers who have stood this ordeal without fiinching have been comparatively few. The majority of them exhibit the utmost terror, and implore to be taken out of sight of the corpse. There is chair in the room where the confrontations take place, in which the majority of the most mo- torious murderers of the last thirty years lave been seated Their names are inscribed on its back, one of them being Troppman, who, just before the Franeo-German war, butehered an en- tire family. French criminal counsel have found that these confrontations almost always result in the confusion of their clients. have looked into the matter, and beliere they have diseov- cred that the examining magistrate has 10 legal right to subject a prisoner to this ordeal. For the future they are going to advise their clients to refuse to allow themselves to be taken to the morgue, and it seems that it is a moot point whether the authorities will be able to convey them thither by force.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
THE BICYCLE TRADE.
Combination Cannot Keep Up the Price
 of Wheels.

Combination Cannot Keep Up the Price
 of Wheels.
 The reduction in the price of bicycles from S150 to less than a third of that amount has weighed heavily upon the minds of the manufacturers who en- tered tbe wheel trust. The eombina- ton was undoubtedly made with the that would restore at least part of the old fabulous profits, but it is doubtful if 1t can be made success. Too many independent manufacturers are in ex- istence who are free to extend their trade by offering every possible induce ment in the way of price and quality, such as individual competition sug- gests. One of these has just issued circular, in which he has the following to say: We have thoroughly or ganiZed and profitable business, both i'll firearms and bicycles, and there IS uo necessity for our joining any move naent to attempt to monopolize or manipulate the bicycle trade. or to as- sist some of the 'top-heayy' firms to dispose of their factories at fancy pIiices and thus avoid probable col lapse.' We are and shall remain per- feetly independent and free to act ae- cording to our business judgment and our sense of justice and fairness to the agents who have assisted us in building up our present large business. No one can buy better material or build high
 @ade bicycles cheaper than we can, and we have completed our plans and our new line of bicycles much earlier than usual, so ss to make this state- ment frankly and squaEeiy to our agents, and we announce oar line and prices for the coming season as fol- lows: Medium grade roadster, s25; high-grade roadster, sS5; with coaster brake, $40. with cushion frame, $50. ehainless, s60.' AS these prices are cut of S15 on each grade, and as the manufacturer is one of high repute in the trade, it is manifest that the trust will not bc able to advance the cost of wheels next season. Besides, the day has passed when the wheelman could be persuaded that his machine, beautiful and delicate as it is, can be more costly than small steam engine. Louisville Courier-J Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

If your stomach is disordered, bowels irregular. and you don't feel well. you need Prickly Ash Bitters. It is very effective in removing this condition. Sold by Walker Drug Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
Bananas.

New York Tribune: A yirtuous ban- ana company has withdrawn from the anrighteous banana trust, shocked and hurt because it was asked to help force the price of bananas up from S1.15 to s2.50 a bunch. The public value of this news is that bananas can be proftably produced at s1.15 c bunch. Now, good bunch contains at least hundred bananas, and there- fore bananas can be prod sced at lit- tie less than a cent and a quarter apiece. And one banana contains as much nourishmnr' ~oss=t ef beet.
 Wedding Houses.
 h olden times certain towns and villages in England used to possess a wedding house. where poor couples. after they bad been welded at church. could entertain their friends at small cost, the only outlay being the pur- chase of such provisions for their guests as they brought with them, tho house for the day being given free of payment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Reported for Last Week by 6 0. ".
 Byingtou, Abstracter.
DEEDS. J January

DEEDS.
 January S. l AItheimer Town Site Co. to Mary ]. Norman, Fractio- nal block ,. Altheimer......... $50 0u l W. J. Shepard to IN. Reeder. Undivided interest In lot block l. Doris addition East...................-...............$l75 $l750 00 January 3. Thos. S. James to l.. C. Franks, 4.43 acres in the sw ne 1S,6.9..................... $is0 .00 H. 4. Bowman to k. B. Dodds. ne 4 15.47.s..-....--..--- 6000O ]. A. Langford CommissionerE toE. NJ. Taliaferro, nhne21, and na nv & sw nv 22,7,7..- 14S0 % Case k. M. Taiaferro vs. Phil Peasants. John Q. Harrison to. Balthas- pr Mierller, e11 s11 lot 6. Allis' addition.................. s0.oo
 January 10. Wm Burke and Chas. Seu- yard to .. c. Shades, lots :. $. 5 and 10, block $, Bar ney's ..................--e.....-. " o0 D. H. Dyson to A. J. Dyson, nv sw and ne se.5 :. l0s.. 10000 D. Ii. Dyson to 4. C. Dyson. nv se and n1a sw SC ,, ', ltt 10000 k. x. Cherry Io Henry Ded rick eh sw sw, IT, 3, s.-.....-. 1l5.00 J w. Monk to Andrew Smith wb lot , block "F", James Simpsons additiou--....-..@-. 100000 $500 cash, notes due in l and , years. American Mig. Co. to Wm. J. Shelby et al, :: es in the nv l7,4. 7..................,....... lS550 Equitable Securities Co. to Alyah Collier. sw nv, 3,4.I 60O,00 Geo. J. Gould. Trustee, to Al yah Collier, eA ne %. 4, 7..... 10000 Kate $. Garretson to Price + Wells, sw nv, F, [. 7......... SE o0 Price R. Wells to l.. Roth. sw nv, 13, [, 1.......................... ooV-oV Geo. A. Davis to Nancy Chil' ton, lot l block l. Mills ad. 2O.2o
 January Il. NJ. R. Perry to Geo. [. Law renee, lot block 9. Tame hill < Owens addition...... 45O. .00 Rosie Lewis to J. 5. House, lot l block 5. Sherrill....... l2o.0O
 January 12. Jas. A. Louden to l.. ". Clement wh nv 21.6.6.....- $550.00 Frank Kendall to ". H. HIeeks, e1l nv & nh ne 15,7- 11.....................,................. 15o. .oo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

J. L. Curl to E. N. Stephen
 son, ne nv 2l.7. .10............,. Loo W. W. Hankins to Mertha J.
 Segars, 3 acres in the nv
 sw 22.6.9............................ 500.0O Sarah L. Buck to M. F. Con-
 nett. I E ne & sw ne &nenw
 32.4 .10................... l.00 F. H. Walker to Mrs. Ernest
 Fain. swA l6, and seA IT. 4 s 500.0O Martha A. Nlyen to 1. J. Nlck
 All the pine timber on sw
 ne 27. $, 10 ct al.................. 450 00 Nora Niven Quinn to l. J.
 Wick, all the pine timber on
 sA ne, 26, 6, 10.....,.............. l00 oo Bateman Atkinson to w. 5.
 Helton, lots and ,, block
 g. Gibson's addition. $50 60 Emma $. Miller to J. W. Row
 land. se ne and eA se, 6, ,,
 10, ct al, $50 cash balance
 in payments. nts................. 3s0.00
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
 A Curious Credeutial.

Clerk (to patent medicine man, Here is a curious eredential from one of our customers. Medicine Man-Reau it. Clerk Before I took your elixir my face was sight. You ought to see if now. Send me another bottle for my naother-in-law." Harlem Life.
 Room for 1oo,ooo,ooo Souls.
 Australia is capable of supporting at least 100000, ,000 inhabitants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
remark.ha. Loss .f Memory.

A remarkable case of loss of mem- ory occurred in London, England. re- gently. It appears that an old gen tleman, we'll dressed and apparently well to do, was found by the police wandering in Moorields. He was taken to the nearest police station, but. be- ing unable to give any satisfactory ac- count of himself, he was conveyed to Guys hospital. There it was found that he was suffering from loss or memory. and despite every device adopted nothing could be gleaned as to his identity. Upon his clothes De- ing searched an address, Spring Bank, Hull" was found upon him, and as the result of a telegram dispatched by the nolice to that address 1t was ascer- tained that the old gentleman was MT George Patchett, who lived at the ad- dress given. He had been missed from Hull for some days. but how and when he got to London neither his friends nor MT. Patchett could say.
 Clgarettess
 ldklQR the pUpuldeAOh VI IAS~
 ain and Ireland at SS,0o0,0 900. trade journal assumes that 10 per cent, are cigarette smokers, and that they con- sume on an average five a day all the year round. This would give a total of nearly 7,o00,000,000. The tobacco contained in this number of cigarettes would weigh over $500 tons, and If Il were slowed in carts, each carrying a ton. and the carts marshaled 1n q line with twenty feet for each horse and vehicle, a procession would be formed over thirty-fiye miles long, the total length of 7,O00,000,000 of them would be upward of 331,0C0 miles, or more than enough to circle the globe nearly fourteen times. It would make a line from here to the moon, and nearly half the way back again.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
TELEcRAPHlc BRIEFS.

INDIGESTION, resulting from 5 weakness of the stomach, is relieved by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom- ach tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14
= A 9 TT Q R r A.

Constipation leads to liver trouble and torpid liver to Bright's disease. Prickly Ash Bitters is certain cure at any stage of the disorder. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
Property Transfers.

Richmond: Ida Bell and Moses II. Car
ter to NJ. E., wife of T. j. ,Smtther, 50 feet
on east side Twenty-third Street, lis feet
south of Broad, $1,9Jo.
Daniel Hannisan TO r. II. HARDWOOD,
q IL feet on east side Nineteenth Street,
q IL feet north OF Broad, $l,2C0.
Mozelle Owens trustee TO Alleh and
.Chanle Jones. % feet on north side Moore
Street, 125 feet west of Kinney. $500.
Henrico: Lewis Ginter to William o.
Evans, 100 feet on east side Chamber
layne Avenue, 100 feet souHI of Walton
Avenue, $3.50.
William o, Evans to saliie ~ Evans.
his wife, the above property, 81.
/ Sallie a. Evans to Lewis enters execu-
tors. the above property, in consideration
of cancellation of a debt secured thereon
and SLOPES.
II. Lee Lorraine and wife to Charles Nc
Curdy. lots 2 and 8 in Block IS in plan Of
Brookland Park, $50.
r. 7. Lacy, specia! commissioner. to
Junius L. Parsons. 249 Ia acres on Charles
City Road, sixteen miles east of Rich
mond, $500
10. Lane Stern. special commissioner
and trustee. 10 W. j. Lipsconb, 20 feet
on north side Grace Street. SiO0.
William Wagner and wife to W. d.
Holder, % ii acres four miles southeast
of Richmond. s7Go.
George ". West and wife to William =
Davis. 80 acres on Mill Road, ten miles
north of Richmond, 500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
NORFOLK WEDDINGS
Miss Virginia Jordan to Thomas Stark.
Miss Wilkins To John Saunders.

NORFOLK. VA. April 1S.-SpeciaI.-
Miss Virginia Jordan was married to-day
to Mr.. Thomas Stark. The wedding. at
St. Lukess Episcopal Church, was one of
the social events OF the year. Miss Jor-
dan, who is of the welI-known STithfteld
family, is a lovely girl with a host of
friends, daughter Of Mrs. Lucy Brooks
Jordan. She is closely related to judge
Theodore S. Garnet.
Rev T. f. Baker, Of South Carolina,
relative of the groom, who IS q Southern
Railway employe. formerly resident az
West Point. Va. otfictared. Mrs stark.
of West Point. mother of the groom; Mrs.
T. S Martin of Washington. wife OF
United States Senator Martin: Miss Grace
Day. of SnithheId; Miss Pozonnie. of st.
Louis, Mr. and Mrs. VI. F. Jordan, Mn
Edward Cofer. Mr.. and Mrs. e A. MoTri-
son, Miss Haden, and Mr.. T. T. STRATEGY.
of Snithfeld. and Mrs. CraiSSIli OF
washington. D. c.. were among the OUT
of-towu guests present.
Miss Harriet Lightfoot Wilkins was this
afternoon at st. Luke's married to Mr.
John Saunders. of Gloucester county.
Miss Hal. Lightfoot. of Richmond. the
brides cousin, was maid of honor. Mr..
Franklin Dabney, of Gloucester, was bess
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
BUILDING AND LOAN CASE.
Still Pending in The Chancery Court.
News of CITY Hall Courts.

Another bill was filed yesterday in the
Chancery Court for instament stock
holders of the Old Dominion Building
and Loan Asocia tion. asking that the
claimant be given his rights and his
money. as he claims that on April / 1900,
before the proposed scheme of liquida-
ton of April Sd, his stock had matured.
The claimant asks that if he is nGt
given his money now and is required to
share with others, that the proposed
scheme be rejected, as it gives him forty
three per ceit. less than il would give
one of them who bought $500 of stock
at the same time. He having paid in $3.50,
would receive. if the assets paid fifty per
cent. one-half of $50 and $50, in all $500,
or $50 less than he Paid in.
Judgment was rendered in the Circuit
Court yesterday for the plaintiff in the
case of Irwin I4ipsconch against James II.
ilar'dgrove for s2S..o9. The February
term of this court adjourned yesterday.
Motions filed for judgments in The Law
and Equity Court: Clara Garter :gains.
b. +. Turner and Christopher Wikerson.
fer sl,55T.c1: Metropolitan Bank against
Madeleine A. Englist ct al, for $3.50;
the same against W. j. King and j. II.
Clarke, for SIG
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
Civil Service.

A civil-service examination for various
positions under the Federal Government
commenced here in the customrhouse
building Tuesday. Several OF the eXaIni-
nations occupied the candidates yester-
day and will to-day Most of the papers
were handed in Tuesday, however.
One candidate, the examination for
physician in the Indian service; two that
for Indian teachers Zone male and one
female); one superintendent of censtruc-
ton in the Supervising Architects office;
four copyists. ship draushtsmen; two
meat inspectors: two weather observers
one matron and Indian teacher.
Mr.. NJ. II. Carter, of this city, is con-
Quoting the examination.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
III. menasers showing mud, interest in in

the members showing much interest IN
sfhc coming meeting.
y 1t was decided 70 hold the conference
at Centenary Methodist EPISCOPAL Casirca
and to hold the services at nigat and on
Sunday both at Centenary and Broad
Street, discussing the same subjects by
difTeren; speakers.
Some of the most prominent speakers
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
are expected TO be on these programmes,
and will be announced later.
An excursion to Old Point will be
arranged for Monday following the con-
ference.
A lecture has been arranged for Satur-
day night OF the conference. and prom
inent lecturer will be secured.
The best attended meeting vet of the
sible-readings. conducted. by, Rev z. A
Marshall. of the Moody Bible Institute,
of Chicago. was held Tuesday NIGHT at $50
O'Clock at Centenary Methodist Church.
il was the last service to be conducted
in this city. and an ap3reciative attention
was paid the speaker. After the services
every one present shook hands with AR.
Marshall, wishing HIN Go1-sreed on his
journey. and expressing great regret at
his coming departure. He left Yesterday
morning at S.a5 for Washington.
Mr.. Marshall has well earned the con-
ordinations on his great work. Here. as
everywhere else, he has made his Insti-
tute q great success and has done much
in the cause for which he came. His au-
diences have been large and enthusiasts
lie. ard his every remark has been APP
preciated
DR. w w LAlNDRJM'S CALL.
The Atlanta Constitution prints the fol-
lowing:
In declining to. accept fthe call of the
First Baptist Church of Boston, Mass, DR..
w. w. Landrum has deeply gratified not
only the members of the First Baptist
Church of Atlanta, but likewise the entire
religious community of Georgia, regardless
of UNCONVENTIONAL lines.
Since coming to Atlanta some four years
ago as the successor of DR.. J r. Ea,r-
thornc, in the pulpit Of the First Baptist
Church. DIR. Landrum's influence has been
potentially felt in whatever has concerned
Atlantas welfare. and while ne has been
at all times the loyal and jealous ciiain-
pion of the standards of his own dcf.o:lli-
nation. he has never failed 10 exemplify
the spirit of Christian brotherhood in the
broadest sense. Atlanta can Ill afford
to lose such strong individual forces
Revival services were conducted at
Broad-Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Tuesday night by the pastor Rev. W. B.
BeaUchanp, his subject being Decision
He preached TO a large crowd and i'm
pressed all who heard him. The ladies'
prayer-meeting will be conducted as usual
at o'clock. These meetings will close
tomorrow. night On next Monday
morning Rev. w. Il. Beaucha,np will
leave as a delegates 10 attend the Ecumen-
zeal Conference in New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
starnn Books on Sale.

The local post-ottice received a consisn-
cent of stamp books yesterday and
they have been put on sale at the main
office and suh-sta tons. These stamps are
put up in books, containing u. "a and rs
stamps of the denomination Of 2 cents and
are valued at bic. 4Sc. and 96c. resbec-
lively, an advance of one cent on the
stamp value of each book. however. is
asked so as to cover the cost of manu-
facture The pages are of six stamps
each and are interleaved with parattined
paper. Postage rates are printed on the
outside of each book.