The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-28
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
WILD CATS ATTACK AN EAGLE
AT FIDDLE LAKE.
Bible Students Are at Loggerheads.
A Few Railroad Etchings-A
Chance for Capitalists Who De-
sire Railroad stock-Human Ma
ture in a Jocular veln-Susque-
hanna County News in Brief.
Special TO The Scranton Tribune.


susquehanna. February 27.-Near
Fiddle Lake. on Saturday, three pre-
datory wildcats attacked a big eagle
which is wintering among the trees
in a hemlock grove near the lake.
Although attacked from three points,
the king Of birds gallantly held his
own and slew two of the wildcats.
THE manner In which the eagle did
this was peculiar.
Singing out one Of the cats, he
grarped It tightly by the neck. bury
ing his talons deeply in the flesh. and
then, rising almost perpendicularly for
about a hundred feet. allowed his pris-
oner, then pretty we'll choked, to drop
on a ledge OF rocks below in stun
ned condition. Two falls served 20
kill the first victim, but three were
required to knock out the second. The
survivor, seeing the fate of his COM
panions, turned tail and fled down the
hillside, uttering sharp yells as ho
ran.
TWO BIBLE STUDENTS AT LOG
GERHEADS.
The Wayne Independent calls Cor
respondent Whitney. of this place, an
other "Zachchaeus AS truth-tcl-
Ter and tree climber "Zack" was Il "loo-
lOo," even if he was little. He might,
also, have been better srcllcr than
the Independent man, whose limited
acquaintance with the Scriptures
causes him to twist poor Zaccheus'
handle" as above quotcd.--Susquc-
hanna Journal.
The Journal man Is badly twisted
himself in his attempt to criticsa the
biographical photography of the editor
Of the independent. He has yet 10
learntthat the spelling of Zachchaeus
Is variant, fact he might have as
ccrtained by a mere reference to either
a Bible or any dictionary. The Bible
before us uses our spelling of the
word. land the Standard Dictionary
spells the name Zacchaeus. Zachee.
Zacheo' and Zacchcus. The late
Charles A. Dana once said that no
mah could be fully equipped as a
journalist without thorough knowl-
edge of the greatest of ali books. Col
Tpcrteur Harmed ought to see to it
that Pride has one at once. He will
surely have to get Bible or climb II
tree:-Honesdale Independent.
IVA lLttCAp
The Erie is increasing the pay of
some of its conductors.
The Lackawanna railroads manager
promises PinghsmtOn a new station
1t needs it badly.
Forest city has the shadow of Il
hope of securing II new station in the
not-far-distant future. The present
structure is about large enough for a
chicken coop.
1t is rumored that the Erie may
equip and conduct the DevereuX hos
pital. in Deposit. The Devereux family
erected fine building. as local hos
pital but it has never been used.
a new railroad is being pushed
through bradford county to Binshann-
ton.
\ Philadelphia financial paper Ia
authority for the statement that cap
italists. of that city arc being impor-
tuned To furnish funds with which TO
build the proposed runkhannock,
Nicholson and Lancsbcro railroad. Tic
route has been surveyed and pro-
nOunced feasible. Somebody will
sometime build that city. Stick a pin
here.
HUMAN NATURE.
y newspaper may publish column af-
ter column in laudation Of q man or
firm. and they think it is only a duty
it owes to the public to commend
them. But print one little obscure line
that does not suit them, and they are
on their high horse in n minute, anl
all the good Things you have said
count for naught and yet a majority
of the people claim they like to see a
paper fearless. independent and out
spoken"
" FLOTsAM AND JETsAM.
Never despise mustache when it is
down.
The bartender can best tell the price
Of smile.
A hen will set on a nest of eggs for
days without murmur, hut let a man
set' upon a dozen of eggs but min
ute and he will use ''foul" language
enough to fill a barn-yard.
In tGfrmany, women saw and split
wood. carry wood, water and stone