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and drowned as they crossed but on the
other hand the rasturage where we then
were was nearly exhausted and it was
impossible to say how long we might
have to remain If we neglected to avail
ourselves of the opportunity this fall
offered me. AT that season of the year
the water might rise at any moment
and keep us from crossing for an in
definite time Therefore it seemed far
better in every way to expose some of
the cattle to this chance of drowning
rather than to run so large a risk Of
starving them all where we were.
Before reaching the conclusion there
was an earnest debate, which Spider
followed most anxiously. When the de.
cision was reached. Spider. knowing
that every hand would be required in
the herding, begged to be allowed to
form one of the force. and after consul.
tatiOn with The foreman and the Ballet
Girl. L consented. and as temporary
measure Spider was taken on as a cow
boy.
This was season of joy to SPIDER
AS the glad tidings reached him he be-
came so exultant that he was unendur-
able. AT our earnest request he subsid-
ed somewhat after awhile and after he
had gone about from man to man try-
ing to borrow the necessary equipment
horse and saddle-for the crossing on
the following morning We thought we
had heard the last of him and were
just about tn turn in when a sputter-
ing howl from Hollis was followed by
volley of bad language that was un-
mistakably directed at Spider. The gist
OF this language seemed to be that he
(Hollis) was poisoned The Investigation
that Immediately followed proved that
this was not true. 1t was only that
Spider had discovered in some way the
hiding place of a carefully boarded bot
tie OF whisky belonging to Hollis. Emp
tying the whisky on the ground, Spider
had filled the bottle with a mixture of
his own invention. the nature of which
did not transpire, except that kerosene
was one OF its more prominent features
Consoling himself in advance for the
hard work that the next day would
bring, Hollis had taken some swallows
OF this mixture before he discovered
what it was that he was drinking. Then
followed the remarks to which l have
referred.
TO these remarks Spider made an
swer, averring that they were entirely
uncalled for. az the quality of the liquor
had been rather improved than other
wise, but that he supposed that Hollis
must be incapable of Judging.
Hollis became annoyed at this and in
dulged in further language, which was
only hushed when at last Spider was
captured and expiated his crime by
frantic dance, inspired by we'll piled
lariat end. Then the camp was at peace
for the night
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Plants That IntOXfcate,

Bumblebees, butterflies and beetles
are habitual drunkards. In some Of
the southern states insects alight on
certain plants, drink heartily from the
blossoms and fall to the ground stu
pefied. After awhile they rise and fly
around, just as drunken men would do
If they had the power Of flying. Their
antics are especially amusing unless
one does not know what is the trouble.
In this case the suspicion that the in
sect world has gone crazy is upper
most.
A scientist who had observed the
drinking and its results collected a
teaspoonful Of the pollen to see if it
would affect man the same way. He
swallowed it and in n few minutes
found his pulse beating faster and q
rise Of temperature. Then he distilled
some Of the blossoms and gave himself
a hypOdermic injection in the arm. He
became decidedly dizzy as a result. BY
further experiments he found an oil de-
rived from these plants which affects
human beings and animals alike.-New
York Telegram.
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TRAINS GOING NORTH

"DeEy TDaily except Sunday.
No 81 runs through 10 CoiYm bia via Cen.
al z. r. of S..
Trains Nos. 18 and 81 run via Wilson and
ayetteviile- Short Line-and make close
onnection for ell points North.
Trains en- G. 4 d r. R. leave Florence
ally except Sunday 8 90 a 10 arrive Darling.
on 10 Is an, Hartsvi!ls 9 i5a u, Chcrs v
i 80 q m, Wadesboro 226 p n. Leav.
tlorence daily except Sunday b5 m, Or.
i've Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 II
N, Gibson 946 m Leave Florence
Sunday only so M. arrive Darlington
10 O6 a m
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 o0
m, Beunettsville 7 90 a N, arrive Darling
ton 90 m, leave Darlington 8 80 m, ar.
i've Florence 8 l6 ON. Leave Wadesboro
!aily except sunday 3 90 p NJ, Chersw 4 a.
. m, Ha.tsville 100 a N, Darlington 6 2e
m, arrive Florence 7 90 N. Leave Oar
ington Sunday only 30 m, arrive Flo,
,nce Is a m.
R. KENLEY, JNO.F. DIVINE.
Gen Manager Gen'l Sup't
T n EMERSON, Traffic Manager
+ EMERSON Gan'l Pass Agent
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Sixteenth Century Anules.

Apples De so divers Of form and sub.
stance that it were infinite to describe
them all. Some consist more Of aire
then water, as sour puffs called Mala
pulmOnea; others more Of water then
wind, as sour Castaras and Pome wa
tiers. TO be short, all apples may be
sorted into three kinds, sweet. soure
and unsavory. Sweet apples ease the
cough, quench thirst. cure melancholy,
comfort the heart and head, especially
If they be fragrant and odoriferous,
and also give n laudable nourishment.
Soure apples hinder splitting, straiten
the brest, gripe and hurt the stomach,
encrease phlegm and weaken memory.
Sweet apples are to be eaten at the
beginning Of meat, but soure and tart
apples At the latter end. All apples are
worst raw, and best baked or presery-
ed.
Philip of Macedonia and Alexander,
his son, from whome perhaps q curious
and skilful herald may derive our Lam
cashire men, were called Philomeli ap-
pie lovers because they were never
without apples in their pockets. Yea,
all MacedOnians, his countrymen, did
so love them that having neer Babylon
surprised fruiterer'S boy they strived
for it that many were drowned.-Dr.
Thomas Moffett in 1915.
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The Rogue Saved the Judge,

A judge Of the English high court
was once arrested on suspicion Of hav-
ing burglarious designs on the house
Of q friend in Mayfair. The police
officer charged him in the police sta
tion with lettering with felonious intent.
and the prisoners description Of him
self as one Of her majesty's judges was
received with grin of sarcastic deri-
sion.
At that moment an old offender was
brought in who happened to catch
sight Of his lordship's face, which he
had good reason to remember.
"YOu here. my lOrdw he exclaimed,
with unfeigned astonishment. "Well.
this beats cockfighting."
The rogue's unsolicited corroboration
Of the Judges declaration saved the
situation. and his lordship was allowed
to depart in peace.
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for something to eat. / could never see
how they managed in the course Of a
day to gather meal. even though they
should sprint from one bunch of the
hard. wiry grass to another. They did
manage 1t somehow. though. and their
ordinary gait when feeding was very
far indeed from being a sprint.
The cattle. however. were seldom in
sight. and at the best they were not
very interesting, so took to watching
the cook outfit instead. more especially
that part of the cook outfit where Spider
happened to be. 1t was not at all diff
cult to see that Spiders work was ex-
tremely distasteful TO him. and really
it was hardly to be wondered at. Wash
ing greasy tin dishes and securing pots
and kettles are not tasks that would
commend themselves to the average
boy 1t was through this dislike. prob
ably. that most of his awkwardness
arose
After hurrying through with his work
he would extract from the cook wagon
a bundle of leather and go to the tenn
porary corral, shaded by a big cotton
wood tree. where the 10 big wagon
horses were kept. He would sit there
for honrs. patiently stitching at the
leather with awl and waxed end and
all the while carrying on an animated
conversation with the horses
My first efforts to get acquainted
with Spider were unsuccessful He could
not forget that was one of the people
vaguely referred to as "the bosses," to
whom the cook had so often threatened
to report him. Once or twice l called
him over to me and tried to get him to
talk. but his evident uneasiness during
this ordeal induced me to give it up.
After awhile. however. Spider so far
forgot his reserve as to grin as he passed
me. and then. finding that I took no
official notice of his many misdeeds, he
gradually unbent and finally became
quite friendly in condescending sort
OF way. Little by little he got into the
habit Of coming to my tent instead of
going to the corral, and at length, after
considerable hesitation. he brought his
sewing with him.
"What is it that you're trying to
make. Spiderf" I asked him as he
seated himself. tailor fashion. in the
shade OF the tent fly and unrolled his
leather bundle. "Chaps. "he replied.
holding them up for inspection. Then
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Whut - u thQt you're trytng to make
Spid<77'
saw that il was a pair Of chapparejos
shortened in the vernacular TO
"chaps" s"-that he had. They are leather
leggings such as cowboys wear. Orig.
inally this pair was made and had evil
IDENTIFY been worn by a rather large
man. but Spider had cut them down to
tit his own diminutive legs, and with
infinite patience he was stitching MP
the side seams. could see no reason
why cooks assistant should have so
urgent need of pair of cowboy leg.
gings that he should 60 to all that trou-
bic to get them. In fact, ! said as much
to Spider.
"S'pose I'm gonter be a cookee all
my ifeT he replied. looking up at me
with an expression Of intense disgust.
"Well. / ain I'm only cookee;n now
SOS can save enough money fer ter
buy me an outft--the part er the outfit
can't make. that is
"What sort of an outfit2" inquired
respectfully. cautioned by the displeas-
ure in Spiders tone. "What is it that
you're going to beF"
"Cow puncher. Yer see ther ain
nothin else fer me-" he explained. ~
ain never had no chance ter learn.
Cowboys en- get er brand er cattle er
their own bimeby If they don't steer
themselves too hard gains the green
cloth (gamble), er don blow their
money in no ether way. Then after
that / en- see what wanter do. len
learn things, See?''
"But nobody would take you ON as
a cowboy, Spider" :" l objected. "You re
not as big as an ordinary stock saddle.
Yon couldn' hold a steer even if you
got your rape on him.
"Maybe couldn' hol' no steer" he
cried, highly offended maybe /
couldn get my rope on one, neither
JUS you look aver once"
Running to the cook wagon. Spider
produced small bundle carefully done
mp in bit ot old canvas 1t contained
a rawhide lariat. Returning Spider
deftly coiled it in his hand and opened
the loop. Then he cast ii and secured
my water can in manner that would
have been highly satisfactory if the wa
ter can had been steer or even if it
had not upset and spilled the water
over me.
~ didn' think erbort the can comm
over on yer that way" said Spider
contritely. as with the hollow of his
hand he tried to scoop the water out of
my canvas cot. Eyer see ther WASH
nothin else stickin up that could rope,
only yer game foot. an thought ybe
you wouldn't like that. I'll pull away
this yer fly an let the sun in Then
'twon be no time fore all's dry. .
After pulling aside the canvas that
shaded me Spider sat down once more
to his sewing. while steamed in the
scOrching sun.
"Well, en- throw er rope all right.
he went ON. looking at me from time
to time with professional eye appar
emily. to see how was cooking ~ CT
ride anything that goes on four legs. an
i en- pack er mule as well az any mar
er my weight in this yer ter tory But
got ter get an outfit lain ben savii
long, an my wages ain none too big
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sDaily except Sunday


Train No 80 leaving Marion, N. c., ats
a IN, making close connection ut Blacksbure, S
&, with the SOurhern's train No SO for Char.
lotte, n c, and all points East and connecting
with the Southern 's vestibale going to Atlanta,
Ga, and all points West, and will receive ras
sengers going East from train No 10, on the c
w X X, at YOrkville, c, at s As a 10, and
connects at Camden, S c, with the Southern's
train No IS, arriving in Charleston, sI7pm,
Train No "a with passenger coach attached
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connecting
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 1850
p IN, after the arrival of the Southern's Char
lesion train connects at Lancaster = c. with
the l. c K Il, at Catawba Junction with
the s A l.. going East, at Rock Hill. s c. with
the SOutherns traiB, No "a. for Charlotte. N
c, and all points East. Connects at York.
Vile. e, with train No 9 on the INV r
X. tor Chester, : &. At Blacksburg with the
Southcrn's vestibue going East, and the South
erp's train No 35 going WesI. and connecting
at Marion with the Southern both Fast an
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
S.B. LUMPKIN, Genl Passenger Agent.
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lTo DE Continued
SPRING MILLINERY,


mings For Hats and BOnnets.
Tulle. silk net and lace compose a vast
number of spring hats. with the addition
Of flowers, especially violets. primroses
and roses. TOques entirely Of flowers are
seen and arc of generous size. two kinds
OF flowers oftcnest appearing in them.
as forgetmenOts and small pink rosebuds
violets and cOnvolvuluses. Some toQues
are composed of grapes and foliage. and
grapes are largely used also as part OF
the trimming Of hats and bonnets. being
one Of the most noticeable novelties Of
the spring. Berries. foliage of all kinds.
moss and twigs are among the most i'm
portant millinery trimmings.
Hats Of taffeta are simple. pretty and
new. They are made with bias folds or
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Staying Mt Home.

A lady residing in North Columbus
meeting n girl the other day who had
lately been in her service inquired:
"Well. Mary, where do you live
now?"
please. ma'am, l don't live no.
where" rejoined the girl. "T'm mar
ried."-lndianapolis Journal.
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Life and
Fire Insurance.

Call on me, at my residence, Liberty
Street, for both Life and Fire lnsu /.
rance. Only reliable Companies rep.
resented. Phone No 80.
AnlIrena Moses.
Oct $50.
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are plated or shirred and are trimmed
with drapcry and cluster OF flowers.
Among the dainticSt of novelties is the
toquc of moussclinc dc sole OF different
colors dciratcy graded. Sometimes
there are different shades OF the same
color. sometimes delicate tints Of differ
cnt cOlorS. ChouX of the mOusseline and
flowers are the decoration.
An illustration is given which shows a
bodice of cream surah. tucked all over
very closely and finely. 1t has collar
of turquoise grosgrain. which forms n
plastrOn in front. and il finished with Il
bias edge Of cream satin. Six crystal
buttons fastcn the plastron. The outer
part of the sleeve is Of turquoise groS-
grain edged with satin and adorned with
crystal buttons; the under part is oe
tucked surah. The collar is OF turquoise
grOsgrain. trimmed like the sleeves
JUDIC CHOLLET.
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In the time Of Louis Quatorze in
France food in general was placed up
on the table in one huge dish. and each
helped himself with his naked hand
AS late rs the middle Of the sixteenth
century one glass or goblet did duty
for the whole table.
The Noble Animal.
Trader--DOn't you want to sell that
horse?
Farmer-Naw. | keep him extra to
haul broken down automobiles back to
tOwn.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-27
BIDS BEING PREPARED.
Work Will Be Begun in Two Weeks
by New Phone Company.

General Manager Wayland, of the
Lackawanna Telephone company, has
requested several prominent contrac-
tors in the city to prepare bids for the
installation of the companys plant in
the city. 1t is expected that these bids
will be received in a few days and that
work will be commenced within two
weeks.
City Engineer Phillips has examined
and passed upon the plans prepared by
A. Il. Dunning and showing the streets
under which the conduits will be
placed. Enough of the conduits have
been received to make a fairly eooi
start and more have been ordered as
have been poles, cross beams, cables
and other necessary material.
The contractor who does the work
of installation will not be expected to
put the pavement in repair after the
work is done. The company has de-
cided to look after this part of the
work. which must be done in accord =.
ance with the provisions of the ordin.
ance granting them the franchise.
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CATHOLIC WoMEN's CLUB.
Formal Opening Will Take Place
Next Monday

The formal opening of the Catholic
Young Women's club will take place
next Monday. There will be meet
ing of the members of the club. al
ready enrolled. this evening at $50
O'CLOCK, ~ their rooms, 124 Washing
ton avenue, under the presidency of
Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobau. when perma-
nent officers will be elected and or
ganzation completed.
Soma very valuable donations have
already been made to the club by
friends OF the institution, and many
more have been promised One of the
devices Kit upon to secure a fund for
current expenses is q series of lee
lures during the month of May. and,
from the announcements made so far.
the series promises to be one Of the
most attractive given in Scranton for
many years. Among the lectures an.
nounccd is an illustrated lecture on
the Crusades by Rev. John J. I.ough-
ran, S. 7. L.. of st. Peters cathedral.
His talks at the Newman club during
the past winter have proven such a
great attraction that, whenever he was
announced TO appear, the seating ca
pacity Of the hall was unequal to the
demand made upon it by the crowds
who came to hear him.
Rev. Father Loughran has shown
that he is not merely a close student
and a ripe scholar, but that he alsc
possesses the rare ability to make his
subject lucid. articulate and attrac'
tive. The clearness and simplicity OF
his analysis of knotty point of his
tory or of doctrine, the forcefulness
of illustration in explaining preg-
nant or synthetic phrase; the accuracy
and tenacity with which he holds &c
logical deduction from premises he has
previously rendered unassailablc the
beauty of varied imagery, the Copious'
ness of diction. the conseCutivepeSs
of ideas, the sublimity of thought ar,
some of the features that delightej
the crowded audiences that hung upor
his words when he spoke before thu
Newman club during the past year
1t is q source of pride to Scrantonian
| to find one Of their own number TAX
| ing position among the celebrated men
who have been invited hither from dis
| tant cities. because of their fame. ac
| quired after years Of striving, and di
viding the honors and laurels witt
them from the very first appearance
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PIERCE'S MARKET, AvEsSe vEHS

Kinner. Thomas p. LOTUS, F. II.
CouGhlin. J. I. euinnan, j. A. Jordan.
B. Jordan. James Powell, DR.. j. I.
McGrath. John +. Gibbons, T. V. Flan-
agan. William +. Shean, Martin g.
Judge, -. F. Gibbons John y. Collins
4. A. Donaho". NJ. i. Donahoe, c. G
Roland, james i. Hanan Frank Nc
Cuigan. i. 7. O'IIara. Il. J. Lynch,
Richard Y. Bourkc, John j. Murphy
w. T. Collins, w. +. Conry, John f.
Curran. T. j. Eagler, James f. Jordan,
=. J. White. =. j. Horan, j. f. Me-
Dnnough. NJ. j. Rudy, j. j. kearneN,
Edward McCiinty, William Mooney 4.
NJ. O'Brian, NJ. L. FIandlcy. John ]
Kelly. William Fitzgerald, Dr. Sulli.
van, H.. T.. V. Donnelly, NJ. J. Cadden,
NJ. +. Sando. NJ. j. Colligan, p. Lennon,
Edward J. Flood, Il. +. Gordon, +. IT,
Flynn. ". &. Xykowski. w. j. Butz
John J. McHale. II. l.. Canavan, j.
Bell. Y. V. Lehman. J. p. Brown, NJ
j. Kelly, Edward Smith, John e
Welsh. J. a. Lynch. John +. Burke
j. h. Corcoran. Richard j. Kelly
owen Mcdonnell, T. +. Duffy and T.
j. Duggan.
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Court House News Notes.

r. +. Ackerly was yesterday ap-
pointed a committee to inquire into
the mental capacity of Henry Shook.
George S. Brock. veteran of the
Thirteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, was
yesterday granted license to peddle.
In the case of the Peck Lumber
company against Rudolph Bloeser
John NJ. Gunster was appointed audi
tor to distribute the funds in court.
Court, yesterday, appointed 4. f..
Dunnng, John X. Lambie and Thomas
Walker. viewers Of the new road from
Susquehanna street Olyphant, to
William street, Blakely.
In the case Of j. r. Gordon against
d. b. Hand and others, rule was
yesterday granted TO show cause why
the plaintiff should not be given Sc
curity for costs in the sum of 5000.
A suit in ejectment for IA property
on Abingdon turnpike in the Third ward
was instituted yesterday by William
N Clark against Bernard Gaffney and
John Boyd, through Watson, Diehl &
Kemmerer
Application for a charter was made
TO court, yesterday. by the Katy Did
Accidental fund, of Moosic, through
Attorney George S. Horn. The sub
scribers are Joseph r, Burns, Edward
Groom, John r. Burnside. John Car
roll, Thomas Grimes, John C. Monte
and p. +, Haley.
Paul Smith, of Providence, was re-
leased on 800 bail by Judge Kelly, yes
terday, pending an appeal from a sum-
mary conviction by Alderman Myers
of the Second ward. Smiths attorney
Ralph l.. Levy, alleges that the alder
man committed error In fineing Smith
$3.50, claiming the law only permits
him to fine a man $40 for the offensC
with which Smith was charged, dis
| orderly conduct.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-27
THOUGHT THEY WERE TWINS.
Wilkes Barrean Wanted to Estab-
lish Relationship Between Coynes.

Two men named Coyne, one from
Scranton and the other from New
York, registered at the Hotel Sterl-
ing yesterday afternoon. The Scran
ton man registered and asked about
his friend from New York, the other
Coyne. The clerk was unable to give
the desired information and a look Of
disappointment ovcrspread his hand
some face, but he said no more, but
got on the elevator and went to his
room. Several minutes later another
man sarntered in and registered.
That's the same fellow who registered
a few minutes before" said by
stander.
The clerk, Mir. Hamlin. wnked his
eve. hut the man made the declaration
so loud that Coyne from New York
heard him. The latter turned around
with a smiling race and said: "Sir,
if YOU can show ME man who re-
scmbles me so closely, / will buy the
cigars for the crowd" "How can I?''
said the other, "whcn you are the
same man. But I will tell you what
I'll do. If you are not the Coyne who
just registered Tll--I'll"-just then the
man from Scranton made his appear
ance, walked up to Coyne from New
York. shook hands and they began 10
converse about their previous meet
ing. which occurred some years ago.
All this time the man who wanted TO
do the betting was staring in bewil-
dermcnt. At last he interposcu by
saying: Gentlemen, pane don me, but
are you twin brothers.
mo sir replied the New York man,
I'VE arc not"
"ThCn YOU must be brothers" >"
Wrong again" said the Scranton
man. I'VE are not even relatives"
"WclI, by iovc, you are handsome
fellows. anyway. ] guess the cigars
are on me."--Wilk"s- Rdrre News.
The men referred to i'm the above
! are William CCyne. of this city. aud
| Joseph CoynG, Cf The Girl IN the
| Barracks" company, which was here
| last night