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SHOWED HER sHREwDNEss.
How q Woman Illustra.., :. Her Devo
ton to Economy,

She was the wife of an official of a
st. Paul street corporation. Her one
pet hobby was economy. Though her
husband made an excellent salary, she
was rigid in her rules pertaining to
the buying of the necessaries for the
household. She would haunt bargain
counters and market stalls for hours
in order to get the benefit Of reduce
tion of a few cents on the article de-
sired.
The corporation Official, with much
laughter. used to tease his better half
about what he called her "stinginess."
So one day, feeling hurt at his ridicule,
she resolved to take him to market
with her, and demonstrate beyond a
doubt that she was a most economical
buyer. He consented, stipulating that
he was not to be asked to carry the
basket.
Arriving at the market, she made
several purchases, and then at one stall
inquired the price Of eggs.
"What!' she exclaimed; "16 cents a
dozen? No, indeed, that is too high. "
She dragged her reluctant husband
after her from one stand to another,
still inquiring the price of eggs, and
always receiving the same answer, un-
til the upper end of the market. Here
she found dealer who offered to sell
her eggs in any quantity for Is cents.
To her husband she said joyously:
"There, 1 told you so. Why, those
others were robbers"
Turning to the salesman, she ordered
half dozen eggs, gravely handed hin,
the cents asked in payment, and
went home, prattling away about the
worth of economy in marketing, and
the alleged willingness of dealers to
gouge the unsuspecting customer. And
to this day she does not know that her
husband and his friends laughed over
it at the club.
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ASKING TOO MUCH.
She Imposed Conditions Which Drove
Him Away in Despair.
From the Chicago Record

From the Chicago Record.
II will not attempt to evade your
question, Mr. Spoonamore, the young
woman said. with heightened color.
"While we may not he suited to each
other In all respects, it Is due to say
that l would marry you as willingly
as anybody ] know"
"You fill me with"
"Wait moment, please You know,
do you not, that / am the owner of
several building lots away out near
Linkson Park?'
Eyes, but surely you do not"
Certainly not, Mr.. Spoonamore. /
do not mean to intimate that You are
actuated by mercenary motives. Far
from II. You know | am not rich. You
are aware, presume, that all the
property l can call my own consists
of those lots
II know, dear girl but that doesn't
make the slightest diff"
II am sure of it, but 1t was not OF
that was about to speak. 1t has cost
me all / have been able to save to
pay taxes and special assessments on
those lots. The city owes me rebates
amounting to hundreds of dollars.
Now, Mr., Spoonamore, | cannot be-
come any mans wife without a bridal
trousseau, and I cannot afford one
now. / will be your wife when l re-
ceive the money due me from the city
as rebates on those lots, and not be-
fore"
With a howl OF despair the baliied
lover ned into the night. He was
young, but he couldn't wait forever
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ELECTRICAL GUN.
Three Thousand Shots a Minute
Without Heating the Barrel.

" ALAVut 4AoutAASo tAAS AoAASA'
From the London Times.
Our Newcastle-on-Tyne correspon-
dent informs us that a machine gun
of a novel character has been in
vented by Mr.. James Judge, a we'll
known engineer of Newcastle, who
thus describes it: 1.-THE gun is Il pat
ent centrifugal quickf!ring machine
gun; it is five feet high and weighs
about five hundredweight. 1t is in
tended for battleship, earthworks
and garrison purposes. The motive
power is electricity, transmitted to a
motor causes disk to rcvOlve at a
very high rate of speed. The bullets.
which are introduced into the interior
of the disk at the axle, travel along
curves in the interior to the circum-
ference and are there impelled through
n barrel. 1t is claimed that this disk
will rotate, under the influence of the
motor. at the rate of 10000 revolutions
minute, and will eject shots from
the muzZle of the gun with an initial
velocity of 1000 feet per second. One
of the chief characteristics of the gun
is that it will maintain a continuous
fire. If necessary, shot may be dis
charged every half revolution, but in
practice one shot every fourth revo-
luton will be found sufficient. The
bullets are sperical and measure 3-16
! inch in diameter.
The following are the results of the
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=. Il Il Il ABOUT n MINK II Il Il 4.

Wade? In my best things?" Her
fault than ever.
"P'raps they'll send boat" he said.
After We're drowned?"
'P'raps I could-take yew over to tn
shore?"
See how deep it is first" she said,
imperiously.
He let himself down gingerly, and
the water closed over the knees of his
best trousers.
Think yew would loike to be car
rled?' he asked, dolefully, stretching
out his arms for her to hurry. But she
Kept him there while she struggled TO
hide her laughter, and then said
threateningly:
IF you drop me, shall never for
give you
And If doan't drop yew?" said he.
'Lindenthorpe never will"
'Coom!' he said. And at that she
let him take her into his arms. The
folk of Lindenthorpe on the beach
were taking much interest in the pro-
ceedings. THE Mink" said Miss
Griggs; did you ever?" The church
warden was splashing through pools
OF water, regardless of his appearance,
and only careful to protect the affected
burden in his arms. Mol of Linden
thorpe was assembled on the shinsle
when he reached the uninvaded sand.
Miss Betty Mayne made no motion OF
descent.
"Shall I set yew DOOM" he asked.
mo- she said. tits damp-I should
wet my shoes. Carry me right up to
the shingle."
He breathed hard, not because of her
weight, which was nothing, but be-
cause of the publicity of the thing,
Whom be l carrying" he asked,
BE ] carrying ma sweetheart"
"lf-you will" she said, stormed by
his unexpected boldness. He put her
down in the middle of the assembled
folk, some OF whom feigned to be
watching the sea. Miss Grlggs hap
pened to be the nearest. and she shook
her head archly at the church warden,
Pm shocked" she said. Were all
shocked, Mr.. Attenborough."
Are yew?" said he. "I'm-rm sweet
hearted."--The King.
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NKISS BETTY MAYNE had been
back in Lindenthorpe for a
week, and for a week Linden
NX thorpe had been shocked. Miss
Mayne felt hurt. When she
| returned she had been homesick for
the sea and the seaboard folks, left be-
hind when her aunt carried her up
| to London years before; and friendli-
| ness was in her heart toward them.
| Instead of receiving the same, she
had been met with envy and jealousy
and all uncharitableness. Partly 1t
was her fault. partly theirs. They
only remembered her as the imp and
scapegoat of the village, who played
on the rocks all day long with bare
feet, and they resented her grown up
fashionabillty. She could not help
realizing that she was better dressed,
knew more of the world and was in
many ways hundred years ahead of
Lindenthorpe. Then, again, Nh. Sias
| Attenborough, who always did the
right thing, and whose actions, accord
ingly, We're viewed with an indulgent
| eye, had seemed in danger of doing
' the wrong thing. "Moonstruck," Miss
1 (iriggs declared him TO be. And the
Mink was not even hattered.
II was on Sunday that the shock of
| shocks occurred. To begin with, sew
| eral minutes after service had begun.
Miss Betty Mayne walked in--almost
| strolled in'--us cool as cucumber,
and clad in the most outrageously
fine dress, and stood in the entrance
| dnstead of modestly finding herself a
seaO poking away at the stones with
o green parasol, until Mr.. Attenber-
ough, who was church warden-the
Youngest church warden I.indenthorpc
had ever had'-rose in his Sunday best
! To show her 20 a place.
| People We're yaore disgusted than
surprised when Miss Mayne. after fam
! ming herself osrentatiously for some
| time, rose and stalked out Of church
| by the front door. Such behavior was
| 10 be expected from Il Mink. 1t was
| what followed that left I.indenthorpe
resigned to anything short of an earth
quake. Miss Mayne wandered down
toward the beach in a pensive mood
and took seat on bit of sand
stone. She was pretty sight in blue
and gold. whatever Miss Griggs' opin-
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ion might be. A church warden isAat
liberty to differ on question like this,
and Mr.. Silas Attenborough, as he
walked from church down to the sea,
and saw the Mink on her rock, differed
in toto from Miss Grggs. He felt a
desire to rebuke the Mink for her con-
duct in church that morning. but was
1t wise to venture to the rocks? He
was in his Sunday clothes, and not
very sure of foot among slippery
weeds. Nevertheless, his sense of duty
being strong, Mr.. Attenborough cross
ed the rubicon and at length reached
the sandstone rock. The Mink nodded
to him. II saw you In church this
morning" she said.
II zee YOU" said Mr.. Attenborough.
gravely.
"The very first thing l noticed was
a chalk mark on your coat from lean
ing against the pillars, and l do be-
lieve you've got it on STILL"
This was hardly the conversation Mr..
Attenborough had pictured to himself,
and he rubbed the chalk away before
replying.
1T seemed you left church avore the
"Dreadfully ventilated, isn't it?" she
said, nodding, II really wonder people
don't get suffcated sometimes"
at were a powerful sermon"
Short ones always are, think. Or
did you come after me before 1t was
finished "
Come after" Mr.. Attenborough
was taken aback. He had hurried,
certainly; but he had hardly expected
the Mink TO notice that
Coon after avore t. sermon was fin
ished?" He recovered himself indig-
nantiy. | shouldn't think Oft. But"
You didn't expect to see me here?"
Since the Mink sat on rock in full
view of the shore, Mr.. Attenborough
evaded what seemed fruitless ques-
tion.
ITS agreeable by L sea here avore
dlnner?" he remarked.
"rhe same as ever" she said-"all
Lindenthorpe's the same as ever-the
sea and the village and the folks They
might have slept and never walked
since the day l left-seven years ago.
oh!"--she reused herself to sudden ami
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tests already made with the gun: 49,
900 rounds Of shot at the rate OF 5000
. minute have been discharged from
the gun. These shots consisted OF
nickel Steel, some of brass Jas used
In France), lead, and chilled metal.
1t was tested seven times privately;
no motor was used, nor is one yet
attached to the gun, although the gun
Is constructed for an electric motor
The tests were made by means of a
belt driven by steam engine. Under
these conditions the velocity required,
and which It Is maintained an electric
motor will produce. was not, of COURSE,
attained, but the practical working of
the gun was fully demonstrated. A
long range could not be had because
OF the necessity of secrecy, and the
testing was done in covered shed at
Blyth dry docks. A stee! target, 3-32
inch thick, was shattered, the disk
Of the gun revolving at q speed Of
$500 revolutions per minute. From
the penetration of the target It is call
culated that at a distance of 400 yards
q penetration Of n similar character
will be effected of a plate T-16 inch
thick under the influence of an elec-
trio motor. There Is no heating OF
the barrel Of the gun, because OF the
continuous stream of cold air which
is impelled through it BY the turning
of the disk. The disk itself is also
free from heating on account OF tho
special bearings on which it Is con-
structed. These bearings are a highly
complicated mechanical contrivance,
and are similar to those used in Par
sons turbines. which can revolve at
the rate of $4,000 revolutions minute.
and Levalvs motor. which revolves at
the rate of 10000 revolutions a minute.
To test the gun thoroughly it will be
necessary to affix motor, which will
be five horsepower motor coupled
direct on to the shaft.
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pITTSTON.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Pittston, Oct. 21.-Al. Gowan, aged
twenty years, son of William Gowan,
a well-known butcher. died at 3 o'clock
Sunday morning, after two weeks
illness of peritonitis. 1t is just about
two years ago since Mr.. Gowan buried
another son of the same age.
Catherine, the three-year- daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Laity, of
Pedrick road, died Saturday afternoon.
Funeral Monday at $50 p. m.
Writ Hewitt, Of Trenton, N. j.. has
returned to Pittston. having accepted
position with the United States EX-
press company.
Edward Neff, son of John Neff. of
this place, was arrested Saturday,
charged with robbing the cash register
Of the Hygiene Milk company, on
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added: "Heaven notes the sparrer's
fall"
The road to run lies through the
wicket gait.
1t is now time for light overcoats
and heavy colds.
1t is told Of a pious, well-meaning
man in this vicinity that on one occa-
sion, while Offering prayer in Sunday
school, he referred to the superintend-
ent in this manner: And, o Lord.
bless the superintendent, who has led
such long, tedious Christian life!"
whitney.
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REV. s. A. DoNAHoE
Testifies to the Good Qualities of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,

On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev.
s. A. Donahoe. pastor NJ. E. church.
South, Pit Pleasant, w. Va. contract
ed severe cold which was attended
from the beginning by violent cough
ing. He says: "After resorting to a
number of so-called specifics usually
kept in the house, to no purpose. pur-
chased bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, which acted like a
charm l most cheerfully recommend
1t to the public For sale by all drug
gists. Matthew Bros, wholesale and
retail agents. -
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"To A GOOD SOLDIER"

Remarkable Tribute of Richard
Harding Davis to Private Brass.
From the Saturday Evening Post.
That Mr. Richard Harding Davis
knows how to gain tho good will of
soldiers is shown by an incident that
occurred while he was correspondent
with the army about to sail for Cuba.
Massachusetts troops had had their
first death-that of u young man
named Weslie A. Brass.
Mr.. DAVIS was anxious to pay some
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Scranton Wholesale Market.

Corrected by II. q. Dale, e7 Laekawal,na Aye)
Butter-Creamery, 23a2lc,; dairy tubs. 2Sc.
Eggs-select western, l7c.; nearby state, loc
Cheese--full cream, new, lilac.
$3.50; pea, $3.50.
Potatoes--B0c.
Onions per bu
Flour-Best patent, SiG0
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Buffalo Live Stock Market.

East Buffalo. Oct. 2l.-Reeeipts lir,
cars; sheep and lambs, 10; hogs, 81. Ship.
ments-Cattle, l2o cars; sheep and lambs, none
s7.75. Choice 10 extra lambs, Sj.35a550; COOL
10 choice, $5a5.s5. Sheep.-MNed, S3.76st Hogs
Heavy. s5a5. 10; pigs. Asoa5.
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Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo- -Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 20 cents. I"
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THE MARKETS.
Saturdays Stock Quotations.

Tie following quotations are furnished Ths
Mears building, Scranton, Pa. Telephone 5oOs:
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AVOID TRAILING SKIRTS.
For They Collect All Kinds of Dea'
ly Disease Germs.

From the Springfield Republican.
DR.. Casagrandi recently read paper
on the danger Of trailing skirts befora
a medical association at Rome. Fe
stated that he had employed a numbe.
of women, wearing long skirts, to walk
for one hour through the streets of the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-08-17

One thousand pounds was the sum
paid by the late Bernard Quaritch for
an autograph letter, Of Columbus,
which he afterwards exhibited at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago. A wealthy
collector of autographs in Chicago in
1898 offered through the American
Press to pay 100000 for genuine
autograph letter of Shakespeare. Only
seven are known to be in existence.
and as to three doubts have been ex-
pressed as to their genuineness. Two
letters of Mary Queen of Scots, writ
ten Just before her execution, are said
to have cost an English collector $2O,-
900. The one letter existing in tt
tian's handwriting was sold for $500,
and a letter of Raphael's for $500. The
one letter written by Corneille which
was ever sold was purchased by Alfred
Morrison for $500.
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ParlOr Magic.

A feat which any one can perform
with little or no practice is that of
placing fourteen matches upon table
and lifting them all up upon one of
the matches. This is how it is done:
Pick out one match-the one that has
the latest surface-and then place six
of the other matches about one-fourth
each across the first one, each of the
six being parallel to each other and
the thickness of match distant from
each other. Next place six other
matches one-fourth each across the
first match, but from the other side,
all parallel and in the spaces left by
the arrangement Of the first six
matches Now take the fourteenth
match, lay it over the twelve matches
where they intersect, and by carefully
lifting match No. 1 and holding match
No. IA in place you will accomplish
without difficulty the feat.-Adelaide
Hermann in the June Womans Home
Companion.
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fathers ruin. The thought Of the
poor, gentle girl, made to suffer by her
father, without soul to help her, was
too much for the young man. He
loved her quite sufficiently to want to
shield her from any harm. There was
only one thing to do: He must tell
Dempster of Hutchinson's treachery,
and he must persuade Veronica to be-
come his wife secretly. 1t must be
secretly, for no one knew either OF
Veronica or of anything else. And so,
went to his chief.
Richard Dempster looked very grave
indeed at the news. The two men sat
up all night in consultation. Hutch
inson was to be dismissed at once;
there was nothing else for it, And
then Alan made a request. will you
send me to Santa Rosa at once?" he
said. Il don't care to stop on here
after l have been the means Of getting
rid of Hutchinson; l don't want to
benefit by his fall"
Il shall miss you, my lad" said
Dempster. Il had hoped you would
have settled among us; but l suppose
you have other plans"
He looked at Alan, who Redeemed.
The young man had known for some
time that even his chiefs daughter
would not have denied him; but then
he thought of his lovely, dark-haired
Veronica, who had no one but him
self. No, he had ruined her father,
she must be his care-and a very
sweet care, too! Perhaps not the
ideal, the perfect marriage he had
dreamed of in other days, when soul
goes out to soul, and man and woman
have but one idea, one thought; but
marriage born of love and respect,
a protective, not a passionate love,
although Veronica was beautiful
enough to cause many a mans heart
to beat quickly.
The very evening he had his talk
with his chief he rode out to La Paz,
but this time not to see Hutchinson
Veronica would be in the avenue, and
Veronica must be wooed to give her
consent; the two had but a short time,
"You will trust me, Veronica?" he
asked.
ITO the DEATH" said the girl; "but
Alan, 1 am afraid if he hears of your
part in his ruin he will kill you sooner
or later"
"He will hear Of it," said Alan
gravely. II am not the man to let
another do my dirty work. And will
you wait for me at Santa Rosa, my
darling? 1 will make all necessary
arrangements, and will be married the
day 1 come"
And so matters were arranged, and
Veronica promised; and this was the
end of Alan Mackenzie's life in Rio.
(To be continued.)
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Travellers Annoyances.

A clever observer says of her expe-
riences in a drawing-room car: There
sit directly behind you those who wash
their family linen for the benefit of the
travelling public, he accusing her of all
sorts of irregularities with other men,
whom he judges by himself, and she
defying him to name just one man, and
finally going into Mysteries. Then there
is the woman in front of you all SCENT
ed up with white rose, and beside her
is the man who pares and cleans his
nails with pocked knife and uses the
same blade to pick his teeth. Then
there is the sweet little child who snaps
the window catch or thumps the win
dow pane, which seems to be music to
the fond mothers ears" New York
Press.
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Ireland Lose. Population.

The population of Ireland still APP
pears to be on the decline. The quar-
terly return of the registrar-general up
TO the last day of March shows a de-
crease of 1875, of whom $500 was
debited to emigration. The estimated
population of Ireland is now 4.5O4.OOO,
OF little more than half what it was
in 1S41, when il stood at s.175.O00.
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Cities are not evil necessarily, as
some have argued. They have been
the birthplace of civilization. In them
popular liberty has lifted its voice.
Witness Genoa and Pisa and Venice.
After the death of Alexander the Great
among his papers were found extensive
plans of cities, some to be built in Eu-
rope, some to be built in Asia. The
cities in Europe were to be occupied
by Asiatics; the cities in Asia were to
be occupied, according to his plan, by
Europeans, and so there should be a
commingling and a fraternity and a
kindness and a good will between the
continents and between the cities. So
there always ought to be. The strang-
est thing in my comprehension is that
there should be chickering's and rival
ries among our American cities. New
York must stop caricaturing Philadel-
phia, and Philadelphia must stop pick
ing at New York. and certainly the
continent is large enough for ST. Paul
and Minneapolis. What is good for
one city is good for all the cities. Here
is the great highway of our national
prosperity. On that highway of ma
tional prosperity walk the cities.
A city with large forehead and great
brain-that is Boston; a city with de-
liberate step and calm manner-that
is Philadelphia; city with its pocket
full of change-that is New York; two
cities going with a rush that astounds
the continent-they are st. Louis and
Chicago; city that takes its wife and
children along with it-that is Brook
lyn. Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburg,
all the cities of the north and all the
cities of the south. some distinguished
for one thing, some for another. one
for professional ability. another for
afiuence, another for fashion, but not
one to be spared. What advantages one
advantages all. What damages Boston
Common damages Washington square.
Laurel Hill. Mount Auburn. Greenwood,
weep over the same grief. The statue
Of Benjamin Franklin in New York
greeting the bronze statue of Edward
Everett in Boston. All the cities
confraternity. I cannot understand
how there should go on chickering's and
rivalries. I plead fo- a higher style
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There is a limit at which fOrbear-
ance ceases to be virtue.-Burke.
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of brotherhood or sisterhood among
the cities.
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the heroes of the street. Mighty were
their temptations. mighty was their
deliverance, and mighty shall be their
triumph.