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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-29

1t must be admitted that Senor Ca
pote puts forward pleasing sample in
the way of a Jolly"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-29

The Filipino junta at Hong Kong
also exhibits symptoms of cold feet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-29

4 FORESTRY movement is on
IN our Eeighboring state ~
4. q New Jersey. Ii proposes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-29
Tuition by Experience.

He AVERAGE man. not
rerSed in the tcchnicalities
a uf the silk industry. finds it
The sun., 1901-10-09
TAKING III EASY.

shall ! not take mine ease in mine
inng' said Falstaff. And shall NOT n
man take his ease in his house, too? For
what are inventions and improvements
for in domestic economy unless to save
labor, reduce care and increase comfort?
In such a climate as ours the supplying
of artificial heat in the winter is to MANY
source of the greatest annoyance. Ii
means endless worry and oversight and
Juggling Of coal and wood and ashes. Any
new method of heating that cuts down
this vexation and work to the minimum
should be thankfully hailed as d great
contribution to domestic ease. In many
a home the gas fire has been welcomed
as such boon. Nothing can be simpler
in operation. A gas crate gives you its
glow and warmth the instant you apply
the match. BY consumption of twenty
feet of gas an hour-say two cents worth
Ia delightful means of heating a room is
provided, without a particle of waste,
without an atom of labor and at an ex-
pense which everybody can figure out for
himself. An experience which is now
very extended shows that of all contriv-
ances to promote ease and convenience in
heating house, appliances for heating
by gas are far and away the most sue
cessful
The sun., 1901-10-09

length and weighed, exclusive OF the en-
yinc and tender, between 7,ooo,ooo ana
SOon.OOO pounds. II wac the equivalent
Of eight or ten European trains IN point
Of weight, and il was probably three OF
four times as long as the longest tram
ever hooked together abroad. There was
not the slightest trouble in handling TINS
load.
Aud with all their advantage both IN
point of power and speed, the American
locomotives are more eeonomcal IN op-
GRAFTON than the best type Of the foreign
built machines. Their first cost is less,
and they cost less for repairs, fuel ana
oil. With very much higher-nriced men
in the cab, they cost very much less Tor
labor in proportion TO the amount 81 work
they perform.
The American railroad manager ex-
pccts a locomotive to last about twenty
years, and during that period he expects
Ia keep il going constantly on the heavi-
est sort Of traffic that il will bear At
the end of the twenty years he feels that
the conditions on his road will have been
50 changed and improved that the engine
will be antiquatcd.
The latest feature Of Improvement in
American locomotives, the thing that has
made possible the enormously high speed
Of the heavy trains, was the application
Of comparatively simple principle,
namely, the enlargement Of the CRATE
area.
Heretofore engines burning btuminous
coal have had their fire boxes hung be-
tween the wheels. This necessarily re-
strctcd the burning area. In the new
type the fire box extends out over the
wheels. The change can hest be appre-
ciated by comparison between the en-
gine known as No 800, which became
famous as the first to haul the Empire
State Express and which stood for years
as the perfection of its type, and the
new type Of engine recently put in com
mission. No. 9.0 has CRATE area of 81
feet, The new engines have an area OF
aO.3 feet. The heating surface in No.
a.t9 is 1000 feet; in the new engine,
1900 feet. This permits of a much more
economical distribution Of coal. the depth
Of the fire being very much less in the
new engine, though the heating results
are very much greater Exact figures
have not been compiled. hut, roughly
speaking, it has been shown that the
new engine consumes probably ton ol
coal less on the run over one division
than did the old, and with this reduced
consumption comes enormous increase O.
power. For the first time in this his
tory Of rairoading firemcn are now con
fronted, on a fast run, not with tn,
problem Of keeping mp steam, but o
keeping it down.
This new fire box feature will n,
doubt form an important element in Sc
curing for American manufacturers for
cign orders when the great domestic dc
mand with which we are now strnggln
has been met, and we are able to 90 int
the foreign field Systematically.
The sun., 1901-10-09
LAzINEss OR CIVILIZATIONS.

We hear many reproachcs Of the lazy
man, but is not laziness, in one sense, a
sign and result of civilization? Take
the matter of fires in house. for exam
Ele. Our great grandfathers were not
lazy when they took their axes and went
out to cut supply of wood. But were
their descendants really lazy because
they found out how to burn coal in
stoves; then to heat their houses BIZ hot
air, or steam, or hot water. or had they
SIMPLY made an advance in civilizations
Apply this argument TO the ease of nm
open fire in bedroom, or library.
Shall we call man lazy who is glad to
get rid Of the trouble Of CARRYING cool
and ashes ard constantly mendinp ar
poking the fire, and who prefers the glow
ana warmth from an open gas fire.
Evidently IT Is simply Il sense Of superior
comfort and ease, not lazincss. When
by striking a match and turning sion,
cock you get Immediately h cheerful
fiilihe II an asbeSt0s-hackcd gas CRATE
why should you put yourself TO trouble
IN the old way? II laziness means com.
fort, then the whole progress of inyen.
tion and applied science tends to mako
men lazy. At any rate. the man Who
enjoys the luxury of an open gas fra
VIII not care very much if people call
MN lazy; he has comfort and ease and
knows that he is NJ to datc and 81
wont mind the hard names.
The sun., 1901-10-09
COAL BUSINESS PROSPEROUS

The Beech Creek Coal ana Coko con
pany, with main offices at No. II Rrond-
way, are miners and shippers Of hi.h.
grade hitnminous coals. The officcrs ara.
PRESIDENT, James Kerr; yice-president
John Christensen, treasurer. A. n PAT
ton, and comptroller, u. Il. Eberhoch
l.I., lhe company htis offices at Boston, Troy,
iHilldclphla and Corning, n. Y. Its
mines are in Clcarfield, Cambria an5
Indiana counties, Pennsylvania, and II
owns and operates the Port Libartv
docks, New York harhor
The company handles Patton, Parleo
Arcadia and the celebrated Beech Craok
bitnminous high-grade steamship, factory
ana ! rolling mil Goals. and IFS mines have
capacity of 2,5000O0 tons annually
me management Of the company re.
ports highly satisfactory conditions IN tho
market and regards the future as fun ot
promise. aA "
The sun., 1901-10-09

The figures given show the great ad-
vantage OF the American over the foreign
locomotive where speed and power are
combined requisites. For power alone tn,
ulliefence IS even more pronounced in our
favor. Actual experience with the new
type Schenectady locomotives has shown
that one OF these machines can pul about
as many loaded freight ears as can be
held together. Apparently, the only limit
Is the capacity Of the couplings 10 stand
the strain. Recently there was moved On
the New York Central, by one Of these
engines, train Of ninety-four loaded
freight cars at an average speed Of from
fifteen to thirty-fivc miles an hour. This
tram was over twothirds of Il mile in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03
LOVES BLUNDERS.

1t was her latest fad, perhaps the
most absurd-the wearing of glasses.
She had enjoyed the brief pleasure of
many voluntary and unnecessary ex-
periences. She was young, to be sure
-preposterously young to wear a
gown that came to her ankles. Her
youth may be urged in extenuation of
her tendency to indulge in caprice.
That is, il perfunctory explanation is
desired. A girl having an erect young
form nodded in the president curves
of gracious womanhood, eyes the blue
Of ragged robins" and hair which
like that of Miles Halpine's Jeanette,
was
A silken and beautiful snare!"
the wine of which Rosalind makes
mention in her delicious epilogue
needs bush.
She begged the family dentist TO
find place in one of her perfect
front teeth where he might insert
gold, because it looked so pretty"
She had taken up many new modes
of dress-perhaps because she looked
well In anything. She had gone
through successive stages of physical
exertion socially considered-croquet
tennis and other mild designations.
She wore her hair la Chinois, la
Pompadour and la the almond-eyed
damsel of the land of the cherry bios
som. When it was just the thing to
wear jaunty glasses, having a slender
gold chain attached to the bodice, or
looped back to merge itself securely
in ones hair, the chill of exclusion
possessed her. She couldn't wear eye
glasses. Her sight was too ridiculously
good. No one would believe her-not
even her credulous mother, for whom
her daughters every within was a
fresh delight. But it was too bad!
The glasses were distinctly becoming.
Mary McCrea was twenty times better
looking since she had found it advis-
able to affect them. They gave one
a literary look-at all events, look
OF aloofness-an air of distinction.
Why wasn't she far-sighted. or near
sighted, or afflicted with astigmatism
or in any way SO fashioned that pair
OF rimless glasses adjusted over her
straight little nose would add to her
attraction? She preached her diff
Guilty to her mother.
I'VE put off wearing glasses as long
as we could in our young days." re-
turned her confidant I'VE thought
doing so indicated age. My great
grandmother could thread needle
with hair from my head when she
was TO-"
The accomplishment of this veneer
able ancestor failed to interest Lor-
aine. Apart from her fancy for fads
she was very sensible girl. The re-
mark of famous wit and playwright
to certain lovely lady might have
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03

Various countries claim the credit OF
having made the earliest practical ap-
plication of steam power; but, judging
by facts gathered from the most au-
thentic sources ii was in Spain that the
movement of machinery by steam was
first brought under public notice At
Barcelona, in the year 1913, a mechanic
persistent efforts, succeeded in impress
ing the Emperor Charles V. of Austria
and /. of Spain with the value of his
new invention for driving ships by
steam. The trial which took place was
considered a success by the public, but
the chief of the Royal commission
Ravago. the treasure-keeper of the
kingdom-for certain sinister reasons
persuaded the emperor that the dis
covery was of no practical value. and
so ruined the hopes of Blasco de Garay.
Later on, about the beginning of the
seventeenth century. Giovanni Branca,
an Italian. invented a steam engine.
and his machine is the first of which
we have any descriptive or pictorial
record. A picture OF it from an old
print illustrates this article. About the
same period. too. France produced
claimant for the glory of having in
vented the steam engine. and Marion
Delorme, in letter to NJ. de Cling Mars,
dated Paris. le41. gives an account OF
him in a visit to the Bicetre with the
Marquis OF Worcester:
I'VE were crossing the court of the
madhouse, and |. more dead than alive
with fright, kept close to my compau-
ions side, when a trightful face ap-
peared behind some immense bars.
and hoarse voice exclaimed:
4 am not mad, am not mad!
have made a discovery which would
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03

enrich the country that adopted it.
What has he discovered | asked
of our guide.
Oh he answered, struggling his
shoulders, something trifiing enough.
You never would guess it. 1t is the
use of the steam of boiling water -
| began to laugh.
This man, continued the keeper,
is Solomon de Caus. He came from
Normandy four years ago to present to
the king statement of the wonderful
effects that might be produced from his
invention. The cardinal sent the mad
man away without listening to him.
Solomon de Caus, far from being dis
couraged. followed the cardinal wher-
ever he went with the most determined
perseverance, who, tired to death with
his folly, ordered him to be shut up in
the Bicetre. where he has now been for
three years and half
Lord Worceste- was conducted TO
his Ode Caus's) cell, and came back.
sad and thoughtful.
He is indeed mad now. said he
Misfortune and captivity have alien
ated his reason. but it is you who have
to answer for his madness. When YOU
cast him into that cell you confined the
greatest genius of the age
twenty-five years after the above in
cident, in 1868, in a work Of his called
,,Ns - -.
Worcester described steam apparatus
OF his OWE. Papin followed with his
i'vention in 1851. Captain Savery's en-
CINE for awter raising was made in
1898. and in 1712 Thomas Newcomer
constructed the first self-actlng steam
engine (which worked successfully for
over century,. and with IL the age
OF steam may be said to have been in
augurated.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03

referred to her: For such we'll
dressed woman you have really some
sane ideas" She did the work of
stenographer in a law Office, where
acumen and critical judgment we're
required. Her pen-and-ink and char
coal sketches found admirers and buy
ers. The management of the house
hold, while nominally in control of
her mother, lay in her own slender,
capable hands. And even the neigh
bors admitted that the way she kept
her three small brothers on an allow
ance remarkable chiefly for it's dimin-
utive proportion, was extraor binary.
Il haven't been to the matinee once
since / started saving to send Bobbie
! to the Athletic club" she assured her
i self. And as for gloves|I haven't
any! Sol think-I1l buy a cheap
pair"
She meant glasses-not gloves. She
covered guiltily when the saleswoman
offered to test her eyes.
Haven't time," she explained, hasti-
ly. She picked up a pair at random.
They were rimless, jaunty. with a
slim, dangling, golden chain. She was
quite breathless when she found her
self on the street with her treasure.
When she boarded the open car for
home she adjusted the aids to vision
she had purchased. She fancied every
one was looking at her. AS this i'm
precision hnr oSr - etr
chaiance became more profound. She
bought an evening paper. She stared
hard at the printed page But the
letters merged in one purple blur.
Even faces took on grotesuue and
perplexing outlines. When she reach
ed home her young brothers guyed
her. Her mother only was as dis
creetly and alphabetically silent as
the widowed mother of the one girl
of her flock alone knows how to be.
For awhile she was desperately un-
comfortable. She did not wear the
glasses in the Office, but the dread
possessed her that on her trip to and
from luncheon she ignored the girls"
who likewise found vent for their
youthful energy in office work. Her
reading-and she read a good deal
was done surreptitiously. She, who
had always walked so fearlessly, and
with football so assured, began to hest
tate at street crossing or the step
of curbstone. She dreaded lest she
should make descent of unpremedi-
tated abruptness. If she had known
anything about Dundreary she would
have sympathized with him in his
dread lest he should sit down before
he knew he sat down! When at night
she took off the glasses she insisted
she was ashamed to confront
her own sweet reflection in the
glass. The consciousness of hypoc-
risy weighed heavily upon her, but
the moment of contrition was belated
in its arrival.
1t is possible its advent would have
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03
EStenuating Circumstances

Ienterfoot-Did you folks lynch the
man who stole that automobile here.
last week?
cactus Charley-Nope. We intend
cd TO- but an investigator committea
made some experiments an conclude
that the ottymobul stoled the the
instead Of the thief gittin away with
it. -Baltimore American. ''
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03
A Suburban Clock

Caller-Land sakes How late II &C.,
Mrs. suburb-oh, you mustn's go nv,
that clock. It's two hours fast.
Caller-Why don't you set it rigbtq
Mrs. Suburb-Horrors. no. Don
touch 1t. That's the clock my HUSBAND
catches trains by.-New York Weeks,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-03
Not That Kind.

angry politician-Look here, I've a
good mind to have you arrested for
libel. What do you mean by pictnr-
ing me as you have?
Cartoonist-But the picture looks
like you. '00As
Angry Politician know u dos,
know II does But do look like a man
VINO likes to look like himseIfq-
Modern Society.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
WORKS LIKE A CHARM.

The eight hour system went in
to effect in Montana May 1. Most
mining companies had made
themselves ready for the change
when it came and there was no
friction or bother about it in any
way. The law also applies to
coal mines who although paid by
the ton came under the law gov
erning underground mining.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.

The hail storm southeast of
Ration last Friday was the heavi-
est and most destructive that has
visited Colfax county in many
years. The greatest damage was
done in the Una de Cato country,
where about three hundred lambs
belonging to the Troy Bros. were
killed and the orchard embracing
800 or 400 trees on the ranch of
John MCGOWAN was greatly dam
aged and the trees totally denuded
of fruit and foliage.
1t is reported that hail lay on
the ground in places to depth
of II to 18 inches on level. In the
immediate vicinity of Ration no
damage was done. Ration Range.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06

it automatically is another thing,
and it is the receiver that is the
most important part of Prof.
Gray's invention. Two ears, one
on either side of the bow of YES
sci, communicate with an appar-
atus in the wheelhouse, and the
vibrations of sound coming
through the water are transmit
ted to bell in the wheelhouse,
which rings in sympathy with
the one that is far away, striking
stroke for stroke and performing
the work instantaneously. Thus,
Hierarchy, the ship is made to
hear for it's own safety. 1t can
readily be seen how an infinite
arrangement of numbers may be
devised by which, ships may al
ways be informed of their exact
location or of the exact location
of another vessel that is approach
ing. There is another point, also,
which renders the invention an
important one: it goes far to over
come the terrorS imbued by the
creation of the submarine torpedo
boat. A warship supplied with
Prof. Gray's invention-that is,
with the receiving apparatus
could detect instantly the ap-
proach of a torpedo boat while it
was many miles distant, and
could therefore easily avoid it,
for the receiver both sees and
hears in the sense that it locates
exactly the position of the sound
that it records. Chicago Journal.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06

who dared to assert their rights
to strike for reforms in their labor
or wages. These corporations
are now we understand his strong
est supporters for re-appointment.
The act passed last winter by
the Legislature giving him the
power to fill vacancies in county
Offices, was but another political
scheme to intimidate and hold the
rod of power over elective officials
as against the will of the people.
In school matters he has utter
ly failed to protect the public
school funds by not compelling
his officials to prosecute those in
debted to it for thousands of dol
lars and by permitting it to be
raided for the benefit of officials
of his appointment.
For these and many other rea-
sons of equal weight and import
ance we opposed his re-appoint-
ment, and have presented our
solemn protest to the President,
and the Hon. Secretary of the
Interior, and we feel confident
the prayer will be heard. The
Capital.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Memphis, Tenn, May 3d.
Marching once more beneath
their battle flags, their hearts
aflame with memories of forty
years ago, their advance and halt
once more regulated by the battle
blasts, their steps again timed by
the tap of the drums, 1000 ex-
confederate soldiers marched
through the streets of Memphis
today. AS their columns passed
along the crowded streets, cheers
that came to them from the
throngs that lined the thorough
fares, fervent applause that float
ed down from balconies, windows
and house tops caused the old
eyes to brighten, the old shoulders
to spring backward and the
marching ranks to close. A de-
tail of mounted police led the way
and cleared the streets for clatter-
ing squads of horsemen acting as
escort for General Gordon, who,
preceded by the band of First
Ohio infantry from Cincinnati,
rode slowly along. His right
hand was in almost ceaseless mo-
tion as he raised his hat to ac-
knowledge the cheers that came
to him from all sides.
In the parade were Generals
Fitzhugh Lee and Joseph Wheeler
and Judge Reagan, the only sur
viving member of the cabinet of
Jefferson Davis.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
sus-ocEAN DANGER SIGNAL.

Prof. Elisha Gray of Boston
sat on a river bank one day idly
watching some boys who were
swimming, when an idea occurred
to him, and it was this: By strik-
ing a submerged bell the sound
may be heard and understood at
distance of II miles at sea. The
importance of this mere statement
is not at once realized, but the
discovery is really one of the most
vital of the new century. The
loudest of steam sirens that are
used to warn vessels of danger in
foggy weather, and which are
supposed to sound their warnings
audibly for Is miles, at times can
not be heard ships length, says
the Ledger Monthly. This is
due to atmospheric disturbances,
and neither the Americans nor
the English, after years of effort,
have been able to overcome it. But
there are no water disturbances
of the same kind. In other words,
there is nothing under the water
to interfere with the transmission,
of sound. To send the sound
therefore, is easy; but to receive
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
MINING INDUSTRY PROMISING.

The records of the secretary of
the territory show that many new
industrial companies are being
organized and many organized else
where are filing certified articles of
incorporation to do business here.
Companies organized for mining
purposes take the lead. This
proves that the mining industry
of the territory is taking rapid
strides forward. Among the
counties most in demand when it
comes to mines seems to be the
county of Grant. This county,
although it recently lost some
territory, is one of the richest and
best counties in the territory
New Mexican.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1901-06-06
cERRILLos RAILROAD SOLD.

The property of the Cerrillos
Coal Railroad Co., operating a
branch of the Santa Fe railroad, /,
and coal mines at Cerillos has
been sold at Masters Sale under
foreclosure of Mortgage $500,
900, for $500, 900, to the Cherokee
and Pittsburg Coal and Mining
Co.