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ODD BITS OF INFORMATION.

1t takes nearly four pounds weight
of grapes to make bottle of wine.
New Orleans has the only paper in
the United States that publishes Sum
day evening edition.
If you saved the ash of all the cigars
you smoked you would have consumed
l,600 before you had pound of ash.
Elks' teeth are scarce and valuable in
the Indian territory; and it is said that
some Of the thrifty Indians are digging
into the graves of their ancestors to
fnd the teeth buried with them.
Herman Smith Turner, recently ap-
pointed a cadet from Maryland, has
been admitted to the Annapolis acad-
tmy in spite of the fact that while he
Is over six feet tall he weighs but 9s
rounds.
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STEAMERS CITY OF CHESTER AND
BRANDYWINE.
Schedule In effect September 9.
WATER DEPARTMENT.

Where houses are vacant in the month
of December and to remain vacant for
an indefinite time, and written notice is
sent to the office of the department be-
FORE the first day of January. requesting
the water to be turned off, the Water
Department will shut off the water at the
expense of the owner.
The said property shall be exempt
from Water Rent during such vacancy,
from the first day of January until oc-
cupied at which time the owner shall
pay the Water Rent in advance for the
balance of the year, and the Water De-
partment will turn on the water.
When any water fixture has been re-
moved during any year written notice
must be given to the department prior
TO January 1st, following said removal,
in order to have the rent charged for
said fixture deducted from the bill for
the following year.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
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PLAY OF ANCIENT RULERS.

Alexander the Great preferred tam.
ing fiery and unmanageable horses ia
any other diversion.
Honorius, ruler of the western EN-.
pire of Rome, was supremely happy
when playing with pet hen.
Charlemagne devoted much of his
spare time to swimming, and easily
outstripped all who competed against
him.
queen of Denmark, as a pastime
made dresses, and proudly claimed
that most of her garments were the
work of her own hands.
Caligula, emperor of Rome, amused
himself by feeding human beings tc
wild beasts. in a portion of his palace
expressly arranged for that purpose
Frederick the Great found needed
rest in playing with dogs, and his last
words were: "Cover him; he is cold"
referring to hound that had placed
his nose against the hand of the dying
monarch.
From nothing can more correct
idea of the peculiarities constituting
the individuality of those who figure
conspicuously in history be gained
than from a consideration of their
recreations and pastimes-not always
in harmony with the character gener.
ally attributed to the persons them.
selves.
Peter the Great allowed himself no
rest from work. Tn those hours which
other rulers would have devoted to
relaxation, he was diligently laboring
at forges, in shipyards, in mills OF
various kinds, and thus acquired the
knowledge which enabled him to raise
Russia from half-civilized province
to mighty empire.
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EeanA.

FeacGs
The heart where peace abides 10 like thu
ocean
Whose depths the surface storms can
never move,
But still abides in deep, unruffied quiet,
For all the foam-fecked waves that roll
above.
The heart where peace abides is like the
heaven.
The limped dome where clouds in sullen
might
May come and go; but through each rift
appearing
The blue shines forth the same serene
and bright.
oh, send our hearts this blessed peace.
great Father!
That thus endowed and cheered through
Thy dear love,
This life becomes to us, Thy faulty chill
dren,
A foretaste of the better life above
Miss Il. II. Warner. in N Y. Observer.
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Harvest Song.

Harvest Song.
Summer all is pleasure past.
Summer charm Is tale that's told;
Days of reaping have come. at last.
Days of ripeness and days of gold;
Down the meadow-way, glad and strong.
Love comes singing his harvest song.
Love is brown with his harvest toll,
Brown and brawny of limb Is he,
Master strong In the garden moil.
Lord of pasture, and plant and tree:
Treasure-burdened. he plods along,
Singing brightly his harvest song.
And In answer the autumn breeze
Sings pleasant and fair refrain.
Through the boughs of the orchard trees
Ger the fields of the waving grain.
Hark, the echoes about him throng-
Natures singing her harvest song.
Frank Walcott Hutt, In Farm Journal.
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LaxakoIa Does II

remarkable tonic properties reach oganhe liver kidneys
braand the debl-
ad absolute and permanent
medicine for babcs purely vegetable and its
GENTLE speedy and effective For coated tongue simple levers
colds, chils langud feeling is the ideal medicine.
It tastes good Children like 1t and ask for It,
csxah sno
economical and and No Other
ehfo
.ls2ta N ,or28
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The telegraph was nationai1zed in
England about 80 years ago, and while
there have been complaints of ineffi-
cheney, red tape and lack of progress
sive spirit on the part of the post office
department, which controls it, there is
no agitation in favor of return to
operation by private companies.
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Overheard in Chicago.

Mrs. Flutterby-Did you ever see as
tickle woman as Mrs. Michigoose?
she was divorced from her husband
two months ago, and now she has mar
ried him again!
Mrs. Kindly--But her second hus-
band was such a lure!-Judge.
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Isn't il Worth 25c.
To Be Cured Of
Constipation

People with all its attendant Ills
cogge bowels sluggish liver heartburn Indigestion and thin
and Impure blood believe that the only remedy violent
Such catharc they do
irritating and gng leave the stomach nfaned and nebed
and the ccnstpated with greater difficulty and the
sufferer growing There laxative that the
bowels without pain gripping apen the appetite
stimulates liver strengthens the and pues the blood while its
properties the entire system and keep healthy
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"Who breathes must suffer-" but II
YOU have a Paragon Health Policy in the
Union Casualty and Surety Company Of
St. Louis, it will pay you s25 a week
while you are sick for "All the ills that
flesh is heir to-" ,andever & Follans-
bee, State Agents, 4O4 Equitable Build
ing.
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nv. M.rnng Thing.

Parke-Yes, sir. il ] had a wife who
ras a Christian Scientist, | would leave
her in minute.
Lane-What fool you'd be! why,
she'd advertise it as cure.--Judse.
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Honesty Pays.

Jim-Honesty is der best policy,
arter all.
Bill--How?
Remember that dog stole?"
yep"
"Well. I tried two hull days to sell
i'm. an no one offered more'n dollar.
So I went, like honest man, an guv
him to tn ole lady what owned i'm, an
she gxv me five dollars. IN. Y. Week
ly.
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sneakins from Experience.

Tom-Benedict says he thinks it's
nice to be engaged.
Mrs. Why, he's married.
Tom-Of course. That's why ne
thinks so.-Tit-Bits.
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chances are that II would never grow lnto the
fruit-bearing stage Of development.
saw notice the other day of an adver-
tisement which had been run continuously in
identically the same form since 1866.
That advertisement may have done some
good. probably did; but to bring really ade-
quate returns. advertising should be freshened
by frequent changes Of copy
have recommended frequent changes to
q man, who said: ayes. but our newspaper
charges us extra for composition if we change
our ad eftener than once week'-or once
month, as the case might be.
That doesn't alter the case at all. The
advertisement should be changed, and. if it
costs little moro, 1t costs little more, and
that's all there is Of it. II will pay to pay the
additional charge.
A shrewd advertiser said to me recently:
charge good stiff, extra rate for display and for
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~. usunl rnse

Getthere--Did you ever attend any
of Miss Buda's "at homes?"
De Bore (sadlyl-N-o, but I've at
tended good many of her aot-at'
V Weekly.
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ASTHMA CURE FREE!

Asthnlaene Brings Instant Relief and Permanent
Cure in all Cases.
SEM ABSOLUTELY RECEIPT POSTAL.
Write yaur plainly.
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Right Your Liver With
Edgar's
Cathartic
COnfectiOnS

the only true vegetable cathar-
tic. Edgar's do not gripe or
pain and are as pleasant to
take as candy, and just as
harmless.
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ON the Ground floor.

First Politician--Do you think wed
better take the public into our conf
dence?
Second Politician-Oh, We'll take 'em
in, all right!-Brooklyn Life.
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COL. JOHN VAIN WRIGHT.
Late 9Sth Pa. Vols.
HN DELHI IlNNLIAN GENT

EAI EIGI i CNOION NUHIS
Office No. s West Seventh street, VIII
mington, Del. Widows pensions secured
In from 1 to 30 days. Slow cases hurried
up. II you want quick pension writs
to me for papers aad instructions
Spanish war pensions procured.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Cord wood at reasonable
prices for cash only or will exchange
for manure. Address Clover Hill Farms,
Carrcroft, Del.
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|ShOlf Talks On Advertising
ByCharlesAusfinBates.
No. 26.

attention?
look at again did the
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ARE YOU
CRANKY
Your Liver

that is making the trouble. If
your liver was working as it
should, you would feel happy
and bright; but when your
liver and bowels refuse to do
their work in their proper
manner, you simply can't feel
right.
Riaht Your Liver With
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papers display and
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b almost the certainty Of failing to get a
sement in good paper may possibly do
,d--a good ad In good paper will always
1t isn't such hard thing to write good
i is mainly question of taking time
enough and giving the matter the
requisite amount of thought. Do not
say YOU haven't time, because this part
of the business is just as important as
any other. In one sense, it is more
important, because without it the busi.
ness cannot amount to very much.
cstvirAf. 1a~ks hari~ Bates. NsV Yoyk.
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UI OUHB. IEfHtTs
New York, Jan. 3, 1901.
Drs. Taft Bros Medicine Co.,
Gentlemen: Your Asthmalene Is an
excellent remedy for Asthma and Hay
Fever. and it's composition alleyiates
all troubles which combine with AS
thma. Its success Is astonishing and
wonderful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-19
Queered by His Colors.

john CrcGan, captain Of the Princeton track
team and holder of the intercollegiate record
for the mile run started in his athletic work
at Princeton, and the first time he ran under
Princeton colors was ON August 8, 1897, in the
Johnny was very proud Of the Princeton colors
and the band OF orange uibhon across his athletic
chest was a wonder in width This in itself
would have been enough to make him an object
OF suspicion 10 the members oi the Ancient Or.
der OF llibeunian' but it Vas not a marker to
The rest of his decoration The Princeton Ah.
letic association hai Just bought new caps, and
on the mont OF them was embroidered the mono,
gram Of the ASSOCIATION. 10 tho person who
viewed the cap the monogram appeared like this
"A. T. A.
When that monogram VAS discovered II con-
hrmed the suspicion that johnny was mn.
bred orgngenan. The crowd greeted him with
insulting remarks when lie lined up for the
start Cf thr mile run. At first johnny lay back
and took things easy, The crowd howlcd with
slec when they saw the supposed Orangemln
fully 100 feet in the rear and shouted and yelled
10 their champions 10 distance the intcrlopcr
The result Mas that every othcr man in the race
ran his legs of, and Just as johnny put on his
sput, When they started ON the last lap and be-
gan to forge ahead the trouble broke loose.
johnny came down the track liAe whirlwnd
al least fifty feet ahead OF his nearest COM.
potitor The crowd hung over tic fence, and
such cries rs XIII tie Sas.cnach!" "T'ell with
the uranGeum." and Throw him OF the
crack were hurled at him as he sped scr2s5
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oTtcnt than the extreme advocates OF
jhe two views of college training YER
sus business training without college,
e. nerally ADMIT,
hut the ground on which both are
coming together. it is more apparent
with each succeeding year, is the
ground Of the advisability of combine
ing the education Of the hand with
that of tho brain. The kindergarten is
not only the proof OF this; IT has done
more than can be measured to demon
stratc it, We have spoken of the all
mirable results of primary grade
manual work as exempliied IN the
James Fortcn school in Philadelphia.
and now wc find in the New York Tri-
bune the information that not less than
thirty-two of the public schools of
Manhattan and the EronX have work
shops attached to thcm where hnys re-
Ceivc instruction in the construction of
objects useful and ornamental, Edu-
oational ideals are broadening. and in
such broadening as this they grow not
shallownr but deeper. The channel
duepcns as well as widcns. Df the
inany Improvements needed by the
public school system. which is still
administrators. some arc arriving:
others. It may be hoped. will do 80
ere many more years go by.
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Outline Studies
OF Human Ndture
"None So Deaf" Etc.

An incident which has caused Scscrrtary Gage
to he exceedingly cautious ot deaf men oc.
cured recently.
Congressman John II. kctrham, OF Dover
Plains. y. y, is more or less hard OF hearing.
lie holds his hand up to his car while you arc
addressing him. and manages 10 catch your
meaning fairly we'll. Just how much he hears
i, open TO question and the secretary OF the
treasury, for one has his s,lSpicions that "i'nr;a
john is rot quite 30 deaf as he appears. 1t
hppcucd thi; wav
Mr.. Kctcham had been in congress so long
that he had used M all the patronage to which
lie was entitled and couldn't get any more
places for his constituents But one day This
sprin.. hc called oil Mr.. Gage
..Ihcrc is man M in my town. he cX.
plaincd "who must he fixed and ] want YOU
TO tN him.
II can't do it," rcplic, Gage (aud IN went
Kctclom's hand 10 lis carr, .becu,,sc there are
M yacauircs in nv d.partmcnt.'
..ycs. that's what he wants" said Kctcham.
49,; nice ul,rc in vour department"
The secretary locked at his visitor intcntly
and said in lower tone:
..Thc civil service rules cover all appoint-
,ncuts ,,nIcr twelve h,mdrcI or 6ftccn hundred
dollars n ycar."
Mr. K,lch,m removed hi, hand from his RIGHT
ear and replied
,rhot viii bc satisfactory Uc will mot cy
pcct mere than twelve hundred dollars n
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L. try upon which q larger
amount Of foolish writing
has been expended by antagonists of
the administration than the action
taken by government for the future
protection of cuba against insurrec-
ton at home and invasion from
Europe.
Now that the Platt amendment.
which embodics nothing but what is
essential to the welfare of cuba and
To preventing that island, forced by
the United States from an intolerablc
rule. from over being made base of
foreign attack against the United
States, has been accepted. fresh at
tempts by the self-stylcd "anti-im-
perialistG" to nullify it's provisions
may be expected. Already hints of
what is worse than folly have begun
TO crop out in the uttcrances of some.
"Blunders that are worse than
crimes as Talleyrand described the
performances of wrong headed states.
men" in his own day, are the favoritc
methods of these, their mental de-
scendantS today.
1t is the seventh clause of the Platt
amendment providing that the United
States shall actually be in position to
Gc:end Cuba and itself not crowded
Cto corners of tho coast whore the
r1sSiblity Of such defence would be
nil. that muttr'ings are heard against.
1T is a curious thing, and Il humili-
ating and sad thing, that there are
American citizens to he found VINO are
willing to count as nought all the sac
ritices their country has made to res
cue Cuba from utter ruin--a sacrifice
including that of SO many among the
flower of its young manhood.
The provision made by that seventh
clause of the Plat amendment is the
perfectly reasonable, the absolutely
necessary one: That to enable the
United States to maintain the indie
pendence of Cuba and to protect the
people thereof, as we'll as for its own
defence, the government of Cuba will
sell or lease to the United States lands
necessary for cOaling or naval stations
at certain specified points, to he agreed
upon with the president OF the United
States"
The certain specified points" must
be such harbors rs the United States
can fOrtify against hostile naval en-
trance directed against Cuba and
menacing the United States and from
which United States sailors, marines
or soldiers could be at once marshalled
for protection of the Cuban govern
ment against domestic Instructions
such as so many Latin American
countries are periodically involved in.
The entrances tn Havana and Santi-
ago must--as the only means of abso-
lutte protection to cuba'S independence
be fortified and defended by the
United States as effectively as are the
entrances to New York harbor and to
Chesapeake Bay--thc sea-approach To
Washington. If ever a foreign fleet
with hostile intent mcnaces Cuba and
through cuba, the United States. the
objective points Of its attack would be
Havana and Santiago. also possibly
Matanzas, That fact indicates where
United States protection must be cen,
tered
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Outdoor Consumption Cure.

:::s:s:. e: ""%"s" ::;. ":,.' 9; "%':': E "a:
Il lion to refuse admission to
immigrants suffering from
consumption has met with scverest
criticism from medical authorities
the very persons profoundly and most
intelligently interested in the preyen-
tion and cure of that disease. DIR.
Crane of Paris, for sixteen years, up
to December last, editor of the Ameri-
can Register in the French capital,
and for many years a physician. first
In New York and then In Paris. few
days ago expressed TO Il representa-
tive of the New York Tribune views
that are identical in relation to that
attempt. also as to the proper treat
ment of consumption. with those eX-
pressed by leaders here in the medi-
cal profession. lie said:
1T is yet to be proved that such n
plan is practicable. | understand that
many immigrants on landing here
appear 10 be i'm The best health, but
prove later TO be victims Of tuberculo-
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To Wage EarncrS
and Others of
Moderate Income

Do not spend your money foolishly
because you have SO little of it. but
save what you can from month to
| month and invest it in something that
will multiply many fold The mill
| lionaires OF this section were laboring
| men generation ago and they pur-
sued this course while most of their
| comrades blew it all in. The pru-
| dent ones saw that fuel was a good
thing, that the world had to have
1t, and they bought coal land. a little
at a time as they could spare it, and
1t has made them rich and their fami-
lies live ard will live in the greatest
comfort. while the descendants of
their imprudent comrades are labor
ing as their fathers did-for day.
wages.
Keep this object lesson in mind
The opportunities of that earlier time
were in coal, today greater opportuni-
ties exist in oil, which is fuel In a
more concrete form and is rapidly
supplanting coal because it is easier
and cheaper to mine and handle, and
is, besides being more economic
fuel for all large consumers, profit
able for a hundred other uses, The
state with cheap fuel, for the lack of
which her progress has been woefully
retarded. The entire Pacific coast
will consume oil as a fuel, so that
the demand upon the oil fields of Cali
fornia is unlimited. California oil
refiners will hold the markets of the
far East and of the west coast of
South America. 1t is plain to be seen
h..t hn oil al Of N.1
be the source of incalculable wealth.
far beyond what the coal mines of
Pennsylvania have been in the past.
All thoughtful men can see that the
thing to do now to make money is
to buy the shares of conservative. re-
putably managed oil companies hav-
ing large holdings of undoubted oil
lands secured at low prices. and only
requiring development to become the
source of enormous revenues for
shoreholders.
The PACIFIC COAST AND TEXAS
OH. COMPANY has in the most im-
portant oil fields managers of ability
ana integrity and of the highest prac-
teal qualifications for their business,
and the shares of this company are
today, without doubt, the best invest
be cheap at 40c but are selling for
the time being at zoe per share, to
procure money to bore the first wells.
The price is sure to advance rapidly
to keep pace with the developments
on the company's lands and on adj
joining lands. The market value of
the lands is constantly advancing. Do
not delay making an investment In
this stock AS to the value of this
oil property and the character and
ability of its managers this company
refers, by permission, to the presi-
dent of the broadway Bank and
Trust company, of Los Angeles, Cal.
For particulars concerning this in
vestment apply to the
INVESTMENTand FINAN CE Co
Room l, Dime Bank Building,
Scranton, Pa.
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Snapped the "Rubber.n

Young man Of this city rang up lady ac.
Ghihtancc of his on Court street some days ago,
hut instead OF her answering the phone herself
her elder sister did so. The young man rccog.
hihcd The difference at once and said in a
suavc mellow voice:
Won't you please deliver message to Miss
tasa?"
Delighted at the prospect o: carrying mes.
sage that might result in giving her some in.
sight into the relation that existed between
hrr sister and the young man at the other end
OF tho line. she answered.:
WHY, certainly. with the greatest Of pleas
urc.''
well, tell hcr TO come to the 'phonc."--
MCmnhis Sciinilar.
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A Birthday Souvenir.

T~OMoRloW, in honor of its
tenth anniversary the
Tribune will present to its
regular subscribers a soul
venr booklet containing a history OF
tho paper and of the city, together
with numerous halC-tonn pictures OF
$, cnes of interest in connection with
thc making Of Il newspaper. public
buildings. ,tc.: also a carefully pre-
pared history of the Scranton post
Office. with biographical and other
Gata concerning the successive post
masters from the earliest time to the
present Every regular subscriber
will he entitled to pne of Theses
souvenirs free of cost. Look out for
II, therefore. tomorrow morning.