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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
A Serious Case.

Fred Mursch. of sol Pittston avenue.
is seriously i'll with an unfortunate af-
Fiction that may render him deaf for
life. \ few days ago one of his ear
drum nerves became affected and an
operation was made to relieve the pain.
Mr.. Mursch made rapid Improvement
until Saturday night. when the nerve
of t.r other ear snapped and left him
almost totally deaf.
DR.. Wehlau was summoned and an
other operation was decided upon. As
sisted by Dr.. Mears, the attending
physician performed the delicate Opcr-
alton yesterday afternoon. which was
entirely satisfactory. Mr. Mursch is
now confined to bed. but unless other
complications arise there is hope that
his hearing will at least be partially re-
st tOred
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Of course. but the parties are known.
They are likely to have Il merry
Christmas.
I hereby announce myself as a cam
didate for the Democratic nomination
for common council for the Twentieth
ward. NJ. j. Barrett.
-" Clerk at the l.. |. & S. South Store.
The South side Bowling club spent
IL most enjoyable time at their head
quarters last evening, Several match
games were played and a delicious
lunch was served during the intervals
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
OBITUARY..

GERALD RYAN, son of Mr., and Mrs.
NJ. j. Ryan, OF 424 stone avenue, died
yesterday after short illness The
funeral viii take place this afternoon
at go y, m.
Michael Weiris, an old resident of
South Scranton, passed away yesterday
al the Hillside home. The funeral AM
nouncement will be made later,
MISS MARGARET 4. LAWRENCE
of Grant street. Dickson, died Satur-
day, after short illness. The lie
ceased Was 30 years of age and younG
lady who was much respected. The IN
neral will take place today at :! o'clock,
Interment win ne made in the Wash
burn street cemetery.
MARGARET LORENX. aged twen-
ty-years. of Grant avenue, Dickson
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Injured by the Cars.

John Mclaughlin. aged nine years
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. james McLaugh-
lin, of 1914 Washburn street. accom-
panied by his brother. two years older.
went to the Sloan woods yesterday to
cut a Christmas tree.
The little fellow attempted to ride on
one of the cars used around the Sloan
mine. and while seated on one of the
bumpers. had his leg crushed between
the ears. He was removed to his
home. where DR.. j. j. Brennan dressed
the injury
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
Last Nights Social.

A merry social gathering for men,
bers only took place at the South Side
Athletic and Social club rooms. 6O9
Cedar avenue. last night, which was
largely attended.
The members gathered early and at
o'clock they We're summoned to rab-
bit lunch and supper, which was heart
lily enjoyed. Caterer George Rosen re-
ceived the thanks of those present for
his hospitality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
PARSONAGE Weddin g.

Arthur Pcet. of this city. and Miss
Clara Sketton. Of Sterling. Pa. were
united in marriage yesterday by Rev.
James Bcnninger. at the parsonage of
the Hampton street Methodist Epis-
copal church.
They were unattended and after a
brief wedding trip. will make their
home in this CITY,
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Funeral of Paul Cramer.

The remains Of Paul Cramcr. Il for
mer resident Of this section, who met
with Il fatal accident in Youngstown,
Ohio. last week, were received at his
brothers home. at 607 Cedar avenue,
yesterday morning. and inferred at 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
Funeral services We're conducted by
Rev William A. Nordt at the house,
and interment was made in the Pitts
ton avenue cemetery. The pall-bearers
were: Charles Rose. John Rempter,
Philip Hartman and George Bechttoch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
Mine Accident.

Thomas Lewis, of LeSgetts street, a
miner employed in the Leggetts Creek
mine, had his arm badly injured yes
terday. A portion of the roof fell. and
struck him on the arm.
He then slipped and fell striking on
a sharp piece of coal which tore Il cash
in his arm that required several
stitches to close.
He was removed to his home, where
he received medical attention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
A SENSIBLE MAN

Would use Kcmp's Balsam for the Mroat and
Lungs II Is curing more Coughs, Colds. Asthma,
Bronchitis. Goup aud all Throat aud Lung
Troubles than any other medicine. The proprie
Tor has authorized any druggist 10 give you a
samplc bottle Free to convince you o. the merit
OF this great rene IS, liilc. &c. aud 5oc'
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SOUTH SCRANTON
COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONDITION
OF WATER.

Committee of Citizens Waited Upon
the Officials of the Scranton Gas
and Water Company-Postal Card
Received by William Naegeli from
Attorney A. j. Colborn Who Is in
Europe-Fred Mursch Threatened d
with Loss of Hearing-Funeral of
Paul Cramer.
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Fpworth League Services.

I'm accordance with the circular sent
out by the Board of Bishops to make
this Il season of special prayer and
thanksgiving. the Epworth League of
the Hampton street Methodist Episco-
pal church will carry out the following
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24

The newly elected officers of Hyde
Park lodge. NO. 339 Free and Accepted
NIasons. were installed last evening
with appropriate ceremonies at Masonic
hall They are as follows:
Worshipful master. George oberdor-
fer: senior warden. Harry Wrigley
Junior warden. w. t.. Lewis: treasurer.
William Il. Williams: secretary. Charles
f. Laniug: trustees, Charles Il. pitcher.
James NJ Eaton and Thomas B. Carey.
w. Hayden Evans will represent the
lodge at the Grand lodge meeting to he
held during the coming year. Secretary
Laning and Treasurer Williams were
reelected. AMI have served the lodge
for many years.
Retiring Worshiprul Master w. Hay
den Evans was presented with Il hand
some past masters jewel. The insthlln-
ticn was conducted by District Deputy
Grand Master A. q. Stevens, who has
officiatcd in that capacity thirty-siN
years.
Following the lodge meeting. an in
formal banquet WAS held in the dining
hall. at which Hon. II. NJ. Edwards pre-
sided as toaStmastrr tie made Il brief
address. and was followed by Rev. Rob
ert T.. y. Pierce. pastor nj the Penn
Avenue Enptis, church; teN H. {. NC
Dermott. pastor of the Simpson Mctho-
dist Episcopal church: Hoh John X.
Farr. D. j. Davis, and others.
Judge Edwards was introduced by the
new worShipful master. George ober-
dorfcr who made Il neat little speech,
The toastmastcr said he always had
the most absolute and implicit belief in
the principles of masonry. He then
spoke in I, reminiscent mood. and re-
lated incidents of his career as Il men,
her of tn" order dHtinG back over thirty
years. The Htmosphcr". to him. was
filed with shadows Of departed brcth-
rem. who in the long ago had figured
'onspicuously in the lodge.
Tie COMMUNICATED the committc" OH
the modest, simple and sensible repasf
provided and then introduced Dr.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24

City. died yesterday morning after a
short illness. The funeral will take
place today with interment i'm Wash
burn street cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-24
Skates Sharpened.

Hollow ground.
Florey & Brooks,
/. III Washington avenue.
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INSTALLATION
and BANQUET
HELD LAST EVENING BY HYDE
PARK LODGE, E. & A. M.

George Oberdorfer Installed as
Worshipful Master--Addresses by
Hon. H. M. Edwards. Rev. Robert
F. Y. Pierce. Rev. H. G. McDer-
mott and Others-Christmas Ex-
ercises in the Schools and Chur-
ches-Boy Injured by the Cars.
Funerals, Weddings and Other
Notes.
Evening star., 1901-09-21

whose magic wand produced such remark
able results, is a Washington man.
Captain A. F. Lucas. whose home is at
2034 / street northwest. is the one man to
whom the credit belongs for the discovery
of oil in Texas 1t was his trained and ex-
perienced eye that detected signs" in the
geological formations of Louisiana and
Texas, and his indomnitable energy aud
bulldog perseverance In following those
signs to their ultimate conclusion that
brought about results which not only sur
pass all former discoveries of mineral Gil,
but also bid fair to reVolutioniZe modern
methods of transportation by land and sea.
For the Texas product is fuel oil-not il
Eliminating and the exhaustless supply
furnishes a cheap and abundant fuel for
both locomotive and marine engines Two
barrels of the Texas oil are equivalent. in
the production of steam, to about one ton
of the best grade of Pennsylvania or Vir-
ginia bituminous coal, such as Is generally
used for steaming purposes. AS the Texas
oil can be sold at a profit for about forty
cents a barrel, the inducement to railroad
and steamship companies to adapt their en-
gines to it's use fuel is apparent at
Evening star., 1901-09-21
The Irish Peasants Love for the
Youngsters.
CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY ABOUT
Though the "Stir-About" May
Not Be Too Plentiful.
TIL E FIRST cd II r A w S"

Written for The Evening Star by William Bullock
The heart of the Irish peasant is given
entirely to his children. He will debate for
hours on the governments policy and work
himself into fighting mood over the de-
cisions Of the county council, but when the
talk leads to the Zones at home," politics
pale into insignificance.
law, It's tn childer, is 1t? God bliss their
little sowls, but it's me an Mary is tn
proud pair. Shure, there's only tin, but tn
beatin' Of thin We can't find in all Ire
land
When the frst-born arrives Pat is a
proud man, indeed. but it is only when he
has to turn down the fingers on both hands
to enumerate them his vanity becomes a
matter Of anxiety to his friends. Then it
Is that he assumes a new Importance in the
affairs Of the townland. He is old enough
now to lose the undignifed appellation of
"b-hoy," and swell his chest in the de-
served title Of ''man, begOb"
One of the most popular Roman Catho- tc
clergymen in the west of Ireland when
visiting a peasant, jokingly observed the
number Of children in the family
Jaw, We haven't seen half of thin yit,
yer riverince. Wait a Bit
Pat opened the front an back dures' of
the kitchen. ordered the children outside,
and placed ''creels'' on the floor so that no
one could pass in or out without first
jumping the baskets. When everything
had been arranged to his satisfaction he
called to the children "to come in tn front
dure chase cross tn fiure, an thin jump
out agin over tn 'creel' in tn back dure."
The jumping began, and as fast as one
"gossoon'' disappeared from the 'ba ok
dure" another hoped smilingly into view.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
.Jf
MAIL IN 9HONOLULU.
Institution of Free Delivery in the
Hawaiian Capital.

Institution of Free Delivery in the
Ha4vafian Capital.
From the Hono1ulu Advertiser ..
]. w. Erwin Superintendent of free de-
livery, was a passenger on the Sierra yes
terday. He comes to Honolulu to establish
the free delivery system for the local post
office, and expects to have it in operation
within the next three weeks. The appoint
ments of the ten letter carriers will be
made as soon as he has looked over the
ground and determined upon what plan to
adopt. He brought with him fifty street
letter drop boxes, and yesterday afternoon
drove about the city looking for suitable
locations in which to place them. To an
Advertiser reporter Mr.. Erwin said yeSter-
day:
Honolulu is different from anything we
have in the United States. 1t is a feast OF
a famine here. Under the law We cannot
work carriers more than eight hours con-
secutively In day. On steamer days you
have abundance of mail which taxes
the department to get out in anything like
good time. 1 am here to study the situa-
tion. We are going to make a start of the
free delivery system. 1t may be only a
modest start, but we will do what we can.
The department is very much interested in
Hawaii and we hope in time to have good
free delivery system in operation.
brought down with me fifty street letter
boxes, and l hope before 1 leave here,
which will he In about three weeks time,
to get everything running smoothly.
have a good deal to learn, for, as l said,
the situation here Is different from any
thing we have on the mainland. The car
riers are held down to doing no more than
eight hours work That regulation may be
obviated In time.
Il hope to have the mails separated in
San Francisco, so that shortly after the
arrival of the steamers with mail from the
coast we can put the carriers right out on
their routes. The way this will be done
will be to train men in the office here to
distribute mail according to the carriers
detail relating to the streets, numbers
names etc. When they are trained we will
probably send them to San Francisco
where they will make up the mails as I
have just stated.
THE use of foreign steamers for bringing
the mails to Honolulu does not allow Of
mail clerks being placed on them to dis
tribute mail as clerks do on railroads and
the mails would have to be distributed in
San Francisco, If at all.
81 have no idea yet as to who will be put
on the carriers force. l am authorized to
go ahead and do what is possible to start
the system without delay. / have been do
ing this work for about fourteen years and
I have never yet put In a free delivery
system that merchants and others In a
business field have not objected to. They
say they prefer Keeping their boxes but it
comes just the same. 1 see you have an
box You may not know it, but that Is dis
tinctly against the regulations. and will In
time, have to- be stopped. / know there
has been a congestion in the office here
and the department. has overlooked this on
account OF that fact.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
THE MATING PLANT.
Discovery of an Economic Weed I'm
North Carolina.

Discovery of an Economic Weed I'm
North Carolina.
From the Philadeiphia Times
Eugene Nesmith of Atlanta makes the
statement that within ten years a new in
dustry will be seen In North Carolina,
which will prove to be one of the most
profitable of the south. According to this
gentleman. the mating reed, pronounced
by experts to be Identical with that of
China, has been discovered growing in the
greatest profusion in the waters Of the
Trent and Neuse rivers, above Newberne,
N. c. He gives the importation of this
popular floor covering into the United
States from China as amounting to 300 OOO-
600 yards year, and pictures the .advan-
tages that will accrue from it's manufac-
ture at home, not the least of which is the
employment it will furnish to the negro
population. The process, he says, Is very
simple and inexpensive. requiring no skilled
labor.
1t is to be regretted that Mr.. Nesmith has
not been more explicit, both as to the char
acter of the reed and the qualifications of
the experts who have pronounced upon 1t.
A great variety Of vegetable substances are
utilized in the manufacture Of mating,
grasses, rushes, sedges. cocoanut fiber, palm
leaves, etc.
ordinary mating when he speaks Of China
mating, which is also called Canton mat
ting. This is manufactured in both India
and China from sedge, Cyperus (papyrus
corymbosus), which is q native of India 1t
IS a species Of the same genus to which
papyrus cCyperus papyrus) belongs. out of
which the ancient Egyptians and through
them the Greeks and Romans used to
make their writing paper. 1t Is now almost
extinct in Egypt.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
One Of Mans Oddities.
ON the Philadelphia Record. .

Il really believe that men who wear belts
become attached to them just as a man
does to an old pipe" said a Chestnut street
haberdasher yesterday. Haven't you ever
noticed fellows who are otherwise dressed
Immediately wearing old belts, soied ard
discOlored? One of my regular customers
came in this morning and informed me-,
with long face, that his wife had posi-
lively demanded that he discard the belt
he had been wearing for five or six sum
mers and buy a new one. / showed him
several, but he seemed dissatisfied. They
look so horribly new,' he said. Haven't
you got one that is a little shabby and
shopworn? 1 finally unearthed one that
had been knocking around for long time
He took this and put it on after having
crumpled it up as much as possible L
don't suppose you want this, / said, pick
ing up the old belt that he had discarded
Yes, l do he replied, quickly. He made
me wrap it up and he carried it away wit 4
him."
Evening star., 1901-09-21
English Pronunciation of Names.
From Harper's Magazine

EhSlish RECOMMENDATION OF NameS.
From Harpers Magazine.
The American who believes, as thousands
do, that to betray ones nationality is to
invite overcharging and extortion in the
West End shops of London, is not only
hard pressed to choose the peculiar words
many and as deep pitfalls to avoid in the
methods of pronunciation. l will not refer
to the false or ignorant methods of Hitter
ate persons, but will confine attention to
some eccentricities Gf pronunciation of gen.
tlemen and ladies of education, rank and
breeding. They say imme ejitly, injin for en-
gine, miitry, figger and figgers, clark for
clerk, paytent, newfoundland sc on
through a long list. The peculiaritIes of
their mode of prououncing their own names
OF families, places and things are not open
as they Please with their own. it Is hard
indeed. They pronounce Berkeley barclay,
Cowper is cooper, Cadogan is kerduggan,
Ralph is rafe in some shres, Craven is
sometimes craWveen. Derby is darby Leve-
son-Gower becomes loosun-gore, Hertford
is hartford and Albany is spoken so that
the first syllable shall rhyme with SHALL in
stead of with hall, with us. / hesitate
to say that Choimondeley is called CHUNKY
and that Beauchamp Is beecham, as every
one knows these eccentricities, yet they
are the most remarkable of all the liber-
ties the English take with their language
You must say Ba1mo-ral and Trafalgar
and you must chop the following names
very short: Ludget, Holm, South-u uk and
Merrybun, whenever you wish to say Lud-
gate, Holborn, Southwark and Marylebone
| have heard the prince call his own house
Mobrer House, though we call 1t Marlbor-
ough House
Evening star., 1901-09-21

healthier children are found. Their feet
are bare and. tanned from long exposure to
the weather: their clothing is scant, eX-
cept on Sundays when they go to mass.
Their hands are taught to labor at a ten
der age, and yet their faces bear the stamp
of health and their red cheeks are a rev.
elation to the tourist
He "AIwis Had Them"
where did you get those nice red cheeks
my little man?' asked traveller of a bare
footed, bareheaded lad of fourteen.
Cit thin! L niver got thin; l just alwis
had thin"
1t is reall pathetic to witness the sacrifices
the peasants make to give their children
some kind of an education. Although the
parents themselves may be illiterate, they
spare neither time nor money in ''givin' tn
childer good larnn'" Compulsory educa-
ton has lately been introduced. but it has
been found necessary to enforce the law
only in instances of absence from school be-
cause of an insufficiency of clothing for the
children. School Is over at o'clock, when
the boys must hurry home to work on the
farm, the girls meanwhile helping around
the home If the peat harvest has been a
success the donkey will be harnessed, and
one of the gossoons" sent to town to
find purchaser for load of turf. A school
boy returning after selling his turf is pic
tured above.
More than likely this boy has an old clay
pipe secreted about his person, and when
evening comes he will, no doubt. be found
lying behind a whitethorn bush with several
consiprators, whiting a piece Of ''thwist
tobacco, rolling 1t between his palms and
auarreling for the privilege of the first
'dhraw" The smoking Is done in secret
until the eventful day comes when his
father wipes his own clay 'dauber' on his
coat sleeve an asks him to take pull
The father will probably pass sly remarks
at the experienced way in which the lad
takes his supposedly first smoke: but there
is not the genuine ring in his voice-he was
a boy himself once, and he does not forget
Evening star., 1901-09-21
LITTLE PEAT MERCHANT.

Five, ten, fifteen. twenty were counted, and
still the procession continued. Then the
priest noticed that several of the faces
seemed familiar. He closed the back door.
and when eight little urchins had cfrcled
the house and leaped into the kitchen the
fraud was manifest.
''Well. Pat, that's neat trick" said the
priest.
''Troth, an yer riverince, it's no thrick at
all. wos anly givin We notion Of me in
tintions regardin' tn future!
Names Run Out.
At christening on another occasion 1t
is told that when the name Patrick En-
met" was repeated to the priest the latter
remarked: us not one Of the family al
ready called Emmett"
"Shure. aye. there is." said a bystander.
"But what matther. they've run out Of
names an have to begin over ag'i
The Irish boy has hard lot. but in
spite Of all Is the very essence Of fun and
mischief. He is exceedingly shy at first
acquaintance, but as soon as his reserve
has been partly forgotten he Is an inter-
esting little person. He will then tell you
all about the ''praty" crop, and the 'foine
CROWN weather it is, not forgetting to
lament the prevailing low prices for farm
produce and 9TH trouble me farther has
to git along" AS the acquaintance ripens
however. this line Of thought win be aban-
doned and the lad will tell, with glowing
eyes, of the "fshin' hole down there, with
the biggest reaches in it," point out 9TH
bog where tn bist turf cloddin' match was
liver seen, and recite with growing en-
thusiasm tn way Gus gossoons stole all tn
apples out Of ould kittys orchard
"Suppin' thu StirabOut.
Irish boys and girls are early risers.
Likely enough bofore their parents put In
an appearance in the kitchen the turf fire
will be blazing on the hearth. the oatmeal
"stirabout' boiling furiously in the little
skillet" the goats milked and every
thing ready for breakfast, except to wet
tn tay in tn brokn taypot." There Is
small ceremony connected with breakfast.
On stools and chairs the members of the
family sit around the kitchen "suppin' tn
stirabout." The oatmeal Is served on
plates. which are carried off and laid on
the corners of chairs or else balanced neat
ly on the ends of stools. The oatmeal is
followed by half cup of tea and a thick
slice OF baked flour bread. Dinner,
usually consists OF potatoes. buttermilk
and slice OF American bacon Tea and
bread come at o'clock, and IL the family
grows its own oats oatmeal Is again In
order before retiring for the night. The
food is wholesome, IL lacking in variety
and it il a question f IN all the world