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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
DEGENERATE OYSTERS.
Visitor to West Indies Finds Some
Half Out of Their Shells.

Fromthe New York Tribune.
''In the West Indies" says II man
who has travelled much in out-of- the
way places, "the fish is the most de-
licious in the world. II has Il flavor in
tnitcly superior to that caught in
northern waters, or, at least, to the
fish which tlnds its way to city tables
But there is lacking one good gift. and
sometimes the stranger thinks that the
deficiency counterbalanceS all the ad-
vantages. There are no oysters to be
had, except as they come 10 some large
town in the New York steamer. My bus
mess took me far away from civiliza-
ton on one of my journeys to the ISL
ands, and was thoroughly sick of fish
and canned food. when one of the
negroes remarked that there was lot
of oysters in a creek not far away.
went after them with all haste. pic
turing the treat IN store for me.
THE negro explained that as AN en-
pertinent the government had stocked
the creek with oysters several years
bGfore--he could not say how many,
but ! gathered II must have been at
least twenty. We got 10 the creek
and found any quantity of oysters.
loul llcN were ot a. sort never dreamed
of at after-theater supper places in
n W York. One could recogn re the fact
that they were oysters, or had been,
but they had acquired peculiar and
unpleasant flavor. while their outward
appearance was curiously changed.
The shells had grown flat and the oys-
ters We're nearly squeezed out. They
We're plentiful enough. and seemed t.
, multiply, so that they are not likely
to cease changing, and I have often
wondered IL, in the course of few
more years. the oyster would not be
squeezed entirely out Of the shell, af-
fording q parallel TO the Australian
cherry. which has squeezed out the
stone SO that II is now on the outside.
An oyster with the shell on It's back
would be a sight to open the eyes Of a
Waldorf chez. but II the thing has hap
pened in the case OF the cherry why
not in the case of the oyster also? And
] am certain that saw the beginning
Of the process"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
This and That.

Dwarf signals will be put in service
today. governing east bound move
ments from span track TO track No
l. in train shed, Hoboken passenger
yard.
The Carnegie Steel company. Of
Pittsburg, Pa. has shipped 5000 tons
of eighty-two- pound steel rails. which
are TO be utilized by the Tehauntepec
National railway. Mexico.
The Montreal Rolling mills, of Mon
treal, Que, is to build a steel and pipe
mill in Cape Breton. The plant will
hAvr ah annual capacity Of 10000 tons
OF ripe. two-inch and above
l.ackawanna conductors have been
instructed hereafter, when reporting
derailments that occur at switches to
state in their T-2 whether Wharton
split or other kind of switch.
The National Tube company recent
ly shipped fifteen miles of 6-inch pipe
to Beaumont, Tex, from it's plants in
the Pittsburg district, to be used in
piping the oil from the big gusher
The National Steel company has let
contracts for increasing its rail mill at
Youngstown. o. The mill will be
heightened one hundred feet and a
new drill and Strengthening presses
added.
The Baldwin Locomotive works. OF
Philadelphia, Pa, has completed an or
der for ten locomotives for the Paris
Lyons and Mediterranean railroad and
for eight heavy freight engines for a
mining railroad in Spain.
Hereafter when Lackawanna con-
ductors in charge of way freight trains
between Scranton and Washington
have perlshable freight for Morris and
Essex points, they will wire superin-
tcndent at Hoboken and the agent at
Washington, stating class of freight.
and destination.
On and after Feb. /. the day ilagman
located just west of the Dodge breake-.
on the bloomsbury division. will he
taken off. The following will govern
the cross-over in connection with the
truck leading from the Kcyscr Valley,
between the Dodge breaker and Tay-
lor station. day and night: First-class
trains will reduce speed to twenty
miles per hour; all second class AMI
Irregular trains, yard and mine cn-
sines will stop before reaching the
cross-over and see that il is clear be-
fore proceeding.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Grand Trunk Engines.

Advires have been received at the
head offices of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way company, that the twelve simple
mogul freight locomotives now build
ing at the Brooks and Dickson COM
panies shops in the United States. will
he ready for delivery in about three
weeks. The engines are of the 900
class" similar to the moSuls built at
the company's Point st. Charles shops.
They were designed by Mr.. Frank w.
Morse. superintendent of motive power,
the dimensions being as follows:
Cylinders, 20 by % inches; total
weight of locomotive, loaded. 1886
pounds: total weight of tender, loaded
$4,000 pounds. with driving wheels
siXty-two inches i'm diameter outside
Of time; water capacity of tank. 4,500
United States gallons: coal capacity of
tender, 10000 pounds; working steam
pressure, 200 pounds. The boilers each
contain 2S3 tubes, two inches in diam
oter and eleven feet eleven inches in
length. The engines are equipped with
Westinghouse American brakes and
train signals.
The twelve engines mentioned in the
foregoing, together with the twenty
four OF the same series now being
completed ut Point St. Charles, will he
put into service on the western and
middle divisions of the system. where,
by the improvements made on the
roadoed, it is possible to increase the
trainloads from % to 33 per cent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
IN SOME CASES
A Single Package Of the Pyramid
Pile Cure Is sufficient to Cure.

This may seem a broad statement
when II Is remembered that few dis
eases are so obstinate to really cure as
piles; some physicians going so far
as to say that a painful surgical op-
Grafton Is the only permanent cure. but
the many and remarkable cures made
by the Pyramid Pile Cure In the past
few years have proven that surgical
operations are no longer necessary,
that it is, by far. the safest and most
reliable remedy yet discovered for this
common and often dangerous trouble.
The harmless acids and healing oils
contained in the Pyramid Pile Cure
cause the blood vessels to contract to
natural condition and the little tu-
mors are absorbed and the cure Is
made without pain. inconvenience or
detention from business.
DIR. Williams. a prominent orifcial
surgeon, says: ut Is the duty of every
surgeon to avoid an operation IL pos
sible to cure in any other way, and
after many trials with the Pyramid
Pile Cure ! unhesitatingly recommend
it In preference to an operation"
Mr.. Phil Owens. of So. Omaha, writes
that after suffering two years from an
aggravated case of itching and pro-
truding piles he was cured by single
90 cent package of the Pyramid Pile
Cure. purchased from a local druggist,
he says; ~ fully exected the trouble
would return, but am happy to say
for the past year and a half have
been entirely free from the disease and
| can not speak too warmly in favor
OF the Pyramid Pile Cure"
A bill clerk in one of the large
wholesale houses OF ST. Louis says:
MY occupation as billing clerk was so
confining and sedentary that II finally
brought on an aggravated attack OF
rectal trouble, which my physician d.
agnosed as itching and protruding
piles, and recommended "a salve which
he prepared and which gave me some
relief for q few hours after using and
then the trouble would come back as
bad as ever: one of the other clerks
advised me to try the Pyramid Pile
cure and now feel like thanking him
every day for recommending it, as a
single 30 cent package cured me and
7 have had no trace OF piles since
something over six months"
Hundreds of pile sufferers. who had
almost decided to undergo the pain and
danger of an operation have been as
tonished to find that the Pyramid Pile
Cure, which can be purchased at any
drug store, was far safer, better and
more effective than an operation could
possibly be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY.

In brilliant paper on the anticipated tri'
umphs OF electricity during the next fifty years,
T. G. Martin. in Success, declares that the farm
or, the chemist, the miner and the householder
will be among the chief benshciaries, while
railroads will discard steam for the third cleo
tric rail lie continues;
''OS course, We shall see by electricity. The
telescope is beautiful apparatus, but antiquated
in many respects II Is not unlikely that the
electric heater aud electric fan will be rivaed
by mechanism CREATING the sensations OF cool
ness and warmth more subtly. Electricity, while
abolishing many outworn methods and predeces'
sor. will. meanwhile, be refining upon itself.
II will obtain much Of its supply OF current di'
rcctly from fuel, without boiler, engine or dy'
namo. BY present methods, We get only about
nye per cent. from fuel, of the possible energy
in Il; and our best house lights have an eil'
cheney OF only about three per cent, There lie
two great problems for the twentieth century,
Electricity will, however, furnish economical
Goodnight lamps, in which no stick or flament
Of carbon consumes Il will transmit withou.
tangible circuits II will help to make the bal
loon as feasible and commonplace as the auto
mobile. But its nature bids fair to rest in
mystery"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Exceptions to the Report.

on behalf Of the Pennsylvania Coal
company. Erie and Wyoming Valley
Railroad company, Dunmore: Iron and
Steel company, Scranton Railway COM
pany, ST. Lukc's Episcopal church,
Sanderson 4. Cobb, +. NJ. Spencer,
Susan Spencer, A. ID. and f. NJ. Spen-
Ger, George w. Potter and George w.
Frost, exceptions We're yesterday flied
to the report of the viewers in the mat
ter Of the cost and expense of the con-
struction Of sewer in the Second
Sewer district of Dunmore.
Objection Is made to the viewers on
the ground that II. a. Zimmerman and
W. j. Jeffrey, two of the viewers, are
not disinterested, as required by law,
for the reason that they own property
on the line OF the sewer. The third
viewer w. +. OBrien, Is objected to
for the reason that he is not free
holder, and that before the view was
completed he gave up his residence
here and went to New York.
II Is alleged that the ordinance pro-
viding for the sewer was not legally
passed; that the district is improperly
described that the petition is not
signed by a majority OF the property
owners, as required by law; that the
construction Of the sewer would in
crease the indebtedness of the borough
beyond the limit prescribed by law;
that the assessment is not made ac-
cordng TO benefits; that the main
sewer in Pine Brook will become
choked and cause the adjacent prop
critics to become flooded; that the as
sessment of the Pennsylvania Coal
company and Scranton Railway COM
pany is inequitable for the reason that
the sewer does not pass anywhere near
their properties to make IL available
for use. The parties TO the exceptions
are represented by Attorneys Willard,
Warren & Knapp. I. III. Burns. James
Gardner Sanderson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Wants Bill of Particulars.

Court yesterday made an order di-
recting that bill OF particulars be
fled in the case of John Lentes. alder
man of the Eleventh ward. who is
indicted on a charge Of illegally TAX
ing fees from the county.
Attorney T.. G.. Newcomb, who repre-
sents Mr.. Lcntes. asked the court yes
terday morning 20 make an order re-
questing the district attorney to file a
bill of particulars setting forth speciti-
cally the charges alleged against the
accused. He said the indictment is not
specific and they do not know what
they will be expected 10 meet next
week. Upon this showing court made
the order asked for.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Double Track at Mayfield.

The crowded condition of the May
field yard, on the ontario ana Westcrn
railroad. necessitates the placing of
double tracks between Jelmyn anh
Mayfeld yard, in order 60 handle the
Increased amount of coal now being
shipped over that road.
Purchases OF land necessary FOR tho
Improvement are now being made, ana
the Carbondale yard limits will also
be extended for handling the increased
coal trade. Six miles Of new steel
rails are also being laid on the ontario
and Western in the vicinity of Car
hond1lc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Depue Wants a Divorce.

There was n hearing before Judge
r.. W. Archibald yesterday in the di-
vorce proceedings of Ringold Dcpue
against his Wife, Annie Dcpuo.
The testimony was to the effect that
Mrs. Depue and VI. J. Norton. of this
city. had gone TO Europe as man aud
wife and that they occupied thA same
apartments in a house in Philadelphia,
which had "a very evil name. Mrs.
Depua is not opposing the divorce pro-
CpelinCe
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Extracts from sheir Letters.

| n1uaCtS nom enou AetteJs.
Rev. w. N. Edwards, Baptist minister.
log Trinity Plaee. Buffalo. N. ". writes:
For over fifteen years the itching piles
have been source Of constant annoyance to
me, and frequently. too, the suffering has
become intense. At time, there was bleed.
ing and the itching and burning was beyond
endurance. The results have derived from
DR.. Chase's Ointment have been magical and
the benefits lasting. I feel 1t duty to fel.
low sufferers to recommend IL"
Rev. J. N. Van Natter. Methodist minis
tar. Albion, Wis. writes:
my wife was terribly afflicted with pro-
truding piles and contemplated a surgical
operation when her notice was drawn to DR..
Chase's Ointment, and less than one box
effected cure"
~ then used il for an unsightly and
troublesome skin affection, which had baffled
medical skill for twenty-five years. DR..
Chsse's Ointment thoroughly cured il. For
piles and skin disease it Is worth its weight
In gold"
Rev. J. A. Baldwin. Baptist minister.
Arizona, Ont. writes;
For over twenty years was great suf-
ferer from itching and protruding piles.
used many remedies and underwent three very
painful surgical operations, all without
obtaining any permanent benefit. When
about to give up In despair was told to use
DIR. Chase's Ointment and did so. finding
relief ut once. used three boxes, and am
entirely cured. The itching is all gone.
have advised others to use II. believing il
would cure them as II has me-"
Rev. Chas. Fish. Methodist minister. Ioa
Dunn avenue. Toronto. Ont, writes
Ten years ago eczema began on my ears
and spread over my head and hands. Dur.
ing that time l was great sufferer. tried
many remedies. and some Of the best physis
cisns--specialists on skin diseases-srested
me. The FIRST box OF DIR. Chase's Ointmsst
gave much relief and Ave boxes completely
cured the. think my cure . marvel. and
gladly recommend DR.. Chsss's Ointmsnt. ="
lust as good for every form Of skis
trouble. no matter how long standing. 50
cents box. all dealers or DR.. A. w. Chsss
Medicine Co.. Buffalo. n. fs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
MANY CASES
WENT OVER
ILLNESS OF ATTORNEY o'BRIEN
THE CAUSE.

Just Recovering from an Attack of
Grip-The Billiott Murder Case,
Coyne Perjury Case and Those
Against Maloney and McKenney
All Had to Be Continued-Number
Of Pleas Of Guilty Entered-Excep-
tions Filed to Report Of Viewers.
Court Notes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05

An appeal as 10 the assessment OF
Sanderson g. Robb was also taken yes
terday by Attorney James Gardner
Sanderson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
NEWS OF The
LABOR WORLD
Z. q. RUSSELL HAS ACCEPTED
POSITION.

He Will Be the Manager Of the Inter-
colonial Railroad of Canada-on-
tario and Western Is Laying a
Double Track Between Jermyn and
Mayfield-Grand Trunk Is Having
Many New Engines Built-Make-
UP of the D., L. & w. Board for
Today-other Notes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
Four Ministers
Tell od Magical Results Brought Abeu,
in Burning. Itching. Bleeding Skin
Troubles by Dr.. Chase's Oinsrsns.

DR.. Chase's Ointment draws more praise
from ministers. physicians and iawysss than
any other medicine Ia the world. Il 10 en-.
dorsed by every profession.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
D., L. & w. Board for Today.
Today's D., l.. & w. board is as fol.
lows:

MONDAY, FER. I.
Nild Cats, East--S D. IN, r. Naun.n; 10 p.
M, j.. Bush; IL r. m, J. J. Murray, witE G.
Bartholomew's men.
TUESDAY. FEB. ).
1850 a. rn., W. II. Castner; 3 a. M, A. II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05

All acute and chronic diseases OF men. 'yo.
men and children CHRONIC NERVOUS,
BRAIN AND WASTING DISEASES 4 SPEC.
bladder, skin, Blood, Nerves, Womb, Eye, Ear,
Nose, Throat. and Lungs, Cancers, Tumors,
Piles, Rupture. Goitrc, rheumatism, Asthma,
Catarrh. yaricoceie, Lost Manhood, Nightly
Emissions, all Female Diseases, Leucorrhoea, etc
Connorrhea, Syphilis, Blood Poison, Indiscre.
tion and youthful habits obliterated. Surgery.
TitI, Epilepsy. Tape and stomach Worms. CA.
TARRHozoNE, specific tor Catarrh Three
Office Consultation and examination free. or,
Ace hours daily and Sunday, a. IN. to 0
y. N
Or. DENSTEN
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-06

worn. The models that have been
shown for the present summer are of
unusual extravaganza both In the mat
ter of material and the mode in which
they are made. But to get the beauty
1t is not necessary to have the expense
as we'll OF course, the silk tea gown
deliberately trimmed with lace is lux
ury that but few women can afford,
though there are but few indeed who
do not like to see them, but there are
the less expensive French challies,
cashmeres, nuns yelling. and the pref
ty summer silks, and for extremely
warm days there are dimities. mus
Inns and lawns, all of which make up
into attractive garments of this va
riety. These are all trimmed with
more or less lace, velvet ribbon, satin
or taffeta
One of the sort of garments of the
tea gown order that the majority of
women like to look at, but that few
can buy, IL an elaborate affair made
of soft blue silk, and trimmed with an
elaborate design of lace insertion. The
gown is in gracefully hanging loose
folds IN both the front and back. which
In the back sweep out into a slight
train. -Four rows of lacs Insertion Is
around the skirt, with narrow ruffie
TO finish. Rows of insertion run up
and down the loose folds in front and
back The outline Of the figure is pre-
served by the clever arrangement Of
bands OF silk, which curve under the
arms, and are fastened with cut steel
buckles on 10 the Transparent lace
yoke. The hanging sleeves are closely
inserted with lace, and they fall away
at the elbow, revealing undersleeves
of lace and silk.
A tea gown that is more durable and
comes nearer being within the means
of every woman is of pink summer
silk, trimmed with lace and ribbon
velvet. 1t is made princess, with a
slight train. 1t has a square neck with
full front Of lace, and two narrow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-06
SATURDAY, JULY 6. 1901
THEY TRADED WIVES.
Queer Matrimonial Deal Reported
from the Far West.
Both Husbands Were willing and All
Four Lived Happily Together in
n kIOndike Cabin-Their Re-
turn to Civilization.

Mitchell Pickles, formerly of Ana
eonda, Mont, went into the Klondike
with his wife in 1898 aud so did j. f..
Seesholtz, Tacoma tailor. An four
have just returned, writes a New York
Sun correspondent from Tacoma,
Wash, but the former Mrs. Pickles
Is now Mrs. Seesholtz, and the tailor's
former wife is now Mrs. Pickles. The
men snapped wives In the Klondike
country, and seem very happy over
the exchange.
Seesholtz's first wife wasn't with
him on the first trip into the gold
country. He left her behind in his
tailor shop while he went north to
win a fortune, but she followed a
month or so later. On the trail the
tailor met the Pickelses and they
struck up a friendship. In Dawson
Seesholtz boarded with the Pickelses.
It wasn't long before Mrs. Pickles and
the tailor developed a strong affinity
Tor each other. They told Pickels
about it very frankly and Pickles
wasn't angry about it, either, so the
present Mrs. Seesholtz says.
he ordered that before anything was
done about it the tailor should send
Tor his wife, and he did. She came
and brought her four-year-old son
along. Friends of the couple say that
she rather took to heart the news
That her husband didn't want to live
with her any longer, but preferred
The wife of another. But that was
where Pickles came in. He liked Mrs
Seesholtz better than he had liked his
own wife, and after awhile she liked
him.
Then the swap was agreed on. 1t
Ehould be said that the first Mrs.
Pickles was about 40 and her hus-
band a few years younger. The
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-06

ssesholtzes were about 80. Mrs.
f7ckels was the controlling spirit, 40
sSrding to all accounts. She had a
way with her. When she was
thwarted she had habit of going
into Mysteries and then falling into
trance. Usually she had her way.
Both couples went through the
form of sending outside for divorces.
Ftckels sent to Montana and See
sholtz to Pennsylvania. When they
papers came in, as 1t is asserted they
aid without long delay, both couples
were remarked.
The former Mrs. Seesholtz waited
fwo months after the last wedding
efore she was united to Pickles
Then they, too, were married. The
four, so they admit, lived very hap
ply together in a Klondike cabin and
Shere were no hard feelings.
The only complications have arisen
sInce the four have returned fairly
prosperous to the localities where
they were known before the swap.
Many of their friends had not heard
about 1T and their surprise when
Mrs Pickles formerly Mrs Seesholtz)
introduced Mrs. SeeshoHz formerly
Mrs. Pickels) to them as my dear
tr1end, Mrs. Seesholtz," explaining at
HE same time that her own name
ssas now Pickles, is better imagined
shan described. Some of them did
aOs hesitate to express their opin-
Aons very freely.
But neither the Pickelses nor the
Ssesholtzes seemed to mind. They
haAde arrangements TO go into bust
Aess together and were about to
Gent a store for that purpose when
the restlessness of the gold hunter
again came upon Mr.. Pickles and q
sneek ego he returned to the Klon-
Rfsce. Mrs. Pickles went back to Ia
Soma, where she is working in a
sailor shop and awaiting her hus-
bands return. Mr.. and Mrs. Seesholtz
ere In the tailoring business in San
francisco. At present there is no
sign Of either couple again resortinR
10 the divorce court to free them
selves from marital ties.