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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
OBITUARY..

MRS. CHARLES KIEFER died yes
terdaN afternoon at > o'clock. She was
highly respected resident Of South
Scranton, and passed away at her resi-
denCe on Cedar avenue after five
weeks lingering illness, stomach
trouble being the direct cause Of her
dea tn. Deceased was 6S years Of age.
and was born in Bavaria, Germany,
and came to this country about half "A
century ago. She Is survived by the
following family: Her husband, four
sons. and two daughters, Mrs NJ. Hes
singer Mrs. Anna New, Charles. ir
John and Henry, of this city, and Will
lam Kiofer of Sioux Falls, South Da-
kota. The funeral announcement will
be published later,
MRS. DAVID f.. REILLY. aged a
years. died Saturday morning at her
residence, lOlI Stone avenue after a
brief illness. Deceased lived i'm South
Scranton all her life, and was we'll
liked by her numerous friends. Besides
her husband, she is survived by four
children Mrs. Joseph MCDermOtt, of
Brooklyn; Joseph, Gertrude and Lulu
Reilly, and one sister, Mrs. Daniel r.
Kelley, Of Wilkes Barre. The funeral
will take place Tuesday morning at Q
O'Clock. Services over the remains will
be held in St Johns church. Interment
will he made in the Cathedral Gene
terry.
MRS. BARTLEY HOBAN, of SCI
Pawnce street, North Scranton, died
Saturday morning, after several weeks
illness. She was - years of age and
very we'll known in this city. She is
survived by a husband, a sister, Mrs
Lawrence Lynch, and four daughters.
The latter are: Mrs. James j. IIagGer-
ty and Mrs. Patrick Farrell, both of
this city; Mrs. Joseph Mccarthy and
Mrs. Martin Hillewick. both of Phila-
delphia. The funeral will take place
at o'clock this morning. \ high
mass of requiem will be celebrated i'm
thH Holy Rosary church Interment in
Cathedral cemetery.
CHARLES FISCHER--Charlcs Fis-
cher, aged 6S years, died yesterday at
his cottage at Lake Sheridan, where h"
had been ailinG for some time The
deceased was for number of years
engaged i'm the grocery business on
LackaWanna avenue, but retired some
years ago. lie is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. j. g. Xurfueh, of 6i3
Clay avenue, with whom he had been
making his home. The remains vii! be
brought 10 this city today.
MRS. ELMER SLATER died Satur-
day morning, after a long illness. She
is survived by her husband and two
children. Grace dud Beatrice, and the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26

Thomas Eynon, of South Main ave-
nue.. an aged and respected resident,
who is spending the summer at Bar
ton, Vermont, met with painful acci-
dent few days ago by falling and
fracturing his shoulder.
Mr.. Eynon is so years of age and such
a severe shock at this time greatly un-
nerved him. His relatives here have
been informed that he is recovering as
rapidly as could be expected under the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26

While u party of men were enjoying
a clam bake on the West mountain
yesterday one of the number Charles
johnson, met with a peculiar accident.
lie and another man We're climbing a
tree using ice tongs to help them up.
The forward climber let his tongs
drop and they caught Johnson's hand,
decorating the flesh and sevcring two
arteries. The flow of blood was stop
ped as quickly as possible and a ply
sician was summoned who dressed the
in iury
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
Opening Of Washington Hall.

The new home of Camp rs, Patriotic
order Sons of America, recently com
pleted on North Main avenue, will be
formerly opened and dedicated next
Saturday. From s TO f. o'clock in the
morning the building will be open for
public inspection and at go O'Clock in
the afternoon the dedicatory services
will take place.
Th" committee In charge of the ar
ranEcmcnts has not yet completed the
progrommc, but it Will be announced
in due time. In the evening an enter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
MONKEY THEFT A JOKE.

Rv Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press, ,
New York. Aug. a. The monkey was Just
a duty little animal and She paid more attention
To- il than she did 10 me- and u,t borrowed it
and handed II 10 my friend, ftto Ruancs," said
Joaquin Cdllhcro in thc Fwchcld Jail today.
lie o., the Young Cuban charged by the rich
Havana beauty, Spnon Ro,alic Abrcu with hav-
ing STOLEN hur pct monkey from her cottage
Long Buurh y. H., two week. ago.
"NcN Thursday" said talthicro II will tst
my u1al with my friend Captain Ruanes He
is innocent he did not know that the monkey
was borrowed Il was not larceny, II was
what ,all ioke in Cuba"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26

roads, except Sir William Van Horne's
forty miles, have sent Governor Cen
cral Wood, through u. Castenada, Of
Havana, a protest against the proposed
revision of rates, pointing out that the
new cuban government will soon be
established and will probably desire to
deal with the question.
The Van Horne interests in construct
ing the new railroads in cuba have
reached full understanding with the
English people interested in regard to
the future working of the roads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
CHANCE FOR MRS. MAYBRIc...
Her Friends Hope to Gain Her Par
don After Coronation.

BY Exclusive NWc from The Associated Press,
London, Aug, 25,-Rencwcd efforts
are to be made to include Mrs. May
brick among the subjects of royal
clemency after the coronation. Friends
of the unfortunate woman are still full
of hope for her ultimate release, even
though they may never succeed in their
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
RoTELoNGER GIVES IN.
Only 1900 Shirt Waist Makers Now
Remain Idle.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press
,'cw Tc'k Aug, 25-It Was an
nOunced by the executive board of the
striking shirt waist girls today that
Max ROtelonEer the largest of the
manufacturers against whom strike
was ordered, had given in, granting all
the unions demands, and that his en-
plores would return 10 work tomor-
row,
or the 1000 who went on strike a
week ago only about | 500 are now out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
The HOMLIEST MAN IN SCRANTON

as well as the hanlsomcst, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and get
free trial bottle of Kemp's Bdlaam ior the
Throat and Lungs. remedy that is guaranteed
TO cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption, Price 2jc
ana 5Oc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Reba Thomas, librarian at the
West Side branch library, is i'll at her
home on South Lincoln avenue.
John X. Williams. of Academy street,
is spending a few days at Ocean Grove
Miss May Henry, of Philadelphia, is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
SPEAKEASIES
AGAIN RAIDED
JAMES MURTAUGH ARRESTED
TWICE IN TWO WEEKS.

Thomas Hastings, Another Old Of
fender, Was Fined $75-Anthony
Higgins and John Carson Also Ar
rested and Fined-Johnson Met
with a Peculiar Accident-Thomas
Eynon Has His Shoulder Frac-
tured - Opening of Washington
Hall-other News Notes and Per-
sonals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
CUBAN RAILROADS.
English Financiers Protest Against
Proposed Revision of Rates.

BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
London, Aug, 25--The English finan-
ciCrs who now own all the Cuban rail-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
WEST SCRANTON

tainment and social will be held. The
public will be cordially welcomed by
the members Of the camp at all of the
sessions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
Black TaffGta Silks

Best makes, pure dye, bright finish aud all silk.
The line is complete aud the reductions from regular
value figures sufficient make it worth while to
stretch point to buy during the continuance of this
timely, but unexpected sale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26
A Very Peculiar Accident.

Mr. powderly has been written to
about the matter
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

Grandma.
The first little girl comes to her side and
writes the name of some ingredient for the
chosen dish on the pad. She can write any
thing that is necessary TO preparethe chosen
dessert such as -four. butter, salt, lemon ex-
tract, ETC., but she must be careful not to
let the other little girls know what she has
written.
As soon as she has finished she returns to
her seat AID then Grandma folds over the
paper carefully, so that when the next girl
comes to write she cannot see which one
Of the cupboard stores was chosen by the
girl before her. Then the next girl advances
to Grandmas side and writes her choice on
the paper As she returns to her seat Grand
ma folds the paper over again and the next
girl comes up. This continues until all the
girls have written on the pad and resumed
their seats.
After all have finished Grandma unfolds
the paper and reads aloud what her grand
children have brought her from the cup
board This will in most cases be very
funny for there will almost always be two
or more who have CHOSEN the same thing,
and while Grandma has four portions Of
butter and five Of -four for her cake or pie,
she will not have any sugar, spice or eggs,
perhaps.
The object Is, of course, to select some In
gredient that none Of the others will think Of,
and the one nearest the head, or right-hand
end of the line who writes an ingredient
that no one else names becomes Grandma,
while the former one goes to the foot Of the
line. II more than one should have choices
Of Ingredients that none Of the others have
chosen. the one nearest the head is Grandma
first, while the other goes to the head
In case there is no one who chooses some
thing aone Of the others have named.
Grandma retains her position until one
sharper or luckier than the rest makes
correct choice
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
THE IRON WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE cAMEL's HUMP.

cal attractions was Camel with a straight
back. In fact, all camels had straight backs
at that time. Well, our tour through Zulu
land was a very disastrous one. They didn't
seem to care for circuses down there, and,
consequently, things went hard with the
Goo Coos. They cut down our rations
frightfuliy. and they paid us few and far
between. The poor Sacred Cow chewed her
cud until she was threatened with the lock
Jaw The Elephants trunk was all ragged
where he had chewed it. The Zebra had
licked the stripes off long ago. But the poor
Camel was the most deceived OF all.
'"They continually fed him on sawdust Tor
bran and when he had eaten enough saw
dust to supply a doll factory for five years
it commenced to tell on him. t1ou say
your brother must have eaten saWdust, LIT
tie One, and what makes you think that
Because he told on you, ehD You must
know that everything we eat goes to make
up our muscles and bones, but the sawdust
instead Of making bone, made boards ana
at last the poor Cancels back was one soma
niece of lumber And now comes the sequel
zone rainy night the Rocky Mountain
Goat, unable to Withstand the stngs OF
starvation any longer, deyoured the entire
canvas tent which sheltered the camel.
Consequently Lue poOI aAAA1i, Ah"piN ="
loosen its letters, had to stand in that pour
ing rain all night And when the circus
people got up the next morning and looked
at the camel they almost shook with fear.
The Cancels back was bumped up IKE an
arch. The rain had warped the timber IN
its back.
"Of course, the manager did not know how
to remedy the difficulty, and decided to ex-
hibit Mister Camel in the side show But
+l,o al fbpuuht differently, and
decided to bring the Cameis back to its
normal condition, if possible. They talked
over it quietly for some time and al last the
Lion promised to do the thing himself L
the others would follow him. So they all
followed the King of Beasts who went over
and unloosened the Camel, and told him to
also follow the crowd down to the shore.
On the shore they were building new pier.
"a few plledriyers stood about; and it was
to the nearest OF these clumsy structures
that the Lion led the way. When they
reached their destination the Lion whis-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY.

A little boy and girl were at opposite ends
Of long room, pretending to talk over
"make-believe" telephone
us this the doetor?' called the little girl.
at is, madam, It is" answered the little
boy.
"You had better come over at once and see
very sick lady am nursing" said the lit
tie girl,
"Aheml What is the trouble?" he asked,
and she replied "she swallowed whole
bottle Of ink"
VERY serious case" said the little doctor.
what have you done for herr"
II gave her two sheets Of blotting paper"
replied the ingenious little girl.
was 1t red or black inkf' inquired the
young physician. RED" replied the nurse.
Then" replied the doctor, "a plaster Of
white blotting paper on the solcs Of her feet
will cure her completely"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

pered something to the Ground Hog, who
quickly darted away. Then he turned to
his followers, saying: Fellow Quads, here
stands an arch erected to the memory of the
Sea Horse who ran II knots in 2:02. AS an
honor to him, let us walk beneath its grace
full heights and so saying the Lion, with
wink, led the way beneath the huge pile
driver. The others quickly followed, and
the poor warped-back Camel was the last
on the line. When he had reached about the
middle of the pledriver a grinding sound
was heard, and as, quick as a fash the large
iron weight which hammers the big logs
into the earth came down with dull thud
right onto the Cancels hump And 10! the
Transformation was certainly peculiar. The
center of the Cancels back was fat, where
the weight had buried itself, but on each
side of it there was big hump The little
Ground Hog had gnawed the rope at the
right time, and the weight had fattened
part of the back, but they could do no more,
for there wasn't an animal present who
could catch hold Of the rope to pull the
weight up again. So they decided to let
we'll enough alone and hurried off rejoicing"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

row but T won't This grass had grown
verv high. and at night when Google-l lay
down to sleep, of course, it felt SORT anu
comfortable to him, but when ne a"oAe
in the morning the long grass was ln-
voriablv entangIed with his longer WIS
rers and it caused good deal OF PAIN anu
+biro he decided to do was to cut the
grass. Accordingly, he took the sharpest
cIamshell he could find, got down on ms
knees. grabbed the high grass with one
hand and cut with the other, just the way
= horbar cuts boys hair. But Just as
he was getting along nicely the clamshel
Suddenly slipped and cut his finger. me
moor lingo Immediately jumped up, shouted
something. which, translated into RUSSIAN
sounded like ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
inskv." and then started out of his cave
for some dry leaves with which to poultice
the wound. He had hardly put his foot
outside the door, however, when he stepped
or TO cake of soap he had carelessly left
there a few minutes before, and he had
hardly time to count two when he was
rolling down lHS NH NAAth iva iiitN I'm
orinococoa. He spun like pinwheel and
landed with a terrific splash in the placid
waters. A lazy alligator, floating nearby,
hurried over to the spluttering jingler,
grabbed him by the loose folds of his toga
and pulled him up on the shore again.
"oh-bup- Nister-bdp, bup-Albertgator
.-bup,o gasped Google-I, the water drip
ming from every part of his body like
miniature cataract, chow can ever repay
ycu?"
Now, it happened that the Alligator knew
that Googie-I was known all over the jungle
as an animal story jibbler and this was
good opportunity to hear one of his prevari-
Gated yarns So the armored reptile re-
piled:
.svou can repay me, Google-I, by telling me
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

of the board.
Take the top and side Of the box that you
have removed and put them together as
strongly as you can by adding brace in the
angle they form, as in figure O.
Take an old leather boot and cut out four
strips, each three inches wide. Place the
cover on the box so that the rear edge Of
the cover is about half an inch away from
the back end of the box. Then nail the
strips Of leather at equal distances apart
one end on the end of the top and the other
end on the top of the back, SO as to make
hinges.
Now drive staple in the front end Of the
top, and fasten to 1t strong cord just long
enough to reach one foot beyond the top OF
the three-foot board, as IN figure 3.
Take a pieceFof wood -four inches long and
one inch thick and white the ends down
to fiat edge like a chisel or a screw-driver.
Tie the other end Of your cord firmly around
the middle of this, which is the trigger"
of your trap.
Take round stick IL inches long and a
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
AN ODD PIG PEN.

A Canadian farmer had on his land very
deep hole ~ inches wide, resulting from
an unsuccessful attempt to form an oil well.
-Four little pigs belonging to the farmer
tumbled into this hole, probably In search
Of food. and fell 45 feet to the bottom, where
a little cave had been formed by the caving
in of some sand from the sides. The farmer
dropped corn into the hole every day for
month. knowing the pigs were alive from
hearing contented grunts ascending from
below ground. At last he had the hole wild
ened, and descending by the aid of strong
rope, he rescued two plggies from their
strange prison. The other two were dead.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

In thIs time of the year, when the leaves
are off the trees and the air Is crisp and
keen. every boy wishes to be out with
gun If he has one. The game season is just
about to open, and, although many Of our
readers are too young to use a gun, and
many who are old enough do not own one.
all who live in the country can set traps,
and that is just as much fun. You can en-
joy yourself just as much as you would
hunting, and you will catch lot more game.
know all about 1t, for l have tried it. OF
course you have to learn to trap, but then
you have to learn to shoot. too, and shoot
ing at target is very different from shoot
ing at a rabbit running for his life or
squirrel going up tree like brown
shadow. The best thing about trapping is
that,by its aid you can catch the wild things
without hurting them, which is much less
cruel than shooting them, of course. Wild
cats, polecats, foxes, badgers, etc, are not
nice pets, but rabbits. squirrels and even
opossums, raccoons and woodchucks are.
and you can tame them and keep them for
a long time when you can catch them in this
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

way, whereas if you shot them you could
not keep them, of course, even If they did
not die for they would always be terribly
afraid of you. Altogether a box trap is one
of the best implements that boy can use
to crafty his sporting tastes, and here is
the way to make one
Get stout box about three feet long, two
feet wide and two feet high. Remove the
top and one end. The boards of which the
box is made should be thick enough, say one
inch, so that this will not weaken the box.
The open end Of the box will be the front
In the center of the other end bore hole
an inch in diameter, and be careful TO
smooth the edges of this hole on both sides
of the board so that they are quite rounded.
Take a piece of board three feet high.
three inches wide and one inch thick, and
nail 1t to the back Of the box with the lower
end three inches above the hole, so that
the board will extend two feet and three
inches above the top Of the box, as in fig
ure 1. Now cut a round notch in the top
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

little less than an inch thick and sharpen
one end to point This is your "bait
stick" Cut a shallow notch an inch from
the other end. Now your trap Is ready to
set
Put the 12-inch round stick through the
hole in the back Of your box Now cut
slice of apple and place 1t on the sharpened
end of the stick and your trap Is baited.
Now rest the cord on this notch on top Of the
footboard, and pull on the cord until the
trigger" will reach the "balt stick" This
will raise the front end and top Of the box.
Now put the end Of your trigger" under
the bottom Of the threefoot stick and catch
the other end In the notch in the end Of
your "balt stick" and your trap Is set. The
slightest jar on the bait will cause the trig-
ger to slip out Of the notch in the bait
stick. and then, Of course the cover will
fall at once, and whatever has touched the
bait viii be caught.
You must use your own judgment as to the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
WHY THE CAMEL HAS HUMPS ON HIS BACK
oof>e4=ss--3-.:@3e<
BY E. P. PITzER.

one of your Just how stories"
If that is all you want, I will gladly tell
you one; but first let us walk over to that
sunny spot, where can let my clothes dry,
and while they're drying I'll tell you How
the Camel Got the Twin Carbuncles on His
Back"
So they walked over to the spot indicated,
and when the lingo had spread his wet gar
ments on the sand he began:
"No doubt, Mr.. Albertgator, you have
heard of the Goo Goo Circus. OF course you
have, for it was known all over the world
and under it, too. Wei, among our zoologi-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

Now it happened, Little Ones, that on
the first day of May old Google-I decided
to clean his house, or cave, | should say,
and the wild dwellers of the jungle did not
venture near him, for they scented danger
and knew that the old lingo was in a very
unpleasant mood. And, Little Ones, when
you have grown up and live through
housekeeping season you will not blame
old Google-I for being mentally unbalanced
en- the occasion of which l speak.
To begin with, the floor of his cave was
nothing more than soil from which grew
velyety grass-Nature's own carpet, might
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
GRANDMA'S CUPBOARD.
A Recess Game for Little Girls.

Here is another recess game that can be
played in the schoolroom on days when II
it is too stormy or cold to go out into the
playground. All that are necessary are
pencil, pad of paper and as many little
girls as wish to play, although there should
be at least five for good game.
The game is called grandma cupboard"
and one of the players must be chosen to
be Grandma. She has the paper and pencil
and sits before the Others, who are arranged
in line. what dessert shall we have for
dinner?n asks Grandma. The first little girl
on the right-hand end of the line chooses
chocolate cake, lemon pie, cup custard, ice
cream or anything similar that comes Into
her head "Then you must all help bring me
things to put in it from my cupboard says
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
AGAINST THE
PHYSICIANS ADVICE

Poiiceman-Here you lazy tramp, get up
of the grass there and move on.
Tramp-Pm following my physicians ad-
vice He says l must sleep In the open air.
Policeman Well my prescription Is exer-
else in the open air; so move along
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

best place in which to set your trap and TIT
kind Of game you want to catch in 1t. II
you want to trap animals for their fur, in.
stead Of tanning them for pets, you can cap.
ture raccoons, mnks and 'possums by bait.
ing your trap with meat. To catch musk.
rats, set your trap by brook and bait II
with parsnips.