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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-28
MAPLE SUGAR MAKING.
A Tribune Representative Explores
the Land of Sweetness.

Special TO the Scranton Tribune,
Factoryville, March 27.--About two
and one-h half miles east of this place,
and about one mile northeast of La
Plume lays what is perhaps one of
the largest and most modern equipped
maple sugar and syrup plantations in
Northeastern Pennsylvania. 1t covers
about ten acres of ground, and con-
tains six or seven hundred sugar trees
commonly called in the rural districts
hard maple, or sugar maple)
This beautiful grove is located on u
rolling piece of ground, and nature
certainly had great deal TO do with
the formation of the ground, as it is
naturally adapted for the work and
industry that is carried on there on
so large a scale.
The tract belongs to the late Clark
Sisson estate and is owned and oper-
ated by his son, George Sisson, of this
place AS the season is now on for the
manufacture of the palatable sweet
ness, it perhaps will not be untimely
to say a little something for the bene-
lit of the many readers Of The Tribune
in regard to the manufacture of maple
syrup. one of natures sweetest and
most paIatable luXuries.
Partially out OF curiosity and par
TALLY from an unresistable appetite, or
longing for a sup Of the warm syrup
as II is taken from the. eVdporatorS,
"A Tribune representative recently Vis-
tied the above plantation, and was
shown the different processes that the
sap passes through in order to make
it. into standard maple syrup. There
are no doubt Il great many people who
have not faint idea as to how the
delicious maple syrup that graccs their
table is obtained or manufactured.
There are six hundred trees in this
grove that are now tapped and in
opera ton. The tapping process is very
simple and consists of boring a half
inch hole into the tree about two
inches and driving in a small hollow
metal spile that just fits the hole, and
through which the sap oOzes out. The
pail, which generally holds ten or
twelve quarts, is hung on the spile, and
a cover put on To keep out the particles
| of dirt and rain water. The evapor-
| ating plant Is located about the center
| of the grove and is built on a slight
| slope of ground which gives the re-
auired elevation for the pipeing of the
| sap. This building is about 30 feet
| wide and - feet long and built low.
In this building is all the necessary APP
paratus for making maple syrup. First
| there is long tank which holds forty
| barrels of sap. Two men and a team
of horses are employed In gathering
| the sap from the trees, and as It il
| gathered, IL is placed in a stationary
| tank, on sled. which holds l25 gal
| Ions, and Is drawn to the evaporaling
| house, where it Is piped from this tank
through filter into the large tank in
! the building. From the large forty
| barrel tank II Il piped to the larg,
| evaporator, The evaDorator Is of the
| Williams patent, and is first class IN
every respect IL is equipped fol
burning coal or wood but wood il
generally used as it Is cheaper fuel
and plenty OF it on the ground
The evaporatos is three and ont'hal
feet wide and thirteen feet long, anC
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-28
THE PASSING THRoNG.

Mrs. John Brennan, of River street,
is critically i'll.
William Bate is around again after
a severe illness.
NJ j. COnnur, of North Main street.
is visiting in New York city.
Mrs. Frank DeVer, of River street,
who has been seriously III. is recover
ing
Miss Mamie brennan, of Belmont
street has recovered from her recent
illness.
Miss Kittie O'Ncill of Scranton, is
the guest Of Miss Annie Burke, on
Pike street.
Andrew Langdon, of Buffalo. y. Y.
formerly a resident here, is in town
on business.
II. w. Powderly aud J. G. Davis have
gone to Albany y. y, to work on the
Albany trestlc
Mrs. stephen lIolgatc of Belmont
street. is afflicted with severe attack
of rheumatism
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Ohumacht, Of
oak avenue. spent Tuesday with rela-
lives in Jermyn.
Miss Minnie Roesiger is confined to
her home on Wyoming street by an
attack of the grip.
Miss Rose Cornell. of Laurel street,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. r..
Thomas, Of Windsor
Mrs. J, +. Millard, of Belmont street,
is spending a week with friends at
Farno, Wayne county.
Miss Mary ConnaughtOn. of South
| Main street, has returned to Blooms
| burg state Normal school.
Miss Mary Brennan, of Brooklyn, y.
" is visiting her aunt, Mrs. T.. ..
| tOnuuT Of pOwderly street.
Miss Bessie Millard, of Belmont
| street, has returned from Elmira, y.
Y, whore she spent the winter with
| relatives
! Mrs. j. NJ. Stewart and Miss Hoys-
radt, of Salem avenue, left yesterday
/ for New York city to select their Eas.
| ter goods.
Miss Lizzie O'Grady, who has been
! in New York the past three weeks, Sc
| lrcting millinery Tor her Easter trade
| has returned home.
Andrew Mcchan, cX-seXtom of St
| Rose church, who has been very IN
/ with the grip. and was forced tn re-
sign his position because OF it, is re-
covering aud was in town yesterday.
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DAVID HOLMES SURPRISE.
Quaint Story Told by Tim Murphy
Blending Tears and Smiles.

Mr. Tim Murphy, supported by the
Sol Smith Russell company, In SOL
Smith Russcl's great play by Martha
Morton. "A Bachelors Romance" will
be at the Grand Opera house on Fri
day of this week. Mr. Murphy has
by honest art and opportunity come to
be one of the small but lovablc band
OF comedians who make us laugh and
in an instant, with a tender touch,
brings tears to unwilling eyes. This
is Il great gift, and those who have
made us familiar with 1t In the last
decade are going down the hill of time,
so that Mr.. Murphys rise is all the
more welcome. The role of David
Holmes in "a Bachelors Romance is
a strong character study. absolutely
free from Erotesducrie; wide in its
range of sweet sentiment quaint hui
NOR and suppressed emotions; really
impressive in the natural nobility and
artistic dclicacy of portrayal. 1t in
diCates better than any previous role
in Mr.. Murphy's career, his growth
ana broadening powers.
\ brand new production has been
furnished by Nr. Berger, one that Is
| said to be even more elaborate than
Mr.. Russel's.
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DEMoCRACY's FUTURE.
Not a Bright One in the Opinion o:
Colonel DENLY.

From the March Forum.
Among those who, for want of a bet
ter name, are called Gold Democrats
there is an immense tendency to write
either a biography Of or an epitaph
for, the Democratic party. The rule in
literature is that the first requisite for
the biographer Is that he should love
his subject. It is evident, therefore,
that the rcCalCitrant Democrat should
not undertake to write IA biography OF
his former party. The other rule, that
nothing but good should be said of
the dead, applies as strongly to the
writer's Of epitaphs. IT is therefore,
conclusive that the Gold Democrats
must be excluded from literary post
mOrtcm Of thn party. Mr.. Cleveland
has been drawn into this SiX-daY
tournament. and with his usual good
sense has enunCiated the apothegm
that "the rank and file ought to be
consulted" Undoubtedly this is the
foundamcntal principle of "A self-gov-
erning Democracy. In obedience TO
my own rules, ] shall not undertake to
offer any advice to my former COM
rades. because / voted Cor Mr., Nc
Kinley. | shall simply discourse a lit
tie as all men have the right to do,
on the conduct of future political cam-
paignS.
In the first place, it may be TO.
marked that vinegar catches no flies.
The high handed denunciation Of all
the Democrats who failed tn support
Mr. Bryan and their eternal exclusion
from the party, are only the clIarves'
cencr Of II temporary irritation. At the
worst. these sinners should only suffer
| the pains OF purgatory. Possibly, II
| they were to wash themselves nine
| times i'm the Wabash, they might bc
| taken back into the party. Testing
apart when the actual war is on re-
! cruits viii be sought anywhere and
welcomed, no matter when they come.
who can tell whether the old meh
| who were always Democrats until 1896
| viii want to enter the triuna portals
! of free silVerism, Populism and anti
| iniunCtiOnism" SOnc of them nave
| said already that the Republican party
| is good enough for them, and that they
! are tired of wild political theorizing,
| Tha difficulty is going To be for any
! party calling itself Democratic to win
away from their new love a class of
| people who, after u strenuous hight
| with themselves. have succeeded in
! breaking party ties, Party principl IS
| enunciatcd at national Democratic
| conventions must be greatly changed
before the confidence of great num-
bers of former Democrats can be Sc
| cured.
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has three compartments which are all
automatic. The first one is equipped
with an automatic regulator. which
admits continuous stream of sap to
run the evaporatOr at a certain point
at all times. This stream, which is
about a half inch, flows into cOmpart-
ment No. l. where it is heated in pass
| ing through. to certain temperature,
when it passes on into compartment
No. p Here it Is brought one step
nearer to the desired product, by boil
ing. tumbling and tossing about in
the pan by the extreme heat
AS ii gets to a certain degree in
compartment No. . it is forced auto
matically into compartment No. 3,
where it is finished as far as the large
cvapOrator brings it. Here it is drawn
off through a filter and cooled. When
cold it is placed into a finishing evap-
orator and cVapOratcd One-third, or
for every three gallons CweiGhing
eight pounds to the gallom put into the
finishing eVaporatOr, only two comes
out finished product, Weighing clev-
en- pounds per gallon.
1t is then tested with a saCharometcr
as to density, and placed into a tank,
| from which it is drawn off into cans
| and sealed, while boiling hot. After it
| is cold it is ready for market.
| The capacity of this plant is thirty
! barrels per day of sap. or about twen-
| ty gallons of syrup, Maple syrup made
in an evaporator is "A much clearer and
| purer product than that which is made
! by the old-fashioncd process, that of
! boiling in kettles or pans and is of a
| nlnth color "a
bcr \ trip to a maple syrup or sugar
camp is well worth taking, and one
will he amply paid for the trouble il
| C1nGpS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-28
CLARk'S GREEN.

Mrs. Sarah Boardman, of Dalton,was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. f. j.
Chapman, for several days this week.
Miss Bessie MullineX visited relatives
in Scranton and Carbondale over sun
day.
Miss Elsie Carey, of Taylor, is Wis
itlng her aunt and cousins, Mrs. Eliz-
abcth Wells and daughters, Carrie and
Mary Wells.
Miss Grace 4. Davis has been con-
fined to her home by sickness.
Mrs. q. II. Jones is reported seriously
i'll.
Judson Cope is spending "A short time
with his family here.
Miss Imogene Akerley was recently
elected a delegate to the grand coun-
ell of the Rebecca lodge of the Inde-
pendent Order of odd Fellows, which
convenes at Gettysburg in May next.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Potter and FAM
lily attended the funeral obsequies of
Mrs. Potter's father, Mr.. T. Il. Carr,
held on Tuesday afternoon in Scran-
ton.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church of this
charge was largely attended on Sun
day evening last. A special item of
note was that so many of the confer
ence officials responded at roll call. All
were present except two. Rev. NJ. $.
Godshall, who has done very efficient
work among his people here, was
asked to be retained.
Jay Richards has accepted a posi-
ton in the employ of Walter l.. Mat
thews. of this place.
NJ. II. Coon has broken ground for
fine stable on his creek lot, which
will be much appreciated for its great
convenience.
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Complain OF Bad Roads.

City Engineer Kupp received a COM
plant yesterday afternoon that Eighth
Avenue in tn vicinity of the Congre-
gational church was in bad shape as a
result Of the recent rXcayating by the
gas company. The curb at the corncr
at' Church street and Eighth avenue
ht,d sunk nearly half a foot. making a
dangerous crossing on account of the
umrcnness Of the ilagstone. The en-
Gineer acted upon the complaint at
orcc and sent Foreman Killcen around
to- soc what work was necessary to
remedy il. The gas company, after
LAYING its mains, had filled i'm with
frozen earth and tn" consequent set
Ting had made their job a rather
poor one.
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JERMYN AND MAYFlELD.

The furoral of the late Edward
Stubs was held this afternoon from
the home of &. l., Bell, of Bacon
street. Rri,t services We're conducted
at the house and Methodist church by
Rev. NJ, -. Fuller, assisted by the Rev.
Francis GonGali, of FeckVille. The
local Independent order Of odd Fell
lows. United Federation of Labor and
crystal Fire company, No. /, attends d
IL body. The flower bearers were
Edwin Mellow, JOhn Roche and VII
liam Graves; pail bearers, William
Nicholson, Alfred Grihlths, Judson
Wall, II. Swick, Theodore Spettigue
ana :. -. llils lnterment was made
in Shadysidc cemetery, where Mr. Full
lei paid "A high tribute to the deceased
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Handsome Mementos.

james j. German and Miss Mar
jorie Powderly yesterday received by
mail from Washington some handsome
memCntoeS of the recent inaugural
ceremonies They include a bronze
medallion, showing on one side the
head of Mckinley, and on the reverse
a representation Of the capitol; a vol
.ume entitled Inaugural Souvenir
printed Ou fine quality paper, the text
in large Gothic and portraits in fine
Steel cngravings, giving the picture
and biography of all the presidents.
BESIDES these are the official pro-
grammeS i'm full, tickets to the inaugu-
rell bgll, ana other interesting data Of
tlir grcqt event The packages We're
sent by the secretary Of the inaugural
committee, Mr. ]. NJ. Weller.
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OLYpHANT.

Nurl ON the narrow guage railroad from EIdS
Creek breaker to the new SHAFT which j. now
being sunk near jCrdaus dam, will be COM
mcnccd today Contractor James Cougllin, Of
Carbonate, will have charge oi the work
\ special meeting of the Excelsior Hose com
rgny will he held tonight. All members arc
requested TO be present ds important matters are
to be considered
The funeral OF John i. Couomn. who died in
Newark, y. j., was held yesterday morning at
~ O'Clock and WAS attended 10y large num-
Der ot friends and relatives Of the family, who
assembled at the house Of his parents on Dun
more street and viewed the remains. The cor
tcgc then proceeded TO St. Patrick'S church,
where a lcquion mass was celebrated by re,
John Ruddy, who also preached the funeral scr.
mon. During the service several appropriate Sc
lcctions were rendered by Robert Mccormack
and as the remains borne from the chutch
Mis- Anna Brown OMallcy sang Calvary Bu.
rial was made in the Catholic cemetery. The
plll.bcarors We're: NJ. J, LAWN, James LOTUS,
Thomas Philbin, T. !. Farrell, James Murphy
and VI. J. Curran.
The marriage OF Miss Maria II. Lewis and Da.
vid !. Davis took place at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr. aud Mrs. W. !. Lewis IN
Church street, Tuesday evening. The ceremony
was performed by Rev George Hague, pastor
| OF the susquehanna Street Baptist church. The
| bride was attended by Miss Lizzie Winston. Both
were attircd in becoming gowns Of grey cloth,
| with satin trimmings John Lewis was groomS
| man. Mr. and Mrs. Davis will reside at this
| place
Miss W. 4, O'Connor returned from New Yor,
| yesterday, where she had been purchasing her
| spring stock Of millinery,
| Misses Edith and Jeanette Evans and Mrs. l.
| H. Polhemus attended a meeting of tho Re
hckah lodge Of Odd Fellows at Archibald las,
| evening.
Mr.. David Elkins Of Jcrmyn, is visiting rola
| tiycs in town.
| 4. II. Mahon, Of Scranton was a visitor at this
| place Yesterday.
frame house, owned and occupied hy Mrs
| Patrick Mcmahon, ON Dunmorc street, was to
tally destroyed by fire last night. The blazt
! occurred shortly after 10 o'clock and the Excel
sor Hose company which responded, succccdoC
in condninc the flames to the Mcmahon house
though a ncighborng dwelling owned by Patrici
| Dempsey was badly scorohed The total los
amounts TO about 5000 The cause OF the HI
| is unknown.
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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TEURSDAY MARCH %, 1901.

A number OF people from out Of town
were present
Miss Annie McChrone, of South Main
street, was a Carbondalc visitor yes
terday.
The Delaware and Hudson colliery
will pay their employees here tomorrow
UTriday).
Mrs. Thomas Bray and daughter,
Edith. spent yesterday with Carbon
dale friends.
Mrs. Samuel Warner and Mrs. Ed
ward Bantield. Of Scranton spent yes.
terday with friends in town.
About ] o'clock yesterday morning
fire was discovered In Fred Young's
laundry establishment. An alarm of
fire was turned in. but the gong failed
to respond. There was considerable
excitement for a few moments, before
it was ouenched. The damage done
was slight. The fire was caused by al
over-hcatcd stove.
Edith. the little daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Seymour. Of Thirc
street, is i'll of pneumonia.
Benjamin Mcndelson. of Mayficld
left yesterday FOR New York city.
Mrs. james Carey. of South Mali
street, is dangerously i'll and he
| death Is hourly expected
| Miss Margaret quinn left ycsterda!
for New York city to select the sprint
| goods for Y. y. Stocker & Co.
Misses Alice Henwood, Annie Eil
kcr, Sarah quinn and Susie cure LEI
| Tuesday to resume their studies a
the Stroudsburg state Normal school.
John Stanton, of the East Side, wa
a Carbondale visitor yesterday.
Michael Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs
+. i. Coog8n attended the funeral o
the late Mrs. Roger MCGOWAN, O
| Scranton, Monday.
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GARNETs IN PENNSYLVANIA.
In Delaware County Are Two Guar
ries That Do Well
:. {. Hopkins, in Mines and Minerals.

Dr. T. G. Hopkins, in Mines and Minerals,
Garncts occur in large numbers in
the mica schists in many localities in
the southeastern counties Of Pennsyl-
Vania but i'm only one locality are they
mined i'm commercial quantities. Near
Chelsea in Delaware county are two
garnt tquaIIies both owned by a Brook
lyn party, but one has been leased to,
and is operated by, another party; the
product of both quarries is shipped to
the factory Of the owner in Brooklyn.
The garnetS are the common iron gar
net, and occur imprcgnating the mica
schist making approximately - per
cent. of the whole mass i'm the richer
portions, The individual Surnets vary
i'm size from those an inch or more
down to those a sixteenth of an inch
or less i'm diameter. There are no per-
feet crystals, although the gcnercl
form or outline of the crystal is gem
orally shown. The corners are rounded
and the crystals elongated, ilattened
or otherwise distorted. In the weather.
ed portions of the mother rock, the
crystals can be- very easily separated
from the inclosinG material, but in the
fresh rock they are so lirmly imbedded
that it is impossible To remove them
from the rock without tracturng them
one OF the quarries is operated In
open cuts the other i'm underground
drifts, The upper portion oi the rock
Is so much dlsintcgratei that much OF
the material can hc mined with picb
and shovel The fr.sher portions re-
quire blasting. The material is thrown
| In the washer which resembles the
| log washer used for cleaning ore, ano
| the heavier garrets are separated from
| the lighter rock material by the cur
| rent of water After washing the ma
| tcrial Is screened into ! sizes and ishlp
| ped to the factory where il is further
| crushed ana screened into many dir
| fercut sizes. It is used for making
| sandpapcr or garnet paper which L
| used extensively as an abrasive In tn,
! manufacture of boots and shoes an,
| less extensively i'm the wood-manut1C
| turing industry. II is found 10 b'
sharper and more lasting than quart
| sandpaper aud is frequently prclerrc,
to it, although IL costs much more. II
| superiority over quartz H. probably du
! to its ready cleavage by means o
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Tobacco Men to Dance.

CigafSnakers union, No. i39, will hold
its annual social in Watts hall on the
evening Of Easter Monday. April 5.
Excellent music will be provided ana
number Of new dances introduced,
among them the "Olivettc" waltz. the
u. L. g." two-stcp and the "KlOndikc"
quadrille. The following general COM
mitee ara hustling TO make the ar
rangements \. c. Houck, Charles
Myers. Charles Bowman, Nicholas
Knorr. Joseph Traynor, Albert Collins
ana George Lipp,
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| OiilGe:
| BURKE
! BUILDING
THE WATER RATES.
The Supreme Courts Decision Opens
tho Way for Discussion.

The decision Of the United states ST.
rremc court on Monday in the case OF
an appeal from the Supreme court of
the stat, Of Illinois, Implying, among
other things, that municipal bodies
have the right tu fix water rates, was
q fruitful theme of discussion in TINS
city yesterday, in view of the fact that
q bin is now before the councils for the
establshm of a municipal water
plant to cost $lij,000, in conformity
with the vote cast last November.
The agitation FOR municipal water
plant was due principally to the fact
that a great and growing discomfort
existed because of the alleged eNorhl-
tant charges of the Consolidated Water
Supply company, Of which j. j. Jcr-
myn is the president The agitation
begun early in the summer and fan,
extended until on election day 1t APP
Dcarcd tn hv the greatest issue. shad-
owing even the presidential vote. ana.
although the total number of electors
who recorded vote on the subject was
relatively small the majority in favor
of municipal ownership of the water
supply was overwhelming,
The matter was then allowed TO rest
until about two weeks ago, Wncu a
hall passed first and second readings
IN select and common councils proNlu-
Ing for issuing 1 per cont. bonds 70 ihe
amount OF Sl4j.00o Tn" bill came up
tn, following week, but was referred
back to committee, on th" claim that
it could not pass the present bodies
tor lack of time.
Now. the question is asked il muni-
cipal bodies have the right 10 fix water
rates and can alter the terms or any
contract entered into by the preceding
municipal body for longer term thah
that Of its organized CNiStC tCnc', Wher'
does the necessity arise for the city
going to the limit of debt-carrying
capacity in order To have water
plant? According to the comments
heard yesterday among the politicians
and citizens, the municipal authorizes
of this city can regulate and fix upon
a fair basis the water rates and thus
accomplish the same ends as would
br achieved 10y building a city water
plant. The decision of the United
states Supreme court comes ut most
opportune time for it will give pause
tc hurried action in this question oI
local interest.
The ordinance pending before ooun-
ellis has this provision, which VIII
make Il noticeable increase in tax
alton:
section For the purpose of pay
ing the principal and interest OF SAID
bonds there is hereby levied for the
Hear 1901, on all property taxable ior
city purposes, Il tax of four mills ON
the dollar of valuation, and every year
thereafter there shall BE- levied for Such
purpose a taN sufficient to pay the in
tcrest on said bonds and the principal
thereof as the same becomes due and
rayable. as enumerated above in this
ordinance"