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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-24
TEAS. coFFEEs AND SPICES.
F. E. Perkins.

Teas--Russian Caravan Tea 500 per
pound; Cey!on and India. So cents and 81;
Formosa Ooongs, 20. TO- 30 cents ana 81 %;
English Breakfast. 60 cents: Gunpowder.
50 cents; Young Hyson. 90 cents; ;apans.
30. 10. 50. 90. 10 and 50 cents; Appleton's
Tea So cents; o. and o., so cents; Ceylon
90 and 70 cents; Tetley's tea. 100; Welded
tea 81 IS; Gold Star ten. 90 cents.
Coffee-Privnte Growth Java, 70 cents;
Old Government Java. 35 cents; Mocha. 40
cents; Bourbon Java. 70 cents: Maricabo.
% cents; Golden Rio. Is cents: Cereal Cof-
fee and Carmel Cereal. 20 cents. 81. % peg
dozen Old Grist Mil Coffee. 70 cents, &2.a0
per dozen; Postum Cereal, q cents. c.75
per dozen: Grain-O Cereal. & cents. S2.75
per dozen; Father Kneipp's. Is cen's, N.oS
per dozen; New Era Coffee. Is cenLs, s2.7s
per dozen: Shredded Wheat Coffee. 70
cents, s.. 20 pei dozen: Dandelion Coffee. IL
cents; Malt Coffee. g cents: kaffeebroad
Coffee. IS cents: Borden's Extract Coffee,
4 cents: Coffee Essence. % cents: Gold
Star Coffee. 81 cents
Spices-shot Pepper. 10 cents per pound;
White Pepper. 20 cents: Cayenne Pepper.
20 cents: Java Cassia. 80 cents: Allspice. "
cents; Ginger, 80 cents; Gloves. 10 cents:
Nutmegs. $40; Mace. t.30: Mustard. 30
cents; Paprica. 10 cents; Mixed Spice. 70
cents: Curry Powder. 90 cents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-24

The following quotations are fur
nishcd by some of Burlngton's merchants:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-24
THE BURLINGTON MARKETS.
Local Retail Markets.
Burlington, July "a.
DAIRY PRODUCT


The following quotations are fur
nishcd by some of Burlington's merchants
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Dolan Brothers..
Dairy butter, % to % cents a pound;
creamery butter, 2S cents; plain cheese II
cents a pound; sage cheese. is cents
egss, ~ cents a dozen. Fancy cheese, 6,
cents to $1o0 each. according to size;
RoQuefort cheese. 30 cents a pound; Eng
fish dairy 80 cents; Edam, 20 cents to SO
each Neufchatel, cents package;
each. Milk cents quart; pure Jersey
Cheddar cheese, 30 cents pound Ameri-
can club house cheese 30 to 20 cents per
Jar; McLaren's Imperial cheese. 80 and &c
cents per jar; Switzcr cheese. Is cents a
pound: Philadelphia cream cheese. q cents
each. Milk cents a quart; pure Jersey
cream, 40 cents a quart.
FLOUR, SUGAR AND VEGETABLES.
c. A. Barber.
New st. Louis -four, s5.25 per barrel
Michgans best, s525; spring patents and
Minnesota patents, $3.50; Rye flour,
cts. u pound, Maple sugar, 10 cts, pound
Maple syrup, sl1o per gallon. Gran
Is pounds for 800; Coffee A.
cents; light brown. cents: loaf and
pulverized 8 cents; popcorn. 5 cents hi
curly lettuce, cents a head; ball lettuce
10 cents; new potatoes 40 cents peck; Gu.
cumbcrs, cents each; celery 4V
cents n bunch; canned vegetables are
quoted as follows: Corn. 10 to 10 cents;
tomatoes. 10 to Ii cents: eucco-
fash 10 to is cents; string beans. 10 TO q
cents: red kidney leans. 10 cents: peas.
10 to rs cents; French peas. 80 cents. as
paragus tips. y cents; tomatoes, 10 cents
pound: onions, cents a pound; new
cabbage. cents per pound: radlshes.
cents a bunch; wax beans. cents a. quart
green peas 81 cents peck; new boets,
cents a bunch; new carrots, cents a
bunch; caulifiower. 10 cents u pound: sum
mer squash 6 cents a pound; green corn
3S cents a dozen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
FINE SILK WOVEN FROM
THE WEBS OF SPIDERS

Then he studied and planned until at last he
genious.
lie has named IL the "guillotinc." This gull
lotine. however, Is not intended to cut the head
off the spider. II is simply sort OF straight
waistcoat, which holds the savage creature hrni-
", 80 that Il can neither lite nor wrigglo until
the glands have been dcnndcd Of their precious
contents Then the victim Is released without
damage to be cared for until the operation can
be repeated
Tho guiotinc consists Of frame divided into
any desired number OF little square compart-
incnts, each Just large enough to hold one spider
and permit free manipulation. At the bottom
OF each compartment are two small hinged doors
that swing toward each other. and each OF the
little doors has tiny scni.circular place Cnt
into it, exactly like the recess that Is cut into
the headpiece Of the guillotne TO receive the
neck of the victim. Thus when the little door:
are shut there remains a small hole that will
lust hold the thoiJx Of the spider firmly with
| out injuring it,
The spider is fastened in the guillotine IN suel
a manner that the head with She wicked law'
and the legs are outside, while the harmless abdo
men with the spinning glnnds is inside, whert
the operator can get at 1t with complete ease
Tho doors can he shut more or less tightly, ac
uording to the size OF the creatures. When the
frame Is full it Is stood on end. and the opera
tors touch gland with the noistened end Of 9
forefnger wonderfully fine thread adhcres
and as the finger is withdrawn very slowly ant
carefully the thread follows.
| This thread is pulled TO a pierced frame ant
drawn through one Of the fine holes Then an
other thread is drawn front another gland, n,it
the process is repeated until from twelve e
twenty.four have been so inserted in the rari
ous openings Of the frame. Then they are pulled
| together and united in one thread, which j.
wound on wheel in manner similar TO thu
process; used for the common silk obtained from
| the worms
| After the spiders hare been robbed of thei
silk they are taken out Of the guilotne carefully
and placed on mango trees, where they reouper
ate with remarkable quiokncss Usually ei9h
days of rest and feeding are enough to make then
| ready for repetition Of the guilotine expert
| encc, and the average spider OF this species il
so strong that it can bear the procedure repeated
| in such intervals four or five times. Then it fail
| suddenly to rcouperat, and its harder brcthrei
| do the rest by adding the invalid to the sub
sfstencc department Of the interior.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
THE "AMERICAN INVASION.' y


Editor of The Tribune
Sir: American oil to the extent of jO,0O0.0 900
gallons, is sent TO the far east every year.
English tobacco men feel the American com
petition SO keenly, that they have formed the
Imperial Tobacco company, with Il capital OF SI5,-
COO 600, OF which T2joo0,O00 is to be used Tor
fighting purposes.
The American Tobacco company now invading
England is also negotiating with the French gov
ernmcnt for the entire business of the French
tobacco regime.
The american INVASION is getting about as
warm for some slow old foggy European business
firms, as the reported temperature OF the sun
G,200 degrees ccntgradc. The opponents of our
successful protective policy struck the opposite
in their recent efforts to thinker with the tariff"
They were put in cold storage for an indefinite
period. Their SO called reciprocity convention
promptly resolved for protection.
The London Times says, "Ihc supposed heavy
balance of trade in favor OF the United States is
purely commercial balance That's just all we
clainl--a commercial balance on the right side
There is 10 room for quibbling over what the
figures mean-our system OF bookkeeping is all
right. We keep account OF what We buy, and
what we sell, and the balance is just 80 much in
our favor right along. Ii we fall off in one item
we make it np i'll another. There is no Sup
posed" about it. We deal only in clean cut
figures and the accuracy of our figuring is at
tested by our well filed government treasury
our constantly increasing bank resources our
busy factories, our well filled stores, and the
contentcd well fed look on the faces of our peo-
pie and the good clothes on their backs.
Can the London Times, any other paper,
point 10 similar conditions tnan Tor November
Wire, wire nails and pipe exports Tor Dcccn.-
her are 80 per cent greater than Tor November
The United States Export association. non
partisan business organization says: Zone Of the
chief obstacles 10 larger export business is the
lack of an American merchant marine. Every
ship is missionary OF trade, and steamship lines
work for tliGr countries just as railroad lines
work for their terminal points"
British exports during 1901 We're Sl,402jOO, 600,
a decrease OF $50, ,j00,O00. Imports amounted to
So ClO, 900 600, decrease oi only $ils0,OOO max.
balance OF trade OF 81 ,207 100000. Still the Lon
don Times contends that our continuous favorable
balance Of trade does not exist in fact.
Cuban customs revenues tr the eleven months
ending November 80, were Sli,3jj 900 against
81, ,j05 coo for 1900 and Sl33S, 900 for ls0s, The
duty on exports was abolished April |, 1901, The
customs revenues, exclusive OF export duties, were
$4,000 greater for 1901 than for 1900. Fair
progress.
The new factory at Manchester, England, of
the Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing COM
pany, costing S700O,OO0, was erected in year,
though English architects and contractors said it
could not he built in less than five years Amer
lean activity "gets there every time.
Very truly yours
Walter j, Ballard.
Schenectady y. V, Jan. 49,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

a GOOD DEAE of unnecessary
~ noise has rbeen made over the
a N reported fact that Mr.. Schwab.
president of the United States
Steel company, has been gambling at
Monte Carlo. Mr.. Schwab takes the
trouble to cable that the stories which
have appeared in the newspapers con-
cerning his exploits have been eXag-
gerated. This was we'll understood.
Monte Carlo has an enterprislns press
bureau, which could not afford to mis-,
the chance of making capital out of the
visit of the great American steel king.
Monte Carlo news is always tinctured
strongly with the advertising flavor.
The really interesting part of this
little episode is the conventional horror
with which many good and pious folk,
who, in their business transactions,
daily gamble as much as Schwab is al
legged to have done, hold up their hands
and eXclaim against the vicious eXam-
pie that Mr., SChwab has set before the
young. The fact that he went to an
out and out gambling den to do what
most of his critics do in Il furtive and
disguised manner, is made the basis of
homiletic literature calculated to inn
part the idea that to gamble is one of
the greatest crimes in the category.
1t is a foolish and often a vicious
practice, and those who indulge in it,
especially when young and callow, mer-
it admonition, reprobation and censure.
Yet the very qualities that go to make
successful gambler include many alb
solutely essential to success in the or
dinary pursuits of business; and where
, the gambling is conducted fairly ac-
cordins to the laws of chance, the Diff
ference between it and many of the
chances customary in business is main
ly distinction without a difference. II
Schwab acted as reported he certainly
acted foolishly and with scant regard
TO public opinion; but nothing is to
be gained by kicking up row about
1t and advertising il still further.
The SNUG hypocrisy which deluges
with cant everybody of prominence
who shows little human nature once
in while can easily be carried to an
extreme.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
ALWAYS BUSY.
1902 Money Saving Sale

Is now on. with every pair Of our
Feet and Health Saving Shoes you
get shoe sinner free.
400 pairs of Mems Double Soled.
Vici Kid and Box Calf Shoes. worth
S7.oo. Our 1902 Cash 4. IN
Price ............. j .FU
400 pairs Of Youths Vici Kid
patent tips, worth $i.oo. ~
Our 1907 Cash Price -. SUC
100 pairs OF Youths and Boys
LegginS, mixed lots, not all skies in
every lot, but the size you need in
some of the lots, worth ~
SI.a5 Our 1902 Cash Price QUO
100 pairs Of Mems Solid Tap Boots
all sizes, worth $r.5o to S.. So.
Our 1902 Cash N M
Price ;. .OO
100 pairs of Mems Solid Tapped
Soled Shoes, lace and Blucher,
worth $I.a5. Our 1907 ~
Cash Price. ............ OUC
100 pairs Ladies' Vici Kid button
and lace Shoes worth $I.oo to
Stag. Our 1907 Cash z-
Price %. -. I5C
400 pairs Misses and Children's
Vici Kid School Shoes, worth 75c
to $r.oo. Our 1909 Cash 20
Price. ................ CUk
Mixed lot Of Ladies' Dress and
Fancy Slippers, toe little bit mar
row, worth $i.oo 10 SLIGO. ro
Our 1909 Cash Price .... QUO
You can see by the above list that
very little cash is required to pur.
chase good reliable and honest foot.
ware.
Lewis & Reilly, wyoming ,1a;',%S Avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
The City Convention.

Y v NDER the presidency Of one
of the original advocates of
the ripper bill and through
resolutions reported by II
committee of his appointment the Re-
publican city convention yesterday de-
nounced the ripper act, the last legis-
lature and various other things. The
platform reads like an insurgent stump
speech, and its purpose is evidently to
put candidate Evan Norris in n hole.
He does not deserve this. He is u
good. clean, faithful and efficient pub
lie servant, thoroughly entitled to II
promotions; and in spite of the handi-
cap sought to be laid upon him by
Moir, Fellows, ct al, his friends should
rally to his standard, loyal Republican,
ism should assert itself and he should
be triumphantly elected. The office of
controller Is too important to be thrown
away and Evan Morris too good II man
to be sacrificed by such folly or treach-
cry as that of yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
Mr.. Carnegie's Contribution.

1t is related that on the last tour OF President
Mckinley in the South, Andrew Carnegie was i'll
the party, and all were asked to attend a negro
church in Thonasville, Ga, where a very fervid
negro minister oifciated
1t is said that whenever a lull came in the
services tile deacons took up collection, but
through hospitablc motives avoided passing Tie
box to the white visitors. The old pastor arose
al last and preached sermon that was at the
| same time eloquent, earnest and ridiculous.
preaching right at the white folks, and his de-
scription OF the poverty OF The church was 30
impressive that when the dcacons passed the
contribution boxes around for the third tine,
Mr.. Carnegie intercepted one and dropped $50
bill in the box
The old preacher counted their contents. When
he had finished he placed a handful OF small
change on one side and crisp grecnback on the
other. Clearing lis throat, hc said
"Brcdden, we has been greatly blessed by
dish yer contribution. We las heah TO- dollalls
an fo'ty cents; dat is good; an il dc $50 bill
put in by de white ge,nman wild de gray whskers
is also good we is blessed Il whole lot moah,'
ard he looked suspciously at The giver of IL
brarics and campaign funds-Dcs Moines Leader.
Carried His Point.
Quite number of congressman, including Bla-
kency, OF Maryland, have come into the house
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
For a rlachine That Will Fly.

TDY AN OFFER of prizes
amounting to 100000 the
- managers of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition hope to
stir up the dying machine inventors so
as to get them TO evolve for that occa-
sion an apparatus that will really n.y.
AS an additional incentive arrange
ments are being made for an aerial
tournament in which it is expected
that there will be more than 100 en-
tries, representing ten countries.
Thepurpose of this effort is obvious
ly commendablc; but We have little
confidence that it viii be productive of
important results. The inventive in-
genuits of the age has already ample
incentive TO spur it TO its best efforts
in this direction. The sum of 100000
divided into several prizes, is not cir
cnmstance to what the successful in
ventor would win in financial returns,
TO say nothing of fame and glory The
world Is waiting To crown the inventor
OF nyine machine that viii fy. He
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

can have anything he wants by merely
asking for it. Money viii be no object
whatever.
Nevertheless. we do not wish to be
understood as rejecting on the enter
prise Of the management of the 81.
Louis fair. 1t evidently understands
the art of advertising.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Controll,r--ENAN NORRIS.
Election February Is

If General Wood and the other
American representatives. in Cuba tell
the truth about that islands needs, and
no one hints that they do not, the thing
for congress to do is not to talk long
about granting some slight measure of
reciprocity ut II date to be decided in
the far future, but TO act.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

our pro-t3oer friends have doubtless
been spared several spasms by the am
nouneement that Ambassador White
law Reid will not be asked to kiss King
Edwards hand ut the coronation eXer-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

And Mr.. Schwab rises to remark that
he is not THE Man Who Broke the
Bank at Monte Carlo
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

would do if China should undertake to
retaliate by excluding Americans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

Mr.. Miller of $50 per cent. syndicate
per cent of his sentence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
OUTLINE STUDIES
OF HUMAN NATURE

on a very close margin of votes, says tho WASH
ington Post. group Of members were discuss
ing these narrow rnaiorties in the cloak room
recently, when the story of Byron Ritchie, who
used to represent the Toledo, o., district, was
recalled Ritchie got into congress by having
fourteen more votes than Lis opponent. Going
up to the white house one day, President Cleye-
land laugliingly joked with him about his tight
squeeze.
"But notwithstanding, at once replied Mr.
Ritchie, 81 get just much salary as any other
congressman. l have Just as much annoyance as
anybody else, and | am Just as much entitled to
consideration l want to know il you are going
to appoint the man l have endorsed for post
master OF Toledo, or are you going to name your
brother.in.law?"
Mr. Cleveland blnked his eyes at this unexpect-
cd reionder. Then he looked Ritchic squarely in
the face. 81 will appoint your man." was all he
said
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

In any event Signor Marconi has
demonstrated fine ability as am advance
agent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16

ure is realized elsewhere, and similar
organizations are being formed all over
the country"
This Dayton institution, very evil
IDENTIFY, is q parallel, IN many respects,
of the Citizens Alliance. or its use-
tulness. so long as it remains true to
the purposes of its birth, there can be
no question. For u time It's benevo-
lent Intentions may be misconstrued.
That is to be expected. The labor agl-
tators could not do less than to fight
by all the means OF misrepresentation
at their command an organization
which necessarily menaces their power
to make money out of manufactured
strife. But it is plain, In our judg-
ment that II large and growing pro-
portion of the real, substantial, think
ing class of worklngmen, those having
families and owning homes, are ripe
for an honest opportunity to get away
from the tyrunnical domination Of
many of the professional labor leaders
OF the day, and back on the good old
American basis of liberty and equal
rights. We have no doubt that the re-
action from labor union excuses will
spread until it brings into effect II
new type of labor union, in harmony
with law. order and constitutional
rights, and having as its motto, not
war, but peace. speed the day!
The slaughter of domestic animals
in some sections has been included in
the precautions taken to prevent the
spread of smallpos. This seems a wise
move, as it is undoubtedly true that
other diseases have often been dissem-
mated by domestic animals, especially
of the feline tribe. In fact the supply
of cats usually exceeds the demand in
most neighborhoods, disease or no dis
ease, and the efforts of the man behind
the gun are therefore generally appre-
ciated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
Interestine Horologues.

A very timely conversation was carried on
recently between hostess and fair young
guest. The hostess was entertaining the com.
pany with descriptions Of her trip abroad end
of the wonderful things she had seen. Among
other things she mentioned the clock at stras.
burg.
"Oh, yes" remarked the girl. 81 have heard
all about that; and did you see the watch on the
Rhine, too?"-Bcston Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
Carried His Point,

Quite number of congressman, including Bla
kency, OF Maryland, have come into the hous'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
FINLEY'S

Comes in lines Of new
evening shades and dark
colors,in various grades--just
the material for
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
Schwab and His Gambling.

a GOOD DEAE of unnecessary
~ noise has gbeen made over the
A N reported fact that Mr.. SchWab.
president of the United States
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

chairman. The reason for the change
in the NebraSkan's attitude is because
Taggart attended the Tilden Club din
ner and subsequently announced that
he would undertake the organization
of this state in the interest of Hill IS
candidacy for the presidency.
Mrs. j. w. Wiltfong and daughter,
Maud, came down from Chicago Sum
day night to spend their summer va
cation with friends living in and
around Plymouth. Miss Maude has
just graduated from the Marquette
Grammar school, of Chicago, with
honorable mention and came within
one per cent of getting class honors in
a class of SO. This speaks well tor an
other one of Plymouth'S laSSieS.
A Chicago lawyer who has been
collecting statistics of murder in that
city finds that during the last year
Ill persons we're committed to Jail
for that crime and four times as many
have been indicted for assault with
intent to kill. He thinks the habit
of carrying concealed weapons is
largely responsible for the frequency
of homicides. 1t is SO everywhere.
The Hon. Dudley H. Chase, judge
of the CasS circuit court for nearly
eighteen years, died suddenly at his
home in Logansport at $50 O'Clock
Tuesday evening, aged sixty-five.
Death is believed to have been due to
apoplexy, although there is an opinion
that a fall which he had on the street
Sunday evening, in which he suffered
slight injuries, had something to do
with it. An inquest probably will be
held tomorrow.