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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-18

mic is, in fact, more important than
finger technic. Pupils are at ori,e
made to understand that mind is the
great, the all-controlling power in
learning to play. Principles are taught;
positive facts presented. Not only the
mechanical but the musical faculty is
trained through the presentation of
principles.
The Virgil Claver is universally rec
osniZed as the most efficient aid in the
study of the piano, and is endorsed
by the worlds greatest piunsts and
teachers.
Miss Hardenbergh.
Miss Hardenbergh is well known AS
one of Scrantons most prominent and
successful teachers and musicians.
Her professional career as teacher be-
gan as the assistant of the wen known
concert artist and instructor, Mr. Karl
Schimptf with whom she studied for
several years, She further pursued
her studies under Edward Morris Bow
man, President of the American col
lese of Musicians; Dr.. Hugh \. Clarke,
of the University of PENNSYLVANIA; NIr
Charles II. Landon, and other promI
nent educators in music, with whom
she made an exhaustive study of the
Virgil and Mason methods for piano
forte in their relation to musical ef-
iecls and expressive playing Miss
Hardenbergh's pupils have met with
marked success as teachers; one hay
ing the present distinction of being as
slstant to Mr. Gilbert II, roombs, of
,lhe Broad Street Conservatory, Phla-
(deiphla' Miss llardenbergh is a mem
per of The Music Teachers National
association, Nice-Presdent for T.acka-
wanna county of the Pennsylvania
W usic Teachers State Association, and
wide acquaintance with the lead
educa tors of the day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-18

the most cultured families of the city,
and several of them have secured
scholarships In Philadelphia art
schools. TWO have received medals for
original drawings in New York, and
designs for silverware We're accepted
by Bostcn firm
outside OF her regular school work,
Miss Worthington has had charge of
the art classes in the schools of the
stitute. and the School Of the Lacka-
wanna, and received high testimonials
from the esteemed Mir. Walter \. Buell..
Four Scholarships.
The Tribune offers four scholarships
in the llHrdenbergh School of Music
and Art. Each Of these scholarships Is
uneXcelled in its class. The first Is one
years course of forty weeks, one hour
each week, private instruction in piano.
under Mr. sumner Saltcr valued at
5000. No . is one years course of forty
weeks, two onc-half hours each week,
private instruction in piano under Miss
Horde nbergh, valued ut Si2O. No. 3 Is
n one years course of forty weeks, two
hours each week. Instruction III piano
in the regular classes, under Miss
lIard"nbergh. valued at $50. Then there
is AN art scholarship OF forty weeks. i'm
any regular art course, under Miss
Hester A. Worthington. worth 500. This
makes the total value Of the four
Si6O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

way, and it was about half minute
before he replied.
"'No, sub, he said then.
81 was disappointed, of course, but
didn't want to turn the little chap away
after his anticipations of fishing trip
had been aroused, and l concluded tina t
he'd keep me from getting lonesome
out on the water, anyway.
$50 l picked up the oars myself,
pulled out to the point near some fish
ermen's stakes, where had fished the
day before, and started in to fish. They
didn't appear to bite very well that day,
though, and l rowed to another spot.
Not much luck in that place, either
you've got to get the tide just right
down there on the lower Potomac or
you can't entice fish with chocolate
creams-and so | yanked the clumsy,
old flat-bottomed skiff to still another
spot. My blistered hands were pretty
sore by this time, but was bound and
determined to get some fish one way or
from spot to spot for the greater part
of the afternoon.
Finally, when my arms ached pref
ty badly and my palms felt as if they
had had holes burnt in them with sui
phuric acid, made a spot where the
fish Just fell over themselves in their
efforts to grab my hook first l cor
rallied dozens of fine, nifty rock fish.
When the sun started to go down
said to the black boy, who was success
fully fishing himself up at the bow of
the skiff: One more and then enough
for the day
81 caught the zone more, got him off
my hook, pulled up the piece of scrap
iron that served for an anchor, and was
about to take the oar seat to pull for
the shore when I felt the skiff moving
1 looked around, and there was that
diminutive black boy seated in the oar
seat pulling the boat like a veteran
and l had been increasing the size of
those hand. blisters by rowing all the
afternoon.
look here, boy said sternly. to
the little darby. i thought you told
me before we started out that you
couldn't row?'S
He looked at me with vast amuse-
ment.
"'No. sub, All didn't mean that. suh,'
he said. 'Ah thought yo' all meant
could All roah-roah lax uh lion!'"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

at Dunkirk, which made no stops from
there to Buffalo.
There were many passengers in the
car, and nearly all were asleep.
Being very tired, I took seat,
leaned back and had just fallen into a
doze, when was awakened by the loud
chuckle of a rooster.
1.-The rooster strutted wonderingly
up the aisle until he came to large.
legs crossed, one knee as high as his
head and still asleep.
He took only one look and then flew
up, alighting on the conspicuous knee.
SAT this juncture everyone else in
the car became intensely interested,
and nearly all the passengers were on
their feet, anxious to see what the man
would do when he awoke.
1T needed only one more sound from
the rooster before the stout man
opened his eyes, and with a sudden
start backward he threw up his hands,
in establishment, while roars of laugh
ter came from every part of the car.
This excitement was too much for
the rooster, and with one jump he
flew up on the bell rope which sagged
down under his weight, and the Chi
cago express, laundering along at so
miles an hour, come to such a sudden
stop that many passengers were
thrown from their feet in a confused
muddle.
THE train had no more than came
to stop when an irate conductor came
hurriedly into the car and demanded
who had stopped the train.
by that time the owner of the
rooster had awakened, and, taking-in
the situation, reached up and gathered
in the wandering bird restoring him
to the bag from which he had escaped
and which contained two more fowls
that had not found their way out.
THE merriment was too great for
any sleep from there to Buffalo.
"A man from Chicago who stopped
at the hotel with me, said: L have
been travelling for 80 years, and that is
by far the funniest incident l ever
saw"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

was firm believer in destiny. No
amount of argument with his more
skeptical comrades could shake his be-
lief in the slightest, he Invariably clos
ing the controversies with the rather
illogical assertion that when a
mans last day comes, it comes"
One evening, when dressing prepare
tory to taking stroll in the jungle,
he was noticed by corporal, a per-
sistent opponent of the destiny
theory, to quietly slip revolver into
his pocket.
"Halloa!" shouted the corporal,
who saw chance of ridiculing the
sergeant. what are you taking the
revolver with you for? That won't
save you if your time has come"
"No." replied the sergeant, without
a moments hesitation; "but. you see,
1 may happen to run across Daeoit
whose last day has come"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
CUPID AND PROPHET.
This Story Proves That Sometimes
Both Are Blind.
SOOthsayer Wanted Wife with
Wooden LeE-When She Arrived
She Took Charge of Things
and Ruled the ROOst.

It has never been determined quite
satisfactorily thatfove is Blind Lovers
frequently are, but whether Mr.. Cupid
himself is or not depends on the way
he is viewed-whether he is consld-
cred a beneficent spirit or merely a
misunderstanding influence who isen-
tirely unconcerned whether he does
good things or not, just so he does
things.
Nemee Bronson's story sustains the
blind theory we'll, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Nemee lived in Waterbury, Conn. He
isskilled in fortune telling and has been
esteemed prophet with first, second,
third, and goodness knows how many
more sights" Now Nemee is a
prophet without honor inhis own coun-
try. And it is all because he could not
see his own finish. He could not-s see
what was coming to him when it was
big enough for other people to see it
ten miles off.
AS result Mr.. Bronson is now re-
GREETING the day he took chance with
Cupid. He was unable to lift the veil
and peer into his own future. When
it came to choosing wife he was as
blind as the blindest.
Several weeks ago Nemee became
lonesome and approached several of
his neighbors on the proposition of
securing one of their daughters as a
wife. None appeared enchanted with
the idea. All begged to be excused
from furnishing a daughter for seer
ess.
Failing in this search Nemee did
what men have done before him and
will do after him. He advertised for
a wife. He had peculiar ideas as to the
qualifications wife should have. He
wanted one who was wooden legged
Nemee himself has a wooden leg, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

out broom. His hair was gray and
his clothes had seen much wear.
There comes a man." continued
the policeman, land if that fellow
doesn't know I'm watching him 1 will
show you his game"
The old fellow with the broom got
exceedingly busy as the pedestrian
approached him. He swept the walk
back and forth in brisk fashion until
the passerby reached his side and
then quit work and caught the stran.
gers step, following him for 25 or 30
feet. The pedestrian was half in
clined to stop, but changed his mind.
and with a decisive nod of the head
hurried on.
DO you see through the trick" the
policeman asked. THAT fellows
broom is his disguise. He is an old
timer and l have watched him work
dozen times. He selects fashionable
residence districts of the city, begins
to sweep the walk in front of some
big apartment house, and when the
men and women come along he pours
his pitiful plea into their ears. If a
policeman happens to be watching
him and he is aware of the fact he
simply keeps on sweeping while pedes-
TRANS pass and then changes his loca-
ton. He certainly has an ingenious
brain and imagine the game pays
him pretty WE'LL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

of metal into his cage. The monkey
seized it and tried to chew it. The re-
suit was disastrous to his front teeth
which were broken off short.
AS the monkey is valuable speci-
men it was decided that the broken
teeth should be replaced. A dentist
who makes a speciality of caring for
the jaws of animals first took aplas-
ter of paris impression of Mr.
Dooley's" maXillaries, and had the
false set all ready for insertion. When
"Mr. Dooley" recovered his senses at
the end of half an hour he at first made
frantic efforts to pull out the strange
things that he felt in his mouth, but
he soon desisted when he found that
he could not bulge them, and he is
now reconciled.
The monkeys false teeth are much
like human teeth, but are made
sharper on the crowns in order to en-
able the baboon to crack nuts and
masticate all kinds of food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
what Alcohol Will Do.

1t is said that Peter Evans, who lives
in Indiana, holds the record for being
arrested more times within given Pc
Rod than any other man in the state.
Recently the state board of charities,
hearing ofBthe case, instituted an in
vestigation of the court records. 1t
showed that in IS years he was arrested
169 times for intoxica ton, 129 times of
which he was placed in Jail to sober
up. and 40 times he was tried and con-
victed. During the Is years he spent
42O days in Jail. The total cost to the
county for the period mentioned was
$685. 60. In his younger days he paid in
Vulnerable fines, aggregating large
amounts, but he has served sentences
from 10 to 20 days in Jail for the last
20 years at least. By his own request
he has recently become an inmate of
the county infirmary. At one time
Peter Evans was reputed to be worth
$4,000, all of which has slipped
through his fingers. He is IS years of
age,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
How a Little Colored Boy Fooled a
Washingtonian.
He PurposeIy Misinterpreted the
White Mans Words and Made
Him Do All the Rowing
Later On He Reared,

''The juvenile Afro-American mind
has pretty nearly as many kinks as the
wool on the Afro-American head" re-
marked man just back from his vaca-
ton to Washington Star reporter.
1--WE been spending three weeks down
near Wakefield, VT, loafing, fishing
and exploring the country so intimate
ly connected with the early days of
George Washington. l put in most of
my afternoons fishing for rock perch,
taylors and other lower Potomac in
habitants. The fishing was easy
just yanked the old fat-bottomed skiff
out to a point in the river that looked
good for fishing, threw my shrimp
baited hook overheard and hauled 'em
in pretty fast. No work al all connect
ed with fishing down there, except the
rowing. The first couple of days row.
ing blistered my hands pretty badly,
and l didn't feel very much like tack
ling the oars on the second day. Yet l
wanted to fish all the same. So start
ed for the river with the idea that l
might be able to pick up some darby
whom could engage to pull my skiff.
THE only individual of color that
met on my way to the river was an ex-
tremely diminutive and very black boy,
not much bigger than a pickaninny,
who was throwing rocks at a vacated
birds nest in roadside tree.
"'Want to go fishing, son?' I said to
the boy.
'Yessuh,' he replied, without any
hesitation.
"'Come along, them said I, and he
trudged along with me to the rivers
brink.
81 didn't think to ask him until we'd
reached the skiff whether he could row
or not.
"'Can you row, boy?' asked him, as
he followed me into the boat.
"He looked a. me in puzzled kind of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
THE ROTUND GROCER
He Was No Match for the Boys of
the Neighborhood.
Youngsters ConcOcted Scheme
Which Nearly Drove Him wild
and Was the Cause of Com
siderable Indignation.

a rotand German grocer who con-
ducts a store in the suburbs of Brook
Ign recently incurred the enmity of the
boys in that vicinity How the feud
started no one seems to know, but it
certainly engendered plenty of hard
feeling. At first the boys avenged their
supposed wrongs by jeers and occa-
slonal missiles. The police took a
hand and blocked that game. Then
they planned and carried out a revenge
which showed that Young America has
not lost its traditional ingenuity.
\ pool was formed, each boy contri-
buting all his pocket money. The
funds of the pool were invested in toy
balloons such as are sold by street IA
kris. The purchase being made at
wholesale rates a large supply of bal
looms was accumulated To each bal
loon was attached slip of paper which
stated that the finder would receive a
dollar on returning the balloon to the
grocer. One afternoon when the wind
was blowing in the Long Island direc-
ton the boys sent UP the balloons.
Then they awaited developments.
The first development came early the
next morning in the form of a husky
Long Island farmer, who stopped his
team in front of the grocery store,
marched in with captive toy balloon
and handed it to the German grocer
with the remark that he would like his
dollar. The grocer stared blankly.
For vhy?" he exclaimed, why should
] give you a dollar for dat? Do look
like a man dot wants a toy balloon al
ready? Vat fool you takes me for;
yes. no?"
The farmer showed the inscription
stating that dollar would be paid for
the balloon. He had returned it and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
WILD WESTERN BLUFF.
ers Made Seventy-Five Fill
pinOs Run Away.

What is regarded as one of the tall
est bluffs on record furnished Capt.
Edgar Russell, chief signal officer in
the Philippines during the insurrec-
ton, with story which he tells as an
example of western nerve.
"We were outside of Manila in some
little scrap" said the captain, land
about Is natives were lying in a trench
ahead of us, shooting away merrily,
but not hitting anybody. BY and by I
noticed a little disturbance in our
front. Presently four Montana troop
ers trotted out of our lines and started
straight for the Filipinos. Everybody
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

looked at them with wonder, and watt
ed to see them all killed. Bullets whis-
tied all around them, but they never
halted. Slowly, just at trot, they
logged on toward the enemy. The ma
tives fired and fired, but for some UNI
known reason did not hit. On and on
went the quartet, disdaining cover.
Sat last there was shout, and, to
our utter astonishment, we beheld the
IS Filipinos suddenly jump out of their
trenches and take to their heels in mad
flight. The nerve of the Montana
troopers was too much for them. When
they all had fed, throwing their rifles
away as they ran, the troopers came
back, their arms full of guns. That is
what the army has come to call Mon
tana bluff It's the sort of nerve that
lets man open jackpot on pair of
deuceS"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

wanted his money. Then the grocer's
wrath dubbed over.
Dem boys. Dem leedle loafers. Dey
makes all dis trouble. l will see der
chudge und ave dem to der prison
send''
But, says the New York Times, it was
only the beginning of his troubles. The
west wind had done thorough job and
scattered the balloons all over that
part of Long Island. Through the day
farmers, men who worked on the rail-
way and trolley lines, even tramps,
trudged into the grocery, proudly bear
ing toy balloons and insisting on a dol
lar each for returning them. All were
filled with Indignation at the grocer's
refusal And, to add insult to injury,
the boys responsible for the vexing of
his spirit clustered in little groups, up
and down the street, just out of reach,
and by their loud and unfeigned ex-
pressions of delight added to the ro-
tund grocer's misery.
Late in the afternoon the grocer ex-
planned his troubles to a friendly po-
IlcelildH anu dShcu III" inc ildJtSly VI
the law could be invoked to punish the
erring boys. The policeman, after hear
ing the facts, delivered his judgment
with the solemnity of a Solomon.
"If youse haven't paid out the money,
there's nothin' you can do. But if youse
pay the coin, them boys is bully of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses."
This cleared matters up for the puz-
zled grocer.
YAH he exclaimed in relieved
tones. Dat vas it. False bretenses.
Of course it vas false bretense to say
dot | pay a dollar for dem little bal
looms. Vat dey tink vas? A fool?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

Fiji island native, and even the police
blushed when the/woman was brought
from her cell for hearing. In
one of the bags three holes had been
cut, one for the head and one at each
corner for the arms. This was then
slipped over Ellen's head. In the other
bag two holes had been cut, one in
each corner. Her legs were slipped
through these holes and her raiment
was complete. When Magistrate
O'Brien saw this startling apparition
he promptly sent her home for more
proper garments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

he believes that congenial natures are
built on like plans. He also wanted one
who could "cuke eggs without petrify-
ing and fiapjacks without blistering."
Nemee is particular about his eggs
and fapjacks.
The other requirements were that
the wife should not be above 60 years
of age and that she should have curly
hair. 1t was further specified that she
should be such woman as would
"reciprocate even failing affection. y
Several women answered, but when
they left after their first interview
with the fortune teller they never re-
turned, and it was concluded that they
had failed to fill the bill. Three weeks
ago candidate loomed up in Sioux
Falls, S. D., in the person of Mrs. Anna
Grange.
II have the requisite legs and hair, -
she wrote, land l would not object to
husband if he was just moderate in
temper and wouldn't expect too much.
l have four children, but Ben and May
can farm in any place where work
would keep ahead of eating expenses"
Before Nemee had time to answer
the letter Mrs. Granger and her family
appeared. Nemee was inclined to pro-
test at first. She was an evident ringer.
She did not even have the wooden leg.
But Mrs. Grange is woman cf strong
purposes. She told the fortune-teller
that she had come all the way from
South Dakota to answer his advertise
ment and she did not propose to let
a little thing like wooden leg or the
lack of one prevent her from getting
a husband. She had to have some re-
turn for her car fare, she said.
Nemee, being unable to read his own
future in this respect, was won over
by these arguments and they were mar
ried. Then his troubles began and the
whole neighborhood has been watch
ing the downfall of the prophet. Dur
ing the first week of their honeymoon
Mrs. Bronson forced her husband to
sleep out in the front yard Then she
divided the property between herself
and her children and told the prophet
he would have to find lodgings outside
the house. Nemee finally was reduced
to sleeping in hollow tree, where
he was guarded by his dog. Then he
disappeared and his neighbors fear
that his failure to see what was coming
to him so worked on his mind that he
has committed suicide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
COFFEE BAG DRESS.
Queer Raiment of a Woman Often e r
Makes n Philadelphia MaGis-
trate Blush

Magistrate O'Brien, of Philadelphia,
Pa, one of the most dignified of the
minor judiciary, was more than
shocked at the Ninth district police
station the other day when a woman
was brought out in raiment that was
more than deshabille. Her garments
consisted of two coffee bags, cut la
Filipino.
The woman was Ellen Reed, who
was found the night before lying in
the gutter in a drenching rain. She
was taken to the station house, where
the matron kindly undressed her, but
had no dry clothing for her. A search
through the station house resulted in
the production of two empty bags as
the only pieces of clothing fit for a
woman to wear. The matron con-
cocted from the two bags tailor
made suit that would startle even
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
TRICKS OF BEGGARS.
One Chicago Mendicant Uses Broom
to Mislead Policemen Who
May BE Watching. L

"Beggars are the smoothest people
on earth,' said North side police
man, standing on the corner in the
shade of tall fiat building the other
afternoon, to a Chicago Tribune re-
porter. Just watch that fellow
across the street. He looks like
janitor or laboring man, doesn't he?
Well, he is beggar, and mighty
crafty one, too"
The person indicated was apparent
ly busting off the sidewalk in front Of
an apartment house with an old, worn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
BABOON'S FALSE TEETE.
"Mr. DOOley," Who Lost His Own in
Trying to Eat an Iron Bar, Fit
ted with New Set,

"Mr. Dooley has new set of front
teeth. He is an Asiatic baboon in the
geological garden in Philadelphia,
and, as his name indicates, is phil
osopher. When dentist went poking
about in his jaws the other day he did
not howl, but faced the ordeal with
stoicism. One reason of this may have
been that he had dose of ether be-
fore the operation.
Mr.. Dooley" was not philosophical
enough to know iron from gum when
a mischevious boy handed small bar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
ROOSTER STOPS TRAIN.
An Incident That Everybody Enjoyed
Except the Conductor Who
Was Indignant.

Funnier things happen in real life
than the mind of man ever conceives.
"A story comes from Dunkirk, on the
Lake Shore railroad, about rooster
holding up an express train, that is
full of the genuine spirit of fun.
1t is told by Prof. George Z. Powell,
director of the agricultural school at
Briarcliff, N. Y, who is one of the best
known lecturers and agriculturists in
that part of the country.
He tells it as follows:
Il boarded fast Chicago express