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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
THE BUTToN-BRUsH,
A Shrub With Sweet Scented Flow
ers in July.

In July and after. you still find in full
blossom one o fthe most curious and in
teiesting of all our towering shrubs--thc
button brush. This Is a plant growing
thicN along the borders of streams ami
deep sNamps, and in still bays and la
snons NJ lakes. 1t grows practically in
the water on tussocks built up of its own
roots, often covering acres of swamp.
tn" striking thing about tine plant is its
blossom: the single flowerets are masseh
together into perfectly spherical head
with mist of delicate, prntruding sta
s-the Lind of flower q Bohemian
Elass-fJowcr might invent in his sleep.
Thc separate flowers. white. though not
quito pure white, are slender. suggest
Ing III shape heneysuckle. These feath-
erT halls. often an inch and half in
diameter. are very sweet. especially to-
wards night, with a fragrance much like
that of the golden lily. All day they
swarm with butterflies. and after dark
the returning angler is met and guided
by wave after wave of sweetness. the
brtath Of some perfumed swamp.-Coun-
try Life in America
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12

| one on Sam, and happening that is
too good to be easily forgotten.
Upon this particular occasion Sam
had come rather early to town, and had
| been loafng about the store for an
hour or more. but his coming had, as
usual, not been unannounced. for the
double row of old-fashioned bells that
went clear round the old mare outside
of both shafts could be heard half a
mile away.
"Thats a mighty loud set Nv bells
that you hev got" said someone as
| Sam came in.
That's what they air." replied Sam
II don't want ennybody ter think that
l am going ter a funeral when I go by,
so l keep them bells on all winter.
wouldn't know how to ride without
'um. They air n heap of company down
through the woods where 1t is lone
some and kinder skeery at night--not
that there air ennything to be afraid
NV, but their janglin' kinder cheers q
feller No."
"Howdy, Mr.. Merrill; got emmy West
Ingy moasses?'
"Plenty Nv it," replied the grocer
with wink at Squire Nubbins, who
was seated by the stove reading a
paper that he had just taken from the
Office.
"An' how much air you a-gettln' fer
it nowadays?"
Sixty cents, Sam. Molasses has riz
terribly lately"
"Go long" replied Sam, II don't be-
lieve it, but I'll gin you hfty eff you
will warrant that there amt been no
niggers a-wadin' around in it, l wuz
rcadin' the other day how niggcrs
waded around in West Jngy molasses
until it warnt fit for a white man ter
eat no mOre'n nothn'.
"SeemsN ter me it looks kinder mig
gerry" said Sam, as he stood watching
the molasses trickle into the gallon
measure that the grocer had placed
under the faucet.
AN how much do you happen to he
givin' for maple sugar." asked Sam i'm
an abstracted way, as though the an
swer made no difference in the world
to him.
Ten cents, Sam" said the merchant,
"ten cents in trade and nine in cash"
wal, l ruther guess ! won't be a.
borin' holes inter my trees and a-lettn'
out their life blood for emmy such figure
as that, not this year" And Sam
SldlkcQ out ol the sure III IelSflPQ
wrath. but presently he returned with
a large box of maple sugar and set it
down upon the counter for Mr., Mer-
rill's inspection.
Break off hunk an taste on it,"
he said to the grocer, cordially, New
sap pan, buckets all painted this year,
an ev'rythlng as clean as a whistle;
you don't get such sugar as that ev'ry
day. 1t air genuine; no store sugar in
it,"
That's very good sugar, Sam" said
the grocer, "lll give you ten cents in
trade for it,"
mo, you won't" he replied, I'm feed
it ter the hogs fust, but you give me
twelve an it air yours, box an ALL"
"Well, seeing it is you, an good
sugar III do it," said Mr., Merrill,
winking at the Squire again. So the
sugar Was weighed out, the balance
struck between the purchasers and the
price of the sugar, and Sam, bundles in
hand, marched out of the store.
But no sooner Was he outside than
change came over his whole person, his
stern set features relaxed into broad
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12

- q LLcA arrived at New Or
leans on March g. 1855,
with two companies of
Spanish Infantry, COM
mandcd by Plernas. and
the superior Council, in
iucnced by Lafreniere. de-
I manded that he exhibit the
authority by which he claimed to take
possession OF the colony. In response,
tTlloa denied the authority Of the coun-
ell, declared 1t was a mere municipal
organization and asserted that he
would deal only with L'Abbadie's sue
cessor, Governor Aubry, as the repre-
sentative Of the king Of France. Up to
this time, Aubry had been writing to
the French court in support of the
popular protest against the cesson to
Spain, but from this time on lie acted
with Ulloa and against the Revolutions
lists. His attitude was that of
staunch French rOyalist deeply grieved
at the loss Of North America to France,
but unwilling to traverse in any way
what he knew to be the kings wishes.
Ulloa's own attitude was characteris-
tic. He saw that the discomfort was
great and increasing and he refused to
take formal possession until reinforce
if1ents had been sent from Spain to en-
able him to maintain himself. He gov
erned through Aubry. who as COM
,nander Of the French troops then in
Louisiana, used them as far as he
could to support Ulloa and the treaty
Of cession, against the Revolutionists.
1t does Ulloa Justice to say that he
was wholly UNIT to deal by the usual
Spanish methods with the conditions Of
revolt he found in the colony. He was
a man Of genius, a thinker. a philoso-
pher and scientist-perhaps the great
est Spain has produced. He had been
the correspondent Of Newton and of
Voltaire. He was a member OF the
leading learned societies of Europe, and
vas honored by all of them for his own
attainments. He founded the first cabl-
ent of natural history in Spain. and
the discovery of platinum is attributed
ia him. He made important expert
ments in electricity and magnetism.
encouraged the development Of en-
craving and printing, made improve
nents in the manufacture OF woollens.
and in astronomy and mathematics
rendered services which were recog-
nized and valued by the scientists of
his day. to such an extent that after
his expulsion from Louisiana. he was
an object of curiosity TO travellers in
Spain. much as Edison now Is to trav-
elers in America. Townsend, an Eng
lish travellers. who visited him in 1895.
found him a man of small stature. eX-
trcmely thin and bent, but full OF wit
and learning, sprightly in his CONVEX
sation and surrounded by litter of
books, trunks, chairs. fossils, mathc-
matical instruments. old umbrellas,
type, shells, American antiquities and
the other curious debris OF his work as
q scientist-amons which played the
children he had had by the young wife
whom, when more than sixty years OF
age. he had married at New Orleans,
while waiting to be expelled by the
He was highly edu-
Gated In navigation, but SO eccentric |
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
q s aEY
Sam Lothrop's S Finesse.

GAM LOTHROP'S team was hitcllcd
| under the shed at the Three Riv-
~ ers grocery, and Sam was in the
| store dickerins, There was no more
nistakng the team than there was
its owner, when once YOU had seen
either; both were original in the cX-
;rcme. Upon the day in question the
| auuipage consisted of straight, high
| backed sleigh and Sans old crcam-
colored mare. The back Of the sleigh
was so straight that it seemed to pitch
forward rather than backward, and it
WAS so high that even Sans fur cap
did not come up to the top of the back
when he was seated in this ancient
vehicle. If anyone remarked upon the
perpendicular tendency of this back
Sam would say, In his queer drawl:
Col durn it. what would you heV, en-
nyhow? I don't want folks ter think
l am a'lyin' in a bed when I 20 a-ridn'
out. Some NV these new-fangled sleighs
Is as pitchy back as a bed. Allus
makes me sick ter my stomach ter ride
in u.s."
"What's the matter with the old
mares tail?" someone would say.
why, she is scch durn swift trav-
cler that the hair all come out. 1t
tried ter keep up for a long time, but it
warn't no usc--it worn't no use, and
so it had ter come out"
Coming to town was quite an event
in SANS uneventful lifc and also an
interesting time for the grocer. When
that worthy saw this particular GUS
toner coming he would purse up his
mouth, mark up his goods and prepare
to dicker.
"Howdy, howdy, Mr.. Merrill" Sam
would say by way of prelude, IAN how
much air granulated sugar today"
Fourteen pounds for a dollar" the
grocer would reply.
TOO dear, too pesky source, for that
ere money"
"Well SAM" the grocer would say,
"sceing it is you, I will make it fifteen"
TOO durn source" Sam would reit-
crate, but you make it sixteen, an I'll
take some.
"All right, seeing it is YOU" Mr.. Mer-
rill would reply, and dollars worth
of sugar was weighed out. Sam al
ways tiptoed up and peeked over the
grocer's shoulder to see that the weight
was genuine and sometimes he would
take out a little sugar on the end of his
finger. "Ruther coarse grained, ruther
coarse grained" he would say, shaking
his head doubtfuly.
"Douby extra refined, and imported
all the way from Porterique,' the gro
Ger would reply. at which Sam was
satisfied.
So on down through Sans entire list
of purchases they would go-the grocer
defending and parrying, and Sam strik-
ing and thrusting.
TITS more work ter trade with Sam
than all the other customers that /
have got" the grocer said one day,
when that worthy passed out through
the door with his arms full of pur-
chases, land the funny part of it is
that he don't know the price of any
thing in the store, but he must hev
about so much of his consarned dicker-
ing, an l swow 1t is more work than ,
sawin' wood, 1t 'ud be just the same II
offered to give him somethin'-he
would still want me to throw off a
little"
The occasion of Sans great tinesse
was certain town meeting day, nearly
score of years ago, but the story is
still told upon the Town Hall steps as
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
Well Qualified.

Editor-"You say you want to manage
our circulation department.. What expert
ence have you hadg''
Major Applejaek. swell, sub, l made
out the election retuhns from ouah dis
triet In the black belt foh a number Of
,eahs, suh.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
THE ELECTRIC LIFT.
A New Device of Great Service in
Ship Building,

The recent tremendous growth OF the
American ship building industry is de-
scriGed 10y John II. Spears in the July
il usl?ated number Of the Out
look. Amcn.; tho most important new de-
vices Is tie ele ctric lift.
iha l'.ud,ni of materials in ship
yard IS, In way, like the handling OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
Suburban Life Revealed.

Artistic City Friend Visiting in swamp
hurst)--"Red splashes on blue back
ground. l never saw such artistic wall
paper.
Mr.. Lonely tot Swamphurst, Gloomlly)--
IT was originally plain blue-those red
splashes arc where I have killed mos
quitoes on it,"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
EXCERPTS FROM JUDGE"

The cabbage-leaf hat-lining,
From here to Samarcand,
Is like the hish-ball shining,
And simply owns the land.
And while the girl is pining
ON mountain and on strand
Tho Jcrscyman's cumming
Himself to beat the band.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
Should Keep Out of tho Draft.

First South American-"Ah. good after
noon, senior. Looks like a revolution"
Second South American-"yes I've
been predicting one for several days. Ny
rheumatism always bothers me Just be-
fore such changes"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12

A Queer Covering.
1t Was the first time that Dorothy had
seen horse with a ny-net on.
"Goodness" she exclaimed, that horse
is wearing holes tied together with
strings
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-12
The Season of Outing.

on for the mountains and sea, and off for
the sea and the mountains,
swiftly the crowd carcacoles, abeam with
excitement and pleasure,
Some lighting out for Sauedunk, and 9TH
ers for Pemigewasset
Caper and dance and cavort, care-fres as
the airy mosquito.
List to the boat as It blows it's whistle,
that scissors the wekin;
List to the chime and the shrek that
pop from the big locomotive;
Look at the baggage and dogs, and note
the loud squall of the babies,
Then In jiffy you'll know we've come
to the season of outing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
FED BY GOVERNMENT
Food Preseryative Test on a Scien-
: tifie Basis Begun at Wash
~: ington To-day.
Twelve Young Men Weighed In for
49, the observation-disclosures
Especially Interested.

From. zhs .Jossrnag Bureau. Roam Is. Pod
Ruiidtna. WasHinates.
Washington, Dee. 1.-The twelve young
men from the agricultural department.
who are to be fed by the government for
the next two or three months in order that
science may profit, were weighed in at the
office OF DR.. Fl. w. Wiley; chief Of the bu-
reau of chemistry, this morning. At noon
they ate the first meal In the basement Of
the bureau building where a kitchen and
dining room has been arranged. Plain,
substantial food stuffs were set before
them. 1t will be at least two weeks before
any preservatives will be fed the men,
| In the meantime each will be schooled in
the daily tests, that are to be made after
the feeding of preservatfevs and adulter-
ated foods begins. After each man had
been weighed he was handed thermo-
meter and it was explained to him that in
due time he would be required to take his
| temperature three times every day. There
will be other records for each man to keep
so that they will have a good deal to do
besides eat.
at the end Of two weeks. maybe
| sooner explained DR.. Wiley, 1.-THE men
| from my own bureau will have clear idea
Of what is expected Of them. and then I
shall take six men and form the first table
at which preseryatives will be fed. After
this table has been served with preserva-
| tives for two weeks the men will go back
| to plain food and the other six will take
their turn at the preservatives. 49,.
| mo; I haven't the slightest idea as to
how long it will take to demonstrate the
effects Of the foods we purpose to serve
The experiments will be kept>up until we
get results II IT takes six months"
| Manufacturers Of adulterated food stuffs
and makers Of preServatives are keenly in.
| terested In the experiments, for it is the
first time that an official inquiry on a sci
\ entinc basis has been undertaken. The
| meat packing establishments that use
4 borax as preservative are especially in.
\ terested. The object in conducting tn.
4 experiments Is to secure information thai
! will aid congress in framing a pure food
| bill. .-=r~ 80
| ....-.. w. w. Jermane
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
SENATOR NELSON'S VIEWS
Thinks Increased Consumption and
Not the Tariff Responsible :.
for High Prices. 49,. !. !.

IRON, re journal Brrsa.s, Rse,,a Ax. Psss
1uSld3ssa. Washtsatoss, .f:a St. -. -
Washington, Dec. LIN the Washing
ton Post and New York Times to-day
Senator Nelson is quoted as follows: Il
spent five weeks in the, campaign in my
state, appearing on the stump every day
and sometimes two or three times a day.
There is really no well-dedned demand for
tariff revision in Minnesota. Here and
there / found a number of business men
decidedly outspokcn on the subject, and
they had clear ideas Of what changes in
schedules they wanted, but as a rule there
was little discussion OF the tariff in the
campaign. Years ago, when was NOM
Der Of the house, the whole delegation
from our state, with the exception Of Gov
ernor Washburn, voted against tariff
bill because there was such an unmistak-
able protest from our people against rates
Of duty on a number of articles entering
into use on the farms. There is now a
strong hostility to the iron and steel
schedules Of the Dingley tariff. Farmers
think the prices Of wire and nails and
many things that they consume have gone
too high. am not sure that part Of the
cause for high prices lies in the fact tina:
consumption is ahead of production In
these things and that the duty has really
little to do with the advance. of prices
At any rate, the trouble has not gone sc
far as to produce any general demand fol
tariff revision. Our people are all pros.
pering and getting good prices for theil
stock and grain. I observed that Cover.
nor Lind, in his canvass in the Mime.
apolis district, began to talk about reci
procity with Canada, but the issue die
not last long and there was practically
no business In 1t. He soon dropped it ant
devoted himself to trusts. which occupied
his attention to the END Of the campaign
| - ~. -.-.1sy Z Wy. W. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
WHAT'S BEHIND It;
Is James ]. Hills Rate to Manila an
Attempt to Curry Govern
nent Favor?
Some Guessing BY Railroad Officials
as to What Merger President
Is After.

James ]. Hills offer to the government
Etotransport private soldiers from Chicago
to the Philippines at $35 per head, and
government supplies ON a minimum basis
Of 40 cents per leo pounds, or IS per ton,
Is looked on as. a. policy move" in local
railroad circles.
|, hTe rate is so low that even the ex-
cuse Of Atlantic competition Is not ac-
copied by the majority of the traffic ex-
perts. ~ "a =
Mr.. Hill has been trying to get hold Of
the government business In various ways.
The present move is locked upon az a
bold attempt to drive the war department
GUY @ the carrying business. BY putting
IN q 4o-cent minimum basis for a year or
so, even at q loss, the government might
De led to a point whereStt would sell it's
transports. g = : =
The Journal was Informed to-day
on the highest authority that Mr.. Hill
intends to use the Nosthern Pacific steam
snip sn &C COMPANY, through its ally, the Bos-
ton steamship company. The former has
a close working agreement with the lat-
ter. The Northern Pacific Steamship
company does not make direct sailinRs f,r
Manila, but the Boston Steamship com
pany sails direct from Seattle to Manila,
There would thus he Acknowledgement, oi
freight at Hongkong or any other port
Loaded at Chicago, the government ship
! ments would pass directly to Seattle
where the only rehandling would be re.
quired. - e. 2
Out Of this 40 cents per 100 pounds, the
Burlington would have to take its share
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern it,
| share. as the case might be, and finall,
| the steamship company. s-, -
The marvellous thing about It is thatsi,
vii lallow shipments Of goods to move
from Chicago to aMnila cheaper than do
nestle shipments can move from St Pal,
to Puget Sound. ; ~
The fact that Mr. >IIill can require thu
Northern Paciffcaand the Great Northern
to accept such q rate Is looked upon a.
good example Of active merger control
The opinion frankly passed to-day OF
I the Hill offer was that 1t was sop thrown
adroitly to the government to curry favor
Through such a rate the government
might save several millions of dollars an
j nt;ally ~ - -. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
A STORMY PASSAGE
American Line Steamer St. Louis
Shows It's Effects-One Life Lost.

New York, Dec. THE American line
steamer st. Louis arrived Ia port early to-
day from Southampton and Cherbourg,
one day late. after a stormy passage The
st. Louis left the channel with moderate
breezes, which later became whole gale
with violent squalls and a high, danger
GUS sea. The gales continued in violence
until Friday, when they fell. Among the
passengers were J. Allison Bowen, deputy
United States consul general at Paris,
and General Viljoen, formerly OF the
South African republic.
AS the st. Louis came into her dock
she showed the effects of the rough
weather. Her tunnels were salt -encrusted
where the spray hid been dashed against
them, and one OF the forward starboaiI
boats hung q wreck on the davits: others
ON the SEINE side were marked by dents
where the heavy seas. had struck them.
In the height OF the storm on Wednes-
day afternoon one seaman. Charles John
son, a Norwegian, was washed overheard
and lost. During almost all the trip the
captain was obliged to remain on the
bridge, and most of that time the officers
were dashed to supports to keep the seas
from carrying them away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
$l75,000 FOR MINNIE
Recommended by Secretary Shaw
for Public Works and Build
=. ..~ ing Expenditures.
Estimates of Sums Required in the
Indian Service and for Gov
ernment Enterprises. J.:

, Fycn. The Jour,ses Hursau. Rsen. IS, Fea
+. Washington, Dec. l.-secretary Shaw
has submitted the following estimates of
approximations for the fiscal year. ending
8 nns 80 1904, T. expenditure in the
.o 5n AZ or. interest to chippewa.
SUPPORT ct Sioux. ii .17s, fPeatte.
with Yankton Sioux. $45, OOo support Of CSipne
Mountain Chippewas. $4,000; SUPPORT Of Fort
berthold. n. p, $5o,00oi support : Of Desiis
Dakota s. 500; South Dakota, IS. &c.: indian in,
sane. asylum: Canton. s.. D.. equipment and main
tensnse $25: 900; surveying and .aliotina Sioux
cham NIB 3, $3.50; flandreau, ' s. D.,
$5s ;. e2e; III oEt Totem, p, $50 500 Hayward,
wf $ $2 xSo;: Morris; Min 1890; Pierre,
City. 8. D.. 1850; Tomah, wis, 81. 6i5. =
T. Public Works and Public Buildinrs-Aberdeen
s.. D., 5000; Atlantic, Iowa 1880; Barafoo.
Wis, III 250: Boone, Iowa, $25, 900; Burlington,
lowe. $4,000: Centervflle, Iowa, $3.50; Dead
wood, SD, $4,000; Eau Claire, Wis. $50 600;
Fergus Fails, Mimi. 1854. 900; Fond du Lac.
Green Bay, Wis. $a5. 900; Iowa City, Iowa, SIS.
600: Marshalltown, Iowa. 81, $50; Minneapolis
81 ,0O0:s ST.. Paul. $4,000; Nausau, wis. SIG.
800. saltwater, Mihn.,s 81, 900; Superior, WIS
Light Stations Duluth, keepers dwelling
$40 600; relief light vessel great lakes $40, 900
tender for st. MARY 8 river, $75,0ao; tender fol
Louis and Superior bay, $4,000; establishinr
lighthouse depot at or near Duluth, $14, 600; M
vey northern and northwestern lakcs $i76.o 600.
|s-+--'- -.r-F.. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
so. AMERICAN SANITATION
To Be Considered at a Meeting at
Washington This Week, =
eso Tor1 Sun SpectoI BetvSos

1Sos0 4of1 sun Sf7eotot Ses'0SO1 '' ~.
Washington. Dec. 1.-The sanitary OFF,
GERS of the several American republics and
other delegates will meet at washington
this week to consider the important sub
ject of the health of their peoples referred
to them by the recent Pan-American con-
ference at Mexico. It is proposed to sub
init for the adoption Of the American
nations uniform set of stringent rules,
which will practically boycott and block
ade cities that will not keep themselves
clean and observe modern and scientific
precautions to prevent the spread of con-
tagious diseases. For example, If the
port Of Panama, or the City of Santos,
Brazil, refuses to carry into effect the
regulations adopted by the conference,
no ships that sail from them will be per-
mitted to enter any other port, and health
officers at other ports will be authorized
to refuse. papers to ships that are bound
thither. This rule is to be applied not
only when disease is epidemic, but at all
times, to compel all cities exposed tc
contagious diseases to take ordinary pre-.
cautions. go