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The age-herald., 1902-04-27
When Religion Failed.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 A Wyncote man has little fox terrier who, like Marys little lamb. has habit of following him everywhere. It followed him to church last Sunday and three times was elected. Nothing daunted, 1t made fourth attempt, and this time effected an entrance through the side door whence 1t mede its way to its masters pew Just then the minister began to pray, and thinking that a favorable moment for action, while the heads of the congregation were lowered, the man grasped the dog by the back of the neck and marched down the aisle. Half way to the door the animal let out a howl that startled the congregation and nearly broke up the services. In the rear of the church were several cadets from the Cheltenham Military Academy and when the owner of the dog re-enter- ed, very red in the face, one of them whispered: What did you do with him?' Kicked hell-I mean I kicked the stuff fin out of him. replied the pillar of the church.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

A little more than a year ago MT. car negie gave the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, in Alabama. $2O, OOO for 8 library building. This building is to be dedicated April 29, on which day the party of distinguished men and wo- men who are south this year as guests of Mr. Robert c. ogden, of New York. attending the meeting of the Southern Education Society at Athens, Georgia, ard to visit various schools is to be at Tuskegee
 In style of architecture the Tuskegee Carnegie Library suggests the stately colonial buildings of the South. It is 90 by 110 feet on the foundation, two stories high. The entrance is surmounted by a broad portico whose broad Ionic columns rise to the full height of the building.
 The plans for the library were drawn and the work of building superintended
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
Ruth Cleveland and the Senator.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 It will be remembered that for some time after the birth of little Ruth Cleve- land, when her father was President, it was rumored that she was deaf mute. Nothing could have been more unjust or unkind. The rumors grew out of the dis pleasure of those who resented the with drawal of the child from the White House grounds, where she was annoyed by sightseers. Gen Wade Hampton was fond of telling an incident which entirely refutes the charge. One day he had been to see the President After leaving the room he was waiting in the hall for the elevator reserved for the Presidents own use. In a few minutes little Ruth and her nurse came along He went up and spoke to her. She was hardly years old then-a mere baby. "I talked to her." said General Hampton, until the ele- vator came in sight Then she raised her little hand, pointed her little finger and said Go now Afterward I laughed and. told the President she evidently caught the words from him when he was tired of some persistent office-seeker."
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
Crackers.

"It may not be generally known that Birmingham is a great cracker center" said a man engaged in the manufacture of biscuits crackers and cakes. Tt is next to Atlanta in supplying the South with crackers. Our production is ship ped to all parts of Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
 The two local factories use about 60 barrels of flour day, to say nothing of the business of the trust It is note worthy fact that notwithstanding the advance in four and lard the price of crackers has not gone up. There has been little or no change in cracker quo- tations in the past twelve years. This is accounted for in the economies that manufacturers have gradually introduced into their operations.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
Growth of Birminuhg m.

People who have not been in Bir- mingham recently" says the Falan- town Herald, "cannot imagine the marvellous growth and development of that section. Everything is booming. Buildings are being erected every where, every one is busy, every mer- chant is rushed, every industry is pushed to it's utmost capacity. A steel skyscraper is being erected, and every room in it has been leased. Another one will be erected, and rooms in 1t are being leased in advance at fancy prices. Rents for all sorts of build ings are high, while prices of lots or buildings are out of sight. Birming- ham is the best town in the South"
 And yet there is no boom here. No one considers that prices are unduly high, because all are beginning to see what this district will be when the Warrior is opened. All that has been accomplished is but a foretaste of what is to be when our coal, coke, iron, steel and big machinery can be barged to the sea at about forty cents ton. The coal product of the dis trict will then be quickly doubled, and this alone means a great groth.
 In the two years that have elapsed since the census was taken Jefferson County has, as all close observers know, easily passed Shelby County, Tennessee, and it is now headed to- wards Orleans Parish, its sole rival in the South. The race between the two for first honor in the next census will be very close.
 If Shelby County doubts that it has been reached and passed it should study the figures of new buildings erected in this county since the cen sus was taken, mostly homes. Nine teen hundred houses were erected in 1901, and at least twenty-five hundred were and will be erected in the last six months of 1902-a total of about 4500. These buildings are usually crowded on account of conditions in this county, and no good observer will say that seven persons to house is an over-estimate in this county. Here is a gain of over 3O,0OO people, giving Jefferson County lead over Shelby County of fully 10000 people, There are 17O,000 people in Jefferson County today
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
GIRLS, PLEASE DON'T

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Twist your face in a way to produce wrinkles.
 Presume upon the generosity of your men friends.
 Assume that your way is sure to be always acceptable.
 Carry your train so as to make it ap- pear like corkscrew.
 Think that continual chattering makes you appear entertaining.
 Thump on the piano keys as if you had a spite against them.
 Tell your girl friends the business con- fidences given you by men.
 Talk to men as if you knew the dif- ference in taste of the various wines. Gush over a man simply to cause an- other girl to think you own him.
 Think it shows good breeding to order expensive dishes and then only mince over them.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
State Committees Power.

Perhaps the fiimsiest excuse against primaries is that the State Committee has no power to order State pri- mary, when sixty-six county commit tees will order this year, regardless of previous action, county primaries. These county primaries will not only select candidates for county and leg islative offices, but they will also se- lect by direct votes delegates to a State convention, if one is to be held. In a few counties the people may be cheated out of this right of selecting by direct vote etate delegates. but in nearly all of then. they will not be.
 If the county committee has the
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
AMONG MY BOOKS.

By Robert Southey. My days among the Dead are passed;
 Around me I behold.
 Where'er these casual eyes are cast
 The mighty minds of old; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them take delight in veal,
 And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel
 How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead, witl
 them
 I live in 1ong-past years, Their virtues love. their faults condemn Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lesson seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. My hopes are with the Dead, anon
 My place with them will be, And with them shall travel on
 Through all Futurity; Yet leaving here name, I trust. That will not perish in the du.f
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
Worldly Church Members.

Speaking of the effort that is made from time to time by certain members Of the North Methodist church to have general conference remove the restric- ticns of tho church from theatre going, card playing and dancing. l have oh- served that when men accumulate wealth their children, if they have any, naturally acquire the habits of fashion, ale society and fashionable society is always in evidence at the playhouse, the dance and the card table," said prom inent layman who is not a stranger to places of amusement.
 My father, who was a good old-time Methodist, thought it was sinful for a church member to touch card or go to the theatre. He was brought up that way. But never could see any harm in looking at a good play or in spending an hour or two now and then with members of my family or with friends over game of whist Still, am not disposed to criti- cize the authorities of the church for re- fusing to remove the restrictions. They | are wise and good men, and doubtless know what is lest for the general run of | tho AditJs AhS tlhlO VIII SSAAAS' AAO'S'~As . when all Christians, poor as well as rich, will enjoy wholesome plays and non gambling games of cards. The tendency Is rapidly that way.
 q once asked a Methodist minister what he thought of so-called worldly amusements. He replied that while he stood by the church In its deliverances against worldliness, he could imagine the time was not far distant when such de- liverances would be dead letters. It seemed to be absolutely impossible, he said, to keep down theatre-going and dancing in fashionable circles. Metho- dists used to be plain people, but today in large cities they form great part of upper tendom.
 Wealth and culture have certainly made a change, but this change has not swept away the spiritual life of the church. Take good Episcopalians, good Catholics and good Israelites. They have always had liberal ideas about theatre going and card playing, and yet this fact does not seem to have impaired tile spir- itual life of these people. But as said at the start, our church guides no doubt know what is best for the common run of Christians
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When a man has politics on the brain he has nothing in 1t.
 It takes a big man to forgive the acts against him of little man.
 The stone wall against which we fool ishly bang our silly heads we call Fate.
 Understanding a woman's mind is as easy as understanding something that doesn't exist.
 Som etimes seizing the horns of a dilem- ma is as satisfactory as seizing knife in your ribs.
 Even when the cook hasn't discharged the woman of the house, you've got to be afraid of her or she will
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

by MT. R. R. Taylor, the School Direc- tor of Industries. Practically all the work from basement to roof was done by the students as rart of their indus trial education, under the oversight of the schools teachers in the various in dustrial departments. Students dug out the foundation, made the bricks and laid them, did the carpcntery work and fin- ishing. put on the roof, installed the electric lighting fixtures and the steam hestlng apparatus, and made the library and reading room furniture.
 Tuskegee has a library of about 10000 volumes, which, with the reading rooms has hitherto been obliged to occupy cramped and inconverient quarters in an old wooden house which was at one time Principal Booker T. Washmgton's resi- dence.
 Che has only to see the students crowd
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Great Soprano.

''Music lovers should not fair to hear Mrs. Bauer of St. Louis sing. Sunday night at Temple Emanuel" said music critic yesterday q heard her at the temple last Tuesday and not often have listened to so fine an artist. Mrs. Bauer is indeed a great soprano
 Miss Clifford. the soprano soleist of the last festival proved herself to be high class artist, but she did not come up to Mrs. Bauer. This cultured vocalist is heard in the Catholic cathedral and the leeding synagogue of St. Louis. and I have been told tl,at she never fails to play upon the heart strings of the vast congregations that assemble in those temples Of worship
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
IN CALHOUN COUNTY.
IA Piedmont Inquirer.

From the Piedmont Inquirer.
 A primary In this county will be equiv aient to an election, and every white man is willing to participate In the pri- mary and abide its result We fear, however that a few would be dictators are doing their very best to prevent this result. Some political bosses like the prophet ''are not without honor save in their own country"
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

these rooms to realize how much they needed larger accommodations and now much good they will get out of them. The new library will afford ample room for all, and for an increase in the num- Der and scope of books which Is very de- sirable. Even of the books on hand now many have been used until they are practically worn out.
 On the first floor of the library the cen tral part will contain a stock room. of- fees, and two large light reading rooms for newspapers and magazines. On the second floor there is en ample assembly room and lecture hall which will seat 225 persons, three study rooms for per- sons using special collections of books, a stack room. and 8 large museum for the keeping of apparatus and collections used by the academic department of the school.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
PRIMARIES IN oPELIKA.

From the Opelika Post.
 It is safe to say that the people of the state are in favor of a primary, and if the committee acts In accordance with their wishes it will declare in favor of a Democratic primary.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Corners in food products are easily broken unless they are protected by the tariff, and when they are they are invincible. The meat trust Is the very essence of Dingleyism,
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
From the opelika Industrial News.

John V. Smith has announced that a primary is not advisable or practical and, he might have added, so far as he and the other offlce-holders can control mat ters, permissible. Nevertheless the peo- pie want primary and will bury in a deep, deep grove those instrumental in refusing them one if 1t is refused.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Gen. Fred Funston has not only committed lese majestic, but he has also been indicted as "a blatherskite brigadier" He at least understands the art of free advertising.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

General Weyler did not invent the water cure" American talent did that when American humanity was taking a day off.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The one-man-one-vote principle is gaining ground, and in Alabama it has secured the adhesion of all but the State Committee.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The protected sugar trust and the protected meat trust are two peas in one pod-two schemes with but a single thought.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Water freely taken is considered beneficial, but when it is too freely poured into a little brown man. tied hands and feet, it is barbarous.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The meat trust taxes every table, thus throwing the other trusts alto gether into the shade. Even the steel trust is outpaced.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
ARGUMENT ALL ONE WAY.

From the Anniston Evening Star
 No good objection has yet been ad- vanced against Democratic state and county primaries in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
The Railroads and the Vets.

Mr. A. B. Freeman, travelling passen- ger agent of the Queen and Crescent Route, has returned from Dallas. He gays the crowd attracted by the Confed- crate reunion was about the largest he ever saw His company was taxed to the utmost in handling passengers, but it took care of them in good style. MT Freeman says that the Queen and Cres- cent delivered to the lines at Shreveport 5000 passengers.
 MT. Walter Beasley, travelling passen- ger agent of the Louisville and Nash vile, says his read delivered to connect ing lires at New Orleans between ten and twelve thousand passengers The Frisco system also carried thousands by the way of Memphis. The crush at Dallas was so great that the large force of validating clerks found 1t utterly impos- sible to validate return tickets, and after a few hours work abandoned the task
 At the Birmingham passenger station AZ tickets for Dallas were sold, dis tributed between the Louisville and Nashviile. the Queen and Crescent (Ala- bsnaa Great southern) and the Frisco.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Mark Twain declares that the mean est and most cowardly thing on earth is a lynching mob.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

King Edwards crown will cost his subjects several million crowns, more or less.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Sugar making from corn should be prohibited, for it may lessen the profits of the beet-sugar trust.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Beef is beef, and even chuck steak is not despised nowadays.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The water cure may be part of assimilation, but it is not. a part of benevolent assimilation.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The pennant will be won on solid or slippery ground, under clouds or in sunshine.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

A bread trust Is all that is lacking in the trust line.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The beef trust furnishes free food for reflection only.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The water cure" should be returned home and applied to wife beaters.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
VERY FULFILLING,

From the Russellville Times. .
 The primary puzzles the press, the poll ticians, the people and preachers.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The water cure" is vindicating Gen eral Shermans famous definition of war.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27
The Shrlners.

The nobles of zamora Temple, 15O strong. will visit the oasis of Montgomery next Tuesday. The caravan will start early enough in the day to reach the dinner tent at the capital city before sun down. There will be Q full dress parade thu ough the streets of Montgomery and after dark many candidates will present themselves for initiation. This order of the Mystic Shrine is an oath-bound so- ciety, but Ben Jacobs, past pote entate, is authority for saying that all novices are made to see spots on the sun before the ceremonies of being made one of us" are over.
 Dr. Russell M. Cunningham, who has the lieutenant gubernatorial bee in his fez. will leave off politics long enough to join the caravan. He is the official sur geon of Zamora Temple, and will look after candidates who make false steps and skin their shins
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Neither Dewey nor Dowie are coquetting with Fame at present.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

The meat trust is also prepared to plead the baby act-an infant indus try.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

It is now the bat of the batter in- stead of the pen and pull of the mag nate.
The age-herald., 1902-04-27

Now that the farmer has none, ten. cent cotton seems to be coming.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01

Other clubs not scheduled
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01
FACTORYVILLE.
Special to'thc Scranton Tribune.

Special to'thc Scranton Tribune.
Factoryville, Sept. 3O.-Mr. Milton
Britton, an aged and highly respected
resident, died last Sunday. aged 50
years. He is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Phoebe Bailey, of Canada,
and Mrs. John A. Woodbridge, of Dali
ton, and two sons, Joseph and Samuel.
of this place. The funeral will be held
at his late residence Wednesday at 2
p. M
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Winebrake and
children, of Scranton. spent Sunday
with relatives in town.
Mrs. Louise Peet, of Windsor, is the
guest of her brother, Charles Knapp.
. Miss Bessie Spencer is visiting rela-
i. tives at Homer, N. Y. She will give an
Entertainment under the auspices of the
Epworth League of that town Tues
day evening. The ladies of the Metho-
dist church served a harvest home sup
per this evening al $50. in the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Edmiston,
who have been spending some time
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. II. Spencer, have gone to Scranton
where Mr.. Edmiston has a position
with the Lackawanna road.
Mrs. w. Rowland Davies, of West
Scranton. spent last Saturday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Beard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01
SEALED PROPOSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be opened in
the office of the City Recorder, by the
Director of the Department of Public
Works, at O'Clock p. m, on Monday.
October 18th, 1902 for the construction of
n system of sewers in the Nineteenth
district, with the necessary fixtures and
appliances according to plans and speci-
ilcations on file in the Bureau of Eng-
neelng. Each bidder shall enclose with
his proposal, cash or certified check in
the sum of fifteen hundred Isl, 50O) dollars
as guarantee TO execute a contract III
awarded the same, In case the bidder
TO whom the contract shall have been
awarded, refuses or neglects to execute
"a contract for the work i'm accordance
with the plans and specifications therefor
within ten QO) days from the date of the
award. the enclosure accompanying his
proposal shall be forfeited to the use of
the city of Scranton.
Bidders will be furnished with proposal
blanks at the Bureau of Engineering and
no others will be accepted,
All proposals shall be filed with the
City Controller, at his office In the City
Hall Scranton, Pa, not later than 2.30
o'clock p. m, on Monday, October 9Th,
1902
The city reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
JOHN f. ROCHE. Director,
Department of Public Works,
Scranton, Pa, September 3Oth. 1902.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01
Delaware and Hudson.

In Effect June IL, 1902.
Trains for Carbondale leave scranton at
q a. 73G S3f 1913 q. M: 1. LIZ, 2.1l,
35G, so, 625 S.2i, 9.l5, 1Ooi p. M; l2.!S.
r For n Honesdale-GA, 1913 a. M; FL and
80 p. m, o,o -, -
1o'53 n. M: 1908, 1,42 2,lS, 3,.S, 4,35, 610.
7iS, iO4l, 1l,l0 p m.
For l.. V; 7. r. Points-7i1. a'F a. m.
-1S Eor i'1 1P1ennsyivania 1 r. r. Polnts-css
0 II n. m; l.i2. 3.2S and i,35 p. m.
For Albany and all points north-7,SG a.'
''' ""' SUNDAY TRAINS
For Carhondale-s,5o, ll33 a. M; 2.l1.
356 552 and III p. m.
For Wilkes Barre--93S n. m; 1908, LIS.
3.9S, G32 and 9,l7 y, m. 70
For Albany and points north-5,5G DIN.
For Honesdale-S29l q M; N'i43 and s'''
p, m. - -