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/ Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FPTDAY. JANUARY 24, 1S96. K8TABL.ISinSI)l 850. ' VOL. XLV1. NO. 2S f Oldes • A Weekly local and Family Journal. "It is wonderful what a triumph we havo in electing pure and worthy men to tako charge of our school interests," said Morris Habberton seriously. NYE'S WAR GOSSIP. yet when the car reached me the goods had spoiled. This is the first time I have said a word about it, and I hate to do so now, but I want to be just as just and impartial with this road as I would if I paid my faro over it. MOTHEI OF GREAT MEN CURRENT COMMENT. NOTES AND COMMENTS. the C jntrollershtp business for anothe season. At least it looks as though those primarily Interested, after learning the deision of the oonnty jonrt, have decided to "let it go at that." and not run the risk of wasting further tlms and motley in carrying the question np to the Snpreme Court. The experience of Controller-elect Reese, two years ago, is evidently fresh in miod Notwithstanding that we are apparently ont of the race, we find it interesting to sit on the fenje and watch the progress of the squabble over tbe offiie in our neighboring oonnty of 8chuylkill. Luzerne and Schuylktll were the only counties in the State affected by the Controller law. Hence, having settled the question to onr own satisfaction — or, rather, dls satisfaction — it will interest us to learn the outcome of the eqnabble in our sister oonnty. The Schuylkill politicians on both s des are old-time warriors, and are making a battle royal This week he auditors of Sjhnylklll filed an answer to the writ of quo warranto lssned at the □stance of Attorney General ItcOormaok to show cause why they should not vacate the office of auditor. The answer is Identical with that made by the Luzsrne audi tors, when they ware called upon in like manner, running to the effect that the passage of the Controller act " is in violation of oiausi 17, section 7, article 3, of the constitution, Inasmuch as It creates an of fioe for only these two counties and prescribes and limits the duties of the county auditors and likewise prescribes and limit* the datles of county commissioners in the said two counties." It will be interesting to compare the decisions of the two courts when that of Schuylkill is rendered Meantime the auditors haug to their offioes, and their reports continue to be sent out long after they oease to be of interest. prominent man hanos himself. DEAD Schumunn'smothor was gifted in music. She died last night: (How (loop the snows of Kay Bloom on the thickets there.) See how her face. Von Bunko's mother was literary and tho author of several essays and other Li Hung Chang wants more Amerloan missionaries. Will he tako out life insurance policies on them?—Cleveland World. Ide of George Blodgett, a Button wood HIS NEIGHBORS YEARN TO BREAK IN- On Timely Topics of Local and Gen- Farmer, "Yes, we," sneered Lewis Mortimer. "Betsey and I, we killed a tyar, didn't we? What are you talking about? It was the women who did it. They worked before election and then went up to the polls like—ahem—men." TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. works. The man who prays for congress gets only |900 a year, and it is the only real hard job in tho whole Democrat. George felodgett, a widely known reddent of Bottonwood village, in Hanover township, "committed suicide Sunday by hanging himself In an loe house near his home with a leather strap. He was sixtytwo years old, and Is survived by his wife and three children. Deceased h »d been a farmer nearly all his life. Bis ancestors were among the pioneer settlers of the valley. The suicide left a note which stated that he did not know of what nse he was in this world and that he would be be better off dead than alive. He also made provision in the same note for the distribution of his personal effects. Several t'mss of late he was heard to remark that he did not know what he was living for. He also stated in his note that ha was sorry to leave his wife in so shocking a manner. The immediate cause of his fit of despondency Is supposed to have occurred on Saturday night, when he lost the nomination for supervisor which he had been oonfident ol securing. Is blindly turned against the light. (The grace Of spring comes new—as it was yesterday And ever shall be.) They have put away Her hands beneath the sheets. (How green the place. See through the leaves white butterflies that abase Much ado has been mado over the vestibule train on this line, which was to practically annihilate time and place the coses and pomegranates of Florida and Louisiana right in the front yard of New York, but tho train is really a week or two slower than it was ere it had been vestibuled. Tho character of Washington's mother is too well known to need more than an eral Interest. Mrs. Beaxley and Her Eldest Bon, Prehen- allusion sile, Who Lira Near Possom Trot I the Hon. Kop«i Ellas of "When I Holler It's One of the few redeeming traits In the chariveter of Ilonry VIII was his respeot for his mother. The 27 editors in congress will serve their country woll by educating the lawyers there to boll down all Congressional Record oopy.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. CAMPBELL'S LEDGE WATER SCHEME. Law" Fame, and Other People. Bach other in the sun.) Oh, poor doad clay' The mouth is silent and the eyes are blind! (But how the young leaves in tho sun and shado "Well, I haveuo objection to that I don't want to rob them of their credit. All honor to the women who rid ns of boodlers and incompetents." The mother of tho famous Constable Bourbon learned to-fence in order to assist in the military training of her son. Plttston People are Interested, Since tlie Mains Wilt Probably Pass Through Hero—Banker Rnckafellow's Case—A $e are again called upon to refer to Hon. Kope Elias of Franklin, N. C. Mr. Elias is known generally In the state as a Democrat, bnt has attracted almost universal attention to himself by laying aside bis strong Democratic proolivities and indorsing the present administration. [Copyright, 1886, by Edgar W. Nyo.1 A western baseball team has signed a poet as a pitcher. This tends to even up mutters with certain magazines vho apparently sign pitchers as poets.—New York Press. Vandyke's mother was quite an art critic, with a very correct appreciation of excellence in drawing and painting. Do tromble with the faint, delicious wind!) Her life is ended, and her grave is mado. And is this all that death can leave behind? Good Lard deliver me I I am afraid! —New York Tribune. "They acted nobly," chimed in old Hobbs, "but much was due totho splendid leadership and wondeiful genius for organization of that Miss Clayburn. She is indeed a great girL Yon know her, Agnew, don't you?" The political situation hero at the present time is extremely interesting, and some criticise congress while others criticise the president Criticising congress is one of the most unsatisfactory methods of passing the time that I can imagine. A criticism that has to be divided up among 300 or 400 men who are not of a sensitive nature is like trying to purify Tammany Hall by burning Hint for Traction Manager Graham— The Controller Contest In Sehnylklll. Wllkesbarre, through Its water companies, has decided to get It* water supply from the Susquehanna, above Campbell's Ledge That Interests cur people for several reasons. First, because they wonld like to know what the plana are to beat the plaoe where the anpply is to be secured As we understand toe ordlnanoa which passed first reading In the Wllkesbarre Council this week and the explanations given ioere by. the representative of the water oompsny, the plant located at the river will consist of only the pumps necessary to force the water direot through the main to Wilkes barre. There will be.no Immense reservoir on Campbell's Ledge, as talked of, neither will there be at the outset a filter in the river. Pit:stonlans are asking the question as to what kind of water the company expects to give their patrous when the river is mnddy, as frequently happens The river supply under this oondltlon may not be so unhealthful as that whloh the Crystal Spring Cdmpany has been fur nishing, but It certainly will not bo of the best quality. The Pittston supply taken from the river, though filtered, Is not to be held np aa a model when thr river is running high. What the supply would be without having been filtered Is not hard to determine. It la olearly evident that to furnish good, pure water at itli times, the Campbell's Ledge combination will be obliged to provide a filtering p.-oo ess somewhere along the line. There la, another point in whioh our people are int« rested. Where is the main to run? Down the east side of the river? If so, through the cit) ? In this event, there will be rights to be secnred, whether the main be laid through public or private property. This Is what the city authorities should look after. The right cf way ihrongh this olty for a line of the oharCcter proposed is a valuable concession. If run through the streets, considers! le risk is run of damage to property, and provision should be made for the settlement of damages. Also there ahonld be material return made to the dty for the right, If granted. Wllkesbarre demands and will secure twenty-five fire plugs free as part return for rights In thaD city. Something of that sort would oomt In nicely in Pittston, where the present water supply for fire purposes Is not of the best It would be well *o keep an eye on the progrees of the Campbell's Ledge water scheme. The mother of Peter tho Great was a woman of intrepid courage and great personal strength, both of body and mind. Here's a woman wants to divorce her husband because he bathes but once a year. That's what a man gets for having steady, regular habits and sticking to them.—Albany Argus. A NEW WOMAN. Daniel Webster onco said, ''The man who would be disrespectful to his mother would spit on her gravo when she is dead." "Ah, yes, yes, of course," stammered Tom. Judge Robinson of this state a short time ago filled his ears with cotton while Kope was addressing him in court As ootton is now very low, Judge Tasso's mother was "peculiar." It is believed by some writers that tho madness with which he was allliotod was inherited. Colonol Dob Ingersoll Is pretty level headed about some of the bnrning questions of the day, but there are those who insist that he is not posted on the burning questions of the future.—Sioux City Journal.There had been whist that evening at the clnb and, incidentally, there bad been champagno. There were cigars and conversation. The meeting had been a thorough success, so in consequence the members of the Columbian were in high -leather. "Well, we'll expect yon to see that she is one of the patronesses on 'ladies' day.' " a rag. As soon as Tom could get ont he hurried away, mentally kicking himself for a weak fooL Some think that the president should not go hunting ducks when he has a chance to insult tho British, regarding the latter as far greater sport to the thinking mind than the former, bnt of course I have my own ideas about that. Others make still more invidious remarks. One man the other day raked up a lot of old and forgotten talk about the president's former term, etc. Rubens' mother was a plain, unassuming housekeeper, who nolthcr knew anything of nor cared anything for art or music. ♦ A Qlnoinnatl heir«k% hns nytrriod M. Louis Charitor Antotne GuJlbort Pierro Pinton of the French legation at Washington. She doubtless oonsiders that she has captured the greater portion of the legation.—Galveston News. And he called himself by no milder name when ho found Helen Clayburn at home a half hour later. He explained it all to her, not for a moment sparing himself. Tho mother of Vauban, the French mil itary enginoer, was very skillful in mathematics and gave hor son a taste for the same lino of studios. The clnb was only a year old, and •Bch new success meant another weight thrown on the side of popularity and Mrs. Henians considered her mother as ono of tho most remurkable women who ever lived, and in several placos in her poems and letters alludes to her. If Mr. John Lawrenoe Sullivan has actually removed to Chicago, a classic of the American stage has been anachronized and the local society reformers of the stage should make haste to recompense jis for this loss of "The Gentleman From Boston. "—Boston Journal. CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. So the conversation had in it some of the spirit of the lively young men. "I said that something had happened to vex you," said Helen, "but, oh, Tom, I knew you would come to your senses. But areu 't you afraid of mo as a new woman? Just think, Tom, I've been elected president of the Woman's Social Purity club and won the annual medal for tho best muffins at the cooking school. Isn't that ominous?" Quarterly District Convention Held In "Why," says he, "when tho president got married, he lit out without a word, only that he ordered his secretary not to forward any engrossed bills to him during his honeymoon. Think of that!" Wilk«f b*rr». "By Jove," said Morris Habberton, "this is what I call real joy of life. A fellow attends to his business during the day and feels that he deserves a rest at night. So he hies him to his club, where there are cards,' cigars, congenial fallows and a harmless glass. John "Chrysostom often spoke of the tenderness of his mothor, and quite as often of her beauty. Ho believed that the eloquence which gave him so wide a reputation was inherited from hor.—St. Louie Globe-Democrat. A quarterly convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence societies of this district was held in Wilkeebane Sunday afternoon. The societiea in Wllkssbams, Kingston, Ashley, Avoca, Plymouth, Parsons and Plains were represented. John J. O'Hara, president of the Diocesan TXuion, presided. James T. Judge again brought up his antltreatiug league scheme, but nothing was done with it. The committee on organizing temperance- societies among the foreign elements hi this district, reported progress and was instructed to get the olergyman of the different nationalities to attend the next convention. It was deolded to hold the next convention in Ashley. 8. J. Connors resigned his position as secretary, and James Hlnss was elected to fill the vacancy. In Albany a man sold hia wife for 86 cents; a Pittsburg woman her husband for $200 In cash and Jewelry. This wide variation shows the usefulness of market, quotations and even of the stock market. There ought to be some kind of steadiness in these transactions.—Cleveland World. Why, hang it, I'm no partisan, of ootsrse, but I can be just and fair, I hope. I'd only ask the president to do as anybody else Mould do. Why, when 1 was married, I loft tho same word, and also in the order I included all other bills of every kind whatsoever, and yet there was not a word said about it in the papers. There was a look in her eyes and a half humorous little tremor in her voice that made liim clasp her in his arms as he said: ORCHARD AND GARDEN. "Nothing like it," said old Hobbs, who was gray as to the fringes of his bajtd pate, but had left the Bachelors' because, as he explained it, "the fellojys were getting old and grumpy." Tulip bulbs do not need to bo taken up oftoner than every fourth year. "I doii't care if you've been elected sheriff if yon'11 just forgive me and take me hark to yonr heart again. I don't cure how new a woman yon are, just so yon are mine."—Chicago News. Trim the raspberries by cutting out all dead wood and unthrifty canes. One of the most amusing of Dr. Holmes'1 experiences was a meeting when he was already past his prime with an old Andover schoolmate. Dr. Holmes' Schoolmate. "There's always a glow about the very appearance of the club eutranooto me." said Habberton. When manure is applied to the orchard, take pains to incorporate it thoroughly with tho soil. If I were president—which I am not, and for which I thank a kindly disposed and farseeing people—but if I had been "Ob, we know that's champagne talking, but the vintage seems to have the knack of uttering truth tonight" PREHENSILE BEAZLEY NEAB P08S0M TROT. Robinson wan easily enabled to do this on his present salary. As that did not settle the matter, however, it is said that the judge arose and strolled out into the courtyard, where he sat on a log in the rich, golden sunshine while Kope kept np his argument This was done to show a judicial contempt for the fortissimo bleat of Mr. Elias while arguing points of law. Mr. Elias is the author of the ruliug which has now becomo a classic—viz, "When I holler, it's law." (See 30 N. C., page 98.) In pruning all kinds of trees it is well to remember that diseased wood will never bocome sound. The doctor had given a lecture In a Massachusetts city, and the next day his host, a leading citizen, took him out for a drive about town. The doctor espied over a door a name that long ago was familiar to him. His entertainer made the introduction, but the merchant showed more Interest In the citizen than In his undersized guest. AWOTIIER MURDER. A Han's Heat) Hacked With a Hatchet at Warren H anting*' Law Eipcntn. Luierne and He Dies. CWUkesbarre News-Dealer.) Thomas Delasky, a Hungarian, w»s murdered at four o'clock Suoday morning by a gang of me a and nine arreete have made. The murder occurred in Luzerne Borough in a Hungarian settlement called Bed Row A numoer of boarders at the honse of Hike Rt-jtnae ware playing cards and drinking and talking about the arrets of Hafit in the lower end of tke county. Rtjtnas, whose broth«r-in-la» was among tie desperados captured, was very bitter in making statements asainst tbe officers who made the arrests, and said that if some people had not given information no arrests conld ever have been made, for it was impossible to get evidence outsile of the gang except from'Mends of the members. This was Lewis Murt liter's contribution to the geimrul talk. Hastings was in his sixty-third year when he was acquitted, after a trial which lasted seven years. Bis costs amounted to £100,000, whioh seems a pretty heavy lawyer's bill—it is at the rate of over £14,000 a year—though, no doubt, heavy expenses were contracted before the trial began in the preparation of evidence. The printed brief delivered to counsel for the defense extended to 24 folio volumes, and Law's retainer was COO guineas. Hastings memorialized the house of commons to grant him compensation, but Pitt to whom tho petition was sent, refused, in a curt note, to snbmit it to the sovereign, thongh he did not hesitate, as chancellor of the exchequer, to debit the.country with the enormous costs of the prosecution. But the court of directors of the East India company behavod very well. They resolved to grant Hastings a sum of £71,- 080 as an indemnification for his costs and an annuity of £5,000 for life. A small, thrifty tree, with copious root# when set put, will make a good troe sooner than a large tree with mutilated roots. "Vintage be hanged!" exclaimed the first speaker, turning on him in mock fury. In nearly all cases It will be better economy to grub out trees that are stunted and sickly than try to restore them to vigor. The doctor inquired if lie was not a student In Phillips, Andover, In 1826. Tho merchant replied that be was there at that time. WADDEtL COLLIERY SOLD. But old Hobbs interrupted him with, "Don't hang the vintage now, my dear boy, and don't, on your life, underrate its power and influence. " If t he roots of a troe arefrozon and then 'hawed while out of the ground or in oontact with tho air, the tree will bo killed- The Mill Creek Colliery Sold to the D. ft There aroyjo shortcuts In fruit growing. The plants must be set out, ho weli oareCl for, so as to secure a thrifty growth, and In due time they will boar'frult. "Do you remember a boy there named Ilolmes—Oliver Wendell Holmes?" H. Company. "I don't, but my words are the words of sane and sober troth. I say and maintain and I reiterate that there are a warmth and a genial glow about the very entrance to these rooms.'' It was announced Mondav that the Waddell colliery at Hill Creek had been sold to the Delaware and Hudson Caal Company, tbe transfer to take place at once. The vVaddell Coal Company owned the pl/rnt, but leased the ooal land. Both are now in the hands of the Dataware and whioh, it is said, wjtl also mine through this shaft the tract of coal which formerly was mined from the Laurel Run shaft at Patsons, bnt which recently passed ont of the hands of the Delaware and Hudson company. After a slight hesitation he answered "Yes. Little fellow, wasn't hef" Much sorrow has been expressed thronghout tho state that Judge Robinson should have shown any choler or impatience over the methods of Mr. Elias, who is a greakfriend of the president and hopes to have him here at his bouse during the pokeberry carnival next summer. The doctor admitted that such was the fact and added that he was that boy. The old schoolmato looked him over without much appearance of Interest. Raspberries do best in a doep, rich, mellow garden soli and will be rnuoh benefited by mulching them with coarse stable manure after the ground Is frozen. The planting may be done at any time before the ground freezes.— St. Louis Republlo. "He waxeth oratorical," mocked Mortimer. "So you didn't take a college coursoi"' remarked the dootor. "Contrast," went on Habberton, without deigning to notice the interruption, "this home coming with the home coming at a fellow who is married to a woman." "No; I've followed the hardware bus! nesa, and I've done very well in it. Where have you kept yourself?" "I've been practicing medicine In Boston."The topio of a general war with Great Britain has been freely discussed here among the wealthier classes, with whom I managed to spend the holidays. I find quite a variance of opinion with regard to a war with foreign powers and notice that the scheme is most popular among those who use the crucifix as a middle initial mostly. They yearn to break into Buckingham palace before snow flies another fall and bear away a princess or two, together with what etown jewels can be got into a valise. A ROYAL FLUSH Grand Duke Alexis Is a full admiral now and the head of the Russian navy. "Or one of these new women," from Bensington, who had not beforo joined in the conversation. "Strange I have never heard of yon. I have been In Boston quite often, and I know a good many doctors there." Thla ta k led one of the boarders to remark that Thomas Deiaskey , who had come from the Haaleton regions a few days before, was a suspicions oharacter and it might be possible that he had given information and then fl-d to this end of the oounty to escape the vengeanoe he knew would follow. The sultan is not of pure Turkish descent. Singularly enough, there is a strain of pure Armenian blood in his veins. It will hardly be believed that the board of control, of which Dundas was the head, refused to sanction these proposals, as excessive, and ultimately Hastings received from the directors £50,000 down and £4,000 a year for life. We presume that he settled his bill of costs for 10s. in the pound, and his three counsel, Law, Plumer and Dallas, might well have foregone some of their fees, for the trial "brought them so much reputation that they all attained to the highest posts on the bench.—Saturday Review. "Ah, now you are talking sense," said old Hobbs, rubbing his hands gleefully. ' "It is the advent of the new woman that is keeping so many innocent, eligible and worthy men from matrimony." TAKING MEALS WITH THE EAKL. " Well, I have also been a professor In Harvard Medical college, and my lectures there have occupied most of my time in late years, so that I haven't praotioed much." EAGf-.ES WILL CELEBRATE. president seven or eight years and enjoyed it and looked forward to a peaceful rest, beyond the reach of the waves of political jealousy and intrigue, and had a conscience with tho bark still on it and had a house and lot all paid for, I would so lay out my programme that I might ekjse my term of office with a whole skin, a bright, cheerful liver and a few gastric facilities for future use rather than go from the White House to the overcrowded asylum or tho patriot's grave. Observation will convince the most skeptical that a patriot's grave is just as hard to get out of as any other grave. The.czar is reported to have said to somebody who commented on the sex of his baby: "The czarina and I are rejoloe* to have a daughter. The child Is ours, and ours only. A son would have belonged to all Russia." Will Give an Entertainment, Banquet • * « and Dance Feb. 22nd. At a meeting of tbe Eagle Hose Co. held list week, arraigements were start*d f or the celebration of Washington's blrth-3ay, February 22nd. A committee was appointed to attend to the matter with power to act. The company will not hold the annnal fair but it is proposed to give entertainment, banquet and dancej which will be arranged on an elaborate scale. Dr. Holmes, physloian, scientist, litterateur, poet and wit, was evidently of small aooount to bis whilom school mate.— Independent. What shall be done with ex-Banker tiookafellowI if the question that la agi tating people at the oounty seat, and the eoho Is heard in the Plttstons, now so closely In touoh with Wllkesbarre, by steam and electrlo lines, telephones and newspapers, that most pnb.io discussions there interest as. The old man has just returned from the Eastern Penitentiary, in Philadelphia, where he has spent the past two years and fonr months, serving the sentence of imprisonment passed upon him by the Luzerne court for doing away, in some manner or other as yet unknown, with the money entrusted to him as bank er. He Is broken down in health and spirit—itD,faot, almost a total wreck The indlotment nnder which he was found guilty and Imprisoned was but one of a dozen brought against him. The cases which were not tried are still pending, and It la for the men who made ont the warrants to say whether the cases shall b* prosecuted further. 80 far as oan be jndged from the newspaper 00m necti and general talk In Wilkes oarre, there is a feeling abroad that the oases should be dropped. The reasons given are that Boekafellow has suffered all that it is possible for him to stiff ar as a result of his aankruptey, that he la a physical wreck, with money, station and all that ,he held gone, and that, therefore, the pushing of these other oases against him, sending him baok to penitentiary, as they surely would, for life, wonld be nothing lees than perse cut Ion. Notwithstanding all this, It w juld appear that some of the heavy losers b Bookafellow's failure are determined to bring the oases Into oonrt. They disclaim aqy desire to perseoute Boekafellow, feeling, as tbsy say, the foroe of the argument as to the unfortunate banker's condition, but there is a hankering to find out what became of the money, and, if possible, to disoover and punish the men, who, It is supposed, were equally guilty with the banker. These are the fellows whom the angry depositors are after, and their only hope to solve the mystery, they claim, is 1 placing Roekafellow on the raok again. It Is a question, however, if any amou t of further physical ot mental toitare could worm the seoret ont of the old man. He has suffered enough already to Induce him to reveal the tru9cansee of his failure if he were an ordinary perton. That he has re fused to so, under past pressure, seems to us an Indication that he will refuse to divulge the secret under any circumstances While It la to be regretted that others, if guilty, should eecape punishment, it would seem that fate, in sealing the banker's lips, has so willed it. "How do you know?" interrupted Mortimer, with especial stress on the "yon." This suggestion was all the drunken crowd needed to cause a fight. Deiaskey who was with them protested his innocence and tried to quell the suspicion, but the pollnky soaked fiends were eager for bl Dod and they pounced upon the unfortunate man before he had any opportunity to esoape.One elderly man from over eight miles west of Turkey Tail'told me that war agreed with him better than any other thing he had ever gone into. He was a prisoner of war for over three years at Rock Island, Ills., and says it's the only time he ever felt entirely free from want His family is scattered all over the state. One brother lives on the main road back of Bilesville, N. C. His name is Isosceles Beazley. The old mother, who is still living at the ripe age to which so many who use tobacoo to excess often attain, has her home with tho eldest son, Prehensile Beazley, 13 miles behind Possom Trot (Some hiiiarty may think that these names are creatures of the imagination, but that is not so. Some of these places are postoffices, while others are mere corner stores in the country, but they are gen . uine.) Ex-Empress Eugenie has recently deposited bet will with a prominent London attorney, In which, true to ber pledge, she has left a legacy to each of the 5,834 male persons of France born on the birthday of her son, Prince Louis. Some one threw an almanac at him, and old Hobbs remarked that he bated "weak attempts atKffcasm." Colonel Soot* mm* Omni Pope. Megargee, in the Philadelphia Times, says that Colonel Thomas A. Scott was singularly unassuming In his drees and demeanor. When be was assistant secretary of war, be bad occasion to visit General Pope at his headquarters at New Madrid, Mo. General Pope was greatly addicted to profanity and violence pf manner. Colonel Soott entered the headquarters with the remark, "I should like to see General Pope on business." Reginald Vertress was a known and reputed ladies' man, so. nobody paid mnch attention when he observed, rather tentatively: "Oh, I haven't much faith in all this talk about the new woman, anyway. If you'd believe me, ■he's only the same dear creature with the addition of a bicycle, big sleeves and • membership ticket in the V. G. P. U." A very marked change has oome over the Prince of Wales of late. Naturally calm and unimpressionable, he has grown nervous, restless and discontented. He looks older than his years would warrant, and his eyes have around them lines thai tell of sleepless nights aud uncomfortable thoughts. Marble Making. The example furnished by nature in the production of marble from chalk by water, the latter percolating gradually and steadily through the chalky deposit*, dissolving the chblk particle by particle and crystallizing it, mouutain pressure effecting its characteristic solidity, it is now found may be the basis of accomplishing similar results by a resort to chemical processes. Slices of chalk are for this purpose dipped into a color bath, staining them with tints that will imitate any kind of marble known, tbe same mineral stains answering this end as are employed in nature. For instance, to produce tbe appearance of the well known and popular verde antique an oxide of copper application is resorted to, and in a similar manner green, pink, black and other colorings are obtained. The slices after this are placed in another bath, where they are hardened and crystallized, coming out to all intents and purposes real marble.—London Deoorators' Gazette. County Detective E?kert was notified and organized a posse and raided the "Red Row" abont neon and captnred nine men who he has reason to believe were concerned in the murder. A NEW COAIC COMPANY. It is for that reason perhaps that I am essentially a man of peace. I made the same remark in Scotland to tho Misses Montieth and their father, the Earl of Bdoontooth, at whose house I took my meals while in that beautiful country. Plttston Capitalists Lease a Colliery Near Shamokln. "See my adjutant!" roared Pope. "My business is with General Pope In person." A special dispatch from Shamokln to tolay'a Philadelphia Ledger says: "M. ft. O'Boyle, of Plttston, and other capital lata In Csntral Pennsylvania have leased the Greenongh coal tract, four miles eatt of this city, and a $50,000 breaker will at once be constructed, giving work to 600 men and boys." "Well, whatever may bo said," went on Habberton—he bad drunk considerable champagne—"the new woman is a painful reality. We hate to admit her presence, but she is here, though we hope not to stay." - THE WAR. The nine men ware given a heating be■ore Alderman Johnson,, but maintained absolute silence when questioned. They were committed to jail without ball and when seen in their cells still refused to *p,y anything regarding the murder. They gave their names as Andrew Peter, Anthony Maohlmls, Mike Bej anas, Mike Lobules, Joe Labulee, Frank Maseir, Wm. Machinla, Mike Uter and Mike Sovonlkls. Tho old Johnny Rebs will be In the front ranks If wo.are oompollod to twist the lion's tall.—Chattanooga News. "Blank, blank yonr business! See my adjutant, I tell you!" I am a practical man, having been the first one in the south to go into the dairy business after growing tomtits from birdeeed, and so I cannot but deplore anything that looks like war. It is said that our navy has actually outlived its usefulness while being constructed and that it will take 205 yearn, with good times and rapid work, to build proper defenses on our coast and frontier, and so I say that, knowing the character of tbe people who have gone there to live, I should most heartily deplore our annexation to Canada. "My name is Soott"— "I don't care whether your name is Soott or Jones or Smith or Brown- See my adjutant, blank blank yovM" "As I was about to my name Is Soott, and I wish to see you on government business. I have the honor to be assistant secretary of war." Wo foel more like going to war with England over Dnnraven than over Vene- "Pray forbear," exclaimed the irrepressible Mortimer. "Who knows but some of our nulaaber have formed entangling alliancef with new women who make political speeches and head petitioning conventions?" zuela.—Brockton Times. There is still open to us the hopefal prospect that "tho war" will be fougbf solely with that terrible engine of destruction, the human mouth.—Boston Transcript.Prehensile Beazley is a man a little past middle life, with autumn foliage all over his face. He was named by a well known naturalist, who was killed here 50 years ago by mistake. He wore a vest and so was taken fur a revenue officer. He is buried near Frying Pan P. O., this state. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Pope's demeanor underwent a revolution, as he said In the blandest manner: "I beg your pardon, colonel. I had no intention to be rude, but there are so many loafers in oamp, and they annoy me 60 much, that I am sometimes put out of temper. Be enough to take a seat and bave the kindness to inform me of your'wishes." Horrible Death of a Colored Man In Hazl-toil. "May gracious heaven forbid!" responded Habberton, in such a tone of mock tragedy that the whole company Ararat into peals of rollicking laughter. There was one young man who'had not joined in the conversation and who did pot join in the laugh. Tho possibility is that the war will be fought about as the international yachting race was—In ink. And, as in that case, the Englishman will be the quitter.— Brockton Aiucrloan. Henry Mocre, a colored man, was handling dynamite caps, while standing by the side of a oar containing anatln powder, In a EUzleton mine last Friday. One of the caps fell, exploded, and all, the powder went off. Moore was horribly mangled. THE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS Delegates Elected to the State Convention Monday. Prehensile always turns out to attend the Christmas tree festivities furnished by the better class, to which I belong. He then goes home to kill time until the next Yuletide. I asked him how times soemed with him during this long campaign of education and confronted by a condition instead of a theory, and he said, to be honest about it, it seemed to him like a d d long time between Christmas trees. The Second Legislative District Convention met Monday afternoon in Lnzerne borough. All of the districts but one were represented. Lewis Jones presided, and Mqulre Johnson, of Lnzerne, was elected secretary. L P Holcomb, of West Pittston, and R. W. Robarta, of Lazerne, were elected delegates to the Stata convention, and the alternates are Salmon Lewis, ot Exeter township, and J. R. Koons, of Huntington township. A resolution to Instruct the delates to vote for Hon. C. A. Miner for delegate at-large was offered bj E. 8. Stackhouse, but was afterward withdrawn, and a motion that the delegates go to the convention unlnstmcted, made by H. 0. Phillips, of WestPlttaton, prevailed. The strongest advocate of a vigorous foreign policy that I have ever met was a man who was sentenced to make a few rambling remarks on the gallows for the following Friday. He flitted away to paradise, as he admitted that he was about to do, calling for a vigorous war policy. Novel Way of Annoying the Police. This was Tom Agnew. He sat smoking in an obscure corner, and his.face flushed at the last words of Habberton Mortimer and the laugh which greeted t*""U. As soon as convenience would allow he rose and slipped away. A novel way of annoying the Paris police has been discovered by one of the class who look upon them as tbeir natural enemies. Some fellow has several times pretended to commit suicide by jumping from the Pont Neuf, near that statue of Henri IV which has given rise to one of the most widely current French proverbial sayings. Just when a number of people are passing toward dusk, he gets up on the parapet, says, ''I am tired of my life," and appears to jump into the Seine. Instead of jumping into the watpr, however, I10 falls on the parapet and crawls along in the semidarkness to another part of the bridge, when he climbs up and joins tho crowd in order to watch the "fun." Policemen rnn up, boatmen make off to tho rescue, tmcl in the midst of the hubbub tho cause of it all says what is tho French slang equivalent of "I say, aren't those bobbies going it?" and then runs away, laughing. Up to the present he has-not been caught, but tho whole performance was witnessed the last timo by a policeman in plainclothes. Owing to the confusion and the number of vehicles in the roadway, this particularly objectionable practical joker was able to make his escape. —Paris^Letter. Colonel Soott entered -at once upon the business in hand, making no reference whatever to Pope's outrageous behavior and acting just as though the occurrence bad not taken place. The Old Familiar Qrretlnf. Wll)i of Plttston Decedents. At a recent seance in this city the spirit of the wife of a well known citizen appeared, and he involuntarily exclaimed, "I haven't got a cent"—Los Anoeles Exnrnss The will of the late Rev. Father Joseph J. Ziotorzynskl, filed yesterday, is as follows: "1 give and bequeath to my brother, Alexander Z otorzynskl, of Shamokln, Pa, the p'ani in my resldenoe ; to my half brother, Mlohael C Jasielnm, of Plttston, my library and the snm ot $2,- 000; to my sister, Mrs. Annie Skyneyaa, of Qirardsvllle, Pa., the snm of $1,000 ; to my half sister, Mrs. Nellie Starkeweloy, of Plttston, the or4an now in her residence and the sum of $500; to my said brother, Alexander Z'.otorzlnskl, and Mrs. Mary Jaeullem, of Shamokln, Pa.,all the piotures and paintings in my residence or elsewhere; to Mrs Mary J. Clifford, my half sister, of Shamokln, Pa., the snm of $590. All the rest In residence and remainder of my estate, real and personal, to my mother, Mra. Mary Jislelun, her heirs, etc. I appoint the R*v. Andrew ZpohoWioy, of Glen Lyon, Pa, executor. Witnesses, Fred Selbel and Frank C Mosier." When iikilrooCU VQUDf. In his mind a strange fight was taking place between resentment, love and fear of ridicule. His case was a very peculiar one, if I They tell a good story about the Chicago and Altop at the time when the company was so poor that U could pay Its men only once In five or six months. The men stuck to the road, however, because they bad nothing better In the way of a vocation In sight. - Governor Mathews was then president of the road, and one day a big, strapping fellow who had been tamping ties for four months went down to Bloomlngton, and, hunting up Mathers, showed him his shoes, were completely worn out, apfl addressed him as follows; Vegetables In New York. "One thing that strikes me unfavorably about your hotel restaurants here in New York," remarked an escaped Philadelphian who is spending a few days in this city, "is the expense of eating vegetables if one chances to dine alone. Take any of your first class restaurants, and you will find the meats moderate in price, because you can get half portions which are amply sufficient for one. But the idea seeins never to have struck auy of your hotel men that a half portion of potatoes or spaghetti or asparagus or French peas would be a good thing for the patrons, and in consequence for the hotel. For instanco, I sit down and order a half portion of chicken or duck, or a small steak, and with it some potatoes and perhaps two kinds of vegetables. I get enough vegetables for a small family, and tbey cost me twice what the meat costs. I eat a small part of each, and have enough. What dues tho restaurant man suppose I am going to do with the rest of it? Carry it away in my pocket? Or does he think it conduces to appetite to see three times as much food before one as is wanted? Or—unpleasant thought— does be find use for the residue in the order of a later diner? What yotD need hero is vegetable reform in your eating places."—New York Sun. There is a most unctuous quality of humor among these sad voiced denizens of the forest—I was about to say the virgin forest, but a man can't be too careful when he is writing for the papers, I find. Bay be permitted to diverge here to speak of it. He was of a joyous nature and somewba,t given to badinage of a pure and delicate character suited to smoking oars and Pussy Caffays. He said in a spirit of pure jocularity one evening, while full of animal spirits and such things, to a haughty major from Louisiana: "Good night, major, good night We will not say farewoll, but reservoir, as the French have it." He meant nothing but an revoir, bnt tlie major, who was well bred and therefore yearning for a copious insnlt that he might avenge, turned and reached for his pistol, aiming to kill the persiflager, for he thought that he had been called a reservoir, moaning a tank, but in reaching for his pistol the major erroneously ran bis hand into a forgotten chasm in his trowziz, and ere he could get out of that and into his pocket, where his great punctuator was, the humorist, Reeling that he is thrice armed who hath his quarrel just, had seized a largo Limoges Tom and Jerry bowl, and when he got through with it tho major's cocoanut looked liko the abattoir annex of the old Bastille. He felt that in Lewis Mortimer's last remarks there had been a veiled allusion to himself, though his engagement to Helen Clay burn was supposed to be a secret. Helen he knew to be a leader in the work of women, and he grew angry with himself, with her and with his companions when he thought that she might be Included in tbe category of new women. A man is not always reasonable after champagne and a losing game of whist So in his unreason Tom Agnew wrote a letter that night winch in his saner moments he would not have been guilty of Dip»wDing. And the next morning Helen Claybarn received it just as she was going out to attend a meeting of tho Kindergarten association. A noighbor of mine got caught out late on a stormy night about 18 miles beyond Elevation P. O. last year and had to put up with one of tho Beazleys —I think it was Oxygen Beazley, who killed Poke Sinker of Bat Cave P. O., this state. FWBIH DISTRICT '.'governor, I must have some money, as I can't work without shoes. I need other things, but would try to get along If I had a pair of boots." In the Fourth district convention, held In Hizleton, Fred L. Smith was elected delegate to the State convention, and Geo. B O'Connor alternate. In the morning Mrs. Beazley got up and took a chow of tobacco and began tho day's work. Some women get up and dress, but Mrs. Beazley, being already dressed, including her sunbonnet, which she wears of nights to keep tho moonlight from making too free with her complexion, skipped the primping process. The governor looked at the man's half nakod feet, and theu spoke grufily: "How long have you been working on tho roadf" The Fifth Dlatrlot Convention met in 9ooper's Hall, at Plains. A. D. Reese oalled the delegates to ordsr. J. M. Jones, of this city, John D Reynolds, of Hughestown, and Daniel Evans, of Plains, were appointed tellers. Etch of two contelegatee from the Second District of Miner's Mills were allowed a half vote. Charlee B. Smith was permanent chairman, and J. M. Jones, of this c ty, and Wm. Jefferson, of Plains, secretaries. Gomer Tasker, of Parsons, was elected delgate to the State Convention by acclamation, and J. M. Jones, of this city, alternate. A resolution T7as adopted instruct lng the delegate to vote for Hon. C. A. Miner for delegate at-large. FIFTH DISTRICT "Seven months altogether, and on the section five months," was the answer. "Well, sir," the president, "you will Jiavo to give Hp your Job. We have po money, and I am about to Issue orders that hereafter no man must be hired who does uot possess a new pair of boots." The will of the late Taomas E. Grier was also filed yesterday After directing 'he payment of his debts and fnneral expenses, he makes the following bequests : to t is Wm. E. drier, all household furniture and his d welling house and its appurtenances, situate in West Pittston borough, on Susquehanna avenue, and af ter the sale of the ooal under his lot his sou, Wm. E Grier, is to pay two thousand dollars to Mary E LaBarre ; his daughter, B'anche L Cjnrad to receive his interest in the lot or. the Northeasterly corner of Main and Hill streets, in Pittston, and a piano. Wm E Grier and Blanche LD. Conrad are mentioned as executors. "Why, it's a letter from Tom," she Baid. "I wonder if he is in haste to go away, that he writes.'' And she tore it open. It was not very long and as she read it she grew white and trembled a little. But Helen Clayburn was a very sensible girL She banded the letter to her mother, saying: Sho fried somo pork and cooked a corn dodger on the blade of a shovel, and the festivities began. My friend tried to be gay and convey the impression that he was a good raocoontear, as the French say, bat he could not rally the Hugging spirits of the family. Finally his corn dodger was so dry and butterless that he asked Oxygen to pass the gravy. He did not understand and looked qneer. Then the guest tried again and glanced at the tin pan of hot lard in the middle of the table. There was quite a hush for a time, and Oxygen looked up at the nine foot gun on the crotches behind him to see i£bad been loaded. Mirror Writing. The big fellow loft in despair and went back to work twain, and after that po one went to the governor after \noney with the excuse that he ppcdod new boots.—Pittsburg Post, In The Quarterly Medical Journal for Yorkshire and the adjoining counties Dr. Prochley Claphain gives an account of a caso in which this abnormality was well marked. The patient was a female with right hemiplegia, who had taught herself to write with her left hand. At first she wrote mirrorwise—i. e., from right to left. Then having gone to school jhe commenced to write in the usual way, and sometimes forgetting she Would write one line mirrorwise and the uext in the usual wny—the style in which archaic Greek manuscripts were written. Many jDeople practice mirror Writing at the present day for the purposo of writing on postcards, for the writing is illegible, like the books in "Looking Glass House," unless held up to a mirror. It will bo found comparatively easy to do if the left hand is used, and still easier if both hands are used simultaneously, and many markedly left handed persons do it naturally. OUR GIRLS. The New York Tribune recently contained a hint for Traction Manager Graham, who Is ever on the alert to catch up inno rations In the liae of electrio railroading. This scheme may be somewhat too rloh for the olass of people with whom our Traotion Company has to deal, but that makes it none the less pleasant to read about. Theatre trolley cars especially made for the purpose I That's the idea. Brooklyn is going to have 'em, and the elite of the metropolis are expected to foot the bill. To do so they must needs go down deep in their pockets The otrs are veritable palaoee on wheels the Interior flilshed la maho;any, with a lavish display of silken drapery. Outside the oars are finished In blue and gold The ears are to be used by private parties In going to and from the theatres. Skatlag parties and wedding guests will klsj be accommodated, and since the oars will be equipped with arrangements for serving laaoheon, will be at the entire servloe of the party, so that they may lounge In an Upholstered chair, chat under softened lights and enjoy perfeot solution, besides being waited upon, as promised In the official announcement, by a conductor en dowed with the air of a Chesterfield, it goes without saying that they will be pop ular. The question of interest is, whec can we order a palace oar for a trolley ride around the Wyoming Valley ? » « "Something has gone wrong to vex Tom. He should have come to me instead of writing. 1 will wait for him to come to his senses." For this justifiable homicide the humorist was executed. When the black cap was about to be put on, the sheriff asked him if ho had anything to say. He stated that he had hardly expected to be called upon and felt that tlierp wero others present who could entertain the crowd better than he, but he thought he could not do better perhaps than urge upon those before him the necessity of a firm and vigorous foreign policy. He then hitched np his trousers, so that nothing might occur to mar the programme or cast a gloom over the execution, and passed on to that bright land where the reformed murderer enjoys himself a whole lot. A homely woman is not peoesearlly a woman who stays at home.-—West Union Gazette. read » nanor that, nwroinsf hefor* the association and the ladies said of it: •'The paper was excellent, but don't you think its value was much added to by her manner of reading? It was read with aaoh spirit." It Is a pity that girls do not practloo patience more and the piano lees.—Atchi- Atchison Globe. Why Cant Folks Dndent^od? Now lot us have a woman1® edition of The Congressional flopord. They have had a whacfc at almost everything else.— Pittsburg Press. BURGLARS IN 8KBA9TOPOL. "Thistopsixtsixstr I'.' called a guard on the Sixth avenue elevated as the train drew up at a station. A mild mannered old lady was sitting in the seat next to the door. A look of anxiety and uncertainty flitted acrons her face. She grasped the handle of her umbrella, and, loaning forward, gave the guard a few jabs in the side to attract his attention.Enter the Boniio of Wm. Rvtnii and Steal When she came home from tho associ- Mrs. J. Kllen Poster made the mistake of tier life whon she did not settle In Utah become United States senator.—Mil- Milwaukee Journal. Thirty Dollar*. Arranging for a W. C. T. U. Convention. ation, Helen Clayburn read .Torn Agnew's letter again and cried a little as die laid it down. Finally a bright son, about 8 years old, who has been to Hendersonville ohce and is looked up to a good deul around Elevation, said: Burgltrs were abroad in Sebastopol Saturday night. They entered the honse of William Evans The rear door of the house bad been left unlocked and a lamp was burning for h member of the family who was still "out when the others retired. Through this door entrance was made. The burglars went to the bedroom of Mt. Evans, secured his trousers, and took them int ioto the back yard. Here they went hrough them and secured $30 in money. Several other article; of value whloh were *n the room and in the pockets of the trousers were left untouched. The distovery of the theft was made upon the arrival of Mr. Evans's son, who found the loor wide open and the lamp extinguished. The thief is thought to be some one who vas familiar with the state of nff Dirs at the loose. The executive committee of the W. 0. T. U. of Lackawanna and kazwne counties met last Friday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. 0. H. Cool, in West Pittston. Among those present from out of town were Mrs. C. D. Simpson and Mrs. Dr. Hand, of Scranton ; Mrs Rtv. J. N.Lee, of Plains; Mrs. R=Dv. T. M. Furey, of ATanamle, and Mrs Maria Vaughn, of Moscow. The meeting was for the purpose of oompletlog arrangement* For amid; year convention, to be h»-ld February 27 and 28 In E'a Park Church, Sirantoo. The programme will be in charge of the Lcz?rne and Lackawama county Unions, but delegates w 11 be present from the following named oounties: Wayne, Wyoming, Monroe, Susquehanna and Colombia Several State workers are also expected. The convention will close with an address by Hon J Dhn G Wooley. ''Ho 'cannot become the laughing •tock of men by marrying a girl whose actions place ber unmistakably in the ranks of that very undesirable creature, the new woman.' Who bus been talking to him, and what have I done except take an intCYCwt in what should engage the attention of every true woman? Tom, Tom, I love you, I you must— you must come to yourself." It is particularly bard that the prioe of camphor should be forced up so high this year, of all others, when thore are so many pairs of bloomers to bo preserved. —Somer* vllle Journal. "I b'leve to Ood, paw, he's 'ludln at the sop I" "Is this Sixty-sijrth street?" she inquired.Wo are having rather a quiet butTery delightful winter here, with now and then a frosty night to purify the air and make life worth living. In the crisp dawn I hear" the deep mouthed baying of the hound and faraway, too, the deep mouthod husbandman giving tongue to the false joys of his own improvised apple jack. - 7v atlaa Hoe liuua. "Yesumthissitsistr," returned the guard. Miss Noe Tsuda, now * special student at a New England woman's college, is canvassing among rioh philanthropists for a fund to give Japanese women a four years' training in America and fit them for teachers. Miss Tsuda Is a woman suffragist in America, but it is feared that if she should divulge ber broad views in tbe land of the mikado she wonld be a woman sufferer. The old lady picked up a bundle and hurried off the car. As the train pulled away from the platform the guard turned to a passenger in a superior sort of way and remarked: Lost and Found. For everything that is given something is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts. The civilized man hits built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. Ho has a fine Geneva watch, but can not tell the hour by th« Not Adverting Much aa Yet, And she did not answer the letter. Mrs. Wiggles—Which make of typewriter does Mr. Waggles think best? Which one does he have in his own of(ice?Three weeks passed and Tom Agnew grew uneasy. Why had Helen not written? He had expected a letter from her before this. Hq hoped he had said nothing which she might construe into a desire on his part to break their engagement. He had not meant to go so far as that "W(|t'8 de matter wid some folks, anyway? I jes holler' dat thistopsitsistr right in de old jay's ear, an den shf wants to know if thistopsitsistr. Wat's do use a-hollern if de folks don't pay no 'tention to wat yor yell? Nestp sevntsekenstr I"—New York Sun. Somo bitter complaints are made and suits brought agaipst the Southern railway lately for delay and incompetency in shipping goods and a general failure to accomplish the objects for which it was created. Perishable goods are injured, and other goods are eaten by the trainbands. For my own part, I have suffered very little, as I do not ship anything but the New York papers over the road. |n December, however, I bad a carload of manure for my farm shipped from Aahevilie to Ar(tauten miles, aad Mrs. Waggles—Well, I'm not quite sure, but I think I overheard him tell Mr. Wiggles the other evening that he had a Daisy.—Somerville Journal. Cmu.—Emerson, A .Sign. "I am suro I do not feel a day older than I did when I came out,"said Miss Sevenseasons, "and I didn't think I looked any older. But of lato I have noticed that the young men who are having trouble with their sweethearts ull seem to drift to mo to tell their sorrows. "—Cincinnati Enquirer. Drew and Addres*, Mrs. Isabella Martio of San Francisco ireated something of a furore in court the other morning by appearing as her awn attorney. She stated her case, made abjections and took exceptions with the »sy grace of a person bred to the law. And all the time the wore a Paris gown. It has been proven by living witnesses Dy living witnesses that Pan-Tina Is a reuarkable spectfio for the quick cure of all llffioult and dangerous tbroat and lui g troubles—It's equal can't be fonnd Costs 25 cents. Pan-Tina is sold at th» drug Ctorts of J H Houok and G. D. Stroh. Ho was at the club one night again, and in the meantime an election had taken place. The insurance editor came' in with a new suit of clothes. nuining more Aaturai. A country farmer once excused himself for sleeping under the rector's sermons by observing, "Lor' sir, when you are in the pulpit we know it is all right"—Amusing Journal. Knew It Wan All Right. Have you earache, toothache, sore throat pains or swellings of any sort! A few applioa'lons of Dr. Thomas's Eolectrlo Oil will brlog reliet almost instantly. There were only cigars on this night. There had been no whiet, no cham- "Been at a fire?" sung outhalfta dozen of the other editors, with ono voioe. —Chicago Jiooord. _ Luzsrne county to have done with
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Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 25, January 24, 1896 |
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 25, January 24, 1896 |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 25 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1896-01-24 |
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Full Text | / Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FPTDAY. JANUARY 24, 1S96. K8TABL.ISinSI)l 850. ' VOL. XLV1. NO. 2S f Oldes • A Weekly local and Family Journal. "It is wonderful what a triumph we havo in electing pure and worthy men to tako charge of our school interests," said Morris Habberton seriously. NYE'S WAR GOSSIP. yet when the car reached me the goods had spoiled. This is the first time I have said a word about it, and I hate to do so now, but I want to be just as just and impartial with this road as I would if I paid my faro over it. MOTHEI OF GREAT MEN CURRENT COMMENT. NOTES AND COMMENTS. the C jntrollershtp business for anothe season. At least it looks as though those primarily Interested, after learning the deision of the oonnty jonrt, have decided to "let it go at that." and not run the risk of wasting further tlms and motley in carrying the question np to the Snpreme Court. The experience of Controller-elect Reese, two years ago, is evidently fresh in miod Notwithstanding that we are apparently ont of the race, we find it interesting to sit on the fenje and watch the progress of the squabble over tbe offiie in our neighboring oonnty of 8chuylkill. Luzerne and Schuylktll were the only counties in the State affected by the Controller law. Hence, having settled the question to onr own satisfaction — or, rather, dls satisfaction — it will interest us to learn the outcome of the eqnabble in our sister oonnty. The Schuylkill politicians on both s des are old-time warriors, and are making a battle royal This week he auditors of Sjhnylklll filed an answer to the writ of quo warranto lssned at the □stance of Attorney General ItcOormaok to show cause why they should not vacate the office of auditor. The answer is Identical with that made by the Luzsrne audi tors, when they ware called upon in like manner, running to the effect that the passage of the Controller act " is in violation of oiausi 17, section 7, article 3, of the constitution, Inasmuch as It creates an of fioe for only these two counties and prescribes and limits the duties of the county auditors and likewise prescribes and limit* the datles of county commissioners in the said two counties." It will be interesting to compare the decisions of the two courts when that of Schuylkill is rendered Meantime the auditors haug to their offioes, and their reports continue to be sent out long after they oease to be of interest. prominent man hanos himself. DEAD Schumunn'smothor was gifted in music. She died last night: (How (loop the snows of Kay Bloom on the thickets there.) See how her face. Von Bunko's mother was literary and tho author of several essays and other Li Hung Chang wants more Amerloan missionaries. Will he tako out life insurance policies on them?—Cleveland World. Ide of George Blodgett, a Button wood HIS NEIGHBORS YEARN TO BREAK IN- On Timely Topics of Local and Gen- Farmer, "Yes, we," sneered Lewis Mortimer. "Betsey and I, we killed a tyar, didn't we? What are you talking about? It was the women who did it. They worked before election and then went up to the polls like—ahem—men." TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. works. The man who prays for congress gets only |900 a year, and it is the only real hard job in tho whole Democrat. George felodgett, a widely known reddent of Bottonwood village, in Hanover township, "committed suicide Sunday by hanging himself In an loe house near his home with a leather strap. He was sixtytwo years old, and Is survived by his wife and three children. Deceased h »d been a farmer nearly all his life. Bis ancestors were among the pioneer settlers of the valley. The suicide left a note which stated that he did not know of what nse he was in this world and that he would be be better off dead than alive. He also made provision in the same note for the distribution of his personal effects. Several t'mss of late he was heard to remark that he did not know what he was living for. He also stated in his note that ha was sorry to leave his wife in so shocking a manner. The immediate cause of his fit of despondency Is supposed to have occurred on Saturday night, when he lost the nomination for supervisor which he had been oonfident ol securing. Is blindly turned against the light. (The grace Of spring comes new—as it was yesterday And ever shall be.) They have put away Her hands beneath the sheets. (How green the place. See through the leaves white butterflies that abase Much ado has been mado over the vestibule train on this line, which was to practically annihilate time and place the coses and pomegranates of Florida and Louisiana right in the front yard of New York, but tho train is really a week or two slower than it was ere it had been vestibuled. Tho character of Washington's mother is too well known to need more than an eral Interest. Mrs. Beaxley and Her Eldest Bon, Prehen- allusion sile, Who Lira Near Possom Trot I the Hon. Kop«i Ellas of "When I Holler It's One of the few redeeming traits In the chariveter of Ilonry VIII was his respeot for his mother. The 27 editors in congress will serve their country woll by educating the lawyers there to boll down all Congressional Record oopy.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. CAMPBELL'S LEDGE WATER SCHEME. Law" Fame, and Other People. Bach other in the sun.) Oh, poor doad clay' The mouth is silent and the eyes are blind! (But how the young leaves in tho sun and shado "Well, I haveuo objection to that I don't want to rob them of their credit. All honor to the women who rid ns of boodlers and incompetents." The mother of tho famous Constable Bourbon learned to-fence in order to assist in the military training of her son. Plttston People are Interested, Since tlie Mains Wilt Probably Pass Through Hero—Banker Rnckafellow's Case—A $e are again called upon to refer to Hon. Kope Elias of Franklin, N. C. Mr. Elias is known generally In the state as a Democrat, bnt has attracted almost universal attention to himself by laying aside bis strong Democratic proolivities and indorsing the present administration. [Copyright, 1886, by Edgar W. Nyo.1 A western baseball team has signed a poet as a pitcher. This tends to even up mutters with certain magazines vho apparently sign pitchers as poets.—New York Press. Vandyke's mother was quite an art critic, with a very correct appreciation of excellence in drawing and painting. Do tromble with the faint, delicious wind!) Her life is ended, and her grave is mado. And is this all that death can leave behind? Good Lard deliver me I I am afraid! —New York Tribune. "They acted nobly," chimed in old Hobbs, "but much was due totho splendid leadership and wondeiful genius for organization of that Miss Clayburn. She is indeed a great girL Yon know her, Agnew, don't you?" The political situation hero at the present time is extremely interesting, and some criticise congress while others criticise the president Criticising congress is one of the most unsatisfactory methods of passing the time that I can imagine. A criticism that has to be divided up among 300 or 400 men who are not of a sensitive nature is like trying to purify Tammany Hall by burning Hint for Traction Manager Graham— The Controller Contest In Sehnylklll. Wllkesbarre, through Its water companies, has decided to get It* water supply from the Susquehanna, above Campbell's Ledge That Interests cur people for several reasons. First, because they wonld like to know what the plana are to beat the plaoe where the anpply is to be secured As we understand toe ordlnanoa which passed first reading In the Wllkesbarre Council this week and the explanations given ioere by. the representative of the water oompsny, the plant located at the river will consist of only the pumps necessary to force the water direot through the main to Wilkes barre. There will be.no Immense reservoir on Campbell's Ledge, as talked of, neither will there be at the outset a filter in the river. Pit:stonlans are asking the question as to what kind of water the company expects to give their patrous when the river is mnddy, as frequently happens The river supply under this oondltlon may not be so unhealthful as that whloh the Crystal Spring Cdmpany has been fur nishing, but It certainly will not bo of the best quality. The Pittston supply taken from the river, though filtered, Is not to be held np aa a model when thr river is running high. What the supply would be without having been filtered Is not hard to determine. It la olearly evident that to furnish good, pure water at itli times, the Campbell's Ledge combination will be obliged to provide a filtering p.-oo ess somewhere along the line. There la, another point in whioh our people are int« rested. Where is the main to run? Down the east side of the river? If so, through the cit) ? In this event, there will be rights to be secnred, whether the main be laid through public or private property. This Is what the city authorities should look after. The right cf way ihrongh this olty for a line of the oharCcter proposed is a valuable concession. If run through the streets, considers! le risk is run of damage to property, and provision should be made for the settlement of damages. Also there ahonld be material return made to the dty for the right, If granted. Wllkesbarre demands and will secure twenty-five fire plugs free as part return for rights In thaD city. Something of that sort would oomt In nicely in Pittston, where the present water supply for fire purposes Is not of the best It would be well *o keep an eye on the progrees of the Campbell's Ledge water scheme. The mother of Peter tho Great was a woman of intrepid courage and great personal strength, both of body and mind. Here's a woman wants to divorce her husband because he bathes but once a year. That's what a man gets for having steady, regular habits and sticking to them.—Albany Argus. A NEW WOMAN. Daniel Webster onco said, ''The man who would be disrespectful to his mother would spit on her gravo when she is dead." "Ah, yes, yes, of course," stammered Tom. Judge Robinson of this state a short time ago filled his ears with cotton while Kope was addressing him in court As ootton is now very low, Judge Tasso's mother was "peculiar." It is believed by some writers that tho madness with which he was allliotod was inherited. Colonol Dob Ingersoll Is pretty level headed about some of the bnrning questions of the day, but there are those who insist that he is not posted on the burning questions of the future.—Sioux City Journal.There had been whist that evening at the clnb and, incidentally, there bad been champagno. There were cigars and conversation. The meeting had been a thorough success, so in consequence the members of the Columbian were in high -leather. "Well, we'll expect yon to see that she is one of the patronesses on 'ladies' day.' " a rag. As soon as Tom could get ont he hurried away, mentally kicking himself for a weak fooL Some think that the president should not go hunting ducks when he has a chance to insult tho British, regarding the latter as far greater sport to the thinking mind than the former, bnt of course I have my own ideas about that. Others make still more invidious remarks. One man the other day raked up a lot of old and forgotten talk about the president's former term, etc. Rubens' mother was a plain, unassuming housekeeper, who nolthcr knew anything of nor cared anything for art or music. ♦ A Qlnoinnatl heir«k% hns nytrriod M. Louis Charitor Antotne GuJlbort Pierro Pinton of the French legation at Washington. She doubtless oonsiders that she has captured the greater portion of the legation.—Galveston News. And he called himself by no milder name when ho found Helen Clayburn at home a half hour later. He explained it all to her, not for a moment sparing himself. Tho mother of Vauban, the French mil itary enginoer, was very skillful in mathematics and gave hor son a taste for the same lino of studios. The clnb was only a year old, and •Bch new success meant another weight thrown on the side of popularity and Mrs. Henians considered her mother as ono of tho most remurkable women who ever lived, and in several placos in her poems and letters alludes to her. If Mr. John Lawrenoe Sullivan has actually removed to Chicago, a classic of the American stage has been anachronized and the local society reformers of the stage should make haste to recompense jis for this loss of "The Gentleman From Boston. "—Boston Journal. CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. So the conversation had in it some of the spirit of the lively young men. "I said that something had happened to vex you," said Helen, "but, oh, Tom, I knew you would come to your senses. But areu 't you afraid of mo as a new woman? Just think, Tom, I've been elected president of the Woman's Social Purity club and won the annual medal for tho best muffins at the cooking school. Isn't that ominous?" Quarterly District Convention Held In "Why," says he, "when tho president got married, he lit out without a word, only that he ordered his secretary not to forward any engrossed bills to him during his honeymoon. Think of that!" Wilk«f b*rr». "By Jove," said Morris Habberton, "this is what I call real joy of life. A fellow attends to his business during the day and feels that he deserves a rest at night. So he hies him to his club, where there are cards,' cigars, congenial fallows and a harmless glass. John "Chrysostom often spoke of the tenderness of his mothor, and quite as often of her beauty. Ho believed that the eloquence which gave him so wide a reputation was inherited from hor.—St. Louie Globe-Democrat. A quarterly convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence societies of this district was held in Wilkeebane Sunday afternoon. The societiea in Wllkssbams, Kingston, Ashley, Avoca, Plymouth, Parsons and Plains were represented. John J. O'Hara, president of the Diocesan TXuion, presided. James T. Judge again brought up his antltreatiug league scheme, but nothing was done with it. The committee on organizing temperance- societies among the foreign elements hi this district, reported progress and was instructed to get the olergyman of the different nationalities to attend the next convention. It was deolded to hold the next convention in Ashley. 8. J. Connors resigned his position as secretary, and James Hlnss was elected to fill the vacancy. In Albany a man sold hia wife for 86 cents; a Pittsburg woman her husband for $200 In cash and Jewelry. This wide variation shows the usefulness of market, quotations and even of the stock market. There ought to be some kind of steadiness in these transactions.—Cleveland World. Why, hang it, I'm no partisan, of ootsrse, but I can be just and fair, I hope. I'd only ask the president to do as anybody else Mould do. Why, when 1 was married, I loft tho same word, and also in the order I included all other bills of every kind whatsoever, and yet there was not a word said about it in the papers. There was a look in her eyes and a half humorous little tremor in her voice that made liim clasp her in his arms as he said: ORCHARD AND GARDEN. "Nothing like it," said old Hobbs, who was gray as to the fringes of his bajtd pate, but had left the Bachelors' because, as he explained it, "the fellojys were getting old and grumpy." Tulip bulbs do not need to bo taken up oftoner than every fourth year. "I doii't care if you've been elected sheriff if yon'11 just forgive me and take me hark to yonr heart again. I don't cure how new a woman yon are, just so yon are mine."—Chicago News. Trim the raspberries by cutting out all dead wood and unthrifty canes. One of the most amusing of Dr. Holmes'1 experiences was a meeting when he was already past his prime with an old Andover schoolmate. Dr. Holmes' Schoolmate. "There's always a glow about the very appearance of the club eutranooto me." said Habberton. When manure is applied to the orchard, take pains to incorporate it thoroughly with tho soil. If I were president—which I am not, and for which I thank a kindly disposed and farseeing people—but if I had been "Ob, we know that's champagne talking, but the vintage seems to have the knack of uttering truth tonight" PREHENSILE BEAZLEY NEAB P08S0M TROT. Robinson wan easily enabled to do this on his present salary. As that did not settle the matter, however, it is said that the judge arose and strolled out into the courtyard, where he sat on a log in the rich, golden sunshine while Kope kept np his argument This was done to show a judicial contempt for the fortissimo bleat of Mr. Elias while arguing points of law. Mr. Elias is the author of the ruliug which has now becomo a classic—viz, "When I holler, it's law." (See 30 N. C., page 98.) In pruning all kinds of trees it is well to remember that diseased wood will never bocome sound. The doctor had given a lecture In a Massachusetts city, and the next day his host, a leading citizen, took him out for a drive about town. The doctor espied over a door a name that long ago was familiar to him. His entertainer made the introduction, but the merchant showed more Interest In the citizen than In his undersized guest. AWOTIIER MURDER. A Han's Heat) Hacked With a Hatchet at Warren H anting*' Law Eipcntn. Luierne and He Dies. CWUkesbarre News-Dealer.) Thomas Delasky, a Hungarian, w»s murdered at four o'clock Suoday morning by a gang of me a and nine arreete have made. The murder occurred in Luzerne Borough in a Hungarian settlement called Bed Row A numoer of boarders at the honse of Hike Rt-jtnae ware playing cards and drinking and talking about the arrets of Hafit in the lower end of tke county. Rtjtnas, whose broth«r-in-la» was among tie desperados captured, was very bitter in making statements asainst tbe officers who made the arrests, and said that if some people had not given information no arrests conld ever have been made, for it was impossible to get evidence outsile of the gang except from'Mends of the members. This was Lewis Murt liter's contribution to the geimrul talk. Hastings was in his sixty-third year when he was acquitted, after a trial which lasted seven years. Bis costs amounted to £100,000, whioh seems a pretty heavy lawyer's bill—it is at the rate of over £14,000 a year—though, no doubt, heavy expenses were contracted before the trial began in the preparation of evidence. The printed brief delivered to counsel for the defense extended to 24 folio volumes, and Law's retainer was COO guineas. Hastings memorialized the house of commons to grant him compensation, but Pitt to whom tho petition was sent, refused, in a curt note, to snbmit it to the sovereign, thongh he did not hesitate, as chancellor of the exchequer, to debit the.country with the enormous costs of the prosecution. But the court of directors of the East India company behavod very well. They resolved to grant Hastings a sum of £71,- 080 as an indemnification for his costs and an annuity of £5,000 for life. A small, thrifty tree, with copious root# when set put, will make a good troe sooner than a large tree with mutilated roots. "Vintage be hanged!" exclaimed the first speaker, turning on him in mock fury. In nearly all cases It will be better economy to grub out trees that are stunted and sickly than try to restore them to vigor. The doctor inquired if lie was not a student In Phillips, Andover, In 1826. Tho merchant replied that be was there at that time. WADDEtL COLLIERY SOLD. But old Hobbs interrupted him with, "Don't hang the vintage now, my dear boy, and don't, on your life, underrate its power and influence. " If t he roots of a troe arefrozon and then 'hawed while out of the ground or in oontact with tho air, the tree will bo killed- The Mill Creek Colliery Sold to the D. ft There aroyjo shortcuts In fruit growing. The plants must be set out, ho weli oareCl for, so as to secure a thrifty growth, and In due time they will boar'frult. "Do you remember a boy there named Ilolmes—Oliver Wendell Holmes?" H. Company. "I don't, but my words are the words of sane and sober troth. I say and maintain and I reiterate that there are a warmth and a genial glow about the very entrance to these rooms.'' It was announced Mondav that the Waddell colliery at Hill Creek had been sold to the Delaware and Hudson Caal Company, tbe transfer to take place at once. The vVaddell Coal Company owned the pl/rnt, but leased the ooal land. Both are now in the hands of the Dataware and whioh, it is said, wjtl also mine through this shaft the tract of coal which formerly was mined from the Laurel Run shaft at Patsons, bnt which recently passed ont of the hands of the Delaware and Hudson company. After a slight hesitation he answered "Yes. Little fellow, wasn't hef" Much sorrow has been expressed thronghout tho state that Judge Robinson should have shown any choler or impatience over the methods of Mr. Elias, who is a greakfriend of the president and hopes to have him here at his bouse during the pokeberry carnival next summer. The doctor admitted that such was the fact and added that he was that boy. The old schoolmato looked him over without much appearance of Interest. Raspberries do best in a doep, rich, mellow garden soli and will be rnuoh benefited by mulching them with coarse stable manure after the ground Is frozen. The planting may be done at any time before the ground freezes.— St. Louis Republlo. "He waxeth oratorical," mocked Mortimer. "So you didn't take a college coursoi"' remarked the dootor. "Contrast," went on Habberton, without deigning to notice the interruption, "this home coming with the home coming at a fellow who is married to a woman." "No; I've followed the hardware bus! nesa, and I've done very well in it. Where have you kept yourself?" "I've been practicing medicine In Boston."The topio of a general war with Great Britain has been freely discussed here among the wealthier classes, with whom I managed to spend the holidays. I find quite a variance of opinion with regard to a war with foreign powers and notice that the scheme is most popular among those who use the crucifix as a middle initial mostly. They yearn to break into Buckingham palace before snow flies another fall and bear away a princess or two, together with what etown jewels can be got into a valise. A ROYAL FLUSH Grand Duke Alexis Is a full admiral now and the head of the Russian navy. "Or one of these new women," from Bensington, who had not beforo joined in the conversation. "Strange I have never heard of yon. I have been In Boston quite often, and I know a good many doctors there." Thla ta k led one of the boarders to remark that Thomas Deiaskey , who had come from the Haaleton regions a few days before, was a suspicions oharacter and it might be possible that he had given information and then fl-d to this end of the oounty to escape the vengeanoe he knew would follow. The sultan is not of pure Turkish descent. Singularly enough, there is a strain of pure Armenian blood in his veins. It will hardly be believed that the board of control, of which Dundas was the head, refused to sanction these proposals, as excessive, and ultimately Hastings received from the directors £50,000 down and £4,000 a year for life. We presume that he settled his bill of costs for 10s. in the pound, and his three counsel, Law, Plumer and Dallas, might well have foregone some of their fees, for the trial "brought them so much reputation that they all attained to the highest posts on the bench.—Saturday Review. "Ah, now you are talking sense," said old Hobbs, rubbing his hands gleefully. ' "It is the advent of the new woman that is keeping so many innocent, eligible and worthy men from matrimony." TAKING MEALS WITH THE EAKL. " Well, I have also been a professor In Harvard Medical college, and my lectures there have occupied most of my time in late years, so that I haven't praotioed much." EAGf-.ES WILL CELEBRATE. president seven or eight years and enjoyed it and looked forward to a peaceful rest, beyond the reach of the waves of political jealousy and intrigue, and had a conscience with tho bark still on it and had a house and lot all paid for, I would so lay out my programme that I might ekjse my term of office with a whole skin, a bright, cheerful liver and a few gastric facilities for future use rather than go from the White House to the overcrowded asylum or tho patriot's grave. Observation will convince the most skeptical that a patriot's grave is just as hard to get out of as any other grave. The.czar is reported to have said to somebody who commented on the sex of his baby: "The czarina and I are rejoloe* to have a daughter. The child Is ours, and ours only. A son would have belonged to all Russia." Will Give an Entertainment, Banquet • * « and Dance Feb. 22nd. At a meeting of tbe Eagle Hose Co. held list week, arraigements were start*d f or the celebration of Washington's blrth-3ay, February 22nd. A committee was appointed to attend to the matter with power to act. The company will not hold the annnal fair but it is proposed to give entertainment, banquet and dancej which will be arranged on an elaborate scale. Dr. Holmes, physloian, scientist, litterateur, poet and wit, was evidently of small aooount to bis whilom school mate.— Independent. What shall be done with ex-Banker tiookafellowI if the question that la agi tating people at the oounty seat, and the eoho Is heard in the Plttstons, now so closely In touoh with Wllkesbarre, by steam and electrlo lines, telephones and newspapers, that most pnb.io discussions there interest as. The old man has just returned from the Eastern Penitentiary, in Philadelphia, where he has spent the past two years and fonr months, serving the sentence of imprisonment passed upon him by the Luzerne court for doing away, in some manner or other as yet unknown, with the money entrusted to him as bank er. He Is broken down in health and spirit—itD,faot, almost a total wreck The indlotment nnder which he was found guilty and Imprisoned was but one of a dozen brought against him. The cases which were not tried are still pending, and It la for the men who made ont the warrants to say whether the cases shall b* prosecuted further. 80 far as oan be jndged from the newspaper 00m necti and general talk In Wilkes oarre, there is a feeling abroad that the oases should be dropped. The reasons given are that Boekafellow has suffered all that it is possible for him to stiff ar as a result of his aankruptey, that he la a physical wreck, with money, station and all that ,he held gone, and that, therefore, the pushing of these other oases against him, sending him baok to penitentiary, as they surely would, for life, wonld be nothing lees than perse cut Ion. Notwithstanding all this, It w juld appear that some of the heavy losers b Bookafellow's failure are determined to bring the oases Into oonrt. They disclaim aqy desire to perseoute Boekafellow, feeling, as tbsy say, the foroe of the argument as to the unfortunate banker's condition, but there is a hankering to find out what became of the money, and, if possible, to disoover and punish the men, who, It is supposed, were equally guilty with the banker. These are the fellows whom the angry depositors are after, and their only hope to solve the mystery, they claim, is 1 placing Roekafellow on the raok again. It Is a question, however, if any amou t of further physical ot mental toitare could worm the seoret ont of the old man. He has suffered enough already to Induce him to reveal the tru9cansee of his failure if he were an ordinary perton. That he has re fused to so, under past pressure, seems to us an Indication that he will refuse to divulge the secret under any circumstances While It la to be regretted that others, if guilty, should eecape punishment, it would seem that fate, in sealing the banker's lips, has so willed it. "How do you know?" interrupted Mortimer, with especial stress on the "yon." This suggestion was all the drunken crowd needed to cause a fight. Deiaskey who was with them protested his innocence and tried to quell the suspicion, but the pollnky soaked fiends were eager for bl Dod and they pounced upon the unfortunate man before he had any opportunity to esoape.One elderly man from over eight miles west of Turkey Tail'told me that war agreed with him better than any other thing he had ever gone into. He was a prisoner of war for over three years at Rock Island, Ills., and says it's the only time he ever felt entirely free from want His family is scattered all over the state. One brother lives on the main road back of Bilesville, N. C. His name is Isosceles Beazley. The old mother, who is still living at the ripe age to which so many who use tobacoo to excess often attain, has her home with tho eldest son, Prehensile Beazley, 13 miles behind Possom Trot (Some hiiiarty may think that these names are creatures of the imagination, but that is not so. Some of these places are postoffices, while others are mere corner stores in the country, but they are gen . uine.) Ex-Empress Eugenie has recently deposited bet will with a prominent London attorney, In which, true to ber pledge, she has left a legacy to each of the 5,834 male persons of France born on the birthday of her son, Prince Louis. Some one threw an almanac at him, and old Hobbs remarked that he bated "weak attempts atKffcasm." Colonel Soot* mm* Omni Pope. Megargee, in the Philadelphia Times, says that Colonel Thomas A. Scott was singularly unassuming In his drees and demeanor. When be was assistant secretary of war, be bad occasion to visit General Pope at his headquarters at New Madrid, Mo. General Pope was greatly addicted to profanity and violence pf manner. Colonel Soott entered the headquarters with the remark, "I should like to see General Pope on business." Reginald Vertress was a known and reputed ladies' man, so. nobody paid mnch attention when he observed, rather tentatively: "Oh, I haven't much faith in all this talk about the new woman, anyway. If you'd believe me, ■he's only the same dear creature with the addition of a bicycle, big sleeves and • membership ticket in the V. G. P. U." A very marked change has oome over the Prince of Wales of late. Naturally calm and unimpressionable, he has grown nervous, restless and discontented. He looks older than his years would warrant, and his eyes have around them lines thai tell of sleepless nights aud uncomfortable thoughts. Marble Making. The example furnished by nature in the production of marble from chalk by water, the latter percolating gradually and steadily through the chalky deposit*, dissolving the chblk particle by particle and crystallizing it, mouutain pressure effecting its characteristic solidity, it is now found may be the basis of accomplishing similar results by a resort to chemical processes. Slices of chalk are for this purpose dipped into a color bath, staining them with tints that will imitate any kind of marble known, tbe same mineral stains answering this end as are employed in nature. For instance, to produce tbe appearance of the well known and popular verde antique an oxide of copper application is resorted to, and in a similar manner green, pink, black and other colorings are obtained. The slices after this are placed in another bath, where they are hardened and crystallized, coming out to all intents and purposes real marble.—London Deoorators' Gazette. County Detective E?kert was notified and organized a posse and raided the "Red Row" abont neon and captnred nine men who he has reason to believe were concerned in the murder. A NEW COAIC COMPANY. It is for that reason perhaps that I am essentially a man of peace. I made the same remark in Scotland to tho Misses Montieth and their father, the Earl of Bdoontooth, at whose house I took my meals while in that beautiful country. Plttston Capitalists Lease a Colliery Near Shamokln. "See my adjutant!" roared Pope. "My business is with General Pope In person." A special dispatch from Shamokln to tolay'a Philadelphia Ledger says: "M. ft. O'Boyle, of Plttston, and other capital lata In Csntral Pennsylvania have leased the Greenongh coal tract, four miles eatt of this city, and a $50,000 breaker will at once be constructed, giving work to 600 men and boys." "Well, whatever may bo said," went on Habberton—he bad drunk considerable champagne—"the new woman is a painful reality. We hate to admit her presence, but she is here, though we hope not to stay." - THE WAR. The nine men ware given a heating be■ore Alderman Johnson,, but maintained absolute silence when questioned. They were committed to jail without ball and when seen in their cells still refused to *p,y anything regarding the murder. They gave their names as Andrew Peter, Anthony Maohlmls, Mike Bej anas, Mike Lobules, Joe Labulee, Frank Maseir, Wm. Machinla, Mike Uter and Mike Sovonlkls. Tho old Johnny Rebs will be In the front ranks If wo.are oompollod to twist the lion's tall.—Chattanooga News. "Blank, blank yonr business! See my adjutant, I tell you!" I am a practical man, having been the first one in the south to go into the dairy business after growing tomtits from birdeeed, and so I cannot but deplore anything that looks like war. It is said that our navy has actually outlived its usefulness while being constructed and that it will take 205 yearn, with good times and rapid work, to build proper defenses on our coast and frontier, and so I say that, knowing the character of tbe people who have gone there to live, I should most heartily deplore our annexation to Canada. "My name is Soott"— "I don't care whether your name is Soott or Jones or Smith or Brown- See my adjutant, blank blank yovM" "As I was about to my name Is Soott, and I wish to see you on government business. I have the honor to be assistant secretary of war." Wo foel more like going to war with England over Dnnraven than over Vene- "Pray forbear," exclaimed the irrepressible Mortimer. "Who knows but some of our nulaaber have formed entangling alliancef with new women who make political speeches and head petitioning conventions?" zuela.—Brockton Times. There is still open to us the hopefal prospect that "tho war" will be fougbf solely with that terrible engine of destruction, the human mouth.—Boston Transcript.Prehensile Beazley is a man a little past middle life, with autumn foliage all over his face. He was named by a well known naturalist, who was killed here 50 years ago by mistake. He wore a vest and so was taken fur a revenue officer. He is buried near Frying Pan P. O., this state. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Pope's demeanor underwent a revolution, as he said In the blandest manner: "I beg your pardon, colonel. I had no intention to be rude, but there are so many loafers in oamp, and they annoy me 60 much, that I am sometimes put out of temper. Be enough to take a seat and bave the kindness to inform me of your'wishes." Horrible Death of a Colored Man In Hazl-toil. "May gracious heaven forbid!" responded Habberton, in such a tone of mock tragedy that the whole company Ararat into peals of rollicking laughter. There was one young man who'had not joined in the conversation and who did pot join in the laugh. Tho possibility is that the war will be fought about as the international yachting race was—In ink. And, as in that case, the Englishman will be the quitter.— Brockton Aiucrloan. Henry Mocre, a colored man, was handling dynamite caps, while standing by the side of a oar containing anatln powder, In a EUzleton mine last Friday. One of the caps fell, exploded, and all, the powder went off. Moore was horribly mangled. THE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS Delegates Elected to the State Convention Monday. Prehensile always turns out to attend the Christmas tree festivities furnished by the better class, to which I belong. He then goes home to kill time until the next Yuletide. I asked him how times soemed with him during this long campaign of education and confronted by a condition instead of a theory, and he said, to be honest about it, it seemed to him like a d d long time between Christmas trees. The Second Legislative District Convention met Monday afternoon in Lnzerne borough. All of the districts but one were represented. Lewis Jones presided, and Mqulre Johnson, of Lnzerne, was elected secretary. L P Holcomb, of West Pittston, and R. W. Robarta, of Lazerne, were elected delegates to the Stata convention, and the alternates are Salmon Lewis, ot Exeter township, and J. R. Koons, of Huntington township. A resolution to Instruct the delates to vote for Hon. C. A. Miner for delegate at-large was offered bj E. 8. Stackhouse, but was afterward withdrawn, and a motion that the delegates go to the convention unlnstmcted, made by H. 0. Phillips, of WestPlttaton, prevailed. The strongest advocate of a vigorous foreign policy that I have ever met was a man who was sentenced to make a few rambling remarks on the gallows for the following Friday. He flitted away to paradise, as he admitted that he was about to do, calling for a vigorous war policy. Novel Way of Annoying the Police. This was Tom Agnew. He sat smoking in an obscure corner, and his.face flushed at the last words of Habberton Mortimer and the laugh which greeted t*""U. As soon as convenience would allow he rose and slipped away. A novel way of annoying the Paris police has been discovered by one of the class who look upon them as tbeir natural enemies. Some fellow has several times pretended to commit suicide by jumping from the Pont Neuf, near that statue of Henri IV which has given rise to one of the most widely current French proverbial sayings. Just when a number of people are passing toward dusk, he gets up on the parapet, says, ''I am tired of my life," and appears to jump into the Seine. Instead of jumping into the watpr, however, I10 falls on the parapet and crawls along in the semidarkness to another part of the bridge, when he climbs up and joins tho crowd in order to watch the "fun." Policemen rnn up, boatmen make off to tho rescue, tmcl in the midst of the hubbub tho cause of it all says what is tho French slang equivalent of "I say, aren't those bobbies going it?" and then runs away, laughing. Up to the present he has-not been caught, but tho whole performance was witnessed the last timo by a policeman in plainclothes. Owing to the confusion and the number of vehicles in the roadway, this particularly objectionable practical joker was able to make his escape. —Paris^Letter. Colonel Soott entered -at once upon the business in hand, making no reference whatever to Pope's outrageous behavior and acting just as though the occurrence bad not taken place. The Old Familiar Qrretlnf. Wll)i of Plttston Decedents. At a recent seance in this city the spirit of the wife of a well known citizen appeared, and he involuntarily exclaimed, "I haven't got a cent"—Los Anoeles Exnrnss The will of the late Rev. Father Joseph J. Ziotorzynskl, filed yesterday, is as follows: "1 give and bequeath to my brother, Alexander Z otorzynskl, of Shamokln, Pa, the p'ani in my resldenoe ; to my half brother, Mlohael C Jasielnm, of Plttston, my library and the snm ot $2,- 000; to my sister, Mrs. Annie Skyneyaa, of Qirardsvllle, Pa., the snm of $1,000 ; to my half sister, Mrs. Nellie Starkeweloy, of Plttston, the or4an now in her residence and the sum of $500; to my said brother, Alexander Z'.otorzlnskl, and Mrs. Mary Jaeullem, of Shamokln, Pa.,all the piotures and paintings in my residence or elsewhere; to Mrs Mary J. Clifford, my half sister, of Shamokln, Pa., the snm of $590. All the rest In residence and remainder of my estate, real and personal, to my mother, Mra. Mary Jislelun, her heirs, etc. I appoint the R*v. Andrew ZpohoWioy, of Glen Lyon, Pa, executor. Witnesses, Fred Selbel and Frank C Mosier." When iikilrooCU VQUDf. In his mind a strange fight was taking place between resentment, love and fear of ridicule. His case was a very peculiar one, if I They tell a good story about the Chicago and Altop at the time when the company was so poor that U could pay Its men only once In five or six months. The men stuck to the road, however, because they bad nothing better In the way of a vocation In sight. - Governor Mathews was then president of the road, and one day a big, strapping fellow who had been tamping ties for four months went down to Bloomlngton, and, hunting up Mathers, showed him his shoes, were completely worn out, apfl addressed him as follows; Vegetables In New York. "One thing that strikes me unfavorably about your hotel restaurants here in New York," remarked an escaped Philadelphian who is spending a few days in this city, "is the expense of eating vegetables if one chances to dine alone. Take any of your first class restaurants, and you will find the meats moderate in price, because you can get half portions which are amply sufficient for one. But the idea seeins never to have struck auy of your hotel men that a half portion of potatoes or spaghetti or asparagus or French peas would be a good thing for the patrons, and in consequence for the hotel. For instanco, I sit down and order a half portion of chicken or duck, or a small steak, and with it some potatoes and perhaps two kinds of vegetables. I get enough vegetables for a small family, and tbey cost me twice what the meat costs. I eat a small part of each, and have enough. What dues tho restaurant man suppose I am going to do with the rest of it? Carry it away in my pocket? Or does he think it conduces to appetite to see three times as much food before one as is wanted? Or—unpleasant thought— does be find use for the residue in the order of a later diner? What yotD need hero is vegetable reform in your eating places."—New York Sun. There is a most unctuous quality of humor among these sad voiced denizens of the forest—I was about to say the virgin forest, but a man can't be too careful when he is writing for the papers, I find. Bay be permitted to diverge here to speak of it. He was of a joyous nature and somewba,t given to badinage of a pure and delicate character suited to smoking oars and Pussy Caffays. He said in a spirit of pure jocularity one evening, while full of animal spirits and such things, to a haughty major from Louisiana: "Good night, major, good night We will not say farewoll, but reservoir, as the French have it." He meant nothing but an revoir, bnt tlie major, who was well bred and therefore yearning for a copious insnlt that he might avenge, turned and reached for his pistol, aiming to kill the persiflager, for he thought that he had been called a reservoir, moaning a tank, but in reaching for his pistol the major erroneously ran bis hand into a forgotten chasm in his trowziz, and ere he could get out of that and into his pocket, where his great punctuator was, the humorist, Reeling that he is thrice armed who hath his quarrel just, had seized a largo Limoges Tom and Jerry bowl, and when he got through with it tho major's cocoanut looked liko the abattoir annex of the old Bastille. He felt that in Lewis Mortimer's last remarks there had been a veiled allusion to himself, though his engagement to Helen Clay burn was supposed to be a secret. Helen he knew to be a leader in the work of women, and he grew angry with himself, with her and with his companions when he thought that she might be Included in tbe category of new women. A man is not always reasonable after champagne and a losing game of whist So in his unreason Tom Agnew wrote a letter that night winch in his saner moments he would not have been guilty of Dip»wDing. And the next morning Helen Claybarn received it just as she was going out to attend a meeting of tho Kindergarten association. A noighbor of mine got caught out late on a stormy night about 18 miles beyond Elevation P. O. last year and had to put up with one of tho Beazleys —I think it was Oxygen Beazley, who killed Poke Sinker of Bat Cave P. O., this state. FWBIH DISTRICT '.'governor, I must have some money, as I can't work without shoes. I need other things, but would try to get along If I had a pair of boots." In the Fourth district convention, held In Hizleton, Fred L. Smith was elected delegate to the State convention, and Geo. B O'Connor alternate. In the morning Mrs. Beazley got up and took a chow of tobacco and began tho day's work. Some women get up and dress, but Mrs. Beazley, being already dressed, including her sunbonnet, which she wears of nights to keep tho moonlight from making too free with her complexion, skipped the primping process. The governor looked at the man's half nakod feet, and theu spoke grufily: "How long have you been working on tho roadf" The Fifth Dlatrlot Convention met in 9ooper's Hall, at Plains. A. D. Reese oalled the delegates to ordsr. J. M. Jones, of this city, John D Reynolds, of Hughestown, and Daniel Evans, of Plains, were appointed tellers. Etch of two contelegatee from the Second District of Miner's Mills were allowed a half vote. Charlee B. Smith was permanent chairman, and J. M. Jones, of this c ty, and Wm. Jefferson, of Plains, secretaries. Gomer Tasker, of Parsons, was elected delgate to the State Convention by acclamation, and J. M. Jones, of this city, alternate. A resolution T7as adopted instruct lng the delegate to vote for Hon. C. A. Miner for delegate at-large. FIFTH DISTRICT "Seven months altogether, and on the section five months," was the answer. "Well, sir," the president, "you will Jiavo to give Hp your Job. We have po money, and I am about to Issue orders that hereafter no man must be hired who does uot possess a new pair of boots." The will of the late Taomas E. Grier was also filed yesterday After directing 'he payment of his debts and fnneral expenses, he makes the following bequests : to t is Wm. E. drier, all household furniture and his d welling house and its appurtenances, situate in West Pittston borough, on Susquehanna avenue, and af ter the sale of the ooal under his lot his sou, Wm. E Grier, is to pay two thousand dollars to Mary E LaBarre ; his daughter, B'anche L Cjnrad to receive his interest in the lot or. the Northeasterly corner of Main and Hill streets, in Pittston, and a piano. Wm E Grier and Blanche LD. Conrad are mentioned as executors. "Why, it's a letter from Tom," she Baid. "I wonder if he is in haste to go away, that he writes.'' And she tore it open. It was not very long and as she read it she grew white and trembled a little. But Helen Clayburn was a very sensible girL She banded the letter to her mother, saying: Sho fried somo pork and cooked a corn dodger on the blade of a shovel, and the festivities began. My friend tried to be gay and convey the impression that he was a good raocoontear, as the French say, bat he could not rally the Hugging spirits of the family. Finally his corn dodger was so dry and butterless that he asked Oxygen to pass the gravy. He did not understand and looked qneer. Then the guest tried again and glanced at the tin pan of hot lard in the middle of the table. There was quite a hush for a time, and Oxygen looked up at the nine foot gun on the crotches behind him to see i£bad been loaded. Mirror Writing. The big fellow loft in despair and went back to work twain, and after that po one went to the governor after \noney with the excuse that he ppcdod new boots.—Pittsburg Post, In The Quarterly Medical Journal for Yorkshire and the adjoining counties Dr. Prochley Claphain gives an account of a caso in which this abnormality was well marked. The patient was a female with right hemiplegia, who had taught herself to write with her left hand. At first she wrote mirrorwise—i. e., from right to left. Then having gone to school jhe commenced to write in the usual way, and sometimes forgetting she Would write one line mirrorwise and the uext in the usual wny—the style in which archaic Greek manuscripts were written. Many jDeople practice mirror Writing at the present day for the purposo of writing on postcards, for the writing is illegible, like the books in "Looking Glass House," unless held up to a mirror. It will bo found comparatively easy to do if the left hand is used, and still easier if both hands are used simultaneously, and many markedly left handed persons do it naturally. OUR GIRLS. The New York Tribune recently contained a hint for Traction Manager Graham, who Is ever on the alert to catch up inno rations In the liae of electrio railroading. This scheme may be somewhat too rloh for the olass of people with whom our Traotion Company has to deal, but that makes it none the less pleasant to read about. Theatre trolley cars especially made for the purpose I That's the idea. Brooklyn is going to have 'em, and the elite of the metropolis are expected to foot the bill. To do so they must needs go down deep in their pockets The otrs are veritable palaoee on wheels the Interior flilshed la maho;any, with a lavish display of silken drapery. Outside the oars are finished In blue and gold The ears are to be used by private parties In going to and from the theatres. Skatlag parties and wedding guests will klsj be accommodated, and since the oars will be equipped with arrangements for serving laaoheon, will be at the entire servloe of the party, so that they may lounge In an Upholstered chair, chat under softened lights and enjoy perfeot solution, besides being waited upon, as promised In the official announcement, by a conductor en dowed with the air of a Chesterfield, it goes without saying that they will be pop ular. The question of interest is, whec can we order a palace oar for a trolley ride around the Wyoming Valley ? » « "Something has gone wrong to vex Tom. He should have come to me instead of writing. 1 will wait for him to come to his senses." For this justifiable homicide the humorist was executed. When the black cap was about to be put on, the sheriff asked him if ho had anything to say. He stated that he had hardly expected to be called upon and felt that tlierp wero others present who could entertain the crowd better than he, but he thought he could not do better perhaps than urge upon those before him the necessity of a firm and vigorous foreign policy. He then hitched np his trousers, so that nothing might occur to mar the programme or cast a gloom over the execution, and passed on to that bright land where the reformed murderer enjoys himself a whole lot. A homely woman is not peoesearlly a woman who stays at home.-—West Union Gazette. read » nanor that, nwroinsf hefor* the association and the ladies said of it: •'The paper was excellent, but don't you think its value was much added to by her manner of reading? It was read with aaoh spirit." It Is a pity that girls do not practloo patience more and the piano lees.—Atchi- Atchison Globe. Why Cant Folks Dndent^od? Now lot us have a woman1® edition of The Congressional flopord. They have had a whacfc at almost everything else.— Pittsburg Press. BURGLARS IN 8KBA9TOPOL. "Thistopsixtsixstr I'.' called a guard on the Sixth avenue elevated as the train drew up at a station. A mild mannered old lady was sitting in the seat next to the door. A look of anxiety and uncertainty flitted acrons her face. She grasped the handle of her umbrella, and, loaning forward, gave the guard a few jabs in the side to attract his attention.Enter the Boniio of Wm. Rvtnii and Steal When she came home from tho associ- Mrs. J. Kllen Poster made the mistake of tier life whon she did not settle In Utah become United States senator.—Mil- Milwaukee Journal. Thirty Dollar*. Arranging for a W. C. T. U. Convention. ation, Helen Clayburn read .Torn Agnew's letter again and cried a little as die laid it down. Finally a bright son, about 8 years old, who has been to Hendersonville ohce and is looked up to a good deul around Elevation, said: Burgltrs were abroad in Sebastopol Saturday night. They entered the honse of William Evans The rear door of the house bad been left unlocked and a lamp was burning for h member of the family who was still "out when the others retired. Through this door entrance was made. The burglars went to the bedroom of Mt. Evans, secured his trousers, and took them int ioto the back yard. Here they went hrough them and secured $30 in money. Several other article; of value whloh were *n the room and in the pockets of the trousers were left untouched. The distovery of the theft was made upon the arrival of Mr. Evans's son, who found the loor wide open and the lamp extinguished. The thief is thought to be some one who vas familiar with the state of nff Dirs at the loose. The executive committee of the W. 0. T. U. of Lackawanna and kazwne counties met last Friday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. 0. H. Cool, in West Pittston. Among those present from out of town were Mrs. C. D. Simpson and Mrs. Dr. Hand, of Scranton ; Mrs Rtv. J. N.Lee, of Plains; Mrs. R=Dv. T. M. Furey, of ATanamle, and Mrs Maria Vaughn, of Moscow. The meeting was for the purpose of oompletlog arrangement* For amid; year convention, to be h»-ld February 27 and 28 In E'a Park Church, Sirantoo. The programme will be in charge of the Lcz?rne and Lackawama county Unions, but delegates w 11 be present from the following named oounties: Wayne, Wyoming, Monroe, Susquehanna and Colombia Several State workers are also expected. The convention will close with an address by Hon J Dhn G Wooley. ''Ho 'cannot become the laughing •tock of men by marrying a girl whose actions place ber unmistakably in the ranks of that very undesirable creature, the new woman.' Who bus been talking to him, and what have I done except take an intCYCwt in what should engage the attention of every true woman? Tom, Tom, I love you, I you must— you must come to yourself." It is particularly bard that the prioe of camphor should be forced up so high this year, of all others, when thore are so many pairs of bloomers to bo preserved. —Somer* vllle Journal. "I b'leve to Ood, paw, he's 'ludln at the sop I" "Is this Sixty-sijrth street?" she inquired.Wo are having rather a quiet butTery delightful winter here, with now and then a frosty night to purify the air and make life worth living. In the crisp dawn I hear" the deep mouthed baying of the hound and faraway, too, the deep mouthod husbandman giving tongue to the false joys of his own improvised apple jack. - 7v atlaa Hoe liuua. "Yesumthissitsistr," returned the guard. Miss Noe Tsuda, now * special student at a New England woman's college, is canvassing among rioh philanthropists for a fund to give Japanese women a four years' training in America and fit them for teachers. Miss Tsuda Is a woman suffragist in America, but it is feared that if she should divulge ber broad views in tbe land of the mikado she wonld be a woman sufferer. The old lady picked up a bundle and hurried off the car. As the train pulled away from the platform the guard turned to a passenger in a superior sort of way and remarked: Lost and Found. For everything that is given something is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts. The civilized man hits built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. Ho has a fine Geneva watch, but can not tell the hour by th« Not Adverting Much aa Yet, And she did not answer the letter. Mrs. Wiggles—Which make of typewriter does Mr. Waggles think best? Which one does he have in his own of(ice?Three weeks passed and Tom Agnew grew uneasy. Why had Helen not written? He had expected a letter from her before this. Hq hoped he had said nothing which she might construe into a desire on his part to break their engagement. He had not meant to go so far as that "W(|t'8 de matter wid some folks, anyway? I jes holler' dat thistopsitsistr right in de old jay's ear, an den shf wants to know if thistopsitsistr. Wat's do use a-hollern if de folks don't pay no 'tention to wat yor yell? Nestp sevntsekenstr I"—New York Sun. Somo bitter complaints are made and suits brought agaipst the Southern railway lately for delay and incompetency in shipping goods and a general failure to accomplish the objects for which it was created. Perishable goods are injured, and other goods are eaten by the trainbands. For my own part, I have suffered very little, as I do not ship anything but the New York papers over the road. |n December, however, I bad a carload of manure for my farm shipped from Aahevilie to Ar(tauten miles, aad Mrs. Waggles—Well, I'm not quite sure, but I think I overheard him tell Mr. Wiggles the other evening that he had a Daisy.—Somerville Journal. Cmu.—Emerson, A .Sign. "I am suro I do not feel a day older than I did when I came out,"said Miss Sevenseasons, "and I didn't think I looked any older. But of lato I have noticed that the young men who are having trouble with their sweethearts ull seem to drift to mo to tell their sorrows. "—Cincinnati Enquirer. Drew and Addres*, Mrs. Isabella Martio of San Francisco ireated something of a furore in court the other morning by appearing as her awn attorney. She stated her case, made abjections and took exceptions with the »sy grace of a person bred to the law. And all the time the wore a Paris gown. It has been proven by living witnesses Dy living witnesses that Pan-Tina Is a reuarkable spectfio for the quick cure of all llffioult and dangerous tbroat and lui g troubles—It's equal can't be fonnd Costs 25 cents. Pan-Tina is sold at th» drug Ctorts of J H Houok and G. D. Stroh. Ho was at the club one night again, and in the meantime an election had taken place. The insurance editor came' in with a new suit of clothes. nuining more Aaturai. A country farmer once excused himself for sleeping under the rector's sermons by observing, "Lor' sir, when you are in the pulpit we know it is all right"—Amusing Journal. Knew It Wan All Right. Have you earache, toothache, sore throat pains or swellings of any sort! A few applioa'lons of Dr. Thomas's Eolectrlo Oil will brlog reliet almost instantly. There were only cigars on this night. There had been no whiet, no cham- "Been at a fire?" sung outhalfta dozen of the other editors, with ono voioe. —Chicago Jiooord. _ Luzsrne county to have done with |
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