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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-07

The
LEA DER
124.126 Wyoming Ave-
OUR GREAT VALUE SALE CONTINUES
Bear in mind that never again will
you have the opportunity to buy desira-
bic merchandise at the rates we are
offering.
25 peces all-wool dress goods, In tan only;
real value. 4Oc.
SALE PRICE, 12lsc.
25 pieces fine silk and wool dress goods,
regular price, $1.N.
SALE PRICE ssc.
20 pieces fancy wool challie, very pretly
designs; real value, 12isc.
SALE PRICE. &c.
25 pieces black figured Mohair the real
50c. quality.
SALE PRICE. 34c.
% pieces 42-inch black storm serge, regu-
lar price 6Oc.
SALE PRICE. 39c.
800 yards fancy silks, bought from an im-
porter at about 25c. on the dollar; none
in the lot worth less lnan 100 a yard.
and great many worth as high as
$500 yard.
CHOICE OF ANY 69c.
One lot of Persian and fancy Silks regu-
lar 4Oc. quality.
SALE PRICE. 25c.
10 pieces handsome striped silks. regular
CHOICE OF ANY. 34c.
72 dozen misses fast black. full seamless
hose, sizes s to Sla. worth 12Iac.
SALE PRICE 3 PAIRS FOR 25c.
100 dozen ladies' fast black and tan russell
shades, full seamless. worth l2iac.
SALE PRICE PAIR FOR 25c.
40 dozen ladies' Onyx fast black hose. 40
gauge, double spliced soles and high
spliced heels, worth 35c.
SALE PRICE, 15c.
25 dozen ladies' cream, white and black
silk mitts; good quality.
SALE PRICE, Csc.
70 dozen ladies' finest quality real kid
gloves with heavy blacA embroidery
In mode, tan, brown and OK blood,
worth SLIPS.
SALE PRICE. 79c.
Our great reduction sale in the cloak
| and suit department will continue. as we
are determined not to carry over a single
garment.
One lot infants dresses. worth Ssc.
SALE PRICE. 39c.
so 26-inch Gloria umbrellas, Paragon
frame. fine natural handles.
SALE PRICE, CSC.
4s ladies' White China silk parasols.
white ribs and sticks to match, worth
$l39.
SALE PRICE, $50.
| S6 ladies' fine White China Silk parasols.
with two ruffles, white sticks and ribs
to match, worth s1.9S.
SALE PRICE. sl4s.
72 dozen extra fine quality white em-
broidered handkerchefs "a manufac-
turers sample loD none in the lot
worth less than 25c.
SALE PRICE, 12ikc.
| rs pieces extra quality yard-wide un-
bleached muslin. the regular &c. quail
ity.
SALE PRICE, 4c.
25 pieces striped India linen, regular price
10c.
SALE PRICE, &c.
25 pieces extra quality dotted Swiss.
regular price $50. grade.
SALE PRICE, 1cc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-07

Philadelphia, July 6.--By superior play
Lancaster this afternoon easily defeated
the Athletics in dull. uninteresting
game. Score: R.H f.
Athletics ............1 900 I 0 2 0-5 S z
Lancaster ..........0021 43 Ill II 3
Batteries-Riter and Schaub; Shepard
and Roth. Umpire-Phelan.
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and Sam Mulford.
Each one of these men, like my
self, backs his own judgment strictly.
and has made a big success at the
business. Each is worth about all the
money he will ever care for. They
would never think of listening to me
or any one else.
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CAN'T STOP BETTING.

81 will never stop betting on the
races. ! could not. 1t Is second nature
to me. For several years back I have
said to myself that | will have all the
money will need and will never bet
heavily again. going to the races mere
ly for amusement (for my love of horses
would not permit me to stay away and
wagering $lO0 or SO just to make it
interesting.
But the first thing | know I would
be putting up from $4,000 to $4,000 on
a horse which. the chances are,
would not give 800 for If it was offered
for sale. l do not think that any man
who loves horses as | do and who has
been In the business as long can stop
betting on the races. 1t is just as
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-07

self, backs his own judgment strictly,
and has made a big success at the
business. Each is worth about all the
money he will ever care for. They
would never think of listening to me
or any one else.
ED GAINES CASE.
Take Ed. Gaines. for instance. We
We're in California together. We dined
together, went to the track together
and were with each other almost all
the time, yet not man on the coast
took larger wagers off me than he did.
He would not have listened to my ad-
vice even if I had offered it and l
would have paid no attention to any
he might have given me. Our judg-
ments We're often different, and we bet
against each other.
Gaines is only about "a years old,
but is worth in the neighborhood of
100000. all made by betting. He start
ed with next to nothing in st. Louis a
few years ago. The people who lose
money are those who rely upon the
other peoples judgments-who go to
the track and try to follow men like
myself.
''tuftnef1nOre very 1eW can altOru u
| follow me. because they lack the neces-
sary capital. l do not hesitate to say
that l keep from $15O,000 to $225,O0O in
ready cash where | can lay my hands
upon 1t at any moment.
II have it in bank, and do not even
draw interest on 1t. so careful am ] to
have it at my command at all times.
Betting as heavily as l do, | could not
afford to have less than that amount
of cash on hand. for l am apt to lose
as much as $4,000 every day | go to
| the race track. I do not carry money
to the track, settling all my accounts
with checks.
although my attention is practical
| ly absorbed in the race track, betting
on the races is by no means the only
| form of speculation | indulge in. l in
vest my surplus money somewhat
| largely in stocks, and have been pro-
portionately successful in that. Every
thing | have gone into on Wall street
has made me good money. / watch and
study stocks. especially in the winter
months as closely as | do horses in the
summer.
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Total in "a states and Terri
torles .'..'.''.'' '.'.'...s... '...loo I'teN -
GROUPS SUMMARY.
What Astronomers Learn From
Eclipses

The following paragraphs are from
an article in the Scientific American,
December 21st, on the practical value
of observations taken during eclipses
of the moon: THE most important OBJ
servation is that of the occulation of
the stars. or their passage behind the
moon. At ordinary times the brilliancy
of the moon Is such that only the
brightest stars can be seen as they APP
proach 1t. During eclipse, and owing
to the fact that the moon has no at
mosphere. stars of very faint power
can be observed up to the moment at
which they pass behind the planet. In
determining the place of the moon by
this method the occulation of certain
stars is observed simultaneously at
different observatories, widely sepa-
rated This sidereal occultation, which,
for the reasons above given, is very
exact. is used for calculations of lon
gitude. and to establish the diameter
of the NOON its distance from the
earth. and its right ascension and de
clination. total eclipse affords spe-
cial opportunity of making n spectre
SCOPE examination of the earths at
mosphere The suns rays, during an
eclipse. pass through the atmospheric
envelope obliquely on their way to the
moon. Their course at this time
through the atmosphere is much longer
earth. as they do during the daytime.
After being reflected from the moon
they again pass through the earth ;
atmosphere before they strike the spec
troscope. In this way the earths spec
troscopic lines are observed of greater
distinctness than is possible in ordinary
observations. The total eclipse has been
used To determine the amount of heat
thrown out by the moon. During
eclipse, for obvious reasons, the moon
cannot give off reflected heat. ANY
heat that we then receive must be heat
that has been absorbed from the sun,
and Is now being radiated. The obser-
Nations show that as the light fails SO
does the heat; which proves that lu-
mar heat is reflected not radiated.
Many historical dates have been aeeu-
rately fixed by means of calculation
based upon the lunar eclipse. The
first olympiad, the beginning of the
Christian era and the death Of Au-
gustus are some of the events whose
dates have been settled by the occur
renee of lunar eclipses.'
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THOU SHALT NOT STEAL"

Is it to be considered an amazing
commentary" upon the Christian
church that so many of the defaulters
OF these times are men who have been
prominent in the churches? The Chris
tian Advocate (New York; gives place
to a correspondent who, saying that
many persons think so, continues as
follows.
with astonishing frequency and
regularity the daily papers headlines
flare out, 'Defaultedl Another Good
Man Gone Wronsr Within the past
six months the humble writer of this
article has noted seven such cases, the
amount involved in each case being
not less than $4,000, and the thievery
going on in the majority of cases for
years. And yet during all those years
these defaulters were either prominent
officials in some church or regular at
PENDANTS upon its services. The writer
has personal knowledge of such cases,
the men in both instances seldom alb
sent from church on Sunday, and in
one case frequent attendant upon the
prayer-meeting service. Both these
men were morally correct in other re-
spects, and both apparently sincere In
their faith.
rs there something wrong in the re-
ligious views we hold that such moral
distortions are a frequent discovery
have tendency to befog the sense OF
right and wrong? May belief in
Christ and his word be so held as to
exercise no moral power whatever? Is
1t not a bare possibility that there Is
tendency nowadays on the part oil
the pulpit to magnify the love of God
rather than the holiness and justice OF
God? Is conviction of sin and the neec
of continual striving after holiness
we use the term in its broadcast sense
as strong factor in the modern Chris
tian experience as 1t ought to be? Ii
view of the facts, these are somewhat
startling and suggestive questions.
I'VE make no wholesale Indictment:
against the church of Christ: for, In
general. the best and most conscien'
tious people on this round globe are
members of our churches. Still the fac
remains that men who confess Christ
before the world also plumber and rol
their neighbors in secret. Church mem
bership should imply unimpeachablt
integrity. But does 1t? No man car
go into the marts of commerce and
borrow money on his church certificate
A man would be considered a fool II
he tried to do it, And yet, why not
The sad conclusion of II all is this
Dishonesty is too common among
church members.
Here. then, is practical theme fol
the preacher, Honesty: text, Thou
shalt not steal We need more preach
ing ON honesty. We need more prayer
meeting talks upon It, OF course, al
ministers teach in a general way thai
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DANGERS OF PUBLIC PRAYER.


Certain occurrences of recent date in
This country Give speciai interest to the
,.ia,,., 80 ~ e,,,,I,,, s.cbnoi I,h,o,,ioio
- t"e Hu,l'ds -,oSio'i ~ oiiSiC
OF LONDON, on the suhJect OF pupllc
prayer. In the opinion of the journal,
which speaks for very large constitu-
encv the dangers of public PRAYER are
so great and insidious that il may we'll
~ l,,k.i ,.t'tI,s ~ 1;et;,,rs' -
~ uoupteu Nli.tI'el 'ue iil'iitS ~ %
the voice IN petltlohs 10 the Almighty
IN public places should only be IN pro-
portion as the habit of private and Sc
cret communion is valued and exer-
cised Tbe fact IL called 10 Wind mat
II, Ct,,i.., A., ~, L,,i'tt - ,,i,,, a.
III - iiSt udS 'le iiaplt VI PlaslilS III
pupllc places had become SO notorious
thing of mechanical routine an I'M
holy display, that he sought to dis
parage the custom In favor Of nrivata
nraI,er nc tendino more roaaily 20 col
lS,' ~ - . - @ ~ ~
giltiilHe tne i',l NJ " tlie NeiS az VI re
Urine apart Cohtlnulng from TINS con-
sideration, the Chronicle says:
The truth Is that half the nublic deyo-
ton of our churches and prnycr-meetings
is not tho utterance Of soul uetitions 10
God. but the DISPLAY Of well balanced sem
tences to The audience This Is the snare
of nublic PRAYER that II tends to n self
consciousness, which. although in some
rare instances n means OF grace. is too
often fatal to real devotion Of soul And
undoubtedly the most fatal snare
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ORIGIN OF THE TRANsVAAL
TROUBLE.

While public attention has been ex-
cited for several days past over the
/ Transvaal invasion few have paused TO
| inquire what the trouble IS all ABOUT
| The independence of tie IiansVaal as
| distinct republic was recognized py
the English Government so long ago as
| 1852 The recognition, however, carried
with IL some kind of a claim OF suZef-
| ainty which was supposed TO prevent
| the Beers Government entering INTO
| any foreign alliance or treaty without
| the knowledge and consent OF Great
| Britain. In 1880 the British tried TO
assert their. supposed authority IN
way that the Beers did not like. Wheh
| ii was resisted resort was had 10 Iorce
of arms, with the result that England
was compelled to withdraw It's troops
entirely from Transvaal territory. IN
| 1881 another recognition of the inde-
| pendence of the Transvaal republic was
wrung from Great Britain.
The population of the Transvaal is
about 100000, but not more than 10 per
cent of this number is white. OF the
white population what are known as
| Uitlanders constitute the large ma
| jority. British settlers form more than
one-half of these Uitlanders. 1t is
| they who are really at the bottom OF
| the present disturbance. one OF the
| sections of the Transvaal constitution
provides that none but Beers shall have
any share in the government OF the
| republic, and that the Dutch language
shall be taught exclusively in the
schools At the same time 92 per cent,
or thereabouts, of the taxes levied for
the support of the Government Is as
sessed against the Uitlanders, though
they are allowed no voice in the
government of the country.
Since the mining boom set in Tit
| landers have been swarming into the
| Transvaal at the rate of 2000 or Sc
a month. Rich gold and silver mines
| abound i'm the territory, and Johannes
burg, where the trouble at this time Is
| centered, is in the very heart OF the
mining region. The new arrivals
among the Uitlanders naturally want
their children to study the English Ian
| guage but there Is no school In the
republic where English is taught and
what Is more. the Government viii not
| allow one to be established. The new
corners proposed to club together and
| organize and support one at their OWL
expense. but the Government sat doNr
on the project. The Uitlanders ap'
| pealed to DIR. l.. s. jameson, the admin
| istrator in Mashonaland of the British
| South African company, and he under
| took to invade the Transvaal with ar
army of 500 soldiers. The disastrous
ending of the expedition has caused
no end of worry to the English Govern
ment, but has not utterly failed of its
purpose. According to the latest reports
| President Kruger evinces a disposition
| to make concessions to the Uitlanders
who may not only get their schools
but be allowed a voice i'm the affairs oil
the overnment.-Chicago Post. :,
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TWO.

I dreamed I saw two angels hand In
Aad very ike they were, and very fair.
One wore about his head a golden Dand
A thorn-wreath crowned the other
matted hair.
The one was fair and tall. and white OF
A rSdIsn, spirit-smiie OF wondrous grace
Shed. like an inner altar-lamp. glow
Upon his beautiful uplifted face.
The others face. like marble-earTed
Had placid brOws laid Whitley DER with
With lips that never knew smiles re-
And eyes like yiolets long drenched in
rain.
Then spake the fair sweet one and gently
Between us--Life and Death-choose
thou thy lot.
BY him thou lowest best thou shalt be led
Choose thou between us. soul, anG fear
thou not"
I pondered long. 20 Life" at last l
cried,
NV soul with thee were better satisfied"
The angels radiant face smiled swift
regret.
Within his brothers hand he placed my
Thou didst mistake" he said. in UNI
derbreath,
and choosing Life, didst fail to under
He with the thOrns is Life and am
Laura Spencer Porter In Harper's Mag
azine.
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MANS MEANNEss.

won't YOU just give the sex in gen
eral a sound berating for the faults Of
a few who are SO awfully stingy that
they never attempt to pay their share
at any time or in any place This is
a written request that lies on the desk
before US. and with text thus provided
We will at once proceed To turn 70 and
say our little say on the subject sug-
gested To begin with, We regret 10
announce that there are such features
we do not like to call them men-Who
hold 50 closely on TO the dollars and
dimes that they cannot overcome the
habit. even when they are in the COM
many Of ladies'. To such il must be
horrible penance to be compelled to
pay car fare. and when mixed crowd
will permit IT, 1.-THE mOncy-saNer al
ways manages 70 be looking elsewhere
when the conductor comes around or
checks at restaurants are to be paid,
and the broad-minded. gel Gus s1ul
who never shirks an obligation or
fliuches before the look of waiter set
ties for all and is, to be vulgar but eN-
pressiye, worked" by the penurious
companion. who is quite willing to eat
drink and be merry at some one else's
expense, but who never even offers to
share the bill with the willing individ-
ual whom he imposes upon. If men
think that women do not notice such
things they are very much mistaken.
The most complimentary remark in the
world does not for a moment direct
their attention from the one who Is
shy" when the time to pay for the en-
tertainment arrives. This trait is so lit
tie that it hardly seems possible that
man could possess it and, moreover,
boast of it, thinking nothing in the
world quite so commendable as to re-
turn home from an outing with a par
ty with the money he took with him
not diminished by one cent. of course,
some one will say, She is melting our
young men to extravaganza There
is no such thought in our talk. All we
hope is that by thus roundly scolding
against a contemplate trait that
makes man appear to such great dis
advantage in all eyes and must warp
his own character until he becomes
positively unbearable company ever
for himself-Philadelph Times.
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DEAREST IN THE WORLD.

The dearest apple tree in the world
stands on the Albert Smith farm, In
South Strabane township. 1t has cost
its owner over $4j 900 In cash, and no
doubt much mental suffering. In 1887,
when the Smith pool gushers commenc-
ed to break the oil market and ruin
spectators, the company which held
the lease on the Smith farm decided 70
locate a well near the boundary line q {
the Cameron and Smith properties TIL
timbers for the rig were on the ground
when the owner of the farm objec ted
to the location, claiming that If made
on the spot chosen 1t would necessitate
the chopping down Of favorte apple
tree The manager of the drilling COM
pany had conceived the idea, however.
that the location was a promising one
becoming tired of Smiths protest, de-
clded to gain his point and get even
with the landowner at the same time
Acting on this plan. he had the tim
bers hauled n few feet reversed the
derrick and the boiler-house, placed
them just across the line on the Gamer
on farm and drilled the well within a
few feet of the oginal location. The
well came in a gusher of the largest
caliber producing 5000 barrels of oil per
day. A large percentage of the petro-
leum must have come from under the
Smith farm. but the hole was on
| Cameron's land, and the latter. of
course. received the royalty. The well
is still producing some oil. and the
property-owner's share of the output
| has amounted to over $4,000. The apple
tree still lives, but 1t is said to have
been ruined by the close proximity of
the we'll. other wells on the Smith
| land brought the farmer wealth, but
his apple tree. which Is now famous
among drillers. cost him dear.-Phila-
| delphia Times
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THE HABIT OF FREE SPEECH.

How fixed and universal the habit OF
free speech is in this country appears
and reappers at short intervals In the
efforts of the Secretaries of the Army
and Navy to keep army and navy OFF,
GERS from talking and behaving as
though they were free and Independent
citizens in civil life. 1t is felt in Wash
lngton, and felt on good grounds, that
the duty of military and naval officers
is to carry out the orders OF their SUI
periors without questioning or criti-
cising them in public. But the habit of
criticising our bosses in politics is so
strong on all of us that II Is not sur
prising that our brethren in the service
find trouble in keeping out of It, A lot
of naval officers got together the other
day, to the scandal of their department,
to discuss certain measures proposed
to be taken against an impending bill
for the reorganization of the navy,
which would be Instantaneous to
some of them. Secretary Herbert
thought II highly improper for naval
officers to take action for or against
any measure of Congress, and some
agitation ensued. with promise of more
to come Admiral Meade criticised the
Administration last summer, and went
ON the retired list in consequence. Last
week two retired naval officers were
quoted I'm the newspapers as criticisins
the Presidents message. one or them
explained and was eXonerated. The
other at this writing has not been
heard of Naval officers for some rea-
son seem more subject to indiscretions
of this sort than officers of the army
perhaps because they go about more,
and are mixed up with more interna-
| tional complications, so that their talk
| is more apt to concern matters OF In
| ternational policy. 1t is safe rule for
every naval and military officer to re-
member that as long as he draws pay
from the Government he is part of H.
and that In what he says and does
! about matters of public concern hi
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AT THE NEW. woMAN's CLUB.

1t was al a meeting of the New Wo-
mans club. The president had just
arrived, breathless, twenty minutes af-
ter the appointed time for the meeting
to open. You must excuse me, ladies,
my clock is ten minutes behind hand,
and l took the wrong car and had to
walk six blocks said the president.
tanning herself with the trelsurer's re-
port.
In the midst Of the murmur of SYM
PATTY the president arose. She strug-
gled with her veil until she pushed her
bonnet crooked, and after she righted
it she whispered to the executive com
mittee soto voce. rs my hat on
straight Just a little To the left
suggested the treasurer. Then the pres
ident proceeded to look through her
chatelaine bag from a to. Y, but the
right article was evidently not forth
coming She then took out all the clip
pings and receipted bills and samples
and small change and pencils and
glove buttons in her pocketbcok and
began to look worried. The assemblage
hung upon her silence until she spoke
Ladies. | have forgotten the key to
the desk and the gavel is locked up in
side!'
At this there was a general murmur
of coincidence,
Somebody suggested that they call in
the janitor to open the desk with a
chisel This was instantly cried down
Somebody volunteered to go into the
Office of the firm next door and borrow
i paperweight. one woman rendered
her bonbon box, but the president had
already borrowed the secretary's UNI
brella. She raped the club to order
with the Dresden china knob and the
secretary looked at her pleadingly.
please be careful, because the knob
comes Off she whispered.
Ladies' said the president, looking
about her graciously. the business OF
this meeting is to elect officers and adj
nit new members We win now pro-
coed to business. The secretary will
now read you the list OF names"
oh" said the secretary. Did you
ever' her face filed with consterna-
ton. why, | forgot to bring the list"
And in the eXcitment that followed
the meeting was adjourned sine die