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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24
Santa Claus
Couldn't Bring

any one, man woman OF child, pres
ent which they would appreciate more
than book, the best of all gifts; the
most useful and enduring. Good
books increase in value and are the
best of companions always: solace
in adversity and helpful in prosperity.
Our large assortment of desirable and
choice editions is up to our usual
standard of excellence. For all ages,
conditions and circumstances.
Bibles, we have the best styles
from four publishing houses
at prices from s5c to SIS each,
Prayer Books and Hymnals, all sorts,
Booklets, Art Calendars
and Christmas Cards
in bewildering variety
of styles and prices.
Fine Stationary and Fancy Art Goods,
We have our usual large variety.
Games and Large Toys,
our display is unusually large
and attractive.
Have three floors, 100 by IS feet,
with lots of light to show our goods
and competent help
to serve customers.
We think a store of this kind
an ideal one for present buying.
NORTON'S
sa2 Lackawanna Ave.
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Notice.

The following is list of display cards
Kept in stock at this office and for
sale at ten cents each:
Rooms for rent.
For sale.
This property for sale.
Furnished rooms.
House for rent.
House to let. etc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24
New York and Return Via ID. l.. II ".
Il. Il. Only $50.

For the Commercial Travellers Fair
tickets may he purchased to New York
city. good going on train leaving Della
ware Lackawanna and Western sta
ton. scranton, at 500 a. m. Saturday,
Dec. 70: good for return until Dec. 80,
at $3.50 for the round trip
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24
Attention Sinner Buyers.

our 10000 pairs of slippers for half
price today. Don't miss this chance
The bargains are real hot ones and still
heating. s Brothers. Open late to-
night. Plenty of extra clerks. ~
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Ladies' Solid Gold Rings.

set with pearls rubies, diamonds. sap
phires, etc. We have over 1000 differ
ent styles to select from: prices form
erly were $4. So. So to $3.50, now we are
disposing of them at Sl25, $2.25. s2.75
and $3.50 to close out the business.
DAV1DOW BROS.
- 217 Lacka. ave.
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munion; n. m, holy communion; 1880
a. m. morning prayer, sermon and holy
communion.
81. Marks. Dunmore-Rev. Edward
j. HauShton, priest. u. IN, holy
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Bcidien,an

the Bool;man. is headquarters fo!
Books, Calendars, Diaries. ="
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AN EXTRA DIVIDEND DECLARED,
Stockholders Of Pennsylvania Goa!
Company Get u Christmas Present.

The Pennsylvania Coal comany has
declared an extra dividend of per
cent in addition to the regular divi-
dend for 1886. In April. 1894. the last
extra dividend was declared. 1t was
one of per cent.
The Pennsylvania company has paid
its stockholders Is per cent. dividends
Tor the last fifteen years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24
SUNDAY FREIGHT TRAINS LAID OFF.
New Order Has Gone Into Effect on
Lchiyh Valley RailrOad.

A new order has gone into effect
on the Lehigh Valley railroad which
provides that hereafter only the most
important and perishable freight VIA
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For Dyspepsia Use HOrsfOrd's Acid
Phosphate.

DR.. j. r. Schwartz. Harrisburg. Pa,
says: II have used it i'm dyspepsia,
with charming effect, and am well
pleased with it."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24

An elegant calendar with every cash
purchase of 81 90 or over.
'" FOOTF. & SHEAR co,
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ELM PARK CHURCH.

The following programmes of Christ
mas music will he rendered in some o,
the city churches:
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EYES
Examined FREE.

You can save money by buying specta-
cles of Slverstone. the eye specialist. at
309 Laclawanna avenue. Onely one flight
over the Lehigh Valley ticket Office. The
following prices will satisfy you that they
are the cheapest in the city: Solid gold
trimmed specthcles at $3.50 per pair; filled
bows at SO! nickle bows from SOC. to 81 so:
aluminium bows from 75c. to $500; colored
glasses from 2jc. to SIPS. We have Il large
line Of reading glasses. the best In the
market, at 25c. per pair. Opera and mag
nifying glasses at reduced prices. Of
flee hours, a. m. to 12m.; to 6 p. m.
Remember that your eyes will be exam.
ined free and satisfaction is guaranteed.
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We Have Split the Rock of HisI
Prices with Our 10 900 Pnirs Of

slippers. We are selling slippers cheap
er than other dealers can buy them. )
Brothers. open late tonight.
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Join the Crowds

of we'll pleased book buyers at Beidle.
mans holiday store, .ll Wash. ave.
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Siiverware! SiIvcrwarp!

Rogers Bros. triple plate silver tea
spoons, formerly $2.25 per set. now
$1.25 at Davidow Bros, 2l7 Lacka.
ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24

Bring your card plate to The Tribune
for printing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24
To Cure n Cold in Ono Onv.

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t
fails to cure. % cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-24

Choice cut flowers and flower de-
signs at Palmer & McDonalds. 544
Spruce. -
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The music at Elm Park church next
Sunday morning will be of IA festival
character, but the special Christmastide
musical service will be given in the
evening, when Il very elaborate pro-
gramme of anthems. solos, hymns,
carols and instrumental music VIII be
rendered by the Elm Park quartette
and Mr.. Pennington, assisted by Mrs.
j. Il. Page. soprano; Miss Julia Allen.
violinist; Llewellyn Jones, pianist, ana
a chorus of girls. The following are
the programmes:
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|S|E' 'EE(C,LAl

These Suits are heavy
weight, nice mixtures, and
formerly sold for 800, $500
and $1,000.
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IN OTHER CHURCHES

Christmas services, Church of the
Good Shepherd. Green Ridge street and
Monsey avenlle-Early service, holy
communion. Christmas music. a. m,
second service, morning prayer. holy
communion. sermon, 1890. Offering at
both services for clergy fund. All
seats free. All welcome.
st. Paul's Lutheran Church-Short
avenue. Park Place. Christmas service
in German, 10 80 u. M; service i'm Eng
lish. 7.30.
St. Luke's Church-Rev. Rogers Is
rael, rector. The nativity OF our Lord
or Christmas day. 6 a. M, holy COM
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Quartette and Chorus.


AgnuS Del Dona Nobis
Postlude, Concerto in D..... .Handel-LuX
Quartette-Miss Kate Sullivan. soprano :
Miss Kitty Gibbons, contralto; Edward
Walsh tenor; William Nanston bass.
Miss Harriet Ward, violnist; Haydn
Evans, Organist and director.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
ETERNAL QUESTIONING.
IFor the Sunday Herald.l

For the Sunday Herald
Oh. what is lifet And what is death;
And what is hope. and what despair?
Tell me, We favored ones, gone past
The utmost verge where you could care.
My eyes discern your faces bright
Against the sunsets golden light.
Before you pass those purple heights,
Oh, beseech you, tells to me
If dread realities are dreams:
L dreams are sweet realities.
Why is sin sweet when virtues by;
Why do live, why must die?
Somewhere must have lost my way,
And missed the cool green paths 1
sought;
I've wandered blindly in a maze,
And what I've learned was dearly
bought
Life flowed a turbid, brawling stream;
My youth slipped from me like a dream.
My hopes fulfilled, with hollow laugh.
Have Knocked at their own emptiness;
Ny bosom sheathed a poison fang,
And found a balm in pains distress.
Ny fainting soul has been alone
L. crowds where we'll my name was
known.
And 1 have walked. with blistered feet,
Across Il dreary, trackless waste;
Love clasped my hand, and by my side,
Walked step by step with even pace.
Yet wien | clasped love as my own,
Ee fed and left me quite alone
Old age, with all its CHASTITY train.
Scourged me, a stranger, through the
land;
Bereft of hope and wounded sore,
Left me to die on desert sand,
Beset by ghosts of time to come
At once life's substance and its sum.
The dread simeon screamed on the blast;
He'll reveled in a deadly strife,
When, 10, fountain in my soul
Filled I'D the golden bowl of life.
Is this the sum of all there be?
Or the first steps of eternity?
Ellen Jakeman.
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Latest Popular Science.

William A. Eddy. the scientific kite
flyer of Bayonne. has discovered that
photographs of houses and streets can
be taken at night, owing to the wide
prevalence of electric light. Some of
the Bayonne photographs are so clear
that the carbon in an electric globe is
discernible, and the houses are as clear
as if taken by daylight. He is prepar-
ingeto take midair kite photographs Of
several of the largest electric lighted
cities.
A new diving dress has been tried
with very satisfactory results. The di-
yer worked at a depth of 80 fathoms
feet, and remained at this depth So
minutes without the slightest i'll effect
Out of 100 teeth of adults that %
years ago would have been ruthlessly
extracted SO are now saved by science.
A submarine wrecking vessel is being
built at the Master shipyard in Balti-
more. 1t is intended to be used in re-
covering goods from wrecked steamers
at any depth not exceeding $50 feet be-
low the water surface. The trial yes
sci now being built will be a cigar
shaped vessel built of steel, and will be
40 feet long and 10 feet to Is feet in
diameter. Steam will be used for pro-
pulsion on the surface, and storage bat
teries for underwater work. The esti-
mated submerged speed is eight miles
per hour, and the boat will be fitted
with bottom manholes, derrickS and
powerful electric lights.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
From Study and Studio.

Sig. Tosti. the composer of For
Ever and For Ever" whose first man
uscripts were declined with thanks, :"
can now command 1850 for a song.
Rudyard Kipling is said to have re-
ceived SO, 900 for the serial rights of
his new book, 1.-THE Seven Seas" This
would be at the rate of nearly 20 cents
a word, as the book contains about 3d.
900 words.
( Sir Arthur Sullivan was content to
part with his first ballads for few
pounds. He can now command $500
down for one song, while from The
Lost Chord" alone il is said that he has
realized over $4,000.
Whistler, the painter, was once a ca
Diet at West Point. His old drawing
instructor, now a well known artist,
was asked not long ago if he could
recall the ability of his pupils. the ca
diets, and particularly if he remembered
showed his prediction for art. He
had to be a painter. Mr.. Grant-Gen-
eral Grant? Why. sir, he was the very
poorest draughtsman in the class"
Apart from what the London Chroni-
Gle has paid him,> Nansen has received
$50 900 from the London publisher Con-
stable, for his forthcoming book; from
Brockhaus of Leipsic he receives $25,-
900 for the German rights and from
Christiania publisher the same sum for
Scandinavia. The book will have about
$50 publications. and preparations are
under way for its translation into
dozen languages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
DON'T WASTE COAL.
The World Is Burning Up It's Fuel
Supply Too Fast.

John Clark Ridpath in Brooklyn
Times: The whole system of locomo-
ton is threatened with imminent revo-
luton The two horses, one of flesh
and one of iron. one eating oats and
the other coal, find their vocations
going away together. Science threatens
to burn their carcasses on the same
pyre. Electricity offers itself as
locomotive force for the nations. The
steam locomotive, Wanted emblem and
token of the greatest of centuries, finds
itself at the close about to be relegated
to the great ash heap of curiosities be-
fore which civilization stands laughing.
But the thing is not yet certain. We
cannot make haste to dig a grave for
the locomotive. 1t may be that the
twentieth century viii still demand
that heavy, clumsy but very efficient
brute whose Office it has been for two
generations to carry man and his prod
ucts to the ends of the earth. The sub
stitution of electricity for steam as a
motive force on the great railways of
the United States, which now seems so
imminent will be. If it comes, the most
marvellous single change that has ever
occurred among the physics OF the
civilized life of man.
Oddly enough the event is held back
by one of the caprices of progress. The
strength OF the locomotive is it's i'm
perfection. The application of steam
to enginery is accompanied with an
error whic., has cost civilization more
dearly than anv other flaw in her ap
paratus. The acceptance of electricity
as the one great motive force is
strongly imoeded by a circumstance
which, according TO all logical deduc
ton. ought LONG since to have been
obviated. This circumstance lies in
the application of heat, or rather in
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vourei all the books the students gave
him.
Leaving West Point he returned to
New York and sailed for Costa Rica
with a library of books about war. For
ten years he studied and dreamed and
trained his veteran companions In
1888 he began to plot the prevent revo-
luton. Going to Santiago, disguised as
a muleteer he was becoming active
when Spain learned of his presence,
and he was forced to flee. He returned
to Costa Rica, and there opened cor
respondence with the leading Cuban
patriots in other parts of the world.
General Gomez, in San Domingo, joined
him, and in a short time Cuban juntas
were organized in almost all the big
cities of the United States. Early in
1895 the plot matured, and the news
was flashed over the wires to all parts
of the earth that the Cubans had risen.
Maceo was still in Costa, Rica. In Feb
ruary, Antonio Maceo and his brother,
accompanied by 16 veterans, sailed for
Cuba. They landed near Baracoa, a
locality every foot of which was ia
miliar to the general. They were inter
cepted by Spanish guerrillas, and
fought bravely for two days and nights
Some of the patriots were killed, and
Maceo was shot through the hat. He
by himself. For two weeks he lived in
the woods on a diet of Dlantains and
other tropical fruit. One day he STUN
bled on band of insurgents led by
Rabi He was captured and brought
before the leader.
"Who are your" he was asked.
"One who will fight to death for
Cuba libre," he replied.
Your name?"
"AntoniO MaceO"
Rabi would not at first believe that
the ragged and hungry tramp was the
great chieftain. but soon Maceo was
recognized and was hailed with de-
light. Within few weeks Maceo had
recruited an army of 1000 men. and
was once more on the track of the
Spaniards. He met the forces of Spain
at Yataras Fillipinas, Cristo and lara
benca, and routed them.
Maceo has been the most striking
figure in the revolution. Laughing at
Weyler's trochas. he has desolated the
island. and has dyed it's soil with the
blood of the oppresSOrs. He crossed the
Canto river and whipped Valdez at
Chapana, Holguin and Moscones. He
pushed further west and defeated
Eschagne at Puerto Padre. Leaving
a train of ruin behind him, he broke
the trocha al Jucaro. routed the en-
envy at Maltiempo, Coliseo, Paso Real
and Vlimete, and at last won his way
into Pinar del Rio. Many times has he
been reported killed only to be resur-
rected in some CORY tale of defeat for
the Spanish arms Everyone who loves
liberty and whose sympathies are with
the Cubans. hopes that the story of his
death is baseless rumor. And base
less rumor, doubtless. it will prove to
be. The man who has been several
times killed cannot be spared. There
is no one to take the place of Antonio
Maceo-Maceo with his blazing eye.
heavy brow and bulldog jaw, skilled
in strategy and fearless in attack. the
picturesque, dauntless champion of the
cause of suffering Cuba.
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the evolution of heat and its economy
in the production of power. Fully four
fifths of all the fuel of the world is
thrown away. The 10000, 900 of people
in the United States are burning up
their own most precious resources with
an absolute waste of more than so per
cent of the whole. Victor Hugo chided
the Parisians for sending annually
through the sewers 25, 100000 of francs
into the sea- What shall we say of the
whole world shoveling coal into the
roaring threats of 100000 600 furnaces.
There is not an engine anywhere-or
ever was-that economies more than
20 per cent of the fuel which it de-
YOURS
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A LOST IDEA.

The shadowy twilight was dropping
Its wavering curtain of gray
Down over the streets of the village
As far DER the hills crept the day.
The man with brass buttons stood watch
ing
Night pin on her mantle with stars,
While faded away in the distance
The clouds with their crimson tipped
bars.
Then soft at his side a low whisper,
please, Mr.. Policeman. Use come
To ask you TO lend me your 'sistance
In bringin' a lost somefin' home
And there. with her blue eyes uplifted,
The moonlight agleam in her curls,
Her baby face anxious and thoughtful,
She waited-the sweetest of girls
We'll. miss" and the gruff old police
man
''Did'st drap from the stars up a-yonder,
Else why be here all alone?'
pleas, Mr.. Policeman. my papa
Is dest in most drefful plight;
He's tryin' to think out a sermon,
But somehow it doesn't come right.
HE sits in the lib'ry a-writin'.
His forehead all puckered up-so
/ said does he see my dolls bonnet:
He dest shakes his head an says No.
I wants to know what am the reason
He doesn't say nuffin to me,
An then he looks crosser and crosser,
An says cause he's lost an idee-
81 'cluded that 1 would go find it;
Use looked everywhere through the
street,
But [ can't find single thing of it,,
An now I'm most tired on my feet
Please, Mr.. Policeman. I'm sorry,
But couldn't you find it for me?
Then papa will smile when | tells him
We found him his lost idee.'
He tenderly lifted the baby
And kissed the face. fearful and sweet,
And then through the twilight, the star
light.
He wendell his way down the street.
AS night let her curtain down o er them
They hastened on homeward 10 see,
If papa was still in the lib ~.
And If he had found his 'idee-
Chicago Inter Ocean
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CAPTAIN c. j. Crane. who left the post
on the 2lst to witness the issue of an
nuity goods to the Indians at Fort Hall
agency. Idaho, has returned to the post
g g g
Sergeant John r. Hall. company d, re-
Joined mis- company from furlough on the
end and has been assigned to duty.
g g q
Jerry A. Coleman and Mark Healy sur
rendered themselves as deserterS on the
9st- These men deserted from the
Fourth infantry in 1879. Colonel Kent
set them at liberty under the act of con-
gresS approved April IL, 1890. This act
provides that if a deserter remains away
turned over TO the military authorities.
he will be granted his freedom upon sur
rendering himself and asking for it.
q g g
The popularity of the Twenty-fourtF
Infantry band has been steadily growing
until now they are greatly in demand.
Not only have they been giving their reg
ular concerts, but have been engaged by
firms in the city Walker Bros. had the
band in their store Christmas eve as a
drawing card for them. 1t drew beyond
all expectations and the store became SO
crowded with people who wished to hear
the band that business was suspended,
as the crowd was so great it wc>s i'm
possible to wait on the customers Fin
ally the management was forced to with
draw the band in order to resume bust
ness.
This evening. the band, under direction
of Prof. Shaffner, will render the follow
ing programme at the Grand Opera
House:
March. rifle Regiment Cband) Sousa
Selection, ~Traviata'' (band) 1880. Verdi
AUD Lang Syne' (COn. Variation
Flute Solo mandolin Club. -. Rounds
Waltz, Moonlight on the Hudson
(ban0 ,.;,;; ~; Herman
Like II Used TO Be" .......----..-,...---..
Selection. al NJ. S. Pinafore" (band
.--..---.----..-.--------. Sullivan
March, lei Captain" mandolin Club
---.-..---.-----.--.------ OOuSa
Russian Carriage Sang" (bandl .-.---
...-.................. -. Thornton
Star Spangled Banner"
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Now that the holiday bells are all
a-jingle, the spirit of the yuletide days
irradiates and makes gay the vain bel
dame society.
The quota of social vanities and gale
ties, the function which makes glad,
and the ball that illumines and jollifies,
has been larger this week than ever
before since the season of frost and
cheer rode into the world upon the red
wheels of autumn.
And for many days to come there
viii be revelry and the merriment of
light-hearted bellies and tbs glamor and
the glitter and the glimmer of gay
throngs.
The social gathering of the greatest
pomp and circumstance for this week
will be the ball on Tuesday Of the
maids and matrons. On Monday night
the High School win entertain and be
entertained. And this viii not be all.
for society has breathed the air of
merriment and prophecy is made of
many gatherings yet TO be, ere the
frost-spears of the new year chill the
wine-blood of the warm, kind world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
Buckien,s Arnica salve.

The best salve n The world for csitr.
sores, letter, chapped hands, chlblains.
bruises, sores. ulcers. salt rheum, fever
corns and all skin erupt4ons. and posi-
tive.y cures pies or no pay required
It Is guaranteed TO give perfect sattsfac-
ton or money refunded Pric= 25 cents
per box For sale by q. c. M z drug
dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
Beware of Ofntnients For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they Will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and
is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In. buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t is taken internally and made
in Toledo, O.. by T. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. price 70 cents per
bottle.
Halls Family Ills are the best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27

Via Rio Grande Mestern Rail,rn

On December. "a, %, 81. and January
the r. G.. w. announces a rate of one
single fare for the round trio between
any two stations on its lines; tickets
good until January 4. The train service
Of the line is unexcelled in the west.
Take advantage of this opportunity to
visit your friends and relatives in the
country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27

A genuine ghost story has yet to be
attested; but not so genuine blood
purifier. Over and over again it has
been proved that Ayers Sarsaparilla
stands alone among medicines as the
most reliable tonic-alterative in phar-
macy. 1t stood alone at the Worlds
Fair