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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-29
WILKEs.BARRE EDITORS ADDRESS.
Was Delivered ut the Monthly Meet.
ing of Methodist Pastors.

A monthly meeting of the Methodist
ministers of Scranton and vincinity in
Elm Park church. was addressed yes
terday by DR.. F. c. johnson. one of the
editors of the Wilkes Barre Record.
His topic was "A Visit to the Moravian
Tour of Nazareth"
DR.. Jameson's address was based
upon personal observation and proved
instructive as well as interesting to
the gathering which was not as large
as that which usually attends the pas
tors meeting. Rev. j. l.. Race. Of the
Cedar Avenue Methodist church, pre-
sided.
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ST. LUKE'S CHRISTMAS TREE.
From Ii Gifts Were Distributed
Among Four Sabbath Schools.

The Sabbath school Of st. Luke's
Episcopal church celebrated the Christ
mas festival last night in conjunction
with the church's mission schools from
Olyphant. Dunmore and Olive street.
There was a distribution Of gifts from
a large and brilliantly Illuminated tree.
A splendid feature of the gathering
was its concert singing of carols, which,
successfully told The Story Of Christ
mas The songs were sung by the
schools and the church's regular sur
pllced choir There was brief address
by Rev. Rogers Israel, the rector of the
mother parish.
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CONCERT OF THE VARSITY BOYS.
1t Will Take Place Tonight in Y. NJ.
e.. A. Hall.

This evening the glee, banjo and man.
dolin clubs of the University of Penn
sylvania will give one of their very en-
joyable concerts in Young Mems Chris
tian association hall. The indications
are that the hall will De all too small
for the host that will desire to hear the
varsity boys.
w. j. Goeckel. of Wilkes Barre. is the
leader of the glee club. and II. Cushing
Jones, Of this city. who possesses very
sweet baritone voice. Is one of the
members of the club. Paul Enc is in
structOr of the banjo club and Hugh
Baker of the mandolin club. The sing
ing of the -lee and the playing of the
members of the instrumental club has
been of very high order this year and
those who fail to hear tonights concert
will assuredly miss rich treat.
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THE SCRANTON BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Both sessions will reopen on Mon
day. January 4.
A large number of new students are
already booked for the new year.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the sucuring of additional room.
This college Is conducted on a sound
business basis. The rates are as low
as can be consistently charged and
those looking for the cheapest school
should not apply here. 60
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Spinks shows how five caroms on tw,
cushions can be made to count.

Spnks shows how five caroms on two
cushions can be made to count.
which the latter missed. Spinks then
gave very practical illustration Of
why the balk-line game was created
to prevent the almost unlimited "nurs-
ing" and high runs. The balls were
started by him in the lower left hand
corner and worked along the end rail.
up the one side and across the upper
end of the table, where. after turning
his third corner successfully he ran
out his $50 points without a break.
1t appeared as though he might have
continued to count until midnight, so
delicately and so accurately were the
worries nursed. Hearty applause greet
ed the finish of his effort. Following
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This is Important to You,

And to your wife. son and daughter.
You want a home. Think about it..
Buy one of our choice lots in the cen
trail and select part of Scranton at a
handy and convenient walking dis
tance from business theaters, hotels,
churches. stores and depots. on Adams,
jefferson. Madison or Monroe avenues.
At most of the lots flag walks and
curbs are laid. also sewers, gas and
water mains and steam heat. and in
front of some the asphalt pave. These
are sites for superior homes. Prices
low. Terms easy. Clear title guaran-
teed. Call for circular, Jones, 81 Spruce.
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MELODRAMA AT DAVIS.
Joshua Simpkins Produced There in
an Excellent Manner.

Josiah Simpklns," a rural melO-
drama, was given at Davis theater yes
terday afternoon. The show has two
very funny characters In old Simpkins
and He2ekiah Skinner. There is an
old maid. a village fiddler in fact about
everything Of the comedy order. The
story also has its pathos in the mis-
fortune of EtfiS, the unknown waif,
who comes under the sunshine of old
"Josh's" presence.
II. Il. Rook acts the old farmer in a
natural way. A number of specialties
are given. The play will be repeated
today and tomorrow afternoon and
evening.
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q corner and side square on the thir-
teenth shot and had made 90 points be-
fore the ball got away from him. He
anchored" II again in a relative posi-
ton on the opposite side Of the table ON
the forty fifth shot and made fourteen
points off 1t. 1t was this famous anchor
that helped Frank Ives win the nation
al championship.
The 3-cushion exhibition was not pro-
ductive Of any good playing. 1t requir-
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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.
Tor sale.
This property for sale.
Furnished rooms.
House for rent.
House to let, etc.
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Charles Robinson. Victor Koch, Attor-
ney George $. Horn. Colonel U. G.
SchoOnmaker. T.. Il. Jermyn. Rollo G.
Jermyn. +. L. Chase, George G. Brooks.
General Manager Frank Silliman, jr..
of the Scranton Traction company;
Chief of Police Robling. Richard Mat
thews. James b. McTigue. of Carbon
dale: Jerome Keogh. pool champion of
Pennsylvania: Deputy County Treas
urer John A. Schadt, Emil Weichel.
William Weichel, John Owens. William
Craig, Stephen Fenner, Jacob Bryant
and Edwin Miles.
The exhibition consisted of a straight
rail game of $50 points, which Spinks
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ran out in one run in the first trial of
the second inning before Schaefer had
made a point; 14-inch balk-line game
of $50 points won by Schaefer with an
average Of q points in seven innings;
a three-cushion game Of Is points. won
by Spinks in thirty-fve innings. and
u fancy shot" exhibition by both
players, during which Schaefer gave
plain evidences Of why he is dubbed
"WiZard."
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Our Office is now open in the Samter
building.
Come in and see us. We are going
to give you the lowest rates consist
ent with business methods in order to
enable you to complete your course at
nominal cost. We trust that our
past efforts in your behalf will merit
your patronage in our school.
A. l.. McCLOSKEY,
~ w. ]. TRAINER.
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Shaefer made this shot to show how a
follow. draw and English can be given
at one stroke.
Washington avenue last night was all
that could have been desired in the
way of entertainment and exhibition
of skill, but was conspicuously unsuc-
cessful from financial standpoint. The
across-continent tour of the two ex-
perts will prove disastrous II their re-
pute and skill is as little appreciated
in other places as in Scranton. An ad-
mission fee of 81 was charged.
Whatever was lacking in numbers
was, however. balanced by the appar-
ent appreciation by the admirers OF the
game, among whom We're EX-Sheriff
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Calendars Given Away,

Beginning Saturday. Dec. 18th, and
continuing until Christmas. we will
give to every purchaser a handsome
calendar for 1897. So purchase your
tea and coffee for your Christmas din
ner at the old reliable tea and coffee
house and get a calendar. Grand
Union Tea Co.. 81 Lack'a. ave, Jones
Bros, Proo'rs. -
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HOW PROFESSIONAL
BILLIARDISTS PLAY
Clever Exhibition by Wizard" Shaefer
and William Spinks.
WIZARD ExcELS At BALK.LlNE
The Pair Of Experts illustrated the
Straight Rail, Balk.Linc and
Three Cushion Games and Finished
with q Fireworks Display Of Mar.
velous Fancy ShOts..Their Enter.
taiument Worthy Of a Larger Audi.
ence Thap Witnessed II.

Jake" Schaefer, of New York city,
Familiarity known to all devotees of the
game as Wizard Schaefer, and Will
liam Spinks. in Backus' parlOrs on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-29

Special attention and private dining
rooms for dinner parties at Lohmann's.
Spruce street. Service and cuisine un.
excelled in this city.
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Watch for the White Wagons.

Our work Is always thoroughly wash
ed. nicely starched, beautifully ironed.
Crystal Laundry. Experienced help
employed. -
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DIED.

CLARK-1n Scranton. Dec. %. 1896, Miner
va NJ. Clark aged 56 years. Funeral
from the residence, 1910 Mulberry street,
Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
Interment In Forest Hill cemetery.
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SPINkS' BIG RUN.

Spinks won the hank and missed the
first shot In the straight rail game
and gave the wizard an easy leave
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Miss Carolyne v. Dorsey, teacher Of
elocution, Oratory and delsarte, 434 Ad-
ans avenue.
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Twining. optician 1875 Penn avenue, in
Harris drug store. Hours 9 a. m., S
d. m. -
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All poor tax not paid before Decem-
ber 3lst. 1896, costs will be added. w.
NJ. Finn, collector.
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To Cure N Cold in I'm

TO Cure Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL II
fails to cure. Csc.
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town for an exhibition Wednesday
night. to Reading Friday. Altoona Sat
urday and from there to Pittsburg
where they will play every night next
Waak
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Start the new year with n new
jacket. We will start the year with
new Special Cloak Sale All will be
sold at bargain prices. We will not
have enough to go around so the lucky
customers will be those who call early.
Ladies' cloaks, cftildren's Jackets, sep
arate skirts and winter suits all are in
cluded i'm the sale.
The herald., 1896-10-11

powerful popular mover mas now Det
published in handsome cover, and is +"
sale as abve, at 80 cents. The interes.
in the book continues unabated.
The Bookman for October is most
valuable number. Did ever popular
thought come into a publishers head
than the one which ripened into this
successful venture. 1t has come to be
a necessity to him who would know
good books and the literary gossip of
the day.
The most prolific women novelists
seem to be as much given to marrying
as to writing. The indefatigable au-
thor Of Phyllis and Molly Bawn, popu-
larly known by her pseudonym of The
Duchess, having been discovered to be
Mrs. Angles, confused her multitudn-
Gus readers by becoming Mrs Hunger
ford. 1t is hard to learn whether Mrs.
L. T. Meade, who is now Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomas Toulmin Smith, has been mar
ried three times or only twice. Alli-
bone and the American Catalogue
throw no light on the question whether
she was born Thomas and married Mr..
Toulmin, or was born Toulmin and
plighted her maiden troth to Mr.. Meade,
or whether the IL. T. Meade" of her til
tie pages Is merely nom de plume.
Miss Annie S. Swan is Mrs. Burnett
Smith. The name of Smith seems to be
as popular among women authors as
among other womep.-The Lounger In
The Critic.
Among books to be published at an
early day by the Macmillan company is
The Education of the Central Nervous
System: A Study of Foundations, by
Reuben Post. Halleck, M. A., of the Male
Psychology and Physical Culture, etc.
The title of Hall Gaines new story is
The Christian. 1t may be remembered
that the story which did as much as
any to make Mr.. Caine known was
called The Scapegoat, and was the
story of Jew. Between these two came
| The ManXman. In The Christian he will
| probably return to his earlier manner
| The new year will see two new stories
| by Mr.. r. d. Blackmore-one a short
| tale, which will appear first in the
| Christmas number of ST. James Budget;
| the other, long novel, to appear serial
| ly in Blackwood's. The latter will be
T.! published in this country in book form
| by Messrs. Dodd. Mead & Co.
| Mr.. Gilbert Parker Is expected short
| ly in New York to superintend. the pro-
| duction of the dramatised version of
| his successful novel. The Sents Of the
| Mighty. Mr.. Earle is also expected In
| time to see his Little Minister put upon
the stage.
! Among the books announced by
Messrs. Herbert S. Stone & Co. are q
Child of the Jago. by Arthur Morrison
| author of Tales of Mean Streets, and
| Artie, a Story of the Streets and Town
a volume of Chicago sketches. by Mr.
! AIDE.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the coloret
| poet whom Mr.. Howells has "discov.
cred" will give readings this winter
| from his own dialect and literary Eng.
lish poems. He has made two-years
| contract with Major Pond
| A statue of Sa;nte-Beuve is to be
| erected in Paris. The project was started
! by physicians, Sainte- Beuve having
been g student of medicine before he be.
| came q critic
The herald., 1896-10-11
SMOKING CHIMNEYs AS LIGHxs
MING RODS

Science and superstition Occasionally
meet on common ground, making It rash
to condemn old customs as senseleens
For instance, there are many primittvo
villages abroad where smoke hres ere
kindied hastily upon the approach Of =
thunderstorm, doubtless the survival,
the antiquarian would say, Of SONS
heather rite of propitiation. On the 9TH
er hand, Prof. Schuster has pointed out
that flame will discharge an electrified
body, and that every fire or chimney
emitting smoke serves as a lightning
conductor for carrying of the pressure
of electricity from a charged cloud
Some figures prepared in Schleswig-
Holstein for the purpose Of testing this
theory show that whilst 6.3 churches
in thousand and 8.5 windmius are
struck by lightning, only 3 factory
chimneys suffer in the same way, de-
spite their greater height and more ex-
posed condition.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The herald., 1896-10-11
TWO MORE REBEL GENERALS.

When my wife and I were in Rich
mond,' says the traveller. 1--WE had for a
driver on many of our excursions an old
colored man who was character. He
had been the body servant of a. rebel
general at the time of the war, and what
he did not know about the rebel army
and its history he imagined. He was re-
markably accurate in most things. We
We're talking of visiting Powhatan, and
asked George about it, more to hear
What he would say than anything else.
Just de GRADES der, Sar,' answered
George. De grabes OBJ Pocahonta and
Cap'n John Smith, Who werS they?'
l asked. Rebel generals, Sar,' said
George. 'Pocahonta he sabeN de life of
Capn Smith. Der bof buried der. and
dey DO say. Sar, dat der stones do get
nlgger and bigger each year, New
York Times.
The herald., 1896-10-11

ment of the fusion na5oritiee ce q
state by counties. This IL based q
vote for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which ~
1900 less on the Democratic side ~
the vote cast for Governor Budd-
Gov. Budd had is per cent more vo(I
than the average of the Democrats ~
ct. it is deemed fair to allow that for q
alleged disaffection in the De1nocrn1
ranks These figures may justify ~
putting of Colorado as well as CalifoEn1
in the Mckinley column by Congress
man Charles Henry Grosvenor OF OhioI.
Majorities of state of California ~
counties estimated from vote for 1tGue
tenant-g governor, election of 1894: f
The herald., 1896-10-11
M'KINLET AND THE PROHIBITION
lists.

The California Voice of Los Angeles,
the official organ of the Prohibition
party of the state, declares that Major
William Mckinley is "a moral coward
and unworthy the support of good men,"
The grievance of the Prohibitionists
arises from the answer to a letter which
they addressed to the front yard orator
at Canton. reading thus:
Los ANGELES. Cal, June 20, 1896
Hon. William Mckinley, Canton, o.
Dear Sir: AS you are now the acknowl-
edged leader of the Republican party in
the United States. and have accepted
the platform formulated and adopted at
st. Louis, would you he willing to define
your understanding of the plank relating
to temperance, which declares "sympa-
thy with all wise and legitimate efforts
to prevent the evils of intemperance and
promote morality?" Do you understand
that it in any sense refers to the prohi-
bition of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicants as beverage? Would
not prohibition be q Legitimate effort"
in that direction? Is there anything, in
your Judgment. that would prevent the
''evils of intemperance and promote mo-
rality" equal to the prohibitions Of the
drink traffic?
AS our general conference has un-
equivocally declared that the traffic
cannot be licensed without sin," what,
in your Judgment is left tC us' in dealing
with the great evil except prohibition?
In this wine and brandy producing state
this is serious question, for 1t effects
every department Of politics and relig-
ion.
With best wishes for your prosperity
and happiness, I am, most truly yours,
STEPHEN BOWERS.
To this the major with blandness
beautiful to contemplate, replied:
CANTON, o., July l, 1895.
Mr.. Stephen Bowers, Los Angeles,
Cal.-My Dear Sir: beg that you accept
my warmest thanks for your congratu-
latory letter of the goth Of June. Very
truly yours, WIN. MKINLEY.
1t is scarcely necessary to remark
that the Prohibitionists have not ac-
cepted the majors reply as satisfac-
tory. They expected that man who
stood before the people as an aspirant
for the highest position in the land
would have had the courage and the
dignity to have given their letter prop
er consideration. Had he chosen to
throw it into the waste basket, he would
have offended only the Prohibitionists.
but in endeavoring to evade the ques-
tions and at the same time refrain from
endangering votes from opposing class
es, Major Mckinley reveals to all the
people a characteristic which one might
expect to see in an aspirant fE the Of
| flee of poundmaster or a township con-
stable, but which scarcely becomes a
man who seeks to occupy the most ex-
alted office which the world offers an
| Individual
The herald., 1896-10-11

decay Of the latter, owing to the river
changing its course, and a better ferry
peing found there. But the age of steam
was now on, and the Southern Pacific
railroad sounded Ehrenberg's doom.
There is, however. a prospect for a
number of mines opened up, and En-
renberg may again be populous
town. There are two stores for miners
supplies. school house and a saloon
and restaurant in the town.
MARY FENNELL,
Teacher Colorado River Indian school.
The herald., 1896-10-11
THE VOTE IN CALIFORNIA.

Congressman Charles Henry Gros-
venor of Ohio has given out for publica-
ton his table of estimates on the votes
in the electoral college. In with the
rest of the whole political earth which he
claims, is to be found the nine votes of
the state of California. If the gentle
mans gift to Mckinley of many other
states is not founded on more substan-
tial facts than are his claims on, Califor-
mia, : i, is evident he will not find the pen
sion, commissionership he seeks in his
stocking on Christmas morning, unless
Mr. Bryan promises to give it to him.
In connection with this here is a state
The herald., 1896-10-11

powerful popular novel has now bee
published in handsome cover and is f.
sale as abve, at SO cents. The interes.
in the book continues unabated.
The herald., 1896-10-11
TO HEAT THE SCHOOLS WITH
CORN,

The school children OF Winnepago
county. Iowa. will warm themselves this
winter by fires built of corn. The school
hoard Of Buffalo Center has passed =
resolution to use 1t for fuel, unless there
is q considerable advance in price. A.
ten cents a bushel 1t is much cheaper
than coal.-Chicago Times-Heraid.
The herald., 1896-10-11
WORK.

What are We. set on earth for? Say, to toll,
Nor seek to leave thy tending Of the vines
For all the heat o. the day, till 1t declines
And deaths mild curfew shall from Toll
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil.
To wre0tle. not to reign; and he assigns
For younger feilow-workers Of the soil
To wear for amulets. So others shall
Take patience, labor. to their heart anc
From Thy hand. hand and thy heart. and thy
And Gods grace fructify through thee all.
And share Its dewdrop with another near.
Mrs. z. B. Browning.
As to new books, we have promise Of
much that Is good. In fiction, the most
interesting announcement is probably
that of Quo Vadis, by Mr.. Sienkiewicz.
1t Is hardly too much to say that this Pol
ish novelist is the greatest figure that has
appeared in European literature during
the past decade. A few Of the more
promising titles in this department are
Mrs. Wards Sir George Tressady, Mr..
Crawford's Taquisara. Mr.. Henry
James The Other House and The Spoils
Of Poynton. Mr.. Bret Harte's A Convert
of the Mission, DR.. Conan Doyle's Rod
ney Stone, Mr.. Chambers The Makers of
Moons, Mr.. Pemberton's A Puritan's
Wife, Sir Walter Besant's The City of
Refuge, and Mrs. Craigie's The Herb
Moon. Among new editionss we find
such noteworthy enterprises as the Riv-
erside, Harriet Beecher Stowe. in six
teen volumes; The Writings Of Bret
Harte, IN fourteen volumes; twenty
eight more volumes Of Mr.. Saintsbury's g
edition Of Balzac; a six-volume edition
Of Lanes Arabian Nights, dozen more
volumes of Captain Marryat in their
beautiful new garb; and an edition de
luxe. in thirty-four volumes, of the Com
plete Works Of George Meredith, re-
edited by their author.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
HOTEL METR0P0LE TO BRIGHTON
An Exciting Road Race for Horseiess Cars
and Carriages for Distance of
Forfy-Seven Miles.

LONDON, Eng, Nov. 14.-An immense
crowd assem- bled in the vicinity of the
Hotel Metropole to-day to witness the de-
parture of the motor cars in their race
from the Hotel Metropolis to Brighton,
forty-seven miles from London, the crush
being so great that the roads were blocked
and the police had consid derable difficulty
in clearing the way. Fifty ears or car
riages started, led by pilot landau steered
by Harry Lawson. =, 7,r.v.,-r,
The landau was followed by Leyassor's
phaeton, which won the horseless carriage
race from Paris to Marseiiies, and then
came carriages of various styles, including
Daunter cars, buses, hansoms, American
Duryea carriages, oil and steam motor
cycles, etc.
The spectators were verv enthusiastic
and INDUCED in uproarlcus cheering as
the motors started. After the vehicles
got clear of the crowd they went off at
fine pace. The steering was admirable,
and when the carriages became blocked
by the ordinary traffic of the streets their
pace was checked instantly. The race
was won by the American Duryea motor,
which was the nrst to arrive at Brighton.
The distance was covered in four hours.
The cars arrived irreguarly. The pro-
cession which 1t was proposed to hold
upon arrival OF the cars was abandoned in
consequence of a heavy Iall of rain.