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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-28
Erie and Wyoming Valley.

In effect Sept. 10. 1891
Trains leave Scranton for New York
and Intermediate points on Erie railroad.
also for Hawley and local points AT I9j
a, m. ana ?. - z. m.
Arrive AT Scranton from above points
at 1923 a. m, 3.15 ard 9.3S y. m,
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Aprons.

These suffered by the
crowds, too. No harm done
to them save that they'll
need ironing. Worth up to
75c. All at the one price to-
day of Twenty-Five cents.
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Toys.

Twelve small counters
covered with toys today-all
that are left from what COW
cred an area of a half acre.
All to be closed out today at
Just One-Eialf Price.
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All trains run daily except sunday.
signifies that trains stop on signal for pas
SengerS
ecure rates via ontario western before
purchasing tickets and save money Day and
Night T. E'press 90 the West
JC. Anderson, Gen. Pass Agt.
T. Fliteroft, Div. Pass, Agt. scIsnipn. Pa,
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JONAS LONGS SoNS.
JONAS LONGS SONS.
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Too Much Stress

This weeks opportunity here Every department must thrive with INDUCE
that will lsOnsh buyers everNMlere to be found
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French BroadcIoth-52 in. wide, wide range
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medium designs, extra heavy, worth 68c, at oSC
Changeable Taffetas-All silk, heavy rlSting -.
quality worth O5C., fOC
Shirred Silks-For fancy fronts, dress and
evening wear, light blue, pink, creamy white, hr
cardinal yellow and black, worth 75C yard at 4SC
Apron Ginghams-Fifty different designs and
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titled Grape brandy This case of goods Is
offered at about one-half its actual cost and
II viii please MS II our friends and patrons
will take advantage Of this and help ~ iutro-
duce our goods,
The morning times., 1897-02-17
TIE NEW ORLEANS RACES.
The Favorites Divided the Card
With Outsiders

New Orleans, Feb 1G.-Fine weather
overhead, but a very heavy track, marked
toIay's sport here. The attendance was
1900 and fay orites divided the caid with
outsiders.
rirSt race Six furlongs Hailstone, 10,
c. Relff. 10 =, won by two lengths; Baal
Gaad, SO. Dorsey. 3 to l :. second by three
lengths; II, 90, Songcr, ; To l third Time.
"a 81 Laura Davis, Ida Wagner, Spirit
ualist and Bizarre also ra u.
Second iace-Seven furlongs Double
Dummy, Ss, BaErett. 8 To ] won by half
a length; Connie Lee. 90. --. / to =.
second by two lengths; Seelbach, 9S, Clay,
TO /. third Time, l.26 IL MoraIist,
Wood King and You oh Me, also ran.
Third raCe-Seven furlongs. Han9 Belle,
9S, Dorsey. 10 ,, won 10y two lengths;
Bob Ciampett, ! o1. c. Rciff, 6 to ,, secons.
lay four lengths; Pirate, I04. Beauchamp
: to /, third Time, 1:4l. Plutus, Bonn
bard, 81. Leo ana Spnola also rdl.
Fourthrace Planet stakes, 81 900 added,
one Inlie: IrIsh Lady, -, dorsey, : to o,
Won by -four lengths; Damocles, 9S, Garner,
3to 1 second 10y a nose; DaveP Pulsifer, 100,
Hirsch, : To 1. third. Time, l:55 IA
Robert Latta. Mamie u, and Judge Stead
ma II also ran
Fifth racc-Seven furloncs: Domingo,
117. CaywoOd. Is to =. won by four lengths;
Fayorine. 1O4, Dorsey. to /, second by
half 3 length; Pop Dixon. 50, 7 Burns, Z
to ,. third Time, 1.42 l-2 Mr.. Dunlap,
Oldham, Pa>kola. and Texas Belle also ran
Sixth race-SiX ful'JngS: Pearson, 81
Dorsey, l. to i. won by two lengths:
Lillian E, lO2. T. Burns, : to /, second
by length: Bust Up, 81. Dean, , to /,
third Time, 1:2o l2 Taglon. Dr. France,
Sligo, In Comma nd, and Darien also ran.
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ance that their best chance of safety was
to hurry back with all the speed they could
command.
Then suddenly they stopped short. Per-
haps a shot had passed or struck closer
than before. Perhaps the shatterng of
one of the targets had aroused them TO
realization of the fact that those distant
boomings meant danger and possible
death.
The sergeant still sat upon his morse,
stolid and impassive, but his men could
Restrain themselves no longer and were
waving their arms and screaming direc-
tions that must be utterly inaudible at
half the distance, and which Rayburn,
even where he stood beside them, could
not begin to distinguish. At that moment
the girls began TO run. Then one of them
sank down and the other bent over beside
her.
1t seemed unlikely that she had been
struck, for the fall came during the short
interval between the fire of the two bat
teries. Most probably she had tainted from
sheer terror, but the danger was terribly
augmented and Rayburn's face set hard
He had been known as a pretty good
football man, back in the college days.
and, more especially, as reliable tackler
There sat the French sergeant on his horse
with the relaxed, bag-of-meal seat of the
cavalryman in repose. The next instant
and no one knew precisely how it hap
peDed he was sprawling in the grass by
the roadside, and the animal was galloping
down the road with Rayburn crouching low
upon his back
The sergeant sprang to his feet, wild with
rage, but his pistols were in the holsters
and his carbine was slung beside the sad
die
''Sacre! Diable!" he shrieked '.Tirez!
tireZ!" and the carbines cracked, though
in honor to the French army, very much
doubt whether they were aimed at the
flying man
To the far-distant artillerists, however,
there could be no such scruples, and the
fire of the field pieces rolled along the line
as battery after battery poured its weight
of metal across the road, to plunge, for
the most part, into the plowed field be-
yond.
Rayburn was not afraid. He was filled
with mad, unreasoning exultation. He
wanted TO wave his arms in the air and
shout; and yet his mind was working clearly
and calmly beneath 1t all, and, repressing
the hysterical impulse, he bent still lower
along the horses neck and dug mis- heels
into his sides until the gallop became a
mad run. Then he glanced at the err.
battled ridge to the north, noting how,
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EACH TEAM WON \ GAME.
Carroll Institute and Saengerbund
PlayerS Divide Bnwling HOnOrS.

An equal division OF honors was again
the result of last nights bowling on the
Carroll Institute alleys, in a set OF major
league tcnpin games between the home
team ana the Washington SacngerbImd
players. who have split even SO often be
fore.
The visitors had little trouble in taking
the first game, with a score of s03. as
against the Institutes 729 With even
greater ease the Institute turned the tables
in the second game, and landed il with
a margin Of l12 pins, in total OF 764
TeaR bowling marked the evenings work
for both teams, excepting III the second
game, when tn" SacnGers fell down la
mentally, ana their big howlers, BrucEper
excepted, dropped below their standard.
Miller. Of the Carrdfls. bowled in place OF
Merritt in the second game
Bruegger, Of the Sacugerbnnd led the
evening, with the best average for the
set, having ia, and also had the hgho st
single game, with ls5. Stone, of the
c. l., came second, with an average or
1876 l-2o
Difficult spares wcr" made by Bardine,
with one OF $40; Merritt, one of 6-7-l0;
Rruegger, 5-T-s-9: Spiess, -, and Arm
strong had the rare one of IS
Following are the scores.
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tionably they were monsieur's friends
He was of the opinion that they We're
about opposite the most distant of the
targets, and, if the practice were de-
layed little, il was possible they might
yet pass IN safety. Women, however,
were not rapid walkers.
For Gods sake, can you not signal
tie batteries o delay?'' cried Ray burn.
The sergeant viewed him with pitying
amaZement.
Surely not. He was not provided with
signals, seeing it was not his duty 10
use them. There could be no need for
it # everyone did his duty.
But, my God, man, You must see
there is need for itr'
The sergeant shrugged his shoulders.
Such an argument was beyond his
sphere of reasoning. At last he added,
after a long and painful in teryal Of
thought, that even if it We're possible to
signal he would not venture to delay
the monthly practice of the Thirteenth
Army Corps There was little enough
time before sundown.
At that moment a low boom rolled from
the north. Rayburn had been watching
the tiny figures working slowly along
the road; but now, with a sudden start.
he turned toward the hills.
A faint cloud was hanging against the
blue OF the sky, and, as he looked, there
casne flash, puff of smoke. and, a few
seconds later, another boom. Then an
other, and another, as the fire ran slowly
afong the line.
Horrified, he turned again.to the road.
The girls seemed to have covered about
quarter of the danger ground, and still
they Were walking on in apparent ignor-
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Diamond Dust

Carl Smith, OF the sketch team 1f Smit n
and Campbell, playing at Kenan's this
week, gets off Guip that 5 uproariousIy
applauded by the baseball fans ia the audi
ence. Smith says to Campbell: My father
met u tragic death on the field ''In-
deed" replies Campbell; was he a sJl-
der no" answers Carl, he was an
umpire
Cornelius Mckinley, late of the Southern
League umpire staff viii not hold the in
dicator this season. He owns and conducts
a paying gar business at GAINESVILLE, Wis
st. Louis Sporting News. 1t is d wonder
that Cornelius McGllicuddy, alias Connie
Mack, manager of Milwaukee, wouldn't
sign the young fellow out OF pure sympa-
thy--for his name.
Philadelphia can well afford to give
Taylor ami Clements for Rusic. The Quak-
ers have a dozen pitchers, and their back
stop department is fortified by Boyle and
Grady, not To mention the half dozen good
youngsters they have in reserve who can
don the mask and init And as for the
Philadelphia end Of the trade financially,
Reach and Rodgers would coin the do
lars With Rusiei in the box the CIut would
draw like a plaster.
Capt Tom Brown of the Senators. is a
great tneatergoer. Tom is an admiTeT Of
the standard drama and cares very little
for the song and dance part of the play.
Cartwright has a pair of red bicycle
stockings, ana when he pedals down Sew
enth street and around Market space the
auctioreer boys commence ringing their
bells. They get a glimpse of Eds calves
and imagine they see flag waving.
Andy Gleeson son of the we'll known local
politician, says he has received several
offers 10 play professional ball the coming
season, but that the wages offered are not
To his liking. Andy says he is not stuck
ON pitching his arm off for the price OF d
meal ticket.
There will be enough deals al the Balti-
more meeting of the league to give every
team a full hand. Yet about eight out Cf
the twelve clubs viii be ''cold-decked''
Tom Kinslow has not signed for the sea
son. though several clubs are flirting with
him in most fragrant fashion. Manager
LOTUS is burning up the wires trying 10
get his signature to a contract to catch for
Colulnbus Tom has a price, and will do
business with any club that accepts his
terms He will take exercise with the Sen
aturs when they commence their prclimi-
nary work at the park.
The morning times., 1897-02-17
Washington's
Oldest
Advertisers.

Firms and individuals
advertisers Who've
stood the test of time,
and scored successes in
stead Of failures, have
reaped the reward of
prosperity by judicious
advertising. Judicious
advertising is the result
Of experience, and expe-
rience is the sequel of
eXperiment-there must
"the Experiment the
trial advertising.'
Measure THE TIMES
worth that way.
Advertisers whose en-
ergy and enterprise have
built Washington COM
mercially- who've won
rungs on the ladder of
business success who
We earned dollar and
cents prosperity have
done so by judicious ad-
vertising.
That prosperity can be
maintained only by that
same judiciousness.
Today TIMES adver-
tising is judicious ad-
vertising.
The morning times., 1897-02-17
SULLIVAN ON THE FIGHT.
The Ex-Champion Thinks Corbett
VIII Defeat Fitzsimmons.


VIII Defeat FitzsimmOns.
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 16. John l. Sui
lvan arrived in Philadelphia today. He
will be rendered a benefit tomorrow night
at the Quaker City Athletic Club, when
he will appear in a fourround bout with
Paddy Ryan, his first opponent for the
championship. When sked for his opinion
on the coming fight between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons he said:
Il certainly. think Corbett will win,, for
he is lcvel-headed chap and has had lots
of experience. He has improved a lot since
he fought me in New Orleans, and even at
that time he was a wonder Then he could
not hit very hard, but he has since devei-
oped his hitting powers unit now he is able
to hold up his end with any of them. Then,
again, Bob FitZsimmons is not able to hold
bis end up with man who is so long
headed as Corbctt. ard the Australian is
liable To go to pieces at any stage of the
game. If you have noticed, Corbett has
always shown great clcvcIness iii making
matches, and | will say that this one is 10
exception TO his general rule.
nowadays the public Will stand far
more from fighter than in my day. When
/ was championthc public dem andcd that
should fight whenever IA candidate made
his appearance, but times have changed,
and these two fellows have had two years
cheap advertising before getting down To
business. To my mind, Corbett was will
ing to fight at any time, but Fitzsimmons
seems to have had great trouble in screw
lng up his courage to the sticking point.
He could easily Eave eluded the author
tiles at Hct Springs, hut instead of that he
purposcly had himself arrested, so as to
have the fight stopped. He has never made
any efforts TO get on a fight with Corhctt,
and ] don't believe that he would go on
with the present match if he had not been
forced TO it by the public
Sullivan Will remain here until Thursday,
when he win return to Gloucester, Mass,
to appear with a vaudeville company.
The morning times., 1897-02-17

as the fire reached one end, the guns were
loaded again, and the smoke had lifted at
the other, until detonation followed de-
tonation with hardly few seconds be-
tween them. He Could near the shot
swish through the air above and around
him.
Now, and it was all done more rapidly
than have told it, he found himself pull
iEg the horse to its launches where Miss
Lowell stood beside the fainting form of
Miss Hodges.
"Quick! Up!" he shouted, gasping for
breath.
Take her first said the girl, point
ing to her companion.
Rayburn looked her straight in the eyes.
The morning times., 1897-02-17

The blood kept getting in his eyes as
he scrambled TO his feet, but he saw the
horse wallowing by the roadside, shot
through both launches, and Miss Hodges
lying i'll a comfortable heap where she had
fallen, limp, and consequently uninjurcd.
There was something wrong about his
left shoulder, but he managed somehow to
tuck the woman under his right arm and
proceed to half carry, half drag her, the
few remaining feet that had To be covered
Miss Lowell hurried forward to help
but by the time she reached them Ihey
were pretty well out OF even the line
of chance fire, so he only fruwned and
let her assist, feeling at the same time
a renewed sense of indignation against
Miss Hodges. Then he was conscious
of a strong desire to sit down-in the
road-anywhere; and, as there didn
seem tc be anything else important fer
him to do, lie proceeded to gratify his
inclination and straightway forgot all
about the artillery practice and the mar
tinet sergeant and the mangled horse and
even Miss Miriam Lowell
1t must have been a long time before
he opened his eyes, for his surround
ings were very different, He was in
bed, in rather pleasant room, anil it
seemed full of peopie-at first. Finally
the number dwindled down to three-a
little fat man, in semi-miitary costume,
who was bustling about with a very i'm
portant air; handsome old gentleman in
uniform, with an empty sleeve and a
breat covered with decorations, and Miss
Lowell sitting beside him-so his sur
roundings, as far as he cared about them,
weren't so different after all,
Where am II What's the matrer?" asked
Rayburr, as his eyes wandered from Miss
Lowell around the room and back again to
the starting point.
Monsieur has broken his clavicle, and
his head is cut That is all. 1t will amount
to nothing" replied the little man. COM
ing up when he found his patient was con-
scious.
Then the officer stepped forward and
spoke.
Monsieur is al the cafe at the foot OF
the Puy de- Dome. and in charge of my
surgeon. Twill send an ambulance tomorrow
that will take him to Clermont- FerraHd -
wenton: Monsieur will understan that he
is under arrest for attacking Sergt. Pichot
while In discharge of his duty; but monsieur
is so brave ma n that dare trust no one
totake charge OF him save mademoiselle-''
and he bowed profoundly TO Miss Lowell
'.whenmonsicur is seonvalescent, he added
stepping to the door, may l beg H,alemoi-
The morning times., 1897-02-17
Copyright, s97, by Duffield Osborne
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
Gerald RaYbOrn. a romantic young Amer
lean travelling in central France, comes to
the town Of CicTmonu- -FerTand. ~ the de
partment of Puy-de- Dome, named after
the mOuntain 50 called He finds at the
same hotel two American girls, Miss
Miriam Lowell and a friend, from Boston.
lie is attracted by Miss Lowell and en-
deavors TO make her acquaintance, but
she and her friend ignore him. lie desistS
from the effort and devotes himself to
sightseeing. He makes pedestrian trip
to the top OF the mountain, Puy y-dc- Dome
and sees the young ladies there. He learns
at an inn at the foot Of the mountain that
they have driven over and intend to walk
back by a short cut down the mountain
which meets the Clermont- -Ferrand road
further along. Rayburn starts home and
comes TO a detail Of soldiers guarding
part of the road across which artillery
target practice is soon 10 take place He
Is tod 10 hurry along. Reaching { he guard
at the other side, he realizes that the short
cut 10y which the young ladies are to come
leads into the dangerous section Of the
road. He asks the French sergeant to
send word TO them or to let him 20 back
and warn the, The sergeant refuses to
DO either. Gust then Rayburn sees the
young ladies coming along the road in
front gf the targets.
The morning times., 1897-02-17

make any account of two human aggrega-
tiOnS of flesh and bone.
The short distance was soon covered aud
they We're well beyond the last target,
She Spra ng to the ground.
You will go-'' she began, quickly.
Then she looked at the line of belching
fire and hesitated; but Rayburn had spun
his horse around and was riding back.
He was conscious that he was frightened
now, for the eXultation of a few minutes
ago had vanished. Still, there was more
work to be done, and, dlsmounting, he
took Miss Hodges in his arms, and, climb
ing back upon the steaming animal, turned
him once more toward the point of safety.
Scarcely furlong away it was, aud he
The morning times., 1897-02-17
MORNING AND
Sunday Gintes
35c Per Month.
55c Per Month.

Seile TO see that he reports To Gen sauret
at Clerniont-Ferrand- l desire his company
at dinner
Hewent out, hardly waiting for Rayburn's
acknowledgements, and a moment later the
surgeon followed him 10 look after some
thing that was needed.
There was short silence. and then the
invalid knew that mis- nurse and guard
was speaking.
4 have to apologize TO YOU very hum
bly,, she said, for my friends and nv
own bad manners, and 1 am going TO ne
The morning times., 1897-02-17

frank about It, We avoided You because
1 have always had a foolish prejudice
against the English
Rayburn started up.
I'm not Engiish,'' ne hIurted out. in
amazement. I'm an AmeIican. What
gave you such an idea2''
"Why!-madame said when we asked"
and then she stopped short, and hlushed
very red.
"Oh! you asked" commented RaybCrn,
as if TO himself.
Cant 1 get YOU anything? Don't you
want 10 see the surgeon? Or-or-''
She had risen.
mot now" he said, reaching out his
sound arm and half forcing her back
into the chair.
And, from all that can gather, it
must have been at least three quarters OF
an hour before the surgeon returned
THE END.
General washingtons Pass" by Clin-
ton Ross, author of The Scarlet Coat,
will begin tomorrow.
The morning times., 1897-02-17
THE SAILOR BOYS CHALLENGE.
If Fitz Defeats Curbett He VIII
Accommodate Sharkey.

Reno, Nev., Feb. 16-Martin Julian. FirZ-
simmons manager, arrived from the East
this morning, and said that Fitzsimmons
would arrive in Nevada this week His
training quarters have not yet been Sc
lected, bat from remarks dropped, Dan
berg's ranch, near Carson, will be the loca
ton. Julian said Fitzsimmons was in per
feet condition
Referring TO Sharkey's challenge to fight
the winner, Julian said: Should Fitz-
simmons defeat Corbett, Sharkey will be
aCCommGdated.''
The morning times., 1897-02-17
Corbett's Party at Carson CITY

Carson City, Ncv Feb. 16-Corbeti and
party arrived here this morning There
was large crowd at the depot but the
champion dropped off the rear end OF the
train and was half way to the hotel before
ANYBODY knew he had alghted. After
resting at the hotel he was driven cut
to inspect the training quarters at Shaws
Springs
The morning times., 1897-02-17

''You 60 first he said, slowly, ''or
stay here till you do. That's what came
for would suggest haste.''
Before either of them knew just how it
happened, she was in the saddle, he on the
horse close behind her and leaning forward
so as to throw his body between her and
the guns; as II q rifled fieldpiece would
The morning times., 1897-02-17
PART III.

AnXiously lie called the sergeaut's at
teDtion TO them, and the old fellow
frudgingly permitted himself enough in
dependent action to observe their move
ments from MS post Of vantage on horse
back
Yes, they Were two women, he ad-
mitted, after long and careful scrutiny,
and they were coming this way. Upqges-
The morning times., 1897-02-17

ed lukcwarm. THIS ne threw away AMI
prepared other food, but IN the meantime
the doping had gone too far and Gimm was
about done for.
Mr.. Collister says that If Steve Brodie-
is serious about backing Waller the Cleve-
land man will accept any proposition Cor
100 or, 100 mile race. ts5 ast"
The morning times., 1897-02-17
With the Fox Hounds,

Mr.. George NJ. Dunn, NJ F. H. has is
sued notices to those interested in the
sport that the Chevy Chase Fox Hounds
Will meet at Suitland, Prince George coun-
ty. Md. this morning at 8 O'Clock. The
Chevy Chase Drag Hounds will meet at
the Chevy Chase Club on next Saturday
afternoon at O'Clock
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agement cordially invites the friends of
the teams to witness the game, which
begins at O'Clock.
The Washington Saengerbund and Wash
ington Athletic Club reserve bowling teams
will play a set of tenpin games i'll the
Reserve League series this evening on the
alleys OF the Saengerbund.
The morning times., 1897-02-17

had almost reached it-was even beginning
to consider how the tendency toward faint
ing at critical moments might affect the
development of the new woman.
Then he felt that something had given
way beneath him and that he was going
still forward, but down and turning
somersaults as he went.
The morning times., 1897-02-17
ton would certainly meet with universal
approval among the patrons of the sport

New York, Feb. l6.-president Freed
man, OF the New York Baseball Club, said
this morning with regard 10 the reported
trading of Rusie, OF the New York club
to the Philadelphia club in return for
Pitcher Taylor and Catcher Clements, Of
the philadclphias, that he knew nothing
about il.