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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-18
Saucy Bess'
Comments.

The question of handwriting is one
that puzzles more people than the ox-
perts, the bankers and the printers
1T has been said that this particular
age is the twilight of handwriting
and that soon it will be lost art.
Perhaps this might not be such an
irreparable calamity as would at first
appear 1t would simplify matters to
marked degree in supplementary pro-
ceedings and would be a missing link
that might completely do away with
breach Of promise cases, as type-writ-
ten love letters never could impress a
jury with their fervor as could the
words in the handwriting of the de-
fendant.
That there should be fashions in
writing as in gowns is a dcplorable
fact, since occasionally comes along Il
style which works woe with the vic
Tins of its followers. Take for instance
the big angular English hand, which
most young women of the present have
affected or still employ. These big an
gular hieroglyphics offer more disad-
Nantages in the way of illegiblity than
any other ever devised, save perhaps
the Egyptian craze of a few thousand
years ago, which necessitatcd the dis
| covery of a Rosetta Stone to deCipher.
No enterprising Egyptologist or other
ologist has made known to the public.
the key to the big English hand. AS
used by the average society girl it is
| mysterious and past finding out and
affords unlimited recreation in the way
| or guessing as to what the written
message may possibly contain.
a popular Scranton girl, the pride
of her fathers heart, was away visit
| ing friends in a distant city not long
ago. One day her father came home
! from business almost in tears. molly
| has written a letter to me-" he an
nounced pathetically, "and l can't read
a blessed word" He grew more en-
| ragged as he proceeded: II can't make
out whether she's gone and got en-
| gagged to some good -for-nothing
whether she has the scarlet fever and
wants you to go to her, or whether she
wants me to send her another check.
She wants something, | guess, and she
ought to have it,"
The mother promptly wrote in a
| plain, old-fashioned hand to the alb
sent daughter: do try to write a let
ter that your father can read" she
| urged in this epistle "YOu know how
| he loves you, and your last letter has
! Just about broken his heart and made
him So cross that | don't know wheth-
| er he'll let you stay for the other two
weeks for which you ask in your let
| ter, lie says you've got to come home
and go to a business college and learn
| type writing"
Another young woman wrote to a
| friend in this city regarding a pro-
| posed visit to which the Scranton girl
| was obliged to reply: Il gather from
your letter that YOU are at last to
make me that long proposed visit. and
| that you want me to meet you at the
| train, but whether you are coming
| sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Wednes-
day, Thursday or Friday. I can't quite
| cetermine. l am inclined to believe
| that the time you designate is not Sat
| urday, as that word would probably
take another line. Do dear Bess. die
| tate a message to the telegraph man
| ana I'll be on hand"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-18

scranton young man who was
rather devoted to a fair neighhor
whose particular style of writing he
mad never had much occasion to notice
horrlhed the maiden's mother one dav
by rushing in and cXcitcdly shouting
that Nellie had been blown IN in a
railway accident" he having had q
letter to that effect from the absent
one who had gone to PHILADELPHIA for
fortnights stay. In the excitement
that followed, no one thought to try to
read the letter and great amount of
trouble was entailed before it was
discovered that Nellie's missive con-
tanned the injunction to tell her mother
TO forward her yellow parasol
II letter writing is not already a lost
art 1t Will soon be and on the stiff
angular hand recently fashionable viii
fall the responsibility. 1t takes a deal
OF afection and more perseverance,
than is vouchsafed to the average NOR
tai in these busy days to warrant the
declphering of characters which sprawl
fantastically over a three-line spaca
and which are constructed with an eX-
asperating, if not a charming similar
ity Blessed be the Typewriter Girl
man, or machine, each and all. and
blessed be the man who is endeayor-
ing to introduce the vertical hand.
which, although not pretty, serves the
purpose designed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-18

BUY Diamonds from the old reliable
house, G. Luther. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
sCHAEFER WON TWO GAMES.

Jake Schaefer played and won two
games of billiards at the Hub Billiard
Palace, Boston, yesterday In the after
noon he played with Lewis shaw, and
defeated him 800 60 ~. After the game
both Schaefer and Shaw gave an exhibit
tion of fancy shots In the evening
Schaefcr played Nose Yatter, and conceded
the latter odds of 200 in 100. Schaefer won
easily, 400 to 9S. The Wizard" played
strongly, and made the good average of
~ Ais His highest run was 1885, The
scores:
Afternoon Game. - Schaefer %, l 40,
10, 8, 43, 81 H. /, 5s 2, 10, 3, 2, l, 2.
Total-300. Average-1SA Highest run
75.
SHAWL z, /, O 8, /, 1,'s 5, 4, - s, 13,
O. 4. Total-72. Average l-5. Highest
run-13
Evening Game. e.-Schaefer- 3, 81, 2,
!, Is, 40, l36, ~, /, IA, 10, 81, 0, 81, 2,
10, 3. Total-400. Average-22 AIS. High
est run-l36.
Yatter--l, 13, 8, Q, 3, /. 6, 13, 2, 16, Q, z,
T. =, 4, 10, 3, g Total-9S. Ayerage-5
SIS Highest run-16.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
FOR RANSOM.
Hughes Proposed To Kidnap and
Hold Dunn's Daughter.
Discovered As He Tried To Enter
House and Was Killed.

Houston, Tex, March IA daring
attempt at kidnapping was frustrated
yesterday morning at 3 O'Clock, when
detectives killed Walter Hughes as he was
I'm the act of entering the house of Frank
Dunn, a wealthy resident of this city.
The police received information some
time ago that ~ scheme was on foot tO
kidnap Dunn's little daughter, and to
keep the girl captive until $4,000 ransom
was paid by her parents As result de-
tectives have been ON guard at Mr.. Dunn s
house for several nights. There were no
deyelopments until this morning when II
WINS discovered that n man was attempt
ing 10 force one of the windows of the
Dunn residence.
One OF the detectives Inadvertently at
tracted the attention Of the marauder,
who. finding he was discovered, drew a
revolver and fired twice at the detective.
The detectives then opened frc and the
intruder dropped dead.
Hughes had rented n house near Dunn :
and under the floor of one OF the rooms
had dug cave i'm which the child was to
be- socreted. At n point some distance
from the city Hughes had arranged SOW
eral tin boxes, where he intended IN
direct that the ransom money bc de-
positcd, under threat of death to the child.
When Hughes body was searched re-
volvcr, butcher knife and bottle uf chloro-
form were found. Mrs. Hughes has been
arrested but will not talk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
In THE HORSE WORLD.
Pleasing Prospects for the Coming
Racing Season.
Rsquital "a Favorite for Both tho
Brooklyn and Suburban.

The horseman needs no twitter OF blue
birds TO apprise him Of the arrival OF
spring. IIo has been looking forward TO 10
and preparing for ID during many cold, In
clement months. He is happy now, for the
racing season Is at hand, and he In soon to
have an opportunity TO reap reward for the
arduous work OF putting his crack flyers In
form for the great track tests.
All reliable indications point TO season
of good sport for all anu adequate profit
for the deserving. During the winter
months the sales of thoroughbreds were
well ATTENDED, and the prices that were
paid by the big breeders of the country
furnished substantial grounds for believing
that they expected the season of 1897 TO at
least hold Its own with It's immediate pred
ecessor
In the eastern part of the United Statee
the season will open In April at the Ben.
ming track, Washington. That there will
be good racing here Is not To be doubted,
as the big stake events oil filled well. Then
will come the meetings at Westchester,
Brooklyn, Coney Island, Brighton and
Saratoga, during which $500, 900 Of prize
money will be won. These figures do not
include the Withers, Belmont, Carleton,
Brooklyn Derby or Realization stakes,
nor any purses, SO that the value of all
these events cannot fall far short Of $780,
600.
These encouraging figures should reas-
sure turfmen and borsemen and the public
generally and convince even the most pes
simistic that, despite the depression that
has existed OF late, the "sport of kings is
TO be upheld and carried forward by pro-
gressive methods that cannot fail to achieve
success.
Some OF the western tracks have put
forth very tempting programmes. For in
stance Detroit has announced a "a day
meeting at which 500, 900 will be hung up
In stakes.
In the far west there will be some excel.
lent meetings. Rich prizes will be award
ed In each of a score or more OF great
events which will bring to the front repro.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

The first practical friction matches were
made i'm 1877 by an English apothccary
named Walker, who coated splints OF
cardboard with sulphur and tipped them
with mixture of sulphate OF antnnony,
chlorate of potash and gum. A box OF 81
matches sold Tor J cent piece Oh glass
paper being furnished with lt for obtain
Ing ignition. In 1880 u London man
named Jones devised a species of matches
which was little roll Of paper soaked In
chlorate Of potash, with a thin glass
globule filled with sulphuric acid attached
TO ono end. The globule being broken,
the acid acted upon the potash and sugar
producing fire. Phosphorus matches were
first introduced on a commercial scale III
1888, and after that improvements were
rapid The modern lucifcr match COM
bines in one instrument arrangements for
creating spark, catching IL on tinder
and starting a blaZe-steps requiring sep
arate operations in primitive contrivances
Ii was I'm 1895 that the first United states
patent for friction matches was issued.
Splints for them were made by saving
or splitting blocks of wood into sllNers
slightly attached at the base. These
were known as slab or block" matches
and they are in use in parts of the country
today. The latest important invention
i'm matches secures the separation OF The
chemicals which in combination are
always more or less dangerous. thus Is
obtained the safety" match, which was
invented by Swedo named Lundstrom,
in 1880, The head of the safety match con'
tains chlorate of potash and sulphur
while the friction paper on the box Is
spread with paste Of anonymous phos-
phorus and antimony.
Among the odd varieties OF matches
now in vogue are the 'vestas, of which
the splint ~ waxed cord 'fusces" for
lighting i'm the wind, with "A short thick
stick with large mass Of chlorate OF pot,
ash composition, and natural gas
matches, with very long splint for
lighting natural gas fires. In former
days the manufacture of phosphoru.
matches was attended with great danger
TO the workmen from the fumes, which
caused decay of the bones of the jaw.
Many persons were poisoned from care
lessness i'm handling them, and numerous
conflagratlons occurred on account of the
ease with which they were ignited. The
"parlor match had its origin with the
manufacture, in lSiS, of Schrotter's amor
phous phosphorus. This product has
neither odor nor taste, is not poisonous,
and does not take fire AT ordinary tenn
perature. Mr.. Walter Hough of the Ma
tional Museum says that before long cleo
tricity will greatly reduce the consump
tion of matches. The electric match viii
represent the final elimination OF the
evolution of firc-makinu apparatus.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
ONE OF THE CRACKS.

Arations have been made for this event,
and there Is good prospect that 1t will be
more successful than any event heretofore
held by the association. Elkwood park has
been greatly improved, and today it Is con-
sidered the finest and most extensive shoot
ing ground i'm the world, not excepting
either Monte Carlo or AK les Bains. The
grounds are situated on broad, high plain
overlooking the Shrewsbury river. Here
has been erected "a magnificent clubhouse,
which cost many thousands OF dollars. II
Is equipped with every convenience its
purposes could call for, ard the hundreds
of crack shots who will como from all
parts of the country 60 participate In the
contests will find there all the comforts
that the best hotels could furnish
The great feature of the tournament will
be the Grand American Handicap, which
will be shot on the last two days of the
contests. This is n national event of great
Importance To pigeon shooters, and invari-
ably attracts throngs of wing shot enthusi-
asts, and always the pick of the top notch
ers of this exhilarating sport.
Its conditions are: % birds, S25 en-
trance, handicap from 90 to 33 yards rise,
81 900 guaranteed by the Interstate asso-
citation, and all surplus added; $500 to
first high gun, $500 to second and 5000 to
third.
Last year o. r. Dickey Of Boston sur
prised everybody by taking the champion
ship score. As DiclSey was a dark horse,
his victory afforded great encouragement
20 modest experts yet unknown to fame,
and wide increase in interest In this
year shoot is the result. The entries for
the coming Grand American Handicap
have been larger than ever before, and the
competition will be correspondingly lively.
The managers of Elkwood park have
provided 10000 superior pigeons for the
occasion, and they promise that only blue
birds shall be sent to the trap for the star
event.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
STANDING OF THE POLO CLUBS.
YALE's ATHLETIC SCHEDULE.

The management of the Yale Athletic
association has completed the schedule OF
events I'm which the Yale team Will take
part for the remainder of the year.
Yales resumption of athletic relations
with Harvard has given her teams so
much work that something has To be
omitted. 80 IL has been definitely decided
that the track games with Princeton will
not take place this year
There are three relay races on the list,
ono with the University of Wisconsin at
Chicago ON April LIZ. one with the Univcr-
sity al Pennsylvania on April "a, and the
last the Intercollegiate relay race which
takes place at the games of the New .Ier-
sey Athletic Club at Bergen Point on
May 81
In addition To these the Yale men will
take part in spring games mt Princeton,
the games of the Seventh Regiment of
New York, the two preliminary outdoor
meets i'm New Haven, the dual games
with Harvard and the Mott Haven games
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

IL Is thought now that the Harvard
Yale foot ball game will be played Nov.
13.
Young McGirr of Georgetown Univer-
sity, who won the l0-milc indoor cham
pionship of the A. A. u, will probably
enter the Marathon race to be given by
the b. A. A. on April 10
Secretary j. Gratz Henly, of the Queen
City Jockey Club, announces that j. j.
Burke will he the presiding Judge at the
Newport spring meeting. Burke has
presided mt all the eastern tracks and is
now at Oakland Cal.
Two harness races were held on the ice
at Lake Massabesic, Manchester, y. H.,
yesterday. Harry X. won half mile
match with Parish Boy i'm three straight
heats the best time being LIE. There
were five starters in a half-mile slow race,
and Diamond, Lady Lambert and King
T. won in the order named.
The Harvard lacrosse team will begin
practice on Holmes field as soon as the
ground dries of, unless "A regular practice
ground is assigned IL on Soldiers field.
Tho following games have been arranged !:
May 5, Lchigh at Bethlehem, Pa May
II, stevens Institute at HoboSen, y. j. !;
May IL, Crescent Athletic Club at Cam
bridge. Toronto University will play Mt
Cambridge early in June.
Bernie" Wefers was i'm Boston yester-
day and left for Georgetown last night.
He has been mt his home in Lawrence
since the Boston College games. He has
been worry lame and attributes his trouble
TO an excess in running upon boards. He
is in such bad shape that 1t is very inn
prn bub blp tbat bp will cOnlnptp In tha
Baltimore A. G. games tomorrow night
Wcfers said yesterday that the announce
incnt that he was not registered was
surely mistake, as he was registered
with other Georgetown athletes before
March |.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
SIGNED WITH BRoCKToN.

Robert III. Cameron, of New Haven, for
two years third baseman of the Edge
woods Of Naugatuck valley league yes
terday accepted the terms of Manager
Burnham Of the Brocktons. He viii leave
in fortnight To begin training for the
season. Cameron il the best fielding third
bascman in the state.
Tommy Leahy and Jimmy Donnelly OF
the Pittsburg league club left New Haven
yesterday 90 join their team.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
NO RECORDS BROKEN.

The Amateur Athletic championship
games were held at the knickorbocker
Athletic Club, New York last night The
all round championship resulted in a tic
between T.. Linderman OF the Camden,
y. j., Turn Verein, and f. Hartcl, New
York Turn Ncrein, each scoring 164 $40
points.
The winners in the individual events
follow:
Horizontal bar Charles Berndt, Anchor
A, G.
Parallel bars, Otto Steffons, n. Y.
Il. V.
Flying rings Charles Berndt Anchor
A. G..
Tumbling, William Haas, Pastime
A. G.
Side horse, +. Hartcl, y. Y. Il. V.
Long horse, H. Lindorman, Camden,
y. j. T. V.
Rope climbing (25 fecD B. Sanford
y. j. A. G.
Club swinging, +. Metz, Jr., Newark,
n j. H. "
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

London. March ia dispatch TO The
Times from cape Town SAYS II IL re-
ported that during the conference last
week between President Kruger and
President steyn at B,oemfontein u was
r, solved 90 form a federal union be
tween the south African republic and
the orange Free state.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

with the end of a stick of hard wood. Tho
stick OF hard wood pushes the PARTICLES OF
soft wood into a little heap In tho end OF
the groove which IL finally brought To
the point OF ignition and gives fiame
without tindcr. Most romarakble OF All
annliances for producing fire is the ''fire
syrlnren of Borneo and Burniah, which Is
n small cylinder of buffalo horn with ~
plunper. A smart blow struck upon the
plunger comprcsses the air in the vylinder
SO suddenly that il gives up enough Of its
heat To ignite the tlndor inside.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
BEAT HIS OWN RECORD.

Another large crowd witnessed the
single handed long distance fly casting
last evening at the sportsmen's exposition
In New York. Il. G. Leonard east l06
feet, beating his own record OF l02 feet q
inches, made on the Harlom Mere I'm 1854.
The tank was gS feet, and Mr.. Leonard
cast feet over the length of the tank.
In the bulls eye target contest &.
Warner still leads with Gus Zimmerman
second. No important changes were re-
corded IN the individual championship
mntch
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
THE WHALERS WON.

The first two periods of last night $
game between the Whalers ana rail
Rivers was decidedly lively, Cotter driv-
ing every chance offered, and not only
frightening the polo players but the S pee
tators, one of tho wild drives hitting a
man on the bleachers and cutting him
badly ON the forehead.
The game was decidedly one sided all
the way through, New Bedford seeming
TO score at will and everybody was glad
when the contest was over. Cotter left
the game after the second period. The
summary;
New Bodford-Roberts 1r, Doe 2r,
Williams C, Conway hb, Smith q.
Eau Rivor-- Russel1 1r Mcppck pr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

James Manderson, who was TO have been
one of the contestants in "A shoot for sil.
yer cup which Is now held by Elliott OF
Kansas City has entered suit against
Dan Stuart for $500 at Carson. lie claims
that he was induced To spend money ana
time i'm coming to Carson City, ana that
after he had arrived the shoot was de-
olared of. Stuart says he declared the
shoot off because there were not sufficient
entries
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

We yell your noctor All
there is in SCOTS Emulsion,
lust how much cod liver oil,
hypophosphites, glycerlne.
But we do not tell him how
these are combined. You
have your secrets; this is
ours. This knack of max
ing the very best thing has
come to us from years of eX-
pcrience with just one thing,
We make only Scott's Emul-
sion-all our energy is ben,
on making that better than
any other emulsion in che
world. We have no other
business thought. Is it any
wonder that it is the standard
scoTr q BOvrt, Chemists, New for1.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
CYCLING CHAT.

Racing men are fast coming TO recognize
the evils of paced racing
Charley Murphy, the well known bicycle
racer, Is 10 train the riders If Princeton
this season.
Many punct,res have been prevented by
tying piece Of stout gut across the forks
just over the tires.
An electric light race meet will be held
nj the Charles River park track In Cam
bridge, Mass, on May 10
The production of bicycles in 1890 was
600, 600 as against 1000 I'm 1905. The
capital now invested IL t90, ,O00, 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
THE pHrLLIEs IN THE FIELD

The Philadelphia Club played its first
game at Augusta Ga The Nanigans
and Veterans were the opposing teams,
both hcing inado up of the momb bers Of the
club. The game was well played through
out and resulted In victory for the
Veterans 10y scurc of 20 a. The bat
tories wcc Orth and Clements for the
Veterans and Fiilcld and Grady for the
Yanigans All the youngsters showed
up In good form, especially Gicr and
IinCld.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
UNION COLLEGES WINTER MEET

The winter meet Of the Union College
Athletic Association was held I'm the State
Armory, schenectady last night The
events were well contested, but no college
records were broken. Following is IA
summary:
20-yard dash-Won by Davis 1900; time
? Sos.
One mile run-Won by Wright 90;
time ON. AS.
ono mile walk-Won by Cotton, '97;
time SIN. rs.
ii0-yard dash--Won by O'Noill, 'W;
time I'm. las.
Pole vault--Won by Sylvester, '97; dis
tance SIT. lin.
'9S; distance 80 ft. lin
hunning high jump-Dcyo and Jones
tied; distance oft. Pin.
Fence vault-Won by Deyo. 'oS; dis
tancc eft Sin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
WAS A LIVELY GAME.
But the Grays Went Down Before the
Witches, Nevertheless.

The Salems defeated the Providence
team at Salem last evening in game
which, after starting, slowly warmed up
SO much in tho last period that IL was
rough and tumble. The summary:
Salem. --Iiipson, In, Griffin 2r, Wiley C,
Bartlett lib, Heffernan z.
Providence. Pierce 1r, Stamford 2r,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19
THE woMAN's BICYCLE RACE.

At the end of the eighth hour in the
ladies' bicycle race at Chicago last night,
the score stood: CLAW, 100 miles, 5 laps;
Fransworth 100 miles 3 laps; Allen 160
miles, ) laps; Anderson 100 miles, 4 laps;
Gable 1853 miles, 4 laps; Berry loo miles, o
laps.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

young" Ford, who learned all he
knows about boxing in the United States
navy, says he would like TO meet his old
focman, Tommy Carr, in n 20 round Ego"
mt l35 pou''-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

late Wednesday night play was resumed
and the game finished early this morning,
Showalter winning OH his 5Sth move.
Score PilisbuIy B; Showalter D; drawn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

soon after the twelfth game of thcpills-
bury -Showaltcr match wBs adjourned
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-19

IL Is thought now that the Harvard
Yale foot ball game will be played Nov.
IL