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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
BANNER CLASS SOCIAL.
Conducted at the Home OF Miss Clara
Sanders, of Hampton street.


sanders, of Hampton street.
The Banner class OF the Washburn
street Sunday school held a very in
teresting social at the home of Miss
Clara Sanders, of Hampton street, last
evening. The class is Miss Nichols.
and is known as No. Z. The members
Of the class provided an interesting
program and afterwards served re-
freshments to the company.
The program was as follows: Instru-
mental trio, J. II. Berghauser, flute;
j. T. Farrar, violin; Misss c. Sanders,
plano; recitation, Miss Bessie Sloat;
duet Miss Edith and Edie Davis; reci-
tation, Miss Bernice Conger, solo, A.
Billings; instrumental trio; solo, Miss
Clara Sanders dramatic posing, Miss
Bessie Sloat. Miss Margaret Gibbs
the talented elocutlonist, accompanied
Miss Sloate upon the piano. There
were several encores. The class real
tied a neat sum as the result of their
efforts.
Those in attendance were: The
Misses Gertrude and Lillian Weisen-
flue, Name milestone, Lottie Ace,
Lillian Sausenbaugh, Matte Jones,
Laura Van Fleet, Gertrude Dawkins,
ANllHdbtlu llllllIfS, GUlln EVANS, MARY
Jones, Gussle Strauss, Naomi Jones,
Louise Flynn, Winnie Martin. Lizzie
Hawkins Jacobs, Jessie Long, Margar-
ct Hill, Daisy Poole, Margaret Gibbs,
May Keen, Maud Esther. Bertha and
Clara Sanders, Ida Strauss Margaret
Powell Mayo, Anna Bennett, Bessie
Sloat. Maud Birtley and Lieb. Messrs.
Harry Adams, Francis Phillips, Brown.
NOD nj \ I 4
Duncan Hall, ID. Sayers, Samuel Fine.
berg, Howard Trip, VIII Jameson,
Herbert Waters, Thomas Thompson,
G. II. Hall, VIII Burial, Allen Sey-
core, Horace Keen, ames Cooper, Har-
ry Angle, George Sanders. Mr.. and
Mrs. Helm, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Patin.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. a. Bender, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Kern, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sanders.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
Have You ANY of Theset

Palpitation, Fluttering of the Heart,
Shortness of Breath, Smothering Spells,
Swelling of the Ankles, Nightmare,
Spells of Hunger and Exhaustion.
These are most pronounced symptoms
of Heart Disease. DR.. Agnew's Cure
for the Heart will give relief inside of
80 minutes, and will effect speedy
cure in most stubborn cases. It's veg
etable, it's liquid, it's harmless, it's
wonderful. Sold by Matthews Bros.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Pa, for a short time. This is Mrs.
Moffatt's old home.
Evan @. Jones, of Corbett avenue,
has returned from visit among
friends in Nanticoke.
The West Side hospital staff has been
increased by the addition of an assist
ant to Miss Smith, the matron. Miss
Smith has been exceedingly efficient in
the performance of her duties but
these have increased so. much of late
as to overburdon her and the directors
procured an assistant. Miss Kennedy,
of the Jefferson Medical college, of
Philadelphia, will hereafter share in
the labor of this growing institution.
DR.. Il. Y. Harrison, Dentist Mears
Hall. 113 S. Main avenue. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

The Christian Endeavor Junior COM
mittce of the Washburn Street church
gave one of their periodical socials
last night for the Junior Christian En-
deavorites. 1t was well attended by
the little folks and they heartily en-
ioyed the games, etc, provided for
their amusement. The social was held
from until o'clock. The committee
are: Misses Belle Doud, Ada SAKE,
Beatrice Long, Nettie Elias, Lizzie
Stealns, Margaret Hill and Josie Will
liams
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
REPAIRS ON A CHURCH.

Repairs are being made in the
Scranton Street Baptist church with
view of improving the ventilation.
Cold air boxes will be put in and a
modern furnace and ventilatiug ap-
paIatus will be placed in position. The
floor of the basement will be altered
so as to insure absolute drynCss, there
being at present dampness after a
heavy rain storm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
GREEN RIDGE.

f. w. Pearsall, secretary of the Rail-
road Young Mems Christian associa-
tion, will conduct Il meeting tomorrow
evening in the Green Ridge Baptist
church. All railroad men are earnest
ly invited to attend. The Yokefellows'
band will be in attendance. All are
welcome,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
HAD A BOTTLE OF BRANDY.

Two men were arrested yesterday
afternoon for drunkenness. One of
them, cripple and beggar, had in his
possession a quart bottle of brandy
The bottle was one that is used to
ornament har mantcls and the cripple
had probably stolen it. Both men will
be given a hearing today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
PROFESSOR LEWIS WATCYN.

Professor Lewis Watcyn, of Swetland
street, is one of the most prominent
musicians on the West Side. Profess
sor Watcyn was born in Swansea Val
ley, Wales, near Craig y Nos. He first
studied under his brother, John Wat
Gym, A. c. When 10 years of age he
had taken many eisteddfod prizes in
sight reading contests, and when only
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
MUSICAL NOTES.

Tickets for the concert to be given
by the Fanny MendelssChn society at
the rockingham ON May 10, have been
rapidly disposed of by the members OF
the club and the affair premises to
be financial as well as musical sue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
OBITUARY..

Yesterday morning Mrs. Elizabeth S.
Evans, wife of David S. Evans. assistant
foreman of Trips slope, expired at 2
o'clock a. m. The deceased was very we'll
known on the West Side. She was a
prominent member of the First Welsh
baptist church and was foremost in ac-
tlvity and sincerity in many of the auxi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
West Side Business Directory.
NOTARY pITRTJC

b. G. MORGAN & SON, NoTARIEs
Public, Real Estate, Foreign Exchange
and Ocean Ticket Agents. Rents col
lected. Prompt monthly settlements
Office 1lG jackson street, over Mus
graves drug store.
HARRIET ]. DAVIS, FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs a speciality
l0I South Main avenue; two doors from
Jackson street.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE-Cash for
anything you have to sell Furniture
Stoves, Tools. etc. Call and see the
stock of j. c. King, 701 to 709 West Lack
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

liary societies connected with the church.
She was very charitable, and was untir-
ing in her devotion to Christian work
Until a few weeks ago she enjoyed robust
health and was as active as ever attend
ing to her wonted duties, when she was
attacked with malignant disease of the
stomach, which resulted in her death
She was born in Dowlais, June 10, 1887
and came to this country in 1869. De-
ceased leaves a husband and four chill
drCn to mourn her death. They are Mrs
Rowland ID. Thomas, w. II. and David
Parry, the patrolman, and Mrs. John
Hughes The funeral will take place
Monday afternoon from her late home 1913
North Hyde Park avenue.
Rev. j. A. Rosseel, of Towanda, is dead
He was born in Ogdensburg n. Y, June
II, 1917. He graduated from Amherst col
lege in 1889 and from Princeton Theologi-
cal seminary in 1913, Immediately enter
ing the work of the Presbyterian minis
try, his first charge being at Evans Mills
n. Y. Later he went to Wisconsin and
returning east preached at Orwell from
1869 to 1864, and ut WysoX from 1864 to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

j. b. HOLIDAY, 113 BROOK STREET,
Excelsior meat market. Fresh meat and
smoked meats; fresh butter and eggs
daily; vegetables and canned goods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
We$t Side and City Suburban
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN

He has also adjudicated successfully
in Hyde Park and Avoca eisteddfods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t
fails to cure. 25 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. otto
Schneikert, of ll9 North Everett avenue,
died yesterday afternoon. The funeral
services will be held at the residence this
afternoon and will be private. Interment
will be made in Washburn Street ceme-
terry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Alphonsus Collier, son Of Mr.. ard Mrs.
John A. Collier of Pittston. died at l
O'Clock yesterday morning at the family
residence, on Butler street
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

cess. The appearance of two such ar
lists as Maud Morgan and Mile YER
let cannot fail to create more than
usual interest in musical circles. In
speaking of Mile. Verlet the Musical
Courier" says:
Personally Mile. Verlet is a chic,
dainty bit of femininity. She is Pari-
sian to her finger tips and carries all
the attraction of the French capital in
every mode and gesture. She owns a
ravishing smile which discloses two
rows of brilliantly white and even
teeth, and this smile is generally the
result of some exceedingly live and in
tellgent remark of the prima donna s
own. For Mile. Verlet does not only
sing well; she is an exceptionally in
telligent young woman on many sub
jectS outside her art and talks i'm a
we'll informed and vivacious manner,
an especially fluent, magnetic way on
numerous topics Of life and art. Not
only this, but she has learned to do
so in English so surprisingly good that
it sounds almost like the prima donnas
native tongue. Mile. Verlet obtained
her debut at the paris Opera Comique
upon one addition from Caryalho. This
first appearance was made on Jan. a.
1896, in the title role of Victor Masse's
Les Noces de Jeanette. The title role
had been created by Nine. Miolan Car
valho, and is one which requires a
prima donna of first rank to fill. Mile.
Verlet achieved distinction in the role
and proved herself an honorable sue
cesgor to the Carvalho of fame. Aside
from her success in Paris Mile. Verlet
has sung in London, Birmingham,
Brussels and in other Belgian towns,
always with distinguished success. Her
success in this country has been re-
markable accomplishment for a young
singer. Her enunciation in any Ian
guage is absolutely distinct and sat
isfyng. Every syllable is clear and
Mile. Verlet's diction might well prove
a model to many singers.
Miss Maud Morgan, harpist, is too
well known to Scranton audiences to
need introduction at this time and the
simple announcement of her Jpear-
ance is all that is necessary to at
tract the many admirers of her ac-
complishments upon the instrument
that is so suggestive of celestial
themes.
The friends of Walter Kiple, the tall
ented young viOlinist, will tender him
a benefit at the Academy of Music on
May 6. Mr.. Kiple, who is one of the
most promising of the Scranton ViO-
linists, is desirous of continuing his
musical studies at the Boston conserv-
atory, and friends who take an inter-
est in his progress will doubtless see
that he is materially assisted by the
receipts of a large house.
Miss Elsie A. c. Vandervoort, late
solo contralto at Elm Park church, left
for her home at Mt. Vernon on We'd
nesday last. Miss Vandervoort's voice
has been greatly admired in this city,
not only by members of the Elm Park
church but by music-lOVing people Of
the city generally, and she will be
greatly missed. Miss VanderYoort'
place at Elm Park church will be tenn
porarlly filled tomorrow by Miss Jor-
dan, pupil of Mrs. Katherine Will
COX,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Edward Mcdonald, a barber who had
shop in this city until recently. died in
st. Francis hospital, Jersey city, Wednes-
day Of an affection of the brain, for which
he was receiving treatment at the hospi-
tai. His remains were taken to the home
of his parents, in Avoca, Thursday night.
The funeral will be held at st. Mary's
church, Avoca, Sunday afternoon at
o'clock. 1nterment will be made in the
Pittston cemetery
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

1870. Nine years ago while pastor OF the
churches at Warren and Little Meadows
he was stricken In the pulpit and soon
retired from the ministry, going to To-
wanda, where he had since resided. He
was n gentleman of the old school, cul-
tured and refined, and his whole life was
devoted to the good work of the church.
He is survived by his aged wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Edward Overton, of 40
wanda.
Sister Martin, known in the world as
Miss Maggie Boland, formerly of Arch
bald, died In the convent at Susquehanna
yesterday after an Illness Of only five days.
Her death was due to typhoid pneumonia
and the announcement came with fearful
suddenness to her numberless friends in
that borough. The deceased entered the
convent about six years ago. She had
been teacher I'm the public schools for
several years previously and resigned to
enter the humble order In which she died.
she was endowed with superior mental
gifts, was faithful to the duties of her re-
ligion and was in every respect n model
young lady. Those who knew and hon
ored her because of her excellent charac-
ter wiz long and sincerely mourn her car
ly death. She was a sister OF Thomas Bo-
land, of Olyphant; Mrs. =. J. Mccarthy,
of Vandling, and Sarah. Katie, Lizzle,
John, James and Patrick Boland, of Arch
bald. The arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18
CONDENSATION.

As is frequently the case, he does not take
as kindly to the obligations and observances
of society as his wife does It is possible,
too, that she has INDUCED him more than
she ought to have done IN the way of giving
her personal attention to details of house
keeping which affected his comfort
"NOw," she said, Il hope you are going
to be amiable for some time to cons"
''MoTe so than usual?
Every much more so.
"FOr what reasOn?"
Because you are going to need all the
good humOT you can command. l am 60
ing to give an afternoon tea"
"Again!"
eyes. And I dowish you would get over
your unreasonable aversion to such things
My dear, 1 viii admit that have an
aversion, but 1 deny that it isunTeasonable."
I'm sure you don't let them interfere
with your comfort"
Not to any greater extent than can
help"
"And every one I have given was a great
success"
eyes, my dear. But there's a consider.
alton which prevents me from approaching
your tTiumpphs as I'd like to. can't help
being influenced in my sentiments by the
fact that when your afternoon tea is a
success the breakfast coffee is always an
unbroken series of failures. w ashington
Star.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18

81 see by the newspapers" he OBJ
served, "that the city of Paris tried to
borrow money and was offered s. times
as much as was asked for"
"Yes, that's true"
81 noticed, too, that the German loan
was Oversubscribed a good many
times"
Eyes"
sit indicates that money is plentiful
and cheap?'
ct does"
Now, if I were to ask you to lend
me a SIS bill, would you offer to make
it $40 or S15?"
"Certainly not"
IF I were to ask you for half
dollar, would You volunteer to furnish
me with dollarp
mo"
''If I should endeavor to negotiate
the loan of a dime, 1 suppose you
would not even suggest that I take a
quarter"
You are quite right"
SIT is as I thought" muttered the
would-be borrower, as he walked
away. SIT is such a practical test as
this that makes me skeptical Of what
read in the newspapers. Tit Bits.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18
An Odd seniua.

The papers are full of tales Just now Of
how the late composer, Brahms, trested
pianists and singers who were eager to get
his criticism. If one Of these aspirants for
his favor was fortunate enough to find him
at home and be received, Brahms first con
Germ was TO seat himself on the lid of his
piano, a position from which he rightly
deemed few would have the temerity to
Dust him. IF this failed he had recourse to
the statement that the instrument was out
Of tune, "Oh, that does not matter, re-
marked one courageous individual Per
haps not to you, but it does to ma" replied
the master, On one occasion he was Just
leaving his house when a long-haired youth,
with bundle of music under his arm, hailed
him with: Can you tell me where Dr.
Brahms lives?" Certainly" answered the
master, in the most amiable manner; 'in
this house up three flights" and so saying
be hurried away.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18
BARNEY BARNATo DEAD.
The South African Diamond King Commit
Suicide by Drowning.

The South African Diamond King Commits
Suicide by Drowning.
LONDON, June ia special dispatch
from Funchal, island of Madeira, off
the west coast of Morocco, says that
on the arrival there yesterday of the
British steamship Scot, which left
Table Bay (Capetown) on June 2, for
Southampton, it was announced that
Barney Barnato, the South African
diamond king" who was among
the passengers, had committed
suicide by Ieaping overheard. His
body was recovered. The late
Barney Barnato was in many
respects the most remarkable specula-
tor of the country. OF all the English
men who have taken part in the de-
velopment of South Africa two only
have secured a worldwide reputation.
These have been Cecil Rhodes and Bar
nett Isaacs, more often and less re-
spectfully styled Barney. Barnato
was an assumed name, a sort of stage
name, for he began his life in South
Africa by exhibiting trick donkey
some % years ago. He was then about
20 years of age. He was born in Lon
don
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18

Says the New York Sun; whoever
has labor or the fruits of labor to sell.
or who enjoys good credit with lenders,
can obtain all the money he is entitled
to, and no others are entitled to any
at all"
Which is false. There are hundreds
Of thousands of men in this country
to-day who have labor to sell and are
trying to sell it and find the market so
full that starvation stares them in the
face. There are thousands of men who
have goods to sell but who cannot dis
pose of them at a profit. 1t was not
so during the first years following the
war. It was never so to such a degree
as it is to-day. Why?-Buffalo Times.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18
SIMPLY A STANDARD.
Failing Prices Prove the ABpFeeia-
ton Of the Gold Dollar.

Failing Prices Prove the ADpFeeia-
ton OF the Gold Dollar.
What are we to understand by the exc
preston: Money is the standard Of
valued"
The eOnstitution-article 1, section 8,
paragraph Snakes it the duty Of con-
gress TO coin money, regulate the
value thereof, and Of foreign coin, and
fix the standard of weights and meas
ures." We know that "to fix the stand
ard of weights and measures" is to pro
vide a scaiein which the various weights
and dimensions of articles shall be ex-
pressed. As the value of money is its
relation to commodities, "to regulate
the value OF money" is to provide a scale
Of valuation, in which the values OF
other forms of property shall be ex-
pressed, and in this sense alone money
is the standard of value. Accordingly.
by the 2Gth section Of the act of 1892,
preserved in section 1868 Of the revised
statutes, it is provided: "The money
Of account of the United States shall
be expressed in dollars or units, dimes
OF tenths, cents or hundredths, and
mills or thousandths; a dime being the
tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hun
dredth part of dollar; a mill the thou
sandth part Of a dollar; and all accounts
in public offices and all proceedings in
the courts of the United States shall be
kept and had in conformity to this reg
ulation." The dollar is simply the unit
of this scale, and in the keeping of ac-
counts all values are expressed in the
muItiples and fractions of this unit. NJ
Cernuschi, in ''Nomisma," page 7, gives
this definition of money: Money is a
value created by law to be a scale OF
valuation and a valid tender for pay
ments."
Money standard being a scale of valU-
alton, to talk of a 50-cent dollar or unit
is as illogical and senseless as to talk OF
six-iuch foot measure. To raise this
standard is to increase the purchasing
power of the unit or dollar, and to lower
the standard is to diminish the pur.
chasing power of this unit. 1t follows
that to give to bankers or dealers in
money a control of the currency would
be like giving to dealers in commodities
the control of the standard by which
they are measured, for the dealers in
money, by expanding or contracting
the volume of money, diminish or in
crease the purchasing power of this unit
of valuation and hold at their mercy the
property of the country.
Manifestly falling prices are ths
cause Of our commercial and industrial
depression and there can be no pros
perity while this cause continues. What
has brought about this fall of prices
l answer, it is the legitimate and neces'
sary result of our having made gold the
money standard of the valuation OF
property. AS the pressure for gold in
creases the dollar or unit of valuation
enIarges or increases and there is a cor
responding fall in the prices of prop
erty. We must, therefore, diminish the
purchasing power of the dollar, or unit
Of this scale, and this can only be done
by putting silver in competition with
gold as a money metal. No reform o.
our banking system OF change in oul
tariff laws can accomplish it.-JudgC
Henry G. Miller, in National Bimetallist
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-18
HIS LIFE BUILT ON a LIE

a False Admission Of Wrong Doing
Brought him Ali His Success.
Z feel that my whole life, my for
tune, my family pride, everything that
/ possess worth having. have been
built up On false pretenses." The
speaker was the foremost man in the
community, and he was talking with
enc Of his oldest friends.
You know how my road to prosper
ity opened. My parents were gone be
fore / knew them NY grandfather
died when / was nine, leaving me to a
family that lost no opportunity to
show how much of burden was.
One day group of boys were going
down the street, a stone was thrown,
It caromed on the pavement, went
through a plate glass window, the pro
prietor came out, the ether boys ran, /
confessed to being the guilty party,
my arm was gripped as if in vice,
and when asked why I had not lied !
said grandad had taught me not to,
and with tears on my cheeks was
taken inside. As we talked was
offered So q week to look after the shop.
A little later in the conversation was
to have a room off the workshop, then
was to be boarded, then clothed and
then supplied with books. His wife
drew me to her side, kissed me and
said what brave, good boy I had
been and what a noble man 1 would
make.
I've heard the story 100 times"
$50 have 1, almost every day. For
years my old patron would tell it aft>y
saying that this is my new boy this
is my clerk, this is my manager this
is my partner and finally, this is SON
in-law.' My wife made me a hero and
loved me from the time she heard the
story. It brought me friends, credit,
sound business advice, trade, conf
dence and wealth. 1t made my chill
dren prouder, happier and better. 1t
will bear fruit III their children, for it
is the family ideal and tradition"
"But where do the false pretenses
come in?"
'Well, I must tell some one. Inever
threw that stone. I never broke that
window. Ny tears were not for grand
father, but were wrung from me by
the grip on my arm. Like Topsy, I
was in a state of moral exaltation, and
acknowledged wrong I never did. /
did wrong through aheroic determine
ton to always do right There has
never been a time that I could confess,
and have livedup to my character. I
wouldn't destroy the idol and be hum,
bled in the dust before my wife and
children for the world. 1t would pull
a mora; prop from under them that
may yet stand for ages. Strange how
much Of good rests on a false founda-
ton"
Il wish you had kept your internal
secret. Detroit Free Press.