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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26
SCRANTON CYCLISTS
TO WHEEL 1873 MILES
They Will Ride TO Philadelphia Early
Next Week.
TO THE NATIONAL L. A. W. MEET
Three Parties to Leave Here, One on
sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Itinerary Divides the Run Into 81
and ~ Miles Per Dag Over Pocono
and Via Nazareth and Lexington.
Any wheelman May Accompany
the Party.

Arropos to the itinerary of Scranton
Wheelmcn to the Philadelphia meet of
the League of American Wheelmen
August Al, John J. Van Mort, of the
Scranton Bicycle club, has arisen to
the needs of the occasion with a sched-
ule for the trip. 1t is expected that
quite a pretentious representation will
leave this city.
Mr.. Van Mort has arranged that the
PARTY will be divided into three con-
tingents, each to leave the city at
different times. The first body will
start at 6 a. m. next Sunday, the sec
ond at the same hour Monday and the
third at the same time Tuesday.
OVER THE POCONO.
The route to the Quaker City will
be over the Pocono and from thence
through Nazareth, bethlehem, Quak-
ertown, Fort Washington and Wissa-
hickon to the Lafayette hotel. The
route in detail follows. Leave Scran-
ton Bicycle club house q. m. sharp.
Ride to Elmhurst miles, to Moscow
8 miles, TO Daleville miles, to Toby
hanna IL miles, to Mount Pocono 5
miles. Here a long stop for dinner
will be made. Mounting again the ride
will be resumed to saltwater 4 miles,
to Tannarsyille 4 miles, to Bartonsville
3 miles, to Snydersville 8 miles, to Say
lorsburg miles, to Wind Gap miles,
10 Nazareth 8 miles. Here the party
will dismount for the night.
After an early breakfast the party
will ride upon a splendid road to Beth
lehem 9 miles, to Center Valley IL
miles, to Quakertown s miles, to Sell
lersville miles. Here stop may be
made for substantial refreshments.
Pushing or from thence they will ride
Z miles to Lexington, IL miles to Fort
Washington, miles to Chestnut Hill
and Is miles by the way of the Wissa-
hickon drive to the Philadelphia City
hall.
This divides the 132-mile run into 61
miles the first day and 72 the second.
A pace of from 6 to 10 miles per hour
will be maintained. Mr.. Van Mort has
also planned another route for the re-
turn trip which includes a ride over
the famous Lancaster pike and north
by way of White Haven and Wilkes
Barre.
ALL WHEELMEN INVITED.
Wheelmen generally whether attach
ed or unattached are invited to join the
Scranton party. AS two weeks gener-
ally lapse after the acceptance of a
member into the League of American
Wheelmen before the name is publish
ed it is impossible to obtain q member
ship card before the meet. Arrange
ments have been made however where
by a postal card receipt will be given
to all who join now. This card will
entitle the holder to all the privileges
accorded the regular League member
ship ticket. All persons applying for
membership tickets ait the division
headquarters. 66S Bourse building,
Philadelphia, will be supplied with
oarlc n nyca
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

$50 Xxx White Envelopes for tic. at Sc.
Store 523 Lack'a. ave. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

Mr.. and Mrs. u. II. Lynde are re-
ceiving congratulations over the birth
OF little girl-a Sunday daughter"
sure to be a child of good fortune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
STATISTICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

During the year 1895 Great Britain
imported 1883, ass7 900 eggs. Russia and
northern Italy are now the greatest
egg producing ~countris in Europe.
A p p pan, said 20 be the largest
ever made from one piece Of metal.
has beer. turned out in Swansea. Eng
land. l. is II feet 4 inches in diameter.
, feet , inches deep, and weighs two
tons.
F. a. Richards. Of Hartford, Conn,
has taken out AT patents, more than
any other person except Mr.. Edison.
Mr.. Richards patents have been most
" in tae line of machines for making
ps per envelopes.
Russia's confidence in oil fuel for
warships larger than torpedo boats
seems to be wavering. The General
Admiral Apraxin, now building. is &c
Use oil for half it's boilers and coal
for the other half, but all other ocean
going vessels are TO continue to use
coal alone
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

North Carolinians like General Jas.
II. Lane, who commanded a North Car
DINA brigade, winning fame for him.
self and honors for the state that con-
fded in him.. a few days ago in Math-
eWs county, Va, his native state. six
portraits Of distinguished sons Of the
county were unveiled with due ceremo-
MES at the court house. One also of
Jefferson Davis. An account in a
communication in The Richmond Dis
patch says:
The picture Of General James H.
Lane was unveiled by Miss Susie Sears,
daughter of Captain r. T. Sears, and
presented by his brother, DR.. Thomas
b. Lane, who gave a brief sketch of
his distinguished brother. From
major of the First regiment Of North
Carolina volunteers, he rose rapidly to
hrigadier general in 1862, and this when
most of the general ~ifficers were grad
yates of West Point, and he only %
years Of age. And not only did he win
this promotion by recommendation Of
Lee, Jackson, etc, but by a petition
from the brigade. And never was
there drawer band, or one with Drawer
chief Wounded twice, he still led his
men to victory
Remember it was a North Carolina
brigade Of which it is said: And never
was there a drawer band" Captain
Octavius Virgins, of this city, was one
of General Lanes trusted soldiers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

In the Gospel of Matthew We learn
how cunning Herod was. In Is we
read that he SEN the wise men to
Bethlehem telling them: Go and
search diligently for Jesus, and when
We have found Him. bring me word,
that I may come and worship Him
also" Those last three words show
how crafty n assembling he was,
Bert on numbering in Holy Innocent,
and with heart filled with hatred. he
pretends he really means kindness, af-
lection. ever worship. The sinful heart
Is deceitful above all things and des-
perately wicked as the Bible says. In
all times it seeks to compass it's vile
and desperate ends by deceit and lying,
or even like cruel Herod, under the garb
of piety. Human nature has BOT chang
with the rolling years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The able editor-one Of the ablest we
think in the south and with no equal
we know of among the editors in his
own religious body-Rev. DR.. Hoss,
said recently in his paper, the organ of
all southern Methodism. just what is
needed to be understood and remem-
bered. He wrote this:
mo gentleman will write an anony-
nous letter. The performance is utterly
contemplate as it cannot be the
thought or Imagination of an honora-
BILE and sel~f-respecting man. 1t implies
and, on the other, a cringing coward
ice that is ever afraid to say his say
openly. The moral 'bushwhacker' who
always shoots from under cover is a
nuisance not to be tolerated by society.
When discovered he should be subject
ed to an ostracism worse than impris-
onment or exile"
Well said and we'll deserved. We do
not know a more contemplate specimen
Of fallen humanity than such an in
crate, such a Pariah, such a social out
cast. He would shoot his poisoned ar
row withor responsibility either to God
or man, noping to bring down his ad-
versary without possible danger to
himself. But God sees this moral cow
ard and his Sin" will be certain Ito
find him out" Such a fellow is simp-
ly committing moral suicide. The mem
DRY of such an one will bring to him
scorpion stings. Some one has said
that memory makes half of LIES
heavens and s~eventy-five per cent. of
it's hells."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

We received a pleasant letter from
that really eloquent and gifted North
Carolinian and old friend. from San
Francisco. who has been doing famous
work since he left his native state now
nearly a quarter OF a century ago.
After ten years absence he was re-
turned to the charge of the leading
Methodist church in the fine city of the
Pacific slope. He found great changes.
almost a new congregation. But they
received him with great warmth and
demonstration. When he left this
state he was thin, not weighing, We
suppose, more than 80 pounds. Now he
is in perfect health and weighs $50
pounds. He n DR.. John Hanna, a
Virginian, we believe, and Bishop Fitz-
gerald fanother North Carolinian) born
in Guilford. probably, are the three
greatest gifts eastern Methodism has
contributed to the Pacific states. DR..
Riddick is an eastern man, but We are
not certain as to locality, but of Hert-
ford county probably.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
The spaniards Capture the Port of Bane.

Havana, via Key West, May 1.-The
port Of Banes, in Santiago de Cuba, held
by General Calixto Garcia and 600
Cuban ever since the Laurada landed
expedition, has been recovered by
the Spanish combined army and naval
forces under General Gomez Ruberte and
Admiral Navarro. The Spanish forces
combined at Nipe. and General Gomez
Ruberte formed his forces, consisting of
two columns, including 100 marines. 400
navy n 200 infantry, commanded. re-
spectiyely by Lieutenant Colonel Cristoval
NuneZ and Lieutenant Colonel Ayala, ac-
companied by he chief of staff, Lieuten-
ant Colonel kidelan, a native Cuban. Both
columns boarded the Spanish fleet under
the command Of Admiral Navarro. This
gazpi and the men-of-wsr Reina Ner-
cedes, Neuva Espana. Ma gellanes, Vasco
Nunez de Balboa, Galicia. and Ligera and,
protected by artillery, landed under a
very heavy fire from the insurgents mus
kerry at Ramon peninsula. of Banes,
losing during the removal of the troops
one killed and s~eevnteen wounded. Mean
while, he marine forces in the armed
boats were sent to recoRnoitre at the en-
trance of the port of Banes. They sue.
ceeded in removing three wire cables ane
one torpedo. The N.euva Espana was ths
first boat to enter ne port of Banes- Thu
Ligera followed with Admiral Navarro
General Ruberte and his adjutants Of
board. The Spanish columns then al
vanced, protected by fire from the N.euv
Espana, Which bombareed the insurgents
heights, ultimately capturing the Cubal
fortihcLtions with a loss OF Only fort
' MEN,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Two new telephone cables. each with
two circuits are to b. laid at once
across the English channel. making
practically six lines for the London
Paris telephone service. They Will
raise TO thlrty-four the number OF
wires stretched across the channel from
Dover to Beachy Head.
Its present boundary limits CGreece)
were determined by an arrangement
among Great Britain. France. Russia
and Turkey, concluded at constantine
pie on July II. 1882.
Only about 20, 600 of the inhabitants
speak any other language thar Greek.
and only about 20. 600 profess any reli-
gion other than the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The evangelists multiply. They are
not know that the number of the vul-
gar, profane and blasphemous sort in
reases, but the foremost Of that type
keep up their popularity and draw the
great crowds when more respectable,
pious and reverent divines who van
gelize do not thus attract. C~oarseness,
~indecencies, profanities are enjoyed and
laughed at, and men hasten nightly to
hear the ribald "vulgarians" when de-
corous, consecrated, able evangelists
would attract one-fourth the crowd.
Rev. DR.. Buckley, of The New York
Christian Advocate, says Of this class
of disappearing evangelists:
1.-THE men who can use the word hell
to make a laugh, or put forward the
Day of Judgment as the background Of
q roaring farce, who can deliver whole
sale SlanderS wOrded In such a way as
to imply that all earnest pastors who
shrink from endorsing his grOssness are
in the gall Of bitterness and the bonds
Of iniquity, and who can raduce whole
denominations because of the conduct
Of some Of their nominal members,
bears the same relation to the Chris
tan ministry that the performances
! of clowns do to the serious orator. The
| crowds that such men draw are at
tracted only in part because they pro-
| fess to preach the Christian religion,
and chiefly by the same elements that
would support a circus. 1t is a matter
| of grave doubt whether there ever was
! an evangelist in whose proceedings
f! solemnity did not predominant who di-
rectly or indirectly wrought as much
| good as harm to Christianity"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
HOME FOLKS.

Let us al rejoice that the probability
of having the legislators-save the
mark-together again at Raleigh is
remote" What an affection it would
he to have those fellows again in ses-
sion. No one could tell where their
blunders and devilishness would end.
1T is better to bear the ills We have
than to fly TO those we know not Of"
This is from memory and may not be
exact. So don't write about it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

into trouble and causes him TO regret
that he employed it."
If it will read our paragraph careful
ly we hin 1t will see it was not really
50 obscure as to be taken seriously. We
know it is best to write at the bottom
-Thi Is sarcasm" or This is irony"
but We did no suppose in that particu-
lar instance il was needed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

A strange special notice appeared
lately in The Western Christian Advo-
cate. It is too peculiar to be overlook
ed. Here it is:
"a pastor in one OF the best confer
ences in Iowa, and who has a $1,000
charge, wishes to exchange charges
with some brother in Ohio. Address
Rev. O. J. Simmons, Stockton, ILL.,"
This is news this way. Up north
Methodists may trade their circuits or
stations but down south they would
be quickly disciplined. Advertisements
OF his kin are a disgrace to any
church.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Spring is full Of terrors to all whose
constitution is not able to resist the
sudden changes OF temperature and
other insalubrities Of the season. To
put the system in condition to overcome
these evils, nothing is SO effective as
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Take it now.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The Sanford Express noting u ex-
PLANTATION as to the base a (Which We
never warred upon) adds this:
The Messenger handles irony we'll
and often it is hard to tell whether it
is in earnest or merely jesting. This
is a gift that Very few possess. Some
times the too free use OF IT gets one
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

It is gratifying to know that the aged
senator, Isham G.. Harris, of Tennessee,
has recovered Of dangerous and pro-
his seat in the senate. of which he is SO
able and experienced a member. He is
a worthy southron. and we believe
either born in North Carolina or de-
scended from parents born in this state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The war in Europe has an additional
responsibility. It is the cause of trade
depression in the United States. This
depression has lasted for several years
but that maks no difference with the
writer's Of trade reports. 1t was only
another instance of coming events
casting their shadows before"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The Louisville Dispatch is the new
democratic paper in that victimized
city. It is but ten days old, is pitching
into the false Courier-Journal, and al
ton, as we see it stated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

North Cardinals progressive daugh
tee, Tennessee, has not got ready for it's
big exhibit, but the time is here. 1t is
desirable that the mother should be
there in all Of her imposing statehood.
But will she?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Half a span Of angry steel will pro-
duce no more fatal results than a neg
lected cold or cough. For all throat
and lung diseases, Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is the. best remedy. It is invalu-
able in cases Of Group, whooping cough,
bronchitis and la grippe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

The lynching Of seven negroes at
SunnySide, Texas, was wholesale
slaughter. 1t is always better for hu-
manity and civilization hat the regular
courts shall do the hanging. We do
not know how the one-man power ope-
rates in Texas. We hope not like it
works in North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Badness is often preceded or accom-
panied by of the hair. To
prevent both badness and
use Halls Hair Remover. an honest
remedy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
A Card.

WILMINGTON, N. c., 6, 1897.
MR.. Err TAYLOR,
AGENT, city.
DEAR SIR:
I TAKE PLEASURE IN TESTIFY
ING BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE TO
THE PROMPTNEss OF YOUR COM
PANIES IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF
INSURANCE CLAIMS. MY LOSS
ON BUILDING OCCUPIED BY
MESSRS. POLVOGT & co. WAS
SATISFACTORILY ADJUSTED, AND
I WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN REC
CMMENDING ANY ONE NEEDING
INSURANCE. TO CALL ON YOU.
6 BEHRENDS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

A large body Of searchers found 2
year-old Ann Jensen, missing for
twenty-four hours, asleep in the woods
near Greenwich, Conn.,, with her arms
full Of flowers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Turn to the Saviour, then, in lowly
style;
Ask for forgiveness, all thy sins display,
Cling to the cross in faith-weep, trem-
BILE, praise, and pray.
Dean Afford
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
SNAPS.

The south will be glad to hear shat
after a long critical illness, is gradual
ly recovering. He is now eighty years
of age.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

There is a new southern poet" and
his name is J GodOn Coogler, Of Column
bia, S. G.. 1t is his fifth volume. 1t is
purely original verse" Here is a sam
pie:
From early youth to the frost Of age
Mans days have been a mixture
Of all that constitutes in life
"A dark and gloomy picture"
He may rival hat Tennessee woman,
name forgotten, who wrote a Cen
tennial Poem" of great length. We re-
ceived a copy. 1t Overcame US so we
failed to write about it. Writing verse
and producing poetry are very different
callings and actions. If people knew
better what is poetry there would be
much less verse written.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Quiller-Couch, the English novelist
and critic, is now in charge Of a de-
partment in the Pail Mall Magazine, Of
London. He is making a fine success
Of it. He is a very bright man, full
of ideas and dash, with real grace Of
touch and wit with it. He has writ
ten two or three novels full of life,
incident and interest. He also pub
lished not long ago a volume of criti-
cisms, but this we have not seen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

had to fight. for the most part, on pure
ly legal terms" Hence, while Trent
could not understand Calhoun and Da-
Wis, Professor Burgess comprehends
both, and holds that Calhoun was
concrete and inteIligible-an acute
barrister who stands firmly on his
construction Of the law that Is already
made. and ignores or resists the law
that is in the making" These are the
pose, cOndensing the northern writer's
view. The reviewer says the southern
er shows "a lack Of interest in consti-
tutional law" and ascribes it to "a
certain fabbiness in his political sci
ence-for law furnishes the osceous
structure of that science" He thinks
Trent is "a trile vague" He shows it
by citations. Even the great Jefferson
somehow fails to attract the outh-
erner while he processes great admira-
ton. The reviewer says he has "au-
dacity and it makes him interesting"
To show his marvellous sagacity and
sense OF humor, he says that Calhoun
"CuIu nave DccU SdFcu from many d
blunder had he been able to speak dis
respectfully Of the equatOr-or of
South Carolina" He steals a witticism
Of Sydney Smith to bari his Parthian
arrow. Calhoun was one Of the pur-
est of all American statesmen and be-
yOnd all doubt one of the greaest. His
speeches not only contain many max
inns of political wisdom, but great pre-
science. He foretold much tina has
come to pass, He was one of the fore
most Of Americans, but to the young
professor in Tennessee he was merely
a "shadOwy" sort of statesman with
out force or great persOnality-a man
Who had the nightmare when he rea-
sOned. And this passes for insight, for
wisdom, for judgment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

While new books are extraordinarily
high, and beyond the reach of the poor
scholars, who indulge "plain living and
high thinking" there is one blessed
comfort, the great Writers-the stand
ard authors of the world Of all nations,
are easy Of access and can be brought
for comparatively small sums. In
England where books are enormously
high for the new, the old books are
very cheap. Lately the best literature
Scott, Goldsmith, Dickens, Lytton,
and other standard authors, can be
bought "creditably printed" for two
cents a volume, bound in stiff covers.
Think of that. 1t is a treat waste of
opportunity and toll to read latter-day
books to the neglect of the great au-
thOrs-
THE dead and Sceptered sOvereigns
who still rule
Our spirits from their urns."
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LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, November 27-To-day's cat
tie market was almost entirely nominal as
is usual on Saturday. The few offerings
sold at yesterdays prices. Veal calves,
scarce and prices firm; the best lots Sc so
d6 60 per 100 lbs: prime milch cows have
sold at high as S53 per head; stockers and
feeders have fallen off and prices aver
aged 1OGl15c lower than last week
In hogs, prices ruled strong. at an aver
age advance Of &c over yesterdays quota
tons. Heavy packing lots sold at S. 20Q
IS, and primo shipping lots at S. J0@3 SIS.
the bulk of the sales being made at So $50
80. Pigs, So 1G03 81. The new crop of
hogs has started and liberal receipts are
expected.
Sheep and lambs easily sold at the re-
cent advance. Sheep, So 00G4 s. for poor
to choice, and lambs at 81 0eG5 IS.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, November 81
Cattle. steady: prime 81 S0d4 80; common.
50 2JQ3 60; feeders. 81 cool 60.
Hogs, only fair; fair to best Workers.
pigs and mediums, 50 55d3 Co; heavy, So 50
as 80; roughs. 50 51d3 2.
Sheep, slow; choice. 81 coat 70: common,
So 00@3 65;choice lambs, IS 5oG5 10; com
mon to gccd 81 5od5 40.
Veal calves, s. scar co.
CINCINNATI. O.. November 2l.-Hogs,
activss at 81 S5a3 5213.
Cattle, steady at 81 25N5 10.
Sheep, strong at & 5GG4 80
Lambs, strong at 50 50dJ 30.