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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18

the evening Of washington's birthday,
Feb. 22.
Court Lily, Foresters of America, will
attend the Methodist church In a body
Sunday evening.
Mrs. N. f. Hitler and son are VISIT
ing In the metropolis.
Mrs. Alice Crago, of Salem avenue,
left yesterday for visit with friends
i'm New York city. Before returning
home she will visit her son, Moore, who
is a student at the University of Penn
sylvania in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry Dennis, of wyoming
street, is entertaining her niece, Miss
Edith Dennis, of Green Ridge
Miss Mary Breese, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Breese, of Tenth
avenue, and George Sedler, of New
Cemetery street, were married at the
Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Rev.
G.. a. Place, Phi. D., wednesday even
ing at o'clock. They will reside with
the brides parents.
In st. Rose church at half-past hve
Wednesday evening, Miss Jennie Walsh,
daughter of Mrs. Bridget Walsh, OIL
Pike street. and Anthony Swartz, OF
Dundaff street, took the vows that
united them in marriage. Rev L. r.
Coffey was the officiating clergyman
Miss Kathryn V. Kennedy OF Soutn
Main street, attended the bride, ana
the groom's best man was Charles
Toolan, of the West Side.
William Anger, of Wyoming street
is in Honesdale, where he was called
Inv the death of his aged mother.
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was ready for more when Bailey came
along and shut off further debate.
Bailey's Mistake was named for Sam
Bailey, coasting trader who used to
sail into Lubec harbor as often as once
month, the mistake" part being
added at the time of Bailey's last voy-
age, so that future navigators and
geographers would know whose mis-
take It was. There are two waterways
that lead up to Lubec from the Attain
tic ocean, one wide and navigable
ship channel, and the other a wide and
rocky shoal that affords excellent pas
turage for founders and other fish of
small draft. About ten years ago
Bailey was beating his sloop up to Lu-
bee anchorage and took the wrong way.
He knew all about the shoal water and
the rocks, and had become so familiar
with the course that he paid no heed,
presuming that his sloop could find her
way without help. There is where the
mistake" came in, for trusting too
much to the intelligence of his sloop
the craft went aground on the rocks
and was chewed into toothpicks before
morning.
AS nobody ever saw anything OF
Bailey or his crew. 1t is inferred that
the fishes took what there was left of
them after the waves had done their
work. From that date the term Bail
ey's Mistake" was attached to this
reach of water and the land on both
sides of it. and now the coast survey
charts have recognized the claims, Sc
that Bailey's Mistake has become a
geographical fixture.
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LETTERS THAT KILLED.
Notable Instances in Political His
tory of Mistakes by Ready Writers.

From the Globe-Democrat.
KILLED by Letter" is the signif-
cant heading of a Havana newspaper
over an article telling of ex-Minister
de Lome's fall. This legend would be
an appropriate epitaph over the politi-
cal graves of many public men. The
rivalry between Hamilton, the leader
de facto of the Federalst party, and
Adams, the leader de jure, melted
Hamilton's letter during the campaign
of 1900, arraigning Adams, which was
one of the causes of the rupture and
overthrow of that party and the tri-
umph of Jefferson and the Democracy.
Hamiltons letters attacking Burr were
the cause of the duel in which Hamil-
ton lost his life. Jefferson's letter to
his old neighbor Mazzei, in 1896, in
which, by pretty plain implication, he
traduced Washington and other men
whom the American people honored,
kept Jefferson denying and explaining
for many years, his historic letter to
Van Buren, on this subject having been
written shortly before his death and
twenty-eight years after the Mazzei
epistle was penned. The preservation
and publication of Jefferson's "Anas,"
or diary, which is really sort of let
ter to posterity, with it's spiteful as
saults on the memory of Hamilton and
other eminent men, showed an amaz-
| ing lack of discernment on Jefferson's
part, and has called out from all his
editors and biographers excuses which
| accuse.
Never write letter." said Talley-
rand. land never burn one that you
receive" If Nicholas Biddle had OBJ
| x..I
| the fate of the United States bank.
over which he presided, would prob
| ably have been different. jackson
would not have been able to perform
that second labor of Hercules in slay-
, ing the bank hydra" and the politics
of the sos would have lost one Of it's
| most picturesque episodes. An inter-
esting and usually level-headed person.
! age, Biddle had what Juvenal called
| an "incurable itch for writing" and
this led him and his institution to their
| doom, defeated Clay and the National
Republican party in 1882, and, as one
of the consequences of the banks over
throw, brought on the panic of 1887.
The "Rhea letter. precipitated the
| contest in 1880 between Jackson and
Calhoun which put Calhoun out of the
| line of succession to jackson in the
presidency, made Van Buren Jackson's
political heir, dwarfed Calhoun from
a national to local figure, and turned
him to the partisan metaphysics out
of which were evolved notification and
that morbid and wire-drawn political
philosophy in defence Of slavery that
! brought on the war which destroyed
slavery.
There is a fine touch of poetic irony
in the circumstance that Van Buren,
the man who said he would rather walk
forty miles to tell a person something
I than to intrust his thoughts to a let
ter, met his doom through the medium
of letter. 1t was a letter, however
| which he was absolutely forced to
write. and it was called out in the
spring of 1874 by the necessity of de-
claring himself on the burning issue OF
Texas annexation. The letter in which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
DIR. WURTH'S OPINION
OF THE NEW DISCOVERY IN MED
A Remarkably Successful Remedy for
Dyspepsia, Indigestion and stom-
ach Troubles.

DIR. Wurth, in commenting on recent
discoveries in medicine, said: There
Is none which is certain to be so valu-
able and far-reaching in benefit as
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, the new
stomach remedy; i say far-reaching,
because people little realize how I'm
portant a sound stomach and vigor-
Gus digestion is to every man, woman
and child.
Indigestion is the starting point of
consumption, heart disease, Bright's
disease, diabetes, nervous prostration,
liver troubles; why Is this so? Simply
because every nerve, muscles and It's
sue In our bodies is created and nour-
ished from the food we eat If that
food is. by reason of weak stomach,
compelled to lie for hours, a sour, fer
menting mass of half digested food. 1t
poisons the blood and nervous system,
creates gas which distends the stomach
and bowels. causing pressure on the
heart, lungs and other organs and seri-
| ously impeding their action.
He says further the point to direct
attention is not the nerves, nor heart,
nor lungs nor kidneys, but the stomach,
the first cause of all the mischief.
The remedy to use for indigestion
anu weak StOmaCnS is not some ca
thartic, but a remedy which will digest
| the food, increase the flow of gastric
| juice, absorb the gases, and Stuart's
| Dyspepsia Tablets viii accomplish ex-
| actly this result in any case of stomach
trouble, because these tablets are conf
| posed of the digestive acids, aseptic
pepsin, Golden Seal and Bisrnuth, pleas
ant to taste, and not being q patent
medicine, can be used by anyone with
perfect safety. / believe Stuarts Dys-
pepsia Tablets will cure any form of
| indigestion and stomach trouble eX-
| cept cancer of stomach.
Full size packages of Stuart's Dys-
| pepsia Tablets are sold by druggists
at so cents. A book on stomach dis
eases, together with thousands of tes-
timonials, will he sent by addressing
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
TAYLOR NEWS.
The Price Library Special Meeting.
Coming Bazaar--Other News OF
Iutcrest.

The meeting of the Price Library as
sociation on Friday evening is open 10
ALL The pastors, merchants, young
men and also ladies and all who DO not
want TO see it's doors closed are most
cordially invited to attend. one OF the
directors yesterday said: I'VE don
like to close the rooms but we must
do II if the public of Tavlor won't
support us or become members or the
association, We bar no one from pe-
coming a member and we appeal 10
all to attend the meeting and assist
the faithful dozen to keep open the
rooms" The meeting this evening VIII
be called at s o'clock.
The young people of the Primitive
Methodist church of the Archibald, are
making extensive preparations for their
coming bazaar which will be held at
the church on Washingtons birthday.
A supper will also be served. Tickets
are selling rapidly.
Martin Luther lodge, No. p, Loyal
knights of America, will meet this
evening in Reese's hail.
Mrs. Walter Edwards. Of Hyde Park,
was tn . guest of relatives in this place
yesterday.
JOnn Lendndn, WHO lldS Dteu NlSit'hS
his parents in the Archibald. has re-
turned to his home in Philadelphia. lie
was accompanied by his brother, Dem
mis-.
The Taylor Choral union will meet Tor
rehearsal this evening at the Calvary
Baptist church. Every singer in the
borough is requested to be present.
Mrs. Cobleigh and daughter, Mrs
John f. Evans, have returned home
from Waunerly after visiting relatives.
The employees of the Jermyn ano
| Greenwood collieries will receive their
| monthly distributions for January to-
morrow.
The first annual masquerade ball
| held under the auspices of the Ameri-
| can Social club at Weber's rink last
| evening was a success, both socially
| and financially.
The carpenters employed at the new
woolen mill are making rapid progress
| in their work and is nearing compile
ton.
| John Gibbons, of the Archibald, has
returned from New York, where he has
| been spending the past week.
John Lloyd, son of Mr.. and Mrs
David Lloyd, who met with a serious
accident at the Archibald mines las
week, is getting along nicely since this
amputation of his left arm.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
! ward Allen, of Main street, died or
| Wednesday. 1t will be buried this af'
| ternoon. Funeral private.
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Delaware and Hudson.

On Monday, Jan. II. trains will leave
Scranton as follows
For Carbondale--G.2c 7.55, S.55, 10.15 a.
m; 1900 noon; 1.2l. 2.20, 3.52 5.25, 625, l57,
9.l5, 11.00 p. M. Lie a. IN. .uu.u.. s--.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal Bos-
ton, New England points, etc, $40 a. m,
For Honesdale-62O s.55. lois, a. M;
1900 noon; 2.20. 5.25 p. m.
For Wilkes Barrc--d.45 80, Si5, 9.3S,
1916 "a M, 1906, LIS, 22l 5.S3, All, soc, 75O
For New Z York, Philadelphia, etc, via
Lehigh Valley II. r., 645, T.N0 a. tn.. l2O5,
lbs, AL p. m. with Black Diamond Ex-
press) 1l.30 p. m.
For Pennsylvania r. r. points-6.45. 9.Ss
a. m; 22l, AL n. IN.
For western points via Lehigh Valley
r. r.. $50 a IN, 1905. 3.39 with Black
Diamond Express), 1923. l1.3O p m.
Trains will arrive at scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbondale and the north--64O.
7.45, $40. g.3l, 10.40 u. m, 1900 noon: l2O
21S, 3.25 4.37. 5.45 7.45, 1925, 11.27 p. m.
From Wilkes-Barre and the South-6. 10,
$50, $50, 1919 1l.55 a. m; Lie, 2.A, SiS,
$50, 6.21, 1853 905, 9.45 p. M; LIS a. m.
Complete information regarding rates
to all points in the United States and
Canada may be obtained at the ticket Of
flee in the depot
Special attention given to Western and
Southern resort business.
j. w. BCRDTCK, G.. p. A., Albany N. Y.
II. w. CROSS, d. p. A., Scranton. Pa.
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OLD FORGE.

Mr.. David Beynon and family, OF
Providence, spent Sunday at the home
OF his mother.
Mrs Tiffany, of Rrooklyn, Pa, is vis-
iting at the home of Mr.. +. Drake.
Mr.. Thomas Muir will move his fam
lily into Mr. William Tinklepaugh's
house.
Thomas Ward. of Hunlocl's Greek,
is visiting his parents this week.
Don't forget the animotOscOpe by the
Alonzo Hatch company tomorrow even
ing in the high school auditorium un-
der the auspices Of the Young Mems
Bible class of the new church
All who attended the Epworth league
convention on Tuesday We're highly
pleased with the essays and addresses
of both afternoon and evening. A
number of solos Were rendered during
the sessions and enjoyed by all.
The following is the result Of the
election held in this place on Tuesday:
School directors, Andrew Kennedy,
ROber. Johnson; supervisors, William
White, Michael joyce; treasurer, Will
liam Kohler; assessor John S. Davis;
auditor, Edward r. Jones; town clerk,
William Burgess.
The Lawrence Literary society of the
Lawrence Congregational church will
hold its monthly meeting, Feb. %,
'9h. The programme viii be as fol-
lows:
Soprano, In the Secret of His Pres
ence," Gospel Hymns ana 6; for
girls not over II, prize ...........S .25
Recitation, Eccles. xii:1-7; for boys
not over l5..,....,.......,.,,.. .25
Baritone solo, The Harbor Bell"
Gospel Hymns 3 and 6 ....,....... 80
Recitation, Matthew, Xi:2O-30; girls
not over 10 Observation-Disclosures. %
Quartette, Come Unto Me-" Cos
pei Hymns and 6................ 100
Pronouncing the most words begin
ming with one letter ............. .25
Tenor solo, THE Sword of Bunker
Hill,' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
The best love letter ............... 80
lmpromptu speech, minutes time .25
Solo, "Yr Hyfryd Wled," Canied-
ydd $40; ladies over 30...,,..,... so
Names of contestants must reach
the secretary by Feb, 10. Love letters
must be in the hands of the secretary
by Feb. Is. Adjudicators of music,
John r. George, Greenwood, Pa; re-
citing etc, Rev. l. Thomas, Taylor,
Pa; committee, Ed. NJ. Jones, chair
man; Eddie T. Jones, secretary; David
tickrell' treasurer; NJ. p. Lewis, David
3. Davies Admission, adults, 10 cents;
children, 8 cents.
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he mildly and tentatively opposed an
neXaton, defeated him for the nomi-
nation for the presidency a few weeks
later and gave the candidacy to the
dark horse, Polk, an outspoken an
nexationst. Everybody remembers the
wreck which letter writing inflicted on
Blaine's fortunes by defeat in the con-
ventions of 1876 and 1880 and at the
polls in 1884. His fatal readiness with
his pen brought an Iliad of woes to
Clay. II am the most unfortunate man
in American history" exclaimed Clay
after one of his reverses to Henry A.
Wise. II get the nomination i'm the
years when no Whig can be elected,
and in the year when any Whig can
win the candidacy goes to somebody
else" In the year, however. in which
his success seemed certain, 1874, he was
defeated by his campaign letters on
the Texas question. I'VE are beaten"
exclaimed Joshua r. Giddings to Cas-
sius NJ. Clay, as somebody put into his
hand a paper containing one of Clay's
letters, just before both of them mount
ed the stand at a Clay mass meeting
at which they were to speak. He was
right. The letter, which made a sur
render on the slavery question. sent
enough anti-slavery Wings over to
Birney, the Liberty party's candidate
in the decisive state of New York to
give that state and the presidency to
Polk. THE chief qualification which
shall require of a Whig presidential
candidate hereafter" said Meredith p.
Gentry a few days after Clay's defeat
lis that he shall be able to neither
read nor write"
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rick Muldoon, Patrick Tenpenny, Pat
rick Duffy. Michael Burke, Thomas
Flanagan and Michael Muldoon. Inter
ment was made in the st. Rose ceme-
terry, Carbondale.
J. ID. Stocker. who has been in Mount
Clemons, Michigan, for the past month
for the benefit of his health, returned
on Wednesday.
Invitations have been received here
by number Of the friends of Miss
Edith Rimson, of Clifford, to attend
her marriage to Mr.. w. l.. Decker, of
Dundaff, ut the brides home on next
Tuesday.
John ID. Pritchard desires to tender
his sincere thanks to the voters and
his friends in the First ward for their
loyal support in the last election. And
also says that it has been demonstrate
ed once more that the people desire
clean honest politics in preference to
Populists and kickers, and that they
have no use for ward bosses, political
tricksters and illegal voters. Long live
the honest people!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18

Doctors now agree that
consumption is curable.
Three things, if taken to-
gether, will cure nearly every
case in the first stages; the
majority of cases more ad-
vanced; and a few of those
far advanced.
The first is, fresh air; the Sc
cond, proper food; the third,
Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver
oil with hypophoSphites.
To be cured, you must not
lose in weight, and, if thin,
Ru must gain. Nothing
equals Scott's Emulsion to
keep you in good flesh.
soc. and sI,oo, all druggists
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
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Central Railroad OF New Jersey
Uehigh and susuehanna Division.) }

~NN-N-~-NN~N-N-NN
Stations In New York-Foot of Liberty
street, N. r., and Whitehall TERMINAL.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. Il, 1897
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
45, 200, 305 500, 40 D. m. Sundays, 800,
a. M, 100, 2.15. 7.1O p. M
For Lakewood and Atlantic City. $50
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
SO (express) a. m, II. 40 express with
Sunday H Els p. M m. Train FRA leaving 15i p, p.
m. arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Ter
minal, ?.19 p. m, and New York 900 p; ~ IN.
hem Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. n.,
12.45,. 3.O5, 500 except Philadelphia) p m.
Sunday, 2:l5 p. m.
For Baltimore and Washington and
points South and West via Bethlehem,
$50 a. m, 1915 p. m. Sundays. 2.l5 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, ETC., at
$50 a. m. and 12.45 y. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown, $50 a. m, l245, 500 p. m.
For Pottsvile, $50 a. m, 1245 p. IN.
Returning leave New York foot of Lib
erty street, North River, at 9l0 (express)
a. m. l1O. LSO, AIS express with Ruffet
Leave New York, foot whitehall. street,
South Ferry, at 90S a. m, 100, L25, 3.5j
p M Passengers arriving or departing
cover with all the elevated railroads.
Brooklyn and Staten Island making
Depot and Long Island Railroad.
Leave philadelphia Reading Terminal. !.
900 a. m, 200 and 4.S0 p. m. Sunday, 6.25
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rate may be had on application in ad-
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
II. p. BALDWIN
Gen. Pass. Agt.
J. H. oLHAusEN, Gen, supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
ID Director-eiect Hughes Is Conserva-
tive--Dead Timber.

Those who are expecting Director
elect p. F. Hughes to create a great
stir when he becomes seated on the
school board will be disappointed Mr.
Hughes is not on the radical order
In fact, he is inclined to be conserva-
tive and instead of attempting any
general overturning, 1t is believed by
those who know him best that he will
quietly and thoroughly study the sit
uation and effect such reforms as he
may have in mind by bringing the
other members into harmony with him.
Yes, there is need of reform. The
school system is not more perfect than
other systems of government and there
is plenty of opportunity for each of the
ambitious young directors-elect to dis
tinguish himself md serve the COM
munity well.
1t is well-known fact that there are
some useless appendages among the
intellectual lights that are paid to illu-
mine the minds of our youth. There
are arc lights, incandescent lights and
candles. Some of the candles, whether
they be old or young, should be forced
into other vocations. There would be
some gain in pensioning them.
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Del. Lacka. and Western.
Effect Monday, Nov. q, 1897.

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East.
lao, 800. 5.15, 500 and 1905 a. m; 12.55 and
3.33 p. m.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel-
phia and the South, 5.15, 500 and 1920 a.
m. 2.55 and 1888 p. m.
Washington and way stations, 3. 10 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6.l0 p. m.
Express for Binghamton. Oswego, Ell
mira, Corning Bath, Dansville. Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 2.1O, 2.35, 900, a. m.
and 1.55 p. m, making close connections
at Buffalo to all points in the West,
Northwest and Southwest.
Binghamton and way stations, LOS p. m,
Nicholson accommodation, 5.15 p. m.
Binghamton and Elmira express, 5.55
p. m.
LBS a. m. and 155 p. m.
Ithaca, 235, 800 a. m, and Loo D. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsbury and Dan
vile, making cose connection at North
umberand for Williamsport, Harrisburg
Baltimore Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions, 600, 1905 a. m, and 1.55 and sou p.
m
Nanticoke and intermediate stations
sos and lilo a. m. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations, 3.35 and $50 p. IN. For
Kingston, l2.45 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed information. pocket time
tables, etc. apply to NJ. l.. Smith, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, depot. ticket Of
flee.
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GOLDEN JUBILEE.
Bersan Baptist Church will Com-
mence Celebrating on Feb. 81.

The Berean Baptist church of this
city will commence the celebration of
its golden jubilee on the twenty-sev-
ents inst. A programme is in course
of preparation which will require four
days to carry out. Many interesting
details of history will be brought out
in connection with the commemoration
Of the church's birth which occurred
half a century ago.
Having rounded up such a long per-
iod with gratifying accomplishments
the pastor and people feel like making
this a grand celebration and it will
doubtless long be remembered as one
of the greatest events in the organiza-
tion's history. The programme will be
made public some time next week,
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PLEASANTLY ENTERTAINED.

Miss Jennie Chumard pleasantly en-
tertained a number of friends at a pro-
sressive euchre party Wednesday even
ing, at the home of her sister, Mrs. A.
l.. Patterson, 61 Lincoln avenue. Re-
freshments We're served and a very en-
joyable time had. Those present were
the Messrs. and Mesdames II. o. Wat
rous, r. II. Reynolds, Frank Hubbard,
A. l.. Patterson, the Misses Lou Will
liams. Lizzie Scurry, Mabel Carr. Ada,
Alice and Della Chumard, Miss Humph-
rey, of Boston, Mass, and Miss Ida
Barnes, of Herrick Centre; Messrs. d.
i. Crane, DR.. w. A. Spencer, II. r..
Williams, H. G.. Likeley, G. NJ. Patter-
son, Harry and Edward Carr, and Mr..
Humphrey, of Boston, Mass.
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Mr.. WILLIAMS ELECTED.

The statement appearing in both the
local papers that @. w. Norris was
elected to the common council from the
sixth ward was erroneous. 1t was due
to a mistake in transcribing the re-
turns, in which 100 was added to the
vote of Mr.. Nol is. The true standing
of the candidates was given in the de-
tailed vote by districts in The Tribune.
The ward will be represented by Harry
Williams and Leonard Campbell, two
staunch young Republicans.