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DAYS before I heard from you that j did
not want him To doctor me any more. i
began taking Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin
Immediately, and when i got your letter
and sThe his Of Life followed the di-
rcctions in them. / sew there was no
othe. chance for me. NV doctor had no
hope of my getting well. My bowels
were so bloated that l could not rest day
or night il l ate anything at all. !
thought my case was hopcless. But
words cannot express my praise Tor
your medicines. My friends were Won
derfully surprised when they saw me
improving, for not N of them expected
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aday since l began taking your medi-
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clothes on, and my feet were all swelled
mp. i especially recommend it 10 pco-
pie who have dropsy."
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a fafnily meulcine,
writes as follows:
MY wife and my
self took your Pc
ru-na for c chronic
diarrhea, n d 10
cured Us. / have
been working eight
weeks since the Pc
ru-na cured me. No
doctor or medicine
we had tried before
helped us. My chill
- -. taEan1 thA
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children for the var
ious little ailments which annoy little
ones, and the result Is thai they are
never sick, but always strong and
healthy. l have gained forty pounds
since taking Pe-ru-na."
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- f''
a q ctors had pro-
nounced mo incura-
BILE. 4 suffered with
acomplicaiion of dis
eases-palpitation Of
the heart,
ness, weakness and
dyspepsia. \ fe W
bottles of Pe-ru-na
and Man-a-lin cured
me. Pe-ru-na cannot
he beaten. | gave
your medicine TO my
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physicians in Indi-
ana C o u n ( v, and
spent n great deal OF
money, all to no ef-
c My :
said / could not get
well. / had about
given up all earthly
hopes. I e
l3O pounds. / acci-
dentally a h 9
me Pe-rurna- /
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Muhlhausen. in Germany. has a bathing
establishment the owner OF which. n
years old. disDorts himself daily I'm the
water with his customers.
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n description Of my
case. My doctor adj
vised me not to take
your medicine; he
said he thought he
could cure me. ]
told him ] W ould
try him about two
weeks longer, or UNI
til I could hear from
you; but l got worse
every day. So ! told
him three or four
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Says His Splendid
INTERESTING [
Catarrhal Debility.

Mr.. J. ". Howard, Marble, Ark says:
"It has been nearly two months since
800. .~A.n grfNfnU
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Abdominal Catarrh.

Mr.. John Harting, 63 Main street.
Cincinnati, o. who has used Pe-ru-na a.
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menced taking ii and continued taking
il until I had taken twelve bottles. I
hen weighed $50 pounds and never fels
better i'm nv life. L am a walking mon
ument of the virtues of your Pe-ru-na."
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Catarrhal Nervousness.

Mr.. John +. Schmidt, Carthage, Ohio.
says: "Pe-ru-na has saved my life. For
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Nc LETTERS FROM PROMINENT CITIZENS IN OTHER STATE
systemic Catarrh.

Mr.. w. w. Strassler, "a West Main
street. Cory, Pa says: Il had tried
three of the hest
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Col Peter Sells Columbus Ohio, writes: g wish to say a word in favor of Pc
ru-na. My business as advertising agent of IA immense consolidated show
II necessary or me to bc constantly o n the go n consnntc change IF lii
am diet. This will sooncr pr later derange the strongest nan digestion.
7 inn Peru-na al admirabler remedy 10 correct the evils which follow a constant
Of diet I would not De without Perana in my travels y o betterr remedy
for eatarrh Of the stomach can Ne found With an OCCASIONAL use OF fef~na L
find myselfa lw VS. in splendid health and good spirits"
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once a year the women OF the state
are brought into intimate contact.
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Invited tn lat.

The first was offered as an amende
honorable on the part of the New York
Press club and consisted of a oreak-
fast. To which the press club invited
Sorosis. but did not invite "a to epeak
or do anything but sit still and eat
and be talked and sung to. The Sc
ond was a tea given by Sorosis TO the
press club. at which IL reversed he
order. furnishing all the speakers and
allowing the men no chance. not even
to respond 10 their own tose;. The
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Getting To the Point.

Mrs. Botta recommended taking the
by The horns and calling II the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19

day evening to consider the advisable
ity of building a new church. a COM
mittee was appointed to solicit sub
scriptions. Another meeting VIII be
held Friday evening, oct 2S.
The annual BANQUET of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent association was
held at the Mahon house Monday even
ing. The affair was greatly enjoyed
by the members of the society and a
large number of invited guests. The
menu was excellent and comprised all
the delicacies of the season. After the
gathering had partaken of the feast,
Miss NJ. J. McCormac introduced Mr.
:. j. Evans as toastmaster who deliV-
cred an address of welcome. Some eX-
ccllent addresses were also made by
Mrs. r. F. Wells, district deputy; Jas.
J. OMalley, esq. Dr. j. i. Price and j.
Rossa McCOrmaC. About 1890 the
guests repaired to the Club of '95 hall
where dancing was enjoyed for several
hours. IaWrence'S orchestra, of
Scranton, furnished the music. The
success of the affair is due principally
to the committee who had charge OF
the arrangements, Mrs. John Fergus
on, Mrs J. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Joseph
Rcnsmctt, Mrs. p. Nealon, Miss Annie
Murphy, Miss Agnes Lemon, Mrs. John
BOland Miss NJ. J. Hughes and Miss
Nellie McHale.
Lafayette day will be observed at
the Washington school this afternoon.
when handsome flag will be unfurled
over the building and special exercises
rendered by the scholars.
Among those from here who attend
ed the Masons' banquet at Jermyn last
evening We're: Mr.. and Mrs w. H.
Schlager, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones,
I. +. Palmer and Miss Lille Palmer
Miss Lizzie Dougherty returned tc
bloomsbury yesterday, after spending
Sunday with her mother here
Alvin Pritchard, of Mayfeld, visited
his mother, Mrs. Rachel Pritchard, on
Monday.
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HoNESDALE.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Staples, of
Scranton who have been spending the
past two weeks with Hawley and
Honesdale friends. returned to SCran-
ton yesterday.
Major Walter A. Wood, of the Thir-
teanth Pennsylvania regiment, was in
town on Monday.
Rev. William II. Swifts Sunday
school Bible class are invited to a So
cial at the Presbyterian mause on Fri
day evening.
A Republican mass meeting is to be
held in the court house on Thursday
evening, oct. 20, at which time SEN
ator Penrose will address the citizens
of Wayne county on the issues of the
day.
Monday night we had the first frost
of the season TO do any damage.
Private Edward Brown, son of To-
liceman G. ]. Brown, and MUSICAL Fred
G. Gill, of Company Il, Thirteenth regi-
lnent, are home on a furlough.
The cut glass industry is booming at
present in Honesdale. Until recently
there was but one cutting shop that
of Y. T.. Black e Co., which employs
one hundred hands In addition to this
we now have Gibbs, Kelley & Co., with
twenty-five employees; Smith & Krantz
with twelve. and the Maple City Cut
Glass company with about twenty en-
ployes. Nearly all of the above shops
are advertising for more help.
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OLYPHANT.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry J., Williams, OF
Glen Lyon. Pa, who were married on
Monday last. were rendered n recep-
ton at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r, L.
Williams, of Susquehanna street, last
evening. The groom is a brother OF
Mrs. n. l.. Williams. The house had
been prettily decorated for the occa-
sion. A most enjoyable time was spent.
diversified with music, speeches and
other forms of entertainment. At 10
o'clock the guests sat down to an elab-
crate supper served by the hostess.
The young couple received a number
of handsome and useful wedding pres
ents. Among those present We're: Mr..
and Mrs. w. $. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Reese, Miss Lizzie Reese, Jo-
seph l.. Davis, Mrs. Jane Davis, Miss
Tillie Davis and John Davis from
here; Mr. and Mrs. William Wells, Miss
Jessie Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Webb, Harry Webb, Mrs. Jane Webb,
Mrs. Benjamin Webb William and
James Webb, of Providence.
meeting of the members of the
Presbyterian church was held on Mon
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
MARSH BROOK.

The Marshbrook school is progress
ing finely under the tutelage of Miss
VanFleet. There are in attendance
twenty-four pupils.
Quite a number of the neighbors are
selling milk. They are getting three
cents per quart for it at present. They
are hauling the milk to Richmond Gu
maer's cold spring.
The talk at present is of forming a
milk depot at q. e. Plummer's cold
spring, which is Immediately in the
ncighborhood of Marshbrook This
would be a central place for a number
of surrounding dairymen who wish to
sell milk.
Parties living OH the South Side, at
Scranton, wish to get the milk and
haul il to Scranton. Two cents per
quart for milk in the summer and
cents in winter season beats butter
making profits, beside doing away
with a lot of hard work for the women.
Mrs. Lettie Everts, who has been
sick, is wonderfully improved in health
and is able to be about the house
again.
Peter Gumaer has hauled twenty
loads of fine timothy hay to Scranton
already this fall. Peter is now pick
ing up herd of cows. He proposes
to sell milk the coming season.
Mrs. Harley Hobbs sold two fine
cows the other day for $50.
Marshbrook is a hustling little place.
The people have all been so modest
that they have not been made mention
OF in the papers,
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chief to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgi-
cal Institute at Buffalo, N. Y, gives
him a keen interest in those cases
which are peculiar in many of their
symptoms and greater in their suf-
ferings than ordinary cases. After
more than thirty years experience and
remembering that the cases brought
to DIR. Pierce are usually extreme and
often pronounced hopeless by other
physicians, it may be reasonably in
ferred that the skill which has sue
cessfully treated ninety-eight in every
hundred will be equal to any new de-
mand that you can make upon It.
The surest way for the sick TO gain
confidence is to consult DR.. Pierce by
letter. For this consultation there is
positively no charge. absolutely no fee,
and no obligations whatever are incur
red by this correspondence. Every
letter is read by DR.. Pierce as a strict
ly private and sacredly confidential
communication. it has the careful
consideration of a physician of expert
ence. It's carefully weighed answer.
always mailed in a plain envelope so
your private affairs are kept safe from
prying eyes, carries fatherly advice as
well as medical instructions.
The dealer who offers substitute for
Golden Medical Discovery" filches not
only his customers money to make an
extra profit, but also his health. For
there is no other medicine Just as
! good as Golden Medical Discovery"
for the stomach, blood and lungs. In
| sst upon having the Discovery"
The flattering reception with which
DR.. Pierce's great work. the Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" has
been received by scientific men and
! students indicates the remarkable
scope of the work. 1t is written in the
simplest English and its story of life.
| marriage, motherhood and sickness, is
told in the plainest of words. Yet edu-
| Gated professional men write of it in
| such terms as DR.. II. F. Philbrick, of
South Weare. Hilsboro Co, N. H., Box
| a. who says: "I have received the
bool; you sent me, and am very much
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! important work, and it would be a Cod
send to every family throughout the
| whole world to have one of them"
The book is essentially a helpful book.
1t sets a light upon those fateful rocks
| and shoals of life on which the ignor-
ant are so frequently wrecked. Within
its zoos pages may be found an answer
| TO almost every question concerning
human physiology and reproduction,
| with specific instructions for nursing
and the treatment of disease which will
save any family hundreds of dollars.
| This book is sent free on receipt of
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| only. Send 2i one-cent stamps for the
| paper edition, or 81 stamps for the
| cloth edition. Address, DR.. r. ".
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PECKVILLE.

Pride Of Orient, Chapter No I, O. f..
D., will hold special meeting on Tues
day, Oct. 25 next. Members are cor
daily invited.
Remember the union Venison supper
this evening at the Wilson Fire COM
pany's hall by the ladies of the three
churches. Supper will be ready at p.
m. supper % and Is cents.
The engines for the new electric light
plant have arrived and are rapidly
being put in place.
The following letter will be sent to
every citizen of Blakely borough i'm
hopes that a monster mass meeting of
the citizens will be held on that even
ing, and it is requested that every citi-
zen will he present. The circular let
ter reads as follows:
Dear Sir: Believing in your having
the welfare of Blakely borough at
heart, we take the liberty of address
ing you a few lines for your consider
alton. The purpose of trying to estab-
lish board of trade" within the linn
its of our borough. If successful in or
ganizing one. then by proper methods we
hope to induce home and outside capital
to locate manufacturing plants in this
borough. 1t is no use gainSaying the
fact, that i'm a comparative short space of
time the coal inlustry in this imnedi-
ate vicinity will be practically "nil''
and If our citizens and property hold
ers will take Cognizance of this fact
the true solution and future welfare
to devise and plan Il thorough organ
ization, who will perform duties in
cumbent, bring their influence and
capital to bear. so that Blakely bor-
ough may become a manufacturing
community. No doubt each and every
one will readily see the logic of the
foregoing and We trust that their in
terest may be aroused, that in the
near future "Blakely board of trade"
will be the result of the matter now
before you. In conclusion we beg tC
bring to your notice the borough OF
Taylor steadily gaining in industrial
enterprises and many other towns
similarly situated, hence-Why not
Blakely? A meeting will be held or
Saturday evening, Oct. %, at 7.3O, in the
Wilson Fire company hall, and we sin,
cerely hope of your being one OF the
participants.
Very respectfully yours,
F.. l.. Craig.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.


Mrs. James Frear and her sister, Mrs.
L"h"ck. of scranton. are guests at the
home of w. T. Nye, on Darte avenue.
Mrs, Frear participated in the enter
tainment at the Baptist church last
night.
William Williams. of the gunboat
SuNah"e Is the guest OF friends IN TINS
city.
PahieI Sculry Jr" is nome on FUR
I"uSh'
Mr. ana Mrs Charles Moon have ar
rived nom" HIl'f th"lf WeddlnG tour
l'lFat'F 'har'os ,hauman ana Har-
!rF ''ritmah are nome from camp
Muao' on IuFloughS'
II" P'rnhahia hand ialr opened III
IN" wait hulluinE Ia@t nlEht.
In" hhlShts "i 'oluhhus VIII confer
'i4'id'i"h ON huihp"F "i members TO-
H'EA'.
;. T. M"hlaGu"' or south HadleN,
NiaSH'' spent last evening as the guest
ot MI ana Mrs. \. u. Preston.
H. ! Bellt"h, OF Att"h' \ u VIII
spend 'hr coming. winter win MS son,
George IN lhiS city
MIS-. hoNt VINO mas spent the past
week with hcr SON john in this city,
mas ieIt Tor kingston, \. y
MISS Mary N"rins leit Yesterday for
scranton "N"f" She VIII spend Inc
next NV" weeks
MIS-. susanna NllllamS, OF Ridge
way, "a, and Mrs Julia hStahrook, OF
liarford' are visiting friends in this
| CITY.
MISS Sarah Anderson, OF Susquehan-
ma, is the guest of Mrs W. w. Fletcher,
| on 'lfkett street.
Miss lnez Frey of scranton, spent
Monday with friends in this city.
Edward Morgan. of South Gibson,
called on friends in this city yester-
day.
MISS Emily klfk, VINO mas been re-
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JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

The lecture entitled "A Pilgrimage
to the Land of Promise" delivered by
James G.. Shepherd in the NJ. +. church
Monday evening was a decided sue
cess. Every seat was occupied and
II was necessary to place chairs i'm the
aisles. G. ID. Winter in introducing the
lecturer took pleasuerin alluding to the
fact that Mr.. Shepherd was one Of
our towsmen. Mr.. Shepherd for near
ly two hours held the close attention
OF the entire audience. 1t is not fiat
terry to say that the lecture Monday
evening was more enjoyable than any
heard in this borough for years.
John A. Gail is i'll at his home on
Fourth street.
j. d. Stocker leaves today for a trip
to Atlantic City.
DR.. S. +. Meyer, who is with the
First Volunteer regiment in Porto Rico,
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GLENBURN.

Miss Efie Davidson, of Green Ridge,
was a recent visitor I'm Glenburn.
Eugene Dale, of Scranton, spent Sun
day last with his friend, Sam Hall
Mrs. Charles Chase and daughter, OF
Susquehanna county, are visiting rela-
tives and friends in Glenburn.
Miss Lephi Hall returned to Brook
lyn on Monday to resume her duties in
Miss Maltby's private school.
Mr.. Andrew Leighton has been spend
ing the past fortnight with his sons
family at Method, N. Y.
The summer houses which dot our
hills nearly all now present closed
doors and blinds to the passers-by,
which is but another reminder that the
reign Of Jack Frost is at hand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
APRoPos THE FOOT BALL GAME.

+. II. Clarke, captain of the school
of Lackawanna foot ball eleven. VIII"
were defeated at Alumni park Satur-
day. has sent a communication in which
he claims that his team were Victur$
in the contest in question. lie stated
that the Indians refused to play after
his team had scored five points owin"
to misunderstanding with Mr.. Young,
the umpire and SCrantOnians coach.
The Indians did not refuse to play until
after they had scored a second touch
down and a goal. which left the score
six to five in their favor. They after
wards refused To abide by the decision
made by Mr.. Young. who coached his
players during the game. There We're
but two minutes to rlay when the game
was broke un
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
LAST NIGHTS MUSICALE.

Despite the inclement weather large
number of people attended the mus
lcaic at thcBaptist church last evening
The chief figure in the course of the
evening entertainment was Sadie kals-
er, of Wilkes Barre, who is exceeding
ly popular with Carbondale audiences
having been heard in this city several
times previous to her last nights ap-
pearance. Her singing last night
brought out much applause and many
compliments from the select audience
present. The violinist. Mrs. Frcar. and
Mrs I.obeck, pianist both of scranton,
are artists of true ability. The vocal
'florts on the programme were cspcc-
tally pleasing. The committee on ar
rangements are to be complimented OH
the whole programme.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19

not engaged with their diurnal duties
yesterday on account of the late arriv-
al of a car of vitrified bricks. The
brick is expected today or tomorrow
and Immediately upon it's arrival the
work will be resumed. one gang Of
laborers were engaged yesterday in
putting the mortar on the brick which
has ALREADY been laid. That section
looks like fine piece of work and
enhances the general look of things
along lho street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
The Gentlemanly RattleSnake
C0NTRASTED WITH THE
GHOULISH GERM.

Imagine q mans path leading him
through a section of country in which
there were millions of rattlesnakesl
With what caution and circumspection
he would take every step. He would
however have fair chance of coming
to his journeys end in safety, because
a rattlesrake, like an old fashioned
clock, warns before 1t strikes. The
rattlesnake stands as the type of the
deadliest foes of the human race. But
there are foes quite as deadly and more
to be feared than rattlesnakes. Germs
that strike at the vital centers of life;
germs of foul diseases deadly as the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
THREE STARS COMING.

one of the best, if not the best,
theatrical engagement of the year is
that of the three stars. Louis James,
Kathryn Kidder and Frederick Warde.
This Cri"hlated triumvirate will APP
pear at the Grand Opera house on
"riday evening in julius Cacscr.
The three most essential parts will be
portrayed by actors of experience and
reputation. The diagram opened at
RCNnOds' drug store last night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19

low ebb, and distressing cough. bleed
ing at the lungs and other serious
symptoms had appeared. Women as
well as men have tested this medicine
and the following letter is typical of
tens of thousands received from wo-
men grateful for health and healing:
Words fail to express what I suffer-
ed for three years, with cold chills, pal
pitation OF heart, shortness of breath,
and low spirits" writes Mrs. A. c.
Jones, of WATERFORD Colleton Co.. s.
c. 81 could not sleep and really
thought would soon die. Had pc
culiar roaring through my head all the
time. Was so emaciated and weak 1
could not feed myself. My aunt induc-
ed me to try DR.. Plerce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, which / did, only to
please her, and six bottles cured me.
Today / am sound and well. During
the three years / was sick / had five
different physicians"
The long experience which Or. Pierce
has had as consulting physician in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
MR.. vANDERvEKEN's ARREST.

+. NJ. Vanderveken, the well known
vlolinist of Scranton, who is booked
for an entertainment with the Interna-
tional Concert company, to be given
tonight under the auspices Of Trinity
church, was arrested in New York on
Monday. Mr.. Na"derVcken it was
stated in yesterdays Republican was
held on the charge of smuggling ten
thousand dollars worth of violns into
the country, hut dispatch received
by Isaac Singer, of this city, from him
states that the charge was "underes-
timating the violins.' The telegram
said he would be here tomorrow night
and carry out his part on the pro-
STamme.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
TWO MORE EXCURSIONS.

Carbondale and Farview are becam-
ing the mecca of eXcursionists, as is
evidenced by the number of people
who recently visited our city, many
or them coming from as far away as
New York city, On October 26 anoth-
er cheap rate excursion will be run
from New York and intermediate sta
tions. They will stop over in this city
for a few hours after which the re-
trrn trip Will be made. On the day
following the Egie will run an excur-
sion from Binghamt IN over theJeffer-
sion division to this city. where the ex-
cursionists will be transferred to grav-
ity cars and taken to Honesdale.