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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

+,or ba made by the Grand Jury. If this body can find nothing rotten in the deal then the vindication Of the Com
 missioners would have an official
 weight and dignity not to be found In their unsupported denials-
 The interest taken in prizefighters Is a mystery to me. With few exceptions the men are brutal, with leaning toward crime. They have in them the elements of the footpad, tempered and sweetened by the instincts or the va
 grant They are brutal, useless and lazy. They will not even fight fairly. Taking this man Sharkey as a sample the whole lot ought to be attaehed to gunnysacks filled with stones ana thrown into the bay. Sharkey, hear' claims to have been robbed in ms latest ring affair. AS to the truth or thls do not know, but I hope he was. mat he was in conspiracy to rob F1uzslfn- mons I never had doubt and perhaps he has been given a dose of his own medicine The only prizehghter TOT whom ever had shade Of admiration was old John L. Sullivan and apout half the time even in his palmlest oays John deserved to be in jail But He would fight and until whisky and time, but mostly whisky, had sapped ms mighty strength he could everlastlngly waIlop anything on two feet. nave noticed that when pugilists engage m a genuine fight, as occasionally hap pens in bar-room, they fling science to the winds and throw cuspidores and bung-starters. Their so-called science is a deIusion. They employ it only at the times when there is a purse in sight and I will admit that then their trade becomes not alone science but an art. To know just when to be Knocked out so as to avoid the appearance or fax ing requires study and practice. There could in my estimation be only one per feet type of prizefight. In this one pr1n- cipal would kill the other and be hanged for murder; the seconds and promoters would be sentenced for life as accessories and the spectators fined for the benefit of the widows and orphans.
 An Eastern legislator has in his head a plan for the regulation of marriage. He might as well keep it there. Mar riage will not be regulated. This legis- lator would have aspirants for the holy state of nuptial felicity examined as to mental and physical fitness, their pedi- gree subjected to scrutiny, the fact that the grandmother on one side died of fits and the grandfather on the other was hanged laid before an unsympa- thetic world. This would not work. When man and woman make up their minds to wed nothing short of decree of Providence taking the form of kill ing one or both can more than delay the ceremony. California has in modest fashion essayed to regulate the conditions surrounding the wedding, and Cupid, watching his arrows qulVer in the hearts of his victims, has simply given California the laugh. If the law forbids union the pair go away just long enough to evade the law. The Eastern legislator if really anxious to make a record might try the invention of some law to change the movements of the tide, but the people determined to be tied are beyond his reach.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

One of the most remarkable gifts that ornament the home of the Rev Dr. Tal- mage since his return from his recent wedding trip is a Russian tea service Of gold and enamel, a personal token from the Czar of Russia.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

The well-known orientaHst, Professor Ahlwardt has at last completed his task of cataloguing and describing all the Ara bic manuscripts in the Berlin library. a task to which he has devoted twenty four years.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
correcting.

There are all sorts of excuses ad- vanced by people who get into the po- lice court. However, it is seldom one more peculiar than that advanced by a man recently arrested for assault has come to notice. He admits having soaked in the jaw the gentleman who made the complaint, but has a plea to advance in mitigation. He says the assaulted person had an aggravating habit of taking out pencil and sharp ening 1t when engaged in conversation, and that it was for this he soaked him. Whether the plea will be deemed ade- quate I do not know. I had supposed that any male owning a pencil and a knife had a right to whittle as often as he wished. Of course, had the owner of the utensils been a woman, the case would have presented a different as- pect It is matter of common knowl- edge that no woman has any right to try to whittle a pencil, and yet the ut most violence that would be justifiable would be the depriving her of both pencil and knife, doing 1t, however, with all possible gentleness.
 Something ought to be done to the Bret Harte of the present day in the direction of reproof. He seems to as-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Drs. Bush & Son have removed to POS Kearny st.. Adams Building, rooms BIO. 309 sos. Dent istry in all it's branches. Teeth without plates especially. Telephone Red 1926.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
ANU SEMENTS.

ANU SEMENTS. Baldwin" Mysterious MT Bugle," tomorrow night Columbia-Primrose and Vests Minsrets California;" Town Topics" Alcazar-"A Gild ed Fool" Morosco's-"The Woman in Black Tivo-"The Gesha" Orpheum-Vaudeville. Olympia, Mason Eddy streets-Specialues Auditorium Mason and Ellis strees-Recals o1 Scotlsh Song and Story, Monday Evening, March 2l Metropolitan TempeLecre Phrenology Monoay nisn' The Chutes-Chiqua Vaudeville. Coursing-Ingleside Coursing Park, this morning California Jockey Club Oakaud-Races tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Last week a man in Oakland beat his wife so that she had him arrested. When he appeared in court the Judge at the fearful solicitation of the beaten, let the prisoner go free- I think that in doing so the Judge erred. Wife beating is not pastime which appeals to gentlemen. A lady belted by the conjugal fist may, with a fair show of reason, deem herself wronged. But when she appears in court to beg for the brute who has bruised her, my sympathy vanishes The error of the Judge was in not punishing the fellow for letting the wife off with so mild a
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

An Idaho woman married just the man of her choice was starting for the penitentiary for twenty-five year stay. Whether she is entitled to congratulations, and what ground these should be based, is delicate question
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

A choice present. Townsend's California Glace Fruits, 50c h. in fire-etched boxes
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Spanish papers speak of the American flag as ob- noxious Perhaps the Spanish will get to seeing it so much before long that this feeling of evident friendiness will grow to actual hostility.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

E. H. Black. painter, 12O Eddy st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
AUCTION SALES.

By McDonald-M March A. Silks, etc. at ll6 Grant ay enne, at Il a.. and D. m.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

A correspondent whose writing sug- eests the lovable and superior sex noti- fies me that the slang in this column is objectionable. l am truly sorry to hear it. If she has a better style or slang to propose I shall be happy to adopt it. As it is, I am doing the best I can. What does she expect man to dn2 Swear?
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Something ought to be done to the Bret Harte of the present day in the direction of reproof. He seems to as-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

Last week I made few pleasant re- marks about an Alameda minister. Ob lection has arisen to the tenor of them. It is not necessary to state from whom these objections come, but if the minis ter will promise to behave himself hereafter I will freely promise to let him alone. There are other topics more to my taste.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13

A man who had seven wives, and for the matter of that has them yet, has from his retreat in prison cell been telling the less successful lover how to woo. The information he gives is valu- able to the student of human nature. demonstrating what an absolute fool man can be and yet escape being inn mured in an asylum for idiots. The much-married man needs to be receiv- ing advice rather than to be giving it. Somebody ought to give him instruc- lions on the subject: How not to woo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

Main street was put in fairly good
condition by the council this summer,
but at present it is in a horrible con-
ditiOn because of the action of the
Traction company. They came through
and repaired their road by raising it
in some places and putting in new
ties and they have left the street rough
and full of stones of all sizes. They
have also left their road in such con-
ditiOn as to make Main street unsafe
and unfit for travel. Their franchise
requires them to plank their road with
two inch plank on the inside of the
rails, and the plank to be close up
against the rail, and to be filled between
the plank and to be kept filled up even
with the top of the plank.Also to put
on the outside of the rails three inch
plank, close up against the rails and
where there are intersecting streets
they shall plank their road the full
width of the street crossing their road.
They have left their Voad without
any plank whatever, and have hauled
away the few planks that We're on it
before they began to repair it. The
council will hold a special meeting this
evening to take some action in regard
to this matter.
Oscar Mains has had a relapse and
very little hopes are entertained of his
recovery.
Naboth Osborne preached yesterday
morning and evening in the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Frank Gendall spent Sunday with
his Jermyn friends.
Jessy G. Avery announces that he is
a candidate for delegate TO represent
the Republican voters of the Second
ward at the Republican county con-
vention to be held in Scranton, August
90
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
OF A MARTIAL NATURE.

German military critic has been add
ing up the grand total of the continental
armies and after noting that we can form
only vague idea of what is meant by
;ens of millions, he tries to bring home
to his readers i'm another way the colossal
growth of modern armaments. If, he
says, we could have all the armies of the
continent on n war footing and drawn
mp in one long procession. with their guns
and ammunition and baggage wagons, the
column would be rather more than H0l0
miles long and, marching day and night
it would take nearly a year TO pass a
given point. To maintain this immense
host costs e1S,5OO,00O per annum, or $751;
100000. 1t is interesting TO note that the
capital value of the British navy at the
present time exceeds $i70,0O0OO 900. The first
cost of the fleet " hich led to the downfall
of Napoleon was but $50, ,OO0 The fleet
then comprised between 4S0 and 490 fight
ing vessels.
OF the fifteen decisive battles of the
world the average death rate in the last
five of them (of which alone reliable sta
tistics are preserved) was about 25 per
cent, ranging from 20 per cent, the
British loss at Saratoga, to AZ per cent.
the loss of the Swedes at Pultowa. or
other great battles it is difficult to fix the
average death rate. though it may be es-
timated at about 20 per cent. The rates
from = (the German loss al Sedan in Sep
tember, 1870 TO 80 per cent. the British
loss at Bloody Albuera. As a matter of
fact, things stand very much as they used
to do, save that the slaughter, when it
does occur, always comes more quickly
A great battle in which the quick-firing
guns can be brought into effective use
will probably increase the death rate
largely. but that remains to be proved.
General statistics prove that since the
Trojan war, 5000 years ago, not a single
year has elapsed in which some was has
not caused the killing of a large number
of men; while it is calculated that all tho
worlds wars are responsible for the
deaths of 14000,0 200 of human beings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
PECKVILLE.

A special meeting of the Blakely
chool board was held at the directors
room in the No. l school house last
Saturday evening. Robert Jones,
James Mute, ]. C. Tuthill, Joseph G.
Bell, S. NJ. Rogers, George Newton.
Hector Jones and Secretary McClay.
The following bills were ordered paid:
George Newton, $50 for six months in
terest; Delaware and Hudson freight
bill for new seats for central school.
Sl5.O6. G.. Il. Newton was instructed
TO remove the platforms in the central
school to make room for more seats.
Several book agents were present try
ing to introduce their new series of
books, first second and third
readers. The other series OF
books now in use will be used
another year. The committee for the
Calender Chapel which has been rented
Tor another year for school purposes.
was instructed to have the tops of the
desks that were needed vanished. Ad
Journment to meet at the same place
on September 3, when all the teachers
who will teach in the borough are ex-
pected to be present
A special meeting of the BlakeIy
council will be held at the council
rooms this evening to decide the re-
awarding of the Electric light bonds.
John E. Williams, of South Main
street, left for New York city last Sat
urday morning.
The picnic held at Mott Haven grove
last Saturday evening by the Sheri-
dan lodge, Knights of Pythias, was
largely attended and a neat sum was
realized. The bicycle contest was post
poned until some future time, as the
books were not all turned over to the
committee.
The Sunday school picnic of the Me-
thodist Sunday school which was post
poned last Thursday on account of the
rain, will be held at Taylors grove on
Tuesday afternoon, August 23.
Mr.. and Mrs S. NJ. Rodgers and two
children returned home last Saturday
from an extended visit with friends at
Niagara, Wayne county.
The funeral services of Alexander
Coleman, an old resident OF this bor-
ough, were held at the home of his
son on Hickory street yesterday after
noon. lnterment was made in Pros
pect cemetery.
The members of the Wilson Hose
company made a creditable showing
at the firemen's parade in Binghamton
last Friday. The people of BlakeIv
borough should feel proud of their fire
company. They numbered forty-three
men in the parade. The decision for
the largest company in line has not
been decided by the judges at yet. II
stands between the Wilson's, of Blake
ly, and fire company from Wilkes
Barre.
The annual reunion of the Brundage
family will be held at the home OF
Andrew v. Brundage, on South Main
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
ARCHIBALD.

Miss Nellie O'Horo, of Dunmore, is
visiting friends here.
A child of John Gilroy,jr., of Wayne
street. is dangerously i'll.
The funeral of the late Patrick Pad
den, of Cemetery street, took place
Saturday morning. The remains were
taken to St. Thomas church where a
high mass of requiem was sung by
Rev. p. +. McHale. Interment took
place in the Cathedral cemetery. The
pall-bearers We're: Michael McHale.
Martin Cummings. Kearn Brennan,
Brian Kearney, Edward Mcdonnell,
Thomas Dougher. Anthony Maloney
and Thomas X. Manley.
The excursion TO Farview of St
Thomas congregation takes place to-
day Great preparations have been
made for it and it will without doubt
be a great success.
Miss Anna Golden, of Providence, is
visiting friends in town.
Frank Kearney, of South Main street
received a broken leg Friday evening
by falling down an embankment at his
home. He was sent to the Lackawan-
ma hospital.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
AvoCA.

The funeral of the late James Tibbett
took place yesterday afternoon at 2.3O
O'Clock from his home on Spring street,
and was largely attended. Services
were conducted at the house by Rev.
Thomas Klson, of the Z. NJ. church.
Interment was made in Presbyterian
cemetery. The pall-bearers were:
William Rowe, Walter Odgers, Ed
ward Pierce, Andrew Clarke, Thomas
Cushing, of Duryea, w. T. Landmesser,
of Pittston.
Rev. j. ]. McCabe celebrated mass at
Lake Ariel yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler, of Nanticoke,
are guests of Rev. Thomas Wilson.
Edward Laird, Alexander Allan, and
Thomas Hailstone, of Moosic, Witness
ed the naval parade In New York on
Saturday.
on Friday evening the A. 0. F.,
branch No. ZIG, entertained eight
members of the Court Ethan Allen,
of Dunmore. An excellent programme
was rendered after which refreshments
consisting of ice cream and sandwiches
and coffee were served. The Dunmore
boys declare their brothers members
royal entertainers.
Yesterday was an anniversary day at
the Z. NJ church. The exercises were
conducted in the morning, afternoon
and evening and were under the man
agement of Mrs. j.. Storr Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs j. L. Boase The excellent
rendition of the programme proves the
efficiency of the management.
The coming marriage of Mr.. James
McCabe, of North AvoCa, and Miss
Nellie McGlynn, Of West Avoca, is an
nounced.
Miss Bronwen Richards, of Hyde
Park, is the guest of Miss Edith Rolls,
of Lincoln Hill.
Miss Nettle Severney, of Scranton,
is being entertained by Miss Nellie
Curran, of Grove street.
Mrs. Harry Steever made a business
trip to Wilkes-Barre yesterday.
Misses Mary Mclaughlin and Katie
Burns, of Jermyn, are circulating
among friends in town.
Miss Lydia Cranston, of Wilkes
Barre, is the guest Of Miss Lizzie Gra-
ham.
A meeting of the board of govern
ment of the c. T. A. T., of Scranton
, Diocesan union, will be held in St.
Aloysius hall on Sunday, August 2S.
John Boone, John Davis, John Nc
Kenzie were elected delegates to the
Republican county convention which
will be held in Wilkes-B Barre on Tues
day.
NJ. F. Whalen is a candidate for the
nomination to the legislature at the
Republican convention which will be
held in Pittston today.
Mrs. Robert McCaa, of Plains, called
at the Newlin residence yesterday.
Final arrangements have been made
for st. Mary's excursion to Lake Ariel
tomorrow. The Moosic band will fur
nish the music and give an open air
concert on the Lake. a great number
of tickets have been sold and the eX-
cursion bids fair to exceed the eXpec-
tations of the people. Trains will
leave West Avoca at $50 and York
avenue at $50.
Mrs. Alexander Mccormack has re-
turned from her bridal tour to make all
business arrangements preparatory
to her departure for Newport News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

1880. The flag of Italy is even younger,
having been designed in 1S4S. Ger
many has one Of the newest national
flags. for It was not until united Ger
many was an accomplished fact that
the present design was adopted.
Even the flags of Japan and China
are much younger than ours. After
these long secluded countries were
drawn into association with other ma
tions they changed their flags to their
present form.
Very few national flags that are now
seen in land or sea were in existence
when Betsy Ross, of Philadelphia,
made the first flag of the United
States as designed by the act of 1777,
and handed II to George Washington.
Atlanta Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22
YOUNGER FLAGS THAN OURS.
Most Nations Have Changed Theirs
Since Ours was Adopted.

The act of congress passed July II,
1777, fixed the design of the present
flag Of the United States and referred
to its stars as "a new constellation"
The flag is no longer new; in fact, it
is older than the flags of most other
great nations, because there have been
changed since our flag was adopted.
1t was not until 1901 that Great
Britain adopted her present flag, The
flag which Spain flies in this war was
adopted eight years after ours. The
French trioOlor dates back only to 1874,
and PortugaPs flag was adopted in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

street Peckville. on Wednesday, Au-
gust "a. All Brundage descendants are
cordially invited to be present. Street
cars pass the door every half hour.
The condition of Albert Chapman
who is at the Lackawanna hospital is
e>ouraging.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

Mems Extra Fine Calf Lace
Shoes, globe and plain French
toes, hand sewed; sizes 5 to 8;
were $500 and $3.50. I OO
To 60 at Ivy
Women's Nobby and Stylish
Oxford Ties in all styles and
widths that are worth I Lp
S.. 50 pair. To go at. LOO
We guarantee positive
satisfaction on every pair
of ShoeS-or your money
back.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

Women's Fine Dongola Kid
Button and Lace Shoes; solid
leather Soles and counters; pos
itively worth $3.50. To Ooc
60 at SCS
Women's Kid Button and Lace
Shoes; heel and spring heel, all
sizes; positively worth I ~
$I.75, To go at I.ZS
Women'S Fine Dongola and
Tan oxford Ties; good full
widths in all sizes; positively
worth $3.50 To go OOc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

Boys Finest Russian Calf
Lace Shoes. Every pair of our
s.. 50 and s.. 90 shoes I 40
TO be sold today at I.TC
Bows CaSco Calf Lace Shoes
and Girls Solid Lace and But
ton Shoes with spring heels,
All worth $3.50. To 60 OQc
at >CS
Women's Finest Tan Vici
Kid Lace and Button Shoes;
widths A to E; worth So, 50
and $500. To go > II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

~N~~~S~A
Aurora Coffee, lb package 121zc
Choice Mixed Tea, per Ib, 25c
Cream Crackers, lb box
eS, 5 for 25C
Jelly, in 20 pound pals 5Sc
Dried Beans, a quarts. for 25c
Fancy Sugar-Cured Hams,
IL pounds or over, SHC
California Hams, 6Hc
Elgin Creamery Butter,
1Sc and zoe
Alb package Washing
Powder, 15C
Calumet Soap, 10 cakes, 25c
Tomatoes, Corn or Peas,
dozen cans, 90C
Fancy Full Cream Cheese,
per pound, l0c
Rolled Oats, 8 lbs for 25c
Granulated Sugar Gf
bought with S. worth
Of grocedes) 20 lbs for Sl.OO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-22

THEY'RE fine and heavy briS-
tie, strongly Sewed and posi-
lively worth I5c. Take o.
them away at o.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-08-12

some wine bottles piled in the window
She forthwith proceeded TO demollsh
everything IN reach.
The law which prevents bicy clists
from using the sidewalks is being VIC
lated every day in Plymouth On
South street the walk is used habitually
In preference to the street. The officers
have been put on the guard and the
law will be strictly adhered to after
this
Cash paid for hard and soft maple
logs; also second growth ssh-sizes in.
and up in diameter. Logs to be cut : p
or 10 #. long. Prices for logs, II in.
and up in diameter, $500 per NJ. from
s to II ill.,. &c per lineal it. These logs
must be straight, smooth and free from
knots. Bring the logs in while there is
demand for them and we will pay
you cash; improve the opportunity
while it lasts. Indiana Novelty Mfg.
Co., Plymouth, Ind.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-08-12
His Msjesty's Measels.

am a icLIa Snanish King inst norr Tn, o,f,,
sick.
Rut mamma saws I SbouIdn.t CARA ,oo,,sa
measles goes so c,lick:
onto oIad ''''O 0Us''' - NC
Conc 7 oi - -. 81. ,,,, .a,
oot sohad p00P'0 :
I'd like to see nv pretty ships. but I am sick In
bed.
And if | saw them now twould make me worse
the doctor said
And all nv pretty soldiers I shonld like tn niav
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-08-12
Rev. Father Temper Is Welcomed.

The reception for Rev. Father Lem.
per was given by the Young Ladies So
dality at st. Michael's hall Friday night.
The large room was decorated magnifi-
Gently in wreath and flowers. A large
sized crowd was present, so big that an
hour or more was occupied in shaking
hands with the new priest. An elegant
and eloquent speech of welcome had
been prepared by M. j. Ryan which
was delivered. Rev. Temper responded
with few words in which he expressed
his thanks for the respect and honor
showered upC n him during the evening.
Ice cream and cake were served. A
program consisting Of music. songs and
other features was carried out.