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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
IRISH PRONUNCIATION.
SOME POPULAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COR
RECTED.
Letter in The Spectator.

Letter in The Spectator.
The specimens Of Irish and English "bulls
which have been sent to you by various corre-
spondents are amusing, especially to those VINO
have not lived in Ireland but when your Eng
lish correspondents attempt to write phonetl-
cally the Irish pronunciation they usually fail,
as when they write the word indeed so com
mon in an Irish sentenCe-'indade." No Irish
man ever says ''indade"; he might just as well
say blade" for bleed In his mouth II is
always indeed or deed" The rule is that, OF
the diphtnongs pronounced by ee, only those
compounded Of e and a are pronounced with
the long a sound by an lrishman, and the reason
seems to be that a. being the stronger or broader
vowel, overpowers in the pronunciation OF
diphthonGs in which Italians and some other
Continental nations pronounce the vCwels sepa-
ratey.
An amusing example Of the pronunciation or
ca as a long a occurs in a story told of the late
DR. Todd the Irish archaoogist, who, although
a great scholar was not above perpetrating
practical joke very learned Englishman went
TO Dublin to examine some manuscripts III Trim
i.y College. and was. OF course. introduced TO
Or. Todd who one day in conversation told him
that there was in Trinity College curious in
stance of the survival OF habit dating from tne
time Of the Danes; that at certain hour OF the
afternoon-I think oclock-a porter went the
round Of the college ringing bell and calling In
a loud voice. THE Danes in the Hail. when all
the students rushed from their rooms to repel
the invaders So the learned but somewhat in
croduous Englishman repaired 10 the college at
q O'Clock and. sure enough. what Or. Todd had
told him came to pass. which he gravely related
on his return to England. The summons, of
course referred to the Dean
But. although IL is incorrect 10 suppose that
the double or the single is pronounced with
the long "a sound by an lrishman, the converse
is true in many cases, notably IN DubIln-viZ,
that or al are often pronounced &c, as when "a
priest seeing some strange women entering his
chapel during the service. called out, Three
cheers for the leedes" with a response unusual
in a church. Ii Is curious and there must be
some reason for ii, that the accents of all cap
ital cities "mincing." The Inhabitants OF
London and Dublin. and, ! think, also of Paris.
seem to be unable or unwilling TO open their
mouths wide; witness the ''biby" and "ldy" of
London. and In Dublin the instance just men
toned, among many others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
TWO OF MIR. GRAU'S ARTISTS.
MISS BREMA AND MIR. VAN ROOY, WHO
WILL SING AT THE METROPOLITAN

WILL SING All THE METROPOLITAN
New Workers made the acquaintance OF Marie
Brema one Of Mr.. Graus singers at the forth
coming season of opera at the Metropolitan
Opera House. in March, 1885 She was then .
member of Mr. Walter Damrosch's company.
and achieved, perhaps, the finest success of any
Of his singers. This was looked upon as all the
more remarkable from the fact that she was
known to the local cognOscenti only in name,
and that only because she had made a hit at
the Bayreuth festival of the year before in the
part of Kundry She was an inexperienced opera
singer at the time, but not an inexperienced
artist for she had already begun career in the
spoken drama when the opinion OF her friends
and teachers the possibilities of her singing
voice persuaded her to turn to opera Though
she had sung one Of the minor parts III London
performances of the Nibeung dramas she began
her career practically in 1894 and at the top Of
the ladder. Many an artist has had similar
opportunity, or almost as great since
Cosima Wagner became oracle and despot at
Bay reuth, but triumphs like Miss Bremas have
not been multiplied 10 such an extent as to pre-
sent Bayreuth operate training school
for the worlds opera singers.
When Miss Brema first attracted the attention
of the writers for the newspapers, many anus
ing things were published about her nationality
and parentagc. Her name and admirable COM
mand of the German language suggested
large infusion of German blood and preponder-
ance of German training. To give one pause,
however there marked an Anglcism
(some day we shall be brave enough to say pro-
vincialism) in her use Of the English language
that one was tempted to looK upon her German
pronunciation as an artificial requirement after
all Thus many guesses were not only made but
published facts concerning her nationality.
Seldom indeed. the truth printed. Her
ather was German. her mother American "a
native of Virginia. and she was born In Liver
pool Her teachers In singing were a Miss Bessie
Cox Georg Henschel and Alfred Blume OF
London.
The new basso Of Mr. Graus forces at the
Metropolitan Opera House is young singer who
leaped into fame at the last festival in Bayreuth
Anton Van Rooy is a native % Rotterdam, where
he was born on January /, 1870 His first labOrs
were devoted to mercantile pursuits, and he did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
VAN ROOY AS WOTAN.

victories still get our quinine from natures
mandatory and 1t will probably be a long
time before we send to the drug store instead OF
to the farm for eggs.
Possibly the lessening of enthusiasm for the
chemists ingenuity is due In small degree to
a more correct estimate Of the material as re-
CARDS the limitations Of his creed. once every
synthesis initiating natural products was hailed
as a sure approach TO the solution OF the ques-
ton of the origin and nature OF life. The fail
to catch spontaneous generation at WORK.
the unqucstioned assent to the laws that all
life is derived from previous life, and all cells
from previous cells has cooled the ardor of con-
troversialists, and are content to study the
facts and the notifications OF living things.
leaving to the future philosophers that OF the
ultimate origin OF life itself. This result is OF adj
vantage both to philosophy and to science. The
time has long passed when dogmatism, whether
religious materialistic can pass for science.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
ments here and find them ready to receive
them.
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME.


ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME.
Here people find all the comforts of home"
he continued land all the privacy they desire
and AT the same time all the advantages Of
frst-class hotel. The prices in comparison with
ordinary hotels also had much TO do with estab-
fishing the family hotel in the goodwill of the
people 1t costs much less to live in them than
il does to stop at hotel. make the dstlnc-
ton between living and stopping because it
exists and those who have been guests IN both
classes of hotels are the best judges on that sub
ject Women and children unaccompanied by
men. 60 to the restaurants and dining rooms of
family hotels; they amuse themselves in the
tilIiard-rooms or bowling alleys if they wish,
and have many privileges over their friends who
are guests at ordinary hotels, because the fam
ilv hotel has an atmosphere Of home about IL
which cannot be impaired to a place which
mixes its regular guests with transients.
ITO the woman who has no taste for house
keeping and we are told that the class is grow
ing rapidly. the family hotel is certainly bless
ing There are hundreds Of men who now have
their families in New-York many months at
time who came alone before the days OF the fam
iy hotel They are business men whose work
compels them to make trips into the manu!act-
urine districts In their absence their families
are at home in family hotel, while in the regu-
lar hotel they would be prisoners. We run the
houses in such way that our guests may live
as cheap!y as they please. They may pay for
their apartments alcHe or they may arrange Tor
APARTMENTS with board. This is the case in
many houses, although some are run on the
American plan only. In the restaurants which
are attached 10 the hotels the prices are usually
arranged on the one POI ton fCr-two plan, and
tie practice Of serving one person with haIi-por-
lions at abou, one-half price is becoming pop
ular."
The praises which are bestowed on the family
hotel by architects real estate agents and pro-
prietors Of such establishments seem to be Justi-
fed by the feet that nearly all these hotels are
successful and apartments in them are usually
at a premium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

not take UP music, except as a church chorister.
until ne was twenty-five years old Then he
went to Julius Stockhausen, the famous teacher
and singer at Frankfort on the Main and stud
led with him four years Thus equipped he
began his career on the concert stage in Ger
many and occasion in Heidelberg, when
he sang Wotans farewell from Die Walkiire,"
he attracted the attention OF Frau Thode, one OF
the children Of Hans Biilow and Cosima
List now the widow Of Wagner. At her in
stance he took part in the festival performances
last year in Bayreuth singing the parts OF
Wotan in the Nibelung dramas and AmfortaS
In "Parsfal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
THE CHEMISTRY or FOOD.
From The Philadelphia Medical journal.

From The Philadelphia Medical Journal.
Artificial albumen is said 10 have been syn
thetzed by Lilienfed OF Vienna, and II albumeh
could thus b. made as cheaply as hens are able
10 construct il. would have a solution OF
the food problem" desired by the Socialists IL
is noticeable that the discoveries OF the con
struction Of such products by the synthetic
che mist do not nov arouse quite the enthusiasm
they formerly did. Hene dreamed that fried
oysters in an ideal state, would fly about beg
ging TO DO eaten and Fourier had some fancy
that the ocean would some time become in
exhausube supply Of delicious lemonade. Scien-
titc progress is slow, and despite our laboratory
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
" The HighWaYman.N

The Broadway theater opera COM
pany, headed by Canine D'Arville,
will present the immensely successful
comic opera "The Highwayman" at the
Lyceum Jan. 3. The authors of this
new opera are Reginald DeKoven and
Harry B. Smith, whose fame as writ
ters of popular musical diversions has
long been established, especially in
their other great success, robin Hood"
The organization presenting the new
opera here is the permanent stock
company of the Broadway theater, New
York, the play house in which most
all of the foreign and American comic
opera productions have first been pre-
sented to the public. The company is
spoken of as one of the most capable
and brilliant that has been assembled
for years, including in addition to Miss
D'Arville the names of some of the
brightest lights in the lyric world. AT
the Broadway theater i'm New York,
on Dee. -, the opera was given it's
three hundredth presentation, hand
some souvenirs of silver being distri-
buted to the audience in commemor-
alton of the event
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Del, Lackn. and Western.

=, Elect Monday. November Il. 1895
rams leave Scranton as follows: Ex
press Tor New oYrk and all points East
b5V' SW, o.lO, 500 and 1905 a. m. Il. IS am
3,33 p. IN --'V' "'''
Express for EastCn. Trenton, philadel
phia and the South $40, 500 and 10 6 n
m. l2.55 and 3.33 y. m,
Jobyhanna accommodation G IN n
Express for Binghamton, Oswego, FL
niIra' corning, Bath, Dansvile Mount
MOTIFS ana Buffalo, 1910, 2.35, 800 a. IN
Loo ana 30 y. m, making close connuc
sions at Buffalo to all points i'm the West
northwest and Southwest.
Washington accommodation, $40 D. m.
Bihghamton and way stations. LOS p. IN.
Nicholson acCommCd dation. $40 u. nj.
Express for Utica and Richfield Springs
100 a. m. and 155 p. m.
lthaca, 235, 900 a. IN. and Los u. m.
For Northumberland. Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth. Bloomsbury and Dan.
Nllle, making close connections at North.
cumberland for Willamsport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
northumberland and intermediate sta
tlOns, 500, 1905 a. m, and Los and $40 p
m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations
sos and lilo Il. IN. Plymouth and inter.
mediate stations, 3.35 and $50 y. m. Fo,
Kingston 1856 p. IN.
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.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
in THE PLAY HOUSES.
WVagabondia.v

Mr. and Mrs. Russ Whytal, dramatic
artists of undoubted talent, who on
several occasions furnished keen en-
joyment to our amusement patrons,
and whose finished work in For Fair
Virginia" will not so soon be forgot
ten, have arranged to present their
latest successful romantic play, "Vaga-
bondia," at the Lyceum thcater next
Monday. Jan. 2, matinee ana night,
as n special holiday attraction. and
judging from the excellent reports that
have reached here concerning the mer-
it's of the play, it would seem that
its presentation here will add no small
measure to the general New Years
celebration. The costumes and seem
cry used in "Vagabondia" are said to
be of n particularly inviting kind the
gowns worn by Mrs. Whytal being
especially handsome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
THE MARKETS.
Wall Street Review.

New Ysrk, Dec. 3O.-Stocks rose con.
tnuously today with none of the custo-
mary reactions and left off strong at
fractional gains i'm the standard railway
shares and at very material gains In va
rious specialtles that were prominent In
the days transactions. The London mar
ket, where the fOrtnightly settlement
passed off favorably, opened away up on
purchases partly for American account.
There was also genuine buying Tor Tor
eisn account owing to the dlsinclinatlon
of London operators to await n posslble
January book aud American rails closed
at about the best. The initial rise locally
was not quite uD to the London figures
but trading was active and very broad.
lndustrals were particularly strong, and
Rock Island led the Grangers upward.
Public interest increased as the day wore
on and prices were gradually lifted, Su-
gar, Federal Steel, Reading AMI Jersey
Central surged upward, although Sugar
and Jersey Central subsequently eased
off. The belief that next year Will Wit
ness a more harmonious arrangement In
the anthracite trade was responsible for
the rise in Reading and other hard coal
carrying roads. Continued favorable
railroad and trade reports and prospective
easy money stimulated the buying clos
ing the year of Stock exchange trading
in a whirl of activity and strength. with
many securities at the highest prices or
the year. Total sales were S6b 100 shares.
Quotations furnished by LABAR &
FULLER, stock, grain and cotton brok-
ers rooms 200 and 2l0, Board of Trade
building. Scranton. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
The Faithful Mascot.

They tell touching story of one of the
regimental masCOts-a dog in the SiNth
CaNalry-and there are a dozen soldiers
who will swear that il is true.
There was one man of the Sixth who
had always been good to this dog, and
would give il a bit of bacon from his own
scanty store, and pet it and remember it
when things were going badly. This man
was killed at San Juan Hill Just after his
troop had forded the river and come into
open ground before starting on the
charge. And all day long he lay there in
the long grass, dead the bullets and
shells singing over him, ana nothing mat
tering any more. Soldiers pressed on.
wounded men staggered back, many
passed near him, bur no one touched him
or cared for him, since there was nothing
to do-he was dead.
But the dog found out somehow that lis
friend was lying there on the ground. the
not sun burning him, the cold night chill
ing him, and came there with a dogs
faithfulness and licked the white face
and stretched itself out on the still body
ana stayed there, guarding its master,
until the soldiers on burying detail came
the next day and laid the remains i'm a
srave.-l-eslie's Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
Waite's New Stock Co.

Waite's stock company in presenting
Annie Louise Ames to the millions
who have been patrons and friends, as
q head-liner of my stock company,
take great pride in being able to
say that never before in the history
of popular priced amusement, of which
I am the originator, has such an at
traction been placed before the pub
lie. Miss Aines is one of the most beau
tiful women on the stage, and pos
sesses dramatic talent that has been
recognized and praised by the most Sc
we're critic. Mr.. Waite has engaged
several new faces, also, the clever El
More sisters, in their new and up-to-
date specialtes. Mondays matinee
will be a clever comedy called the
Two Kids and at night a melo-
drama, London by Night"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
CONDITION OF THE
STATE TREASURY
INTERESTING ANNUAL REPORT
BY TREASURER BEACON.
Treasury Balance Is Nearly $4,000,
600 But the Net States Debt Is
Trife Over One Million-Present
Revenues Sufficient if Strict Econ
omy Is Practiced.

Harrisburg, Dec. 30-State Treasur-
er Beacon has submitted to Governor
Hastings his annual report for the fis-
cal year ended Nov. 80, 1898, with
statement of the estimated receipts
and expenditures for the ensuing year.
The revenues for the year amounted
to $13,325, ,12O.97, and ..-e expenditures
to S13.973, ,SO3 i6, leaving balance in
the treasury of $4,SSS,0l7.53 on Nov. 80
last. The assets of the sinking fund
applicable to the payment of debt are
S5,7S9,S17.O9, leaving the net debt of the
state at 81, 10, 9Sl.9
Mr.. Beacon says the hopes of his
predecessor that the state revenues
would be largely increased under the
legislation enacted by the last legisla-
ture and improved business and finan-
cial condition have not been realized.
The receipts for the fiscal year We're
100000 short of the estimate of the
state fiscal offices. Inc bill authoriz-
ing the payment of interest on state
deposits has proved satisfactorily and
will yield a revenue o. upwards of $780,
600 annually.
As the direct inheritance tax law
Ia yet pending in the supreme court
and other revenu- AVS have been re-
Gently enacted or judicially construed,
Mr. Beacon does not think any rad
zeal change should be made in the
revenue system of the state at the
present time. He says that if the leg
islature will use wise economy in the
matter of appropriat uns the state will,
under its present revenue system, be
enabled to care for it's educational
and charitable institutions and pay the
ordinary expenses of government with
out serious difficulty. Mr.. Beacon es-
Inmates the ordinary state revenues
for the current year ending Nov. 50
next at $l2,O56,5OO and the cxpendi-
lures at SIG, ,1G4, 1881.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
At the Gaiety.

Manager Van Osten, of the Gaiety
theater, announces .or five days only,
commencing with New Years ma
tinee, Jan. 2, Fred Irwin's Majestic
Burlesquers, u gorgeous and costly
vaudeville and burlesque entertain
ment. The vaudeville portion will be
contributed by Zeno, Karl and Zeno,
the eight Ragger girls, Quigley Broth
ers, Sisters Carmontelle, Russell and
Tillyne, Grace Vaughn, Irwin and
Remington, Jennie ,-.AorL and Bixley
and Watson. In the burlesque THE
Street Fair the following novelties
will be introduced: French dances,
soap fakirs, ice men, grand operatic
and popular meLley, Bowery bellies,
gamblers, Rough Riders, English Hus-
sars and Yankee girls. Miss Grace
Vaughn will have the leading role, as
sisted by a company of twenty be-
witching maidens. The engagement is
for five nights only, with matinees
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri
11N
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage. due 1920 ............
Philadelphia Grain and Produce.

Philadelphia, Dec 30.-Wheat-Firm and
s4c. higher; contract grade, December,
75ha7jl2c Confirm and halec. higher;
No ? mixed December, old, 43laa43Nc.;
December, new, 42iIai2lac. OatsFirm
but quiet; No, = white, clipped. 35a3j1ac.;
No. 3 do. ,3}a33!sc;; No. mixed clipped,
@2iaa3Sc Butter-,steady; fancy western
creamery, 22c.; do. prints, @ic. Eggs-
Steady; fresh, nearby. 27c, do, western,
26c.; do. southwestern, 25c. Cheese-Fiim.
Refined Sugars - Unchanged. Cotton
Steady. Tallow-Quiet; city prime, in
hogsheads, 3l2c.; country do, barrels 3Ssc;
dark, do. 3Ac; cakes, ic; grease, 2a3l2c.
as to color. Live POultry-Steady; fowls,
SaN2c.; old roosters, &c; spring chickens,
Ease; ducks, 7l2aSiac, geese, 7laaSAc.;
turkeys, Sa0c, Dressed Poultry Un-
changed; fols, choice, SaSiac; do. fair to
good, 7a7l2C.; old roOsters, &C.; spring
chickens. western choice, large, 9a1Oc do.
fair to goods Ease; turkeys, choice, lOa
l2c.; do fair to good, sa9c.; ducks, Ease.
RoCepts-Flour. 1900 bushels and $500
sacks. wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, 15sOOO
bushels oats, 1900 bushels. Shipments
Wheat, 1900 bushels; corn, 1230O1 BUSH
els; oats, 43. 900 bushels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
New York Grain and Produce Market.

New York, Dec 30. - Flour-Rather
quiet but held 5alOc. higher; Minnesota
patents, S3.90at15; do. bakers, $290a3.l 10.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red, S05sc., T.
o, b. ahoat spot No. ! northern Duluth,
S0isc., f. o. b., afloat spot; No. 2 do do,
1Sa,c., T. o. b, atioat to arrive; No l north
ern New York, 7S7sc. f. o. b., afloat spot
options Wer once more under bull control
today and in the afternoon passed the re-
cent high water mark Besides an in
crease of outside trade clearances We're
heavy, export demand larger and a cold
wave promised for the wointer wheat
belt now unprotected by snow; final
prices were la1lAc. net higher; March
closed 1S4c,; MAY, 759sc.; December, TIC.
Corn-Spot easy; No, ., ii7sc., T. o. b.,
afoat for old; options opened hrmer with
wheat but found tho cold wave a stumb-
ling block to bull operations and later
eased off somewhat, closing unchanged to
isc, net higher; May closed axe: Decem-
hor 43hc, Oats-Spot quiet; No g. 93lac 4;
No. 3, S5c, No. 2 white, 36c No 3 do. a5c T;
track mixed western, G3iga3ilac. track
white, 3iaSAi2c.; options quiet. Butter
Firm western creamery, lja2lc. do. fac
tory l2al4lec.; Elgins, 2lc,; imitation
creamery, l3al7c.; state dairy, 15alSc, /;
do. creamery, l5al9hc, Eggs-Firm; state
and Pennsylvania, 27&c,; western fresh,
gle; southern, 23a25o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31
SEEDS
WIRE SCREENS
MIScELL ANEOUS

BAI-ER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSI FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, we'd
dngs and concert work furnished. For
terms, address r. j. Bauer, conductor,
III Wyoming avenue, over l1ulberts
music store.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31

Meeks, another bicycle rider, and Div
anne, a runner, and so on through n long
list. Almost without exception these line
athletes fell into Illness or utter collapse
with the first hard strain put upon them.
terry cases than the others, and it APP
peared TO nurses and doctors as beyond
question that the thorough physical train
ing which these men had completed just
before the war, in anticipation of the
spring athletic games, was n serious inn
pairment of their powers for resisting dis
ease. 1t is worthy of note. also, that
most Of these athletes INDUCED neither In
drink nor tobacco.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-31

0ehgh and Suspuehanna DivisionD
Stations in New Nork-Foot of Liberty
street, n. r., and South Ferry, Whitehall
street.