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Arrangement Committee .

The arrangement committee appointed by the county executive committee to carry out the plans for holding the primary on April met last night in Chairman Gib- sons office for the purpose of appointing the managers and clerks of the primary. The complete list could not be made out because not all of the beats have sent in their lists from which the selections are to be made. They will all be in by Thursday
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scruples against participating in games on the Sabbath. Although there is no clause in his contract which stipulates anything in regard to Sunday playing, Manager Burns says the wishes of the young player will be respected, as there are enough oth- CT players to fill the box. He would not care to force man in such an issue. Woods Is the only man on the team who has seruples on the score.
 The father of Harry Steinfeldt, the Reds new utility man, is the owner of large brewery at Fort Worth Tex.
 The German element in the Cincinnati team is stIll conspicuous, in spite of recent trades Bredtenstein, Peitz, Beekley, Hahn, Dammann, Smith, Miller and Stelnfeldt are the gentlemen of German extraction who will wear the red of Cincinnati next sea- son.
 Winnie Mercer will play his first return engagement for '9S at National Park Wash ington, on April 15 in the opening game It will be Winnies fourth successive sea- son as the twirler in the initial game of the championship season.
 Bill Lange arises again to file an objec- ton to the periodical rl1mor alleging that one of the numerous legion of Lange's soubrettes is to have her titles switched
 
 that-to Mrs. William Chaser Lange.
 Charley Petty is industriously practic- ing at West End park and still hopes for a trial on the local team.
 Buck Ewing has scratched dessert from the menu of the Reds at San Antonio, as he declares that angel food is apt to create havoc in the interior department of his red-hosed troupe, which reminds Tom Brown of this one: When the Boston Brotherhood team was practicing in the south in the spring of go, Mike Kelly and I roomed together. Now, Kel was enaln- ored of mince pie. One night he tucked a whole mince pie under his sweater, and about 2 a. m. he was holding conversation with himself on the fiat of his back. Dur ing the monologue he executed a savat with his feet, chucl1ing me under the short ribs and spillfng me on the floor on the other side of the room. batted Kel over the head with a wet towel, and when he came to he told me that he was dreaming he was doing & lofty tumbling bit on horizontal bar. While I never was an advocate of dieting or prescribing certain food for ball players, 1t has always been my belief that pastry and all kinds of dessert are the kind of luxures that a player should scratch if he is inclined to have hankering for overdoses of the angel-food numbers on the bill of fare"
The age-herald., 1898-03-23
TO CURE A COLD IN OND DAY

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has l.. B. Q. on each tablet.
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LOUIS SAKS STRICTLY ONE-PRICE
 u->ClOthiGr.
Left For Florida

Atlanta March 22-Company B, Fifth in- fantry, left Fort McPherson tonight for St. Augustine, Fla.
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Bethlehem Beat

Bethlehem, or Beat T. of this county, has selected the following democrats to be voted for in the coming primary as dele gates to the county convention. They are all straight democrats and stand unques- tioned in their silver views: T. J. Batson, Sam Meigs, John M. Benge, ". J. Stacy Andrew Lusk, Buck Blackwell and = Me Donald.
 This slate was agreed upon by the citl- zens of Vivian and Dolomite and other citizens in the beat, and it is said that this ticket Is sure to be carried through.
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Winnie Mercer will play his first return engagement for '9S at National Park Wash ington, on April 15 dn the opening game It will be Winnie's fourth successive sea- son as the twirler in the indtial game of the championship season.
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The German element in the Cincinnati team is still conspicuous, in spite of recent trades. Breitenstein, Peitz, Becl1ley Hahn, Dammann, Smith, Miller and Stelnfeldt are the gentlemen of German extraction who will wear the red of Cincinnati next sea- son.
The age-herald., 1898-03-23

Bill Lange arises again to file an objec- ton to the periodical rurnor alleging that one of the numerous legion of Lange's soubrettes is to have her titles switched from Totty Paroxide-or something like tha,t-to Mrs. William Chaser Lange.
The age-herald., 1898-03-23

Charley Petty is industriously practic- ing at West End park and still hopes for a trial on the local team.
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Other Legislators

It is said that Andrew J. O'Keefe, edi- tor and proprietor of the Birmingham In- dependent, will be candidate for the leg islature.
 Charles McAdory. who lives at Bessemer, is also said to be a candidate
The age-herald., 1898-03-23

The father of Harry Steinfeldt, the Reds new utility man, is the owner of a large brewery at Fort Worth, Tex.
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VOLUNTEERS
 ARE WANTED For Cavalry Service in the United States
 Army IN EVENTOF WAR WITH SPAIN A Squadron Being Organized With the Approval of the Governor. WILL CONSIST OF FOUR TROOPS Of One Hundred Men Each-The Squadron VIII Be Assigned to the Department of the Gulf if a Call for
 Troops Is Made.

The following sign was hung out in front Of Troop D's headquarters in Third avenue yesterday afternoon:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
Del. Lacka. and Western.
Effect Monday, Nov. q, 1897.

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East,
lao, 400, 5.15, 500 and 1905 a. m; 1855 and
1893 p. m.
Express for Easton. Trenton, Ph!ladel-
m, 1855 and 1888 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6l0 p. m.
Express for Binghamton Oswego, El-
mira, Corning Bath. pansville. Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 1910, 2.35, 800 a. M,
and l55 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, SIS p. m.
Binghamton and Elmira express 555
Express for Utica and Richfield Springs
2.35 a. m. and 1.55 p. m.
Ithaca, 2.35, 800 a. m, and 1.55 p. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth. Bloomsbury and Dan
vile, making coSe connection at North
umberand for Wiliamsport, Harrisburg
Baltimore. Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions, 600, 1905 a. m, and 1.55 and 6.0V p
m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations
sos and lilo a. m. Plymouth and inter.
mediate stations, 335 and $50 p. m. Fol
Kingston, 1245 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches or
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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ONE THING TO BE HAD.

The merchant was puzzled and thought
ful.
That's a pretty hard proposition" he
said to the young man. "As | understand
ii you complain because your hat, your
coat your overcoat, your vest your shirt,
your collar your EcClttie, your shoes,
your golf stockings and even your trous.
ers are duplicated in the wardrobe of the
up-to date girl and you are anxious now
to get something that is essentially and
unquestiona hly masculine"
That's it," said the young man. 81
should like to feel that | had discovered
something in the clothing line that per-
tanned exclusively to man.
81 don't think of anything of that sort
just now," said the merchant, land even
If | did, and fitted you out the chances
are that some woman would have it du-
plicated inside of twenty-four hours, un-
less-unless-Just the thing! Strange l
never thought of it before! just step
down to the shoe department and I'll fit
you out with a pair of heavy calfskin
boots with three-inch soles and cavalry
tops. s.'-Chicago Post
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For Mauch Chunk. Allentown, Bethle-
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. m.
120, 800 p m. Sundays, 2,15 p. m.
For Baltimore and Washington and
points South and West via Bethlehem,
$50 a. M, 1.2O p. IN. Sundays, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc, at
$50 a. m. and 12O p m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg,
via Allentown, $50 a. m, 12O p. m sun
day. 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsvi!e, $50 a. m, 1.2O p. m.
Returning, leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North River, at 400, $40 lex
press) a. m, 130 (express with Buffet
parlor carr p. m. Sunday. i30 a. m.
Leave New York. South Ferry, foot
Whitehall street, at 90S a. M, 1.25 p. m
Passengers arriving or departing from
this terminal can connect under cover
with all the elevated railroads, Broadway
cable cars, and ferries to Brooklyn and
Staten Island, making quick transfer to
and from Grand Central Depot and Long
Island Railroad.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal
900 a. m, 200 p. m. Sunday. 6.25 a: m.
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.
]. II. oLHAUsEN. Gen. supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

There are three periods in all life - the
time of the bud, of the flower and of the
perfect fruit. II is thus that girlhood
emerges into womanhood and womanhood
into motherhood. Almost all of the ills
from which women suffer have their incep-
tion in weakness and disease of the femi-
nine organism, which bears the burdens of
wifehood and motherhood. These disor-
ders usually begin with puberty, childbirth
or with the turn of life" Thousands of
women suffer silently for years in this way,
rather than undergo the examinations and
local treatment insisted upon by the major
ity of physicians. This is unnecessary.
An eminent and skillful specialist, DR..
X. V. Pierce, for thirty years chief consult
ing physician to the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, n. Y, long
since discovered a wonderful medicine
that will cure all troubles of this nature
in the privacy of the home. This medi-
cine is known as DR., Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. II acts directly on the delicate
and important organs that make wifehood
and motherhood possible, 1t makes them
strong, healthy and vigorous. II allays in
fiammation, heals liberation, soothes pain
and tones up the nerves II banishes the
indispositions of the period of impending
maternity, and makes babys advent easy
and almost painless. II transforms weak,
sickly, nervous invalids into happy, healthy
wives and mothers, All good medicine
dealers sell 1t, and no hINest dealer will
urge a substitute upon
Dr. Pieree's Pellets, "a constipation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
He Got His Wooden Leg Bac
From Answers.


The manager of a shop in Lewes stood
In the doorway the other day when man
with a wooden leg and crutch came
along and said:
81 want you to do me a favor. I want
to leave my leg with you for a few min
utes and go around to the next street and
work house for half crown, I've an
idea that the folks are very sympathetic.
III go with one leg I'm sure of it,"
VERY well" said the shopkeeper; "just
it."
The wooden substitute was unstrapped
and handed over, and the cripple used
the crutch to help himself down the alley.
Five minutes later he rang the door bell
or house In the next street, to have II
opened by the man he had just seen.
"Wh-wha-what!" he gasped
VERY sympathetic family lives here"
quietly replied the other. "You seem "a
have met with a sad loss, and I'm anx-
ious to help you. Here Is a wooden leg
which may fit you"
The leg was handed over, The man sat
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Delaware and Hudson.

On Monday, Feb. 21, trains will leave
Scranton as follows:
For Carbondale-62O 755, $50. 1915 a.
m; 1900 noon; 1.2l. 2.20, 3.52, 5.25, 6.25, 1851,
9l5, 1l.0O y. m.; LIS a. m.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos-
ton. New England points, ETC., GO a. M,
220 p. m.
For Honesdale-62O, 55, 1O.15 a. M
300 noon; 220, 5.25 p. m.
For Wilkes -Barre-6.45, $50. S.i5, 9.9S,
1O.45 a. M, 1905, 1.25, 22l, 1888, AL, 6lo 75O,
lO.2S, 1l.30 p. m.
For New York, Philadelphia, etc, via
Lehigh Valley r. r., 6.45 a. m, 1905. LIS,
AL p m. with Black Diamond Express),
ll.3O p. IN.
For Pennsylvania R. r. points-645, 9.SS
q. m; 2.2l AL p. m.
For western points via Lehigh Valley
r. r., 7.50 a. M, 1905, 3.33 with Black
Diamond EXpress), 1928, 1l.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbondale and the north-6,4O
7.45, $40, 9.3i, 1910 a. M, 1900 noon: 120,
From Wilkes-Barre and the south-6,15,
$50, 6.21, 7,53, 9,O5, 1905 p. m; 1.l3 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. BURDICK, G. p. A., Albany, N. Y.
II. w CROSS, d. P. A, Scranton Pa.
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Central Railroad OF New Jersey
Nehlgh and susauehanna pIylsIon.l

Nehigh and Susquehanna Divlsion)
Stations in New YoTk-Foot of Liberty
street, N. r., and South Ferry Whitehall
street.
Anthracite coal used exclusively lnsur-
Ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT FEB. 20, 1898
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes Barre, etc, at $50, 1910 a, m, l.2O
Loo, 2l5, 40 p m,
For Lakewood and Atlantic City. $50
a, m.
$50 (express) a, m, 10 (express with
Buffet parlor carr, 800 (express) p. In
Sunday, 2.l5 2. m. Train leaving 100 y, I'M
minal. III D. m. and New York 705 p. m.
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RA|LROAD TIME TABLES
pennsylvania RAILROAD
Schedule In Effect Nov. rs, 1897.

Schedule In Effect Nov IS, 1897.
Trains Leave Wilkes Barre as Fol.
lows:
7.3O a. n., week days, for Sunbury
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti.
more, Washington, and for Pitts.
burg and the West.
lO.l5 a. M, week days, for Hazleton
Pottsvile, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia and for Sun.
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
3.l2 D. m daily, for Sunbury, Harris.
burg, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, and Pitts burg and
the West.
500 p. m., week days, for Hazleton
and PottsvilIe.
JR. WOOD, Gen'I Pass. Agent
J. b. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
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down on the steps and strapped IT on, and
as he got up and stumped through the
gate he said to himself:
1--WE heard of condolences ever since /
was a youngster but this Is the first one
that ever hit with with both feet at
oncel"
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ARMORED CRUISERS.

Next come our two armored cruisers:
The New York, of $3.50 tons displace-
ment and 16500 horsepower has a
speed of twenty knots. Her barbetteS
carry ten inches of armor, her turrets
1--WE and half, and her sides four. Six
eight-inCh rifles and twelve four-inch
rapid-fire guns make up her main bat
terry, and in the secondary are twelve
small rapid-tire guns and four Gatlings
She has heavy steel protective deck
The Brooklyn, of $3.50 tons and slight
ly higher speed, carries eight eight-inch
rifles and twelve five-inch rapid firing
guns, sixteen small rapid-fire guns and
four Gatlings. She has nearly thirty
per cent. more bunker capacity and
twenty per cent. more coal supply at
normal displacement than the New
York. Both these fine craft are equipped
with every modern device for safety
and efficiency.
The third type of our armor clads
consists of the Puritan, Miantonomoh,
Amphitrite, Monadnock and Terror, five
iron coast defence, double turretted
monitors. The Puritan, of 5000 tons
and l2.4 knots speed, carries fourteen
inches of armor on her sides and bar
bettes and eight inches on her turrets,
while she has four twelve-inch rifles
and six rapid-fire four-inch guns in her
main battery besides six small rapid
fire guns, four Hotchkiss revolving
cannon and four Gatlings.
The other four monitors are of 3 800
tons each The MOnadnOck has the
highest speed, fourteen and one-half
knots, ana the Miantonomoh has the
lowest, ten and One-half; the two 9TH
crs each have twelve knots. The Ter
rOr and Miantonomoh carry seven-inch
armor on their sides and eleven and
one-half on the turrets, and have each
four ten.lnch rifles The Amphitrite
and Monadnock carry nine inches on
the sides, eleven and one-half on the
barbettes, seven and one-half on the
turrts, with four ten-inch and two
rapid fire four-lnch guns. All four car
ry two siX-pOunder and two three.
FOUNDER rapid-fire guns in the second
airy battery.
A sixth improved double turret,
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Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Anthracite Coal Used, Ensuring Cleanli-
ness and Comfort.
In EFFECT FEB. 20, 1898.

In EFFECT FEB. 20, 1898.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON
For Philadelphia and New York via d.
q ii. +. r, al 6,45 a. M, and 100 22l, AL
(Black Diamond ENpress) and 1l.30 p. m
For Pittston and Wilkes-Barre Via ID.
!: q w. X. r., 600 lilo a. m, 1.55, 3.55,
500 p. m.
For White Haven, Hazleton, Pottsville,
and principal points in the coal regions
via d. * H. r. r., 6.45, 1905, 2,2l and AL
p. m.
For bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Har-
risburg and principal intermediate sta
tons via ID. & ii. r. r., 6.45 a. m, l2,O5,
22l, AL (Black Diamond Express). ll.3O
p. m,
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmira,
Ithaca, Geneva. and principal intermedi-
ate stations via D., l., q w, X. r., sos
a. M, H. As and 3.3o p. m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls, Chicago and all points west via
ID. q II. r. r., 1906. 1888 (I3lack Diamond
EXpress), 1923 and 1l.30 p. IN.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehgh
Valley parlor cars on all trains between
Wilkes-Barre and New York. Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN IL. WILBUR, Gen. Supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt, Phila-
A. W. NoNNEMACHER, Asst. General
Pass. Agt., Philadelphia, PL.
Scranton office, 300 Lackawanna avenue.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

In effect Sept. 10. 1897.
Trains leave Scranton for New York
and intermediate points on Erie railroad,
also for Hawley and local points at 7.O5
a. m. and 2.25 p. m.
Arrive at Scranton from above points
at 10. .23 a. m. 315 and 93s p. IN.
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TORPEDO CRAFT

In torpedo craft she is strong. Be-
sides the smaller torpedo boats for
coast ana harbor service she has sew
erai or the modern type of sea-going
destroyers' and a squadron of torpedo
gun boats. whose chief features are as
follows Length, 1870 feet: breadth %
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The Difference Is Not So Greatly
in Our Favor.

feet; draught, feet; tonnage. $40;
speed, 20 knots: coal capacity, 1875
tons; armament, two 4.7-inch rapid
guns and four 6-pounders. The boil
ers--a distinctive feature of these ves-
sels-are four in number, of two diff
ferent types, the forward pair being
locomotive and the after set cylin-
drical. The ships can serve as ordi-
nary gun boats in time of peace and as
fast torpedo boats in time of war. thus
gaining in general utility. The same
plans have been followed i'm the build
ing during the last year or so of an
improved type of torpedo vessel of
about 500 tons.
In addition to her modern craft Spain
has several obsolete ironclads of small
tonnage, and two large armored frig-
ates Of about $500 tons each. the Nu-
manCia and Nittoria. These vessels are,
at least, quarter of a century old,
and although they have recently been
re-armed and refitted. they would be
useful only for purposes of coast de-
fence.
UNCLE SANS SHOWING.
AS to the United States new navy,
theories of construction upon which we
have proceeded are essentially different
from those adopted by Spain, and that,
therefore, an exact comparison of the
power of the two navies is rather diff
ficult.
Since the loss of the Maine the ef-
fective fighting force of our navy is as
follows: We have four first-class ar
mored Lattleships-the oregon, the In
diana, the Massachusetts and the
Iowa. The first three are sister ships
of 10000 tons each. with armored belts,
whose maximum thickness is eighteen
inches and with a sea speed of about
fifteen knots. Each carries a battery
of four thirteen-inch rifles in fifteen
inch steel barbettes, hurting LOO
pound projeCtiles; eight eight-inch
rifles, hurting 25O-pound projectiles. and
four siX-inch rifles, with twenty-four
small rapid-fire guns and four CAT
lings.
The Oregon was built on the Pacific
coast, where she is stationed, and
would probably not be withdrawn from
the western seaboard in the event of
war with Spain.
The fourth tirst-class batteship is the
Iowa, now with the North Atlantic
squadron. The Iowa is of II, 500 tons.
with sea speed of sixteen knots and
free board forward of nineteen feet,
as compared with the twelve-foot free
board of the vessels just mentioned.
This will enable her to fight her guns
in almost any sea. Her main battery
is composed of four twelve-inch and
eight eight-inch rifles, with six four
inch rapid-fire guns. Her main bar
bettes are fifteen inches, and her water
line belt is composed of fourteen inches
of Harveyized nickel steel Her coal
capacity is 1000 tons. This quartet of
| sea-gOing armor-clads are indisputably
| among the most powerful vessels of
their class in the world. Their com
bination of armor protection and gun
powder is uncqualled in any foreign
| ship.
The second-class battleship Texas, of
$500 tons, has two twelve-inCh and six
siX-inch rapid-iire guns and adequate
| armOr protection. She is a seventeen
knot vessel, resembling the Maine in
many respects. Her two barbettes are
| twelve inches thick.
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On Monday Feb. 21, trains will leave
Scranton as follows:
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Our WdrShipS And o! ?ss;s sss;..

coast defence monitor is the Monterey,
built of steel, having Abs tons dis
placement and thirteen knots speed.
She has thirteen inches of armor on her
sides, fourteen inches on her forward
and eleven and one-half on her after
barhette. and eight inches on her for
ward and seven and one-half on her aft
turret. Her main battery consists of
two twelve-inch and two ten-inch
rifles, and she has ten small rapid fire
guns and two Gatlings.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

Next Monday the little seen ted
missives which afford much amuse-
ment to the young people both in
sending and receiving, will swell
the volume of the mails. The let
ters or poetical effusions replete
with compliments or amorous ex-
pressions are especially cognate TO
this day and the custom of sending
them is very ancient, but there is
NO circumstance, so far as is known
in the life of the saint from which
it could have originated. Accord
ing to some ecclesiastical writer's he
was bishop, according to others a
presbyter who was beheaded at
Rome in the reign of Claudius IL
and was early canonized. 1t was
the custom on the eve of February
14th, st. Valentines Day, to have
the names of a select number of one
sex put into scme vessel by an equal
number of the other, and thereupon
every one drew a name which for
the time being was called his or her
Valentine.
Presents Of gloves, garters, and
jewelry were common as valentines.
There is, too, a very old notion
that birds choose their mates, and
couple on this day.
Whatever there may have been
formerly of sentiment and genuine
friendship connected with the. OBJ
servance of the day, in the harm
less sending of letters or tokens, has
largely deteriorated in the modern
method of its observance, when
scurrilous pictures, vile caricatures,
doggeral verses, and often the very
foulest and most oowardly insinua-
tions or accusations are sent under
cover Of the day. Il there was
certain tenderness or beauty in the
manner in which the day was form