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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-26
Central Railroad OF New Jersey

Lehgh and Susquehanna Division.)
Stations in New YOrk-Foot of Liberty
street, N. r.. and South Ferry, Whitehall
street.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 20, 1895
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes Barre, etc, at $50, 10 10 a. M, /. 90
2.35, 32O 10 p. m. Sundays, 900 a. m,
100, 2l5, 40 p. m.
For Lakewood and Atlantic City, $50
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
SO (express) a. m, l.2O (eXpress), $50 lex
press) p. m. Sundays, 2.l5 p m. Train
leaving / 20 p. m., arrives at Philadelphia.
Reading Terminal 7O3 p M, and New
York, IO5 p. m.
For Mauch Chunk. Allentown. Bethle-
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. m,
20, 500 p. m Sundays, 2.15 p. m.
For Baltimore and Washington, and
points south and west via Bethlehem,
$50 a. m, 10 p, m. Sundays, 2,15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc, at
$50 a. m, l2O p. IN.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown $50 a. m, 10 p. m. sun
For Pottsviiie, s. 30 a. m. 30 p. m.
Returning, leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North River. at 400, 9l0 (ex-
press) a. M, 1,30 (eXpress) p. m. Sundays
leave New York, South Ferry, foot
Whitehall street, at 905 a. m, 1.25 p. m
Passengers arriving or departing from
this terminal can connect meet a. under der cover cover
cable cars, and ferries to Brooklyn and
staten Islands. making quick transfer to
and from Grand Central depot and Long
Island railroad.
Leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal
{. q a. M. 800 p. m. Sundays. 6.l5 p. m.
Through tickets to all points East
South and West at lowest rates at the
j. n. OLTIAUsEN, Gen. Supt.
IL. T.. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agt
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London Gaiety Girls.

Commencing tomorrow afternoon the
London Gaiety Girls will begin a three
days engagement at the Gaiety thea
ter. This is a we'll organized company
of handsome burlesquers. The per-
formanCe begins with a new and
laughable burlesque, in which the en-
tire company appear in "a series of
songs and dances and specialties intlo-
ducing that famous comedian. Gus
Mills, who will be remembered as be-
ing here some time ago with Rice's
Evangeline company, and during the
action of the burlesque he keeps the
audience in constant roar of laugh
ter, Ma tineeS daily.
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago. April 25.- Cattle-Moderate de-
mand and prices showed no particular
change. Fancy grades brought $5.50a5. 20; ;
choice steers, $J.10a5.45; beef do, $4a4. So ;
stockers and feeders, s3.75a5; cows and
heifers. S340a425; western fed steers, $4 20
a5.3O; mediums. $4.S5a5.O5; elves, So. 3.5Oa6.15
Hogs-GOod demand with the extreme
range of prices about unchanged, but the
proportion of sales around the top was
smaller; fair to choice, So S71aai. .02l2 :
heavy packers, s365a3Sj; mixed. 81. S0a3.95; /;
butchers, $3S0a4 lights, So. 7OaS,9j; pigs,
&.35a3S0. Sheep-Market irregular with
prices averaging l5c. lower for wooled
lambs, strong for clipped lambs 10c.
higher for the prime clipped sheep and
yearlngs; Colorado wooled lambs, IS, S5a
62j; chiefly. s5.Sja6; shOrn lots, Sja5.4O
shorn sheep, 81. A.75a5.l0; yearlinGs, $40;
Gun lambs sold at $425a4.75 and Gull
sheep S3ai; unshorn western lambs
brought S5.jOa5.75. Receipts-.Cattle. $500
head; hogs %, 900 head; sheep. 10000 head
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Scranton Pass. Railway. first
Philadelphia Grain and Produce.
STOCKS.

Philadelphia April 25,- Wheat-1ac. low
er; contract grade, April, 7bl2a76Ac. Corn
-l4c. lower; No. mixed, April, S5AaS5lRc.
3i94a35c. No 8 do. do, 33l2a3ic.; No, 2
mixed do, B3aBi9c, Provisions-Quiet
and unchanged Butter-Dull and zee,
lower; fancy western creamery, 17lac,; do.
prints. 20c. Eggs-Steady; fresh, nearby,
l3c. do. western, l3al3lac, DO, southwest
ern, 3al3lac.; do. southern, l21ac, Cheese
Quiet and prices easier, Refined Sugars
Unchanged Cotton-Steady, Tallow-
City prime, In hogsheads, 4lac.; country
do, do, barrels, lEc,; dark, do, 4Ac:;
cakes, 5hc.; grease. zAa324c Live Poul-
try-F'irm fowls, Nee; old ROSTERS, 7c.;
winter chickens, l6alSc,; spring chickens,
25a3Oc,; ducks, 9al0c. Dressed Poultry
Steady; fair demand; fowls, choice, l0lac ;
do, fair, to good l0c, old roosters, ne;
broilers, 90a35c Receipts-Flour. 400 bar
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Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, April 25.-Heavy liquidation
ence of seasonable weather and better
crop reports caused sharp decline in
wheat. May closed with loss of Aa1asc.
and July 15sal$sc. Corn declined asc. and
oats closed unchanged. Pork and ribs
each advanced 2l2c. and lard 2i2a5c. Cash
quotations were as follows: Flour-Easy;
No. yellow. 3l2,a35c. No. spring wheat,
72a72l2c.; No. 3 do. do, 67a7lc.; No. .
red. 7512a77c.; No. 2 corn, 34i2c.; No 2
yellow, 34Aa3jc.; No. . oats. 214a27aic.
No. 2 white. 3Oa3OI2c.: No. 3 do. 291aa30c
No. rye. 5Sl2c.; N . barley 36a 46c.; No.
flax. $l17; northwestern, $l.2lal.22 prime
timothey seed. $780, mess pork, $9a9 05
lard, So 5l7l2a52O; short ribs, $4.45ai.S5; dry
salted shoulders, 4l2a424c.; short clear,
$i.9jaj.O5; whiskey, $L26; sugars, un-
changed
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The Female Professor.
From Household Words.

T TUIH IIOUStHOIu WOTUS
The female professor was not unknown
during the last century. As an example,
we have Marie Agnesi. born in 17lS one
of the twenty-three children of a rich
citizen of Bologna, who must have need.
ed all his wealth to bring up such a fam
lily. One of her sisters was noted as a
musician, and was the author of three
operas. Marie has been called the oracle
of seven languages, speaking French flu
emily at the age of four, and early be-
coming proficient In Hebrew, Greek and
Latin as well as German and Spanish,
After spending her youth in the study of
philosophy and philOlogy at the desire OF
her father, she devoted herself to mathe-
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New York Grain and Produce Market

New York, April 25.-Flour-Weak and
5alOc. lower Wheat-Spot weak; No. .
red, S1$sc., f. o. b.. afloat; 7S3sc. elevator;
No. / northern Duluth. 247sc., f. o. b.,
afoat; options opened steady but turned
weak and remained so all day ecept for
a little rally in the afternoon on export
rumors; the close was weak at 1lAall12c
net decline; May closed 771sc.; July, 76lac;
September 7Jasc.; December, 761sc. Corn
Spot firm; No 2. 4l3sa452sc, f. o. b.,
tions closed l4aasc. lower; May closed
39&c.; July, 1880. Oats-Spot dull; No. 2
white. 35Ec.; options duh all day. Butter
Steady. Cheese-Weak. Eggs-Weak.
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE USE
of gas in stoves and ranges, the price
of gas for that purpose is hereby made
subject to discount of 10 per cent. from
the regular rate of Sl1O per one thou
sand cubic feet consumed. provided the
bill is paid on or before the goth day of
the month i'm which the bill is presented
A separate meter, furnished by the com
pany is necessary.
BY order of the board. G. b. HAND.
Secretary the Scranton Gas and Water
company and the Hyde Park Gas com
pany.
April oath 1899
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The Age of Wind.

MARS, / watch affairs on earth very
closely" began the exalted Pluto, as he
famed himself with a section of halo in
the midst of the great hereafter; land I
have become of the opinion that you are
losing vigor Everything warlille, from
pugilism and the Spanish wars up to
all the general waT-cloud that YOU have
had hanging over Europe for the last
forty years ends about the same way"
THAT Is true" replied the illustrious
god of war but, the fact is, have sold
out my whole business to Aeolus Puck
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East Liberty Cattle Market.

Steady, unchanged. Hogs-Slow; prime
mediums, S412l2al15; heavy hogs and
heavy Workers, A,O5a41O light Workers,
$4ai05; pigs, $3.S5a3.9j; rOughs, 81. .j0a3. 60.
Sheep-SteadY; choice wethers, Si S0a4 80;
common, s250a35O; choice lambs IS. 7Ja
$50; spring lambs, Seas; veal calves, STA
$50
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-26

20 YEARS OF VILE CATARRH-Chas,
writes: II have been sufferer from
Throat and Nasal Catarrh over 20 years
during which time my head has been
stopped up and my condition truly mis-
erable. Within IL minutes after using
DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder | OBJ
tained relief. Fhree bottles have almost
If not entirely, cured me-" Sold by Mat
thews Bros. and w. T. Clarke
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Buffalo Live Stock Market.

East Buffalo. April 25.-Cattle-Receipts
% ears; steady with but few on sale I:
VealS, $i.50aJ.J0. no good here. Hogs
Receipts, 20 cars; shade lower; Workers,
%05a4lO; light, 81; pigs. $3.75a3,S5; good
weights, S4l0a4l5; roughs, $330a3G0
Sheep and Lambs-ReCeipts, 10 cars;
steady to strong; best lambs, S5.75a5.S5,
culls to good, S+.5Oa5,6j; sheep, $45Oa5;
wetherS, $5.l0a5.25.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

SAFETY IN SPECULATION''-$l00 IN
vested by my safe Method" in grain
or stocks has paid $1,000 profit within 80
days. references furnished write for par
ticulars Immediately. RICHARD Oil
YER, Banker and Broker, Chicago Stock
Exchange. Chicago
MARKET BUSINESS ESTABLISHED
and paying. Great chance for some
one. Address HACKETT, Price Bldg.
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New York Live Stock Market.

New York, April 2j.-Beeves-No trad
ing nominally steady. Calves--No trade
of Importance feeling weak, So head un-
sobd at s8.25; nominaIIy firm for sheep;
steady for lambs. Hogs-Nomnally
steady at $.10ai.35.
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CITY SCAVEWGER

ABB. BRIGGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS
and cess pools; no odor Improved
pumps used. A. BRIGGS. Proprietor.
Leave orders 1l00 North Main avenue.
or Eicke's drug store. corner Adams and
MulberrY. Telephone $50.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Time Table in Effect Sept 18th. 1898.
Trains leave Scranton for New York,
Newburg and intermediate points OH
Erie railroad, also for Ilawley and local
points, at 1903 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Trains
arrive at Scranton from above points at
1O. % a. M. and SIS and 90S p. IN.
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NEWSPAPERS


THE WILkES-BARRE RECORD CAN
be had i'm Scranton at the news stands
of Reisman Bros. 405 Spruce and sos Linz
den; NJ. Norton 322 LaCkawanna avenue;
l. S. Schutzer 2ll Spruce street.
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REAL ESTATE.

LOT FOR SALE, COR. MONROE AND
Delaware, 70xlS1i5, $500; lot for sale,
Delaware near Monroe, 5Oxl30; barn, 81 500.
Apply on premises.
FOR SALE-MY RESIDENCE AT 235
Colfax avenue; just completed. All
modern improvements. Hardwood finish.
sanitary Plumbing, electric lights. etc.
Price reasonable. Address Frank L.
Okell. 22o Broadway, New York city
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The Peoples Exchange.

POPULAR CLEARING HOUSE for the Benefit of All who
"A Have Houses to Rent Real Estate Other
Exchange, Who Want or IIclp-Thesc
Cost One Cent Word,
Word-Except Situations Wanted Which In.
serted Free
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He.
Exhibition Games.

At Paterson
Paterson ...,............,...2 l . j O-IJ
Toronto .........,.,,........N y = d--l3
Batteries-Fry and Duncan; kershaw
and ROthfuSS,
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MATES, in which she attained such celeb
rty that she was complimentcd by Pope
Benedict XIV, who nominated her as
professor Of mathematics in the Univer-
sity of Bologna, position she held for
several years, At the death Of her father
she Abandoned her chair and her studies
to fulhll a long-felt desire for a religious
life
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-26
Oil Market.

Oil City, Pa, April 25.-Credit balances,
Sl3; certificates, no bid; shipments, I9,-
SOP barrels; average 1907 barrels; runs,
lO3, ii6 barrels; average, 1885 barrels.
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rels and 10000 sacks; wheat, $4,000 bush
els; corn, 1000 bushels: oats, 1000 BUSH
els. hipments-Wheat. 1000 bushels;
corn, 1000 bushels; oats, 5000 bushels.
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FOR SALE OR RE Mt.

FOR SALE OR RENT-SINGLE HOUSE,
COS Quincy avenue; city steam selling
price, s6, 500; rent, $40 per month including
steam heat. G. +. Reynolds.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
pennsylvania RAILR0AD

Schedules Effect May 20. IsoS
7.3O a. M, week days, for Sunbury
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burg and the West.
1910 a. m, week days, for Hazle-
ton, Pottsville, Reading, Norris
town, and Philadelphia; and for
Sunbury, Harrisburg, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Washington and
Pittsburg and the West.
sig p. M, daily, for Sunbury, Har-
risburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, and Pitts
burg and the West.
600 p. m, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
Pittsburg.
- r WOOD, den'I Pass. Agent
b HUTCHINSON. General Manager
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FURNISHED ROOMS.

FURNISHED FRONT ROOM FOR
rent in quiet house, one or two chill
dren. Address, W. p. s., Tribune office
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SCALE TREATMENT.

~ ~<~0>~>>~O>~l~>~rl~>O~> ~>O~>~>>>>~y>~~>J~~~>~~.
MRS. L. II. KELLER. SCALP TREAT
ment, Soc; shampooing, Soc; facial
massage. manicuring, Csc; chiropody.
10l Quincy.
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BASE BALL.
SCRANTON WAS AHEAD.
Rain Stopped the Game in the
Fourth Inning.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Utica, N. Y. April 25.-Today's game
between Scranton and Utica was
stopped in the fourth inning by rain,
when the score was 8 to 1 In favor
of the visitors. Risley and Thackara
were the battery for Scranton.
The latter leaves here for Paterson,
n. j.. where it will open the Atlantic
league season Thursday.
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WANTED-TO EXCHANGE.

wANTED-TO EXCHANGE A FINE
upright piano. fir5t-class make, but
little used, for good horse and buggy
Address Il. O. Box 2i7
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BOARD AND ROOMS.


BOARDING-LARGE SECOND FLOOR
front room to let with board. The AL
dine, 420 Adams avenue.
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FINANCIAL.
LaBAR e. FULLER
q OK Err s.

9ROH ER 8,
Oldest Established House in the City
Dealers in STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN and
PROVISIONS, on margin or for delivery.
OFFICE: Rooms 400 and aIo Board of Trade
Bulldog, scranton, Pa.
L. G. LA BAR. l.. +. FULLER
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WANTED.

SONSN~>INrN>rNONcN>S~~N>
WANTED-SECOND II AND PERAM-
bulator or go-cart, must have rubber
tires and be In good condition. Address,
stating price, ID. h. s., care of Tribune.
WANTED-CASE OF BAD HEALTH
that R-I-P-A-N-S will not benefit Send
cents to Ripans Chemical Co., New
York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
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HELP WANTED-EEMALE.


WANTED --. GIRL FOR GENERAL
housework. apply with reference at
No. 10l1 North Main avenue. Trips $
Homestead.
LADIES no EMBROIDER-GOOD PAY
ing, easy work sent to your home !;
write for sample and materials. Unique
Embroidery Co.. 102 Fulton ST.. Now York.
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WANTED--PHOTO TICKET AGENTS.
Call at the Elite Studio, 2l5 Wyoming
avenue.
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HELP WANTED-MALE.


WANTED - A FIRST CLASS COAT
maker. Call at 4. +. McGreil's $,
AvoCa, Pa.
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Quotations furnished by LABAR &
FULLER, stock. grain and cotton prok-
Frs. rooms 2O9 and 2lo Board of Trade
building Scranton, Pa.
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BACERS ORCHESTRA-MUSIC TOR
balls picnics, parties, receptions, wed :
dinGs and concert work furnished. For
terms, address r. j. Bauer, conductor.
III Wyoming avenue, over Hulberts'
music store.
MEGARGEE BROTHERS, PRINTERS
supplies. envelopes, paper bags, twine.
Warehouse. 100 Washington avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
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WANTED-PAINTER AND PAPER
hangers. Alexander Hay, $50 Ca
pouse avenue.
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\. sunday only.
I signifies that trains stop on signal for pas
sengers
Trains sOs ana 2o6 Sunday only other trains
daily except sunday,
eecure rates Via ontario a Western before
purchasing tickets ana save money.
through wagner Quiet S.NSper and Tree re-
clining chair car New York 90 ChicsCo WITHOUT
change. Passenger kR~-toJ WSdEccd 10
HWO Cents err MiIe.
&c. Anderson, Gen. Pass Agt
r. RuCcroft, Div. Poss, Lgt. scranton, Pa
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FOR RENT

ELEGANT TEN-RooM HOUSE IN 800
block on Madison avenue; latest i'm
provements. Inquire next door or l22 5.
Seventh street.
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STORAGE-LARGE DRY STORAGE
rooms for rent at ll3 Franklin avenue.
Inquire in rear. Telephone No. ll52.
Harry Betterlv.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-04
CITY NEWS
Caught on the Pencil Points by The
Telegram Reporters.

Royal Arcanum meeting this evening
at 7 20.
Mrs. l.. W. Hanson is visiting friends
in Bradford.
II. ID, Segel returned last night from
two weeks business trip to Boston and
New York.
Isn't our laundry lovelyP Yes. my
dear. Ii is washed with Lautz Bros "
Co.'s Big Master soap.
Hiawatha Locge |. O. o. +, No. 20
will work the iuitiatory and third degree
Thursday evening at Z o'clock. All
brothers invited
Nelson Downing's livery stable is con-
nected with the telephone and he has an
excellent lot of carriages horses, tt
DO not buy inferior soaps from ped
lers when you can buy Big Master, the
biggest &c bar of best soap made at
your grocer's.
The Granite City Junk Co. have now
opened up at $40 North Main street and
will pay the highest prices for rags, old
rubDers and old metals also for hides,
cstf skins and Old iron. Any person
wishing to dispose of any old barter
drop US ii postal or cali at the place of
business. AGIE & RosENGERG. 14l*d
AT the concert to be given Friday
evening, October 6, in the Universalist
church, MIR. Robert Mckenzie will sing
in public for the last time for some
months. He will be assisted by Nj SIS
Ideally, Miss Paige, Mr.. Dyer and Mr..
Leonard, cornet Miss Nadine Nichols,
Barre's tavorile reader and the celebrat-
cd Carton Male Quartette" of Mont
pplcr. ALWAYS faVOrltes with a Barre
audience The tickets have been placed
within the reach OF all, 25 cents, and we
trust good sized audience will greet
our friends, the artists OF the evening
Tickets for sale at the door to those
who have not purchased before. I'd
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-04

An amusing incident took place at
the Grand Central station a few weeks
ago. A purtly man with clothes Of TO-
cign cut, outlandsh baggage and de-
cided German brogue bought ticket
for western point and then bought a
sleeping berth and waited for his train
to be announced. AS soon as it was
called he got into line occupied mucf
space with all his bags ana bundles
and made people in front and behind
him uncomfortable. He mad no sooner
reached the platform than he dropped
his baggage and freight and pushed
his way back into the waiting room,
ran up to the police officer and said
breathlessly:
Say, lost my oirthmark."
"Your brthmrll? Where was it?"
"Hcre in my pocket in"
"In your pocket? That's nice place
to have one" said the officer, wishing
to humor crazy man. How did 1t
look?"
"Red-fooi-like all birthmark. l
can without it not in the sleep Wagon
go, ana lt EuSItu W lIc NllhSt W III
| dow, where they knew that the Ger
man meant berth check when he said
birthmark and the matter was settled
to his satisfaction. The crowds had
! gone through the door, and it was near
ly train time when he came bounding
back and up to the ticket window,
/ where. with profl.se apologies. he told
Al, l,is h,
! mark"-NeW York Tribune.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-04
The RACE.
How the Columbia and Shamrock
Fought in First Trial.
CONTEST VERY EXCITING.
LiDtOn's Yacht Got Over the Line
First und Gained Steadily For
Miles, When Columbia
Forged Ahead.

New York. Oct. 4.-The first contest
for the Americas cup was a very excit-
ing one.
The course was Is miles to leeward
and turn down the Jersey shore.
The starting gun was fired right on time,
and the Shamrock, close to the line, went
over first, while the Columbia. as usual
in her races. took her time. The Sham
rock in crossing the line broke out her
baby jib topsail and forestaysail, which
to those on shore seemed rather strange.
as the course was dead before the wind.
The Columbia. on the other hand, broke
out her big balloon topsail and, Il minute
after crossing. her spinnaker was also
set. The Shamrock crossed at 11:15:30,
unofficial. and the Columbia about rs
seconds later.
In the first ten minutes of the race the
Shamrock changed her headsails fire.
quently. Five minutes after the start
she took in her baby jib topsail and set
her spinnaker to port, then she set big
balloon forestaysail. A minute or two
afterward her big balloon jibsail was
swung to the wind. During this time
the Columbia seemed to draw up gradu'
ally on her rival due. as it afterward
proved, to these frequent changes Of can
vas on the part of the Shamrock.
Columbia Gains.
For the first three miles of the run
down the Jersey shore the Columbia
seemed to gain on her rival and at one
time was not more than 100 yards
astern. Every one was looking to see her
pass the Shamrock before another mile
was passed. About this time, however,
the Shamrock got her sails set to the sat