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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
AVOCA.

Saturdays Argus says There are
many worthy young ladies in ANoca
who have not the political influence OF
means to purchase an appointment,
and the report of the committee would
indicate that they may be fairly treat
ed" This is the first time that our
contemporary has ventured an opln-
ion and the essence of it truly repre-
sents the capacity of his ability. AS
to purchasing appointments, he must
have proofs of such transactions, else
he would not he so indiscreet as to eN-
press himself so bluntly. His amor
phous opinion is neither friendly 10
the teacher nor to the committee Oh
three.
The funeral of Patrick, the three
wear old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Carbon of Brownsville, took place yes
terday afternoon. lnterment was
made in st. Mary's cemetery.
Miss Margaret Dixon is visiting
friends in Olyphant.
The school board will meet this eV-
ening and make another 2ttempt 10
appoint and assign positions to teach
erS.
Miss Kate Reardon, of Scranton is
spending a few days with friends IN
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Kellum and ram
uy and Mr.. and Mrs. N. Il. Hasklns
will return tomorrow after camping
two weeks at Forest Lake, Susquehah-
ma.
Ayoca Conclave, /. o. H., meets IN
regular session this evening
! Mr.. and Mrs. John FrUe have re-
! turned from their wedding tour ana
will reside in a handsomely turnlsheu
| home on the West Side.
Mrs NJ. j. BOsley is recovering az
| ter a serious illness.
| Thomas Burns, q student at LaIay-
| cite college, occupied the pulpit of IN"
! Presbyterian church yesterday in the
| absence Of Rcv. d. r. Smythe.
Mrs. John Reap end three children
are spending a few days at the Grimes
residence in Elmhurst
Mrs. John Dougher and son william
of Old Forge, spent Yesterday with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Walsh, Of Grove
! street.
The hose company has decided that
their fair will be of a naval character,
The booths will present shiplike ap-
| pearance and the assistants Will wear
military apparel Mrs, MucN2W' OF
Dupont. is general manager
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. fitzpatrick have
returned from Cooperstown
The Methodist chapel sunday school
of Belmont street. held a picnic in a
grove near Archibald Saturday.
Miss Mary A. Holmes is visiting her
brother. Rev. John Holmes, of Bloss-
burg.
Miss Grace Powell has returned from
Dunmore.
Ontario and Western Operator T. II.
GilleIn, is visiting his home at Lord
Vile
Contractor Wilson and wife spent
Sunday in Buffalo, n. Y.
Miss Mvra Summers, Of Corning, ".
Y. is visiting friends in &his city.
Miss Minnie Bowen has returned
from Atlantic City.
Mrs Joseph Wallis. of Belmont
street is entertaining her sister, Mrs.
PcntcCost.
The funeral Of the child Of MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Lee was held yesterday
afternoon at three o'clock. Interment
was made in Brookside cemetery.
Thomas V. McAvoy, of Sixth avenue,
is entertaining his sister, Mrs. Baker,
of New York.
Miss Emma f. Swigart has entered
the Thompson hospital at Scranton for
o. a two years course of training in
nursing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
FOREST CITY.

Many will be pleased to learn that
our tOwnsman, Henry Box, has secured
the contract for the building of prim-
AIRY department school. Work win be
commenced tomorrow The size of
the building is to be 40X73,
The Rev. +. b. Kennedy called on
a few of his friends on Saturday,
while erroute to Carbpndale.
Good news. Payday tomorrow
Hillside Coal and Iron company.
ronsorial Artist John Franko, and
his competent staff of knights of the
razor are now comfortably established
in the new building of Henry T. AID
rich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Waters and son,
Ernest Alfred, spent the Sabbath al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Veale. of Jermyn.
Mrs. John e. Hughes visited in
Peckville Yesterday
Mrs Benjamin Simpson Of Nandling
has been visiting IN Scranton.
Mrs. John Philips and children Of
Hyde Park, have been visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs, Evan Lyons, of
Main street, Vandling.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Presbyterian
| church, viii serve a II cents supper
on Wednesday evening the 10th, vii
also give a free entertainment, Al
! are cordially invited to attend.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an indamed con-
dition of the mucous lining Of the Eus-
taChian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when II Is entire
~ closed deafness is the result and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caUsed by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hairs ca
tarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
J. w. GUERNSEY, Prop'r

glorously full on Saturday night on n
charge of trying to dispose of rubber
coat that was the property of someone
else.
The first span of the new bridge has
been completed and an idea of how the
new structure will look when finished
can be imagined.
Professor Gentry and his train load
Of ponies, monkeys and dogs We're here
on Saturday and they certainly gave
the best show of its kind ever exhibited
in this city. The intelligence of these
dumb brutes was a marvel, and the
little ones and those older, for that
matter, were amused and instructed.
The parade was attractive and up-to-
date.
The West Pittston council has just
passed an ordinance that will compel
telegraph companies to pay a tax on
every pole in the borough, while a tax
will be levied on all traction cars. The
money so assessed will be used as a
special fund for the Improvement of the
streets
The bottom of the sewer trench on
Broad street, in front of Art Chap
pelle's, dropped out of sight on Satur-
day and one of the heavy wagons load
ed with grain of the Pittston Milling
company went with it. 1t required six
horses to pull it out The council is
seemingly in a peck of trouble over it's
sewer system, and this, coupled with
injunctions upon the paving and mayor
atty questions, they have the sympathy
of all good citizens who will have moth
ing to do with Pittston politics.
Chief LOTUS took a day off and went
| down with the people to mingle with
| the people yesterday. He is now post
ed on the peanut crop, and can talk
Pennsylvania Dutch at the rate of a
mile a minute.
Charles KuptiOn, who resides on Par
| sonage street, fell fifty feet from a tree
| at Riverside park yesterday morning,
| landing on his head and receiving in
| juries which i'm all probability will
| prove fatal. He was conveyed to the
| hospital and upon examination it was
| found that his skull was crushed and
1t was necessary to remove several por-
! tions which penetrated to the brain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
TAYLOR NEWS.
Coming Recital-Funeral of the Late
Edward Jones-other Local Mat

ters.
a grand musical and literary recital
will be given tomorrow (Tuesday)
evening at the auditorium of the Welsh
Baptist church. under the auspices of
the owens, Smith and Kennedy Musi-
cal company Miss owens is a pupil of
Professor Haydn Evans Miss Phoebe
Smith, soprano is a pupil of Mrs. Clar-
ence Ballentine, musical director of
Blairtown college of music and Miss
Esther Eliot Kennedy won gold medal
at Mt Hope college, Rogers, Ohio. The
concert will commence at o'clock The
programme will appear in this column
tomorrow Admission, 20 cents.
Edward Jones, a former resident of
this town, but late of Providence, died
at the home of his sister, Mrs. T. ID.
James, of West Market street. on Fri
day evening. after lingering illness.
He was removed to the Lackawanna
hospital, from which institution he was
later removed to his sisters home,
where he breathed his last Deceased
was "a years of age. The funeral Oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon. Interment
was made in the Forest Home ceme-
terry in this place.
DR.. Daniel Jenkins, of Providence,
was a visitor here yesterday.
Mr.. Alfred Richards, of Plymouth,
spent Saturday and Sunday as the
guest of his bother, John G. Richards
Of this place.
Mr. w. II. Thomas was the guest of
Professor and Mrs. NJ. ]. Lloyd, Of
Priceburg, yesterday.
Misses Kate and Minnie Omstead
are sojourning at Dundaff and Crystal
lake for two weeks.
Rev. John Evans, of Providence, oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Welsh Baptist
church yesterday. The services were
well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Woodwork h
We're the guests of relatives in Hyde
| Park Yesterday.
Messrs. Henry HOwels. John Thorn
| as, Richard Howels and William
| Thomas enjoyed a drive to Lake Scran-
| ton yesterday.
Representative T. j. Hughes, of the
| Taylor lodge, No. 462, knights of
! Pythias, will leave this morning for
Lancaster, where he will attend the
! Grand lodge session.
j. Milford Morgans is rusticating at
! Lake Underwood.
Emblem division, No. 81, Sons of
! Temperance, will meet in their rooms
| this evening.
Mr.. George Perry and sons, David
and George, spent the Sabbath with
! friends at Dallas.
Messrs, Aubrey and George Helps, of
| Lansford, are visiting relatives here.
Mr and Mrs. w. Il, Owens and chill
dren spent the Sabbath at Lake Winola
Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon, of Scran-
ton, We're the guests of relatives here
yesterday.
The Pyne COlliery of the Delaware
LackaWanna and Western company
had to suspend work on Saturday
owing to a break in the machinery.
A delegation of members of the Sons
of Temperance attended the funeral OF
William Morgans, of the Ripple divis
ion, Of Hyde Park, yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

Mr Palmer Hollister in "a neat lttle
presentation speech had rendered the
beautiful gift in behalf of the Grassy
Island employees. The presentation
committee were Mr.. Palmer Hollister,
John Proberts and Thomas S. Wales.
Each of the committee paid tribute to
Mr.. Bell in words of high esteem. Miss
Jessie Stearns, our noted elocutionist,
being present, in behalf of Mr. Bell
thanked the donors for their beautiful
gift.
The Baptist sabbath school will run
= trolley excursion to Nay Aug park
Aug. 90. Fare for the round trip, %
cents
Mr.. f. L. Craig is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. p. Travis are visit
ing relatives in New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dougherty, Of
Carbondale, visited relatives in town
yesterday.
Mrs. George S. Lyon and daughter,
Florence, of PassaiC, n. j., are the
guests of her sister, Mrs S. NJ. Rogers.
Oriental Star lodge, No. 5SS Free
and Accepted Masons will hold reg
Gar meeting tomorrow Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitchell and
daughter, Philis, of Avoca, spent sun
day as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Chapman.
Mr. w. A. Ackers, of Chicago, is
,ig,irg at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. NJ. Rogers.
Master Lee Bloes is spending a few
days with his grandparents at Vardon.
Miss Nellie Glanville leaves today to
spend a few days at Harvey's lake.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert Pierce leave
this morning for a weeks visit with
relatives at Cooperstown, n. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
The Grandest Summer Trip.

THE Highlands of Ontario" situated
north of the City of Toronto, Canada,
holds forth to the tourist and pleas
ure-seeker unlimited charms as a sum-
mer play ground and health giving re-
sort: 900 feet above sea level Easy
Of access, good hotel accommodation,
Fine boating, bathing, fishing and
hunting Perfect immunity from hay
fever. Beautiful lakes and rivers
with unexcelled steamboat service and
magnificent scenery, Write to Mr.. F.
p. Dwyer, eastern passenger agent
Grand Trunk Railway System, Dun
Building, 300 Broadway, New York, foI
handsome descriptive publications pro-
fusely illustrated and which are sent
free. Mention this paper "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
PECRVILLE.

The outside employees of the Grassy
Island colliery of the Delaware and
Hudson company on Saturday evening
presented to Mr.. Joseph G.. Bell a
beautiful reclining chair and to Mrs.
Bell a valuable rocker Mr.. Bell has
laborcd for the d. q II, at Grassy
Island thigty-three years, six years as
a mechanic and has for twenty-seven
years held the superintenGency. A
short time ago Mr., Bell was trans
ferred TO the Eddy Creek colliery,
owned by the same company. Mr.
Palmer Hollster succeeded Mr. Bell
at Grassy Island. The employees
many cf whom have served from boy
hood under Mr., Bell thought they
would like TO make manifest the high
esteem in which they held Mr.. Bell
and purchased the above token and on
Saturday evening the committee sur
prised Mr.. Bell at his pleasant resi-
dence, and before the much surprised
former superintendent had time to re-
cover he was seated in the chair and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
LAKE SHERIDAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Eisele are en-
tertaining friends from Scranton.
Mr.. Thomas Mcclure was here Sun
day i'm the interests Of a camping club.
A party Of Hyde Parkers are spend
ing some time at the Seamans cottage.
The sweet singing and mandolin
banjo accompaniment is very much ap-
preciated by the lake dwellers.
Mr., and Mrs. Baker, of Nicholson.
and Mr. Bert Warner and Wife Of New
York, were among Saturdays callers.
Mr.. John Ginader and Mr., John
Hughes spent Sunday at Mrs, Barnes
cottage, "Uneeda Rest"
Mr., and Mrs, win Boyd and Mr.
Royd's parents are summering at the
Reynolds cottage.
\ camping party consisting of
Messrs. Henry Warner, Charles Vernoy
and Wallace Mckay, have spent n
pleasant week here. Their fishing
catches are worthy Of mention.
Miss Florence Irving is at "Uneeda
Rest"
Mr.. Arthur Weinschenk, of New York
city, is spending his vacation with his
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

ticular county or district These COM
parative tables for newspapers, bill
posting and house house visitation
show that the first is not only the
most effective. but also the cheapest
medium. OF the more snowy meth
Gus there is q bewildering variety,
ranging from paper knickknacks to
huge posters. Pictures nave been used
for advertising ever since the art was
known. Only in recent years, however,
has pictorial advertisement arrived at
any refinement. Cheret, Willetta ana
Mucha revolutioniZed the poster, ana
set an example which has banlshcd
many of those puerile monstrocities
that once did service on the boardings.
How widely the new style differs from
the old is revealed by glance around
the artists gallery. Here are some
striking specimens of effective design
and color.
OF show cards, enamels and electric
signs there is an endless display
Dutch, German and French challenge
our supremacy in these departments,
and have sent many attractive eXhih-
its. The Dutch, for some reason, nave
manifested especial interest in the sub
1eCt, ana are Represented w Nv AN"N'
than ten firms. 1t is satisfactory, now
ever. to note that British firms are
unsurpassed by any Of these foreign
competitors. The brightness, novelty
and artistic finish about much OF the
work in this department should appear
to many who are not directly concern
ed in the art which it is intended TO
serve. The electric sign is one or the
latest additions to the mechanism or
advertising. How effective it can be
made at any rate, in winter-is seen
i'm the Central Hall, whore is dazzling
array OF colors and of pictures Hum
| mated by a ContrivanCe that resem-
| blas the metallic web of a music hoN
or the cardboard pattern i'll 4 jacquard
/ loom Examples are given Of window
! dressing, i'm which thCre is evidently
| abundant opportunity for uniting the
pictoral art with the material whose
uses are to be impressed upon the pun
| Ii, mind. Among other objects deserN-
ing attention are those illustrating
methods that may be employed with
advantage in railway stations ana on
tramcars and Cmnibuses. 1t VIII ne seen
from this brief survey of the contents
| of Niagara Hall that the cEhibiiion Is
likely TO be Of interest as well as SER
vice TO all who make use of public
/ advertisements i'm their business ol
/ pursuits
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
CARBONDALE.
RAILROAD WORK.
Many Men Engaged Along Route of
Honesuale Branch.

While 1t is a fact that che Delaware
and Hudson engineers secured data
upon which to base the expense ana
practicability of a tunnel under the
Moosics present indications indicate
that the subterranean road scheme has
been abandoned. All along the route
large forces of men are engaged
strengthening the route Of what was
Known as the light track from here to
Farvlew. Famous Shepherds crook
will soon be thing Cf the past as the
grading for the switohback is rapidly
progressing
The route from Farview to Waymart
has been fixed and a large number Of
men and teams We're hired last week
TO work on the building of seven
miles of railroad between those two
points.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
The Best Remedy for Flux.

Mr.. John Matthias, a well known
stock dealer of Pulaski Ky, says: AT
ter suffering for over week with fiuX,
and my physician having failed to re-
lieve me, | was advised to try Cham
berlains Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and have the pleasure of stat
ing that the half of one bottle cured
me-" For sale by all druggists. Mat
thews Bros, wholesale and retail
agents
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

wife and his parents on the Scranton
shore. Mrs. Harder is also a guest at
the same cottage.
Mrs. Browning and Miss Hartley, or
New York, were callers here on Friday.
Misses Barnes and Zerileigh ana
Messrs. Warner and Vernoy enjoyed
the Wednesday night hop at Lake
Winola
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
Boston's Largest European Mail.

From the Boston Transcript
When the Dominion line steamship cam
ada sailed for Queenstown and Liver
pool, February 1G, she carried the largest
European mail ever sent out from this
port. Nearly three carloads came ON from
New York, and there We're eighty sacks
from this city, The total amount was
l.57l sacks, being a portion Of the mail
which should have gone on the White
Star liner Gormanc from New York. A
shipment. comprising nearly 200 sacks, ar
rived after the steamer had left her
dock, and was conveyed to the Canada
lying off Boston light by a tug.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
SCHOOL MAY BE READY.

1t has been thought that owing to
the scarcity of bricklayers the addi-
tiCn to the central school building
would not be completed by the first
of September. However. Contractor
Nolan has been pushing the work dur
ing the past week and is now of the
opinion that the building will be ready
for occupancy at the opening of the
school term
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
TWO FINE ATTRACTIONS.

Lovers of good lectures are highly
pleased over the booking in the new
Century lecture course of Professor De
Motto and ReY. y. j. Stafford, ID. d.
The former charmed a Carbondole au-
dience with THE Harp of the Senses"
and the latter stands in the very front
rank of Shakespearean lecturers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
EXHIBITION OF ADVERTISING
An Interesting and Apparently End
less Display of Ingenious Methods.

~
The art Of advertising has attained
TO such diversity Of method that an
exhibition was inevitable. At Ma
CARA Hall, Westminster, may b" seen,
during the next fortnight a display of
some Of the means by which energetic
and cnterprising men keep their busi-
ness before the public, The medium
which, as the catalogue frankly ac-
knowedges, lis looked upon b. most
advertisers of sound views ana cXpo-
rienCe as that which brings most srlst
to the mill" is the newspaper. col
lection of journals is not m Itself an
overpowering attraction, YET it can be
made useful when arranged in topo-
graphical divisions, as at Niagara
Hall, and supplemented with estimates
Of the cost of advertising over a par
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
Grand Upright Pianos,
Square Grand Pianos,
5 and 8 Octave Organs

And all kinds of small musical goods will be
sold at price that will simply stagger any
person who is familiar with the price of this
class of goods. Copyright Sheet Music at 5
cents per copy. Music Books, Folios, etc.,
at quarter their actual value. Don't fail
to Call and select what you need, whether it
is the smallest musical gem or Grand Piano.
Remember, Guernsey Hall Building,
Bargain Annex 3l8 Washington Avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14

you MAY BEND THE SAPLING,
hut not the tree" When disease has
become chronic and deep seated it is
often difficult to cure it. That is the
reason why it is best to take Hoods
Sarsaparila when disease first shows
itself.
HOODS PILLS are the favorite fam
lily cathartic. ."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-14
PITTSTON NEWS.

Glen Onoko and Mauch Chunk Ex-
cursion-Injunction Proceedings
Saturday-Paving and Street Diff
ficulties-Pittston Photographed
from Glen onoko and the Switch
back.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-01-20
WANT A SCALE
Believed the Strike of Miners
Freely Predicted a Few
Days Ago
Will Not Occur. Both Sides Being
Anxious for All Agree
ment.
Joint Scale Committee Asks for
More Time Before Re-
porting.
Anxiety Of Operators to Bid on
Some Large Contracts
Will Hasten 1t.

P1TTsBURG. Jan. 2O.-The morning
session of the interstate convention of
coal operators and miners was brief.
When the convention assembled. Chair.
man Dempster announced that the joint
scale committee was not ready to re-
port, and the convention adjourned
until 2 o'clock.
1t is believed by both parties that an
agreement will be reached. The miners
desire it for the reason that they are
under great expense in attending the
convention. The operators will do all
in their power to bring it about at the
earliest possible date for various rea.
sons, the principal n Of which is that
numerous large and valuable lake con
tracts are awaiting bids, which cannot
be made until the operators know what
the mining price will be for the next
scale wear.