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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-17

John v. Wright, Law Department,
General Land Office of Tennessee. In a
letter written from Washington. ID. c.,
SAYS the following of Peruna for ca
tarrh:
IT have used Peruna in my family
and can cheerfully recommend 1t as
being all you represent. and wish every
one who is suffering with catarrh, gen.
eral debility or prostration could know
of it. I would advise all such to take
It in time and forestall the terrible
consequences. l regard 1t as most
valuable remedy, and most cheerfully
recommend It,"
Mr.. Ed. Sheehan. so Avenue 3D.. )"
Bayonne, n. j., says:
II am thirty eight years old, ma
chinist. and have been troubled with
my stomach for twenty years. could
not sleep well. My stomach always
felt heavy after eating. was very
nervous; would jump ! heard any
thing fall. l have now taken four bot
ties of Peruna and have gained fifteen
pounds in three months. l can eat
anything l want now just as l could
when boy"
Many people think that catarrh is
confined to the head. and perhaps oc-
casional cases of catarrh of the stOm-
ach. This is far from being the case.
Every organ, duct and opening of the
body is lined with mucous membrane
and is liable to catarrh or infiamma
ton. One man has catarrh of the
eyes; another catarrh of the bronchial
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A ) WAS predicted last Saturday In
these columns. prospects for
~ base ball team i'm Scranton this
IA season are bright. This last
week was especially productive
of activity that aroused interest In To-
cal ball After Mondays meeting Of
the Atlantic league at Wilkes Barre,
chances for professional nine here
began 90 assume roseate hue. Scran-
ton is wanted in the Atlantic league,
badly wanted, and this was abundantly
evidenced by the delegation which ar
rived from Wilkes Barre to confer with
Scranton enthusiasts. President Hor-
ace Fogel. Secretary Zimmerman and
others comprised the party and all were
sangune of success in their endeavors
to place a team here.
NJ. T.. Sanders and j. l.. Kern have
undertaken the work OF getting sub
scriptiOns to support team. and in
the past week have met with great
success. Several offers have already
been made by enterprising managers
to take charge of a nine one of whom
has a team under reservation which
has won the pennant in the New Eng
land league twice in the last three sea-
sons and which he would transfer To
Scranton. SANDY" Griffin. the popular
Eastern league outfielder. last year
with Syracuse. who formerly managed
a ball team in this city, has put In a
bid for the management, and is thought
of for the position.
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or useu III suc'' Mrs; u. rt'
cases anu IL therefore i"' lily "'"''
est endorsement. 49,,
MIR. L. N. COSBY, \aie MIL iehN''
writes
rive years ago l contracteu VIZ
pau .ase u, ~, n,"nSy .,yo,,oa ,, :, dio hw ali
patlon: l was ekpecteo .o uic Wy al az
my irienus' pu. to .h1 suit VI '''
sun i've, tnanks 10 reruia, ,,,,.,o,o
MI san'uei oa'oe's' VI p's s'"""'e'
MO-. says .,-
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PECKVILLE.

Messrs. w. :. BlOes and William
Bonner are not in the race for the
postmastership.
Conner Reese is AN aspirant for the
Peckville postmastership.
District Deputy Supreme Archon
William Allen and the following mem :
bers of Peckville Conclave, No. 36S,
Improved Order Heptasophs, installed
the officers of Conclave No. $50, at
Archibald, Thursday evening. The
members We're royalty entertained at
the smoker given by the Archibald con-
clava after the installation. Those
present from here were: G. III.
Beattys. G. G. Jenkins. Robert Bur-
leigh. Thomas Ruane, II. w. HofIeck-
er, James W. Smith and William Gum.
Peckville Conclave, Improved Order
Heptasophs, has postponed their public
installation from Thursday evening to
Monday evening, February 20.
John Griesdale was visitor at
Ararat Summit yesterday.
Peckvlle Baptist church-Rev. J. S.
Thomas, pastor. Services tomorrow at
1880 "a. m. and . p. m. Morning SUBJ
ject Christ Unknown Among His
Nearest Friends" Evening subject:
"A Comparison of Values" Sabbath
school at 1l.S0 a. m, All are welcome.
Services in Presbyterian church Sum
day at 1890 a. m. and ! y. m. Rev. :.
H.. Moon, ID. d., pastor, Subjects;
Morning, Redeemed From the Curse"
evening, "The Woman of Samaria." ("
All welcome.
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With the CheSSmen.

A CHESS club has at last been es-
~ tablshed on a firm basis in Scran-
ton, and from now on this city
will be represented in the chess arena
by an aggregation of talented and
clever players. The club was organ
lied last Saturday evening at the home
of Robert Adams. on Clay avenue,
when large number of local players
came together and elected as president
Colonel F. l.. Hitchcock, and as secre-
tary Professor William Schimpff. The
club will meet at the houses of the diff
ferent members and in time will play
match games with representatives of
Wilkes Barre and Tunkhannock.
Saturday a handicap tournament
was begun between the members of
the club, they being divided into three
classes. Thursday the second game i'm
it was played AT the home of f.. b.
Sherwood, on Mfflin avenue. At pres
ent there are about fifteen or sixteen
gentlemen in the association. but more
are expected to swell its ranks.
Among the members are Professor
:. Friedewald. one of the best players
in the state; Edmund Bartl. William
Schimpff. f.. G. Worden. Colonel +. l..
Hitchcock. +. Welch, of Jermyn: Rob-
ert Adams. T.. B. Sherwood, w. j.
Northup. j. L. Wagner, MIR. Miller,
Mr.. Loveland. Wilson Bailey and Leo
Schimpff. Much interest has been
aroused in the game. and a lively chess
season is expected.
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Strikes and Spares.

TUESDAYS bowling contest in
Wilkes-Barr between the West
End club and the Bicycle club
proved "a defeat for the local players.
but a very easily excused and mild
one. The game was only lost by sew
enty-eight pins. although Captain
Wardell and. Ritz were both out of the
game. Van Wormer and Taylor. how
ever. who took their places, put up
very strong games. Davis, of Wilkes
Barre, was high man with 1SS. Green
being next with 1S3, and Worden. of
Scranton, making $50. The latter has
played the Bicycle clubs best game so
far in the season. but none of the men
have quite struck their gait yet
Monday night the second team of the
Bicycle club and of the Elks played on
the latter's alleys and the club men
were victorious by a total of forty
four pins. Both of these teams are
playing splendid games, the Bicycle
club rollers In particular. Recently
their first team was played, three
games being rolled, and the second
team defeated by only eight pins. In
Mondays match. Mitchell, of the Elks,
was high man, with 2O5 The members
VI Tie NIClOTlOuS team MOOTt,
Tor. Van Wormer, Foley and DR.. Cor
ser. Peter Zeigler is captain of the
Elks' team.
Look at these scores, ye bowling en-
thusiasts of Scranton. and marvel.
They occurred last Monday evening in
Chicago. the home of bowling. and are
certainly beauties. The Washington
and Phoenix teams met. and the form
er team won the series, but the Phoe-
nix men had the honor of making the
highest score yet rolled in the West
by five men, 1,050. Cresswell, of their
team, was high man. with $50, and
Hamm, another player, had 249. In
this game one unfortunate player COW
| cred himself with disgrace by only
making SO, with two strikes and eight
spares, but every other man had over
| 200. Cresswell made nine strikes and
| one break, thus securing his $50, Ruth
er had 209. and Thompson and Eddy
POI apiece. Their opponents in this
| game had two double hundred scores
Bangart making 221 and Brill 206.
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Some are born musically deaf some
achieve music deafness and some have
music deafness thrust upon them. The
number of those who are born without
the power to hear and in measure
appreciate the soul of nature, for that
good music really is, is as small as
of all sense of hearing. Those who
achieve music deafness by the simple
process of closing the ears to it's every
form, and those who have it thrust
upon them by their environment, are
very much in the majority. There is
a cure, however, for deafness of the
varieties last named, and that is the
occasional treatment of the afflicted
person to a course of music of the
better sort. / know Of no local event
which will SO please those who can
already hear and understand and
real pleasure as the concert Of the
Scranton symphony Orchestra society
which occurs at the Lyceum on the
evening of the o6th inst The pro-
gramme has been we'll selected and is
certain to give great satisfaction.
Beethoven's Eighth symphony in T.
major. designated by ITS author as
The Little One" appears first upon
the programmes. The very term SYM
phony has an affriglting sound to
many ears. Let those who fear do as
! direct and l guarantee To them an
understanding of this beautiful and
quaint composition.
Give yourself up To the music. open
your senses, and, il nee essary to avoid
distraction, close your eyes, and some
conception of the great composers
meaning will certainly come to You.
This is what the Eishth symphony
means to me.
1t is a fairy court i'm some woodland
depth, The king is bo.sterous, hasty,
but withal a parsonage of overflowipg
jollity. In the first allegro the melo"
dies of the fairy folk are interrupted
by the rough banter of the old king
The fun grows apace and the king at
length repeats the fairy song with an
irresistibly comic effect. This passage
Beethoven inimitably interprets with
the grave bassoon. The bursts Of
laughter that follow this and the other
humorous passages shake every leaf
in the wood. A novice seeks to be
heard. His companions listen until
six notes have passed and then he is
brushed into silence with a violent
Pooh. Pooh." He perseveres, how
ever, and the movement ends with the
novice still singing his little strain.
The Allegretto Scherzando is the
shortest of all Beethoven's slow move-
ments. 1t abounds i'm indoleIt beauty
and in graceful fun making. The fairy
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likely to provoke dispute and cohtro-

likely to provoke dispute and cohtro.
verSy
Pronounced opposition to the presi-
dents free trade policy in connection
with Puerto Rican products is mani
fest. and it is probable that he viii not
insist upon his accommodation in
that direction. While the president is
a man of very strohS convictions, he
is far from being above the suggestions
and Judgment and opinions of party
leaders. 1t was strongly intimated TO-
day that he would not interfere In any
way against the rejection of his policy
1t has been subjected to very severe
and unjust criticism and much OF the
adverse opinion has emanated from
high Republican sources. But an eX-
haustive study of the whole question
has removed all doubt from his mind
that the policy suggested in his mes
sage to congress is absolutely right
and that time will vindicate his judg-
ment. The house will consider the
Puerto Rican question next week. and
it will be another week of common
place and Irrelevant discussion.
IN THE SENATE,
The order of business in the senate.
following the vote on the financial
bill will be determined by Republican
caucus tomorrow. The main contest
for precedence is between the Quay
case and Hawaiian territorial bill.
One is the highest question of priv
ilege and the other is matter of ur-
gent national importance, Senator
Cullom is leading in the fight to give
the Hawaiian question precedence. and
it is not because he thinks the less of
Quay for he is an avowed Quay man.
The conditions in Hawaii seem to
make immediate legislation an impera-
| tive necessity and this fact may DOS
| sibly operate to Mr.. Quays disad-
vantage in the matter of consideration,
| If the debate can be confined two or
three days, and that is the understand
| ing, the Quay case will be given the
| right of way
| So it is probable that a vote may be
| reached by next Monday Pennsy.
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folk are on their best behavior and
the king is asleep.
The third movement is a minuet and
trio. With courtly grace and gentle
dignity the princess and .princesses
curtsey and bow In old schSol gallan-
try and sweep through the graceful
measures of the fine old dance.
The finale is the movement oi the
symphony. Melody is succeeded by up
roar and that by melody again. Th"
second subject of this movement is rf
ineXpressible beauty. \ soft, sweet
air is repeated and finally transformed
until it seems to mount into the very
sky. The last passage in this move
ment is fast and furious frolc. The
court is mad with riotous fun. Beeth-
oven is in a condition described by
himself as "aufgeknopft' unbut-
toned. He is thoroughly at ease. 'rha
king, typifed by the bassocn and his
courtiers, represented by the drums.
minsle their laughter and their jokes
with the more delicate humor of the
others. a burlesqued repetition of tn"
lovely second subject by the cello ani
bassOS produce a ludicrCus effect In
that passage. Finally, 70 repeated calls
of the trumpeters, order ensuCs ana the
revel ends. 90
The second orchestra number is. Dan
Protheroe's IntermezZp from his dra ;,
matte cantata, st. Peter" It's h
worthy and II beautiful composition.
| shall speak of it to greater length
at some future time.
AS Il concession to a general request
the orchestra will play the impressive
Coronation March" from Meycrbecr's
La Prophetic" The LAST orchestra
number is the overture from Auber's
dainty opera, ''rhe Bronze Iiorse."
This is music OF the light ana catchy
sort, but withal so skillfully and mus
sically done that criticism from the
classicists is impossible. As Rossini
says, "Auber may have produced light
music, but he produced il like great
musician" Those who love quaint and
delicate turns of musicianly fancy viii
find in this composition exquisite
pleasure.
Evan Williams, the soioist of tn.
symphony Orchestra society's last
concert, has again been secured, His
first number is "Walther's Prize Song"
from "Die Meistersing,r." His second
is the tenor aria Lend Me Your
Aid" by Gounod, and is to be sung by
special request AS Mr.. Hemberser
expresses it: "if Evan Williams will
be in as good voice or the 26th as ne
was at the last concert we can ask
no more" This fine artist is a pro.
nounced favorite in Scranton, and that.
in itself, SAYS much FOR Sc,antons
musical discrimination.
Theodore Hemberger has laborad
faithfully and well for the cause of
good music in Scranton. As conductor
of the Scranton symphony Orchestra
society he has accomplished wonders.
IContinued on Page l0.I
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CATARRH ATTACKS ALL INTERNAL ORGANS. Y
Head, Throat Lungs, Stomach, Bladder -Peruna Cures
Catarrh Wherever Located.

to use my name to further the sale of
your remedy"
A remedy to cure catarrh of these
different organs must be a remedy that
acts directly on the mucous membranes
lining these organs. 1t must be an in
ternal systemic remedy. 1t Is claimed
for Pcruna that 1t cures catarrh wher-
ever located. The following unsolicited
words from the people indicate whether
this IL a true statement or not:
MIR. II. p Faltz. of Silverton. Va,
writes the following
"Peruna is just what you and others
recommend 1t to be. used your Peru
ma for catarrh of the eyes according to
your directions, and l am now well.
My eyes were red and | couldn't stand
the sunlight. The lids of my eyes were
thick, and some mornings I couldn't
open them. At times 7 couldn't see out
of one Of them. I tried every remedy
could hear Of and then failed.
"The first bottle OF Peruna did me
more good than all the rest of the med
icines I had taken. | used only four
bottles and now l am a well man. I
am telling others what it has done for
me-"
Mrs. Bertha Ferguson, Superinten-
dent Free Dispensary. of Brooklyn,
writes the following letter from 1856
/ Lawrence street. Brooklyn. n. Y:
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Winter Sports.

THE THICK ice at Lake Scranton
has proved IA boon to Scranton
hockey players. and a team has
been organized, which. so far, has
played two games with clubs from
Wilkes-Barre and has proved VIC
torious in both instances. The mem-
bers of the team are John Brooks,
+. G.. Fuller. w. Wolf James Blair, IL.
Griffin, o. Wolf and Professor Young.
of the School of the Lackawanna Two
weeks ago a game was played at Har-
vey's lake between the Scranton and
Wilkes-Barr teams, which the local
boys won by "A score of 10.
The winning point was scored Just
before play closed and was made on a
handsome drive. Last Saturday the
Wilkes-Rarre men were expected to
come here and play at Lake Scranton,
but only few of their players made
their appearance, and as result the
Scranton men played Il picked team.
which they defeated by a score of
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Among the PugS.

THE SEVERE punishment given to
Joe Goddard, the Barrier Cham
q pion." by Sailor Tom Sharkey
Tuesday night. was far from uneXpect-
ed. and is only another instance of the
great fighting power possessed by the
brawny Irishman. Goddard was never
in the battle. ana although h made Il
plucky effort, his opponent was far.
far too much for him. AM pound, i
him almost at will.
On May 10 "a great fight will take
place at Coney> Island. when Jim Je:
fries, the present heavyweight cham
pion, will meet eX-Champion James j.
Corbett. "POmpadOur Jim" has not
been i'm the ring since his defeat at
Carson City by Bob Fitzsimmons, but
has kept in form and is prepared to
give the big boilermaker a run for his
money. COrbett is regarded by many
people as the best ring general in the
United States, and although not as
tall or heavy as his giant opponent, Is
nevertheless of a magnificent physique,
and his greater activity will offset the
disparity in size. The fight was orig
inally scheduled for San Francisco
and the National Athletic club of that
city is rather nettled over the change
in the scene OF combat and contem-
plates an action for breach of promise
against Brady and Considine. the man
ayers of Jeffries and Corbett
Bob FitZsimmons is once more in the
ring. His Amazon-like wife has alb
solved him from his promise to quit
lighting, and. like Roderick IDhu, the
lanky Australian is in the field against
oil Taff ff,ia hn
or Mccoy would be eagerly met by
him. but as for Corbett, he scornfully
rejects any overtures from him and
has remarked that "he would have to
get reputation first
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The SOLID SOUTH
FAVORS EXPANSION
EXTINCTION OF NEGRO VOTE
HAS SOME COMPENSATION.
In Spite of the Efforts of MI. Bryan
the Residents of the Southern
States Are in Favor of Expansion.
Busy Week in Congress-Hawaiian
Affairs May Postpone the Quay


special to the SCial ton tribune.
Washington. Feb. 1G.-I'ossible the
Republican party made Il mistake
when ii gave the negro the right to
vote. Republican leaders now seem
to think so. and the result seems to
justify that conclusion. Through one
method or another the negro has been
c,isfranchsed in the southern states.
The negro is helpless. He either faces
the muzzle of Il shotgun, If he attempts s
to vote. or he is allowed to vote and
Is counted the way he didn'. vote. Ne
votes the Republican ticket and his
vote is counted IS the Democratic
election board Cor the. Democratic
ticket. He can't help himself. and this
thing has been going on so long that
the negro voter has become practically
extinct.
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THE KoNJE.

The konje smote the blithcrgong.
And scrooned the trencherloon;
And treked the busy day along,
And veiled the wintry moon.
The kopje caught 1t In the Mex,
And froomed the laagers all;
Then calmly fiimmed a quart of sec,
And lodged the Lancers tall.
The kopje Is a frumous sight
That's rarely seen by men;
It's here at dawn, it's gone at night
And then it's back again!
buffalo News.
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Edition de Luxe.

We have a limited number of copies
of DR., Humphreys Manual, in white
and gold, that will be sent free, Tells
about the care, treatment and cure of
the sick in all maladies. A chapter
especially on the Diseases of Children.
Address
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine CO.,
Cor. William a. John SITS, New York.
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THE COMPENSATION.

The negro is not a taxpayer, ana will
never become one. There is no pride
Of citizenship i'm the race. As a race ii
can never outlive the condition of vas
salage that made human slavery an
American institution. The negro prac-
tically soldifes the south, but with
out the negro as political fac
tor can the political unity in that Sec
| tion be maintained? Southern preach
ers, especially of the Methodist and
BAPTIST denominations are. under
stand, pretty good politicians. They
not only direct public sentiment, but
| make it ON public questions. And it
| is accepted as very wholesome intlu-
ence. No longer dreading the negro
vote: happy that it has been elinin-
ated as 4 factor in southern civilza-
ton and advancement. the preachers
| are discussing the expansion question.
With few exceptions they seem to
agree with the Republican policy of
permanent possession in the Philip
| pine acquisition. A noted southern
| Methodist preacher, has written a pri-
| vate letter on this subject that is CIV
| ing southern cOngressmen something
to think about. The letter is private
| and was not intended for public'tion
and will not be published withou. the
writer's consent. Without giving the
| name or state of the writer The Trib-
une correspondent is permitted to quote
| a brief extract Il observe says the
| writer. IAN unmistakable tendency on
the part of the Democratic leaders to
antagoniZe the presidents policy of
| Dacitication and ultimate territorial
|
Philippine islands. This 7 regard u
fatal political blunder from the view
point of practical politics. 1t is an
egregious blunder from any American
standpoint. The plain people are not
talking much as yet,e but they are
doing a lot of very serious thinking.
So far as my information goes and
you know my opportunities and facili-
ties for getting information the talk
of hauling down the flag in the Phil
ippine islands is regarded by them.
without regard to antecedent politics,
as desecration to the flag and an in
suit to American manhood. You would
be surprised at the extent of this feel
ing in the country where it is common
~ understood that the politicians do
the thinking for the people On this
subject exactly the reverse is true.
THERE'S an overwhelming Bryan senti-
ment among my people, but with all
al ..,i', I've ,aiI'o. oi''ns .ne
| of American exnansion Mr. Rrvan
imagines a distinction between expan-
sion and imperiaIism. but to the most
of us it seems to be a distinction with
ont a difference"
The letter was written ,o a promi
nent divine in WASHINGTON who oh
| tanned the yriter,s narmission 70 chou.
il to the nresidant Con,inr FROM, o,a
of the most eminent southern nreac :
ers. the president read the letter with
deep interest and EXPRESSED q bipb an
preciation of it's contents Rrvan is
now doing missionary work in tho
south and from all ronorts or hi.
speeches he has evidently hoard some
thing dron on tbe exn,nsion business
T.. Now for the first time sirce tho ra-
construction days the sontb.rn na,-
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g IT.

''Seventy-Seven" consists of small
vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest
pocket.
"Seventy-Seven" restores the
checked circulation indicated by chill
or shiveD, starts the blood coursing
through the veins and so stops a fresh
Cold and breaks up" n stubborn Cold
that "hangs on" and known as La
Grippe.