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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-13
Central Railroad of New Jersey

Stations in New YorS-Foot OF Liberty street,
" r., and South Ferry.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, lnsuring
cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE, N EFFECT MAY %, 1900
Trains leave Scranton for New York. Newark,
Elizabeth, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, Al.
lentown Mallch Chunk and White Haven, at $50
a M; express /. 20; express, 400 p m. Sundays,
2.l5 q. IN. ~ ~ , M
4 OO d. m Sundays, 2,l5 p. M
For Mountain Park, $50 a m, l2o, 400 p m.
Sundays, 2.lj y. m.
Tor Baltimore and Washington, and points
South and West via Bethlehem $50 a m, l.21
u. m sundays, 2.l5 D. IN.
For long BIanCh, Ocean Grove, etc, at (s.3O
through carr a. m. and l.20 p. m.
For Reading Lebanon and Harrisburg, via Al;
lcntown, $50 a. m. l.2O p. m. sundays, 2.lo
p.
FOR Pott,yille. $50 Il. m, l20 p. m.
Through tickets to all points east south and
west at lowest rates at the station.
J. H. OHLHAUSEN, Gen. Supt.
II. +. BALDWIN Gen. Pass. Agt.
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New York, Ontario and Western R. R

New York, Ontario and Western r. r.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT SUNDAY, JUNE "a,
1900
North Bound Trains.
Leave. Leave.
S,ran- Carbon Arrive
Tr,ips ton. dale. Cadosii.
5GI ..1O40 a. m. ll20 a M Los p. m.
0O} ,.. 3.45 p. m, iS2 p m. 5.i5 p. m.
507 .. q 30 p. m. Arrive Carhondale, Gao p. m.
~ South Bound Trains
Leave Leave
Cldosia Carbondale Scranton.
oo3 100 a. m. 7.i0 a. m,
ool w s. 40 a. m. 10 a. m. l0.45 a. m.
9Oj ,.. 2.O5 p. m. 3.3i p. m. 42O p. IN.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
North Bound.
Scran. Carbon. Arrive
ton. dale. Cadosia.
oo5 w S3Oa. m. 9.l0a.m. lO,45 a. IN.
o0I ~ 100 y. m. Arrive Carbondale, las p. m.
South Bound.
Cadosia Carbondale Scranton.
ona 100 a. m. 7.40 a.. m.
9OS ... .i3O p. m. 5.64 p m. 6S5 p, IN.
North and South on Main Line, at Cadosia.
Trains Nos. cO3 and 20i make Walton, Delhi,
IIpmden and Sidney connections.
Trains Nos 2O5 and 20s make Main Line con-
nections on Sunday.
For further information, consult ticket agents.
1 G. ANDERSON. Gen Pass Agt., New York
j. +. WELSH, Travelling Passenger Agent, Scran.
ton, Pa
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WANTED-TO RENT.

wANTED-BY SEPTEMBER, A SMALL SINGLE
house OF modern constructions located be-
tween Linden and Olive, jefferson and Clayi
small family. r. o. Box 420, Scranton, Pa
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of the facts, but on common sense When her
husband as major Of 4 regiment Of militia goes
rather aCademicaIly about instituting certain
reforms she says jokingly Of him: Il cannot
with all my eIoquence. persuade him either
that cheating the Government is not like cheat
ing between man and man, or that if others do
wrong. may we'll do likewise" On the
face of it. this has a sinister look But Maria
Josepha would not have allowed anybody TO
appropriate farthing that did not belong to
him. What she was driving at in her mock
reproach was simply that must not be toe
theoretical. Her husband, by dint of dog-ed
obStnacy and perseverance, accomplished his
ends. but his success takes nothing from the
credit that the lady deserved for striving to
keep his efforts in the paths Of pract!caIitv
There is a captivating note of humor. too in her
matter of fact attitude toward the affairs Of
everyday life. While still following the drum,
she sends 70 one of her friends this amusing
note episode that appealed to her sense
of what was awkward! and futile: Religion is
not the thing most attended To in respect 10 the
soldiers here. one clergyman is appointed to
read prayers to the whole brigade at this
afternoon; they are to be drawn out upon the
sands. and. there are 25.Oo0 of them. and the
wind whistles and howls fa1nousIy I recon-
mend for text. He that hath ears let him
hear a rushing. mighty noise which might
be very aprOpos for Whit Sunday is all I shouid
think that can be heard by any without a mira
Gle. 1t is really making a farce of the business
and in these times of profusion. it is a very
paltry saving to take away the chaplains from
the regiments"
1t would be unjust to this lively critic how
ever to suppose that she was all for utility and
the world we'll lost. Again and again in this
volume letters encountered revealing her
loyalty to the old sentimental traditions which
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birthday OF Maria, Gibbon observes that
that young lady "to whom every object is new
and pleasant, begins To- undraw the curtain Of
the great theatre" 10 wit, the world. He had the
utmost confidence in the judgment with which
she would survey the spectacle. Yet Maria
Joscpha blue stocking; she had no "ad-
Vauoed views; her mind was not ''masculine."
she was simply woman Of birth and breeding
who possessed infinite charm. She married a
nohicman OF some gifts. but of tastes on the
who'll domestic, and her life, for all its lcca-
sional glimpses Of great events memorable
only for the happy use she made of it, In this
second instalment Of her biography. embracing
the carly years OF her married life she is a
typical English m"tron. At the same time she
remains the woman wro was worthy to be the
friend OF Gihbon, alert. original altogether fasc-
mating.
one proof Of her rich significance for all lovers
Of friendly human creatures is the pleasure
with which the most trivial matters concerning
her ar" accepted in Miss Adeane's pages. To
one of her correspondents she says: Have you
any evening parOr work hand? because if
you have not. l want to know if you would
undertake to net a breadth of netting. the size
of he inclosed pattern. 1t is stripes for a
gown, mixed with muslin. and If | get several
friends to assist me do not think the undertake
ing VIII be very desperate as it appears at
first sight" Ordinarily editor is blamed for
asking his readers to pause upon a passage
like this. But in the case OF Lady Stanley such
details are welcome, because they give the touch
Of pure femininity which was as much a part
of her nature as the thoughtfuness that ap-
pealed to Gibbon There is something especially
pIpuant in the correspondence of q woman who
can turn from "a breadth OF netting to high
political issues, as Lady Stanley constantly did
turn, without ceasng at any moment to be en-
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tirely natural When the Peace of Amiens
comes up for discussion she touches it with
that unpretentious seriousness which is one of
the chief merits in her nature She shows us.
too, how shreWd is her vision, saying:
Everybody must rejoice. everybody almost
will think the terms as good as we could rea-
sonaby expect from such powerful adversary;
but L fancy very few pretend 10 call 1t a
glorious peace. Buonaparte is great man. and
a hero in my opinion, but anything but good
or principled man. Therefore L think it de-
pends very much upon whether peace or war
suits him best for his private ends whether it
Is lasting or otherwise. Just now l suppose il
hatterS his vanity to be called the PacificatOr
OF Europe, an certainly ne saw no immediate
prospect of conquering US Except. however,
that L don't like taxes or thousands of men
killed, am half inclined sometimes to think
that war "a tout outrance" might have been
safer for us than peace with devils. for l do
not imagine them much better yet. and the
pate de Velours' may Go more mischief to
Old England than the ''griffes decOuvertes" of
their double Chats d Enfer'
Maria Josepha always had her wits about her.
She allowed no one to frame her opinions for
her, and when she formed them she took pains to
see that they were based not only on knowledge
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Gbe Nem'Qork griba1ore.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1900.

With the pr0nouncements of Dr. Robertson
Nicoll we do not often find ourselves in agree
ment, but his protest against the contention
that the late g. w. Stevens wasted his life
III Journalism commands the warmest SYM
pdthy. 1here Is no cant more offensive than
that which appauds clever man for leaving
Tue raiiKs or journalism ito take up creative
RrltlnS. This nonsense is discovered most
frequently among the very individuals who are
demanding that newspapers should be edited
on high plane by men of culture Yet the
moment such a man begins to win n little
notice his friends clamor for his removal from
an editors chair. Nothing is too good for Jour
nalisln, and the man who perSuadps compe-
tent journalist to desert his field is doing an
Ill service to letters. Vanity is at the bottom
OF good deal of this false teaching News
paper writing must by the very nature of things
be TO large extent anonymous, and what the
plea for 'creative art" really means in nine
cases out of ten, is that the newspaper writer
should come forth and suffer himself to be
admired in his own proper person. with his
name spread large on the title pages of books
The death of Mr. Stevens was certainly de-
plorabc, and it is Impossible to stfe a wish
ihat ne had not gone to the war. But no one
VINO appreciated him could have asked him to
abandon Journalism, for which he was born
III, as every one has admitted, he rendered yalu-
able services to his profession, why, in the name
or common sense, should his retirement from
1t be desired! Especially as the demands of
Journalism, no matter how pressing never vet
kept man from doing creative work" when
he had it in him
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a recent euloGiSt Of popular author speaks
OF him as stepping forth TO join the a,royin,
company Of thoS" become famous before thirty ="
ahd refers to this period as one Of ''younl, ,,rnat
men 1t IL this Kind Of talk ahout outho-c
ana artists which does infinite harm II min
listers not only To the conccit of the n,uuI,r
laVorite, but helps to dsintegrate such stand
ARDS as Stlll manage to survive among tho
readers of the world. We will NOT attoinut +,
define greatness. There can be. no serious or,,,
meut about definitions in this matter The
quality IS unmiStakablc when ii arises Rut II
seems +" he very easy for great many people
10 make mistakes about those who do moi
possess greatness in the slightest measure
presently the word will have lost its true
meaning entirely if We are 10 allow the on
thtSIaSiS who misuse. the language to have
their way. For them Il novel is GREAT" when
IL mas run through twenty or thirty editions
ANY mant who has written a successful pI,y or
book Is Immediately dubbed great" No douht
the manufacturer who turns out millions of Mills
in tn" course of year is Il great" pill maker
1t is rathctically funny to see the abipct aGuIa-
tion with which the ino(fensivc writers. who
IN many cases would prefer to be left to pro
huce new works in peace, are constantly assured
that they are great" by hystcrical admirers
with dread from all this noise and fury. But
The chorus goes on, to the despair of every
believer in high endcayor.
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Mr. Max Becrbollm advances the proposition
that the love of words and the love Of ro-
nance cannot be happily mated" The point
Is suggestive. style this critic urges must not
get III The way of the things which go to make
4 romantic narrative The simpler the language
The better the effect. In the philosophic novels
OF George Meredith, we are told "A personal
ana deeply colorcd style is essential" but even
-Iercdth, when he comes to a scene of actual
passion, or to an exciting incident is often
quite direct ana simple in his language" One
might develop 4 beautiful theory of literary arr
from thiS starting point But unfortunately the
iheoriSt would bring up against "A solid wall of
iact ana his pretty fabric would tumble To tho.
dust. Words. we venture 10 say. ONLY get in
The way of the substance of a romantic nara
i've when the rOmancer has failed 10 learn his
business In the right hands they are of
course. an Indispensable part of the whole 0uito
aside from their character as symbols 1bcv
are living things. they have i'm them Inusfr
Charm and association. They enycIop the sense
as In n hrocaded garment. ana the sensitive
Reader would not have them unduly simpIitcd
and chaStened.
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In December, 1896 Miss Adeane published a
volume on the girlhood Of her grandmother 1t
was discursive, scrappy production but one in
which the world made acquainted with
woman so charming that the most trihng
memorials of her personality and career seemed
somehow dignified and worth having. Was she
not the friend of Gibbon? She was the daughter
of his old friend, Lord Sheffield, and he admired
her as friend worthy of his intellectual steel.
"Gibbon used to lament" wrote Lord Sheffield to
her husband. that she not boy saying she
would maintain contest well with Charles
Fox" Writing to her mother on the seventeenth
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HER LIPS.

Lady. when I behold the roses sproutinG
Which. clad in damask mantIes. deck the arbors
And then behold your lips, where sweet love
harbOrs,
My eyes present me with a double doubling:
For, viewing both alike. hardly my mind sup
poses
Whether the roses be Your lips or your lbs he
roses.
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on DUNSTONE HILL.

BY ROBERT BRIDGES
The purple mountain side, where all
The dewy night the meteOrs fall,
And the pale stars musically set
To the watery bells Of the rivulet
To one who looketh from this hill
Life seems asleep. all is so STILL
Nought passeth save the travelling shade
OF clouds on high that float and fade
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A CHARMING WOMAN.
FURTHER PAGES FROM THE BIOGRAPHY
OF LADY STANLEY

THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF MARIA
JOSEPIiA, LADY STANLEY With Extracts
from Sir John Staney's "Praeterita." Edited
by One of Their :irandchildren. Jane 4.
Adeane. Illustrated octave, PIP xviii, 46l.
LOngmans- Green & Co
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TO have revealed shortage for $3.50.
Although the postmaster went away the
Tuesday previous, his departure was not
generally known until Thursday, and
although diligent search has been
made for him no trace has yet been
found. According to statement made
by Mr.. Enteman, the alleged populations
of the postmaster have extended over
several months, the money order depart
ment being the principal loser, amount.
ing to 1920 of the total of $3.50.
The sardine canning season on the
eastern coast of Maine came to an end
on Saturday, Dec 1st, when the 60
plants were closed until next May. The
season has not been prosperous one
caused by the unusual scarcity of suita-
bly, sized fish, and as result, the pack
for the year will fall short more than
one half of last seasons canning. The
Sea Coast Packing Co, the big syndi-
cate, opened only few of their largest
canning factories this year, and they
have been run only on broken time, and
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Neal-Cummings.

The following appears 10 a Portland
paper and will be of interest to friends
of the contracting parties who reside In
Sko vinegar and vicinity.
"Miss Lora G. Cummings of Saco and
Edgar p. Neal Of Litchfield, were mar
rird in Saeo, Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Neal ia sub master in Brigham Academy
Bakersfield. W., in which institution
Miss Cummings taught several years.
Prior TO her going TO Vermont she was
assistant teacher in the Skowhegan high
school. Both the bride and groom ave
graduates of Colby, class Of '93. The
wedding took place at the home OF the
nride's mother. Mrs. j. q. Cummings,
Forest street. the invitations being con-
fined 10 immediate relatives and fe"
intimate friends. Among the guests
were Prof. G. II. Morrill,, principal OF
Brigham Academy. and his wife. The
officiating clergy man was Rev. C. X
Flanders, pastor Ut the First Baptist
church, Biddeford The bride was be.
comingly atfired in costume Of Japan.
ese silk, trimmed with chiffon. Loher
grin's wedding march WAS played by
STANLEY Cummings, young son OF Rev.
John e. Cummings, Baptist missionar,
In India. Among the many wedding
gifts received WAS picture from tbs
lady members Of the Colby class Of SO
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STATE AND GENERAL.

E. S. Dngley & Co. of Pennington
put up $4,000 cans of sweet corn and
$4,000 gallon cans of appls this season.
A rear end collision between two
freight trains on the Grand Trunk road
just above Gilead, early Monday morn
ing, resulted in the serious injury to one
man and considerable damage to rolling
stock.
Full returns of the November election
from all the States give Mckinley 1885,
GA votes, and Bryan $3.50. 796; McKin.
ley's plurality, 87771S. In 1896 McKin
ley received 7,1O7,SO4 votes and Bryan
8,6Ss, $50; McKinley's plurality, 574,224
Edward s. Robinson. for the past 35
years superintendent of the Brown
wooden mill at Foxcroft, died suddenly
at the mill, Monday. Mr.. Robinson had
been in failing health for q number of
years, but his death was caused by heart
failure.
The 7.year.o old daughter of George
Clancy Of Dresden Mills, who had been
left at home by her father to care for a
2-year. old brother, attempted to start a
fire In the kitchen stove with the aid OF
kerosene oil, Monday morning, and as a
result both children were burned to
death and the house destroyed.
Mrs. Herbert K. Crossman, aged SO
years, and her daughter, Ethel, aged
seven years, of Deering we're burned to
death In their home, Saturday after.
noon. A kettle of cold tar was being
heated. which in some way set fire to
the building. Two small boys were res
cued and rolling them In the mud ex-
tinguished the fire on their clothing.
The fire department saved the building
The record of moose shipped through
Bangor, this season, Is 1873. While the
record shows falling off in shipments
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Industrial School for Girls.

The annual report of the Maine Ii :
dustrial school for Girls has been filed
with the Governor and Council. The
following is brief abstract:
Jan. %. 1900, Miss Harriet A. Leavitt,
boston, became principal. On Feb. s,
1900, the remodeIed Flag-Drummer hall
was occupied by Is girls and 10 crowd
d condition. May "a, 1900, Erskine
hall was burned. The fire probably
originated from stove in the laundry.
The insurance, GIL ,675 is available for
rebuilding only on appropriation ny the
next Legislature. The fire made 80 girls
homeless. Some we're boarded and
o hers placed In private homes. or IL
girls admitted, % discharged and 165
now 10 the custody of the school there
has been bur one death. or the 165 now
in the school 81 are in the halls, Id
boarding, Al working for their board,
and AZ receiving wages.
The needs are a building to replace
Erskine hall. It is estimated that $10,-
500 In addition to the insurance money
will erect and furnish such building.
Farm buildings are also needed. These
will cost about %, 500. Farm tools cost
ing about 81 $50 are wanted and there lie
necessity for electric lights.
The number committed to the school
since jan, is 500; committed during the
year ending Nov. ID, 1900, II; number in
the custody of the school, Jan. l, 1900,
l76; number committed to the school
since Jan. l, 1900, IL; average age, IL
wears. The girls were sent from the fol.
lowing cities: Portland, q; Westbrook,
j; Harpswell, L; Athens, l; Lee, l; Mil
bridge, /; Randolph, l; Richmond, /;
ROckp0rt, l; Rockland, l.
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CrOwell-Lancaster.

There WAS quiet home wedding al
the residence OF Isaiah CrOweil al
Browns Corner, Csnaas. Wednesday
Nov. %, at 10 O'clock a. m. The con
tracing parties were Mr.. Henry Crowrll,
junior member OF the firm of |. Crowell
81 Son, and Miss Josephine W. Lancas
ter, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chss.
Lancaster of Canaan, two we'll know
and highly respected young peopl.
The ceremony WAS performed by N. j.
RawdinR, justice of the peace, In the
presence of sixteen of the immediate
relatives and friends of the bride ~
bridegroom. The bride wore gown oi
steel grey French p0plin with whit
chiffon trimmings and brides roses.
The groom WAS clad IN suit Of Oxfnrd
grey. After partaking Of Thanksgiv
ing dinner the happy couple departed
amid a shower Of rice and good wishe.
on a short wedding tour. The bride and
groom received quite n number of usefu
and costly presents from their MA :
friends. *%*
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no doubt, at a loss They have had
fleet of seventeen steamers In Easter n
Maine waters, looking after the supply
of herring, besides their large collection
of sail boats that have been rather ex-
pensive.
The Island of Guam was visited by a
terrific typhoon on November ID, which
wrecked thousands of houses, among
them being the headquarters of Gov.
shredder The towns of Indrajan and
Terrafero were swept away and it Is es
timatea that hundreds of the native
population In various parts of the island
met their death The cocoanut trees
were rendered worthless and the vege-
tation of the islands was killed by salt
water The storm came up in the fore
noon and swept across the island with
amazing rapidity. The U. 5. auxiliary
cruiser, Yosemite, dragged her anchor
and was driven aground and her bow
crushed in. A launch with crew of
five left the ship to find safe anchor
age for the vessel and was lost The
s'orm veered around and drove the fo
semitic to sea where she was abapdoned
after her crew had been saved and soon
after sank.
The catalogue of Bowdoin College for
1900 1901. just issued, shows total
enrolment of $50, of which number 252
are in the academic depart ment. There
are 50 seniors, 50 juniors, SO sopho'
mores, SO fresh men, and 10 special stu
dents The academic department shows
gain of IL over last year. There have
been several changes in the faculty.
Prof. &. C. Hutchins. Professor of
Physics, has returned from year in
Europe. Prof. W. A. Moody, Professor
of NJ athematics, is absent for the year,
his work being taken by Richard VI.
Andrews, A M, of the class of 1896.
Prof G. =. Calender, Phi. D, of Har
ward. takes the chair of Political Econ
omy and Sociology, succeeding Prof Fl.
g. Emery, who was called to Yale.
Prof Reginald Goodell, A. NJ, of the
University of Naine, is giving course
in spanish and assisting in the instruc-
ton in French.
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Tortured q Witness.

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he gave this evidence: II coughed every
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which gave instant relief. l have used
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At r. II. Wings Drug Store.