THE SCRASTON TRIBUNE MONDAY M02ND? O, JUNK 1 5, 1896. HAVE YOUR Serge or Summer Clothes MADE TO ORDSR BY THE FRANK T. CARROLL CO., Coal Exchange Building. WYOMING AVENUE. EASTERN LEAGUE BASE JjALL GAMES Rata Interfered with the Schedule Here and at Wilkes-Barre. ROCHESTER WON FROM CINCINNATI In a Sanday Game at RbcaesterWa Ten-Inning Coutrt--Providencc and Springfield Lout on Their Own (rouuds Saturday-Rochester Is Here Today. Vesterday's Results. Rochester 3 Cincinnati a fiuturday's Result. Buffalo 13 Providence. Toronto Springfield 4 Rochester at Scranton, rain. Syracuse at Wllkes-Barre. rain. No cames were played between East ern league clubs yesterday, though Ro chester was repaid for Its trip home by defeating the Clnclnnatis of the na tional league by one run In a ten-inning giime. Rain prevented the games scheduled for Rochester here and Syra cuse at Wilkes-Barre Saturday. Buf falo won from Providence In a heavjr hlttlng contest. The Canadians defeat ed the Pontes quite handily. Perreutuico Record. P. w. u l'.C. .7fi .I'M .tar. .537 .50 .9 .357 .314 rrovlde'neo 37 23 Rochester -" Toronto 37 22 Huffalo 41 22 Syracuse 34 17 Springneld 39 14 Wllkes-Barre 37 13 Scrant'in 35 11 1" 14 15 1 17 24 24 Today's Etntern League Games. Rochester at Scranton. Syracuse at Wilkss-Barre. i Buffalo at Providence. Toronto at Sprlngtleld. ROCHESTER DEFEATS CINCINNATI. The Reds Treated ton Sample of How Unite Bull Is flayed in the Eastern. Rochester, June 14. The Rochester Eastern league club defeated Cincinnati, of the National league, today by the score of 3 to 2. It took ten innings to decide the con- SATURDAY'S GAMES. TorontoSprlnglleld. Springfield, Juno 13. Dlneen was an enigma to the Siiriiicflelds this afternoon, five scattered hits being all they could negotiate from his curves. Score: R.H. hi. Toronto 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 9 12 S 8lrlnKtleld 0U2O200OO 4 5 5 Batteries Dlneen and Dowse; Coughlln and Leahy. Umpire-Swartwood. lluflhlo-Providencc. Providence. June IS, The Buffalo club defeated the Providence Grays by a slnglo run In a hard fought batting contest to day. Score: R.ll.K. Providence 3 13 0 112 1 0-12 14 S Buffalo 7 0302001 -13 14 Baterles Horlson and Dixon; Wads worth und Urquhart. Umpire Docschcr. NATIONAL LEAGUE. No Sunday games were played. Sat "'urday' results sent Boston down from fourth to fltth and brought Cincinnati up a peg. Baltimore, Cleveland and Philadelphia lost. It was a bad day for the home teams. I'crccntngc Record. P. W. L. P.O. Piiltimore 45 28 17 JM2 ricvclan.l li 28 10 .I9 Philadelphia 48 28 20 .W.3 Cincinnati 48 28 tW .M Boston 44 25 19 .5113 Washington 43 23 20 5;!5 Pittsburg 44 23 21 .523 Brooklyn 48 24 22 ,oi2 Chicago 18 21 2 M New York 47 20 27 .424 81. Louis 49 18 31 X Louisville 15 10 35 .222 Saturday Gumes. At Brooklyn R, r.rcoklyii 0 Cleveland 5 H. 12 8 K. Batteries Brooklyn, Kennedy and Orlmj Cleveland, Cuppy and O'Connor. Umpire Kmsllc. At New York R. H. E New York 8 13 Pittsburg 10 17 Batteries New York, Clark and Wilson; Pittsburg, llawley and Merrill. Umpire Campbell. At Baltimore II. H. K, Baltimore, 4 11 Chicago 17 15 Batteries Baltimore, Pond and Clarlte; Chicago, Terry and Donahoe. Umpire- Sheridan. At Philadelphia- R. H. K Philadelphia 10 5 Louisville 3 14 Batteries Philadelphia, Lucid ar.d Orady; Louisville, Frnzer and Miller. Vm plre Hurst. At Boston R. H. 13, ' Boston 1 8 Cincinnati 0 11 Bat terfes Boston, Sullivan and Tenny Cincinnati, Ehret and Vaughn. L'mplre Lynch. At Washlngton-iNo game. STATE LEAGUE. Easton Club Said to Be Ready to Quit the League. .It looks as though the State league would go to the wall. The situation aa revealed In the following dispatch will certainly be the last atraw If Mil llonalre Markle refuses to lay out any more' money on the already shaky league. i Easton, June 18. The directors of the Easton base ball club are to meet and hold a special meeting tomorrow, and It is said that the purposo Is to ronslder the advls ability of disbanding the club, owing to poor support. The club has not made Us guarantee In but one game this week. At Easton R.H.E, Easton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2- 6 10 Athletics 100120003-7 7 Batteries Gray and Klnsella; Eyeler and Bchaub. ' Umpire Elsenhower. At Shomokln , R.H. E Shamokin ......4 1 J 1 0 1 0 0 0-10 12 Lancaster 8 (000302 -13 13 Batteries Ames and Mtlllgan; Yeager . and Roth, Umpire Hornung. At Hasleton Pottsvllle-Haxleton game postponed on account of rain, OTHER SATURDAY GAMES. At Orange- R.H.E SOrange A. C.........0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 0- lit Krwnort 000001000-1 3 Batteries Westsrvelt and Cumlngs; Gal lachsr ana urant. At Jasper Oval R.H.E. Manhattan College.! It(t0llt-S I Cuban X Giants. ...0 3020101-T1I 3 Batteries Drlscoll and O'Kelley; Seldea and Smith. At Washington. X. J. R.1I.E. Washington 0 i 1 0 0 S S 20 13 4 Chelsea College ....2 UOOOSOOO 4 1 S Batteries Sullivan and Cox; McSerley and Miller. At Middlotow . Wesleyan Sophomores. .9 30110010 t Weslrftin Freshmen.. .4 0 0 3 1 1 0 7 0-It At Hornellavllie R.H C Hornellsville S 000000106 4 Corning 3 0201000 1 7 13 4 Batteries Glllon and Kelly: Priest and Ba rkley. At Montclalr- R.H.E. Montclalr A. C 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 10 3 Kiml.-wood K. C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 5 4 B;it terfes Terry and English: Weatcr- vclt and Duryee. At Wllllamstown R.II.K. Williams 0 2 0 10 ! 2 0 0 IS W 1 Laureates 0 00 1000001 S 13 At Danville R.H.E. Bloomsb'g Normals. 3 000130007 6 3 Danville 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 0- 9 4 S Batteries Aldlnger Hnd Riley; Hummer nd Klase. Umpire Ward. ROCHESTER TODAY. The Club Comes Here Swelled with Its Victory Over Cincinnati. Rochester comes here today. It will be the first game played by Dan Shan non's Brownies In this city this Beason. If the weather Is full- It is probable that large crowd will see the game, on Shannon's account, on account of the several familiars on the team and es pecially In view of the club's victory over Cincinnati yesterday. Scranton has ho:os of winning. The Barons may be expected to show a new and more spicy spirit under "Sandy" Grlllln, the new manager, and with Har per In the box they will play under great encouragement. Johnson should be in condition to pitch a winning game to morrow, so if the Barons win today it Is highly probable that they will cap ture the second game. The game prevented by rain Saturday will be played Friday, an open date, a day when Rochester would have been lying Idle at Wllkes-Barre. LEAGUE "CAST 0FFS.' .Host or Present Champions Have Been Released by Some Club. There is one word In the lexicon of a base ball game thnf Is wofully miscon strued. "Cast-off" Is meant. In Quakerdom the Scribes and Pharisees can not forgive the Reds for the trounc- Ings they gave their own pet sluggers. Horace Kogel says: "The Clnclnnatis furnish an illustration of what good team work by Inferior players can ac complish againHt poor team work by an aggregation of stars. The differ ence between the Phillies and Clncln nutis Is that the former are an aggre Ration of stars, who do not play ball, while the latter are a lot of cast-offs, who pull together for victory." That s rather a broad assertion, but to make himself clear, this Keystone sage draws diagram. He continues: " 'Cast-offs' may Bound strange, but the term Is more applicable to Cincinnati than to any other of the league teams. With the exception of Miller, Peltx and Mc Phee and possibly one or two others all the Clnclnnatis ure so-called cast-offs. Burke Is a Philadelphia and New York cast-off; Hoy is a Washington cast-off; Ewing is a Now York and Cleveland cast-off; Smith is a Brooklyn cast-off Dwycr and Irwin are Chicago cast-offs; Gray Is a Philadelphia cast-off; Fore man Is a Baltimore cast-off; Vaughn Is Louifivllle cast-off; Rhines was cast off by Cincinnati, and lost year and the season before rone of the minor league clubs wanted him, but, though Individ ually Inferior, these men are collective ly playing superior ball Just now to the Philadelphia stars (?) and they deserve all the more credit for It." Every player now under contract to a league club who once drew salary from another league aggregation, if. according to this sweeping arraign ment, "a cast-off." The "stars" who were so bedlmmed that they didn't twinkle for a week have a cast-off or two among them. Dan Brou titers. Jack Boyle, Willie McGlll and Con Lucid what, oh, what are they? Using the same measure, Baltimore classes above Cincinnati as a haven of refuge for the rejected. Brooklyn gave a quit claim to Billy Keeler, Pittsburg threw In Joe Kelley to complete a deal. Louisville turned tvc-r Hugh Jennings and St. Louis counted Walter Brodle and Ar thur Clarkson. out. Charley Esper and George Hemming have all been bobbing around like corks 011 the surface of a mill pond, and Jack Ryan, just rcl?ased by Boston, has been grabbed. One might run through the roster of the twelve and find examples enough to fill a column without the use of leads. HURT IN PRACTICE. Billy Iitish Says .More Players Arc In jured There Thnn in Games. 'More players are Injured during practice work than In the game," says Billy Lush. "This Is due altogether to carelessness. When I was practicing In Rochester last year I ran for a fly knocked me by Delehanty. The ball crushed Into the second finger of my left hand, breaking and damaging it so badly that I was crippled for the re mulnder of the season. If I had held my hands properly I would not have been hurt. It taught me a lesson, and when 1 practice now I am as careful as If I were playing." "Turkish baths are death to pitcher's effectiveness If he goes In the box a few hours after emerging from the hath," says Charley King. "In 1889 I played on the St. , Louis Browns, in the old American association, and lort one of my games 'through the weak ness that came of a Turkish bath. contracted a bad cold and a physician advised me to boll It out by the Turk' ish application. I followed his advice. and the next day pitched against Kan sas City. I was fairly effective till the ninth inning, during which I became faint and dlzsy, and the Cowboys past ed mo for eleven earned runs. Charley ComUkey and Tom McCarthy finished up the Inning In the box.". "I have never seen Amos Rusle's like as a pitcher," says Jim McQulre. "Rusle had all the requirements of a twlrler speed, command and curves. ' His curves were aa fast as the speedy ball of the average pitcher, and he could get himself out of a tight place where other pitchers failed with three balls against him. KubIo would fool the batsmarl out of walking to first by whistling the next over the plate, com pelting hta victim to strike at the ball or have a strike called on him. Rusie'i great powes was hta command of the ball, and no one knr It better than the batsmen. That ta why h retired so many nien after two or three ball and no strike were vailed on him." NEW CATCHER'S MASK. W orks wila a Spring and Dees Not Have to Be Removed for foals. From the Buffalo Enquirer. Every attendant at base ball games has noticed how much a catcher's mask Is In his way when he runs to catch a foul ball, or when he goes to the plate to receive a thrown ball to head off a runner. He must first throw the mask off and then run the chance of stepping on It or stumbling over It Then, when the play Is over, there Is a delay of two or three minutes while he readjusts his cap and mask. What would you think of a mask that can Instancy be thrown up and out ot the way, like the visor of a helmet, ana which can be as quickly brought in place again before the catcher'a face. Such a mask, however, has been Invent ed, and by a Hartford (Conn.) man, and all who have seen It declare It will un doubtedly supersede the old masks. It is the invention of William Cray, who. way back In the days when Billy Bar- nle caught for the Hartford club, con ceived the Idea that a mask to protect the catcher's face would be a good thing. His idea was then laughed at by ball players and others Interested In the game, so he did nothing with it. Not long after that a Harvard man In vented and put on the market just such mask. Now every catcher wears one when playing up under the bat. Some time later Mr. Gray Invented and pat ented the catcher's pad, which Is now universally used. His latest invention, the Improved mask. Is well protected as to patents. Manager Barnle and Catch er Smith, of the Hartford team, have examined the mask and both are cer tain that Its general adoption is sure. It Is as much of an advantage over the old mask as that was over no covering at all for the face. The mask Is attached to the pad frame by pivot Joints. The pad frame Is held firmly on the catcher's head by the usual arrangements of straps. When the catcher wants the mask to cover his face, he lets It down and It Is held In place by a spring. If a foul Is popped up In the air, a touch of the hand throws the mask instantly up and back, leaving the catcher's vision free from Interference. He loses no time In running for the ball and avoids also the risk of stumbling over a mask thrown on the ground. The mechan Ism is of the simplest kind, there being nothing to get out of order. Its sim plicity Is one of Its chief recommenda tions. DIAMOND DUST. Harper and Berger will be today's bat tery. Willie Shannon has been given nis re- ease by Manager Burns. Providence will play a game at home next Sunday with the Washington .N Hnnal leairue team. .Mrs. Tim Keefe, the charming wire or the umpire, travels with Tim, and wit' nesses all the games. The Washingtons now have as strong pitchers as any team In the major league, Is the opinion of Nick Young. Rochester defeated Cincinnati. Now u Scranton defeats Rochester . But Uie thought if it makes one's hair curl. When Theodore Breltenstem began pitching for the Browns in '91 he weighed 125 pounds. Now he tips the beam at m, Sodcn has offered to return wiuie Mains o the Lewlston cum for Hiuu, jubi ins iniount the Boston club paid for his re. lease. Dexter, the promising young outfielder of the Loudsville club, was a reporter on the Evansvllle (Ind.) Tribune when Mc. C'loskey signed him. Win Mercer has the pitching record ot he season. He has won thirteen out of sixteen games pitched, In one of which he whs assisted by German. Bill McGunnJgle is seeking free adver tising in Baltimore. He made a cash offer or Hughey Jennings that Ed Hanlon de L'llnde with a grin and a wink. Waldron, of the Pawtucket club, Is tha sensational outfielder In the New England eavue, and Is considered fast enough to 10M up his end in the big league. It is stated on good authority that Rusie h about ready to give up his light against the New York club and will try to make tiiu best possible terms for his return to he fold. Judging by the way the Eastern league I nbs are reaching out after all the avail able big league material, the Eastern league salary Jimit must be a dead letter, nnori-ing Ljiie. It is rumored that President Powers wants Charley Morton for his staff of uni ires. The ex-manager is at home at pres. nt nursing a bioken arm, sustained In a fall. Sporting Life. Pitcher McFarlan will be a dead ringer for "Old Hobs" Vlckery when he adds few more pounds weight. He has the wme action, the same disposition, 'evident- y, and walks and bats Just like Vic Sporting Times. "Ball players may talk back tartly to ore another on the Held, and give each other a prod in the ribs during a game, but these little tricks never create enmities. and are forgotten as soon as the game is over, says Tommy Dowel. Unless the New York club takes Imme dlate steps to strengthen the pitching de partment," says the Sun, "the team can not be expected to move up In the list It Is said that Dohcny may be unable to Ditch again this season, and Meekln Is suffering from a split finger. With Dad Clarke the only man to be depended upon. it Is hr.rd to see haw the team can meet with success." A Sioux City, la., dispatch says:"If the ministers of the city can secure the 'or- vices of the Rev. 'Billy' Sunday, the ex Chicago ball player, who is now In town engaged In evangelical work, to assist them In the pitcher's box there are pros pects of a base ball game between the representatives of the cloth and a team chosen from the attorneys. The latter are somewhat doubtful concerning the ad vis ability of permitting Mr. Sunday's pres- nce in an amateur team, but will proh ably waive their objection rathor than deprive the city of so novel a contest. As It Is, the Rev. Mr. Sunday's consent alone remains to be obtained before setting the ante lor the game. Says the Post-Express: "It Is really be ginning to look an If those sad, grey days of old, when Snap Lang and Cy Duryca and Tim sninnirit, to say nothing of Ja?k Chapman, ornamented that fossil coliec Hon which was the sole property of Ro chester last year, had come again. In those days the talent knew well enough that Rochester stood a pretty fair chance winning out when one man pitched That man was Harper. Nowadays, after repeated experiences of a wearisome an heart-breaking description, the talent arc nesinning to bo suspicious that Roches. ter stands a pretty fair chance of losing when one mnn Is not In tho box. And that one man Is McFarlan. In other words, tho pcopie wno waicn tno games closely, and there are 133,000 of them, although they won 1 aamu 11, an or mem, nave deou ed that Rochester, with all its fine nirirre. nation of high priced stellar attractions, has exactly one good, reliable pitcher, hod Koy Aicr anan." AMATEUR BALL NOTES. The Olyphant Browns challenge the Eu rekas, of Providence, to nlaV a im on tho Olyphant grounds on Wednesday, June 17. Thoy also challenge the Harmonys, of L'yde Park, to a game on Saturday, June .u wiiuam Ulllesple, manager, W. Cleary, captain. The Olyphant Browns - defeated tho Dashers, of Old Forge, on Saturday at tsrpoon at Olyphant by the tcort of 11 to Jack EM. the ex-State leaguer, pitched for the Browns, but was wild. He let eight vralk to first base. Score: K.H E. Dashers 1 SlfOltO-i 6 Browns a 2 3 1 3 S 3 11 T 3 Batteries Morris. Garven. Conway; Fee, Morris 4. off Garven 1. Wild pitch Fee 2. Conway. Base on balls Off Fee K. off Morris 4, off Garven L Wild pitcS Fee 2. Passed balls Garbett 2, Conway 1. I'm. ptro Evans. Time 2.05. The Crickets, ot Bellevue, will play any club In the city under 16 years of age on the Electric grounds. George Madlgan, manager; Tommy Walsh, captain. The Minookas challenge the Morning Glories, of Dunmore, for a guns on Ml nooka Hill grounds June 21. Answer If satisfactory. John J. Gallagher, manager. The Nonpareil base ball club, of Dun- more, has organised for the remainder of the season. They challenge any team in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The players are as follows: Thomas Payton. c; Will- lam Ryan, p.: John Ruane, ss.; John Cole man, lb.; P. O'Hora. 2b.: H. Thornton. 3b.; James McGlll. If.; R. Logan, cf.; H. Mana- han, rf. They would like to play the Ac tives, of Dunmore, June 20. 1898; the Y. M. at any time; Barrett's Indians. June 18: Morning Glories Jr., June 17; the Wash ington!, June 11; the Goose Pasture, June 19; the Stars, of Olyphant. June 23: the Starlights, of Smoketown. June 24. on any grounds you may mention. John Cole man, manager; W. Ryan, captain. PRICES OF BICYCLES. A.G. Spaldlnf Has Something to Say About a Standard Price Can not Be Established. A. G. Spalding when asked to express an opinion on the controversy over the standard price of bicycles, said, that as he understood the question. It hinged on the claim that all bicycles should be sold ror 350, because It had been alleged that all grades of bicycles cost a common price of $30 apiece. This contention, he said, will be ridi culed . by all men of business, owing to its obvious absurdity, While some bicycles cost 330 to make, there are many that cost much more. Every article of merchandise a! ways finds Its proper level, and in the bicycle7 business, as In everything elBe, high price generally means a high grade first-class article, backed by a re- sponsible concern and with a reputation for quality. A medium grade bicycle of medium quality sells at a medium price, and a cheaply constructed bicycle at a cheap price. HATS AS EXAMPLE. "We are told," continued Mr. Spald ing, "that In cheap stores you can get for 2 the same hats we pay )5 for on Broadway, but somehow, one feels bet ter satisfied and more at ease under a hat made by the best hatter than one made by a nondescript maker. With out discussing the actual merits of the hata, most of us are willing to pay 22 for a hat and throw In $3 for the satis faction. This also applies to carriages, pianos and other articles we need. Pi anos can be bought for $50, but are they as good as $500 or $100 pianos? Certain ly not. It requires many years of ar duous work to perfect the organization of a manufacturing plant. It takes more than a year to build up a finely equipped plant Experiments with new machin ery are costly. "Admit, for the sake of the argument, that all planoB cost $25 to make; the buyer, who can afford it, Is willing to pay the additional $475 for the satisfac tion of feeling that he has the best. On a cheap piano you will generally find the name-plate covered up by an elab orate spread, but on the standard makes the name Is always prominent. "The same line of reasoning may be applied to bicycleB. Admit, for the sake of argument, that all bicycles cost $30 to manufacture, and suppose all bicycles were sold at $30 and then $10, $20, $50 or $70 be added for satisfaction. MEAN CHEAP METHODS. 'Cheap goods and cheap prices mean eheap methods In every respect. If bl cycles could be sold like sugar or horse shoes, and no guarantee or further trou ble from them expected after they leave the warehouse and the demand was so universal, then they might be sold on the margin of profit of those articles, but there Is probably no article of mer nchundise that is so expensive to put upon the market as the bicycle, for, when In addition to the cost ot manufac ture, one haa paid the store rent, clerk hire, interest on the capital invested certain cost of guarantee and adver Using expense, the progressive and suc cessful merchant will find that the ac tual flat cost to manufacture the goods in the first place does not represent the entire cost. 'No manufacturer ever achieves reputation on an article unless it has Intrinsic merit, and all the talk In the newspapers and all the advertising that might be given It will not give It a long standing reputation unless the article In question has the merit to deserve It." 'CYCLERS AT NEW ORLEANS. Meet of Wheelmen the Greatest Event of the Kind Ever Held in the City. New Orleans, June 14. The cycling meet yesterday eclipsed anything of the kind ever held In New Orleans: A great crowd was In attendance at the track and every arrangement was perfect to make the affair a memorable one. The first three events were professional races for which there were twenty entries, .embracing some of the fastest rldeH now In the national circuit. First race Half mile, open, two heats and a final, Otto Zelgler, first; C. Coulter, second; O. Stevens, third. Time, 1.45. Second race One mile open, two heats and a final, Arthur Gardiner, first; Will lam Coburn, second; Otto Zelgler, third, Time, 2.10 4-5. Third race Two-mile, handicap, F. M Mclarlan (50 yards), first; Henry Clarke (00 yards), second; O. ijtevens (20 yards), third. Time, 4.58 2-5. Three amateur races followed, all of which were run by the aid of electric lights. Bicycle Run Postponed. Rain prevented yesterday's proposed run of the Scranton Bicycle club to Wllkes-Barre, where the riders wcra to have been entertained by the Wilkes Barre club. A number of the members rode over the boulevard In the after noon. The Wilkes-Barre run will be made later. WHIRLS OF THE WHEEL The Green Ridge Wheelmen rode to Elmhurst Thursday evening over the old turnpike, returning via the new boulevard, . Charles Coleman and Will Dunn will wear the colors of the West Side Wheel men on the track this season. The West Side boys can congratulate themselves at securing two such representatives as Coleman and Dunn to protect their colors at race meets. ; The local racing men will work hard (or tho Lackawanna county on mil championship, to be ridden at the Green Ridge Wheelmen'a meet next month. Charles Coleman now has the honor. and will have to ride against a very formidable field in hi attempt to re tain It. Among the other boys who will make a strong bid for first place in that particular event this season are Ralph Gregory. Robert White, Ben Keller, Will Dunn and Eddie Coons. All are riding well and we predict that the Lackawanna one mile championship will be the best race of the day. DRAMATIC GOSSIP. The director of a London orchestra has arranged that on Thursday in each week the concerts shall be mainly composed of the muslo of a particular nationality. The first country selected for special illus tration of Its music was Russia, on May 1, to be followed by Spain. Italy. Franc and Germany. George W. June and L. E. Lawrence the coming season will manage an organiza tion to be known as June's Jolliers, pre senting a new piece, entitled "A Hot Show, containing many striking vaude ville features, In conjunction with elab orate musical arrangements and a start ling electrical spectacle. The receipts of Abbey's theater were far in excess of any other playhouse In New York since Its opening. For instance. in 108 weeks that the theater was open It took, in gross receipts, about $980,000. This Is a trifle over $9,000 a week average. No other theater in the country has done this probably none In the world. And yet. ac cording to Mr. Urau, the house lost ror the firm fully $100,000. Theatrical life is a gtagntlc gamble. A bad speculation may carry a manager to the verge of supplementary proceedings. while a lucky investment will establish him In prosperity. Nell Burgess cleared J500.000 out of "The County Fair," but pres ently "The Year One" ended his fortune. A. M. Palmer lost about $30,000 on "New Blood" and "A Stag Party." but he earned IXO.OOO from "Trilby." Charles Frohman threw $30,(00 into the bottomless pit or Thermldor." but he received fully nair , million from "Shenadoah," "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and "Charley's Aunt. Auiruatln Dalv lost 817.000 on Olga Neth- ersole, but that deficit wa paid back by the engagement or Charles Hlcnman. ina Lyceum was in a bad way until young Hmithern restored its fortunes by produc ing "The Prisoner of Zenda." Hillary Bell In New York Press. To My Cycle. Dear other self, so silent, swift and sure, My dumb companion of delightful days. Might fairy fingers from thy orbit rays Of steel strike music, as the gous ot yora From reed or shell; what melodies would pour On my glad ears; what songs of woodland wavs. Of summer's wealth of corn, or the sweet lays ' Of April's budding green; while ev6r. mora . n----- We twain, one living thing, flash like the He-lit Down the long tricks that stretch from sky to sky. Thou hast thy music, too; what Um the noon Beats sultry on broad roads, when gath ering main. . We drink the keen-edged air;' or, dark ling, fly Twlxt hedgerows blackened by a mys tic moon. Adrlel Vere in the Spectator. 1 His Success Assured. 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Capital, - - $200,000 Surplus, - - 300,000 Undivided Profits, 64,000 Special attention given to Business and Personal Accounts. 3 Interest Paid on Interest Deposits. . mOM AND STEEL Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup. plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock. SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels, Hubs, Rinis, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc. TTE11 EIDER SCRANTON. PA. ON THE SQUARE EDGED SQUARE BUTTED LUMBER, ' SQUARE BUNCHED 4-FOOT LATH, QQUARE nEAUNG TO uQuare Dealers, richards lumber co., 502 CODinonWEiLTH BUILDING. 'PHONE 422. For aala by JOHN H. PHELPS, Sprue Straat Scranton, Pa. Taste Are Hum Made ss Aska Cydsset Ghoap.lligh Grado llumbar Quality and We Seal High Qrade sad Hunker Quality. Hcbar Quallly $110 Unica Cra&a-Jack ICO Eria 75 Ore 1a aaa Eaaasiae the Brawa Ltae ChangMs Uear Oar CKACk-A-JACK. CHASE & FARRAR Linden Street. Opp. Ceart Hease. 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