THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNE-THURSDAy, MAY' 18, 1899. E3- V GAMES PLAYED IN ATLANTIC LEAGUE 80RANT0N DEFEATS RICHMOND IN A WELL PLAYED GAME. Allentown Shut Out by Lancaster. IVUkes-Bnrre-Paterson. nnd Newark-Beading Games Postponed on Account of Rain Philadelphia Palls to Plfth Place Brooklyn Is Crowding St. Louis for Tirst Place. Number of National League Games Called Owing to Rain. Scranton defeated Richmond yester day In a well played game. Our peverc defeat of Tuesday has made Swift's men take a brace and there was a de cided Improvement In their work yes terday. This Is the only came 'we were buc cupusful In winning in the Richmond ecrlcs. Lancaster shut out Allen town In seven Innings, the game then being called on account of rain. Allen town could not solve Minor. Wllkcs Barre and Paterson did not piny, ow ing to rain and Newark and Reading game was called In fourth Inning. Var ious changes have taken place In the National league standing. Percentage Table. v. i,. r.o. tVllkps-narre 11 ." .Gss Richmond 11 f, JM Reading 0 ft .Ml Newark 9 9 .500 Scranton 9 10 .171 Lancaster 9 10 .471 Faterson f, u .3.1.1 Allentown 3 12 ,VX) Where They Play Today, Scranton at Reading. Wllkes-Barro at Richmond. Newark at Lancaster. Allentown at Paterson. COULDN'T HIT RISLEY. Richmond's Poor Fielding nnd Er rors Loose the Game. Richmond, Vn., May 17. Ragged field ing and Inability to hit Rlsley when hits would 1m ve counted, lost the locals a game today. Bishop was batted ficc ly, but with tho suport usually given he would have won. Ha: grove broke the Ice in the eighth inning with a home run drive to centre, and Seybold, who batted for Bishop, got a two-bagger, s-coilng a runner. Every run Scranton made was through an error. Score: RICHMOND. R. H. O. A. V. Wrlgley, fi o 0 2 4 2 Shannon, rf ft 1 l 0 1 Doinn. 2b o n n s 'j Flaherty, It 0 0 10 1 Calhoun, lb 0 1 13 u 0 argroc, ct 1 1 2 1 u Dunclon, 3b ,... 0 1 X o Jltfs, c 0 0 2 2 0 BIhop. p 10 0 10 I'fanmlller. p 0 0 10 0 Seyhnld 0 0 li 1 Totals 2 Z 21 13 6 SCRANTAN. R. H. O. A. i:. Knoll, cf 0 12 0 0 Llppert, rf 0 0 7 0 o Dillon, lb 1 1 W 1 0 Kagan. If 13 0 0 0 Dohorty. 3b 0 1 1 1 o O'Connell, !b 12 2 3 0 MoMahoti, hs 0 112 1 O'Nell, c 0 0 2 0 0 Rlslcy, p 10 0 to Totals 1 9 27 11 1 Hatted for Bishop In eighth liming. Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 Scranton 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x I Two-brfso lilts Hct-s, Seybold, O'Con nell. Homo i tin Hargrove Sacrifice hit Knoll, Loft on bases, Richmond, 1; Scranton, S. Struck outI3y Ilhhop, 1, by RUIcj, 1. Doublo plays Ilurgroc to Rlhley; O'Connell to McMnhon to Dillon. First base on etrors Scranton, 3 First on balls Off Bishop, I, off MkIpv . Passed ball Hess. Umpire) Herecr. Tlmc-1.23. Lancaster Won with Ease. Allentown, Pa, Mny 17 Allentown could do nothing with Miners' delivery and Lancaster won with ease. Game was called on account of tain after two men were out In the last half of th seventh Inning. ALLBNTOW'N. m . . R. H. O. A. L T. Delchanty, 2b o u 3 l i Smith. If 0 13 0 ii J. Delehantj, rf 0 0 2 0 0 Henry, cf 0 13 0 0 Molntyre, lb 0 0 7 0 0 Tate. 3b 0 0 13 1 McManus. c n o o 1 0 J. Delehanty, t3 0 0 2 2 0 Boyle, p 0 0 0 11 Btlmmel, p o o o l o Totals 0 2 M 9 3 LANCASTER. Buttermore, rf 0 0 o o 0 MeVey, If 1 1 1 o 0 Larocque, lb 1 2 10 1 0 Leldy. cf 0 1 I 0 0 Ward, 2b 1112 0 Schaub, 3b 1 1 0 J o Leahy, ss 0 0 2 2 it Wcnte, o 0 0 4 2 1 Minor, p o l i i o Totals , 4 7 21 11 1 Giima called with two men out. Allentown 0 o 0 0 0 o u-o Lancaster o 2 0 0 11 o i L'arned runs Lancaster, 2. Two. base hits McVey, Larorauo Stolen b.ihe Leahy. First on ballh-Off Doyle. 1: olf Stlmmel, 1; off Minor, 2. Hit by pitched i t Ml I t 1 . I I . KQKrEar-'SHSl?0l A crooked loot, nor a a diagram tens jjurt "Don't spoil your l I i .Am. ,. -, y. I B M nk. I 1 KKttt I I ' ' (H2 $5,0 I ana 1 j tt H. l - - ' ' ' , 1 sni n ht Lewis, Rellly & Cavies, Scranton, Pa, ' ' ' ' ' ' '" ' ' ' " ' r " r - - I PA.UU SSB&m& WBi JiBllMmi,i a ball By Boylo, 2.' Struck out By Minor, 4. Time 1.15. Umpire McDermott. Rain Ended tho Game. Reading, Pa,, May 17. With the score 3 to 2 In favor of Newark, today's game was called on account of rnln at tho beginning of the fourth Inning. Wllkes-Barre-Patcreon game post poned; wet grounds. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Percentage Table. L P.O. Ht Loillt 19 7 .7.11 Brooklyn n s .704 Chicago lg S .102 Cincinnati in S .bo.' Philadelphia 17 W AM Boston k, ii .::; Il.iltlmoro ,',, 13 .) Loulsvlllo 10 IS .l"0 New York n li .1,75 Pittsburg in ,uw) Washington ft 21 .I'M Cleveland 3 20 1JU At Brooklyn- R J I L Philadelphia 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 0-10 7 3 Urookljn 6 0 0 S 0 'J 0 0 -U II 7 Batteries Wheeler. Donohue, nnd Mc Farland, Hughes, Dunn, Grim and Far roll. I'mplres Swartwood and Warner. At Pittsburg- R.H.C Chicago 0 1000 000-1 2 3 Pittsbuig 2 31 01 0 t -11 11 1 Batteries Ta lor and Nichols; Rhlncs nnd Bowerman. Umpires McDonald and Connollv. Game called to allow Chicago to catch train. At Baltimore New Voi It-Baltimore, rain. At St Louis- R.H.B. I.nulsvillc 0 20 000-2 B 2 St. Louis 100 0 00-1 1 2 H-itterlcs Phillips nnd Kltttldge; Pow ell and Crlgcr. I'mplres Rurns nnd Smith. Game called on account of rain. OTHER LEAGUE GAMES. Eastern League. Sv racuse, 9; Providence, 3. Montreal, G; Worcester, 3, Rochester, 2; Springfield, 0. Toronto-Hartfotd No game; weather. Western League. Kansas City, 2; Milwaukee, 0, Detroit, 12, Indianapolis, fi. Minneapolis, 12; St. IMul, 6. Buffalo-Columbus Rain. cold Interstate League. Mansfield, 1; Grand R.ipids, 2. Wheeling, 3; Tolado, 4. Fort Wnjnc, ": New Castle, 4, Youngstown-Dajton game postponed; rain. COLLEGE GAMES. At L'riston Light Innings R'.ll i: l..ifacttc 1 3 0 E 1 ft 2 -12 IS 1 Unlv of New Yotk .4 1 0 0 0 ft o 4 li S 5 Batteries I low a d and Hell; Talor and Craft. At Princeton Hrown, G; Trinceton, 3. At Cambridge Tufts, 1; Harvard, 4 At Mlddletown, Crnn. Yale, 10; Wcs leyan, C. DIAMOND PICK UPS. Richmond's errors yesterday were of a costlv Kind Hlslcv cave Richmond a samplo of Suanton grit. Knoll played better ball yesterday than ho did Tue-djA Scranton mado hut one error, and that was bv McMahon, Tho l,irnnn .no ut Richmond today, A battlo toyal It will lie for tho next time days. WHkes-B.irro Is plaing great ball, and undoubted! will give tho champions bomo hard work. Honcfcclalc Is to hac a. good bill team. Among the plains to anlo at Hones dalo uro James Cummlugs. of Scranton, and Duffy, of Hazleton The rct of the plascrs are' cNpcctcd to report for duty this week. SEMINARY VICTORIES. Defeated School of Lackawanna in a Close Contest. Tho School of the Lackawanna base ball team Journeyed to Kingston yes terday, nnd were defeated by Wyoming seminary in an exciting game Rain interfered at the end of the fifth In ning, with the score 4 to 3 In fax or of the Seminal y boys. Williams nnd Barnes were the Wy oming battery, and Coone and Gendall for tho Lackawannas. A icturn game will be played In this city on Satut da, May 27. AMATEUR BASE BALL NOTES. Tho Alerts, ot tho Weht Side, would like to play the Ke stents, of Gretn Ridge, on tho Alerts' giounds tn May 21 at 2 p m Answer as boon as possible. W, Riley, manager Tho Giassboppers defeated tho Ctlckots by a scare of it to 10 The Oilents challenge the Slldeis, Jr.. for a game on May 21. Answer thiough Tho Tribune. Ransom Foote. captain, Stanley Dolph, manacer Tho Red would like to hear from an baso ball team In tho city under 18 years of niro loi a game on the Sliders' giounds, coifler ol Gibson Htreet and Clay tienue, on Friday allernoon, nt 3.30 sharp. No 31 Mhool preferied Answer through Tho Tribune. James Campbell, manager. Arrived from Potto Rico. William O'Hara, Company F. Jo seph Rafter, Company G; Jack Gull foyle, Company H. of the Kieventh ln fautiy, ni rived on the Delaware nnd Hudson nt mldnlsht from Poito Rico, having nrrrlcd In New York on tho transport McPherson. Eleven more of the soldiers will arrive this morning. Look for this Trade-mark Branded on the Sole. last is not intended for a straight siraigiu last tor a crooked toot. ot your foot drawn on paper inc story, vine makers of the cc i'ackard "Korrect Shape" snoes nave models that will f.t either straight or crooked feet, in any style of toe. feet by wearing cheap shacs," c ELKS' MINSTRELS A HUGE SUCCESS LEADING CITIZENS AS BLACK FACE ENTERTAINERS. Lnrgo Audience at the Lyceum Sees the Fun Makers Among the Popu lar Elks Disport Themselves In Old-Timo Minstrelsy Much That Was Ludlciously Funny, but There Was Much More That Was Artistic and Clover No Audience the Ly ceum Ever Held Laughed More. If any one went to tho LMW tnln stlels last night with the expectation that he would hae to rely on ludriclty for his laugh he was greatly nnd ugreeably disappointed. Theie was much in It, of course, that was up toaiiously ludicrous. It wns Intended that there should be. A local talent minstrel show without It would be Hat, stale and unprofitable. But this rcn tute of the entertainment wns by no means predominant. Some of tho num bers weio of the professional standard, and none of them that aimed at clev erness were lacking In that quality. One of them, tho competitive take walk, was without question the best thing of Its kind over presented hcie The staging of th" peitonnuneo was quite as elaborate as anything at tempted by tho lending professional companies and In everything that came under tho score of the stage manager there wns nothing amateurish. In setting, costuming, arrangement of the programme and nil that tort of thing the show was particularly commend able, nnd when It had concluded nt 11 o'clock there was nothing but the warmest praise for the manager, Thomas D. Vnn Osten. THEATRE WAS P CKED. NEery seat, box and logo in the house wns tilled and ninny weie stand ing in the rear and along the bides of the parquet. It was a friendly audi ence, of course, but it was also a thor oughly amused uudl"nce H Is no rash stutement to s.iy that more laughter was neer crowded Into three hours In the hlstoiy of the Lyceum. To enumerate the noteworthy fea tures would mean a lepetltlon of the complete pi otri amine Some of them moic than otheis might be mentioned as having won especial applause. First In this category mnst como "Del" Slm rell In the cake walk, and then conies the cake walk itself. Not only Is It side-splitting to the danger limit but artistic beyond all expectations. The pniticlpants ate J J Loft us and V. A. Simioll, Frank J. McCnnn and T. A. Ruddy, J. M. Coibett nnd John Oar man, Km II Schlmpff and Tom Can oil, W. L Holbert and Ike Blown, Alex. Scluelfer nnd P. F. Madden. Alex. Dunn wns master of ceiemonies. By vote of the audience the contest was nai rowed down to the first two couples, and finally Mi McCann and Mls-s Ruddy weie awarded the take Leo Coyne's specialty, "Hello, My Baby," Thomas D. Van Osten's Im pel sonation of Sousn, with the assist ance of Bauer's band, nnd Mr. Klj's whistling spee laity were the three par ticularly clever numbcis. Mr. Coyne and Mr, Van Osten were eaeh,recjl!od three times and ut that the audience wns not satisfied. Mr. Ely came on unexpected and unannounced to take tho place of 'Pianist Llnder, who at tho last moment disappointed. He gave a specialty that was fully ns clever as his "Lazy Bill" In the Home mlnsttels. THE TOPICAL SONGS. In the topical songs Emit Schlmpff and Will Welchel did most creditably. Their hits were well put and they sang with good effect. Large luscious bou quets of rhubarb, radishes and other fragrant spring-time garnlshlnus tied with the most impossible-hued llbbons were acknowledgements to the topical songsters from ex-Sheriff Robinson's box, where the Irrepressible "Billy" Craig occupied a front seat. The puiely musical numbers weie lendered bj the Elks' quartette, John T. Watklns, Phil Woiren, Dae Stephens and John T Evans, and F, C Hand and W, J. Alios The latter two and Messrs. AVunen, Stephens and Evans tendered ballads with chorus accompaniment. It Is only necessary to say that the chorus singing was one of the most prnlsewoithy features of tho whole entertainment. Th ability of the soloists Is too well known to need mention. "Dave" Reedy's monologue was bils'tllng with happy lilts, and was cleverly done. Chailes A. Haitlej's ventrlloqulcnl contilbution to the fun tund was one of tho most liberal of the evening. The finale to the (list pnrt, "roily McGllllgan's Band." was positively bad, bat ns it was intended to be such. It must be recorded ns being the most eminently successful thing of the evening Buck dancing by W. J Dunn, wns a pleasant diver sion piecedlng the cake walk POME OF THE PARTICIPANTS. In the opening carnival wheic most of the harm was done the iKrfotmers weie. Will Welchel, Emll Sehlmptf, J. M. Corbett, Emll Welchel. T. J. McCann. W. L. Holbert, V. A. Slmrell, Leo Coyne, J T). Bvtbei, Tom Cm roll, Alex PehieilVr, T. . Ruddy, Jolvn J. Loftus, Alex Dm. VI. Rose. P F. Madden, Fled Smith nnd Ike Brown, the flist nino manipulating the tam bourines and the other nine, the bones, 'tlene Strong wns the lntet locutor nnd n good one, He also acquitted him self most creditably in the funny af terpiece, "The Darktown Swell's Ini tiation." Messrs. McCann nnd Loftus' butlpsqtio of a song nnd dunce team In the closing piece was one of the good things of the show. Assisting the end men In the chorus singing weie E. Mosos, Sam MoEnohon, M. P. McCann, M H. Hlgglns. John Atkinson. Will Collins, T. J. MeTlghe, Thomas Reynolds and W. II. Logan. Laupr's full orchestta nsslsted The potformnnce will lo lepeated tills evening, and In the near future will be given In Plttston and Wilkes Unrrre. After the performance laBt night tho petfoimers were enteitalned by E. Mof.es In his Washington avenue place. MISSION OF THE ELKS. In fields unciir and Uriels ntai. With coiiseiQiiij piile iiml utitleh nuo 'Neath southern ems and northern sun Tho rojal herds their pact men ln i With eyes whoso luslie bright. hIImih The ruddy glow of si in roue huutx That ail of xordM iIioiimIH nj''t And naueht lait g ul it wauuili im parts. For where llm iiohli Ell, In found Be sure the Miiislilnu rnlginlh ihrc. Ills soul with Khidncii doth iihmmd And alt tho win Id to him In lair. He finds no time for ciudo complaint; Hiarh comrada la n brother true. Alike, the sinner nnd tho saint Receive from him the homage due, Ills creed Is broad, Its charity ' Is limitless and uncoiillned, A brother's faults ho doth not rce, Ills virtues only, fill his mind If sorrow clouds a brother's heart, Or Foro dlstresH his path iissuHk, Then gcntlo hands tho shadows part And sweet encouragement prevails. A nobler order It weto hard To find beneath tho ancient skies. Us mission true, to watch mid guaid A brother's rhauidiig destinies; To help tho, weak, the Elk nssas, To check despair, to soften strife, To glorlfv the Meeting days And gladden every hour of life. Edward A. Niven. SERVICE FOJl THE DEAD. Rev. Rogeis Israel Officiates nt the Funeral of the Lato P. S. Page. Rev Rogers Israel, rector nt St. Luke's Episcopal church, perfoimed the church service for the dead jesterday morning nt the residence of the late Plummer S. Page, Ml Noith Washing ton avenue The services were strictly private, only the veiy Immediate rela tives and a few fi lends being In at tendance Miss Coidella Fieemnn sang "The Voice of Jesus" (hir own ntrnnge ment), and Miss Julia Allen played a violin obligate. At the conclusion of the services the remains weto borne to tho Dunmore cemeteiy, whole Inteiment was made In the fnmllv plot, The pall-bent ets were James, 'P. Dickson, Colonel E. II. Ripple, C. P Matthews, Colonel M. J. Keck, John A .Meats and Joseph J. Jcr- myn. Many beautiful lloral offerings were sent by fi lends. Those fiom out of town attending were Mr. and Mrs. tieratd Bancker, Mi. and Mrs. Stephen A. Whittakei, New York city, Mr. and Mis E. T. Callow ay, Rutherford, N. J ; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Page, Mr. and Mis. Herbeit Page, and Mrs. T. J. Tlngley, Alford, Pa ; Hayden and Jo seph Page, (Poyntelle, Pa., nnd A. A. Hayden, Buffalo, N. Y. ZUBER OBTAINED A VERDICT. First Suit of the Kind Tried in Berk3 County. After being on trial thtee days last week liefmc Judge Ihidllch, In Beiks county, David Kuhor obtained a ver dict ot X 1,500 in his suit against tho Lehigh Coal and Nuv igittlon company. It wiih an action to teeover damages for coal dlit washed on his Tj-oc ro faini along tho Schuylkill In Pony township, and wns the Hist eo.il dlit suit ever tiled In Berks countv. Mr. Xttber alleged that the fieshet of IS'U brought down and made heavy de posits of coal dlit on his farm, damag ing t," of his T5 neics. Thin theie was nn lie dam in thj liver at his fnim In 1S9", nnd the water backed over his land, depositing more coal dlit, he alleged Suit was biought to tho December teim, ISIS. At the time n similar action was brought against the Philadelphia, and Reading Coal and lion company. This never cume to tiial nnd was settled for $.',12;. Both oomp'uiios operate breakers and coal wnsherhs in the bohujlklll water shed, and both, it wns alliged, con tilbuted coal din to tho liver and the stunns tiib'it.uv to It, which finally l cached Mr. Ruber's faun. HAS RELATIVES AT MOOSIC. Samuel Giier Is Suivived by Father and Sister nt That Place. Engineer Samuel Giier, who was killed Tuesday morning in the wicck at Long Acies. on the Philadelphia and Rending, Is the son of "Uncle John" drier, of Moosic. Mr. Orlcr Is In his eighty-seventh jear. He has been falling veiy tapldly of lato owing to his old age, and the news of his son's teirlble death neatly pios trated him. The deceased engineer is suivived by a sister, Mrs. Katheilno Hill, also of Moosle. Mr. Giier had many friends In this city, who will bo grieved to know ot his sad death. IMPRINTED REVENUE STAMPS. Must Be Oi tiered Through the Local Revenue Office. To secure Imprinted revenue stamps on checks, diafts and other papers, it is now necessary to order the same tluough the local revenue o(Ilce. Agents of the' printing films that have been authorized to do this piinting weto re ceiving the oideis clliect und pa lug over the pi Ice of the stamps to the col lector In the district In which their printing office might be located Under the new older of things nccut ate statistics can be kept and each dls tilct will iccelve due ciedlt for Its eon ttibutions to the win fund. COLLEGE COMMENT. The addition of Blown to the I'nlver sity of Pennsylvania nine bus stumgth ned it consldernblv The shot-out of Cornell nt 1th, (u on t-'uti.nhis is an evi dence of this. Rituiscy has been placed at shoit, and Shopo on third; this, too, adds to Bonn's strength While Blown is a good twuler ho is not by iin means the best college spheio manipulate! on the diamond. Jlllde biand, of Pilnceteii, Is equallj an good, It not a little bcttei. Princeton's victory over Hat v aril on last Bittiiicluy makes us think of Hllle brand us a hind piuposltiou to solve The Tlgeis easily defeated Hiirvmd by 10 to 2. Whether or not the shoitei laces will bo held o 1 1' the vurlous water (oiuvcs is hard to ascertain. The aigunnut ad vanced in favor of this piopositlon is that our college crows (availably show signs of weakness and distress at the end of three miles. The i ico fiom then on to the finish is a severe tax upon the phvsleal and nervous foiees which ic sults disastrously in tho end. The reg ular courso is foiu mile?, and tho qui -lion of shortening it to threo Is being discussed. Courinej and Piofessor heeler, of Coiroll, Piesldelit Eliot, of Harvard, und Coach 'Waul, of 1'iniisvl vanbi, ale among the wannest advocates of tho icdiictlon, while most Vnl men opposo it and many Harvard ex-ousmin icie undecided Prim's blcvele team for tho Berkley Oval nuiH Is composed of J p. J, Will iams, StocMiouse, Hopkins and Bur licit Those men are training dully, nt tin W'oodsldo track The laeis aio to occur on June .!. Knicuzllue, Prims) h crack Jumper, mitjiimped his worlds iccoid at bioid Jumping on Franklin Held Monday' Ills three trials were all iiiuiln uhows the in leicollegiato recoid. Tho first was "1 feet 8 and a fraction tin lies, tho second, :'I feet and 11 Inches In this thlid Jump, the champion outdid his world's record by neai ly an Inch. Tialnei Murphv then took Ki.ieiiidliio from praetleu f i r the daj The llnivaid and Pilneiton b is bill managers met Yolo's nmimgi i jistctduv iiml laid plens to have the final gtimc of llaivurd and Princeton on Muv .'7 at 'nmbrldge, tho game on Yules giound nlll nut be plnvcd The llarvaid men nil, rather IndlKimiit t leflcelliins thiown upon them lie l'rineetoii men. Catchei Reid of Har vard fMjs thev did 'not play dllty ball. He pais llntchlns blocked hU throw to second und tells how he cot even by running Into Koper In order to spoil a throw to second, Rrld says ho did not attempt to splko Koper; such nn Idea never entered his head, STRUCK BY STREET CAR. Man Ran Into Near Mudtown. Badly Cut. A man named Teddy West was taken to the Lackawanna hospital about 2 o'clock this morning badly Injured about the face and head. He had been struck by a Plttston car of the Scranton Railway company near Mudtown. Ho was brought on the car to the hospital. SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE English Government Considering tho reaslbillty of Such nu Institute. From the Baltimore Sun. Tho English government has under consldeiatlon a "school of tropical medicine," In which our people, since the giobbiug of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, have a practical Inter est In the establishment of the "school" It Is proposed to spend for buildings, plant, etc., an Initial sum of JS2.000, some J17.G00 ot which will be contributed by the colonial office, the annual cost of maintenance being esti mated at $15,000 At the new school, civilians who nie graduates of existing medical schools will be Instructed, fit st. In tho pinctieal treatment of tiopleal diseases and, next, will bo tialned In original investigations as to the origin of ttoplcal diseases, with a view to developing Impiovcd methods of prevention and cure. Both objects nio veiy desirable. It Is Indisputable that phslcians and surgeons going to pi.ictlce In hot climates should make n special study of tiopical diseases, in viiiw of the fact that the ordinary eouise.s of studj devised fin temperate climates afford Inadequate piepara tion and pi utilise nu progress in meth od of treatment. Medical sclenco has recently assumed an aggtesslve attitude toward the pioblem of tropical disease. A number of English, Coinum and Austrian bac teilologlsts and phvslolans have icsld ed In India and Africa for the e.xpiess purpose of studvlng cholera, bubonic plague, llnderpest and mal.ulal dis eases. Pieventlves ot icmedles, an tilogous to those devised foi the tieat nient of smallpox, anthtax. dlphtheila, etc. will, it Is believed, be ultimately found for the maladies which icndei a huge part of the c.iith virtually un inhabitable for Euiopeans Large at tention has .slmlliuly In en given by American und Spanish students to the genesis of jcllovv fever, in the hope of depth lug that pest also of its ten, rs To a certain extent success has aheadv licen attained. Rinderpest has been brought under contiol, with important results for the cattle Interests of South Africa. Cliolei.i and the plague have each been confronted with a virus In oculation with which Is said tn afford Piotection und hasten iccoveiy. It seems to be definitely ascertained that the bite of tho mosquito implants in its Mellms system the poison that causes maluilal diseases. Much, howevet, ic malmi to ho learned in legard to trop ical ni.ii.it i,i, jcllovv fever and the other diseases of hot climates. Physicians nowadajs, in ,ew of their many vietoiies over feveis of vailous Kinds, uro no longer content to accept, tiopleal pests as gifts of Providence, to lie iccelved meekly along with the weather as inevitable lesults of the latitude. They look foiwaul to a time when vast legions of the globe now deseil, or inhabited only by inferior lates, will affoul safe homes for the people of tempeiate climates Malarial levers at ptesent render untenable wide mens of fertile soil. An effective pie vcntlve, supplementing quinine, will open to settlement extensive regions In Central and South America, Cuba, Afilen, southern Italy, the Euphrates valley, India, the East Indies, New Guinea, Tonklng, etc. The productive capacity of the globe would be doubled by a medical discovery that dealt suc cessfully with miasmatic fevers alone. Thepioposed "school of tropical medi cine" is to bo welcomed, thereto! e, as a first step of a concerted movement for the solution of the most important medical problem of our day. Geunany und tho United States, which aim to rival English enterprise in industry and foielgn commerce, and have te cently acuited tropical possessions may ultimatelj take pait in its solu tion. COURTING THEN AND NOW. Athletes Have Done Away with tho Soulful Parlor Maiden. Fiom the Now Oi leans Picayune. In the past when a joung man went' a-couitlng he dicssed in his best, wear ing not only his company clothes, but his companj manners. The glti, on the cither hand, was powdered ' and ci Imped out or nil eveiydny knowing, and thev sat and talked of soulful things and didn't find out a bit mote of each othei's leal selves than if one had been In the Klondike and the other on the equator. Neither was conscious ly trjlng to deceive the other, but. nil the same, alter they were man led there were many eiuol disillusion ments. To tho new fad for athletics for wo men wo owe a change Tho girl who goes out a-w heeling with her beau and tnkis the lain and sun nnd dust and w ind and tan may not be a dlvinlt j to him like tho pailor maiden, but she is a human gltl, and he has a chnnte to know her and Judge her on that basis If sho still appeals beautiful to him nnd hu Is still In love with hot, she has nothing to tear Horn fading good looks or wearing cuil papeis nnd wrnppeis to bicakfast; wlillo if bo still appears heiolc to her in knickerbockers and a sunburnt noso sho jnay rest satisfied that her love Is founded on a rock that nothing can shake. Asldo fiom this view of tho subject Is the fat ninio Important one of rhar nctei. A womnn's parlor views of life may bo meiely theories that sho lacks the strength und coinage to put into uctuat practice, and hence utteily woithless. Tho leal way to know u woman is to go on an outing with her. If she can bo cheerful in the face of difficulties and cun makii allow aiiccs for mistakes and fa I lines, if she can ne-cept a substitute for the thing she wants with good giate, then. Indeed, she Is of the kind und qualltj that will make her companionship a lifelong pleasuie and benefit. The woman, on her pan, has an equally good chance to study a mail She sees him off his guai d, when lie Is no longer trjlng tn be a Pilnee Chai til ing. It Is one thine to spring to phk up a ladv's Immlkei chief in a pailor it Is another to stay his lxu-o all da to keen near a woman who Is a pour lldei. That is the teal chivaliv n un man may tiust to protect her In the pro T day of slikness audt mlsfoitune and would be patient nJfl foibcuilug with her weaknesses. Kit .. I THE LEADER Scranton Store, 124-126 Wyoming: Avenue. ' " ' ' ' " ' i. A great season for readytowear things This, has been particularly noticeable in shirt waists and women's tailored suits. Both depai tments have never seen greater activity nor have they ever offered greater values. For instance: In fancy percale shirt waists 50c value Excellently made, in new colors and only de sirable patterns the same kind of waists we made . such a furore with on Monday. This week .25C $1.00 value Exceptionally handsome patterns, some with three box pleats down front, others trimmed with lace or em broidery, detachable collar, in fact the same kind of . waist that you have often paid one dollar for 4-OC In women's linen suits We have still on hand some thirty or forty all linen crash suits, in all sizes, some very claboratelv trimmed with braid, all of them excellently tailored, on which we have reduced the price to less than half. These suits ranged from $4 to $8 for merlynow in two lots, $1.98 and $2.98. In women's wool suits Our entire stock of stylish all wool suits is marked at a great reduction from the original price. Jackets are with tight-fitting backs, fly front, and are lined with satin or silk. Skirts are the new fan back effects, percaline lined and velvet bound. In the new cheviots, serges, whipcords and Venetians highly tailored and many of them elaborately trimmed with braid. $8.oo Suits, $12.00 Suits, $3.98. $5.98. The best in stock, value Highclass millinery Order that hat early in the week. Don't wait until the eleventh hour. Saturday is a busy day for everybody in this department. See what extraordinary good value we give you in trimmed hats this week. The very acme of style at the very lowest prices. Fancy profits are out of the question in liis millinery store. That is the reason we are always so very busy. Several hundred hats this week at what may be considered conservatively half price, $1.50 to $15.00. a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a'a'a'a 'a HEAL ANTIQUE OAK. Seven Thousand Years Old, and Burled Under Chicago. I'rom U10 ChteaRo Inter-Ocean. White oak loss that have been burled unclet tbe site of Chicago for 7,000 years have Just been put to use. Pio fessni Ossian Guthiie, the Chicago geologist, who has studied the local struta and helped tn uneailli the icm narits of home of these prehistoric tiers, has Just come into possession of two toilet biuFhes, made fiom this an cient oak, that have surprised the manufnctuier of imitation "antique" woods by the vvondeiful polish and col or of which the genuine antique mil: la cupable. No pieclou'i woods that have ever hoon Impoited Into Chlcnuo aie so muivelouMy beautiful us these hpcclmens v Itli w hlch Professor CJuth lle has Just been presented. Most of these jiiehlstorlc logs have been lesuirected lrom their 7,00'1-yenr-old gtaves to bo divided up among the museums and unlveisltles ot tho coun try. Walnut, willow, beech and most of the modem native woods have been dug up under these glacial deposits and alluvium of seventy centuiies, but the white ouU, the same tree evidently tint flnui iahen In the paries today, has been pteserved best of all. Some filghtlul cjelono appears to have bent and laid low the trees at (list. The Iron fiber Is bent and twist ed In nenilv all of them at one par ticular spot In the trunk, and It Is evi dent that this wns tho cause that first ImMed the giant forests under the sands nnd alluvium Some of theo trunks have been followed by Profes sor (Juthlie in till' excavations for Uroets and houses for many feet. Oiu trunk. In Sheflleld avenue, was un mi thed for seventy feet. Kvldcntly this foiest was the first gtowth nfter the glacial period. It lies close to the glacial clay, under the nlluvlal clt 1ft. at a geneial depth of fourteen feet. The cyclone nppaicntlv Inltl the forest low, and the sand nnd drift wero blown up fiom the lal.o nnd covered It. The water foimed an air- tight capsule about the tiuiik and kept It from deenvlng. Of late vears, however, the f-uifvci sowois have chained the- water .tvvav 1 lom the trunks, and the baik and out. ii' layers of wood have gone to decay. Tim iron lihor of the Inner wood is still Intact in most of thpin, however. Tim wood from which Professor Ciuthrio's siuvcnlii nr" made win dug up near the coiner of Oaluniet aveuuo a 't Till1 t.v -ninth Miect, wheic iuiion of the ti units nio being chopped aw.iy 'n H-wrr , cnvntlng Xi imitation untlqiii mini hu ever m Mined the clngul u IimuIj of tills old oil, I. ! .laik almost a reenlsU blncl. the result of hundred nt years (lifcolointloii bv the Min minding water T!'e polish wiih li It Ihii attained Is tin Ilk" nn thing ever vcmi by wood liu lulleix The IIViip of the Wood Mil" tiiiiml almost as tough as line wiic In vm ikinsr It up Tin usual piocemof "untlotliiig" Is to sioiiiu and iii' tlii dink iolor into the wood with lmvlMnr wav. the lat ter Imixiitliig the gieeiilsli tint. ThH tint III Piofes'or tiiitlulr's specimens lias never been attained in the Imita tion antique, however, ! .. ,wKK.,'. .? . . . .1 . . .t X ft ." .t . . .X X X X X .X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X $15.00 Suits, $7.98. $22.00 Suits, $12.50. .$14.98 $25.00. 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a "a 'a a "a 'a 'a a A NEW YORK HOTELS. r n - - The St. Denis Broidimy and Eleventh St.. New York, Opp. (lr.ee Church. European Pluk Room. Si. oo a Dey aod Upward. In a modest and unobtruslvo way there axa tw bet'er conducted tiotali Id the m.tropoili tbn tho HI, Deuis Tho creat popu aritr it hu acquired oan readily bs tracsd to Ite unique location, lta homelike atmosphere, the paoulUr ezteUenoo of ite caleine and serTloe, and Its Terr modar uto pr.cci WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON. IS11IER HOE, Cor. Sixteenth EL and Ining Pltea, NEW YORK. AMERICAN PJ.AN, Day and Upwards. EUROPEAN PLAN, Day and Upwards. $3.50 Pea $1.50 Per I. D. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. W-M-X-t-vSX-X-HHX-tW. For Business Men In the heart of the wholesale district. ; For Shoppers , 3 minute walk to Wanamaker. 8 , mijutrs to hlccel Cooper'a Dig More. . liasy of access to the great Dry Goods ', btores. ' For Sightseers. ' One block from B'wjy Cor, rivlnpessv i , transportation to all points of interest. ., : Hotel Albert,! NEW YORK.1 or nth st & ontvkrsitv rucE, V O il) One Block from Broadway. V Rooms, & i UP. RESTAURANT X Grand Lodgo I. O. O. r. .Mlciltiiwn, Muv 17 The Pennsylvania Biiunl luilK" huh 1 1 mil nt Uldd nf tutJ I-VUqvvm. toil ( il, hied next meet ul Hal hill's Th iiMumlttii on clectinn u ,(il I the c'lfilnii ii' V Hi-nil U, Jluhr, of Allc mown iih (rmiui u m dm J' ho grand .11- mM li.iiu.ti.cr of ItehcKuli, Iiml 1 1 del, i, ut llltiC'rf K'Slltll! Appointment of Duffy. I' iiiih'uiiK la n-riiiiles jiuffv nf I 'i.i ,ini l, vv.it. i nl,iv .ippnlnuil I' K to I 'i Jiin. ilntciult I I of 1 ill I illt linlliiiiici .Hid MiiMllilu vice el 1' Silky, of lluiilH luirK. 1 1 moved. CASTOR! A J?oi' fufrmts and ChiUion. The Kind Veil Hava I'wai , QcBgli! Boars V y s rfCv Signature. .. '4ui&fy V1W&S&3 '?.