THE SCRANTON TTlTBUNE-TSrONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 7, 1806.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
TO DECEASED ELKS
Lodge of Sorrow ol Scranton Lodge is
the Frolhiagham.
THEATRE FILLED TO THE DOOR
A Splendid Array of Taleut Parlici
paled ia the Event, Which Wat ia
Every Way Worthy It Noble Im
porlAttorney J. Elliot Kom lc
livered the .Memorial Address--..
Masterful Discourse Poems by
Editor Johu E. Barrett and Dan L.
Hart.
In many parts of the world last night,
but especially throughout the United
States, there welled up from thousands
of throats the sweet, famlliur and sym
pathetic strains of "Auld Lang Syne."
the memorial song of the Klks, the
Benevolent Protective Order of Klks.
The old ulr Is the memorial song of
Klkdom. suiig frequently, but more
particularly once every year as u tok-n
that the recollection of departeu broth
ers Is kept fresh and green.
Scranton lodge. No. 123. did Its part
In swelling the grand chorus. The an
nual Imlge of sorrow look place In the
Krothinglium theater and was partici
pated In by nearly i'OO Klks, who occu
pied seats on the theater stage und
witnessed by about l.fiUO persons, wives,
daughters, relatives ami friends of
Klkdom, who occupied all the seats in
the theater from orchestra pit to gal
lery. From soon after 8 o'clock until a
quarter past ten there was witnessed
an admirable memorial programme,
planned und carried out with such re
ward for the excellent und with such
success that the Klks must have Rained
an increased prestige in a city where
they are already considered ' propor
tionately as strong as in uny city in
this country. While the event was
known olliclally ns a "Lodge of Sor
row," ileslKHcd to commemorate the
llvs of departed brothers. It was not
sorrowful In a literal sense. Nor was
such the Intention, according to the
otlidal memorial order of the grand
exalted ruler or the words of the oru
tor of the evening. Attorney J. Klllot
IPiss. of this city. The service was,
lather, more calculated as a lesson that
"the day is now and the night is at
hand."
It is not often that In any city a
pcml-puhllc gathering Is permitted to
hear such a proficient and well-selected
corps of artists and entertainers us
that provided lust night. First there
was the tluent, cusy und forceful ora
tor, J. Klllot Hosh. Who delivered the
memorial address; Hauer's orchestra of
fifteen pieces, Klsle Van Dervoort, the
contralto soloist of Klin l'ark church;
Tillle Lewis, the Wilkes-Harre elocu
tionist, who hum for several years been
clinching her popularity In Klkdom;
"Hun" L. Hart, the Wllkes-Harre Klk
ami playwright: .Mr. and Mrs. Kmst
Thiele, violinist und soprano, respec
tively, whose advent In Scranton has,
though recent, been followed by pro
nounced favor; Will W. Watklns, bari
tone; und the Klk quartette, Fred O.
J. ELLIOT boss.
One of Scranton's Orators Who Delivered
the .Memorial Address.
Hand and Howell Davies. tenors, and
Will W. Watklns and Curtis Colvin,
bt'.ssos,
THE THEATER CROWDED.
Early In the evening hundreds of for
tunate ticket holders began to enter
the theater, and by 8 o'clock the seat
ing capacity was all occupied. The
Bpectutors were greeted by a pleasing
scene ufter the lifting of the curtain.
There was a glimpse of Klks in even
ing dress occupying ten tiers of seats,
a suspicion of flowers and drapery and
then the house was darkened. The
next glimpse of light was only from
the letters and figures, B. P. O. E.,
ITS," shown in a large electric set-piece
of incandescent suspended above the
stage. The light was shown in purple,
the richest of all colors and the color
of Elks. In a few seconds the regular
lights were turned on In the whole au
ditorium. In the center of the stage at the foot
lights rested a large elk's head, loaned
for the occasion by Henry lielin, Jr.
Near the footlights were arranged sev
eral onyx tables, palms and heavily
shaded lamps. The curtain was raised
to the overture of " i'oet and Peasant,"
by Suppe.
The opening and ritualistic ceremony
was brief. The roll call of the follow
ing names was answered by the sim
ple but effective monosyllable, "dead,"
after each name was called:
Scott D. Shoemaker, Duncan Wright.
Jr., Kmanuel Ziselmann, Vvilliam Rob
inson, Oeorge 8. Throop, M. I.. May
land C. Drinker, Humphrey Bradley,
A. N. Leete. Charles Zang.
Exalted Ruler Franklin W. Martin
presided, and the following officers
participated in the responsive service,
which lasted but a moment: W. J.
Welt-hel, esteemed leading knight; V.
A . Simrell, esteemed loyal knight;
Thomas A. Ruddy, esteemed lecturing
knight; William S. Uould, secretary;
C. J. Weichel, treasurer; John H. Lew
is, tyler; Fred C. Smith, esquire; R. T.
Gould, Inner guard. A brief prayer
by Chaplain Oeorge E. Davis precedr
ed the music programme. Those are
all the officers of the Scranton lodge,
excepting the following trustees: Au
gust Robinson, Victor Koch, Joseph
Levy. E. F. Boyle and John Benore.
The Elk quartette, Messrs. Hand,
Pavies, Watklns and Colvin sang "O
Where Shall Rest Be Found."
The poem recited by Miss Lewis was
written especially for the memorial
service by John K. Barrett, editor and
one of the proprietors of the Scranton
Truth. Its title was "Life's Journey."
From Ellen's first good morning to the last
good night of Time,
Across the storied ages, through many a
creed anl clime.
Through desert-laml and meadow, o'er
snow-clad pluln and sea.
Life's Journey leads the sons of men unto
Eternity.
The way Is sometimes pleasant, but 'tis
often filled with pain,
Tls sometimes bright with solendor, and
sometimes dark with rain.
But whether gloom or gladness fills the
tolling pilgrim's breast.
At the end tho Journey leads to, there Is
rest, blessed rest. .
Doubts gather In lire's pathway, like black
storm-clouds in the sky.
And the stoutest-hearted tremble when
the tempest passes by;
There are steeu and thorny places, and
trials hard to bear;
We sometimes marvel how the weak en
dure their weight of rare.
Why the friends we prise the dearest are
first to faint and fall
The first to close life's Journey Id the sleep
that cornea to all;
Yet Hope's bright star Is shining In the
distance far and fair.
And our eager footsteps hasten when the
friends we love are there.
There is blended joy end sadness along
Lire's thorny path.
Pride holds his fleeting carnival, the bub
ble of a day.
But Love alone is lasting, and will never
puss away;
For Love is heaven's gift to man, to keep
his Kden near.
His Heaven on earth, his happiness, till
Time shall disappear;
And hy her aid he Journeys toward the
land he cannot see.
From the Beautiful that was, to the Beau.
tiful to be.
The milestones of Life's Journey tell the
end Is far away.
Yet some reach it in a decade, and some
reach it in a day;
But be it days, or bt It years, or when-
soe'er it ends,
God's blessing will sustain us to Whatever
length it tends:
Will till the desert places with the flow'r
we hold most dear.
The t hornless llow'r of friendship, bulin
of breaking heart and tear,
Whose fragrance, like sweet Incense, when
the head Is bow'd with grief.
Raises up the drowning spirit, gives the
fainting soul relief.
Along this trying Journey there are pas
tures always fair,
And glimpses ot (Sod's garden In Its beau
ty, too. are there;
There are blossoms 'mid the thorns, and
the birds slug overhead,
And pictures of enchantment, to delight
our eyes, are spread;
Tho' the mad leads through the desert,
there are living springs to cheer;
Tho' the selllsh ure about us. yet some
cherishtd friends ure near;
And w ho shall say that K leu's Joys to us
have been denied
When the land Is tilled with beauty, and
our loved are by our side!
The absent friends we mourn, and vainly
looK fur through our tears.
Are bound to us by suered ties through
all the l.js.siiiK years:
We imiy not see their faces, but their
mein'ry cannot fade
Till life, and love, and friendship In a
common crave are laid,
And tlie pulsings and the strivings or man
kind are nt an end.
And the present with the ruture In one
symphony shall blend.
And the choirs of Heaven proclaim, In
Anthems most sublime,
Eternity's good morning, and the last
gooil night or Time!
AVE MARIA SUNG.
Mrs. Thiele sang "Ave Maria," by
Bach and Gounod, and "Spring Song,"
by Weil, feu- an encore, 'i'here wus a
violin olillgato accompaniment by Mr.
Thiele.
The memorial address of Mr. Ross
revealed u great depth of feeling in
the speukcr for the fundamental prin
ciples of the order. He made refer
ence to but three deceased brothers
anil of them brielly. He wus particu
larly earnest In his closing words.whlclt
were addressed to the members on the
stugi". Mr. Ross sold:
ATTi HtNKV ItilrffV ORATION.
Exalted Ruler, Brethren und Friends:
Standing ns we do toduy, "the heirs of
all Die nuvs In the foremost tiles of lime,
men everywhere occupy very high vantage
ground compared with the environments
of centuries ugu. The ages In their flight
have wrought radical changes not only In
knowledge and effort, but even III our
habits of thought, and the entire super,
structure, being but the crystallized ex
presslon of present conditions, must pre
sent a vastly different aspect.
As In Goethe's grand fable wherein nn
apparently unpretentious and even repul
sive old hut, by the light of a lamp is
transformed from its smut to ben ilifiil
palace, so III every-day experience a sort
of lamp has been lighted, by virtue of
which it Is no longer necessary that men
should die In order that their good traits
of character may lie recognized as glit
tering gems of moral worth from which
the lights of Charity, Justice, Brotherly
1-ove and Fidelity like glories fall, making
glad the waste places In men's hearts, and
causing the most arid desert of life to blos
som us the rose.
isn't It a singular fact thnt we are so
stingy of praise fur the living, nnd yet see
so much that Is admirable when they die?
Men act toward one another as If there
were not room enough for us all on this
footstool, and ns if acknowledging merit
in another would detract from themselves!
An encouraging word, often goes a long
way toward softening the asperities of the
"hardened struggles of life," and a Word
of appreciation Is always grateful to men's
ever hunger hearts. This would cost us
not a cent, though its value is beyond
price. Why refuse It?
There Is some good In every one. Take
that good- dwell upon It, and magnify it
while they are living. Instead of dwelling
upon and magnifying the evil, as so many
do. I would that I could send this thought
home to your heurts with such force that
It might take root there and bear abun
dant fruit In the days to come! Truly
there Is more than one sense In wnlch v
ory mun Is his brother's keeper!
Whatever Is good and pure and true nnd
noble has an Inherent attraction for men
nnd women of every class, and consequent
ly this oriraiilzatlon challenges the admir.
atlon of the world today us It comes to
gether In the various cities ot our land
for the purposes of this unique, touching
and sacred memorial ceremony.
THK DIVINE LAWS.
When the Grand Exalted Ruler of the
unlveree, gloriously enthroned In the
bosom of the great eternal Now. first
tilling from His omnipotent hand the
myriads of stars, suns anil systems that
now stud Infinite space, he Implanted upon
them Immutable laws. In accordance with
which they must ever run their endless
courses, be those courses whut they may.
No wonder the Psalmist, amazed nt the
mighty thought, should cry out: "When
I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thv
hand, the moon and the stars which Thou
hast ordained: what is mun that Thou
are mindful of him? nnd the son of man
that Thou visitest him? O Lord,
our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in
all the earth!"
Nor Is it upon the universe alone these
laws are stamped as a whole. The law of
the vegetable kingdom: 'First the blade,
then the ear, then the full corn In tho
ear," applies on every hand.
Come with me to a happy home, whether
In o palace or a hovel. See that tlnv In
fant In Its cradle. "Only a baby" Is all
we see, isn't it? Ah! we're blind! Look
FRED C. HAND,
The Chairman of the Memorinl Commit
tee, Which Arranged the Service.
with that mother's prophetic soul and pen
etrating eye, and we shall see therein the
germ of every power the human atom will
ever evince! That molhpr sees the power
germs which developed enable men to lend
armies, harness the lightning, swav mul
titudes, nnd conquer ull things, ere the
law of "first the blade, then the ear, then
the full corn In the ear," shall have found
Its full fruition.
In accordance with the same sort of gen
eral law In society, the changing conditions
have from time to time evolved various or
ganizations of a more or luss secret char
acter, for the acconipllshml-nt of one pur
pose or another, sume of them of great
antiquity, others or more recent date.
Many or these have. In profession, chirlly
for a corner stone; but If they may be
Judged by their practical workings today,
they are simply a sort of seml-lnsurauce
society, and to find a grain of .pure charity
in them one would have to go almost ns
far back as the time when It might truth
fully be said that Christians loved ( ne
another. Examination will discover few,
If any, that practice the dispensation of
charity pure and simple, a charity not
necessarily measured by dollars nivd cents,
but that higher order of charity which
feeds, sustains, soothes and encourages
the human heart as we pass along in the
Journey of life.
RECORD OF THE ELKS.
Boasting no birth In a hoary antiquity,,
noistles as the great forces of nature, nnd
modest us a flower of spring, the Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks conies
to us as a child of tho conditions and re
quirements, and best und highest and holi
est aspirations of the waning years of tho
nineteenth century; und even at this early
anniversary In Its history it has a record
to which every member can point with
pardonable pride.
I am well aware that we cannot make
men by obligations, and I have no Inten
tion, therefore, or holding up every Elk
as a pattern by which to gauge any man's
conduct. They arc men, and human, full
or faults und fallings; the Infirmities of
our common humanity are as great In
them as they ure in those outsl le the
charmed circle; but there Is this difference,
the Elks are set In the right direction, and
FRANKLIN W. MARTIN. .
The Exalted Ruler of Scranton Lodge,
B. P. O. 10. . No. 123.
the rest Is but matter of growth. How
could they be more than Iti the "blade"
period at the early age of nineteen years?
I say the Elks are set In the right di
rection, and 1 say It for many reasons.
They have broken down, swept away ob.
llteruteil the i.urrow Urns or nationality,
cited and polities, which tend so much to
stunt the growth or men's better nutures,
and keen them apart III the battle of lift)
and today they present u sort of grand
milleulal dawn spectacle, men represent
ing many of ihe different religious creeds
clasping hands upon the highest planes
of morality, under the banner of patriot
ism, not as native Americans, English,
Dutch, Heoti h, Welsh or Italians, Republi
cans, Democrats, Prohibitionists, and
what not, but marching as Invincibly as
au army with banners, conquering and to
cf.uqui r, n glorious leavening nut lens of
tliri world's highest Ideul, the universal
brotherhood of man in the Fatherhood of
God!
I brand as wickedly, maliciously and
contemptibly false, the ussertlon that ru
frequently falls trippingly from the
tongues of those social ghouls whose
mouths are whited sepulchres of sllniv
slander, and ho cling here und there to
the social fabric as barnacles to au oceu'.l
going vessel, that the Elks lend to en
courage drinking habits and a laxity of
morals among men.
SLANDERER IS ABROAD.
As may be said of individuals, so may It
be said of organizations the slanderer !s
abroad in the hind. 1 venture the ussertlon
that there is not u man or woman of any
prumliience In the city of Scranton whose
character for probity has not been as
sailed and reputation smirched, at one
time or another, by some one or more or
these abominable human excrescences,
whose devilish machinations anil Nero
eclipslng cruelty huve wrung livers of
blood from bruised und broken, innocent
heurts.
Hut this organization has set Its face
sternly against this disposition and prac
tice, und woe to him who attempts to tly
in the face or their edict!
So that, my rrlends, 1 confidently expect
to see the dawn or a day when It will be
possible for ladles to walk proudly along
the streets of the city of Scranton, anil
other cities of our land, without danger of
subjection to vile or reflecting remarks,
and when the sexes may ussoclate freely
without suspicion; for this order extends
special consideration to the women of the
nation, and their safety und purity are
objects of Its special cure; and when men
everywhere will be treated with a Justness
and fairness the world has never yet ex
tiided, Instead of the presumption of moral
rottenness which now so commonly pre
vails. Instead of lending strength to this slan
der against, the Elks look at the facts In
the light of the declaration, "There Is a
time for everything." The good fellow,
ship und hilarity for which the Elks lire
noted are only what intelligence would
predicate of men of their genial tempera
ment, who must of necessity from time to
time bathe in the sunshine of mirth.
Here they are: look tlu-m over; a fair
average among men, ut the very least I
should say. And 1 assure the mothers,
wives, sisters and sweethearts of members
that the Elks' rooms on Franklin avenue
are a fur better und safer place for their
loved ones of an evening thun many others
that mlht be named.
And yet, with all their Inclination to
mirth, they have a divinely human sympa
thetic side which quickly responds to every
call.
WHEN IT 18 A BLESSING.
When the lightnings of sorrow flash
across the skv of the human heart, und
the thunders of dire misfortune shake the
very foundations of the Immortal soul;
when the sun Is hid, and the flower no lon
ger bloom; when faith, staggered and
blinded, no longer lights the way, und tho
overwhelming floods of desolation seem to
sweep away every vestige of a happy pas'
nnd hopeful future: when the Icy hand of
Death gathers In its ruthless grasp the
rarest, choicest und dearest of the flock
around whom the tendrils of our hearts
have so firmly entwined themselves; when
the whole being Is bowed and bent and torn
by infinite disappointment and sorrow and
our eyes are steeped In tears; ah! then the
glory nnd the beauty und the strength
and the comfort arising from the grand
rympiithy of this noble band of brethren,
constitute a living fountain of that "pence
which passeth understanding." Let them
refuse It their hearty "God speed" who
never knew its worth! The children of men
will go on finding morul sunport of a
high character in it dully, notwithstand
ing. Time forbids extended mention of all
our deceased brethren, even if such were
the purpose of this memorial service, ns
it is not; but It may not be amiss to em
phasize by an Instance or two of personal
reference, the beauty or Elkdom along its
higher lines.
Who did not know, or know or, William
Robinson? Yet how much did you know
or him'.' As you recall his genial face, his
perennial good nature, his ready sympa
thy with the unfortunate, and such things
in a general way, as we all can today of ull
his great big hearted, generous family of
Robinsons, can you mention even one i-pe-cltlc
example? Well, I can, anyway, nnd
I note one pnlr of eyes In this audi 'nee
thut cnuM not fall to fill with tears at
mention of his name. The incident came
under my own nersonal observation, and
1 thank God constantly for the knowledge.
It was a girt or money, and the donor all
unostentatious In his act, pledged secrecy
at the time, and died without revealing It;
the recipient, saved rrom business, and I,
his attorney, still live to bless and revere
his memory.
ROLL OF THE DEAD.
Among the number or our deceased
brethren, also.ls Dr. George 8. Throoo,
one or the orgenlzeis of Scranton Lodge,
and Its first Exalted Ruler; the genial,
generous, minly and gifted son of the
oldest Elk In th world, our venerable
brother, Dr. B. F. Throop, who, happily.
Is yet spared to the Order of Klks and the
c'.ty of S'ranton, notwithstanding the
high hopes that were blasted In that sad
death. ,
You all knew, and none could fall to like,
the genlul "Doc," cut off. iilus! all too
early. In the very prime- or life.
A short time ago It was my privilege,
with the rest of the Scranton lodse, to
Bttend the. dedication of an Elks' Rest at
Wllkes-Harre, and I cannot now resist the
thought that had Dr. George fl. Throop
been with us that day, his big heart
would have been so stirred that he would
long ere this have accomplished an Elks'
Rest here, as the great magnanimity of
Brother Ben Dllley did for the brethren
there. And In this connection I cannot
refrain from declaring thnt. In my opin
ion, our good Brother Dllley In that act
buililed better than he thought, for he
there laid broad ami deep the foundations
or a materlul monument that will keep his
memory green tor ages to come, and
through which, though dead, he will speak
with an eloquence that never graced his
mortal lips.
During the past year, and tiiat but re.
cently, Brother Charles Zang, one of our
members, was called rrom our midst. Un
pretentious In his lire, kind, considerate
and generous to a fault, a good nusoanu,
n hivliiv futhsr nn iinriuht citlsen and ex-
cedent friend, our sympathy goes rorth
In unstinted measure to his stricken fam
lly, as now we aadly and reverently add
his name to our Memorial Roll. May
his ashes rest In peace, and may the be
nign benediction and abundant blessings
ot Him who "temtwrs the wind to the
shorn lamb" reconcile his family ana our
selves to the inscrutable wisdom under
lying this providence.
THE CONCLUDING REMARKS.
At this point the speaker turned to
the members of the lodge, who, at a
signal from the exalted ruler, arose.
Mr. Ross then concluded his address
as follows!
My Brethren: I would address my clos.
Ing words especially to you, and In so do
ing would lend emphasis, If I could, to
the lines of the poet:
"First to thine own self be true.
And It will follow as the night the day.
Thou canst not then be false to any man. '
Every Elk. whether realizing the fact or
not, bear aloft a Danuer wun me iiou
glven device, "As ye would that men
should do unto vou. do ye even so unto
them." und by noble living you can never
siillv that motto.
The Order or Blks, along its higher
lines, constitutes us an army now militant
against the evils that are round about us
over which, In the principles or our nag
ill u noil ultar. It Is one day possible to In
triumphant, so that when our time comes
to Join the number or those whose names
now constitute the Memorial Roll, each
or us. individually crowned with victory.
rhall sweep through the pearly gates Into
the Ineffable presence ol the luvtne ex
alted Ruler, whose welcome plaudit, "Well
don. thou uood and faithful servant," will
cause the ungels to make heaven's arches
ring ngaln with the sweetest music or an
eternity. '
When Miss Van Dervoort had sting
"Pension Melonconlca" the audience
would not accent a bow as an en
core, but Insisted on a further appear
ance when she sa.ng "O. Fair: O,
Sweet; O, Holy." by Cantor. Mr. Thiele
followed with n dual violin nuniner,
nn air on the string, by Bach, and a
mazurka by Musln, and played for
on encore a serenude by aiohzkowski.
ORCHESTRA SELECTIONS.
The orchestra plawed Sousa's "I Too
Was Horn In Arcadia." Mr. Watklns
was obliged to slug an encore to L"ud's
There Is a City Bright." Mrs. Thiele
sung "Bolero Sicilian Vespers." by
Verdi, and for an encore "Mlgnon, by
d'Hiirdelon.
"Dun" Hart recited with much feel
ing the poem. "Charity. Justice and
Brotherly Love.' which was composed
for and dedicated to Elkdom some time
ugo. It was as follows:
Though a man, when he lived, were harsh
and cold,
And he wound his heart In a winding sheet
of the woven threads of untold deceit,
And soothed no sorrows, and red no tiros.
But the sordid flames of his own desires,
Some heart would pity him after ul :
A tear from some one would gently tall,
And u prayer, well meant, from some kind
ly creed.
That never falls In the sinner's need,
Would ask that his soul lie swiftly sped.
To th" Isles of the Illcssod when he were
dead.
The scope or our wrongs and antipathies
Is not so wide as are things like these;
The shut tins mute as In dread surprise.
And the pitiful sluht or the sightless eyes
Ah! thee would disarm us or every hate.
Though we came to curse at the deud
man's gate.
It were heller to write on the shifting
sand,
Tho raults that a brother could not with
stand,
And to chisel whatever his virtue be
on the tablets of love and or memory,
For the. noblest creed 'neuth the skies
above
Is Charity, Justice, and Brotherly Love.
'Tls the worst of death that we never
take
To the narrow beds that the sextons
make.
One thing we loved from the life we knew
The clas'j of a hund thut was warm und
true.
The soond of n voice that was sweet to
hear.
The light of eyes that were always dear;
When we llo with death must part with
these
Wo shall not regret them, 'tis true, nor
tease
Our heurts for their loss In that mystic
sleep.
So wakeless and dreamless and endless
deep.
But alone, on the bring of the dark abyss,
Oh, very hard is the thought of this.
And, yet, It must soften the warning knell
To know we shall long be remembered
well,
Thnt the brave companions of old, glad
hours,
Whose mirth and music once, too, was
ours,
Shall speak tho name of the well-loved
dead
When the song goes 'round and the feast
Is spread.
Though empty handed we sink away
To the sunset hills and the shadows gray,
The light or memory's lifted fuce
Shull sit for us In our wonted place.
And smile to the hour when the toast Is
o'er,
To our absent brothers who come no more
When Mr. Hurt had finished, the ap
plause demanded his further presence
and he told a story in prose, "The Dy
ing Elk."
AULD LA NO SYNE.
Mrs. Thiele and Miss Van Dervoort
sang- in duet "L'Addio," by Donizetti,
Continued on Page 2.
AGENTS WANTED.
ANTED - ffnUOAHSNTrFO
sell's authorized "LIVES OF MeKIX.
LEY AND HOBAKT:" find paos, elegantly
illustrated; price only ). oil: the best and the
cheapest, and outsells all others; Sd percent,
to agents and the freight raid. tip-Boons
now ready; save time by sending ffi cents in
stamps for All outfit at once. Address A. D
V ORTHINUTN CO., U.irtford, Conn.
VANTED-I.IVE PEOPLE IN EVERY
locality at 812 weeklv salary und ex-
Penses to take orders rnr Christmas Uoods.
ermntient emplovmnnt if right. MANUFAC
TURER, J. O. Box MIS, Boston, Muss,
rANTED-GENERAL AOENTS IN EV-
erv county; ulso lady canvassers; some
thing new; suro seller; apply quick. J. C.
HILBEKT, 141 Adams avenue, Scranton, Pa.
AGENT8-WHAT ARE YOU GOIVO TO
do about Snre Citizenship price II. Go
ing by thousand Address NICHOLS,
Nnpervllle, 111.
AGENTS-TO BELL OCR PRACTICAL
sold, silver, nickel and copper electro
plasters: prices from 3 upward: salary and
expenaes paid: outfit free. Address, with
stamp. MUBIGAN M KG CO., Chicago?
AGENTS TO SEI.L01OAR8 TO DEALERS;
JSi weekly and extienes: experience un
necessary. CONSOLIDATED MFO CO.. 4
Van Huron at, Chicago,
C ALESMAN TO CaT;R Y hFdE TjNeT2
O per cent, commission: sample book mailed
free, Addres L. N. CO., fetation L, New
York.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
SITUATION WANTED-BY A YOUNG
man as mineral or lieer liottler; under
stands roin fountain, in drug stores. Addreai
li. A. M Tribune otHco.
VANTEI)-I)Y A MIDDLE-AGED LADY.
position as housekeeper. Addrets II,
L, Tribune,
DKCOGIST-REUULAB I'll A HMACIST.
I'BtinsGrnnfa. Temperate. References.
Address, DKUUUIbT, Scranton, Pa.
WANTED - WASHING,
scrubbing by the day.
don street
IRONING OR
Call at -Ut Lin-
SITUATION WANTED GCOD LACK
kJ dres. would like one or two family wash
IngSHtid Ironings at home and go out one or
two days a week. Mrs. Key wood, Fairfield
Park, Scranton.
SITUATION WANTED BY A MIDDLE
iJ gtl mun as engineer or fireman; has hid
year of vxiierieucn and can give best of ref
erences. W. L.. tfJl Ptiolps street.
CLAIRVOYANT.
MADAME DsLKON KENTON READS
your life. 10.11 West Lackawanna ave
nue, Hyde t ark, for s few days only.
MONEY TO LOAN.
9
000 AND 70U TO LOAN ON CITY MORT-
1 saves. D. H. RKPLOULE. Atturnav.
Meara'Bulldlng.
Connolly &, Wallace
KID GLOVE
DEPARTMENT.
Have You Seen the
New Patented "Ideal
Fastener?"
We Are Sole Agents
for Scranton.
CONNOLLY
T
A WORD.
WANTS OP ALL KINDS COST THAT
MUCH, WHEN PAID FOR IN AD
VANCE. WHEN A BOOK ACCOUNT
IS MADE NO CHARGES WILL BE LESS
THAN 25 CENTS. THIS RULE Al".
FLIES TO SMALL WANT ADS., EX
CEPT LOCAL SITUATIONS. WHICH
ARE INSERTED FREE.
HELP WANTED MALES.
'1IUARMAKER8 WANTED -TWO OOOD
hand workmen. DECKER UltOS.
U WANTED AN IDEA. WHO CAN THINK
of mime simple thing to putent t Pro
tect your Ideas: they may bring vou wealth.
Write .ION1I WKDDEKBUKN & CO,, Dept.
(', ttt. Patent Attorneys, Washington. D. C ,
lor their SINK) prizo offer aud list or VM0 inveu
tlona wanted.
YVANTEt-A8 AOENT IN EVERY PEC-
Hon to canvass: ft.im to Kno a day
made ; sells at rigl't; alxo a man to sell Ktapln
Hoods to dealers; In st side line $75 a month;
salary or largo commission made; exptrienco
unnecessary. Clifton Soap and Manufactur
ing Co., Cincinnati, O.
WANTED - WELL-KNOWN MAN IN
every town to olicit stock subscrip
tions; a monopoly; Mg money rr agents: uo
rapltal reipiired. EDWARD C. FISH & CO.,
Purden Block, ('hirairo. III.
HELP VVANTED-FEMALES.
IADIEH I MAKE RIO WAOIC8 DOING
i pleasant home wot k. and will gladly send
full particulars to all bending It crtit stamp.
MISS SI. A. SI EI'BINS, Lawrence, Mich.
WANTED LADY AGENTS IN SCRAN
ton to soil and intrudun- Hnydcr's cake
Icing; experienced canvasser preferred : work
permanent and very profitable. Write for
particulars at once and get benefit of holiday
trade. T. It. (iNVDr.lt & CO., Cincinnati. O.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY-TWOENErI
setic saleswomen to represent us
Ouarantend fil a day without luterforrlng
with other duties,' Henlthlul occupation.
Write for particulars, enclosing stump, Mango
Chemical Ccinpauy, No. VI John Street, New
York.
WANTED.
CECOND-HAND FURNACE TO HEAT A
i hotel. Call or add rem ANTHRACITE
HOTEL, HI Wyoming avenue.
FOK SALE.
FERRETS FOR SALE CHE A I', CALL AT
W Spruce street.
I.'ORSAI.E-THE OLD BROADWAY Ho
tel. PHI Cedar avetine. Scranton; terms
easy, HENRY WALTER, Proprietor.
lfOR KALE A SILVER-PLATED CONN
V double bell euphonium, nicely engraved
with trombone Icll. pold lined: nearlv now
and st iUO: will sell at a bargain. Address
this week to E. W. QAYLOK, LaRaysville,
ra. ;
VOH SALE HORSE, AOED SIX YEARS,
V weight i,Wj pounds; can be seen at 1021
Price street.
OR SALE MY COTTAGE AT ELM-
hurst and the four lots on which it
stands; alto the four lots adjoining: moat de.
sirable location In Klnihurtt: prices reasons
ble: terms easv: possession given at once. E.
P. KI NGSBCRY, Commonwealth building.
Set an ton. Pb.
FOR RENT.
IXlK RENT HOUSE AND 7 ACRES OF
r land in Chinchilla, krnwn as the Hoover
property. Inquire at WW North Alain avenue,
city.
F'OR RENT-HALF OF DOUBLE HOUSE:
modern Imnrovements: rent rca.onable:
corner ot Pine si.d Blakcly streets, Dunmore.
CITY SCAVENGER.
A- B. BR1GUS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS
. and cess noola: rn odor: imnroved
pumps used. A, BRKIOS, Proprietor.
Lieave orners i iou norm main avenue, or
Rrckes' druir ntnre. corner Auams and MuU
berry. Telephone 453A.
01
CEN
Opposite Wyoming House.
- r tat mm rlr"
& WALLACE,
CHIROPODIST AND MANICURE.
pORNS. BUNIONS AND INGROWING
V. nails cured without the least pain or
drawing blood Consultation and advice given
free. t. M. HFTSK.L, Chiropodist, 3J0 Lack
awanna avenue. Ladles attended at their
residence if desir-d. Charges moderate
HELP FURNISHED.
HELPOF ALL KINDS FURNISHED EN
CYCLOPEDIA EMPLOYMENT All EN.
CY, 414 Spruce street. Telephone 61'J4.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Physicians and Surgeons.
MARY A. SHEPHERD, M. D., NO. ZU
Auams aevnue.
DR. A. TRAPOLD, SPECIALIST IN
Diseases or Women, corner Wyoming
avenue and Suruce street. Scranton. Of.
flee hours, Thursday and Saturdays,
a. m. to e p. m.
DR. COMEGYS-OFFICE NO. 337 N.
Washington ave. Hours, 12 m. to 'i p. m.
Diseases or women a specialty. Tele
phone No. 3232.
DR. W. E. ALLEN, 612 NORTH WASH
Ington avenue.
DR. ANNA LAW. 308 WYOMING AVE.
Office hours, 0-11 a. nr.. 1-8 p. m., 7-8 p. m.
DR. L. M. GATES. 125 WASHINGTON
avenue. Ofllce hours, 8 to a. m.. 1 90
to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence 309 Madi
son aevnue.
DR. S. W. LAMEREATTX. A SPECIAL
1st on chronio diseases or the heart,
lungs, liver, kidney and genlto urinary
orguns, will occupy the ofllce or Dr.
Rous, 232 Adams aevnue. Utiles hours,
1 to 5 p. m.
DR. C. L. FREAS, SPECIALIST IN
Rupture, Truss Fitting and Fat Reduc
tion. Rooms 206 and 207 Mears Building.
Office telephone 1301 Hours: 10 to 12, 1
to 4. 7 to
W. O. ROOK. VETERINARY 8UR
geon. Horses, Cattle and Dogs treated.
Hospital, 124 Linden street, Scranton,
Telephone, 2673.
LawveM.
FRANK E. BOYLE. ATTORNEY AND
counsellor-at-law. Burr building, rooms
13 and 14, Washington avenue.
EDWARD W. THAYER, ATT Y AT LAW,
211 Wyoming avenue.
JEFFREY'S & RUDDY. ATTORNEYS-at-law,
Commonwealth building.
WARREN A KNAPP, ATTORNEYS
and Counsellors at Law, Republican
building, Washington avenue, Scranton,
Pa.
JE8SUP ft JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND
Counsellors at Law, Commonwealth
building, Washington avenue.
W. H. JESSUP.
W. H. JESSUP. JR.
PATTERSON A WILCOX. ATTOIt
neys and Counsellors at Law; offlacs 6
and 8 Library building, Scranton, Pa.
ROSEWELL II. PATTERSON,
WILLIAM A. WILCOX.
ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND.
Attorneys and Counsellors, Common
wealth building. Rooms 19. 20 and 21.
FRANK T. OKELL. ATTORNEY-AT.
Law, Room t, Coal Exchange, Scranton,
Pa.
JAMES W. OAKFORD. ATTORNEY-at-Law,
rooms 63, t and , Common
wealth building.
SAMUEL W. EDGAR, ATTORNEY-AT-Law.
Office, 317 Spruce at., Scranton, Pa.
lTaTwatres, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
423 Lackawanna ave., Scranton, Pa.
URIH TOWNSEND, ATTORNEY-AT-Law,
Dlmo Bank Building, Scranton.
Money to loan in large sums at t per
cent.
C. R. PITCHER, ATTORNEY-AT-law,
Commonwealth building, Scranton,
Pa.
C. COMEGYS. 821 SPRUCE STREET.
D. B. HEPLOGLE, ATTORNEY LOANS
negotiated on real estate security.
Mears building, corner Washington ave
nue anu Hpruce street.
B. F. KILLAM. ATTORNEY TLAwT
120 Wyoming ave., Scranton, Pa.
JAS. J. H. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT-law,
45 Commonwealth bld'g. Scranton.
WATSON. DIEHL ft HALL-Attorneys
and Counsellors-at-Law: Traders' Na
tional Bank Building; rooms (, 7, 8, I
and 10; third floor.
Cloaks "d Millinery
EXCLUSIVELY.
NO TRASH
Medium and Fine Goods Only
We give you BETTER VALUE for year
oney than any other house in this city.
Store onen evenings till Holi
days.
ONE PKiCEJO ALL.
400-402 Lack An., Scranton, Pa.
lllhli
Mflillll
(lllJWf
lUlllMIilifi.
'iiMMiw ill
Ttt-
Architects.
EDWARD H. DAVIS, ARCHITECT.
Rooms 24, 25 and 20, Commonwealth
building, Scranton.
E. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT, OFFICE!
rear of 606 Washington avenue.
LEWIS HANCOCK. JR.. A RChItECtT
435 Spruce st., cor. Wash, ave., Scranton.
BROWN ft MORRIS, ARCHITECTS!
Price building, 12ti Washington avenue.
Scranton.
T. I. LACEY A SON. ARCHITECTS.
Trader's Bank Kulldlng.
AUcrntaii.
O. F. KELLOW, 1004 W. LACK A. AVE.
Dentists.
DR. F. L. M'ORAW, 306 SPRUCI
street.
DR. H. F. REYNOLDS, OPP. P. O.
DR. E. Y. HARRISON, 113 S. MAIN AVE.
PR- C. C. LAUBACH, 115 Wyoming avs.
R. M. 8TRATTON, OFFICE COAL EX.
change.
WELCOME C. SNOVrT 421 LACKaT
ave. Hours, 9 to 1 and 2 to 6.
Detectives.
BARRING ft M'SWEENEY. COMMON,
wealth building, lntcrstuto Secret Ser
vice Agency.
Dressmaker.
MRS. M. E. DAVIS. 430 Adams avenue.
Schools.
SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA.
Scranton, Pa., prepares boys and girls
for college or business; thoroughly
trains young children. Catalogue at re
quest.
REV. THOMAS M. CANN.
WALTER H. BUELL.
MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN
and School. 412 Adams avenue. Spring
term April 13. Kindergarten 110 per term.
See J.
O. R.. CLARK ft CO.. SEEDMEN AND
Nurserymen; store 140 Washington ave
rue; green house, 13.V) North Main avo
nue; store telephone, 7S2.
Wire Screens.
JOS. KUETTEL, REAR Ml LACK A.
wsnna avenue. Scranton, Pa., manufao
turcr of Wire Screens.
Hotels and Restaurants.
THE ELK CAFE. 125 and 127 FRANK,
lin avenue. Rates reasonable.
P. ZEIOLER. Proprietor
SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR P., L. A W.
passenger depot. Conducted on ths
European plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth St. nnd Irving Place.
New York.
Rates, $3.50 per day and upwards. (Ameri
can plan.) GEO. MURRAY,
Proprietor.
Miscellaneous,
BAUER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSIC FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed.
dings and concert work furnished. For
terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor,
117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulberfs
music store.
MEGARGEB BROTHERS, PRINTERS'
supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine.
Warehouse, ISO Washington ave.. Scran,
ton. Pa.
FRANK P. BROWN A CO., WHOLE,
sale dealers In Woodware, Cordage and
Oil Cloth, 720 West Lackawanna ave.
THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT AC.
countant and auditor. Rooms 19 and 20,
Williams Building, opposite postoftlce.
Agent for the Rex Fire Extinguisher.
M CfcMiMtri'i Enall.a ltlaaB Urea
rEflNYROYAL PILLS
W s-u?iv wnBinoi Mil Ijr teme.
Uru.rtftit ttor'ChicfUr gnglitk Via-,
muad Brand In Med url Hold tue'&llia
, iiftiihJ wltb blue ribbon. TsLe
Iiohm nnd imitatiunt. At DraffffiaM, or tend 4h
In tmiMi t f nurtlculari. ttinwaiivU uJ
If tllvf for Ladle' imtmtr. by rctara
ss at .Tisiis. r.ipiMi iraomiii. nam nw(ra
Xrhlrhc-.l4-pCkklCv(lIi.dlMRryBr
m hr Ml Issiwl Uruwiu sThlltiii?
tarn