0 jTIIE SCTRANTON TRIBUTE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1897. WHITNEY'S WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS The Strange Somnambulistic Feat of Peter Aicdulrk. NEWS OF THE VARIOUS RAILROADS Mrs. Wcsuntt's Wonderful Tliomnt Cllt--A .11 OM! Ill l! lit AgllltlNt Cig- ureittu Dealers -- Thomson ,1111k I'rotluccru Ori;niiic-f.Soad Timet l'ri'ilieleil Tor Itiiilrontl Shop .11 en. l'ursuiiul .Mention, s Special Correspondence to The Tribune. SUMilii-huiinn, Jan. 12. Peter Mc Gulrk, of I'lensnnt Valley, a few dnys since lcfilsteied at a Susquehanna hotel Duiliifr tlu evening he fell asleep on a sofa In the sitting loom. His sleep U13 so deep that seeial trains pulled Into tlie station, liLar by, with much noise, but failed in nnj way to distill b hlin. When ewrj thliiR had become unlet hi lnlsed himself fiom the sofa, walked to the tud of the eiandu, and asked In u keen falKetto: "Whine's my mtileaV" The othei men about the hoUSM- dlscoeied that he wns fast asleep, but told him that his mules Wile ut the station. Immediately he walked ncios the lnterenliif? space to tile station, and Imagined a ttuek full of ti links to be his mules He was liandid a bucket of water and told to water them, which he did, holding the wntei to the tiuck handles. Then he was handed some straw and being told to feed the mules, placed It undoi theli Imagined heads. Bj this lime Home one had seemed a glass of watei, which, bilng dnslud Into MeGulik's face, Im mediately awoke him He was quite angiy, hut the situation bting evpluln td t6 him he boon rocoeied his good hutnoi, and said that If some one" hud onl touched him w Ith the hand ln would hno been Instontb awake He sus he Is the champion somnambulist o' the uunti, and that his delusion Is ulns the same being In quest of iunaa multh. The peculiar pait of the mnttei lb, that he neu owned a i pair of mules in his life. RAILROAD JOTTINGS. Fie loeomothes hae just been com pleted In the l"2tie shops heie, and live otheis, of a d Iff Lien t class, will be con stituted at once. Theie Is a new ft eight run on the Delawnie and Hudson load, between Carbondale and Oneontn, 9G miles. It Is a two das' tilp Theie aie two crews, each lealng Oneonta. and Car bondale eei othei daj. The Baldwin Locomothe works re cently shipped foi t -four loeomothes of lmpioed design to Japan. Piesldont r, p Thomas, of the Eiie, sas; "While business Is dull for the moment, we look foiwaul to a better condition of affaiis. If the legislatures, state and national, would only adjoin n and go home, we would hae a iehal of business next day. I4 the contiact made between the Kile and the state, Susquehanna coun t has In the last foi tj jeais lost $400, 000 The ralhoad piesldents of the coun tt j aie sanguine of the good times com ing. All speak hopefully of the future, and the most of them expect consider able lmpioement In the spilng. The Susquehanna Bi othei hood of Railioad Tialnmen aie piepailng foi their annual ball IIOMD HAPPENINGS. The funewil of Chailes T. Baitiam, si , a piomlnent and highly esteemed resident, ocelli led fiom the family residence on Saturday afternoon and ins laigelj attended. The Honesdale sklit faotoiy Is nego tiating with the boaid of tiade, with a M(w to locating a blanch foctoiy in Susquehanna. The Past Sachems' association, Im pioed Order of Red Men, or Susque hanna, county, will hold a convention In Susquehanna on Monday evening, Jan IS The Hacks of a laigo animal, sup posed to be a panther, weie seen neai Heai Swamp, Thomson township, on Sunda. An Uncle Tomwar tioupe Is edging Susquehannnwaid. on Tun jnrrnRSON branch. Thomson milk pioduceis have organ ized an association for material pio- tectlon and benLllt. The chair fnctoiy at Brandt has re sumed opeiatlons, aftei a bilef shut down John Wnnamaker, of Philadelphia, nns presented the new Methodist chinch at Stevens' Point with a Bible, hvninal, etc. The oldest mercantile firm In Thom son Is but two yeuib old. IN Tim COUNTY. .The faimeis of Susquehanna county "W 111 next season iecele moie than a cent a quart for their milk or know the icason why. The County Historical association 'hold a meeting in Monti ose on Satui dn The dlstilct council of the Impioved filler of Rtd Men was held In Gieat Bend on Monday evening Ux-Sheriff Leonaid has removed to Coopeistown. Dealeis In cigarettes In Hallstead are te be pioseouted. The Parmeis' alliance of the county held a Lonventlon in Monttose on Tuesday. Gieat Bend has a now association, the "Brotheihood of Andrew und Philip." AND SO FORTH. A Scranton v liter, in describing an niddent to a Poiest Citj man, said: "A .scantling inn Into his thtoat " What a tin oat I The Middlehurgh News man has this to say of their lallioad: "If the pas sengeis tiaveled the same speed to the othei woild as the tiain takes in going to and fiom Schohaiie and the Junc tion, they will need a hail cut and shave when they get theie. Tialns aie now tunning on their own time, and the cow -catcher continues to eat snow all the way." A Susquehanna county correspondent is rites to his paper that "Uncle Peter Larkln on Monday lecelved the pleas ing Intelligence that an uncle In the west has died, leaving him $200 in cash. Another pnragrupher wiites that "Mis. Samuels, of Tuscaroia, has en duit'd religion for sixty-seven sears;' , A WONDERFUL. CAT. Mr. AVestoott, n suburban farmer, has a iLinaikable Thomas cat. The cat came to Mr. Westcott's home a year ago, It looked so forlorn and me-owed su feelingly that the fanner's heart was touched, and he took it in. The tat proved so affectionate in Ills man jeis that he was adopted. After a shlle it betrajed an exceeding fond ness for the smoke that Westcott puffed from his ct;ms. It became so noticeable that Thomas' foster father regularly shared his after-dinner cl gais with the cat, giving him the smoke half, As n Joke, a clgai was put Into the cat's mouth one day, and, to his owner's astonishment, the cat sat up on his hind legs nnd puffed awny w Ith the most complacent equanimity. There was only one drawback to his complete success his teeth were so sharp that they bit flff the ends of the cigars continually, and It required too much attention to keep living It for him. To remedy the deficiency, Mr. Westcott had a wooden clgai -holder made for Thomas, and now he Is able to Indulge his taste for the weed by smoking a Havana every day after dlnnei. Another accomplishment of the cat is his ability to dilnk beer without dlsagieeable effects. When milk hnppcns to be scarce, Mr. West cott easily compromises by giving Thomas lager. The foaming lluld oft en forms one or the chief m tides of the cat's dally diet. HHRE AND THERE. The Republicans and a good many otheis of old Susquehanna county would be delighted to have an oppoi tunlty of voting for William Connell foi goveinoi. 'lie would make a model goveinoi. Railway conductoi, repiesentatlve, state senator, candidate for uudltor geneinl! our state enator, Haiden beigh, Is "getting theie" with neat ness and dispatch. The Januaty teim of county court Is In session In Monti ose. Captain L M. Bunnell, of Scianton, will deliver the addiess at the camp lire ot Mjion Fretuh post, of Jackson, on Filday evening, Jan 22. TIil Flist National bank is lemovlng to Its splendid new building one of the llnest In this section of the state. A GOOD LIE. A Susquehanna bilde spent the flist week of the new etu in bed and all on niLount of hei obliging neighbors. They told her that kerosene would bum bettei It It was boiled befoie using, and she was fool enough to try the lccipe-to her sorrow. The jokets who HiiggestLd the thing should have been auedted. Sundry exLhanges TUESDAY'S TIDINGS. The Republican county committee will meet today In Montiose. In Oakland, on Satuiday, Button T. Hall, of New Mllford. and Miss Dora E. Mead, of Hallstead, weie united In mairiage The wood ucld manufacturer of this section aie anxiously waiting to see what congiess will do about the tailtf. Tiee alcohol means death to the wood alcohol Industiy. The tenth annual ball of Monroe Cuitls lodge, No 1SI, Brotherhood of Ralhoad Tialnmen, will occut on Til dav evening, April 30. Hownrd Evans, an eistwhlle popular Eiie ralhoad man, now of the Albany and Susquehanna road, Is a candidate foi New Yoik state ralhoad commis sioner. A big delegation of Montiose people waltzed down to Hainsbuig to help ileLt a United States senator. The ma joilty of them weie Waiuimakeiites. Wol Is thelis! The Pentose above the aidstlck. Susquehanna county vv ill now settl" down to the work of having passed the Eiie bonus bill. It is the paramount Issue. It is a Just bill and should be come a law. Buy a goat. A scientist has discov ered that a serum made from a nannv goat's milk will cute the geims of consumption They thought they had a haunted house, about live miles fiom here. The cioss-ioad people were nearlj wild until a haid-heaiW old fellow dlscov eied that the grating, uncanny sounds weie made by the limb of a tree rub bing against a loose shuttei. 'TIs ever thus! Whitney. THE LAND OF FLOWERS. About this time every year many per sons who tlnd the bracing w Intel all of this latitude a little too mde and pne tiating, piepaie for a sojouin in balmy Florlua, wheie the tempeiature Is lately less than thlity to forty degrees above the fieezlng point at times when the feuy boats heie aie churning the lee'. Florida has its manifold chaims, even though a little sand pervades the landscape; and to the four tjpes of her winter visltois the great state Is a delightful haven of lefuge and lest. Not a few whose lungs aie pietced as with a knife by out energetic gales fiom the noithwest Inhale a genial and healing air in the more elevated pait of Floiida, midway between the coasts. The east shore of the peninsula, with all Its sand and lugoons, has a tonic effect upon those who ate ailllcted with netves; nnJ stalwart ons and daughtets of the Noith who have meie ly an unieasonlng antipathy to Jack Frost lepalr to Flotlda to avoid his company. Then there is the large and grow Ing class of pleasure seekers w ho find agreeable vatlety in ttie winter hotels, In shooting and llshlng, and In the compaiatlvely new diversion of house, boating. There Is pleasant news this season foi the house boat colony, foi a channel has been di edged to connect the arms of the long lagoon between the east coast and the. ledge that keeps out the sea. House boats and nnptha launches may statt fiom St. Augustine this winter, thioutrh lines of cane nnd pineapple fields und scenes of beml tioplLal veiduie, and bteam thiough leaches of. lagoon, liver, cieek and canal to Bay BIscayne, near the south end of Floiida, 400 miles fiom the btait ing point. What is house boating on England's little llveis compaied with sucli a journey as tills, on one hand the summer seas and on the othei a shoie that Is vivid with magnolia and honeysuckle, cvpress, nnd palmetto, to say nothing of alllgatois and other lnleipstlng ptoducts peculiar to oui sunny South? It Is giatlfying to leain that the oiange gloves, though most shamefully Heated by Jack Fiost when he got out of his pioper sphere, have declined to be suppiessed. About sixty per cent of the blighted tiees have giown again fiom the roots and some of them ate healing tills season, The last crop be foie the fiost, the largest Floiida ever lalsed was 5,500,000 "boxes, and It, Is estimated that tlnee yeais fiom now the revived gioves will leld at least four-tlftlis of thut enprmous output But Floiida has learned a lesson. It Is not wise to cany all our eggs In one basket. Oiunge glowing was too long her chief concern. Now she Is giving attention to pineapples and othei fiults and vegetables, which ate ilpen lng for maiket when our fauns and gaideiiH are In the grasp of winter. On the whole, we all have leason to he proud about her. South of the Big Cypress Swamp and In the Evei glades a large pait n the Interim Is almost unknown. Exploration theie. Is no child's play, hut we ought some day to have at least as accurate Infoima tion of the southern pait of our gieat peninsula as we have now of Cential 1 Africa. ANNUAL MEETING OF CHARITIES' BOARD Concluded fiom l'age 5 help needed; by giving tcnipointy icllet in cases of emeigency; by u Laicfut study of the cnusis of poveily mid the best methods of dealing with destitution and degradation." Along these lines the woik hns been pushed with cvei Increasing success Tho record of this third year shows a most remarkable lncicnso In the number of ap plications, nnd In the number of chlldien lescued from povertv, vice and crime, THE HARD TIMES. Owing, no doubt, to the continuation of tho hard times and co ujemutit lack of woik, the applications lnigely outnumber any piecedlng car. The flist car but 'js3 wile recoided, The second yeai 1,500 weie elite! ed upon our books. In the p ist vcar 2,101 .scpnatc applications for usMstnnee In one way or another luivo been lecelved It Is interesting and Instructive to note tho Increasing value of the Associated Charities In other wajs than at Hist might have been supposed ptobable. Out of the 2,101 applications this jeai 510 weie foi work only (as compaied with 381 last jeai), of which nuinbei only 154 could be supplied, )J uppllcnnts (against 272 last jeai) came for Infoiniatlon, counsel and advice on almost eer conceivable sub ject connected with theli phvsleal welfuie In ver many cases those upplj Ing for llimnclil aid were found to be onlj in need of sensible counsel; SU2 cases weiu thoioiighlj Investigated by the agent, who found 02S woithv and 214 unworthv or not In need, 25 pel lent appeals a large piopoitlou foi Impostois, but none too lame as expel lence teaches and house holdeis who give at the root- could piove. Dm Ing the past cat the good woik be gun In tin1 last two jeais his been prose cuted with encigy until chlldien are now i in ill oi never seen In otllce buildings cr on the sheet, nnd the iilimbet of adults who beg publlclv has been reduced to a minimum Sldtwalk mendicants with signs oi organs oi deformities have been Investigated and othei means seemed lor their support The low conceit hall, museum, or other questionable elitertalnniei t, but another foi in of mendlcnncv, bus been Invailabh Lloed bv oui agent where chlldien weie foieed to appeal upon tlooi oi stage. c appeal to all hoii'-eholdeis lo sup poit us In suppi easing stieet bigglng a gu.u antee care and assistance foi all who aie tiulj In need, and lequcst thit all ap plicants be icfettid to out agent. THE CHIUJ SAVING No pait of the woik has been of more Impuitanie than that of child saving. It Is Impossible to disci Ibe with any fulness heie the woik accomplished. Its l elation might casllv 1111 a volume. Tho agent's report will show the bare statistic', but what Imagination Is vivid enough to 1111 in the bad and In some Instances the tei llble hlstot of each of f..e 183 cases Fiom biothel nnd fiom dance nail, fiom lliu hovels of poveitv, diimkenne"s and lillh, fiom shameful abuse nnd moie shameful slaverj, from street and place and coait have tho been levelled Our agent has been unweaijlng, and were theie nothing else upon which to base the association's claim foi existence this would be enough. Hut nelthel Investigation noi child sav ing Is all that has bien accomplished. Shorth aftei the beginning of the ycai we leallzed oui hope evpiessed In oui last repoit und seemed the sei vices of a dls tilct nuise The need was ill gent and the results have moie than met out expectation i The muse has been incessuutlv engaged mliilsteilng to the Ignoiant sick, not 011I5 nursing, but educating manj In cleu.illnevs and moialltv. rift -nine cases, divided among nineteen diseases, some of them of the most malignant character, have bien undei hei peisonal caie, extending onl fiom a day In some cases to live weeks In others In order to accomplish so much It has been necessai foi hei to be on dut both da and night, slmpl re turning home to chunge hei clothing. Such devotion has had ItH reward in the sav ing of man lives lu this connection wo should mt ntlon the kindness of the v ai lolls physicians who have so fieel tendered service, and of C. M. Han Is, the dtugglst, who has tilled all presumptions piesented. Through the kindness of the ma or and ptik commissioners a vacant room In the clt hall has been adapted foi the use of men and women who, having bean ariest ed or found noon the stieet and biought to the station house, thiough Illness of various kinds aie In no conditions to be left In the cells No less than foi tv -one of such cases have been found during the veai, wheie It mlgnt hive been death to conllne them In cells In this connec tion we aie glad to be able to announce the completion in tho station house of separate cells foi women. THE TRAMP EVIL Tho tramp question Is et to be solved b the clt of Scranton We believe much could be done to oftset the nuisance bv the lodging house with woodard in con nection. Here eveiy one could be sent who applied for lodging and could be com pelled elthei to pa In cash 01 lu woik tor Its comfotts. The Associated Chailtles would gludlv Imuguiate such a place ut small cost, but o far oui funds have only sutllced to cair on onl the abo lutcl neeessaiv woik. it Is to be hoped that another eii will -ot pass without 0111 having an oppoi tunlty of making a piactlcal application of oui theoi vvliiih has proved so elllclent in othei cities. In our ntti mpts at educating the poor of our clt we consldei it espeelall. liu poituut that the subject of 1111111 savings should be most eamestl liupiessed upon the people. In all the laigei cities this subject has been espeel ill impiessed upon the associations. We hope that a committee may be appointed for the con sldei utlon of the subjict und the opening soonei 01 latei of u Savings soclet in which the smallest deposits ma be le celved. 1. Applicants cards, in packages of twen-t-llve foi lead use, may be had of the agent 01 seciotni. These cards should be given to all who nppl foi aid, and If pie sented to the agent as dlieeted on the caid the applicant vv 111 iocele Immediate attention 1 Eaige cauls suitable -01 hanging en the doots 01 lu the windows of stoics and olllces stating that the llrm IS a membei of the Asosclited Chailtles, and 11 felling all applicants for aid to '.'s odlce ma bo had upon application to the secietai 3 Our olllee in the boiul of health rooms, clt hall, Is open dall, except Sunda, fiom S a m to 12 m , and fiom 1 p. m, to C p. m , and ma also be leached by telephone Inquiries will be answeieil and applicants leetlvn attention at an time within these houis THEY ARE RECORDED 4 Ever Investigation Is ipcouled and these recouls fiom u valuable and worth icfeiiiieo foi over 2,000 cases It would be well foi evei one befoie taking up a stiangei applicant for charlt to get our acint oi cleik to refei to these lecoids As the olt Is now cared foi, theie need be 110 sufteilng fiom the lack of the nec essai les of life Oui benevolent woik U not the "machine cliailt" so often ciltl elzed b touder-heuiud people E co applicant l called upon, and If leall) In need Is lefeiied at once to his 01 her pilest 01 ministci. If not connected with an litigious bod the me assisted bj the poor boaid 01 b f.ie agont hei self in cases of Immediate need Theie Is no unnecrssur publu.lt at anv time. Out Hile Is for the vvoith pool onl tho tendeiest caie and coiibldeiatlon foi the lmpostoi tin; sevtiuHt penalt the law I'llows It onl lemalus'to xpiess oil" thanks for the generous suppoit wo have received fiom the public We hope some time to have a piitial endowment fiom legirles and gifts, but at piesint our work Is en tlrel dependent upon flee will offeilngs We leferall Intel ested In the cause of true charity to the leport of out agent It is the most poweiful plea for support that we can make, We cannot hope to elimi nate povert and vice, but wo can and do lessen their evils arid save man in the present from sinking Into the mud nnd mlie of pauperism and legiadatlon. And what is still more Important, by the edu cation and training of the chlldien amid pure and healthy surroundings wo nro prcervlng future generations from pollution. We appreciate mosf heartily the co operation In our work of tho uuthoiltles both or the rlty and if the court and of the chin liable associations. V supple ment, but do not Inteireie In nny wn with othei organizations. We ask both moral anil llnauelal suppoit of nil men and women. Membcishlp In this association, which Is a sure mentis of definite und practical assistance to us, may be had on the an nual pit) mint of $1, or life membership may bo obtained on the pnyment of ViO at any one time, if evoiy householder wero but an anuinl member we should have all the meaiiM nccoAary to press our work to Its bist results. ITS FINAL REPORT. (Jrniid .Iiirj Completed Its Worli nnd Submitted Its Findings to Court. The gland Jury jesteiday made Its final lepoit, letuining twenty-five tiue bills nnd 111 Ignoiod. All told during the picsent session 110 true and 1SG Ig noied bills have bein passed upon Sevent -eight cases weie llled, making in? cases In all for tho Febiuai teim ot cilmlnnl court. The tiue bills re turned yesteiday weie; Embezzlement W. H. Coons, Alfred T. Bildgmnn, mos False pretences R. E. Escott, alias H. H. Howard, Selena Kingdom, prox.; R. E Escott, ullas 11, 11, How aid, Albert 11 ill, in OS Ti.alllelng, ite , In reglsteud bottles Oeorge Piokopovlch, A. M. Morse, pros.; assault anil battel Charles Heiz, Will lam M Millet, pios.; Edward F Keating, Thomas F. Meagher, pros., Joseph Pll kolskl, Joseph Tooiofskl, pros , Patrlek McPeak, jr , Janus Fold, pios ; Frank Cobb, Hlllaii Kaslofskl, pios.; Domlnick Youkoboskl, Joseph Matullvz, pios , Dominie k Youkoboskl, Joseph Matullvz, pios Felonious wounding John Moigan, Fi.mk ltobllng, ji , pios Attimpt at tape loseph Boltromls; Jo m ph Keiwlelils, pios Statutoiy bin gluiy Charles Burke, T. Fellows Mason, pros Aggiavated assault nnd battery Michael Coelchuck, John Sekelsk, pios.; Mlchuil Coelchuck, John Sekelsky, pios. Malicious mischief I. Stienk, Michael Stienk, John Pcncash, Persach Mellla vlt, pios l.neenv b bailee Michael Matlowlcz, Flank Kowaloskl. pros. Selling liquor without license Jane Ioce, Mar Shaw, pi ox.; Mamie Smith, Thomas I.cshon, pios. Selling llquoi on Sunda P. J. Mc Laughlin, Maiv Shaw, prox. Selling liquor to Illinois P. J. Mc Laughlin, Mar Shaw, pro-r Keeping a bnvvdv house Mamie Smith, Thomas I,eshon, pios Wilful! cutting timber tiees Luke Walsh, HiiMi Gllmote, Martin Cawle, Patilek Roland; John Coslett, pios. Theio weio thirty-three cases of as sault and battel y Ignoied, and In each of them the jnosecutoi was called upon to pay the costs. Twenty-eight of the Ignoied bills weie for lniceny and te celvlng. Among other bills ignoied was the chnige of lobbeiy piefened against Patiick Mullaikey by Beit Slsco In a lengthy geneial icport the jury exptessed Itself ns well pleased with the changes that had been made about the couit house; complimented Con tiactoi Schioeder and Aichltects T. I. Laiey A Son; commended the county eommlssloneis for their zealous intet est in the public welfnre; expressed satisfaction at the manner In which the affaiis of the county pilsnn are con ducted and thanked Dlstilct Attorney John R Jones for his able and impar tial piesentntlon of the cases that came befoie the grand Inquest. The juiy disclaimed collectively and individually that It was iestonsible for the H'stilt of the Keeley-Burke case being known on the stteets before It went to the couit, nnd suggested that it wns most likely the infoimatlon was gleaned thiough an eavesdroppei. The jury was dlschaiged with the thanks of the couit by Judge Edwards, w ho took occasion to say that he be lleved the solution the offeted in the mattel above referted to was the only couect one. THE BOY LEFT HOME. IIi'ciiuso His Parents Were Prisoners in the Count) Jml. Willie Gibbons, a 12- ear-old boy whose stepfather, Geoige Fanning, of Theodore stieet, and mother weie com mitted to the county jail last week, was picked ill) by the police Monday night. He was taken by Mis. Duggnn of the Associated Chailtles jesteiday to St. Patilck's Oiphan asjlum. The boy had been cated for hy hib bi other, John Gibbons, 20 jeais old, who Is sobei and lndusttious and has steady emploment. The little fellow dlsappeaied aftei eating dinner Mon day noon. The Associated Chailtles will aid the elder brother In being ap pointed the oungstei's legal guatdlan. Scintiu Rheumatism Cured. Li Wagner, wholesale druggist, Rich mond, Va , says: "I had a fearful attack of Sciatic Rheumatism, was laid up almost two months; was fortunate enough to get Mstlc Cure for Rheuma tism. This cuied me after doctor's Piescrlptlons had failed to have any effect. I have also heard of fine results from otheis who have used it." POULTRY Turkeys, Ducks, Chickens, Fresh Every Day. Pheasants, Quail, Prairie Chickens, Wild Ducks. if. H. MERGE PEll ML EEYb RESTORES VITALITY w Til 1 U 'J Made a W-Vk- ' 1st Day. mim 5TxtWe" 1Vlan lBt: INfc UPeAT 30th 1)UJ. pi odui ea the nbov 11 1 usults In no daj s. It arti powerfully audoulckl) Luus wliru all otticru full louuuincnwiuiikuiu their lnt manhood, and old meu will recover their jomutul vUor bj uuinii 1U.V1VO. It iiulckl ami biuclyreatoreultervous iicss, Lost Vltalitj, Impound. Msbtly Kmlmionf f.oit I'Qutr, lailllii; Mimotj, Watluir Diseases aiiU all 1 nuts ot telf abubu or rxruMiaiul ludUcntioii which limits one (or bmii)) , biiklnesa or uiarriaiw. It lotonlj iiircab tiartlnuat tlienrat o(d.3eac,biii isnureat 111 rv timici and blood builder, briUK hitf back tho pink glow to imlo liccUsaidns itorhnt the lire of youth. It ward oil Juwinlf md Conkumptlon, InbUt on uaiui; m:lVO.li' Hlier. It can bo carried in vekt rocket Dy mil v 1 .00 per packaco, or blx tor bfi.oo, w It h a po w written giimuntcu to euro or rohir 'ornouej, Circularfroe. AddntB Tor Solo by MATTHEWS DUOS., Drus gist seruiiton, Pu. v "gSJE? Wjrij iw ?&?! ,WMte K i WW? vr V-A 1 I .N' tHI 1 j W7l1i7 IU tVa-WiW' of Me. LIBRARY OFFICIAL'S ANNUAL MEETING Concluded from I'ago 3 latlni; depaitment (308 tlnjs) number 159,174 volumes; dnlly av erase, bit). This dally average was exceeded bv that of live fllr feient months; the hlshest belnn that of Tebrunry, G20. LirRest Issuo of any one dny was 1,0 jo, on Hatuidny, April 4; smallest dally Issue, 271, on Wednesday, Dec. 2J Smallest weekly Issue, 2,3.!.', June S-13; I irRcst week ly Issue, 4, 1C0, Teb. 21-2'J. Smallest dally number of volutins In the hands of rend ers was 2,roi on Wulncsdjv, Juno 17; and the lnrfiost llko number out of tho library at any one date was 3,731, on Thursday, March 19 TOTAL IIOMU 1SSURS The total home lsues number u 937 more than In the previous enr, and hence cou th in tho opinion epresed hi the report of 1S93 that, "accordlns to usuil experience, a reasonable, but sieatlj Ineiiuse may be expected, commensiiinto with tho nat uial Brovvth of the city." A like condition appears In regard to the total of books drawn from the circu lating depaitment for icferenco use In the building, numbei C54 volumes more than lu lS'ij, and 1.4J7 moie than In 1S9I. 1'itcentages ot circulation In the sevetnl general classes of books, shown in the accompinvlng tables, exhibit no veiy maikcd changes fiom those of the two or three enrs preceding. The moderate number of extra books drawn upon the .'10 student's earils has had no veiy appieclable effect in the In cieae of home eh dilation hueln report ed; theie inav, howevei, tic more definite lesults shown fiom that cause In lutuio eais. Anv attempt nt a statistical record of the use of the neaily 5,000 volumes, placed on tho open shelves for free public access, would necessarllv Inteifere with and ic stilct such use. The same li tiue ns to the ctiuent peiloillenls In the leading loom. The constant, and oftentimes ciowded, nttendame of Dtisonrf making avail of those parts of the llbiary has been a mat tei of gre it sitlsfactiou; although, to Just 1 serve them, has fieipientlv taxed both the room and the limited assistance at oui command foi those purposes. Tho regulai Issues of 31 weekly, 71 monthlj and 2 ciuaiterlv periodicals weie lecelved during the jear Slight Incteiso In the sets of bound periodicals was possi ble, owing to want of means from appro ptlitlons. Siveral hundred volumes of such matetlal await binding and the lack of them Is becoming felt to a consldeiablo extent. At the close of last veai theie wete 23 291 volumes In the llbiary. Accessions of lb90 numbeied 1,137 volumes, of which i were bv gift and exchange, 2.1C3 bv purchase, and 509 of United States documents depos ited. VOIAIMRS DISCARDRD Dm Ing the eni, 4S2 volumes were dls cauled because of wear and tear, 19 on ac count of other damage 01 loss, and 7 othei s canceled or wltlulinwn foi various causes; a total of 508 deductions, linlance on hand at the end of tho jear being 27,913 volumes. (See table appended foi details ) Additions bv direct put chases were not quite -'00 volumes moie than In 1S93, and but a limited number thereof weie In the nature of leplacements of books vvoin out. rot the coming jeui It will be desirable to uso a considerable portion of the book funds In that dlieotlon, since it is the most popular books (and in some senses the most useful one), that flist wear out and need icplaelng. Howevei gratlfjlng It may be to lepoit a liige and incieaslng clicul.itlon, it il malns to be boine In mind, no less, that such facts carri with them the cone spondlng necessity of additional expendl tuies for maintenance The binding account for 1S1C Includes 12 volumes newly bound nnd 1.9S0 volumes ie bound. In addition 39S volumes were re palied at the llbiaiy, so fai as possible to do so In lieu of actual reblmltng. Bulletins No G and C, in form similar to these preceding, weie pilnted and Issued foi fiee dlstilbutlon Rach one Included the additions to the library foi a period of six months, and they were eontlned. to that puipose. Press of othet work pre. vented the Inclusion of ceitaln special class lists, that were planned, but It Is hoped to do so with the bulletins of the coming eai. Tho appended list of gifts and library exchanges ticelvid In 189b numbers some 700 volumes and 1,000 pamphlets and cur lent number. Chief In point of quantity among the In dlvidual favors weie the following Items: Krom Ileniy Uelln, jr., 2CG panlphlets and numbers; Chailes II. Welles, esq, S74 numbers; William A. Wllco, esq , and I'ntteison & Wilcox, 47 volumes and 63 pamphlets and numbejs, of documents, leports, etc.; Colonel Ileniy M. Roles, 23 volumes of documents, George A. Tullei, 113 volumes .of documents; Delavv lie, I.aikawanna and Western coal depart ment, 133 volumes of state and othei docu ments. riLRS Or DAILY PAPRRS. Tiles of the curient dally Issues of the Republican, Times, Tilbune and Truth, have been lecelved by favoi of theli le- spective publlsheis; the llbraij undertak ing to bind and pieserve them fot hlstoil cal iefeienee as usual. Also, as like gifts fiom their publishers, tho Collloij Rngl neer, mouthlv, and Diocesan Recoid, weeklv. In Septembei the llbiarlan as a delegate and lepresentlng this library as In pre vious jears, attended the annual meet. Ing of the American Llbiary association, held at Clevelmd, O Before and after that date, also, he was able to be present nt some meetings of tho Pennslvnn!a Idbrarj club and othei loeal library asso ciations and occasions to which specially Inv Ited. The only change among the working force of tho llbiaiy for the jear lS9u was occaslont'd by tho leslgnatlon of Ill's Lula James (owing to hei maulago), and the advancement of Jllss Ilardenbeig fiom substitute to assistant In succes sion to Mi-s James. The llbraiy staff at tho clo'e of the jear consisted of Misses Cora jr. Deckei, Jessie O Keefei, Josephine Haw lev, Anna Rdwaids, JIvraR Millet. Bessie Hal den berg and Rmma A Thompson, all on full time, Jllss Jlaud Rstell as substitute, and Samuel Numnn as Janitor. I feel that naught but words of com menditlon aro lallid foi, legaullng those emplojes in theli several positions; and take pleasure, theiefore. In hero express ing sineeie appreciation of theli faithful and conscientious wotk tluoughout the jeai now Just ended THE MQQS1C POWDER CO e ROOMS I AND 2, COM'LTH BI'D'G, SCRANTON, PA. MINING AND BLASTING 1IADU AT MOOSIC AND RUSH DALE WOIUCa LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Elcctrlo Hattorlos, niectrlo Explolars. for ox plodtiij; blasti, bafety Fuas, and Repauno Chemical Co. "s expLomVus. WOLF & WENZEL, S3i Linden., Opp. Court lloutr, PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS Sole Aeoiits for Richardson Boynton'a Turuaces and ltangcs. LEADER 124-126 Wyoming Ava. This Is the Bargain Week of Our Annual Clearance Sale. The values we have been oHcr'ng since January 3, arc proof" to the fact that we have reached the cUtcme In bargain ollcrlngs and this coming week Avlll cap the climav. 'I he enormous reductions we have made do not only allect the departments given below, but our entire business, and mouej saving people will do well to investi gate. SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. C2 pieces double fold plaid dress goods, vvoith 8e. Clearance Sale Price, 5c 73 pieces fine wool diess goods, 45c. and 50c. kind. Clearance Sale Price, 29c 73 pieces black and coloied silks, C3c. quality. Clearance Sale Price, U'Jc 60 pieces blailc and colored silks, 7c. qualltv. Clearance Sale Price, 40c White Goods and House Furnishings 50 pieces jard-wlde printed cambric, 10c. kind. Clearance Sale Price, 5c 20 pieces extia quality Canton flannel, worth Sc. Cleartmce Sale Price, 4Jc 100 dozen pure linen towels, regular 12Vsc qualltj . Clearance Sale Price. 9c 500 pair white and colored blankets from 79c. up 23 bales bed comforts from S9c. up Special sale of two doren extra qualltv down comfoits, worth $5 00 Clearance Sale Price, !t2.9S and $3.49 JAMES MOIR, THE MERCHANT TAILOR Has Moved t Hit New Quarters, 402 Lackawanna Avenue. Entrance on side next to First National Bank. He has now in Comprising everything reqnlalte for flno Merohant Tailoring And the same can be shown to advantage in bis splen didly fitted up rooms- A SPECIAL INVITATION Is Extended to All Readers of The Trib une to Csll on "OLD RELIABLE" In His New Business Home THE T I M Builders' Hardware Gas, Plumbing and Electric Light Wiring. STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING 434 LACKAWANNA AVE, bchcdule in Elfect fo ember 15, 85 Trains Leavo Wilkes-Barre as Follows 7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburi;, Philatlolphla, Balti more, Washington, and for Pitts burg and tho West, 10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazloton, Pottsvllle, Reading, Norrlstown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury, Harrlsburg, Philadelphia, Baltlmoro, WnshlnRton and Pitts. burR and tho West. 3.15 p. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburp, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and Pittsburp and the West. 3.15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun . bury, Harrlsburg, Philadelphia, and PittsburRand the West. G.00 p. m., week days, for Hazlelon and Pottsvllle. J. U. WOOD, (len'l Pan, Ascent. S. M. PRCVOST, General Munuicer. Ml RAILROAD TIME-TABLES Del,, Lack, anil Western. Effect Monday, October 19, 1896. Trains loavo Scranton as follows: Ex press for Now York and all points Bast. 140, 2 50, D.1S, 8 00 and 9.U a. in.; 1.10 and 3 31 p. m. HxprcsB for Easton, Trenton, PhlUdet-pl.-a and tho South, 6 IS, 8.00 and 9.55 a. m.: 1.10 and 3 33 p. tn. Washington nnd way stations, 3 45 p. m. Tobyhauna accommodation, CIO p. m. Express for Blngliamton, Oswego, El mliu, Corning, Bath, Dansville, Mount Morris and Buffalo, 12 20, 2 35 a. nt., nnd 1 6j p. m., mnklng closo connections at Buffalo to all points In tho West, Northwest ami Southwest. Hath accommodation, 9 15 a. m. Blnghamton and way stations. 1.03 p. m. Nicholson accommodation, 6.16 p. m. p. m. Blnghamton and Elmlra express, ESI p. m. Express formica and nichnold Bprlngs, 2 35 a. m., and 1 55 p. m. Ithaca 2.33 and Bath 9.11 a. m. and l.SS p. m, ror Northumberland, nttston, "Wilkes Barro, Plymouth, Bloomsburg and Dan ville, making close connections at North umberland for Wllllamsport, Harrlsburs, Baltimore. Washington and the South. Northumberland and Intermediate sta tions, C 00, 9 65 a m. nnd 1 55 nnd 6 00 p. m. Nnntlcoke and Intermediate stations, 8 03 nnd 11 20 n m. Plymouth nnd Intermediate stntlons, 3 40 nnd 8 47 p. m Pullman parlor nnd sleeping coaches on all express trains. Tor dotnllcd Information, pocket tlma tables, etc , npply to M. V Smith, cltr ticket otnee, 328 Lackawanna avenue, or depot ticket office. Central Hailroad of New Jersey. (Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.) Anthracite coal used exclusively, lnsur lng cleanliness and comfort. Tmn TAHI.C IN DITKCT NOV. IB, 1E9IJ. Trains leave Scranton for Plttston, Wllkes-narre, etc , at 8 20, 9.15, 11 30 a. m . 12 45, 2 00, 3 05, 5 00, 7.10 p. in. Sundays 9 00. a. m , 1.00. 2.15, 7 10 p. m. For Atlantic City, 8 20 a. m. Tor New York, Newark and Elizabeth, 8,20 (express) a. m., 12 45 (express with Iluf fct parlor car), 3 05 (express) p m. Sun day, 2 10 p. m. Train leaving 12 45 p. m. arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Term inal, 5 22 p. m. and Now York 0 00 p m. Fur Maueh Chunk, Allentown, Bethle hcmi Easton nnd Philadelphia, 8 20 a, m. 12 45, 3 05, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p. in. SnnHnv. 2 15 n. m. For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at 8 20 a. m. and 12 45 p. m. For Heading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg. la Allentown, 8 20 a. m 12 45, 5 00 p. m. Sunday, 2 15 p. m For Pottsvllle. 8 20 a. m. 12 45 p m. Returning, leave New York, foot of Lib erty street, North River, at 9.10 (express) a. m . 1 10, 1 30, 4 15 (express with BurTeC parlor car) p m. Sunday, 4 30 a m. Leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal, 9 00 a. m , 2.00 and 4 30 p. m. Sunday, 0 25 a. m. Through tickets to all points at lowest rates may bo had on application In ad vance to tho ticket agent at the station. H. P. BALDWIN. Ocn. Pass. Aft. J. H. OLHAUSEN. Gen. Supt. LEHIGH VALLEY RAIROAD SYS TEM. Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively Insur lng Cleanliness and Comfort. in nrrccr nov. is. iS90. TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON. . Tor Philadelphia and New York via D. & II. R R. at b 43. 7.45 a. m , 12 05, 1 20. 3 33 (Black Diamond Express) and 11 30 p. m. . Tor Plttston and Wilkes-Barre via D. L & W. R R . 6 00, 8 08, 11 20 a. m , 1.55. 3 40. 0 00 and 8 47 p. m For White Haven, Hazleton, Pottsvllla and principal points In the coil region via D & H. R. R 0 45 a, m , 12 05 and 4 41 P. m. Tor Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Har rlhburg and principal Intermediate sta tions ila D Ac H. R R , 6 43, 7 45 a. m . 12 Oj. 120. 3 33 (Black Diamond Express), 4 11 and 11 30 p. m. For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmlra, Ithaca, Geneva and principal Intermediate stations via D , L & W. R. 11, COO. 8 0S. 9 5s), a m , 12 20 and 3 40 p m For Geneva, Ruchester, Buffalo, Niagara I alls, Chicago and all points nest via D. & II. R It , 7.43 a m , 12 05, 3 33 (Black Dia mond Express), 9 50 and 11 30 p. m. Pullman pallor and sleeping or Lehlg Valley chair cars on all trains between Wilkes-Barre and Now York, Philadel phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge. ROLLIN II WILBUR. Gen. Supt. CHAS. S LEE. Gen. Pass Agt .Phlla, Pa. A W. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen. Pass Agt , South Bethlehem, Pa. Scranton Otllce. 309 Lackawanna avenue. DELAWARE AND HUDSON TIME TABLE On Jlonday, Nov. 23, trains will leave Scran ton as follows: wITlVfaa or e-aruonuaie 5 45. M.M m If 7 55, 8 K, iu li, a. m ; WW 3 m 12 00 noon: 1 21, 2 20, 3 52, fir ' 6 25 6 25. 7 57, 910, 10 30, It' 11 55 p. m. Tor Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos ton, New England points, etc. 5 15 a. m ; n 0 n in " For Honesdalo-3 45, 8 55, 10 15 a. m.; 12 08 n ror Wl'lkes-Barre-! 45, 7.43, 8 45, 9 33. 10 45 am ; 12 05. 120, 2 28, 3 33, 4 41, COO. 7 50 9 30. 11 30 v m. Tor New York, Philadelphia, etc., vU Lehlch Valle Railroad 43, 7 43 a. in.; V 03 120, 3 33 (with Black Diamond Ex. m e'-'s) 11 30 P m. For Pennsvlvanla Railroad points 45, 9 38 a m.: 2 30, 4 41 p. m. For western points, via Lehigh Valley Rallroad-7 45 a m ; 12 05. 3 33 (with Blavfc Diamond Express) 9 50 11 30 p m. Trains will arrlvo at Scranton as fol- rrom Carbondalo and the north 6 40, 7 40 8 40. 9 31, 10 40 a. m : 12 00 noon; 103. ""4 3 25. '4 37, 5 45. 7.43, 9 45 and 11 25 p. m From Wilkes-Barre and the south 5 40, 7 50 8 50, 1010, 1155 a. m.; 1.15, 214, 3 48. 5 22. C 21, 7 53. 9 03, 9 45, 11 52 p. m. J. W BURDICK. G. P. A.. Albany, N. Y. H. W. Cross. D. P. A . Scranton. Pa. Erie and Wyoming Valley. Effective Jan. 4, 1E97. Trains le.ne Scranton for New York, Newbuigh anil Intermediate points on Eric, also foi Haw ley and local points, at 7 03 a. in and .'-'8 p m., and an he from nbou points at 10 33 a m. and 9 3S. SCIIAISTON DIVISION. In Effect October Itli, 181)1!. SrulTlIM" m 'II I H SB'S WW North Hound. Month Hound. 2U3UOII UiU'iOt ih stations P x S?U C. ou"a LJ.1.M & g 3 (Trains Dally, Ex.g2 3 v. I cept Sunday ) 12 IS a p up Mirrlve EeaTe x u 7 21N Y Franklin ht .... 7 4') .... 7 10 West 4.'nd street .... jb .. 700 Weehawkeii .... 8 to .... p iArrlo Li'inex ii lis Hancock .Junction To, ... l iyi HaDCoek i u .... !. UBii starlight J ail ... U4ii Preston Park sail.... 12 40 como . 2 41 .... Ui" I'oyntelle .. 260.... U14 lleliuont . 2 58 .... uoj rieosant Mt. . are .... 1I15 Unlondalo 309 . .. 1149 Forest city 3 1' .... .... 001134 carbandulo 704' 334,' .... .... fMOfllso hitenrldge f707J83f) ... ....(iHStlUi Vnjflfld i; 12113 43,.,,. .... C41,11J.1 Jermn 714 3 45.... .... oailllisi Archibald 7!W 3 51 .... .... 0 321115 Vinton 7 S3 3M1 ... .... 0.81111 I'eekvlllo 7.7 8 59, .. .... 6i311U7 Olijihant 73i40l' . ... IG.'OUCM Prlceburgr 7S4 4oft.... .... 6 111 0J Throop 7JU4 101... ... 61B110), ProMdence T 39 4 lil .... ... 6l.'1fl067 Park Place 17 411117 ... ... 6101055 bcraiilon 74143J,... r m'a m leavo Arrive a Mr nl All trains run dally exeenl Sunday. f signifies that ti nlns f top ou Blgnal (or pas. Bengers. M'curo rates via Ontario a Western bofnr piirchiislng tlckots and savo money. Day and Sight Kipresa to the West, J.C. Anderson, den. rasa Act. T, Flltcrott, JJU Pass, Agt Hcrantoa, ra Houses for Sale and for Rent, If on contemplate purchasing ur leas ing u house, or want to Invest In a lot, sec the lists of desirable property on page 3 of I he Tribune,
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