0 THE SGRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY JS, 1897. BANQUET GIVEN TO SENATOR PLATT Eloquent Speeches Made In His Honor at Albany. IHS VIEWS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS Tlio So-Litlli'd It" f the Umpire htutu Shows I'liiit llu Is Also a M tin ol' Urniiis.-KiMiiiirUiiblu Tributes I'a III to Him l) tJoicrnjir IIIucK mill Chiiuui'ov iJepoiW At Albani Tuesday night, In llat jniinun Meeker Hull, a banquet vv.ih ten der eel to Thomas C Piatt, United States henntoi-clect ft om Now Yotk, bv the New Yoik Slate LouKiie of Republican 1 lulis. It wub attended h leading ilt lyens of New York clti and slate and ol the nation. Lottets of HKiel vine tceclvcd lloin Ple-sldc'iit-elect .McKln lij, e-lJiesldent Ilailson, Maik lUiuiiu, Vlie President-elect llulnut, GoveinuiH Kuuei Wok otl, ol .Miissuihlisetts C W Llppell of Rhode inland, .losluli ifliaut of Vetniont' Joliu Uiisijs. ol NewInse, lUnlel II Hastings i r Pctinsvlvunlu and l.lt ucljn I'nvvui of Maine uiul t nlliil States Senatoi sW 1! Allison of Iowa O 11 I'lutt. of Connecticut, Eugene Halt of .Maine, John Al Thutston, of Ntlnaskii, .1 Sew til of New Jelse and W I' Fle, of Maine, unil u-lnlteil Mutes Senu toi s Phllitus Suvvvet, ol Wisconsin, John I Mitchell, ot t'ciiiihvlvanla, 11 ! DavU ot West Vltglnla John J ln K.ills, of Kunsus, Alvln Saunders, ot Niln.iski, S 1 H McMillan, of Min nesota, and Cieume I' Edmunds, of " eimont sin platt s speech Tn leplj toun uildiesa of welcome All Piatt said it Is not Without hesitation that I Iuim UKutn accepted the responsibilities of publk olllce Indeid, I thought tin3 telnutatlon to do so had beta put b and that the tcrriul.nilei ot m llle would lni no othei telutlon to publle utfntib than sueh as become even cltl 7in Not could the situation hac Jiisett In w hii h 1 should lime sought t t n so high an honoi as the one Just conleirtd 1 shall be luuultttd, I think, ol any altcctatUm ul)out olllee eeUliiB und olllce-lioldlng, but It lb u fact that I have not been a landidatc toi the senate 1 hae not asked an iiicinbei of the hglslutute to ote tin me' I did not ien Intimate until al ter the cam us that I should accept the otlke If it wtie tendtud That it has come uiulej these clicumstanies and w I'll suih gcneious cKpies-lons ot good will .mil lonlldinic ltotn Republicans thtougliout the stute mukis it a phas ing buiden and a ilcli compensation fm all that 1 luiM! done and tiled to do In nil puiti's set l( e And so I shall go to Washington glatclul to the K'PUhlknn patl devotul to the state of New Yotk, und taint st in the lesu lutinti to o'til hateet tnlliu net I ina hao, ot, ma imiulie, loi the vulLUe ol out Incompuahle couiittl "It Is tspeclalll gtutltllng to le entel the senute colncldt ntallv vv it.li tlic; luaugui.illun ol a Rcpubllian pies kltnt The suppott glen bv tilt state of New Yoik to Alajoi MiKlnlej's can didacy nliuiiiluntly te'tilks to the high hopes-which out people huo in his jintilotk1 wisdom The suioess of his .idiiilllNlinliutr will be the success of tht liiipubliian pnilv, and no eontiibu tlon that I can make to that gieut i.lltbe will be wanting 'Su(lklent Unit has passed since the Novembei election to ptimlt a close eamln ition of its lesults It uiniiot be aid that thev ate vvhollv satlsfuc- toij '1 he bewildtilng pi ogt amine of legislation pioposed lis All Hijun ob tiitiiid so stent .i popuhu suppoi t as to foi hid the idea that agitation In Its fuvoi will be abandoned, und out Detn ottatic It lends w ho, without giving unqualified adhesion to Hepublhan pilnelples, ale nev ei theles, eonsttalned bv tluli conletlons on the nionev (Iiiestion to suppott the Republican candidates, should give sober tonsld etation to this fact. It is not vet eei tain that nnj plan foi the lellef of the tiensuij can pn-s the senate at It will be constituted after the foutth of Alaich. Capital will not Invest, pto duction will not Incteuse, labot will not be adequately emploved until laws ate passed to Insute the treasuiy against in'-olvencv and to guaiantee to the business Inteiests of the coun tty a safe and leasonablu permanent basis on which to opeiate If the c hinges In the composition of the sen ute now In inogiess shall fall to pio dute a majority that can hold together foi the enactment of such legislation, we shall hne the same light out of whkh we have just come to make again four jeais ftom now, under ptobably less favotable conditions "The lesson which this Impossibility teaches to the Sound Aloney Demo ctats, and the duty It enfotces upon them, seem entirely cleai. The can find no homo in the Demociatlc paity. Their piesence theie Is not wanted, Mlieieus with us it is held In just es teem. They must come in to the Ile imbllcan party, exeit their Inlluence upoi Its polities and accept thelt shuie cl the lesponslbllltj foi itswoik And, without abandoning any vital pi Ine I ple, which they would not ask oi ex pect, we must seek In all we do to hold thelt contklt nee and suppoi t. "People do not agitate thenisehes The skeleton in rniny a household is the peculiar weak ness of the w lfe and mother, or of the vvite w no ought to ue . a mother and is not Happiness is de- ' stroved by the pres. ence of the secret sickness that may lurk like a grinning death anions the most luxurious, hunies. The most terrible thing about tins condition of a! furs is that it is entirely needless There is no reason in the world why everj woman in the w orld should not be strong and health fill and capible of fulfilling her whole duty as a wife and mother Alanj women go on month after month, and jcaraftei year, be. coining weaker and weaker, because of a ver natural !iesiliuc the) feel in consult ing a phvsician They 1 now that if they go to a doctor for tieatment, the first thing he will insist on will be "examination" and "local treatment " This must of course be distasteful to every modest woman They are generally as unnceesoary as thej are ab horrent Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures positively, perfectly, permanently, all xarleties of "female weakness" and dis ease It is designed to do this one thing, and it does it It is the only medicine now Wsfore the public for woman's peculiar ail ments, adapted to her delicate organization b a regulirl) graduated phsician an ex perienced and skilled specialist in these maladies It cannot do harm in any condi tion of the 8) stem Its sales exceed the combined pales of all other medicines for women. ISiery woiuau will be healthier and happier for g louowiiiK ine irietum, practical IV-EI. .jiiusv cviiiuiucu m ui a icrtc a ''X Lu LlIt.Uk UUDtlDdl UU1.1UI IKIUki feriii The People's Common Sense KSKi Medical AtU iscr " It is the most Sft, s .ai compreneusive meuicai woriw m one volume in the Uiigliah Ian euage It contains 1008 page-, fully illustrated 680000 copies have been sold at 50 each liomid ill rloth The urofitii nrn ID' ?lL3rf' uow Uked in printlnB half a mill ZZ inn ftie coniei. bound In stronc manilla paper co ers To get one you have only to send 31 one-cent stamps (to pay cost of mall lug onl ), to World's Dlspensiry Medical Assoc! atlou, No 663 Main Street, Uullalo, N Y, beud promptly before all are given away if in want of cue. They are going off rapidly. vk ks lli'yViwitr : :l r K7?U&:'V&n over theotles of finance when they ate getting along eomfot tably. The elamoi for the flee oulnane of sllvet beentne sutlous iinlv when un lll-consldeted tin Iff measure tlnew the business of the country Into confusion and left the tteuBurv without an Income Mllll clcnt to meet Its Inevitable expendi tures. It wus then that capital with drew from Imesttnent. It was then that pioductlon was checked, that wages woie l educed, that profits and earnings fell off, that laboi was tht own out of employment and that the people began to lend nn ear to the theoilsts who told them that theio wns some thing the mutter with thelt dollais. It wus not In human uatute for those who hud enacted this mistaken law to admit It to bo the oilgin of the tiou bles which at once came upon the cotintty, and tlieV cast nbottt foi other causes. One of these the found In the greenback, and they fell to abusing that useful featute of the eutienc with especial bitterness. It may be that the gieenback Is not an Ideal lot in In which to express a public debt, ot to supply the people with a substitute foi money, and It ceitalnK is Hue tint no substitute foi inonej should be legal tendei Pjiit It wns not the greenback that caused the demand fot gold noi was It the greenback that shut down mills und ledueed the'oppoi utilities ot labor and the earnings ol investment it was the Wilson taillf law which did these thlnes, und time would lme been just us iniiih gold to tulse anil lust as much trouble uiising It had the I huidtn fallen on the banks Insti ad of ! .1... .... , !.. .. .l.n..-. on the tiensttn ana ieu tneii ineie would hae biett an enotiuous tteasuty dellclt. The tlollble lame with the revenue luw, and the nuied) is to be provided In the same wa No legisla tion Is now nectssatv loi the main tenance ot the gold stululuid, and when we have leplcnlshed the Ueasiuv, te stoted the publle ciedlt and set tht eountij's Industries again on theli ftet there will lie time enough to look after legal tendets and to levlse oui no doubt dlsot deied cuiteiiev svstem There can be no pretense tint the Aineilean people dn not dc-lte to le tutn to the pioteetive polk v The) gave i much heavier luajiuiti In 1VM against the Wilson bill than In IS tC against all the combined vagal ies of litjunlsm '1 he question Is not whethei the can adapt themselves to a svstem ot pioduition which must be based on a lowei stundaid ot wants than has heietoloie pievalled '1 he do not want to adapt themselves to such a svstem The question is not whethei revenues curt be otovlded suttklent to rrrett the government's necessities bj patching up the Wilson bill with new Internal tuxes The people do not want the Wil son bill patched up Tliev mint It re pealed, arrd Irr Its place theli plain de mand, to which the election ot the sm -ceslve Kepublkun malotltles In the house of representatives sullhlentlv tts tilles Is lot the enactment ol an Intel ligent and consistent tat lit b ised In tei silietlue unon me pi incline oi ,,f i pteventing the totelgii piouuier goods which 1 ompete with Amtikan goods ft 0111 wholesaling his uates in the Ameikan muilcet at pikes which compel the Amtikan ninkei ot such Wales elthet to go out of business 01 to 1 educe the wages he paj s to his la boi ' If theie Is no othei itspict In 'vhlih the eouutij is to lie eotigiatuluted up on the result ol All Cleveland's admin istration, it mu be admitted that since the present secietat ot state assumed the dltection ol oui loielgn nitidis, the position ot our luunltv ubioad has Improved. It has been dein onstiated again that the consistent upholding ot Ameikan illations with foreign govei nnicnts, und that the just inlluence ot oui count! v cun be pie seivcd without offense to out neigh bor I have hud no tail oppen Utility to examine the text ot the arbitration treat j, 01 consider the possibilities that maj ailse under Its vailous provisions, but with the pilnclple Involved It stuns us thuutili ull civilized men must be svmpathetlc A wui with lJngland would be unspeukubly wrong, und It ought to be tendered Impossible, Indeed, ns u matttt ol latt, theie Is nothing In 0111 sltuution to call toi wai with un bodj. The cause of llbeit Is alwuvs noble It Ulwujs deseives to succeed I look to see the time when the people of evtiv Ameilcnn eouutij will goveih themselves without theoietlcal 01 other Intel feu ence ftom am Kuiopoun sov eielgnt), and the attitude of oui people Is bound to be one ol filendlj Intel est whenever the American subjtits of a totelgn powet deckle that the time has come fot them to establish a fiee and Independent Ameikan state. The at titude of oui government, however, can not alwajs express the sympathies of the people It has Its titalies to ob seive and its code of public law to le spect Acts of Intel ventlot,, moteovei. Involve lesponslbllltles. and these must be assumed with caution We neither wish to govern Cuba noi to flglit Spalrr, and no act of government should be performed that leads us In the dliec tlon of elthei of these enter pi 1st s It is a lorrg while, Air. Clialimnn, since sueh a celebintlon us this was possible It Is a long while since a He publkan gov er 1101 of New Yoik, Repub lic un Ueutenant-goveinot, a He publi can spenkei of the assembly, u lull line ot Republican state otlkei, a Republi can United States senatoi and so great a body of Republican ofllciuls from the counties and municipalities of the state could assemble at a public banquet rour j eats ngo the thought of to night's festival would have seemed absuul. Iet us take cuie that lout jcais hence It shall have no such seem in. Let us move oui selves competent nnd honest and truly representative of the hopes and Impulses of the people. Gov ei 1101 Ulutk followed All Plutt. Ills 1 espouse piesented the usual ele ment ot briefness. He suld: GOVERNOR BLACK S REMARKS. Fellow Citizens In mam lespeets this gathering Is one ot the most le maikuble In the hlstoij of the state It Is In celebration ot an event whkh, under nnj clicumstances, would com mand attention, for the election of a senutoi from the state of New Yoik has a significance, which is not coulintd to the people ot oui own common wealth, Its ltlstoty. Its enoimous popu lation and even element thut consti tutes its iiowet, its acts must IK the attention of those who undii stand und studj the controlling fences in Aineil ean alfalis The ge net al Intel est In this occasion Is liiu eased becaiHe now, even mole than in oidinui times, thepolk ot the entlto countiy may depend upon those who hold In the senate of the United Htutes, the ciidentluls of New yoik u lie tumbles, wltleli imve op pressed us In the few eais just pussed, and which toi mum veais heretofore had 110 patallel among us, must Jlnel un end ot test oui stiencth us It has sel dom been tested beloie in times of peace The hope of letuinlng ptospeiltv is not yet tulftlled. And the people of this eouirtt, believing dimly now, us they did tin ee months ago, that pios peilty will only letuin when guided by the Integilty and put pose of the Re publican party, will find no lellef ftom their piesent uppiehenslons, 1101 thut sense of 'security and confidence which uie essentlul to business success until thev see in even department of the trener al government the suptemucj of that pait re-established Not iiiuny yeuis ago the same high honoi which he has again assumed wus luld down by the distinguished citi zen In whose honor we huve now as sembled Absolutely sUIpped of pow er, turning his fuce tow aid u public sentiment so set unit ov er w helming us to ciush and destroy the political eai eer of his then associate, one of the stiongest und most chlvalious splilts of his age, the guest of this evening le tlied to pilvata life. Weighed down by tlif disapproval of those whose high commission he hud returned, lie stood at a point vvhlrh to most men would have marked the end of public sen lee, but which to him wan the beginning of a cuieer which for brllllangy, eklll, per sistence nnd llnul innately litis nevei fleoil equalled In American politics. Steadily, with sagacity and foteslght that have eltided many obstacles, with a courage that ias overcome those he could not eccnpe, surrounded by those who huve disputed his giotind nt evety step, subjected tojiuch denunciation as seldom fnllH ev en upon the heads of public nun, nlwajs pntknl and tool, he has linen to the undisputed lender ship of his parlv. And 1 esteem my self honored In extending with otheis my lespect und friendship t" the dis tinguished guest of this distinguished company, who will soon be, ns ho wns once befoie, n tepieHontntlve of the strito of New Yoik In the senate of the United Stntes, the Hon. Thomas C. Piatt. aik. dhpijw's ni:spoNsa Chnuncey Dopew said' "I am very glad to be with nnd join In out cot dial congiatulntlons to the guest of the evening upon the signal honor which with laie unanimity the legislature has conferred upon him I have been In political accoid oi discoid, more accoid thnn discord, with Alt. Piatt fot a quarter of a century, but dining the whole of that Period there has novei been airv bieak in disturb ance of our per sun rl friendship "The scene tonltiht lecills u nieni oi able dnv sixteen ena ngo (3ui IHld's udmlnlstiiitlon had mini' Into power, and Senutoi Colliding, the leudti ot the oignulKutlun In oui state, wns un tinliiendlv terms with the precl il nt and had not sunken lot veats to his spetetatv ot stntt, James (5 Uliilne It wus In the alt that the admlnlstia tlon wus to be untngonied bv Ni w Uiik Ii e-Pt i sklent A i thin cniue to Alban.v with a undldute fot United States stnntoi, claiming nlso that he represented the ltudet and Mi Pl'itt uppetied on his own hi hall unit iqlial Iv divided the otgatii? itlun's lone I did not want to be United St ites senu toi It meant ittin to a tnolesslonal und business enreei which 1 menu to make a succtss, and the selection would hive betn a petsonrl talamit Uut All Illnine came to New York with u message ftom the 'nesldent In slstlns that I should take tin Held AIj fi lends held the bulunee of powet I wus a candlilnte onlv to leptcsent the (luilleld iiilinlnlstiatlon 1 said to All Piatt 'You can huv i mv strength If ns senator, v on will support the presi dent' Ills answer wus 'I hive done mv best to elect a Uenliblleui orest ilent and assenatoi I will suppoi t hint "All Plutt was nominated nnd elect ed The disagreement between the ndmlnlstiatloii nnd Ken itin Conkllng whith had bem niillclpited came 1 about, and Alt Piatt hud to Ince the i dlllicult qucKtlou ol going with Ills oi- , giirlatlon unilei the command of Its uutoci title and imperious leadet ot of I keeping his pledge The pkdge was I not a bond, not lettit, but the wold ol a man who I believe nevel broke his I promise, and rather thin break th it promise he rislgnid fiom the senate and "Uiiendtt ed his commission This little Incident reveals the seeiel of his utceoss In politics in the general break up which followed the scnatorlrl canvuss ovei lepiesPtitntlve In the stute had the s line opu 11 tunitles the jame eonstltueni i the same futuie for iltoit and wink us the guest of the 1 eiiing, und the it suit demonstrates tli it he has made his own lartei 1 oui guest ol tonight must surrender nine h to be senatoi ttom the stuti of New Yoik, but the state mil the iiiiin tiv will Und, In mv judgment, that his ilpt experience, his lamllliiltv with publle nltilis, and his ubllltv and miod jiidnnieut will be ot the gltltest sel v ice in that august bodv (he senate ol the United States We hav t elected our pttsldent we hive the house' of lepicM'iitntlv es b un ov e 1 w helming majotltv, and the senate bv a nuiiow niuiglu Now that the bonllies have bin 111 d out and the shoutings have died out theie tests upon the Republi can paitj the lesponslbllltles of the government Now tint we uie in powti, we cannot sutisfv the tountiv with out past, glotlous as It Is Out past is onl oui Inspiration lint the eountiv was novel In such geiod conell tlon loi j,ood times Theie Is plentv of mouev , plentv of waiting entei lnlses, plenti ot gloilous oppoi tuni tles foi caultal anil the laboiei, all v.alting upon confldi'iiee and upon an ussuied pollev of peace and lot "Let us not postpone the Issues 01 the solving of them Let us not have the whole siimmei und the fall In doubt ns to what we will do Extin sessions maj be bad, but theie aie times when an exttu session Is a blessing Let us foi initiate a model ate, sensible tin Iff, one which will leld abundant levtnues fot the inning on of government one whkh will stait mills and the factories that woie leg islated out of existence bj the W ilson bill, one whkh will give the faiintr hope and coinage, one which will make Ametlci nguin Ameilca for Ameti lans Let us not feai the curretiev question, but take the government out ot the banking business, and adopt a sj stem so elastic that In evei com munit) the national banks can bo able to Issue 1 un one y as the needs of the community lequlre Let us idv e the wot Id to undii stand that the Alonine doe ti Ine is an Impregnable pi Inclple of Ameikan diplomat and International law, and lie, us we can be, the leader fot the pence of the world, und the nd aneement of civilization, b promot ing In evei possible wa the pencelul arbitration ol international disputes" TWO WEEKS IN FLORIDA. To see rim Ida Is a plcnsute. to visit It Is a priv!kt,t, but to spend a 101 1 nlght within its hot dots is an epoch Thete Is a gieat satisfaction In wit nessing the ripening of tropkal fiults in theli own native land, and a peculiar joy in wrestling with old ocean s waves when lakes und liveis ut home are ull icebound One nppicclates the won dois ot modem Invention and railroad development upon leaving the nelgh birhocd of good skating one da and flndlntr himself in the vkinlt of good bathing the next Yet this 1 an be done and the man who prefers hunt ing ot fishing will take his aecountre ments uloug with him, foi riot Ida ex Unds u cotdlul Invitation to all spoils men Whoevei would exchange for two weeks the unttittiin climate of the North for the delightful and Spt Ing llke sunshine ot Plot Ida rhould take the per sunnllv -conducted Jacksonville tout of the Pennslvnnla Railroad which leaves New Yotk b special tuiln Jan JG Exclusion tickets lor this toui, Including lullwu ttanspoi tatlon, Pullman accommodations (one her tli), nnd ineali en loute In both dl tee lions while tiavellng on the special tialn, will be sold at the fullowlng lutes New Yotk, S0 00, Philadelphia, $4S00, Canandal?uii, $5JSu, llrle, $-4 SJ, Wllkes-Bane, frO !5, Pltttbutg, $5100, land at pi opoi donate lates fiom othei points Tor tickets, Itlneimles, and othei ln foimatlon applv to ticket ugents, tout -1st ugent ut 119b Uioudwi" JXew Yotk, 01 to Geo W liod Asslstunt Oeneial Pussongei Agent, Broad Stieet Station, Philadelphia . Alia'el 10 Ti), Cm lie- J.uk thinks 1 in tickle l.i 11a That s piobabl the leason he doejn't jiopce a second time Lite. g Always FIRST V Eagle Brand -UUiUUNblJ ZULU w J-Vk.lrvrktv-tn. (h - X9 Best na the most tconomical. Jg g A 1'nRFECT TOOD TOR INFANTS S BEDlilDDEN. FIFTEEN YEARS OF SUFFERING. '1 lie Doctors Wonted Seven Hundred Dollars to Attempt the Case. The following Is n letter wo received a. shott time ngo from Alls. Al. C. Illnk ley, COJ Noith Mississippi St., Indian apolis, Ind, Gentlemen While suffeilng Intensely from piles, I became Inteiested In your ndvei tlsemont In one of out dally im pels und ptocuied it package of our Pyramid Pile Cute fiom our druggist. Continiy to any expectations, the lellef wns Instnntnneous I used two boxes of the Pile Ctlic and one of the Pills and urn convinced that the ntu the only stite cuie lor piles on the market. 1 hnve been a stiffen er fiom the piles fot llfteoti eais und have boon confin ed to mv bed about one-half of the time, expecting and wishing tor denth for the pain was so great I went to the college hole nnd the doctors suld mv 1 use was a new one to thorn, the great pain having brought on 11 huge uiptuie, which tlie.v wanted sov en bundled ilolluis to cut out I wus vtiv much afraid that death would re sult lloni the bleiod-polsoiilng which the sulil would li'sillt fiom the opera tion 1 feel as though I can't piulse the Prnuiid Pile Cuie und the Piunikl Pills too high!, as I 11111 com luted that the iiuiliin life lit line using youi 1 uie 1 weighed onl nlnet pounds and now 1 weigh one bundled and llfty and leel ns well us I ever did In my life You uie at libel ty to use this testimon ial In tut lnannei ou ma see lit, as I want nil sullettis fiom this tenlble disease to know that tin 1 u lias at Inst lu'en compounded a tetnedy thnt will cuie piles Alts 11 C Hlnkle Theie I? no nee el ot the danger, pain nnd expense ot a sutglcul opoiutlon lor 1111 foi m of piles The Piainld Pile Cine does the woik without pain und Is the s.ifest nnd best Remember ulso thut the Pv tumid Pills utf a certain cure toi constipation, acting without gilplng und lestoilng nutuinl action to the bowels The Piamld Pile Cuie Is sold by diiii'glats at r.O cents and $1 00, and the Ptamld Pills at '2 cents, 01 by mall fiom 1' 1 amid Co, Albion, Allch. cui:ni)s or iMn:siDi:vrs. TcKiulc) the Thud lletliodist- .ht IIiivo lleen Kiiscopiiliiiiiss l'tom the New ioik Pi ess rmindi e lunch, Wushlngton, whlih was dcscilbed to the leaders ot The Press not long; ifu, will be the cliuiih which All Alelvlnlev will uttend after his inauKUiulloir He will be the thltd Alethodist union,; the piesldents of the Pnlteil States Theie have lieen, be sides, eluht Piotestant Lplse opalluns, six Piesb teilans, two ITnltnt luns, one Christian and one Fiee Thlnkei. Washington used to go to one 01 an olhei of the Episcopal chinches in Phll- iiilelplila John Adams was the Hist president ut Washington lie wus u Unltiu iun, and as theie was not a c butch ol his denomination In the cap ital In those da s, he did not identity himselt with nil plate ot woishlp. Thomus Jelteison believed with Thomas Paine that man hould be guided b his own leiison lathei than b the lenson of otheis, theiefoie ho didn't go to chinch. AluiHson went to ht. John's chinch. Monroe evolved some of his famous doctrine while sit ting In the same pew Madison hud used. In 1S13 St John's set 'apart pew No 1 for the especial use of the piesl dent of the United States John Oulnty Adam:, like his father, the shoemaker, was a Unitarian, lie, with otheis, founded the Unltmi.au chin th, whose tongiegatlon met in the building now used b the police couit. Tnekson went to the Piesbyterlan chinch on Fotu-and-n-half street, whkh was built In his term of olllce, and to St John's chuich Van Buren went to St. John's "William Henry Hai llson, whose ginndson was also presi dent, went to the F Stuot Piesbteilan chin eh, now Wllluid hall. The F street icmgiegation has lost Its identity by joining the New Yoik Avenue chuich. Tlet went to St. John's Episcopal chuich, Polk to the V SUeet and to the riiui-and-a-half Stieet Ptesb teilan chinches Buchanan went to St. John's The tall, gaunt flguie of Presi dent Lincoln wus seen on SundtiS In a pew of the New Yoik Avenue chuich Unusual Selling. The sale of the W. H. Wright stock has surprised ever3'bocl3 Even we, who appreciate the great values, are astonished. And is it not wonderful to see a store filled with buyers and a score of salespeople taxed to their utmost selling Jewels, Watches, Diamonds and Silverware, these last stormy days of January ? Mpst merchants are saying "No business." More of the goods are ready for today's selling, We talk of some things, and a thousand just as wautable, and just as big value, will have to blame space for not mentioning them. Come and look around. Lots to see. Sterling Sugai spoons, bon Silver k" spoons and otliei pieces, oold lined lined bowls and heavy. They go at about sihei-by-the-ounce pike. One Uoll.tr Lawh Stick Pins Foi tie or for la dies' use. Noth ing prettiei. Unbreakable peail on plated pin, two 01 thiee bundled. 7C till .ill are gone Knives and Forks Since 1846 the RogeiV folk have been grinding out plated waie. None can beat them. Old Mr. Rogers would scold lib for .saci tiieing his goods if he vere here, but away they go. Bet plated luiiveb and torkb, $2 75 the doell. Ladies' Chains Fifty long ehainb, some with solid gold slides, some are all solid gold, some are only plated, but not one that is not i.ue value. 50c fortheche.ipet. And ev er privis up to S7 00 REXFORD'S, 303 Johnson attended St. John's. Grant mnde the fume nnd wealth ot the Alet ropolltnn Methodist Episcopal chinch bv his lpgulnr attendance there. Garfield attended the Vctinunl Ave nue Chilstlnn church, nnd pleached occasionally from the pulpit. Aithur went to St. John's. Cleveland has been a legular communicant at the Four-nnd-n-hnlt Street Presbyterian. Piesl dent Hunlson attended the Ptesbyto rlan Church of the Covenant on Connec ticut nvenue. Mil. KOIlIiSAAT, Ol' CHICAGO Uow His Ambition to Own a Great Journal 1 1 ml Its Inception. Walter Wcllmnn, In Review of Reviews. Hermann II Kohlsatt, owner of the Chicago Tlnios-lleinld und Chicago Evening Post, is one ot the temnikablo mini of the day. In the pnst few oais ho hau foiged inpldly to the ftont as a lindoi In journalism, politics and thought. He Is now without question the dominating force of Chicago joui nullsm, and the most Influential leadet ot men and opinion in the West. He Is only foity-tlneo euis old, and bus won his way In the world solely through his own nblllt und silf-iellunce, and In the face ot dlscout aging conditions. lie was uoin Mutch 11, 1S5J, neiu Al bion, Edwnuls county, HI , but his par ents moved to Galena within a eur. There the bo worked on u ftuin and at tended the public school until he was twelve eais of uge, when his fathei moved to Chicago III- parents woie poor, nnd w hen his father died It be came necessii foi oung Kohlsaat to do something to help his mother Ac toulltigl he found w 01k as a can loi of the Chicago Tilbune, delivering papers to subscribers urr the Noith Side-every 11101 nlng at da light, then going to the public school. One wlutiy morning the slight little fellow reached home veiy much ex hausted aftei his stiuggle with a big bundle Of pnpois amid the snow tit Itts and continiy wind "NeVet mind, Hei munn," slid his mother encouiuglngly, ' you will not have to can nowspapets all your llle." "No mother," leplled the slip of n boy, "I intend to own a big newspapei ot my ovv n some clay." The ambition wus leal and earnest. The oungster had been In the picsu 100m ot the Ti Ibtine, jnd seen the damp sheets 1 oiling fiom the machines. He had noted the eagerness w Ith w hlch all suits of people grabbed up the papeis and pel used them. The object lesson had stlneil him deeply. He had caught a glimpse of the power over the minds of men, ovei communities and nations, that lies in the pi ess His ambition, thus stimulated, wus novel abandoned. It was his dieam Aloie and belter. It was his pui'pose, and with his Indomit able wll the way to giatlf It was ul timately found. RAILROAD COMPANY. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS MATCHLLSS IN EVERY FEATURH CAUt'OUNTA. 'tiitpb tninu tn CALIFORNIA and the PACIFIC COAST will leave New Yoik und Philadelphia Jan .'7, Feb Jl, und Alaich ::7, 1M7 Five weeks In California on the Mist tour, and four weeks on the second Pjsstnt,cis 011 the thlid tout may return on rcgulat tialns within nine months Stop will be mnde at New Oilems for Aluidl Gras festivities on the second tour. Hates fiom New Yolk, 1'hlludelphlu, and points eust of Pittsburg Fltst toui, $J10 00, second tour, J&OOO, third toui, inilUO lound tilp, und 'M U0 one wa. FLOKIIIA. Jacksonville touts allowing two weeks in Floiida will leave New Yotk and Phil adelphia Jan 16, Teh !) and 12, and Alureh 9. 1&M7 Hate, covering expenses en loute In both Mil et dons, $V) 00 fiom New Yoik, und $13 00 fiom Philadelphia. WASHINGTON. Tours, each coveting a period ot three das, will leave New Yotk and Philadel phia Feb 11, Alarch 11, April 1 and 11, and Alay 13, 1S07. Hites, Including tiansporta tlon and two das' accommodation at the best Washington hotels, $14 50 from Now Yoik, and $11 GO fiom Philadelphia. OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS RETURNINQ DIRECT OR VIA mCIIMOXl) and WASHINGTON, will leave New Yoik and Philadelphia Dec jo ibsu Jan. i 1 eD. m, .viurcn is, Aptil 13, 1S97. and Tor detailed ltlnerailes and other In formation, appl at ticket agencies, 01 ad dress George Hod, asslstunt gtneial pisseugct agent, Bioad Stieet station, Philudelplila. '3. Diamond ' Rings A tray full. Sixty four rings are to be turned into money. When we say they are going to be, we mean it. Think of a real white diamond in a 14k. hand made ring, foi $2,150. Lotshighei. Some ovei a hundred dollais. As an mv estnient alone Ail of them are worth attention Opal Rings Perhaps a hun dred ot them. Not all fiom the Wright stock, but right prices, on all. Pine opals, not a pool, dull one in the lot. Desirable styles. Rings are solid gold and good weights. The puces will move them. One Stone Ring, 5i 00. Two Stone Ring, Si 3S. Three Stone Ring. Si,73. Tive Stone King, S3 90. Gold Watch Heavy 14k. gold, through and through, P. S. Bartlett Wal thain movement. Full jeweled, Compensation balance, patent reg ulator. Breg hair spung, jewels set 111 gold settings. A Splendid Watch, S35.00 Lackawanna Ave. PENNSYLVANIA T u LJjAUijii 124-126 Wyoming Ave. BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS. In order to give otirjaniuty sale an additional stimulus dtiriii-,' its last week c shall oltet some allies that have ncvci been equalled by any dr ootls house In Sciatitoti. All reductions for the coming -fleck hac been made regatdless of cost, as we must cut down our stock, and to do this quiekly we are willing to lose money. Don't pass these iiiiotdtioiis if ott v.ilue an oppoi limit to buy cheap What's out loss is 30m gain. CLOAKS, JACKETS, ETC. Most phenomenal cut in ladies' and misses' cloaks. Aboc v be sold for less than cost of material. 'e shall place our entire stock ot ladies' and misses' cloaks on sale beginning Satin day morning, January 23, and hae divided them into three lots: Lot 1 Sj Ladies' and Jllsses Jackets, comprising Boucle Karse and Irish lriee, some nail llneu anil some linir lined and rf i rvO all lined, v due Horn d VlS ) $10 00 Reduced Pike . -M7 '-' some $SUU to Lot 275 liner eiuallt Houcle, ot 2 7o liner eiuallt Houcle, (tiH ncy Keise and lilsh f i leze, worth S VlS fiom $10 to $1J Iledueeel Price. H"-' Lot three, Unest eiuallty boucle Keie und Irish fiicze, vvoith , fiom J1200 to $1500 lteduccd A Ux DRESS GOODS. 75 pieces double Koods, rei'l n Hcduced 1'ike fold dress 1434C price 5 pieces 04-lneh Seige, regular ptlce 25c llcduccd I'tke lie 10 pteces 40-inch -Inch Houcle diess 1 Tf ulai pi Ice 2Jc. He- iZ goods, rtg duced Pi I All of oi'r 3"c. ind 4",e dicss kooelb In one lot, choice of uli ... All of our $1 TO Boucle Cloak ing in one lot; choke of any 25c 68c SILKS AND VELVETS. 13 pieces colored Silk Velvets, in all the desliable shades legu lai pike OSc Reduced Price.. 10 pieces liiocaeled bilk Velvet, In ull the desli iblecolois, regu lar price $125 Reduced Price. 75 pieces Bl eck, Plain and Bro caded Silks, C5c. Reduced Pilce GO pieces Blick und Coloied Silks, 73c. giade. Reduced Pilce 15 pieces Striped Satin, In all the evening shudes, 3Jc. grade. Reduced PHCe 59c 75c 35c 45c 25c LEBECK&CORIN JAMES MO!R, THE MERCHANT TAILOR tlu Moved to Hli New Quarters. 402 Lackawanna Avenue. Entrance on sldo noit to First National Bank. Ho has now in a 5 Comprising everything requisite for flno Merohunt Tailoring And tho same can bo shown to idvuntage in bis splen didly fitted up rooms. SPECIAL INVITATION Ii Extended to All Readers ol The Trib une to Call on "OLD RLLIAULU" In Ills N:w Business Homo- ON THE LINE OF THE cire located the finest fishing nnd hunting grounds In the world. Descriptive books on application. Tickets to nil points in Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Canadian und United States Northwest, Vanvouver, Seattle, Tacoraa, Portland, Ore , San ridiicisco. First-Class Sleeping and Dining Gars attached to all throught tnins Tourist cars fully fitted with bedding, curtains and speclallv adapted to wants of families may be had with second-class tickets. Rato3 always less than via othor lines. For further lnfoimatlon, time tables, etc, on application to E. V. SKINNER, Q. E. A., 353 Broadway, New York. Schedule in nffect ISovunber is, iSjS, Trains Leave Wilkos-Barro as Follows 7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburi?, Phllaelolphla, Balti more, Washington, and for Pitts burg and the West. 10. ID a. m., week days, for Hazleton, Pottsville, Reading, Norristown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury, Harrlsburi?, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts, burg and the West. 3.15 p. m,, week days, for Sunbury, HarrisburK, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and Pittsburg and tho West. 3.15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg and tlia West. Q.00 p. m., week das, for Hazleton and Pottsville, J. U. WOOD, Oen'l Pajj. Aseit. S. M. I'UEVOST, Ueneral ftlanamr. II CANADIAN PACIFIC ITI RAILROAD TIME-TABLES I'EIIiail VAiyLKY UAILUOAD SYS. TEM. Anthracite? Coal Used Exclusively Insur in Cleanliness and Comfort, IN RI-THCT NOV. 15, 18DG. T11AIN8 IjEAVD SCUANTON. ror Philadelphia and Now York via D. A H. H. n. at C 45, 7.45 a. in., 12 05, 1 20, 3 33 tnirtclc Diamond Express) and 11 30 p. in. lor 1'lttston and Wllkos-Harro via. D. rVS-VV . It., COO, 8 03, 11.20 a. in, 1 55 3 40. COO and 8 47 p. in. I oi Whlto Haven, Hazloton, Pottsvlllo, nnel principal points In the coal rcKions p m & Ul 'U' n c 45 a' m lz 5 nnd 4 ll Tor I3ethlchctn, Enston, ncadlnif, Har- m lrK, llna principal Intermediate) sta- H n-H iV ft U- " . G' 74'' a- m 1-Oj, 10, 3 31 (Ulack Diamond Express), 4 41 und 11 30 p tn. ,.i,or Tunklmnnock, Tovvanda, Elmlrn, itiitica, Genova and principal intermedliito stations via D, I.. & ia h. It, COO, 8 03, 0 5,, U 111 . 12 2(1 nti.1 tin ... ,r' Oeneva, ltochester, BulTalo, Nlacar vilkcs-Unrie and New Yoik, PhlludeL plilu, Buffalo und Suspension Bridge. r.it.ilJ-UN " WILBUR, den. Supt. C1IAS S. U12U, Gen. Pans. Agt Phlla., A V, NONNKMACIiriR, Asat. Gen Pass Agt., South Bethlehem, Pa. Scranton Offlce, 309 Lackawanna avenue. Del., Lacka. and 'Western, nffect Monday, October 19, 1S96. Trains leave Sctauton us follows. Ex piehs ror New York und ull points East, HO, 2 50, 5 15, 8 00 and 9 55 a. in., 1.10 and 1 33 p in, Epiebs for Eiston, Trenton, Philadel phia und the South, 5 15, S 00 and 9 53 a. m , 1.10 and J 33 p m Washington and way stntlons, 313 p. m. I ooj hiiniiii accommodation, 0 10 p in J-Apicsa foi Binghuintoii, Oswego, El rnliu. Corning, Bath, Dausvllle, Mount Moirls und BulTalo, 12 20, 2 35 a. in , and 1 53 P m , milking close coniiuctions at Buffalo to all points lu the West, Noithwest and Southwest. Bath accommodation, 9 15 a. m, Blnghaniton and vvuy stations, 1 03 p m. Nicholson accommodation, 5 15 p m. Blnghamton und Elmiru. express, 5 53 P. in. Express for Utlca and Itlchflcld Springs, 2 3j u. m. and 1 55 p. m. Ithuca 2 35 und Bath 9 15 a, m, and 15" P tn Tor Northumberland, Plttston, "Wilkes" Bin re, I'll mouth, Bloomsburg and Dan vine, making close connection at North umberland for Willlamsport, llarrlsburs, Baltimore, Washington und the South. Northumberland ami Intermediate sta tlons, G 00 9 5" a m and 1 G5 and G 00 p ra. Niinticoke und lnteimedlate stations. 8 03 and 11 20 u in. Plymouth and Intermediate stations, 3 10 and 8 47 p m. Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on all epies,s trulns. Tor detulled Information, pocket tlma tables, etc , apply to M. E Smith, city ticket otlice, 32S Lackuwanna avenue, or depot ticket otlice. Central Kailroael of New Jersey. (Lehigh and Susquehanna Division ) Anthiacite coal used exclusively, insur ing cleanliness and comfort. TIME TABLD IN UrECT JAN. 23, 1897. Trains leave Scranton for Plttston, Wllkcs-Bni re, etc , at 8 20. 9 15. 11 30 a. m , 12 15, 2 00, 3 05, 5 00, 7 10 p. m. Sunduys 9 00, u m , 1 00, 2 15, 7 10 p in Tor Atlantic City, 8 20 a. m. Tor New York, Nowurk and Elizabeth, 8 ID (expiess) u. m , 12 45 (express with Buf fet parloi car), 2 03 (express) p. m Sun duj, 2 15 p m. Train leaving 12 43 p. m. urilves at Philadelphia, Reading Termin ul, 5 22 p. m. and Nejw York 0 00 p m. Toi Mauch Chunk, Allentovvn, Bethle hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8 20 a. m . 12 45, 3 05, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p. tn. bundai, 2 15 p m Foi Long Biauch, Ocean Grove, etc, at 8 .0 a. in and 12 45 p in Foi Lakewood, 8 20 a. m. I oi Reading, Lebanon und Harrlsburs, via Allentow n, S 20 a. m , 12 45, 5 00 p. m. Sunday, 2 15 p m Tot Pottsville, 8 20 a m , 12 43 p. m. Returning leave New York, foot of Llb eity street, North Rlvei, at 9 10 (express) u m , 1 10, 1 30, 4 15 (express with Buffet parlor cur) p m. Sunday, 4 30 a. m. Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal. 9 00 a. m , 2 00 and 4 30 p. m. Sunday, 6 25 u. in. Thiough tickets to all points at lowest rates may bo had on application In ad vance to the ticket agent at tho station. H. P BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agt. J. II OLHAUSEN, Gen Supt DELAWARE AND HUDSON TIME TABLE On Monday, Nov. 23, trains will loavo Scran ton as follows: Tor caruonaaio j u, 7 55, 8 D5, 10 15, a m f i"nn Tinnn' 1 9.1 9 on .1 Fi?- 5 25 0 25, 7 57, 910, 10 30, 11 55 p. m. Tor Albany, Saiatoga, Montreal, Bos ton, New England points, etc. 5 45 a. m.J 2 20 p m Tor Honesdale 5 43, 8 53, 10 15 a. m.J 12 00 noon, 2 20, 5 23 p. m. Tor Wllkes-Barre 0 45, 7 45. S 43. 9 33, 10 45 a. m : 12 03, 1 20. 2 28, 3 33, 4 41, 6 00. 7 50 9 30 11 30 p m Tor New York. Philadelphia, etc, via Lehigh Valley Railroad G 45, 7 45 a. m ; 12 05- 1 20, 3 33 (with Black Diamond Ex press), 11 a0 p. in. Toi Pennsilvnnla Railroad points 6 4j, 9 38 a m ; 2 30, 4 41 p jn. For western points, via Eehlgh Valley Railioad-7 45 a. m : 12 05. 3 32 (With Black Diamond Express) 9 50, 11 30 p. m. Trains will arrive at Scranton at follows: riom Carbondalo and tho north G 40, 7 10 8 40, 9 31, 1010 a m : 12 00 noon; 103, " "4 3 23 4 37, 5 43 7.43. 9 43 and 11 23 p. m r'lom' Wllkes-Barre and the south 5 40. 7 50, 8 50. 10 10, 11 55 a. m : 1.16, 2.14, 3 43, 5 v G 21, 7 53, 9 03, 9 45 11 52 p m. j"W BURDICK, G P. A, Albany, N. Y. II. W. Cross, D P. A Scranton, Pa, trie and Wyoming Valley, Effective Jan. 4, 1S97. Trains -w 111 leave Scranton for New York, New uui Eh and Intermediate points on Eile, ulso for Hawley and local points, at 7 03 a m. und 2 2S p. m.; and arrive from abov e points at 10 33 a. m. and 9 3i p. m. i SCIIAIS'JOa DIVISION. In Ilftect October itli, lbllfi. a, J it',. ,. RU u,m u points west via u. tf i i ,l. 1 45 a. m , l.' o"i, 3 31 (Ulack Dla- ,na, M'ress), 9 50 and 11.30 p. m. I lillmau pailoi and skeplnw or Lehluh 'U1L nhnll nn ro fin till ttnlns l.ntti nmt Mn& North Hound. south Round. ioj '201 " uioiySirli Stations :k 2 h (Trains Dally, Ex- 2 3 'a cept Sunday ) -a ig a v M,r MiArrHe Leave a ii 7 25N Y Franklin s; .... 7 41 .... 7 10 West 42nd street .... TM 700 Weetrawken ... 810.... p MlArrlvo Leave a mi- m lisilaucock Junction I -J Tsi ... . 1 09 Hancock an .... 12 M, Stnillglit i'li .... . UNO Preston pari: 2)1,.., 1240 Cgmo 241 .... 1223 rovntille 2 50.,,. 12 14 llelrnout 2 5S .... 1202 riensant Mt. 3C8..,. 11159 Unlondale .. 3 (0. .... 11 49 Forest city 8 19 .... 61101134 Carbondale 701 8 341 .... .... ftijetlllO White llrldgo I7 07,f3 38, ... .... tn 13 11125 sinj Held (7 12I8 43! .... ....16 4111121 Jermyn 71413 45... .,..6311118 Archibald 720SBl.... ..,.6321113 VMUton 7 23 SM .. .... iivmi 11 1'eckvllle 727 S-u . .... 1,23,1107 Olvpbant 7 32, 4 0!,. . ... 620'nov rrlceburs 7S4' 4UT .... .... fi IS 11 01 lliroop 7 3S410. .. ... 0151101 l'rov letcnce 7 31 414.... .... e 12 fl(W l'arlc Place 17 41 U V ... ... 010 10 55 scranton 7 4'V4 2J.... r m'a m Leave Arrive a nr m! All trains l un dally except Sunday. f blgnlfles that trains stop on signal for pas. Bengeis. , secure rates via Ontario a Western beforo purchasing tickets and bave money. Day nnd hlgnt lljpresstotUe West J.C, Anderson, Oen. Pass Agt. T. Flltcroft, DU Pass, Agt scranton, F Houses for Sale and for Rent. If ) uu con templute purchasing or Iras. hiKu house, or want tu Invebt In a lot, see the lists of desiruble property on puce a ut 1 he 1 rlbune.
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