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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE THU US DAY MORNING, DECEMBER Id. 1897.
GARBONDALL
Tho Carhondalo correspondence of Tho
Tribune has been placed In tho hands "J
Mr. C. R Munn, Snlem nvcnuo nnd
Church, street, to whom new ItetnK may
b nddrcyrfcd. All complaint n " ir-ingulpi-
itc)lvry, etc., Hhnultl bo roado to
John W. Shannon, news uKont.l
JAMGS COPDLAND DEAD.
""ntlior or I'rotlmiiotnry-rlert John
Copeliind I'nssr Awny.
James Copelnnd. nn need and hlgh
,y Vespected tcsldont nt tills citv 'lied
nt il home, corner of Helmont Htienl
nna Oopeland avenue nt 4 0", oVlook
yeslet (ln nftcrnoon, after a hrJtf III
iica, CqUsocj j,y cntntrlml pneunioniii.
Tllc fnnnlly wns not unprepared for
the fatr., r'0BUit of his Kir-kncw. as Ills
conditio) ,,,, bpi, t!Ntroinclv pi-cnr-
,. o"S Mlnc'. Monday.
Decease, W ,. n Auchen Curln,
Scotland. npnriy Kpenty-tour cnis
rgo Forts. vp yKH nR ho came to
America w.,,,, ,,., .,, ,. if . nnd Hct-
tled In ,,nndale Fiom that time
Until he it,P(j n fow jPnrs ago, he
;wns a faltl,rui um trusted employe of
"-KJlie Uelaf1P m, Hudson Cnnal mm
PSTWV. "gently Identltled himself with
the OiV follows, being a past m and
of Cnniimn Lodge, No. ns, nnd a past
pntilnich of Lackawanna Hnrnnip
mmt, No 1C With the i.copllon of
P S Joxlln, he was the oldest Odd
Fellow In tho e-ltj He has been n
Ftnunch help to the encampment tim
ing many an exigency that seriously
1 threatened Its welfare
Mr Copeland was also a man of noble
Christian eharneter nnd charming dls
pcsltlon; a member of the Flist Ptes-
J bjterlnn dun eh unfailing nttendant
upon Ae tegular services, of ehniltable
Incllnntlons. n lover of home nnd fain
lb an Indulgent father and doting
giaiidfathor foi jeais IiIh giandchll
dren have been his great Joy nnd
withal a pet son who brightened many
lives and Influenced the community for
Rood by his ninnj thoughtful kind
nesses Pet eased Is survived by five sons.
John protlionoturj -elect of Larkavv nu
lla county; Alex, passenger engineer
on the Delaware and ltitdln road;
' .Tames, ji , a prospeious, fuimtr of
Kansas, Robeit, engineer on the Delu-
vVare and Hudson, and Wallace Dela
ware and Hudson passenger conductoi ;
one daughtei Mis Paul Km ton. with
whom he resided All live In thlr-clty,
save James. Two ulsters In Scotland
nlso suivlve him.
The funeral will be Ftldaj after
'noon at !! o'clock at the leeldeneo Hew
Chailes Lee will oflklnte In all piob
ablllty the Odd Fellows will attend In
n bod
SHANNON'S NEWS OFFICE SOLD.
William, Son ol llntl gent H'loits,
Will, Now Conduct tho Hiimiic-s.
Last evening a deal was consum
mated wheiebv J. W Shannon dis
posed of his news olllce and small
line of musical InMiuments to Wil
liam, son of Mall Agent John Hobet ts, I
who will conduct the bu.Mness at the
old stand
This will come as somewhat of a
surprise In business cltcle. as Mi.
Shannon has been eminentb success
ful in his enteurie. The new pio
prletir takes possession at once Mr.
Shannon has not announced his plans
for the futute.
Mr Hobeits l an entet prising oung
man who has eveiy icason to hope for
succesh In taking caio of the vMl
estubllshed trade.
STOLF, S63
Some Hold Inrtividiial (lets Awny
W i til that Aninatit.
Yesterdav morning about S o'clock
gent C. H. Smith left the ticket of
Hce of the Delawaie and Hud'-on city
station, just eight minutes When h
tetuincd he found u letter (He on the
lloor and noticed a bent nail In the
partition. Then thought of the money
cltawer Hashed thtoush his mind. His
suspicions weie well lounded. It was
empty The $01 It had contained a few
minutes befoit wen- mlsMnir. Theie
was but one solution to the pioblem,
nnd that was eai-y. Some bold Indiv
idual had fcculed the ten-loot paitillou
of the ticket euclosute, which Is opui
overhead, and made sood his escape.
The monev di.iwei wns, unlocked De
tective Cdppen i woikinc, on the M-e,
bums et no due has been di.suneied.
NUPTIALISTIC.
Yesieiil.u noon a very pH-ttv wed
ding leiemony oecuned at the home ol
tht l,t ale's jni'i'iu-. Ml. and Mis G a.
A St. ikueathci In SiiKiii'-lif.nna,
which ui.ltert for lite Mls.s tleitiurto
Stnikweathet and Ml. Allen W. Coi
bln. of this city MI'S fctaikwc.Uhei
is well and favotaldv known hete, hav
ing bet n a ftequent V I .llni Mi Cm
bin has been maiu.gii ot the Westein
Vnlon otlite In Carbondah- foi iuan
ear.s and his friends ne lejion Jli
and Mis. Cm bin left on ihe File train
ful New Yotk and othet points ot In
tel st Upon their t etui n thev will
tul.e up their tesldence In this city.
They will not commence housekeep
ing until spiliiR. The ceieinony won
perfotmeu b- th Hev. Wllliain Hiller.
former pastor ot the Methodist Lplsttj.
pal thureh The Inlde tecelved many
1 tesents, among them btlug a set of
china dishes fiom the Delawaie and
Hudson cmploves.
Chi is Moult i. a well-known agent
In this city of r. Hoblnson's son-, the
6-cianton brewcis, was martlid tit
Creenllelrt yestt-rda afteinoon to .Miss
FUn Vail, a inspected joung lady of
i 5.ii mmzziziYtm c , - v , '-t rai
Largest package greatest economy. Mudc only by
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
St, Louis. Now York. lioaton. Philadelphia
Chicago.
that place. Tho cermony took place at
the btlde's home. Thomas 12. Camp
bell w-nn Mr. Moulter's best man.
Mies Hintnn Oramer and Owen Uur
illclc vveio quietly united In the holy
bonds of wedlock Inst evening tit S
o'clock by the How Charles Lee, of the
rirr.l Piesbv terlan chut-tli. The cere
mony was neifot moil nt tlio'Jionv of
the bride's father on Washington place.
Only tho Immediate families witnessed
the ceremony Tim newly niairlod pair
will mnke this city their home. They
have the best wlshu of tinny fi lends.
PURELY PERSONAL,
Mrs. M. Spellman returnert to her
home In Hnncsdnlu yestoiduy.
Mis. Witters, of Seventh avenue, Is
convalescent.
George Wvllle hna leturned fiotn a
visit In Dunmote
Mls Mnme ICorlnH, of Urooklyn
stteet. Is visiting in Scrnnton.
W. V. Callender was In Susquehanna
on business jestetelny.
Hew Father Judge, of Unvvley, vns
tt guest at St Hose rectory yesteiday.
Henry Lnvey, of Patk street, will
leave today for Hrldgepeitt, Conn., where
he will visit relatives.
Mls Maty Nenlon Is visiting In Oly
phant. LOCALS.
Ground will bo bioken today for the
foundation of Dr. Wheeler's handsome
new tesldence, which will ndoin North
Chuicli stieet.
John L. Sullivan and his vaudeville
company will appear at the Gtand
opeia house next Moml.iv evening.
William Courtilght is stiffeilng n
crushed hand, su.stained while coupling
cat s.
J. Chiules Mutiy and Amos G. Cum
tilings nte In the clt.v .iirnnglng for the
appeal ance of Chillies II. Vale's big
spectacle. 'The Devil's Auction." This
eollos'il titliiclliin will be seen at the
Grand ncit Tuesday evening.
Dr. H C. Wheeler, ol this city, and
Heed Hut us, M D, of Sctanton, per
fotmed two lap.uotumles at Thompson
esteida afteinoon They will tetuin
to Foiest Cltj and perlorm anotlier
this morning.
Luc lie, the len-months-olcl daughter
of Ml. and Mis. Thomas HoIo swal
lowed a safetj pin vostciday. Dr.
Lamb has the patient taken to the
hospital, wheie Ilouse Suigeon Fox le
moved the pin.
Kelly & Jt.i.v mond's romerty company
will play at the Academy one week,
commencing Dec "0
Huiley's communication to the Til
bmip did not go unnoticed. The light
between Hcddv Connollv, of Simpson,
and Tom Huilev, of Susquehanna, will
take place In Su'quelianna on New
Yeai's nisht The men h.ave posted
pait of the muse monev to bind tho
match. A laige number of spoits fioni
this clt will go to Susquehan'n.i to
witness the mill.
The Woman's Hellef cot p will hold
a social In Odd Fellows' hall, Chute h
stieet and Seventh avenue, this even
ing. Friends aie tequeited to take
food and clothing for the lining of a
box for the Inmates of Momoilal home.
The audience Hint heaid Dr. Staf-
foid's excellent It etui e on "Hamlet"
last evening ctowded the Academy of
Music.
lT.GK VILLI-:.
Peckvllle Conclave, No .ICS Improved
Older of IIentaophu elected the fol
lowing olllcen at then- last meeting
Past auhon, Heinaid McGuil; arehon,
Corey Jenkins, ptovost, William Gunn;
sfcietaiv, W W. l'tt-K; financier, An
thon Conwell: tieasuiei. Hany WIs
enluig, ptelate Charles Jenkins, wai
den. William Allen; Inspector. Patrick
Huike; sentinel, Hnlph Hofteckei.
CnlvinyS. Peck, of the West Hlld
veiy ill of pneumonia
Sylvanus Smith is quite sick.
Mis. Lillian Hale, of Sctanton.
iH
Is
visiting her slstet. Mis Hielurd Uten,
of the West Side
Hew Jonas t'nuleiv, ood, of Scianton,
was calling on fi lends heie last Tues
dnv John Williams of Oly pliant, wan a
caller In tow u last evening"
The centtal Wluelmen's club held n
liuty at theh club toom last evening.
.IKK.UYN.
Mis. John Yates wishes to thank the
ni-iny friends foi their aid and sym
pathy In her late bei'-av-enient
Thefollowlngimmbeis ot the Knights
of Pythias lodgt, of this plate, paid a
visit to the C.uhimdnlc lodge last evtn
lng. Hlcluutl I!enolds. Tliom.is Pai
ty. William JI. Tennis, Philip Tutkei,
Thomas Davis, John W. Jones, Will
iam D. Hill, David Jenkins. Hlchard
Filend, Heiijainln Morgan. William H.
Davis, James Langman, Willium Lang
man. Mis. H. A. Willmnn fiiteinined the
' folovvlng ladles at dinner esterday at
i her home on South .Main htie-t. Mes-
dames Thomas Hia, J tut ton I'atks, W
S. Uadger, Ucoige Wulteis. Kuillla
Heiiiflilght, John Mellon. II. D Swlck,
M J Shields. Chniles Hakei. of Jet
mn, nntl J L. Ctawloid, of Sctanton.
The folowlng ladles attended the In
stallation of ol'leeis at Lucietla lojge,
No Km Daughtei- of Hclukah. at Cor
bondalt. last evening .Mis John Hum.
pluey, Mts. AValtet- Hakei, Mrs. Hav
enstrlte, Mrs. Jcdin Solomon nnd M.sses
Nelllo Hdvunsttlte and Hllz ibeth Jonts.
Mis G. P. Somineis, of lioucirtale,
q-d Mis. Samuel Slj, of Cp.i bondale,
spent Ttiesrtuv the guests of .Mrs. John
Solcmon..
MIhs Weslej Hoban. of Olvphant, is
visiting fi lends in town.
Mis. Wesley Stanton, of Carbondnle,
spent yesteiday In town
Mrs Cogglns, who has Jieen dangei
ousl.v 111 of pneumonia. In now tapldly
improving.
Mr. and Jits J. F. Maxwell, of Car-
'.. tl- s s
Ytf y?
' yy fe
bondale, will move to this town, and
on January 1 Mr. Maxwell will become
landlord of the St. George hotel.
On account of the Inclemency of the
weather the attendance at the fair
was so small on Tuosdav evening that
It was decided to postpone the enter
tnlnment of the Crystal Hose com
pany until this evening
Cntds have been Issued announcing
the coming marriage on Tuesday, De
cember I'l, of Miss Jennie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John II Solomon, to
Nicholas Hegan, of Cai bondale
Mrs. O'Donnell, of Olyph.uit, Is vis
iting at the home of John McLoskey,
of South Second street.
On Thuifcrtav evening. Dec 16, there
will be a "Conundrum" held In the
I'tltnltlve Methodist church of Jer
in u.
On Xovv Year's eve theie will be nn
oyster, or General supper and enter
tainment held In the above church.
TAYLOR NEWS.
A New Fire Coinrmti to He Orsnii-
i(Ml--Special .Meeting of the .Mnrtin
J.ullicr IjoiIsc.
Theie has been consldeiable talk of
oiganlnlng a Hie company In Old Fotge
and Hendham. which Is In this vlcin
Itv A meeting wns called on Tuesday
evening last for this purpose, but was
postponed owing to the absence of a
quotum Another meeting will be held
this (Thursday) evening In Dougherty
hall. Hendham. Several vears ago a
movement was stntted for the purpose
of oiganizlr- a company by a few cit
izens. Coi Hlclctable enthusiasm was
shown foi a time, but giadually the
si heme sank Into oblivion. Those In
teitsted nt the ptesent time seem de
tei mined to carry the scheme thiough
Hvety cltlz-n Is urged to pe present
this evening
On Tuesday evening of next week
Mr. Geoige II. Pierce, giand recorder
of the older ot Knights of Malta, ftom
Philadelphia, will addiesh the nnmbeis
of Mat tin Luther Lodge, No. 22, Loyal
Knlghtb of America, of this town, for
t'i put pose of forming them Into a
lodge of the order In this town. Hveiy
member Is urgently tequested to be
present
Taylor Lodge. No. 270, Knights ot
the Golden Fagle. will meet this eve
ning 111 Heese's hall.
This evening Henry Weibel. of this
place, and Miss Annie Ott, of South
Scranton, will be united In mattlage at
the Gentian Uvangellst chinch.
Lackawanna Valley Council. No. 81,
Jr. O. U A. M., will meet thin eve
ning In Van Horn's hall.
The Tayloi Choral union will meet
at their UhUal meeting place foi le-
hi.usnl this evening at S o'clock sharp,
I Mrs. Joseph Davis, ot Union street,
Is tonllned to her home with sickness.
I The borough streets ate again well
I catpeted with mud
John Seybolt. of the Aiehbald Is
lnvly lecovering fiom his recent sick
ness The Pyne mines will be Idle for the
lemalnder of the week.
Mr V. W Meddle!, of Mahony City.
Schuylkill count, is tho guest of his
bt other, John Meddlet, of Main stieet.
Mis. T. L Jones, of Main stteet, vis
ited telatlves In Lackawann-i yestei
dav John T. Hi own, of Duryea, was heie
on tiiMnesa esterday.
The stoies of this botough will be
1 -pt open evenings until Dec. 27, on
account of the holidays.
OLYPIIANT.
.May. the 4-j ear-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Kennedy, of Dunmoie
street, was fatally burned on Tuesday
afteinoon near her home Tho little
child and n number of companions
weie playing around a binning heap
ol tubblsh, nnd In some inannet the
Haines ignited the child's dress. The
little girl's bcteamw attracted the at
tention of Stephen Henp, who was
passing, and ho extinguished the burn
Inf, clothing. The child llngeneied In
awful agony until esterday, when
death relieved Its sufferings The fu
neral will take place tomonow aftet
noon at 3 o'clock.
With all tho members present the
Cornell held their tegular monthly
meeting on Tuesday night The piln
clplo business of the evening was the
passing of nn unusually large number
of bills, some of which weie Repair
ing streets for November, $207; operat
ing electric plant. $199; Wlllard, War
len & Knapp, legal advice, $389; T. J.
Gnvln, erecting crosswalks, $112; Del
aware ond Hudson Cannl company, for
erecting coal chute, $209, and $110 for
fuel. Mr. Gannan teported that tho
committee had gone through the bor
ough and found that thlity-nlne arc
and 1,129 Incandescent lights are In
use, bringing a levenuo of $386 to the
borough monthly. t A cnminltuc con
sisting of Merrs o''HuIoran and Tin
sly was appointed to examine the
books ot ex-Tax Collector Kennedy.
Hurgess McNulty was present and
stilted that he had forbidden the see
retaiy from di awing orders for bills
contracted In op rating the electric
O CENTS.
PURE LINEN COLLARS-FOUR PLY-ALL
STYLES. STANDING AND TURN DOWNSAME
QUALITY THAT SELLS FOR 15c EVERY
WHERE. THREE FOR 25'
FOR YOUR HUSBAND, PUT
A DOZEN IN HIS STOCKING
CHRISTMAS.
SI.OO A DOZEN.
SAMTER
plant last winter, maintaining .that tho
bills were not passed legally as they
were not read at the last meeting. At
this point Mr. Curran moved that the
bills be read nnd the secretary com
pelled to draw oideis for the vnilous
bills, which amount to neaily $300. The
motion tattled b a vote of 7 to 5.
A letter was read from J. W. Hroad,
of I'eckvllle, giving the estimates on
furnishing a lire alarm system for the
borough. He proposed to erect twenty
boxes with all necessary apparatus for
$100. No action was taken.
Miss Ma O'Hoyle, of Dunmore stteet,
Is very 111.
Miss Mary Nealon. of Carhondnle,
who has been visiting friends here re
turned home yesteiday.
A little child of Louis Henslor, of
Hlakely, Is very 111
Miss Elizabeth Day, of Wllkes-Harre,
Is the guest of iclatlves of this place.
KEEN THRUSTS BY PRENTICE.
L'Urncls fiom the Files of tho Louis
ville Journal.
Culled bj th Times-Herald.
Mr. C, of New ork, has mule a peech
in totiRie"s in dolt use ot the late act ot
the executive. Although ho didn't suc
ceed In clearing the executive, he wa re
maikubly bucitssful In clearing the house.
Tho Cincinnati represtnltitlve In con
gresb boasts that ho can briii an argu
ment to a point as quick us any other
man. He can bring a. quart to a pint a
good deal qiteker.
IJulwer says that "death often changes
aviiblon to love." Certainly It docs, wo
may have an antipathy to sheep and
swine, and jtt lovo mutton and pork.
"My wife," says an unfortunate hus
band", "Is the most even-tempered person
1 ovirsaw; she's alwajs mad.
-
lvv will not cling to a poisonous tico
or other substance. What a pity tl-at the
tendrils of a woman's heart have not tho
same wholesome and salutary Instinct.
"Dick, ain't it wicked to rob this chicken
roots?" "Dat's u great moial question,"
Gumbo. "We ain't got time to argue It
now hand down another pullet."
"1 haven't taken a drop of liquor for a
ear." bald an tmllvidml of qutstlonablo
moials In Iced! Hut which of join fta
tuies are we to believe our lips or jour
nose?
Tho question Is discussed In some of tho
MUsoutl papers whether lalslng hemp Is
a good business. A much better business
than being tulsed bj It. -
The Mlhfouil Ga7otte charges that we
hate to me3t tho tiuth. We never do
meet It. wound the tiuth ulwajs tia"t
in the same direction.
What wo luck In mutual abilities in.iv
usually bo made up Ly Industiy. A dwaif
n-ay keop pace vlth a giant if ho will b-it
move his legs last enough.
"Dottot," said a Vir slovenly looking
patient, "I have trltd everything I can
think of for this rheumatism and with
out the itast effect." The eloctot, sur
viving him toi a moment, akeil him It ho
had evei tried a clean slur!.
Theie are some people who sa more
than the tiuth on some occasions and bil
ante the account with tlitlr consciences
bj saing less on othtis.
Hvi-r taste may bo coiiiipied by habit
A man may gel so accustoniid to an of
fensive utmosphere that he will stop Ills
noso In passing a. garden of jessamines
and violets.
It Is a good sign to sec tre color of
health upon a man's face, but not to see
It all concentrated In his i.o5e.
Tho editors of the Joun-al talk about
emptj noddles That a subject they un
derstand Louisville .
TIiimi the difference between ou and
ns U, that we understand an empty nod
dle and oil stand under one.
Think of the mighty rivets, luunlng up
nnd down and across tho coiiiur In eveiy
direction, and the controv nslcs about
their navigation is thero to bo any way
of settling them? Hdwatd Hverett.
Wo havo very seilous doubts whither
anything can bo done with livers run
ning up tho countrj
The New York Journal of Ccmnieiie,
alluding to the early povtrt ot Cunnii,
says: "When ho started In mairicd llfo
ho writes. "My wlfo and chlldien were
tho only furniture of my apartments.'"
Under tho circumstances, we think this
was rather more than he was legitimately
entitled to.
It Is some coiu-olatlon to i-s of the prcs
ent generation to find that our ancestors
were not more guiltless than ourselves
of Pioso crimes and vices for which wo
are so constantly reproached Cincinnati
Enquirer.
What line children those must be who
can console themselves in their villainy
by tho reflection that their fathers before
them were as great villains as thon
selves. The king of Naples l growing thinner
and falling even em a diet of ass' milk
nxchan?.
How arc jour readers feeling now?
The sheriff of Lincoln county Invites us
to como and kick him. Dr. Johnson said
of certain curiosities In Scotland thit
they were worth rcelng, but not worth go.
hig to see. In like manner we say ot tho
BROS.,
CLOTHIERS, HATTERS, FURNISHERS.
Lincoln sheriff that ho Is worth kicking,
but not worth going to kick.
Sonio new sparer establishments aro op
crated by steam. In others hoisi- or nss
power Is ernplojisl. Should our neighbor
Obtain, as he ptomlses, n steam pi ess, he
will have a combination of advantages
a paper printed by steam and edited by
an ass.
An Illinois tdltoi. speaking of one ot
the writers for the Journal, claims to be
"able to endure most kinds of people,"
but suj s "he can't bear a natural fool "
Unfortunately his maternal ancestor
could.
Mr. Sprlsht. of North Caiolina, sajs
Mr Clayja not a great man Wo won
eley how many skulls like Sprlght's could
bo idled with tho brains ot Henry Clay.
First let It be ascertained how many
quart measures could be titled with the
waters of Lake Lrle
Tho editor of tho Sentinel offers us
tho plpo ot peace. Ho must ecuso us,
wo never smoke. He proposes to extend
his hand to ull his political opponents
We shall be glad to have him extend It
to us, provided It contain the little su-n
which he owed us when ho ran away frjin
our olllce.
A CIVIC EMPEROR,
rrom tho Illusttated American.
The powet of the mayor of Ore iter New
York Is gloat-.- than that of many po
tentates, greater than that of some kings.
Tho longer It is looked at tho stionger It
MHins-; the mere It dazzles the mental
vision and apperls to the Imaglivitlon like
an Aiablau Night's enttrtafnment.
Within the mayors direct appointment
are 2I" heads of departtrtnts and these
control a veritable army of employ -s
whoso salirlts amount to J33,000,000 pin
annum Alexander king of Setvl.u is
dwariTd b- this e-omparlson The salaij
II t annuallj In brief, the pjlronage at
tho majors disposal, Is inoie than thilce
Ihe entire revenues of Set via. Other
tutors, Mich as the sultan of Morocco tho
Pilnci of Monte negio, the Maharajah of
Nepal, though thej reign over larger te.r-iltorj-,
and thoisih two of them are prac
tical despots over the life and death ot
theilr subJec-B, have no such revenues un
der their thiml as Mayor-elect Van
Wjek, or his lulti, Hlchard Cioker, will
have at New Year. The Prince of Mo i
nco, whose little Tenderloin of Monto
Catlo bilncs him In a revenue of $ino,OiX,
Is a pigmy In the comparison; for the
n avor of the metropolis of America,
though his direct salarj Is not huge, tan.
if he be a dishonest man. tetite fiom of
llte with --evetal millions. Indeed, In
strltt honest J- such Is his Influence bo
might btcemie a mlllionalie.
o
Lucklh, the man just elected Is a inl
noritj major, and will Ix. under a cer
tain sense of testralnt; but when one con
siders the enormousness cf his power,
the enormousiui-s of the temptation to
cse It for private ends appalls the mind It
Is conceivable that evin a man rooted in
lespectablllty and rectitude by loiu habit
might have his he-ad turned, might grow
IntoxliatH with the sudden full posses
sion of Mich vast and vatied Influence;
for It must be borne In memory that the
major's power does not end In the nam
ing of heads or departments and m veto
ing the acts of the municipal assemblj.
o
In tho first half ai of his nlgn he
may aibltiaillj decapitate' the chiefs of
department!,, It thej raw not obejtd nli
oideis or taken the hint of his Miggcs
tion in ill the minor appointments er
plans of their -evual ollltes, also bj his
gilp on the bond of estimate he controls
them ludlit-ctl) tliiough their whole teim
In sober tiuth, ts the London Spectar
if marked, the major of Greater New
York Is an e'ltlrelj new creature In mu
nicipal hlstoij , he Is not a mayor, but u
civic empeioi.
'riishing Heveiige.
Fiom Spare Moments.
A man with a p iliiful expiesslon of
countenance sat on a goods box.
"Are you 111?" soma one asked,
"No."
"Have jou losl unj thing?"
"Never had an j thing to lose."
"What's tho matter then?"
"I'm slttln" on a wasp."
"Whj don t jou get up?"
"Well, that wu my first Impulse, but
I got to thlnkln' that t was luirtlu' tho
wusp as badly as he wus hm tin' me nnd
concluded to sit heto awhile."
How It Happened.
From the Washlrgton Slur.
"Some folks has more money dan dey
knovvs whut let- do wit," remarked Plod
ding Pete thoughtfully.
"Yes ' replied Meandering Mike; "I wus
chit way once "
"Git away! '
"Sure. I one-et had 2"i cents bj mo, nnd
discovered I was In u prohibition town."
SCHOFULA Is the advei tisement of
foul blood. It may he entirely driven
from the system by the faithful use of
llood'u Sarsaparllla, vv'ilch thoroughly
purities the blood.
HOOD'S PILLS are rasy to take.easy
to operate Cure Indigestion, bilious
ness. 23c.
THEDICKSONMANUFACTURINGCO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE. PA., Manufacturers of
I uinuuiuuii unuiuuu)
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
acNutAU orFicn, :jCranton. pa.
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Machine-made 1
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5 "They arc undoubtedly 5
s more wholesome than the S
5 (jrccn-colorcd teas, or those S
dried on copper plata. s
S kadlcs' HoiiioJomii.il. Si
s
1 Ceylon and
mm
tarn 55
India Tea I
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s is the only machine-made s
5 tea which is sold in the E
United Stales.
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mm mm
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ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
Ceylon Tea
REFRESHING. 50c. lb. PFLICIOUS
Sulci o "ly ill I nit rnrv .
PUT YOURSELF IN OUR PLAGE
nd vein will rcnllo how c.nv It Ii to fur
nish join homo luxuriously with n tiilllivj:
oiitlnv. u little ut a time, aud jou clou t
ml,Mlt.
BARBOUR'S HOME CREDITHOUSE
425 LACKAWANNA AVE.
FOR SALE
Boilers, Engines and Machinery.
We will belt jou Scvr or Second-Hand.
We will sell jou new or take old In ex
change, or we wilt tent jou nil) thing jou
want tn the .Machinery blue. Spot Cash
paid foi -scrap Iron und Metals.
National Supply and Metal Co.,
701) West Liickawauiia Avenue.
M.E. KEELEY, Mgr. Telephone 3945
TRIBUNE WANT ADS
BRING QUICK RETURNS.
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ill FfnW
Schedule In Eflcet November is, iJ.
Trains Leava Wllko-Darr as Follows
7.30 a. m wook days, for Sunbury,
HarrlsburR, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burp; nnd tho West.
10,15 a. m., week days, for Hazloton,
Pottsvtllo, Reading, Norrlsiown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrlsburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Wnshlnpton and Pitts
burg and tho West,
3.15 p. m,, week days, for Sunbury,
HarrlsburR, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and PittsburR
.and the Wosf.
3,15 p m,, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrlsburc, Philadelphia
and Pittsburg and tho Wost.
0.00 p. m week days, for Hazloton
ond Pottsville.
.i. ii. wool). Oen'l P. Agent..
J. D. HUTCHINSON, Oeneral Manager.
Central Rnllroad of NcV Jersey
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Stations In Now- York Koot of Liberty
Btieet, N. !(., and Whitehall Turmlnui.
Anthracllo ccul utd exclusively, Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIMHTAHLIJ IN HHFHCT NOV. U, 1S9T.
Trains leavo Scranton for I'lttfdoli,
Wllkes-Barre, etc., nt a20, 0.15 11.30 a. m.,
Ii43. 2 W. 3 VI, 5 00, 7 10 p. til gundajTJ.ODO,
a. m , l.oo, 2 15, 7.10 p m.
I'eir Lake-wood and Atlantic lly, !.-o
Vor New York, Newark ntlfl KlIzabHh.
8 20 (expte-fs) lu in, 12.43 (Oxpr-jhS With
Huffet parlor cat), 3 03 (exprtsh) u. . in.
Sunday, 2.13 p. m. Train leivlng 12. 1 ji.
m. arrives nt Philadelphia. Heading Ter
minal, 619 p. m and New York S.w p. m.
Kor Miiueh Chunk, Allcntqwii Uetlily
hem, Hnston and I'hiladelphla, S JO a. m ,
12 13 3 03, C 00 (except I'hiladelphla) p.' m.
Sunday. 2.13 P. m. ,,,,,,'
Tor Ihiltlmore and anhlngtiti unil
points South via Hethlehem, $ Jo a. m,
1.' 13 p m. HiindtivH. 21, n m.
Kor Long lluitie-h, Ocean Grove, etc., at
8 20 a. m. and U 13 p in.
Tor Heading, Lebinon and Harrisburg,
via Alletitown. S 20a. m., 12.13, 5 00 p. m,
Sundny, 2 13 P, m.
ror l'ottsvlllc. 8 20 a. m.. 12.J . p. m.
Hetuinlng leave New York, foot of Lib
ertv street. Not th Hlver, nt 9 10 (express)
a m 110. 130. 1.15 (expton with HutTeB
n.irlof cat) p. m. Sunday. 4 DO a. m.
Lenvo New Yolk, foot Whitehall street.
South Terry, at 9 0S a m. 1 00, 1.23, 3 35
o m. l'assengers n riving or departing
from thlv tcimlnal can connect unJer
cover vvlth all the elevated lallronda,
Uroadw-ay cable c.irs, and ferrien to
Dronklyn and Statcn Island, making
tiulck transfer to and fiom tlrand Central
llenot and Long Island Itailroad.
Leave l'l lladelphlu, Headlmr Termlnnl.
9 00 a m , 2 00 and 1 30 p. m. Sunday, 0.23
Through tickets to all points at lowesc
rato may bo had en application In ad
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
II. V HALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Agt.
J II. OLIIAI'SKN, Gen. Supt.
Del.. I.acUn. anil Western.
Effect Monday, Nov. 21, 1807.
Trains leavo Strantcn as follows: Im
press for New York and all points Kant,
1 10, 3.fr0. 5.13, S00 and 10 05 u. m.; 12 33 and.
i ,j p. m.
Hx.pres.3 for Haston, Trenton. Philadel
phia and tho South, 0.13, 8 0) and 10 20 a.
m, 12 33 and 3 33 p m.
Washington and way stations, 3 43 p m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, G 10 p. m
Hxpress for Hlnglmmton, Usvvcgo, H
mira. Coining, Uath, Uansville, .Mount
Morris and buffalo. 12 10, 2 35. 9.00 a. m
and 1.33 p.m , making eloso tonnectlons nt
Buffalo to all points In tho West, North
west and Southwest
Hlnghamton and way stations, 1 05 p. in,
Nicholson ateoirmodntlon, 5.1" p m.
Hlnghamton nnd Hlmlia expies, 3 3j
p m
Express for Utica and Rlchlleld Springs
2 35 a m and 1.55 p. m.
Ithaca, 2 33, 9 00 a. m., and l." p m
Tor Northumbeiland, Plttston, Wllkes
Harre, Pljmeatli, Bloomsburg and Dan
ville, making close connection at North
umberland for Wllllamtport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore, WeshlnFton nnd tho South
Northuntb"iland and Intermediate sta
tions 600, 1003 a. m, nnd 1.15 and 8 00 p.
Nantieoko and Intermedin te stations,
8 OS and 11 10 a m. Plvrnouth and Inter
mediate stations, .1 33 and 8 50 p. m. Tor
Kingston. 1.'.43 p. ill.
I'i'llman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all eNpre trains
Tor detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc , apply to M. L Smith, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, depot ticket olllce.
Krie aud Wyoming Valley.
In effect Sept. 19. 1S07.
Trains leavo Scranton for New Yoik
and li termce'lato prints on Hrle rallro id,
also for Haw ley and local points at 7 03
a in and 2 23 p m
Arrlvo at Scranton from abovo points
at 10 23 a. m , 3 15 ar d 9 ii p. m.
Delaware and Hudson.
On Monday, July E, trains will leivo
Sctanton a.s follows;
Tor Caibondule 6 20, 7 33. 8 35, 10 1" a.
rn ; 12 00 noon, I Jl. 2.20, 3 32, 5 23. 0 23, 7 57,
915, 10 43 p m., 12 10 u m
Tor Albany, Siratoga Montieal, Bos
ton, New Hagland points, etc., 0 20 a. in,
2 20 p. m
rot IloiiPhdalc fi.20, S33, 10.13 a. m;
12W noon, 2 20, 3.25 p. m.
l'or Wtlkcs-I3ane-C45, 7.50, S 43. 9",
10 45 a III . 12 05, 1 23, 2 28, 3 33. 4 II, 0 0), 7 5').
9 SO, 11 20 p m
Kor New York, Philadelphia, etc., vlv
Lehlf.li Vallej H. It., ei 43. 7 50 a m , 12 03.
125, 4 41 p m (with Hlack Diamond lix-pn-ss)
11 30 p m
Tor IVnnsjIv unla It. R points C 13, 9 t.
a. in.; 2 2S, 4.11 p. m
Tor ntstein points via LehlB'h Vail -y
It It.. 7 50 a. ir . 12 03, 3'i.S (with HU k
Diamond Expicss). 9 30, 11.30 p. m
Trains will milvo at Scianton as fol
lows 1'rom Carbcndale and the north U
7 43, 8 40, 9 ',1, in to a. m. 12.00 noon, 1 .-',
2 21, 3 23. 4 37, 5 45. 7 45, ) 45. 11 25 P 111.
Kroni Wilkes-Barro and the South fl '
750. S50, 1010. 115!) a m.: 1.16. 2.11, !4S,
5 20, 0 21. 7 53, 9 03, 9 13 a in ; 12.05 a. in
Complete Information ngaidlng raiei
to all points In the I Milted States ant
Canada may be obtained at the ticket ,j--ll(i-
In the de-pot
riieelal attention riven to Wcst-iu und
Southern lesort bUFlness
J W m'HDICK G P A. Atbany, N Y
H. W CROSS, D P. A.. Scranton, Pa
Lelilgli Valley Kailroud Svitent
AntliruoltL Coil Used, Hn&tirlus ClounU-
nef an I Comfoit.
IN KITIICT NOV. II. IR1I.
TRAINS LUAVU SOILVN t'eJN.
Tor Phlladolphla and New Y.nk vit D.
f- II. It It at 0 45, 7 50 a. n.., and 12 05, 1 ,
2 2S, 111 (Ulatk D.an-.ond Impress) and
11 30 p m ,
Per Pltifton and Ilkes-Rarro via. D.
L t. H P. 0 00, sa 11.10 n ni.', IU
, 15 tKI 1 111
I'oi v hlto Haven, H,a7leton. Pottsville,
and nrlm-lpiil points In the coal regions
v ,l.i D L H H. H.. li.45. 7.5') a. m , 12 05. 2 2S
and 4.41 p m.
Tor BethK-hem, Kasion, Heading, Har
risburg and principal Intermediate tta
tluns via D & H H H.. 0 13. 7.50 .i. m.
12.03; 1.23. 2 2 4 41 (lllack Diamond Hx
press), 11 30 p. m.
l'or Tuiikhannoek, Towanda, Llmlra,
Ithaca, Gcnt-vu, and prlnelp.il Intei medi
ate Btatlons via D , L 4. W. It. It., i yo.
8 us u. in . 12 anil 3J.I m , , s
For Geneva. Rochester, IlufTalo, Nlag
ar l-'alls, Chicago, and all points west via
D. &. H H. H. 12 05 3 3J (lllack Diamond
Hxpress), 9 50 nnd 11 30 p. m
l'ullman parlor and Bleijdng or Lehigh
Vallej parlor ent on all tialns between
Wllkes-Hairo uml New York. PhlUdol
nhla, Uuffalo. and SuDsponslon Hrldtre.
1 ' ' HOLLJN H. WILHUH, Gen. Hupt.
CHAS S. LHU. Gen. I'aas, Agt., Phlla.,
A.'W. NONNHMACHnit. Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt. Philadelphia. Pa
Scranton ofllco, 309 Lackawanna avenuo.
n. y.. o: &v.n: Kr'i-vl
In Hffcct Deeiubei 12 1397 J i
Tla In leaves Seiiinlon for T-.u bondit
ut 10.55 a m. l-'oi Cadotta connecting
with main line- (iiiIiih, nonh and south at
10 55 as in.
Train leaves ,CudOi,lu lor Scranton at
2 05 p 'm -.. . t
Train leaves Caibondulo for Pcrui Vm
nt 3.4t p. ni.- . ---.V,U