THE SCRANTON TRIBUTE-SATURDAY, JULY 00 1809. m nnr At r v ii q c is i Bn,i;i!i!;iii'!!" E2 This morning there will be a "caddy ontcst" nt the Country club, when nil cuddies more than ten years old will be eligible In n nine hole mitten. A BUltubleprlzo will bo given to the win ner. In the afternoon the golfers of the club will have n novel experience In a two ball contest und ti sweepstakes cnmblned. It is open for all, each player depositing n. ball in the pool as entrance feo and each playing two balls rounds the nine hole course. The best score of two bails wins the sweep stakes. It will not be it handicap, and the match will open nt 3 o'clock. It Is requested that all who enter will signify their intentions to Air. F. C. Fuller us soon us possible. Several out of town golfers played over the course this week, the most distinguished being Mr. Fyne, who Is a member of the Morrlstown Golf team. Ho paid our links a great com pliment In declaring them to be as good as any he had ever played over outside the largest cities. Messrs. James Blair and F. C. Fuller broke their record thte week, each making "5. T. R. Brooks also cul his score down to SG. a reduction of three. Miss Anderson has also lowered her score three strokes. Colonel H. II. Holes nnd faintly and Mr. nnd Mrs. K. U. Sturges have gone to a lnnd that is cooler than this and Indeed have for some time been sailing In a latitude almost as far to the north as has been reached by any man who has returned to tell the tale. The Fernnton party spent the Fourth of July nt Odde. Norway, and enjoyed a regular celebration later on board the steamer Auguste-Victoria. The American continent had a for mal organization of which Hon. Clar ence Hale, of Portland, Me., was chair man, and S. P. Mendel, of New York, secretary. The committee on arrange ments was composed of Henry 8. Herr man, New York; Crosby S. Noyes. Washington; Colonel II. M. Holes, Scranton. Fa.: Dr. W. W. Keene, Phil adelphia; Charles T. Kussell, Boston: Oenernl Lucius A. Barbour, Hartford. Conn., and Frederick A. Chase, Provi dence, H. I. most patriotic programme was prepared In which many distinguished personages appeared. Among the chief addresses was one by Colonel Holes, of which Mr. E. 1!. Sturges writes in Ills, own clever way: "The rolone-l hal the very difficult tnsk of following a magnilicent speech by John AVnnnmaker and fulfilled It nobly, doing honor to his country, him self and Scranton. Having had an ac cident which resulted in a snrilncd ankle, he was obliged to stand on one foot. The unanimous sentiment was: 'If hp.cnn do so well on one leg, what must he do when he has the use of both?" He has a great deal of the Vik ing about him." The programme was as follows: Music. Opening address by Chairman, Hon. Clarence Male. Toast to thrlr Majesties tho German Kmperor and Kmiirw-a. Address by his Excellency, Count Metternlch. Heading of the Declaration of Inde pendence Mr. R. N. Trump Roiir, "Star Spangled Banner. " Toat to the President of the United States. Address Hon. John Wnnnmakcr Kong. "Columbia." Address. "The Pay We Celebrate" Col, II. M. Boles. Song, "America." Miss Cornelia Oalpln drives the "swellest" trap in town these days und look fair, Indeed, on the tall seat. Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Frey, Mr. A. It. Blair and family, Mr. and Mrs. n. K. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Bufus Foster nnd Miss Weaver, of Shumokin, were among those who dined at the Coun try club Thursday night. Mrs. K. 11. Hardenberg nnd Miss Louise Hard'iib''ig, who have bo .t few' days will return to their home Visiting Scranton friends for the past few days, will return to their home in Honesda'le today. State Librarian Dr. George Edward Beed and Mrs. Beed returned to Car lisle yesterday after a restful week spent as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willlnm Council at Lake Henry. They klid not coma to the city during their visit, but lemulned In the iiulet at the lakeside retreat. Dr. Beed needing the resit and seclusion. Mrs. E. S. Moffatt entertained nt din ner last evening. The guests were Bev. Joseph P. Smith. D. D. LL. D., Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Welles, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hand nnd Mrs. J. A. Price. The engagement Is announced of Miss Nan Beardsley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to Dr. W. P. Kingsbury, formerly of this city. Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Reynolds, the Misses Lindsay and Mr. Lindsay aro members of a camping party nt Lake Poyntelle. During their absence Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Is occupying her son's house while her own residence is undergoing remodeling. The Misses Gllmorn gave a thimble leaonThursday.whenamong tho guests were Miss ..Vnderson. Miss Macintosh, Miss Bessell. Miss Caro Dickson and Miss Simpson. Mr. and Mr. Eugene P. Hnm enter lalned a few friends Inst night at their home on Clay avenue. Among the tuests were Miss Lticile Jones, of Now JorU: Miss Marcla Allen, of Hones Sale; Miss Mcintosh, of New York; Miss Elizabeth Jones, tho Misses Nor- (sin, Miss Kingsbury, Miss Pratt, Icssrs. Foote, Inglh, Kingsbury. "I am taking my summer vacation Vi a new fashion, patent applied for," lemarked a bright woman of this city Yesterday. "I've sent tho children iway to various relatives In tho coun ty. Occasionally I go around und vis k them for a day or two, but chiefly I'm having a beautiful time at home, lecplng nice and cool, reading the looks I like, doing tho things I llku Inu loafing and Inviting my soul In leneral." Among the Scranton young people tho will be entertained at Shelter Isl Jnd r. guests cif Mr. and Mrs, E. L. m w v" Fuller next week aro Miss Allls Dale, Messrs. J. II. Brooks, J. H. Neale, A. G, Hunt nnd J. B. Thome. It will Interest Scrantonlnns to know that Mrs. Gordon Hanson, whoso school In Wllkes-Barro has become so well known during her six years as principal, Is about to open a school In Paris In conjunction with Miss Mar garter Cooper, of New York. The school opens under the auspices of some of the best known people In America und Paris. It will bear out the high standard of excellence which Mrs. Hanson has maintained In her Wllkes-Bnrre school. Girls and young Indies entering It may combine the us ual education In English with the ad vantages of a foreign residence for languages, music nnd nrt. A largo number will be admitted for tho pur pose of studying music and art only. Mrs. Hanson leaves In September and will chaperono to their destinations those who deslie to nccompany her. Among the Wllkes-Barre references are Mrs. Charles Conynghnm. Mrs. II. li. Harvey and Mis. Hnfuller. Mrs. Hanson will bo at the Hotel Jermyn next Friday, July 28, from J to 5 to give any particulars whk.it may be desired. Movements of People Miss I.lzzlo Mackey Is at Montrose for several weeks. r.M. and Mrs, J. F. Cool have returned from Montrose. John H, White has returned from a visit In Buffalo. Dr. Martha S. Everltt will return to night from Philadelphia. Mr. nnd Mrs. John W. Barnes ure visit ing friends In llallstend. Miss Marie Murray, of Chicago, Is the guest of Mrs. G. F. Barnaid. Miss Adelaide Dodge, of llonesdale, has ecu visiting Scranton friends. Mrs. J. Selden Blair and family wilt Br to Block Island next week. Miss Lea M. Heath and Miss Morsu aro summering on tlir- coast of Maine. Miss Frances l'ratt will spend the month of August at Mamaroneck. Mrs. B. II. Pratt and Miss Katharine. Pratt have returned from Block Island. Miss Alice Burns, Miss Helen Hulbert nnd Edward Hulbert went to Asbury Park this week. Miss Fianc McAlplne and her sister. Mis McAlplne, from Indiana, are at As bury Paik for the summer. Mr. J. A. Lanslnir has returned from Bolck Island. Mrs. Lansing and daush. ter will spend the remainder of thu sum mer at Copenhagen, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Sweet were at Pleasant Mount during the past week. Miss Hope Mcintoi.li, of New York, is isiting relatives In this city. Miss Josephine Seism, who recently re ceived the degree of Doctor of Philoso phy, has returned lrom college and .ill spend her vacation with her parents. Councilman Otto Harvey is In Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Roberts are In Can ada. Dudley Atherton has returned from At lantic City. City Controller Esdras Howell is home from Philadelphia. . Mrs. B. II. O'Brien and children aro on the Jersey coast. John Ladwig Is entertaining Frank Schmidt, of Shenandoah. Mr. and Mrs. John White, of Green Bldge street, nre nt Atlantic city. W. H. Peck, cashier of the Third Na tional bank, Is In New York city. The Misses Fordbam are spending tho summer em the Massachusetts coast. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tewkesbury nre summering at Brooklyn. Susquehanna county. Miss Anna Neldlg. of Harrls-burg. IM., Is the guest of MIsj .Maud Shumway, of Jefferson avenue. Robert C. Wills, wife and son, will sail for Germany next Thursday on the steamer Barbarossa. Mrs. William J. Jenkins and children, of the West Side, will spend the coming week In New York city. Cyrus G. Evans, of The Tribune, and nephew, leave today for a week's stay with relatives at Glemvood. Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Payne hnvo re turned from their wedding trip, and aro residing on Throop street, Providence. Professor G. Yv". Phillips, who Is spend ing tho summer with his family at Brandt. Is in the city for a few days. Boy Gillespie, Charles and Philip Doer nam, Sol. Drlesen and George Walter aro taking a trip along the New England coast. Franklin IIowcll Is nt Asbury Park. Miss Cora Decker is at Ocean Grove. Carl Welles Is summering at Pleasant Mount. Moses Morgan and family aro at At lantic City. Bev. W. J. Ford 1ms returned from Richmond, Vn. Mrs. B. A. Hill and Miss Hill are nt Harvey's Lake. Miss Hurlbut, of Wheeler avenue, Is nt Ocean Glove. J. G. MeAskle and family are summer ing nt Lake Sheridan. Walter Bannister is spending a few weeks at Asbury Park. B. G, Moigan nnd family will spend the summer at Lnko WInnla. Professor and Mrs. II. L. Burdlck hnvo returned from Asbury park. Mrs. Thomas Dickson will bo nt Block Island dining the month of August. Mis. Tripp nnd Mrs. J. F. Hroadbent arc staying at Ocean Grove for the sum mer. Mr. John M. Ward, of Paterson, N. J., has been the guest of his uncle, Judge Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Raynsford will spend a fortnight In August at Sea bright. Hon. Alfred Hund was In town this week. He returned to Cottngo City on Thursday. Messrs. Raymond Sanderson, Will Ber ry, Ralph Allen. Archie Deans, Max rhllllps und Farnham Mcars, who have been nt Camp Juanitn, near Summit Lake, for tho past ten days, have re turned home. Miss Nellie Pickett Is In Buffalo. Mr. B. T. Black nnd family are at Ocean Grove. Rev. Father McCarthy has returned from Buffalo. ' Mr. B. B. Megargee and family nro at Crystal Lake, Mr. S. B. Mott has removed his fam ily to Dalton. Mrs, H. E. Smith Is spending tho sura, mcr at Fleetvllle. S. U. Robinson Is nt Lake Wlnola for some weeks' stay. F. S. Barker and family nro at Elm hurst for tho season. Hon. John B. Fnrr nnd family nre summering at Elmhurst. Mr. G. M. llallstend nnd family have returned from AllenUurM. Mrs. Koohler and daughter, Margar etta. nre nt Ocenn Grove. Miss Norrls, of this city, has returned from a visit In Nicholson. Mrs. W. W. Scranton will spend some time in Europo this summer. Misses Elizabeth nnd Grace Sanderson nro at homo from Ocean Grove. Miss Sadie Loftus, of Wyoming ave nue, stenographer and bookkeeper for O, T. Jayne, Is spending her vacation nt Crystal Lake. Mrs. Francis T. Vail nnd family nro spending the summer nt Ocean Grove. J. Wood Plntt, esq,, and W. It. Arnts, of Tunkhanuock, were In town on Wed nosdny. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. J. Merrill nnd Mrs, E. C. Schmidt and son nro visiting friends In Montrose. Rev. Dr. C. M. Oimn was at Allen hurst tho past week, tho guest of Mr. C. H. Zehnder. Mlsi Welles has returned from a pro lnogrd stay In Rochester. Mr. August Huntington, of Plalnilcld, Is greeting old friends In this city. Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Godfrey returned Thursday night from their European trip. Dr. George P. Ulblo and 11. R. lllghley. of Stroudsburg, were at tho Jermyn yes terday. Mr. nnd Mrs. H. C. Albright nnd Miss Albright, of Ftlca, N. Y., aro Scranton visitors. Mrs. J. M. Jones, of Linden street, Is visiting Richmond, Old Point Comfort nnd Baltimore. Misses Evelyn and Helen-Gates return, nl last night from a month's visit In Suftiohnnna countv. Miss Nellie Evans, of Qtilncy avenue, will leave today for a short slay with relatives at Glemvood. George Smithing, of The Tribune, has returned from a three weeks' visit with friends In Detroit, Mich. Bev. Dr. G. F. Spleker, of Philadelphia, who has been the guest of Rev. C. G. Spleker, has yono to Bedford Springs, Pa., where! he will spend a few weeks In finest of health and rest. Ladies' nnd Gent's Ties. New lot of line Foulard Silk Hand kerchief Ties. Meats & Ilugen. if HER POINT OF VIEW It s a wonder that the High School committee did not recommend along with Its readjustment of salaries that the principal's duties should Includo Janitor service. Scranton Is a queer town. In most other places, the High school is popularly supposed to exist for educational purposes and not solely as a sort of a police patrol agency. In most cities It is considered to bo an Institution of so much dignity that if the principal is a "gentleman and a scholar" and If the results of his work are shown In a high grade of scholar ship, a real close censorship of the number of times he sneezes per dny, and an approximate estimate of his agility In being on the platform of the auditoriums and at the samo time sneaking about the locker room aro not absolutely demanded. But Scrnntcm is different In this ns It Is in almost everything else. We pre fer to make a humiliating spectacle of ourselves in spending valuable time and money In Investigating matters which might with a stretch of Imagina tion, be necessary to regulate In n kindergarten, than to give rise to the faintest suspicion that wo know any thing about the true idea of a High School. Now if the High School boys should climb up Into that ornate French lan tern on the top of tli V Institution of learning and Imprison within its lattices a goat belonging to one of the school controllers, or a mine mule owned by another or a keg of beer, or a yellow dog; or If in some frolic some moment when the principal was conducting tho opening exercises on the auditorium platform they should corral Dr. Frey's pretty fox terrier and pro duce him from a hat as ho uttered yelps and kl-yles of protest to the consternation of the school, or If they should clamber In at Dr. Allen's ofllco window and purloin a pet kitten or a skeleton or something else, valued for ks associations, the discipline might reasonably suffer criticism. Or again, supposing they should extend their depredations to the Albright Library lawn and damage the lovely rhododen drous of which Sam, the caretaker Is so specially tender, or If they should ravage the beautiful grounds of Mrs. Thomas Dickson's home, adjacent, and persuade the chaste Diana to elope with her hound, bow and arrow and entire outfit nnd surprise the populace by perching airily on the pinnacle of one of the (lag poles fronting the High school, or In fact If they should do any of the thousand things they might do and that nre done by High school boys In many quite as civilized com munities as tills, then there might well be alarm felt us to the quo vadls prob lem of our High School discipline. It would seem that under existing cir cumstances there are more ponderous matters awaiting the attention of the school controller than the question, thrilling as It Is, as to the particular brand of patent leather shoes worn by Professor Phillips. Regarding this problem of discipline, a prominent resident of the city sug gests In a letter to The Tribune that the Board of Control should visit some of the other public schools at the time of opening and witness thie disorder evident and listen to some of the lan guage on the playground. The chief complaint offered, however, Is the con dition In which many of the children attend the daily sessions. He nsterts that they ure dirty and Ill-clad, fre quently with too little clothing to come within the pale of decency, In this cli mate and alleged civilization, that their appearance tends to lower the tone of the school and corrupt the taste of those reared more carefully, and that the parents of these unkempt little people nre, almost without exception, uble to clothe their children more res pectably. This problem of nppenrance nnd gen eral discipline In the schools Is imost Interesting. The people pause to con sider the conglomerate make up of our schols and the previous conditions, not to mention servitude, of many pupils, A teacher of one of the higher grades under whose charge many classes come from poor districts of the city, stated the other day thut no thoughtful ob server could fall to be Impressed with the marvel that such excellent order Is uniform In almost every school room. Often the children of one class will rather universally come unwashed and ragged on the first days 'of tho term. Their manner will bo uncouth and their general behavior not satls factoiy; but week by week Improvement will bo noted as they gradually take on the color of their now surround ings. Hitherto they have found them selves among those who were of pre cisely tho same station and who have been under the same coarsening squal id Intluences. In their advancement they see tho wide difference between their unkempt nppearanee and the neat respectful children of another district. Faces aro washed and new frocks aro evident In a short tlmo and soon tho rough boisterous voices nro lowered nnd the rudeness Is lessened, While the tactful hints of the teacher produce much of this change, It Is also, due In no small degree to the quick observa tion ot the children themselves, whoso pride Is stimulated to a higher plnno not by the discipline ot u club, but by the contrast they see on all sides und the natural desire to Imitate a better fypo than they had known. When we come to thlnl: of It the wonder Is that these youngsters sometimes coming from homes and localities where tho roughest elements gather and where the smnllcst Indication of refinement Is un known, should not have fired oft more than one firecracker or uttered more than one oath In a year at the High Schol or any other school and tho fact that to very little disorder Is reported Is not only a credit to the teachers of all grades but also to tho Innate beauty of chnrncter and the grand possibilities In the nature of the average boy, no matter of what parentnge. SAUCY BESS. A GOOD FISHERMAN. Col. Parker's Loon Caught Six Pick erel by Trolling. Prom the Chicago Inlcr-Occnn. Among the many specimens of fur. fin and feather that adorn the shelves and tables and nooks und corners of Colonel Noah Parker's den nt Gnrdeau, Pn Is n particularly flue loon, a crea ture so singularly combining the char acteristics of llsh, fowl und fur-bcarlng water anlmul that It Is rare that a hunter or trapper Is able to capture one. "I don't care so much about the loon," said Colonel Pnrker, "as I do about the remarkable lishing I had the day I captured the critter. T wns fish ing for pickerel with a set line, be cause I hadn't had any luck fishing for 'em any other way. and I was bound to have some pickerel. The line was a small one though, only fifty feet long, and w Ith only seven snoods on it, six feet apart. As 1 was taking In the line what should pop to the surface of tho pond, some distance away from my boat, but a loon, nnd before I could recover from my surprise the lino was' Jerked out of my hand Then I dis covered that the loon hnd dived down and swallowed the end minnow on the set line nnd had the whole line In tt w. I made a big effort to get hold of the line agnln, but the Icon began to run on the water, ns loons dc, you know, preparatory to rising from the lake, nnd there was no use. I couldn't reach It. "The snood that had the hook and bait swallowed by the big nnd foolish bird dangled from Its mouth ns It flut tered und Hopped to take wing. By and by the loon managed to get out of the water and was raising gradually higher when I saw It stop In the ali as suddenly as if it had been brought up against a rock or something, and then It tumbled feet over head back Into the pond. The loon disappeared for a moment under the water, and then came In sight agnln. If Its sud den tumble had been singular, thu evolutions the queer bird went through after returning to the surface were a great deal more so. Now the loon would scoot away like u fancy skater, two or three yards in one direction, tail first, stop suddenly, whirl around In a circle three or four times, and then dart like a flash In unother dlrec tlon. Now and then It would go down out of sight so quick that 't almost made my head swim, and pretty soon It would pop again like a cork. Two or three times the fantastic fowl made a start to run through the water for a rising flight, and went along all right for perhaps a rod, when It would stop dead In Its course, nnd zip! down It would go Into the pond again and souse clear out of sight. " 'Gol ding the loon!' I exclaimed af ter watching its queer performance a while. 'That hok of mine Is In Its gizzard und hns set It crazy, and I'm glad of IU It'll let my sot lines a'tone after this I guess!" "The loon kept on performing, and so I concluded I'd row up and see if T could llnd out Just what was the mat ter with it, anyhow. I got to within thirty feet of It, and then noticed the puzzling fact that, although the loon was Irving its very best to swim away from me, it was coming right toward me! This made mo feel kind o spooky, but I grabbed an oar, and as soon as the uncanny fowl, pulling Its best to go In the opposite direction, but all the while lessening the space between us. got within reach, I gave It a blow that bioke Its neck. I reached out and pick ed tho dead bird up. The set line was hanging out of Its mouth yet, nnd I went to hauling in my recovered prop erty, pleased to thing that I was go ing to get It back so easily, but tho property didn't come back so easily, af ter all. In fact, I had to fight and struggle for half an hour before I got it all In. "There was good reason why I had to do all that lighting, for there were six five-pound pickerel on the line, each one doing Its best to prevent me from hauling It In. But I got the line In, pickerel and all, and marveled no long er over the loon s queer performance?. Attracted by the six baited hooks on the line ns the loon trolled It through the water while making Its first rise for the pond, the six pickerel ha'I each grabbed one and got hooked. Twelve pounds of bird being no match for thirty pounds of fish, the loon had to stop and let tho pickerel j.lay It as they liked. I don't think I was ever so proud over nny catch as I was over those six five-pound pickerel. They were dandles I had the loon mounted, as you see It there. But It Isn't tho loon I enro so much for. It is the re markable fishing I had the day I cap tured the critter that tickles mo." Rogue Camel's Suicide. A valuable camel, working In an oil mill In Africa, was beaten by Its driver. Seeing that the camel had treasured up the Injury and was only awaking a fa vorablo chance for revenge, the driver kept strict watch upon the animal. Time passed away: the camel, knowing that It wns watched, wns quiet nnd obedient, and the driver began to think that beating was forgotten, when, one night, after several months had gone by, the mnn wns sleeping on a raised platform In the mill, whilst, as Is customary, the camel wob stabled In a corner. Happening to nwake, the driver saw by the bright moonlight that, when nil was quiet, the animal looked cau tiously around, rose softly, and, steal ing toward a spot where- a bundle of clothes and a burnous, thrown care lessly on the ground, resembled a sleep ing figure, cast Itself with violence up on them, rolling with all its weight, and tearing them most viciously with its teeth. Satisfied that its revenge was complete, the camel was returning to Its corner when the driver sat up and spoke. At tho sound of his voice, and realizing the mlstnke it had made, the animal wob mortified at the fall tiro and discovery of Its scheme that it dashed Its head -tgalnst the wall and died on the spot. From the Gen tleman's Magazine. Lightning Rod Man's Ansers 2 Korrespondents Fiancee If the yungj man yurc ngnged 2 nssosheatcs with gamblers I woodnt advize yu 2 marry him. The pcepll In Bostln say "Fethored bipeds ov a slmlcr ploomldge duo vagerlusly nssembll" & Its gencrully troo awl over the country. Student Yu ask "Iz the Afro-American nntchrnlly npt at mathmatlcks" I cant say, takln the studdy nwi throw, but 1 duo no that thav are a grate peepll 2 multiply. Bill If yu & yure pardner wants 2 open a Joolry store & yu onley hnv $11 & 3.ric, between yu I cant glv yu mutch advise. The best I can say 2 yu under the slrkumstanccs Iz; chooze a dark nltc, a Jimmy & a krow bar, Innocent Im shure I dont no what yure frend ment by culling yu a "lob ster." Its Just possablc, however, that yu are kontlnunlly gettlu cawt, are In hot water a goodeal ov the time & make most ov yuro progres backward. Idle If yu aro out ov work & a somnambulist yu had better try 2 get n Job on a police forse. There are lots ov xpollcemen who wood be workln 2 day If thfty had yure ackompllsh ment. Thus we see that what we sum times konsldor an nflllckshun may be used 2 our advantldgo. Rofleckshuns. What sum folks no thay cood rite on the back ov a postldge stamp In a large bowld hand & what thay dont no wood start the finest llbrerry In xlstants. Next 2 being elekted President ov the Fnlted Stnlts nuthlng malks a follow quite so happy az 2 sea hlz 1st point in print. Lots ov peepll look wlze who cant spel there own nalm. Its better 2 have a hot blr.d & a cold bottel with a minister ov the gospel than a ham sandwitch & a glas ov beer with a gambler. "Yu can drive n boss 2 water but yu cant make hint drink." That's the dlffrentB between a hoss & a polltl shun "Where theres a will theres a way," & kwlte frekwently a law Mot uwlso. Birds that cant sing & Insist on tryln shood be beet 2 doth. When Ignornnts iz blls tlz folly 2 be otherwlze by a large majority. The muthern law, In the conkrete, Iz a mutch nbuzed person both In the comlk papers & poltry. There may be casez In the abstrackt, but theze onley go 2 proove the rool. There nre a good menny good 4 nuthlng son Inlawz (several ov whom I cood men shun, but wont out ov respeckt 4 there 'famleys) who woodnt be eating lobster ah Inn newberg 2 day but 4 there muthernlawz. A polltlshun, nz a genral thing, Iz a dlsonnest mnn in disguize. No man shood konsider himself troo ly grate until he haz bin roasted by the noospapers & had his likeness drawn by at leest nte carlkatoorlsts. I ask "Alnt it nbowt time Willlnm Juggernnwt Bryan had hlz tung silver plaited 4 the next campane?" And Ekko ansers, "Yen." Essay on the AUigater. Tho reputashun ov the alligator Iz az tuff az hlz hide & he Iz wellkum 2 them both. He iz the rooey ov the nnlmel klng dtim. The nlllgater Iz an ambidextrous nnl mel & can live In the water az well az on land. He shows hlz Ignornnts by preferr ing cullerd folks az a diet In stcd ov white peepll. (Sum folks prefer dark meet 2 white). However It alnt 4 me 2 kick nbowt that; this Iz a free country & its nobuddy's blzness but the alllgater's what he eats. The alligator lz very prollfick & if angerd will flto at the drop ov the hat. He lays his eggs at randum In the sand & iz so konfounded lazy he lets tho son hatch them out. Hlz hide & teeth iz used 2 make boots, shoos, satchels & other joolry. A. Kidder. TRIES TER SHIFT THER BLAME. For The Tribune. Yes, 1 bev oilers noticed In this wilder, ness or woe, Whar all er us are llvln' an' we will un til wo go Inter er balmier, happier Ian', whnr saints an' angels sing Glory Hnllerluyers tin' Hossaner3 ter tiler King. Yes, I hev allers noticed, nn' I allers will maintain, Thet when er feller gits In trouble Ho tries ter shift ther blame! Why, ain't yer never noticed when ther clouds begin ter soar, An' ther llghtnln' Is er-llaslilu,' nn' ther tlnm'er 'gins ter roar. An' thar ain't no silver linin" as Is comm' in ter view. An nil ther woii' an' ovcrythln' Is lookln' kind er blue, Thet er feller gits dlskerldged, an' ho all ers does ther same, Fer when er feller gits In trouble He tries ter shift ther blumo! An' when yer young an' hungry, an' yer mother's gone er-wny, An' yer walk In ter ther pantry, an' ex pect ter spend ther day, An' yer eat up ther pervlslons, an' ther files nn' cakes, an' nil, When yer hear yer mother's footsteps resounin' thro' ther hall. Then yer does what Nater tells yer, an' she allers says ther same, Thet when er feller gits In trouble He tries ter shift ther blame! An' when yer little ol'er nn' they sen" yer oft ter skule, An' ther teacher sets yer wukln' on ther long division rule, An yer don't know how ter wuk It, an' yer ain't er-cnrln' much, An' yer begin er-rnlsln' Cain an' throw in' chnllt, an' such, An 'yer teacher says, "Who done It?" then yer don't give him yer name, Fer when er feller nits In trouble Ho tries ter shift ther blame! An' now ter git ter blzness, an" ter men tion ther fust case, When ther Lord got a'ter Adam, ther father of our race, Fer eatln' them gieen apples off ther ferbldden tree, Ho laid It on ther woman; ho said thet It war sho Thet put me up ter eatln' them an' Eve, she done ther same, Fer when er feller gits In trouble Ho tries ter shift ther blame! Now, ever senco olo Adam glv his reaslns why he fell. An' cleared nn open pathway ter ther fiery realms cr h , Ills chil'ren hev been wukln' at all sorts er nrts an' trades, An' some hev been mechanics, nn' somo hev been olo mulds, But In ench or thpm perfCBsIons each fel ler does thor same, Fer when he gits In tumble Ho tries tor .dilft ther blame! -Eltot Kays Stone. 1 Scrunton, July 21. t H K V, It It V. x X x x x v X X x a X X x K V ' V x K X ' X Scranton Store, 124-126 t. .. Kit. TU M LEADER ceus ssstfmss sssse Saturday sacrifice sale of men's furnishings X X X X x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X During the last week or two there has been some very rapid unloading of surplus stock im this department. Prices that were cut to the quick were soon recognized and results were not slow to follow. Some prices were cut in half others even more. No matter what you may choose, you have a bargain, and if you come soon you will find choosing as good as you could wisli. Here are some hints: Men's 15c half hose at 3 pairs for 25c Plain and mixed goods, lull shaped, seamless, never sold any- pair where for less than fifteen cents a pair. Saturday o f" JtOC Men's 25c and 35c fancy hose at 15c The balanoe of a fine line of fancy silk striped hose, the former price of . which was 25c and 35c. Sale price 1 OC Men's plain and ribbed underwear at 15c Several kinds that were formerly 25c per garment, plain or ribbed, and several desirable shades. Saturday sale 1 DC Men's 50c negligee shirts at 39c Nearly all sizes and some very good patterns to pick from separate link cuffs puce was 59c. Saturday sale 39C Men's $1 fancy and high class silk front shirts at 65c The silk front shirts we offer here are not the cheap 50c kind, but goods that have retailed all over this town at $1.25. Excellent quality, in fancy silk only. Sale price 05C Ladies' 50c silk and pique puff ties at 10c This price ought to close out every single, solitary tie on Saturday before nine o'clock in the evening. Just think; all silk neck- wear, worth 50c, at 1 (JC Men's 25c suspenders at 15c Several of the good kind elastic web and imitation guoit were 23c a pair. Saturday price I OC X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X All of our Handkerchief: S I adies' high class linen handkerchiefs, embroidered and lace edge goods that were never sold for less than 35c and 39c. As a X X X X X X ft? special anniversary -4 Q 19' sale bargain on Sat urday A'AA'A'A'A'A'A 'A 'A '4 'A it "A 'A A A 'A 'AAA A A A A A "A A 'A 'A A A A A A AAA THE ENGLISH BIBLE. From tho Nineteenth Century Bevlew. Elizabeth died in March, 1C03, nnd with the accccsslon of Jninea the First we arrive at length within sight of that stately and monumental work which was destined not merely to eclipse but absolutely to efface Its rivals and to enter upon a reign which hns endured unbroken for nowiy near ly three hundred yenrs and In the undiminished lustre of which wo still live. We need waste no words In praise of the Authorized Version of tho Bible. It Is generally accepted as a literary masterpiece, as tho great est and most beautiful book In tho world. All possible pains were taken to se cure the services of the best men for translators. Intellectual competence and proved capacity were tho only tests. Puritan und Anglican, linguist and theologian, layman and divine, worked harmoniously side by side. Of the fifty-four names which were orig inally chosen, the lists that have come down to us Includo only forty-seven, but we can see with what care and catholicity of mind the appointment of revisers hail been made. They were organized In six companies. Two mot at Oxford, two at Cambridge, two at Westminster. To each company a cer tain portion of the Bible was given to work upon. Their basis wns the Bish ops' Bible. Other versions were to ,ie used only when they 'agreed with the text" 'f the orlglnnls. Tho versions specified w$re those of Tyndale, Mat thew, Coverdnle, the Great Ulblo and the Bible of Geneva. The translators, however, did not consider themselves to be In any way confined to these. They consulted every version, whether English or foreign that was accessible to them, and woro largely Indebted to Beza, to the Bhemlsh Testament and to Tremelllus. In 1C11 the Authorized Version, a folio volume In black-letter type, waa published. The title page boro tho words "appointed to be read In churches," but no evidence Is forth coming that any such formal appoint ment was ever made either by the king or by parliament, by convoca tion or by the privy council. In any case It was quite unnecessary. Not by any means at once, but gradually ana surely this noble version took up Its natural position. 11 position from which it does not seem In any near danger of being dislodged. So far Is It from losing round that It has been already translated Into not far short of two hundred languages nnd dlnlects, while something like three million cop ies of It nro poured out year by year by tho English press. Truly we muy say of It that its sound has gone forth Into all lands, nnd its words unto the ends of the world. It Is natural to the human mind to search for causes, nnd confronted with n phenomenon so striking as the King's Bible wo are driven almost ngnlnst our wills to inquire to what happy con Junction of circumstances Its unique position may be ascribed. In the first place, then, the Authlr Ized Version wns Indebted for Its suc cess to the personal qualifications of tho revisers. They were the best schol nrs and linguists of their day. They were nlso men of deep piety. They spared no pains to make their work ns perfect as they could. They were not the Blaves, but the masters of tho rule which guided them. They never lost sight of the fact thut the English Blhlo w-us to be a book not for un Inner ring of theologians or scholars, but for tho K V. It It It t K l . 1 . . " ". ".J I Wyoming Avenue. Cut prices on wide sash ribbon in satin Ribbons and silk taffeta, plain and fancy colors, as fol lows: No. 22, No. 30 and No. 40 all silk ribbon, at ... . i2c No. 40 all silk taffeta ribbon, was 22c i7c No. 80 all silk taffeta ribbon , was 30c 22c common people. The predominance of Saxon words In this version Is very re markable. Compared with Latin words, they constitute nbout 90 per cent. In Shakespeare the proportion is Sr per cent., In Swift nearly 00, In John son 75, In Gibbon, 79. In the Lord's Prayer fifty-nine out of sixty-five words nro Saxon. Secondly, James' revisers had this great advantage over their prcdecess ors-, who as n rule worked under tho ban of the authorities that they felt themselves occupied on a. great na tional undertaking promoted by tho king himself, und supported by the full sympathy nnd approval ot Church and State. Thirdly, they had veady to hand tho rich results of nearly a century of dili gent and unlntermltted labor In tho Held of Biblical study. It Is beyond tho power of man to eliminate, by nny ma chinery which he can devise, tho Inher ent inequality of mental endowments. The Authorized Version Is accordingly not a perfectly even work throughout, nor would any competent Judge deslro to claim for the Epistles the same high level of excellence ns for the Penta teuch or the prophetical books. But on tho whole our Bible Is characterized by n wonderful unity of tone, and this Is unquestionably due to the well planned organization and rules for which tho King and his advisers were responsible. Throughout tho reign of Elizabeth! vast Invisible forces hnd been at work refashioning, transforming, fertilizing tho minds of men. For a while, no doubt, the black cloud of 'national peril overshadowed nnd shrouded their ac tivty. But none tho less their Influenco continued operative. The Intellectual force of the Bennalssnnce, the moral and religious force of the Reformation, the social and polltlenl force of a new ly realized and ever-increasing senso of national unity and greatness, tho economic force of rapidly expanding; wealth all these vitalizing powers hael been silently transfiguring tho oldl Knglnnd of Catholicism nnd feudalism into tho England that was to be. With the exception of Mary Stuart and tho repulse of tlK- Armada the darkness rolled away. A terrible danger, nerv ing and bracing the whole community into strenuous effort, gave place to an Indescribable sense of relief. As It had been In Greece nfter Marathon, Plntaea nnd Snlamls, so was it in this land oC ous when the Spaniards spread his satin nnd fled away. Suddenly almost as If by magic, a new world of llteratuio burst Into loveliest blosom, nnd tho nntlonnl language clotheel Itself Into strength, In richness nnd In power. Not In one department of mental activity nlone, but In every quarter there nrnso 11 consciousness of ruilckened llfo and of boundless possibilities. The excite ment, the hope, the buoyancy, the as piration, the Intensity of a nntlon re newing Its youth roused every faculty into n varied and many-sided altert ness. In some such nlr as this tho transla tors of the King's Bible lived and moved nnd had their being. And as they bo led tho glory of the times semes to have pnsesd Into their souls and the Inspiration of their originals Into their pens, so that they were en abled to build up for tho generations thnt wpre to mine nfter them an Eng lish Bible which, with nil the Imperfec tions Inseparable from the Incomplete ness of the critical resources, which be long Indeed to every work of man, will over be hold In reverence ns the most splendid literary monument of a splen did and heoric age. ' -
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