tW-nwinmiuJ tb I- '. "t J" i rTn- g tfrff ', jT? . 'jf THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1809. PiibtlnhPil Dally. Hxrpt Sunday, by The Trlbmin PuhiiMiIng Company, nt Fifty Cents a Month. New York OtTleo: ISO Nncimu St., 8. 8. VRlSKt.AND, Solo ARcnt for Foreign Advertising. Entered nt tbo PoMnfllce nt Bcrantoa. I'n ns Scccnd-Class Mall Matter. When rpneo will petmlt, The Tribune Is nlwnyn Kind to print short loiter from Us f i lends bearing on current topics but Hh title Is that litem must bo alRtieil, for publlciitlon, by the writer's rcnl name. SCUANTON. AUGUST 16. 1S09. Colonel lirynn Is probably wonder ing now If a tiger can change Its stripes. Dr. Phillips' Declination. The declination of Dr. Phillips will disappoint an overwhelming majority of the best friends of education in this community, on account both of the personal esteem In which they hold liltn ns nn Instructor, a director of educa tional wotk and a conscientious nnd high-minded gentleman, and also be cause they had hoped thnt by remain ing In the priiu'lpnlshtp of the High school ho would enable them, ut the ' ext election, to undo what they regard as a mallclouH Injustice. ills subtraction of himself from the filiation occasions regret, but it does i.ot tcniovu the necessity for the In stitution of n new policy In the Hoard of Controls management of the High school. If Dr. Phillips' successor shall be n man fit for the place be will vpi'i'dlly make known to the powers thnt be his disapproval of the picayune rngg'ng and Ignorant Intermeddling against which Dr. I'hllllp.n has hnd to contend; and the change In principals will simply mean a new face In the fray. The. Perunton High school 13 to big an Institution to be run suc--essfully on the lines of personal In trigue; and the sooner this Is recog nized l,y the Board of Control and competent professional supervision permitted by it to choose its own methods of work, the better It will be for all concerned. No committee of amateurs sitting In caucus can run n high school. Skilled ability Is needed nnd when secured It must be allowed sufficient latitude In di tails to enable It to produce the de h'rod results. The case of Dr. Phil lips Is a warning that public opinion will not tolerate another man-hunt. As one of the leading "aunties," the Tammany chief may appropriately subscribe himself Croaker. The First Cuban Census Arrangements have been practically completed for the taking of the first genuine census of Cuba. 15y Jan. 1 the war department expects to have In Its possession answers from each Inhabitant of Cuba to the following questions: Name, age, sex, color, trade, occu pation or profession, married or single, or other family relation, sanitary con dition of houses, disposal of garbage and foeeal matter, ability to read or write, ability to speak or understand th English language, and what ele mentary knowledge makes It probable tl at this understanding of English will be acquired, nationality, whether Cu ban or Spaniard, property ownership or rental, area of land cultivated, and Kinds of crop, schools and number of Fc'.iolars In attendance, and number of days attended. This census Is to be taken by Cuban i umerators, working under American M.pervlslon, and to guard against de ception a penalty clause has been at t.'uhed to their Instructions. Under this the enumerator who falsifies his returns can bo severely punished, nnd it Is to be hoped that the government vill take measures to enforce this pen n'ty to the letter If It shall discover p.oof of guilt. The Latln-Amcricnn imposition to exaggerate needs espe cially to bo curbed in the matter of olll i:nl statistics. Early in the new year these figures will be available for the guidance of our subsequent activities In Cuba. Sec retary Itoot Is taking hold of this prob lem In an agreeably direct and ener getic manner; he has apparently won t ho conlldence or the Cuban represen tatives at Washington and it Is likely that the taking of the census will be the initiatory step In a rapid succes sion of moves toward the organization of civil government In Cuba on th; basis of Internal self-rule. The testimony against Dreyfus thus l.ir seems to be entirely a matter of opinion. A Place for Admiral Dewey. Ono of the problems which has great ly puzzled those who like to cross bridges In udvance Is what to do with Admiral Dewey when he comes home. Wo refer, of course, to the period of time which shall follow the hero-worshiping already planned. The ad miral Is too modest a man and too good a sailor to wish to have the hero-worshiping prolonged. He enn not escape a good deal of this, even by means of the diplomatic plea of poor health; but when the enthusiasm of the multitudes shall have subsided, as suming that he will still desire some form of naval service, what kind of assignment shall bo provided for him? He Is entitled by all the rules of the game to go on shore duty; and the ad visory work which he will undertake as a member of the Philippine com mission will give him u period of con genial nnd useful occupation; but af terward, what? Congressman Eoss, of Chicago, who is now In Ivondon, offers a suggestion which seems to have merit. Mr. Foss Is ono of the best Informed students of naval subjects In publlo life; he has recently been In consultation with Dewey and It Is reasonable to Infer that his suggestion Is the result of conversations with the ndmllal. "Front my experience on the continent," says he, "I believe we should have a per manent naval policy board, with, pay, Admiral Dewey at Us head and com posed of leading naval officers. This board could frame a general policy of naval development on broad lines and its recommendations would bo mora likely to have weight with congress than would the nunual suggestions of the civilian secretnry, however nblo he might be." Mr. Eoss, In the brief In terview from which this quotation Is made, does not go Into detail, ns ho doubtless will when ho returns to the United states: but the Inference Is thnt he believes such n board of experts could contribute greatly to conherency nnd system In the plans of naval growth which now' nre formulated by n variety of boards and bureau offi cials, who often work nt cross pur poses. The designation of Admlrnt Dewey ns the chulrmnn of this general board would put him In a position of advisory usefulness In keeping with his high rank and reputation, nnd supply for him a field of activity directly In the line of his professional ambition. Mr. Foss notes, ulso, that the navy Is to receive a great deal more atten tion from congress In future than It has hitherto; a fact which suggests that congressmen particularly and the public generally should study naval subjects more thoroughly than they have been wont to do. Expansion makes this nn urgent necessity. Hrynn's proposed visit to Kentucky would seem to offer the Inventor of the bullet proof Jacket nn opportunity to secure a first-class advertisement. Protection and Business. Mid-summer conditions throughout the business centers of the country ns leilected by the records of the treasury department, says the American Econo mist, are well calculated to gratify all friends of the cause of protection, who predicted that the restoration of ade quate protection to American Indus tries would bo followed not only by restored confidence but by a general revival of Industry and trade. There are several points to which attention should be directed as furnishing proof of the fulfillment of the prophecy. We are at the beginning of the .third year of the operation of the DIngley tariff, nnd the receipts of the treasury from customs duties continue to Increase at a ratio which furnishes proof that a revenue law which affords protection to the Industries of the country Is the best kind of a revtnue measure to bring cash Into the treasury. Not only nre the conditions of the treasury gratifying, but the conditions of the people ns Indicated by their holdings of cash In the banks of the country, show that the full measure of prosperity Is not only enjoyed by the general government but by the people tti nil the states. Protectionists will b justified in talk ing for some time about the remark able achievements in trade and com merce under the first full fiscal year's operations of the DIngley tariff. Al though the exports of agricultural pro ducts declined slightly during the last year, It being Impossible to keep up with the record of the previous fiscal year In our shipments of agricultural products becnuse of the fact that the fiscal year of 1S9S showed a tremend ous exportation of these commodities by reason of the scarcity In many foreign markets, the decline In agricul tural exports was not heavy, however, the round figures showing for 189S ex port of $S53,000,000 worth, against $7S4,000,000 worth for the fiscal year Just closed. And yet the marvelous aggregate export business done by the manufacturing establishments of the country almost made up for the loss In agricultural exports. There were sent out of the country during the last fiscal year $339,000,000 worth of manu factured commodities, against an ex port of like commodities during the previous fiscal year aggregating $291, 000,000 worth. Our exports of the mines and forests also showed marked In creases, and the comparative figures i for the two fiscal years on these classes of products show nn Improvement In exports aggregating about $14,000,000. It Is worthy of note that although the new policy of protection established by the DIngley law Imposed protec tive duties on raw wool, one of the chief articles of production entering Into manufactures, of which a large proportion Is Imported, the fiscal year's business in Imports of articles In crude condition for domestic Industry, not subject to duty, Increased about $23, 000,000 worth, showing that the aggre gate business on Imports of raw com modities for use In domestic manu factures Increased under the new tar iff law. On the other hand, the meas ure of Increased protection afforded on general lines of so-called "raw ma terials" made Itself felt In the Importa tion of dutiable nrtlclcs of this class, and there was a decline In such Im port!! of about $3,000,030 wortn. The opening of the new fiscal year, with the returns for receipts at the treasury during July, shows that In rpspect to customs duties the DIngley law Is making u splendid record. The customs receipts for July aggregated about $16,000,000, and the first week in August shows an increase of nearly two-fold In customs receipts over the corresponding period of a year ago. The fact should not bo lost sight of that the volume of money In the hands of the people, as registered by the re turns of national banks to the comp troller of the currency, shows a marvel ous Increase over the returns of a year ago. In July of 1S98 the nnitlonal banks reported having In their vaults Individual deposits Bubjeot to check to the amount of $2,032,000,000. Consld eiable comment was created by till? remarkable showing of last year, be cause the figures demonstrated that, compared with the period of depres sion In 1S9G, the bank deposits of the people had Increased about $400,000,000. Marvelous as wero these figures, the second year of restored protection wit nesses a record even more noteworthy. In a single year from July, 1S9S, to July, 1809, the Increaso In Individual deposits aggregated a half a billion dollars, tho figures being approximately $4?S,SOO,000. All advices thnt come to the treasury from the Industrial and commercial centers Indicate that the fall business of this year will bo the largest in the history of the country. One of the. In dications of this promising outlook Is tho pressure upon tho treasury for small notes with which to trained re tail business and to move the fall crops. ICvoru effort U bolni ni"" hv tho trensury officials to meet these condi tions, nnd one of the plans agreed upon Is to resume tho Issuing of gold certifi cates, which was suspended during the Cleveland administration. This policy will give to the country several million dollars nddltlonal In paper currency, atid will thereby facilitate tho transac tion of the enormous volume of busi ness, unprecedented In the commercial rccordU of tho country which has sprung up In connection with restored protection to American labor nnd In dustries. The Boers claim to be opposed to war, but they do not object to having well filled cartridge boxes on hand In times of peace. Old Age Pensions. Shortly before the dissolution of tho last British parliament a committee of the commons, representing tho Con servative majority, made a report fav oring the giving of a government pen sion to every applicant who can meet certain specified requirements, name lythat he be a British subject, f or more years old: that within the pre ceding twenty years ho shall not have been convicted of nn offense punlth able by penal servitude or Imprison ment without the option of a fine; that within the same period he shall not have received poor relief other than medical relief except under exception al circumstances; that hie shall havo nt the time of application nn Income of less than $2.50 a week; nnd that It shall be shown that he has endeavored to tho best of his ability, by his Indus try or by tho exercise of reasonable providence, to make provision for him self and for those Immediately depen dent on him. In a certain sense this proposition Is what wo in America would consider a political gallery piny. It Is similar to some of the glittering promises con tained In American political platforms Its Immediate mission is to attract votes. "A pension for every honest poor man!" Think of the value of this cry, In a vote-winning sense. In a closely contested campaign. It al most equals In polltlcnl dividend-paying possibilities the free text book idea which has been so successfully ex ploited In a number of American states, always to tho benefit of tho man or party popularly Identified with it. Vet when so substantial a party as the Conservative party of England commlt3 Hse'f in detail to a proposi tion of this kind It must also be taken seriously. It public opinion in Great Eritnln s-hall with great vigor approve this Idea it will ultmntely gain ex pression in the forms of law. An obvious objection to the sugges tion Is that It puts a premium on incapacity nnd opens a wide door to Imposture. These objections nre ad roitly parried by tho proposition's ad vocates, who point out that Incapacity nnd Imposture have to be carried any how, and better by the entire common wealth, through lightly felt extra tax ation, than by the philanthropic few, who have burdens enough in other di rections. There Is some merit In this counter argument, but the policy of state old-age pension is not likely to nppeal to the judicious'. The state should be the last recourse In all mat ters of charity or benevolence. Where personal thrift does not suffice t- safe guard tho senile years the policy of Industrial ponrlons should be tried, along the lines just laid down In this country by the Pennsylvania railroad. Each Industry owes to Its faithful workmen some provision for old age beyond the amount of tho current wage; and It can better arrange nnd manage such a pension feature than a general government can, which Is charged with multifarious interests coveting every phase of human rela tions. m SOME VARIED VERSES. God Speaks. God speaks to hearts of men In many ways; Some tho red banner of the rising sun. Spread o'er this snow-clad hill, has tuught His praise; Some tbo sweet silence when the day Is done; Some, after loveless lives, nt length havo won His word In children's hearts and chil dren's gaze; And somu have found Him where low rafters ring To meet the band that helps, tho heart that cheers; And some in prayer, nnd some In per. fectlng Of watchful toll through unrewarding years; And some, not less are His, who vainly sought His voice, and with bis silence havo been taught Who bare his chain that bade them to bo bound. And, at the end, In finding not, have found. Spectator. Epigrams from the Chinese. Somo hunts nre vain no earthly gain has he. Who searches for his needle In the sea. As tho long Firing will let the kite go high. So n long purse a world of things will buy. Although the drum you carry bo beaten In. Stick to your standard do not yield to sin. An honest beggar Is by far more fair Than the high-headed, tricky millionaire. Joel Benton, In Hnrrer's Bazaur. The Rain and the Rancher. Tho rancher gazed on his sun-parched fields with a frown on his rough, red face, And wished he could utter real wicked talk to properly til the case, And ho moped around with despondent nlr, his spirit nil dead to pride, For gone wero his dm. inn of tho harvest enwh rolling In us a golden tide. But the tree toads t-turUd prophetic songs, and tho peafowl uttered Its cries, And tho goosebone told him Its silent tale, and the clouds bunched up In the skies. And tbo rains camo down In a soaking Hood and his fields turned green with delight, And now you would think that he owns the earth, with every blamed plnnet In Bight! Denver Post. Perfect Happiness. Ho never loved and lost. Ho never sighed In vain To stund on height that only thoso The cods love may attain. Ho envied not tho rich. Nor coveted their gold; His bottle lay beside him ho Wus only two weeks old. -Chlcnso Times-Herald. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. Beaten, by a Hair. When Hannibal Hamlin was speaker of the Maine house of representatives, nwny back In tho forties, there was In that body a certain gentleman of fault less nttlre, pleasing manners, good nddresH and some reputation, but he had one foible His hair was very thin, and he was highly sensitive In regard to It. To hide his approaching bald ness ho had a habit of carefully strok ing with bandoline or other prepara tion each particular hnlr In Its place. One day, while In the chair ns speak er, Mr. Hamlin, In tho Innocence of a good nnd Joke loving nature, sent for this gentleman, and, looking fixedly nt his smooth nnd polished pnte, said with a chuckle: "Blank, old fellow, I Just wanted to tellyou that you've got one of the hnlrs of your head crossed over tho other." "You Insult me, sir! You Insult mo!" replied the member, with unexpected nnd altogether unnecessary Indigna tion, nnd then, refusing to listen either to reason or explanation ho left the speaker's desk and returned to his seat. When Mr. Hamlin became n candi date for the United Stntcs senate, this gentleman wns a member of the up per house of the Mnlne legislature. Al though a member of the .same party, and only ono more vote wns need"d to secure Mr. Hamlin's election, ho positively refused to vote for the man by whom he believed he had been In sulted. Hnmlln was defeated for n seat in the senate by a hair, but when the next vacancy occurred he was elected. "T.Ives of Twelve Illustrious Men." Typical Rural Court Scene. A couple applied to a rural Justice of tho peace for total divorce. The lustlro called tho bailiff aside and ask ed In a whisper: "What's the law on that pint?" "You can't do It." replied tho bailiff, "It don't come under yer Jurisdiction." "We're willln' to pay ensh for It," replied the husband, not understand ing1 the nature of the consultation. "I've got the money In this here stock in'." The juctlco looked grave. Then, ad justing his spectacles and addressing the man, said: "You knowed 'fore you come here that 'twarn',t for me tor separate hus band nn' wife, an' yet, you not only take up the time o' this here valuable court with yer talkln", but nckchully perpose tor bribe me with money! ,Now, how much has you got in that stockln.?" " 'Bout six dollars an a half, yer honor." '"All right then. I fine you $! for bribery nn' a dollar nn' a half for takln' up my time with a case what my jurisdiction Is out of, an' may the Lord have mercy on your soul!" At lanta Constitution. His Extemporaneous Effort. Mr. Spurgeon used to tell a good story about one of his divinity stu dents. It was his custom, In order to test the powers of the young men for speaking, to give them as they were about to ascend tho pulpit a text to discourse about on their own plan and In their own words. This, of course, was not before an audience, but sim ply among themselves for practice. On the occasion referred to he gave a' young man who as yet had not tried tho ordeal the simple word "Zac chaous." The young man, trembling from head to foot, said: "I will divide my subject Into three rarts. First, we read that Zacchaeus was small of stature and I never felt smaller than at the present moment; second, we read that Zncehaeus climb ed a tree, which reminds mo of my ascent Into th's pulpit; third, we read that I'.acchneus made haste to come down, which accordingly I will now tlo." Whether this man ever became a gieat preacher or not, we are not told, but he certainly showed that he pos sessed ready wit. Ham's Horn. Fatal Loquacity. In a new England village, rich In quaint and amusing characters, says Youth's Companion, John Bates was renowned for his ability to hold his tongue.' The gift approached a genius, but John was keenly alive to what he considered Its Incompleteness al though, of course, ho said nothing about It. He mada mattresses for a living, and one day a native of the village came Into his shop and said: "John, what's the best kind of a mat tress?" "Husks," said John, and said no more. Twenty years later, so tho tradition runs, the same man came again to the shop and asked what, In Bates' opin ion, was the best kind of a mattress. "Straw," said John, "Straw? You told me husks was the best!" John gave a despairing sigh. "I've always ruined myself by talkln' ," said he. She Knew His Footsteps. His enemies may have originated, but his friends do not hesitate to re peat, a story about a rising young poli tician, who, says the New York Tri bune,, has large feet, as well as a capa cious head. The politician's mother, a lovable old woman, Is unfortunately very deaf. She lives In a flat In tho neighborhood of Grant's tomb and Is always delighted by a vlBlt from her son. When the United States cruiser Brooklyn, which waH anchored In the Hudson, off the tomb, on Memorial day, fired a salute of twenty-one guns, the old lady was observed to start, fix her cap r.nd smooth down her apron. Then she said, with a sweet smile. "Oeorge Is coming. I hear his foot steps on the stairs." Nobody Guessed It. A Lunch of railroad men standing outside the Hammond building were making guesses ut what the load of wire cages halted by tho driver at tlo curb were Intended for. "Some kind of a lobster pot." said a Hocking Vulley man. "Looks more like a bird trap," re marked nn Ohio Central agent. "Hats," guessed a C H. & D. man. "Seems to be they're coon catchers," hazarded a chap from the Northwest ern. "What are those things for?" they asked In chorus of tho driver when he showed up. "Wasto paper baskets for the parks," ho answered. Tho railroad bunch broke up, De troit News. v Suggested a Cut. Colonel Cody, the eminent scout, helped to build a church at North Platte and was persuaded by his wife and dnughtcr to accompany them to tho opening. Tho minister gavo out (ho hy:m, which commenced with the words: "Oh, for ten thousand tonguea to sing," etc. The organist, who played by ear, started the tune In too high a key and had to try ngaln. A second attempt ended like the first In n fail ure. "Oh for ten thousand tongues to sing my great" came the opening words for the third time, followed by a squeak from the organ and a relapse Into painful silence. Cody could con tain himself no longer and blurted out: "Start It nt five thousand and mebbe some of the rest of us can get In." San Francisco Wave. PERSONALITIES. Oeorgo W. C.iblo Is at work upon a new Southern novel. . Sarah Bernhardt refuses to disclose her age, further than to dcclnre that sho never Intends to get old. Ex-Governor I.. Bradford Prince, of New Mexico, has a collection of over 1.000 mono Idols once worshiped by tho Pueblo Indians. William Durant, of Bonton, who has Just celebrated his eighty-third blrthda, has been a newspaper man for the pnst slxty.llvo years. James Clark, of Qulncy, 111., who cele brated his one hundredth blrthduy last week, Is now tho only bona Udo oldest Mason In America. While on his way to Manila, General Wheeler is preparing matter for a re vised and enlarged edition of his history of tho "Santiago Campnlgn." BJornsterno BJornson spends four hours of every day in looking alter his farm after ho has given the first three hours following breakfast to literary work. Professor Hoentgen. of Hoentgen ray fnmo, Is to bo transferred from Wuerz burg to Munich t.nlvernlty In October next, to succeed the lata Professor Lorn, mcl. Harry Farjeon, eldest hon of tho novel ist and grandson of Joo Jefferson, has composed tho music for a two-net opera, "Floretta," for which his younger sister, Eleanor, wrote tho book. Wlllum It. Smith, superintendent of tbo United States botanic garden In Wash ington, has promised to bequeath bis Burns library, ono of tho finest known, lo Mr. Cnrneglo for tho Cumegle library at Pittsburg. Mrs. William B. Lowe, president of tho National Federation of Women's clubs, has sailed for Europo to muko prelimi nary arrangements for nn exhibit by tho women's clubs of Amellca at tho Paris exposition, John Morley Is now living nt Huwnrden, whero he will icmaln for several months, In order to hnvo rerdy access to tho pa pers nt Hawarden Cnslle, which ho will havo to examine In order to completo hU biography of Mr. Gladstone. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has addressed nn autograph letter to (len. von Krclghammer, the Austro-Hungarlan minister of war. congratulating him on his scrvico Jubilee and conferring upon him tho hereditary tltlo of baron. Daniel T. Hunt, the successor of Charles T. Yerkes ns president of tho Chicago Union Traction company, was born In Hutland, N. Y., CI years ago. For 3) years bo lived In Rochester, and during 12 years of that time bo was postmaster of tho city. During somo recent rehearsal?, Sir Henry Irving was displeased with tho work of one of tho minor actorK. "What have you been doing beforo you cami hero?" ho asked of the delinquent. "I was two years with John Hare." "And what did you do In bis company?" asked Sir Henry. "Not act?" T. W. Davis, of Peoria, HI., although "2 years old, Is an Inveterate rider of tho bicycle. He did not take to tho wheel until ho was 61, and since then ho has ridden C0.00C miles. To commemorate Ida career us a cyclist, bo has erected a monument over tho snot whero ho Is to bo burled, nnd on the shaft a large bi cycle Is carved. Llltuoknlanl, former queen of Hawaii, Is keeping bouse In Washington. Just ns thousands of other widow h with small Incomes. Sho now cnlls herself an Ameri can. Sho recently raid to a caller: "I am a thorough American. I love the his, tory of tho country. It Is the heir ap parent of all that former nations havo had to fight and perish for." Lewis G. Tewksbuty, tho New York millionaire banker, graduated from tho Manchester, N. H., high school at the nge of IS and went to work for eighteen hours out of the twenty-four ns an apo thecary's clerk at n salary of $1W a year. When 17 he passed the examination before tho state board of pharmacy, making an average of 9S. Ho asked his employer what he woidd take for the store, offered two-thirds of tho price asked nnd In two weeks had raised the money and bought tho store. Countess Tatlan.a Tolstoi, the daughter of Count Leo Tolstoi, Is nt present an In mato of a Vienna mburban sanltorlum, whero alio Is being treated for nn obsti nate throat complaint. Countess Tatlana, who Is about thirty years of age, la a woman of remnrkublo Intellectuality nnd Individuality, nnd has long figured ns Tolstoi's right hand. She bears a strong rescinblanco to her father In faeo and feature, form nnd limb, nnd when at home follows tho plough, and Is a first rate hand nt curing piggy. Of muscular build, she thresher the corn with the best of them: and, besides being a no mean limner, poses ns an cmateur authority In many an artistic and scientific contro versy, and with It nil Is neither a blue stocking nor a man-hater. 1 1 ) P T ' A Kentucky editor has a friend who talks to him in tliU way : " I attrib ute all the disorders of the system to the stomach ; when the stomach is all right, we are well and happy, For a longtime I suffered from tits worst form of habitual constipation. Sleeplessness and nervousness set in, and at times I was so melancholy and out of sorts that life was a burden. An advertisement in our local paper induced me to give RHhP-AS a trial, and they have completely cured me. I can say for Kipans Tabules, they are, in my opinion, the best medicine for constipation on eartii. They accomplished for me what all other remedies failed to do. I am all right now sleep well and life is worth living. I believe the Tabules put my stomach In shape, and the stomach did the rest. My general health is better than It was for years previous." Star Automatic Paper Fasteoer Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself aud improved iu every respect. Prices lower tb.au ever. We are still sell ing the Planitary Pencil Sharpeners. The only sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in your office for 10 days free of charge. We have numerous other novelties iu office sup plies, together with a large line of Blank Books aud Typewriter's Supplies, Reynolds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS. Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR A Twenty-Year Gold-Filled fee Will a 15-Jcwcld Waltlam Movemeal. Both Gmiaraeteed The Best Watch iu the Whole World for the Money. MERCEREAU k C0NNELL 130 Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right here to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And the price at which we offer them Is not going to make anyone hot, ex cept the man who charges a higher pi Ice for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators at reduced prices. GUNSTEE k FORSYTH, 523-327 TENN AVENUE. Lmither Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. I'nrd nndOrtlcs West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. y TABUl SHO J7 Afr!!y5:nft. I7lft WlliP LS FIN , iuiu Menu's FmirmiflslhSinig's The predictions are swel tering weather from uow on aud if you study your own, comfort investigate our stock of Men's Soft Front Shirts, as more solid comfort cau ba had iu our Perfect Fitting 66 MONARCH 91 Negligee Shirts, than in any other we knovi of. You will fiud here a verv interesting line to pick from and at prices altogether ta your advautage. For an en tire week we will offer tha choice of our entire line at irSl I each. v a o Former Price, $1.50. And no better goods shown, at any price. These coma with oue pair of lauudercd separate cuffs and with or without collars to match shirb 2 OTMESl SPECIALS Iu same line of goods Ono at 39c, marked from 50c. The Other at 5 Da, marked from 75c. Comfort also fop the boys in our 1AM-JD)WN HOUSES KM WAISTS One Line at 39c;, for merly oc. One Line at 88c, formerly $1.10. Sizo 6 to 14 years. 530 and 532 LACKAWANNA AVENUB 9- Tiie MonEitN HAnmvAnn STona Sterling Raeges Have the "Sterling" Transpa rent Ventilating Oven Door, "Sterling" Patent Lift Hearth, "Sterling" Oval Drawout Grate, "Sterling Oval Fire Box and many other good features. Be sure and see the Sterling Range, You'll want no other. F001E k SHEAR CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hoot & CoomieH Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 LackawaiM Aveaue HENRY BEL1N, JR., bu.i'rui Accnt fortha Wyomluj Uistrlowj- In i) Inr, Ulustlns, Hportln;, ismoiteiaii tout the Itepmiiio (JSouUca. 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