vw - . .. sp vkMnani 'A THE SCltAKTONTMHUNIJ-FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1000. .Trl!Ainti')4fi Pubtlnhfil Dntly. Exnpt Snndny. bji ' Th Tribune Publishing Company, at Fifty Onu a Month. New Tork Office: 150 Nimnti St.. B. 8. Vimnt.AND. Bolt Agent for Forclen Advertising. Entered at the Pontofflro nt Scranton. Pa., as Becind-Claon Mall .Mutter. , When snee will permit. Tim Trllninn ! always j-lml to print short letters from It frlonds lif.nltiR em current topics. Iiiit its rule l Hint thoio must lo ulrnoel. ror imhllc'ntlun. hv the writer's re-iil nnm; "tnl tlio condition preceilunt to nceeptnnro I' tlint nil contributions of wh.itevii Jmttirn nnil liv whimiFnpor sent shall uc subject to editorial rcNlon. TEN PAGES. SCIIANTON, JANUAKY 10, 1B0O. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. fchooi, nmi:cTOHs.-c. r. rcrbor. n. t. Pi'llnws. It In tlmibtfnl if nny one ran 1)3 found who will ji.iy .4,0nn to cablj Senator I'ctt prow's lomatks to tho Filipinos A Plain Business Proposition. ""J"!!! STATU cotmnl-Honcrft of I r.'illtomN of Now Vwlt have JL notified all persons Interest- nil In tin- application for a cli. liter for the Delaware Valley and KliiRstoti l.illiu.ul tint a meeting will he held In Xi'W Yotk '-Ity on Tuesday, Jan. .10, nt the Fifth Au-ntii' hotel, to ple a publle heailnw. Tin- met Its if till" application arc Tint dllllcult of eoiupteheiislon. The im n who ask permission to build this load me men lnteiested In the in I III in,' rmd sullliiK of antlnaelte coal and they cl.ilni that in older to sell their riul It Is iiitesaiy to seeute a lower trans put tatloli i ate than that now ( liaised by the l.tilio.ul companies at pieent diK'aed In hauling that article. The offer IlKUiis to piove that the t'Nlslim; fielKht ehaiRis on antlnaelte ale uiif.ilib lilsh: that they lepiesi-nt In efleet a illseilmlnatlon against niithiaclte coal and an oppoitunlty to Mtuinliious coat to compete success fully an.iliist anthraelte. which oppor tunity would be lemoM'd If the elN filnilnatliin were dlaUd. They aie wllllni; to take the tlf-k Invohed In eonstiiietliifr a lallioad of their ow'i In the hope that by mean ot this i.ill lo.id they inn obtain the favoiable tians)oitatlon rate essential to tin juesi'i vntton of their Industiy. The aie leady to put their own money Int the I. ilho.nl and to take all the haranl. If theii calculations aie collect, the completion of the new load will mean tin advantage to them and to all the Intel ests eontlncent upon the minium of anthtaclt eoal, as well as a lieno tlt to consiimci s who will Mime In the i educed fielKiit late. If their calcu lations aie not eoueet, the burden of cnor will fah upon themselves alone. This Is a simple business proposition, against which the old lallway Intei-e-ts olfer no better aiKUinent than that the projeetois of the new tians poitailou loute do not know what they aie talking about. It this contention Weie tine, espeilelue should constitute a booiI s-rhool for their luaetleal In stuietlon. Why do tin old i.illway In teiests ti to pi event the opining ot Mil h a school Poi a man who, according to de spatches, Is constantly aiH.inciiiK Gen eial Huller does not .seem to get eiv fai fiom the staitlnt; point. Unwritten History." BY A VOTi: of II to 20, tho senate on Tiusda last le fusid to adopt a lesolutlo'i otfeled hj Senator TMtlf-'teW railing upon the piesldelit to send lo the senate liH Insti uetlons to the I'ails pence commlssinn ami the tniie"p"ni1 eni c wblih passed between him and the cominlS'loiieis. The uasnn lor this le flisal to penult this coiiestiiindiliee n be made publle, whkh was that It might cuate bad fi-ellng with a fiknd ly nation, points to a chaptei of tin w It ten hlstoij. a pait of which H thus cApIaltU'd In tin- WashliiKton toiii spiindeiu'i- of the Chicago Tinies-Iler-nlit: "W'lu n Secu'laiy of St.it Pay ic Mgneil fiom the cabinet to accept the picsidenc) of the pe.ne lommlsslon, h v. in oiMnsed to the acquisition of the Philippines. He was not alone In this view. ()th"r iiienibcts of the cabinet weie vigorously opnosed to such ac quisition. The cabinet was divided. IV side nt MoKInlej took no stand. The Iniooitant sti p of acquit lug the niehlptlago to him seemed a gnat In novation upon our tladltlnnal policy, lie wanted peace abo all thlnns, and lie wished to tie.it Sieiln with mag nanimity. When the Aiiieiican nit m beis of the peace loiunilsslon sailed for Pails they had no Insttucllous one way or the othei loneeiiiln acquisition of the Philippine''. The ptiMWm was then studlng the cimstlon and watching the tin I) of events. Sn vero the tiieinbci.s of the commission. "nut when the Amoiicnu ipembu-8 of the committee met the ie:)ios?ntntivc!, ot, Spain It soon develop d that Sp'jiu would glie awaj the Ph'IlpplncH to Bonio other power rather than let them go to the United Suites In hei ux tiemlty she hawked the IslaniU all over i;uiopo and In turn offeicil them to any government willing to accept them The situation at that time was ciitleal Theiwholo of I'.uione, with the excep tion of 01 eat lliitnl.i, was unfilendly to the United St.Uin. TUe rilutiotiH be tween Ailinlial Pewe.e and th (lermua Ad nil nil nTe-Tl eric lis "in 'Manila wine Htiained to the point of breaking, Kruln not only offered the islands to Gormnny'lnit. Ocimatty shuwed a keen dcMrw Tp e hol'ifo t,Uenj.m Th'o UnltPjl Btte8-JiPVtgVniut!l41f eonfioutcd with the ultfrnntlvo of taking tho Islands Itself or letting Clermany have them. "In this enieiseney CJieat Britain caus.3iilt, .to, he Uuown that It the Islands' were, fo be acquired by any ether power than tho United States, Whom shu.e,qudd'ii;cj as Jlghtfully intltled.toithVinWihe'piIzo of war. ,1ie would have something to Bay In Chu final disposition, In fact, it wns practically serving notice that while Bpaln ro'sWj'Jsl.v'JouW notgive - slear tltlcrancl tliV'n,tTmatlon,was ef fective. About that time there was no longer nny division of sentiment In the. cabinet. There was no longer nny divis ion of sentiment among the peace com missioners. At the same moment Mr. Day changed his mind the members of the cabinet here who had opposed ac quisition also changed their minds, and their letters announcing a chnnge of heart passed on tho wnv. President McKlnley, who fiom the first had leaned tow aid retention of nothing moie than Unvlte ns a coaling depot nml naul outlining station, now saw the need of taking the whole niehl pelago If the honor nnd dignity of the United States were to be prtsencd and Germany's scheme was to he thwnrted. It wns agieid on both sides of the At lantic that thete was onlv one thing the United Statei could do, and that was to. take over from Spain all the islands, and Spain, seeing the hopeless ness of fuither leslstance, and finding that she could expect no support fiom nny of the Kuiopean powers, yielded as gtacefullv as she knew how. "This explains why the piesldent Is not anxious to have the correspond ence made public. If all the letters nnd telegrams which passed between him and the commlssloneis weie mnde pub lic there would undoubtedly be found some pietty pointed refeiences to Ger many, pet haps at least to one other power. Thi' publication of these docu mitits would simply create bad feeling In Geimanv and lead to no practical lesults. (.""consequently the correspond ence irmaliis bulled In the archives of the State ilepaitment and may perhaps never see the light of day." We lepioduce tills veislon for what It Is worth. If tiue. It Is certainly in teiestlng; and there piobably Is mote tiuth than llctlou in It- Mi. Hiyan states that no farmer can now afford to be n Republican. Them aie still many, however, who believe that he can better aftoid it than In the good old dnys of Democracy, when wheat was (lfty cents a bushel and tramp 'i miles weie matching acioss the countiy. Wealth Worthily Bestowed. OMi: OXi: who has taken the pains to gather the (lguies s.ik that In the last year Andii'w Carnegie's gifts to benevolence amounted eiy public ne.uly tei $',,nim,oon. Mr. Carnegie's ex ample evidently Is contagious, for not only weie last vein's benefactions the gieati'it on lecoid but the new year Is happily maintaining the pace. Among the latest Instances of the genet mis employment of pi hate wealth for woithy iiubllc putposis Is that ot Mr. John JiUbiight of Uuffalo, a gen tleman well known to Scrantonlans. Mr. Albilght, as was noted hrlelly In estci day's Tilbune.has ju.stnnnounce.l to the cuiatois of the Uuffalo Fine Alts academy his intention to build a temp'e eif ait tei cost fiom W'W.000 to $3LO,000, the conditions being that consent be obtained to locate the building In Dcla- ,w.ue Paik, at a point lemoved from other stiuetuics but sulllelently near to the buildings of the l'aii-Aineilc.in exposition to peinilt It to become one ot the fc.it in is of that gieat exhibition, and that a sulllclent maintenance fund be seemed to meet all leasonablc cur lent expenses. In accepting this mag nificent olfer tile cuiatois unanimously decldcc: that the institution shall be called the Albilght galleiy. I'iimii the Uuffalo Xews we lcatn that the building will be of white marble ami of the pine, classic Greek style of an hltec tare. It will piobably be 200 feet long and 100 feet wide and will fiont east ami west. It will, of couise, b' divldeel into galleiles and It is likely that tlieie will be a buiutifu! Intel leu eomt with columns. During the Im position it Is planned to Increase the size of the' galleiy by adding tempor al wings ot a style exactly to coi res pond with the main building and In Imitation of maible. Thus a beautiful and commodious home will be piovided for the tivasutes of ait which will he centeted In Uuffalo dining the Uxposl tlui. The iltv which owes so much to the Albilght Memoilal llbiary sends to the recipients of this latest Albilght bene faction Its most cm dial felicitations. A man In Philadelphia has been made Insane by reading sensational stoile.s In yellow papers tegardlng the St. Mai.v's bay shlpwie-ck. After lhi Phlladdphlans become more nccus tinned to the leceiiistiuctcd Xorth American, they will piobably not be so easily affectcel. An Unsolved Problem. AX IXTURUSTIXG Hold of. in quliy has bicn occluded by the Chicago Re'coid. That paper Is examining tho pay jidla of the Chicago city go eminent and compiling tlnm with the pay rolU of business fliins and cuipnratlons which employ similar labor, it finds that the city Is paying n good deal moie for the woik of clerks, eopvNt.s, Janl tois and other suboidlnate labor than pi hate employes aie paving, and, as compaied with pi hate employe is, a not leeching as good service. It, theie loie, asks the eiuestlon why this dis ci epancy should continue. In lSn the tost of governing Chliago was per capita of population; In lWi tho e-ost had ailsen to $10 although in tho ineantlino a large number of pub lle Improvements, such as sewers and stieet Intel sections, were piovided foi by speel assessments which are not Included in the $10 per capita expense while at JS Item Included eveiythlng. In 1SS0 the cost per capita of tho fire department was to cents, and of thu police department, 0 cents; In ist'9 the I're department cost 77 cents per capita nnd the police department, $1.82. Th? Increase u tho fire department li slight and Is accounted for lamely by the great incieaso In lire risks; tho Chicago fire, depaitment Is on a civil set vice, basis, and of all the city depaitment Is the leust u. Tented by politics; but th Ineiease In the cost of the nolice de paitment Is not wholly nccounten lor either by the grow th of the plntatton or by the inci eased efficiency of its ser vice. The Heconl Intimates that a police department conducted stilctly on huslni'PS pilnilples could be run today at a per capita cost little If any more than tho 89 cents which It cost twenty s years ngo. The difference represents politics and waste. The. Intelligent citizen dues not object to tho city setting as nn employer of labor an example In liberality! uut the very fact that the city is liberal to this , nii'ii and women It hires should ninkt It cat of ul to Hccuie full value In return. I The llgtlres quoted from tho Chicago paper ate typlcat of municipal expenses In general. They are, Increasing moro rapidly than the population, nnd out of proportion to the benefits conferred upon tile taxpayers who pay the bllK Tills Is true generally: it is tiuo of Scranton. The problem of secttilnj In our cities nn economical yet intelligent administration of the public money has In late years received a good deal of expel t stuilv but the solution Is np pntently still afur off. While tho United States government has for a year past beeii offering ull sotts of inducements to the Filipino rebels In hopes of persuading thein to become law-abiding citizens, tho peaceful Puerto Weans, who gladly welcomed American protection, have been driven almost to ruin by mlslli tariff laws that have closed foreign markets to their products. This Is Indeed poor recognition ot good be havior, and congress cannot net too soon In furnishing a remedy for the evil. Medical Examination of Schools. IN THE CITIES ot Boston, Phila delphia and Chicago theie is now in operation a tegular svs tem of medical inspection of pu pils In the public schools. Physicians are employed not only to make fre quent examination of the sanitary condition of tho school rooms and school piemlses, but alro to review at slated Intetvals the condition of health of those In attendance, Including both teacheis and pupils. Some of the re-, suits are Instructive. Dining tho fit. st two days of tho op eration of this system In Chicago 1670 pupils weie examined, of whom 119.1 were passed as sound In health and 175, or more than 10 per cent., were excluded from school until their re covery. Of these 175. 30 had scarlet fever, 41 measles, 22 dJplitheria, 21 ton sllltls, 3d chicken-pox, 10 mumps, 3 sore eves, 13 skin diseases, 1 whoop ing cough nnd 4 pediculosis. Six ot the 17." had returned to school with physicians' certificates of recovery. This system of meJical examina tion Is In its expetlniontal stage and It Is too earlv to pronounce definitely as to Its value. Rut if in the cities where It is In use a state of things prevails similar to that indicated by the foicgolng statistics from Chicago, it would seem that there was uigent need for action by the school authori ties out of the oidlnary In protection of health. CURRENT VERSE. The Tale of a Croaker. A big bullfrog sat vv 1 tit a voice full of tears, froaklng and croaking one da. Ho was bn.t with his ugej and was wrinklnl with years. Years he'd been croaking away. A blltho meadow lark, singing, h.ip- pined ulong, Stopped when he heard tho bullfrog's mournful song, "My frlei d," she obsirved, "don't you know It Is wrong To eroak when .nil Nature's so bright anil so gay, To croak when all Nature's so gay? "See the sllvertlpped ripples down there In tho pool, Tho vihety turf nt nur feet, Tho water's Inviting, refreshing nnd cool, The pond lilies surely are sweet. The water ulleits tho round moon's cheerful face, Ot sadness or soriow here's never a trace, My mournful green friend, It Is quite out ot plaeo To croak when a glad song tho evening should greet, A glad song the evening should greet.' The big bullfrog listened with never a word, To silence his sad singing died, Wl.m ihe lark had ceased sneaking; "My dcMr. cheerful bird, I'm happy when I creak," ho replied. "It's a tendmcy no healthy frog can re sist. Not one chanco to croak in my whole life I've missed," "You'd mako a lcmaikabty fine Populist." Tho silver-tongued meadow lark eagerly tiled, The meadow lark eagerly cried. Now tho moral of this Is exceedingly il tin. And a lejson that's wcith hearing btlngs, That a man's disposition Is his own to attain As to whither he croaks or ho sings. No milter how blight Is tho sun or how blue The sl.les, or how fiagtaut the flowers me. loo. If von cio.ik nt tho world It will croak back nt mi. And that Is tho lesson tho iroaklng fiog brings, And that Is tho lesson It brings, Illsn.arck Tilbune. The Birth of Booze. (A Kentucky Legend.) Chief fJnui-ilun whom tho gods had named to hold The ruling scepter o'er those people bold, The gnat Kaln-Tuck-Ah tribe, laid clown to sleep Within the shadows of a forest deep, Uut cie tho breath of slumbir touched his ocs A n cl-ilml form ot most unearthly guise Appeared beforo him, nnd turned loose that samo Old Hinllo Lewis Morrison has brought to fame, And thus ho spake: "I am Satana, ho Whom whlte-sklnned missionaries sent to flee Your peoplo fiom tho yoke of bondage slate Is ever seiklng whom he may cremate The ruler of tho kli gdom down below Where weather guesseis never mention FIIOW, You've longed for gieater power almost fuun birth Now will I mako you think you own tho earth!" lie beckoned, and from out the forest strode A group of devils staggering 'neath a load Of vessels, ono of coppered wormy build, And soon a cauldron o'er a llro was filled With golden inalo and wilthlug snakes and frogs And other reptiles caught In forest bogs, And from tho tall ot that cuat worm thi'io chipped A golden nectar; this old Rour-Ilon sipped As great Satana bade, and soon ho roso And with a whoop assumed a scrapping poso And smote his lists and sworo that ho could lick A million devils, and could do It quick! That he was king, nnd If Saturn thought Tor Just ono Meeting second he was not, Just peel his duds ami get himself In trim And Itour-Iton would vvlpo up tho earth with hlmt Satnnn smiled and said: "Good-bye, old boy; I leave ou hero this wormy fount of Joy Make knotvn tho secret to tho peopled earth, Pill all this new-found land with Jag wrought trlrth And booy misery, for tbnt, you know, Will swell my population down below!" Tho paleface cenie, and scon tho smoking stills Cist murky shadowr o'er Kaln-Tuek-Ah's hills, And through the passing years up to this hour Tho wondrous Juice totulns Its mugio power, Vor he who houses It beneath his girth Imagines for n llmo ho owns the rnrth. Denver Post. Two Women. She erent Into tho vacant church Tluough empty ulles nnd bnni; A faint perftimu hung ei'ir the gloom, Yngue as an unpraved prnyer; In robe and crown each saint looked down And frowiud to see her there. Uneh gazed upon her from his plnce Peter and John and Paul; She found nor peace nor pain's surcease, So coldly looked they nil As she faltered lone to the altar stone. Where shone the candles tall. And there enthroned, Immneulate, Tenelir nnd pure and wise, She saw the grace of a woman's face, The lovo of a woman's ejes; And Man's smile bent down tho while Above her muto surprise. Not hers to know the might that lies In throned ma test v; She could but guess tho tenderness, Tho sister sympathy; She made her prayer to Mary there With lowly heart uml knee. I The tall saints wntehed her as sho went, KjcIi In 1,1s gold nnd blue. Aloof from her, a trespasser, Stirn men they btoccl. nnd true. Rut Mary smiled, nnd the clasped Child, lie understood and knew. Theodosla Garrison, In I.lpplncott's. BY WAY OP JEST. Not So Strange. "Yes, he biought out his hltory of the regiment for pilvate circulation." "Indeed. That's ttiange." "I don't think so. Every private In the regiment bought u copy." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Into Space. "Your frltnd lirassey has gone to smnsh with a 'dull, slikenlng thud.' " "You don't say? Whv, the last time I saw him ho said hu was will up tho lad der of success." "Indeed! Piobibly In his haste he stepped off tho top rung," Philadelphia Press. The Average. "Pa, what's an nvirago man?" "Ono who thinks his emplojer's busi ness would run a good deal bettir If ho could havo more to say about it himself." Chicago Times-Herald. A Different Article. Sightseer (In the senate gallery) So these ore our national solons, aro they? He Yes. All that remains now is to go back to the ones we were engaged to before. The True Condition. Hrlggs lo you believe that the world Is divided Into two classes, those who bor row and those who lend? GrlgKs No, sir! My experienco Is that two other classes are much moro pre valentthose who want to borrow and those who won't lend. Bevelation. She vows that her lie.ut Is a wide-open book I fancy therein I should much like to look; Rut tho breczo of her whim flaps the pages about And what Is thcro written I've never found out. Life. Not Oullty. Mother-Willie didn't I say I'd whip you If you put unothcr rubber button on tho stove.' Willie Yes'm; but 'taint mo this time, ma. It's pa smokln' ono of them cigars you bought him for Christmas. Chicago News. Ambitious. "Don't jou want to leave footprints on tho sands of time?" asked tho mentor. "No," answered tho young man who Is ambitious but lazy. "I'd lather leave carriage ruts." Boston Tiaveler. The Real Test for Swearing. Wrangler You say that Job's patience never was really tried? Qulbblei I do. Why, he never put the lighted end of his cigar in his mouth Jut ns ho wanted to make his argument most Impressive. . . KNOWLEDGE NUGGETS. Moro thin 2.to),(A,0,m has been loaned by England to ather countiles. New Orleans represents mote than tho total valuation id the lest of Louisiana and p.us more than half tho taxes. Up to 175:: the L'otli of Match was tho beginning of the legnl ear. though tho 1st of Janu iry was universally recognized as New Year's Day. A tenement-house census In lirooklyn shows that 571.WJ Inhabitants ot that boioiu'h live In 31,t7 tenement houses an average of lb persons to each house. Tho statistics of tho Connecticut i ail roads lor tho last flsial vear show that W.M.IOs p.issingiis wire cairled on those loads and not a passenger was killed. German authorities made a test of the nutritive value of bread for soldiers, us ing 21 different kinds, from lino Hour to coarse nual, and found tho coarser bread most inferior in results. Tho Great Lakes have beiomc a great niterv of our i idlest commercial blood. One-third of the population of tho United States Is dependent on the so lakes for its exports and Inipoit liade. Dawson City. In tho Klondike, Is to have an electric railway. A line Is now iinilir construction which will run tluough tho city and extend neross tho Klondlko river to Klondike City. Exports from the United States to Asia and Oceuidca have tiebled since JSSt In that calendar year wo sent $W,2!.2 to the Foctlon named. In 1SM1 (December es timate) we shipped upwauls of tDo.OOO.CHX), Tho United States expoited to Argen tina, in tho eliven months ending with November, CO per cent, moro merehan dlo than in ISjS, and I0 per cent, inmo thin In M7. Imports were 90 per cent. Icfs than In U97, Wlreles3 tclc?rnphlo communication will bu establlsbeil between five of tho Hawaii in Islands by an American com pany. Thu distance over which commun ication will be established wilt vaty fiom eight to sixty-one miles. In tho City of Mexico a concession has been granted for tin automobile bus line. Tho syndicate Is reported to bo backed by well-known United States capitalists, and tho scheme bids fair to bo popular in that city. Tho autmoblles will com pete with street ear Hues. It Is expected that In n couplo of years trout tlshlug In tho streams of upper New Jer.tey will bo pi lino. Tho New Jerse y Pish nnd Gamo Commission ro cintly secured 7.",0' young tiout, time Inches long, which have been distributed In tho streams of central and upper New Jersey. ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm I ooooooooooooooooo fMtn LADY of the houso" In tho " I Hill district Is redoubling her vlg A Ilnnce with regard to the front door. It' should bo locked tluso dnjs with scrupulous into ror tho um brella thief Is abioad In the land. He Is ii sleek, well dressed Individual and diesn't look at all like the dilapidated pel son who usually goes about colliding umbrellas to mend. In this case ho col leits those which do not need ine'tiellng uml also does It without mentioning the! fact tei tho on in r. He Is discriminating nnd from preference selects tho linlst mns iimbiclln. Tho umbrella rack fie quently stands near the hall eloor. Mr. Thief steps upon the pot eh and tries the door. If lie It discovend, he stops, bat In hand, utid asks for umbrellas to mend. If he Isn't seen and rinds tho eloor unlocked, ho hastily wnllts away with the choicest ones In the rack. It will bo nntid that tho nssortment under his nrm are of an entirely diftiieut gi.ulo fiom those usuilly carried by tho umbrel la mender. The other day a lady who happened to see him trying the door shouted nt htm and ho promptly disappeared, leaving Im precations on the nlr. Many residents have mlssipii their pet umbrellas recently nnd If they watch tho movements of this sly visitor they will probably be enlight ened as to tho fate of their property. This Is nn easy town to work. THE PUBLIC In general never nsso elates the nnmo of n voting ladles' society with dish-towels, dusting clothes, llatlron holdirs, blue-cluck-oi rd aprons nnd wash nigs. Tho title of nn organization of this sort usually calls to mind embroidered centre-pieces, glori fied work bags, nnd If It Is the mascu line mind tidies lor to a man every thing In the slupe- of fancy work, from a bine au cover to a pink silk p.tj.irau case imbrolilered In blue forget-me-nots. Is a "tidy." Consequently when tho Young Ladles' society of the I'list Presbyterian church announced n sale of "useful nr tliies," few jeople Imagined that the members would hive a stock sulllclent to realize the sum if $70 fiom one after neon's exhibition. This was what happened yesterday not withstanding the disagreeable weather. The beautiful rroms of the parsonage on Olive street were tho scene of a bazaar unique in character. It was under tho direction of Mis. Urank E. Plait, who wns assisted bv Mrs. 11. E. Wat son, Miss McLeoel, Miss Charlotte Hand, Miss Hunt, Miss Welles, Miss Carei l)lckon, Miss Skinner, Miss Ylckery, Miss I'lillcf and others. At the end of threo hours most of tho stock was sold, with the happy result noted above. . THAT Young Lnelles' society does inuih eveiy year for the encourage ment of literary taste and culture. Had it not been for the enterprise of Its members but few Scranton peoplo would have become familiar with tho work of P. llopklnson Smith. On Monday evening they bring to the city Mrs. Until MeHnory Stuart, whose wonderful charac ter sketches have pl.icnl her among tho first half-dozen American writers of ab solutely oilglnal stle. Who will evir forget "Sonny." "Cnrlottn's Intended," "The Story of Ribetto." "A Golden Wed ding," and some of tho Slmpkinsvllle tales? Mrs. Stuart's coming to Scran ton will be a delight to nil who enjoy an Intellectual feast with the most en tertaining features. THE LADIES of Elm Patk church served nn elaborate turkey supper last night, when the p triors wera filled with guests. About $73 was realized from tho nff dr. Tho committee was under tho direction of Mrs. Arja Williams, assisted by Mrs. C. D. Simp son. Sirs. C. S. Woolworth, Mrs. P. P. Christian, Mrs. James. Mrs. J. N. Wee, Mrs. S. L. Ulce. Mrs. David Spruks, Mrs. Uookman, Mrs. C. L. arlhin, Mrs.Weicnel, Mrs. 15. L. lliehards. Mrs. I. A. Alla bach, Mrs. Kll.i Strohecker, Mrs. T. II. Dale. Mrs. Schuyler Gcrnon. Mrs. A. P. Bedford, Mrs. Troch. Miss Hughes. Miss Krauter, Mrs. E. Wentz, Mrs. Burdick, Mrs. Llttell, Mrs. Swartz. Mrs. A. R. Itailb, Mrs. Arja Powell. Mis. E. Hall, Dr. Anna Clarke, Mrs. J. V. lirock. MISS BERTHA GALLAND will bo at tho Lyceum next Prlday night in "Tho Pride ot Jennlco," with James K. Hackett. There will doubtless bo tho greatest house that ever greeted a play In Scranton. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And OJJice Chairs A Large Stock to Select Jrom. Hill & Coeoell 121 N. Washington Ave, ALWAYS JIU'aY, 0? 3 flUfr f' . !' re CA"' . IHII7T. HIM TOP J. UlilKsr Itl'IlllKK VNI) un jur Li:.u'ui:ii miiok house. Lewis. Reilly & Dnvies, 111-116 Wiomlng Avenue. wire FURNITURE y u -a - .m 4w ss -Ti Ss . . rjTZ-TL-rsi 'j-i rr - i -i ttV Duieios, WATGHE8, JEWELRY And a large stock of Clocks, Silverware, etc. Every article we sell is guarauteed to give satisfaction. MMCERMU& CORNELL 330 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. Heatieg Stoves, Ranges, FMrnaces, PlMmblinig IIO! GMSXH k FORSYTE, 1&-1Z1 PENN AVENUE. The Hunt & ConneM Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BELIN, JR., tienerul Accnt for ttio Wyomtai UlBtrlot.'j.- row AlJulnir. BlnMIng, Sporting, SinokeltMi suit tti a ltepauni) Uuomlca. Co npa'iyi V ;& tardy 1'iiKp, Cap nnd lxplolj.-i. itouiu 101 Council HuiUiuj. burautiu. AUKNOUii THOS. FORD. - - - Plttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. - Wllkcs-Bmre. WPIIFS Lliurj X -v ,J "f 1L? 7jSAwt. K. M., who suffered from constipation, had gastric catarrh for three years, was annoyed by pimples on his face and had so many " black heads" that no girl would let him kiss her; was cured by less than fifty cents" worth of Ripans Tabules. A w ttjla parktt cantalnlnir Tit rrrin nrnn In a rap" Mrtnn (without (!) It now for ult temm diw ure-rtm lireiiku Tula luw iirn-cl urt U lnimlnl I or tho lornllho ironomlral. Onudova t ilii.ilii'iliiitrlriiiiiul.iile) uui 1 ba iy null tir w-iullnit furtr-eigtit ttnt. toiho Hll'iKlnii.lu tuniMKlMw lOsiiruiKStutt. Ne.wiurL-mlmt trtiuiMliiilLii wilt tw tat (or S(e cwiti. If LEY'S Our EmbroSdery peeing aed MusMb Underwear Sale, 00000 Which has held the attea tion of the buying public durw ing the greater part of last week will be Continued the balance of this week. No better opportunity will present itself this sea son for laying in a sup ply of High Class Un derclothing at low cost, or to select from a stock of Unques tionable Merit the choicest and daintiest of Trimmings and Embroideries for what garments you prefer having made at home. New line of EitaoMerd Swiss Eoks Also Tinted Swiss Mouse lines, with AUOver to match 510-512 LACIAWAMA AVMUE 00000 A complete line for 1900, for office and pocket use, numerous styles of Cal endars, Pads and Stands to select from. Blank Books and the largest aud most complete line of office supplies in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building, Scranton, Pa. m Excelsior T o o panes ...i. -
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