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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.
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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.
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I In Woman's Realm I
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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,
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330 Wyoming Ave.
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Light Wiring, Gas
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