THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900.
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SCHANTO.V, FJJBmMUY 2, 1900.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL DIHKCToiIs!. C. ruber. K.
D. rellof.
The warmth of th ictcjitlons ivc-oorik-.l
Mi. Tlryan In tho Eaptpin stato
railed to jnodutp any rxuerfliub eflo-:3
upon tho ciild wave.
Playing with Fire.
IT IS CMIAH from the proceedings
at the hemltnt Klven by the New
York rallroid conunlpslnnrri
that the opposition to the new
l.tllroml project h.ii no f.ipe. The enn
Muntlnn of tho lM.iume Valley anil
Klnnpton railioad N iopnsul as a
pt.u'llcul luminous tntc rpile by men
xllllnfr to put tip the iiigi-'Miy monev
nnil 'ismiine all the i !!'. Tlwy oftir
Milwtuutiil iionf (if their i;o id f.ilth
In the foitn t (untiactn iiFtuilmr for
a peiloil of ye im a tonn irc "iiMUent
to rftuin a piollt upiiti the l.illiniil'i
opeintlon, thottKh tveiy i u hem to
Kington 1 idi n with u ll vlmuM have
to be hnulul back empty. Mitoner,
they dfmontl.ile Cut liijtitli" l not
"ic d to any int"ie iMomk tip' c nn
emp!.Uel loiite, f-ir that iouf )( en
pies the be I if a ca'nl wlxve rlKom
tlnu.i!iei liilh ted t-rlom h mtsliip upon
the (rinimiinltL'M ihirui'h whlih U
1 abseil. The liiRci part of the ie:ri
tory propoed to bo opened to ralhmrt
ti attic is tapped bv no oilier vysteiu
of P. indentation and. tlioiffoie, ih
Interests In uppohltlMi lnvo not even
tht unall excuse of fe.u of competi
tion. Their pofltlon Is Idenlkat v. Ilh tint
of the dot; In the manitor dceilbed in
the old f.ilile. Thev will not themselves
nccord fair play to the antliracl'.p trad
and they are ttyim; to pt event that
trndp from scourimv fair play thinimh,
tit own enterprise. Keiy obstacle
that lei;al Ingenuity i.m ilcvlt H
thrown In the way of tlite new railway
project at tho ory tlni" that the In
terests opposed to It .no .scouting1 Its
alleged Impiactlcablllty. They pro
nounce It lBlonary and abmd and yet
refuse to clear the pathw ty so that a
test may etalilMh whether their judg
ment Ir coircct. In such a situation
wo hap Illustrated one of the phas?s
of the tiust problem whlrh draws upon
ashoclated capital the indignation of
public opinion and fertilizes thn politi
cal Held In which demacroKical legisla
tion Is sown and leaped. When tho
large mllw.iv IntetoFf. thus cnniplia
to uphold m.inifW Injustice they llttt
realize whit powerful incentives th
supply to the growth of a public opin
ion hostile to mlltnntl in j-cnoril and
iWnt upon state ownership and con
ttol. A dangerous paituae Is plnjing with
file.
The fact that Si n.itor Ooebel was
boin in I-ai Uawanea county iliubtle"s
accounts for his wlllingtiet-s to caujf
an election contest to the tlnlMi.
How Not to Report.
AN lXTr.Ui:STINO Insight In
to the methods of "yellow"
journalism is supplied in the
til.il of a case which is now
occupying one of the iilnghaniton
couits. The uiK' Is that of Miss Hollo
Hiadirv .i'am-t tho Now York World.
Suit is btought on two counts to rc
tovci damages .iggiegating $10,00i) for
a dot annum y publication In the Woild,
incluclliiiv the unautlioiiz" uo of a
j !i ttne.
Ill lU Itsue of Dec. P.n, ISOS, tile Woild
printed a special (torn lilnghamton
natratlng the alleged attest and com
mitment of Mls lb idley to the county
jail on a ihaige of 'scorching." The
iiNp.ueh went on to ixnlolt her cy
cling eo.Uume, tiim (lguie. etc., and
was In the tjpic.il tone of "ellow"
lepoitlni;. The nu.:t day the World
p: Inted a picture put porting to ho a
'.'.kpnes.s of the plaintiff, who was held
tip to public scrutiny as "one of Hlng
hnmton's. fall est cyelers. who "had
jtit scived a term in the Htoome coun
ty Jail for riding with her hands off
the hindle bais."
Tho testimony brought out that MIns
55radle had necr been In a touit
loom In her life until sho appeared as
.the. pjosecutor in the piesent case A
nonilubefoie the date of the Woild's
IIspacl4 e 'tain IJelle Uiandt had
been vpni3tcd of lolating the bicclo
'ordln.tnci and had been sentenced to
"tct rias In Jail. The seportii for the
"World a, month lalor, without e.mln
Hitx of the court docket, but upon
hcoYoay, ronfui-ed Miss Hradley with
4ho Ylrandt woman and let looso the
''yellow" stoty and plctuie. Although
the dispatch ineluded a put ported In
"tirvlow .ith .Miss Uradley, the tepnn
ei on thn witness htand wah compelled
jto admit that he had never spoken to
cither MUs Htadley or to tho Rrandt
v.-oman: and ns for tho plctuio, It
had been selected at landom from
nmong a collection in a photouraph
falltiy.
Hirois In newspaper proJuctlon cieep
In despite tho best of caie and in
justice) Is often done when none Is in
tended. Tills Is true of the most hon
orable publications. Hut the foregoing
case U a good sample of what is
familiarly known ns "yellow" Jour
iiallvm and It cleat ly Illustrates how
jeporlng should not be done.
Tho baBe ball projectois In Philadel
phia have discovered a marked rhoit
age In tho Htipply of "come-ons."
The ubrtlttttlon of men for women
teacher of Ohlnunvn Is wlso; and
wiser still would be the employment of
inrity policemen and tletettlvca.
Despite all the efforts put forth for
his eangell;Mtlon, It lcmalns ns trtto
today na when Btet llnrto wrote that
"for ways that nre dark and for trlclw
that aro vain the heathen Chinee Is
peculiar."
The election of aenatots by a popular
Voln would not expedite tl.o political
ndvunceinent of Hon. John Wans
mnktr, or of nny of the men IpikU'M
v.lth him for the ctentlnn of a now mi
chltv. So far as t)tc uio coiRornud,
It Ir 3 dicnni.
Ill Honor of Helen Gould.
EVUUi- OUNCINi: Amctlcan
will sympathise with the
Joint re-solution, now pending
In congtcss, to give a medal
and a vote of thanks to Miss Helen
Gould In recognition of hor devotion
nnd benevolence to the Atnotlcan sol
diers In the lata war with Spain.
The spit it of appreciation which
prompts such nctlon Is not Inllucnccd
by the amount of money and Its equha
louts which Miss Gould expended In her
labors to lighten tho burdens of our
soldier boys, although this was very
laige. It tecognbes Instead the
splendid motive which actuated Miss
Gould, and which by reason of her su
perior oppoiuinltle.i made her conspicu
ous as the type of womanly p.Uilotlsm
and devotion. Th" woman of humble
nienns who gave what she could to aid
in the war for Cuban liberation is not
l(f.s entitled to praise. Hut the impos
sibility of thanking by n imp eveiy
hciolnc of the recent cilsls. makes it
fitting that the1 geneial feeling should
lie epicssod In u mnnner to honor
Helen Gould as a worthy leprcsentatlvo
of tier scv.
The self-s.icilllee of the poor is beau
tiful but It is not uncommon. The self
sieilllco of the tleh Is sutllelentlv into
to call for cipeclal mention,
P.epicentntivo Conn's derision not
t be a candidate for to-clectlon should
have the effect to enable tho Uept'bli
e.ins of his dls-tilet to ehooxp as tils ue
fessoi one who will pr.Ktlee tho doc
tilno of roulailty in politics.
A Democrat and a Patriot.
Bi:rom: Tin: Now Ymk
Hoaul ol Tt.ule and Ti.ins
poitatlon on Wednesday
night Senator Lindsay, of
Kentucky, a Domoci.it, f-pokc as a pa
ttlot and a statesman. His woids
should be cii emulated widely as an anti
dote to the mushy orbohlty of Wil
liam Jennings lliyan. Senator I.lnd
sav said:
"I am not one of thoo who bol'ove
that anv political paity desires, or
will cor desiie, or d.uc to claim, tho
light of the United States to Indefin
itely govern, against their dellbeiate
will and consent, a people possessed
of the elements of civilization: but I
do not consider that the testoratlon
of order by the strong aim, or the
failure, for the time being, to outline
a policy that cannot be Intelligently
decided on, until a period of law and
older shall have enabled us to fully
eompiehenj the sltuatlor, nnd to pie
pare to meet and deal w Ith It, Indi
cates a spirit of autocratic lmpetlal
ism, oi justifies the chnig? that the
Ameilcan people are dcpai ting from
the tiadltlons ot the fathoi, or con
vening the Ameilcan tepublle into an
Impel lal despot!um.
"We have extended our dominion,
but we have not changed the nature
of our government. When the oppor
tunity comes, and It can only come
with the testoratlon of peace and or
dei, we will hold up the handr of such
ot the people of tho Philippines as
asplio to ordeily and stable govern
ment, and assist them to work out their
political solvation, even to ultimate
independence, and then to bo the first
to welcome thorn Into tho family of
nations. i:ntPi tabling this belief, and
indulging this hope, I feel that tho
war in the Philippine?, cruel ns It
may be. nnd war is alwas ctuel, Is
the pi lee that must be paid to secure
to tliee Islandei.s that degree of free
dom necc-saiv to enable them to be
gin the election of an oideily and sta
ble government. Wo have fieed them
from tho tyianny and mWgoveinmcnt
ft Spain. It lemains for us to fice
them from the despotism of aspiring
native chieftains, who know nothing
of ftee institutions and cue nothing
for the w'eak or defenceless."
"1'ltlmUe independence" may or
may not become possible In tho Philip
pines. It Is in any event a question
for the future Should It become pos
sible, tho Mine good t-ense which shall
make It possible will probably look
upon It as not to be pieferred to per
manent identification with the great
lepublic. Hut for tho present the
duty is clear and Ine itiiblc. The rant
ing of the Masons and Pet'tlgrews and
1 tho buncombe) batnstoimlng of the
Hiyans dWtuib but do not diunge It.
, To Its faithful peifonnance the sacied
honor of this nation is pledged In the
blood of Its valiant sous.
The Up rnoitcr? who want the picsl
dent to intuvene betwet u England and
I tho Doors would bo the Jlrat to dosei t
i and attack him If. following their ad
vice, ho should Intet vene and get Into
trouble. They weio the loudept in
I howling for a war with Spain and th."
first to squeal becauso that war wis
too successful.
There really seems to be no escape
from thu modem terror. of literature.
Now that Itudyard Kipling has been
temporarily buiied In South Afilca,
T. P.. Aldrlch thieatcns to publish a
new translation of Omar Khayyam.
The New Yoik stnto railroad com
mlsMon ought to bo convinced by this
time thnt tho Dolawaio Valley and
Kingston enterpilsa Is not deceiving
of classification on the wild-cat list.
Count Bon! Cnstellaue evidently
wishes to be known ns what would Ik
designated on tho show bills as "tho
very lateat i:uroper.:i novelty."
Congress will piobably not object to
providing Mr. Uobettn with mlleago
back home, on the gtouud of a cheap
riddance.
Kentucky SvllI scon have to bo put
In the foielgn missions list.
Petllgiew should n sent to join Hob-Pits.
CITY WILL HAVE TO
PAY SAUL AND DYER
THEY WERE REMOVED FROM
THE POLICE FORCE.
Test Cn3o Was Brought in Namo of
Gaul nnd Judge Archbald Handed
Sown His Opinion Yesterday De
cides That Saul Will Have to Be
Paid for the Time Intervening Be
tween the Removal by the Mayor
aud tho Approval of This Action
by the Select Council.
Judge It. W. Atrchbald handed down
an opinion jestei'day in the case of ex
Patrolman James Saul against the city
of Scranton. Mr. Saul and Stephen
Dyer weie removed ftom the police
force by Mayor James Molr In August,
but tho select council failed to concur
with his honor until about six weeks
later, his right to remove an ottlcer
without giving some adequate reason
for his action being strongly ques
tioned by u number of members of
council.
Iioth Saul and Dyer claimed pay for
the poilod Intervening between the
time they weie removed and thu con
firmation of the mayor's action by
council. The city refused to pay and
suit was brought by City Solicitor
Vosbuig on behalf of the city and ex
tity Solicitor James II. Torrey on be
half of Saul agreeing upon a state
ment of facts whleh was presented to
the court as tho batls for an opinion.
Judge Arehbald's opinion, which Is
given In full herewith, states emphati
cally that the niavor has no right to
remove nn ofllccr w Ithout the consent
of the .select council. The opinion fol
lows: In August last tho plaintiff was
solving by due appointment as one
of the policemen of tho city ct .scran
ton at a salaiy of $75 a month. On the
istli of that month he was notltlJ
by the mavor that ho had been ic
movvd and another person put In his
place, and tho fame day tin mayor
notified the select council of this ac
tion. At a meeting of tils council bold
September 7th the commrnlcatbn of
the mayor was lead aid refctted to
the committee on police, ami on Sep
tember Ulst the committee reported up
on It ndveisely nnd the council, adopt
ing the icpoit, lefused to concur in his
action.
UNTITLED TO KHCOVKR.
Koi the time which the plaintiff
seived in August he was paid $42.r,0.
but he has received nothing since, and
although he has tepoited. for duty
dally and been willing to net. his
supeilor officers on thu police force re
fuse to nsslgn him to duty and have
taken fiom him his star and other
insignia of office. This suit is brought
for $32.E0, the balance of salary due
for August, and $75, the whole of that
for September, amounting in all ti
S107.50. On the show ing made we think
the plaintiff Is entitled to recover.
Hy Act of 2.! May, 1S89, article 7, sec
tion 4, P. I.,. 27, i elating to policemen
in cities of the third class, it Is provid
ed that: "Tlie mayor shall nominate
und by and with the advice and consent
of the select council, appoint, suspend
or dismiss the said policemen, any or
all of them; and In like m inner any
and all vacancies shall be tilled." The
power of suspension or dismissal, like
that of appointment. Is therefore to be
exeiclsed not by tho mayo.' alone on
his own lesponslbillly but in conjunc
tion with the select council whose nd
vico and consent aie necessary to ap
prove and complete It; so Is it ordained
by the plain tonus of the statute which
has full contiol of the subject, nil J
that is tlie end of the matter; he can
no more remove nlone than he cm ap
point alone, and the council, having
l of used to concur in the present In
stance, the plaintiff continue! a police
man of the city and was entltlen to
compensation accoidintl.
It is aigued, however, that police
men aie public ottlceis, and theiefo-c
come within thu clause of the consti
tution which provides that, "appointed
offleeis, other than Judgts of tlie courts
of lecoid and the superintendent of
public instiuctlon, may bo lemovod at
the pIiMsui ; of the power by whbh
they .shall have boon appointed." To
this we cannot agiee. Tlie trouble 13
with the Hi st p.ut of the ptoposltlon;
policemen are not public olllteis any
more than tliemen, watchmen, ileiks
or tho many other suboidlnate agents
and ollleinls of tho municipality. Com
monwealth vs. Stokel, 20 W. N. C .115;
nus.sell vs. Wllllampoit, J Pa. Co. Ct.
1". Gift vs. Allcntown, .!" Leg. Int.
no gi:ni:ual function.
They exeiclsu no gcneial public
functions, and, ate not a constituent
p.ut of the coTporate municipal oigan
izntinn, nor is any special duty im
posed upon or onti usted to thorn by
law; they metcly assist In preserving
the noace and good older of the com
munity In obedience to and under tlie
direction of the ordinances of tho city.
This no doubt Is of gicat lmuortunc
but it does not give them tho lank
of public ollleets. They are servants
not of the public ut l.nge but of tint
limited p.ut of It eompilslng the muni
cipality which thoy patiol.
It is said, however, that policemen
of tlie city of Scianton aro made pub
lic oillceis by the explicit provisions of
ith charter, the Act of April 7, ISfiO.
P. L. 73J. having extended to this city
tho llrst two sections of the Act of
March '.'J, 1SU5. P. I,. 723, t elating to the
borough, of Wllkis-Uane. This in
deed semes to bo the case, the second
Miction of the Act so extended lovtd
Ing that, "tho chief ot police and his
suboidlnates shall In all Pio
e codings In tlie couits ot thlu common
wealth lie deemed and held to be public
oillceis."
Hut let us see to what that load. Hy
section 1, elausu i, of the Wllkes-IJauo
Act tho buigcss and town council
(whoso povvtia by the extending Act
aio vested in the select and common
council of Scianton) are uuthoilzcd
among other things: "To select und
appoint a chief oC police of said bor
ough city to hold ofllce dining the will
and plensuie of said council
nnd to appoint or i eject such subordin
ate policemen ns fiom tluio to tlmo
may bo named to the council by such
chief of police, and such Mibotdlnate
policemen to lemove fiom ofllce nt
their pleasure."
If thu Act Is In force In Scianton
In the face of the provlnions of tho
gcneial uct of 1SS3 i elating to cities of
til's thlid-class nlieady nuoted, then
the mayor has nothing whatever to do
either w Ith the appointment or the ro
moval of the police of tho city, thnt
subject being committed to the select
and common council who have exclu
sive and cntiia contiol over It, and
In this view thu icmoval of the plaln
tltf stands without tho least. thow of
nuthoilty to supprnt it.
CAN'T DIVIDK TIIK ACT.
You cannot set up tho mayor under
the Act of 1SS9 as the appointing pow
er and then appeal to tho WUkes-lPuie
Act to make out that tho plaintiff was
a public olllcer nnd so removable un
der the constitution of the power which
appointed him; you cannot divide up
thoacts of assembly In that way; either
tho whole of tho one or the whole of
tho other must be taken; if the Act
of 18S9 applies, then tho Delect council
must concur both In the appointment
as well as the lemnvul of policemen; If
the Wilkes-Dane Act, then the mayor
has nothing to do with cIMicr. those
officers mude public ofIlcer8 by the
Act holding nt tho plensuro of tho
select and common councils by whom
thoy ato to be appointed. Klther horn
(if this dilemma Is fatal to the position
taken on behalf of the city nnd It can
not bo sustained.
Let Judgement be entered on the ensp
stated in fav'or of the ulalntlft for
$107.50 with cost".
Mayor Molr said yesterday oftcrnoon
that the rase stated had been agreed
to primarily to have the rights of the
mayor with reference to tho removal
of ofllcers definitely decided, nnd that
nn appeal Would probably be taken to
the supreme or superior court.
As' a result of this decision the city
will have to pay two sets of officers
for tho period for which suit was
btought. Patrolmen Hockenbcrry and
Davis, who succeeded Saul and Dyer,
went on duty Immediately after these
men were removed and received their
pay, ulthough the city controller pro
tected himself by getting nn Indemni
fying bond. Councils will now have to
pass upon some legislation to release
theso bonds.
REAL WINTER WEATHER.
Thermometer Dot Down Close to the
Zero Mark Yesterday Streets
Were Deserted Last Night.
Scianton was yesterday given a taste
of winter In earnest, and the mercuiy
sank low enough to satisfy even thu
most exuetinj: of the proverbial "old
settlers." The cold snap set In good
and early and nt 1 o'clock yesterday
morning the thermometer registered
2 decrees ubove zeio.
It remained at this pleasing tempera
ture until about G:30 o'clock n. m
when the air gtadually became warm
er until in the afternoon around 3
o'clock it actually became as warm ns
11 degrees above.
It stayed there for a while and then
took another drop, until at 7:30 o'clock
ft Uegrees above zero was the register
ing which caused shivering pcdestiians
to shiver even a little more. At 9:30
o'clock, a big thermometer on Lacka
wanna avenue mutely announced the
fact that It was 7 degrees to thu good,
nnd the lonely patrolman on the beat
stamped his feet and softly swore to
himself ns he saw the mercury sliding.
On all hands there was evidence that
winter was here In earnest .
The streets which are usually the
busiest thoroughfares were almost de
serted last evening, nnd the few podes
tiians who were out were walking
along with overcoats tightly buttoned
nnd collais pulled up, their chattering
teeth and blue lips cxpi easing their
eagerness to gain shelter.
In the court in the rear of the Hotel
Jcrmyn about 8 o'clock a pathetic sight
was presented. There Is a large
grating against the hotel's wall, from
under which issue the warm vapors
from the heating apparatus of the
hotel.
Over this were seated, huddled to
gether, four little urchins and a dog.
They were typical children of tho
street, tiny, poor looking wnlfs. Three
of them were white and the other was
black, all distinctions of creed and col
or being forgotten and even the can
ine being admitted to their company,
tho entire party being united by the
immediate desire for warmth and com
fort. The effects of the weather were also
seen in the local police station. The
quaitei.s In Centre street are used as a
lodging house for tiamps and vagrants
nnd last night the lodgers began com
ing In early. At 9 o'clock theie were
alieady three or four and they kept
coming in all night. They were al
lowed to Bleep In the basement by a
red hot stove, and perched on hastily
constructed couches the weary wan
derers considered themselves to be in
a veritable paiadlse.
AN APPLE SOCIAL.
Novel Entertainment Enjoyed by
Members of Epworth League.
A very enjoyable time was spent last
night by thp local members of the Ep
worth League, In tho btsement of the
Kim Park Methodist Episcopal church.
A laige number of young people weie
present and were enteitalned by a
novel form of amusement known as an
"Apple Social."
This Is a game in which the different
letters composing various names of ap
ples uie used. Each person is assigned
a letter, and endeavors to compose a
shoit couplet on it, for the best of
which prlcs were awarded.
The evening's entertainment was
opened by George C. Swltzer, who re
cited with fine dramatic effect a scene
from Shakespeare's "King John." Re
freshments wore serve-d later in tho
evening and a general time ot Jollity
was spent.
THE PROPER TICKET.
Tunkhannoek Now Age.
Tho Scranton Tribune suggests Charles
Emory Smith, the present postmaster
general, as a candidate fcr vice president.
The suggestion is a good one, und we be
llovo that The Trlbuno states tho truth
when It savs1 "He Is nmong the best
equipped men today in public life. He Is
a great editor, u gicnt writer, a great ex
iciitlvo officer, a forceful speaker, a sue
cessful diplomat, a v. Io counselor; a
"man of splendid rculpolse, honst, cour
ageous and In the prime of active man
lirod. Long before his hasty summons
to Washington to lieiomo a cabinet offi
cial, ho wan thn trusted adviser of tho
picsldcnt."
What She Does.
rirst Lady Clerk Thcic goes tho mean
est w om m In tow n.
Second Lady Clerk Who Is she?
Plrht Ltdy Clerk I don't know, but sho
Is itlwavs e-omlrg In hero and wanting
something wo haven't got. Chicago ncc
ord. SAILING.
Tour little girls iiid balling go
Out on tho deep bluo t-vi.
Sing heave-a-bo and heave-a-ho,
A bailor's llfo is life. I ki ow,
And It Is the llfo for me.
The day was fair that saw them float
Out on thu deep bluo sea,
Tho water rippled pubt their boat
As onward ever went she.
Sing heave-n-ho and hcave-a-ho!
A tailor's to Is life, I know,
And It's tho life tor me.
Hut tho wind blew high, and the wind
tdew low,
Out on tho deep blue iea,
And high and mighty tho waves did
glow
And tho boat she locked, did she.
Then lieavo ho and hcavo ho,
Out on the deep bluo seat
And where, O where, did their lunchecn
CoT
Only tho Lord and tho fishes know,
And that is enough for me!
-Melvlllo Fuller Tufts in Boston Globe.
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I In Woman's Realm I
ooooooooooooooooo
THU AC1B of co-opcrntlvc living and
housekeeping has only dawned In
Scrunton In one rcpect and that Is
city steam. In tho olden days good
people who were especially favored,
nwoko in the morning to find that some
.Kindly disposed fairy had pcifformeit
soma dlsagrccnblo domestic task; had
dono tho semi-weekly churning or had
nnlehcd Monday's Ironing for the tlrod
hands. Now wo havo a household fulry
who stajs up nil night and keeps tho
house warm for tho sleeper and reveller,
who has u lino fire very early in thu
morning so that neither head of tho
house, mald-of-nll-wotk nor man need
cut kindling wood or wrestle with a sul
len furnaco which spits forth sulphur
and ashes from Its ill tempered mouth.
Lnst winter city fleam left much to bo
desired by tho chilly subscribers, but
this ear, owing to a merciful Provl
denen and Improved conditions at tho
plant?, thoro Is gladness wherever thU
household fairy takes up Us abode.
IT IS PROIIAULi: that hereafter the
plumber man and his peripatetic
liery furnnce will bo regarded with
cold aversion when ho puts in appcat
anco at tho kltcher door, bo his mission
what It may. Few women havo ever felt
exnetly calm In tho presence of that
Bplutterlng, gasping asthmatic Institu
tion which Is blithely set down wher
ever Its present proprietor llstclh, wheth
er on the cost Indian rug In tho drawing
room or in tho vicinity of tho kerosene
can, nt the foot of the cellar stalrr.
From this tlmo forth tho plumber will
bo called upon to give a certificate of
good character for Ids gasoline healer
without which no plumber Is lung con
tented. The possibilities of explosion,
and of tho inevitable desttuction of tho
tioufo arc not designed ns a nervo tonic
for the average house mistress.
Tilt: SIMPLICITY of drexs noted
among I.11II03 prominent In Scranton
society Is striking this season, pti
tlculaily with icgard to Jewels.
There is an explanation of the mitter In
tho micci slon of burglirlcs which have
tenoilzrd our townspeople for the past
two yeatt. As one ladv pathetleallv ro
niiiked the other afternoon: "I haven t
nny Jewelry to wear, so of courso I am
setting nn example which would have
delighted a Puritan or a Free Methodist
In their most flourishing dajs. Every
earthly thing In the shape of a gem was
stolen, you know, and never, never hhall
1 take plcnsuro In such things ugaln.
My engagement ring, tho diamond pin
clvon me en my bridal day and then
her olco broke and the friend who Us
tended with tears in her eyes know why
tho long pauso followed tho words for
ho who gave was far away over seas
nmld perilous davs and nights of watch
ing for unseen foes.
THE FACT Is that so many lobbeiles
havo occurred that owners of costly
Jewels havo put them away In a safe
place and aro not wearing any of
their magnificent cr.iaments. Ono so
ciety leader remarked jestorday: "I
haven't seen my diamonds in so long I've
forgotten how they look. They're all
down town In a safo deposit vault. I
haven't a solitary sample but my wed
ding ring and that being of tho 'neat,
not gaudy' pattern Isn't what you'd call
very decorative."
Another declared thnt she had hid her
Jewels away In so many different places
since tho burglary scares began that It
Is really to much trouble to unearth
them as she has to search for a half day
before finally chasing them to their lair.
Henco tho severe elegance of the aver
age Scranton woman of means.
World Agrees,
Gllback I Km surprised, colonel, at
your tlmo of life, that you should havo
any trouble In managing jour wife. All
yop have to do Is to let her thtnk sho Is
having her own vvnv.
Colonel Quailer Yes, but the only trou
ble is that everybody clio thinks so, too.
13rookln Life.
Cause and Effect.
"I left my winter's supply of coal out
in the street last night."
"Well?"
"This morning thice of my neighbors
started their furnaces."
F1M1ITK
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Comnell
121 N. WnsliiiiKtou Ave.,
ALWAYS IIUHV,
They Must Go
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That's the order we gave
to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole
Shoes for ladies aud geutle
men. Prices from
$l.f0 TO $2.00.
OFF
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SrJwk, I
Lewis. Rellly & Davles,
1H-116 Wyoming Avenue.
Railroad Men
Get Ready
for lospectlon
We have now a full line of
all makes of Watches that
we guarantee to pass.
Buy your Watches of an
old reliable house. Not some
agent who will open shop for
two or three months and then
skip out. We are here to
stay. Our guarantee is
good as gold." Prices
low as any.
as
as
MERCERMU&CONHELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
Heating
Stoves,
Raeges9
Fmireaces,
PlMmbing
aed
GUNSTER k FORSYTH,
S2S-S27 PENN AVENUE.
The Homt &
Coneell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawana Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
beueiut Aecnt for tua Wyouilax
Ulstilcl j;
JHnlnn. Blantlns, Sporting, Smoio-li
mid Uio rtcp-uniD (Jue uica.
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
talety 1'ims l'iimi and iploian
itoom lot Cuunoll UutUiuj.
bora it jo.
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I think every man 1 see uses R'I'P'A'N'S.
Mr. Barry, our manager, takes one after every meal and so does
his father and sister. The old gentleman h.is rheumatism if he don'l
tdkc Rl'PvVN'S. They use twelve a day in that house.
About half the people I know carry one of those 5-cent cartons all
the time in their vest pockets.
I was in the Bowery Savings Bank to draw some money, and
while I was waiting in the line a clerk came up to the paying teller and
said : "Give me a Ripans J" The teller took a carton out of his
pocket anu handed it to the clerk, who took out one of the Tabulea
and handed the caiton back. Then I watched him and saw him go to
the water cooler and swallow the Tabule with some water; I saw him
tip his head back.
It's just wonderful ho-v tverybody takes them.
A nr MtI t"rlt roiiu'n. j rut xiriM Tinru in x ir cirtiuimltliout sUo)j now for nlM Bint
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Tiu. Buy iawUHuI i,-roix crutn) Ufop(r,U4fwtaotiWknJl liquor Mora tad brbrabw
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Amnnimall
Jantmairy
Sale of
Table Linens
Under ordinary circumstance!
this announcement would be suffi
cient in itself, without further com
ment, to interest every housekeeper
in the community, but taking into
consideration the recent advances
on almost every line of Dry Goods,
1 IM.NS included, and the fact that
all our stock of Linens was bought
early enough to secure them at old
prices makes it all the more so.
Our Table Linens, as usual, are
only .of the best such celebrated
makes as
Scoicii Mmasks,
Hue Gersiai
"Sliver Bieacb"
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Etc., Etc,
All at our popular Last Season's
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Almost all fine numbers in Damas
both in 5-8 and 3-4 size. Some
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Marseilles Patterns,
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