, .jsnMrF u-wtw'"- -KIW'-- iHS THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1900. 0 1 'fffw r Ice Cream. nnsr IN TOWN. r" Per y Quart. LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO 5 clepiione Orders rromptly Dellverod liyjij Adsms Avenus. Scranton Transfer Co. Baggage Checked Direct lo Hotels and Private Residences. Office D., L. & W. Passenger Station. Phone 525. C. S. SNYDER, The Only Dentist :i He City Who Inn Orndun'o In Medicine. .'--422 SPRUCE STREET Teeth Gold Crcwas,best $5 Gold Filling $1 Eeit Sit or Teeth $3 Silver Filling 50c Good Care. Good caro of the teeth does much to preserve them, but the dentist does more. Ho can direct you In that caro and, by examination, prevent you from suffering and Inconveniences. DR. REIVER EM SPRUCE ST.OPP. COURT HOUSE. Open Wednesday and Saturday evenings. DR. H. B. WARE, SPECIALIST. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat OfTlco Hours n. m. to 12.30 p. m.: S to 4. Williams Building. Opo. Postofflc. SB 444444444444444444 " CITY NOTES 4 444444444444444 44 AUDITIN'O COMJIITTr.C. The joint auditing corrinlttce of icuneils will meet tonight. I.WV l'AtlTSKHS. Attoincjs A. A. Chase and Janes Mahon have formed a law partnership. MKim.NG TOXIOIU'. Ilio choir of Holy Trin ity church, corner of Mulberry Mreet ami Adam, auntie, U requested to meet lids evening. I'AY-KU'S. The Delaware and Hudson com pany paid the employes of the Coalbrook mines at CorV" i.dilc jostciebiy and the Delaware, I.ickaw.iiuia and vYi.tcrii company began pu.tiii the trainmen jestcrday. inUDCr. AFIltK. The liedgctown bridge took fire Morula) from some urhriown cause. A few planks rli' so badly chidicd that they had to bo replaced. The Kagle Hose company, sum moned by a Mill alarm, extinguished the bla.c. MI.NKIt lVJCHKll. John IVtrick, of Jcssiip, a mini r at tin Mope slialt, was caught under a fall or i oof wlillc nt wolk Monday morning and liciivcd n'liouj injuries. lie was taken to the l.ac'juami.i ho.pltal vestcid.iy and it was seen that lie suffered from a elicloeatcd hip. KUTIIflON TO LOUOIti:. Tomorrow the Nay Aug Hose cmipiny will run arr excursion to Lake lidurc. Two haridr.me naphtha launches and It large tlcet of row bouts arc on the lake and its splendid groio is fitted with every facility for u elcllghtlnl outing. The pro-pec ts arc for a very large attendance. IXM'Mi MIXTINii. The annual meeting of the Young Women's Christian association will lip held Tlinrsclau at S p. rn. in the association looms. All the seiiotaiies will riport on the jear's work. The otticcrs for the ensuing jear will be elected. All numbers and Metals oi the association arr urged to lie present. I'OCKirr (iril)i:. Tlr Julie Issue of the Scrantou Pocket l.uide, which has been dda)cd b) important and numerous changes In railroad time tallies, will be Issued the last of the week, U will contain besides the summer schedule on all railroads, a complete series of road mips of the Lackawanna, W'jomlng ami l.uzcrne Vaile)s, and a- sjnopsls of the gome laws of l'crni)l anla. SI'KS.A HAVi: HAH,. Jehu Spcnza, who was arrested .Monday afternoon by City Dcte'ctie Molr on the charge of emlierIIng $J(K) last Oc tober flora S. Marlino, a Scranton street gro cer, and then leaving for his home in Italy, re turning here icccntl), was vlwn a hearing jes teiday morning before Alderman Johns, of Wct Scranton, before whom a warreiit had been issued for his arrest, uml entered ball hA his appearance at court. THK IIOlll! ItKMI'.MKIir.ltKD -The Home for the Kriendlcss is indebted to Mrs. J. T. Ilroad bent for a, barrel of iyur and to the Tripp Ac- SPBEDWAY NEWS. The Speedway Hotel ' Open All Year.) Five hundred feet nbovo tho city beyond tho Park. On the beautiful drive to Lake Scranton. A flrst-classi city hotsl In the woods. All Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad trains stop at Speedway crossing. Breakfast, 6 to 9 a. Lunch, 1 to 3.30 p. Dinner, 6 to 9 p. m. m. m. Lunch all day in Cafe. Arrangements for large parties by phone, 4674. Oentlemen's Races Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p. m. SAMUEL B, COX, Manager, P. O. -Scranton Pa, - ,,'A) ft cldentsl 1'und for barrel of trrad and (lie transportation of the name. Xctt Tuesday will In the great annual otcurslon of the Home for the friendless to Wnghnmton. Ttic weather ll delightful for the nine-mile car ride to the t'alno and the day promises to lo the most de lightful In the history of Homo excursions. Itaucr's hand will go along . THAMI'S Alllir.STI'.l). I'.arly )estcrdy morn ing Special Ollicer Ooerllts nt tin' Delaware, Ijckawanna and Western railway station, dis covered peacefully l)ing In n freight rar two licgrlmrnrd and dusty looking wa)tarcrii. lie took them In tow and landed both In the Center Mreet police station, They had broken Into the car, and whether or not they did any il.image or took possession of anything belonging to an) one else has not Jet been found nut. They were arraigned before Mayor llolr Jcsterday afternoon and Raw their names as Krcd Lewis, of Syracuse, and Arthur Conrad, of Towaftda, They were fined $5 apiece, or twenty dajs In the county Jail. OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED. City Clork Tells Mayor of Action of Select Council. City Clerk M. T. La volte has official ly notified Mayor Molr that select council has refused for a second tlmo to concur In tho removal of Lieutenant Spellnwn and Patrolman Jones from the police force and that, In the opin ion of select council, no vacancy on tho force exists. When asked yesterday by a Tribune man If he cared to make any state ment as to his reasons for still refus ing to reinstate the officers on tho force, tho mayor replied: "I liuvo nothing whatever to say re garding tho matter." Just what will bo done Is, of course, merely a matter of conjecture, but It Is believed that the mayor will take some decisive step this week. M'GOVERN KILLED HIMSELF Slashed His Throat with Razor at His Boarding Placo at the Sibley. 'Martin McGovern, a man about fifty years of age, employed as u breaker hand by tho Austin Coal company nt Sibley, committed suicide yesterday noon, by cutting his throat with a razor. No cause Is known for the deed, but ho had been acting somewhat strange ly of late, nnd despondency and brood ing over some hidden trouble are thought to have led up to the taking of his life. McGovcn worked for the Austin Coal company about a year, and gave thorough satisfaction, being painstak ing and competent. He boarded and lodged with the family of Edwin Heal, at Sibley, and seemed of a quiet Aid retiring nature, not mingling with the other employes to any extent, keeping to himself for tho most part. Yesterday morning he went to work as usual, but about ll o'clock com plained of feeling 111 and obtained .per mission to go homo. He went to his lodging house and retired lo his room. It came to din ner hour, and ho did not make his appearnrce downstairs, and at last two young boys of the family went to his room to call him. They knocked but received no response, and finally opened the door. The found McGovern lying on tiro floor, a deep red push extending across his throat. In his tight hand was clenched tho razor with which the deadly deed had been done. No letter or message of any sort could do found, tho dead man having left no missive of any sort. McGov ern was a widow "r, his wife hiving died some years ago. A young son survives him, who at present Is an inmate of the Home for the Friend less. Coroner Koberts was notified of tho suicide and will probably give It his attention today. 'NIAGARA FALLS." Tho Great Powor and Manufacturing Center. Tho marvelous beauty and grandeur of tho mighty cataract of Niagara has for centuries appealed to mankind as the pride and wonder of all nations. A pen picture of Niagara Falls always falls. Tlie sight must be seen to bo appi eclated and no mind, matter how brutal or unresponsive, can be hold tho magnificent spectaclu un moved. Charles Dickens said, "the first ef fectthe enduilng one of the tremen dous spectacle of Niagara, was peace." In addition to its scenic beauties, Niagara Falls Is especially wealthy In water and electric power, and It Is now known as one of the gieatcst manufuctutlng centers In the United States, its size being taken Into con sideration. Niagara Falls Is located between tho productive west and consuming east, and it offers distinct advantages as a receiving and distributing point. As a power center Niagara has no equal. Hero two of the largest power companies of the world are located. and the tireless energy of the mighty cataract Is converted Into a great po tential force to do the will of man. Millions of dollars have been and are now being expended .u flic devel opment of electrical power at Niagara Falls, and already over T.'.dOO horse power Is being used by Itdustrles lo cated there. Over 1,600 acres of laud are pontrolled by the power concerns nnd will bo used solely for location of factories. It is ltmaikablo, but nevertheless quite true, that all of the factories that have located there since the ad vent of cheup power have either doubled, tupled op quadrupled their cipaclty in the last few yeurs, and the future of tho city holds out the brightest of promlscr In Industrial and commercial lines, and especially to real estato Investments. E. H. Estabrook, general agent for Niagara teal estate, .110 Spruce street, Scranton, Pa. Smoko The Pccono, 5c. cigar. Variety. Softly I oltcn wonder why it Ik that lljoncs ihoiild be so fond of uiniolllc. Loftl) Guess liu considers, elon't )ou knci.v, that taricty is the spice of life'. Baltimore News, That we ell the PHST rU'TTnit In tho city, and always tare tin in 3 or 3 cents on a pound, so wo only wish to call jour attention to the drop In price, 131 gin Creamery Butter, 21c. It Is by fur the most PllMCIOUS, SWKKTKST nUTTKll made. Others adurtlbe it, Lut 11011a keep It. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. 411 Lackawanna awniie, 121 South Main arc nuc. 'I'lione 732. Prompt delivery. MANY LIQUOR CASES WERE DISPOSED OF SUNDAY SELLING PUT OVER TILL OCTOBER. If tho Dofondanta Contlnuo to Re ligiously Observe tho Law tho Men's Union Will Likely Drop tho Prosecutions No Truco with tho Spoakoiisy Hoopers, Howover. Robert H. Allon Didn't Know Ho Was Keeping on Unlicensed Placo Until Ho Was Arrestod. The licensed liquor dealers Indicted by the last grand Jury for Sunday sell ing, and whose cases havcnot been disposed of, were yesterday placed on four months' probation, with the un dei standing that If they observe tho law In overy respect In that tlmo and agree to continue In Its observance, the prosecutions will bo dropped. Most of them were scheduled for trial yesterday. When they wcro reached Attorneys J. II. Torrcy, E. C. Newcomb and Fred E. Eecrs, counsel for the Men's union, announced to court that It was tho desire of the prosecution to have them go sover to tho October term. Tho defendants, as may bo believed, were all agreeable, and court, understanding the clrcum stances, readily acquiesced. The cases continued were those ngalnst P. F. Gcrrlty, Hrldget Walsh, J'tmes J. Pudden, Oetzel & llossar, G. L. Folk, T. Hunt Urock, Rosen berg Hrother3 and Jenkln Harris. In tho speakeasy, cases prosecuted by the Men's union no quarter Is to bo given. All these defendants must stand trial and the charges against them will be vigorously prosecuted, the union's representatives say. EXCEPTIONAL CASE. Something bordering on an excep tion, howover, was made In the case of Robert H. Allen, of South Washing ton avenue. Ills predecessor In the business, a Mrs. Coleman, had a license for the place but neglected to renew It this year. Mr. Allen recently bought her out and supposed a license was Included among the goods nnd chattels transferred to him. Tho first Intimation he had that his place was not licensed was when the agents of the Men's union arrested him. This story accompanied his plea of guilty yesterday. It was not very vigorously disputed and court accept ed It. The result was a suspension of sentence upon payment of costs. Mrs. Mary Molloy, of Capouso ave nue, another alleged speak-easy keeper, Is also likely to escape. When her case was called yesterday morn ing an affidavit was presented by Dr. Huggerty, sotting forth that she Is eighty-five years of age and unable to attend court. The case was con tinued. Denjamln Arnovitz, of 711 Scranton street, plead guilty to tho charge of s-illng without a license, preferred by County Detective Leyshon, at the In stigation of tho union. Ho wilt be s-entenced Saturday. Peter Carroly, of Capouso avenue, similarly charged, failed to uppear and his ball was for feited. The case of Mary .Masterson, charged by Jam;s Capwell with selling liquor without a license, tho case of John Cunlgan and Mary Masterson, charged by the same party with assault and battery, and the case of John Kerri gan, charged by William Mulrone with assault and battery, were tried together before Judge Edwards In No. 2. The casijs grow out of a neighbors' fight. Mary Masterson was found guilty of illegal liquor selling, nnd Kerrigan of nssault and battery, but in tho other case a verdict of not guilty was returned and the costs put on tho prosecutor. WALSH CASE CONTINUED. The case of Peter Walsh, charged by Constable Richard Uarron, of Prlco burg, with selling liquor illegally, was continued till Friday, to be tried Joint ly with four other cases, namely: Peter Walsh, selling liquor without a license, Reese S. Davis, prosecutor; Joseph Karolon, selling liquor on Sun day, Peter Welsh, prosecutor; Joseph Karolon, pointing pistol, Peter Walsh, prosecutor; Joseph Karolon, surety, Peter Walsh, prosecutor. '.. Lopalljner, charged with selling liquor without a license, Ike Parpun kle, prosecutor, did not appear and his bail was forfeited. Gilbert Colborn and his wife, Verna Stanton Colborn, of Carbondale, who failed to appear Monday to answer charges of Immorality, preferred by Colborn's former wife, Lizzie Colborn, were brought In yesterday by the sheriff. They claimed they were married Dec. 19, 1S9U, believing that Colborn had been divorced. Colborn said ho understood his divorce had been grant ed and so Informed his new wife. It developed, however, that owing to his attorney having withdrawn from the case, tlie formal order was not ap plied for and the divorce decree did not issue till Jan. 21, 1900, when a new attorney was engaged. Last Friday they were married over again. Colborn entered a plea of guilty and will ask fop a suspension of sentence. The first -Mis. Colborn did not care to push tho case against her successor, and a nol pros accordingly entered. ANOTHER CASE. Another cuse of alleged Improper re lations was contributed by Carbon dale. James H. Epsy was prosecutor and A. F. Newhall and Minnie Mul- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HIE GOUNTY SAVINGS UK 1110 IS! COIll Spruce Street, Opp. Court House . A. Watres, President. o. s. Johnson, Vicb-pres. a. H. Christy, Cashier. DIRECTORS. Win. 1'. Ilallitead, llmett Wsrren August Itoblnson, O.S.Johnson," ll. r. Kinusbury, L. A. Watres. Interest Paid on Sav ings Deposits. Urown Bros., J. P. n organ & Co,, and Kuautii, Nacliod & Ktihne Letters ot Credit nnd International Cheques. ooooooooooooooooo OVERWORKED MEN, DELICATE WOMEN, SICKLY CHILDREN, TAKE ' (MAHIANI WINE,) No other preparation i,a, (Tcr received so many soluntary testimonials from eminent rcople as the world-fsmous Msrlsnl Wine. riariani Wine WORKS WONDERS. Sold by all druggists. Refuse Substitutes. Marlsnl & Co., 82 V. 15th St., New York, pub lish a handsome book of endorsements of Hnv perors, Kmprcss, Princes, Cardinals, Archbishops and other distinguished personages. It Is sent gratis and postpaid to'all who write tor it. llneux defendants. Epsy keeps a boarding house. Newhall came to board with him. Soon nfterwards he brought Miss Mulllnex there and In troduced her as his wife. Epsy learn ed that they were not man and wife and had them arrested. That's Epsy's story. The defense was that they didn't do any such thing and anyhow that Epsy was prompted In tho pros ecution by Jealouty nnd an unpaid board bill. The Jury was out at ad journing time. Attorneys Palmer Williams and C. E. Daniels represent ed the defense. Aggravated assault and battery was the finding In tho case In which David S. Davis, of .Oak Hill, was charged with firing a load of bird shot Into Martin Allen's legs last St. Patrick's day. Verdicts of not guilty were returned In the Robblns-Weslehln'sky-Surlan-Konlbney nssault and battery cases from Jessup. The costs were divided. A verdict of not guilty was taken In tho larceny and receiving case against William Murray, the Archbald boy who turned state's evidence against George Cardner. A capias was Issued for Charles Hertz, who failed to ap pear to answer the charge of larceny by bailee, preferred by Frank Becker. School Directors Make Answer. Answer was made yesterday by tho 'Lackawanna township school board to the equity suit brought by the Del aware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, to prevent the Is sue of $14,000 worth of bonds, provid ed for In a resolution parsed by tho school board In the spring. Tho answer recites that the bonds were not Illegally Issued, as charged, and that at all events they have boon sold and the school board can not re call them, as it does not know1 whose hands they may have rssed Into by this time. Tho allegation that the bond Issue wns Illegal because it Increased tho district's indebtedness beyond thu statutory limit of two per cent, of the nssessed valuation, is declared to bo erroneous because $7,000 of the issue was used In connection with $5,000 In cash that was In the treasury In can celling an outstanding bond Issue of $12,000 which came due May 1, of this year. The charge that the bonds were sold at private sale Is absolutely de nied. The remaining $7,0Q0 Is to bo used In the purchase of lots and construction of a now school building. The plain tiff alleged that this new school was unnecessary and that the schooldt rctors contemplated -buying lots not suitably located and paying an exhor bltant price for them. The school boatd makes answer that the court can not pass upon the board's exer cise of discretion 'in selecting a site, and denies that an exhorbltant price Is to be paid for lots. Tho board con cludes Its answer by making a gen eral denial by all manner ofs-charges and insinuations of fraud, extrava gance or wrong. The members of tho hoard are Thomas F. Coyne, John Fltzher.ry, Thomas R. Loering, James Durkin, Thomas King and William Thomas. Their attorneys are M. J. Donahoo and David J. Reedy. Ellman Had Him Arrested, Habeas corpus proceedings were In stituted yesterday by Attorney Rob ert J Murray to secure the release of John Soblno, who was committed to the county Jail last week by Alder man Kelly on charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing a public of ficer. Deputy Constable Jacob Ellman is tho prosecutor. He was arresting a boy on Emmet street for stealing Iron, when tho lad's mother Interfered, unci Ellman, It Is alleged, began to use a black Jack on her. Soblno protested against this brutality and was him self arrested. He denies that he did anything more than enter a reason able protest. The hearing will be had at 9 o'clock this morning. Marriage Licenses. William A. Price, 430 North Irving ave. Katie Struenlng ..415 Chestnut street James Gllmore Scranton Annie Rourko Scranton John Gunster Scranton Phllopena Schlmpff Scranton COUBT HOUSE NEWS NOTES. In the case of E. Mulligan & Sons against Michael Gooeh, a rule for a new trial was granted yesterday. A. B. Dunning, Joseph P. Phillips and C. J. Post were yesterday appoint ed viewers of the now road In Ran som township. LACKAWANNA SCHOOL. Commencement Exercise to Be Held Tomorrow Evening. The twenty-seventh commencement of the School of the Lackawanna will be hold tomorrow evening In the school building on Jefferson avenue. At 3.30 o'clock In the afternoon will bo held the exercises of the lower school, which will be opened with a hymn by the school and a prayer by Dr. Cann. A German conversation will then be given by tho following students: Llda Houser, Harold William Dolph, Arthur Paseoe Matthews, William Richmond Tracy, Oaspard d'Andelot Helln and Carleton Alexander Con nell. Tho feature of tho programme, however, will be a Geiman play, to be presented by Lucie Lorlng Logan. Margaret Content .Bessoll and Harold Wllberforco Close, Thero will also be a spelling match by tho school and a violin solo by Llda Houser, uccompanled on the piano by Mary Sanger Plumley. Then will follow the presentation of prises and diplomas, s MANY TRIALS OF THE ENUMERATORS CENSUS TAKING IS BY MEANS EASY. NO Aftor tho First Few Days It Gots to Bo Hard, Disagroeablo Work and Thoro Aro Fow Mon Who Accoptod Positions from tho Government to Do This Kind of Work Who Aro Anxious for Any Moro of It A Now York Man's Exporionco Gathering Consus Facts. Tho trials and tribulations .of tho census enumerator are almost over, nnd by the end of the present (week the G2.000 representatives of tho gov ernment will have settled down to the even tenor ot their ways. Out of tho entire number who were or are now engaged in the work, It Is doubtful if half a dozen of them could be Induced to again undertuko tho Job. Nlne tcnths of the men who wore falling over each other to get the appoint ments two months ngo now complain that it Is tho hardest work they ever did, and Instead of making fabulous sums as expected, they must contend themselvei with an average of about $1 a day for ten hours' woik. The Hi st few days presented tho hu morous side of the work, tho next few tho ridiculous, and the last few the serious obstacles which must neces sarily bo encountered In taking tho census. The enumerator should be a student of humun nature to appre ciate tho many peculiar situations which confront him, and when a wo man unburdens hoc mind of all tho family troubles lis should be able to Ftraighten thein out and nt tho samo time make Us visit as short as pos sible. ONE WAY OF AVOIDING. One of the ways a woman has of avoiding the ago question was brought to light -ocently, when un enumerator Inquired tho month and year In which she was born. This was her reply: "What year was Mrs. Ulank, next door, born In ?" "1S7J," replied tho census man. "Well, I'm two years younger than her." Anothe- young woman, who reluc tantly answered the question, "rnnr rlcd or single, widowed or divorced," replied that she was sli'gle, but will ing to be married, and nMtcd the enu merator In all seriousness If he didn't know of a man who wanted a wife. A writer In the New York Jour nal, who seems to bo gathering material for a book while making the censtiF canvass, expresses some of the experiences encountered by himself, and lie undoubtedly speaks for thous ands of his fellow enumerators, whose experiences were more or less along similar lines. This Is what he says: "The ocabulary of tlie New Yorker scintil lates with pat slam expressions," nld the rensuj enumerator, who was tellltiff of his experiences; "but I ran across a new one today. 1 was so etirint; the pedigree of a family In my district, 'ihe head of tho family knew about enough line lUli to entitle him to make change, so the hi bernation was rIuu out by a little daughter who had attended rcliool. Between my ques lions in HnslMi and the answers of her father In l'olisb she was haing a hard time. Finally she said: "nee, I wi'ht Issy, my luotlier was heo. He's got a memory like a elephant. OUrXIt OCCl'I'ATIOX. "Of course, it Is natural to expect that New Vnrlr unnl.t furnish a ccimiS taker with lilies en many queer occupations, but the aricty of .iya adopted by the people to make a living Is astonishing nenertl.eless. In my district I laic no less than a hundred men on my list who co down as 'fish cleaners.' I baic got numeious organ grinders, I don't know bow many pedlers, and I an across one woman who called herself a 'collector.' She collects scraps and refuse food from big restaurants to be used in mi ill joints, where a man may fceel for the rrice of a Miae. I liaie also secured 'window cleaners.' 'a doll surgeon,' 'a bottle broker' anc! a man who keepj track of people who hire dress suits. I put him down as a de ter til e. A woman follows up bad accounts for an in.talmeiit house called bench a 'tracer.' Due of these fellows who ttind in hhow windows nnd -hihlt tlulr muscular development, and, In cidental!), a weight lilting machine, described himself as a 'ph.islcal demonstrator." "I guess the funniest occupation ot all is hold by a boy who calls hinisedf an 'apple polisher.' He puts the suspicions thine on tlie apples bold by n syndicate of 'Jicck push-cait pedlers. "When I get out my boo'c about my experi ences as a census enrmcrator I am going to tie lote sciei.il chaptcM to the New York kid. The Juunilo portion of the great city as he tp pears in my district lias put many a gray hair under my bat. I was in a hnuo jestcrday mom Ing that had been Unduly blessed with progeny, and one of them deliberately took my bottle of Ink and fpllled It all oicr a (.licet I had al most completed. The mother laughed heartily and remarked: " i.lttle Walter is so funny.' "I didn't till her 30, but if I had got a crick at little Waiter the finish of ids fun would line been lionllile. TIIU riTNXY MAN. "Speaking of the funny little Walter reminds ine of tlie funny man. I meet lilin cury day. lie has been ttud.tiii;; up his lit tic- jokeh and waiting for me. Ileie is one ot Ills gags: " 'All, and 1.0 joti're the census man are )ou. Will, 1 gio )ou fair warning that jou won't hale much success ill this house. The people hero liaie no i-enses.' "Prom the frequency rtitii which tills is spiling I Imagine It lias been printed ami liriulatid among idiots who think they are umart. An other cheerful liss I meet on in) travels Is the thump 'who tries to mako me figure ills age something in tho tlc of tlie problems in tho back of the arithmetic, 'fids Mnart person goes about it like tills: " 'Well, my brother lltriry Is twice as old as my sister Helen, ami ni) titter Helen is fclv )ears )ounger than I.' "Then he looks at me and chortles like the famed laughing jackass of holy writ or what ever it is. On my last da) as a census rnum ciator I am foln,' to put a piece of lead pipe In tlie leg of my ttouscr ard tho first tlieciful Idiot I meet I am going to hit lilin a gentle soak on the most vulnerable pirt of the lift temple." "My experience since I started out has shown mo that the domestic state of many New York families Is badly twisted. People piofe&sing te ligions that require 11 ill 11 marriage and n le liglous manlagc tn tnuki tho wedded state bind ing get me ronfi. d In the verge of thirst in their endeavors to explain their family a Hairs. One hard welkins woman confided to me that Flic bad seven children uml had been married two years. Two if tin children in eight were almost as big as their mother. I couldn't get my accounts straight until she got the whole neighborhood aiotiud. Kinall) a woman who got tho drift of my desiies came to Hie restne. "Oh,' she said, 'she's telling )ou when she was married by the Itahhi. That was two )ears ago, but the was first married by the City 1U11 nine scars ago.' A HAl.li litOl'OSITION. "I was derelict In my duty today. In a fur nished mom house In a pietty tough hectloii of my district I (.truck an Intelligent landlady, who gave me the pedigries of inont of her Iik' era. 'i 'Are any ot your roomers In the home J' I asked, ' 'One,' she replied, 'but I guess you hadn't better see him.' "I told her that I would liavo to see htm. He was one about whom she know nothing. " 'All right,' she laid, 'go alieud If )ou want to. Hut Uils man is a night lui tender and he didn't go to bed until about an hour ago. He left word that he would kill an)body that vvoka him up, and he'll dot ll, too. You can go up if jou want to.' "I camo to the conclusion that this night bar. tender would remain ot! the list for all me, un- vMWWi WiWtfiW.ViY.VMW.'W. I Always to the Front With something new. Rich hand painted Chlna--Doulton effects, which are real beauties. A few pieces scattered over a well set table gives it a brilliancy and tone that is charming. For gift-malting nothing more striking. Every piece signed. Bon Bon, Punch Uowls, Lemonade Jugs, Placques, Trays, Etc. CVvVxvarVfeAX . n l Als'lt.. JC .TV. VJo Y XTllilCll W.VU mmiwmwmmwmmwmwMM Summer Underwear All Styles, All Prices. Palhriggan 22, GO, TJc. I.lsle Thread tl.O0, $1.50 Mercerized Silk l.HO Cellular Cotton M Cellular Linen 2.'J" Silk 2.U0 Jean Drawers COc. BARGAINS IN TAILOR-MADE SUITS AT F. L. CRANE'S Exclusive styles and strictly up-todate, but we want to close out every one quickly. We are determined to do it, and so invite you to share in the olTerings, which will be in lorce until every Spring Suit is sold. SMOKE AND CHEW Clock's Tobacco Manufactured by The Clock Tobacco Company. 644-646-648 Wyoming DR. G. E. HILL & We Have Bought the Entire Stock of -f 4 j Co wpertSi waite & Berghauser 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 4 4 4 4 4- .A. Artistic Furniture and Peerless Bed ding. Date of Sale will be an nounced in this paper. Be prepared to learn of Great Big Bargains. 4 4-4-4-4- 4 less lie fills out on Individual blank which I left (or him. "Speaking of these Individual blanks bring me to another source of woe. They wero elo igned by the census biiieau for people who might lie out at the time of the visit of tho enumerator. "They are very simple blanks anil it would appear that ai.) man or woman gifted with the Intelligence commonly aeciuded to a gnat iiulel till one out easily. Hut you ouajit lo e some that I gitl Ono fellow wiote tho history of Ills llfo in rli)me, put it on the blank in two color., of Ink and wrote me a note asking that ll be sent tn Washington Just as be had wiit ten it. I am going to have It framid. Tho peipctrator of it described himself as a cleric, 11 ml his poetry assured mo that lie is a better ilerl; than poet. "It's a funny tlilnp how many people know obout takint; the iinsus than the men the gov ernment oie i.)lng to dc the woik. I get a iiiuide of volumes of advice every day from t bene self.eomtitl.ted oracles, and some of the suggestions they offer are startling. HAVAOKS OF HUM. "Young man," said a bewhlslricd person to me, whin 1 had finished taking his pedigree, 'I notice with pain that this census blanks do rot include a place on v,hich might be recorded statistics' showing the ravages of the demon rum.' "I told him that the government evidently figured that if 4 man cliose to engage in a citcli-as'catili-(uii contest with thu aforesaid demon It was his own business, "l'ecullarly enough I don't tec the humorous Ava "Walk In and look around.' Straw Hats ALL STYLES, $ LOO to $3.00 Manhattan ! Shirts Negligee Shirfs. Silk Fronts TJc. and 31.00 Madros 75c., (1.00 and $t.M Linen Mesh $2.00 Louis H. Isaacs, 412 Spruce Street. Try our Special 10c. Cellars, ill shapes. 324 LACKAWANNA AVE. Avenue, Scranton, Pa. If you wish re liable and up-to-date dental work, done by experi e n ced workmen wlio are here today and not gone to morrow. Come to us. Prices right, SON, Scranton, Pa. 4- 4- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 221-223-225-227 Wyoming Avenue 4-4-4-4-4-44-4-44-4 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- features of taking the census now as I did tho first few clays I worked. It Is getting to be common toll and nhen I get through I'm going to Iirooklyn for a long rest." WHO PICKED HIS POOKETP Benjamin Pector Acouaod of Taking W. S. Bell's Money. Ucnjamln Pecter, tvventy-ontv years of ubo ntul resident of Iluffalo, N. Y wns one of the culprits arraigned be fore Mayor Jlolr yesterday mornlnff, tho charge ngalnst him being drunk nnd disorderly conduct and susplolon of having picked the pocket of W. S. Hell of $60. Monday night Pecter was ejected from Norton's hotel on Lackawanna nvenue, for uctlng In a disorderly man ner, and was cautioned by Patrolman l.onn Day to behave himself In a more seemly manner. Ha replied In a surly way and grew so obnoxious that ho was taken to the Center street police station. W. S, Hell, of this city, later came to the station and claimed that while In Pecter's company at the ho tel his pocket had been picked of $80, and he believed that his companion was tho guilty man, Pecter was remanded for a further hearing yesterday morning. 13 Wyoming 5
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