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Ice Cream.
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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.
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CITY NOTES
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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-
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. A. Watres, President.
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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
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Urown Bros., J. P. n organ &
Co,, and Kuautii, Nacliod &
Ktihne Letters ot Credit nnd
International Cheques.
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OVERWORKED MEN,
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TAKE
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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-
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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,
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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.
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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.
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