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SUKAJNTON" T1UBUNE-TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1900.
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SCRANTON, JULY 10, 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
Prrsl Jent-WHJ.T M McKlNLEY.
Vice-President TllUOnOlti: ltOOSEVELT.
State.
ronweHnun at l-arirc OAM'SHA A GROW,
nonnir ii loi.niiKiint.
auditor (Jciieral-K. II. II VUDCNnERGIL
County.
Cowrre M-WlU.t AM COVXKMj.
Jtirt,ri (1I.OHGI: M. WvTSOW
Nierlii-JOIIN II. TEM-OWS.
Trewircr .1. A. bCIt NTOV.
J'htrlit Attorney HIIXIVM It IXW19.
I'rothonotai JOHN COI'i:i,AN'D
t'lcrk of Courts THOMAS P. IMSIELS.
lierimlor of lleeds-KMIL DONV.
JleirMrr of ttllh V. K. HICK.
Jury ComniLiloncr EDWARD B. STUROES.
Legislative.
I'lrct I)llrlct-lllOlS .1 llEYSOItDS.
Fco.ml Oiotrlit Joll.V IIEITR, Jit
Third liMrlit EDWARD .IAMI.S, Jit.
I'omtli District I'. A. Pim.MN'.
11 It shall bo round that Sunday's
frlKhrftil trolley rnisli at Uomlhum
was duo to inhflilcvoui manipulation
nf the sIkmjI Unlit, n- seems probable,
ffoit Mhouhl bo innijo to Inflict upon
the rulpilt or oulpt'tts tho fullest pos
sible nmniuio of pxoniplnry punlih
MK'lU. Tho faot .should bo sharply om-pTin.-l7cd
that to Rive false Mfjn.'iN Is
n p(tiltentlar orfoine. Tho welfare
of the travelinir publlo, no lesi than
that of tho trolley company, depends
upon thU fact lu-Inn thoiouglily un
der.stood. Tlie Most Valuable Reward.
NO QHAI.TTV which a business
'nan can possess Is mors
aluabl2 to him than tho
ability to explain effectively
the merits of an article Intended for
sale. Skilful camnssei.3, men who can
interest other men In business propo
sitions ind secure their trade, are in
demand In every vocation In life and
command pay In direct proportion to
their skill. This knack constitutes a
capital which can always bo depended
upon to yield profits and which no
buislar can steal nor financial disas
ter impair.
In some deprree It is Inborn but no
person can reach the plane of success
In this form of enterprise without tho
benefit and training of fxporleiicc.
Practice makes perfect. It equips the
practitioner to form swift and accur
ate estimates of human natuie and to
perceive with quick intuition tho prom
ising lines of appro ich and the dip
lomatic means requisite to the capture
of the object of tho canvass. It is a
training bchool in the nrts by which
tho chief successes In Ameilcan busi
ness life are won and the tuition Is
aluablo beyond expression In dollars
and cents.
In offering to the younr? men1 and
young women of Northeastern Penn
sylvania the opportunity of profitable
acation-tlme employment as set forth
In the details of our Educational Con
test, which Is now well staited, Tho
Tilbuno confers a most practical busi
ness education such as no school can
Blve. It Is nn Introduction to the real
ities of life very appropriate and time
ly in the Interim between the regular
school terms. For all woik done that
produces lesults there Is generous
pay; but the most valuable icward of
all Is the experience gained. It may
be the foundation of a lifetime's suc
cess. Mayor Molr deserves full credit for
promptness in responding to the just
complains of citizens testdlng in the
vicinity of the merry-go-'round at
Nay Aug park, which on Sundays has
been opoiatod with an ear-splitting
calliope attachment utterly destructive
of peace and quiet. Tho mayor lost
no time In extending the protection of
the law in this case, and his notion is
a sign that Sunday observance may
number him among Its firmest friends.
The Luzerne County Primaries.
f-"HR HANDSOME votes by
which tioneral Palmer has
won the Republican nomi
nation for congress In tho
"J.uzerne district without the Improper
Expenditure of n dollar Is a striking
i Unite lo the esteem In which he U
Wield and to tho geneial tespect shown
Ho his widely recognized and excep
tional ability. A nomination thus
-cleanly won, and coming so directly as
p fair expression of the popular will,
shoutil mean an 'election and prove In
ritiumental In restoring the Twelfth
dlstilct to the Republican column.
The temalnder of tho ticket Is In
.keeping with Its accomplished leader.
'Bcruntonlans of New England deriva
tion have had many pleasant occasions
to leain and to admit c the Intellectual
"ability of George S. Ferris, tho nomi
nee for judge, and they can uttest that
5ilsls; pre-eminently the quality of
Xharacter, temperament and attain
ments suited 10 a successful perform
ance ot the Judicial function. Tho de
feat of Senator Scott by Mr. Drury, of
Plttston, is a result of Colonel Scott'c
'AnUgbhlsm to Senator Quay. Scott de
clared openly he would not support
Quay for United States senator under
any circumstances. He thus defined
himself -as a bolter and burned the
.bridges behind him. While personally
popular and of demonstrated useful
ness at Harrlsburg, tie has fallen In
consequence of the majoilty opinion in
favor of party regularity, an opinion
Which Mr, Drury's candidacy personi
fied In the canvass.
The other contest ot more than local
significance was over the nomination
for district attorney, It presented a
sharp contrast In methods ot cam
paigning, ono candidate especially em-
ploylim hippodrome advertising; fo
tuirs while his nlilf opponent quietly
relied upon his lamer expeileliee fill!
broader personal aequatntanc". Tho
latter won, and his vlotoiy can lea with
It an obvious lesson.
This first test of the dire -t prlmnry
system In Luzcrno county has passed
off upon tho whole morn successfully
than wns to have been expected In
view of the complicated local condi
tions. The ticket Is petsonnlly admir
able and geographically well distrib
uted. Unlike some of tho slate-inado
tickets of the past, It looks like a ticket
which will win.
It li npparent thnt it will bo nn
unusually adroit Democratic orator
who does not becomo tangled on the
"paramount Issue" during tho coming
campaign.
It Works Both Ways.
ONE OP THK arguments pri
vately employed by Demo
cratic campaigners ' against
expansion, or as they prefer
to say, against "Imperialism," Is that
as the situation stands the native In
habitant of one of the new depend
encies has no status under Interna
tional law. They suppose the case of
a native Porto Itlcan getting Into dif
ficulties In a foreign country and they
ask, "Who would protect liltnV"
Tho answer would depend wholly
upon the details. If the Porto Itlcan
had been behaving himself and had ob
served the laws of tho countiy through
which ho was travellns and if his ar
rest had been due to fnult on the part
of the authorities of that country, the
United States would protect him, of
course, and bo quick about it, too. The
American flag Hying over tho island of
Poito Rico guarantees that. For all
pui poses of diplomacy which affect In
dividual rights, it places the Porto
KIcan exactly on a par with the Penn
sylvanlnn or the Now Yoiker. anl
pledges Its protection to both without
disci Imlnutlon. If the Porto Uican had
violated local law, he would have to
take his medicine, the tame as any
other American.
Common sense ought to prevent con
fusion on this point. There must bo
soveielgnty heteor there is popula
tion, and the soveiolgnty In Porto Rico
Is the soveiolgnty of the United States.
England would not go to Poito Klco to
complain If a Uritlsh Interest In thnt
Island had been illegally treated. Sho
would file her protest with the secie
tary of state at Washington and she
would hold tho United States account
able. The rule woiks both ways.
Tho American exhibition at the
Paris fair, it in said, is not In keeping
w ith that of other nations. Tho Amer
ican exhibition In China, however,
thus far has been up to the standard.
The "Alerit" System.
-spsyiu: EXPLANATION given by
the Demociatlc managers
for tho abstneo from the
Kansas city platfoim of any
reference to clK service refoim was
that In tho lluriy attendants upon the
tow over the silver plank they "clean
forgot all about It." This will be sad
now') to the Chicago Itecoid. The day
befoie the platform committee mot,
that able exponent of Western mug
wumpeiy went out of Its way to guide
the Demociaey to the "great opportu
nity" lopiesented In "the botrajal of
the merit system by the present ad
ministration:" a "betrayal" explained
by It In these words:
"By his executive order of May 29,
1S99, Mr. McKlnley withdrew more
than ten thousand places fiom the
classified service, declatcd legular
about ono thousand appointments
made temporarily, without examina
tion In many cases, In flliect violation
of law, iiuthoilzed pocm.incnt appoint
ments In tho war department from
tho list of many thousands of persons
who were temporarily employed during
the course of the war against Spain,
alteied the 1 tiles so as to authotlzo
transfers fiom tho unclassified to tho
classified service nnd fiom ono grade
to nuother without competitive exami
nation, and piovided for the reinstate
ment In the discretion of depattment
officers of peisons at any time separ
ated from the service. Congress, by nn
act of July, ISPS, exempted from civil
service mles nil clerks nnd others to
be emplojod for war emergency pur
poses. Under this net many hundreds
of civil appointments weie inndo by
the war department without examina
tion, to tho exclusion of candidates
icgularly qualified and registered on
the eligible lists of the commission. In
tho following sorslon of conpress tho
census bill was passed with a provis
ion thnt the great fore- of clerks and
statisticians lequlrod should be chosen
by the director without competitive
examination If he so uho.se nnd without
the participation of the ctvil service
commission. This action wns taken,
nlthough It appealed in part from tho
testimony of previous directors that
the census of 1890 wns extravagant,
costly and Imperfect because tho bu
reau was then orgnnUtd on tho spoils
basis. The president, nlthough exer
cising absolute power In our now ac
quisitions of territory, liar nowheio In
troduced the moilt pystem of app
polntment to oillce."
It will thus be seen that tho Demo
cracy had full warning aa to tho
president's frightful dereliction In put
ting In olllco such mere spoilsmen ns
Leonard Wood and Judge Tuft, In
stead of sending to govern Cuba and
tho Philippines "meritorious" book
worms standing nt tho top of nn ex
amination list, who maybe could excel
both Wood and T.ift In extracting tin
cube root or In untangling a dtfllcult
proposition hi calculus, yet might know
a little about hnudllig men as the
sphinx of Eyypt or tho man In tho
moon. That the Democrats at Kansas
City should have forgotten such an
admirable opportunity to cater to the
Mugwump hobby shows how llttlo they
must value Mugwump support. If wo
we're In the Record's plfice wo should
never spenk to the mean things again.
And Adlal Stevenson refuses to profit
by the example of the man who went
Into the ring once too often.
The story of tho pet cat at Strouds
burg that went mad and chewed Its
V
mistress, bears susplrlous marks of tho
yollow correspondent but In ull events
canary blids. or even puriols are safer
pets for women than eats and dogs.
According to the latest accounts,
Delawaro Is to linvc a peach crop this
year. It Is to bo hoped that It will bo
large enough to bring prosperity for
tho b'rowor and cheap fruit for north
ern buycts.
It Is n. pleasure to note that tho np
narcnt "(Torts of the saffron organs of
Democracy to incltu rebellion In Porto
Hlco continue to bo fruitless In re
sults.
Whatever may bo Fald of Senator
Clark of Montana, ho cannot bo ac
cused of defaulting on political assess
ments. a
It will be well now for tho candi
dates all to bo explicit regarding their
sentiments on tho war at Skwabcbub.
If Japan Is willing to tako tho lead
in fighting In China, the other powers
can well afford to pay tho freight.
Mr. Towno nnnounces that ho will
In a few days reveal ht3 political loca
tion. a '
POLITICAL NOTES.
"When the Democratic phtform declare! the
Porto lticjn goi eminent u departure from presi
dent and ineou!strnt with republican InMltu
tioni,' it mil.es," nays the New York Tribanc,
".111 absolutely f.ile Matcment, which w defy
Jlr. Itrjan or any other Ikmocrat to proio true.
'J ho l'.irto Itlcan pnernment 110 more goerni
without conent or tate without representation
thin did tho Louisiana or Florida (fovcrnment,
nnd Democrats kiiov it. In fact, the law is
mod died on the laws pawri to govern thoic
tinilurlM alter their annexation, with modifica
tkiu KiUns the Porto Hlcoin a Urgct oIce In
their srournmenf than the xeDe of the larller
annetitloni rcecUcd. It U no answer to this
historic fact to say tint Louklan and Florida
tubsciucntly obt lined a large intaurc of idf
KO eminent The qnet!on raltrd by the plat
form It concerning the first Mep in pnierninj
Porto Kico lompirid with prcxiom first steps by
congress in noicmlng annexed territories. Opin
ions rliht or wrong; on other points arp no r
disc for falsehood on this And the Democratic
rlaiform is delibeutily filso on this. Florida
and Louisiana wero both (and without npre
sentation They were both ruled without ns
much lce in their affairs as Porto Hico has
In its. Their people wire both denied personal
guarantees of the constitution. In Louisiana ths
constitutional right of trial bj Jury was abridged,
and In Florid 1 the writ cf habeas corpus was
contemptuously disregarded by the chil i;ov
irnor. Mill Mr. Ilrjan phase consider this false
charge made in his platform and explain it
without jugglery!"
Within tho last few daji something like $KV
000,000 In the form of diUdcnds has bicn dis
bursed from the offices ot the big Industrial en
terprises tint Ime their headquarters in New
ork city. A large part of this turn went to
people in moderate circumstances. "For in
stance," writes "Holland," "the New York Pen.
tral and the New ork and New IIarn rail
.ai corporation are paling nearly $.1,000,000 In
dlWdmds. A part of that goes into the pocket
of the Vandcrlillts, the ltockefellcrs and Pier
pnnt Morgan, but the treasurer of the New liaen
nilway mrporation sacs that considerably more
thin one-half of the dlcidcnd got lo holders of
blocks of stock of from ten to twint) shares It
goes into sewrsl thousand Connecticut and Mjs-Mchu-ctts
homes and is one of the chief means
of suiport of 111 my families In compiratlcely
humble lircunMjiiccs. That is also true of ihc
Ncv York Centra', dnldends. and it is esti
mated tint of the $2I,(kr),00) earned by the in-itn-tt
i.ils or the corporations tint arc commonly
known as truts fulb one halt go tn people of
mode rile rcsourees and are depended upon by
thcinseliis and tlulr families." It Is haielly
neti'ssarv to add tint these people will not be
attrictcd toward HrjaniMn.
F.x Senator I'dmunds is a resolute antl-ctpan-slonl-t
but he is opposed tn a third part and
will support McKlnley. He kajs: "1 am averse)
to another If. 'publican nomination, b cuuse It
would in effeit be helping Mr. Drjan. Ills
eleitlon would be erj unfortunate in alt re
spects The prent condition is such as I do
not like, but as it Is also whether Mr McKln
ley or Mr. nrjan will lie president, then, as
cwrv practlcallc wise and jint peison is com
pelled to dcteimine which of those two he will
support, if he seta up an independent tlc'ect,
being a Kepublican, he is half supporting Mr.
Rrjan and wholly opposing Jlr. McKlnley. Inas
much as It is a question of a preference between
the two, a cote direct is one that Is effective. If
I wanted to beat McKlnley I would oto for Mr.
Hrj in to make the attainment of the end doubly
cerlUn. If I wanted to preveht Mr. Drjan'i
election I would oto for Mr. McKlnley. Taking
the Republican party with the faults I am sorry
to say we hae fallen into, and the Democratic
party that is aluajs at fault, I choose the one
that has the hfc3 faults, inasmuch aa I must liav
one or the other."
So far as known, only three Democratic news
papers which exert any appreciable Influence, and
which lioltid llrjan in IS'Jfl, will support him
this jiar. The-se newspapers are the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, the Chicago Chronicle and tho
Louise Hie Courier-Journal. Of the Independent
newspapers the Springfield Republican alone Is
nil less emihatlc In its denunciation of llrjan
thin it was four ears ago. To otf,et these few
1I1 fni tons the Itepublleans gain the support of
tlie Louliillc Po-t, the ablest Democratic news
papi r in Kentucky, and probably of the Louis
clllc Ipatili also. In the far West the Ite
publicans hie gained tlie Salt Lake Cit Trib
une, the St. Paul tllobc and the Denier Times,
and certianly the good wishes if not tlie open
Mipport of tlie Denier lie-publican. Itr.ian will
Ie almost as ban en of ncw,paper support in
Niw I iigland as lie was in 1-1A Whit lie gains
In the middle Wnt is o placid as to do him no
good, while his mcupiper losses In the far
We-st lire in states where a few defections may
lie ritai to 111111. niiiaeiiipma press.
"So fir as heard from, not a single Democratic
busluehs man in lids tit who bolted Brian in
lMXl will uite fur him this ear," writes tho
I New York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger. "There may be a few anti iinperlulUta
Mini will swallow 10 to 1 as a bitter pill, in
onhr to eh feat McKlnley, but they are yet lo
declare their position. Among the more proml
111 nt Democrats who publicly announce their in
tention of otlnr tor McKlnley or for a third
party candidate are e-Maor Hewitt, ex-Secre-tar
l'alrehlld, Mexander K. Orr, 1: r.llere An
derson. Ilenrv lientz, President Home, of the
Colonial Trust company! ex-Comptroller Thio
dore W Mirs, ox-Uoiernor Iloadley, of Oho;
0-cai- Mrauss, ex-DItrlct Attnrnev De Lamey
Me oil, O. O. Williams, president of the Chcmt.
lal banks Vice-President Nelson, of the !-ca-board
bank, and P.irrett P. Wheeler. I met a
piomliicnt number of Tamilian Hall and ('pik
er's Democratic club today, and he said pihately
that he would have to lote against Ho an. There
are others."
Says the Washington Posts "The time, and
the only time, fer intelligent and hopeful oppo
sition lo expansion was when the expanding
treaty was bifore the senate. That was the
time when (iorman, Hoar, Hale and their fellow
iinil-expinsloiiista of both parties might have
bicn successful had the leader of the Demona
t'e paid given them his support or en 11 that
out of tlie fight Hut that was the time when
hu wtnt into tlu flijlit, and aided, with all his
eloquence, in accomplishing the un.altir.ible fact
of expansion." And now he Ij howling about it.
Nearly fourteen million votes were cast in the
campaign ot ISM, tnd these were divided as
follows!
McKlnley, Rcpulllcan ,. 7,101,779
Hi 1111, Democrat and Pcpulitt 6,002,923
Palmer, National Dimotrat 13.1,121
Levering, Prohibition 112,007
Matihett, Socialist Labor 3i),274
Ilentley, National Prohibition M.QM
Total 13,023,378
MiKinley's plurality over ltran was (KH.SH; his
majority was 2S6.72S. In the electoral college
UcKinlcy'a majority was VS.
IWIESTANTS ARE
SECURING POINTS
THE FIItST NEW BUBSCItlBER
DROUGHT IN SATURDAY.
Ono Young Man Bellovos It Pays to
Search for Yearly Subscribers.
Others Making Efforts to Induce
Their Friends to Tako The Tribune
for Throe Montho Now tho Best
Timo to Begin.
Beginning Saturday ovcnlng tho con
testants In The Tribune's Educational
Contest began to bring in new sub
scribers and have the points regis
tered In their behalf. Tho contestants
seem to realize the importance of so
curing subscribers for three months
or more, as the points count much
faster whan recorded three at a time.
One young man said he was striving
to secure the names of people who
are willing to tako Tho Tribune for a
SPECIAL REWARDS.
1. Scholarship In Wjomlng Seml-
""y O jears) Including; tui
tion and board $1,000
2. Scholarship In Kcstonc Acad
emy (3 jcars) Including tui
tion and board BQt
3. Sohmir fl-H Piano, including
stool and scarf (on exhibition
at .1. W. Guernsey's, .111
Washington avenue) 435
4 Course In Piano Instruction at
Se.ranton Conservatory of Mu
sic 5. Columbia Iiiccle, Chainlcss,
1900 model (on exhibition at
Conrad Brothers', 243 Wyo
ming avenue)
6 Scholarship in Scrantnn Ilusl
ness College, commercial cour-o
7. Scholarship in Scranton Busi
ness College, shorthand courser
8. Solid (iold Watch, lady's or gen
tleman's (on exhibition at Ku
gene Sclumpft's, 317 Lacka
wanna avenue)
9. Tcle-l'hoto Cjcle Poco B Cam
era, 1x5
73
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CO
CO
to
10. Lady's Solid Cold Watch, or
Gentleman's Solid Silver
Watch (on exhibition at Fit
gene Schlmprl'e, 317 Lacka
wanna avenue) 30
$2,139
Faeh contestant falling to secure one
of these special rewards will bo given
ten (10) per cent, of all the money he or
(he turns in.
f
year, paying $5, as he would thus se
cure twelve points for every name he
secures. However, It Is not wise to
overlook the short term subscriptions
It Is better to take a man for one
month than to pass him by.
Now Is the Time to Begin.
Thoso who enter the contest this
week will probably stand the best
chance of winning In the end. Pear
that they cannot secure tho first
special reward should not deter any
one from beginning; as It should be
remembered that thsre are ten re
wards, any ono of which twill amply
repay for the effort of two or three
month's. And even If the contestant
falls below tenth place, there Is still
the cash percentage.
There is not the slightest question of
the great possibilities that tho future
may have In store for tho successful
ones In this campaign of knowledge
seeking. There is no voting for the
most popular person In any walk of
life nnd no coupon scheme attached,
but n Just nnd generous reward of
merit for those who bestir themselves,
and tho ones who strive with tho
greatest ardor will reap the greatest
good. This Is as It Is and should be In
all departments of labor.
Educational Rewards.
Of the ten special rewards for the
ten highest competitors In this con
test, there Is not one In the selection of
which discrimination and judgment
has not been exercised. Tho aim has
been kept steadily In view to give re
wards that will be of lasting benefit.
Tho special rewards of an educational
RULES OF THE CONTEST
The special rewards will be giv-n to
tho persons securing the lsrgcst number
of points.
Tolnts vdll be credited to contestants
securing new soibacrlbcrs to the Ecianton
Tribune as follows!
Tolnts.
One Month's Subscription..? .50 1
Three Months' Subscription 1.23 3
Six Months' Subscription... 2.50 0
One Year's Subscription ... 5.00 12
The contestant with the highest nu-n-bcr
of points will be given a choice from
the list of special rewards; the contestant
with the second highest number ot
points will be given a choice of the re
maining rewards, and so on through the
list.
Lach contestant falling to secure a
special reward will be given 10 per cent,
of sll money he or she turns in.
All subscriptions must be paid In ad
vance. Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons already on our
subscription list will not he credited.
No transfers can be made after credit
has once been given.
All suliscrlptions, and tlie casli to pay
for same, must be banded in at The
Tribune office within the week 111 which
they are seemed, set that papers may bo
sent to the subscribers at once.
Sucrlptlons must be written on blanks,
which csn be secured at The Tilbune
office, or will be sent by null.
The contest will close promptly at 8
o'clock Saturday evening, September 29,
1W0.
0
nature, of which there are five, are ot
the very highest clas's, and the young
man or woman who Is successful in
earning any ono of these flvo educa
tional rewards will have Just cause for
elation at his success, for Independent
of tho feeling of victory worthily ln
dulqcd in by the flint of thoso who
compete in a contest so great and so
widely and favorably known as The
Scranton Tribune's Educational Con
test will be, tho substantial fruits of
victory will be well worth garnering.
The lesults of three months' earnest
effort will be lifelong, and any one of
the scholarship rewnids will confer
upon Its winner nn advantage ithnt
would possibly not otherwise be within
his reach. Of the other rewards, viz.,
the Sohtner Cabinet Grand Piano, the
Columbia Chainlcss Bicycle, the Tele
scopic Camera, the Gold Watch and
the Silver Watch, all have been select
ed from tho viewpoint of utility, and
the ones who rome'withln the first ten
and prefer an immediate bestowal of
their rewards will have a valuable list
to choose from.
All letters of Inquiry must be ad-
dressed to the "lldltor of tho Educa
tional Contort, Scranton Tribune,
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BOOK NEWS.
"Robert Tourna"; by William Sige. The
French revolution was so Immensely tlramatlc,
that It Is a perpetual temptation to dramatists
Hut none have told the story more beautlfullr
han Mr. Sago In bis "Robert Tournay." It is
full of movement, swift action and thrilling ad
venture. The author gives a careful picture of
the Paris of that era, with glimpses of the
earlier chapters of the titled and fashionable
society of the capital, Just as the revolution was
beginning to shake France. It Is unusually well
written and well north reading.
"Tlie Son of the Wolf's by Mr. Jack London.
A talc of the tar North that Is crisp with the
atmosphere of Alaska. The work contains nine
ttorlcs, all from a new realm In tho world of
fiction; and they possess such grasp ot unfamil
iar facts and novel situations, tucn apprecia
tions of diverse characters, and such positive
literary skill as to make the book most note
worthy. Mr. London's present worlds dramatic,
terse, direct. His people are human. His
stjle Is fascinating.
"The Queen's Cardcn": by Mrs. M. E. M.
Davis. A simple little story, redolent ot mag
nolia blossoms and suggestive ol the chlvaliy
and romance of a past generation. The scene
Is mostly laid In an old walled garden In the
French quarter of New Orleans. The heroine is
a fascinating little maid ot Creole descent. Tlie
situations have a tragic flavor, but arc light
ened by a love story that is the very poetry
01 romance.
"Knights in Fustian"; by Mis Caroline Brown.
A story of the Civil war with 6eene laid in
and around Indiana. Considered merely as a
romance, it is a book quite out of the common,
and a distinct addition to the fiction of tho day.
It Is cleverly and Interestingly told, and lends
new lustre to a rather dim tpot in American
history,
"The Burden of Christopher"; by Miss Flor
cnee" (onveiie A most interesting stor, pain
fully true to life and Its conditions. The story
of a man who wished to reform the world, be
ginning in his own workshops, of a wife who
was In perfect s.impathy with her husband's
projects. Terse, strong nnd forceful, prettll
told and destined to have a big sale.
"A Danvis Pioneer"; b Rowland Ii Robin
son. A story that is thoroughly saturated with
Vermont lore and history. An admirable his
torical romance, interesting to tlie boy tor its
fighting and hunting, to the jouth for the series
of wntimcntal experiences which fall to its
hero's share, and to the grabeard for the posl
the illumination it throws upon the settling of
Vermont and tho battles there during the war
of the Revolution One Is sure to like this
work, because it emphasizes tlie faithfulness of
Mr. Robinson's delineations of New Knghnd
character. W. II. C.
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NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Over 1,000 bouses in London are tcnantless
because they are supposed to be haunted.
A deficit of !9,00U,000 in revenue below ex
penditure Is estimated for Iluslan Government
finances this ear.
A bushel of wheat, as an equivalent amount
of flour, can be shipped from Minneapolis to al
most any point in Western Furope for about 20
cents.
Russian military authorities having lately ap
pointed three women doctors as junior medical
officers in the Russian army, the Caar's arm
becomes the only one in Hurope that can boast
of feminine medical olhceis.
A central station for the production of acety
lene gas is being trsted nt T.ita-Tovaros, Hun
gary, a city of 12,000 inhabitants. Five miles
of pipe covers tlie city and lurnisbcs gas to 153
street lights and 250 burners in houses.
THE PLUMBER'S DltEAJn.
The plumber dreamed, and to him It seemed
tint a future great was his For he thought
that he was in gay Paree, where he made
coin with a whirr.
He snored full deep In his happy sleep, and he
6lumbcrcd fair and well; for his pleasant
trance was that there in France he was
running a hotel.
It vra3 full of guests, and all their requests were
the sort that cost them dear. And he sighed:
"Kind rates! Exposition rates are the rates
that give me cheer."
He charged them all in figures tall, for their
food and room and light, and he made them
pay for the sun by diy and the twinkling
stars at night.
Their bills were long and the rates were strong,
from champagne down to beer; his dcam
was sweet, and he'd oft repeat: "Ten francs
for the atmosphere."
Every breeze that blew he would charge for,
tco, and then, when the air was still, he
would murmur: "Thanks one calm, two
francs," and he'd add it to the bill."
In the dream he rolled on yellow gold and bank
notes heaping high, and said to himself, as
he viewed the pell: "What a lucky dog
am I."
But a shudder passed o'er Ids frame at last, for
a man came stalklrg in, and his voice was
gruff and hU manner rough, and he wore a
wicked grin.
And by his side a man flcrce-eed, and another
with the two, and the trio said, aa he
bowed his head: "You the landlord! How
dy dot
Then spike the first, in a voice nccursed: "I
have here our bill for coil." And the sec
ond said: "Hy my grisly headl I'm the
leeman, for tn toll,'
'Twas then the third by him was heard, and he
shivered with a chill: "Yon may keep our
health, but I'll take your wealth, for I have
our plumbing bill!"
Then the plumber woke, and aloud he spoke; "I
am glad that such elreains come For it
teaches me, If I'd w call by be, I should stay
at home and plumb "
Joh Ink in Baltimore American.
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Particular Interest centers around
our ISO Thrco-riece Bedroom Suites.
And It Is not dtfllcult to decide why.
There is something about each piece
which catches the eye and Invites n
better acquaintance. Then constuic
tlon and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
Is that these are better In evjry way
than unyihlnjj ever offered at tho p.-ice.
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Established iB8eS.
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
To tlie
PtuMtc
The recent fire having de
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penu avenue,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
UrAll repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
MERCEREAHJ MCDMELt
The Hunt &
Coooell Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackawanna Arame
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
bencnu Agent for tu Wyoming
District I.-
iilnlng, Blasting, Sporting, SmoitalMI
tuid U10 Kepauuo (Juemlaa.
Company's
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tafety Fuse, Caps mid Exploders,
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An Oregon farmer, living in Tidewater, has for a long time
endured a most exasperating state of things. " For three or four
years," lie says, " I have been much troubled with sick headache
and have tried almost every kind of pill and medicine, including
hot water cure. I saw an advertisement of Ripans Tabules and
knowing their ingredients, thought I would try them. I must
say they acted immediately and relieved my head at once. I am
forty years of age, and when the attacks came on every few days
in the summer I had to stop work, but the Tabules would
stop the pain in about twenty minutes. I have advised others
to take them."
X new itjlo packet containing Tan Birlks tabules in a paper carton (without situs) U now for sJ at soa
tinier fciures fun rira ckitj Tuu low -pricc-4 tort U tuteiidrd for iha puor aotl tho ooneinki, Onaeioaesi
of iCo flvo-eeat carious ei-w t-Ujule.) can U) taet l7 nall hj gendliur fortr-riifebt cents to ties leu ues Oeuuuexia.
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INLEY'S
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July Sale
of Ladies'
Ftae Mmislta
Underwear
Opens Today
And for one week we will
give you special inducements
for laying in a supply at
much less than the season's
prices.
Our lines being bought
with the greatest care, aud
always with the interests of
our customers as a first con
sideration, you can therefore
depend on picking from what
is left of our early selections,
at greatly reduced prices, the
only difference being that all
sizes are not now included ia
the assortment.
Exceptional values in Fine
Iace Trimmed Skirts and
Night Gowns. The lust call
on colored Shirt Waists at
prices to close them out quick,
510-512
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CALLING CAEBS.
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above? If so we invite
you to call and see what
we have in the latest and
newest styles of Engrav
ings. We have several
new sizes to select from.
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General Stationers and En
gravers, Scranton Pa.
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