ywpwyftwwwwpwpwi "I J ' p w ' " ' wuppi "'"" ' 'ap'AHf i ',mi ' mmmmmm m ' mm V'ywHpiiiww'W d THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900. t- t - - -v twit. jrm-"?- .itmiffiifrrrri UK' " W " r-T' " """W 8c Scranton Crifiune Published fully, V.pt Sunday, by Th i Trib une Publishing Cmnpary. at Flit Cents a Month. MVY S. HICHAM1, tlilllor O. T. nYM'.IIK. Dullness Manager. Kew York Office: ISO Nasau St. s. s. vnr.iXAsn, Sole Agent for foiclgn Advertising. Entered at the rotc.fflcp t Pcranton, Pa., as Second-Class Mtll .Ucr. - . . -if- - - Wlcn spice will permit, Tho Tribune Is always glad to print short letters from Its friends bear ing on curirnt tcplcs, but its rule Is that these must ho signed, tor publication, by the writer o leal name' and the condition precedent to ac ceptance l that all contributions shall be subject to editorial icvlslon. SCIUNTON, AUQUST 15, 1500, REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. Prcsldent-WlU.l U McKISMlY. V!cc-rrifident-llli:01)01ll, ROOSITi f.tVT. State. Concrrs'men al-Irfr fJM.VHA A. OltOW, now in ii. Kci:iii)i:HHt. , Auditor Gcncral-K. II. IIAHDEMIKUail. County. ConsreM-WIM.t M CONNTM.. .ludire-r.rotKJr. M W.USO.W St.crllT IL'IIN II. 1 lll.l.OWS. Tntitirer .1. A. SCItWTON. ..,,, Di-trlrt Attorni-v-WlM.IAM It I.KWIS. l'rr,theiiotnn-.U)HN COI'I'.I.AMl. n rinl. ot IrmrU-illOMV! V IIAMI'.t.S. llecnrder ot Deeds l'.MIli HOW. Itrglsttr of Wills-W. K. lllXK. Jury Commlsiloiicr-KIWAlll) H. STUflGI.S. -legislature. First Dilrlrl THOMAS .T. lir.YNOI.nS. Scond Dlstrlrt-IOIIS PCIII'.ItKH, .III. Third District r.lJVAM JAMCS, JIT. Fourth District-!'. A. I'HH.IIIV. Cheerful news comes from the Twenty-seventh Senatorial district, where the fuslonlsts under the lead of ex-Congressman Wolverton are put tins up a desperate fight to defeat Benjamin K. Focht, the regular Re publican nominee for state senator. The news Is to the effect that Mr. Focht Is more than holding his own nnd that the prospect of his election by a majority In excess of the 4,023 scored by Senator Hummel In 189G Is brightening dally. We consider this news reliable. The Local Democracy. CONSIDERABLE interest was manifested In yesterday's convention by Democratic politicians of the kind who are looking for ofllco personally or In the behalf of friends. "With them it was largely a matter of business. They would go to a party convention and J show actively whether they had any ) particular Interest in the national Is sues of the campaign or not; they would do this to keep their records clear and to prevent themselves from dropping out of the party's recollec tion. This is true of the professional politician element of all the parties, nnd, therefore. In order to get at the genuine sentiment of the representa tive people we muRt go beyond the politician element. Where In yesterday's gathering or In any of the incidents ot Its some what restless dellbciatlona Is there proof that the average people are ral lying earnestly around Hryanlsm or that they are oven mildly stirred by the now Issues which the gentleman from Xebtaska and his local deputies are trying to paramount this fall? If tho vote of four years ago is to bo overcome, it will require what tho politicians call a "ground swell" to do It; nnd where were the premonitions yesterday of a ground swell In Lacka wanna county? Tho ticket was wholly a creation of the party managers; "bosses," they would be called In tho Kepubllcan party. A number of excel lent gentlemen are Included upon It, but It was in no sense a creation of assertive public sentiment. The powers that bo put the names on or could have pulled them off and put others on with equal facility. To nil appear ances tho people in general did not take even a languid Interestin the matter. Their indifference is signifi cant. It may bo that ns the campaign pro gresses this lack of Interest will dis appear. But If the Republicans of our county shall keep toward the enemy a united front, the ticket named yester day will be defeated overwhelmingly, In spite of anything that Its supporters may do. There seems to be a general opinion that Count Waldersee Is soon to have troubles of his own. The Real Chinaman. IT IS ALMOST an Impossibility for the American mind to compre hend tho vast differences exist ing between not only the modes of living but also the processes of thoughts In a race like our own nnd the Chinese. In ordinary affairs of life wo nre able to figure out to somo degree of accuracy the motives which actuate tho pcoplo who surround us. Gjvcn certain conditions we nro roistinably suro ns to tho results which will be brought about whether oyr hand or another's may be tho one ln control. It Is only In tho excep tional cases that wo feel nt a loss to acYount for strange deeds beyond tln explanation of emotional Insanity. But not so with tho Oriental mind. It bailies us nt every turn. How are wo to, predict what a man will do whose mfntal loperntlons are the reverse of our own, whose code of morality Is of an cntltely different character nnd whoso actuating motives are nearly always Incomprehensible? 'The Chinese as a whole have no conception of truth. Their method aff. universally characterized by pro cesses as oblique as the location of their eyes. They may not desire to accede to your request for some ser vice but you may bo lather certain that the excuses given will embrace every contingency but the conect one. Ynu may tell a Chinaman that ho lies arTtf hils not nt all disturbed at the accusation which would Immediately impel a foreigner to knock you down. tJjo truth, the whole truth nnd noth ing but the truth Is the hardest thing In the world to get from the China man. You are never sure you have been given the right Information about anything. The lack of sincerity is the most prominent national trait. Tho Chinese Is a perpetual; axample of the man who when chlded for breaking hja promise declared ethat It did not matter In thft least as ho could Jnalte anothcr Juit av Knot), He Is Insincere from Infancy because Insincerity Is his Jlrst lesson. It Is asserted by thoso who have had long experience In China that there Is literally no honesty to bo found In tho country. And this may be partially bellevi'd when n caie ful study Is made of the Inherent char acteristics of tho people. They nro ns systematically Inaccurate In wordi nnd deeds ns the American or English business man Is zealous of hli honor In commercial pursuits. You may nslc n Chinese the dlstnncu to a certain town and receive tho piompt icply that it Is ninety miles. Afterward you find It Is forty-five and he will ex cuse his statement by saying that hi! mennt "them nnd back again." lie will tell you any number of benutlful fictions rather than say anything dis agreeable, and his method of bt cak ing bad news Is to assure you that something entirely tho opposite pre-' alls. Tho Chinaman regards a foreigner with contempt for countless reasons. The latter misunderstands the Inn gunge, which Is not wonderful when It Is the chief aim nnd purpose of tho native to mislead. The foielgner has small regard for fotm and ceremony and Ptlll less for the cumbrous cir cumlocution necessary to Oriental etiquette. Tho foreign dress Is ridicu lous according lo tho Chinese stand ard and tho relations between tho sexes are regarded as another proof of foreign inferiority. The Inability of foreigners to eat Chinese food, to bear without screaming tho nerve racking noises, to sleep In foul nlr, to do tho many things ensy for a native, Is an additional Indication of a low grade of Intelligence, for tho Chinese It conceited to an abnormal degree and the generations of train ing in certain modes of thought nnd life render him inllexlble in his con sciousness of superior Intelligence. Thus, to some degree, the conflicting statements regnrdlng the situation In China may bo nrcounted for, since It would be Impossible to get at the true basis of things from a Chinese source. Not In this centuiy will tho Occidental mind bo trained In the ways that are dark and tho tricks that are vnin sufllclently to cope with the Chi nese talent for Insincerity and misdirection. Tho decision of the empress dowager of China to place hot- capital upon wheels Is one of the beginnings of the end. ic Future of Canada. IS THE silent belief of a groat majority of well-Informed Amer icans that destiny sooner or I later will cause Canada to link her fortunes with tho Vnllod States. This belief rests on hope Instead of evidence. It Is born of tho Idea that sometime, In tho course of human events, the good common sense of the people of tho dominion will impel them to piefcr identification with tho grow ing wing of the English-speaking race, which It next door, to an anomalous connection with a political power 3)0) miles ovcrsen, a power believed by many to have reached the zenith of Its greatness nnd to be verging rapid ly toward its decline. Tho probabilities in this direction are considered in an instructive paper contributed to the current Forum by John Charlton, member of tho Anglo American Joint High Commission. Noticing first tho voluntary presence of Canadian tioops In South Africa, fighting fehouldor to shoulder with the English regulars In the cause of thj empire, which ho claims marks nn epoch In British history and forecasts a sentimental tightening of the band3 of empire, he treats next of tho part which material lnteiests play In cementing tho existing relationship, notably the fact that tireat Biltaln Is almost the exclusive matket for Can ada's food products and purchases two-thirds ot her total exports. Canada In area Is only live per cent, less than tho whole ot Europe; Its arable land fit for ceieal production exceeds a million square mllcr; it Is capable of sustaining, from the pro ductions of Its own soil, a population one-third larger than that of tho Unit ed States at the present time. In mineral, forest and fisheiles wealth It Is an empire by Itself; Its climate tends to engender virility and self-reliance among its pople nnd every natural condition Is favorable to wonderful de velopment In population, productive Industry nnd foreign trade. Yet slnco 1SC6 the markets of tho United States, by reason of high tariff irqulrements and tho failure of effort3 to effect reciprocity, have been practically closed to the staple articles of Cana dian production and tho people of tho dominion have been compelled to look to Great Britain as an outlet for their surplus products. Th result ot tho disinclination of the United States to enter Into commercial union with Canada, as advocated by many of our ablest public men, Is thus brleily sketched by Mr. Charlton: "If' the object of this line of policy was to convlnco Canada that tho great advantage of secui Ing access to the American markets could only bo at talned by entering Into tho American Union, nnd to forco a movement In that direction, Its effect was the di rect reverse of the Intention of those who put the rollcy in operation. Tho result was that a feeling of animosity was engendered. With a free list to tho United States nine times oh great as that furnished by the Unit edStates to Canada: with duties levied by the United States double In amount of percentage the duties Im posed by Canada; and with practi cally prohibitory duties against tho dominion's farm products, there Is lit tle reason for nurprlse that Canada has been gradually drifting away In sympathy and in sentiment from her great neighbor, a result which tho neighbor has taken every pains to ren der Inevitable. Being piactlcally de barred from tho American market, Canada, of course, has been obliged to find markets elsewhere, and has been enabled to do so beyond her most sanguine expectations. England last year took 62 per cent, of her total ex ports, and her exports of farm pro ducts to that country was ten times grentcr than to tho United States. The effect of this Immense develop- ment of English trade hns been nat- 1 unilly to bind Canada more closely to Great Britain In sentiment and sym pathy." An additional lnccntlvo to closer bonds between colony nnd crown Is supplied by England's generous treat ment of Canada. Ah Mr. Charlton ex plains, while the British government has the power of veto upon Canadian legislation, the power remains a dead letter, not having been made use ot even when Canadian legislation was detrimental to British Inteiest. Can ada's freedom of notion has never been abthlged, nnd she has nlwnys enjoyed the protection of Britain's army and navy nnd the services of her diplo matic and consular system free of cost. Tho result has been a rapid growth of attachment to tho empire and Mr. Charlton plainly intimates that ho sees no signs whatever point ing in the direction of closer political affiliations between tho dominion and, the United States. Nor are any such signs visible from the American sldo of the border. What destiny mny do In the remote future need not here ba speculated upon. m After Sept. 1 various gentlemen of the prize ring, who now appear at will In New York, will be obliged to tak to barns or wooded pastures or leave tho state when giving exhibitions In the manly art, without the consent of the governed. Knowing It all. Mi BRYAN'S plan for the solution of the Philippines problem is specific; Mr. Mc Klnley's general anil unfortunately vague. Tho one tells what ho pro poses to do, the other states a theory." Thus salth the Chicago Record. Mr. McKlnley is specific enough on the main point. "There must," he says, "be no scuttle policy." The de tails of government are for congress to work out when pacification permits. If Mr. McKlnley were an emperor knowing It all or a dictator, like Mr. Bryan townrd tho Kansas City con vention, he could doubtless proclaim In advance thu exact stops required to be taken In tho Philippines throughout the next fifty years and try to bend congress and country to his will. That, however, would be Imperialism and ho Is not an Imperi alist. Mr. Bryan's cocksurcness comes from inexperience. It is like the mili tary ability of the curbstone critic who knows offhand Just whero all the fighting genernls are making great mistakes. Anybody can run a war, a newspaper or a government in his mind. It it wasn't for the expense we should almost like to see Brother Bryan try his 'prentice hand at bolv Ing the Philippine puzzle Just to teach him and his adorers not to be so all ured cocksure. . Prisoners In the Blnghamton Jail have sent a communication to tho health officer of the city complaining of the accommodations of the city inison. While officials contend that everything there Is In good order, the Blnghamton jail, like any other Jail, Is a good place to be avoided by those seeking all the comforts of home. NOTES ON POLITICS. Tho KlMurt Truth, owned by former Con enssman ('. 0. Conn, has repudiated the Kan sas City platform. Mr. Conn nays In a signed editorial tint he is unalterably opposed to a llnanchi policy that ha already coiit this coun try nearly secn jears of Industrial stagnation. Ilo bellecs it to be the duty of every one In tere.ted In the welfare of the masses to lend oil the Influence he can command to its defeat and annihilation. It is not a question, fays Mr. Conn, of IVmccraey or party salvation. The cs Jl is too deep rooted for that. "It is a ques tion of protecting wage-earners from a loss of cmplojmcnt, of preentlng a monetary crisis tint would swallow up and destroy half the business Intel esta of the country, of perpetuating and extending our present era of prosperity." Mr. Conn cites as evidence of the prosperous con ditions that In 1500 he emplojed 1S1 men with a monthly psy roll of $7,250. He now emplojs 271 men with a monthly pay roll of fit, iW. He has abandoned a trip around the world to cham pion the tin lion of McKlnley. He ajs the monev question Is the issue. In lMt, when the Wilson low-tariff Iiw was In operation, the number of employes in 200 certain establl.lnnents was at Its lowest W.483. In li97, after President McKlnley had been inaugurated, tho protectee tariff had been restored, and it was certain that for four years at least there could be no debasement of the currency, the number of employes in thoc same 200 establish ments was 109,001. In 1S0S the number of em plocs in the same establishments was 131,42s. In lsOT it had Increased to 174,015. The total Increase was 81,162. In ISO! the total amount of wanes paid in those 200 establishments was ?40,P03,Sl0. In 1697 it was $54,412,771. In 1893 MANUFACTURING PROGRESS. The declopment o' the manufacturing India tries of the I'nltid States during the ast de cade, and cpechlly during the second half of the ileisil, Is illustrated by the- completed figures of the Ticasury Bureau ot Statistics, showing the Imroils of manufacturers' materials and exports o! finished manufactures in the (Il eal jears 1890, U'JJ and 1900. From 1600 to Ibis, Importations of mauufactuers' materials in creased $9,017,231, and ficm 189J to 1900, the) Increased $114,781,103. From 1S90 to 1893, the cvpoits of it atiuMcturrs Increased .12,493,8r,7; from 1S93 to 1900, tl ey increased $;4MS,6.;J. Manufacturers' materials formed in 1890 2100 per cent, ot the total Imports, in U05, 2S.04 per cent , and In 1900, 3V57 per cent.-, finished manufactures formed in 1990 17 87 per cent, of the exports. In 1SJJ, 2.1.14 per cent., and in 1000, 31.51 per cent. Articles exported from the United States. Iron and steel and mfrs of Oils, mineral, refined Copper manufactures Leathers, and mlrs of Cotton manufactures Agricultural Implements Chemicals, drugs, Ac Wood manufactures I'arallln and paraffin wax Fertilisers Scientific Instruments Paper and mfrs of Tobacco manufactures Fibers, egetable, mfrs of Cycles Hooks, maps and engravings Carriages and horse cars March Cars for steam railways India rubber and gutta pcrcha mfrs S-plrlts, distilled Vegetable nils (except cotton and Unseed) Malt liquors Clocks and watches Musical instruments Class and glassware I'alnts and colors Gunpowder and other exploilvcs,,, llran manufactures Soaps Maible and stone manufactures,.. Zlno. numr.faciturei Sugar, refined (excluding candy),. Wool manufacture It was (02,217,010. In 1599 It u 78,S.15,(W9. The total Increase up to tho fourth year of President McKlnlcy'a administration was f3S,031, 20J. In the light ot these facts, labor will hardly be 10 foolish as to take chancel on Drjan. "Tin National Conventions and rialformi of all Political Parties, 1759 to 1000," by Thomas Hudson McKee (The KrleJenwald company, Dal Umorc), presents in comtnlcntly arranged form much Information that will be particularly use ful this jear. It gives the names of the candl dates put in nomination at emy presidential election, the votes by which they were nomi nated and those reeehed In the electoral col lege, the popular ote from the time It was first recorded, and after the convention system and party platforms arose the party declara tions are len In lull. Moreover the political dhltlon of each congress Is recorded and there are portraits ot all the presidents. It Ii estimated that one-fourth ot tho votes to be polled in November will bo first votes; the. votes of men recently como ot age. The poltl clans look for 4,000,000 such votes and the party which captures the majority ot It will win. Do you suppose that the young men of tho United States wilt faor a scuttle, flag-furling, take-aback scat policy? II so, you had better sus again. Rir nrvsn his ma, lit to 1 and imperialism the paramount Issues twenty-nine Minnesota Democratic newspapers hae deserted the Dem ocratic ticket and declared for McKlnley. Since the last presidential campaign the Republicans of Minnesota have gained Blty-four newspapers. The Democrats seem to hae desisted from their contemplated fierce personal attacks upon Colonel Rooscult. They arc learning prudence. THE HOtTSE RESPONSIBLE. From the Philadelphia Tress. I' cct gross should yet be called In extra ses sion, at incomenlcncc to the members and ci pcro to the tatlon, the house lll Ik princi pally to blame. There are not troops enough at the dlroal of the president to meet tha present emergency. Under ealstlng laws the army, before July 1 nest, must bo reduced to about 20,000 men. All tho extra men must be bionelit home before that time and discharged, and to accomplish thit work with the trans portation facilities at the disposal of the war depirtmcnt It must be begun this autumn. Tties facts were impressed on congress by the presi dent and the secretary of war. The United Stats cannot get alonff with an army of only 28,000 men. There are not men enough In the artillery to take care of the costly guns on our ceacoast defenses. Moreover, cverjbody admits that the army needs to be toorganlzcd, particu larly In Its stall, and brought up to modern rj. qulrementa. Legislation for the benefit of the militia forces of the slates so that in cise cf emergency they can quickly Join with the regit lar forces is alo birtly needed. All of this was recommended bv the proper authorities and sup ported bv public opinion. The senate passed a bill which, while not rimldirg all that was needed, would hae perhaps lerted for the present emergency. Put the house neer took the bill up for consideration. Nothing done in the house on the subject, although under its rules a bill could ecslly hate been passed. o Hence it eorres aliout that while American cltltens are being massacred in China and their property destrojed the president is unable to send a sufficient number of troops to rescue them or to defend our flajr. If foreign nations do nearly all of the work of pacification in China we may escape the necessity oi an extra mssiuh. Hut it looks now as though one would be nee- esary became of the failure of congress to pass the army re-organisatlon bill, with Its provision for an lncrcae of about 0,000 men In the artil lery corps. This lack of artillery I the great lack now in China. No other nation has as much interest in preserving the Integrity of the Chinese empire as has the United States We do not want any territory there, but we mut Imo the open door. The other nations are will, lug to accept territory. If they do neatly all of the work of punishment and pacification thev iray take piy in territory, and if the United States takes such a small part our ole In the final settlement would be weak. Tins, by the failure to do our part In suppn-Mliu l"r. barlstr. In China we may, as a result of our own neglect, close the door against in, though It Is of tho utmost importance to our lnlciet to keep It oren. The fslltire of the house to comlder the Pacific cable bill pawed by the senate was .mother act el folly. The war department ilonc has been pacing cable tolls tor messages to and from the Philippines at (he rate of T3M.0O) a year. The tolls of the state, war and naiy depart inert from China promise to be as much more, nuklt s a total of oi er (500,000 a year. After careful imcstlgatlon and with a good deal of experience In such matters, tho United States Un.il office reported that a cable could be laid from S-nn Francisco to the Philippines for 3,50U,OM, btoh was confirmed by nn estimate of the Iiiltlsh gcnernmcnt. The intercut on tint sum at t' e rati the United Mates can bor.-ow money, trourh we haie no need to borriv, would be 1-170,000 a j ear, as eompirrd with the $500,1'iC or more we are paying for tolls, to s.iy nothing if commeiclal business, nut the Home did not tot tider the bill, though it had ample thus to do so. The political cowardice of the hoii'e leadeis responsible for that nrgl: t is not to their credit, and ceitalnly was not to the advan tage of the nation. The president was wiso In Ills recommendations, as the events of today prove. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. The Hartford Street Railway company has vcluntarily grrnted 3-cent fare to children go ing to and from school. About 70C Islanders nre cominy this spring to take up farming in British America In the relglborbood of the Doukhobor settlements. At their entry into Illotmfontein the Welsh regiment was headed by tho regimenal goat, which seems to hae thriven on tho hard fare nrceas'lsted by the campaign. There were 600,(XiO,000 fowls In the United States last year, and the number of eggs laid was estimated at about 1,450,000,000 dozen, or 17,400,000,000 eggs. The iuo ot these fowls and their produ. t If set down at $120,000,000. The table which follows presents the figures for each of the periods named: Manufacturers mater- Manufactures ex' ials impoited. Per cent, ot Fiscal total scar. Dollars, imports. 1890 ...179,135,512 21.01 1893 ...1S7.1S2.741 25.64 1100 ...302,261,100 35.57 ported. Per cent, of totil Dollars, exports 151,102,370 17 81 183,195,713 23.14 43-2,284,300 31.54 Note. In the aboe statement the term manu tacturers' materials includes only the articles classified as "articles In a crude condition which enter into the various processes of do mestic Industry." The following table shows the exportation of principal manufactuies arranged in the order of magnitude In the fiscal ear 1900, including all whose value in that year exceeded ?l,0O3,00i), and-compares the experts of 1000 with those of 1695 and 1890: 1500. (25,542,203 44,053,851 2,349,392 12,438,847 0,999,277 3,859,181 5,424,279 0,509,045 2,108,709 1,018,031 1,129,785 1S95. t,12,000,9S0 11,498,372 14,468,703 .15,611,107 13,769,810 5,113,075 8,189,142 0,219,807 3,569,614 6,741,262 1,012,717 2,183,257 3,053,185 1,722,559 not ststed 2,316,217 1,511,336 360,800 808,373 1,503,142 2,901,680 491,136 658,770 1,204,003 1,115,-27 vie.xu 729,700 1.IT7.2SI 784,040 1,092,120 B85.179 2.17.M5 1,119,178 070,220 1900. $121,858,341 tV,240.949 67,651,707 27,288,803 23,890,001 16,001,680 13,190,038 11,230,978 8,002,721 7,218,221 6,131,301 0,215,559 6,009,610 1,419,283 3.551,025 2.941,915 2,609,781 2,004,302 2,554,907 2,364,151 2,278,111 2,162,759 2,187,527 1.974,202 1.953,707 1.HU.201 l,002.0.'i l,8,71l 1,600,727 1,773,121 1.677,111 1,008,202 1,569,317 1,253,602 1,220,CSO 3,876,015 2.091,807 not slated 1, 80,094 2,056,080 378,115 2,689,693 1,090,307 1.633,110 326,227 651,108 1,095,130 1,105,131 882.677 678.103 EA8.72S 407,313 1,10?.01T 729,111 150,150 2.080,002 137,47V ' Jlercereaim & Comnell JEWELERS Temporarily at 139 PENN AVE CONTINUED 1U 1U1L Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc Not toimart Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. ALTVATS BUST. August sale summer shoes arc going. $3 00 Ttussets, $3.50; $1.00 Russets, $2.60. Wholesale and Itetall. Lewis (&Reilly Established 1888. 1 14- 316 Wyoming Ave. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oeuerul Agent for tus Wyoiulaj District j.- wraiT allulng, BlnstlnjE, Sporting Uuiolta.osi ud 1110 Ilepauno Caoiiiux Co upnuy't HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tulety hu.se. Cups nnd KxutoJsn Itooiu 401 Coniisll Uull'iloj. ticranXao. AUKNCUtiii THOS. FOrtD, - - fltlston. JOHN D. SMITH Si SON, Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. Wllkes-Bprre. HI SA POWDERo A lady from Kansas City writes: "I was ill with dyspepsia and indigestion for about seven years without permanent relief until I finally tried Ripans Tabules After using a box of them I can eat any thing without any unpleasant effect, am gaining strength and think I am permanently cured. I think" it my duty to give this testimony, hoping that some one suffering from the same cause may be benefited by using them." S OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ExtraOTdtaiary Contest Scraitoa Tribune ments for Earnest Efforts on tk Part of Active Young Persons The Tribune alms to largely increase its circulation during the next few months. It is the best and cleanest paper published In Northeastern Pennsylvania, and if it once finds its way into a family its merits will enable It to remain permanently. In order to introduce it we seek the co-operation of ambitious, intelligent young men and women, and to gain their help have put Into exe cution a plan that will interest every one. We are going to give scholarships and other special re wards to the ten persons who will be most successful and attain the highest number of points in our Educational Contest. By schol arships we mean a full course of study, paying the tuition charges in each, and in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The Tiibune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship, covering four and three years respectively. In addition to the ten special rewards, and In order to com pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success ful in obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to every one who succeeds In obtaining subscribers under the terms of this contest ten (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip tions thev may succeed in winning for it All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of the Educational Contest, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa." The Tribune will be pleased to answer any inquiries for additional in formation and urges those interested to write if in doubt on any point. SPECIAL REWARDS. 1. Scholarship in Wjouilni? Scmi nary (1 years) including tui tion and board (1,000 2. Echolarbhlp in Kej stone Acad emy (1 years) including tui tion and toard 501 3. Sol.mer B-D Piano, ineljdlna; stool and srart (on exhibition at J. V. (Juernsey's, 311 Washington atomic) 135 1. Course In l'lano Iistructlnn at beranton Conservatory ol Mu sic 75 5. Columbia Dleycle, Oulnlesn, I'iOO model (on eihllutlon at Conrad Brothers', 213 Wyo ming avenue) 75 6. Scholarship In Seranton llusines College, commercial course... 00 7. Scholarship in Scranton Dullness College, shorthand course .. CO 8. Solid ilold Watch, lad.t's or gen V tleman's (oi, exhibition at Ku gene SchlniplT's, 1.17 Lacka wanna aenue) 0. Tele-l'hoto (?5cle Poeo II. Cam era, 15 (on exhibition at tlio Orifim Art company, 209 Wyoming avenue) 10. Lady's Solid Cold Watch, or 50 10 Oi ntleman s Solid Siller Watcli (on exhibition nt Du ett no Schlmpfl'a, 317 Lacka Manna avenue) 30 $2,430 Kach contestant failing to secure one ot these tpn ial rewards will be given ten (10) pe r cent, of all tho money he or she turns in. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 66Doe9t 99 wear If you haven't tho proper ofllco sup piles. Come In and give us a trial. We have the largest and most com plete line of ofllco supplies In North eastern Pennsylvania. If It's a good thing, wo have It. Wo make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. fcCO BUSS I ?"s. ouft OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Offers Unusual RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewards will be given to the persons securing the largest number ot points. 1'oinU will be credited to contestants securing new subscribers to the Scranton Tribune as follows: Points. One Months' Subscription...! .50 1 Three Months' Subscription.. 1.25 3 Sl Months' Subscription.... 2.50 6 One Year's Subscription .... 5.00 12 Tho contestant with tho highest num ber of points will be given a choice from the list of special rewards; the contestant with the second highest number of points will be given a choice ot the re maining rewards, and so on through the list. i:aeh contestant falling lo secure & special reward will be given 10 rer cent, of all money he or (he turns In. All subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. Only new subscribers will bo counted. llenewals by persons already on our subscription list will not be credited. No transfers can be made after credit has onee lteen given. All subscriptions, and the cash to pay for same, must be handed In at The Tribune olllee within the week In which they are secured, so that papers may be sent to the subscribers at once. Subscript om must be wrlttrn on blanks, which can be secured at Tho Tribune ofhte ,or will be sent by mail. The contest will close promptly at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, September 29, 1000. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO m INLEY For late summer or early Autumn wear, we are showing a very complete line of New Plaid and Stripe Back Suitings suit able for Rainy Day, Golf, or Bicycle Skirts, including the popular Greys, Tans, Blues and Blacks, New line of cheviots, both plain and hairline, in Ox ford, Light Grey, Blue Brown, etc. Also Cream Cheviot, just opened, very much in demand for sea side and mountain wear. What we have left in Foulards, Wash Silks and Fine French Challies are being closed out at less than cost price; and there is still a fairly good assort ment to pick from, 510-512 ,i i N.,
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