'4:2 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1900. - P.lt,K.I,,l tlfilU F.r.nl Snndir. llV The- Trib une Publishing Company, nt Kilty Outs a Montli. L1VV S. IWIIAIII', IMIUr O. K. IIYXIILK, JHvlness Jlanager. Jvciv York Ofllce- 150 Nassau Ht. b. S. VHKF.UND, Sole Agent for 1'orclgn Advertising. Kntcrrd at tlic postofflee nt Scranton, Second Class MeiOltter. ra.t as Vtlen spire wilt permit, "fill Tribune Is always triad to print short letters from Its friends bear ing on uirirnt teplcs, lint Its rule Is that these must lis signed, for pnbllratlon, by the writers leal name and the condition precedent to nt rertir.ee is that all contributions thill be subject to editorial relsion. SC1UNTON, AUGUST 17, 1300. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. I'resldcnt-Wll.t I M McKlNLIlY. V'ec-l'reeldcnt-TIIKODtUlK HOOSr.Vr.LT. State. Comrrimenat-fsrgi GU.UFUA A. GltOW, itojti in 11 niiiuiiFiint. Auditor General--:. U. lIAKUENDEltOII. County. Coiuress WfM.I l COVVKLL. .ludko- CI OWIK Jl WATSON. SltcrilT JOHN II. H'.LLOWS. Tr-urei-.l. A. SCIttNTOV M'trlft Attoi lies WILLIAM II LEWIS. rrrtlionotarv JOHN COI'KI AMI Clerk cf t curl THOMAS ! lMi:t.S. Itecorelrr of Drr-ds F.MIL IIONN. Ileglster of Wills -W K. llr-CK. Jmy C'ommissloner-KllWAIU) II. STUKGF.S. Legislature. First Distrlrl-THOMAS .1. ItKYKOMlS. Second District IOH SI'lir.tT.II, Jit. Third I)itnct-FI) Mtl JVMKS, Jit, Fourth District P. A. I'lllLIMN. Wo understand that tho Democratic nominee for oonrrresa In this district, whose position on the free silver ques tion has been proclaimed on perhaps a thousand occasions, Is not afraid this year, as are some of his colleagues, to face squarely the plank In his party's national platform which ex plicitly re-demands the free and un limited coinage of gold and silver at the constitutional ratio of 10 to 1, with out waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. In other woids, our Information lu to the effect that ho has the full courage of his convictions and would want no finer opportunity than the chance to cast n vote In congress for a free coinage bill. If this lnfoimatlon Is accurate It does ctedlt to Mr. Conry's candor and ! recommended as a proper view of a candidate's duty toward the platform of his party. The Peril in Overconfldcnce. FOUR YEARS ago this month the presidential campaign was at white heat. Wher ever men were assembled It was the theme of animated discussion. On the trains. In steamboats, nt rail way stations, In the shops and stores, at stieet corners, everywhere the talk was the same. Men who were for liryan and free silver, for an Income tax, for government ownership of pub lic utilities, for this, that or the other "Ism" of Populism and social revolu tion were anxious to proclaim their position In loud language and wiro gesticulation: the conservative Influ ences of society were amazed at the popular outburst: and it took two months of the hardest effort ever put forth against a public menace to In sure the victory for stable sovern ment registered In tho November elec tion. Today the calm Is phenomenal. Even the politicians find It difficult to talk politics. The great mass of people go quietly about their business and give no sign of awakening Interest. If their minds nre excited at the dangers of Imperialism they do not show it. If they aie afraid that our widely scat teied army of regulars and volunteers Is going to overpower them by a Napoleonic coup and take away their cherished liberties they are conceallntr It with consummate tact. If they aro appalled at the spectacle of President McKlnley trying to establish law and order In the Philippine archipelago they are withholding the evidences of It In a manner most masterly. If we are on the verge of a popular explosion never were appearances more decept ive. And yet the election must ho hold and It must record the majority's will. The majotlty should not let a minority sneak Into power by virtue of Its own default. The best wny to "modify" the mon strous Goebel law Is to confide Itn obsequies to tho Republican party and that, we suspect, is what the voter of Kentucky Intend to do this fall. John J. Ingalls. 3HN J. 1NGALLS was the most Incisive user of the English language among the Ameri cans of his generation. Ho it like an expert fencer would a Damascus sword, either to to parry or to stab. Yet used wield plnk, "Withal he was kind-hearted, generous Snnrt rhjvalrle; his cynicism was more fa mahhViIsm than a matter of Intent. Tit was tho misfortune of all concerned Mthat Mr. Ingalls Inhabited a state too unstable In Its political Ideas to ap vipreclate his exceptional merits. He mm! Peffer represented an extreme anthlthesls; nothing mora grim or "grotesque could be conceived in the way of practical humor that the up heaval which displaced the scholarly .. Ingalls to make room for a loquacious Populist whose chief title to distinc tion was the length of his beard. In the atena of politics Ingalls was Vlnterestlng and implacable; he thor ""ouEbly appreciated himself and like '"'the'jvdsp kept armed against any in vasion of his rights. In the senate he was the spice to long weary weeks of tedium and monotone, the tabasco sauce that kept the Congressional - Record from driving its proofreaders jlnsane. He worked patiently In com mltteo and was punctual In all routine '.duties but left no name for construc tive genius; what ho did in the fram ing of legislation waB overshadowed hy hls few flights of caustic, oratory, which were classics of their kind. Had ho 'glven to literature the time spent to jllttle purpose In thankless service of constituents there Is reason to believe ithathe would have put his name high 'on the rdU of the world's great -"writers. 'Tp leave now," writes Major Retts from the rhillDDlnes, "would mean the death of every Filipino In the Islands who has dared to ho friendly to tho AmcrJcnnH." J.et this he digested hy those who would scuttle and scoot. Last year tho American peoplo sold to foreigner") ten times an many man ufactured articles as they sold In 1810. In a similar period tho Inereaso of British exports of manufacturers has hcen less thnn two times. American expansion cannot ho halted As well try to sweep back tho tide with a broom, What Next In China? K VERY STUDENT of China and the Chinese recognizes ns a prominent Chinese characteristic an exceptional passion for prestige. What dres3 or "front" Is to somo Occidentals, "face" Is to most Orientals. Wo thought tho Spaniards punctilious when their ar my officers, for hours, used to delay their Inevitable surrender while striv ing to secure In the nrtlcles of capitu lation some harmless end meaning less bits of circumlocution which they regarded ns essential to the salvation of their untarnished honor. Rut tho Chinese can give the Spanish a hun dred per cent, start In this direction and win out easily. Their diplomacy is nil "face." In his exceedingly interesting book entitled "The Real Chinaman," which, as some of our readers may recall, was reviewed In The Tribune at the time of Its appearance, In 1S93, to the extent of several columns, and which Is yet the cleat est analysis of tho modern Chinaman in print, Chester Holcombe, for many years Interpre ter, secretary of legation nnd acting United States minister at Pekln, de votes a chapter to the troubles aris ing between the legatloners and the Chinese officials over punctilios of eti quette. For example, prior to 1S73, none of tho foreign representatives had ever seen the emperor of China. Ho was not unwilling to bo seen, but he insisted that tho foreigners must sub mit to the same preliminaries as his own subjects. Tho highest native, to gain access to the emperor, had first to prostrate himself three times and with each prostration knock his fore head on the floor three times. The le gatloners refused to do this. For six months the matter was argued pro and con, and It would probably bo un decided yet had not tho American government lost patience and one day Informed the tsung-11-yamen, or Chi nese foreign office, that unless our minister wns permitted tho same free dom of audience with the emperor enjoyed by the Chinese minister nt Washington with the president of tho United States, friendly relations would be suspended. This brought tho Chinese diplomat ists to their senses nnd for a time audiences were allowed with a show of cordiality: but soon an unseemly hour was named, calculated to make tho ministers appear ridiculous In tho eyes of the natives, and then the em peror developed a singular fondness for keeping tho foreigners waiting half the day while he doubtless made sport of them behind the scenes. The fric tions glowing out of tho Chinese gov ernment's Insane desire to preserve the fiction that the emperor of China Is the high mucky muck of the whole universe and that all tho other nations are Inferior nnd tributary to China could not bo narrated Inside of a. book smaller than the unabridged diction ary and we have no doubt that a largo part of the recent disorders will event ually be traced back to tho same fruit ful source. The forms of etiquette prevalent among the people of China In their unofficial social and business relations probably could not bo changed if every soldier In Christendom were enlisted In the effort to change them; but before the present disturbance Is dismissed some sweeping changes should be made by the powers In the details of China's official intercourse with the outside world. For one thing, the Chinese for eign office should have a responsible head and he should be taught to under stand his proper obligations. The thor ough policing of all treaty ports Is another Indispensable requisite to tho safety and comfort of peaceable for eigners traveling in China. Whether China's capital shall bo changed from Pekln to a city within range of pro tective naval artillery Is a question for experts to settle; but there Is no un certainty whatever as to tho necessity for such guarantees of good conduct from the native authorities as will In sure In future tho ungiudglng fulfil ment toward decent foreigners of sol emn tieaty pledges upon the alterna tive of punishment so swift and thor ough as to be deterrent of treachery or neglect. The gentlemen of the "Liberty con gress" live In an Ideal world which Is never disturbed by facts, if they could spend a few months vith our soldier boys In Luzon they would sing a different tune. Not Growing Worse. OCIOLOGISTS who arsue that mankind nie growing wore? will find apparent corrobora tion of their theory In some criminal statistics which have jecently been mado public In Germany. A period of sixteen years from 1S82 to 180S Is covered In the German com pilation and the figuies show on tho one hand a decrease In crimes against property and on the other hand a startling inereaso in crimes against the person. In 18S2, the persons sentenced for all kinds of crimes numbered 329,968; In 1898 they numbered 477,807. To put It In another way, the crimes In the for mer year numbered 104.3 to 10,000 In habitants, and In tho latter, 12G.7. In 18S2, the crimes against the person were 107,389, or 31 per cent, of the whole number, and In 1898, 203,298, or 53 par cent. The crimes against property in the former year weie 169,334, or 63.5 of the total criminality, jintl in tho latter year, 190,955, or less than 44 per cent. Wo have learned to accept with caution tho face value of statistics of this kind, especially those tending to show rapid Increases In criminality. Such increases, when carefully traced to their sources, rarely amount to much. They usually represent changes In legislation tending to multiply the number of petty offences of which thu law takes cognizance or other special nnd temporary causes; and it has yet to be established that there Is In pio cess of evolution a growing tendency toward serious crime. Wo do not pro fess to bo expertly acquainted with the social conditions of Germany, but nothing which we have read or heard Is calculated to create the Impression that Germany Is not a prosperous nnd progressive nntlon, whoso Inhabitants enjoy a higher nverago of comforts and advantages than was known to them In prior generations. As a mat ter of fact, the national life of tho German empire Is today on the highest plane that It has ever been on; nnd it Is not possible to reconcile this patent fact with the theory that crime among the Gorman people Is Increasing mora rapidly than population. Tho plan to place Bryan's speech In n. phonograph Is commendable. As there Is no variation In tho lament, It seems useless to waste the breath of the orator In constant repetition when a slot machine can be utilized Just as well. If Mr. Darker, middle-of-the-road candidate for president, has not al ready paid his campaign assessment, he may yet find cause for congratula ting himself that he is "Lord of St. Wonchelas." Anarchists as a rule are the most harmless persons on earth. It Is the cranks who listen to their gabble who commit tho crimes. It is to be hoped that tho proposed Scranton poultry show will not die out In preliminary cackle. Agulnaldo, like Bryan, does not pro pose to surrender until after election. Outline SUidies o! Hiiman Nafur? What Happened to Roosevelt. T I1KRE was one story about Governor Roose velt's recent visit to Chicago, says tho Tribune, that was told by the goemor himself as being the star incident of his western trip. "The day I arrived on my way West," said tho governor, "one of my callers was a citizen of Joliet, who was slightly the worse for imbibing, but his manner was so original and so funny I couldn't resiet listening to lum. He made a short political 6pceeh and then paid mo two or three compliments. He talked ahout the Cuban war and bear hunting, and finally he said: 'Governor, we arc aniious to have you make a rpecch In lolict when you pass through on fcunday night. "I told liim I would not make n speech there. ' 'Well, we want to see you anyway,' he Mid. 'There'll be a big crowd down at the depot to see jou.' "I told Mm I would be glad to see the citi zens of Joliet, and bade him good-bye. "'Good-lje, colonel,' he said. 'Goodbjo.' Then, lowennr his voice, said In the most confidential tone jou could imagine: The boys want jou to tako a band down to the depot, governor, and if you'll lend me ?25 I'll tte that they get it.' " A Candid Diplomat. A COOP DEAL has been said in some of th newspapers of the country about the decep tle methods of i.hincse diplomacy. Whatever Chinese diplomats may be as a rule, every one who has occasion to visit the Chinese) legation tn this city will, my the Washington "Jtar. tee every evidence- of candor in his reception and lie-aimcnt. Minister Wu, for instance, never re sorts to that rule of being "out" when he does not wish to sec a caller for any reason. When hu doesn't want to bcc any one be sajs so, nnd those who attend to his door have never been taught "pclite lies" of any kind in dealing with his callers. If he does not wmh to see .i caller he leaes word to that effect, together with the retson why he desires to be secluded. The m'ristci hlnself, us eery one knows who lus met and talked with him, is often candid to a degree of bluntncss, asking pointed questions and glcn outspoken answers when he gives an jnswer at all. Whenever a subject Is touched upon that be.- desires to aold he sim,)ly oades the questkn, nnd that is all there is to it. An Omission. CHLOF, a joung negro house servant In an Atlanta family, had asked permission to at tend the wedding of ono of her friends. This permission having been granted, thloe set foith armed like into a combination of Solomon and glory and the lilies of tho field. The next day her mistress said to her: "Well, Chloe, hew did the wedding go off?" "Oh, la, missus, it was dc grandest weddin" I ever siwt It was Just lublyl Oh, yo jess ought to ob seen de flowahs an' de splendid weddin' suppah an" de bride oh, de bride! She had on de longest trail an' a white veil all ovah her, an' a wfcath ob flowahs, an' oh, It was Jess de nios elegant weddin' I" "How did the bridegroom look?" An expression of InGnlte disgust came Into the face of Chloe aa he raid scornfully: "Li. misv. dit good-for-nothln', no-'count nlggah nebbali como a-nlglil" Morris Wade In the July New I.lpplncott. Could Not Lose Himself. T X THE lately Issued memorials of Charles 1 Henry Pearson, once one of Australia' chief men of Affairs, an amusing story of his student life at Oxford deals with a wayward genius, whom ho stjles "L." "It was one of his troubles that he was af flicted with self consciousness. One day he confided to a friend tl at he had determined to try getting drunk as a possible cure The friend argued acainst the plan, but attached no particuhr Importance- and presently forgot all alHuit it. Late that night, as he was at work, he was startled by a noise as of some one ktiiirhilrg upstairs and falling against his door He opened his oak and 'L.' staggered tn and threw hlm-rlf on a chair, frightfully intoxicated, and muttering: " 'helf conscious still; sol f conscious still!' " She Thought War a Blessing. C OMF. I'KllSOSS look at the effects of the South African campaign In one wa) -tome another, sajs a London coi respondent. One of the oddest is surely that of the widow of a cer tain gallant Tommy v,-ho fell at Colenso. A lady vikltor went tn condole with her, when tho lockd up with a smile anil said, with an air of mil gled deference and confidence: "Oh, Muni, do vou trouble about 'Imf 'F wa allajs a bad 'un. I've got a nice lot of money from the noosepapcrs and other kind friends enough to keep mc comfortable. Oh, Muni, this 'ere vvar'a made a lot of 'appy 'omes, it has." But alasl they are not all so caillv consoled as was this philosophic person. The Boxer and the Christian. A CHINAMAN of great dignity and some splen- " dor of dress was getting off an elevated train at Twenty-third street the- other day when a white rowdy called after hlmi "Siy," said the tough, "arc you a Doiterf" The other tough added some abuse and roared with laughter after the Chinaman, who got on the car, then tumed. He waited till the gates were closed, then he answered In pretty clear Fxgllsh: "Say, jou Cllstlant" Then the gate man and some passengers laughed and the fought slunk Into the car. New York Commercial Adv ertlsrr. Her Gracloucness. C JIB WAS one of those dear, tweet, ilmple, J confiding souls the tort of woman jou llko onco for what the li and twice for the superior being the maket jou feel jou arc and the came Into a drug store where I wat drowning my sor rows In a glass of Ice cream toda jesterday. A girl of the fluffy type was with her. The iweet tnul tripped up to the proprietor of the cttab llshment and in the most appealing voice asked If the might bo permitted to look at the city directory. Of course, the druggist laid it before her with a (loutish. ho thanked 1,1m effusively and then she and the fluffy girl btnt above It for an absorbed quarter of an hour. Hating found what they sought, they closed the book and were about to lent the shop when the grateful heart of the tweet creature prompted her to pause. "Oh, Alice," she Mid, "I really must buy something before we go. It isn't right to put tho man to all that trouble and tiso hit directory and all, and then not buy anj thing. Walt Just a minute." Clearly she had seen her duty and meant to do It. Pack she stepped to the counter and beamed graciously on the rroprletor behind it. "I'd llko Are 2 cent stamps, please," ihc said. Washington Star. LETTERS FROM A FARMER. Bryan and Imperialism. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Mr. Ldltor.' When I drur down to Hlggins' ttore yesterday mornln' they was another of them spellbinder fellers thero with one foot on a crockery crate lav In' clown the law to reren of his neighbors. Well, as soon as I got in the door and was askln' Hlggins for my mall I liecrd him sayt "l tell you, gents, that's a turrible thing to contemplate If you elect William Mc Klnley before his term's over wc will be no longer a democracy. He Is craiy with power and huncrv for crmnnest nnd blood, blood, uloocl. He want to be an emperor and to wipe out the constitution. Wc arc drlftln' to Imperialism," he says, "and heaven help our poor- stricken country If he Is elected. What have we done in the last two jcarsf Wc'a been murderln' men In Cuba, we've been murderln' men In the Philippines. Why? Itccatue the trusts de manded it. Do j-ou want to see the land of jour fathers git rotten with Imperialism! Are you goln" to stand by and " "Hold on right there," I sijs, lookln' at him squire In the eye. "Gents, is this a ono man spcllin' bee or a free for all ipellin' beor mis friend In the black suit miy believe he's tcllln' the truth, but I doubt it." The spellbinder saj-s this was an Insult, but the boys had knowed me for a good many j'cars, and they knowed when I got sot In my notions with tho bit between my teeth It was no use) stoppin me. So one of 'em ays: "Go on, SI, say what you wantcr." Well, sir, I said it. Siys 1: "Gents, I hiln't bothered mjself very much about this Imperialism business, an' I -don't know very much about It. Only I reckon thit William McKlnley knows too much about bloody war to go huntln' fer it. He'g been down In the camps," I saj-s, "among the fever, and the hunger, and the misery and the death, and when a man once see that he never forgits it. "I only know that he ain't goin' to stand up and ask my boy to go to the Philippines to be a robber and a murderer. I don't think so, nor the wife don't think so, nor my boy that's over there now stindin' by his Cag don't think so neither. He may kick about the sickness and the food, and there's millions of us done that before him But, mister, he's what we call down In this section trevr blew an' he's an American from top to toe," I sajs. "Mr Drjan spoke her four years ago, I heerd him, an' most of thtso fellers sittln' here now heerd liim, too. He saj-s thit the silver qvies B Hon is the great cure, an' that the country w go to the dogs If It was't settled his way once. He saj-s that until wc got sixteen to cne- it wasn't no use talkin' 'bout anjthing else, an' that no other question that America had had to deal with In her history was half so Im portant. "Now he says its Imperialism, whatever that 1, an' if he didn't think that wis strong enough he'd say the great issue was the army canteen, an' if no army canteen talk was on tho boards he'd mike the great almighty Issue the thief that got his hands inter the poslofflcc down in Cuby," I sajs, "he'd make It any old thing to catch votes. Now, mister, a farmrs ain't gcin" ter he fooled nor our otes catcher " any considerable extent this jear. "What I would like to know K what jou folks mean by imperialism' anjway. There ain't no emperors around hero as I cm see, and tho Lord help anjbody that start" out 'In this country to be one. I notice that tills here William McKinlej-, that fellers like you call 'emperor' an' 'czar,' stands on his porch at home with his wife alongside htm, an' with his friends an' neighbors of a quarter of a century round him, an' listens to the men that come to notify him of his nomination. An' when they gits done ho mounts his step an' talks right out in meetln' about what he thinks an' what he means to do. And I notice that Mr. nrjan, that modest young friend of yours as hites show and emperors and believes In plain, simple democra cy, must rent a hall and beat torn toms, and hire brass band, and make dickers with the graspin' railroad corpyratlons about excursion rates for the erowds and Invite the hull world to step up and hear some more Cross of Cold fireworks. How do them rawhide boots cf his fit In with that?" I sajs. "There s two kinds of campaign documents en this imperialism jell," I sajs. "One kind is what we get from you calamity bogies, who ars tetlin' us that morc'n seven million of people who voted fer McKlnley in lSOfl Is snirlln' and cursin' and writMn' under the lah of the trusts, and arc oppressln' Cubv, klckln' Porto Rico In the face and murderln' the Filipinos. The other rampaign documents that some of us farmers fa glltin' Is commln' from our son that wc rtlsed out here on the prairies and sent to fight foi their country's flig when tho President said he wanted them. We know them there letters are straight talk," I says,"we know who they come from and where thej come from. An' we are beginnin' ter find out prcty well whero jour Inpcrialism jawp is comln' from too. "When I think of Imperialism I think of Gen eral Lawton an' the bullet tint killed him, an' when 1 think of General Lawton 1 vvint to put them fellers that patted his slayer on the back well, never mind where I want to put 'em. I'll till jou about that In November "And, friend." sajt I, "talkin about this war business, where does Mr. Drjan stand? He went and got to be a colonel In the Spanish war, didn't he? Now he done that for one of two purposes. Either he done It fer political reasons because he wanted to put himself where ho could ssy, 'I've fought In a war as well as McKinlej-,' or else he done it beciuse lie was anxious to take up arms for his country nnd his flag. I want to believe the list notion is the true one. "Hut, suppose it Is, where Is be at now? Come, mister," I sajs, "jou're workln' for him; tell us. The Spanish war wasn't our fault. We didn't look for it, did we? Neither did we look for them Filipinos to turn round with their treacherj. One was the result of the other. If J'our friend Prjan stands up and be gins to tell me he Jlr.ed the army for his coun try's sake I wanter ask him whether his offer had a ttring to it. I wanter ask hlrn whj- ho didn't demand an agreement when he got hu, commln slon rradln' somrthin' like this: '"I'LL FIGHT AS I ONO AS I THINK Tilt I'NTIin 6TTi:S 13 niGHT AND THEN I'LL (JUIT. THIS WAIt HAS COT TO STOP WHEN I SAY 0.' "I don't know much about the new-fangled military tactics," I saj. "but if a colonel which had sworn to stand by the flag hail made a break like tint thirty-eight years ago I know what would have happened to him. What did Mr. Pryan JIne the army for, anyway" Well, the spellbinder didn't wait fer any mcie. He Jes' lit out. Sj no more at present from Once Pit Tvvico Shy. (An American Farmer.) NUBS 017 KNOWLEDGE. Sturgeon have arrived in the Delaware river and promise to be very numerous. Some nineteen or twenty British cities own and operate street railway sjstcms; and of the whole track mileage in Great Britain, over one. third Is owned by tho public. Consular officers are expressly forbidden by regulations to report to private inquirers con cerning the financial standing or commercial re pute of business men or hou.es In their districts. A suggestion has been made that the tempo rary gatevrsy at Dublin at which Queen Victoria received the city kcjs from the Lord Mayor and Corporation should be erected permanently in stone as a memorial of an historic event. Horseshoes which wear unevenly can be re paired by an Australian's patent nail which has a head much larger than the common nail the four nails nearly covering the worn surface ot the shoe and raising It to the right height again. The official estimate of the mineral wealth of Siberia Is remarkable reading, for It would in dicate that this mjiterlous country Is, mlnerally speaking, one of the richest in the world. North of the Aral Sea and mountains the land is rich in lead, silver, copper and gold. Several ranges of the Altai Mountains are known to bt rich in gold, copper ore and minor precious stones. Nearly all of the juto mills In India art now lighted with electric lights. H was found that the working people could work overtime under much better conditions with Increased pay In the electric-lighted mill the consermence was that the workmen flocked to the well-lighted mill so that those mills which opposed the introduc tion of electric lights were forced to provide It, ilercereami & Conoell JEWELERS Temporarily at 139 PEMN AVE CONTINUED And iarpias la Jewelry, Silver?ear0 Etc Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving d one promptly. ALWAYS BUST. ry. August sale summer shoes are going. f5 00 RiuseU, S3.50; J4.00 ItusseU, S2.50. Wholesale and Retail. Lewis &ReiMy Established 1888. 114-116 Wyoming Ave. HENRY BEL1N, JR., ijeneral Agent for ths Wyoiulaj District j.- Alining, Blasting. Sporting, SinolcslMi and ino Kepnuno OaoiulciV. Lu upaiiy HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tuiety l'use. Caps unci Kxploiati. ilooui 401 Council UutlilQi. borautaa. AGENCIM THC8. FOItD. JOHN D. SMITH & SON, W. E. MULLIGAN. Plttstoa - Plymouth. Wllkes-Borre. er sfcja& y'L. FIRES ALE V ' ' POWBEB. . i-r3u2 rSfw J3i IBs wTCi. -f3K-uW ..jtrr HL -fsi. j&r3.vw - sm. crawi u-jcwen -ar "We use so many of the Tannics, please send them by return malV'writos tho matron of a large establishment In rcnnsjrJvanla where mnuy servants nre rmplqycd. This lady eays that the has found that when housemaids complain of fcclInu"outof sorts," "didn't seem at all well although not sick," but tho work dragged aloug, then the too would become nervous nnd on such occasions would take a Tabule and was so much benefited thereby that she decided to try what virtue thero w as In Itlpans Tabules for the servant! as well as for herself, and to ono tlmo about a week before heiuso-clcanlnw the. administered three Tabules a day to each housemaid. "I did not," tho eays, "depend npon their taking them, bnt after each meal I handed them n round mid taw that they were taken." Before tho week was over every girl " vt as ready to clean with n, vim," and now the always administers the Tabules when there Is extra w ork to bo dono or w hen the weather is unsettled. "Onco Inn while," tho tas, "a girl will tay'I believe I am get. ting a headache,' nud ask for a Illpans Tabule. I always tny i Of course 1 As many as you feol you need. Don't hceitato to nek at any time for them.'" This lady further tald i " I wish I could tell all the houckeepcrs In thu country to jrov Ide Illpans Tabules w lthout ttlnt for their help. They will bo moro than repaid hy tho way the work Is done. Servants often neglect teeing a doctor till too tick to drag along (on account nt tho bill), hut In my experience Rlpans Tabules prove a cure-all for nearly every tmall illness that besets a household." 0XOOC'000 Extraordinary Contest Lents for Earaest Efforts oa the Fart of Active Youag fersoas 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-optration 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 arc goinff 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 Educatlonnl 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 Tribune 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 they 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. t SPECIAL REWARDS. 1. Scholarship In Wjomlng Semi. nary (4 j-cars) Including tui tion and board $1,000 2. Scholarship In Kej stone Acad emy (3 years) including tui tion and board 604 3. Sohmcr f It I'iano, ineljdlng stool and scarf (on exhibition at J W. Guernsey's, 311 Washington avenue) 485 4. Course in I'iano Iistructlon at Scranton Conservatory of Mu sic 75 6. Columbia Ilicj'cle, Chalnless, 1000 model (on exhibition at Conrad Brothers', 21.1 Wyo ming avenue) 75 6. Scholarship In Scranton Dullness College, commercial comse... CO 7. Scholarship in Scranton Business College, shorthand course . . 60 5. Solid Gold Watch, la.lv's or gen- neinan s coi, exiuuition ur. tu gene Scldmpfl's, :.17 Lacka wanna avenue) 0. Tcle-l'hoto Cjclc I'oeo B. Cam era, 4x5 (on exhibition at the GriPJn Art company, 209 Wvomlng avenue) 10. Lady's Solid Gold Watch, or Gentleman's Solid Silver Watch (on exhibition at l'u gene Schimpfl's, 317 Lacka wanna avenue) 50 40 30 2,4-10 Each contestant failing to secure one of these special rewards will be given ten (10) per cent, of all the money he or she turns in. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is: GC0 ELlSil )' Zt. OUR I HOME 66 Oon't 99 )wear If you haven't the proper ofllce sup plies. Come In and give us a trial. We have the largest anil most com plete line of ofllce supplies In North eastern Pennsylvania. If It's a good thing, we have It. Wo make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. Rey molds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. sale at some duo dozen PllBIClOAi, ceuts. jjTC .wl'ircSSi t00000 RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewards will be given to the persons securing the largest number of points. I'olnts will be credited to contestants securing new subscribers to the bcranton Tribune as follows: Points. One Months Subscription... $ .50 1 Three Months' Subscription.. 1.2" 3 Fix Months' Subscription.... 2.50 8 Ono i ear's Subscription .... 6 00 12 The contestant with the 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 he 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 all money he or she turns in. All subscriptions must bt paid in ad vance. Only new subscribers will be counted. Itenewals by persons already on our subscription list will not be credited. .So tiansfers can be mado after credit has once been given. All subscriptions, and the cash to pay for same, must be handed in at The Tribune oiHce within the week In which they are secured, so that papers may be sent to the subscribers at once. Subscriptions must be wrlltfn on blanks, which can be secured at The Tribune office ,or will be sent by mail. Tlie contest will clcwe promptly at 8 o'clock baturday evening, September 28, OOOOOOOOOOOOC'OOOo' HNIE: For late summer 01 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 tt a rirr a ttttt a ytit a a MririTm it LAUkA WANNA AYlCNUii )
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