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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
lVsl.lcnt-WII.UAM Mi KIM.I'.V.
Vre.l'rcsldcnl TIH'OliOM. ItOOSHVU-T.
Stato.
Congres'rr.en at-Iaigr--fJI.rSltA A. CHOW,
iioiii ii r ii. riicKDr.ru'R.
Auditor iJciii-ral--i: II UARDi:.NDr.RalI.
County.
Cnnirrc-WIM.I M f'OiM'I.I,.
.iiMer OrORHR M WATSON.
MirrllT .Ifll.V 11. II.M.'rWS,
Tn-rmrcr .1, . f-CHWIOV.
i'l'trlrt sttnrn.'v-WIM.IAM R. LEWIS.
rrotliriiotury -JOHN COl'KI.WI)
Tlerk of Courts 1II0MS P. DANIELS.
Keconler of Deeds Mil, ROW
Itcijstcr 0( Will -W. K. HIXK.
Jury Commiiotirr- r.HWAHl) D. STURGES.
Legislature.
Flint DI'trlel-TUOMAS J. RUTNOMH.
Second Wstrlet-le)II. SCIIKfT.R, .lit.
Third IMjtrlrt-LDWARll -IWIKS, JR.
Touitli District P. A. PHll.IllN.
Arc we correct In assuming that the
Democratic nominee for congress In
this district would, If elected, vote for
a free coinage bill?
A Voice from the Grave.
THE SUBSTANTIAL, hero of
the Spanish-American war
and of the conflicts growing
out of It was that sterling
fighter, fearless leader and unassum
ing, clean-handed gentleman, Major
Gencial Henry AV. Lawton. You may
inarch the records of military achieve
ments ns far as you please but you
will not find traco of a more satisfac
tory typo of what an American soldier
ought to be. His fame will grow as
the yeais pass by, because It was sol
idly founded.
In the homo politics of his country,
po far as his military duties enabled
him to participate in political activi
ties, General I.awton was a Demo
crat; but we doubt that had he lived
he would have sympathtrcel with the
Democratic patty's present attitude of
giving aid and comfort, or at least of
giving comfort, to the Insurrection of
Agulnaldo and his colleagues against
the authority of the United States.
Why do we doubt this? Because the
month before I.awton was stricken
down by a Filipino bullet he wrote to
ex-Mlnlstur John Uarrett:
"I would to God that the truth of
this whole Philippine situation could
he known to every one in America
as I know it. If the real history,
inspiration and conditions of this in
surrection, and the influences, local
nnd external, that now encourage tha
enemy, as well as the actual possi
bilities of these islands nnd peoples
and their relations to this great
East, coul- bo understood at home,
we would hear no more talk of un
just 'shooting of government' Into
tho niipinos, or of hauling down
our flag in the Philippines. If the
so-called antl-lmperlalists -would
honestly ascertain the truth on the
ground and not in distant America,
they, whom I believe to be honest
men andnislnformed, would be con
vinced of the error of their state
ments and conclusions and of tho
unfortunate effect of their publica
tions here. If I am shot by a Fili
pino bullet, it might as well come
from one of my own men, because I
know from observations confirmed
by captured prisoners that the con
tinuance of fighting is chiefly duo to
reports that are sent out from
America."
This messages Is now from the grave
but it yet has force for tho American
people.
Of course It costs money to keep
soldiers doing police duty dn the Phil
ippines. Hut who adds to the cost !f
not tlioso Amerlrnns at home who am
encouraging tru Filipinos to resist the
establishment of law and order among
their own people? Those complain
with poor giace who are chiefly respon
sible. Neither Would Work.
THK SPnciOlTSNKSS of ,Mr.
Hr.van's speech of accept
ance dors not conceal the
weakni'FK of Its practical
suggestions. What The Trlbuno said
on tho morning after -Its delivery Is
repeated In substance, although In oth
er woids, In this week's Outlook. That
superior weekly says:
".Mr. Ilrjan proposes that this coun
try. In Us. dealings with the Philip
plnef, shall divorce responsibility from
Authority. Ho proposes to establish a
stable form of government In me
Islands, and to protect It from all out
sjde Interference, leaving It free nt the
same time to take its own course in
regard to Its own people nnd to foreign
governments. It Is to have a free hand
tp do wliat it chooses, and the United
States is to be responsible for Its acts.
Tender this policy an insurrection
against such a government might tako
the same course which the Hoxeis have
taken lu.Chlna; It might imprison or
murd? foieign representatives, and
then .'leave tho United States irovern
nier&io defend the Filipino action and
to protect tho Filipinos from the Just
punishment of Europe."
"Under the searchlight of common
sfnao tho Hryan proposition dissolves
Jnto manifest absurdity. An American
rnotectorate over an Independent FIN
IpJnaVepublic? It Is a contradiction in
terms. If the Filipinos are fit to bo
Independent they would not neH
American protection and our assertion
o'f It would be foreign interference, an
entangling foreign alliance, n species
Of government Imposed on a tiubject
race without the excuse, necessity or
Justification which an outright title of
tpverelgnty supplies. If, on tho other
hand, tha Filipinos aro unfit for Inde
pendence, our free coinage of them
into an.independent nation backed by
tlie American "O JCV would bo as gros3
a fraud upon the family of nations as
would Mr. Uryan's earlier scheme to
try to compel the civilized world to
accept 47 cents would of silver as of
ciiunl value to 100 cents worth of gold.
Neither would work.
A political party managed by men
like Altgcld, Tillman, Pettlgrow and
Croker Is not fit to be trusted with
tho control of our government.
India's Call Not Yot Ended.
GtLSON WILI.ETS, an nuthor
and Journalist of repute, who
has lately returned from a
journey through tho famine
stricken region In India, contributes
the clearest picture of tho situation wo
have yet seen. In a letter to Tho
Tribune he says:
"Tho famine is, above nil, a big
famine. Tho breadless area covers
330,000 square miles, which is one-third
of all India, or as big as Canada. In
this area aro C0,000,000 people, one-sixth
of tho entire population of India, a
number equal to our entire well-fed
family east of tho Mississippi. Ten
millions aro entirely destitute, and of
these tho government Is taking care
of C.noo.000, on relief works nnd In poor
houses. It Is ns If every man, woman
and child In New York stato depended
upon the MeKlnley administration for
food and got It. As many ns possible
of tho remaining 3,000,000 are cared for
by missionaries nnd private charity."
The Urltlsh government has spent
more than $S0,000,000 In relief work.
But the olllclal channels of relief miss
many elements of tho population. As
Lord Curzon recently pointed out, tho
relief of the nged nnd Infirm; of sick
patients In the hospitals; of children
and orphans; of those men and women
who will endure almost any irlvation
sooner than to submit themselves to
the publicity of government help "con
stitutes a field of enormous extent, the
margin of which the already over
worked official hardly touches, but
which is, In a peculiar nnd Inevitable
degree, the property of Individual ef
fort and of private generosity."
The need of help Is yet most urgent.
Another great fortune-In-England
story has been Investigated and found
mythical. Tho best fortune which can
come to an American Is to realize that
In the sweat of his brow must ho cam
his dally bread.
riodcl Tenements.
OME TIME ago one of New
York city's large charitable
organizations asked tho archi
tects of tho United States to
make a competitive submission of
plans of a model tenement. Three
hundred plnns were offered and tho
award has recently been made to H.
Thomas Short, whoso design certainly
merits high praise.
It Is a design for tenements in
groups. The tenements aro to be six
storbs high and In no place wider
from exterior to exteilor than two
rooms, thus insuring light and ventila
tion. A description taken fiom tho
Sun says: "The entrance nnd stair
case halls will be fireproof the stair
case hall Inclosed with brick walls and
the floors of nil tho other halls mnde
of come material that will not burn.
The stairways also will bo flieproof
and of good width. The staircases are
arranged so as to secure cross-ventilation
through them from one court
to another throughout tho entlro
block. Only 70 per cent, of the ground
surface Is built upon, leaving 30 per
cent, for light and air, thus avoiding
the necessity of light wells. The largo
center courts aro open to the street,
which Insures a free circulation of
nir at all times. These coutts will be
ornamented with glass plots, flower
beds and fountains and will bo avail
able as playgrounds for little chil
dren. Each room In tho buildings will
be lighted by large windows opening
directly to the outer air. Tho build
ings are divided by unplerced brick
walls into separate apartments, each
with a tlfty-foot frontage. Each sulto
of npartments, whether of two, three
or four rooms, will have a private hall
with a space In It for a refrigerator,
as well as shelves and hooks for coats,
hats and other articles. No rooms
open directly on the stalrcaso halls.
In the kitchen there ate gas ranges,
sinks, stationary wnshtubs, supplied
with hot water from the cellar, and
a large dresser with closets, drawers
and shelves. The bedrooms are largo
enough for two beds and each bed
room is reached from the living rooms
and private halls without passing
through nnother bedroom. Therei nre
dumb waiters running In fireproof
shafts from cellar to roof; speaking
tubes from tho cellar to each apart
ment: ventilated garbage store rooms
In the cellars, nnd laundry and steam-
heated clothes-drjing chambers. For J
nit' ntc uhu in ifinuiiH iminiunsi anci
bhowers, supplied with hot nnd cold
water, are furnished. Baby carriage
nnd bicycle storage rooms are on the
first floor, nnd general storeroom,
workshops and one storage room for
each tenant nro In the basement"
Thin excellent design has already
been adopted by a prominent New
York real estate company, which in
tends to construct n series of! tene
ments In accordance with it, In which
tho rentals will not exceed a dollar
a week for each room. Tho oppor
tunity is open to 3ome enterprising
citizen to ndapt this Idea to Scranton
needs and conditions po as not only
to make money but also perform .41
public service.
In 1SPG, speaking to the Chicago con
vention, Mr. Bryan declared free coin
ago of silver tho "gieat. paramount
Issue" and nald: "If ptotectlon has
slain its thousands the gold standtrd
has slain Its tens of thousands. When
we have restored tho money of the
constitution all other necets.rry reforms
will be possible; until that Is done
there Is no inform that can be accom
plished." The "money of the consti
tution," as defined by him, has not
been restored yet hero Mr. Bryan smll
Ingly bobs up with an entirely npw
"paramount Issue" and says It takes
precedence over everything else and
must bo settled before" any other ques
tion can bo approached. Is ho not a
little, swift In his chances of base?
Itibannounced that Altgeld of Illi
nois IfTto bo attorney general If Bryan
is cleoped. Notice that 'if.'
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LEADING EVENTS IN
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May ,11 American, llrlttah, French, Ilunlan, Italian and Japanese marine! ar-
Hie In l'ckln.
-4- Jure 0-Oeneral Nleh Sl-Chnng'i arriy.g rnt against timers, joins the rcrolt.
Juno 10 Atlinlnt Sejmoiir, ttilh 2,0tl International marine, leaves Tlcn Tain for
f Pckln.
-f J'Jno ii M. Suulyrtma, chancellor of Japanrio legation In PeUn, murdered.
-f June 11 Admiral Peymour'a forrt defeat Chinese troops and Roxci at Lang
4- Pang, halt way to l'ckln, hut Is unable to proceed farther.
-f June II tlillway hetween 'Men Tain and feymour'a rellel force destroyed.
4- June 17 Takn forta open fire on allied fleeta and are captured and dMtrojed.
-f June 13 llaron n Kclteler, Oerman minister in l'ckln, murdered while en hta
4- way to the Tmng-ll-Yatnen.
-f June 22 Tien Tfln Lomharded by the allies. Hard fighting ensues; allies re
f pulsed,
-f- June 2.1 Allied forces occupy Tien Tln.
June 20 Admiral Kvmour force 1 excited ten miles from Tien Tain alter ameeri
days' continuous fighting.
June SO Official news that nil legations In Pekln hut three had been destroyed.
July 1 General Cnaflee tails from S.m Francisco to comand American troops In
China.
July 2 Seierc lighting at Tien Tsln; allies repulsed.
July i Chlnec renew attack on allies, but are drhen Into the waited native
city.
July 7 Olllclal news ol the burning of the native city of Tien Tain.
July 11 Ninth regiment arrives at Tien Tsln, bringing total allied atrength up
to 13,130.
July 13 Allies repulsed in attack on walled city of Tien Tsln; Ninth regiment
auffers iwcrely; Colonel Msmim killed; allies lose 600 killed and
wounded.
July 14 Allies capture walled city ef Tien Tain; city nearly burned at night;
general looting reported.
July 20 t'irat cipher message from Minister Conger begging apeedy relief re
ceived at Washington,
Aug. C Allies attack Chlnew eight miles north of Tien Tsln; Chinese retreat;
allies loe 1,200 killed and wounded,
Aug. 7 Allies attack Chinese at Yang.Tsun, eighteen miles from Tien Tain;
American low, slaty.
Aug. S Allies reach Nan Tsl-Nln. twenty-seven miles from Tien Tsln, and re
pulne Chinese after brief action.
Aug. 0 Allies reach Ito-Si-Wu, half .way to l'ekln.
Aug 11 Allies roportod at Matow, twenty miles fiom Pekln.
Aug. 12 Allies occupy Tung-Chow, ten miles from Pekln.
Aug. 15 Allies enter Pekln and rescue the foreigners.
Th? Danger
of InRperialisiTt
I'rom the Outlook.
THAT Tlinm; is a possible danger of imperial
ism in America e are not inclined to
deny. That republics haa generally given
placo to empires, that the people have lout
lutecr political poner they possessed, amj
that govcrrment of the many has biconio gov
crnment of the few or of the one is historical!)
true. Uut he who would take warning from his
tory should rx.imlne it sufficiently to learn what
its warning is, he should not be content with th
general fact that republics hae been short-lived,
lie should consid.- what is the process by which
they have been transformed into empires.
It wculd be difficult to name any case in
which absolutism lin.i been a gradual and un
conscious cvolutlOT from democracy. Lower and
sin. pier forms of government base sometimes
pastil into an Imperial torm without parsing
through dimocracy; but democracy haa rarely it
ever pasocil Into an empire etcept through an
archy and revolution, flreece OTpcrlenced a
long and tragic ivriod of what we may call
stateb' rights and of Internecine wars between
the various states before the Macedonian empire
n,i founded upon the ruin of her free lntltu
tioris. The wars of Marius and Sulla devastated
Home before khe accepted in exchange for an
archy and civil war tho strong rule of Julius
C.u.-.ir. The Jealousies of the Italian titles and
the rivalries of the Italian families, nnd the no
government which they produced with the "pois
cmed cup and the hidden stiletto," prepared the
way for tho reign of the tyrants. In Prance,
there would have been no N'apoleonic empire if
there had been no Hed Tinor; in England, no
restoration of the fctuarts if there had been no
lung pirlianifiit and tin factional flghU between
rival parties in the commonwealth.
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These lilstorkal events all point in one di
rection; they all have one meaning; it ought not
to be difficult to undeistand their lesson. The
danger of imperialism in America is not from n
piltry standing army of cne hundred thousand
men; it is not trom the adoption of a colonial
policy extending over other free countries the
protection of our flag protection alike from foes
without ind frtm disonlcr -jcitliln; it is not from
a gradual usurpation of power by the president
of the United States; it is not from centraliza
tion in any form. The dinger is to tie looked for
in exactly the opposite direction. It is threat
ened if at nil, by decentralization, by eicesslve
individualli-m, by weakness in the government,
by paltering with the mob, by tho forces of pop
ular discontent, Incited sometimes by dema
gogues, sometimes by honest enthusiasts, into
pinion, and united for factional ends, if ever
democracy is overthrown in America, It will be
because the government Is too weak, not because
It is too strong. The way to Insure the per
manence of democracy Is to strengthen its gov
ernmental powers.
To illustrate: Itecently in the history of this
country successive mobs have attempted to take
control of the railroads and determine what
traitu might run; to occupy Pittsburg, Chi
cago, Ilrooklvn, Cleveland and St. Louis and
prevent free carriage in the public streets; and
In countless cases to prevent by force free
Americans from working for such wages and
on such conditions as they were willing to ac
cept. Of all law, mob law Is the worst. Any
government is better than no government. The
deKtUn of a Hussian bureaucracy is prefer
able to that of a Parisian commune, CaesarUm
Is not so bad ns perpetual civil wars. The Na
poleonic cmpiie was a relief after Itobeplerre
If democracy has not a government strong enough
to put down the mob, the mob will be strong
enough to overthrow democracy. President Cleve
land in dispersing the mob in Chicago, Gov
crnor lloosevelt in dispersing the mob at the
Croton Dim, were defending democracy against
the advance guard of imperialism; the authori
ties in Missouri in leaving St. Louts so long
under mobocracy were promoting the cause of
imperialism in the heart of the republic. If
tha time should ever come when the people of
the United States have to choose between the
strong rule of an emperor and the kind of rule
furnished by the anarchists of Paterson, who sent
one of their number to assassinate King Hum
bert, they will prefer the despot, and they will
be wise to do so.
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Wo are nntl-lmperlallstj; we are therefore in
favor of a strong government strong In the city,
stiong In the state, strong In the nation. The
chief danger of imperialism tomes from those
who would weaken the power of government in
a land where faction Is so strong and where not
Infrequently tho mob is rampant.
To say that the lawless and the discontented
are generally supporters of Mr. Pryan Is not the
6ame as to ray that the supporters of Mr. Ilryan
aro generally the lawless and the discontented.
The latter would be false. The majority of those
who support Mr. Prjan and will vote for him
next fall are self respecting citizens who love
their country and their fellow-men, and mean by
their action to render it the best service they
can. Hut tho former ststement Is true. The
men who are discontented, who think that they
have nothing to lose by revolution and Imagine
that they have much to gain by it, who are
ready to overturn our present commercial and In
dustrial sjstem and take their chances, who are
without tho talents and the industry to acquire
property, who eleslre to control the eondltipns
ot labor In America by means of secret organi
zations n-llhrr kmmn to the law nor regulstsd
by it, who both practice ljnch law and glory
In so doing, who repudiate free speech and a
freo press In the Southern state and would re
pudiate free labor in Northern cities if they
could, who are Impatient of law and wish to
limit if not abolish the Supreme court becsuse
it Is a hindrance to the self-will of democracy
these men are, with comparatively few excep
tions. Uryanltcs.
o
Wo repeat, emphatically, that Hrjanltes are
not, with tew excepUons, such men. We do
not Identify the Drjanlte with the revolutionist
in saving that mot revolutionists ire Ilrysnites.
Put we ask thoae thoughtful citisens who hon
estly fear Imperialistic tendencies In this corni
er, and who are thinking ot voting for Mr.
Ilryan in order to check those tendencies, to
consider carefully the question whether a vote,
for Mr. Prvsn will strengthen them. It would
not lie fair to say that Mr. Pryan has been
iinnilnateel hy the revolutionists, but they have
accepted him as their candidate and they were
THE PEKIN CAMPAIGN.
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present In considerable force In the nominating
convention. He Is the reprecntatlve of Croker
In tho east, Tillman In the south, Altgeld in the
west. Doubtless he represents other and much
better men; but the classes whom these men rep
resent are an important element in Mr. Ury
an's constituency; and no chief executive in a
republic Is or can be independent of his con
stituency. The question for the voter Is not merely does
be wish Mr. Bryan to be president. It Is also.
It Is even more, docs he wish the elemenU in
America which are represented by euch men as
Croker, Tillman and Altgeld to be, wo will
not say dominant factors, but even important
factors in the government of the nation. The
danger of imperialism would be far greater from
passing the control of the government into the
hands of these men than from leaving it in the
hands of MeKlnley, Hay, Root, Oage and Long.
NOTES ON NEWSPAPERS.
At intervals there re-appears in the columns
of some rural paper fond of throwing aspersions
on the-city presi the purported response of a
New York Journalist at a banquet of rewspaper
men to the toast "An Independent Press." The
alleged response wns as follows: "There is no
such thing as an independent press unless it is
out in the country towns. You aro. nil slaves.
You know it and I Lnow It. There Is not one
of jou who dares express an honest opinion. If
jou de express it you know beforehand that it
will not appear In print I am paid $100 a week
for keeping honest opinions out of the paper
tint I am connected with. Others of you arc
paid similar salaries for doing similar things. If I
should allow honest opinions to be printed In
cne Issue of 11 y paper, like Othello, my occupa
tion would be gone. The man who would be so
foolish s to write honest opinions would be out
on the street looking for another Job. The busi
ness of a Jeurnslist is to distort thu truth, to lie
outright, to perveit, to vilify, to fawn at the
feet of mammon, and sell his country and his
race for daily bread, or for what la about the
same, his salary. You know this, and I know it,
and whit foolery to be toasting 'an independent
press." We are the tools and vasaals of rich men
behind tho scenes. We are Jumpins-Jatks. They
pull the string nnd we dance. Our time, our tal
ent, our possibilities are all the property of
other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." it
is reedlesi to add that this speech was never
made.
An Interesting publication hails from Aurora,
111., In tho form of a single, 8 by 11, sheet called
"Tree und Leaves," which Is issued weekly by
William Whitehead. It is devoted largely to
religious tlvemes but in the last issue appears
an answer, "from a Scripture point of view" to
the question "Who Will Be the Next President
of the United States!" Editor Whitehead Is a
Third Party Prohibitionist and a great admirer
of Candidate John O. Wooley, but nevertheless
he Is convinced from prophecies contained In
the Sacred Word that Major MeKlnley will be
re-elected.
Steady Improvement characterizes the Phila
delphia Evening Bulletin, which a few jears ago
bad 8,000 circulation and now has 125,000. The
Bulletin has won this progress by printing a pa.
per In which there is something to Interest ev
er) one, and by pushing It for all it is worth. A
recent feature which has contributed largely to
lis success is an independent cable service put
ting its readers in dully news touch with more
than 100 foreign capital and chief cities.
Tor convenience In the transaction of its bus,!,
ness and also as a meansi of rewarding certain
faithful employes, the firm publishing the Wilkes
Barre Record is to be incorporated, Messrs. John
son and Powell retaining all but a few shares
of the capital stock. The Record Is one of the
best and most prosperous newspaper propertied
in the United States and this new step will
doubtless accelerate Its growth.
On June 1 the Philadelphia Record issued a
SO page number commemorative of Its twenty
thlid onnlvcmr). Tills Is now reproduced by
photogravure process on calendared paper in
about cne-rVth size, making a very handsome
and novel souvtnir.
The Tunkhannock Republican has adopted the
eight-page form and largely increased both tho
quantity and quality of its contents.
TO MR. BRYAN.
From the New York Times.
You might persuade congresa to set the Phil
ippines adrift, sell Porto Rico to the highest
bidder, and invite Spain to resume sovereignty
ot Cuba, and though the dishonor and disgrace
of the transaction would be deep, the effect of
it upon the standing of this government, upon
its credit, and upon the business of the country
would be Infinitesimal compared with the im
measurable disaster that would befall us If sou
should pay one United States bond of $103 in
silver against the wish ef its holder.
There is the issue that Is In the minds of the
people. The great majority of them take no in
terest In the twin bogles of imperialism and
militarism. All of them who have property
and are pot cheats and swindlers take the gravest
Interest In the maintenance of a currency of es
tablithed valua. Tills is a gold standard country
You are known to be a stiver standard candi
date. You have never recanted your Incendiary
views; jou liave recently reasserted them If
you do not wish to be set down as a mere
vulgar dodger and trimmer you will have to
talk about silver In this campaign and talk
about it pretty constantly. Even your new
friends tha antl-itnpcriallats will distrust jou
thoroughly If jou show such facility -In laying
aside old opinions and taking up new that hap.
pen to be of the moment.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
From the New York Times.
In the opinion of the great majority ef the
American people, Mr. Or) an, an honest debt due
from a solvent debtor should be pild in full.
Four years ago you contended that all debts,
public and private, should be made, at the op
tion of the debtor, payable In coin demonstrably
worth one-half its face value. That is repudia
tion. If yem are elected president do you ln
tend to Instruct your secretary ef the treasury
to repudiate any part of the Jvut debts of the
government!
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Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc
Hot Mewed
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing"
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
A17WAYS BUST.
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August sale summer shoes are going. $5 00
Russets, 3.60; SIM Russets, ?2.60. Wholesale
and Retail,
Lewis &R.eiMy
Established 1888.
114-316 Wyoming Aye.
HENRY BEUN, JR.,
Uenerni Agent far the Wremtat;
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ailnlng, blaertlng, Sporting, tjiaokaiesi
anil Ui Ilepauno Uuomlca.
Co upany'i
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Wety Fine, Caps and Uzpladsri.
itosm 401 Uonnall KutUtoj.
Ucraateto.
AGENCIlil
THCD. FORD, - Plttstoa
JOHN B. BM1TH & BON, - Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIOAN. - Wllkei-Bcrra
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POWDERo
The man worked in an Ohio coal mine, and this is" the story he
told : " For some years past I have been employed under mother
earth, from one and a half to two miles from the mouth of the mine,
digging coal. The great distance under the hills makes it impossible
for me to get pure air, which is forced to us by the aid of great fans.
During breaks in machinery the air would become bad, causing first
great pains in my head, dizziness and fainting. This continued until
next was pains in stomach, indigestion and dyspepsia. Working hard
in the mines I naturally was a hearty cater until at List I had dyspep
sia so bad I suffered terrible. The doctor prescribed for me, but I
only got worse. I took several kinds of medicine. I saw Ripans
Tabules advertised and going to the drug store bought some. In
three days I was a new man, my head is clear, stomach well, no dys
pepsla. These Ripans Tabules did it."
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Extraordinary
Contest
Tie Scraitoa Tribune Offers UmsmI Induce
ments for Earnest Efforts on the Part
The Tribune aims to largely increase its circulation during the
next few months. It is the best and cleanest paper published in
Northeastern Pennsylvania, and if it orice finds its way into a
family its merits will enable it to remain permanently. In order
to introduce it we seek the co-operation or 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
Tribune will not only pay till 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 addHional in
formation and urges those interested td write if in doubt on any
point
SPECIAL REWARDS.
1. Scholarship in Wjomlng Semi
nary (4 years) Including tui
tion ami board $1,000
2. Scholarship in Kej sterna Acad
emy (t years) Including tui
tion and board SOI
3. Schmcr 6-11 Tiano, including
stool and scarf (on exhibition
at J V. Ouemscy's, 311
Washington avenue) 43
4. Corns In Piano Irstruetlon at
Scranton Conservatory of Mu
sic 7S
. Columbia Bicycle, Chainlets,
1900 model (on exhibition at
Uonrad Brothers', 248 Wyo
ming avenue) T5
5. Scholarship in Scranton Business
College, commercial course... CO
7. Scholarship In Scranton Dullness
College, shorthand course .. CO
a Solid tlold Watch, lady's or gen
tlcman's (oi, exhibition at Eu
gene SchimpfT's, !17 Lacka
wanna avenue) SO
8. Telc-l'hoto Cycle Poco B. Cam
era, 4x5 (on exhibition at
the firiPln Art rnmnnnv. ?(K
Wyoming avenue)
10. Ladv'a Solid Colli Watch, or
40
Gentleman's Solid Silecr
Watch (on exhibition at Eu
gene SehlmpA's, 817 LacVa
wanna avenue) SO
?2,430
Each contestant falling to secure one
of these spelal rewards will be given
ten (10) per cent, of all the money lie or
she turns in.
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If you haven't tho proper office up.
plies. Come In and give us a trial.
We have the largest ancl most com
plete line of oillce supplies in North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If it's a good thins, we have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
ReyeoIdlsBros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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RULES OF THE CONTEST
The special rewards velll be given to
the persons securing the largest number
of points.
Points will be credited to contestants
securing new subscribers to the Scranton
Tribune as follows:
Points.
One Months' Subscription...? .SO I
Three Months' Subscription.. 1.23 3
Six Months' Subscription..., 2.60
One Year's Subscription .... 5.00 12
Tho contestant with the highest num
ber of points will be gixen a choice from
the list of special rewards; the contestant
with the second highest number of
points will be gisen a choice ot the re
maining rewards, and so on through the
list.
Each contestant falling to secure a
special reward will be given 10 par cent,
of all money he or the turns in.
All aubtcilptlons must be paid la ad
vance. Only new subscribers will lie counted.
ltenewals by persons already on our
oubscrlptlon list will not be credited.
No transfers ran be made after credit
lias once been giien.
All subscriptions, and the cash to pay
for same, must be handed In at The
Tribune otHce within the week In which
they are aecured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
SuUcrlptions must be written on blanlcx,
which can be secured at The Tribune
office ,or will be sent by mall.
Tho contest will close promptly at 8
o'clock Saturday evening, September 28,
1000.
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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
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