fjjki iiissjiiiiwiiiijsiilii "HI.JLr,TTrjr?flpB P'fl "1fW(IWWT' s THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1000. it HmXIII n i it "- "Wjn (Je cranfon rtBtme Published Dally, Incept Sunday, by The i Trlj. tine Publishing Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. MVY P. lllCIIAIIP. Editor. O. K. nYXnr.R, fltislness Manlier. New York Offlcc 100 Niwiu St. s. s. vitr.Ki.A.sn, Sols Agent for l'orelgn Advertising. Entered at the rvtofflee at Mcfranton, Second-Class Mall Matter. Pi., it When spice will permit, The Tribune is always clad to print short letter" from Its friend bear int.' on current topics, hut Its rule Is thtt thee must be signed, for publication, by the writer 3 leal mme. and the condition precedent tnac ccptarco li that nil contributions shall be subject to editorial rellon. SCKANTON, AUGUST 22, 1000. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. PresMent-WIM.IAVt McKINM'.Y. vice-rrtiiiiciit-TULononi: noosr. LLT. Stfito. Conirrcsiricn at-I.arge O MX'SIIA A. OUOW, iioiii in ii. n'i;iii)MiKii. Auditor General K. U. llARDUKDr.UOIl. County. Con.-refs-WIt t.I M CON'NT.i.L. .iiidtfr-r.roiKit: m watson. Slicrlir JOHN II. fKt.I.OWS. Tritmrcr-J. A. ICUAXTOS. Plstrlrt Attnrnev WIU.1W! 11. I.UWIS. l'mthetintai .UlllN ( OI'IXVNl). Clerk of Ootirt-lllOM! I' mSlfXS. ltccc.rdcr of Deeds t:llt. HOW. Heglster (.1 WIIIs-W. K. 11FCK. Jury rcinmlsiloner-EliWAIUl II. STUUGES. Legislature First District THOMAS J. I) I'.YXOi.nS. Second l)iflrht-.li)IIN erilF.l'lin, Jl. Ihlnl llUtrirl F.llH'Min .1AMKS, JR. rourth i)jtikt-r. a. niu.niv. Senator Stewart's recent declaration will probably prove a warning to Mr. Ilrynn to keep out of hearing of the S'ilverltcs when discussing the para inount Issue. Suspicious Cubans. Hi: FORMER president of 0 the Cuban Insurgent gov- JL ernment, Senor Cisneros, a man personally of good re pute and venerable both In deeds nnd In years, hns Journeyed to Washing ton to present to President McKlnley a memorial asking that a number of changes be made in the publlsneu plan of holding a constitutional con vention in Cuba. Up wants the con vention summoned within thirty days; wants Its membership increased and rnch piovlnce allowed an equal repre sentation regardless of population, and wants the basis of hufftaee extended so as to give certain predominance to the Insuigent element. The present basis gives voting power to actual veterans of tho Insurgent army, but not to Impostors having no personal stalie In Cuba; and It also permits eveiy person owning property and residence in Cuba to vote, regardless of i ace or faction. The present plan of representation assures a predomi nance on the part of the Havana province, proportionate to Its superior wealth, population and Influence. lint tho fcigniflcant part of tho Cls neros memoiial is In its reference to the portion of the published call which summons the convention "to frame and adopt a constitution for the peo ple of Cuba, and, as a part thereof, to provide for and agree with the govern ment of the United States upon the iclations to exist between that gov ernment and the government of Cuba, tc." Regarding this last clause the memoiial says: "I consider this un necessary and In contradiction to the Idea of sovereignty and Independence and incloses a proposition that is dis tasteful to a people who lovo honor and dignity to discuss and entertain. Wo fall to seo the right of the inter vening government taking part In tho constitutional convention of the peo ple of Cuba." Then follow this diplo matic sop: It Is to he hoped that the Intervening govern ment will hue filth in the Cuban to constitute n rontltntion for themselves and by themielves, nswrci! that the Cubans will be grateful and slum due apprulatlon for all that ha been done fcr them by the government cf the fritted States and that the Cuban people will extend to the Ainerii.in nation even greater advantages thin tl.oic that inUlit be expected, not only from HMtitud", but jn lccau"c of the fart tint the I'niteil Mate hue In en the only market hereto fore for the pindufts of Tuba. ,ind In which the Cubin people hue purchased the greater part nf the supplies which the hire Imported from abroad. And the will look up to tho I'nlted Mitei for giildsnee and example, as a dutiful son to his fither. In nu Interview with a representa tive of tho Washington Star, Senor Clsneros spoke more freely, saying; among other things: "I think it we do not ret our Independence be. fori" the elections here we will neer have it, neuT. I think If the president goes not give us our Independence before he Is re-elected he will neur do It. That is my way of thinking. So I want to iuh events to have independence before November." "lion do jou fiel about llrvaiif If he were elected would he be more favorable than Mc Klnle t" Agjn the aped Cuban leader laughed as be settled himself back in Ida easy chair, repljlng: "I think Just the Mme of fir an. Prjan would do the same. Mr. Cleveland was a Democrat, nnd he was the worst we had against us. I think the same of the Democrats as of the republicans. Out the people of Cuba will never be annexed t the fnlted States willingly," he added. 'If any attempt were made to annex them It iwldw only bo h.v force f" et'lly force, jc," he replied. These expressions of skepticism nnd distrust, to which old General Oomez, liy the way, has Just contributed, ex plain why the United States, in help ing the Cuban?, to organize a stable government preparatory to Its Inde pendence, must be careful not to put a. knife to Its own throat. Wo could have done tho work much more expe ditiously and with far less friction had the promise of Independence been wllhlield until the natives were ready fpr It. Now It simply operates as a leverngejin the hands of ambitious once'-sVekers for the fomenting of populnVdlstrust. A wiser course was pursued with reference to the Philip pines. There responsibility was not separated from authority and the) United States Is not subject to the lagging of other than armed enemies wjio would have to be mbdued In any ojjerjU, 5. . ;.The richest Chinaman 'In the Philip pines, Don Carlos Palanca, Chinese consul general and head of ft thous and business enterprises, tells Frank O, Carpenter, the correspondent; "I do not think the.Flllplnos fit to govern themselves and'! don't think they will ever b'e able to do so. If they ever have control of the government I want to leave. Even the best of them are half-savage. Scratch the surface of tlitfTlHplno and you will find the treacherous, plrntlcal, bloodthirsty Malay. They tiro Jealous of one an other. They have no regard for hu man life, and when they como Into control nsiasslnntlons will bo as com mon ns robbery Is now." Don Carlos hns evidently not been Influenced by Mr. Bryan's speeches. The scheme to provide n whipping port 'In tills state for wife-boaters and perons who abuse children Is again being agitated. It is now time for the sentimental people who fear that the administering of Justice may bo con sidered a return to bntbnrlsm to como forward with a tearful protest. The American Policy. u AST EVHNINCJ, nt Colorado Springs, before tho Farmers' National congress, Alexander It. Smith, a delegato from New York and expert special accnt on shipbuilding for the twelfth census, delivered nn Instructive address on the subject, "Will American Ships Help Our Farmers?" It will bo recalled that the Republican administration Is committed to tho policy of encouraging by government subsidy tho develop ment of our ocean commerce, a bill to this effect now pending In congress; while on tho other hand tho Demo cratic platform sharply opposes both the bill and tho policy which it ex presses. Mr. Smith began by pointing out that about 20,000,000 long tons of American agricultural products, valued at be tween seven and eight hundred million dollars, are annually exported from tho United States. The great bulk of this shipping 13 cart led In foreign ships, principally British. The withdrawal from ordinary trade of 050,000 tons of Drltlsh shipping last year, needed to handle English troops and war trans port, caused a 30 per cent, advance In ocean rates, Increasing American ocean freight charges $60,000,000 of which $30,000,000 Mr. Smith estimated was paid by American farmers. This year tho increase threatens to equal 50 per cent, upon tho ordinary prices, making our total payment to foreign vessel owners for the carrying of American goods in the neighborhood of $2SO,000, 000. The speaker continued: "Had American ships been engaged in carrying our exports, the withdrawal of British shipping for military needs would have had no material effect upon our foreign trade. If It should raise ocean freight rates, the money being paid to our own shipowners would all remain at home, So long as we arc dependent upon foreign ship ping for our foreign carrying, Just so long we shall be compelled to heavily contribute to tho military operations of foreign nations. With American ships doing our foreign carrying Ameri can farmers would be lelieved from dependence upon foreign shipping and would be able to count upon more stnblo and profitable foreign markets for their surplus products. Hut there is yet another side to this illustration. "Since tho withdrawal of G50,000 tons of British shipping ftom tho channels of trade raised ocean fielshts 30 per cent., the addition of a like amount of now tonnage to the world's shipping should correspondingly reduce ocean freight rates. Legislation, therefore, that will build up an American mer chant marine will, by substantially reducing ocean freight rates, give our farmers larger markets for and bet ter profits upon their products. Tho moie ships there are competing for the carriage of our expoits the lower the cost of transportation the higher profit for the producer. Senator Frye, chairman of tho Senate Commcrcs committee, has declared that the pass age of a bill now before congress for the upbuilding of American shlppln? in the foreign trade would, through the large increase of American ships, ef fect a reduction of ocean transporta tion charges on American foielgn com merce Of fully $25,000,000 a year a sunt nearly three times as large as he ad vocates our government should pay to American shipowners to induce them to put their capital In home-built ships for our foreign trade. Instead of that bill imposing burdens upon the Ameri can taxpayers, it Is obvious that It would lighten such burden. "At present It costs more to build, more to operate, and more to main tain an American than a foreign ship. Wages in our shipyards nre about double tho wages paid in foreign yards; wages on board American ships are much higher than on foreign ships; and the food served on American ships Is better In quality and greater In quantity than Is served on foreign ships. Testimony before congresslon.il committees proves that It costs at least 23 per cent, more to build ships In tho United States than It does abroad; that It costs at least 30 per cent, more for wages and food on American tlian on foreign ships; that the repali-3 on American ships are more costly th"n on foreign ships. This is because Ameri can labor receives so much higher wages than foreign labor receives, These constitute valid reasons why Ametlcan capital shuns ships for our foreign trade. Another Important reason Is that foreign governments pay their merchant ships In mall subsidies, In subventions, naval reserve retain ers, construction and navigation boun ties more than $20,000,000 a year. Un aided American ships cannot, of course, profitably compete with foreign ships possessing the triple advantages of lesser cost of construction, lesser cost of operation, and of government aid. "To-day the national American policy Is protective. American ships In com petition with foreign ships are utterly unprotected. Thoy are In free-trade competition with their rivals, and have been for forty years. During that time our shipping In tho foreign trado has lecllned fiom 2,600,000 tons to 850,000 tons, while our commerce has Increased four-fold. In normal times $200,000,000 are annually paid to for eign ships for carrying 03 per cent, of our foreign commerce, or ns much as the value of one-half our wheat crop, or ob much as tho value of two-thirds of our cotton crop, or as much as the value of one-third of our corn crop, and ns much as In collected at nil of our custom houses, each year, Ameri can ships that can keep this $200,000,000 at home each year, Instead of sending It out of the country, must be a bene fit to our farmers. That sum would give steady work to more than a quar ter of a million men nt $2.S0 a day; It would support 1,000,000 people. No farmer In the United States will con tend that there will not bo great In direct benefit to him through the em ployment In this country, In practically a new industry, of a quarter of a mil lion men supporting a million people. Think of the farm products required to feed and clothe those people, nnd think of tho farm products required to feed nnd clothe the merchants, the builders, the mechanics, the professional men and others who would minister to tho wants of Hint million people. That $200,000,000 would turn over nnd over, constantly employing our people, It kept nt homo. The 250.000 men em ployed In shipbuilding and Its allied ln-( nusines would only bo tne Beginning of the cmpioyirtent that $200,000,000 would give our people, If American In stead of foreign shipowners did our foreign carrying. No man could trace the end of the employment nnd re-employment that would follow the reten tion nt home of one-fifth of a billion dollars now paid out to foreigners by tho American people each year. If ship building were a steady and permanent business, through economies In pro duction we would In time be nblo to build ships as cheaply in the United States as elsewhere, and without reduc ing the wages of labor. That nas been true of other great protected indus tries, and would be ttue of shipbuild ing. In the end the United States would build ships for all the world, nnd there Is no limit to the extent of the demand upon American materials and labor that would follow government encouragement of our shipping In the foreign trade." The Republican party believes In en couraging American shlp-bullders to build ships in which to haul American commerce so that the money now paid to foreigners In ocean freights may be kept among tho American people. The Democratic party opposes the Republi can position but offers no alternative means of securing the same end. General Gordon, the Confederate hero, also demonstrates that It Is pos sible for a man to be drawn Into a disagreeable controversy nnd not lose his head. Provocative of Pride. "IIE CHINESE tangle is by no means unraveled nnd many months of difficult I negotiation may bo expected to follow the relief of the legatlonens at PeUln. The problem of restoring order In China and securing ndoquato guarantees of future protection of for eign life nnd property In accordance with treaty agreements Is likely to be as hard a one to solve as any which has confronted the statesman ship of our day. Hut looking at what lias thus far been done, what Ameri can is there who can withhold frank admiration of tho masterly manner in which our state department has con ducted tho American sido of this com plicated affair? Only a few months have Intervened since Secretary Hay secured from all the powers having footholds In China assutanccs in writing that they would not dls?rlmlnnto In any way (against American Interests, either in Chinese ttrritory now controlled by them or In territory hereafter to be acquired. As Representative Mondell points out, "whatever may bo the disposition of tho other foreign powers with refer ence to the partition of China they are under moral obligation by reason of the open door agreement to main tain equal commercial privileges and freedom of commerce, and the fact that they are thus barred from com mercial advantage through the posses sion of territory must take away the principal temptation to the partition of China. The possession of territory which does not enrry with It commer cial advantages which are not enjoy ed alike by all tho powers would be of no great value to nny nation, and all the powers nre confronted with the fact that any scheme for the par tition of China must involve the strongest disapproval of tho United States" With the ink on their assurances hardly dty, the powers are effectually es.topped from using the Imprisonment of their ministers ns a pretext for the annihilation of the Chinese empire. Who will believe that had these as surances not been secured before tho Roxcr uprising broke out In anarchy nt Pekln the outbreak would not have been seized upon ns n signal for par tition and spoliation? nut Secretary Hay got in nhead of the intriguers responsible for the Boxer troubles and ha has remained in the lead ever since. Ho wa3 the first to lay down a chart of policy with respect to for eign Intervention in China, limiting It to the restoration of order and tho vindication of Justice. Ho was the first to undertake to communicate with the imptisoncd legationers nnd the first to gc t word of their safety when Europe wan proclaiming their massacre nnd preparing schemes of vengeance. His reliance upon the good faith of the Chinese minister, Jlr. Wu, was criti cized in every foreign capital but It has been vindicated and the foreign chancelleries nre now ns profuse In congratulation ns they were recently "fresh" In dissent. Tho United States has kept aloof from every act of un friendliness In China and Is today the natural mediator. It Is a check brake on ambitions of aggrandizement and a balance of power in the deciding of mooted issues of diplomacy. Never has the American hand been played so skilfully or with such a thorough comprehension of the values nt stake. Will tho country forget this? Will It vote to dismiss Hay nnd lnstal Towne, Tillman or Altgeld? Commissioner Peck, it Is claimed, has been vindicated to a certain oxtent by the large number of prizes cap tured by American exhibitors at the Paris exposition. It Is an easy kind of vindication considering how easy the competition was. Persons who Imagine that votes can bo gained by preaching treason will discover their mistake early In No vember. General Gomez appears to be visibly Impressed by tho sentiments of the motto; "To tho victors belong tho spoils." $ k k & 4s & 4 4 Want AdSo le The Trilbmiini, A little Want Ad. of fifteen (15) words Inserted in The Tribune resulted in the receipt of twenty-three (2) answers. Here Is the Ad.: WANir.D TO KENT-FRONT P.OOM, SECOND floor, with modern conveniences; slate price. "A," Tribune ofbee. Here Are the Answers: NOTE THE 4 0 1 4 A 7 7 - 2 3 -3 8 8- Wyomlns Atenue. N. Washington Avenue, A'l.imn Avenue. Adams Avenue. Adams Avenue. Adams Avenue. Aclaiiu Avenue. Jefferson Avenue. Tide mon Avenue. JetTerson Avenue. Jefferson Avenue. Jefferson Avenue. Want Ads. 1 Cent Six Insertions ?.$ $$? & ?$???'?' $ &-$$$ S NOTES ON POLITICS. To a friend In Washington, Dennis T. Tlynn, Just renominated for the fourth time as dele gate to congrtas from Oklahoma, writes: "You want to hnow what the political complexion out west is. It will probably surprise jou, but the atmosphere and the color of the tlcy are about the aamo as they are In the cast. The west never has seen auch prosperity. The crops arc abundant, the people are not only wcarinc smiles, but irood clotheK, and no one that you can find honevtly believes that Ilryan will be elected. You can bet every dollar you have got that McKlnley will carry Kansas Just as cer tain as he will carry any state in the Union. Local pride will probably give Nebraska to Bry an by a scratch. South Dakota, Wjomlnj and Oregon and Washington have all kissed the Kan sas City platform and its nominee Rood-bye. McKlnley and Itoosevelt are so far ahead in the race that the distance Hir will be dropped be fore the Democratic nominees realize that it has besun. McKlnley will get more votes than anvbody dreams of from men who do not pro fos to be Republicans. They won't state so in public, but they know when the country has bad a clean administration, and there is a sort of feeling existing that tho proper thing to do ii to uphold the president'! bands." "In ISM," remarks the Hochetcr Democrat and Chronicle, "Mr. Hrjan advocated free silver as a sovereign remedy for "hard times.' He insist ed constantly that the free and unlimited coin age of silver would compel ft rise in prices and that a rise In prices was Just what the working men, 'the common people,' needed to make them prosperous and happy. If this was a fact four jesrs ago It is a fact today. Mr. Ilrjan is as devoted a free silverltc today as he was four years ago. Consequently he must still believe that a rise in prices must be for the benefit of the worklngman Still Mr. Ilryan Is fiercely op posed to trust", and one of his most serious ob jections to trusts is that they raise prices. Hut if Mr. Bryan's argument for tree silver is good for anything why should he object to trusts on this account? Is he not rather Lound to advo cate them?" He certainly Is if he believes the report of Carroll D. Wright, the United States commissioner of labor, that trusts or combina tions pay on the average nearly 20 per cent, higher wages than were paid in the same es tablishments before the combinations took effect. According to llepresentative Robert G. Cous ins, of Iowa! "The people are disgusted with the Democratic party. It has no policies which appeal to them; It is a headless thing, plunging blindly about reactionary, retrogressive, ob structive and standing upon the decajed founda tions of past and expired issues. It Feeks to pull doun, not to build tip; to undo rather than to create, to destroy than to foster, to hinder than to progress, to oppose than to aid, and, alto gether, has long, long outlived its usefulness. The people nre sickened with its mixed senility and imbecility and tho cant of its leaders. The catch words upon its banners deceivo none, not even Its own followers. Tho people of the west contrast the present splendid prosperity with tne blight of Ilrjanlsm of four years ago and well, Just wait until the returns come In and count the majorities." The Colorado Springs Oarette has formulated a case which will be tried next November, with the American people for tho Jury. It thus states the situation: l'rosperity Confidence Emplojmcnt High wages flood prices Good money Expansion Republican Adv erslty. Distrust. Idleness. Low wages. Cheap prices. No money. Stagnation. ...v,. J I Democrat. Case set for Nov. 0, 1900. J. West Coodwin, the veteran editor of the Scdalla, Mo , Baroo and a former wheel horse of the Democracy, has announced his intention of bolting Brjan and of supporting the candid acy of McKlnley. He sa.va: "The 'paramount issue' is nothing but a handful of sand thrown Into the eves of the public to blind it to the real questions at stake." "The dominant Issues of tho campaign,' says Representative Cousins, "will be constructive government against fault finding and failure, law and order (called 'militarism') against law. lcs-,ness and revolution, an actual gold dollar againt inflation and repudiation, progress against lmnkerlsm." The latest word from headquarters Is that tests have revealed no cause for Republican alarm as to the attitude of the Herman vote In this campaign. The Republican managers have dis missed that worry from their minds. Here Is a remark by Congressman Cousins, of Iowa, that will grieve many Democrats: "If one were to talk 10 to 1 now as Br an did in '08 the small boys would lay 'wheels.' " All territory acquired by the L'nlted States nas at the time inhabited, and the Inhabitants were at first governed without their consent, as are the Indians even jet. Ily the way, what does Brother Dryan propose to do with Torto Rico? ALWAYS DUST. W0" ?-?. August sale summer shoes are going. J3 00 RusseU, $3.60; ( 00 Russets, $2.60. Wholesale and Retail. Lewis & Really Established 1888. 114-116 Wyoming Ave. $ & 4 4- 4 4 $ LOCATIONS. 8 8 0 7 6 3 5 12 13 1 6 JefTerson Avenue. JetTerson Avenue, Madlwin Avenue. Monroe Avenue. Qulncy Avenue. Mulberry Street. Mulberry Street. Mulberry Street, Mulberry Street. Vine Htrctt. Pino Street, a Word. for 5 Cents a Word POLITICAI. home thrusts. The Democratic plea that the 10 to 1 plank was Inserted in the Kansas City platform to fool the Populists is not calculated to Inspire confidence on the part of tho other voters. A party that practices deception upon one clam of voters will not hesitate to cnlaigo its field In thtt particular line. The American cow has felt the effect of Re publican good times. Iter value has gone up about $10 sinco 1695, from $21.05 a head to about $31.60 a head, (she has also had to supply more milk, because of the demand attendant on the filling of the vvorkingman's) dinner pall. Chairman Jones declares that the Cotton Com. Tress Trust, of which he Is a stockholder and beneficiary, is authorlred by the comtltution. Wc believe the same claim was get up by the pro moters of the Tammany Ice Trust. It Is not believed that Mr. Bryan will attempt to explain any ol his miscarried predictions. He will Bimply go right ahead making new ones. & Cooeell JEWELERS Temporarily nt 139 PENN AVE - -. !! CONTINUED YT k JLJ Aiol Bargains Ii Jewelry, Siiverwear, Etc Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. ffiSA "My wife and myself are In the balloon nnd parachnte line. " We travel all oyer the country making parachute Jumps at sjrjmmer resorts, county fairs, ami with tout shows. " Up to a few months ago neither my wife nor myself was In poop health. "Our jxjor physical condition vrni due. to tome extent, to the fact that we were almost constantly traveling, and wnn utiltgnd to eat anil sleep Irregularly. " In filling our billmn we would become warm and perspire profmely. Then in a little while we would be lilgU In the air, where it was so cold that we would become chilled; and then came tho drop, nflnn Into water. " We had lad c-osdo, bad aa to be almost chronic, nnd for fomo time after the drops Into cnbl watr I would be sn rhoke-l up that 1 rotili hardly spoak above a whlspsr. "Then 1 tiM lw affected wllhroht night swcatu for almost two years. My appetite was poor and I wm kwdly ran down, so badly, In fact, that when I foil tho wont I often made up my mind to put the lioslunui. " At about this time I was talking with a friend about my condition and he suggested I try Itlnnns Tabnlen. X bemeht a immll packet, nnd they did mo much good. "They bare henerjlH my ntira-s much ivt they have me. . . "The 'giddy' frcllngnharo disappeared; we rarely havo colJii tho night sweats havo gone, and I mt and sleep well. "My tnwrL ir-cd to 1 irregular, oven when I wna careful about what I ate. Now I eat almost anything. and nj bowels were never In bettor condition. "The Tatules have toned up our systems so thoroughly that we aro proof against all inch attacks. " KIpaosTabnloa have dorxv my wifo and myself moro good in tho put four months than all tl)e doctors' advice and medicine we have ever had." WWTYZlikr3mtJYMiA ttlfh fht IV? TAM will W. ! Bpruc Btrw. Hew Tort, for 10 wuoplei ani An) UtilmonJUt. 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Lady's Solid Cola Wateli. or Gentleman's Solid filver Watch (on exhibition at lUi gene pchimpfl's, 317 Lacka wanna avenue) 30 ?2,0 Each contestant falling to secure one of these special rewards will be given ten (10) per cent, of all the money lie or she turns in. ooooooooooooooooo CCD BLIS' CP'tlPt OUR I iff l&-(- 99 wear If you haven't the proper office (sup plies. Como in and give us a trial. Wo have the largest and most com plete line of office supplies in North eastern Pennsylvania. If It's a good thing, we have it. Wo make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. nnt Uiurlt ftcu4 0t cut to SUpiAt Ckun!rl Co. eccjiua.oru packet for mm isiuMMUis, J.1'"'U"J r rjv.?,-J,i J - VfVlv-W 66Domi9t xxxxxxxxxxxxo RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewards will be given to the pcrton securing the largest number of points. Points will be credited to contestants securing new subscribers to the Scranton TiiLune as follows: Points. One Months' Subscription. ..$ M I Thicc Months' Subscription.. 1.25 3 Sl Months' Subscription.... 2.M One Year's Subscription .... 6,00 12 The contestant with the highest num. ber of points will be given a choice from the list of spetial rouards; the contsstant with the second highest number of points will be given a choice of the re malnlng rewards, and so on through the list. Cach contestant falling to secure a sKYial reward will be given 10 per cent, of all money he or she turns in. All subscriptions must be paid In ad vance. Only new subscribers will ba counted. Renewals by persons already on our subscription list will not be credited. No transfers can be made alter credit lias once been given. All subscriptions, and the cash to pay for tin, must be banded in at The Tribune oiBcc within tho week In which they are secured, so that papers may be sent to the subscribers at once. Subscriptions must be wrltt.n on blanks, which can be secured at The Tribune orllrc ,or will be sent by mail. The contest will close promptly at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, September 29, 1000. oocxooocxooooox miw 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, G- o 1 f, or Bicycle Skirts, including the popular Greys, Tans, ' Blues and Blacks. New line ol 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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