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State.
nonitrtfTTirn at Large OAI.USI1A
A. GltuW,
HOUKUT II K'EHDhlir.H.
Auditor (.errral-U. D. UAItUEMlUliall.
County.
CornrrcM-iVIM.tAM COVNKIX.
Jii'Iri Gl'OlllSH M WATSON.
M.crliT-JOII.V II. II'.U.OUS.
TriSfirei-J A. SCItWTOV.
Diftrlot AttoriH'v WILLIAM P.. I.KW19.
I'lutrxnntiirs- .lolls fOI'KI.AM'
Plrrk of fr'nrla THOMAS P OAXICLS.
Itccordcr vl Deeds I'.MII. HOW.
Ileuinter o( Wills W. K. rir.CK.
Jury Commissioner KHU'AHU H. STUIIOF.S.
Legislature.
riit District tiiomas i. nrvvoi.ns.
Pei-ond Dilrlit-,IOIIN SrilITK.lt, Jit.
Third Dlstrlrt-nHWAnn JAMKS, Jit.
Fourth DUtilct I'. A. 1'ltll.MN.
"If there Is any one who believes
the gold standard Is a good thing,
or that it must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid of
it." William Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxvllle, Temi., Deliv
ered Sept. 10, 1800.
The Strike.
KfllNNINO TODAT industrial
war Is to take the place of
peace In our valley. AVc
B
have arsuod to avert thlt
calamity but now that U has come ro
BrotR are futile; common sense bids
all to accept the Inevitable gracefully
and to try to mako the best of it.
It goes without saying that thp wish
nf every honest man Is that every la
borer In nnd about our mines may re
ceive In wages n just and generous re
turn for his labor. Thli Is equity. Thl3
Is the true bawls of prosperity. Where
labor Is robbed or wronged thotv is no
enduring public welfare. But not
every charge against employers Is n.
true one. There are men In labor's
ranks as well an In the ranks of cap
ital who arc not fair with themselves
nor wiffi others. Public Intelligence,
oven Infthe tension of a great strike,
must be slow to accept extreme state
ments, wholesale accusations, partisan
pxacgeuitlon. It trust lnvestlgjte for
itpel'. separate fact from fancy and
draw nn average.
From thp stondpolnt of the commun
ity In general It Is grievously unfor
tunate that employers and employed,
vefoie battling with one another, did
not rninn together as man to man and
have a full, frank and fair discussion
of differences. M'p concur fully In the
Vdllef that n meeting of this character,
nr a series of meetings, could have
done no but in end might have done
much good, f o far as the operators In
personal touch with thtlr workmen
nro concfined, we think that a major
ity of them wanted such an opportun
ity of discussion undisturbed by nut
ldo Influence", and It Is an unhappy
(ItLumstnui'O In the development of
the present conflict that among men
of power nn both slds huve been some
more determined to effect technical
purposes than to promote the mutual
ii.vl common welfare.
Another unhappy fortune of the pre
liminary fikluulHhlng wns the failure
nf public opinion to effect and enforce
judicial arbitration. Our couits sit to
pnss on niiestlons nf law and fact In
matters vital to human life, and their
'eclidons upon the whole command
popular respect. Here was an Issue
affect Inn wages and p-nperty; nn Issue
nf facts not dllllcult to locate: and
peculiarly an Issue suited to disinter
ested and unbiased adjudication. How
much better and cheaper it would have
been cni'ld the decision have been
l cached In this civilized way. without
Idleness, prostration of business or the
pall of uncertainty nnd apprehension
which nveihnnps whenever great
bodies of men engage In a labor war'
Hut these considerations have to do
with a period now gone by. Today the
strlko begins and what are Its pros
pects? In Its comments during the
trouble now dawning The Tribune, to
tut. best of Its ability, will not be par
tisan: It will speak the truth as It sees
the tiuth In absolute fearlessness of
consequences. In this eplrlt it has to
set down Its Inability to perceive nny
wbefejln the outlook a probability of
recompense for anv of the lrteres's
put to loss, by this form of waif pre.
Operators, men and general public all
see staring themselves in the face the
dismal prospect of sacrifice without
cain: , the markets of anthraeltn hid
fair to be captured by competitive fuel
nnd years may be required to regain
lost ground, if some of it shall not be
lost forever.
Every one In the coal fields knows
that the miner's lot has been bard and
would rejoice to see It bettered. Put
It remains to be proved that bettor,
ment can be effected by a course of
procedure which starts with Idleness
and ends with want.
The campaign liar has taken after
Colonel Roosevelt. On September 4 tha
Chicago Chronicle, an official Bryan
organ, charged that in 1891 Roosevelt
tald: "Any man who engages n
sttjke or any man who goes where u
strike Is on should be shot." The
editor of the Chicago Tribune wired to
Roosevelt asking If this was true, llete
Is Teddy's reply: "Of course the state
ment Is an absolute lie," Not only an
absolute but uIbo a very clumsy He.
"We declare In favor of a strict ad
herence to the traditional policy of the
Democratic, party In the matter of ter
ritorial extension: that the speedy an-
nrxatlon of Jin wall, the independ
ence of Culm, 1'orto nieo nml the Phil
ippines mm 1 their acquisition are
favored, If in keeping with onuurltiR
pence with the powers of Kuiopo."
This it not an extract from a Ilupub
llrnn platform. It Is part ot the plat
form adopted by the Democrats at Mt.
Clemens. Mich., In Jim", 1893.
Head the clean-cut, straightforward
lilter of acceptance by Theodoie
Roosevelt anil enjoy the plcaMire of
mental contact with an honest and a
courageous man.
Bryan's Shallowness.
A OOOI) DKAIj has been said
about Mr. Hryan's moral re
sponsibility In the matter of
the treaty with Spain for the
Philippine Islands, lie advised the
ratification of that treaty. Without the
Democratic votes which he influenced
In Its favor, the treaty could not have
been made. He Is therefore morally
bound to help execute It In good faith
and can not escape such responsibility.
Hut leaving that aspect of the mat
ter wholly out of consideration, It
would seem that Mr. Bryan, as presi
dent, would be legally barred from
executing his proposed policy In the
Philippines. Thp Constitution of the
United States says that "all treaties
made or which shall be made under
the authority of the United States shall
be the supreme law of the land." The
Supreme court has upheld that provis
ion unflinchingly. Acts of state legis
lation or nets of congios which con
flict with treaties are always treated
as nullities. The obligation which the
constitution puts upon the president to
"take care that the laws be faithfully
executed" binds him to the execution
of all treaties.
How then would Mr. Bryan have to
deal with the Philippines under the
treaty? Section four of the treaty
under which wo acquired the Philip
pines pledges the United States to give
Spanish ships ond merchandise acccs
to the ports of the Philippine Islands
on the same terms as those of the
United States for the period of ten
ycais. That is part of our "supreme
law" which the president Is to see
faithfully executed.
Plainly, then, for ten years at least
our authority must be maintained In
those Islands. Mr. Bryan could not
withdraw American authority within
that time without violating our
supreme law. Yet, according to his
theory, he would have the United
States leave the Islands as soon ns
possible after his election and throw
our treaty obligations to the winds.
That shows how shallow Is his com
prehension of great responsibilities and
obligations.
If he were consistent, Mr. Bryan
would cede the sovereignty of his farm
at Lincoln, Neb., to Spain or Prance,
The land was acquired by the United
States without the "consent of the
governed" during the administration
of another Democrat, Thomas Jeffer
son. The Red Cross to Aid In India.
-pHE AMERICAN National
Red Cross, now In course
of reorganization under the
new powers conferred by the
last congress, has taken up as Its first
active work the relief of suffering In
the famine districts of India. Although
the work of reorganization Is barely
hegun, yet Miss Clara Button, presi
dent of the Rod Cross, believes that
famine relief should bo undertaken at
once, not only because the need of re
lief grows more urgent as time passes,
hut also because this Is the kind of
woik that congress and the president
have committed to the hands of the
Bed Cros.
To avoid delays and to prevent com
plications with the reorganization work,
which will be carried on nt National
headquarters at Washington, Miss Bar
ton has placed the India famine work
In the hands of a committee with head
quarters In the Presbyteilan building,
156 Fifth avenue, New York city. The
committee has already received a large
number of volunteer offers from pr
sons desiring to aid In the Red Cross
work In India. The offois came from
physicians, trained nurses nnd persons
who had already seen service In India.
The committee has selected as its de.
posltory of funds the North American
Trust company, 13r Broadway, New
York city, to which all contributions
should be sent direct. Checks should
be drawn to the order of the North
American Trust company and marked
"for the Red Cross India Famine
Fund." It Is hoped that funds will bo
forthcoming Immediately, as the suf
feilng In India is still widespread and
acute.
By act of the last congiess the
American National Red Cioss was
designated as a permanent agency for
the relief of suffering by war, famine,
pestilence, flood, lire and all other
calamities of sufllclent magnitude to
be of national Importance. Tho organ
ization acts under the Geneva treaty,
the provisions for which were made In
international convention nt Geneva
Switzerland, on August 22, ISOi, nnd
since signed by nearly all civilized na
tions. The United States gave Its ad
hesion by act of congress on March 1,
18S2. This was ratified by tho congress
of Berne, on Juno 9, 1SS2. It was pro.
claimed by President Arthur on July
20, 1SS2. Under Its now powers con
ferred by congress, tho American Na
tional Red Cross has full protection
for Its insignia. Unauthorized persons
or fcoclctles using the name or the
emblem of the Red Cross for the pur
pose of procuring money are liable to
punishment under the law.
In Its now foim the Red Cross will
establish permanent auxiliaries In all
parts of the United States, with
branches in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. It will be ready at a
moment's notice to send trained und
experienced relief agents to any part
of the world where tho relief of suffer
ing may be needed. It will be readv
also to receive and forward money and
supplies In cases where trustworthy
agents, such as missionaries and con
suls, are on the ground In sufllclent
force to undertake relief administra
tion. It Is believed that with the Red Cross
always at hand as a permanent official
I agency for emergency relief, religious
organizations and voluntary commit
tees of citizens will bo spared much of
the labor that has fallen upon them In
recent years. That this centralization
of relief work will bo welcomed by the
public nt largo there Is abundant
reason to believe.
Tlore to Lose.
(from A Itccent Ppoecli by Hon. tliarlej Kntnry
Smith )
RYAN and Bryanlsnt wera
overwhelmingly beaten In
1R0C because the people
knew their success would
mean nenerat disaster. It would havo
blighted t'" sacredness of our courts,
would hn'P undermined the founda
tions of our free Institutions which
rest on the mnlesty of law and Its
Just Judicial Interpretation, nnd would
have carried us to the silver basis with
nil Its unmeasured ruin. Tho contem
plation of such a possible catastrophe
was sufllclent to nrouso nnd alarm tho
country nnd unite all thinking people
to avert It.
Do the people roolliie that, ftreat as
would have been the shock caused by
Bryan's election four years nijo, his
success now would produce a far
gieater convulsion? Do they under
stand that, If there wat reason for ap
prehension then, there is double reason
for alarm now? Why? Because wo
have so much more to lose. Because
we have so much farther to fall. Be
cause we should be plunged to the
stme depths from a far higher level.
You full from the second story and
you are In danger of a broken neck.
You fall from the top of n sky-scraper,
And you nio certain of It,
It Is time that business men and
worklngmen everywhere fully realized
this truth. In 189G we were already on
a low level. Four years of hard times
and low prlcys nnd widespread bank
ruptcy had prostrated business and
paralyzed Industry. Recall a few evi
dences. The exchanges of the clearing
houses of the country measure the
volume of trade. Instead of growing
as they ought to do year by year, they
had declined from 1892 during the suc
ceeding years of depression more than
ono-quirter. More than two million
worklngmen were Idle. Most of those
who had work had It only on short
time nnd low wages. Mills were
stopped nnd souphouses opened. Tha
deposits in savings banks were re
duced, showing that depositors were
drawing on their savings to make up
the loss of earnings. The annual con
sumption of wheat In this country fell
off over two bushels per head, showing
that empty pocketbooks were followed
by empty stomachs. The loss In rail
road values alone wns more thnn two
thousand million dollars. The total
loss of that period of r&rdc and de
pression was as great as that Involved
In the Civil war.
That Is where we were In 1S96. We
elected William McKlnley to get tts
out nf the Plough of Despond. The
election of Bryan would Indeed have
plunged us In deeper, but we were al
ready In. Bryanlsm and free silver
would have completed a wreck already
well started. But how Is It now? If
we had fallen then, we should have
fallen from the level of depression
and low prices. If we fall now, wo
shall fall from the height of prosper
ity, ond the calamity will be so much
the greater. We have paid off debts
and mortgages. The savings banks
deposits have Increased nearly five
hundred million dollars. All values
have advanced. Labor was never so
well employed or so well paid. Our
mnnufactuies have grown until they
are now equal to those of Great Brit
ain, Germany and Franco put together,
and we are manufacturing more than
one-third of all that Is made In the
world, If, therefore, the election of
Bryan In 1S9C would havo meant disas
ter. It would In 1900 mean Incalculable
calamity. We have Immeasurably
more to lose and farther to fall.
If we had run our boat on the rocks
In lt96, we should only have Increased
the boles ond the dangers of n craft
already waterlogged and half-wrecked.
If, with greater light and experience,
we deliberately change our helmsman
nnd our dhectlon und run our boat
on the rocks in 1900, we shall be guilty
ot the stupendous madness of wilfully
wrecking a stately and splendid ship,
with full palls and friendly seas and
favoring winds, with clear chart and
straight emirs", freighted with the rich
cargo of prosperity and bound for the
sure port ot national happiness and
greatness.
The Publisher's Desk.
"He that tooteth not Ills nnn horn
His horn shall not be tootcil."
Recouping Losses.
Till: rtOVAb DAUIXa rOWmiR Company is
at prccnt furnishing a gooil example of
the dllHcuIty of rehabilitating an article
uhtcli has been thrown out of the market
even for a ohort period of time.
The AchUnr tells liou, on Jan. 1, 1000, Minne
sota put a nrw law into operation requiring the
Hit of initreillrnls ot bakinir ponders sobl ulthln
the Hate to be plainly printed on the label. Tn
Jtojal pople refuni to comply on the ground
that their drticle was pure. This did not satisfy
the pure food commissioners, honetcr, and for
a few months no retailer cared to risk arrest
and fine by selling Itojal naMnpr Ponder.
After alnly attempting to force a test rase
throuch the courts the Itojal people complied
with the law. As soon as the Royal labels ei
prepared and distributed the sale of Itojal Bak
ing Powder was resumed.
In the meantime, lioVever, their business had
been at a standstill; other brand were forced
upon the trade; competitor1! accused the Iloyal
concern of being afraid to expose the Ingredients
of its article, etc. Now the Itojal llaking 1'ow.
der company Is conducting a systematic campaign
throughout the entire state. uMng display and
readers oerjuhrre in the effort to regain lo.t
ground. It Is a cafe estimate to say that its
advertising appropriation In Minnesota this year
will run flie times the sum expended last J ear.
And besides this, to use the language of a sile.
man of the company, it will take Arc years of
hard woik to put Itojal Paling Powder hack to
the exclusive position It occupied befoic the com
pany refused to comply with that law.
Had the Itojal Hiking Powder company not
been possessed of ample capital the lots would
haw been Irreparable. Put this rase demon
strates the case with which the result ot years
of faithful and persistent advertising ttlort
may be dashed Into smithereens. It also shows
that succcsful advertisers do not depend on
their past advertising to help Ihrm out of a
hole, or Keep up their future sales. They have
taken up the battle anew, and hope to win their
way back to favor by increased advertising effort.
Ihey aie not cutting down their advertising in
Minnesota because for a few months the sales
were cut down Not at all. Yhey are going at
the Minnesota trade vlth renewed energy; arc
putting foilh the most vigorous campaign ever
inaugurated in the newspaper advertising history
of the state, It matters not to the itojal Ilaklng
Posrder company that a presidential campaign
Is now being foiM. They ire out to win trade,
and are using wide publicity to get It,
IxjcoI advertiser may find In this atory a
moral which svill bear careful study. The step
page of advertising for a few months would not
have the disastrous effect that the stoppage of
aslei for the tame period would have. Hut
there are few article on the market which have
enjoyed the popularity of Royal flaking Powder.
People hare been using It for years, in much the
same manner as they expect to vise bread at
their dally meals. The grocer svho bus "kept
store" without It on his shelves would prove a
curiosity. And still tha fact Is plain that
to rehabilitate this article In Minnesota after
being eitit of the market but for a few months
Is going to require a tremendous effort In the
advertising field. It ought to be conclusive proof
that an article and a (Inn must be kept con
stantly before the public to maintain Its hold,
and that the sllhlet les Is doubly difficult to
regsln.
Present Chances
For Yotfng M?n
"Penn" in the Philadelphia nttlletin.
THE platform of the New York state Pemo
cratlc convention contains a declaration
which has been frequently expressed In
other wdrds since the opening of the presi
dential campaign and vhleh It may be worth
while to consider It Is as follows.
"The hope of former day has departed frem
the young men o! the land. The outlook promises
only that what they are today that lliey anan
nmaln to the end of their lives. The savings of
their labor and frugality dmlng a lifetime prom
ise no relief from prcbtiit drudgery In even the
distant future. Turn where they may to Improve
their condition, they encounter tho crushing riv.
airy of aggiegated millions, and the Inequality cf
the contest for Improved conditions for the In
dividual renders Ihe contest hopeleiw. The day
of individual oppoilunity must bo rcstoied," eP,
It should be understood at the outset that Illch.
nrd Croker, who ought to be one of tho last men
In the country to complain that "the iy of in
dividual opportunity Is passed" is chiefly re
sponsible for this platform. It wai Croker. ton.
who not long ago In personally- delivering nlmself
of some sage and critical observation on the
outlook for joung nv-n could see no tiope fur
tliriii "In these times of monopoly-." but what
Croker and his platform-makers have said on
ihl mihjeu is, alter all. ihieflj the Inspiration
of Mr. Ilrjan, whose utterances now nnd In the
past four j ears hare been filled with the thought
that the poor man is ever growing poorer, that
the youth who would become a "self-made" man
has no loncer an opportunity, and tint the hal
cyon times for him have long deputed. It Is
easy enough for a politician of the coarsest
grain who has frankly, brutally avowed, with
out any complaint on the put of his follower',
that he is in politics "for the good of his
pocket," to resort to this cheap port of demagogy-.
Rut it might havo been supposed that
a man who, like Mr. Riyan, In the noontide of
his years, his alr.'ady been twice supported by
millions of his countrymen for the highest of
flie In the land, would be slow- to proclaim that
young men no longer have "opportunities."
Mr. Bryan, Indeed. U the youngest nnn that
has ever been named for the presidential office.
When he was first proposed for it the iniprel"n
of uenillty In his short public career hail still
paused him to be known as the "Roy orator."
Rut it he lud lived in the "good old demo
cratic times" as he and bis. New- YorU friends
call tlitin, he would have been one of a claw of
men considered as too young or too Inexperienced
for tho presidential office. It is a notable fait
that during more than hill a century all the
presidents beginning with Washington were men
of mature years aud reached the office only after
a long career in public affairs. Kvcn .lames K.
Polk, the first "dark horse" president, had been
a speaker f the national house of repiesentatives
eight years before he was thought of for the
presidency. On the other hand, during the past
forty years no old man has been elected to the
office, ard with one exception all of the presi
dents In tint period began their lives either In
downright poverty or with only moderate means.
And when we see two men as young as Bryan
and Roosevelt today In the forefront of American
politics, and not by reason of money but of in
dustry, ileverncss and quickness in taking ad
vantage of opportunities. It seems like a travesty
for a party In the greatest state of the Union to
utter lamentincly that "ihe hope of former daya
has departed from the young men of the land!"
o
The troth Is and It would be eay to give
niiimrous examples of It In both pirties that so
fir as politics are concerned there has neier been
a period when able young men have been more
promptly recognlred than they now are. Tlio
fluent ReverlJge, occupying when still frch
from paying bis way through college, and when
hirdly past the constitutional age, the seat in Ihe
United States senate that had been held by sulIi
lndianlans as Mniton, Ilemlrleks, Il.nrison and
Vonrhecs, has been recently the most eonpi u
oils specimen of I his Kind of succc in national
affairs. If we turn our glance homeward, it will
bo found that in thii city more than half the
woiklng leaders in polities, as well as half the
men in responsible office, are in the sunny years
ami have for the most hewn their own way from
humble beginnings We had an example of this
the other elav In the nomination of J. llampl'in
Moore for city ticasuier. He Is only about
thiity-six years of ar,e, and looks even younger.
He began his career as a reporter on the Ledger,
and was a pood one, ever temperate and diligent;
he drifted into polities, had the tactful temper
and the knack of doing well almost any func
tion which fell to him in a Journalistic or offi
cial way, and has studied both men and books
with a bright and eager American ambition. Not
few even of those who eliffcr from him In his
present pollllinl relation concede him the respect
due to a man who wins success primarily as the
result of his own enterprise and native parts.
And what Is true of politics Is as tme nf al
most every' other profession or pursuit as it has
ever been nt anv time in the history of the
countrv. I will venture to fay although it
would be diffic-ult to set forth the exact facts In
proof that there has never Wen a decade since
the foundation of the republic when as many
men who were pvir or in "meiderite cire-um-stances"
In the previous decade haie legitimately
grown rich as In th" pat ten years; when brains
in trade, in literature, in railroading, or m new
pursuits like the electrical art have been belter
compensated, or when Chief Justice Fuller'
maxim that the Republic Is Opportunity has on
the whole been more verified. It Is true that In
some kinds of business and manufacture the tru't
process of romlinition has made it difficult for
young and enterprising mm to go Into !)iilnc
Independently or in their own way to obtain a
footing on a small capital, and win success by
sheer industry and merit. This it unquestionably
one of the oils of great consolidations of capital.
Hut th complaint is an old one and may he
traced hack through all our industrial annals
when what we would now call small companies
or ordinary corporations were ohjecta of drnd
and when men who became partners were criti
ALWAYS BUST.
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You lire Invited to cur eleventh annual tale of
school ill oo t.
Lewis&ReiHy
Eitibllshed 1663. Wholesale and Retail.
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
cised for scheming to obtain more tbsn their
due share. To declare, howeser, that trusts nro
mincing young men te "drudgery" and "serv
ility" and a "hopeless future" savort of llw
claptrap of politicians. The fact Is that in no
great combination of business In railroading nd
It allied pursuits, In electricity. In manufactur
ing, In mercantile houses, In the great depart
ment stores have abtt young men with Ideas or
originality been more In demand and better re
numerated than they arc taday.
walls about tlm young men being crowded
cut or opportunity being denied them were Just
as prevalent In the day of their fathers and
their grandfathers. Fue.li lamentations agalnt
the Federalists and the "aristocrats" were com
mon In the times of Jefferson. It wss the opu.
lar complaint, for example, that men like Robert
Morris were enrlehlng themselves at the expense
of tho poor, that youth no longer hid a chance
to compete, with the favored few, that the way
to education was orer. only to the opulent. If
any one will take the trouble to examine Ihe po.
lltlcal literature of a later period, or when the
war against the Uenk of the United States was
waged, he will And It full of such dismal prog
nostication a those quoted above from Ihe New
York platform, There is nothing in our rurrcnt
declamation against tlusts which cannot be par
alleled In the years of denunciation of that In
stitution and the commenlal and financial In
terests of the great cities, and every old mil'
lonalre or euccesafnl man of our times who wis
a lid In poverty sixty years agJ was brought up
In the midst o( the tame agitation as to the
oppresslvenesj of capital and the same dire pre
diction that the opportunities for struggling
youth would cease to exist. When Stephen Oir
ard, for example, died in this city, It was a
common thought of the time that it would be
impossible thereafter for anybody else to re
peat his career In business. The weak, the timid,
the Indolent, the men who overmeasure their
ambitions or their capacities, were quite as nu
merous as they are today In their outcrte-
ogalnst the existing order of things or were wont
to look upon filrard ns a "lucky" man rather
than as a shrewd hard worker, to whom labor
was ever a religion or a dally duty. In our own
time when Peter Cooper turned in retrospert to
tho ilays of his youth on embarking in business
with a few hundred dollars of capital, he recalled
that there were miny men he knew as able, or.
Indeed, abler than himself, who fed bv the wai
side In the struggle; they blamed It on their
want nf opportunity, but UMially, In his Judg
ment, it was due to Impitienre, or t foolish
ventures, or to a loose private life, or to Ihe
diseases of debauchery which devltalire a man.
The elear-headed, ambitious lad who is tstiftht
fo see the past as it really was and not In the
glamour of "good old times" or a "golden age
that Is gone" will not be likely to be misled bv
the vaporing thst he is living In an era which
offir him no ihance to show the stuff that may
be In him.
JEWELERS
Temporarily at
139 PENN AYE
CONTINUED
lhti
AM Bargains in
Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc
Net Damaged
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
ilercereaM
c& ComunieH
Trnv yps m
MR M
A Brooklyn woman, whose husband is con
nected with one of the Trust Companies of that city,
was a sufferer from dyspepsia, and induced to try
Ripans Tabules. She says that the effect on her
was immediate. They helped her right away, and
she was surprised to note what an appetite she had,
and became curious to learn what the Tabules could
be made of to produce such a result, and so quickly.
She laughingly said that her husband threatened to
bring suit for damages because since she began
taking the Tabules his grocery bill had increased
three dollars a week.
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TrlbMaie'
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Educational
Contest
The Tribune is 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 Its Educational Contest". By schol
arships is meant a full course of study, paying the tuition charges
in each, and in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The
Tiibune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the
board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship,
covering four and three years respectively.
In addition to the ten special rewards, and in order to com
pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success
ful in obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to
every one who succeeds in obtaining subscribers under the terms
of this contest ten (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip
tions thev may succeed in winning for it
All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of tne
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.
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SPECIAL REWARDS.
1. Scholarship In Wyoinlnu Semi
nary (I years) Includlne tul
tlon and board $1,000
2. Sibolnrship In Illoonibur; Stnte
Normal school (3) years In
cluding tuition and board.... (W0
5. Sohmer P-D Piano, Incljdlng
stool and scarf (on exhibition
l J V. Guernsey's, 3U
Uashington avenue) 4S5
i. Course In Piano Iiatructlon at
f-cranton Conservatory of Mu
sic 75
C. Columbia nicycle, Clialnless,
1000 incdel (on exhibition at
Conrad Brothers', 243 Wyo
ming avenue) 75
6. Scholarship In Scranton Duslnesi
College, commercial course... CO
T. Scholarship In Scranton Business
CollcRC, shorthand course .. 60
S. Solid Gold Watch, lady's or pen
tleinan's (in. exhibition at u
pene Schimntrs, ::17 Lacka
wanna avenue) CO
. Tele-Photo Cycle Toco n. Cam
era. i (on exhibition at
the CriEin Art company, 209
Wy-omim; avenue) 40
10. Lady's Solid Gold Watch, or
Gentleman's Solid frilvcr
Watch (on exhibition at l!u
Bene Schlmpfl's, 317 Lacka
wanna avenue) 90
rMTJ
Each contestant lalllnc; to secure ene
of these special rewards will be pien
ten (10) per cent, ol all the money he or
she turna in.
0C
"Don't
Swear'
If you haven't the proper omce sup.
plies. Come In and give us a trial.
We have the largest nnd 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.
ReymoldsBrOcS
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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COO BLISS I
. j. OUR I
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RULES OF THE CONTEST
The special rewards will be glen to
the persons enuring the largest number
of points.
Points will be credited to contestants
securing new subscribers to the Scranton
Tllbune as follows:
Points.
One Mont In Subscription...? .M ' 1
Three Months' Subscription.. 1.25 3
Pi Months' Subscription.... 2.60 6
One Year's Subscription .... 5.00 11
The contestant with the hlxhest num
ber ot polnta will be girn a choice from
the list of special rewards; the contestant
nith the second highest number ot
points will be given a choice of the re
maining rewards, and so on through tha
list.
Each contestant failing to secure a
spcils I reward will be giten 10 pr cent, O
of all money he or she turns in. A
All subscriptions must be paid in ad- V
xance. Q
Only new subscribers will be counted.
ilenewals by persons already on our
subscription list will not be credited.
No transfers ran be made after credit
has once been ghen.
All subscriptions, and the cash to pay
for same, must be handed In at The
Tribune oihce within the waelc In which-?
they are secured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
Subscript ons must be wrlttrn on blanks,
which can be secured at The Tribune
office ,or will be sent by mall.
The contest will close promptly at 8
o'clock Saturday evening, September it,
ID00.
ooooooooooooooooo
Steamer Rungs
AND
Golf SMfltflOgs'
Our Fall line ot
the above have just
been received, and.
your inspection of
the same is cordially
invited,
In Imported!
Steamer Mg
We are showing
some handsome de
signs in qualities
ranging from
$4og to $ng.
i? aid Back
Golf Suitings
54 and 60 inches
wide, a beautiful as
sortment of new col-
mi
'onngs, including
many novelties not
shown heretofore.
f We are making a
'special display of
these this week.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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