aW-lMr'. 2v , mwppm IJr"? 'it- T"',T1v,',"W"f lM::" y f7 Jf vvTlf J !'V7nWj! i- ' A THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1900. -. PuMlehwl Dltr, Incept Sunday br The Trfb un Publishing Company, al Filly CnU Month. Ltvv.'n. ntoiJAnn, editor. O. r. BYXDLC, Dullness Manner. Nw, York OIBc! 1M Hawaii St. fl. S. VllF.r.T.AKD. Bole Agent for foreign AdrerlUlnff. Entered it tho Poitofllce al Seranton, Pt.. M Bccond-Class Mall Matter. tt'lien apuco will permit, The Tribune ) alwayi (tlad to print short letters from lt frlcnda bear. In on current topics, but I In rule Is that thew must he signed, lor publication, by the writer j teal name: and, tho condition precedent to ac ceptance la that all contributions shall be sub ject to editorial revision. RCIIANTON, DECRMHKH 3, 1000. vVhotlirr Colonel Itoosevelt shall occupy it coinpllmptitury sent in tho pnblnct or to.'iHt IiIh whins In tin ante lonm, ho will bp hcitrd from In iluo time. You ciinniit lrep a good man rlnwn. The Second Class City Problem. EI.StfU'llKUK nppoars the Unit of a .sorlcs of lettcts from a Ml aft correspondent detailed to report upon the municipal coiiilltlniis uf Pittsburg ard Allegheny, lth n ypppil view to chpddlnc; IIrIiL iinnn tfu second class pily problem. The. let l ex Hketehes brlelly tho politi cal HpppeN ol the muiilplpnl situation In the lufn cities of Allegheny county, sh.iwinc- how to those in powen the exlstluu charter Is Idonl. vvhoipas to thixsp nut nf power It N pernicious. No doubt a dutnsv in lactlons would sim ply c.-uie I, tntnsposltlon of opinions, coirpspondinc; with the altered points Of View. -' I'pon one point we think the best opinion will ngipo. and that Is that, mi far ,is Scranton is roneernod, a cen tralization of power in the hands fif one man. elective by the people, and thtiF directly responsible to them, is preferable to a diffusion of power fimonq a ldi-fje number of councilmen. f'ould this be effected without sacri tlee of file udvantURus of tho present s-eeond class city charter; In other voids could the heads of departments contemplated in the Fllnn charter be uripointlvo by the mayor instead of elective bv eotmrlls, a chanse from the tliitd to the second class would be viewed with Kreater satisfaction by -the thinking: people of Seranton. In tlie twelve southern states which ate Democratic always and as a mat ter of course, the vote for Bryan last month was 225,000 less than four years rtffo, The South evidently wants to break up and can't. Congress. THK SHOKT session of con gress to be convened today will have less than seventy working; days, assuming that it shall utilize till its time, a ililncr congress seldom does. That is otdin.irily not more than enough time in which to enact tlr reRUlar appro priation bills and transact the rou tine business. There are pending, however, some Impoitant measures of general legis lation which the country wants to be iicted upon. The reorganization of the army is imperative. The ship subsidy and Nicaragua canal bills ought to be passed and the question of reappor tionment, with reduction of represen tation where disfranchisement is en forced, has back of It the force of a constitutional mandate, deduction of war taxes Is desirable, if not essential, and legislation to correct the inequali ties and unfairness of the present, bankruptc.x law Is necessary if not positively urgent. A iiiiifk of second ary but important legislation Is also waiting for iccognltion and to keep the Hack cleared only for emergency busi ness will require careful management. t'onservallve Influences must pre vail if the session is to do its work pi opet ly. With election n er, there will be c. tendency to crowd forward till kinds of plans to tap the ticasury, Watch dogs must guard every dollar. ".Million" wheie needed, but not one pojjny for extravagance." should be posted In Ini-Ru letters on every door w ay. A. separate class for cities between ."i'.oiui and K.0,000 population ls what Is needed. Mow to BuiliMhe Cannl. IIW LAST issue of the Ihi I ciiicciing News piesents an J, extended review of the trans isthuilau canal project, which takes for granted that the canal wilt be built; that the Nicaragua route will be chosen, that at least a 30. font depth of channel will be punided for, at a cost of approximately $120,000,000, and Mint the United States will build, con trol and own the canal and Its shore margins, without reference to past "concessions' or uncompleted specu la five deals. " 'JTlie onl remaining obstacle, there fore, to tho undertaking of tho enter prise by the government Is," snys the Nejws. "tho existing t.iayton-Uulwer treaty with Uuglaud, under which the tvvh nations ugVeed, nearly a half cen Uu'y ago, that neither would undertake H ihln, wjnul aoioss Nicaragua without admitting the other to an equal part nership In the enterprise. Unquestion ably this treaty should bo formally ad. rotated before tho United States pro feeds with this work, Men of honor and honesty do not deliberately Ignore the terms of 'a verbal contract, to sv nothing of a" written one, and those wiijo do are amenable to law, Surely the! nation should pursue no loss honest ana honorable a course, and should commit no breach of International law and custom." As to the actual prosecution of the engineering features of tho work the News recommends that Instead of cotn inltln'efthe task wholly to tho hands of the, already overburdened secretary of war, and to tho red tape restricted army corps of engineers, congress dele gute It to a commission. On this sub ject It says: Sutli gieut eiigliifcrlni,' uoik as the Chicago unitary canal, the lloston wlnvay, the Ken Or leans drainage 'ajulcm, the Cincinnati ucter vorV. and the New Yoik upld transit railway 4 tccn ciainiilea cl the kuun of the coni- inhnloii sjlcm o( comliictlnir larRe public wriki. V,'c llsk nolbliipr In Mjlns that wills no nllier sutcni liai civiil iiicccm lieen .ill.ilneil. In the make-up nf any such tnminMoii the engine iM3 ul bnlh the nrmy and nny mid IIuhi- ulio linu ."ttilneil ,i wide and honorable rritilillon In chll Ue, rliould nil lie represented, A Imdy of nli Men tan bo Mlely tniMctl to keep IH honor nboie all suspicion, to detect and I'lieik-lnile iMfv' llleiiiit to defraud tho (foernnient nud lo in.IKi! t-.icli wise tli i Mom upon the dlitluilt rngliiccrtiig iribtcin tvlikli will Inevitable he l.nniglil. hifoie It as shall best ennue the safety mid slitccn ol tho inllre wnih, Tlte counsel of this representative Journal of the engineering nrofesslon upon n mibjecl within Its province is entitled to consideration, The present legislative system tiffets lioottllrtf complications to thu student of Pennsylvania politics. The fact is that no provision exists for filling any vacancies which may occur from this time until January. Tho terms of tho members of the hint legislature ex pired on Sntttrday. Tho speaker of the house must make the call for special election to fill vacancies. Ah then li now no speaker of the house, no elec tion can be ordered and the vacancy or vacancies ' III remain until nfler thf nrganlznllbu of the legislature. The death of Hcpresentatlvu Stewart, of Philadelphia, thus makes the ma jority 127, instead of l'JS, votes neces sary to elect a United States senator at tho coming legislative session. Mr. Stewart's successor will doubtless bo elected In February. The Wrong Remedy. A PROPOSITION to nmend Ufa school law so as to bring to I Pitchers greater security of ' employment Is before the legislative committee of I.uzerne coun ty teachers for Its approval. In a let ter to Professor ShM, superintendent of the Plttston schools and member of that committee, a teacher now Pin ployed In Ilnzletou presents the fol lowing arguments In favor of the pro position: v "In almost every other business, oc cupation, or profession, the most ex perienced and talented receive the pa tronage with a fair remuneration for same, but in the teachers' profession how often do we ecc the vciy best teachers set aside to make loom for relatives of directors, with no exper ience and little scholarship? In fact, this has gone so far that hi many dis tricts an application is not considered unless a sum of money (fiom n. month's "alary upwards) Is pledged. Teachers must either submit or leave the profession, while others 'yield and work for a mere pittance. The same story comes not only from different parts of our county, but also from other parts of the state. Positions are bought and sold lll'e articles of, mer chandise, to lite highest bidder. "Tho nbjet of the increased appio piiutlon was to lengthen the term and Increase salary, but in many places, It has done neither. X could point to dis tricts where, in addition to state aid, both a school and a bulldlnu- tax is levied as high as allowed by law. Salaries have apparently been raised, which has brought many able appli cants to the district, only to be turned away because Inferior ones wore will ing to pay the price, and the people's money went into the bottomless pock 'ets of politicians serving on school boaids, which has left the teachers with lower salaries than before. I could point to an excellent teacher, whose salary is $35 per mouth, and who pays a director $2," per month for board about double tlie usual price, compelled to do so or lose her posi tion. As the profession becomes more crowded this dishonorable business be comes more successful. Politicians and those who have no Interest in edu cation, but who wotk for the almighty dollar, are elected directors. A 'piem lnm is put on dishonesty, which drives our best teachers into other employ ment, and thus leaves the instruction of the boys and girls in the hands of those whose moral standingMs at a discount. Jt compels the teacher, after yeats of preparation and expoilenco, to w;oik for nlmost nothing. "What is the lemedy? T believe nothing but legislation can abolish tho evil. More severe laws against bribery will be of no use since we cannot en foi ce those we have. Put suppose an act were passed abolishing the annual appointment of teachers by directors, and making the teacher's term 'of of fice permanent after live years of satisfactory seivice, the oxpeilenced teacher would not need to resort to bribery and tho young us-pliant would romo In where vacancies occur by those leaving the profession. Not only would such an act give a more stable tenure of oll'.ce to tho iiest teachers but it would also aid in tho election of better directors. Prejudice, deadlocks, bribery, with all their train of evll, would be driven from our sehooCsys tpin. So long as tho appointment of teachers Is wholly In tho hands of directors, just so long will It bu Im possible to place the money levied for school purposes where It pioperly be longs," That the foiegolng Is not an over statement of existing evils In ninny locnlltb's will bo geneially conceded by the well-informed. Its weakness is In the suggested remedy, Discretion in tho hiring and In the letentlon of teachers must be vested somewhere, and no better place for It can bo found than tho school board. The, per manent tenure theory is wholly uu-busness-llke since It would have no room for discrimination between tho.-,o worthy and those unworthy of reten tion. Tho proper placo to stiiko.at Is the personnel of tho school boaul. Tho public school system stands high In tho esteem oven of citizens otherwise indlt'feient, The people inlly quickly vo Its protection and .support. Show them that It Is being unused, how and by whom, anil they will do tho test, The trouble now Is that teacheis who best know just what Is going: on In school circles seldom t-ake the public Into their confidence, A banding of them together for tho waging of re lentless war on the boodllug politician Influence, while It might Involve mimo distasteful feutmes, would bo certuln, under Intelligent direction, to carry public sentiment with it mid result in u wholesome cleansing of Infected school districts. .-. . s The new twolvp-lneh gun made for the nayy throws nn SSO-pound projec tile twontytwo trtllofl, Its power Is sttlllclent to lift nn average bntllcflhlp four (eel In ono discharge. Handled by Ynnkpo gunners, It will be n whole arbitration treaty In Itself. The pxplatmtlon made by the Into Senator Davis of his supccs In pub lie life la Instructive. He was a law yer with a largo general practice, which fully occupied his time riming the business hours of the day, and wanting something to do at home evMilngp, he took up tho study of In ternational law. For years he pur sued this past line attentively until ho became tho foremost American au thority on the subject. Thus, when public oflicii came to, him, he was ready. This Is the era of the special ist. The man who does not try to master some particular branch of knowledge Is "likely to lemttln all his life commonplace and obscure. Thu southern apologists for negio disfranchisement assert that the black man must lose his vote because, as found In the south, he Is Ignorant and does not know how to uso It. This, willt individual exceptions, Is general ly conceded, Dut It Is also true of many couthorn whites. 'What af fronts the country's conscience is the drawing of an arbitrary color dis tinction. . ' - Notwithstanding the presence of a war tax of 5.2 on each barrel ot "6 millons, the consumption of boor In thu United States last year Increased pearly 3,000,000 barrels over that of the year preceding, or about 8 per cent. There does not appear to be an over whelming necessity for the repeal of this tax. The tenltory In the United States that offers inducements to the pro fessional Por.ulist Is growing more limited each year. "THE WORLD jtjtjtt ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY'jtjttj K'up.uib'ht, MC0, bv It. i:. Hughe?, I.nun llle. AT II01ti:.i.lNDi:.-, Iiji.iiI.1, the AuUriam, luiimuudcd by Arilnluke Julm, were de feated with meat loss by thu Fiench under l.omr.il .Mo)i'.m. It was u lurd fought tut tic. the Iuipi'ihilUts hilled and wounded diiiuimtiin; to 10,000 men nnd their lo3 in pria wicis to 10,000 more. The forcc oppo-ed were iiciily cqii.il in number. Tlie othir itient battle of the je.ir wai at Mauintu, in Ninth Italy, .tune J I, shoilly after X.ipohon luil made his memorable parage o! the Alps. Tlie I'iuiUi aimy a commanded by llini.ipiile liiiiwlf. The Aiislri.ins out-numbeicil tho 1'icnth tluee to one, and the latter weie at lit t drin n, but the obstinate resistance ot ea!-, who had jtist air ho J fioin Kgypt, and the ilnige of the hiaie Kclhnnun. changed the icult. 'Iho battle ended in a complete oier-ilium- of the Air-tilm aimy. Among the hilled nn the side of the I'unih was the heroic tieneral IK'iiK. The slaughter on both sides was diead fill. Napoleon compaied tlie advance of the Aus lii.i!n dining M'leial horns of the battle to tho i li.ioiilin.ny pnucr of tho Jt 1 1 1 i-.li column ills pl.iiul at the bittle nf ronlenoy, Ilelgium, fifty live .iUi Inline between the Trench and the IJiditli, ll.iuiiieii.in-., Dutch .mil Alltn'.in--. i III" a tic.ily hctueen the Aii-lii.in genual, "Mel is, and llimap.nlo, fcignul the day following Jlarengii, the latter obtained twelve stiong foil leasts mid became the iihwlcry of Italy. The leiy day of the battle of Maiengo, Ki'dier, whom Napoleon had left in thaigo of the nllny in KgJI1', was nioa-'-inatcil by u TurkMi fanatic, and i-hoitl.v afteraaid the entile Trendi tone was obliged to suirender to the KnglUh. The l'li'iiili leuiM". in iasjt were soon nude up, boweier, by Irish ktoiies in lauope. Moreau's -.un'css at lloln nlimk'U was not the tlisl of the .icar, although the most important, as it opened thu way to Vienna. Ills army of 1.10,000 had in vaded C'eiin.iny and defeated the Austrians thiie limes in Jlnj at Kngen, Mnnkinli and Bibe inli. Al Iloclivl.Hlt, a city nn the Danube in llai.ii i. i. he won imam in .lime. A few da.u alter the battle of Marengo the city of flenoa, in Noithein Italy, was Miuendered to the fiench. Dining May and half of June It had been block aded by a Hi ili-.li tlect and Austiiau arm' until, literally Mined, it was ciaeuitcd by capitula tion. The Initio of lluhcnlinden was the lo-iiilt of the teimiuatioii of the aruii-tiie betwein Trance ami Au-.tiia, the negothllon for pcaic between Traiiie mill Digl.iud haling failed. This vic tory and that of Manngo broke the power of Aiiihia, wi that nothing leinalned for the em puor tint to .uiepl Mich leims ns Tiiince chos to dkt.ito. The peace of Lunevillo fnlloned, whiih lonlliuud the concessions undo by the tieaty of Pampo TiiiiiiId", .stipulated that the llhine to the Hutch teliilories should form the boundary of Ti.iucu and ieeogni.cd the Data iaii, Helietie, I.lguiian and Cisalpine republics, Ihiglaud was mm- the only country that re uiiiiied at war with Tr.uue. Atiothti' Downed head bowed to the siepter of the gilm i caper. Ill not Frederick I., Duke of ,Sae-CVliuig, died, haling lelgncd thlrty-sli: .10.11-, dining which the land was plunged into bankiuptcy so that an impel I. il commission was appointed on his death to manage the finances, .lust a century hcfoie Albeit, the second son of Ihncsl the I'ious, who founded the elder line of Sae-L'obuig, died childless and it was not until now tli.it his posi'!Mloii.s, the Mibjcit ot ohitmnt contentions amongst other Faxon houses one bundled ycais, woie finally dlstiibuted, . Knight of I oiidon tlist published a pincess for leiiihilug platinum In its uatiiu Male amenable to mi ib.iiiic.it wmkliig, . .lute was lutiiuhiccd into Ihigland from I Lift India. Trade Relations With Germany AttOon HII.M, ol iiixlcly eeins to have been wasted with refcieuco to tho trade relation hctiwrii thu United Suites and Germany, It will he icmeiubeied that n fear was ex piessed soiuu months ago that icituin trade ro siilctlors propose, I in flermany might seriously inteirupt tho couuueiiiiil icl.itlons between tint country and tho United States, and especially d. neac our e.spoits to Hut lounliy in agricultural pioducts, Figures Jut issufd liy tin tieasury buuau of htatiitli 3 t.liow that our epoils to fiiruuny In the leu iiiouths ending with October, I Mo, wire 5.27,000,000 greater ihan those In the one .ponding mouths nf last jear, nn lucicase of ji.OOiJ.dW, n gain nf over 10 per cent, o -(It the fotty aillilia which compose the bulk o( our experts to (lei in my inoio than tuo-tliinU Mioiv an increase in I'WO as compared with 18U0. Those which Mioiv the principal decrease are Jio produits, corn, wheat, (erlillren and lertaln lined uf iiiachluil, TliOso uhlih show au in. cre.iso are cotton, Hour, dulls, tobacco, timber, mineral oils, lotion seeil oil, oil-cake and meal, tallow, paraffin, resin, turpentine, coal, copper, builders' hardware, scientific and electrical in stiumenU, ugricultuinl linpleinents, ur.lng ma chines, cars and furniture. Copper shows an In crcuso of inoio Ihan 3,000,000, inlneul oils, $... 0X1,000, tobacco and agileultur.il implement neatly 1,00,000 each and uiimanufaeturrd cotton oier fjtf.uuo.ooo, while In Iho )st of aitlcles which show a decrease there are but two cases in which is tho falling off Is as much a $1,000,. 000, com thowing u uductlon of a little moie than l.i)i,(KW, and wheat u little moie than Si.OOO.Oif. Tho following tutU tliow the piiucipal uperti ooooooooooooooooo The y People's Exchaegeo A I'Ot'tlbAIt CI.KAniNO II0U5K for tht llA..n ... til ii'l... It.. .. u....... ... - - iM-iit'UL Oi ,tl iiiiu iiii.t: iiuu.c. lu i llrntis Heal Kjlate or Other Property to Sell OP rMlrtturr. ni- Wtin U'llllt Rttlltltlons Of Help These Small Adiertlicnuntj Cost , une cent a Word, Six insertion lor me - ,iis n iioril l,cepc riioyvious niuiiei', H men Are mertcn tree. ooooooooooooooooo Help WantedMale. w.ntki-k.im:uii:sci:d piikss vkkukk ami n good composllor. Kochler k Co. was n:ij-in:spo.Miii,r: tTii.m wants oi-- llio manager al Seranton; $1,500 salary and commission; J7C0 c.ah and icfercnce leipilicd; position permanent. Addicts, Manufactuieis, 113i Cherry, Philadelphia, l'a. 1 Help Wanted Female. WANTi:D-aiitrj to do ciunt.uai, iiousi:- woik; must be good cook. Apply 1S0O Mon ncy aicnue, Hreeti Itidge. Becrults Wanted. fVJVAAAJUUUl JJJJJJLnjn MAmxi: coups, u. s. navy, ucchuits ivanted 'Able-bodied men, service on our war ships in all, parts of the world and on land in the Philippines when required. HecruUIng of ficer, 103 Wyoming avenue, Seranton. Situations Wanted. I.ADIi:S AND flKNTLKMCV bTOPPINO AT Ho tels can have their laundry dona at a lcason able price at 520 Pleaant street. Best of ref erence. AX KXl'ini'f LAUXDltKSS WOULD I.1KI3 TO go out by the day washing and Ironing; best of city references. 620 Pleasant street, West Side. D0UI1LT. ENTRY n00KKKEPT.1t WANTS POSf tion; has had con-iileialilf business experi ence. .1. W. II., C30 Washington annue. SITUATION WANTKI) BY MIDULK-AGKD widow, as housekeeper in gentleman's fam ily; can glu- reference. Cull or addiess House keeper, 630 Brook sttcet, i ity. W1HTIXO Ol! COPYINH TO 1)0 AT HOMB eicnings, by a coiing lady; good penman and thoroughly u-liable; best references. Ad dress "Writing," Tiibunc. SITUATION WANTED-BY MIDDLK-AOt'.D MAN and wife, of correct habits, thoroughly reli able, as janitor or care of gentleman's residence, or any position of trust. Addiess, li. Reliable, Tribune. YOUNG MAN COMING TltOM NEW YORK city to locate in Suanton, would like po sition with wholesale fruit or pioduce house as invoice clerk or similar position. Six' years' ex perience with large shipping house In N'cir York. Leaves position to conic to Seranton. Best rcf rences. Address J., Tiihune oflice. Wonted. wanti:i-mi:n and wo.mt.v tor plkasant permanent work. Those willing to qualify can lam salaiy fiinii ;.12 to Ijjl weekly. Room 307, Mrars Building, Seranton, Pa. WANTT.D-A TURNISHK1) IIOUSU IN CT.N tial part of city, containing ten looms or more. Apply to W. II. Jcssup, dr., Common wealth building. Booms Wanted. WANTKD Tlliti:i: UNTURN'lbllKD IlOO.Ms; central. M. 1!., Tiihune. WANTI'.D TWO FI'HNISHED Bill) ROOMS (AD. Joining) and board, in strictly private fam ily; central city oi (Jrcen Ridge. Addiess, X, Tribune ofllcc. wanti:d-by man and win:, room, with board. S. It. IL, Tribune. to del many in the ten months ending witli Octo ber of 1P00 and W00: Pilncipal aitiiles in which cxportations 16'ift. 1900. liaie inei eased. (.1" mouths) 1,10 months) Agiicultuial implements. l.CSl.OOl f 2,S.'!I,3!J Books", maps and engrav ings lOO.JSS 11C.S33 Flour 1,7US,137 2,450,721 Cais lll.Sll 212,073 Coai ."!0,H)(J Cotton 30,03J,SOS 69,532,12 j Cotton manufactures oth er than cloths 137.1WI 4"i.i,721 Fruits and nuts 4611,(11) l,41ll,'i!it) Scientific and electrical instruments ."llii.Sts 4:i,fi.l7 Bulldeis' haidiuire S07,0t.! SIO.CJJ Copper (1,1,04,67.! 0,!IOI,2jil Sewing machines rK7,0;i SS9,70 Tallow Ii2,2ll 6V,,P0 Boots and shoes S7,fi.'f! ll7,U2 Rosin nm.V.'ri l,().V,Kna Turpentine, Spirits of .. U05,032 1,303,926 Oil cake ami oil cake meal 3,07.1,101 .3,237.122 Rellned mineial oil 0,897,001 S,SI2,d07 Cotton seed oil SIS.2I2 1,022,9IS Paratliu 761,817 S46.7SI Bief, wlted or pickled .. 2lo,:!'.s 302.0J7 Oleomargaiino oil l,l,',74s 2,011, Ills Seeds 7S1.47II 1,263,211 Tobacco, unminufactuied 1,016,00s. 2,707,811 Manufactures of tobacco. 00,37ii 101,013 Timber and unmanufac- tilled wood l.l&kOiA 1,278,013 Lumber 1.023,ft32 1,22.1,470 ruriilluic 131,1131. 133.2S0 Principal articles in which exportation 1S0O 1000. lmo decreased. (10 months) (10 months) Corn ll,4SO,n2S $13,116,120 Wheat 0,020,617 3,162,103 Bicycles 761,661 32,(I38 Clocks and watches 31,023 17,12. Cotton cloths 2S.7.IH 18,22') FcitUizois 2,0fl,5tS 1,840,CW Typewrltirs 429,116 420,317 tiw tXll.bOt 79S.306 Bacon 1.678,772 1.209.IS9 Ham 0-15,7 162.30S Pork 1)78,2.1(1 176,063 Ijari 10,107,(121 10,102,701 Butter 13",T0' 1,-slfl Horses 0W.730 306,515 EDWIN MARKHAM'S LATEST POEM. rMftln .Maikhain conliiliutcs to the Clnlsliuis inimber of fcuceess the most icinarl.able iioein tint liu has wiilten since "Thu Man Willi tlw Hoc.'" His new work is entitled "The Mighty Hundred Years," and it is a utoiy lu stiong, forcible, )et urieeful and elegant vcise, of iho world duilng tho past ccntiuy, Tho follnuiiif aio a few stanzas, illustrating tho gtoivth of the world fiom the death of the dark agis; THU MK1HTY HU.NDnT.D YHARS. One mighty gleaiu, and old horizon broke I All tho vaitt, gllnimcriiuf outllno of tho Uliole Sv.-am on tho vision, shifting, at ono sliolie, The ancient sanitation ot the ioul. All things camn circling in one coimle. dance, Ono motion older than the ages are) Swung by ono Law, one Purpose, one Advance, Scieue nud steadfast u the moinlng star,' Men tiaie the spacious oiblts of the Law, And find It is their shelter mid their friend; For there, behind Its mjstiry and iiwe, (iod's tuitf baud piessed to u blessed end, Ancl bo man puslios toivaul Iho Secret Vast Up through thu stoim of stars, sl.les upon skies; And down through eliding atoms, Hearing fast Tlie brink of things, beond which Chaos lie. Yea, in the shaping of a grain of sand, He kccs the law that made the spheres to be Sees atom-worlds spun by the Hidden Hand, To whiil about their email Alcyone. With spell ot wlrard Science on his ccs, And augment on his mm, he probe thiough spacejy Or pushes lack tho low, uufileudly skies, To feel the wind of Satuui on hit face. Ho walks abroad upon the Zodiac, . To weigh tlie worldt in bulancrs, fo fuio buns iu his ciucible, and carry back The spheral music and thu cosmic nens. For Bent. FOit ltl'.NT-AN OLD KSTAtll.lSIH'.n 1111.11. ncss place, good location, aultahle for a drug store! terms reasonable In tellable partyt pos session given Immediately. Address Mlchiej (lib bons, Main sheet, Mlnooka, ' roit iiKN'T-iinsiiiAiiM: jiodkh.v homii, on hill. 711 (Jiilney nirnue. For Sale, KV'NN VV'VV FOIt SAMI-llltICK liriLDINO. NO. 411 LACK iiuaiuiii nienue, corner Washington avenue, liclng tho proncrtv leeently occupied ami now being acaled by the Hunt i. t'onnell Company. A. K. HUNT. FOIl SLri-CONTENTH OF HOUSF, I'UllN'I. ture, carpe-tn, bedding, etc, 0'ti Wishlngtnn avenue. Wanted To Buy. WANTIID-SKCONDIIAND SLOT vM.UMIXr.S: nira-t be in i;ood older; xtutc particulars as to main and price. Address L. M general lie. lluiy, Scraiiluu, Pa. . Business Opportunity. WANTIID-PAItTN'nil WITH I9,00( IX A GOOD. tight liu.ilni.is; best stand lu city; will guarantee $1,000 first year. A. I)., Genet al Dc liieiy. Dlonoy to Loan. ANY AMOIIl.'T 01 MONRY TO LOAN OUICK. straight loans or Building and Lo'l.l. At from 4 to li per cent. Call on X. V. H'atkcr, 314-313 Connell building. Boarding. KLI'GANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS. WITH OR without board; new, clean, homelike; ttbli first class. Mia. Kennedy, 14 Adams avenue. Board Wanted. BOARD WANTED FOR THREE ADULTS AND one small child, in respectable Jewish fam ily, liiing in first-class neighborhood. State price. W. A., Tribune office. LEGAL. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT the office of the City Clerk, Seranton. F., until 7.30 o'clock p. m. Thursday, December 0, liKJO, to purchase one hundred and thirty-ibe City of Seranton Coupon Bonds of one thousand dollar each. Xos. 1 to 46, inclusive, of said bonds ledeemablc June 1, 1900; Xos. 40 to 90, inclusive, June 1, 1910; Xos. 91 to 135, inclusive. June 1, 1916. Bonds to be dated June 1, 1000, and to be fiec of all taxes, the city assuming the tu.unent thereof. Bids will be received upon a three, three and a halt and a four per cent, bond. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a check in the sum of three thousand dellars to be forfeited in ca.se the bid la accepted and not complied with and to apply upon the purchase pi ice ot said bonds if awarded to such bidder. All bids to be unconditional. The city reservei the light to reject any or oil bids. M. T. LAVELLE, City Clerk. Seranton, Pa., Nov. 23, 1900. PROFESSIONA L. Certified Public Accountant. EDWARD O. SPAULDING, C. P. A., 23 TRAD ers' Bank building. Architects. EDWARD H. DAVIS. ARCHITECT, CONNELL building, Seranton. . FREDERICK L. BROWN, ARCHITECT, PRICE building, 126 Washington avenue, Seranton. Cabs and Carriages. RUBBER TIRED CAU3 AND CARRIAGES; BEST of service Prompt attention given orders, by 'phone. Tlioncs 2C72 and 5332. Joseph Kelley, 121 Linden. Dentists. DR. C. E. EILENBERGER, PAULI BUILDING, Spruce street, Seranton. DR. I. O. LYMAN, SCRANTON PRIVATE HOS. pltal, corner Wyoming and Mulberry. DR. C. C. LAUBACH, 115 WYOMING AVENUE. DR. II. F. REYNOLDS, OPP. P. O. Hotels and Restaurants. THE ELK CAFE. 125 AND 127 FRANKLIN AVF nue. Rates reasonable. , P. ZEIGLER, Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D.. L. k W. PAS- cengcr depot. Conducted on the European plan, VICTOR KOCH, Proprietor. Physicians and Surgeons. JAMES P. PllRSELt. M. D., SPECIALIST. Mental and Xenons Diseases. Linil'n stipct (opp. P. O.) DR. W. E. ALLEN, iU NORTH WASHINGTON n enue. DR. S. W. L'AMOREAU.Y, OFFICE 339 WASH ington avenue. Residence, 1313 Mulberry. Cluonlu diseases, lungs, heart, kidneys and gcnito-urlnary organs a specialty. Hours, 1 to 4 p. in. Lawyers. J. W. BROWNING, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL. lor-at-law. Rooms 312-J13 Mears building. D. B. REPLOGLE, ATTORNEY-LOANS NEGO tiated on real estate security. Mears building, corner Washington avenue and Spruce street. WILLARD. WARKEN It KNAPP, ATTORNEYS and counsellors-at-Uw. Republican building, Washington avenue. JESSUP " JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND COUN- sellors-at-law. Commonwealth building, Rooms 19, 20 and 21. JAMES W. OAKFORD, ATTORNEY-AT.LAW. Rooms D14, 615 and 610 Boaid o( Trade build ing. EDWARD W. THAYER, ATTORNEY. nOOSIS 003-904, 0th floor, Mears building. L. A. WATRES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BOARD of Trade building, Seranton, Pa. O. R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT.LAW, BOAUD of Trade building, Seranton, Pa.. PATTERSON & WILCOX, TRADERS' NATIONAL Bank building. cTcOMEGYS, 0-13 REPUBLICAN BUILDING. A. W. BERTIIOLF, ATTORNEY, MEARS BLDG.' Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, BCRANTON, Pa. Course preparatoiy to college, law, medi cine or basinrss. Opens Sept. 12th. Send for catalogue. Rev. Thomas M (ann. LL. )., prin cipal and proprietor; W. E. Plumley, A. M., headmaster. Seeds. O. R. CLARK k CO., SEEDSMEN AND NURS rrnicn, store SOI Washington avenue; green houses, I960 North Main avenue; store tele phone, 732. Wire Screens, JOHKPl I-KUK'lTEIltKAll ill lTcKMYANNA avenue, Seranton, Pa., mauufaiturer ol Wire H recti. Miscellaneous. DltESSMAKINcTl'Olt CIIILDiFe.V To' Olti)KI!; also ladles' waists. Louis Shoemaker, 212 .viaius uveioo.- MRS. L. T. KELLKII, St ALP TREVrMENT. 50c; shampooing, 60.',; laclal massage; iiiaiilcm. ing, 25c; ihliopody, i0l (ului,v, THE WILKES HAltllE RECOIII) HAN )T. HAD in Seranton at the news stands of Jteisiu.in Brcm., Wi bpiuee and 50.1 Linden; M. N'nrtoii, 22 Lackawuniia avenue; I, b. sdmiei, 211 Spiuco street. UAUEU'S bRCIIESTlIA-MlISIC FOR BALLS,' picnics, paiticn rrciptions, weddings and con cert work furnished. Fur terms address II. .1. Uouer, conductoi, 117 Wjomlng avenue, over Hulbert's music store. ilKOAHGEE BROS., PltlrlTEHS' SUPPLIES, EX. eiOpci t'as;i vta, ittiiit;. i jrviwui7 .lv Washinclou avenue, Seranton, l'a. A. li. UHICIGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTH AM) ccs pools; ro odor, Impioud puinpi u-ed, A. B. DilSge. propiMor. I.euo orders Uuu Muttli Main avenue, or Elelcc's drug store, coiner Adams and Mulbeiry. Telephone 951. 1! 14-116 WYOWINQ AVE. sFmBBERS crov SELLING RUBBERS THAT FIT ALL KINDS OF SHOES IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUSINESS. It Is a fact we buy them In car loid lots. It Is n fact we glvo you the benefit of our large baying. The best made ore the kind we sell jou. Lewis -Reilly We Have J mist Received A large assortment of Miniature Calen dars for the coming year, such as are used for fancy work and designs. As the stock in this partic ular line is always limited, we would ad vise that now is the time to get what you want. - Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. "Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. In Effect June 10, 1000. South Leave Seranton for New Voik at 1.15, 3.00, 6.10, 8.00 and 10.06 a. Dl., 1J.&6, S.'il and 8.10 p. in. For Philadelphia at 6.10, 8.00 and 10.03 a. in.; 12.55 and 3.3a" p. m. For Strouds burg at 0.10 p. m. Milk and accommodation a; 3,10 p. m. Arrive at Hobokeu at 6.55, 7.18, 10.13 a. in.; 12.0S. 2.17, 1.18, 7.10 and 0.13 p. m. Arrive at Philadelnhia at 10.00 a. m.j 1.00, 3.13. 0.00 and 9.52 p. At. Arrive from New lork at. i.us, 4.06 and 10.20 a. in.; 1.00, 1.62, C.43, a.ii and 11.30 p. m. From Ktroudsburg- at S.06 a. ni. North Leave Seranton for Buffalo nnd intei mediate stations at 1.10, 4.10 and 8.30 a. in.; 1.65, E.18 and 11.35 p. m. For Oswego and Syia cuse at 1.10 a. m. and 1.65 p. m. For Utlca at 1.10 a. m. and 1.55 p. m. For Montrose at 8.."U . m. ; 1.05 p. m. and 5.13 p. in. For Nichol son at 4.00 and 0.15 p. in. For Bliishanitoii, 10.23 nnd 8.50 p. m. Arrive in Seranton from Buffalo at 1.30, 2.55, 5.35 and 10.00 a. m.; 3.30 and S.OO P m. From Oswcro and Syracuse at 2.55 a. in.; 12.38 and 8.00 p. m. From Utlca nt 2.55 a. m.; 12.38 and 3,30 p. m. Fiom Nicholson at 6.50 a. m. and 0.00' p. m. From Montroe at 7.55 and 10 00 a. m.; 3.20 and 8.00 p. m. Bloomsburp; Division Leave Seranton for Northumberland at 0.15, 10.05 a. ill.; 1.55 and 5.B0 p. in. For Plvinouth at 1.05, 3.10, S.53 and 11.35 p. m. For Nantlcoko at 8.10 a. m. Arrive at Northumberland at 0.35 a. in.; 1.10, 5.00 and 8.15 p. m. Arrive at Nantlcoko at 0.10 a. m. Arrive at Plymouth" at 2.00, 1.32, 0.60 p. m. and 12.30 a. m. Ariivc at Seranton from Northum beiland at 0.12 a. in.; 12.35, "1.50 and 8.13 p. m. From Nanticoke at 11.00 n. m. Fiom Plymouth at 7.50 a. m., 3.20, 5.35 and 11.10 p. m. SUNDAY TRAINS. South Leave Seranton 1.10, 3.00, 5.10, 10.05 a, m.: 3.33, 3.10 and 8.10 p. m. North Leave Seranton at 1.10, 1.10 a. m. ; 1.55. 5.18 and 11.33 p. in. Bloomsbure Division Leave Scranten at 10.05 a. in. and 5.50 p. m. "Delaware and Hudson. In cflc'-l Nov. 2j, 1000. Tialns for Caibondale leave Seranton ot i;,20, 7.5,1, 8.51, 10.13 a. in.; 12.00, 1.20, 2.41, .1.5.', a.-.'i, O.'j, 7.57, 0.15, 11.15 p. in.; 1.1(1 a. m. For Honcsdale 0.2u, lO.If! a. ni.; -Ml and t 2'l p. in. For Wilkes-Baue 0.15, 7.13, 8.13. R3S. 10.1.1, 11.65 a. ill.; 1.2b, 2.1S, 3.33, 1,27, 0.10, 7.1, 10.11, 11.30 p. in. For L. V. R. It. points 0.-, J1..V, a. m,; 2.18, 4.27 and 11.30 p. ni. For Pennsylvania R. R. poinU (1.15, 0.38 a. m.: 2.18 and 1.27 p. in. For Albany and nil points north (1.21 a, m. and 3.6- p. m. SUNDAY TRAINS For Carhondale fl.00, 11.3,5 a. m.; 2.11, 3.5.', 6.17, 10.52 p. m. For Wllkeb-Ilarie 9.38, 11.55 a, m.; 1.5b 3.2S, 0.27, 8.27 p. m. For Albany and points uoith 3 52 n, in. For Hoiiesdale 11.00 a. in. and 3.52 , in. LowTxt tales to all points in United .Stales ami Canada. .1. W. nntniCIC. O. r. A , Albany. S V. II. V. CROSS, 1). P. A Seranton, l'a. Central Bnilroad of New Jersey. Stations In New Vol 1; Foot of Liberty street, N. 11., ami South Ferry. Anthracite io.il Used celusliely, insuring cleanliness and lomfort. TIMF. TABI.i: IN LFFIXT NOV. 25, 11)00. Trains leave .Scianton for New" Vorli, Newark', F.lUabeth, Philadelphia, K.nton. Bethlehem, Al lenloivn, Matii.li Chunk ami While Haven, at 8 30, s, in.; express, 1.10; express, 3.50 p, ,u, niii daij, 2.15 p. in. For Plttston and YVIIkcs-Barre, SCO a. m.; I 10 and 3.30 p. iu. taiml.iv, 2.15 p. m. For Baltimore and Windiliuiton, ard points South ar.d West via Bethlehem, B.M a. m., 1 10 S.50 p. in. Sunday, 2.15 p. m. For Long Branch, Ocean Ctove, efc, at 8..W a, in. and 1.10 p. m. For Iteadlinr, Lobanon and Ihiritlrarz, via Al lenloivn, 8.30 a m. ami 1.10 p. in. taimla), 2.13 p. in. For pottsulle, S.30 a. in., 1.10 p, in. Ihrouah tickets to all points east, couth and west at lowest rntis at Iho station, II. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass At. .1, II. OLHAUbUN, (Jen. Supt. Lehigh Valley KalTroad. In llffeet Nov. 23, 1000. Tiiilus leave Seranton. For Philadelphia and New York via J), k II. R. II., at 0.15 and 11,33 a, in., and '.MS, 1.27 (Black Diamond F.vpicsi), and 11.30 p. M. Sun. davK, 1). & II. It. It.. 1.58, K27 p. in. Fur White llavcu, llaidcton and piiucipal points lu the coal nylons, ill D. i: II. It. 11,, (l.ll, S.IS uml l.iT p- m. For Potttvilh", II. n, 2.1) ,and 1.27 p. m. For Bethlehem, Favton, Itcadlnsr, UauUbuii; and piiucipal lultiiuvdiato stations via I). i' II. II. It.. u.n, ll.i a. m.i S.1S 1.27 (Iliad. Iba. inond i:pii'N), ll.wl . in. ,'j'undjjs, I), a II II, l,6., h.27 p. in. For Tmikhamioek, Towandi, l.lmiia, liluia, licneia and piiucipal li.teimediate station.-, via I)., h. i.' W, It. It, S.Os a. ni,; 1,06 and 1I.1U p. in. For fieneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Wl, Chliat'o, and all polnti west, via 1. A" 11. It. It., 11.56 a. in., 3.i; (Iliad; Diamond i:pies), 7,13, 10.11, 11.30 p. in. Sumlais, I). I: II. It, It., 11. 53. 8.27 p. m. Puilman parlor and sleeping: or behind Valley pallor cars on all tiulus betwveen WllkfS-Uaue and Xeiv York, PhiUdelplihi, llutfalo and t-u-peulon llildf'". ROI.L1N II. WII.BUn, (len. Supt., 20 Coithnid street. New oik, CIIAlll.US ii. l.i:i:, Oeu lUs AKt,, 2il Coitlaod street. New Yoik. A. W. NONNllMACIIKR, 1)1 v. Pass. Agl., South Ilethlohcni, Pa. For tickets and Pullman itservailous apply to 300 LacLavvamu avenue, bcrautou, l'a. W BERV.ODV NLEI'S EirnfaLirats' Department If you are interested ' in pretty things for the Baby-this store is where you will find them, and in a larger and finer variety than' at any time in its history. The mild weather of the past few weeks has postponed our opening later than was our intention. Still, our lines are NOW more complete; everything being to hand that could be considered essential to the "Wimiteir Comfort" of the little ones. See our Mageitfkemit Display of Long and Short Coats, Eider down and "Embroidered Cash mere," "Flannel" and Knit In fants' Jackets and Kimonas Em broidered "Baby Blankets," Shet land and Silk Veils, Caps, Hoods. Bonnets, Gloves, Mitts, Bootees, and Kid Shoes, etc. , etc. nercereaM & Coeeell Now open for business at our mew store, 132 Wyo ming avenue. We are proud of our store now, aud feel justified iu doing a little talking1, but we prefer to have our friends do the talking for us, A cordial invitation is ex tended to all to call and see us, lEMEMAU k CONNELL Jewelers and Silversmiths. RAILROAD TIME TABLES PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Schedule in Effect May 27, 1900. Trains leave Seranton, D. &. H. Station: 6.45 a. ni., week days, for Sunbury, Haivisburg, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington nnd for Pitts burg and the West. 9.38 n. m., week days,' for Hazleton, Pottsville, Beading; Norristown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore,Washington and Pitts burg and the West. 8.18 p. m., week days, (Sundays 1,(58 p. ra) for Sunbury, Harris burg, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Washington and Pittsburg and the West. For Hazleton, Potts ville, Beading, &c. week days. 4.27 p. ra., week days, for Sunbury, Hazleton, Pottsville, Harrisburg, Philadelphia nnd Pittsburg. .1. II. WOOD. C.tn. Tnar Agl, J. U. HirrCIIlNSOK, 0n. Jlcr. New York, Ontario and Western B.B, Mil! TA11U! IN KFFKCT SUNDAY, NOV, , 1000. Not III Ilouml Train. I.ejtt Leave Aulva Siraiiton, Cmbomljle. CiilovU. 10.40 a. in. 11.20 a. m. l.ui p. in, 6.00 p. in. Airlvo Carboiiiljle G.IO p, ni, hjulli Hound. Leave I.civi' Arrlv Culokla. f'aitioniulf. S union. 7.00 a. in. 7.10 ), m. 2.05 li. in 'f-'U I'. ' 1.20 p. in, SimtUvi, only, Nuitli Ilouml. l.ctve l.cive Aiilv bi uiiluii. Cji Wimble. Citlosi.i, MiO j. in, I'.IO II. in. 10.11 u. III. 7,00 p, in. Arilvu Cjiiioii'ljlp 7.10 p. in. Leavo l.cavv Arriv t'jilcblj, railioiitlal. Seranton. 7.00 a. m. 7 10 a, in, I..'!') p, in, fi.SI p. in. 0..T1 p, in. 'li.ilns Icavlnu Su.intun at 10.10 a. 111. ililb, a ml 6.30 a. 111. fiiiinlj.v.1, iiialc Sew Yoik, Corn wall, MiiMletovvn, Walton, Siilnry, Norwich, lloini', 111 I'M, Onclill uml Oswci;o loniu'ctlom, Tir (urtlicr inlonnatloii iciitiilt IU krt ngrnti, J. C. AXUi:it!.ON-, Gin. I'asj. Ant., Xwr York. J. I!. WKI.SI1, Tmm'IIi tr l'a.-;cni(iT Auent, Scian ton, Erie and Wyoming Valley. Time', Table in K0u.t Sipt. 17, 1UC0. 'Iialni lor llavvlry ami loial jiuli.H. lomicit, !ne at Haw ley with Erie railioaj lor New York, New hurt h ad Intermediate puinti, lcar Seran ton at 7.0S a, in. una 'J.2S p. ru. Tralru anive at Suanton at 10.) . oi. tr.J .10 p. in. r v... , telJiJ .Ji.