FppiTwFFPW THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1900. t 1 & Published Dally, Except Sunday, ty The Trlli tine rubllshtnir Compsny, at Kilty Cents Month. LIVY S. IHCTIAnn, Editor. O. V. BY.XBEE, Business Manager. New York Ofilce: 150 Nassau St. S. S. VHEELAND, Sole Agent tor Foreign Advertising. 'Entered t tli Potofflco nt Scranton, Tt., u Socond-Clas .Mall Matter, When spare will permit, Tlio Tribune Is always Clad to print short letters from Ita friends bear ing on current topics, but Ita rule Is that these must he algncd, for publication, by the writers real name and the condlton precedent to ae leplaneo la that all contributions shall bo subject to editorial revision. THE FLAT HATE I'OH ADVEilTISlNCJ. The following table bIiowh the price per Inch each Insertion, space to be used within one year: llun of DISPLAY. I.om than iVW lnclir .'00 inches 1200 " .VK " MUX) " Itatei lor Chs'lficd Advertising furnished on application. HfllANTOiN, DKCEM13EU 2R. 1800. AV'ljy fhnnltl It lake the tjrealer part nf it wed: for Hie court or L,nckawan in', county to leurn from the ofllcluls of the illy of Seianton the amount of the city's Indebtedness? What kind of foook-1:o3iin!r does the city employ? No Violence, THK QUICKEST way to forfeit the now generul sympathy of the public for the striking mreet ear employes is for the strikers or their volunteer cham pions to resort to violence. This is the wciIri always depended upon to break u .strike. It never falls. The Ktrikci's themselves have not been Kiiilty of violence and to a matt are opposed to It. Hut there are disor derly elements In every community which take a low form of pleasure In seizing upon mieh occasions to exercise their natural propensities for nilschief mukiiiK; and those elements in our own community must bo suppressed. The crudest blow which a cause can leceive Is n stab from its professed friend. Every act of violence, every indication of disorder emanating from a sympathizer with the strikers is such a stab and the harm it inflicts is in calculable. llerr Krtipp's effoits to black-list the sultan have been fruitless. Seed Time and Harvest. WITH a capitalization of SS3.0S3 a mile, or almost three times the cost of a steam railroad fully equipped for business, it is not sur prising: that the S't-ranton Railway company lias paid but one dividend since its incorporation. The wonder Is that it paid thut one. It got its franchises for nothing. Its cars are inexpensive. Its trackage is only fair. Its power plants, good as far as they go, are at times insuf ficient and frequently the speed of cars has to be cheeked to enable the scanty supply of propelling fluid to go around. Its payments in taxes to the city are very modest in comparison with the equivalents for ftanehisa privileges , demanded In most cities. Where, then, lias tile SC.ISP.SS.l capitalization of this company gone to and what does it represent? Theto is only one answer to this question. For the greater part It represents Inflation, which the trav eling public is expected to convert into negotiable value. We are less disposed titan are some o blame the Traction company 'or thN state of things-. A large pint of this bunco work in councils which is at the foundation of its Inilalion had taken placj before th present management took hold. It lound tho inhcbief done and had to adjust lis policy accoidingly. Tho problem of giving to the people "I" Scranton and its vii Inlty a s.'itisfin..ory street car sen Ice upon a capitalization limited to actual cash tfit of plant, fian clilses and equipment would be com intuitively simple, ;4r. Silllman, we dare s.iy, would jump at the chance to exchange for it the inllnltely more dilllcult pioblem with which lie has hud to wiesllc imniely. tho endeavor to vitalize watered stock while paying prepostetous tlxed charges and at the same time preventing the equipment ftom going m plecs for lack of le pairs. Th" present strike might have ou-currc-d had the company been honest ly capitalized. Hut tho chances aro that it would not, for then a icadJUHl niont of hours of labor and rales of pay, nit hough Involving fome inereasj In the expense account, need not imvo constituted a serious tliill eulty. Nor could Hie strikers then 1'iiuj counted upon tho moral support from public opinion which they now ,foiumand. Had our Traction service been, of u character In keeping with our city's population and position and had ith relations with tha community '.liscr. tmooth and satisfactory, the suil ,deit constriction of that service by means of a strike declared at tho helgiit, of the lioliduy season would baldly havo been viewed by I he pub lic, with the absence of irritation now noticeable. It Is because the com munity, rightly or wrongly, feels under no sense of obligation to tho Traction company and regards It as an alien and oppressive institution that it subordinates Its own Inconvenience to sympathy for the strikers'. Tljo, laxity of legislation which per nilts push evident overcapitalization to be1 fastened n8 a dead weight upon a public utility lias seldom been more sharply defined than In thls"(nstance. Here wo have the convenience and ae commodatlon of 200,000 people ham tiered and abridged by a process of financiering which differs from high way robbery chiefly In having tho au thorization of law. Borne penons blame tho financiers. Wo blame the people who permit It and submit to it, They are reaping as they have sown. The Omaha police have determined by careful Investigation that an Indi vidual named Pat Crowe was in tho ISIdlng on I Full Paper Heading roaltlon .2i .273 I ITlO .20 .22 .21 .10 .175 .11 .155 .17 .PVi ..' .10") Ai city Just beforo the Cuddhy abduction occurred, but tho identity ot the pnr tleH who got tho bug of gold scorns to be as fnr from discovery as ever. To William Drury belongs the dis tinction of balng thus far tho only un masked dlisemblor In tho senatorial fight. And wo guess he wishes ho hadn't. Protecting the Birds. THE Pennsylvania Audubon society, In Its fourth an nual report, properly ex presses pleasure at tho enactment by the last congress of the Lacey bill to prevent tho Interstate shipment of illegally killed birds or game, a consummation to which it contributed In energy and agitation. It also gives proper credit to tho leading wholesale milliners of the eastern cities for having willingly agreed, upon solicitation, to abandon the use of wild birds In millinery. The report also calls attention to another important undertaking of the past year the raising of a fund for the hiring of wardens to protect the terns and. gulls on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia during the breeding season. As a result of mis sionary work, originating In Pennsyl vania, tho Delaware Audubon society lias been formed nnd a widespread practice of killing blackbirds for mil linery purposes has been conquered In that state. The membership of tho Pennsyl vania Audubon society now exceeds ii.000 and it educational work in in fluencing public opinion to discoun tenance the inhumane and useless waste of bird life, formerly fo com mon, is increasing steadily. Ex-President Cleveland seems In a fair way to become tho target for the entire- output of bricks that are now being hurled by embittered orators of tho Bryanizcd Democracy. Co-operative Housekeeping. AX INTERESTING Christmas celebration, was effected Tuesday In a suburb of Chicago known as Long wood. It was a co-operative dinner, participated in by eight fathers, eight mothers and a score of children. Fol lowing the feast came songs, toasts, cundy for the children and general jubilation .over tho successful progress of a practical experiment in communal housekeeping. Three months ago under the leader ship of a Mrs. Chambers, who copied the idea from a similar experiment In Portage, Wis., eleven families, together with a few luckless bachelors and ladles not yet fortunate enougr to have husbands, numbering fifty in all, banded together in Longwood to econo mize in culinary expenses 'by having one kitchen organization do the work for all. Each family has its own suite of rooms or separate house if desired but all come together at meal time and contribute pro rata to the general fund. Following is the statistical ex hibit: Cost for single meals (average) $ 0.11 Cot per iliy for one person 33 Cost per week for one per-ion 2.!lt C'oit lor single man for three months 110.70 Coit for a family of three for thiee months 02.10 i:puiditurc for scivunts per month 50.00 Dental of dining loom and kitchen per mouth Totil cost per month for hfty person 20.00 .50.00 "The idea," says the Chicago Rec ord, "is simply to free women who cannot afford servants and luxuries from tho drudgery of cooking threa meals a day, 365 days in tho year, and as the plan has been successfully car ried out there is no idea of making the association co-operativo further than in serving meals. At first each woman tool: her turn at managing the affairs, but It soon bc-camo evident that 'everybody's business was no body's business,' and Mrs. StafforJ, one of the organizers, agreed to take charge of everything. Mir. Chambers, who started the Longwood association, Is enthusiastic over Its success. She cays: " 'The principle of our association is all right, and I feel that our at tempt has been made a success. I am only sorry that others have not taken up with the idea, ns it surely solves Hie problem for women who havo some of the liner senses and yet aro hold too closely to the homo bocausi they cannot afford to keep a servant. There are problems coming up from time to time and it takes a competent manager to solve all of them. It Is for the lack of this manager that others have failed. There should be a central body where all these questions might bo decided.' " The great drawback to such an ar rangement, it would i'cL'in, would ba tho difficulty of maintaining harmony among tho families after tho ilrst Hush of enthusiasm had subsided. This has been solved at Longwood for tho present by Interdicting tho discussion at meal times of any theme likely to provoke aciid contioversy. For ex ample, religious argument is barred, and politics is treated gingerly. A mild censorship of free hpeecli exists by common consent. How long this common consent will lust is another fctory, concerning which deiolopments must be nwnltcd. Those two Ulnghamtou boys who set a bear trap for Santa Clous which broke the old gentleman's leg, necessi tating amputation, should havo their stockings filled with strap oil. A Hopeful Augury, THE COMPLETED organiza tion of tho Dickson Mill and Oral u company to take the plnco in tills business community so long occupied by the Weston Mill company Is uuounced. The news that the life and spirit of the Weston company, Mr. A. "".N . Dick son, a citizen whose career atands out prominently as one of tho most cred Itablo and exemplary among those which have made our city and valley what they are, Is to bo at tho hplm of tho new enterprise will bring pleas ure to thousands of his friends' and constitute an assurance of success. Tills news has more, however, than a personal significance. It Is an evi dence that, as one generation of bus! ness men after many years of exact ing work and cares plans to petite to tho rest which It has well earned, thero Is a sufllclency of young blood In. our community to occupy the vacated places and to carry forward the enterprises which constitute tho elty'n preserva tion. Those who have felt doubt on this score will see In tho formation of this new company nn evidence that their fears are unfounded. It will operate as an encouragement to sim ilar ventures in other directions, nnd If properly suportcd it will thus bo a means of widening and diversifying tho business future of Scranton. Tho time is nt hand when this ques tion of Scranton's business futuro must receive practical' consideration. Wo shall have more to say on this topic In due course. One Year's Crop of State Legislation Till! NEW YOniC date library has Just issued its eleventh annual comparative summary nnd Index of legislation by state, covering the laws parcel in WOO. Thla bulletin, pre pircd by Itobcrt II. Whlttcn, Ph. P., sociology librarian, dtaests nnd organizes the cnonnoun an imal output of legislation so ni to render available with n minimum of labor the most lecent experi ence of other stales, enabling those interested In any speclllc law to find readily what stales havo recently paned blmllar laws. An Interesting feat tiro of the bulletin Is Its review ot the most Im pott.int and distinctive legislation of the year, in dicating the trend of legislation by reference to laws of previous yens, fiom which the following notes me tal.cn : SUFFRAGE. Theconstllutlonal umondment submitted lo vole in North Carolina to disfranchise the illiterate ncgio was adopted and goes Into effect in July, 1002. Tho proposed plan Is similar to that adopt ed by Louisiana In 1608 nnd makes ability to read and write a section of the constitution a qualifi cation for voting. This provision applies to whites and blacks alike, but there is a proviso that It shall not apply to any person entitled to vote in any state prior to Jan. 1, 1607, or to a lineal descendant of such person who registers Mure Jan. 1, 100S. It is "in effect an ingenious device to disfranchise Illiterate negroes without also disfranchising Illiterate whites and still keep within the Ictlir of the fifteenth amendment pro viding that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. VOTING MACHINES. The voting machine id rapidly gaining in public favor. The Hist state law authorizing its use was passed by New York in 192, allowing towns to use the Myers automatic ballot cabinet nt town elections. During the present year Rhode Island has treated a voting machine commission to ex amine machines and make regulations for their ue by cities and towns. Machines are to be bought by the secretary of state and furnished to cities and towns on application. In Iowa tho use of sotlng machines has been authorised at all elections and n commission to examine voting machines created. PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Ill Iowa a stale library commission lia3 been created whoso duty it Is to give advice to lihr.ii!cs and aid in their establishment and to co operate with the state library In the development of tiaveling libiaiies. New Jeiscy also has treated a library commission. It is required to furnish advice to libraries and may give $100 to such as expend an equal sum for books. Begin ning with Massachusetts in 1S90, special libraiy commissions or authorities with similar duties have now been provided in fifteen states. TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS. Mississippi was the only state to pass anti bust legislation in 1000. Trusts and combinations are now prohibited by statute or constitutional provision in twenty-nine stales and territories. TAX INQUISITORS. Iowa has followed the example of Ohio in pro viding for tax inquisitors to discover personalty omitted from tax lists. The law authorizes tho county hoard of supervisors to contract with any person to assist in the disiovcry of property not listed for taxation. TAXATION Or MORTGAGES. Misso'iii has adopted a constitutional amend ment lo cscnipl the amount of the mortgage in the assessment of mortgaged property. A mortgage is deemed and treated as an Interest in tho pmpcity and the value of tho property less the value of the moilgagc is assessed to the owner and the value of the mortgage to the mortgagee. STAMP TAXES. Virginia lias provided for the collection of its tax of i-l on the seals of all coutts and notaiics by means of an adhesive stamp to be affixed to the instrument requiring the seal, over which the seal shall be placed in such a way as to cancel the htamjv. So far as known this is the only in stance of (lie use of stamps by a stale for the collection of a tax. In 1315 nn act was passed in Maryland imposing a stamp tax on every bond, obligation, single bill or piomlssory note above tlis turn of $100. Tliis law was lcpealcd in 1S50. FRANCHISE TAXES. New Jeisey has adopted a franchise tax law similar in some respects to that adopted by New York in 1S00. Like the New York law it pio vldes for the taxation of persons and coipora linns using highways, streets and public places, except lalhoad nnd canal companies. The New York law, however, pi ov ides for the assessment of tho properly and franchises of such coi pota tions by the slate tax commission and for its taxation for state and local purposes in the same manner ns other propel ty. The New Jersey law piovides that the property shall be assessed local ly and taxed at local rates as heretofoie and that a tax ot 2 per cent, on gross receipts shall bo as sessed annually nnd apportioned by the stale board of asscssois to the tnxing districts in pro portion to tho value of property therein, on sheets, highways nnd public places. S1DEPAT1IS. Rhode Island has created a state commission of fire mcmhcis to build and maintain sidcp.itlis. A license fee of fiom 60 cents to $1 may bo imposed to foim a. shlcpath fund. A state sldepath com mission has been established in Maryland with power to appoint boards In each county to con sliuil and maintain paths. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia have icviscd their laws piovldlng for pensions for indi gent Confederate veterans, and Louisiana has adopted u constitutional amendment increasing cumtal appropilallous for pensions. INSANE. In Iowa the slilu boaul ot control has been authorized lo supervise county and private insti tutions for tho insane. Massachusetts has followed the recent example of New York, Wyoming and Ohio, in piovldlng for state support and control nf all Insane committed to Institutions. Alter Jan 1, 1001, the Massachusetts state board of insanity may transfer tho insana in almshouses r other Institutions not contiolled by the btate to state institutions. Massachusetts lias. also pro vided lor establishing a stale colony for the thionlc Insane, for which 1,500 to 2,500 acres of land may be bought, CONVICT LABOR. On ("dilution ot the present lease, Match 3, l')l, the s.vettm of leasing convicts In Louisiana will be abolished. A law of 1000 pi ov Ides for a boanl of control of the state penitentiary con sisting of three couimlssloiieis, the boanl may lecuru land for convict farms and factories and may bid and contract tho tame ns u pillule Indi vidual for the building by the convicts of state and local public woiks. PROBATION-. A number of stales has piovidcd piobaliou offi cers who may recommend Hut i mulcted juvenile offenders be released on probation, and shall ex cretso wpervlslon over those so released. Massa chusetts in U'Jl was the first state to extend this system to adult offcuders. Vermont followed in 1W3 and New Jeisey during the present year, PAROLE, PARDON. An interesting Kentucky law provides that the boaid of prisons commissioners may parole con victs in the penitentiary for the Uist time. Pa roled prisoners are not required to remain in tho stale, but it they do so they uio required to re port their placo of residence and conduct to the boaid of prison commissioners through the county Judge nt least every six mouths. This provision chcuhl bo quite cffccticu in diminishing tho num. bcr ol ex-convicts iu the state. North Dakota poooooooooooooooo The People's Exchainigeo A POPULAR CLKARINO IIOUPK for the ' tlenrflt nl All Wtin Have Houses to . , Rent. Real I'jiIhIa nr other t'mnertv to Sell or Exchange, or Who Want Hltuattons or ' i Help These Small Advertisements Cost , , One Cent a Word, SI Insertions for Five ......in h ivora i.xrcnt Hiiuauuu-s ,,,., Which Aro Inserted Free. xxxoooooooxxx Help Wanted Male. NIOIIT COOK WANTED AT THE GRAND CEN tral Hotel, Lackawanna avenue. DUTCIIKR WITH SMALL CAPITAL CAN FIND a profitable Investment. Call on J. O. Acker man. Help Wanted Female. WANTED STENOGRAPHER WITH SOME knowledge ot bookkeeping. Situation out of city. Address, statlrlg references, experience and salary expected. Address B Tribune. Salesmen Wanted. ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE WHOLESALE uioccry business; state references ana ex. pcrlcnec. Address Lex 457. Wanted. WANTED A PARTNER IOR HAT AND FUR- nlsblng business, if.'.OOO will buy half inter est in business worth ifOOOO. Will guarantee $1,000 on Investment first ear. C, Tribune. Situations Wanted. SITUATION WANTED-BV AN EXPERT LAUN dress, to go out by the day or take wash ing home: best of city rcfeiencc. S20 Pleasant street. Call or address. BOOKKEEPER WOULD LIKE POSITION: THOR oughly reliable; single or double entry. Ad dress Bookkeeper, 111 Fairfield street. has adopted a constitutional amendment estab lishing a board of pardons consisting of the gov ernor, attorney general, chief justice of tho su preme court and two persons appointed by the gov crnor. STATE INSURANCE. South Carolina has decided to make an interest ing experiment in state insurance. The stale will carry its own risks on all state and county public buildings except school bouses. Beginning Jan. 1, 1901, hail the amount now paid for pre miums on city and county buildings will be paid to the commissioners of the linking fund for on insurance fund. When tho insurance fund reaches $200,000 no further premiums will be paid except to maintain the fund at this amount. WORKINCIMBN'S TRAINS. Massachusetts has provided for the running of vvorkingmen's trains in the Boston suburban dis trict. Such trains shall arrho at Boston between 0 and 7.30 a. m. and between 0.30 and 7 p. m. every week day, and shall depart between the same hours. For such trains, for distances not exceeding fifteen miles, season tickets shall be furnished at a rate not exceeding $3 per mile per year, and quarterly and weekly tickets at a rate not exceeding ?1 per milo per quarter, and such tickets to be good once a day each way for six days ill tho week. DEPARTMENT STORES. n 1S0O Missouri passed an act designed to pro- ift department stores. The act classifies mcr chandise in seventy-three classes and twcnty-ciglit groups and prohibits the sale of more than one group in cities of 50,000 except on the payment of a license of from $300 to $500 forcach addi tional group or class sold. Establishments em ploying not more than fifteen persons are exempt from the piovisions of the act. This act has been declared unconstitutional by the Btate supreme court on tho giound that taxes must be uniform and that tho legislature may not levy a tax for city purposes or deprive persons of liberty without due process of law. TRADNO STAMPS. The use of trading stamps was prohibited by Mainland, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont in 1608, by New Hampshire and Rhode Island in 1S09 and during the past year by Louisiana and New Yoik. The Rhode Island law has been de clared unconstitutional by the state supreme court on the ground that the act is not a valid cxerciso of the police power and that jt deprives citizens of liberty and abridges their privileges and im munities. HOHTICCLTUHE. Ohio has authorized the board of contiol of the agricultural experiment station to inspect nur series, orchards, gardens, etc., and treat liecs In fested witli disease. Plants shipped into the btate must bear a certificate of inspection. In Virginia tho board of control of the experiment station has been constituted a board ot crop pest commissioners with power to appoint a state entomologist, publish a list of pests and diseases of plants and piovide for the quarantine and an nual inspection of ninsery stock. There are now twenty states that have created a board of horti culture or state entomologist to Investigate dis eases and pests and with power in many cases to take tho nccess'ary measures to prevent their spread. WM. CONNELL FOB SENATOB. From the Olyphant Rccoid. We arc glad to notice that the name of Will, lain Connell has been brought forward in con nection with the .ippioaclmiK contest for United States senator. For four years Mr. Connell has ably represented oil) of the most important dis tricts in fids part of the state in the lower house, and bis elevation to tho senate would be an emi nently vviio promotion. Ills record as represen tative is deserving this honor. No man knows better tho needs ol tho great Keystone state and he would be a representative of the entire state. Geographically, too, ho U the rigiit man. The city of Philadelphia lias a representative in tho senate, and for twelve years Mr, Quay has sat as a member of that body. Thus the western end could not have cause for complaint if tho north ern section should now have a chance. In case Quay Is not chosen on tho first ballot, and m do nut sco how he can be, Mr. Connell's friends proposo to bring him forward. We bo lieve all factions ot tho Republican parly could rally to Mr. Connell nnd Dnd in him the best possible eiponent of party iwllcles. w THE WORLD -j Jt ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY"....-. Cop tight, 1K0, by R. E. Hughes, Louis ville. SUPPORTED by perhaps the most biilliant stall of writers American periodical litcra ture has jet been able to show, the pun. lication of tho Portfolio was commenced in Philadelphia by Dennlc, who uuy bo considered ns liavluu been tho first Ameilcan profes4ionil mil of litters. Prior to this, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's great mazarine, in 1711, in vvlih h vviii printed and published the Hut mis cellany in America, frequent attempts ha J teen made iu Euston, New Vork and Philadelphia to fo hi t perici'lcals which couU command puna nont clidiUIe, but all tan out a brief cxisTcwa before tho end ot tho centuiy. Among them was Thomas Palne's Pennsylvania Magazine, which camo to an untimely end upon tho com menceinent of tho Revolutionary war. The Portfolio was carried on twenty-seven jears, the llrtt Ameilcan serial Hut could boast of so long an existence, e Isaac Hawkins patented while living in Phlla. dclphia the first portable, gund piano. It was an upright instrument, the original of the mod em cottago piano. At tho same timo lasting Improvements in grsrd pianofortes were made in Paris by Sebastian Eraid, a celebrated manufac turer of musical instruments. t t Sir William Fairbalrn, who later distinguished For Rent. Olt RENT-AN OLD , ESTABLISHED SALOON nn Main street, Carbondale. Possession April 1. tnqulro It. T. Maxwell, Silk Mill, Jmnyn. WAAIAAAAAIVS Toil RENT-FInc OFFICES AT REASONABLE prices, Paull building. Inquire ut Janitor. roil RENT-STOHtS. son avenue. APPLY 1G31 8ANDER- For Sale. FOR SALE-A DELIVERY COVERED WAOOX. lias been in Use about two months. Suitable) for a groceiy Btoie, dry goods store or other mercantile purposes. Apply to William Craig. FOR 8ALE-CIOOD DRIVING HORSeT FIVE years old, weight 1150. Sound. Can be seen at Gorman's livery. FOR SALE-BRICK BUILDINO, NO. 434 LACK- awanna avenue, corner Washington avenue, being the property recently occupied ami now being vacated by tho Hunt & Council Company. A. E. HUNT. FOR SALE-CONTENTS OF HOUSE Pl'INI ture, carpets, bedding, etc. 032 Washington avenue. Wanted To Buy. WANTED-SECONDIIAND SLOT MACHINES; must be in good order) state particulars as to make and price. Address L. M., general de livery, Scranton, Pa. Furnished Booms. IV! PIIONT ROOM, with board. SECOND FLOOR, 410 Adams avenue. FOR TWO FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET-F.LEC3ANTLY furnished rooms; steam hc.itctl; everything new, clean, cosy and homelike. Breakfast if de sired. 611 Adams avenue. Board Wanted. BOARD WANTEDFOR THREE ADULTS AND one small child, in respectable Jewish fam ily, living Ir. first-class neighborhood. State price. W. A., Tribune office. Money to Loan. MONEY It) LOAN ON BOND AND MORTGAGE, any amount. M. II. Holgatc, Commonwealth building. ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LOAN-QUICK, Btraight loans or Building and Loan. At from 4 to 8 per cent. Call on N. V. Walker, 311-315 Connell building. Becruits Wanted. v MARINE CORPS, U. S. NAVY, RECRUITS wanted Able-bodied men, service on our war shins in all parts of the world and on laud in the Philippines when required. Recruiting of- ucer, liu Wyoming avenue, gcranion. Personal. INFORMATION WANTED OF PR1MO BORETH, who was a resident of New York City N. Y, prior to 1SG5. If he is dead, his heirs will hcai of something to their advantage by addressing Jos. O. Liddlc, Gen. 1. O. Box, 501, New York City, N. Y. LEGAL. NOTfCE IN PURSUANCE OK RESOLUTION OF Select Council, there will be special elections held on January Sth, 1901, in the following wards: Fifth ward One person to serve as Select Councilman to fill the unexpired term ot Rich ard Williams, resigned. Sixth ward One person to serve as Select Councilman to fill the unexpired term of Edward James, resigned. Fourteenth ward One person to serve as Select Councilman ti fill the unexpired term of Peter McCann, resigned. .TAMES MOIR, Mayor. Scranton, Dec. 2ith, 1000. THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR ELECTION OK four trustees for Keystone Academy' will be held at the building in Faetoryville, on Jan. 7, at 10 a. m . V. JI. PECK, Secretary. PROFESSONA L. Certified Public Accountant. E. O. SPAULDINQ, 220 BROADWAY, NEW York. Architects. EDWARD II. PAVIS, AUCUITEOT, CONNELL building. Si ranton. FREDERICK U DROWN, ARCHITECT, PRICE building, 12G Washington avenue, Scranton. Cabs and Carriages. RUBBER TIRED CABS AND CARRIAGES; BEST of servile Prompt attention given orders, by 'phone. 'Phones 2072 and 6332. Joseph Kcllcy. 121 Linden. Dentists. DR. O. E. EILENRERGER, PAULI BUILDINO, Spruce street, Seianton. DR. I. O. LYMAN, SCRANTON PRIVATE HOS pital, corner Wyoming and Mulberry. DR. O. O. LAUBACIL 115 WYOMING AVENUE. DR. II. F. REYNOLDS, OPP. P. O. Hotels and Kestaurants. THE ELK CAFE, 125 AND 127 FRANKLIN AVE. Due. Rates reasonable. P. ZEIQLER, Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D.. L. & W. PAS sesger depot. Conducted on the European plan. VICTOR KOCH. Proprietor. Lawyers. J. W. BROWNING, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL, lor-it-law. Rooms S12-31J Mcars building. D. B. REPLOfSLE. ATTORNEY-LOANS NEGO. tiatcd on real estate security. Mears building, corner Washington avenus and Spruce street. WILLARD. WARREN & ENAPP, ATTORNEYS and counscllors-at-lavv. Republican building, Washington avenue. JESSUP & JESSUP, ATTORNEYS AND COUN- ..I1..n.n.la rVinimmiWO.llth llllll.llnv llnnln. 10, 20 and 21. EDWARD W. THAYER, ATTORNEY. 003-001, 0th Door, Mcars building. ROOMS I. A. WATKES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BOARD of Trade building, Scranton, Pa. O. R. PITCHER. ATTOKNBY-AT.LAW, BOARD of Trado building, Scranton, Pa, PATTERSON & WILCO.T, TRADERS' NATIONAL Bank building. O. COMEQYS, 013 REPUBLICAN BUILDING. A. W. BERTIIOLF, ATTORNEY, MEARS BLDG. Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, SCRANTON, Pa. Course preparatory to college, law, medi cine or business. Opens Sept. 12th. Send for catalogue. Rev, Thomas M Cunn, LL. D., prin cipal and proprietor; W, E. Plumlcy, A. M., headmaster. himself as an English mechanical engineer, was only 11 j ears nld, but hud iuastcied the titles of urllhmctic. His fame H chiefly due to improve ments vvlu.li virtually amounted to a luvolution of the whole sybtcm of mill construction, and to a system of waleruhcel construction vvhoo by diaulio power vva3 never surpassed. 4 Georgo Grote, tho hUtoilau of Greece, eminent also as a philosopher, a, politician nnd a labour In tho advancement ot univris.il education, en tered a grainmer school at Sevanoaks, In Kent, In tits ijxlh. year, living been giouuded in I ho elements of Latin even pi lor to this by his mother, Comto do Sait-Shnon, live founder of I'lcudi Socialism, began at the agu ot 10 a vailed couim of study and experiment which filled him for the movement he was destined to inaugurate. UjIIjiI, a d'ttriU In the Madias pKsidruey, was ceded to the British by the Nizam of llaldaiabad, to whoso share It fell at tho close of the war with Tipu, Sultan eight jears bcfoie, i ' Mauzonl, founder of tho romantic school iu Italian literature, wrote his firt two sonnets at the ago of 19. Always Bimsy But we are glad to take the timo to wish you a happy new century. The greatest Shoe sale of any age will be our NEW CENTURY SALE of honest Shoes. Prepar ations for it begins today. We begin the new cen tury by closing our shoe stores evenings at six o'clock sharp, Saturdays excepted. Lewis&Reilly Phone 2402. Free delivery, We carry the most com plete line for office and pocket use. Calendar Pads of every description. If you have a stand we can fit it. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. Physicians and Surgeons. DR. W. E. ALLEN, 613 NORTH WASHINGTON avenue. DR. S. W. L'AMOREAUX, OFFICE 39 WASH lngton avenue. Residence, 1318 Mulberry. Chronic discasca, lunsp, heart, kidneys and genito-urinary organs a specialty. Hours, 1 to 4 p. m. Seeds. G. R. CLARK ll CO., SEEDSMEN AND NURS erymen, store 01 Washington avenue; green houses, 1050 North Main avenue; store tele phone, 782. Wire Screens. JOSEPH KUETTEL, REAR 611 LACKAWANNA avenue, Scranton, Pa., manufacturer ot Wire Screens. Miscellaneous. DRESSMAKING FOR CHILDREN TO ORDER; also ladies' wubta. Louis Shoemaker, 212 Adams avenue. A. R. imiCGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS AND ccs? pools; no oJor. Improved pumps used. A. B. Brigiis, proprietor. Leave orders 1100 North Main avenue, or EIcKe's drug store, corner Adams and Mulberry. Telephone S34. MRS. L. T. KELLER, SCALP TREATMENT, 60o.; EhiminooIniT. 00 ; facial massage; nunicur- Jng, 25c.; thiiopoily. 701 (Julncy. BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR BALLS, picnics, parties receptions, weddings and con cert work furnished. For terms address R. J, Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert's musio store. MEOAROEE BROS.. PRINTERS' SUPPLIES, i: velopcs, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130 Wasnington avenue, Scranton, Pa. THE WILKES RARRE RECORD CAN BE HAD in Scranton at the news stands of Itelsnun Bros., 403 Spruce and 603 Linden; M. Noiton, 22 Lackawanna avenue; I. S. Schutzcr, 211 Spruce street. RA ILROA D TIME TA BLES. Delaware and Hudson. In efleet Nov. 2.5, lOOO. Train for Carbondale leave Scranton at e,20, 7.W, 8.63, 10.13 a. m.; 12.00, 1.20, 2.44, 3.52, B.fcO, 0.23 7.57, 0.15, 11.15 p. m.; 1.10 a. m. For Honcsdalo fl.20, 10.13 a. m.; 2,11 and C.2I) p. m. For Wllkes-nairc-0.45, 7.43, 8.43, 0.38. 10.4.1. 11.63 a. in.; 1.2S, 2.18, 3.33, 4.27, 0.10, 7. If, 10.41, 11.30 p. m. For L. V. R. R. polnts-G.45, 11.63 a. m.; 2.18, 4.27 and 11.80 p. m. For Pennsylvania R. R. points 0,13, 9,38 a. ni.i 2.13 and 4.27 p. m. For Albany uud all points north 0.20 a. in. and 3.62 p. m. SUNDAY TRAINS. Tor Caibondalc-9.00, 11.33 a. m.; 2.11, 0.32, C.47, 10.52 p. m. For Wilkes-llarrc 0.S3, 11.53 a. m.; 1.5$, 3.2S, 0.27, 8.27 p. m. For Albany and points noitlr S.C2 p. in. For llonesdale 0.00 a. m. and 3.52 n. m. Lowest rates to all points in United Stqtcs and Canada. J. W. BURDICK, G. P. A Albany. .V. Y. II. W. CRO'.S, D. P. A., Scranton, Pa. Central Railroad of New Jersey. Stations In New Yoik Foot of Liberty stieet, N, R. , and South Feirj TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 23, 1000. Trains leave Seianton for New York, Newark, Elizabeth, Philadelphia, Easton. Bethlehem. Al lentowu, Mauch Chunk and White Haven, at 8.30 a. m.; express, 1.10; express, 3.50 p. m. bun days, 2.15 p. in. For Plttston and Wllkcs-Barrc, 8.30 a. m.; 1.10 and 3.C0 p. in. bundavs, 2.15 p. in. p.... ii.illlnioru nnd Washington, and nnlntc South and West via Bethlehem, 8.30 a. m 1.10 3.80 p. m. Sunday, 2.1j p. in. For Long Branch, Ocean Giovc, etc., at 8,30 a. in, and 1.10 P. in. For Readlnir, Lebanon and Ilairlaburg, via Al Icntown, 8.30 a, in. uud 1.10 p, in. Sundays, " 15 p. m. "For Pottsvllle, 8.30 a. in., 1.10 p. m. Through tickets to all points tast, south and west at lowest ratrs at the station, II. P. BALDWIN. Gen. Pass Agt. J. II. OLIIAUSEN, Gen. Supt. Lehigh Valley Bailroad, In Effect Nov. 25, 1000. '1'ralns leave bi.ranlon. For Philadelphia and New York via . & II. It. II., at 0.15 and 11,55 a. in., ana 2.18, 4.27 (Mick Diamond Express), "d 11.30 p. m, bun. ilaVs D. (c II. it- ".. 1.6?. .7 P. in. For Wlilto Haven, llarlctou and principal points iu the coal regions, via D. k II. It. ll., 0.15, 2.1S and 1.27 p. in. lor Pottsvllle, 8.15, 2.18 and 1.27 p. m. For Bilhleheiii, Lattoii, Heading;. HariMmrir and iirinclpil Intermediate stations vlu ). A- w II. It.. 0A$, ll.M a. m. J 2.18. 1.27 (Black Ilia: niond Espies), H.S0 p. in. Sunday, D. & 11, 11. 11., 1.58. 8.27 p. m. For 'ruiiMianuoik, 'lovvanda, Elinlra, Jlhaia, Oeiieva and principal intermediate stations, via 1)., L. 4: W. II. . S.03 a. in.; 1.05 and 3.10 lVur (lencva, Hoihester, Buffalo, Nlagira Falh, Chicago, and all points west, via 1). & JI. u. n., 11.55 a. in., 3.33 (Black Diamond Expiess). T.S, 10.11, 1130 p. w. Sundijs, V. It H. It. n 11 53, 8.27 p. m. Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehigh Valley pallor caw on all trains betvvcecn Wllkes-Barra and New Yoik, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Sus pension Bridge. HOI.I.IN II. WILBUn, den. Supt., ii Cortland stieet, New York. CHAHLES S. LEE, Gen Pass Agt., 20 Cortland street. New York. A. W. NONNEIIAC'HEK, DIv. Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem, Pa. For tickets and Pullman reservations apply to 809 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, Pa. EKELLiiil mu mm IMIEY'S The Last Days of December Will be devoted to closing out every-" thing that can be classified as HoflndayGoods on account of our annual inventory which we commence the first of th new year. Snould you still wish to make a New Year's present, you can save money by selecting from what is left of Sierling Silver SiJk Bowm Quilts, ALSO Hnc Silk Umbrellas, Etc, Etc. 510-512 RAILROAD TIME TA BLES PENNSYLVANIA RAILftOAD Schedule in Effect Slay 27, 1900. Trains leave Scranton. D. &. H. Station: 6.45 a. in., week days, for Sunbury, Hairisburg, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and for Pitts burg and the west. 9.38 a. m., week days, for Hazleton, Pottsvllle, Bending Norristown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts burg and the West. 2.18 p. m., week days, (Sundays 1.58 p. m.,) for Sunbury, Harris burg, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Washington and Pittsburg and the West. For Hazleton, Potts vllle, Reading, &c. week days. 4.27 p. m., week days, for Sunbury, Hazleton, Pottsvllle, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburg, .T. It. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Art. J. B. HUTCHINSON. Oon. Mgr. Delaware, Xackawanna and Western. In Effect Dec. 2, 1000. South Leave firranlon for Now York at 1.10, .1.00, 5.50, 8.00 and 10 05 a. in., 12.55, 3.33 p. in. For Philadelphia at 8.00 and 10.05 a. in.; 12.55 and and 3.33 p. m. For Stroudsburg at 0.10 p. m. Milk accommodation at 8.10 p. m. Arrive ut Hoboken at 0.30, 7.18, 10.2S, 12.08, 3.15, 4.18, 7.10 p. m. Arrive at Phil adelphia at 1.06, 3.23, 8.00 and 8.23 p. ni. Ar rlvo from Niw York at 1.10, 4.08 and 10.23 a. ill. ; 1.00, 1.52, 5.43, 3.45 and 11.30 p. in. From Stroudburg at 8.05 a. m. North Leave. Scranton (or Buffalo and inter mediate stations at 1.15, 4.10, and 0.00 a. m.; 1.55, 6.48 and 11.35 p. w. For Oswego and Syra ruso at 4.10 a. in. and T.C5 p. ni. For Utica at 1.10 a. m. and 1.55 p. m. For Montrose at 0.0H a. in.; 1.05 and 0.4b p. m. For Nicholson at 4.00 and 0.15 p. m. For Blnghatnton 10.2O a. m. Ar. live In Scranton from Buffalo at 1.25, 2.03, 5.45 and 10.00 a. m.; S.50 and 8.00 p. in. From Os vvcko and Syracuse at 2.55 a. in.; 12.38 and 6.00 p in. From Utica ut 2.55 a. ni.; 12.38 and 3.30 p ni. From Nicholnon at 7.60 a. ni. and 0.00 p. in. From Montrosj at 10.00 a. in.; 3.20 and 8.00 Blo'oinsbuic PivWon Leave Scranton for Northumberland nt 11.15, 10.05 a. m.; 1.53 and 6 00 p. m. For Plymouth at 1.05, 3.40, 8.50 p. iu For Kingston nt 8.10 a. m. Arrive at North umberland ot 0.31 a. in.; 1.10. 5.00 and 8.45 p. in. Arrive at Kingston at 8.62 a. m. Arrive at Plymouth at 2.00, 4.32, 0.45 p. ni. Arrive in Scranton from Northumberland at 0.13 a. m. ; 1" 35, 4.50 and 8.45 p. m. From Klnrston at ll 00 a. in. From Plymouth at 7.55 a. m., 3.20, 5.35 p. in. SUNDAV TiuiNS. South Leave Scranton 1.10, 3,00, 6.50, 10.05 a, m 3 33. 3.4 P- n North Leavo Scranton at 1.15, 4.10 a. m,; 1.55, 6 48 and 11.35 p. ni. ' Bloomshurg IHvMon Leave Scranton at 10.05 a. m. and 5.60 p. m. . ' , M New York, Ontario and Western B. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT SUNDAY, NOT. 4. 1D0Q. North Bound Trains. Leave Scranton, 10.40 a. in. 0.00 p. m. Leave Cadosia. 2.03 p, in Lcavo . Arrlvs Carbondale. .Cadoala. 11.20 a. m. l.us p. m. Arrive Carbondale 0.10 p. in, Smith Bound, Leave Arrive Carbondale. Seianton. 7.00 a. in. 7,40 a. m. 3.34 n. in. I.SO n. in Suudavs only, No) til Bound. Leave Leave. Arrive Scranton. Carbondale. Cadosia. 8.30 n. in. 0.1? i". . , J0.43 a. m. 7,00 p. m. Arrive Carbondale 7.10 p. in. Leavo Leave Arrlv ,Cadcsia. Carbondale, Scranton, ,.w a. .... ,t,U , 111, 4.30 p, in, 5.51 p. in. 6.35 p. m. Trains leaving Seianton at 10.40 a. m. ilall, and 8.30 a. m. Sundays, make New Yoik, Corn, wall, Hlddletown, Walton, Sidney, Noiwioh, Home, Utlca, Onrlda and Oswego connections. For further Information consult ticket agents. J. O. ANDEIIRON, Gen. Pass. Agt., New York. J, E. WELSH, Traveling Passenger Agent, Scran. ton. Erie and Wyoming Valley, Times Table iu Effect Sept. 17, 1900. Trains (or Havvley and local points, connect ing at Havvley with Erie railroad (or New York, Nevvburgh ad Intermediate points, leave Scran ton at 7.05 a. tu. and 2.!5 p. m. Trains arrive at Scriuton st 10.30 a. ro. and 9.10 p. m. ll
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