THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1901.
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Inr; edited these dnys by its ofllee boy.
Deep.Sea Hotels.
7" HIS eventnjr at cunspt n fleet
of four ves-relf, rompriflriK
n lfifia-tnn t-HllliiK ship, n
yacht, n pilot bent nnrl an
ocenn tup. will ftnrt fmni the Hattriy,
New York, nn an unla.tif rnil.e. The
fleet Is the creation of John ArbuckK
the millionaire toffee merchant, ami
the ptirpore Is to cruise about In the
deep waters of the ocean or near points
of IntereM alnns: the coast until sun
rlfo on Friday. The cruise will be ie.
jeated as often nn palronase warrants.
The service of the fleet will he literal
'y that of a woll-iiinnaKed hotel.
Jinner and breakfast will be served
n board. All the statetooms mo lltted
cvlth washstanrls and many of them
with bath tubs. There Is n handsoroe
apartment for the women and a smok
ing room for the men. No liquor will
be allowed on board, and any person
who may miussle It and become Intox
icated will either he put ashore or con
fined In the tuff, wrjlch will be used
as a Jail, for disorderly persons. The
staff Includes chaperones for the young
women passengers.
The guests of the iloatlns hotel will
be entertained every evening when the
tvind Is favorable to yacht races. The
guests who make the trip on Saturday
will not return till Monday morning,
and they will vlolt during the season
Newport, Shelter Island, Long Branch.
Ocean Grove. Cape May and Atlantic
City. The hotel is designed by .Mr.
Arbuekle for working men and women.
"A Week In Arliurkle'p Drop Sen Hotel,"
the prospectus says, 'will do you as
much good as a trip across the
Atlantic. The tails hold the boats
steady; there will be no vibration from
machinery: it will be safer than nn
Atlantic steamer."
The Idea Is certainly attractive and
ehould be profitable.
The inaugutiil salaam of Chcklt Iley,
the new minister from Turkey, Is as
deferential as that of a man who has
mining stock to sell.
Instructive Bank Figures.
. OME figures concerning the
national banks which are of
interest are printed in the
Washington Star. In 1S93,
the severe year for banks during the
Cleveland panic. S national banks
went permanently Into the hands of
eceivers. During the first six months
f the present year only seven national
lanks have failed. Last year only
five succumbed.
For the year ended April 21 last, the
total assets of the national banks of
the United States were $.,630,7D 1,367,
made up as follows: Loans and dis
counts. $2.0n.52C,276.0(t; overdrafts,
J2S.036.550.54; United States bonds to
secure circulation, J323.5U.830.00; Uni
ted States bonds to secure United
States deposits, $102,111,450.00; United
States honds on hand, $10,734,410.00;
premiums on United States bonds,
$8,520,701.77; stocks, securities, etc.,
$420,630,352.16; banking house, furniture
and fixtures, $53,961,147.73; other real
estate and mortgages owned. $25,032,
667.95; due from national banks, $255,
347,521.14; due from state banks and
bankers, $72,221,719.20; due from ap
proved reserve agents. $4S0,032,U1.19;
internal revenue stamps, $1,117,213.16;
checks and other cash Items. $21,693,
900.S7; exchanges for clearing house,
$290,162,041.82; bills of others national
banks, $26,465,478.00; fractional curren
cy, nickels and cents, $1,316,301 S6;
specie, $356,773,692.21; legal tender
notes, $159,324,246.00; United States cer
tificates of deposit, $3,760,000.00; 5 per
cent, redemption fund. $15,811,356.03:
due fr'o'rn treasurer United States, $2,-
t-oy.ow r,.v rne liabilities comprised:
Capital stock paid In. $610,778,600; sur
plus fund, $267,810,239.88; undivided
profits, less expenses and taxes, $14S,
216.S5a.69r -. national bank notes out
standings $817,202,078; state bank notes
outstanding, $52,232.50; due to other
national banks, $876,147,920.04; due to
state banks. . and banker), $278,719,.
623.71; duo, to trust companies and sav
lngs banks, $241,900,371.68; due to approved-
reserve agents, $30,100,172.15;
dlvldemlpjrunpald, $905,578.29; Individ
ual deposits. $2,893,665,419.71; United
States deposits, $89,681,990.21: deposits
of UnlWrt Sfntes disbursing oillcers,
$,320,49J78:. .notes and bills redid-counted.-
$4,034,556.56; bills payable,
$7,902,488.94; liabilities other than those
above, $27,S55,670.)1.
In U93.lndlvldunl deposits In national
banks were only t.5S7.629,515, a gain
elnce then.'of $1,296,035,935, or over $S6
for evrjf.liead of u family. Loans and
discounts today are nearly a billion
lollars .greater than then, showing an
expansion In business confidence which
the figures for state banks, If avail
able, would materially Increase.
Since the passage of tha act of
March- 14, 1900, providing for the or
sanitation of national hanks with a
minimum capital of $25,000, the isrue of
circulating notes to the par value of
8"
o
bonds deposited and the reduction of
semi-annual duty on circulating notes
secured by bonds nuthorlaed by that
net, 624 national banking associations
have been organized, with an aggie
gate capital of $31,942,000. or the total
number of organizations, 429 were with
capital of less than $50,000, the aggre
gate being $11,1,17,000; and 195 wth
capital of $50,000 or more, nggiegate
capital $20,785,000. Of the total organ
izations, 83 were conversions of state
banks. In ndltlon to the cnpllal of
batiks organized, old associations In
creased their slock to the extent of
$12,921,800, Deducting reductions of
capital by existing banks and of
banks that went out of business, there
Is left a' net Increase of banks of 362
and of capital of $20,163,600. Today
there arc 4.178 national banks In the
United States with a circulation of
$370,095,091.
Minister Wit Ting-fang sees no
reason why the conduct of the Butte
Boxers should not also receive some
attention from tho United States
government. .
The Higher Study of Art.
f VHK CIRCULAR of the com-
I
mlttee of instruction having
supervision of the schools
of the Pennsylvania Acade
my of Fine Arts lies before us. The
ninety-sixth year of the schools will
begin on the first Monday In next
Octoher. They are the oldest art
schools In the country. The gallery of
the academy Is famous for its line nnd
ever-growing wealth of painting and
statuary, ancient and modern. Tho
faculty of the schools Includes In Its
Hat members of the highest rank of
Ames lean artists, and for the lectures
on anatomy to the life classes we find
the Well-known name of Dr. ileorgo
Mct'lellun. The life clasnes for men
meet at night, those for women In the
afternoon. There are special classes
for artists nnd advanced students con
ducted by Mr. William M. Chase. With
this famed nrtlst Instructor there are
associated in the regular courses of In
struction such aitlsts an Cecilia Ueaux,
Hugh II. Breckcnrldge, Charles Grafiy,
Henry J. Thuron. Frank Miles Day,
Thomas P. Anshutz.
The school year closes with the end
of .May. The circular calls special at
tention to tho two Charles Tappan
prizes for the coming year prizes re
spectively of $."no and $200. The "trav
eling scholarship of $S00. for a year's
study abroad, which has for eleven
years past been offered to students of
the academy by a member of the board
of directors Is ngaln offered to the
students for the coming year. It wilt
entitle the winner to the following car
(1902-3) abroad.
"All applications for admission and
for promotion to higher classes will
be acted upon by the faculty, with the
concurrence of the committee on In
struction, at the regular meetings held
on the Thursday before the last Wed
nesday of each month, except In June,
July and August. All admissions and
promotions nre on probation nnd sub
ject to reconsideration nt the discre
tion of the faculty. Before making ap
plication to the faculty for transfer
from one class to another, students
must secure approval of such appli
cation from the Instructor of tho class
In which they are working."
We quote thnt paragraph in full
not only for the Information It gives
to any of our nrt student leaders who
may desire to puisne art as a profes
sion, but because of its significant set
ting forth of the one true and Just
principle for promotion In any school
or any course of study the Judgment
of the trained Instructor as to the fit
ness and readiness of the pupil for
promotion.
The matriculation fee Is five dollars.
Full Information of the schedule of
classes, the course fees, and other de
tails can be had by writing to the sec
retary of the committee, Mr. John D.
Pierce, nt the Academy, Broad above
Arch street. Phlladephla. But It must
not be omitted here that n studenfs
ticket entitles the holder, during and
after attendance at the schools, to the
use of the galleries of paintings and
sculpture, th special nrt exhibitions,
the library, the print collection, and
the lectures given from time to time
under the auspices of the academy.
In spite of tho disposition on the
part of the press and public to poke
fun at Count BonI Castellane and his
relatives, It must be admitted that the
Castellane boye know an heiress when
they see one.
Red Cross Revision.
I
T WAS after the battle of Sol-
feiino In 1859 thai Henri Dun
ant, of Geneva, Switzerland, be-
gan the campaign for interna
tional humanity to the wounded In
battle and protection to physicians,
nurses and hospital attendants. In
1864 a diplomatic congress assembled
at Geneva, accepted for the nations
of Europe the Bed Cross treaty pio
posed by the Geneva convention called
to consider, the year before, articles
for such a treaty.
In 1870 Clara Barton saw the actual
working out of tha results of this
treaty on the battle fields In the
Franco. German war. When she re
turned to her own land In 1877 she be
gan her efforts to Induce tho United
States government to become ono of
the Red Cross signatory powers. Not
until 1892 did she have the happiness
of seeing the National American Red
Cross founded. Not until the war with
Spain did she and her co-laboreis suc
ceed In having its powern broadened
under a new nnd enlarged charter.
Now the tiding Is sent out from
Washington that the United Stntes
government has been Invited to take
part In a congress which Js to meet
at Berne, Switzerland, to "revlso the
treaty of Geneva. An nrtlclo In the
Washington Post says that "the pros
pectus which has been forwarded to
the army, navy nnd other medical
branches sets forth that several im
portant enlargements in tho treaty are
proposed.
"Chief of these Is the broadening of
the scope of neutrality during periods
of hostilities, so that all those not di
rectly connected with the two belllg.
erents shall bo afforded larger facilities
for conducting their humane work. In
particular it is desired to defino the I
AtatUR of surgeons, attendants, nnd
hospital patients during periods of
warfare. At present when a hospital
Is captured or when thore engaged In
surgical nnd medical woil: on the field
nie taken during or after an engage
ment they nre prisoners of war, the
same as those captuted In actual con
flict. The same Is true of sick and
wounded taken In hospital or on tho
field.
"It Is now desired to give Immunity
to nil engaged In humanitarian work
or suffering from disabilities. The
government doubtless will share In the
movement, as medical officers nre In
full sympathy with the purposes set
forth."
The experience of wars which tho
wot Id has had since Red Cross work
first went Into effect hns been of n
character to show clearly where the
protection and Immunity of war hospi
tal natlents nnd of nil who nrp en
gaged In attendance upon them, needs
to be made greater.
In view of all tho results of our war
with Spain, nnd of the outbreak In
China, there can be no longer a ques
tion of the necessity nnd duty of
the United States government to
take part In the coming convention
of nil tho nations Joined in tho Red
Cross work, to bring nbout the revision
nnd enlargement of Its provisions.
It begins to look as though the Demo
cratic party of Pennsylvania had
dwindled down to Mr. Creasy and Clerk
Sweeney.
For Better Housing Conditions.
THERE appears to be a sim
ultaneous movement taking
place In several of the
larger cities of this land
for the better housing of tho poor who
nip crowded Into tenement houses,
and for providing xtiltahlc homes nt
reasonable rental for the people of
very limited Incomes. From Now
York have been sent out tentative ac
counts of the Intention to do this,
from time to time, but there has un
fortunately so far been but small
practical outcome of the same.
There comes now from Boston the
statement that a prominent real estate
owner In that city, who Is named,
purposes to erect next spring In that
city's "West Knd" a considerable
number of largo fireproof structures
to replace the unhealthful nnd unsafe
tenements Into which the working
people in thut part of the city are now
ci-owded. The account add that he
has shown the good sense to counsel
with the people living in tho tenement
district and ascertain "the kind of
houses they would most desire for the
rents they could afford to pay" nnd
then had bin architects draw plans ac
cordingly. From Washington. D. C, Mr. V. 12.
Curtis writes to the Chicago Herald
that at tho Paris exposition a gold
medal was awarded f the "Sanitary
Improvement Company" of Washing
ton for tho bpt plan for housing
families of small Incomes. But the
very serious drawback to its plan Is
that It takes no account of nny but
very small families. Its plan provides
for four room fiats and for three room
Hats none of the "apartments" al
ready built, nor any of those contem
plated, having more than that number
of rooms. There Is a kitchen, a sitting
room, two bedrooms In the larger fiat.
one In the smaller, with a bathroom
opening from the bedroom. But If
"Improved tenement houses" or "model
cottage fiats" are really to meet the
wants of th working people of many,
many varieties of occupation, there Is
the necessity for builders to remember
that there are n much greater number
of families for whom the nllowanco of
four rooms Is much too little for "san
itary'' conditions than there are of
those for whom tho three-room or
four-ioom "apartment" suffices .Also
there is small Improvement to boast
of when space Is not left outside for
sunshine and air to enter.
Tho only real fault that can be found
with our weather bureau service Is
that It can sight a hot wave so far off
that we suffer too much In anticipa
tion. Yesterday one was discovered
loafing about Kansas City at the rate
of 103 degrees. Such nn announce
ment has a tendency to produce a low
pressure In the mental area here
abouts. A woman In New York city has com
plained to the police thnt her neighbors
are endeavoring to kill her by sending
currents of electricity through the walls
of her house. This is probably one of
tho results, of too close an application
to wireless telegraphy literature.
Tho work of deciding who was the
original Dewey despatch man Is be.
coming almost as warm as the Samp.
son-Schley controversy nnd almost as
tiresome.
VERYWELL EXECUTED.
From the Auhbald Citizen
The scranton Tribune on its tenth birthday
prctcnlrd to in Mihtcnhri an elegant inmenir
Kilrg a history of the paper, and containing a
lot of other reading matter of great Interest and
aiicly. The literary voile waa done hy mem
bora of th naff of that paper and the printing
vd clone on The Tribune' nnn pitMf. Like
evujihlng ele rcmlnir fiom The Tilbune prej,
this work wa er.v well executed. The tauventr
a beautifully illustrated, tleaide the pictures
of The Tribune plant there were otheia of the
mont Important buildings of the city. For this
work of art much credit i due to the enterprie
of the buslncM manaprer of The Tilbune, O. T.
Hyxbee, whose good taito fhlnes out In every
page of the tomenir.
THE BUTTERFLY.
Utile Hal and Mia
In the autumn wealher,
Crlap and clear and hraclnj,
Trip along together.
In their rearch for ihotnuts,
soon i lie ihlldrtn fp.v,
Mone tho lraei, a rigid,
rraat-nlpped butterfly.
Dead it teemedi hut nettled
lu llal'k hand to waim,
l.lfu leturncd, and motion
To ita little form.
And when roiy Onsen
Open it rrlion door,
Quickly forth It fluttered
To the air onfe more.
O, the happy children!
Danced their wonderlnc ejea,
Clappln handi and hushtee '
Told their elad urprie.
And I, looking- on them,
Faw how hope, in ooth,
Ltvea eternal, qulrl.tned by
The miracle of youth.
Theron O. Oaborne, in Christian Advocate.
Notable Picfiires
ai Panflmerican
THKRE nre some people who like to
read nbout bull fights. There are
ft few others who nre Interested
In Art with n big A. Let me see, did
not n largo representation of Scrnn
ton society have such a violent nttack
of aesthetlclim thnt It cost them any
where from 16 to $12 for subscriptions
to n. bogus art work? For the people
who yearn for Art, these dlssentntlons
are sandwiched In between bull fights
nnd Midway diversion. This la Art
Day nnd those who want to road about
the Oriental dancers in Fair Japan
may skip it.
I forgot to mention yesterday that
some very respectable people go to the
bull fight, but they aren't as anxious
to tell about It when they come home
as they aie to assure you that thev
went through the Art gallery. At
least three Methodists were there, four
clergymen of a certain denomination
and two ladles In the garb of some or
der, besides several . hundred other
folks.
Oallery C in the Art gallery contains
several masterpieces nnd n, number of
noted collections. One of the first of
tho latter Is n group of Kllhu Vedder's
weird pictures. We nre familiar with
tho cover of the Century with ita
profiles swept by wind-blown hair.
Some will recall that queer composl
tion, "The Lair of the Serpent," nt
the World's fair. These creations nre
still more uncanny nnd haunting,
There is "The Enemy Sowing Tares."
The crouching horrible figure, with Its
sinuous movement closo to the ground,
the face half hidden, yet wholly evil
nnd hard, the stealthy hnnd with the
down dropping seeds you are not
likely to forget, particularly when a
closer study reveals the fact that the
wicked task Is begun close to the
Cross, the dismantled, fearsome Cross
on Calvary, and as th conception of
the nrtlst slowly Is revealed you nre
smitten with awe nnd grudging admi
ration for such genius that could per
petuate an Idea In an elfect so repul
sive nnd yet so fasclnntlng.
o
"The Sphinx on the Sea Shore" Is
nn unlovely ypt strong Interpretation
of a morbid thought. "The Keeper of
the Threshold" is inscrutable, weird
nnd strange, the seated figure with the
lighted taper and the dark mystery in
Its eyes. The "Cumaean Sibyl" Is an
other powerful picture painted in the
same dark tones.
o
In great contrast to these sombre,
tragic subjects Is a bright and lovely
little gem, almost mlnlature-Uke In its
delicacy of treatment, by Frederick
Rallnrd Williams. It is called "A
Woodland Glade." and Is one of sever
al exquisite bits of painting by this
New York artist who has caught some
thing that Diaz had, something that
you see In a Claude Lorraine from the
other side of the sea, nnd yet which
has much of his own deep and impera
tive originality.
o
The Whistler pictures are In this
room, seven of them, lovely In color,
strongly Individual in conception.
They are chiefly landscapes and mar
ines. Ono, "The Music Room," will be
held In memory when many pictures
of other artists fade. You must go to
Section O, among the drawings, for
much of his work.
Kenyon Cox has a characteristic
canvas, "Poetry nnd Painting." Mr.
Coxe also exhibits many drawings In
Gallery O.
One of the most charming things in
the C Gallery Is a panel by Mrs. Mac
Monnles, wife of the sculptor who de
signed the famous sea horses In the
Court of Honor nt Chicago. The panel
Is a sort of blue nnd silver study
called "The Breeze." It is a female
figure on a curiously wrought back
ground, like a bit of Oriental tapestry,
the draperies Intricately beautiful and
th pose Infinitely charming.
Anna Lea Merritt, the Philadelphia
nrtlst, whose garden story in the July
t cntury is so fascinating, has a
"Piping Shepherd," which Is a delight
ful creations; a little child, with his
back toward you, and with sheep in
the distance.
Robert Henri'3 figure pictures and
Alexander Harrlson'.i big canvases
fill much of one side of. the room. "Le
Crepusculp," a marine in the twilight,
as the name Indicates, Is one of the
most conspicuous paintings In the
whole gallery. It Is loaned by the St.
Louis Museum of Fine Arts.
Frank Penfold has a number of
strong pictures hung, while in this
room are the famous works of John
W. Alexander, whose peculiar method
always attracts so much attention,
the mosaic sort of technique, the
Rembrandt shadows and the wonder
fully smooth effect. "The Child with
Doll," is one of these, while "Au
tumn" received a gold medal at Paris
last year.
o
. To my mind the most interesting
pictures In Gallery D are Julian
Story's. The "Goldfish" lights up the
whole side of the room with its won
derful flame-like reflections from the
red bodice in n strong sunlight. Thn
artist's beautiful wife, Emma Eames.
Is the model for some of these, nnd he
has Immortalized her in one where the
poetic sentiment, the charm of the
conception Is something to add to the
fame of the great singer, as well as the
painter.
It is an Interior rich with nil the ele
gance and luxury of nn old Venetian
palace. Rare old tapestries give Infin
ite variety to the splendid carving of
priceless wood. Antique furniture of
Intricate design Increases the gorgeous
effect. At tho piano is a man in the
rich apparel of another nge, while nt
his side her lovely fnce turned vour
way Is a woman dressed in costliest
brocade, stiff with Jewels, Tho gold
en lights on tho fabric on the exquisite
bared arms nnd neck nnd reflected in
the polished floor nnd panelled walls
make It a wonderful picture indeed.
The singer Is Madame Eames Story
nnd the picture is entitled "Song."
You will want to return to look ncaln
and again upon it, though tho canvas
is but small. Be sure you do not pass
It by for tho many big and flaunting
subjects near at hand. II. S. I.
CHARACTERISTIC OF Q.UAY.
Walter Wellman In Chicago uecord-Ilerald.
Mr. Palzell li an anti-Quay Itepubllcan. He
has ciltlcied the boss whh remarkable frankness,
Quay now has it In his power tn defeat Daliell
for re-election. All he has to do it to say the
word and Mr. llalrell cannot get back to the
House. But Mr. Quay Isn't going to say It,
He told a friend a few days ago that he Intended
to let Paliell have a re-election.
"You ee," said the man who runs the nhole
state of I'enntylvanla an an umpire manage a
baseball ncld, making all decision and bench
ing player who give him back talk, "paliell
Is a member of the ways and means committee
of the houte, He It useful to Pennsylvania In
terests which wsnt to keep up a high protective
tariff. It is my business to keep him where he 1
u long as he can do any good. If they are
going to make an effort to rerise the tartU
Pennsylvania may need to have Dalzell on
guard."
AN EVENTFUL CAREER.
From Colonel MeClure'a Tersonat Recollections.
When I first saw the llht of day there wa not
a tingle ttetmshlp on any of the seas of the
worldl theie wai not a train of car drawn by
a locomotive! the magnetic telegraph was not
ttn noted in the wildest of dreamsj there win
not a single state west of the Father of Waters,
vith the exception of Missouri and part of
lyoulslana; the great northwest, now presenting
an unbrok-n galaxy of mighty and protpcrous
eommonmealtM, was then an unexplored wilder
new, and a large portion of the western country
now possessing a thriving population and clothed
with statehood, appeared on our school atlas at
the f!reat American Desert. The boundless
wealth of the Rockv mountain waa unknonn,
even ta the duky on of the foret, who peopled
that region from prehistoric times, and the now
rich slopes of the Pacific, with Its golden gate,
had only a straggling seml-harbarle race. Ohio
wa known the "hsekwoodo," where the
tturdy pioneer were jet struggling; with the
Indlsn, and ordinary letter postage between the
Hast and the remote regions of the new Buckeye
atate was 37!J cents.
THE LATEST ABOUT PATTI.
Here N the latest Patti anecdote!
l.at winter she waa staying for a few days
In an Isolated F.nelMi village at the extreme end
cf Yorkshire. To kill the monotony of the place
the prima donna went one night to a concert
given in aid of a certain village Institution. Not
half of the perfoitnere turned up.
Appreciating the rilffieulty, Madame Pattl (In
cognito, cf course) oBered to oblige the audience
with a song or two.
Then she sang, in her own glorious way, three
of her sweetest ballads,
At the close the rhaliman approached and, in
solemn tones thsnked her.
"Well, miss," he ssld, "you'e-done oncom.
men well j and, althoueh 'Arry 'Ock, the juggler,
who thinks nowt of tskln 'old of ot pokers snd
a-svnllowin needle, couldn't turn up, yet you've
pleased us sery conlderable, mlssl"
MUST TAKE CONSEOUENCES.
Trom the Philadelphia Record.
We hae In sheer and wanton watefullneis
cut down our forests and dried up our Mreama,
and now uc must take the hot and arid con
sequences. Advice to an Unlucky Player.
"Tom" lligglns uwd to have place up at
the head of Lisbon street where tho tUer
lahed his tall. The wmnds therein wore the
mellow rutle of the caids, the voice cf the
dealer sajing, "How many will jou have, gen
tlemen?" and the forcible ejaculations of the
party who failed tj "fill."
One night all the tables were occupied.
There was a rap at the door. Hlicgins. with
his quiet indifference to thlnea that did not
Interest him, paid no attention to the rapping.
Hut the man outside aa impatient. He kept
knocking.
At last Higglns went to the door, and, with
cut unlocking it, he cried:
"Who are you, and what do ynu want?"
"I am So-and-So, and I want to get In and
play."
The man was a notorious lover. "Tom" look
ed around at the group In the room. Then he
turned to the door and said to the man
outside:
"Shoie your money under the door and go
away. That will sate jou time and us trouble.''
Lewlston Journal.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Our Oxfords
Low in cut. Low in price. High
in quality. Ladies' from 75c. up.
Gentlemen's from $1.25 up.
Lewis & Reilly
Wholesale and Retail.
ScottJ Co.
Closing Out Prices
ON ALL
"Wash
Goods"
During this week. Many
choice and exclusive things
still in stock to select from.
Specially fine line of
Satin Stripe Dimities,
Silk and Mercerized Ginghams,
Printed Foulards, Etc,
The balance of our stock of
Parasols
at Half Price.
126 Wyominjr Ave
Meldrum
r
wno wants
$ 1 ,000
Scholarships
For the Work f a Few Weeks.
The Scranton Tribune offers an exceptional oppor
tunity to the young people of Scranton and North
eastern Pennsylvania in its second great
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST
The Special Rewards:
Scholarship in Lafayette College $1,000
Scholarship in Swarthmore College 1,000
Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 675
Three Scholarships in Scranton Business
College, $60 Each 180
Two Scholarships in Scranton Conserva
tory of ilusic, $75 Each 150
$3,005
Each contestant falling to secure one of these special rewards
will be given ten (io) per cent, of all the money he or she turns in.
N. B. The first two scholarships do not Includ" meals, hut the contestants eefurlnj
lhte will be given ttn (10) rer cent, oj ail the money lie or sho turns In to Tli
Tribute, to assist in paying this expense.
Here is an opportunity for some ambitious young people to
earn the best college education without a great amount of effort,
and it is an opportunity that may never be repeated. The Trib
une may find the returns much less than the expense and would
then be unable to acain make such generous offers. Such a con
dition will be The Tribune's loss and the contestants' gain.
There are many young men, and young women, too, who
would be glad of an opportunity to "work their way through col
lege," in fact, the presidents of these institutions are deluged with
applications for chances of this kind. Here the work for an entire
course of four years can all be accomplished in three short months,
and an education that would cost in cash $1,000 is assured with
out further outlay. Parents should urge their boys and girls to
enter the contest and work (or one of the special rewards. One
of the eight is within the reach of everyone who really tries.
Send a letter to The Tribune for full particulars, including
handsomely illustrated booklet. Address,
Editor Educational Contest,
Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
L
OF SCRANTON.
Capital $200,000. Surplus $525,031.
United States Depositary.
Special attentiou given to
BUSINESS, PERSONAL and SAV
INGS ACCOUNTS, whether large
or small.
Open Saturday evenings
from S to 9 o'clock.
Wm. Connell, President
Henry Beun, Jr., Vice Pres.
Wm. H. Peck, Cashier.
Refrigerators,
Oil Stoves,
Screen Doors,
Gas Stoves,
Window Screens,
Hammocks.
s tei
325-327 Penn Avenue,
A Second-Class
City with a
First-Class Stock of
Gut glass,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc.
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereati & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
-
an education
FINLEY '
Mid-Summer
Clearance of
Seasonable
Merchandise
Experience teaches
us the necessity of
cleaning up all resi
due stocks at the end
of each season, To
thoroughly and ef
fectively accomplish
this in the most ex
peditious manner we
have placed a clear
ance price on every
item of merchandise
of a summerish char
acter, and cut the
price so deep that we
feel assured our ex
pectations will be
quickly realized. To
make this sale still
more attractive we
make a general re
duction throughout
the entire store, offer
ing an unusual op
portunity to secure
reliable goods much
under actual value,
Sale Will Continue All Week
510512
Lackawanna Ave
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine Business of
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton
and Wilkes. Barre, Pa.
Stationary Engines, Boilers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps.