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THE SCJRANTOJN TJRIBUNE-n FRIDAY. JULY 12, 1001.
Cljc Scran ton riBime
PuMlOierl DM v. Km nl Sunday, by Tin Trlb.
line rjltUWnj lcmui.. .u flit Cents Momli.
r- -T fatifcA-fri T-tttt-itt .xs." ., if -ii nr---s
LIVV X MCIIAIIP, Kdllor.
O V. MMII'.t, Business .lnnucr.
Jitw Yflk Officei IV) Njmui St.
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SMc Agent (or KotclRn Advertising.
Lntcird t the IVntofflcp al Scranton, l' .
(iinl Ui'i Mill Matter.
When spice lll prtmlt. 'I ho 'Iribime l H
rl'l to pilrt li" letter i"tii its friends w"
Ing on cut irnt topics. Lit its rule l tint 11"
mnU he signed, lor publication, l) the wrltei s
real name, and the tnnilltinr. piecfdent t r'
crftjiup Is that .ill contributions shalt be subject
to editorial iceWoti
tug n,r RATC FOR l)Vi:H1IHN'n.
The follow Iri; tible slimes the price Vr ,n,'
earh lncitlon, spjee to bo used within one ("'
I Itmiijf IMdlngonl 1U
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for cards if thank, loMullon 'I condolence
nr similar contribution In the mtme "'I ''
vrtlng The lilhune wakes a ehaigc ol 4 cents
lire.
title for rla.slfled Advertising furnlhcd on
application ,,
schanto.v. .iii.y 12, inm.
M'nntpil By o i'ct i,itnn Tlnio, a
now Int ot licnny ilio.trlftil oplthcts to
IPplnoo sniuo sr.tit to rfcil. PcMimp or llt
nefs no ohj'et. nplUnr to tin- oilier- boy.
Sunday Observance.
RiicniiPKU nnowx.nfi'itts
Imiijj wli" if'pntly lifBiin a
lKoiotm onfoirpniPlit of tlio
ko-ciIIpiI KIup lawn. Is li;iv
lrtR Iroiihlrs of Ills. nun. Ho Is 1 1 rel
it wl In tlio PlttslnirB ComnicteUl-On-utt
with raying that Iip Is rllsip.
pnintod at the nmnnor In whlili his
Sunday nlisprvnnco ordpr has horn i-p-i
Plied and that If he had kIvpii the
mattPr Ffiond thoiiRht Iip would ncipr
hrtve undPitaKPii to enfold- thf an
clmt Mdtiitrxi lltPially.
WhPthpi this Is a cotrpet volt Inp of
his oplnnn or not up havp no nipans
of knowlnp. flitt It Is altoRPthpf llkoly
that thp attPinpt to lo.-(' ipfipslinipnt
lmothis, mda untor fountains and -.
R.ir stands on Sunday In PittshuiR
Mill not stipr-pfwl. WliPthPf thp.so In
stitutions atp Hoiks of npcPFIty Is a
fairly OPhataMp piopos(tln. No
doubt ino.it ppisons would ho bpttci
oif If thoy paitook moip sparlncly of
phyfrlnl ipficMi'i'.i-nts' on Sunday and
rlpvotpd thr'. rnprslei to a hpttpf tul
tivation 'f thp fcplrltual gtaips.
Rut thp fart iPinnln that laigp
rii'nihpir of pooplp, jiPihapfi a majority,
havp thp oplnon that thpip Is no
harm In rating Irp pioam. dilnhliir-
loria watpr or smoking plgais on Sun-
a.i. anrl f-o long as this ts tiup, tho
t'pmpt to msppnd this trafflc will
imply pvrltp their piojudlic and pro-
pkp thPir opposition. Administration
t law must takp Into arrount tlm
..... . . .. "
-""'.vitnns or iiuhllc spntlnipnt. To
fnoi-P ,neni ls to ,nvlle ,pl)lll.0 al
Ji polM.
Thpre can, liowpvpr, ,0 nn doubt
that niajonty hPiitimcnt will uphold
the authorltrs of I'lttshuig In mop
ring the Illegal salp of Intoxicants on
Hunday and suppip.-slug Sunday
K-'tmhllng. Those piai-tlcps btppd pub
lie disorder, which annoys not only
those who favor tho purltanlial Sab
hath, but aL'o tho.se whose coiiM-iPnces
do not revolt at the minor Indulgences
of the public.
.
U Is gratifying to note that thp sul
tan not only paid up, but also looKed
pleasant.
Postal Reform.
WITHIN .a fiw .lays tho
postmaster genetal will
Irsup his piomlspd order
dlsbairing fiom pi li
ege of second-class rates in the malls
publications uhl.h cannot shoiv sat
isfactoty claim to it. The c.vut lan
guage of this oider Is ct unknown;
but Its intpnt will be to uile out peri
odicals which have only n nominal
subscription pilep and which nip in
reality adicrtlslng dodges, it s not
stated whether the use of jnemlums
ivill be frowned upon; and It Is this
uncertainty which makes It Impossible,
to say how strongly the order will bo
resisted.
That the attempt of the post ofllco
department to outlaw piemlums will
prpplpitate a tight is assuied. On this
subjppt riobert K. Ronner. uhn nr.tri
as chairman of thp lpadlng Npw vork
puhlishprs who havp been trying t,
impress their views upon the postmas
ter general, writes: "it sepms to mo
that thp present law of 1ST3 i all suill
clpnt for the protpction of both tho
postofllce and tho imprests or publish
ers. The fact that the defielt in tho
Iiostofflee has decip.ispd year after
year, and is now reduced to about
$4.onft,nno, wheie it was formerly over
$15.onn,000. s sufficient evident n that
the law of 1ST!! is a good law. Tho
wide dissemination of infotmatlon of a
public character and of good literature
Is of.-sufih Inestimable, benotlt to a
county depending upon universal suf
frage for Its guidance that a deficit
of $l,rjip3rWf"ls not to be cnoslderett tor
one instant, and even If a cheese-par-lng
policy should regard this dellcit as
Fomethlng alarming it must not he for
gotten that tho dellcit Itself Is steadily
shrinking from year to year under tho
law of 1S70. if tho postomto dep.ut
ment should put Into effect a rullnf
such as was proposed in tho ciicular
letter of the third assistant postmaster-general,
dated Apill i;t, it would un
doubtedly bo nn assumption of legisla
tive power. Whatever tullng Is inado
should1 be-a logical sequence, of tho law
of 187.1. If It Is not, all publishers
should unite to defeat It."
The law of 1873 thus rcfened to pro
vides that a publication "must bo or
iginated und publlnhed for tho tils,
semination of Information of u publlu
charavj&r, '' doioted to llteuituro. tho
science., nrts, or some special Industry
and having a legltlmatu list of sub-scrlbersi-
piovlded, houover, that noth
ing herein contained shall bo so con
strued ns to admit to tho second class
rate tegular publications, designed pri
marily for advertising purposes, or
for fre,cliculatlon, or for circulation
nt nominal rates."
After the new order has boon issued,
the postmasters of the various ellles
ii 111 bo cnlled upon to decldo whether
all the publications now passing
through their ofllrps hip entitled to a
(ontlnuniuc nt the second-class rates.
If the decision Is nnlnst tho publica
tion, the latter ulll iccclvo notice of
ptoposed i oMtrlc tlnii, and opportunity
ii III then hp attended lo niitke Good Its
I'lalm for r. (oiitlnuaiico of tho priv
ilege. This heating is a legal tight,
and ns It will undoubtedly be InsWted
upon In ouch ene, tho olllclals of tho
department ate expecting un Inttnenso
nmount of woik.
In nny pvpiiI, stoppagp of pre
miums under pemlty of loss of
setond class mall pilillegp can
not he sust ilnptl on the Imsl of exist
ing law nnd rongioss s not llkolv to
innke the law lnishpr In this respeot.
Tho best publications lit the country
use piemlums as a means of Increasing
their circulation; nnd because some
PublMieis glic nothing else than pre
miums or so use tho premiums un to
pffpet "t Irrtilatlon at nominal intrs"
Is not a valid leasnn for nttluiilnc all
premiums. Wo have little expect itlon
that the post otllcp department w 111 nt
ttmpt what Is unfair and Impossible.
Colonel Wlnt PNpeets In a feu wroks
to piiidiire a (arct of Insuigfnts that
ii III put the l'hlllpplnps war cute
spondents mtlrely out of business.
.Japan's Tribute to Perry.
VNDAY. .luly II. ii 111 see the
mcmoiablp cnrnionv of tlp.ll-
.S latlnit of thp nininiiiient at
Ktiiinatua, .lap, in, to torn
inemnrate the landing of Commodore
Perry. Tho monument has boon no. ted
by a Japanese association calling Itself
the AniPiican Friends' soclct.i. It con
sists of ,i huge clad of native stone
upon which has been cntved thp woids:
"This monument (ommeivnr.ites thp
flist anival nf Commodoip I'cn.i, en
ioj from the t'nltP.I States of Amoilca,
who landed at this place July II. 1S5.J.
"Kieetcd July 11. Iftoi."
Ships nt the Ameile.in and of thp
.lapanesp naiv n- to be ptesent and
takp part in the icietiior rs ot tho oc
casion. Yokohama lettcis say that In
tense lnteipst han bprn and Is shown in
thf evptit. and add that piPty possible
honor will !p glipn to tho mpinoiy of
the eonitnoilnie,ii hose mime Is a house
hold woid thioughout the empire.
Mr. Hiy.in Is beginning to leallzp that
tlit-ie Is a cnmbliipil effoit upon the
part of thp Democratic leaflets to
sttanglp the dulcet vox popull.
Forestry and City Trees.
T IS A VHIIY dPslt.ible. a vpty
ne.rf.saiy ttep fotwaid, that
SeciPtaiy Hitchcock made nn-
noiinc pinpiit, after a recpnt cab
inet meeting, I- about to bo taken by
tho I'pdPial guM'inment In n matter
vital to the iutuip welfaio of the cu
tho country. That announcement Is
that he U now piepailng to mganle
a foiestry buieau In the Interior de
paitmcnt, to cairy out an extensive
stem of icforostatlon, somen bat on
the successlul plan can led on by the
go eminent In Ceimany. It is yet too
early to go Into details, the scciPtnt
said, but Ii- leinaikrd that tlm piesl
dent and eieiy member of the cabinet
"aie satlslled with the practicability
of tlie scheme, and lnipnsse.1 witli the
lesults that could bo achieved by It
In icsinrlng tho tapldly dlsappiMilng
wooillan.Is."
That the goneial goveinment, as
well as those of some states of this
1'nlon, should be at last aroused to
lecognltlon of the vital necessity ex
isting for lcstoiatlon and ptoper con
set vntlon of the forests, Is a hopeful
sign for tho futute pi.Mpprlty of tho
land that han anlved none too caily.
The old saying. "lienor late than
never," 13 thoioughly applicable in
this.
Tho organization of thiee univer
sity foiestrv schools, in dlfiVi
pnt statps, within the last few yeai.s
Is another step foiwinl, of Immense
Importance. Coinpli's. (list nrganlr.Pd,
was sppp.llly followetl by that of the
rnlvei-sity of Southern California, and
Yale came In a good thlid. California
has now n fouuh, either at Heikeley
or Stanfoid. While the I'ulvcisltl of
l'ennsyli.inla has not et oig,inled
audi a sthonl we wish It had It has
the pioud distinction of hai lug ns 0110
of its faculty the most indefatigable
and succ esful nwakener nnd educator
of the public with legaid to foiestty
In nil its lPlatinns that tho country
possesses Dr. Joseph T. liothioek,
forestiy commissioner of Pennsyl
vania.
The general question of forest ics
toration. junper use. antl conservation,
has begun to atttaet .1 wider interest
In tteos elsewhere than In tho foiests
tiees on the tarm, along tho road
ways, In the cities and towns. Some
of our cities make thleily haphasaitl
or spoiadlp endeaiois towaids tho set
ting out and caie of tiep. It is wpii
1101 th thp while of Amorieau pitiaens
nt every municipality that boasts it
self of being "no mean city" eierj one
of them makes tlut boast to study
what Is told in Hniper's .Magazine tor
the cut lent month of how tho city of
Paris caies tor Its trees.
"It Is by means of such manage
ment," sas the writer of tho ai title,
on Fiance beautiful capital, that tho
city has made heiseif, with her many
thousand lanterns, "thu Uio lumUie,"
nnd In tho inhospl(ablo uhin of her
bouleviuds and avenues has planted
neatly ninety thousand tiees. For tho
provision of thcho and tho llnweis in
her paiks and gat dens sho has estab
lished municipal nut. series and hot
houses, the chief gatdenor repotting
for the jear 1897 1111 output of moio
than a million plants. The lty has
learned also the nrt of tiansplantliiK
hiiBu tiees successfully, so that at
tho eatllest signs ol decay u street
tree may bo lemoietl nnd tho syni.
metry of the vlstu not spoiled by Its
successor. Tot these tiees alone tho
expenses of Pails amounts to about
60.000 a year. Tho municipal nuis
cries Include a 'hospital" or "cuio"
for tho tlied tiees. whero they nie
lebtoretl, If possible, to health and
stiength in soil that Is 1 Ichor than tho
city's. In spilng and fall theso trees
on their way to or from the hospital
are no uncommon feature In the btroet
fccenes of Paris.
Some day, one, It may bo hoped, In
O
no distant future, the large portion of
the Anieilcan public that dotes on
"utilitarianism" will at rive at tho
knowledge that In dlsregntdlng or do
sttoylng tho bfVutty of nature, In
whatever dltcetlon, It serves Its "utlll
tat Ian" Idol or fetich the very worst
Mud of final Injury.
This day, July 12, 1001, Is tho double
nilllenaiy of tho birth of Julius Caesar,
nil.) lemo.lellp.l the map of lhtiope,
adtled an immense Ptnplte to Homan
dominion, and whose victories, opening
tho 11 a for the pleaching of a world
tellglon of which ho never dreamed,
have had an abiding influence on the
whole wot Id's histoiy antl development.
Some time ago it whs proposed In Iinmp
to glip this tiinthtiunndth nnnlver
saiy ot his bltth a significant cele
bration. Whether the Human munici
pality has cairlcd out that Intention or
not the day Is well w 01 thy of lenicm
biaiRo thioughout ChiUtcnilom tor
uhl.h he was, so unconsciously, a pie
paiet of the way.
Among the many notltcs of the late
ly deceased, long famous lectin er, Jos
pph c.Mik, of Hoston, we tlnd one nipn
tiou of his ci.'p.l In tegarrl to thp ftnn
chlsp It Is worth quoting as the
tPisely spoken yet most coniptehenslie
view of a stiong and philosophic mind:
"No sev, no shliks, no simpletons In
stiff 1 age." Thnt touches cleat ly every
onp of tho "problems" and "vexed
questions" ot popular government.
A visit to Nay Aug park 11 111 con
vince nnyone that heietofoie not enough
attention has been paid to the most
Important featuip In park Improvement,
nee planting. While well shaded tn
some pnitlons. Nay Aug paik yet needs
iinny 11101 e trees. TIip new manage
mont .should bear this In mind when
the tioe-platulng season again arriics.
Neivnus people who bale pel used the
last list of bills signed by C.oieinor
Stone site probably now on the look
out for the Normal school octopus.
Ancient Bones at
the Pan-American
O Yor SCPPOSi: many people
Mslt the Kthnology building?
Theie weien't neatly as many as
on the Midway thp othor day. "What
does ethnology mean, mother?" de
manded a small boy 11 ha was diag
ging nttei a weary-looking woman
with cindcis apd detot initiation in
both eyes. "Why, why, It means
bones, I guess," she answered vaguely.
"An.iway. we've got to see what's
heic. We don't want to miss an
thlng," and she huulctl her son ener
getically In one door and as hastily
out the othci, glancing casually light
and left In her flight. They weie
bended touaid the Hoi tlcultuial
building, to see the big apples labeled,
'yield not to temptation."
o
This seems to be the way In which
most people visit the building of Kth
nology. In the tlii-t place, It ls a long
name and the majoiity do not appear
to be ilolently intetested, e.ven alter
they get over the name. A's one lit
tle bilde was ieni.1 lemaiklng, "I
don't cnio for stinted snakes and I
never did like mummies. They smell
so tunny." Now theie aie no stuffed
snakes, and, as a mng college man
with 110 bump of teieience expressed
It, "Not 11 blooming mum," nut f
you want to s. e lib e, .lean bones of
folks who le.illy might lay claim to
belonging to the Hist families, heie's
your chance. Of coins.-, baling noth
ing but bones and no blue blood, they
don't arouse much Jealousy, even In
the hieasfs of the Daughters of th
Involution, a gioup of whom "1 lowed
the teinalns" with proper veneiatlon
that dnv. The worxt of It was, not a
tingle blessed Daughter had tho nerve
to do any boasting In that piescnce
about the giandfatber who had "lit
and bled and tiled" for bis country.
Heio was somebody Indisputably older
than all their gtandfatheis on this
and the other side of the sea. He
was here when the woil.l was young
and happv, beloie the trusts and tho
labor unions owned the place.
Ho was lather a pleasant old fel
low, this pjtiicliin lirst owner of tho
land whoie McKinley and Mink Han
ua, and stalenien and politicians ga
loip now claim light of eminent
domain. He was only tllspoveied last
ear, out In a mound tomb In Ohio,
but ho had been theiu some time, they
don't pretend to asset t linw many
thousand jeais. They have cudoai tir
ed to arrange him according to the
geog1aphlc.1l, or whatever you may
call it, lel.itive position his bones oc
cuplp.l when they weie found He Is
a little the worse for wear, but what
can u expect? I wonder how much
of our anatomy will be left to discover
when thirty or tony centimes hnve
passed after our tussles with osteopa
thy, rheumatism, lotomotor ataxia,
chiistian Science antl other things?
In some of us the backbone will bo
tonspicuous for Its absence, at leist.
o
This gentleman had a considerable
backbone It is stialght for an old
peison, and appatently stiong. His
tlbs aient in 11 condition to be of
much servi.f in another incarnation,
but they line been painstakingly lo
cited accoirtlng to the most appioved
anatoinlc.il knowledge of today. It
would bn difficult, however, to de
teimine whether he is minus one of
them In older to have the pleasure of
the society of the lady, lying a little
temoved, who is i.ither mote Intact as
to her libs. The savants sav she
never woie a coiset In her Pfe nnd
that sho was piobahly one hundred
and lltty years old when she died.
They also say that tho patilaich head
of the family had no corns antl no has
ball lln;;er Joints. He certainly has a
lino set of teeth, nnd my! such a lot
of them! Piobahly ho Hacked nuts
with them, too.
Did It ever occur to you why it Is
that thero is nothing paiticulaily re.
loltlng or pathetic, about a skeleton?
Theio ically Isn't, you know, it is
only a nervous sentiment which scc-i
In It anything giewsome. Why, It's
all be. auso of the smile It wears. One
cannot leel depiessed about nn object
which seems so Inordinately gratified
with tho situation. A dead body Is
dlffeient, veiy. So Is a mummy; nl
though, to bu sine, a mummy Is a
deatl body, too, Isn't it? I shall never
foiget those awful Peruvian mummlC3
nt tho World'B Fair, sitting up theie
like folks, with their withered cheeks,
and those honlble clawey hands, and
that tanglo ot black hair. I was
nfiald of the daik for weeks after-waid
The "relics" In the Building of Eth
nology are different. There are nny
number of skulls of mound builders,
Aztecs and other primitive dwellers In
our land. Looking ut one laid on n
shelf In the Canadian department, one
couldn't sea so very much difference
between Its shape and that of the
skull of a Pilnceton young man, stand
ing near. Divested of a pompadour,
which was vainly coaxed to bo parted
flat nt the side, according to the lntest
mode, the latter would be quite simi
lar. Yet It Isn't at all probable that
the Individual on the shelf had ever
been to tolloge.
o
The spiral staircase leading to the
galleries in tho dome of this building
is a stumbling block In the way of
some people's edification. They do
hate to climb stairs. Hut you'll find
something worth climbing to see, If
once you undertake the task. There
aie cabinets nnd cablnpts full of In
dian relics, vases reproduced In water
colors rrom those found In Mexico.
Then there are ROigeous Nnvajo blan
kets, some exquisite m hue, loaned by
Mr. .SpJIgman, and any number of Eric
Pape'3 drawings hung on the walls of
tho rotunda. The Inner gallery Is
leally fascinating, with its wondPrful
paintings by Chllde Hnssam and
otheis. These Include poi traits of
famoitn Indian chiefs, studies of
CabaneroE, J, w. D. Foster's "The
Vlson of Hiawatha," etc. .
On the tlrst floor is a fine group,
mounted by the taxidermist's art, and
representing the animals of the North
west. The building Is full of Interest
even for thos.e who do not feel drawn
toward tho aborigines and who like
living amusements Instead of the
dead. H. C. P.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
What Interested the Boy.
Thi 1 1 t.tAiy which RpprMcnlatbe IMdy,
of Mlnnwota, tells en hlm-rll Mr. KiWy not
enlj enjojs Ihc dilution hrn the laugh U
tinned agalntt Mm. bill his a ine ol humor
uhirh lnda him to uu the hugli somctlm-j
hlnwelf.
"In nuklns thp cirnpilgn In my di'tri.t 0110
tr," Mid llr. hdHjr, "I took nlons ti an at
tuition a letrran cl thr war of lsl.' and o the
ciMl wit, who wit a famous hand at beating
the diuni. He wai a drummer from away haik,
and could aiousc 1 whole township. Drum mulc
Is an fmrndliry kind of thine anvho"-, antl the
old ciptaln's drummins ia paitlcularly tttr
rlipf "Hell, one nlcht after the captain's drum
had cisen the loual ovntmr. I mmmenced my
prech to the populace, which hid lieen lured
li the hiene by hit chum. I nolired at the foot
ol the irwtrum, the eaine lieine a .by poods box,
a bright eied Utile fellow about 12 jeara old,
who fat through the specih, follow Ins me with
C.eit attention. It pleased me lery murb lny
tool can Interest nn audifnee ol adults, but It
takes a crnius to hold a child
"so, afifr speiklnjr, I went down and fpoke
to the little fellow and niter shaking hands
with him aked lilin how be ll'ted my speech
"Oil. it will do," ho Mid, 'If I was ou
I wmilfl keep the cap! .In a-diummln' all the
time.' " 11 uhlnnton Mar.
Qualified His Comparison.
t!oernor Mnw. ol Iowa, hid amusinz expeil
en.es with newp.per men dnnnz a rceent uslt
il'mn Kast, relat.a the Omahi lire "One re
p.. lei," he mII, "rriened to mc as i dapper
little old mm,' another said nn elotlies didn't
fit me and U1.1t I was 'no orator, accordine to
clis.-i.al tandiirts, but the funniest comp'iment
I crt recehed was ilurlnc the campaian last
fall in my own Male After I had mide .1
Hmh before a crowd that had R.thered tn
bear a dbeate between Jim 11V ner and m.ell,
an old fainitr pushed his way tluough to whfre
I Mood, RMsped mj hand and said, with eeiy
iiidii.ii.il of Mnceie admiration:
" '(.o.einor, that' was a line speech an ov
ccllen' spe.ii.! Ho sou know, jou remind me
.r .Irongly of Ibrahim Lincoln in jour powers
of illuMration'' Of cour,e, jou are a better look
Inc man than Lincoln was ' Then, stepping
lutk, and, liklnir another look at m fiom
brail to feet, nnd csidenlls intendintt to emplnsic
the coiiipllnirnt, be aildrtl: 'Hut not murh,
cither! "
Sam Jones' Good Points.
Itev. Hr l'rank flrUtnl, pistor of the Metro
politan .huicli in llashlnston. whieh is attended
by 1'iesldent lUKInle.s, tells a atory which he
lif.n.1 0110 neninic wliile dinine nt the MhOe
lloii-e with the president and llshop ihimll-r
of the Methodist cbiir.'i South. The party wai
talking about leiliallsts and relsas, and the
cast, of the well known exlinrtci, ",vam" Jonej,
was lioimht up
"Ibe hei cliar.ic trnz 111, n of am Jones'
prraihinir. I esei heard," ld the bishop, "wis
tint of a koo.I colored brother in Virginia. He
had just heaid Jonej p'ea. h, and was .lernli.
Iru It to one ot his fellowa.
"MUt aa h ns aa lli'r Jones ffiocs to de
scilptris,' laid the .olored man, 'he ain't no
better preacher than en; uv dc rift el ik nut
when bo tuts loose fiom the seripters nnd jiM
lets her sill le he's d iln;j;ondest pn i . r flat
cui pounded a pulpit.' " I'litabuij Poit.
The makine cf nn apolopy when one has been
in the wionc Is not an ajieeahle thine A
c.ntleman was to 111 ike one to a woman blend,
and in order to render the job as lljht as
p.ssihle she diieelcd the serj, ery Irish tenant
di follows: ".Now, il anyone cornea Kite, uv
I am not at home, ind then ask the name; it
i Is Plank jou must lnite him in lor I 1111
txre.tlng lam, but If it U anjone else excuse
me "
lint nlqbt the t 11 ran: ind the hostess leaned
orr tlie banmstei to btr the confab It was
no' Mr. Wank, tor hhe iccojnited the oue.
"Is Miss II. in " asked the caller.
"les, sorr: hej in," said tlie Irbh lidy
And the Rentleman started to take oft his hat
'Kcu-e me, otr," sjld the Rirl, "hut are jou
Mi Plank, brc iue if sou are not jou must
go awa " lie wtn't Mr Plank and he went
owa In a gale, and the lady hi nser heen
able in set matters straight finer And ihe Irish
ladr, she has departed. She was too much of 1
loni.dy ol errors to hae for keeps Louisille
Times
ALWAYS BUSY.
Our Oxfords
Low in cut. Low in pi ice. High
in quality. Ladies' tiom 75c. up.
Gentlemen's from $1.25 up.
Lewis & Reilly
Wholesale and Retail.
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine Business of
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton
and Wllkes-Bnrre, Pa.
Stationary Knglnea, Rollers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps-
s!SPMkiM
FINLEY'
ry r
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
510-512
Lackawanna Ave
I
OF SCRANTON.
Capital $200,000. Surplus $523,0)).
United States Depositary.
Special attention 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 Belin, Jr., Vice Pres.
Wm. H. Peck, Cashier.
Refrigerators,
Oil Stoves,
Screen Doors,
Gas Stoves,
Window Screens,
Hammocks.
5
325-327 Penn Avenue,
I If
A Second-Class
City with a
First-Class Stock of
Gut Glass,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc.
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereaa S Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
l
Who Wants
$ 1 ,000
Scholarships
For the Work of 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 Tlusic, $75 Eadh 150
$3,005
Each contestant failing to secure one of these special rewards
will be given ten (to) percent, of all thu money he or she turns in.
X. H The flrt two Kriolirthirii do net Inilnd mfali, hut the contftanti (fcurln?
Ihoe will be cl'rn ten (10) per cent. n til the money lie or the turns in to The
Tribune, to aisist in pajing thli 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 acaln 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 for 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 fl
1 1 !.. 111..-. ...,1 U1,ft KAAmn. n fl
imiiuiuuieiy miumiuicu uuumci. nuuicaj,
Editor Educational Contest
SCRANTON' S BUSINESS HOUSES.
THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
L. SOMMAR. Cultdinc Contractor
Employi union men. Latimatti cheerfully
ghen. rtf modeling and repairing a specialty.
320 WASHINGTON AVE.
HAVE YOUR
WATCH FIXED RIGHT
We ARE SATISFIED WITH A SMALL
PROFIT.
BERNHARD, jeweler.
215 1ACK.UVASNV AVHM'R
EDWIN S. WILLIAMS,
CONTRACTOR. BUILDER
flOOM 25 COAL EXCHANGE,
SCRANTON. PA.
Gold Medal
S0 "tographer
X
Children's V
ArtiJt. T3
FOR
SALE
IlfOr.lKS and WAO
O.Nb of all Linda,
also Iloiucj and
Dnilding Lot! at
bargain HORDES.
CLIl'I'CO and
CliOOMED at
M. T. Keller's
LaiKavunnadrriaji'
WcrU
Farrelus
Transfer
ne& frelsht. I'uini
tine and Huia.i,
Mfix. Tianoi an! JIv
clunu
117 Larkawmna e
THE MOST PALATA BLE
and Healthful Beer tint is brewed, The lira!
Npctar of the Nation. Innialed in'lu Purity,
is Pine tchliti. the Beer that mid: MiluauUee
famous, told by
A. W. SCHRADER,
T;8-7J3 Adams v-nue Scranton, Pa.
Both Telephone'
M F. WYMDS.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR,
111! Jail-son Mrept I2fl Womimr Aie
Calls by Teltphone Becene piompt Mtentinn
J. B. WOOLSEY & CO
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS.
Dealers in
Plate Glass and Lumber
OP ALL KINDS.
LACKAWANNA
UNDERWEA R STORE
Will sell all their ramples of fine Imparted
Madras Shirts fcr men at file ; worth $1 to ?.! 50
WALTER E. DAVIS,
SI4, SIB. 213 PAUL! BLDQ.
Attorney-at-Lnw, Scranton, Pa.
MRS. SARA ALLYN,
MANICURE,
CHIROPODIST AND
SCALP TREATMENT
W3-M1 Mears Building. Parlorn open Monday,
Thurday and Saturday etenlngs.
E. JOSEPH KUETTEL.
rear 811 Lackawanna atenue, manufacturer of
Wire. Scrtein ot all klndi, fully prepared for
the spring teaion. W e make all Linda of ponh
screens, etc
PETER STIPP.
General Contractor, Builder and Dealer In
Building Stone, Cementing of icllais a spe
cialty, Telephone 2602
Office. 27 Wa.'lilncton avenue.
an Education
Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
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HOTEL TERRACE.
Parlor Hotel. Aceemmodatlona unsurpaased
Special SUMMKIl HATES to permanent cunt.
Get them Table Board. W. II. WHYTE
Hanlevs
Bakery,
420 SPRUCE ST,
Successor to
HUNTINGTON
We make a epeclalty of fins bread rtuSs.
Orders (or Saladi, Ojstcrt, Croquettes, etc.,
promptly tilled.
A full line nf Lee Cream and Ices.
Brotherhood Wine Cos
Fine Old Ports. Burgundies, and
Pauternes. Family Trade Only.
P. H. FRENCH. 40a connell bldq.
TONY HAY,
Succefor to William Hay.
RES. 313 LINDEN STREET,
House painting, decoialing and paper lun;tig
W. A. HARVEY.
Electric Wiring and Fixtures
Electric Bell and Telephone Work,
300 Commonwealth Buildinq.
CHROMO DISEASES A tPEUALTY.
DR. S. GERTRUDE EVANS
' OSTEOPATH,
12' an! Pfl Waihmgton .nenue, Scranton Pi
Office hours -3 ol to 12 m i 1 .10 to 4 SO p, m
Only practicing lady osttopath in Northeast
ern PrnnInnia
FRED H. WINTER.
824 OAPOUSB AVENUE,
Staple Groceries and Protlsloni A full line
of Vegetables, etc, lecehcd dally
The Scranton VlTRiPiea Kniiis
and tile Manufacturing Company
Makers nt Paving HiliL, etr M H Dale.
On cral Sales Agent, Olrke 320 Washington av
Works at Nay Aug, Pa , I! A: W. V R H
Kinqsbury & Scranton,
Manufacturers' Agents
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES.
District Agents tor
John A Boebling's Son. Co 's Wire Rope and
Elei.trli.al Wire Gutta Pmha and Rubber Mfg
Co "s Belting, Packing, Hoe and Mechanical
Rubber Good. Knonlton Packing Carter's
Oil Clothing Room 310 Paull BIdg,
Scranton Laundry,
322 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
Calls by telephone recele prompt attention
WILSON i WASBCRS
SEOURITY BUILDING t SAVINGS UNION,
Home offlce, IOS-209 Mears Building, transacta a
general building and loan business thioughout
tho state of Pcnnylanla
JAMES J. MURRAY,
Successor to the Hunt k Cornell Co., In tin
and sheet metal woik and ventilation. Carton
furnaces, irpalrs and general tin work a
specialty. Nn 412 I ickawanna avenue
WILSON COMPANY.
Faihlonable Tailors (Hotel Jermjn Building),
322 Spruce street, Scranton, Pa hints preued,
33 cents, pants pressed, 10 cents. Clothing re
paired, called for anddelliered N'ew Phone. 2MJ
ASK YOUR GROCER
FOR KIRKPATRICK'S PURE
SPICES AND FRESH
ROASTED COFFEES.
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