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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- MONDAY, JULY 22, 1901.
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($e Stfanion ri6une
Published DallV, Except Sunday, by The Trlb.
ire Iubllhlng Company, it Kitty Cents Month,
LIVV ti. RICHARD, Editor.
O. F. rjY.VPEE, Business Manner.
New Yoflc Office: 1JO Nassau St.
S. is VRKI'.t.AND.
i, Sole Agent for Foieign Advettlslng.
tntcred it the I'ostotflce lit Seranton, l'a., i
itcond Cl. Mill Mailer.
When space prmlt, The Tribune Is always
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Jig on cmrent topics, but it rulo l tint tnJsc
rut he signed, tor publication, ly the vvrltet
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PCRANTON, PA.. .It'LV 22.
Thf law rqulilriR prompt leport to
b m.irle of .ill tnntaKlous diseases
hotilfl h onforrrrl until It Is obeyed.
It Is a Jut.t law unci necessity.
In Fairness to tlie Governor.
THK ANNOrNr'KMnNT by
SetiAtoi VaiiRhan of bin rle-clr-ion
not to be a candidate
for the? orphans' court
JudKffhlp, owIiik to the doubt cast
upon his eligibility, coupled with his
MatiMiisnt that he will week re-election
to the senate, will be genetally satis
factory to his i onstltuents, who feel
that his usefulness at HarrlsburK tor
another four years would equal or
exceed the value of his sei vices If
made Judse. Mi. VnuRhan has made
a most efficient senatot. Few men In
that body have equalled and none has
tuipaficd him In uttentivenes-s to pub
lic duty. No new man, however able
peisonally, could hope to take, ex
cept aftei a Ions Interval of bi caking
in, the hlRh lank which he holds, or
manifest the Influence which he wields
for the benefit of his city and dis
trict. In this connection, the announce
ment by A. A. VmbuiK. esq., of the
vlthdtawal of his candidacy for the
additional law Judgeship now held un
der appointment by Judge Carpentet.
is of Interest as Indicating a shaping
of Republican lines In the dliectlon of
ratifying the governor's appointment.
Thete Is a manifest and obvious fit
ness In this tli.it will undoubtedly
commend Itself to the Judgment of the
Republican voters as time passes.
For his heroic return of that desk
and chair. Senator Drury is certainly
entitled to a place on the next state
Goo Goo ticket.
The Beprlnnlnp; of the End.
THE COLLAPSE of the flre
men's strike and the deci
sion of the striking machln
ifts of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western and Lackawanna
Iron and St?l company to icturn to
woik tend to clear the local liuluu-lai
atmosphere. These strikes were hope
less from the beginning and a resump
tion of foimer terms Is distinctly pie
ferable. from the standpoint of both
the strlkeis themselves and the wel
fare of the comiuunltv, to a continua
tion of the costl:1 losers to no prac
tical purpose.
The men, It Is feaied. entered upon
this contest trusting ton much to the
empty pionilsci and oveisangulne rep-ter-entatlons
of their lendeis. Striking
had recently become fashionable.
Piosperlty was abioad and the notion
became wldespie.nl that the best way
for labor to get its shar of It was to
make ill! war upon Its employeis
Kxpeilente does not teach that this
I tiue. In some cases strikes end In
victory for the strikers, hut very raie
ly aie tin gains sufllclent to overbal
ance the losses. Steadiness and cfuc
irney of wotk, combined with petsonal
thrift, aie much better methods of
Efslnine. an advanced position than
strife and Idleness, no matter how
Irksome, the grievance, ical and al
lured. That moat of these men should be
better raid is a w ldesri;ead brHuf.
Oitdlnly it Is to the advantage of
the community and in the long tun to
the advantage of their employeis that
they should be well paid and con
tented. In time, If good times con
tinue, this problem will woik Itself
out along peaceful lines. The attempt
to beat out a solution with the strike
cluh was unwise. The real friends of
the worklngman are not those who
playfthe demagogue to please his pass
ing .'ancles, but those who have the
courage to point out his mistakes and
comuel him against being deceived
andsjmlBierj.
Ltt uk hope- this is the beginning of
the? rond ot the damaging strike fever
n ."fortheasteVn Pennsylvania.
An ordeily Sunday, for a change, at
Nay Aug park.
ss .
Lackawanna at Harrlsburg.
'UDV OF the completed state
appropriations to charitable
Institutions in this section
shows that Lackawanna re
ceived from the recent legiblatuie of
stats funds J147,:'23, while Luzerne,
witty "5 per cent, more population, re
eevfii only $Sti,250, a difference In our
favejr of J60,07r. The explanation of this
difference n pan Is that Lackawanna's
representatives, although fewer In
number than those of Luzerne, have
maJ it a rulo to go for what their
constituents want and have pulled to.
gether. Another reason U that-Lacka-wanna
politically hau not dlttdpated Its
Influence by purely obstructlonary and
fault-finding tactics, but has recognized
thejsxptidlency of leatonable co-oper-atlon
with the powers that be.
But fo'r. the pe(.etslty confronting the
governor, of keeping the appropriations
within bounds of the estimated reve
nue, the comparative statement would
.25 " .275
.20 .22
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IM .17
.15 I ir.S
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make still n be.tter showing In behalf of
the entetprlse and good Judgment of
the Lackawanna delegation, Before the
governor npplled his carving knife,
Lackawanna had succeeded In securing
legislative approval of lequests for
state aid to the nnwunt of JJia.'-'io as
against $07,000 for Luzeinc.
The fall of the executive knife upon
the allowance for 'J'Hylor hospital Is
slncctely regretted and was In pursu
ance of the rule, which was applied Im
partially, that no funds should go to
Institutions not yet In operation. Hut
the fact that the leglsbituie approved
tills allowance and the governor vetoed
It teluctantly makes It necessary that
the representative of the Taylor dis
trict should have another chance to put
this worthy chatlty on Ita feet. One
teverse should not mean fallutc, but
rather a stimulus to redoubled effort.
Although the appropriation for Lack
awanna hospital siiffcted a shrinkage
of $20,000 on lln.il consldoiatlon, the Im
portance of Its converting that hospital
Into a state Institution should not be
lost sight of. The amount gianted.
$70,000, if not affluent. Is, with cateful
economy, sufllclent; and since hetealter
the state will pay the expenses of this
hospital's maintenance, the $30,000 or
thereabouts .formerly conn United an
nually by our benevolent citizens to
keep It going will henceforth be llbet
atod for other woithy purpeses.
Altogether, the people of our county
have good reason to be satisfied with
the woik of their tepiesentatlves and
senator dining the legislative session
of 1901.
Pattlinan Thompson's fate is a
warning that It sometimes pays not to
be over-sollcltous. The iccoider nt
first did not know anything about the
patrolman. Hut after fifteen of the
lattei's friends, by day and by night,
at the tecordei's office, on the stteet
and at his home, had pounded Thomp
son's ptiilses In the supeilatlvo key
without occasion, the suspicion was
engendered that they protested too
much. This appears to have blnce de
veloped Into u conviction.
.Social Standards.
AN ENTERTAINING writer in
the St. Louis Minor, apropos
of the bequest In Plen'e Lor
lllard'R will leasing to a wo
man not his wife a large lemembiance,
contends that fifty or twenty-five ye.us
ago such n thing would have been a
giave scandal to the countiy, whcienp
mow it is only a romance. He con
tinues: Not loner ago no uralihv Anicilcan would defy
public opinion by icmeinbeiinsj "his Udy friend"
Ir. his will, md the papers, In the cent of such
1 thlnir, would lue brlMlrd with rclitoiUls
iKiimt such Immorally. 'Ihc churthes would
hac thundered their condemnation. Hut todiy
the Loilllaiel 'romancr" Is nnn thing In which
the people at laiEe seem to take a kinrllt, t-j in
pathetic interest. One wonders whether Ameri
can lon'tlenee and American opinion arc whit
they were thirty jciiii .120 The only people who
seem to cue for epici-llnns of molality, tliee
dijs, are people ho cue fur tliein too much
and In the wionc wav and arc thus liible to be
1 italoEiircl with erinl,. The conditions In code
ty implied by the matter-of-fic t acieptame of
the I.c.rlllard "rnmanee" would indlcalc that
liiere is ln'r anttlilne left of the old Sew line
land conscleii p. Our rich men appear to hue
won the rlclit to do as they pleae in all mat
ters, Ju.t as, for a lone time, the noblemen of
t. upland and franco weie In t lie habit of dolnc.
There is no intention tn speak ill of the dead
Mr. I-orlllard In this connection. The comment
is directed to the fact that such a cue a his
dcotimi for years "to a lade friend" Is regarded
as being noihiiie out of the u.iul run. or .11 all
reprehensible, fills is a sign tint public opinion
U changing, and If public opinion Is rhingliig,
theie iimt be coming 1 great 1 hinge In conduct,
Mneo opinion is what lules the wmld. 1 our
morality becoming I'arUiin?
fine particular does not wartant a
cenornllBatlnn. The assertion that the
snilal life of today Is verging toward
Immorality because now ti nil then some
sulking case of social wiong-doing Is
pictured conspicuously upon the screen
of modern publicity l easily made, but
It Is not convincing It doubtless Is
true that modern facilities for exploit
Ing siandal aie moie efiiclent than
wcie those- of fifty yens. ago. Type
setting machines and fast presses en
able millions nowadays to learn slniul
tanooiifly the details of some moie
noteworthv lapse from social propriety
which, had It occulted two genet atlons
cat Her, eould have been known only
within the nanow ciiclc of whispered
communication.
Hut this does not lmplyth.it the social
moiuld of our times aie worse than
were the social morals of our forbcais.
Certain well-established facts point to
the conclulon, on the other hand, that
they are better and gradually Impiov
ing. We do not. for lllutiatlou, toler
ate In our lltcratuie the coaiseness
which was conventional one bundled
yens ago. We do not penult In our
public men the open licentiousness of
which many of the greatest of them
were guilty one bundled years ago.
They are not all perfect, now, by any
means; but when a Parnell or n Rieck
Inrldge Is Indiscreet enough or unfoi
tunate enough to have his social deilec
tlons bi ought notoriously Into the pub
lie view, the public opinion of the peilod
quickly retlifcs him to private obscui
Ity. The social evil Is psrmanent, but
we keep It out of view as much as pos
sible and though perhaps not as vol
uble In denouncing It as were the New
Englandeis whose puiltanlcal con
science has often been held up as a
model, the chances aie, if all were
known, we could very well Invito a
comparison with them In tho matter of
deeds.
In the case of Pierre Lorlllard tho at
titude of public opinion Is In some de
gree smpathetlc for obvious teasons,
Hero was a man of lrngo wealth and
many good qualities whose domestic
circumstances wvie unhappy and who
sought vainly in llaslons the affection
nnd helpful sympathy that should have
come with his marriage. Ho sinned, but
be was also punished In tho very empti
ness and tantalizing Insufficiency of his
sinful strivings. But one thing ho was
not. He was not a hypocrite. The wo
man who sacrificed for him he Htood
by to tho latt. In this pp.t titular he
displayed a manliness of character that
is necessarily to his credit. Rut the
kindly Intetest of tho public Is not an
indoitement of social wrong-doing, it
is merely a tecognltlon of tne good
that shines thiough the bad in his
checkered caieer.
Tin records of the navy department
prove every accusation which has been
made ngalnt Rear Admiral Schley. If
they are false, he shouldi move to
have them righted. If he., will not
ask for a court of Inquiry, the secre
tary of the navy; in fairness to the
naval service, should, even at this late
day, If possible, order a court martial
nnd have this disquieting controvetsy
settled once for all.
The Corny states trcnsurershlp boom
Is In evident danger ot not surviving
lt-j llrst summer.
Palliatives for Panics.
PANICS, like mumps nnd
mensles, seem to he an un
avoidable evil, liable to hap
pen when least expeelod
Though commonly associated with bad
time?, they have been known t'i Imp
pen In the best of good times; ns, for
Instance, last May, when a kink In
speculation on Wall Rttcet convulsed
that financial center and, but for the
timely efforts of 11 group of wealthy
bankers, who, Instead of calling In
loans, announced their readiness to
nitiho nddltloml loans of $20,0000,000
or moie, might have knocked down
many banking, brokerage nnd commer
cial firms. To be sure, "Rlue Thurs
day" hurt only a few; prosperity whs
too wldespreml to be seriously affected
by It. nut If the tide of prosperity
had been ebb Instead of flood, who
knows how widely the mischief might
have spread?
The question Is, therefore, pertinent:
Has everything been done by the law
maker that can safely be done with
a view to erecting safeguards around
legitimate business enterprise for Its
protection against sudden nnd gener
ally Insensate speculative flurries?
Some things of laigo value have been
done Inflation has been defeated at
the polls and by the march of events.
The gold standard has been clinched.
And some elasticity has been Imparted
to our currency system through the
authorization of small banks nnd the
Irciease of the circulation privilege.
Rut is there not great need of further
legislation calculated to ndd to our
cuirency system's lesponslveness to
these times of fitful need7
The president of the Pennsylvania
Rankers' association, James H. Wll
lock, In his recent addiess at the Erie
convention, argued effectively In the
affirmative, and quoted the sugges
tion by a brother hanker of the gen
etal lines of an act which would, it Is
believed, ptove helpful In this connec
tion. He proposed that the comptrol
ler of the currency keep it t all times a
sufficient supply of bank notes of a
special kind for emergency,, purposes
only, these notes to bo complete, ex-1
cept that blanks bo left open for the
corporate names of the hank to which
they are Issued, which name Is to be
Inserted 11 1 tho government printing
office on short notice. The reason for
this Is npp.uent when you remember
that wlvit a banker needs most rlurlnc
n panic is currency. If he waited to
hnve It printed, the trouble would all
be over bv tho time ho lccelved It.
This gentleman proposes that any na
tional bank be permitted to deposit
any of the lsues of the United States
bonds ns security and receive a like
amount of the emergency notes, pro
vided the nniount of the same shall
not exceed the capital of the said bank
In addition to the regular Issue of cir
culating notes to which he Is entitled
under tho present law. To guard
against u bank taking out this cur
rency nt other tiniest than In nn emer
gency. It Is proposed to levy a tax for
the first three months It Is outstand
ing at the late of C per cent, per an
num and 1 per cent, neldltioual per
month for each month thereafter. This
would Insuie its prompt withdrawal.
In titles where there are clearing
houses this form of emeigency circu
lation would piohably not be needed
or at least very Infrequently. Rut
It would have life-saving piopertles
for small Independent banks out of tho
range of dealing house benetHs. A
bill embodying this Idea Is to present
ed to the next congtess. It will merit
thoughtful consideration.
The Wllkes-Rarre Daily New3 Is
mistaken. Theie Is no epidemic of
typhoid in Seranton. The public
health here challenges comparisons.
Plans for the Nei$f
G. fl. R. Encampment
bpenal Lorics-pondenie. of The Tribune.
Cleveland, O., July 21.
IN THE WORK of pieparatlon for
the Grand Army national encamp
ment, which will be held in this city
tho wek ot September !t, no commit
tee Is so consplcuoufly busy as that on
public comfort, of which John II. Blood
Is chairman. The committee has moved
into and Is fitting up a latge storeioom
at Ii42 Superior street. In tho city hall
building. This 100111 will for the pres
ent he used as headquai teis for the
woik that Is In progtess in the hands
of fifty canvarei8 of pieparing a list
of all the boaiding houses and rooms
In which the Grand Aimy veterans who
do not intend to occupy the free quar
ters In the sehool houses, their fam
ilies and ti lends, may be received dur
ing encampment week. Inasmuch as
the crowds, It Is estimated, will aggre
gate fully three bundled thousand, the
necessity of securing stopping places In
advance for the old soldiers Is evident.
At encampment time tho 100m will be
used for nn Information buienu and
rest station and package station. Sev
eral of the large retail establishments
In the downtown section of the city
have alteady offered spate for resting
places and package stations and otheis
will follow. Special pains will be taken
to provide suitable renting places for
delegate: to the respective conventions
of tho Woman's Relief corps, the Ladles
of the Giand Army of the Republic and
the Daughters of Veterans,
o
Tho committee on public comfort Is
also arranging for tho purchase of a
gieat many chairs, to be placed along
the lino of maich of the grand parade
on September 11, especially n the
down-town district, The uso of these
is designed primarily lor any and nil
old, soldiers who may become fatigued
and drop out of the parade along the
line. Five hundred or six hundred
barrels of Ice water will he maintained
In tho streets of the city for the bene
fit of tho crowds and will he con
stantly replenished.
Tho National Mexican War Veter
ans' association will hold a conven
tion during tho encampment week.
Last year nbout two hundied and fifty
veterans of that war attended the con
vention, which was then held at Cin
cinnati. A' little fewer than six thous
and survive among the veterans of the
conflict with Mexico.
Colonel S. U. Dixon, of Detroit, on
the staff of Commodore Commander
Frederick E. Hnsklns, of (he National
Association of Naval Veterans, was In
Cleveland Thursday last to nrrango
for hcadquarteiH for tho Ladles' Aux
iliary of Navnl Vetctans, of which his
wife, Mis. Margaret R. Rlxon, Is na
tional president. Mrs. Dixon hns been
ill of late, but Is reclverlng and will
attend the oncampment. Another
visitor nt Grnnd Army executive
rooms during the -week was Harry
Rttrns, of Jacksonville, Fla In be
half of the Grand Army departments
of Florida, Georgia nnd South Caro
llnn. He was here to locate depart
ment headquarters for the three states
named.
' -o-
The executive committee last week
Issued Its fltit circular of infoimntlon
concerning the encampment. These
weie mailed to Grand Army posts.
Another circular will shortly follow.
J. T. MeAnlnch has been appointed
chairman of the Grand Army com
mittee on public entertainment and
Charles W. Chesnutt, the author, of
that on colored troops.
The t'nlon ex--piisoner of war of
Cleveland will reorganize their asso
ciation, In order to the better re
ceive the national organization, which
will be hero encampment week.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee, held on Thursday. Hubbell &
Rones, of this city, were appointed ar
chitects of the committee, and their
designs for public decorations ac
cepted. The details of the designs will
bo made public very soon.
The official Grand Army delegate
badge has been decided upon and the
design Is exceedingly handsome. This
badge will be distributed to the dele
gates from their national headquar
teis at St. Louis.
MOST COSTT,Y ARMY.
According to "Notes of Military Interest," an
official publication, piepared by Lieutenant Col
onel -'impson, of the adjutant general's of
fice, the aimy ot tho t'nited states under it
present status is the most expensive military es
tablishment In the koi lei for its sire. A com
parative statement is made as follows;
Cost of 1
Cot ioldier
Effectives. a ear. a Year.
Italy ;.'l,3a $ 45.illO.ttA4 $ 102.21
Anstrll IJ0.M7 TS.717,500 101, .11
Oernnny .W.IS7 112,077,225 101. SO
V'raiae ,23 12I.49J.50O Vi7.tV5
Russia 732,3 141,3(12,82.. 1S5.7S
United state. .. ;tV2'X 111,220,000 l.Oll.tja
THE RIGHTS OF WITNESSES.
Horn the Rochester l'ost-Kxprcos.
The un.-niipulous law.tci, and even the lawyer
not wholly let to deeency aits constantly upon
the unfounded asiin'.pten thit witnesses have no
rights tint he Is bound to repect. Sot only
cbes he browbeat his victims, but he tries in
every poiblc way to discredit them in the eyes
of the Jur.v. Not ttnlrequently he succeeds in
cltciting tuifitorable Information that has no
beating wlutevcr upon the ca-c, and, in conc
r)uencr, eeiires a urdiet for his client. Uvct.v
1 ' of this kind Is a miscarriage of justice, and
tends to the Impiirment of the respect in which
the courts i-hoiild be held. For the administra
tion of Justice has to do with th proper deci
sion of the i)uetion in controversy. Only such
facts as ate lelcvant should ever be admitted.
Not To Her Liking.
"So the erpelltine dancer haa null?" said
the tattooed nun.
"Yes," teplled the fit ladj-, "she said it was
too much when the manager expected her to
lake the place of the sick make charmer."
Philadelphia bulletin.
THE MATRON.
Why shiuld you grieve that .vou're growing old!
Pn jou find the grnial heart grows cold?
IM jou tine! in jour reflected face
The mirks that lime's toll fingers trace?
Or to jour heart does it Bring dismay
To sec in jour hilr a thread of gray?
Ilanish the thought: if 'twere aluajs sprin;
Natuie eould never a harvest bring;
Ian the vaicely opened blossoming shoot
(ompaic with the bloom of ripened fruit?
The pacing of jcais needs no defense,
l'or thev leive in lull their recompense
For. as by age Is mellowed the wine,
In loving service are spirits made tine;
And chirms matured, you'll find. In truth,
More stiong to bind than the chirnu of youth,
In her girlnh sphere a maiden sweet
May indeed In all wavs seem complete;
Hut, even when taken at her bet,
Tim simple truth inut be confeed
That in time of trouble, piln or woe,
The Jov of our hearts, to whom we go,
Sne win leigns as the sovereign there,
is the gracious dame with silver hair
New York Sun.
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Do not pend your money foolishly
becaugo you have bo little of It, but
nave what you can from month to
month nnd Invest It in something that
will multiply many fold. The mil
lionaires of thin election were laboring
mfcn a generation ago nnd they pur
sued this course while most of their
comrades blew It all In. Tho pru
dent ones saw that fuel was a good
thlnir, that the world had to have
It, and they bought coal land, a Uttls
at a time as thty could spare It, and
It has made them rich, and their fami
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comfort, while tho descendants of
Ihtlr Imprudent comrades are labor
ing as their fathers did for day!
wages.
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The opportunities of that earlier time
were In coal, today greater opportuni
ties exist In oil, which Is fuel tn a
more concrete form nnd Is rapidly
supplanting coal, because It Is easier
nnd cheaper to mine and handle, and
Is, besides being a mora economic
fuel for all large consumers, profit
able for a hundred other uses. Tho
oil of California Is furnishing that
state with cheap fuel, for the lack of
which her progress has been woefully
retarded. Tho entire Taclfio coast
will consume oil as a fuel, so that
thp demand upon the oil fields of Cali
fornia Is unlimited. California oil
refiners will hold the markets of tho
far East and of the wist coast of
South America. It Is plain to be seen
that the oil fields of California will
be the source of incalculable wealth,
far beyond what the coal mines of
Pennsylvania have been. In the past.
All thoughtful men can seo that tho
thing to do now to make money Is
to buy the shares of conservative, re
putably managed oil companies hav
ing large holdings of undoubted oil
lands secured at low prices, and only
requiring development to become the
source of enormous revenues for
ehoreholders.
The PACIFIC COAST AND TEXAS
Oil. COMPANY has in the most Im
portant oil fields managers of ability
and integrity and of the highest prac
tical qualifications for their business,
and the shares of this company are
today, without doubt, the best invest
ment obtainable. These shares would
be cheap at 40c. but are selling for
the time being at 20c per share, to
procure monev to bore the first wells.
The price Is sure to advance rapidly
to keep pace with the developments
on the company's lands nnd on nd
Jolnlng lands. The market value of
the lands Is constantly advancing. Do
not delay making an Investment In
this stock. As to the value of this
oil property and the character and
ability of Us managers this company
refers, by permission, to the presi
dent of the Broadway Bank and
Trust company, of Los Angeles, Cal.
For particulars concerrlng this in
vestment apply to the
INYESTMENTand FINANCECO
Boom 1, Dime Sank Building,
Seranton, Fa.
OPEN EVENINGS.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.
Capital $200,000. Surplus $525,033.
United States Depositary.
Special attention given to
BUSINESS, PERSONAL and SAV
INGS ACCOUNTS, whether large
or small.
Open Saturday evenings
from 8 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.
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325-327 Penn Avenue,
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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.
ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 15.
After August 15 no more new contestants
will be received in
( The Tribune's 1
I EDUCATIONAL CONTEST
This action is taken for the purpose of protecting legitimate
contestants and preventing the possibility of any speculator from
entering the last day or two and purchasing a $1,000 scholarship
by presenting the names of his friends as new subscribers and
paying for them himself. While nothing of this sort was attempted
last year, the close of the contest demonstrated that it would have
taken much less than $1,000 to have purchased the first special
reward, as the winning contestant had onlv secured for The
Tribune less than 400 in new subscriptions. The Tribune desires
to protect tne contestants that are working so nobly for it and will
use its best endeavor to have every feature of the contest perfectly
fair, and it wishes it distinctly understood that the rewards of
fered are in no sense for sale, but will positively go to the con
testants who secure the largest number of points, which will be
credited only tor new and legitimate subscribers.
The Special Rewards:
Scholarship In Lafayette College $1,000
Scholarship in Swarthmore College 1,000
Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 675
Three Scholarships in Seranton Business
College, $60 Each 180
Two Scholarships in Seranton Conserva
tory of Husic, $75 Each 150
$3,005
Each contestant failing to secure one of these special rewards
will be given ten (10) per cent, of all the money he or she turns in.
N, D. The first two scholarships do net Inclid mssls, but the fentMUnts sscurinj
these srill be given ten (10) per cent, nf all the money be or (he turns In to The
TnbuLC, to assist In rilng this evpense.
There are six weeks yet ot the contest and it is not too
late for any energetic young man or woman to enter. Some of
Inst year's winners were only in three or four weeks.
Send a postal to The Tribune for full particulars, Including
handsomely illustrated booklet. Address,
Editor Educational Contest,
Tribune, Seranton, Pa-
P. J. HONAN,
Merchant Tailor.
319 Lackawanna Avenue.
SCRANTON'S BUSINESS HOUSES.
THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
L. SOMMAR. Uulldlng Contractor.
Employs union men. Estimates cheerfully
given. Remodeling and repairing a specialty.
32B WASHINGTON AVE.
HAVE YOUR
WATCH FIXED RIGHT
We ARE SATISFIED WITH A SMALL
PROFIT.
BERNHARD, jeweler.
115 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
EDWIN S. WILLIAMS.
CONTRACTOR. BUILDER
ROOM 25 COAL EXCHANGE,
SCRANTON. PA.
Gold Medal
l$ Photographer
Children's V
Artist, 'P
FOR
SALE
ntfiCIES and WAO
O.S'S of all Kinds,
also Houses and
flullding Lots at
barcalns, HORSES
(.LIPPED and
GROOMED at
farrell's
Transfer
Motes fieight. Kurnl
line and Oajgaue,
iMfes, Pianos and Ma
ihineiy. ;7 Laekanannt Ave
M. T. Kellers
LaikauanniCarriig
Works.
J. B. WOOLSEY & CO
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS.
Dealers In
Plate Glass and Lumber
OP ALL KINDS.
LACKAWANNA
UNDERWEAR STORE
Will sell all their samples of fine imported
Madras Shirts for men at tide ; worth $1 to $i SO
WALTER E. DAVIS.
214, 2IG, 218 PAUL! BLDQ.
Attorney-at-Law, Seranton, Pa,
MRS. SARA ALLYN,
MANICURE.
CHIROPODIST AND
SCALP TREATMENT
t73-60 Mears Building, Tarlors open Monday,
Thursday and Saturday evenings.
E. JOSEPH KUETTEL,
rear ill Lackawanna avenue, manufacturer of
Wire Screens of all Undsi fully piepared for
the spring season. We mako all kinds uf porch
screens, etc.
PETER STIPP.
General Conttactor, Builder and Dealer In
Building ftone. Cementing of lellars a spe
cialty. Telephone S502.
Olflce, S27 W'aJhlneton avenue.
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine Business ot
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Seranton
and Wllkes-Barrc, Pa.
Stationary Engines, Boilers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps.
HOTEL TERRACE.
Parlor Hotel. Accommodations unsurpassed
Special SUMMER RATES to permanent guests.
Get them. Table Roard W. H. WHYTE.
Hanleys
Bakery,
420 SPRUCE ST,
Successor to
HUNTINGTON
W make a specially of fine bread stuffs.
Orders for Salads, Oysters, Croquettes, etc.,
promptly filled.
A full line of Lee Cream and Ices.
W. A. HARVEY.
Electric Wiring and Futures.
Electrlo Bell and Telephone Work.
309 Commonwealth Building.
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY.
DR. S, GERTRUDE EVANS
OSTEOPATH.
12' and IM Washington avenue, Seranton Pa
Offli e hours? SO to 12 m . 1 31) to A 30. p m
Only pri.Hting lady oittopath in Northeast
em Pennsylvania,
FRED H. W.. -R.
824 CAPOUSE AVENUE,
Staple Groceries and Provisions A full line
of Vegetables, etc, received daily.
The scranton Vitrified Brick
andTile Manufacturing Company
staKsrs oi raving ntlck, elc M. II Dale,
General Sales Agent, Olflce 823 Washington av
Works at Nay Aug, Pa . K k W V R II
KlNQSBURY & SORANTON.
Manufacturers' Agents
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES.
District Agents for
John A, Roebling's Son Co, 'a Wire Rope and
Eleclriial Wire. Gutta Perdu and RuLber Mfg
Co.'s Belting, racking, loe and Mechanical
Rubber Goods. Knowlton l'a. king Caiter's
Oil Clothing. Room 310 Paull iildg
SEOURITr OUILDINQ d SAVINGS UNION.
Home office, 03-209 Mears Building, transacts a
general building and loan business thioughout
tho state of Pennsylvania.
JAMES J. MURRAY,
Successor to tbe Hunt k Ccrnell Co., In tin
ami sheet metal woik and ventilation, Carton
(urnatcr, irnalrs and general tir. woik a
apeciattv. No. 412 l.ickauanna avenue.
WILSON d COMPANY,
Fashionable Tailors (Hotel Jcrmvn Building),
"ill bpruce street, Seranton, Pa, suit pressed,
33 centsj pants pressed, in cents. Clothing re
paired, called for and delivered. New Phone. 2603
ASK YOUR QROCER
FOR KIRKPATRICK'S PURE
SPICES AND FRESH
ROASTED COFFEES.
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