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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- SALT1 It DAY, DECEMBER W, 19011
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THE GIRLS ARE
TO SAW WOOD
nHAVE you decided yet?
. NOVEL METHOD OF PAYINO OFF
, CHURCH INDEBTEDNESS.
A Mine Mule's Costly Menl Those
Who Have Recently Joined the
Gieat Majoilty Personal Pick-up.
Curious Anecdotes Vfuiotts News
Pntngraphs.
fpctlil to the Sirrunton nrilniiit.
.Siisfiiolmniui, Dpi1. If!. The little
ilcbt olio bundled tlcillui s mid the .mmiiik
women of tlu i oiiKresittlon have lilt
upon u novel -telieine to oiiueel the In
debtedness, They will shw wood foi
the Held factory to ruin tin1 inono.
Theie iiip 100 mi lfs now piled up
nnd tin- iiinnuKPri or Hip factory offer
lie nunK1 women onn dollar u cord to
wiu tile sticks omc in two, A moinl
ncnt loslilent offeiM to Rive ten doHnis
to Hip Klrl who sows ii lonl of wood
thp titiltkest, nnd similar offi-is imve
been mode by otlici".
(tuning will bepln on Monday net
nnd tlio oeuislon will bp made ii Riiln
oiip. Tlio HiiwhiK will oonoludo with
intislf by the village b.ind nnd u sup
per furnished by the men of the eon
Krcgntiou. a min'i: urur.s costly ml:al.
The Forest City initio iniilo which
chewed up nn envelope (otitiilnliiK JJ"i,
the other days, own1! the most epen
nle appetite on leeoid. The Rout who
ileomn lnlentlv colo'ied tliius pest
els' possesses u palnte loi the plitni-es-iiue;
the ostiieli, who swallow old
china. bi lo-ii-ln.ie, pins, tucks, i. ill
road spikes and other ni tides of eitu,
lias digestive oigans of llmltlets pow
er. Btit when It i onies to ubsoibing a
tostly meal In which umooKed dish
forms the Ingieillont, the Poiest Clt
white mine mule llses as far above all
rompetltois as Ttneilflc above the sea.
.TOIXHD Tlin MAJORITY.
Aftei a brief lllnc-s, Mis Fiuleikk
Seek'v, nn esleetnod i evident, died at
h"r home on Kmliri aenue on Sunday
iiioi ultipr She Is suivlved l her hus
b ind, hei mothei. .Mis. Mai tin W'ng
ner, and n nitmliei of biotheis and sls
teis. The funeiiil will take plme fioin
flu 1st Kpls( opal chinch on Thuisdaj.
The fnnei.il of the lite Mi Agues
Uluke, who riled In RIukIiuiiiIoii, took
place fiom St. John's Catholic tluiiili
In this place on Suturil.iv mot niiig.w It li
a requiem high miss Inteimetit was
nude in L.iuiol Hill lemeteiv.
The fnnei.il of the lateTIrs. John
Duulea. si., who died at Plttsbuig.
took place and was l.ugolv .it tended
from St. John's Catholic iluix.li on
Moi dav mninlug. T'tquiem high mass
was eclebiated, and Intel ment was
made in Lturel Hill ceineteiy.
JlT STl'FFIX'.
If a niniinal Is eiv deep and vtiv
full it must be hinder loi lilm to he
balled o"t
The in. in who ' knows it all" wouldn't
be suth a bid tellow if ho onlj kept it
to himself.
Law: The acred litigant lode in a
i. Ullage to leant and i el lulled home
on foot: the oung lauer went on
foot and it tinned In n oaiiiage.
The young man ran now sleigh his
tTest gill, and not be a law bleaker.
It Is a. mighty good time to show
practical Chiistlanlt.v when the fiot
Is in the all. and theie die cold and
hungry ones within sight of one's
chimne. The soi t of piety that doesn't
clothe the naked and feed the hungiy
Is a sham, and It doesn't tount;, neither
in heaven nor upon e.utli.
Tlieio is tonsldeiable (.'luistlnn unity
among Susuehnnna pnstois, but theie
is room for mote of it without ciowdlng
anybody.
An exchange savs that "Ice two
inches thick will suppoit n man" In
Trildsunimei it suppoits the iceman and
his entlie family.
.A T'nionelale ioet asks: ''Whv aio
the spirits tlius ( uiicealed."' Hecause
'the bar is positively closed on Sunday,
unless jou know the knock.
PintSOXAL PICK-UP.
' fir. C. V.. Taylor, a piominent and
popular usident of Finest City, is a
Republican candidate for representa
tive. The genial doe tor would make
n"ery creditable legislator.
'Following is the opinion of our con
gressman, Hon. C. Fred "Yiight, of the
president's message: "The message is
Utiansweifible and unassailable, and
constitutes one of the best documents
ever sent to congress. It shows a won
derful amount of prepaiution nnd bents
the unmistakable earm.uks of a schol
ar nnd a patriot."
Unless all sUns fail, Colonel Clias.
C. Pratt, of New Milfoid, will be the
next stute. senator fiom this dlsttict.
That lie would lepresent the dlsttict
ably, goes without the saying.
Homer Gieene, es( , the talented
Ilonesdnlo author and banister, will
again, It is lepoited, make anothei el
foit to sceuio the Ito'iubliiun nomina
tion for congiess for this dlstilet. No
body doubts the ability ot Honesdale's
foremost eltl.on,
A blight light has for a wiek been
l'liicing about at night upon a hill
iverlooklng Monti ose. At liist tho II
ngeis supposed that they had dlstov
e'tcd a new stai, but late lepotts ate
to the effect that an oflho is c.iu.vliig
if. lantern In its msul and eager seaiih
to And the man
wholly rxpiinMnDiATHD
, Tlio choilster of a Clifford ihuuh
lately iiiudo a mistake in the dioUo ot
n tune, them being n long slur In M
ylilch enme dltoetly upon an iml'oitiin
itte woul, which pioduecd a stattliiig
effect:
"With imeioneo let the saints appeal,
And,)o-wow hefoie the l.oid,"
The cleigynun's llttlt poodle pup,
loitdug In the i huii it, happened io
intch the note, tiling out his Uehle pipe,
united the i hoi islet's old Towsei's lull
'iiiss, nnd In an Instant ihe whole
posse of dogs set up sin h a i hot us that
Handel's liailstoiui would have dwin
dled Jnto inusiaid seed in innipensa.
lion.
A Susriiii'lianiia county c tliiur speaks
of "Uenth's Fatal Wotk." Ali'iim!
Hniflly a week passes hut we am te
mlnded that wo aio constantly sut
lounded by pet lis seen and leeiosene.
Andrew C.uneglo udvlses all nunir
men who want to got ikh to keep Wear
of fcpeeillatlon, It ptojeclor Motgan
hml followed this iiehlie he might
lime been n woithj medianlo today,
voiiiing lor tweio dolliiis n week,
Instead of being many times it million-
ihe, owning lallioads by the iliucn,
iiiiiB .untinel in his own ym it. and
neliiB tho taiget for hkiui newspaper
put?.
C'Kossutii s leniembeied In this
by tho hat be wine," sas a
Ip.ipcr. A gicut many ladles In
ii and biibiiiic'liuiinii hae been
k'lcd lu tlieutics by the huts
It's Getting Close to Christmas. It Wont Do to Wait Too Long
f You know the story concerning the proverbial bird and the worm ? Better make an early selection while stocks are at
4 their best, prices low and crowds comparatively small. When making up your list of
CHRISTMAS RRESENTS
Select articles that will appeal to your own good judgment. Your friends will also appreciate something useful more than a
mere ornament. Let us suggest a few articles which are contained in
The Biggest, the Best and the Most Thoroughly Complete Furniture
and Carpet House in This Section
The stock is new in its entirety. It represents a collection wisely chosen by men
whose experience teaches what is best and most modern in Home Furnishings. The
store is now at its best. That you may see and appreciate the spirit of this gigantic
enterprise, we invite the public to a
GRAND HOLIDAY DISPLAY
When the five floors of the building will reveal to the admirers of the artistic and
beautiful in Furniture, Carpets and so forth, a stock that has no peer in any city in
the state a candid statement made without any exaggeration.
f0!0l if
In the Basement
Linoleums and Oil Clollis.
On Main Floor
Display of line Furniture, Ait Biic-i-J.rac,
etc.
On Second Floor
I'ms-els and hipjain Caipets and
Riiijs, L'pliolstery. Cm tains, etc.
On Third Floor
f'atlor Furniture. Couches Fancy
L hairs Monis Chairs, Lillian Tallies.
Hall Racks, Scieens. etc.
On Fourth Floor
Office Desks, (.hails Roll Tops. Win
dow Shades, Caipet Wotkiooins and
Depatlmeiu for Rc-L"pholsterintj Fui-iiituic.
Special Offerings for the Holidays
The Following Specials You'll Find Well Worili Coming After
$1.75
jj, ROlKFRS One of the unusual hai trains of the da.
p3.U!i lot of mote than one hunched Rockeis- of ver tich
oak finish. stUishly cut and Ihmh eonstiucted. Xccr sol( m am
stoie fen less than !.."l.
C7 FOR $10 00 COL'CIIFS The highest hatj-ain eer of
fr,5) fered in Scranton. Ilae solid oak fi antes heav spii al
spiings, and upholsteied in iincst eltMii mote than HO )attenis
Fei couch tuaianteed for live veais, and neei sold atnwheie for
less than $10.'
, Aft l-'OR ?riOO RL'CS Want something line for the
P45.UU home? These aie exquisite patterns in l'.igelou Wil
tons, !K1- feet in sie The designs are copies of the oldest Cohe
lins, tich in finish and lustie. Thcv have never been old for less than
$.10.00.
FOR $l'H." RL'CS These aie et nohln patterns in
xminster Ruirs of lich patterns and new ck'simis. They
ate 'M inches In 00 inches, fringed at ends, nattualK woith ?H.H.".
We have also an elegant line of Oiiental Rugs.
FOR $1.7.- T.liOlTRFfTh:S An appi opt iatc huli
da gift. These come in both solid o.tk and tich niahoc-
an, ot oocl sic, sulidlv eonsiiuclecl and sold nowlieie Ie-s than
$1 ::,.-.
$1.35
$2.00
$1.15
tine & Co.
CI' FOR 1HSSFLL OXKI'FT SWKKI'KUS The
best made. A vei acceptable gift for the wife.
FOR IXDIA STOOLS One of the prettiest and most
useful ornaments diiecl to us fiom the impoilcts Van-
I Fine Furniture Suitable for Holiday Givi
m
t book
oee
J.J.&.
Ca
Get the case first and the books
come easily. Here they are in large
assortment, both plain and combina
tion writing desk styles, with open
and glass fronts, from 2 feet to 8 feet
wide. Prices that rise by easy stages
from $5 to $50. Sole agents for
Rockwell-Wabash Sectional Cases.
How It Grows
The lawyer, doctor or any other business man who
makes use of a large number of books and especially such
as must constantly add to their stock will appreciate the ad
vantages of the sectional over all other book cases.
I Wa iwn J" I
I "i NIC 11 mTrrnrmSHlS I
China Closets
Sideboatds from Sit to $l."i()
Dining Tables from SI to Sill
Dining Chairs fiom 0.ic. to .Ki.O
r.edroom Suits from SIT) to $1.1!)
I'ailor Suits from $li0 to $S."i
1 1 all Racks fiom $1.7.". to SI0
Lilirarj Tables fiom $IU to $70
h'ine Couches fiom $0 to Sl.'i
Roll Top Desk, $8.50 to $90
Our as.soilnienl in the vaiiotis kinds of finish
i. complete.
China Closets aie becoming picfetablc to
Sideboards in many lcpects. Ilete aie coiner
and str.tighl back closets, in both oval and plain
flouts, plain wood and niiiror backs, I Jig a
iiel of them in prices fiom $L.' to $:17.
Baby Jumpers
And Rocking Chairs. Just the thing to keep
bain quiet. aNo Llaby Walket.s to leani the little
tots how to walk.
Pictures
An immense assoitmeut of mounted pictures
embracing inanv famous subjects, :0 cents to
SILMIII. ' t
Bed side Tables
We arc agents for the Sida Cleneial I'tility
and l'e(li(U Tables, the most convenient ai
langeineut eer invnted for leadeis. Look at
them.
Scranton Carpet and Furniture Co
Registered. 406 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
X
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tln' wnio, Imt tlic ii'inciiiliruiH ii diet
nut niiiiiil niiu'Ii pli-aHiiic On iIh i mi
ll II . IJIllttl tlio K'M'lfl'
I'.MtAtlltAI'lUI'iTlIH.
II lh hoi toil thai tin- liimlifi' ami
tin' I'hciiiiuil ilep u liiii'iilH tit' tlM' lain
Will Ini it'inou'il lioiii New YoiU i iy
lu Silhiiut'liaiiua.
IJilo .MeUmilli'iil llimilii'i'i 'I'lieiiiliuo
tVntls will, Jim. 1. ii'inoM- limn Hus
iilfliiililia tit r.uulsIIU', Kfiitui U, In
tuKii a butter iollliu ilium u imtlifin
i.illioail,
t'oiiRiMwmun Hii '. I'ipiI WiIkIu
spent Hntuiilii ami Kunilio at IiIh lioiiio
In tills iilaic,
The M'teiaii IJiln ii.isniiBt r cnBlnoer.
niiiic'.iii Mi'Donulcl, who MiHtulucil an
Injuu'd in in lu tlio lloinellsillu aid,
luKt week, hub in lh oil at IiIh )iiiiia In
thin pliuc. Ills aim It. ntllT, ami IiIh
i.illioaillnB mu ho Piiilcil. Mr. AK'Pou
aid is line of Hit' lalf'H oldist and most
it'llubln eiiBluwis. Hi- nuor has Killed
u p.iHsciiKt'i, and until IiikI week lie
nuoi HUHliilnrrt an Injui .
sojii: ssiai.i, oni;.s.
"JlllU UlXlRP," tho M'tl'lllll I.lllli'h-
buio hunter unU tiappcr, hua, ttiua (or
thlh stasnn, Kllk'il tlililj-.s labblls
and foil i lituH
K, A, Sa.Ntun la. i' ni.isit'i at pt-iUi-i
on tho Jptfi'i.siiii illvl.sliin has inin
Kicii i bin y on i In1 lal' ami W'toin
InK also, ami will n'luotc hom 'I'liomp.
Mill til lllllllllOII',
Tin' l..illi'hbiiiii imbllr mIiiiii), ipi'iiiI
I) ilosi'd on aiiuiiul ni an I'plili'iulr of
(llplltlldllll, Will III' lt'.lll'll'l 111 II fl'W
ilas.
.SuM'ial .It'liVi.soii ilhlKlon 1'iirilni't'is
will tula' Jobs In thn Wi'tit,
"Tho Woiulem oi the Wihi" Is tlio tl
llo of tlu lu'tiuo io bn ilolUi'itd by
Itev. sti'pliou .lay, ot Wonilii(r, In tho
MctliodlHl iliiutli on Woiliii'sday t en
lut; nest, Din mliei it,
Tlii'io aio iliito iiimlldatps In Cil
foul towiwhli) tor icrIhioi and it'und
iv, liiHitlato township, wouldn't one
Hillllte
.1. II. Thoili.in, ot I'nloiiiliilo, has
Joined the IntiiiuiPi.ihlo iaiaiin of
i.uidldates lor lepiihenlalhn at iliu
llbluiM. The Kiln abop tale will he eontllliuil
an lieit'tolou".
Tho annual iciliu'oii of the .SiiHiue
hanna AthMli tlub will be held in Ho-
K.in npei i hoiisii mi Tuesday cm uliit;,
liiuuai.t "S
The lale Is piilllni; In 1 1 out (m la
.scM'ial Hlualiih iiluni? Hie Ili'ltwaio ill
vision, had Ti) u.wr. i'Ai'.sui.i:is .
In Kusiiiiiiaiuia ilu'itt llet a mail
Whose i lllt't I'lllllili li'lHUi is ileMilloil
io thn "aiilt'lll," A li'W illln llt,o he
was taken with a .siiddeii, ami an It
(III Hid OUt. el si.oiiH llhlins.
Olio day Ills pli Mlt lull bad oei.iKlon
to iiiliuliiisder Home leniedy ot a dei Id
edly unpli'iiiiant llnvoi, and toiii'ipii'iil
ly held a kIio-s of walir lu one hand
wlillo olfeilug the inedleliie with (he
other,
The patient Hwalloweil (he dobe with
out tlliiehliiKi and (lieu kIiiiuIiik at the
tumblei, asked feebl what It ion.
tallied Upon bolm; told that It was
water, he hhooU liU head and tmiil:
"You'll liiuo to kIw: II (o mo lu inp
Htile.s, ilotloi, 1 ain't uted to il!''
Wliltucy,
WJtt.u It iloon't pj.i (u tlilUc 4 nun vlim
111' i ilnun
IIjiiiiuiII Nn, tMiiviull) if juu arc i)ln,' tv
itllLi' liim Cvi j Ijju
DESERTED WIVES.
Apt to Be rnigivhiR Even if Thoy
IVInlte n CoiaplnliU to the Coiuts,
I H hi I ii I'inl.i'lc !illi I I'll ,.
All old sttileiiKMIt I'lliallathlK liolii
the i'IiUuko bin tan ol a.ssoilaitd iliai
Itlis lasts an inU'imilii), f.liU Unlit iipou
tlio iIImiii'o ile,stioll A 1 1 unlink' to this
statement, the hiiidfii upon the bin e.iu
of V omen who hao been deseileil by
iheli husbamls Is mil oi all piopoiiiou
to ,t ihill.id soilety in one uaj and
another It has been e.stlniated that
theie am lu i'IiIiuko d.'Hi) woniin who
have hi on thus et( alone in the woild
Home ol' the ii'LieantH have tlU.ip.
peaied, Ian maii, aie utill liunst is.on
III the hoiisoliolil, le.uiii;; their wlxt'H to
tain the blind What, then, die Chl
i'iiko iiiuilb aie askluif, is to be done
Willi these ofleiiilusV The iiuistloit
would he simple euoiis'li weie ii pot
that the de.set led wife is loath to set In
motion the niaeliiiieiy ol the law, or IT
she liim done to, Is M'lietnllt un;:lou.i to
stop it.
A I'lillailelphla law jet when asked
about this, was of the llilpiesslou that
nitidis weie not nuiili bettei In this
ill. 'Vmi ilium," lie said, 'ili'ise an
lli'illi- piiiilsliiin ni beimi mhi i an
slop a 1 1 hue Win u a husband is lu bo
Ultd for lll-tn alllii; Ills wile Ihe lallei
must Ktiieiall.v be tin piosi i uioi and
it she ;-l s ,is tai as taklllK the oath
ili'i spiili Knciall U iis In i al thai
point She ltais ihe uiai;istiali s olili
and b iiIkIu she Is link at the station
liom-e hi'KKlUh' l see llle Ii How I be.
lievo that In I'lillaili Iphia lnll 7." pt r
mil. ill Ihese anrst'i aie lo-U tllloliall
the liotault ol tin wife as tile loin.
plilillillK Wit lust; iti sides, lliau, a o
man wlio would he only loo nlad lu be
ild of a liiishaud hi auj othei wa, will
letiise io take a slop that will laud him
In Jail," Tlio rlilr.iKo soelet) Is now
looking out tor about I1H women who
have been deseited. These women aio
i leaning-. uiokliiK seulim and si I lib
bliiK at n mil $1 to Jft r0 a day, but an
ollleer ol the t,oolel espiesses the opln
Ion that fulli -10 per tent or tlicm aie
shailiiK llielr eaiulugs with theli Komi
foi nothing liusb.iiids.
m
tgnis nunkJ nun UuM never ktrp jii
tiling fit in lih if
llnipuLki ill mux' ml Wlut, the iw, if
atlriupluv Hit' iii"llik'.
QUEENS WHO ARE QIFTED.
WUlieJiuinn n Clover Acticss nnd
Anmlle a SkUltttl Doetoi.
Thiio an a uunibi i ol moiiiiii oi tli
liijill llolisi iiih In Ihliopi ussihsud
of in iiiiiiplishuit uts In wlili Ii tlic,
uiiilii i-aiu n koimI iih (r theiii weie
llei d
Tlio (iiaml Dinliisf Ssi'iKe. of litis
slu, ihe tsi.tiiim'n I'liier slsiei, Is an
aiiialein aitiess oi ability, and tmwl
JudKes who Iuimi sien her iieifoiin i!e
i lain that hut lor hei myal hlitli slin
iiilKhl hae won lame ami foititiui tin
the slane.
ijlleeii Willli'lmilta, ot Uol.ilil, H fill,
other bum aiiii.ss , i i'iua ag"
she hud n llllle theati l built lot her
own use ut Hot l.oo 'I'lieiu plajn iuuh
priioiined with In, i --I'll ami her d lends
111 the leading loles
Queen Alil.llle, of t'oltilal, Is (tin
only io.Mil .M D. in tho win Id, Hli"
eiitv'iid aiiiLilkal inlli'f.e ami piirsiied
the eiiti'O ionise altlilull and pissed
the luiuiiPd e.aiuiiiatloii to serine tier
deijiee Hlu was at mated hy a deslii
to lit abl" to pel sunnily tieat the king,
who la lu pool health,
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