: l-,; I I I lL. Mtfl.'W v T " 'CTWl.'i'lK wr L - 'Ml i . . ". . a taii g - ' ry "ifjomir-jr .-- , J'l ' ? i l ti I r ." 4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THU USD AY, DECEMBER 20, 1001. "?031f PiiMlrtril Dally. r.mpl SunjUy. t.y .""'C. Jj!;- utir Pub!lhlnn Company. t Htty CcnU a Monltt. I.IVV fl MC'IIAtlt), Miter. O. V. IIYMIM'. tliulnou MfinMer. New Voili OfflfC! ICO N's,u S''v,,nrMtD. Bote Agent lor Foreign Ariytlln. TTntereil it (he Poitoffln t Vranton, I'., il Second Clm Mall Matltf. """wiien-apace "will"" permit, The Tribune Is always glnd to print nhoit letteis from Its Mends bear ing' on cut tent topics, but Its rule is tlmt these must be signed, for pub lication, by the wi Iter's tenl name; nnd the condition precedent to ac ceptance Is that all contributions shall be subject to editorial tevlslon. Tim FLAT ItATB FOR AOVIillTISINO. Tlir- (ollnnlnc tatito ilieiv tlie prloe pir '. acli liuertlon, fpacc to he mrtl within one fr. mm of Slillhff on Till I DITr.W. Piper nnillni fruition "1 frilun COO iniki .2', .271 .J0 .100 Inches 20 .2.2 ;' jono " 1(1 .173 .J, 8000 " 155 17 .1? ttm " . ,i6 " .,8- For card of thnnln, rpfioltitlotu o( rnndolenr nd ulinllir conlrlhiitlon In the nature nt vertlsins The Tribune makes a charge ot a ctnta "n- . . . Rte for Classified AdmtMIng tiirnlilicd on ppllratlon. SP It ANTON', DKCRMUnit 2'i. 1W1- Tlio lict lntfic'lM ol' Sctnntun t'' entlir n iie UtPii uiUwny s8l"iu 1uoii'ily ofiil)K'l in j-lvi luli'iiitutc mi le'e. TliN N ii luiuhuiH'iiliil fact .liieli all must ,'i'osnls'f, iffciiielle'-' of ilifl't'ioni e'-t ol opinlnti on ntliinr points'. Reflections on Reform. -Mllillv Hill ililiiOillllllflll .UP nfldl Unnid'-l- cil I i iii-i' 1 1" null, nt uunii.ii.tiii.' 1 lie Miiild. iIimiii.Ii II nli-I - in Mini nf i il..uJ nun nml Mllllll llllll lllltlll ll-l llllllllll l'Hllllll, pKKK.N m -l,mh. tine ( Im I iimoii il mlilli i i tlnl In in mi In! uu i 4 iui-oiih nt uii.inli' iiiloIliuitiK, ilii amt nli'llnite litiiper mil Iinpmlent niiiinrn flu in'iiiutliil In i iptiui' tin" lr.ulii"lilp 't u'li Murk. -New ( k liiliiiiii. THIO KAXATIC lurl.llnlv luis a tt-jctiil place In th" si hi mi' of lift. oHipiwMm lie would not lii. His yoal -supplies inotlM- powpi In llu pushing toiw.tnl of Komi i'iiiip. Hut no pilnclplu of lni'iluiiiii'S Is i-tt"i" f,talillili( tl tli'in tli.it ciieiKV. to lie oltecthi', nuis-t lie lontiollpd. Tliu rolled iii.tlnmiiliiK in tin- watch, If not piopeilv ihcckod, would urn oil in an instant anil tlio watdi. lot puiiioMf of mmkliiK llini. would tlicn bo u"le"-s. AVhen the stp.nn in thu boiler slips lt In iillp them ii n tinlly nn pploiloit anil Midoty oonfsiat ulatPh ilelf II no'oodv wets Killed. The lefoiniPi .vho i an talk :i Inniiilt ol wolds Is niton intensely slnioio hut Koneially (tulle inelt'eotive tuul nuK anio when thiny- mu to he done. The dolus ot things call-! for ii lomblnutlon of qualities often iINconnectPil tioin the srlft of Kith. At :i i nil, the men who do things hi-,t an lvc-n who .sn the least. Thoie an oi options, lint not nialiv. Quay, lor pxiiinplo, hat boon niuio talk ed at than poihaps any other man in Ameilian public lite w-Jio Is now nllo. He lias lgnoiod '.he t.tlklupr, roup light mi wot king and 1or n geiipiallou his masteiy In state polities lias withstood till attacks. 'o iniilil name otheis in aiious walks of lilt: whose inieeis In this lospeit aie similar. Iteloiiu, like any other fonn of en teipilse, niiisl leauh a horse spun basis befoip it i an amount to much. (5al steis hao then pl.K o and uses but they make poor gonuals. They inn to tangents and to theoiies. They latk thp sagacity whith suboidln.uos non essentiaks to essentials and w hioli workb tow aid ends by tne law ol a Pl aces. If it lingo movement lequhim; the teiiipoiiu. oo-optiatioii tor a iiini mon put pose ol ilements not olhuiwlsc in aguemont Is to sueeeed in any loni munlly wo udwse those li.ning it in ohaige to stick ilose to that main put -ioso and put a haUer on all who would switch it aside. Thoie is a thuo and a place for eveiything anil lonfuslug the iwo is the cause of most of the Ills of life. Mlsfoi times never loine unaiioni p.iuled. A Now Yoik louit has lust tendered a juilKment against Kilgar Stanton Mat lay for thlity-si doll.us' woith of beor put chased In 1MJ7. Counsel from the Judiciary. AP Till: I'hll.idelphla celebuillon of f oi prattlers' day an addiess wns delUoiid liy D.uld J. Hiowei, nssoointo justiio of the United States Supieine point, which Is lull of the louusel of wisdom inspiiod by a whole-heat ted patriot ism. .Itistlio Hiower oxptessed his faith In the ability of the foiefatheis' sons lo miry foiwaul .suooessfully tho foiofutheis' woil; as wlilonoil and com plicated by piogiesslng model n condi tions, but lie thus commented upon some of the signs and mods of the times: 'riist, Into all the asonues ol mu of llclal life must enter, Is outeilng, ilvll soilo lefnim. Appointment to office unij piomiitlou by tneiit hae ceased to bo itlin JoUo of the politic Ian, have passed beyond the duys ot ildioulo, unci in ('going to bo the contiolllng lules not; ineioly In the tiiniy and navy (and wo hao had of lute some voiy posi tive assurances In icspect lo tlieni), but lu all tho dupaitmeuts of olllclnl life, lintloiial, state tuul municipal Whatever may be the pioseiit defects )u Jho machlnoiy employed to seiuio (ho deslicd lesult, nnd vciy possibly thoy mo intiiiy, thoy fan and will he cured if wo nuiko up our minds to euro them, Wo must com to uiidet stand, iiuc( net upon the undeistuuding, that the' nation Is a gii'iit business estub llsliniout ; tlmt olllco Is not a political rpwitrd, not a piivllege, hut a business figejicy, iiiid that In tho long inn the most HiiccesHful business Is that con ilucjecl by agents selected for coiupu tencjy, continued lor fidelity unci pin nioU'd for efllcleuo', , "Again, co-oidliiate wllli'the essen tlnl to nnd evidence of high national dint actor is Integilty in ofllclal life. It exists among us, 1ml Is not unlvoisnl. We nre shocked by occasional expos nies of great coi'iuptlou. It does not avail to attempt concealment. The surgeon's knife unci not the whitewash biush Is needed. All Indignant public sentiment must ho amused. The olll tlal scoundrel deserves Cain's condem nation, 'A fugitive unci u vagabond shalt thou be In the eaith.' At least, .-...f, ho deserves this after a good long term In the peiiltriillnry. To sum the mut ter up In a wold, lite olllclnl life of the ftepublle must bo Pintle clenli us well us sttolig, If up nt i to he II Wtu hi power by light or I'vainplo. "Alinlhi'r niitllpr Is education. So far us the eloiiii'tiltiiy biaiiclips It should dp iittlvpisnl. It Is nut the pilv llpgo of a few; It Is the duty of till, We glory, nnd rightly, In our common school systofii. Hut It does not rent-It utl or pv'otywlipip. Wlintpv or stnvs Its uulvptsiit touch must ho eliminated. Heynml this the higher, yea tile lilgh psl, edttintliui looins up with Imperious demand. Wo lecognls'e no boiiiulailos lo sclentlllP Investlgntlon and le scitiih, Tho miknowii In Hip mateilnl win Id must he madn the known, A weed Is said to ho n plant whose uses nto yet unknown, Science must piovo that thcie nre no woods: tlmt thoie mo blessings and beneficial uses In even a Canndti thistle. And so In all other dliectlons. In eveiy ilep.it tniPiit of knnwlHilge the piirpi', asililng student must ilnd tho place and menus for pm sttlng his studies. For this wealth must place Itself in the hands of science. It Is beginning to do so, It must do so iiioio ubundautl, or else hv succession and Inhoiilanee lues It will he taken for all kinds or public lisps. Hy doing so, this youngest of nations will become the gloat eiltiui llonal cenlio, an example to ull. "Still anothor liupoitant innttor Is loiilid In the offoil in iidwtnie the well being of the humbler classes. Wo note the lontlk't between capital and labor. Wo nre won led by the fieitient stilkes, with their ten Idle losses and pt ha lloas. Wo see how olton they ait stinted without cause, and can led on in the woist of splilt. We iiiotnn all the sail expel lelic.es that attend them, and yet is thoie not in all these 1011 lllcts unci effotts tho thought and hope tuul put pose to lift lo a higher living those compelled to toil of hand.' And do wo not see the light hi caking in the many etfotts or Intelligent and public spliited i Hiens In tho tanks oi labor nnd of capital to btlng about a har monious w oi king of these seemingly antagonistic, but loallv fiiendlv foicesV I could mention other ni.ittois, but those mo enough to show that thoie Is an open door befote eveiy cat no1 1 Aiuoilcan eagei fot tho honoi and well being ol the Republic'." lu oaih of these dliectlons who can be blind to the fact that eheeilng piog lpss Is being niaili'V The lesuirei tlon of "Sheiloik llolmcb' and a tepoit that Jesse James still lives iindoi an assumed name In Coloiado give i oinforting assiiianco that Ihe enibeis ot lm Id flition aie not to be allowed to die out with the old !p.ir. Trade with South Americn. AIniOt'GIl for a geiieialion Amitkan statosinaiishlp has boon ti.vlng, somewhtit (It Itillj, to IniiP.isp our tindi with South A met ha, the fisuies show that little sucioss has been achieved. Tho Wt.OOO.OOO people on this hemlsphciP south or us impott annually about !00, 0UO.000 woith of nioiihandise and of this the T'nited States contributes onlv n tenth, while or tlieli neailv $su Ortti.OOt) woith of annual epoits we take neatly 40 per cent. In niuiiil nuinbeis we buy ot them i woith for oveiv cloll.it 's woith tho luiv of us. What is wiong.' This Is the question consideied at length In a leoent issue of the Piotoctlonist by Walter J. lial laid, of Sihenectacly. N. Y.. with whoso wiitlngs on economic subjects our t eadeis aie alieadv acquainted. Ills answer Is woith ciiioting: "Fust, lor th- want ot Ameiliun navigated Height and passeugoi ves sels we ate lompc-lled to pay out l.ugo sums neiess.uy lot Heights each way to toieign vessels, mainly those of l!i eat Uiituiu. Second, wo do not cul tivate tlio tiade piopetly or sufllclontly. Wo do not solid down theie enoiiah or our smait Yankee salesmen, and ex cept in late iiislamos the men wo do send cannot ue.ilc their language, Tliild, in the packing and labolhur of oui goods wo do not make tlioin suit able in weight and si.e, or sufucionily atti active. Fouith, wo do not make it a tiili that all our minted and adver tising matter shall bo In the Spanish language, nor name the pi ices, deliv eieii. In their cuiiency. Fifth, we have no bank facilities, urn on our sstem and owned and managed by Ameiiran bom unci Ameilian tiulnod hank iigonts. Sixth, so many of our mer chants in these piosperous time's, and with such u heavy home demand, do not te.tlize that the day must come when the competition ousondoied by the.e good times will scilouslv divide that home demand, make tho tilling of It mote dllllcull unit ivtulei the lontlnu ous getting of fotelgn business a neces sity, Seventh, the Ihuopcan steamship Hues, which now control tho tianspor lalioti, dlbcilminato against goods Horn tho Fulled States and In favor of those f i out I3tiiope.ui cimiitiles. r.lghth, our capitalists ate ullowing fotelgn capital ists, particulaib Uoiman, to ubsoib the Imal industilos and Holds or oppor tunity. For Instance, in live or theso couutiies (ioimaii capital Is piolltahly invested to the e.Mont nf l.ajl.OOO.OOO marks (about $J(i,',n0O.OOO) lu lallioads, breweries, liat and shoo raetoili's, paper mills, coach facilities, sonp and c audio fnctoiles, lotiueliies, macliino simps, etc., witll well oig.inUed Ooiman banks to take cute of tho llnaiielal ends of tlio business. Ninth, wo have only u spi Ink ling of lesldent sales ugenls of Aliieil c.iu birth and tiuinlng, while wo should have ono In each pilnclpal clt, well supplied with sumples, who would keep the pot boiling between tin peilodlcnl visits of tho smait Yankee special sales ngeut betoro lefoiieil to, Tenth itliel Inst, no should lealUo that all good things, like loiolgn tiaele, by which tvu get gold for our nnu velous and appai ently inexhaustlblo Odd-given natiiin! resiimcos, and also lor the labor spent In maiiufacluilug those lesoiuces, as well as tor the luti'iest on the Invest ment ami the pioflt pi opei ly due tho capitalists and thu muiiufiictuier, can not be peununentli seemed for con tinuous benellt unless we ate tin and doing, using all that fertility of expedi ent and dominating cneigy which litis made us vvliut wo ate, the most ac tively pi ogi etil e ronnneicliil nation the wot Id has over known." Of these unisons the most loimldable ..eiltiTMItl i iW a&gOAtoi .'T,.. J. tintitestli)imbly Is the limunielonpy ot our Antei Icnit tnei chant mm lite. Three fouillts of the steamships enteillig South Amoilcait ports me Itiltlsh hitlll, Ittltlsh nulled nnd Ittltlsh luniguted. Of the remainder the linger piopoittun tne (lernuiu tntlll, flornnitt owned and rteimaii itavlgalod. t'ntll unr exporteis can scciiip speedy ocean ttaiisptiftiitlnn at fas oi able rates on vessels lu sym pathy with their wishes. It would do comparatively little good to attempt to establish In South Ameilui Yankee bunking Institutions or a well equipped coflw of Yankee salesmen. American ships are the lltst i ousldorattnu, When Utoy me put Into set Vice tho other te ittlieuiputs i'iiii lonelily ho adjusted, Hut the tlmt' to eticouriigp Ameilcan ship ping Is now, while times ate piospeious ami money for profitable Investment Is abundant Subsidies lor this puipew ate toinpoiury: thoy help to furnish tho impetus nnd tide en or the eaily stages, We nit at ii loss to uiuloi'stauil why so desirable a fm nt ot jirotectlott lo a small Industry which It Is to the Ameri can people's obvious and urgent Intel -est to onlaigo should bo so slow In (inning Into effect. Keptihllinus who oppose II ate ceitulnl.v misguided. I'llglll-el .lames .ietfiles elosllos to leave the dramatic ptofesslon and mukc a big hunch ol money all at once lu nil encounter with some noted e poncnl u f tho manly ait, having, as his inunagor states, had enough ot the load. 1'xpetlome, has tlemonstuui'd that It Is less wealing on one's e ousll lution to take the elmuies of u solar plexus t mm some of the heavyweights than to outline the haul knocks or piovlm hit ono-nlght stands. Tho employes of the Fnlon Ttactlon imnpauy of Philadelphia, who voted In overw lielmnliigniiinbersugulnslti stt ike leceiitlv, have had their wages In ctoaseel ltom IS to 111 cents an hour. The judgment ot the malmltv in tins c.isp, at least, appeals to have been nn. eh bettor than that of the stt Ike blooding minoiity. The sloiy tli.it Heading citizens saw a iMoss an oss tho moon the other night will find few bcllovois If thp puteipils hig eoiiespondont had made it a snake It Is possible that the phenomenon might have boon accounted for as ono of the lesults or oei -indulgent o In Clnlstnias good cheer. m Postmaster Cieueial Smith has ntter feiod with tho mail matter ol thliteen gei-ikh-qiuik linns In Kentucky. It si't'ins Impossible to convince the postal authoiities that si concent that adver tises to sell $i feu l cm delivet the goods lor any length ot time even lit lei tile Kentuek. Chile and Atgonliiia ate less likely to light than to make a lot of laces at each other aiel lei it go at that. One ol theso days srme nt those South Ameilian states v .11 got Into a io.il low and then thoie will Iip ttoublc. Owing lo the tumble In South Allien, South Anioilca and in tho vicinity of tin navy .ud, .V. . Spalding and other hasp ball magna us have boon unable to get tho publli eo locitsspi upon their little low. The lepott thai Senatoi Quay is wiit llng .i book on hi-- espeilencos in poll llis is not continued, but in the intotost ol liteiatuie ns well as hlsloiy, wo tiust it is tine. Mr. Hi an has reused to be on the lookout foi wiioloss signals rioin those who aie anxious to piomote another pi evidential boom. The picsidcnt Is lospeelfully leininded that Ohio's stock or official limber has not et been exhausted. clnlstnias conies but onto a o.ii, Stit ihe spirit of I'luistinasS tun bo made perpetual. Picsldont Castio, of Veno.uela, will know mote after a low days. Genoial Miles has learned wisdom at Inst. Ho ionises to talk. Outline Studies ol fltiman Natiire. A Man of Lotteis. "Down It oie of the Uni iej,oits in 11 Iho hi," Mid the mui with the hunpeelid noo, 1 inn 11 nt'itioooi in llini," oil mo mui 1 iej nun 1. ue w.is in iiiiitiHiuoii Willi u 1 l,li 1 1 , iIlKtiiflcd I iiil.lnif 1 1111, ttlioso f.ue wis (Viiiie liuw fiinllLir to me, iIUhmiLjIi t.in'iilli, " '.shake lunils wllh Vh. s,i mil -,,, 1 w isle iiiktmi nnu of Iitt.is,' Mid nit fih'iil In lie, lioddlin; Inwaiil his louipiulni, ,iud I shml. wil'i the nnu whose intuitu jine was miukIiow ( mill 11 to me, "'.Man of ktlirs, ill" I thouji, as I limit. him mu, 'Will, Iito'ri win 1 1 t'te jot tn ltd, on 111 nit I lie, 1 suppose, nnd I ilk iihoul (,i. thiRliiiiu lilstor mil I 01 ran itumlis, and the pisslugof tin n inhl p. llini, mid limits lll.e tint, just tu ".how lids nun ot litteu whit a did 1 us of ,1 1 1 r i 1 1 r tu I am m -! f whui 1 Lit 11 y hkeves lullul iqi. Ii'ti til.out tin tn ntn tint he'll lollai mi' mil inil.e me looK ll'.o 1 I'.ui. until in pla-lii If I uiiKe tin littlci-i Kind 01 .1 hieil.,' "so I lie.'iu In put 'nil mil' fin the In-udlt uf llils man of lelloi"! lie sniu iudiilinllv .it me ,is I wint aloni.', hut he didn't hue lu 111 my U'liiuKs hlnisilf tu t-pi,il. of, (itpt 'I i;it 11 that's ho,' or 'Ves, nti'ie iliihl tlure, 1 thin!., 11 'It'-, a uuttei tint I luu n't iutculiiated is uii Hilly as I should.' II looKul puttt unt lln 11 and I wint riiiht rk ns ind lit hlui liatu all 1 Km it, without 111 fm till- feat of a idl-dn.tu, Mi liilghlior Mem il tu he !ii III illicit lliml on 1 the weihh uf Ii foiiintlou I was uiitoldiita;, uii'l I was incilitatliy upon what ,1 sin ind a chime it wit that 1 hiiln'i Imn pUKed out oa head uf a colleui spi.-i i n iln j, "I was lull. In Vi.iMilu'toii ntn il.iis liltr I didn't lu In lie ofllto 011 Ihe lilililln' ifu," 1 ihOt liul,, lull ,it iliwdlinj; at 111 lutil.iiit, As 1 sat lit the I ihk in mil' Ii1mi.ii 111 iliiiln,' loom Ihtii was .1 Una; ill oui latuiiiut lul, .ml 1 Mint In lie dooi, 'I In ic Ho ml nit nun of Ittltis In ,t Ki.11 .iiii'oim, lie woie 1 Inoid nun as lie luinliil me 111 luorulti; null, and tleui I 11 1111 iiiIh nil how it was Hut this nun of l.lliii' fjie tt it so f imlllji tn nn' "t'uitie nn, the Luiiili of ton," lonilud-i) lic man wllh Iho uii.iiclul ini.i, 'I'm lining luo hu.tiiiK." Ualllll5' HI I'.ld Outside Deals Ended a Pattueishlp. Mluli Ihe late limine 1' (illuiiii, the tei 1111 ifiinl, win.,, milling iiio fu ilUpulo In Ivcy ioik, lire line ultl inoiijli tu lo into Ini-lni'v. liU falhei inunjjid a iiaiiu ishli foi him with a ,(r, Miles, a siucfjisliil li.itlu nun hunt Mi Jill , a much oldu nun, was iiielliud in devote limit of Ids lime tu oultiJe nili'n.W, iilatu iie Chi caiin .Siwa. Ono ill Mi, Milu lauie- iIowiiidwii to the cilice nnd sail: "Mi. (Illnuii, 1 did a uood (hul.e ollthli'C4- foda). I liciikht leu ii'iiKlu) lot and then sotl nine if llitui for what the tin cos; me, 'Hut 1 1' jus me one lot foi dial piollt " nilniaii dliln'l 6ii Hut liil-i iiicunt aiij piof't -v , 'tP.-g-i,. V l fop the Mm nnd im tin' fnllnttllii. lunrnlng wlrn lie reiiliril the ofl1c he fild In Mr. .MIImi "1 did ii good flmlxp nt limine-. nitielf llil liionilnir. I atnppnl nt n IIiiuiIhji niiilpit tK"r nml hoiight leu inlliiu, I void lilli" ef thrill lor veil It 1 ptlil foi Ihe tin, leu Itift; me eotllii loi ele.ir pinlll. I hive uned thl uil'l'i Pir ton. Mi. Mile, thliiMhg Ihil .veil iiiIrIiI me II lu join iinuteiy lot," Mi Mllt iilnicil ill the .voiiiu' mm it Melo mill Iiler miiiiiiincpil tlnl tin niincilili i ill'inliiil An Early Adventtue of Robett Lin coln. Willn Mil II V, llildilii, wh.i vj ,i clou Pi lilhlioi nf the l.liiintii fmnilv win 'i thrj lo 'Mill lu sprliullcld, III., "Uhlle in; linlliii In liw, Mr. Il.wilnii, M In the hJidw.iie Ini'li,,, n prliinriilil, l.liii'oluV "on Itulirrt, then ,1 liny nf ten m livehe, rutcKd Hie ftoie Mie eliy with nnntlier hoy of hU own luo 'Ihe luU Iiiid n ipinillt nf leiul pipe, vthteli tin ttlaheil Id tell. luijriln wui mule ,ilnl the luntio plld ill Ol In Ihe lion, vcllli lm qui'l loti ii'kiil. I iittr In the tin, Imui'Ui, .Mr, l.lmol i wii V l-llt il .it hit Imine In- the ownei lit I linu-u which mii iiiiilitKoliiir lepilf, ,iud liiforiunl th.il lilt son, Unlit it, hid .tolen. ipiintlli' nf lejd plie hum the pllee, vihlili the on lie I ihilled Id e'llliit hue 1 1 Ii 1 for or icliirneil. "Mr. Iltiiolu vv.it -hoc t oil. lie t.lllrd Itnlieit, nml, without a'l.hif run ijiu llnin. tool, the In the nun .mil miiihnl him ilnwu to the ftnu When tin inteuil Mi. I.lnriitii w.i InoKlmt vil' item, "'Mi, lloviiton,' he Mid, Mid nil mui Koliert ell oii .nine It id pipe todijl "Ml In ullir i -in-U vm id Lilly nnli in j-.hmI. I'lei.vliodi lu Sprinsilelil Knew Almihini Un told, lilt liniiett mid Integill wne luvei" ipm tloueil, mid the hh t tint hit Mill would Hlp.il wilt IiIkIiI' iinpinliilde. Ml. Ilo.viilnu luil. lin'V iici, linn inilllliil lu motile liuiiuei' tint the pli3 wis iliilin ptopiil. N(irll,ile-t he did not h.i nl In Impllcite the mui ot .Minium Lincoln, ki he mid: " ' Mum! el -will. Mi, Lincoln, let me see. No; I ilmi'l thlnl. w i oui' liov who luoimht tint pipe! in heie. lie don't tonK ill," the lio.' "Hide w.it ii t III simp at lie inn if the Mill', nml jn-l it tin hiothoi-iuOm whs ci'iiui.itnl uIiilt IiIuimU tint votiiuc l.tiiiotn would et nut of the .(iipe, the ,jip Mini' of (he tlmmllli pt ililinnl: "'Ve, 'lis, too. Tlnit's the ilnp tlmt Lin coln hoc, nnd .itiolhir one .iliout his -ii . I u uiiinliir 'em ' "Mi, Lincoln drew mil ids pociu MiouK and lild ,i lull upon the coiuitrr "M'lei-e lit mi" hlM" lint pipe, M,", llo.intoii,' 111" Mill "Ihe pipe vi it m onlilvh tmiii;ht nut. Mr. Lltiiolu pljcod it hi.iss Itohut's hiftitdeis. Ihe two of them lift the t.toie. "It w.is .in evliiiu 1 hot tin, mid Koheit Lin mill v .is litiefnot "d, 'J lie stoit" ".todtl in u Miit of 'qitne, vchieli wis plied villi huiK. Ihcse luiil.s had txiouie liditcil In the Mill, nml pin dined mi iiiKoniinit ililo feilinj: lo ltolirit's ht, .is his fitliei, with 1cm? r-tndes, 1(d hftii actcsi the sqiuip. 'I hi hoi dtnnd ilonur, flist on on foot Jinl thin on ilie ot lu i . SiiiMuih In i v el ilined. ' "sj, in, I i ni'l stin' tht-e hot luhKt in ln line fut. 1 e's jtii mei in tho slinle," "Lluiolli scnif l tooled doe Ii It the lioi Willi i tpiiyic il smile, then dtih lepliid: - " 'Well, nit mui, ji ii'il heltri net nspil to the Iieil. If joii evir Mi il ni uioie lenl pipe tou'll ro In ,i plice tint's liotlu linn lln'e hriiKs ue." -Ifslle'. Montlilt. Bulls of a Grand Duke. Tlo I He e.imil Dill i of Sive-Wimuii s I linn-, is he w is .ilVeillouiteh i ill. il. h id 1 queei ti.n of iU0"iii),' liiin-ilf tint In peipituled hiilH" lln i liiuitiiii; evpei: lie siw i foit-tn whose fm mi unci f mi Hi him .Vii mil not i 1 utl oi of ( lm f lll-p sihliuilli" .i-Ki il the lJnl.e "I aiiitliiif liispiitin i lnnidi," -slid tie n o sinh otte'i htioii u ti ici lor nn I. , f.r "Mi," -ml t iiit .linn-, "lh..t iKOiint the ie-emlil nice " Vnolhii lime the f.i it d Piiki wjs v citintr it a t tllw.ii stitioti in his fun i, lint, mid, id, Hi!,' two hltli vi I- il'tinis neui III -iinl .isl.id: "Who I- toiu rilhei "" I In- sljlioiimi-tei " "llnw old no vouV "I .mi "i ind tin Fi-tir t. 'ut indium- " "How is tint po-illi Win die line his lneu opined time ,'i il'!" M. V I'. he-s- hov. olll' Found His Metier. line uf the ( lm 111.0 pill, luiiiniruiunen. ind loiiipillid the piik fii ciinteiidtnt In put 0,1 the pn-iool j li wild heil, 1. 'Ihe 1 omiuis-iotiei mil Ihe Mipiiinteiidiiil a wieK nr two litu Jtid i-l.eil: "Will, how's lint 111 111 I mu ton torn ilii; .iloiit; Did .Liu Iiiid 1 d no for him 1 heio he 11111I1I tioiK 11 1 online; to hi uni iblhti "' "l)h, vis," -ml the Mippiiiiteiident. ihieliilli. "I found the pi lie fur tint nun. I didn't think I lould at lltst, li.il, h Ceuir,e, theie is one think thai in in can do ljilln thin my one ek iliiploted m this pill. " 'Will, will," slid the (ominkflniiri, liuiilit 1 mug up; "I told .ton he w ii good foi nun" thlnir. 01 otliu. 1ml ton wouldn't luluvi' it, I I new if von tiled tin unild llud (lie rncht suit of plue foi lulu Whil hive von -1 1 llini ,ii" (hisiiu Binils ol. the twill.-," it pin d the tiipciiiiteniUut, The luiinnt-siotui itlned. OUB PROSPEROUS PROGRESS. 1 diloi ol Ihe 'i illume Sli: Iowa's corn ctop f hi- tear is J7J,tlui),00') luulielt, or i-lst -tlvo pei cint. of list .veai'H Iiiiiiiipi crop, .uni itelili live pu lent, of tip itiraijc nop fot the l0"t hftun .tiuic. &III1 lowatis .in- not ficttln', hie U'se the pilte this .tear is foriy nuts pci luisli'l a,iimt twent.t 'mi 11 "nuts foi list j ear. Cutis, queiitly the iasli lesult is -II.:,Ui0,lM. 'Ihise ire the olliei il fla unt uf tin Iowa nop Imn in. The (ire.it N'oithun Hillitaf ftslcm shows an IliiiiM-jP of Rioss eiiiilugs for N'oveinhei nt $1,i)"m, tmi 'lids 01 'denies pi'ospirlty lu the gieil noithwe.-t The 'J'.OOO riuplaii's of the Aimuin l.icl lug couipint- hite hceti (,-lteu a ten pu tent, iai e of wages. klie tile adapt itlnn fm mm it. tuition and UkIiIIiil; puipastt is haul ttwnt .Mil, old, .tit It gives eniplo.tmi'iil tn Jl.iW.iJOOiiJiJO uf rap ital and MXl.OOO people. Kuisis shows .1 lot il valuati'iu of stlD.'KVl.OOO hi fJim piotliuts ami llu html., 'Ihl Is it 11 in in ii- of M7,K),(X)i) in one iJl mu -j fi.OOiVhXJ in two Jiiu. Plums an In ins' shlppul II 111 Soul lu in Call. fi.mil at the late cf sll iiiloads wnl.lt, Miny cod minis in Wu.t Miklnli mid Tiuiies fin ine t,1iut down foi waul 01 fielhlit 1 Us. 'Iho f inio tioiihle ist- at otlui lioiut-i. Ii is Inrd lu tlnd a lallioad which Is not -.liowlnu" lusel.t iiiiiti-,id r.iinini,'s inontli alter monlli. If wo hid 111011) motive pnwu and iiioio ins the nil nml trains would lp Mill latKir ('nimictliut wouliti and woi-tid mills' output loi tho iitiiint ,teai is vtoilli s'l,iHK,lifMl. .Nuillmi'hUin pjs-(ii-ci trncl In Novetiil.i r it it Useful Holiday Presents COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Leather Suit Cases House Coats Storm Coats Bath Robes Handsome Line of Hen's Gloves of Ol'lIS' J'.Vr.NINGs'. ' " " mWLuitA titcnly pee rrtd. iticaler than In Nutemh'r eif lit .tear aiul hroKi all ietntd The online mnv riiirnt Ironi t'lillfoiuli tn the I'.i'l Ihlt fciifim Ia th" heaviest iter Known, heit In Ihe extent nf 50,li)i1,W)i liuhcl la held lip nt lltllTitln foi thu want of helithl "U mid motile potter, In rplte of nut mlltnadt hit lint elet 1 u 'lint every etiRltf In (lie luo't ntllvc ue piwslhle. "Ainrrtruti faiiueit hue not onl enoinnuv phnli,il iitli.uiliigcs, hut Ihe I'M eminent helps them liloie than doct our KiiVernnieiil lietp nut fnuterK," injt Mr. Ilihtntt, prculih'lil of Ihe llrlll'h h-inid ol URiliulture. 'Hie fulled Millet steel loiportllun Is helping In assure the pennmonce nf our priupprll Ii lefiiiiiiiir In "iilumc e the print of prmluets, In rplle of Ihe huivy 1I1111.1111I. Alreule It Inn livid tlio hate pilce foi tiest. pijsoii of (lid limn" oiet nt fl.'J-i per Inn, Hie Mine rm thtt ueison, The American Shipbuilding loinpine of ( teie tuul hit now under iondilution lhlrl-sK tit reh of Ihe lirgei t.ipp. This Ii mi imptciciliiil' edit- luge Hue of ttnik for hup slilphulhllug toiu p 11 nv. Kati'.it It doing well. 1 It r 10111 imp ttat woe fully hhoil, et the loll! tatite of her farm produce is s-.Jtxi.OtX) mote this eat thm lit, and $l"i,tK"0,000 mine thin twn .VeaM ugo, lilllt uf sin.tmo.onei (or higher edm itlou In one ilnt (Moudiy list vtuK) ue ulginlli, pun In llils glgnntli' inunlrt. The following luiteases lu net lallttat-t 1 lin ings me liotrit: Kuiisat Cltv and Southern, I'i'ii,- 000 for vear ended .lime 10 j New Voile Centtal from .lulv I tn tlctnher .11, -;il,onO: St, Louis mid sin 1't itnliti, fm the "time tiim, M'iT.ihio. 'Ihe iuireases on otliu roul-. nn ton iiiiiiiiiiiiei tu dt till. L.il.o Superior li.tfllc Is !,0iti),(nn tout iheul of the nion of 10(11) Amerlcmi plgliou Is hi lug piodmcd and sntd I ip foil pioduetioti nt Ihe late uf 1ll,-.,(,IIOO Inns n iii', agaln.il 1 1.TVi.OOO tons, the pietlous best reiotd. Tlio Lnndoii 'lliiies of .Votnnhir ".'', ia': "Cer tain netv uiaihlne-e ate being inlrmluiid li.lo Ainerlcan shlpt ud-i it the rale of 1 ,"J0( a month. The li-e ot Ihe'i' uiiihliies illuts .t siting of thlily to "-Ixty pir cent. In the poet of labor." 'Ihe s.mtliein l'ailflp rallw-iy his ouleiid seten t.v live locomotives in addition to the 1(1.1 ineiitl.v onliied mid lion- being ileHteted. Wh is It that, 110 matter how laige nre the tit' 1 -ill, l dUhurementn dall, atalldde .1 1 1 lul--line piisisls In fctilng around sTi),l)UO,i)iX)? Can II lie the iiintlmious u-iilt nf 'iiciesfilul Itipnb lit .in I1.11I0 jiolit ics.' lott,i hhowt up in the cmsits lepoitt with ll.M'l iiniiulu luring (stablisliiiicnl.s, .111 Incrtase of 7, ITU in ten jmui eapital invested 10J,0OO,hk). iiii In ntane of tJ",,)Oct,cxxl; veatlv prodiiet, lfil,(Hxl, iKjei, an ini'tiaie of ? l-vmo uo K in-n follows Mill with 7,"(l maiinf icluihig e-t ililtsliiiienls, nn increise of !,3T; eipllul In-vi-tid, i,l20,noo,eniii, an iecieise or srii.imnouo; ji'illv product. s7.,iKX',00i, nil Imn isp of (,.',. oon.ooo Ihe ehoitiw, Oklihomi and Culf reilinul Ins III iiignl tii ipend 2,000,()Oi) fnt addltlnml equip luenl, 'the .soitlhein l'aulii" is 1,000 1.11s i tljt shoit, Dtcrt hitslni-s inilii itlou points In .1 hmg 1 nut Inui net ol our ptirPtit pinspciil, If we Ktip oui liPitN, Vei tiult- totiis, U'nllPi .1. II ill ml sihnipitidi, N. V , llu ""I THE DRONES. I.dioi, lu ill's nobliM hciitigo oil ruth, 'I hat unl.is I1I111 shaier lu ueutlon's end Ihe sod that milks II c tieiluie as Cod's iiiunl -"I lion hat a put 111 manhood's nlu.-t. I10111-, Vnd men, b.t di eiN, in lneasined limn llu ir hiith, As lues sue t iluul It thin fitlit 01 lltiwttf, Wt ue bill fiitoit 111 a gteit nuiluut llnt liuuil.i tteivt's tl,e woof of histci , So living i.ve the lane-lit 111 it -u. Vnd lout tail Know the vtorl. lint hi- hem dui. 'till 'lime utifiul ihe unlit euloird -leue And till po-lullv whit 1 11I1 lias spm Vud not tin- we 1 llli tint nit 11 hau aiiln.l 1.1II -how When snip- the etet mot mr llneid ol lln. .Noi vet tluK tune of wai and human t-llili Hut in the deeds, pcifoimril bv lirilu 01 In itiu, With good intent t) sh ,11 the piitern gm t I nt i I the inmiiig of iteiiul dawn I'llf the mm ulio moii the 11 on eiown Of hone-t liboi canud lit Ins sires. Mid .vields tu foolish, fnniiful deliis Of life illumined by toilsome, wean wniK. Who K.intl.s aput, iblied. Ids lieu! 1,1-1 dottii, Wliile others bur the hinikus he would -.link. Tii listen to the tlnuh nf N'ltiue's bout, 'i'n bieithc the interne tif In t migiitt lim, Mnl surilieial Mores oi yoldett gum, (irneted to teed the uti's fivoied Huong -lu jos liKe thosp lit I is no pi ice, no lull, Nor en to hear the hum of Utile's song. Ills fatbits 011I1 felted Hie Cod on I l),li; liny did then woik, 1101 I.ntw lint Hut wer luave To struggle Willi tin on Hi foi whit It llo, In giiidging liiitei, 'giln-t theii hlmvtv witltli. 'J In 3 did their vioik, contuit to till ind pit, And eiiued then stoies of liippiut r.nd heillh a Hut in the dieai,i dukues- of his miii! A wmldlliig'n Hash of pjliuiiiini;' nub seems lirlgliter tlian llu spaichlng mui uf triiln; Vnd so he "peaks un pliee m Hi even's pi in. Ills wits ton weak tn win Ids 1 In rlsheil go.!, His liii.ds to pioud to liboi like a man. O, vtuilit ww fools! p -ottul the noxiniis seed lint in hit luiiid took inut ind made hlui weak; Pit his lot; whcreiei he inn nek Dishonor and despoil thill gnet hit epiest, And mi-en- will be the only seed To crown .1 life unworthy and nnblist. I0I111 A. l'oole, in Ceoigetowii Collige .lournit. A Second-Class City with a First-Class Stock of Out Glass, Sterling Silverware Clocks, Etc, Suitable for Wedding Gifts. Mercereali & Connell, 132 Wyoming Aveune. Neekwear Underwear Hoisery Mufflers Holiday Suspenders Spruce Street. J Every Description. J Always Busy Perhaps you were late with your Christmas gifts. Come to its, we cau help you save on your New Year Gifts Commou-seuse Feet Gifts, from Slippers to Boots, 50c to $5.00. Lewis&Reilly Alwnys Busy Shoe Store. 114-116 Wyoming Ave. Headquarters for Incandescent Gas Mantles, Portable Lamps. THE NEW DISCOVERY Kern Incandescent Gas Lamp. Gunsfer&Forsyfh 32.1-327 Pen ii Avcnutt. Allis-Chalmers Co Successors to Machine Business ot Dickson Manufacturing Co , Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Stationary Engines, Boilers. Mining Machinery. Pumps. ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS. Grand Atlantic Hotel pno Annex Virginia Ale. anil Ueacb, Atlantic City, N, J. EixtU year; 3J0 lirautilul looms tnjulu, citigb and uitli liatli; hot anil Loltl sca-watci ljatlii in hotel and annex. Loeation select and centrji, Mtliin few ard- of the Stiel l'ier. Oaliestra OrTirs special Fpiitie lates, $12 to $13 by vccl; ii SO up by iIjj. bpecijl latei to fimilies. Co.ichu utcet all trains. Write for booklet. C1IAM.LS C. COPE. ttAtniniAtA This store is Scranton's Greatest Toy S1. jS and Doll Store all the year around, as well j S as the best place to buy sj 1 Candies Ice Cream I s & S lees Bake Stuffs iS Etc., at Wholesale or Retail. S'. 3 C Host Appetizing Luncheons in Our Dining Itooui. --S ,' m J. D. Williams & Bro. ii 312-314 Lackawanna Ave. 5; i ooooooooooooooooo THIRD NATIONAL OR SCRAN-TON. Organized 1872. Depositary of the United States. Capital, $200,000 Surplus, . $550,000 'I liciltsi'oiuit lute toiloinslton is ,1 per cent, pei inilllliil. .Sioclitliilteiitioneleii to nil mvJiiuls wlietlioi liiitfi'oi iiua'.l. ilicu iMitiiriltty ovt'iilnu-i htotiti t'louc. 'Iliree ifi cunt, Interu.t palil em h.ulugB eleposlts. liili'ifMl coiiiiinutiik' I .Iiiiniiuy jst anil .Inly lit. WILLIAM CONNELL, Prosidont. HENRY BELIN, JR.. Vice President. WILLIAM H. PEOK. Ca3bler. DIRECTORS. William Connoll, James Aroltbnltl, Henry Bolin, Jr., Lutltor Kellor, Goo. H, Catlin, J. Bonj. Dimmiok, Thomas H, Watkins, James L. Connell. W. D. Zehnder. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO m SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER Occupies an Imperishable Position NO. 23 S. Eighth st Scrantou Branch Olllco, Noa. $S0t LAWYERS. The Tribune Job Department is prepared to print youl briefs in a surpiisingly sliort time. FINLEY'S ilii I'liiiliiii ol I in A Merry Aii I'lill o linn H AVe thank our mentis for their lmmy rourtfsli'.i anil favors of tho past year, tuul trust Its eleise may II ml tlieni us well s-atlsiletl with Its lesuItH as we ate. What we have- been able to tlo for you lit the past we will tiy to elo better lit the coining year. We rotillally i.sh to all our filciiels a Clnlstnias lull of eheer and health anil piosjipiity for 10l'. Out Trices on all Holi day Novelties Silver and Ebony Goods at half price. Silks and Dress Goods at greatly reduced prices all fall winter Waists marked down low. 5 10-5 1 2 Lackawanna Ave. r ooooooooooooooooo 0 0 0 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in the BUSINESS WORLD,' BANK Unquestionable Superior Merit Annual! odds thousands of names to the lone, list of Smith Premier users, representing ecry line of trade and eeiy profession, ILLUSTRATCli CATALOGUE FREE, The Smith Premier Typewriter Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 1 nnd 3, Arcade Building.