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Vull Position ,:;o .21 .in .Kl .IS blSI'IiAY, Lew 'than 600 inches WX) ' inches JOOOv " m " ...,.,.., mjoo " Tor cards of thanks, resolution! of condolence, and similar conlrlhutiom in the liatuvn ot ml' vci tiding The Tribune makes n charge of C cents a line. Hates for Classified Advertising furnished en implication. SCnANTON, FEBRUARY 11, 1002. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Controllcr-KVAN It. M011HIS. 1'lcctlon I'cbiuary IS. "While In' view of nil that has been paid upon the subject In the past it seems hardly necessary to repeat tho announcement, yet for the benefit of those who evidently do not read this paper thoroughly, it may bo well to again state that unsigned communica tions will not bo published in The Tri bune. Our friends should bear this in mind when advancing opinions for print. sn For the Theft of a Pup. AN EXCELLENT reason why tht courts of justice are . sometimes held lightly in public esteem was supplied !n the case brought yesterday before a, jury In court room N'o. 3. It was a case from Carbondale. It Involved tho alleged theft of a dog. It was not a full-grown dog, nor even a yellow dog, but a puppy a three weeks old puppy. The puppy belonged to one of the most unsavory specimens of bedraggled humanity ever seen in a local court, and its loss was not discovered by her until half an hour after tho de fendant had left her place. But, never theless, she had him arrested and upon her suspicion that he had stolen her dog the man was bound over to court and-a Lackawanna county' grand jury returned a true bill. The case should never have taken more than five minutes or an honest alderman's time. To bring it into court where it cost tho taxpayers at least thirty times the pup's value, and where it was not proved even that there had been any theft, was an outrage without a single redeeming feature, ir there is one thing more than another that our judicial system needs it is a complete recasting' of the processes of adminis tering justice in small cases. . The advertisement received by the Groton school through the Illness of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., does not seem to be of the-kind that is desirable. Tho faculty of a school that permits young students to run about the fields bare headed during spells of zero weather displays an unconventional disregard for go'od health rules which, though perhaps novel, is decidedly risky. Tho President and the Factions. N INTERESTING explanation of the political significance of tho resignation of Penrose MeClaln and the appointment f William McCoaeh as collector of In fernal revenue for the Philadelphia district appears in the Philadelphia Press. It Is evidently from the pen of former Postmaster General Smith, whoso version and Interpretation of the facts is as follows: "First, Mr. McCIaln as a federal olTl cer appeared upon tho public platform during tho recent state and city cam paign as an advocate of tho Union or fusion ticket. Second, ho did this in tho face of advice from tho adminis tration not to tako any part in that campaign. Third, tho policy of tho ad ministration was to keep hands off from tho local contest then going on. Fourth, when the question was raised whether a inoro conspicuous federal oillccr should tako tho stump for the regular Republican ticket, tho presi dent distinctly discountenanced it, and by bis direct suggestion tho officer In dicated remained silent. "These facts sufficiently define the of ficial attltutuVyfjThe president as to that polltleaarstttiggle.'1 Ho did not deem It beiTthatlljls administration or its roprcsentattvefrshould actively par ticipate on either side. Hud Mr. Mc CIaln followed tho udvlco which was given to jJiIm and contented himself with cus-tipg his, vote-as a citizen, no power ctfuja have disturbed hlin, Of course, & deserves the credit of hav ing honest convictions and of having the couragQ of his convictions. Hut when ho determined to act out his con victions on the stump and to disregard the responsible, counsel offered him, he accftfd-Jba xo'iisequences. Had he been-fposod- lo speak for the regular tlcket.'X'-the'Hame advice would havo been given him, as it was effectively given In another case. It was not the side thajho took;; on ;thp stump but the fact that ho took tho stump at all in adcoatcst ot- that character that irnvoiiproiijj (or acton. ' "TJJ VVc"Bldent leads the government In iffi! large national and international pollojes. Tho success of his admin lstratjon depends upon his success In framlfig ahd carrying through these policies, and his success in that work depends upon co-operation and support in tljo. senate; and In the .house; There are lilbst 'excellent and worthy' people who t"hlnk the president ought to lay aside and disregard all tho largo poli cies 0 tho government and actually Unoerli them In order to wage a fight Hun of Siding on Paper Heading .:, .'j;.. .'JO ,'ii .in .1". .1,3 .17 .15 .105 A wllh 'tiio limclitiie,' whlcli could not 6xlst ami efcert, Its power If the pconlo thelnsclves were not derelict. Hut those Who realize what government Involves will understand that tho president must accept public representation us ho finds It. If the people do not like It It Is for them to take measures to change It." The attempt to make of tho president ti partisan In factional contests any where Is unwise and unfair, lie Is the president of all factions and tho poli tical chieftain of the whole member ship of the Republican party, lie can not conscientiously Ignore In any state tho Republican organisation In that state so long tis tho men whom It recommends to him for appointment to federul position are clean, reputable and capable., To do so would worlc ruin to Republican coherency In poli tical life and strife. doncral tteWot undoubtedly 1b en titled to the chumplon bolt as tho most elusive warrior upon earth. In Lieu of the Saloon. Can i liar: for A HARMLESS or a less harmful substitute bo found tho saloon? This Is a ques tion that has enlisted tho prayerful study of many .millions of philanthropists ranging all tho way from library visionaries to men at power and action. It Is apparently yet unanswered. Tho saloon nourishes. Tho substitutes rise and then soon fall or else languish from tho beginning. Tho latest interesting contribution to the ever Increasing literature of tho discussion of this question is from Gen eral Ralllngton Booth. It appears In the Independent. His opportunities through Salvation Army work for of fering practical opinions based on ra tional study of actual experiences have been many. 'Whether Ids conclusions are acceptable or not, they are at least worthy of attention. General Booth recognizes that in most cities saloons offer to tho poorer people something of the same fascina tion manifested over tho better to do by social clubs. He recognizes tho saloon "facilities for contributing to the physical comfort of man, its free lunches, its welcome coolness In tho heat of summer, Its warm, brilliantly lighted and cheery appearance in win ter, and its tables and chairs for pro moting social converse"; and ho thus speaks of tho possibility of maintain ing a llciuorless substitute: "The city" he is speaking particularly of New York city "should establish and oper ate a large number of places of a sim ilar character to the Squirrel Inn on thu Bowery, run by the Church Tem perance society, and these places should be open all day on Sunday. Of course, they could be much larger than the excellent Institution named, and bo fitted out on a more elaborate scale. Such places have, if X mistake not, for a long time been carried on by private enterprise in London, Liverpool, Bir mingham, Sheffield and other British centers, as also In Australia. And they have yielded satisfactory dividends to their shareholders, too, while forming without doubt what a well known Brit ish philanthropist once called them 'veritable oases in the desert'." Ho also calls attention to tho crowd ed condition of the numerous "dairy" restaurants as demonstrating that thousands of men are quite, willing to pay more for their lunch awav from the the saloon and Its associations than ftiuuun-Keeper asks, if onlv the Places can bo found in convenient lo cations. He recommends that the city should buy out a certain number of saloons in each ward for the purpose of transforming them into such estab lishments as the "Squirrel Inn," and keep them wide open all day Sundays. Even though such a scheme might re sult in slight financial loss to the eitv. General Booth thinks it would be more than compensated for by tho reduction of expenditure incurred in the prosecu tion of lawbreakers and in the diminu tion of crime. This plan has much to recommend it. But the difficulty Is that while the temperance inn has to be held up by philanthropic subsidy the saloon flour ishes on the basis of its own receipts and returns a profit. It has yet to be proved on a largo scale that tho liquor less saloon can compete as a business proposition with tho saloon in which nlehollc stimulation is tho principal drawing card. Until this can be. shown, me eomesi will bo unequal. The music of tho sloighbells will soon be confined to the mills wagons. Underpaid Tencliera. I N' THE World's Work for i.vi.. ruary William McAndrew offers somo "Plain Words on Teachers' Wages" that should be read by every parent. The article begins by quoting some highly, eulogistic remarks of a wealthy giver t'o educational pur poses who after telling how valuable Is tho teacher's woik gavo a dinner for the designer of his yacht and sent tho teacher of his children, a privato tutor, to etit with tho servants, This same man, tho article rays, is trustee of a great school and has tho deciding voice in filing teachers' wages. On hia pay roll nro "teachers at $150 a year, In a city where hall bedrooms and board at $7 a. week . Is not considered high, though it "Is luxurious for a woman who would thus havo a balance of $w for a year's expenditure for clothing, books, carfare, amusements and every thing else." Alas, how many of these "friends of education" there are. Coming to figures, f Mr. McAndrew shows that from tho 'average monthly salaries of men and women teachers given In tho last report of tho United States commissioner of education, and from the average length of tho school year, tho average yearly salary of male teachers Is estimated to bo about piSM and of women teachers $27i,60, Neither amount would support, In tho stylo of tho times among men und women of scholarship und tho culture necessary In a successful teacher, a man or a woman for a third of a year; possibly tho woman for half a year, certainly not the man. Saya Mr. Mo Andrew, very justly: "Tho givers to educational Institutions put up splendid bulldlng3 and equip them with expen sive apparatus, but tho expenditure of more money on .any particular or gen- oral group of men and wonlon, tho teaching force, which Is tho leal es sence of any school. Is a proposition that does not yet appeal lo the man of meant. I cannot understand this te luctnnce." There tiro many who can't. This Is his optimistic conclusion! "I expect to sen the day when a man with millions to give for tho education of tho children ot his fellow-man will en dow his gift upon the flesh and blood and spirit of teachers rather than on blocks of wood and stone! for there nro preachers who minister five hours it day five days a week unto such as may make tho Kingdom of Heaven up on earth; for they are physicians who attend tho birth bf all those nobler qualities, mind nnd heart, that make noblo men and gentle women. These uro they whom you call teachers." We trust that In this expectation ho may not bo disappointed. Its realiza tion would bo glorious. It Is Improbable that the new Justice party, which seems to havo been organ ized upon tho teachings of thu golden rule, will have many followers among the elements that usually seek new political Issues. Tho reform party that Is not out for someone's scalp docs not cut much of a figure these days. Why We Need a Ship Subsidy Bill. URING- tho seventeen years that Thomas E. Hecnan has been United States consul at Odessa he has never scon tho United States Hatr at tho masthead of a traffic steamer. Consul General Hamilton King, of Bangkok, Slam, says: "Thcro has not been a vessel of any description flying the Hag of tho United States In thin port since 1890, when an American gun boat visited Bangkok." Consul John H. Grout, of Malta, says: "Buyers of American goods hero are giving increasing preference In tho matter of shiument to the direct lino or steamers between New York and Malta, and to this fact is. due not a lltt'le of the enlarged local demand. In the days when there was no direct line and transhipment was obligatory American articles were hard to Had. A direct line steamer, now about duo, from New York, is bringing a record cargo." This gives us an idea of tho immense increase of our sales abroad, which would follow the opening of sub sidized lines of steamers to the many favorable points of trade. Consul John E. Kehl, of Stettin, Ger many, says: "The exports from the United States to Germany for tho year 1900 amounted to 4,500,000 tons. I have no figures to show the nationality ot the vessels conveying this immense cargo, but I am certain that American bottoms did not carry 30,000 tons, and that a conservative estimate would give German bottoms two-thirds of the whole. The :!',000,000 tons, if estimated at an average freight rate of ?; per ton, would show $9,000,000 paid by American exporters to German ship owners during 1900." We pay out about $200,000,000 yearly to foreigners for the ocean carrying o over ninety per cent, of the goods we sell abroad. This for one year would pay the proposed ship subsidies for nearly 100 years. As our fi-iend, Wal ter J. Ballard, a thorough student of this subject, says in a letter in the Troy, N. Y., Times: "If Senator Frye's bill tmeses wr. shall have an American built, American owned and American navigated Pacillc weekly' mall service to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, China and Hong Kong and a fortnightly service to Pago Pago, New Zealand and Australia. On tho Atlantic it will give us semi-weekly mail services to Jamaica, Havana and Europe, weekly to Mexico, onco in ten days to Venezuela and fortnightly to Brazil. The bill calls for an Amer ican ocean and mall service superior to the systems ot Great Britain, Franco and Germany. It will revolutionize in our favor, as against the Suez route, tho world's ocean mail connections with China and Japan. It will give us forty two auxiliary merchant cruisers against Great Britain's llfty. For $13,000,000 in subsidies it will give us In. one year 200,000 tons in ships suitable for foreign trade and place us ahead of Germany as shipbuilders. If tho ship subsidy bill passes our shipbuilding plants, forty-four In number, with $GS,000,0OO capital and employing 40,000 men, will soon be doubled and trebled. Anyway, nearly all of the money to bo paid out in subsidies will remain in this coun try. Wo shall all gain by tho dis tribution of tho wages which will bo paid out to from -10,000 to it'.OOO more men, besides the Immense increase of wages lu the kindred supplying indus tries. "In ISfil American vessels engaged In foreign trade had a tonnage of 2,49G,S9l,. while in 1901 It was only S7D, S'JJ. AVo must redeem ourselves. The tlmo has come," Tho Filipino junta In its latest mani festo states that tho citizens of the islands do not want a stone In place of bread even If tho stone is a diamond. This should be sufficient evidence that tho junta leaders do not possess proper business qualifications to fit them for self government. Satan is supposed to enter upon his annual vacation tomorrow. There are many, however, who will undoubtedly bo willing to attend to business for hlin duiiiyr forty days. ODE TO A PEANUT. Oh, the peanut, with its racket, At you iraik it, Ihu a (heeitul bound to back it As It leaps fiom duky thcll; Whethcr lingers trim atlarl; )t, s llr dliuplid litts ilu thwack it, Or tiist-lhliig-handy whack it Horn 1U cozy, sllk-lliwd (ill! Whether loaded, candled, ulted, 1( is exalted; Lives there one who knows it faulted, If ho but the truth will tell? J. lies ll.cie one who has not halted, With olfactories assaulted (UulcM nickels havo defaulted) Hy the roasting peanut's mell? put when 'lound tho table brightly, Lver brightly, Ute the chalf and laughter lightly, When the gay ones "forfeits" ellj Then the peanut, roasted quitely. Heats all other 'frcshmjiit, slightly, Save a !olug gUnce, and spilghtly I.jtt pf lljw to pay ow well. - (""aulai UWlraiiw in Lwlle's .YoSly. D BRITISH LABOR AND AMERICAN LABOR Tin: a. np 1M2 ATTITUDK of workmen generally, aim particularly of tradoa-unlonuu, in irg.ird io labor-javlnir machinery Ian been warmly discussed through tho liowsriApcri cvtr since tho great utrlko ot tho n (Inters a roujile of years ago," saj-H United States Consul lloylo of Liverpool lu his recent annual tcport. "The charge ll inado that there Is a gxiicral illpoltloii on tho part of llrltlsli vvorUlniimcn to obstruct ns much ns possible tho Use of Ubor-savliiR machinery, anil to limit its output whenever tho employer add machinery to their plant; and ntso that lu certain trades the rule Is Vino Ifl.ln, one machine,' .whereat, In America ono man will attend to two or three machines, It Is furthermore charged that there is nu Increasing disposition on tho part of lliltlsh woikliiKinen to tlilrk work, and to tiso nil expe dients to perform as little labor a polblo I'ur In? the hours for which they are paid. These charges are made with great paltlcularlty against trade-unionists. Theie is, it is lo bo noted, a growing tendency throughout the countiy to shorten tho bourn of labor, while at the same time (here is an upward movement lu wages. As a rule, trades-unionists deny tho charge of ob structing the use of labor-saving machinery and limiting tho output; and they retort that em ployers arc lacking in enterprise In not fitting up their factories with up-to-dato plants. It Is undoubtedly tine, however, tliaat, speaking gen dally and quite apart from tho question of tradcs-unlonlsni, KnglUh manufacturer!- find it e 1 most impossible to get tlio name amount ot prod uct fiom machines as is obtained In America. There nro two reasons tli.it account for this, In dependent of any agreement, express or implied, on the part of trades-unionists to limit tho out put. The first leason is that, as it rule, the lliit ish workman Is not aa adaptable as tho American workman lie docs not no readily get command of new appliances ns the American workman; and the second is that it is not the custom of the country for an Englishman, whether me chanic, clerk or laborer, to work as hard as an American. "A tew weeks ago, some painters who were redecorating the Interior of a church in a mid land town ceased work because women were em ployed to clean the droppings of paint on the pews, and the employers had to finish the Job OUTLINE STUDIES OF HUMAN NATURE And the Cat Came Back. It is not at every cabinet meeting that the pon derous and weighty wheels of the government icvolvc. It is frequently the case that there is not much official business of importance to con sider, and then lighter matters are interestingly talked of by the President and his adviser. Every member of the cabinet likes a Joke, nnd some times each man has a good story to tell. One of thcf-o was told the other day, hiecietary Long be ing credited with tho narrative. Tho story is about diaries Tage llryan, the American minister to Mrnzil, nnd a Brazilian cat. Time is not n moie allable or coiuteous man in the government service than Mr. llr-. an. Ono d.iy Mr. Uryan was at the home of a Brazilian official, and feeing n fine looking Brazilian eat expressed admiration of it. The Brazilian official promptly turned it over to Mr. Uryan, with tho assurance that it gavo him great pleasure to pre sent it to a person held in such high esteem. Mr. Biyan was delighted and could not do too much for the cat when it was sent to Ills house. But in a few days there was a change. The cat, a mixture of the domestic nnd wild animal, piovcd an awful nuisance. There weie times when he possessed the aroma of Ujimim's whole menagerie. The worst of nil was that he did mean filings tore up clothing, scratched furniture, fought all the other pets and kept Mr. Bryan's home in :i tut moll. A week later the coast and geodetic survey vessel, tho Pathfinder, put In at Wo Janeiro. Of rouise, all of tho olileers called on Mr. llryan. The commander of the vessel admired the cat. Mr. Biyan said it gave him tho gicatl pleasure to present it to his friend. Ho the cat was in stalled on the Pathfinder, which started on its way up the Pacific coast. Three days was all that was needed to convince the Pathfinder and its officers that tho cat was the worse nuisance known. They didn't know what to do with tho animal. Stopping at another South American port one day they found n United Slates war ship in port. The otlicers of the vessels exchanged visits. The- naval officials saw that cat and adiniied its conduct. Why, certainly they could have the cat, although they haled to part from such a fine ani mal, roithwilh tho cat was sent on bo.iid the man-of-war end Kion theieafter the fun began. The officers saw that they didn't have a macot, but they held a conference, and as they were go ing to ltio Janeiio they knew what to do. They would just procnt the cat to a fiieud. So wlu-n they put into port they called on Minister Bryan told him they had a line cat and would send it to him as a present. He accepted vthc present, but there is said to have been u funny twinkle in his eyes when the naval people told him the offi cers of tho Pathfinder had given it to tlieui. W.i-hlngton Star. Senator Kerns' Start. Senator Kcins, of Utah, lias a quiet but effec tive wit. The other day foino of tho senator) weio dlcu-.-.lng great foitunes, and one of them aked Mr. Kerns what ho would do if some ono were to leave him $73,000,000 in easli. 'Well," leplied the gentleman from Utah, in tho hearing of ono of the Washington coucspondents, "that is a little too much money to trend lu a few minutes' conversation." And the senator ought to know, lie started his business life without a cent, and has succeeded In blasting millions out of locks of Utah. The senator is n great money getter und a money saver. And also he l.s very persuasive, They (ell a good story of him in tho West, which, tu the beet of the writer's know ledge, ha3 never appeared ill print. It was in his cnily days when ho was prospecting for (told and silver in tho mountain. While tramping thiuugh a narrow defile, leading a pack mulo that ranted all his earthly possesions, he was con fronted by a road agent. 'Hands up," lonunanded the knight of tho tiall, shoving a big gun uncomfortably near to Kent's face, The future senator's flits sought the space above his head. . . ,. "Now folk over your money,' demanded the outlaw. "Can't do It,' said Kerns, composedly. "Why not?" thundered tho road agent with a stilug of oaths. "I'.roke," was fho laconic reply, There was a long pulley between the high wa.iinan and the prospector, and tho uuahot of tho affair w-as that Kerns walked away with a bundled dollars tint he had bonowed of tho desperado, and it was with this money that ho made his fiist start in life. Dangerous Patriotism, Patrick had worked hard at Ills dajs but his sow had spent all his money for him, and when he was too old for active work he was ol'eied the position of ciosslug tender at a small railroad station Ho looked dubious as the duties of the office weie I'-tplaiiicd to him and the meaning of tho arious Hags was clearly stated. "In caso ot danger, with a train coming, of coinso you wave tho icd flag," said liU friend, proceeding with his explanation. A hard old hand grasped his aim. "Man, dear, it'll neur do," said Patrick, shak ing bis head solemnly, "I could never tru.-t mu te if to leiiicmbcr to wave the red flag whin theve was. a s'cen wan bandy)" Youth' Companion. Solving the Problem. Many jcais ago a green countiy boy applied to the supic'lutcndciit of a western railway for work uud, somewhat against ths su-ierintendent's with, on account of tho danger to life and limb attendant upon such occupation, was given a place as a brakeman of a freight train. On one ot his. first trips it happened that bis train met another height tralu at a statiou whero tho sidetrack was not long enoujh to ac commodate cltheil of them. The conductors were debating which train should back up to a point whcie they could pass when tho new hand ven tured to suggest that neither should back; tlut they could pass each other by means of tho short side track if tho thing was. managed right, Tlio Idea excited a good deal of laughter oil tUo part of the old trainmen, but the boy stood Id tjftound, themselves, And qulto recently In n rcaslde town, there was a ftrlko of teamsters because their employer refused to discharge a ilrhcr who had inado a Journey to a neighboring town three hours quicker than they thcimclvca had been ac customed to take. A Liverpool architect onco told me that he limt two large buildings on which there had not been a Btroko of work done for over three months, for the reason that a strike lad been declared because a plumber' apprentice Lad been caught by tho union 'delegate' making a Joint which the union ruled stated should ba done by n Journeyman. I was Informed by the archi tect that within the last ten years the cost of construction had increased 15 per cent. owing partly to increase of wages, hut principally to tho limitations as to a day's woik. A cut-glass manufacturer residing in Liverpool tells inn that notwithstanding increased mechanical facilities, the output per man lias decreased fully 'JJ per rent, during the last dozen years. 1 could mul tiply Instances of this condition of nlfalis, which permeates all grades of working people here, liven household servants are Imbued with op position to doing the slightest thing but what Is strictly in lino with tliclr particular employ ment. It can readily bo seen that tho prevalence of this cast-Iron, hard-and-fast custom adds enor mously to the ultimate cost ot labor, although tho individual wages actually paid here nro much lower than in America. Americans who have been Inclined to come to England to establish factories have often been forced to abandon their Intentions, becauso of the disadvantages they would bo under by reason of the system above explained. "Tradcs-tirilonlsin has an influence here far be yond what It has in America, and it Is but Just to say that there is greater need ot trades unions In this country than In America. Undoubtedly, English trades unions have brought about great reforms in tho condition of factories, as to the hours of labor, in regard to the employment of children, etc.; and there arc indications that the nlleged restrictive policy of trades unlon3, express or implied, is gradually being modified." Trades unionism is, in itself, good and can bo used so ns to produce great good, but this io port points out several misuse.-, which it will pay us to avoid. Walter J. llallard. Schenectady, Is". V., Feb. 10. "Well, how would you go; about it?" aked one of the conductors, confident that the lad would soon find himself against a stump. The boy took up a stick and traced in the sinil a diagram to illustrate Ills plan. "Oood gracious!" said the conductor. "I believe that will do it!' And it did do it. Today every trainman In America probablj' knows how to 'saw by" two long trains on a short sidetrack, but it is not so generally known that the thing was never done until an inexperienced country boy who became the manager ot a great railway line woikcd out tho problem for himself. Paul Smith's Reward. To hundreds of visitors who go eacli summer to the Adiiondacks, Paul Smith is a familiar and interesting character. His keen wit, his shrewd observations, and his quaint phraselogy make hU stories unique and intertaining. Hero is one, as he told it last summer. "Well, no, I don't go to mcetln' very often, but, I tell you, I got pietty well paid once when I did go. Folks I;ep' uigin' and teasin' mo to go till I couldn't make no more excuses, so one Sunday mornin' I went. I didn't pay much at tention to what was goln' on till I see '1W stnndln' in front of me. holdin' out a sliver platter. " 'What's that for, "Doe," ' I whispered. " 'Oh, this is the contribution plate,' he says, 'and you mast put on whatever the Loicls prompts you to give.' "So I fished around nnd pulled out a crumpled dollar bil, smoothed il out nice and laid It across the platter. " 'Thank you,' 'Doe' whispered; 'the Lord' 11 rcwanl you tenfold.' "Well after that nieetln' I walked along ilovn to tlio boathou-c, whero some of tho boys wanted me to play poker with 'cm. 'Well, boys,' I says, I've been to meetin', and I don't know just how it'll woik, but I'll try you a band.' Everything just coino my way, unci puity soon I found I'd won thirteen dollars. So I toook them thirteen Mils in my hand and went up to whero 'Doc' was slttin' on the pi.iz.i, nnd I says: " 'Look here, "Doc," you said the I.oul would reward me tenfold, and here',! thirteen, duel's I'll go to meetin' again.' " Equal to Every Occasion. A sloiy l.s told of a Swede out ill Kansas who stayer! out late ono night nnd at breakfast the next morning bis good wife Iluld.i demanded an explanation. "Wliero were you last night?" she asked in a ucfore-breaitfast tone of voice. "Vc haf a i-peclal meetin of to lodge, Tlulda, an' Aye var dar, ju bat yur boots.' What did you do at lodge?" "Yust cferything for to gute of to order.' ' 'Last night you were talking in jour sleep, and you said something about 2-ccnt limit. What did you mean?" 'O das var noddcr faller's fault. Ilia var talk in' 'bout raising to assessment an' das mek mo hot." "And yon said you 'wis in." What did that mean!" "Veil, et meant dot Aye var member an' bat youst so much to say ns anybody," "When you said I'll open it,' what did you mean?" '.Some feller could not get onto tho doo, Aye tank. You see, dear vlfc, ct is lock all tern." "Onco or twice I heard you say, 'It's a show down.' What does that mean?" "Ilulda, Aye haf no right to lal yo tcngs out of to lodge, but Aye vlll tal ye, dls Das iiiojns in lodge language, Ood ble.s mae home,' " Kansas City Stnr. He Hated to Make $50,000. Attorney (,'eiicral Kno.v, while piacticlng in ritUbuir, was one of tlio busiest lawyers in America, saya the Kansas City Journal. A few years ago he was much put out because he hail lo accept a ke of $J0,O0O. A friend met him as he was leaving the olllee, Knox was swearing mad. "Wliat'a it all about this time?" asked tlio friend, "I have been knocked out of a tilp to Egypt. My folks wanted mo to make an aigunicnt in a ease, and I told them I could rot be here. They told mo to fix my price, tmd I said $30,000, thinking that would put them out of tlio notion, It did not. They took mo up and my plans are all upset," Always Busy Our February 1902 Sale 1902 Honest Shoe3 for Honest Men, from 95c up Iadics Dress Shoes, 95c up. Miss aud Children's School Shoes, 50c up.- Lewis&Reilly 114-116 Wyoming Ave, ffice Desks and Office Furnifur New and Complete Assortment Being the LARGEST "FUBNIXURE DEALEUS IN SCRANTOK Wo carry the greatest assortment of up-to-dato Office Furniture. You nro invited to examine our new lino before purchasing. 121 Washington Avenue. OF SCRANTON. Capital, $200,000 SurpSus, $550,000 Pays 3 interest on savings accounts whether large or small. Open Saturday from 7.30 to S.30. evenings HOTELS-ATLANTIC CITY. isea Atlantic City, N. J. 300 Ocean front rooms. 100 pri vate sea water baths. Send for book let. J. B. THOMPSON & (JO. " Book or News Done quickly and reasonably at The Tribune office. THIRD ITieil H To III the We expect to have the pleasure of opening our new store Monday, February 17th. We desire to extend a cordial invitation to the public to visit us in our new home. We will endeavor to make it an enjoyable event. If in need of arpets, Furniture w. You cannot make a mistake in inspecting our stock, as it contains the largest and finest assortment to be found in any city of the East, not excepting New York. We have added a new department which will embrace all that is new and choice in the Fur niture line, i Everything in Stock Is New We propose to enlarge our business by continuing our well-established reputation of selling the very best goods the market affords at the very lowest possible prices. Remember, our store is built on the old location, 129 Wyoming Avenue. Look . for the Store with the White Front. Sr!We expect to have our Grand Opening About March 19th, Williams 126 Washington Avenue. MNLM u tntb sflfli nJW KBm a4HBM DV t VT' Foulard Satins And Silks The Prevailing Drsss Fabric for This Season. JJvery woman is interested, , and anxious to know what the predominating dress material for this season will be. Dame Fashion answers and rolterates. Silks, Silks, Silks Silks of every description will bo worn in preference to all other fabrics. Plain Silks,"irnuoy Silk, Moire Silk, Brocade Silks. Pre-eminently the silk of tho season will bo tho beautiful, soft, clinging' foulards. Here wo havo a pleasant surprise for you. We will show you the largest line ever placed upon our counters; most varied as sortment of designs in all tho popular fabrics as PRIN'TJED PEATJ TJB SOIE, PKINTE1 SATIN BBOOHE, PBINTED LIBERTIES, PRINTED SATIN TWILLS,- JACQTJARDS, J PRINTED PERSIANS . These are priced ! 75c, $1.00, $1.25 Come in floral designs, neat small figures, wreath stripes, Broche and Persian figures Patterns nre here in galore. We invite you to call and see 2 them. ; 010-012 Lackawanna Avenue J "J" i " b & -J $ -J i 4 ? & 4 SPECIAL PRICE ON ALL 'STERLING SIL VER ARTICLES OP Toiltf War?, Manicur? Pieces and Desk Fur nishings These goods are all good heavy weight, such as wo always cany in stock. .5. Mercereau & Connell, 133 Wyoming Avenue. J $. ! -J. -fr i Public Paper McAnulty, wmmsmmmmsmm l I .
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