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Hichaelian Bros, i
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Special Offering
For Our Seventh Annual Sale
We have appropriated two lots of Fine Turk-
lsn ana persian rugs to go at in p h t
the uniform price of MU aim JJU tacn
These are from our $15 and $28 Rugs.
Oriental Hall Rugs
And Carpef Size Rugs, for Dining Rooms, Li
braries, Bedrooms and Sitting Rooms at re
duced prices. ,
Wilton Rugs-Ill H Pii colors
MattingsChina and Japanese
At Lowest Figures.
124 Washington Avenue
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DR. TALMAGE
PASSES AWAY
CELEBRATED DIVINE DIED AT
WASHINGTON SATURDAY.
Sketch of His Busy Career Peculiar
Methods Adopted to Keep Him
self in the Public Eye Financial
Success That Was Phenomenal.
Interesting1 Incidents.
I))Hcliulc Wire from 'llio .icl.ikJ Prrei.
Washington, April 13. The Rev. T,
DeWltt Talmage died at 0 p. m. Sat
urday at his home In this- city. He
had been 111 for some time and only a
few weeks ago had experienced a
change for the better which gave hope
of his recovery. Several days ago, how
ever, his condition grew worse, caused
by .congestion of the brain with catarrh
ail' complications', and since then the
' 'family had been daily expecting his
death
T. DeWltt Talmage was unquestion
ably one of the most remarkable men of
his time. His success llnnnoi.illy was
phenomenal for a ole; eyman.
Born in Bound Brook, N. J., on Jnn,
7. 1832, educated in New York city for
the law, which he quit at his patents'
desire to take a theological course at
New Brunswick, the young Talmage did
his first preaching at Bellevuo, N. J.,
and went fiom there to Syracuse, N.
Y., to get a better place In the Dutch
Reformed church there. In Syracuse
he began to develop those peculiarities
which, further exaggerated, were In
later yeais'to make him talked about.
He drew large Sunday evening audi
cnues partly because he amused the
people and when the crowds got so
large that people were pushed 'down the
'ilhles, Mr. Talmage would ask the peo
ple to come to the platform and said
that he didn't eaie if they came up and
jat on the pulpit with their legs hang
ing over.
In his lhooklyn pulpit where he be
gan preaching in iSUlt he resorted to the
tricks of manner and speech which
caused him to be caiieatured from one
end of the country to the other. On one
occasion when It was time for him to
begin his sermon ho went to one edge
of the platform, buttoned his oo.it,
raised Jils aims, and wheeling sudden
ly dashed In running jumps acioss the
platform, his arms waving like the sails
of a windmill, his coat-tails Hying be
hind him, and his tinkers working up
above his shoe-top?.
He had not spoken a word, and some
of his congregation were ready to
shriek, not knowing what to make of
It, when -Mr. Tulmago stopped shot t,
turned and walked back to the centre
of the platform and exclaimed, ah the
beginning of his sermon: "Young man,
you're rushing to destruction!"
Then he pt cached of the dangers of
city llfo to young men who yielded to
temptation.
A Flood of Pennies.
Uy such methods ho diew thousands
of persons to the chinch, and, as it
Was said, the church treasurer eoni
Mnlned that them were thousands of
pennies in the coutiibutlnu plates.
Mr. Talmago's comment on his style
of preaching vas: "My positive mode
of preaching seems to stir the hostili
ties of nil earth and hell."
In telling the story of his llfo ho onco
mid:
"reeling called upon fifteen years ago
,o explore underground Now York city
life, that I might report the evils to bo
conilmtted, I took, with me two eltleis of
my church and a New York pollco eoiu
inlhsluner and fi policeman, and 1 ex
plored and reported the horrois that
needed removal and tho allurements
that endangeied our 'young men. There
came, upon nio an outburst of assumed
Indignation that f lightened almost
itvorybody Jjut myself. That explora
tion put Into my church thirty or forty
newspaper correspondents, from north,
i-outh, Mint mul west which opened for
nio new avenues In which to preach tho
gospel that otherwise would never have
been opened, Years passed on and I
pri'iiched a series of sermons on amuse
ments, and a falso leport of what I did
say roused u violence that threatened
me with polbon and dirk and pistol,
and other forum of extinguishment,
until tho chief of the Brooklyn police,
without any suggestion trom me, took
possession or tho church with twenty
four policemen to see that no harm was
done."
When Mr. Talmage syndicated his
sermons ho prepared them a week or
two n advance, as he had to do to
supply tho presses In time. And when
he went to Europe and the Holy Land
he sold his sermons before he left New
iork. They were printed as having
come by cable. One was printed on a
Monday morning as having been deliv
ered at Queenstown, when Mr. Talmage
sailed on the preceding Saturday, and
after Mr. Talmage got here ho acknowl
edged that It had never been delivered
at all.
The Holy Land had to yield him a
sensation and the story was sent over
heio that an American had met him
theie and had asked the preacher to
baptize hint in the Jordan, which Mr.
Talmage, according to his own story,
did do. But in Brooklyn Mr. Talmage's
enemies said that he had caught a
tramp on the river bank and ducked
him.
In Russia Mr. Talmage was received
by the czar. In his story of that meet
ing, he said: "I asked the czar as many
questions as he asked me."
The most serious attack mado upon
him in England was by the Rev. Jo
seph Parker, who said that after de
livering a temperance lecture, Mr. Tal
mage drank wine with his meal.
Phenomenal Earnings.
Mr. Talmage once boasted that he
could make $1,000 a day. It was at one
time estimated that he was worth $1,
000,000, but his friends said that his
wealth was only a quarter of that sum.
Much of his money he invested in
Brooklyn mortgages.
Twenty-five years ago Mr. Talmage
was tried by an ecclesiastical court In
Brooklyn on charges of falsehood "and
deceit." He was not found guilty, but
the vote of the court was a close one,
Just before Mr. Talmage left Brook
lyn a call had been made upon his con
gregation to furnish money which the
church needed to take care of Its press
ing debts, and the response had not
been what was expected. Then one of
the Influential trustees wanted Mr. Tal
mage to consent to a plan for charging
ten cents admission to the services, be
lieving that that would bring In $600 or
so each Sunday, but Mr. Talmage je
plied that he was not a ten-cent man,
and presently he resigned.
While Mr. Talmage was at Philadel
phia, where ho preached for seven years
before going to Brooklyn, his llrst wife
was drowned In the Schuylkill river.
Mr. Talmage's success In building up
the membership of the Brooklyn church
was such that tho church building In
Schermerhorn street-was outgrown and
the llrst Brooklyn tabernacle, a wood
and iron structure, seating 3,000 per
sons, was put up In 1S70. It was en
larged In IS"-', but was destroyed by
lire in December of that year.
A new tabernacle, seating 0,000 per
sons and containing standing room for
1,000 more, was at once begun. The
new building was dedicated In 187-1.
That, too, was burned down In 1899.
A third tabernacle was built ut Clin
ton and Greene avenues, and It also
was destroyed by (Ire In May, 1891.
Two years after his tlrst wife died
Mr. Talmage married Miss Susan Whit
tomore, of Brooklyn. His son, Frank
Talnuige,- by his llrst wire, followed his
father's calling.
REDUCED , RATES TO LOS ANGELES.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, on Ac
count of Convention of Federation
of Women's Clubs.
On account of tha convention of Fed
eiatlon of AVomen's clubs, to be held at
Los Angeles, Cal., Mny 1 to 8, the Penn
sylvania Rulliuml company will sell
special excursion tickets from till sta
tions on Its line, to Los Angeles and re
turn, at reduced rates.
Tickets will be sold from April 19 to
-ti, Inchiblvo, and will bo good to return
until Juno !:., when properly validated.
For specific! rates, routes, and condi
tions of tickets, apply to ticket agents.
Convention of Federatlou of Wo
mon's Clubs, Los Angeles, Cal,
For the above nrcnslnn whlni, i.,i-,
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place May 1st to Sth, 190.', tho Laclm-
wanna ruurouu win soil special loutid
trip tickets good going April 19th to
20th Inclusive, and for return, to reach
starting point not Inter than midnight
of June 'J3th, nt faro of ?ce.2r. for tho
round trp. See ticket agent for Infor
mation about stop-off privileges, vari
able routes, side trips, etc,
Pennsylvania Day Charleston Expos
ition, April 16th, 1002.
On account of tho above the Lacka
wanna ralhoad will sell special lound
trip tickets from Seranton to Charles
ton good going April 14th and lGth
and for return within 11 days Including
dute of sale at the low rate of $17.70.
Connolly
Wallace
Scranton's Shopping Center,
123, 125, 127 and 129 Washington Ave.
A New Store An Enlarged Store.
I PROGRESS demands expansion our new store is a result of it. We now occupy
J 28,000 square feet of floor space, .devoted exclusively to the sale of Dry Goods.
Our friends tell us w have the finest store they know of we believe we have the largest
- dry goods store in this section of our country.
A store is much like a human being. It has its birth, its childhood, its period. of
preliminary schooling it grows until it establishes its place in the affections of the people.
And then keeps on growing, if it's good.
No store ever yet jumped full grown into business. Some have tried, so have some meji.
But the store that wins is the store that works up by degrees from nothing, just as
the most successful men have been they who started as boys with their pockets empty,
but their heads full.
Those of our friends who knew the old place a little further up. the street know how
small our beginning was.
That the store here is larger is due simply to the fact that we have tried to serve
the people as they like to be served fairly, courteously, comfortably. A store may start
right and then go wrong. The foundation of a twenty story building may be secure, yet
the superstructure may be so loosely built that it will tumble to the ground.
It's the Way a Store Builds on Its Principles That Counts
If its prices are too high, having "one price" is perhaps wors.e than having many.
If it has abnormally low prices for some things (as baits) and makes up the loss by
charging too much for' others, it's as bad as having two prices.
If it puts so much red tape around its "exchange and money back'' rule, people with
sensitive natures will refuse to. ask for a privilege so grudgingly given.
While the Park Avenue Hotel in New York was on fire a guest rushed into the of
fice and said to the clerk, "Man, this hotel is burning. Why don't you do something?''
"This hotel is fire-proof,'' he replied, and. went on leisurely writing.
Some stores say a thing in their advertisements, and no one knows it isn't so until
the test comes.
Our store laid down a principle long ago that its advertisements must tell the exact
truth. It does what it Says, (unless a typographical error makes us say something
not intended).
Trade has been uplifted in the past ten years.
This store was founded with the desire not only to do more than other stores were
. doing, but to 'do it better.
Andrew Carnegie has wriftenhis own epitaph, and it is this, "Here lies a man who
was clever enough to gather cleverer men around him." '
It was only with the assistance of the loyal men and women who for ten years have
lived under our roof that we have worked out even a part of our ambition.
We cannot personally meet all our customers, though we would gladly do so
every day. The folks behind the counters must speak for us. It is no empty com
pliment, or cheap attempt to win loyalty, when we say that no store was ever better
served by its employes.
This period of expansion in our career is a time for well-wishes all around. '
While receiving the congratulations of our friends, we bespeak for all stores that de
serve it the same success that has come to us. We have never placed hinderances in
the way of other stores, nor done anything to prevent their growth.
On the other hand we have seen them grow with pleasure, believing that what
helps Scranton helps this store, that the more good stores there are the larger will be
the business of this store.
This is a time for making new friendships as well as for renewing the old.
If there are anv who have never been in the store, let them come now and see
how different it is from other places of business.
If there are any who have been turned away from, this store, for one reason or
another, let them come back and see how easy it is to right a wrong.
Satisfactpry service is the corner-stone of the expanded store.
The enlarged store will be open
for business Monday morning:.
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