THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MAY 5, 1902. DPENING OF THE TRIBUNE'S CONTEST Those Who Have Entered Benin RcQlstcrino Their Points To-dau Will WHO WILL HEAD THE LIST TO-MORROW? There Has Been Quite a Number of Bntrles in The Tribune's Great Educational Contest Just How Many of These Can Be Classed as "Active," the "Standing of Con testants," Which Will Appear To morrow Morning, Will Disclose. Rules of the Contest The Best Time to Start Is Bight Now, When All Will Hnve an Equal Oppor tunity. The date for the opening of The Tri bune's third great Kducutlonul ( 'oiliest has arrived. Four weeks ago The Tit bit in announced that It would sill-pas's nil previous offers this your and present n list of scholarships Hint would iwilte Its previous contests pnle Into Insignifi cance. That It has kept its word, the list, which Is printed In full on the tlfth page of this uiornliig's paper, will fully attist. rOntrlcs have been coming In gradu ally ever since the announcement was made, but unless there are a great many more It Is very evident there will be a "walk-over" for those who are near the bottom of the list and who do not as pire for anything beyond a year's tuition. Tomorrow morning the first "Stand ing of Contestants" will be published, and this will appear eveiy day ns long ni the contest lasts. Prom this table every contestant will he able to tell just what the others are doing, and see what bis chances are of securing one of the leading rewards. Probably each con testant will endeavor to get In all the points possible today In order that they be the first to head the list. Special Honor Frizes. An entirely new feature lias been added to the contest this year. Special honor mines aie to be given out each month. There will be six of these, but they will not all be the same article. The contestant securing the largest number of points between now and 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday, Jlay SI, will be entitled to the special honor prize selected for the month of JIay. Kach month a new prize will be offered and the contestants securing the largest number of points during June, July, August, September and October will each receive one of these special honor prizes. These will In no way in terfeie with, or have any effect upon the scholarship to which they will be entitled. The special honor prize to bo given for tbo best work during the month of May Is a very handsome gold watch, warranted for twenty years. This watch Is now on exhibition In the window of Berry, the jeweler, 4:13 Lackawanna avenue. Outfits Were Sent Out Saturday. The subscription blanks and book of Instructions to canvassers were sent out to all who had cnteied on Saturday so that, so far as possible, they would bo received late Saturday afternoon. If any of the contestants should full to receive their outfits by noon today wo trust that they will notify us piomptly, ind another outfit will bo sent them at tico. As soon as one book of subscription blanks Is filled another can be secured from this ollice, or will bo sent by mail. Kach contestant will receive a copy of The Tribune each morning just so long ns ttiey remain active in the work. This should be used In the work of solicit ing. The contestants should always carry The Tribune with them, because they can never tell just what minute they may wls-b to icfer to It. t Bring in Your Points Early. ( Tt is very important that all should understand that. In order to have their points registeied in the following morn ing's paper, subscriptions must reach the Contest Editor before 5 o'clock each afternoon. All that come In after that hour will be credited In The Tribune of the second moinlng following. Contestants who reside In Soruuton may bring their points to The Tribune office at any time during the day. Those outside of Fcranton should mall them to "Contest Editor. Scranton Tilbune, Scranton, Pa.," making money orders or checks payable to The Tribune Pub lishing company. All received before 5 p, m. will be credited and papers will bo sent to subscribers the following REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR LEGISLATURE IN THIS TIRST DISTRICT. JOSEPH OLIVER, Scranton. k...fr4lH morning, unless otherwise desired. If the person who subscribes does not wish the paper to start until later, this need not prevent the cuntestniit from securing the points, as The Tribune will credit the points us soon ns the money for the subscription Is received, and will enter the order to start the paper at any date desired. Rules of the Contest. In order that there may be no mls uuilerstandlng of the rules, they are re prlnted below. Any contestant who Is confronted with a question which he docs not fully understand should not hesitate to confer nl once with the Con test Editor, either In person or by mall. New questions will be coming up nl immt constantly and It Is better to keep thoroughly posted. Head the following rules over curefully: The special lewuids will be given to the person securing the liii'Rest number of points. Points will be credited to contest ants securing new subscrlbeis to The Scranton Tribune as follows: Points. One month's subscription... $ ."0 1 Tlnee months' subscription. 1.25 :i Six months' subscription. .. L'.'.O ti One year's subscription ti.00 12 The contestant with the highest number of points will be given a choice .from the list of special re wards: the contestant with the second highest number of points will be given a choice or the remaining rewards, and so on through the list. The contestant who secures the highest number of points dining any calendur month o the contest will lecelve a special honor reward, this reward being entirely Independent of the ultimate disposition of the scholarships. Each contestant failing to secure a special reward will be given 10 per cent, of nil money he or she turns In. All subscriptions must be paid In advance. Only new subscribers will be counted. Renewals by persons whoso names are already on our subscription list will not be credited. The Tribune will Investigate each subscription and if found Irregular In any way reserves the right to reject It. No transfers can be made after credit has once been given. All subscriptions and the cash to pay for them must bo handed in at The Tribune office within the week in which they are secured, so that" papers can bo sent to the sub scribers at once. Subscriptions must be written on blanks, which can bo secured at The Tribune oflke, or will be sent by mail. More Entries Saturday. There were hut two entries Saturday, one from Scranton and one from Mos cow: Albert Frcedman, 211 Fifth avenue. F. E. Stephens, Moscow, Pa. Those who are contemplating enter ing the contest should not hesitate longer, as there is no better time than right now, as all can thus start even. Entries will bo received at any time now that the contest has opened, but delays are dangerous, as while you are consideriiiff the matter others will be getting a lead. A detailed description of the contest appears on the iifth page of this morn ing's Tribune. Those desiring to enter or wishing further Information should address "Contest Editor, Sci anion Tri bune, Scranton, Pa.," and they will re ceive a prompt response. OIL IN NEW MEXICO. Surface Indications Compare Favor ably with Those of Any Other Field. l'linu the (i..s .iml Watei ltcicv. The National Oil Picporter notes there Is what piomlses to make an oil Held of great extent near Gallup, in Western New Mexico. At Gallup are located the most extensive coal mines of the South west, having for years supplied much of the coal used In Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. The oil field Is situated from eighteen to fifty miles easterly ftom Gallup. About ten miles north fiom the Santa Fe Pacific Hallro-id nil oil bearing strat um of sandstone crops out 6n the brow of a mesa in an almost unbroken line for a distance of eighteen to twenty miles. This old stratum was first dis covered by a geologist for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, about eighteen yeurs ago, who, for himself and otheis, then ran a tunnel about eighteen feet long into the sand lock, when they had to abandon the enterprise mi account of hostile demonstrations by Navajo In dians. Oil has been oozing out of the rock into this tunnel since, and about twenty barrels hud accumulated when, a year ago, after the California oil ex citement, this held aguln received at tention, Later another and higher oil stratum bus been discovered cropping out. The springs in the district bring up from , below bubbles of oil with the water. I Porno of the springs ure covered with n black, tuny substance, At one place there are fissures in the earth from which issue gas und hot ulr. At nnoth- SECOND DISTRICT. HON. JOHN J. SOHEUER, Scranton. er place the oil oozes out of the rock, nlong the BUrfucc, for a distance of a uunrter of a mile. Prof, ilerrlck, geo logist and president of the New Mexico University, has made an estimate that there arc hi sight on one locution 7,f00, 000 tons of saturated oil rock which will yield SuO.000 to 750,000 Ions or asphalt worth $10 a ton, The oil has been an alyzed, and Is said to be of a good quality) valuable as a fuel oil, also us u lubricant and as most of the volatile parts hud evaporated while slowly oss'. Ing out, It will probably contain it large percentage or llluiiilnunts also. The analysis showed 2S 1-ii per cent. Illum inating oil, The field has been examined for the local companies by. several eminent geo logists, oil exports, and practical nil men, nil of whom report that the geo logical formation, consisting or coal, sandstone, and Immense beds of bitum inous shales, etc.. Is all that could be desired for the expectation of finding large bodies .of oil underneath. Many companies have been formed which lufve taken up land, but so fur very little has been done to explore the field. Only one company has com menced to drill, and It has attained a depth of 1,000 feet, passing through two oil strata. Before starting, the expert for this company estimated that It would have to drill to a depth of 1,300 to 1,400 feet before getting an oil well. In the Oiillup field the surface indica tions ror oil compare favorablywith those of any other field In the United States, and the owners of the land firm ly' believe that It will make one of the most extensive and permanent oil fields in the world. Unfortunately for them, they are men with but limited means, and so far have been unable to do any thing townul a systematic exploring und developing of the Held. The history or other oil field will probably repeat Itself In this field, and lands that go begging now and could be bought at nominal prices will, as soon ns the Hist paying well Is struck, advance a hun dredfold. V 1EWS OF A WOMAN T IIK jniitiB m.in who rocs found count ine ip the liRlitnliiff ou bum, iiuy npic.ir to jou to tmc a ny comfoilable .lliittlnn, but it la my opinion that lie fhul il Ins i'i- aihantngcs In the first pljie Ihcic i" atwajs the i'aii;or of getting a shock fiom the light who, that U, 1 "Mould naturally suppose thcip arc ihn Bors. Thru the meter-tiling h utwjw in ".(mo oiit-of-tlic way 'pot, so It U no woii'lci tint the Klectrlc Light loiiipm.i' nnplojs tnlili'trs. Sonic of the acrobjtic foils tlioy 1,.ie to attempt in older mmi to put up a blurt of reading the meter are thrilling. There is one joung linn with curly hair anil a sunshiny Rinlle, who is piobabli about ready to throw up his job, which Is th.it of prowling about Hie icidence sections of I he city to me whit the meters register. "Sometimes I wMi I iintlil die," he iid plain I holy je-teiday. "lint then when I get .1 dunce fiom a lie wire I Just naturally dodge." "It i these people who neuu had electric lights in the limine before who aic making mj hair graj," he continued. "They hap heaul that elriirh Ity cov(s more than gn and I hey are generally hound to mc about it, and 1 n.ne to do an imitation of a phonograph that's had Mauoni ami Kdison and all the other duffers talk into it for a st"idy year. They try lo beat me down In my meads and they declare that nobedy his taken the meter for six months anil Ihey just snov the ronipmy is guessing at it." "Once, I'll bo da.shed if a woinm didn't t.iLp nwnj my ladder after I hid i-liiuln-d up lo the ,it lle and i-he wouldn't bring It luck 'till I'd prom ised on my oath that I'd return the reimil 1N5 than it was, 3fay be that in. in won't howl when he gits his April bill." The pleasant faced young in in had his own (roubles the past week. At one of the houses where l.e called, the lady said in a di-uppolu'."d tone: "Pear me. I thought jou weie the nun Willi the wall paper samples." and she set nice to blame him because he wasn't. He had a nice led book, real Pompi. i.m red, and it had loo-e fluttering leae. Of course it looked like wall piper samples and should hae been. Sly lady directed him to furious impo.--ahlc pl.it rs in the house lo look for the meter. "I'm nr It's in the eelljr," she said hopefully, "ft 1 1' wheels hisn't it and a clock-thing such as i on an automobile" lie appealed to lis cla ims about its being located in the ccllai, and lid he w isn't up on automobile, but she v.is such a polile lady and seemed so inteies'ed lint he followed her down and sbe hd him triumphantly to the gauge which leguljlcs the steam heat. flhcn she remembered thai heio was something that must sincly be a meter the h-c-k of live coal bin which hid recent) be tilled, and in-sl-led upon his burrowing several yt In the coal, where be found a cold air liov wliL.S belonged to a hot air furnace now in ihsu-e. After she had Induced him to look at the ground wile of the telephone and inspect a pat ent pillow sham I older left high upon the c ellar wall by the last occupants of the house aril had earnestly adtised him In evunltic the coal sliecl in the i par of (lip lot, lie gicw very deteitnlii'd anil deelaied that he should ascend to the .illi. "Hut no one ever goes up into that atli1!" shu exclaimed. "Nobody can. Then- isn't any stair-cue, N tin re, Mollyi" appealing to her .sister, Hut he mentioned (lie po-slbllitles of u step luldcr and ljl.oiiou-.ly dragged it up from the cellar to the third floor, amid waiuiii1;-. not to mar the newly pipe red wall, only to Ami it keveral fret shoit of reaching the apeitine in the ceiling roveicd by a (tap door. Then began a seaieh for another ladder which she knew she had teen soiuenhiU'. lie looked in toe cellar and the back aril, and finally loe ilcil It ueir tin- loot of the before-mentioned eoal shed. It was black Willi the dust of ages and the i.eat looking .ouiig man would hate done as a model for u tiiiuip by the time he c!.unli"iul into that attic. Then my lady sat clown Jt (he fool ol the- lad eler and Inteirogjled the unhappy agent ol Ihn cleclile- light compan.v, "I'm sine it doesn't (ell the liulh," she as-crlcd Irving a contention net THIED DISTRICT, HON, EDWA7RD JAMES, Scranton. "Mi' a - ' H'-vi x 's sTSHM( ji, ( s J jfV, seT s ", I CLOTHING ()0N CUHMTI I Bid VALUES in WOHEN'S WEAR. Spend a few of your shopping min utes here and you will quickly realize that trading here is an economical policy. We don't ask you to pay cash and yet our prices are fully as low as those who do. This week we are offering excep tional values in Man-tailored Suits, Skirts, Jackets, Waists, Petticoats and remember your promise to pay is equal to cash. Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Man 30 Stores. 31T Lacka. Ave Second Floor. Open Evenings. PEOPLE'S in (lie elfort (o sec Hip meter from where the perched. "I know II must register twice loo much. You see we aie tcally very ecoiiomlcil with Hie lights, aien't we, JIoll.v ? Why, we only bum n sevenly-llve hoise power, I think it l, in the hall, so ns to save in lates. I do hope jou aren't counting nil this time. How much does it sa?" Anxiously, "I know nil about ih 11. 11110 j, and am pi'res, and, and vol! s and (lilng"." A voice from Hip dim beyond. Hie other clcle of Hip tiap door, lepllecl in a ihisl-inutlled tone nrd my lady screamed in consternation. Tlfteen 1.1111c whit did joii say" Again the voice fiom above, and again, my ladj's hoirlfled accents: Tiftcen klllle whals! Oh, Mr. Man, I'm ure that too much, far too much. I dont know what a klllle what is, but It sound? like something dreadful, and fifleen ol It that Is surely wrong. Plcap count it over agiln. .Tohn will make such .1 ninipus over all those klllle whals, and we want (o line 11 cird party net week, don't we Jlollle? I'm ceit.iln you've made a mistake. Seven of those things are every one we've killed or had, or wliatver jou call it. John will go down to jour offlco and make a fuss if jou in sist Hut we've had fifleen." When the man with the sunshiny smile de re ended fiom (he (rap door, Ills ftnlle was a great deal uiudgod and he looked wcarj-. My lady .-.nil her sMcr nkcd to ce the Poinpeian-red book- and thev stned with nwed gazp at Hie chiraclois, which they called clocks, all over (he peges. and both insisted that Hie clock things must be wrong. Then Ihey told him that fie iini-t go up again and fasten the trap doer clown with the book tbeieiipon. "A'ou know, some of those klllle wluls might get loose." my lailv said, oirnesllv, and wo shall have to piy for enough without them." lb it night she told her husband "The Story of (he Klei (rie Light M in." Ho was busy leading about (ho litest freaks of (he school board and nnlv stopped long enough to iciniik: "Oh, jou little goose, a kilowatt Is a thousand. If we get oil with flltecn kllnvvalls we're in luck. Thil'B onle about 1 (10. Thej'U piobably send another fellow net lime, and jou won't faie so well." and that is just what the I'.leetric Mght Man with the curly hair and the sunshiny smile thought, .is he closed (he door (hat afternoon. nut (his wi'ii't the end of H. "A kllliewh.it is whati" asked my lady wan peisistenee. ".Not killlp whit; kilowatt," leplied her lord and master impitientl.v. A kilowatt is a thous and walls. 'Hint's what's what, and a wall is whv, a watt in a watt oh, fireat Scott!" ad dressing vaeam.v, "And jet llieie nie some people who think women ought to vote." Saucy Beas. THE GOSPEL OF POVERTY. l'rom Andrew Carnegie's "the Kmpiie of Busi ness." It Is the fashion nowailays to bewail poverty as nn evil, to pity the young man who Is not born ' with ti silver -spoon In his mouth; but I heartily sub scribe to President Gurlleld's doctrine, that "The 1 idlest herltaue a young man can bo born to is poverty." I make no idle prediction when 1 hay thut it is from that class from whom the good and the great will spring. It Ih not from the sons of the millionaire or the noble that the world receives Its teach ers, Us martyrs, Its inventor's, its statesmen, its poets, or even its men of affairs. It Is from the cottage of the poor that all these spring. We can scarcely reud one among the few "Im mortal names that were not born to die," or who has rendered exceptional service to our race, who hail not the advantage of being cradled, nursed, and reared in the stimulating school of poverty. There Is nothing so enervat ing, nothing fo deadly In Its effects upon the qualities which lead to the highest achievement, moral or Intellec tual, us hereditary wealth. And If there be among you a y.oung man who feels that he is not compelled to exert him self In order to earn and life from his own elfoits, I tender lilm my profound .sympathy. Should' such an one prove an exception to his fellows, and be come a citizen living a life creditable to himself mid useful to the state, In htcad of my piotound symputhy I bow before hlni with profound reverence; for one who overcomes the seductive temptations which sun omul hereditary wealth Is of the "salt of the earth," and entitled to double honor. COUNTY FOURTH DISTRICT. HON, P. A. PHI1BIN, lArchbiild. liSIHRsri&iPP mm JHS-: HRfti' JHUftEvrClJA or Boy,1 T Credit Clothing Company It's a Fact Conrad Can show you largest lines of one of the Negligee Shirts Plain White.Plaited Fronts, Solid Colors, Tan or Grey, Black and White and all other new ideas in Patterns. 305 Lacka- A8, Tralto; Stamps, SPRING AND SUMMER RESORTS Atlantic City. Hotel Sothern On Virginia avenue. Hie widest and most fash, ionable in Atlantic City. Within a few yirds of the Famous Steel l'irr and Boardwalk and In front of the most desirable bathing grounds. All conveniences, including hteam heat, Min parlor, elevator to street level, hot and cold biths. Table excellent. Accommodation; for three bundled. Terms moderate. Write for booklet. R. N. Both well. hotel RALEIGH Capacity on largoa to -100. NewiinclMotlern 300 HEAUTII'Ul. ROOMS Will make h Special Spring Rate of $2 niul $?.so per day; &10, $13 mid $15 per wc:k. The superior ncrvlce unci cul.slno of the past two seasons will liu maintained thratierliout tho entire) jenr. JOil s H. sColT. The Westminister Kentucky avc near H.'.ich, Atlantic City, Open all the jeai, bun Pallor, levator and all modern IinpioumciiU. special bpilne; Hates, CHAS. BUtlRII, Prop. HOTEL RICHMOND, Kentucky Avenue. I'lii-l Hotel fiom lleaeh, At lantic t'Hy, ,. .1,: M Oiean view looms; ca pacity 101); write tin peclj lates, ,1, II, leuk. ins, i'rop. SNUFF-TAKING. It Was r General Custom in tho Eighteenth Century. I'lnm Hie Chicago Jouinil. The elKhteeiitli rentnry was the iifjo ol' Hiniff-taUlntf pur excellence. The eiis toni wan geneittl and unioncr all Hukhch of people, it was an ni't of politeiiesH for well-bred men to offer their hiiulf bo,ses to well-bred women, Women the nifelves carried (heir own boxes ami InU'iT'huiiued pinches with the senile men, At fashionable dinner parties after the cloth was lemoveel snuff boxes were ims'MKil uiottml, l'oo and UolliiKbrolcc, Hwlft and t'ougreve, Addison mid tfieele all Indulged In the pleabiueu of snuff. Or, Johnson cairled his sniilf In the uip.icioiib pockets of Ills walstioat and would convev H to JiIh nose without stint, llu could not abide the p.iriow conllnes of a box. Fieilerlck tlm Ureut lei-euihled him In this lesuee't, lloth Napoleon und W'ellliiKUm were prudlKl ous siiulf-tubeis, hut WiibliliiKion In dulged only moderately. Jefferson was fond of snuff, as his waistcoat and shh t bosom often showed, Hamilton and Hurr both "snuffeel" anil weie extreme ly fu.u'erul In fjlvlntr und tukluir a pinch. Henry I'l.iy was another of our ruinous suufi'-tiirters, and often needed tho stimulus of a nlneli when iiuiUIiik a fapeccli. Henutor Thtirman was perr hups 0110 of (he last of tho senatorial useis of what was one culled "the grand coi dial of iiutuie." P M hPv 1 . mM - im : t I To(faJJli M News : : i ANOTHER WEEK OF Low Prices ON THIS SEASON'S LATEST WEAVES IN DRESS GOODS and SILKS NO BETTER time to buy than now. It is more pleasant to sell. Choice of colorings and weaves are better. No telling how long such values will re main at these prices. 45-inch Prunellas, Poplins, Melrose, Whipcords, also fine 54-inch Broad cloth, one of the best $1.00 values ve ever had. Buy it this week at. a yard 79C All wool Etamlnes In navy and tan. week for All wool Etamines in Reseda tan and for this splendid fabric always sold be had this week for Tailor-made SUITINGS 56 inches wide greys, tan and navys. 0 All $1 values. This week OVC 56-Inch tailor-made suiting's. Regular $1.50 value includes the Panama cloth, Cheviots and English coverts, grey, tan, brown and navy. Sold all week at, a yard 1 (UO SILKS 1 9-inch Cashmere Taffeta Silks, all colors 65c 1 9-inch Cotton-back Satin, all colors at 39c Gamai Silks, all colors 37c Fine French Foulards. Reduced from 50c to 39c, 85c to 59c, $1.00 to 65c, $1.25 to 8ocv 50c Corded Japanese wash Silks, Monday only at 39& yard. (RANE'S Today-Monday Also Tuesday and Wednesday Important Clearing Sale of Soring Tailor-Made Suits. In newest fabrics, all colors, sold heretofore at 18.50, 20.00, $22.50 and 25.00. All at the uniform price of A great offer in good grade Suits, in all colors, all cloths, all sizes, formerly 25.00, 26.00, .27.50 and 29.00, at the uniform price of A collection of High-Grade Ladies' Suits, in all the newest spring models and materials, formerly 30.00, $5250. 37.50, 40.00 and 42.50, at the uni form price of 324 iLackawanna Ave. Take Elevator. kit ft P.KKK K If You ft v ft' ft V ft ft ft M tiL W ft gi i ,w ' MB? m it ttOTfftS 1 ft' ? MP" M ft" mi m a; tHnyiM ft' WWIMPPi ft OBl WH ft BS&? 1; ft Lewis, Ruddy, Davies & Murphy, .330 I nrlfflivnnnn Avaiiiip '4 '4 'A 4 '4 '4 ' '4 '4 ' 'A '4 " " '4 'A 'A V Were $1.00. Bought this o5C Cadet blue. Priced unusually low for $ 1 .50 a yard. Can - , 1 . 1 U 30-inch all wool CHALLIES, Per sian effects and polka dots . were 59c. This week. . 45C $15.50 $22.50 $2f.50 P''!! ft Walk Much You can do it more comfortably when time is spent in getting the right shoe for the right foot. 1' Our shoes have a reputation for GOODNESS, Style, Perfect Wearing and Fitting Qualities not found in ordinary shoes. "J Our $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Men's Shoes have no equal in the city. ' ' 'A "4 M "4 " '4 " M H H "i tii M a ?! .," '? X I Mill I -- --"tllf ' 'l! i' .'jsiji.-.. . V :?":- -
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