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THREE VALUABLE
SCHOLARSHIPS
Oilercd to the Yoiina People in The
Tribunes Great Educa
tional Contest.
IN THE SCRANTON
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Ono of tho Leading Institutions of
Its Class in the State Brief His
tory of Its Inception nrH Steady
Growth A Capable C.s of In
structors The Demand for Gradu
ates to Fill Office Positions Greater
Than the School Can Supply Some
of the Lucrative Positions Held by
Former Students Admirable Lo
cation of tho College and Its Re
markable Sucmss Brief Descrip
tion of Tho Triuune's Offer A Con
testant Starting Today Could Hard
ly Fail to Secure One of These At
tractive Scholarships, Providing
He or She Is Willing to Work Ac
tively During the Next Eight
Weeks.
THE TRIBUNE'S three scholar
ships in the Scranton Business
College, with a value of $100
each, will undoubtedly bo among
the most popular anions the
contestants In Its Educational Contest
who fall to secure one of the courses
offered in the unlvcisltlcs and prepara
tory schools. In point of value, a con
testant need got no higher than twenty
second place to secure a. scholarship in
this popular college, although it Is quite
possible that some of those who finish
higher than twenty-second will prefer
this to some of those offered with a
higher monetary value. Several of the
music courses are valued above the
business college course, but there may
be several contestants above twenty
second place who have no taste for
music and these will piobably select a
course in the Scranton Business Col
lege In preference.
As the table stands this morning it
would require but thirty-live points to
secure twenty-second place, and there
I are still just eight weeks for active
Iwork. It would require but three yearly
subscribers, nottin- " ''it'vslx points, to
ilace a new conteo..... -n this position.
!n fact, this number of points would
.place the beginner only two points be
hind the next position above. With
this place secured, only four more
pearly subscribers, counting forty
fight additional points, would give tho
contestant a. firm hold on fifteenth
place and a scholarship in the school
described below would be almost a cer
tainty. The great opportunity for beginners
an scarcely be realized by those who
have not studied out the results In this
way. During the month of September,
which opens Monday, "special honor
prizes" will be given to those who se
cure the largest numbers of points dur
ing that month. In these monthly con
tests the beginner has an equal chance
with those who have been in from the
start in fact, such a contestant has a
distinct advantage, as the others have
practically exhausted their list of ac
quaintances and are obliged to rely
upon the aid of strangers for their
points.
With Thursday night tho contest
completed its one hundredth day, Just
two-thirds of the time before its com
pletion. Just forty-nine days yet re
main. Probably some entirely new
names will appear among the list ot
thirty-three leaders before the close ot
another week.
SCRANTON BUSINESS COL
LEGE. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Scranton
HuFlness College will begin its ninth
year a year that promises to be the
most satisfactory of any that this emi
nently successful school has enjoyed.
Beginning in a small way and threat
ened by powerful competition from the
very outset, it has not only Increased
in strength and prestige, but has risen
to be one uf the most successful schools
in the State of Pennsylvania, being
placed third In tho list of such institu
tions In this commonwealth.
Tho Beginning.
In the bummer of 1SU4 Herbert D.
Buck and Arthur ft. Whltnmro resigned
from Wood's Business College, where
they had been teaching for eight years,
They Immediately oiganizcd the Scran
ton Business College. During those
eight years they had become acquainted
with the locality and Impressed with
the actual necessity of a real school
for the study of commercial pursuits.
The reputations they had earned as
Instructors In Wood's Business Collego
proved to bo valuable assets and tho
now firm were phenonienallyjuccessfiil
from tho start, although their old em
ployer continued his school and used
every effort to overcomo tlio Inroads
they were making upon his old-tlino
prosperity. About twelvo months of
this was enough for Professor Wood,
and he hastened to closo with an offer
made him by Hon, O, F. Williams, who
took hold of his purchase with the out
spoken determination to make It "tho
school of the nation." Somehow, tho
new proprietor was no moro successful
than tho 'old had been In tho changed
order of things. Before another year
had phed around Williams Business
College had changed hands once nlore,
but this time tho sheriff was In charge,
Since then the College of Commerce
and Spencer's Business College have
been organized, had their brief day and
then put up the shutters.
In the' meantime the new Arm of
Buck & Whltinoro had found It neces
wary to enlarge their accommodations
and then to have a building fitted up
from, (heir own designs expressly to
house tho Increasing number of stu
dents who were enrolling In tho Scran
ton Business College. Sogreut was the
demand for scholarships 'that the seat
ing room was sometimes sorely taxed.
This prosperity continues.
A Teaching Trio.
There r three principals In tfoe(
Scranton Business College, Herbert D.
Buck, Arthur It. Whltinoro and P. Don
ald Yodcr. Each has IiIh particular lino
of work and Is an expert at It, and has
as many nsslstauts as are necessary.
Herbott D. Buck Is comparatively
young In years, but old In the teaching
business. He spent tho earlier years of
bis life in acquiring a liberal education.
He Is a practical bookkeeper and busi
ness man, having spent a number of
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years behind tho counter and at the
desk in arious kinds of business in
.Lycoming county, this state. He has
taught five years In the public schools,
and for the past sixteen years has been
actively engaged in business college
work, teaching ten and eleven months
each year in the day session and eight
months in the night school. During
school hours he devotes all of his time
to the students, both in tho class room
and in giving individual instruction.
Not satisfied, apparently, with bis
arduous week-day labors, Professor
Buck Is at the bead of the largest Sun
day school class in the famous Elm
Park Church. This class is composed
of over 100 young men and women,
many of whom are his present and
graduate students in the business col
lege. In the June, ISO", issue" of the West
ern Penman, editor Palmer said:
"Professor Buck has been in the teach
ing harness sixteen years, and aside
from his ability as an instructor, which
is of a high order, he Is generously en
dowed with those qualities which make
leaders of men."
A. Tt. Whltmoic, besides having had
considerable experience as a practical
bookkeeper, hs been for the past fif
teen years poffoiming the duties of an
all-round commeicial teacher. His spe
cialty, however, is penmanship, and as
a penman and teacher of penmanship
he has few, if any, superiors. He
claims, and he is a living example of
the fact, that penmen are "made," not
"born." Ho placed himself under the
tuition of those who were thoroughly
competent to leach the art and then
put forth his best efforts. Others who
wish to become good writers may do
likewise and feel sure of accomplishing
their desiie. L.ike his co-worker, he
spends all of his time during school
hours with the students.
Professor Znner, of tho Znnerian Art
College, writes: "I consider Professor
A. Tt. Whitrnore one of the most prac
tical and progressive teachers of pen
manship in Amerlcn. No earnest stu
dent can come under his enthusiastic
tuition without benefit. " In the June,
1S87, issue of the Western Penman, Edi
tor Palmer also said: "Professor Whit
more Is a most agreeable gentleman, a
fine teacher and a successful business
man. Ho is a penman of rare skill."
P. Donald Yoder, the principal of tlio
shorthand department, is a practical
stenographer and a teacher of fourteen
years' experience. He has n graduation
record of nn average of 157 words per
minute for live consecutive minutes in
rhorthand, and a speed of !ij wouls per
minute on tho machine. He Is an en
thusiast In his work, always has his
students' interests at heart, and gets
results.
Professor Yoder has been with the
College ever since Its Inception. In the
summer of fil ho was selected from a
large number of applicants and em
ployed with the distinct understanding
that If his work proved satisfactory
tho College would do all In Its power to
retain his services, und that othorwiso
ho would bo asked to resign. That any
one willing to work can make a success
of shorthand under his Instruction, can
easily be proved by pointing to tho
many Indies and gentlemen who are
illllng the best stenographic positions In
this and other large titles.
These three principals devote all their
tlmo during school hours to the stu
dents, teaching constantly. They have
been In business college work In Scran
ton for tho pat sixteen yoais and are
therefoio well known to Its citizens In
"operal and to Its business men In par
tu 'nr.
Demand Greater Than Supply.
One of tho greatest proofs of the thor
oughness of the training given at tho
Scranton Business College Is that Pro
fessors Buck and Whitrnore are abso
lutely unable to supply the demand for
bookkeepers and stenographers. Gradu
ates and hundreds of undergraduates
are drawing salaries ranging from $30
per month to $70 per week. So numer
ous nre the requests for bookkeepers
and stenographers that tho principals
tire In n, position to guarantee that any
young person who will attend their
school and follow Instructions will have
n, good position soon utter Graduating
or before Mulshing,
It s a significant fact that students
of this school easily secure positions in
large cities like New York, Philadelphia
and Buffalo, where hundreds of yqung
people are seeking places,
Thlriynlne different undents haye
been employed In tho ofllces of the
Lackawahna Hallroad and the number
would have been much larger had the
scho'ol been nblo to qualify rapidly
enough. Scranton Business College
students nrn to be found holding re
sponsible positions In the best business
houses of the city.
Reputation Spreading.
Not only has the' college been unable
1o keep Up with the demand for book
keepers and stenographers made by
Scranton business houses, but during
the first six months of this year letters
and telegrams asking for ofllco help
have come from Philadelphia, Buffalo,
Wllllamsport, Stroudsburg, Carbondalc,
Sayre, Canton, Pa., Secauciiw, N. J.,
Fish's Eddy, N. Y and Berwick, Pa.
A Low-Priced School.
The prices charged by this school are
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remarkably cheap considering tho qual
ity of the Instruction. The prices are
as low as those charged by third and
fourth-class schools and only about
half as large as those charged by
lichools' of equal value in the larger
cities.
The question of educating young men
and women so that they may be not
only ornaments of society, but useful
members of the community is of vital
Importance, as both yociul and business
welfare depend upon the growing gen
eration. On the part of the parents it is a duty
to select an Institution to inculcate the
principles that are to aid them in their
mental progress, an institution that Is
beyond question and one that has an
established reputation for teaching the
Prof. II. D. Buck.
various branches of learning by the
most appioved methods. A reputation
such as this cannot be won In a few
months or a year or even longer. Ex
perience points the way to success, suc
cess begets confidence, and confidence
deservedly won is the best of all trade
marks. Every graduate of the Sci. in
to n Businnss College helps it, not only
by their spoken words, but by tho thor
ough, practical way in which they enter
upon their ofllco or business life. AVlion
a business man employs one of their
students he almost invariably goes
there again when in need of additional
ofllee help.
Two Good Endorsements.
There are business colleges In New
York, Philadophia and other large cities
and there aio also hundreds of young
people whojiiro looking for positions. A
Scranton Business College graduate
went to New Yoik city, a stranger. Ho
and I!99 others applied at one place for
a position as bookkeeper. The Scran
ton young man got it.
Another Scranton Business Collego
graduate went to Philadelphia, a strun-
r,er, tie ana nunaicds of others ap
plied for a certain stenographic posi
tion, The Scranton young man was
successful In securing it. Botli of these
young' men have since secured much
better situations.
Skill and Salaries,
Many people assert that there Is little
use In ladles learning bookkeeping or
shorthand for the reason that book
keepers and stenographers draw such
small salaries, Tho size of tho salary
depends upon the amount of ability tho
Individual possesses. But recently, and
at about tho sumo time, three ladles of
the Scranton Business College, only
one of them a graduate, fresh from the
school room, without a day's practical
experience, secured positions which
paid them nt the start $40, $15 and $B0
per month respectively;1 One of them
Is with a manufacturing concern, an
other with a corporation and the third
In the attorney general's oflice at Har
llsburg, What theso) ladles' salaries
will be In tho future -will depend alto
gether upon themselves, for thoroughly
trained bookkeepers and stenographers
are In very great demand all over the
country.
"fls true that thero are many, tho
poduct3 of sa-called business colleges,
persons who took private lessons or
would attend a good school only long
enough to get a smattering, who are
working for $3 or per week, but then
that Is all they are worth, If a person
have a $3 or $4 a week position to fill.
an "ad" will probably bring him one
hundred applicants; It It Is a $00 or $100
a month position, the strong probabili
ties are that he will have to do some
hunting to find one unemployed.
Some of the Graduates.
When the school was opened In 1894,
Patrick Ollgallon, of Prlceburg, then ti
young man In knickerbockers, was
among tho first to enroll. Soon attcr
he graduated he was sent to tho Cudahy
Packing Co., to fill temporarily the
place of a young man who was Blck.
When, however, the auditor for the
company saw the quality of ailgalton's
work, ho told him that tils position wns
permanent. Not long nfterward ho was
made head bookkeeper, and still Inter
was sent by the Cudahy people to Nor
folk, Vo. Mr. Ollgallon Is now with tho
Armour Beef Co., and ho Is In Macon,
Ga. Scranton Business College gradu
ates do succeed. ,
On Feb. 2, lflO'J, a graduate from both
departments of the Scranton Business
Collego lnfoimcd Buck & Whitrnore
that he was earning on an average $70
per week, and ho Is not yet 21 years
old. Illn success Is duo to tho fact that
ho attended the right school, nnd also
to the fact that ho Is a worker In the
fullest sense of the word. Ho Is a good
exumplo of whnt tho Scranton Business
College can do with tho right kind of
material.
Court Stenogrnhpcr John M. Edwards
learned his shorthand at the Scranton
Business College.
About one hundred of tho Scranton
Business College students have been
nnd are employed by the International
Textbook Co. as bookkeepers, stenog
raphers, etc., and many of them are
drawing largo salaries. This company
is almost continually on the lookout
for those who can do good bookkeeping
or stenographic work and pays well
those who ore skilled.
In New York.
The following Scranton Business Col
lege students are filling excellent posi
tions in New York: Floyd Bldwell was
in the accounting department of John
Wanamaker's store and is now with
the Butterlck Pattern Co.; Alfred Tole
mlo was In the accounting department
of Wanamaker's store and Is now with
Siegcl, Cooper & Co.; Ralph Roberts
was with the Manhattan Reporting
Co., and is now with the Chemical Na
tional Bank; Frank Do Witt was book
keeper for nn advertising agency, and
is now bookkeeper and cashier for the
Singer .Sewing Machine Co.; David W.
Smith was with Chubb, Murine Insur
ance, nnd is now In the accounting de
partment of Wanamaker's store; Lewis
S. Friedman, of Bangor, is with Arons,
Sherwln & Co.; Clayton Fegley Is with
Industrial Agent of the Lackawanna
Railroad; Ralph White Is bookkeeper
for Dr. McKenzie, the specialist; Miss
Hager, of Gouldsboro, Is with the Iloyt
& Woodln Manufacturing Co.; Martin
Redington, of Liberty, N. Y., with Mul
vey, contractor; James Brogan (night
student) is chief clerk in tho Lacka
wanna Car Department oflice, at Ho
boken. In Philadelphia.
Tho following are drawing good sala
ries in Philadelphia: "William P. Jen
nings (night student) is keeping a set
of books for the Mexican Coal &'Cokc
Co.; William C. Simmons and Clarence
Boomer (night student), stenographers,
are with the Webster Coal & Coke Co.;
George DeWilde (night student), sten
ographer, was with Sargent & Co., and
is now with Met chant & Co.; H. N.
Smith (bookkeeper) is with Swift &
Co.; Margaret Sommar, stenographer,
with the Dominion Publishing Co.; W,
B. Hovers (night student), bookkeeper,
is with Swift & Co.
The following Scranton Business Col
lege students are holding responsible
and quite high-salaried positions with
the American Locomotive Works, this
city: Wesley Kellow (bookkeeper and
stenographer), Joe Brlgns (bookkeeper),
N. A. Kellow (bookkeeper), C. A.
Clarke (bookkeeper), Fred Greene
(stenographer), nnd Miss Mattio Thorn
us (stenographer).
Some of the Scranton Business Col
lege students have good bank nosltlnns.
George Walters, of Factoryvllle, Is with
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Morning' Class
tho Third National; J, Warren Lee Is
with tho Farmers' National, at Blooms
burg; liomnlno Cullender Is with the
Merchants' & Mechanics'; J. A, Wyn
koop, of Wllkes-Barro, Is with tho Peo.
pie's; Elizabeth Gtifllths s with the
Third National; Hoy Edgar, of Still
water, Is with a bank at Benton; Ralph
Roberts Is with the Chemical National,
In New York,
A Stepping Stone.
While tho ability to write shorthand
rapidly and Intelligently has a recog
nized commercial value, enabling ihe
possessor to earn a good salary, Itlls
Infinitely more valuable, und especially
fo to young men, us a. stepping stone
to better things. Tho stenographer! Is
brought Into tieso personul conthct
Prof. A. R. Whitrnore.
with his employer, nnd If he possesucs
nny special aptitude for business, his
employer la bound to recognize It much
more quickly than If he were iv mere
elotk, with whom the employer came
In touch but Infrequently at best.
Many a prominent business man today
owes his success In largo measure to
tho opportunities for advancement nt
forded him while occupying the position
of stenographer,
Tho great question nowadays Is not
"What do you know?" but "What can
you do?" One tuny know much about
bookkeeping or shorthand, but unless
ho hnvc skill along many lines, bU
knowledge will avail him little.
Some Imagine that nil that Is neces
sary Is to learn enough of bookkeeping
or stenography to enable them to fill a
position and that experience will do the
rest. That Is nonsense. Thorough pre
paration la necessary. A young man
graduated from a business college In
which tho standard was not set very
high. He secured a position which paid
him about $30 per month, and filled It
for three years. Ho was told that ho
could not hope to receive a much higher
solnry for the reason that ho was not
oblo to do higher grnde wotk. Ho camel
to the Scranton Business College, and,
after three months of hard application
on his part, ho was sent to a much bet
ter place than ho formerly had. He Is
now dictating to stenographers instead
of being a stenographer.
One can learn how to keep books and
how to write shorthand by attending
other schools, but It is nonsensical to
expect a. school designed to give a
training along altogether different lines
to give as thorough a training for busl
ncss pursuits ns can be given by a
properly equipped nnd properly con
ducted business college a school with
one aim. Buck & Whitrnore have made
business collego work their life work;
they have hod sixteen years' teach
ing experience In business colleges; for
sixteen years they have been in con
stunt touch with the business public.
H. D. Buck, A. R. Whitrnore and P,
D. Yodcr claim to be specialists in
their several lines and have worked
earnestly, energetically and conscienti
ously; they have done tho most of the
teaching themselves hence the success
of their students.
Admirably Located.
Tho location of tho college Is exeep
tionally good. In this respect, as well
as In very many others, the school of
ferr an advantage which is of great lm
portance to the people of a large city
like Scranton. Situated almost In the
heart of the business center, facing
Court House Square, it is easily acces
sible from all parts of the city, the
street cars bringing people from almost
any point right to the collego entrance.
The nearness of the school to all rall
load depots In tho city Is advantageous
to students living In the suburbs and
nearby towns who wish to hoard at
heme and go to and from school by the
tiolley and the steam railroads.
The location Is almost an ideal one In
that while being centra, It is also
healthful and quiet. There being no
adjoining nnd obstructing buildings,
students are certain of having at all
times these prime necessities for the
looms, an abundance of light and pure
air.
Remarkable Success.
The phenomenal success of this Insti
tution is evidence of its popularity and
the most substantial proof of its su
puriorlty. Its growth is. Indeed, excep
tional, and, without doubt, unprece
dented in the history of similar educa
tional Institutions. Real merit, com
plete appointments, thorough instruc
tion, satisfactory results, honorable
dealings and promises fulfilled, have
won for It a reputation that guaran
tees to It still greater prosperity. The
spirit of this school is progressive, and
Its chief characteristics are thorough
ness and efficiency. Thcvsuccess of the
school is due, In a measure, to the in
fluence and kindly assistance of former
students, who are living testimonials
of 'the worth and integrity of the
Fchool. Tho army of graduates holding
positions of trust and responsibility in
this city and elsewhere, speaks with
emphasis of the meritorious work of
the institution.
The Tribune can testify cheerfully to
the thoroughness of the training of the
graduates of this college, having sev
eral of them in its employ at the pres
ent time. The metliors of instruction
employed there are equal to the best of
the business colleges in this country
and are constantly Improving, always
keeping pace with the expanding busi
ness demands of the eommeiclal world.
The Tribune's Offer.
The Tribune offers three scholarships
in the Scranton Business College, each
of the value of $100, In either tho short
hand or business courses, at tho option
of the winners. These three scholar
ships are unlimited, and are good until
a student completes tho course of study
ho or she has chosen. The time re
quired to complete a prescribed course
of study by a student will depend upon
picvlous preparation, aptness nnd es
pecially upon application and the num
ber of hours per day spent nt studies.
No student will bo retarded by less apt
or Industrious pupils. At the comple
tion of the course each is presented
with a beautiful diploma, conferring M
In Penmanship.
the honors of the Institution, free of
charge,
Lackawanna Railroad Excursion- to
Niagara Falls and Toronto,
For evening trains on Aug, 20 and all
trains Aug. 30 aim 31, special excur
sion tickets will be sold to Niagara
Fulls and Toronto, at rate of one-way
faro plus $1, Niagara Falls tickets to be
limited for return to September 2 and
Toronto tickets to September 4, Inclu
sive, The rate from Scranton to
Niagara Fulls and return will be $0.55.
Dr. Llndabury, Surgeon, diseases ot
women a specialty, 215 Connell building.
Hours: 11 a. tn. to 4 p. in,; 7 to S.SO
p. in.
WHO WILL WIN
THE CAMERAS?
August Contest Closes Today at
6 P. M.-yesterdau's
Results.
Standing: of Contestants
1. A. J. Kellerman. Scrnnton.GDO
2. Charles Burns, Vandllng. .507 J
d. Aioort Froedman, Delle-
vue 344
4. Oscar H. Kipp, Elmhurst. .342
5. Wm. T. S. Rodriguez,
Scranton 310
6. Fred K. Gunstor, Green
Ridge 303
7. Herbert Thompson, Car-.
bondale 205
8. Maxwell Shepherd, Car
bondalc 220
0. Wm. Sherwood, Harford. .103
10. Chas. W. Dorsoy, Scranton. 174
11. L. E. Stanton, Scranton. . .135
12. Hendrlck Adams, Chin
chilla 112
13. (L A. Havenstrite, Mos
cow 06
14. Harry Madden, Scranton. . 05
15. Homer Krcsge, Hyde Park 70
16. Prank B. McCreary, Hall-
stead 77
17. Miss Beatrice Harpur,
Thompson 74
18. Miss Jane Mathewson,
Factoryvllle 74
10. William Cooper, Priceburg 49
20. Lee Culver, Springvllle. . . 30
21. Grant M. Seeker, Hall-
stead 38
22. Walter Hallstead, Scran
ton 34
23. Elmer Williams, Elmhurst. 32
24. M i s s Edna Coleman,
Scranton 30
25. Hugh Johnston, Forest
City 30
26. Fred Kibler, South Scran
ton 29
27. Eddie Morris, South Scran
ton 29
28. Miss Mary Yeager, Green
Ridge 28
29. Harry Danvers, Provi
dence 26
30. Louis Gere, Brooklyn .... 24
31. Louis McCusker, Park
Place 23
32. C. J. Clark, Peckvllle 18
33. John Mackie, Providence. . 16
Six contestants scored points yester
day in Tho Tribune's Educational Con
test, as follows; Hendrlck Adams,
Chinchilla, 23; J. A. Havenstrite, Mos
e ., 5; William T. S. Rodriguez, 3;
William Sherwood, Harfoid, 3; Herbert
Thompson, Carbondalc, 2; Miss Jane
Mathewson, Factoryvllle, 1. Only one
Scranton contestant scored.
Hendrlck Adams, who was four
teenth, passed J, A. Havenstrite and
Harry Madden and is now twelfth.
He passed his first century mark and
needs only 24 more points to get into
the place above his present station.
J. A. Havenstrite passed Harry Mad
den and retained thirteenth place. Miss
Mathewson Is now tied with Miss Har
pur for seventeenth place and the lead
ership of the ladles' division.
Today Is the closing day of the
August competition. Three special
prizes are offered as Inducements for
the contestants to get as many points
as possible during the month. Each
prize is well worth winning. A con
testant who can win one of these
special prizes and does not do so should
leally be ashamed.
It has been Intimated, but The
Tribune has no actual knowledge of
the truth of the insinuations, that some
of tho contestants are holding back
points. This should not be done. It is
In direct violation of the rules of the
contest. It is expected that each con
testant should treut The Tribune and
its rules with the same spirit of fair
ness that they expect from The Tribune
at the closo of the contest and during
Its life.
Although some of tho contestants
have a good lead over the others for
the August special honor rewards,
every one should do his or her utmost
to make as good a showing for the
month as possible. Don't hold the sub
scriptions you have received, for they
will bear no interest, but turn them In
at once. Each active contestant, who
has an earnest and real ambition for
the future, cannot nfford to play a
waiting game." They should bo on
the alert constantly, follow up every
hint given und take advantage of every
opportunity to advance their totals
and their own prospects. Nothing
substantial Is achieved by work that is
done in fits and spurts, but to win
real success a candidate for future
promotion must grind away steadily
every day.
As stated before the competition for
the August special honor rewards
closes at D o'clock p. m. today. Let
every contestant who has points to
score, bo it only a few,v bring them or
send thorn to The Tribune oflice before
that time and have them added to tho
amount that has been already pullshcd.
Ono particularly strong advantage
a contestant has by reporting subscrip
tions as soon as secured Is that tho
paper is started at once nnd tlio con
testant has an excellent opportunity of
securing renowals from those who have
favoied him at least once moro befoio
tho close of the contest. It Is of no
real object to wait until next month to
try to win a special prize. Every ono
who has tried that has failed. Put In
your points as soon as you get them,
see how many more you need to over
take tho leading contestant and then
get out and get them or us many us can
bo secured.
In May a gold watch was won by
Charles Burns for bringing In tho
largest number of points that month;
In Juno Oscar KIpp and Fred Gunster
won $10 ond $5 In gold respectively. In
July A. J. Kellerman secured a hand
some bird's-eye maple writing desk,
und Albert Freedmtin u Waterman
fountain pen. In each case a largo
number of points was brought In by
the fortunute ones on the last day. In
all probability tho three August prizes
will bo disposed of tho samo way, Each
contestant should bear this In mind,
One contestant lost the writing desk
In July because he thought he hud
enough points to win It and decided to
keep back 24 points he had made out
on slips so as to have a good start for
August.' It turned out that he was just
thirteen points below the one who did
win it. When he found this out' It was
too late for tho knowledge to help him.
There is a lesson In this for all. Do
not hold back points to win u prize
next monUrVhen ycn havtf tBoUBrl&j'.i
win oho today. -.,,,.
PP
LEADERS FOR AUGUST.
First Prize .
Folding Pocket Kodak, No, 1,,A
RcconJ Prize
No. 2 Brownie Camera.
Third Trho i
No. 1 Brownie Camera.
1. A. J. Kellerman..., 1S3
2. William Sherwood $7
3. Hendrlck Adiims ..tO
1. Herbert Thompson ........... 61
u. Charles Burns ,, El
(i. Maxwell Shepherd 45
7. William T. S. Rodriguez 45'
8. Miss Jane Mathewson 38
9. Hurry Madden 37
10. Albert Frccdman 34
The others who have scored points
since Aug. 1 and who stand a good
chance of winning one of the three spe
cial prizes, nre:
11. J, A. Havenstrite , 32
12. L. E. Stanton 30
13. Frank B, McCreary 27
14. Charles, W. Dorscy., ......'...'. .24
15. Homer Kresge IS
18. Elmer Williams 16
17. Miss Edna Coleman 12
18. Miss Beatrice Harpur 12
10. Eddie Morris I...11
20. William Cooper 7
21. Hugh Johnston 7
22. Walter Hallstead 7
23. I.eo Culver 6
21. Fred Kibler 0
S5. Fred K. Gunster 6
20. Miss Mary Yeager 6
27. Louis Gere 6
2S. Oscar H. KIpp 5
29. Newton Hawiey 4
30. Charles Robinson 4
31. A. I,. Clark 3
32. Don C. Capwell 1
33. Grant Decker 1
REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
Special Corcspondcnce.
Washington. Aug. 29.
AMOVING plctuic of conditions in
tho United States at decennial In
tervals from ISOO to ISJO, and an
nually from ISM to 190J Is present
ed in a monograph just Issued by tha
ticasury bureau of statistics, entitled
"Progress of tlio Vnlted States in Its Ma
teifal Industries." This monogiaph con.
slsts of a seiies ot tables showing area,
population, wealth, debt, money In circu
lation, banks and bank clearings and de
positor, fnrmH end farm values, manu
fuctmes and their value, levcnues, ex
pendltmes, Imports, exports, railways
and their business, the shipping Industry
and many other features of national de
velopment, In tlio census years from 1S00
to 1S."0, and annually from Ib50 to 100-'.
Tho llguics presented, regarding moro
than 100 subjects, show an inteiestlng,
and in many cases a phenomenal growth
In the Industries, finances, pi eduction, and
transpoitatlon of tho country. Tho area,
has grown from S27.S44 square miles In
1S00 to 3,0J5,C00 square miles In 190.', exclu
sive of Alaska and tho Islands belonging
to the United States. Tho population per
square mile, which was 3.6 in 1810, was 26.1
in 1902, notwithstanding the great in
crease in area meantime. Tho total
wealth has grown from $7,000,000,000 In laiO
to an estimated $94,000,000,000 in 1900, and
tho per capita wealth, ftom $307 fn 1850 to
$1,235 In 1900. In no feature has there been,
gi eater fluctuation perhaps than in tho
public debt and Interest charge. In 1800
tho public debt was $15 per capita; In 1810
it had fallen to 21 cents per capita; In
1852 It was $.'07 per capita; In 1861, before
tho beginning of the war, $2.74, and then
mounted rapidly until It became $70 98 per
capita In ISO.",, giadually falling again af
ter tho war to $38.27 in 18S0, $14.22-In 1S90,
$12 01 in 1SD3, $13.00 In 3S9tJ. and $12.97 In
1902. The money in circulation amounted
to $13.S5 per capita in I860, touched $20 57
during the period of paper currency near
tho close of tho war, but again fell below
the $20 maik until 1SS1. when it reached
$21.71 per capita. By 1S92 it had reached
$21.00 per capita; In 1893 It was $21.11: in
1900, $.'(;.W, and in 1902, $28.10 per capita,
tho highest point that It has ever reached.
Deposits in savings banks amounted to
$1,138,576 In 1S20. $0,973,304 In 1830; S43.431.1SO
In 1S50, $119,277,501 In 1SG0, $319,S74,3JS In 1S70.
$819,100,973 in in 1SS0, $1,521,814,500 in 1S91,
$1,810,597,023 in 1S95. and $2,597,094,5SO in 1901.
Meantime tho Individual deposits In na
tional banks hnd grown from $50O,910,S73
In 1S05 to $3,111,690,196 ill 1902.
Tho cause of these financial conditions
above noted tho Increase of currency,
bank deposits, etc. is found in other
tables showing tho development of farms,
miinufiictuicg and of the various indus
tilcs. Tho number of farms increased
from 1,419,073 ill IS50 tn .".79,li57 In 1900. tho
value of fainis and farm pinperty from
$1,000,000,000 ill 1S.M) to $J9.0i'0.000,000 in
1900, and tlio value of their product, which
was not measured until 1S70. grew ftom
Jl ,938,000,000 in that year to $3,704,000,000 In
IDuO. Cl'bo voluo of farm animals Inci eased
front r.l 1,000,000 in ISM to $2,9SI,000,000 in
1900. Tho vnluo of tho product of tho
manufacturing industiles giew from II,
000.000.000 in 1S30 to $13,000,000,000 In,
1900, whllo tho number of people employed
thcieln giew from less than 1,009,000 in
1S50 to (i,7."0,(H)0 in 1900,
Tlio following tablo shows tho figures
for a few of tho moro Important columns
of tho monogiaph for the years 1S90, 1593
and 1902:
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WYOMING SEMINARY,
Kingston, Pa.
Special work: Cburacter-bulldlng and
preparation for collego and business.
Certificate received by colleges. Co
educational, Atnplo attention given to "
the ornamental branches. Superior '
dormitories, science hull, chapel, din
ing" room, gymnasium and athletic
field. A finely equipped preparatory
school. $300 u year; term opens Sept,
17, For catalogue, addreBB L. 5 L,
Spraguo, D, P., president.
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