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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-11
PLANNING FOR PROFIT.

The Ladies Aid society OF the Hickory
Street Presbyterian church, will hold a
picnic at Central park on the 25th inst.
Next Monday evening the Puritan
church choir viii give concsrt in the
Providence Methodist Episcopal church,
Active preparation has been made, and
one Of the best concerts ever given by
home talent can be expected. The pro-
ceeds are to be equally divided between
| both churches.
Next Friday the junior PASTORS com.
mitlee, of the Green Ridge Primitive
Methodist church, will run an excursion
TO Farview. The Ladies' Aid society has
charge of the refreshments and will pro.
vide for the needs OF all. The train will
start from the Green Ridge depot at s n.
m, and call at Providunce, Priceburg aud
jermyn stations. The benefit is to aid in
making up the PASTORS salary, which has
not been paid in full owing to poor times.
A week next Monday, Aug 90, the
Young Peoples union. OF the Welsh Bnp-
iist churches of northeastern Pennsyl-
vaniu, will hold convention at Pittston.
A good programme has been prepared.
Papers viii be read and addresses deiv-
cred by some OF the most active work
in the association. A large delegation Ia
expected present, and great interest /:
taken by the young people OF the churches
is our city which arc members Of the
union.
Aweek next Monday evening, the 2Otl
inst, Prof. Haydn Evans and party will
rive u farewell concert in the jackson
Street Baptist Church, before they leave
for a tour through Wales. Miss Julia
Allen, the accomplished violnist, win nc
company tho party aud will take part il
the above concert. The party is wei pre-
pared for the journey, and an exhibition
Of their accomplishments will DO given on
the Goth inst Experts say that they AZ,
able to hold their own in the land of song
and this farewell concert will be a just
exhibition OF these artists work.
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MOntrOSe.

A large number Of people were at the
Lackawanna and Montrose depot last
night at 9. 20 to see Company q start for
Gettysburg The boys were happy and
anticipated good time. In the meantime
the stay-at.homes will be lonesome and
will be glad when the encampment is over
and the boys are at home again.
S Hunting Sayre, Of Virginia, former
business man here, is calling on his friends
in this vicinity.
George Halpin is able to be out on
clutches.
viii McC0usland, Of Elmra, N. Y, is
visiting his brother, Lieutenant II. J. Nc
Causlaud.
The parade Of the Montrose fire depart
mpnt has been finally fixed for Sept. 20
@. w. Baker is expected to address the
people of Brooklyn, Pa, on Sunday in the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Theodore Petit OF Brooklyn, N. Y, is
spending his vacation here with his fam
lily, who have been at Nelson Hawley's for
some time.
Mrs Beney Bedel and son, Of Park
Place, Scranton, are visiting Mrs. Bedelns
parents on Depot street.
Miss May Lane. daughter, OF ex-Sherifl
s. +. Lane, is visiting friends In Scranton.
The Sebring murder case will be the
most interesting case for next week In
court Sebring is to be tried for murder
lug his infant child The evidence before
the justice was convincing and the grand
jury found true bill.
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Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia and
New York via D. & f. r R. at :. As am. 1906,
28S and lbs p. m, via D., l. W. R. R., 609
Barre GeyT via fGaop ST. W W. s06 e. ao Spd sos @fe 8
a. m, 80, S5O COZ. $50 p IN.
Pottsvile and all points on the Beaver
Meadow and Pottsville branches, via E. & W.
40 am, via d. & Z. R. R. at Sam, I20S.
2SS 400 pm, via D., l.. & ". r. R., 600, sos,
II. 20 am, l.31 $50 pm.
Reading, Harrisburg and all intermediate
points via D: & H. r. r. 7.45 am l20s 2.3S II. IS
pm, via D., L. 6 W. r. R.,60o,s.0S, ll.2O a. M,
l.30 pm.
Leave Scranton for Tunkhsnnock Towands,
Elmira Ithaca, Geneva and all intermediats
points via D. & Il; r. Rs - am. 1905 and ll.SS
p. m, via d. l.. & W. Il, R., SOS am. l.3O p. m.
Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo, Nj
sgara Falls, Detroit, Chicago and all points
west via ID. " II. r. R., Si5 am, l2 o., ,9.lallSS
2. M, via ID. L. Il W, Il, r and Pttston
junction, SUS am, $50, 500 ?. M, via E. & W,
Il r., 3,4l D. m.
For Elmira and the west via Salamanca via
l.. & w. F, r., SOS an, l3O and b07 p, m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or l.. Y. chair
cars on all trains between L. 6 b. Junction or
| Wilkes Barre and New York Philadelphia,
Buffalo and Suspension Bridge
ROLLlN H. WILBUR. Gen. Supt-
CHAS. S, LEE. Gen. Pass, Ag't Phila Pa.
A.W WNONNEMACHER,Ass' Gen Pass. Ag's,
South Bethlehem, Pa,
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DELAwARh LACKAwANNA AND

~ WESTERN RAILROAD
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Express
for New York and ala points East. Lao, 26A
SIS, 500 and Q5o a. m; l2 IS and $50 p, m.
Express for Easton. Trenton Philadelphia
and the South, ala 500 and a.bS q M; l2&
and $50 p. ~
Washington and way stations S55 p IN.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6l0 p. 10.
Expr, IS for Binghanton, Oswego ElmirA
Corning, Bath Dansville, Mount Morris and
Buffalo, 10, 2 Is n. IN. and la p. m, making
close connections at Buffalo to all points In the
West, Northwest and Southwest.
Bath accommodation. a. m
Biughamton and way stations, 1881 p. IN.
Nicnolson accommodation, at p. N. ana
6l0 p. IN.
Binghamton and Elmira Express, eos p, m.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse Oswegoi
Utica and Richield Springs 2,l5 a m. and In
p. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes Barre
Plymouth, bloomsbury and Danville, making
close connections at Northumberland for
Wnliamsport Harrisburg, Baltimore, Wash
ngton and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate stations
eco, obs a. m. and l.30 and 6@ p. m. o,
Nantcoxe ana intermediate stations aus
and H. a. m. Plymouth and intermedists
stations $50 and S,52 D. IN,
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on "u
For detailed information pocket tins tables
ETC. apply to NJ. l.. Smith, city tlcket omcA
32S Lackawanna avenue. or depot ucket olncS
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NEW YORK, Aug. o. 9--FLoUR-Quiet un.
changed. steady.
WHEAT--Dull unchanged, firm; No.
red, store and elevator, 5S$c.: ahoat,
$3.50; (. o. b., 50a59Hc.; unRraded red,
b4a59c.; No. northern, 66Aa67c: options
were dull and irregular, closing firm and
unchanged from yesterday; December and
September most active sales included
No. red, closing August 5Skc.; Septem
Der, 59Ac; October, 60Eo; December,
| 624c; May, 615Ec.
UoRN-Dull, scarce, firm; No. Q, 63Ic.
elevator, CSC, ailoat; options closed firm
at Hal 1Sc. below yesterday trading dull;
| May and September most active; August
Gl9Sc.; September, 6O%c,: October, 5gJ6c.
December, 57Ilc, May, 56Ssc.
OATs--Dull, lower, weak. options, weak
dull, lower; August, 349lc.; September,
35c. October, &c.,; spot prices, No 2.
34&035J6c.; No white, lla42c; No. {
Chicago, 90aSG16c.; No. 8, 3ic.; No.
| white, i0a4lc,: mixed western. 35a36c.
white do. 40a45, white state 40ai5c..
BEEF-Steady, dull; family, Sl2al4; extra
mess, SSa850.
| BEEF HkMs-puiet; S92.
TIERCED BEEF-Dull, steady; city extra
India mess, Sl7alS.
| Cur MEATs-Quiet, steady; picked bel
lies, IL lbs, So; picked shoulders, O. Aa6Hc.
picked hams, 1l94al2c.; middles, nominal.
LARD--Firmer, quiet; western steam
$3.50; city at 7ISaTAc; September, S1.75
refined, flrmer; continent, IS 10; Soutl
| America, SS.35; compound, 6a6Ac
PoRK-Quiet, Arm; mess, Sll 50a14. 75
extra prime Sl3al35O.
BUTTER-- Steady, quiet; state dairy
l4a2lc. do. creamery l7a2Sc. Pennsyl-
vania, do, 17a23c.; western dairy
| 12Xa16c.; do. creamery, l4a2Sc: do
factory, 12ka15%c.; elgins, 2Sc.; imita
tlou creamery, 14al7c
CHEEsE-Firm, good demand state large
7a9c; do. fancy, &C.; do. small, 71Sa9c
EGGs-Firmer. light supply; state an,
Pennsylvania, 15Hal0c.; western fresh
14a15c.; do. per case, $la2.75.
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Beecham's, pills are for
biliousness, bilious headache,
dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid
liver, dizziness, sick head
ache, bad taste in the mouth,
coated tongue, loss of appe-
tlte, sallow skin, when caused
by constipation; and consti-
patton is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
Book free; pills 25c. At
drugstores,or write B.F. Allen
Co,365 CanalSt. .,New York.
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ER1E AND WYOMING VALLEY RAIL

IL ROAD
Trains leave Scranton for New York and in.
termediate points on the Erie railroad at 6.B
a. m. and aA p IN. Also for HonesdRle.
Hawley and local points at 636, 9.45 q. m. and
32ip.m
All the above are through trains to and
from Honesdale.
An additional train leaves Scranton for
Lake Ariel at $40 pm. and arrives at Scran'
ton from the Lake at s 10 am. and I.b pm.
Trains leave for Wilkes-Barre at $40 a m.
and 3.4l D. m,
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N ].
LsHieE AND sUsQUEHaNNA DIVISION
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insurine
cleanliness and comfort.
TINE TABLE IN EFFFcr WAY 2O lso,


TIME TABLE IN EFFECT MAY 90 1884,
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston, Wilkes
Barre ETC. at 8@l g.lJ, ll3O a. m, IL. 90, 200,
35y, 5.O0, 20 ll.Oj .. m Sundays 800 g. m,
100, 2l5, 7.lO p. N.
For Atlantic City, $40 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth, SO
(express) a. m, 1880 (exprcss with Buffet
parior carr $50 (express) p. m. Sunday 2l5
,. N.
For MAuCH CHUNK, ALLENTOWN, BETHLE.
HEM, EAsToN and PHILADELPHIA, so a. m,
l2.5O, $50, 800 Except Philadelphia D. "a.
Sunday, 2l5 D. m.
For LONG BRANCH, OCEAN GROVE, etc. az
HZO (wlth through carr a. m, l2.50p m
For Reading Lebanon and Harrisburg via
Allentown, o.sJ a. IN, 1880, 800 pm. Sunday,
ZlJ p. II.
For Pottsville $50 a. m, l2JOp .. N.
Returning, leave New York. foot Of Liberty
street, North river, at $40 (express) a. m,
l.lO LJJ 4.3l express with Buffet parlor carl
=. m. Sunday, 40 a. 10.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal aOJ
a. m, 200 and l.3J p. N. Sunday, 6H a u.
Through tickets 10 all points at lowest rates
may be had on application in advance 10 tina
ticket agent az the station.
Il. p. BALDWIN,
J. b. oLHAUsEN.
Gen. Supt.
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MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:

| NhlNOh INbIpAIiAb ANSlho'
Pennsylvania officials report a decided
Improvement i'll shipments from Chicago
and from points along the line.
This years excursion business Of the
| Western New York and Pennsylvania
railroad is said 10 be the heaviest in the
history Of the company.
A New York syndicate is said to be
negotiating for some of the undeveloped
coal lands owned by the Reading company
near st. Clair, and has also bid for several
tracts owned by parties iu that locality.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the New York, Susquehanna and West
arn Railroad company, for the election of
directors and for the transaction OF such
other business as may come before them,
will be held September 6.
A most surprising strike Of free milling
gold ore has been made in the AMMO lode,
fifteen miles east OF Mosea, Col, by the
Fuilenwider Bros. Assays have been made
with the astonishing result Of S49, 900 per
ton. The gold is found in a honeycomb
quartz, easily worked, almost crushing iu
the hand. Much of it is visible to the
naked eye.
The reorganization committee Of the
New York and New England Railroad
company has issued q call Tor the third as.
ssssment under the plan OF reorganization
as follows: 50, 25 per share on the preferred
stock and IS on the common, payable Aug.
2i at the Manhattan Trust company, New
York, and the Old Colony Trust company,
Boston.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation COM
pany, which ia still working on repairs to
dams and canal banks caused by the May
froshet, sustained another annoyance OF
Tuesday, when portion OF the Delaware
canal bank just below Easton gave way
and made hole four feet deep and twelve
feet long, thorough which water In the
level poured into the Delaware.
In recognition Of their bravery anG
fidelity to duty during the recent strike,
titteen Of the yardmasters on the western
division OF the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road have been presented with suitably
inscribed badges. Were the railroads gen
orally to follow the example set by th,
Chesapeake and Ohio and reward thei
employees who remain loyal during similar
emergencies It would, no doubt, tend t,
establish stronger bond between the va
rious maragements and their men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-11

For earache, toothache, sore throat,
swelled neck and the results of colds aud
inflammation, use DIR. Thomas Eclectric
0il-the great pain destroyer. ."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-11

In Holland, Mich, Q. ]. poesbury pub
fishes the News, and in its columns
strongly recommends DR.. Thomas Eclcc-
trio OIL for coughs, colds, sore throat
catarrh and asthma. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-11
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Stocks and Bonds.

The following complete taDle showing the
days fluctuations In active stocks is supplied
and revised daily by LaBar % Fuller stock
brokers. l2l Wyoming avenue.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.
WHEAT.

SCRANTON. Aug. l0.-The following quota
tions are supplied and corrected daily by La
Bar s. Fuller, stock brokers,l III Wyoming ave-
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am, 1900, 22O, 3.55, 5.lj, 6l5, '.Z5, 80 and
ll20 pm.
For Farview, Waymart and Honesdale at
100 s. 2j and TO- 10 am, l2.0O,220 and sis p N.
For Albany. Saratoga, the Adirondacks and
Montreal at 54j a m. and 220 pm.
For Wilkes Barre and intermediate points
at 745, 8.45 93S and l045 am- 1905 l20, 23s,
400, $40, sos, al5 and i, l,3s pm.
Trains will arrive at Scranton Station from
Carbondale and intermediate points at 40,
$40, 9.4 and l0.40 a m, l2G0, LII, 2.34, Lao,
45i, 3 So. 7.45, Oh and ll.S3 pm.
From Honesdale. WaymaTt and Farview at
9. a a M, loo, liz, 5. 10. 5 S. and 7.45 pm,
From Montreal, saratoga, Albany, etc, at
454 and lL5} pm.
From \, likes Barre and intermediate points
at 2l5, 500, 10 and II So am, l l6, 2lL 8 80,
$40, eos, ~, 9.03 ana lll6 pm.
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The president of the Eastern Mime
sofa road has created a stir among the
elevator men of this section of the
northwest by the announcement that
rates on wheat in the elevators Of the
Great Northern road at Duluth and
West Superior would be practically cut
in two much to the benefit of the
farmers. The new rates will 60 into
effect Aug. 10. Itis estimated that the
new rates will mean reduction of
over $4,000, 900 in elevator earnings,
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DELAWARE AND HUD-

D- Ia " NM AND HUDs
SON RAILROAD.
Commencing MOnday,JU
81, all trains will arrive and
from the new Lack
awanna avenue station as
1 follows:
, Trains will leave Scrau-
ton station for CarbonGale
and intermediate points at
on. 4 a. = On. sHi and 10.IQ
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-11

The officials of the Lshigh Valley
railroad have recently come into the
possession of souvenirs which they
prize very highly. Some time ago the
weigh scales in the Packerton yards
were reconstructed. The two lengths
Of steel rails, which FOR years held a
position directly over the scales, were
removed and carefully guarded. These
rails have been cut up iuto small pieces,
and after being highly polished, pre-
sented to the officers of the road. The
interesting fact connected with the
souvenirs is the fact that upon the
rails were weighed 1OO. O0O, 900 tons Of
coal.
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GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

The Reading Coal and Iron company
has. it is stated, practically agreed to
accept 21 per cent. as its proportion OF
the total output of anthracite coal.
This means q surrender Of .63 OF per
cent, as its ratio under the present al
lotmsnt is 81 SO per cent. The work Of
readJusting tho percentages has not,
however, been completed. and there
may be changes in the present arrange
ment; but the New York, Ontario and
Western, which did not come In under
the old allotment, must be provided
for; its percentage will probably be 2
or 3 per cent, aud it is to make up
this allotment that the Reading has
agreed to O reduction OF its percentage.
The allotments will. it is understood,
be based on the output in June, which
aggregated 8, ll2, 900 tons, the largest
months output on record; the Read
ing's percentage FOX the month was 2O+
per cent, and was made In face OF the
fact that seventeen of the company's
colieries were idle for half Of the
month, and six were idle for the whole
month. 1t was the ability Of the COM
pany TO mine 2Oi per cent OF the total
under such circumstances that gave
force to the argument that itS regular
allotment should not exceed q per
cent.
The strength Of Lackawsnna is ac-
companied by the revival of the rumor
Of distribution Of the company's sur
plus. II is said tnat the distribution
will be in the shape Of a dividend Of
new stock. and that the holders will
receive about 20 to % per cent. in new
shares Leading officials Of the company
emphatically deny the report, however,
ana say that no 'melon" il TO he di.
vided among the stockholders -Phila'
delphia Stakeholder.
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Ia the review Of the iron trade, the
Philadelphia Ledger says that the pros
pect Of coal and coke assumptions has
produced somewhat easier feeling on
Besssmer pig. There is no doubt the
market is broadening and that the
early fall will see considerable in
crease in the demand. Consumption is
still below normal. The total output
of pig iron for the year ended July
was about go per cent Of the total Of
two years ago, or about 8, 200, 900 tons,
against 1000, 0J0 tons in 1892
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-18
One Attraction of tho saloon.

II amt going home, tell you. There
amt no fire there, and there amt going to be
none" Two men, who looked like working
men, were walking along the street together.
One was evidently trying to get the other to
60 home. The answer gives one an idea OF
what missionary influence . warm fro may
be- Possibly this mans wife and child were
at home and had to stay there, whether there
was going to be fire or not. Perhaps the head
of the family reasoned that since he had no
employment by means Of which to obtain
money to build q FIRE with, and could not help
his wife and child II he were there, he might
a. we'll go where there was fre-to-wit: TO
the saloon. There are always plenty OF
places where even an unemployed man may
find warmth. OF course such person may
go to the public library and read the books
and papers, but somehow the public library
Is not us easily accessible as the saloon; and
cheerful conversation is Eot forbidden In
them. And there is generally somebody at
the saloon who will help even an unemployed
man to do that which will enable him for q
time to forget his poverty and remember his
misery no more. Incidentally he forgets his
wife and remembers his children no more.
But for the time being he is happy-aud
warm. What II there were few places
we'll, a good many plaoes-in the poor quar-
ters of the city, just as accessible as the sa-
looms, where men and women who cannot
have fires In their rooms might go and be
warm and comfortable and ind nothing more
mischievous to drink than hot milk or coffee.
-Bost0n transcript,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-18
PUT A STOP TO THE THIEvINo.
Young BOnrder Doctors His Whis-
Ky and Cologne With Surprising
Results.

Young BOnrdef Doctors His Whis-
Ky and Cologne With Surprising
Results.
Chemistry as n deterrent of crime Is
as yet undeyeloped, but there is GER
tain young man in New York who has
made some remarkable advances in
that direction, says the World. Al
though lie has spent much of his life
in hotels and boarding houses. he lost
discovered that his toilet accessories
were subject to strange and inexpli-
cable disappearance. He complained
to the landlady, but for all that the
mysterious disappearance continued.
Bottle after bottle of cologne suffered
from most mysterious leakage. and to
add to his other woes, his whisky just
as strangely disappeared. He suffered
rs long as human endurance suffers
before rising to the sticking point, and
then he laid trap for the offender.
At dinner that evening the dessert
was about to be brought In when n
series of piercing shrieks came from
the direction Of his bedroom. The
bOardcrs rushed up stairs. On the up
pNi AahoAhB thSAS odl "AuL WAS req
OgniZed as the wreck of the house
holds chambermaid. Her face was
black as the skin of n Zanzibari negro,
and her hair, n carroty red in its nat
ural state, was streaked and spotted
from the nape of the neck to the fore
head. She was sick-sicker than was
ever transatlantic traveller in hurri-
cane. Between her gasps she raved
and shrieked like a lunatic, while the
young man laughed heartlessly at her
plight
II am poisoned!" shrieked the cham
bermaid, and, pointing to the young
man, she yelled with venomous hate,
THAT man has killed me-
The situation began to get so strain
ed that the landlady drew the young
man inside for an explanation. The
boarders, anxious to have the mystery
explained. followed.
what have you done to my maidT
the landlady asked
And then 1t all came out.
You remember that spoke of mys-
terious thefts in my rooms?" said the
culprlt. "Well, they did not stop
when I complained, SO took my own
precautions that they would not con-
tinue From the condition of your
maid I infer that she has again been
helping herself to my cologne and
whisky This circumstantial evidence
signifies that she first took large
drink Of the whisky, and then pro-
ceeded to bathe in the cologne. To
the fact that there is a quantity Of
tartar emetic in the whisky Is due her
appearance of nausea, and a reasona-
, bic explanation for the peculiar color
of her complexion is the combina ton
of nitrate Of silver with the cologne.
Your chambermaid will be unable to
appear in public for few days, but
l hardly think she will disturb my
property again."
And the other boarders agreed with
him. Although the maid did not die
the young man had to move, but he
considers that the success of his expe.
riment amply repays him for his an
noynnce.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-18
o........ Awarded b, re...u,.

There are times when the post.
ONCE department pitches pennies
1t Is not verv often that this sport 10
indulged in. but nevertheless 1t is Q
recognized part Of the Official pro-
gram. 1t is in connection with the
star routes. When there is q new
route established, at the regular four
yearly letting OF the contracts, say.
there is nearly always competition
between would-be contractors. 1t
sometimes happens that there are two
lowest bidders II these two men
both live on the route. or live at an
equal distance from it. the depart
ment tosses q penny. Mr.. Stone
does the tossing. He is the chief
clerk in the second assistant post
master-general's office and the con-
tracts go through him. Mr.. Stone
has the contractors take seats in his
handsomely upholstered Office. He
feels in his pocket for penny. II
he has nothing but large bills in his
pocket, which is apt to be the case,
he borrows u nickel from the young
man who writes shorthand for him.
Then he pitches up the nickel While
1t is away near the ceiling he says to
his young man: (Which shall 1t be?"
And the young man answers: Heads
for Smith" And IL heads como up
Smith gets the contract II tails,
Brown gets it.-Washington Capital