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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
A FEW STRAWS.
From the American Economist.

From the American Economist.
The records of the New York post
office show that nearly ten thousand
more domestic money orders were paid
at the general office in the first two weeks
of August this year than in the same
time last year. These money orders
have, without doubt. in most cases been
sent to pay for goods ordered from New
York merchants by persons living else
where. This means that nearly ten
thousand people who were not buying
goods from New York dealers in August
last year are buying this year Straws
show which way the wind blows, and
this is one of the straws which mark
the coming of what promises to be a
hurricane which will sweep the country
into such prosperity as will give the de-
voted band of Free Traders bad dreams
Tor many a day
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

The announcement is made that the
annual convention OF the Democratic
Societies Of Pennsylvania to have been
held at Wilkes Barre on the 2Sth inst
has been called off. The resolution
adopted by the committee states that
it does not appear wise or seemly"
for them to Convene in district so
disturbed and harrassad." The consid-
Grafton of the committee of arrange
ments in this case is certainly COM
mendabls. Wilkes-Barre at the pres
ent time as the centre of the strike
district; the home of Editor sam
Boyd and a tail end ball club, seems
to have a cup full of woe. 1t is pleas
ing to note that the sorrowful city is
to be spared the prosposed visit of an
organized company Of calamity howl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
A Sensible Innovation,

The bootblacks and newsboys of
Providence, r. l., to the number Of
600, are licensed and are under police
supervision. About one hundred Of
these boys are unable to attend school
and the superintendent of education
has perfected a plan whereby a school
especially designed for them is to be
established in a central portion of the
city, so that each boy may spend the
required five weeks under instruction.
The sessions will be from $50 to II. 80
and from 1.30 to o'clock, the remain
ing hour and a half being occupied in
the evening school. Thus the law re-
quiring every child under fifteen years
of age to attend school will be obeyed
and a class of exceptionally bright
urchins, usually neglected in the larger
cities, will receive systematic instruc-
tion. Another advantage of this plan
is that the hours usually employed in
street idling and in pernicious amuse-
ments, while the newsboys are await
ing the arrival of their papers, will be
hereafter improved in study and reci-
tation. The policemen are instructed
to make a roundup of all youngsters
who belong in the school and march
them thither wherever found outside
during the hours named. An excellent
work similar to this, although accom-
plished in a far different way, has for
some years been in operation in
dustrial association, under the di-
rectlon and fostering care OF
Mrs. Henry w. Palmer, has pro-
duced wonderful results. Not only has
II been employed in the education of
neWsboys and bootblacks, but in the
mental and moral uplifting of breaker
boys, and many other little wage
earners of that region. Mrs. Palmer
has succeeded finally in receiving the
active support of the city and school
authorities in her great enterprise, but
no such systematic attempt to give
the poorer classes of boys a chance, as
in Providence, has been made by the
school boards in our great labor cen.
tres. The free kindergartens are do.
ing much for the forlorn little denizens
of many wretched homes in this city
but the larger children, whose fnan-
cial help is needed in the family, re,
ceive only such indirect advantages as
are gained from the brief hour and a
half at the night school, when they are
often too utterly weary to secure any
benefit from the instruction given.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
A DIFFICULT LAMENT.

1.-THE melancholy days have come"
Ye poets, drop tear.
Once more your lutes in minor strum
And sing on autumn drear.
But as the leaves forsake the trees
In sadness so intense,
We hail with sweet relief the breeze
That comes to blow them hence.
Ger places that are bare and brown"
IT'S proper 10 lament.
Yet TO efface the gloomy frown
A sense of sweet content
Steals through us. No hot wave annoys
Mosquitoes hush their lays
In fact there's nothing one enjoys
Lake melancholy days"
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
TROUBLE WITH THE HOODOOs
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Amateur hypnotism is giving a great
deal of trouble in a New York town, the
practice having received a boom from
the visit of a professional to that place.
The irresponsible handling of a natural
force which is yet so imperfectly under
stood cannot fail to work mischief and a
decisive check should be put on this dam
gerous amusement. Only skilled scien-
lists ought to be allowed to experiment
with a power of such vague possibilities
and uncertain results.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

It was playing the demagogue yes
terday for Attorney John NJ. Garman
to protest against the justice of hav-
ing the hearing in the Hazleton affair
before Judge Lynch and Judge Ben
nett at Wilkes Barre The judges are
justices of the pace eX-officio and as
such it is more fitting that in a case
Of such Importance the hearing should
be conducted by them rather than a
justice at Hazleton or some nearby
locality,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

grief of her husband who loves her
still. and is willing to promise to keep
house without a folding bed and also
to deny himself the delights of mixed
drinks parties in the future. The
young wife is obdurate. however, and
proposes to arrest him for assault
when the divorce case is concluded,
The folding bed could certainly serve
the purpose of suppressing scolding
wives If it were allowed to remain
shut up long enough with the wife in
the interior, but it should be used only
in cases where the husband is not
likely to get a fit of repentance when
he wants to hear her have another
last word
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

parently without much respect for what
the mob may do; but when his followers
talk about burning things up he prompt
ly puts a stop to It, Whether this is be-
cause he sees that such talk will array
all sensible men against his ideas, or
because he has some preference left for
security to life and property, IL is fair
to recognize that he has more sense
than the firebrands who are behind him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
4 CHANGE In Methodism,

The Indiana conference of Metho-
dists, which is in session in Indian
apolis :his week, promises to be the
most exciting ministerial convention
held in recent years, as it is intended
to make this the occasion of a pro-
nounced protest against the unre-
stricted power of the bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Many of
the clergymen in attendance upon the
conference say that according to the
existing custom the bishops have all
the power of a Car having been elect
ed for life being accountable to no
man and having unlimited sway over
the rank and file of the clergy. They
are granted large salaries and travel
ing expenses. and while often located
at points far distant from the great
centres of the country, find it con-
Venient to spend much of their time in
the chief cities, thus being unrestricted
in movement and authority. All these
arguments and many more are brought
up against the present system of gov
ernment in the church and as the west
ern clergymen and laymen seem de-
termined in making a decided stand in
favor Of a change, it is probable that
al the next general conference a battle
over the time limit in the episcopacy
will be fought.
There is also a prospect that a warm
discussion will be waged regarding the
power of presiding elders, now deemed
nc auit tat tnn
cratic. In the east ii is estimated that
the presiding elders district averages
from fiftY-one to seVenty-five appoint
ments, while in the west they range
from twenty-one to thirty-nine, hence
at the latter rate presiding elders are
deemed an expensive luxury.
The Indianapolis conference will also
take up the much argued matter Of
equal representation of clerical and lay
members in the general conference
a question which is certain to again
arouse great interest in the next ses-
sion of that body.
Whether or not the Methodist Epis-
copai church is making a mistake in
her mode of government is a question
which can scarcely be decided by the
present generation to the satisfaction
of all concerned. but certain it is that
this government has been in wise
hands during all these years of the
church's marvellous development in
strength, culture and blessing to the
world. If the time shall come when
her policy must be changed, it is to be
hoped that equal wisdom will direct
the important step.
The Republican party and the Re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

Mrs. Ferris. widow of the famous
Ferris, of wheel fame, arrived in Pitts
burg last week. Francis Schlatter, who
is disposed to make her his wife,
whether she is willing or not, has not
yet put in appearance, owing, prob
ably to the fact that Just now he is
busy explaining to the Chicago author
tiles his right to practice divine heal
ing without an earthly physicians
certificate, right which they seem
inclined to question.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

Attorney John Lenahan did the cor
rect thing yesterday when he served
notice on the counsel for the prosecu-
tion in the Lattimer investigation that
he did not propose to have this case
the excuse for making political capital
in the way of stump speeches osten-
sibly for the commonwealth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

1t is rumored that several young men
who are taking theological courses in
college have announced themselves as
being not only ready, but anxious to
go to the missionary field at once.
They express a preference for the
KlOndike
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

band when the sheriff read the riot
act. When the sheriff gave the order
to fire he was acting within his au-
thority, and no government on earth
is at liberty to inquire further"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
PROsPERITY's PUZZLE,

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
A New York man who tried to commit
suicide one day last week married a
widow the next. 1t is strange that in
these days of prosperity any man should
be so desperate as that.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
Autumn
i'm the
Silk Goods
SeCtiOnn.

Nowhere in the store has there been thoughtful
the markets picking the choice selecting
would
the
Grand values
Our window display will deaoft the
ordia ainvtat isexteude to npc the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
state.

Stdtts
State Treasurer-J. S. BEACON, OF
WestmUrelaEd.
Auditor General-LEVI G. MCAULEY,
of Chester.
County.
Sheriff-CLARENCE Il. PRYOR, OF
Scranton.
District Attorney-JOHN r. JONES, OF
Blakely.
Prothonotary JOHN COPELAND, O:
Carbondale.
Treasurer-W. s. LANGsTAFF, of Scran-
ton.
Clerk of the Courts-THOMAS p. DAN
1ELS, of Scranton.
Recorder - CHARLES HUESTER, OF
Scranton.
Register-WILLIAM X. BECK, OF Mos
COW.
JurY Commissioner - CHARLES WIG
GINS, of Scranton.
Election day, November 2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

The corn husks and goose bone pro-
phets are on time this year with the
usual fall and winter predictions. Ac-
cording to the representations this
year the winter will be unusually sew
ere. The almanac makers also advance
opinions that the closing months of
and bitter cold weather Despite the
fact that many are disposed to scoff
at the predictions of the husk and
bone prophets the theories based upon
the observations of these students of
nature are read with interest by a
large following and in most cases are
correct. BY all means give the husk
and bone prophet hearing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

tress will instinctively turn towards
California this year. The prune crop
Of that state is estimated to be worth
$40, ,OOO, 900
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
WHEN MR.. BRYAN Is RIGHT.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
In one of his later oratoricaI outputs
Mr.. Bryan remarks: 81 can't help think
ing" Mr.. Bryan is right. He hasn't
helped anybody in thinking.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
GOLDSNll1IH'S o. BAZAAR.

For weeks we have been gathering
from the great fashion centers this as.
semblage Of handsome Fall and Winter
Silks We take an honest pride in the
completeness of the stock. This bids
fair to be the biggest Silk Goods Season
IN stock and such values to select from,
be easy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22
WISDOM OF DEBS,

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Debs deserves credit for wisdom enough
20 dsavow the talk of his supporters
about torches and dynamite. He main
tains that firing on a mob is murder, APP
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

1t is said that Mr. Higgins. the sor-
rowing husband of the dead woman
who left her fortune out of the family
at the advice of the spirits, strongly
disapproves of splritualism as a NOR
tai guide.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

There is no mistaking the fact that
Scranton boys have way" with them.
Even the marching Lattimer women
were vanquished at the approach Of
the Thirteenth Regiment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

The Republican party and the Re-
publican papers do not stand so much
in defense of monopolies as they stand
for law, order, peace and prosperity,
particularly the latter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-22

II IL " NN il "
FOR FINE
Dress
Goods
Has always BEEN pro-
verbal, and our constant
ly growing trade ON lower
and medium priced goods
only tends to show that
we are also to the front
ON this lime of goods, as
we'll
To demonstrate this
fact more fully than ever,
we have placed ON sale for
the next TEN DAYS,
Three Great Specialties,
that are we'll worth the
attention and scrutiny of
the closest buyers--as we
guarantee them the best
values i'm NEW GOODS
offered this season
1, is a line of Mixed Chev-
lots, strictly wool and
am All cloth for general
wear. This week, $1.0S
a Dress Pattern
2, choice line of jacquard
and Camel's I'll a i r
effects. An imported
cloth and shown only i'm
the newest cOlor-com-
binations. This week,
S3.35 a Dress Pattern
3, a line of high class
"CrepOn" effect. "Nov-
city" Suitings, also i'm
the latest Color-Combi-
nations. Looks equal to
goods at more than
double the price. This
week, $4.S5 a Dress
Pattern
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11
A Maine Firm to Get it's Due.

AsHINGToN, d. c.. Jan. Ex-senator
Stewart has submitted favorable report
on the claim of Stout, Hall, and Bangs, and
it will be Incorporated in the Senate sundry
civil bill. This is the granite irm of which
Col l. S. Bangs of Watervile is a member
The secretary OF the interior has agreed that
they have a valid claim of $31 ,SO2 80 against
the government Oh account of granite that
was to be furnished for the new Congress
sional Library. They entered into a con
tract with the government in 1888 to furnish
S257 ,76O worth of granite for the walls of the
cellar, or sub-basement story. Afterwards
Congress changed the plans and specitca-
lions for the work and the granite firm s
contract was annuled, not through any
fault of their own. The contract was signed
April q and annulled October 9 Superiu-
tendent of Construction Bernard R. Green
decided that they We're entitled to $50, ::}49-
50 for damages, but to this they objected and
took their account to the court of claims
where they We're awarded SIS, 46S 10 less.
Congress afterward authorized the secretary
of interior to pass upon their claims and this
he did, deciding that they We're entitled to
still less compensation. 1t is probable now
that the claimants will be paid the 1871 ,S05-
%, either at this or the coming Congress.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11
Williamson's photography of Elaine

The February number of The Atlantic
Monthly has the following notice in its Com
ment on New Books:
A photography of Maine from the Earliest
Period to 1891, by Joseph williamson In
two volumes. (The Thurston Print, Port
iand) Mr.. Williamson, already widely
known as an enthusiastic student of Maine
history, has done an extraordinary piece of
work in collecting these fourteen hundred
pages OF titles, under names of authors and
towns, of books and pamphlets relating to
Maine or having their origin in the State
Not only do Jacob Abbott and Henry W.
Longfellow appear as authors of works Fl rst
written or Published in Maine, but titles are
gwen OF all their writings. Most valuable
IS the long list of titles of works under
names OF towns. Portland, for instance, has
thirty four close pages, and little Saco has
more than two Such minute work will be
of value to few scholars; it deserves the
recognition of all who honor the noble army
of indeX-makers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11

live for the single purpose of getting.
Talk to them about getting and they I'M
derstand every word you say Talk to
them about giving and you employ a
word which they have long since ruled
out of their vocabulary. Mutitudes of
people seem to live oblivious to every
claim of beneficence, deaf to every appeal
for charity, Indifferent to every sorrow
and insensible 10 every sigh. Let giving
henceforth become our watchword. Let
us face the duty of giving ioyously and
take it up, not as a burden, but as glori-
Gus privilege. Be always giving.
"The sun gives ever; so the earth
What can it give much tits worth;
The ocean gives in many ways
Gives baths, gives fishes, rivers, bays:
So, too, the air, it gives us breath;
w hen it stops giving, comes in death.
Give, give, be always giving,
Who gives not, is not living;
The more you give,
The more you live.
Gods love hath in us wealth unheaped
Only by giving is it reaped
The body withers, and the mind
Is pent in by selfish rnd.
Give strength, give thought, give deeds,
give pelf,
Give love, give tears, and give thyself.
Give, give, be always giving,
Who gives not, is not living;
The more we give,
The more we live"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11
Papers and Periodicals.

| Tha Calais Times has been enlarged, has
new heading, and is otherwise improved
1t came to be the Bangor Commercials
turn to show up the crookedness of the Lew
lston Journal, and it did the job with neat
ness and dispatch.
Profitable Advertising, a monthly illus
trated magazine for editors and publishers
OF which Miss Kate E. Griswold is editor
anu publisher, is fine example of what
trade publication should be- Its Typography
IS perfect IN all respects, and it shows FROM
month to month unusual taste in design and
ornamentation Its reading matter is al
ways Intelligent and valuable and it's tone
is candid and independent. Boston Jour
nal.
The January issue contains a complete
history, profusely illustrated, of the great
advertising agency of Pettingill & Co., 90
School street, Boston. The Journal has
had business relations with this firm for
half century at least, and expects to COM
plete century.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11

Don't daily with rheumatism. Purify
your blood and cure it at once by taking
course of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Young Wife lat telephones "Is that the
office of the telephone company? 1 want
to talk with Cyrus Winterbottom. I'm his
wife, and"
Telephone Girl: "Numher?'
Young Wife: Number? I'm his first and
only, you insulting creature" Chicago
Daily Tribune.
When the hair has fallen out, leaving the
head bald, if the scalp is not shiny, there is
chance of regaining the hair by using
Halls Hair Remover.
Fashionable Doctor: 'sMv dear Young
lady, yon are drinking unfiltered water
which swarms with animal organisms. You
should have it boiled, that will kill them
His Patient; "Well, doctor, l think I'd
sooner be an aquarium than cemetery"
Household Words.
1t Will Surprise You,
On receipt of ten cents, cash Or stamps,
generous sample will lie mailed of the most
popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's
Cream Balm) sufficient to demonstrate its
great merit Full size soc
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren St, New York City.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured me
of catarrh when everything else failed.
Many acquaintance have used it with eX
cellent results. Alfred w. Stevens, Cald-
well, Ohio.
In one of the smaller towns of Kentucky
lives a negro Familiarity known as Tim
White On one occasion it was necessary
to record his full name. The not unusual
superstition that "Tin2'' stood for "Timothy"
was met with fiat denial. mo, sab! NV
right name is What timorous- souls We poor
mortals- be White Des jes call me Tim TO
short, sah."
One of our customers writes, 81 never
risk taking cough cure recommended by
my friends, have always found yours an
immediate relief and after a few doses pos
tive cure. Why then should I take any
thing but Adamson's Botanic Cough Bal
SAM
Little Clarence: "Pa!'' Mr.. Callipers:
"Well my son?" Little Clarence: 81 took
a walk through the cemetery to-day and
read the inscriptions on the tombstones :"
Mr.. Callipers land what were your thoughts
after you had done SOP" Little Clarence:
"Why, pa, I wondered where all the wicked
people were buried" New York Truth.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-11

Belfast Free Library special list for "Flag
Day." February II, Lncoln's Birthday, 1909.
Adams. Lincoln's place in
history O14. 70 page $50
| lger. The backwoods hoy. 353 10
Beecher. Sermon on Abra-
ham Lincoln. lib Is
Boutwell, Lincoln, the
statesman and liberator. in 1854
Brooks, Noah. Abraham Lin
| coin and the downfall of
slavery. Observation-Disclosures. 1888 50
Brooks. Noah Washington
| IN Lincon's time. 4543
Brooks, Phillips. Address On
Lincoln. .............. .1O14 30
Butterworth In the boyhood
of Lincoln. 1876 26
*Chamhrun. Personal recol-
lections of Mr.. Lincoln..... 627 - page 26
Chittenden. Recolections of
Lincoln and his admnistra-
ton. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50
Coffin Life of Lincoln. ... 1876 So
*Cruger. Lincolns relations
to women. .:....:........6 4S IS page 2O5
Emerson. Abraham Lincoln lib 8
Hay. President Lincoln. in 84323
Herndon. True story of
great llfe. ...... $3.50
skiing. Assassination of Pres
ldent Lincoln. $500 page 425
Leland. Lincoln and the
abolition of slavery. ....... 834.1
Lowell. Two essays on Lin
coln... .....................11 HAS and IL
Morse. Life of Lincoln 2v.. 83717
*Nicholay. Lincoln's Get
tysburg address. ........... 634 % page 596
*Nicholay Lincoln's literary
experiments. ....:.....:.:. 634 % page 1888
Perry. Appeals to Lincolns
clemency... Observation-Disclosures. 634 20 page 251
Phillips, W. Lincoln's cleo
ton. In................11 1312
Poore, B. P. Recollections of
Lincoln. Observation-Disclosures. 843 25
Raymond. History of the ad-
ministration of Lincoln 44514
Rice. "reminiscences of Lin
coin by distinguished men S1317
Thayer. The pioneer boy and
how he became PRESIDENT 35312
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