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BONDS.
Dry Goods.

New York, Nov. 30.-There is no mate- rial change in the market for dry goods, the demand being limited to the lack of store trading and the very slack mail order, even for Tuesday. The weaken ing tendency of Ithe market is illus aBrated in. the reduction made by the manufacturers of American Indlgcs Cal cuttas and allied linens, with no evident strength shown in cotton lines in sta- pies or oofored and a continued staltion- ary market in all lines of woolen fab dcs. The situation in knit goods IS said to be slightly improved, with bids from buyers for nominally slightly ad- vanced prices for those now prevailing bub these are not accepted by sellers with any degree of alaerity, as they De- lieve that last nights prices will be Tar in excess of those quoibed at present. Jobbers report a dull trade of hand to mouth variety, both locally and through mail orders Tine demand with consum- CTS throughout the country ts said to be Night and without feature. Unfavor- able weather conditions are the principal causes of this, but ether reasons are given, but fail to explsrn the reason with any degree of clearness. In staple goods the market is very light.
 Print cloths show no increase in the bidding.
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Financial

New York, Nov 3O.-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram:
 Tha strength of consols was the feature in the stock market here today. They touched the highest price on record. The rise was due to the scarcity of stock, to bearish purchases and th= small govern meat buying. Americans opened dfsap- pofntingly. At the same time the ten dency here at the moment is rathsr to buy on each fall than to sell. Busine ss generally was restTicted by the interrup- tion of cable serv1c= with the continent owing to the stncks.
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The Iron Market.
Birmingham, Nov 3O.-The follown are the latest quotations on iron:
Cotton Letter.

New York, Nov. 30.-The cotton market opensd , points lower today than yester- days closing figures, though the Liver
 pool cables were only l point lower fer the near months. The, port receipts to- day were larger than usual, being ssti- mated at 100000 bales for today. This caused the market to drop slightly, but mot as much as was expected on lthsse, extraordinary receipts. The market has been dull and only varying from ? to 3 points during the session. Spot cotton was easier and not sol much demand. Under the circumstances cotton is quite firm as the receipts continue to pour in the market continues to hold steady, and as soon as there. is slight falling off in the port receipts we will see higher cotton. H. H. SMITH & CO.,,
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Cotton Letter.

New York, Nov 30.-In spite of enor- nous port receipts, which broke all rec ords, the cotbon market was very steady today. A decline of one and one-half si1oty-fourths i'm Liverpool this morrdng caused our market to open 1 to 8 points lower. The business during the day was of the pie1hlasst character. and large ly confined to exchanges of the different monIths Port receipts were over 10S,00O bales. but then these enormous figures didn't encourage aggressive selling. Jan- uary opened att 5.69. fuctuated between 5.68 and 5.70, and closed at 569 to 5.7O, with the tone of the market steady. The stubbornness of the market is remark able. RIORDAN & co.
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Stock Letter

New York, Nov. 3O.-The stock mar ket opened with good undertone and fractionally up and remained steady un- til about the noon hour, when news from Washington stating that there was a good chance for a favorable decision in the freight rate matters Of Northwestern roads,. This sent most of the list up from 1 to per cent, and the market WAS strong with good buying by the commission houses. as well as the pro- fess.onals. Sugar held steady all day, and advanced nearly 2 per cent. and re- mained around 13694 during the after noon. Manhattan opened about the same as the closing figures of yesterday, but took an upward shoot and sold as high as 1O2. ALT stocks seem to have taken an upward movement and will probably sccre higher prices.
 H. H. SMITH & co.
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Grain Letter

Grain Letter
 Chicago, Nov .30.-The wheat market opened the same as yesterdays closing figures. and sold down 7sc, but gained this and sold as high as 91M@91A and closed at SIS. There was no particular news on wheat except thsre was quite heavy buying, and one party alone took over 100000 bushels of December wheat, This, of course, had some effect upon the market, and sent December op.iop up
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, Nov. 30.-The cotton mar ket wfthstood exceptional bearsh in- f1uences today, including the fact that for the first time in the history of cot ton statistics official figures were neces- sary to represent the movement, which reached 1o3,O72 bales. The English ca bies we're also bearish in purport the days sales at Liverpool being about S., 900 and futures showing a net loss of 12@ 1 po.nt Private cables said that the English apathy in cotton speculation was due to the fact that prices were thought to be too low for confident sell ing on the short side of the account, while the English spinners were dis posed to procrastinate, relying upon the extraordinary movement to prevent any material advance and being inclined to favor II GOO bales estimates. Our market opened steady at a decline of To 3 points, as a consequences, but sellers became scarce on claims that the effect of recent cold weather in the cotton belt have not been sufficiently, recognizt while the demand from exporters for spot cotton in the south justified expec- tations The market closed at a decline of 2@3 points.
 Ccbton quiet; middhng, 1S-16c; net receipts, 1875 bales; gross, 4S4O; Great Britain, 9192; continent, 1S2; forwarded, 1,347; sales, HOO; stock, S9,737.
 Total today: Net receipts, 1O3072; Great Britain, 43, 544; c0ntlnenb. 16,6S2; stock, 1,004S31
 lConsolldated: Net receipts, 2f23S Great Biutain, 13, 3,6s5; France, 26,977; con- tinent, 6S,7
 Total since Sept. fl: Net receipts. B. 936, ,S3o; Great Britain. 1257 397; France, 334, ,42S; continent, 970,0S9.
 Cotton futures opened steady; sales, $500 bales. January, 56S; February, 573 March, 5.7S; April, 5.S3: May, 5.sS; June, 5.94; July, 5.99; August and Sep tember, 6.02; October. 5.99; December, 563
 Cotton futures closed steady: sales, 122, 900 bales January, 5.69; February, 5.7S March, 5.7S; April, 5.SS; May, 5.SS; June, 5.9S; July. 5.97; August, SOP; Sep tember, 602; October, GOO; December. 564.
 Spct cotton closed quiet; middhng up- lands, 13-16c; middling Gulf, 61-16c; sales, HOO bales.
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about cent. Other than fhis ahere was mo news to further affect the mariast. Z Corn and oats were steady and did nothing, with little trading and a down. ward tendency. PIlovfsdens were weak on ausavy hog receipts and no trading.
 H. 1T. SMITH & co.
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Cash quotations easier. mostly 5@1Oc lower; No. spring wheat. 90@90A; No. spIdng wheat, S4@9O; No. ? red, 95A96A Noe corn. 25q4@257s No. oats, PIE; No. ? white. f. O. b. 2S1l @2S% No. white, f. O. b. 23@2394; No. 2 rye, 45A@451s; No. 3 barley, f. o. b. l251a@S6; No. 3, -; No. 4, =; No. flax seed. s1.04@11o; prime timo- thy seed. $2.e5; mess pork, per barrel. $7.15@72O; lard, per 100 lbs. $4.2O@4.22hs; short ribs sides loose) $4.15@470; dry salted shoulders, (boxe0. 4%@5; short clear sides (boXed). $4.45@455; whisky, distillers' fni; hed goods per gallon, $1.19; sugars, cut, loaf, unchanged; granulated, do; Standard "A" do; No. ? yellow corn, 26: chsess quiet, S@S1a; eggs firm; fresh, 1912
 On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm; creamery, 15dp 24 dairy, 12@19
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Fast :: s:$ $$$ $$$ $z;, x; ,,. West

s There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern emigrants than the line of this popular railway. 2 The productions of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section of country in the world. Come and see. The through vestibuled limited between New York ana New Orleans is via the Att lanta and New Orleans Short Line the most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through @ rich country, teeming with attractive and prosperous towns and villages all the way from Atlanta to Mont gomery. For rates of fare or other infor- nation write or cali on
 GEO. P. ALLEN, T. F. A. Atlanta, Ga.
 Selma, Ala E. B. EVANS. Cont. Frt. Agent,
 New Orleans. w. TAYLOR, Gen. Agent,
 Montgomery, Ala. JOHN A. GEE. Gen. Pass. Agent.
 Atlanta, Ga. D. E. KIRBY, c. T. A.,
 F Kimbal House. GEO. c. SMITH.
 President and General Manager
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bales; stock. 39.442. p Philadelphia, quiet, 6 1-16c.; reciepts. 1,354 bales; stock, 5,775.
 Savannah. eteady, 51sc.; receipts, H. 1s5 bales; saqes, $500; stock. 1s6,1sS.
 Mobile. staady, S-16c.; receipts, 2,5o3 bales; sales, 1000; stock, z4,474.
 Memphis steady, 5Ac.; receipts. 4,64O bales; sales, 2,7O0; stock, 124.292
 Augusta, firm, 5 7-16c.; receipts, 4,5S2 bales; sales, 49S; stock, 800.
 tClharD ston, steady, 3-16c.; receipts, 3,159 bales; sales, S22; stock, 4S,371.
 Louisville, cotton. mididl.ng. 5ssc.
 St. Louis cotton quilla, middling 5-16c; sales, 40 bales: receipts. 1O001; ship ments. 9.110; stock. 56,529.
 Memphis cotton steady, middling. 5Ac; receipts, 4,640 bad s; shipments, 2.271; stock. 124. .293; sales. 1. 900.
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Fruits and Produce

Butter-Elgin. 25c; Dairy. No. l, 22c; Dairy No. 2. 200; country, 1SQ20e; cook ing. 12G14c.
 Eggs, 1Sc.
 Poultry-Hens, 25c; fries, 12iAQlSc. ducks, 15@SOc; geese BOG.
 Potatoes-Irish, 750S0c per pushei; sweet, per barrel $175@2.25.
 Apples, $2.25@3.25 I.-. Lemons, $S03.50 per box. Corn-Yellow, 41c; white, 42c. i' Meal, soc per sack.
 Hay-Choice timothy, $15; No. l. Sl4' No. ?, SIS.
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Chicago Change

Chicago, Nov 3o.-Wheat rallied sharply today on the enormous days clsarancs and closed steady at an ad1 vance of 1k1Zc for May. December was apparently held down and followed only Ac advances at the close. Weak cables and a large visible increass were the bearish factors. Other markets were dull but firm at the close. Corn was un- changed. Oats, B@Ac higher, and pro visioins about s1sc higher. ff
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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St. Louis.

St Louis, Nov. 9O-Flour. quiet; un- changed
 Wheat-Optlons higher; spot steady; Ne red cash elevator, 96hc; track, 97lac; No. ? hard cash S6asSc; Deoem- bar, 97c; May, 93hc.
 Corn-Easy, unchanged; spot steady; No ? cash, 24Ac bid; December, 24Ac; May, 27Ac.
 oa'ts-Futures. firmer; spot, steady; No. 3 cash elevator. 20Ac; track, 21A@ 23c; Nc. white, 24@2414c; December 201ac; May, 22asc. Rye-4512c.
 Butter-Easier; creamery, 19@2Sc; dairy, 1061Se.
 Eggs-Steady; 1919c.
 Whisky-Steady; S1.19.
 Pork-Steady; standard mess johbing, $S25@$S.50.
 Lard-Quiet prime steam, $4.o71s; choice, S41e.
 Bacon-Boxed let's short clear sides, $5121a@$5.25; ribs, $5.50@$5.6215; shorts, $5.62a@S5.75.
 Dressed Meats-3soxed shoulders, $5121a extra shont clear $4.75@$4.S71s; i; ribs and shorts, $5.12ia@$5.25.
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Trains Nos. 57 and 5S carry Pullman vestl- bule sleepers between St. Louis and Jack sonville and Montgomery and Port Tampa. Trains Nos. S3 and 36 carry Pullman yesti- bule sleepers between Cincinnati and Jack sonyille.
 Free reclining chair cars between Mont gomery and Savannah on trains 57 and 5S. Train No. 5S leaving Montgomery at 500 D. m., connects at Port Tampa with Plant steamship line for Key West and Havana. and schedules will be furnished upon appli-
 R. L. TODD, D. P. A.,
 B. w. WRENN, P T. M,
 Savannah, Ga. Fl. c. McFADDEN, A. G. P. A,
 Savannah. Ga.
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Treasury Statement

Washington, Nov. 30.-Today's state men. of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balances. $516, 76S, 220. Gold reserve, $157, ,113.9SS.
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Local Staple Groceries

Flour-Best patent, s5.5O66. sStradght-$4.75; extra family, S42o. Sugar-Granulated, $510; Y. C., $4.oO. Coffee-Rio, green, S@1Shc; Arbuckle' Lowering and Lyons packages, $ll.oo. Lard Sc basis.
 Clear Ribs Sides-S47S.
 Molassess-Centrif., 15@25c; sugar. house, 20035c.
 Rice, 51s@6c.
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Daily Statement

Galveston, firm. 5asc.; receipts. 1O,SS4 bales; sales, 70S; stock, 224.352.
 Norfolk. steady 51zc.; receipts, 6,60S bales; sales. SIS; stock. 7o,s4O,
 Baltimore, nominal, 5ssc.; receipts, D. 7S3 bales; stock, IA, 4,217.
 Boston, quiet. 5 13-16c.; net qecelp pts. L. 332 bales; gross. 7,202.
 Wilmington. firm, 5ssc; receipts. 2.S57
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The Age-Herald don't sell coke at $l.5O a ton,, but you can have the paper delivered to your house every morning for 65 cents a month.
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Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Nov. 30.-Today's cattle mar l1et was slow and dull, prices were weak to 10c lower Prime lots were not nut merous, and sales were mostly under $5. The range of prices of common to extra steers was $40 to $550.
 The trade in hogs was slow at 5c-lower than yesterday. Sales were largely at s. 3.3215@$S.471a.
 The demand for sheep and lambs was good at firm prices. Sheep were wanted at $3@$350 for common fieeks up to $4.40@$4.65 for good to choice grades.
 Lambs sold actively at $4.50@$5.S5 for common to stLGctly choice.
 Receipts-Cattle, 4,500; hogs, 35,0O0; sheep, Il ,000
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II. II. SMITH & CO.,, Brokers tMoRRIS BUILDING) STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
 TELEPHONE 93o- Private Wires to New York, Chicago and
 New Orleans

We do not bucket or carry any trades, but place all business We take ten share trades of stock, twenty bales cotton, 1000 bushels of grain and fifty tierces lard and fifty barrels pork. We accept a deposit of per cent upon all trades and carry them subject to rules Of stock and cotton OK change and board of trade.
 10-7-tf
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Markets by = Telegraph.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market

Receipts yesterday were good after the holiday, with demand fair. Middling, 55sc.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, Nov. 30.-Cotton. spot, un- changed; American middling, lid. Sales 5000 bales, of which 300 Were for speculation and export and included 7,60O American Receipts 2S,00O bales, includ- ing 22,400 American.
 Futures opened easy with moderate demand and closed quiet, but steady. American middling L.. M. c. December, Tod, sellers; Dece cember-January, 09d, buyers; January February, 3 09d, sellers; February March, 09@1Od, sellers; March-April, 3 10@11d, sellers; April May, lid; May-June, 3 13d; June-July, 1S@ 14d, sellers; July-August, 8 14@15d. buy CTS; August September, 8 15@16d, sellers. The tenders of deliverances at today's clearances were 44,000 bales.
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New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans Nov. 30.-Cotton futures dull; sales, IA, 900 bales. November, nomi- nal; December, 5.23@24; January, 5.33@ 5.S4; February, 5.SS@5.3s; March, 5.43@ 5.44; Apra, 5.4S@5.49; May. 5.5S@54; June, 5.5SQ5.59; July, 5.63Q64; August, 5.es@ 570
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SAMUEL HUNT.
 General Manager. O. K. CAMERON,
 Master of Trains. N. R. ADRIANCE.
 Superintendent.
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BIRMINGHAM 6 ATLANTIC R. R. co. Time table No. 21. taking effect a. m. July
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-28
benjamin. II, Throop.

To few men is 1t given in any age
or land to witness and to participate
in the transformations which passed
before the eye of the late DIR. Benja-
min II. Throop. Had he been spared
but three years longer, his residence
in this community would have per-
mitted a diamond jubilee suggesting
changes in their scale not less marked
than were those which made notable
the three-score years retrospect just
commemorated across the ocean.
1t is not possible for those of us who
are of the younger generation to speak
of DIR. Throop as he revealed himself
to intimate and lifelong friends. That
work of appreciation must be left to
others. But 1t is not now inappro-
PIRATE to think of the remarkable de-
velopment which his eventful career
spanned--of the growth which turned
the wilderness into the alert and thirty
ing city, in its sweep carrying the
country physician along until he be-
came the millionaire; and especially
Of the honorable part which he played
minister to the needs of illness, dis
coverer and eXploiter Of natural re-
sources, pioneer in the establishment
of municipal improvements, first post
master, and active factor in a thou
sand enterprises which contributed
their quota to the result we now call
Scranton Modest, unassuming, demo-
cratic. yet even in his later years sur
charged with the energy and will-pow-
er that in the younger days had lift
cd him SO rapidly forward, his per-
sonality, no less than his distinguished
achievements, form subject very
profitable for our contemplation.
As he goes to his well-earned rest we
are newly reminded that the links
which connect our town and time with
the generation and conditions in which
the former had it's birth are fast dis.
appearing. 1t is a source of gratifica-
tion that DR.. Throop has left in col
lected form many of his memories of
the city's earlier day. His foresight
in this respect is not least among the
claims which he offers to posterity's S
grateful remembrance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-28
Not Worth the Candle.

The esteemed Philadelphia Press is
inspired by thought of Lieutenant
Peary's forthcoming polar expedition to
indulge itself in the following burst of
sentiment:
The same Tnconquerable spirit that
led the first navigator of all time, Chris
topher Columbus, to find new world,
and that lured Sir Francis Drake over
an unshadowed sea and around the globe,
has inspired these attempts to unlock
the unbroken gateway of the north. No
such great achievement can succeed
without humon sacrifice, but every tri-
umph is worth tenfold more than 1t
cost In this hazardous voyage toward
the north pole Peary should have the sup
port of the American people. He will
sail under the Stars amid Stripes, and
there will be eternal glory for the flag
that is first unfurled beneath tho pole
star. Peary deserves the most substan-
tial announcement that can be given
him. for while success would be i'm
mortal fame to him, II would also be a
triumph for American enterprise and
the genius of the closing nineteenth CEN
tury.
The comparison between Columbus
and Peary is unfair in every respect
save as to courage. 1t must be admit
ted that in the element of personal
daring the polar explorers stand in a
class by themselves. But where Colum-
bus fulfilled well-matured plan in the
hope Of facilitating international COM
merce, Peary at haphazard ignores a
thousand warnings in his ambition TO
do a thing which, IL he should succeed
In doing H. would carry with ~ no "a
vantage further than the mere prestige
Of the achievement The risk of life
and value made by Columbus was
made in the hope Of shortening the sea-
way to Asia; in other words, II was
dictated by the highest type OF public
spirit. The ventures of Peary and 9TH
ers of his Tx are not backed by the ex-
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Money Not Omuipotent.


On few occasions we do find it pos
sible to concur in the opinions eX-
pressed by the Springfield Republican;
but it says some things concerning
the true mission Of the modern univer-
sity which go directly to the mark. Its
text is Garfields remark that Mark
Hopkins at one end of a bench and a
student at the other make univer-
sty," and it's objective point is to re-
flute the contention of the critics of
President Andrews of Brown that n
modern college president is useless un-
less he can draw funds.
Among the great changes that have
come over college administration and
policy during the past generation" it
remarks, "one of the most significant
is this atmosphere of the department
store. There has been an urgent de-
mand for great executives as col
lege presidents, men who could build
up the institution, expand it's plant
erect new laboratories gymnasiums
and dormitories-men, in short, who
could draw the funds. 1t has been
a long season of great strife between
rival universities to see which would
attract the greatest public attention.
offer the largest number of courses
catalogue the most students. 1t has
been, also. period phenomenal
for the rise of the college team
without which, in a dozen branches
of competitive sport, an institution
has been considered more than half
dead. The great president has given
the team abundant rope, because a
game or a race won, championship
secured, advertise the college,
''They call it growth to point to all
these magnificent new structures
adorning the plain old campus, TO say
that the students have doubled or quad
rupled in number since So-and-So took
charge, to exhibit the new ball field in
closed, like jail-yard, by a high fence,
and to be able to give a college yell as
the news comes of another great VIC
tory over the rival institution. And
growth assuredly it is--in large meas
ure a necessary, wholesome, splendid
growth, demanded by the advance Of
knowledge, the onward steps of
science, the veritable enlightenment
of the times in which we live. But
has not this growth, resultant in no
small degree from the struggle for
existence cost us something, precious
In itself and worthy of the most jeal-
Gus preservation and care?
"The serious danger from the rapid
and huge expansion of our educational
plant is that 1t will become CONNER
cialized and materialized. In a time
when the spirit most distinctive of
the age is that Of the mere acquisition
of wealth, and the great fortunes of
the country are largely in the hands of
men whose methods of money making
have not been fair and honorable
when pocket-greed is seizing on NUM-
cipal councils. legislatures and COURTS
the true ideals Of institutions Of learn
ing may easily be subverted by the
worship Of mammon. 1t will be a sorry
moment-and we trust II will never
eome-when the Mark Hopkinses are
no more, and the notion of such a
university as Hopkins at one end OF a
bench and a student at the other can
excite only patronizing tribute to a
musty something that has had its day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-28
From the Free Press.

From the Free Press.
While the Sunday Free Press has op-
posed Hon. Ezra II. Ripple in his several
political ambitions, it has done so with
out malice amid solely from sense or
party duty. 1t has never breathed a
word against his fair name, his ability
or his strict integrity. 1t has never de-
scended TO calumny or misrepresenta-
ton. 1t is therefore with especial sin
cerity that we congratulate Colonel Rip
pie today upon his appointment as post
master of Scranton. Mr.. Connell could
have appointed no one who would admin
lister the affairs of the office with greater
satisfaction. We are confident that ev-
cry detail of the Office will be well cared
for and that both business and individ-
ual needs in the postal services will re-
ceive prompt and careful attention. The
Sunday Free Press wishes Postmaster
Ripple all manner of success in his new
position.