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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-09
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

Under this heading short letters of in
terest will be published when aCCompa-
MED, for publication. by the writer's
name. The Tribune will not be held re-
sponsible for opinions here expressed
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Under date of Sept l. 1899, Acting
Commissioner Robert Williams. jr., is
sued an order that a certificate of stock
authorizing an attorney to transfer the
same would be taxable as a transfer
of stock at the rate of two cents for
each 800 or fraction thereof of the par
value of said stock, and in addition a
twenty fiVe-cent stamp is required be-
cause of the power of attorney en-
bodied therein Following is the form
requiring the stamp:
For value received .........,..,.. hereby
sell, assign and transfer unto .............
..............., shares of the capital stock
represented by the within certificate, and
do hereby irrevOCdbly constitute and APP
transfer the said stock on the books of
the within-named company, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
.....,.... ,..-,.,...
Dated, ....,,. is, ,.,,,,
1t will be observed rom the ebove
that the difference is merely in the
wording of the certificate of transfer
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70 South Side. central city and central
Hyde Park. Address orders to c. p.
Sharkey, 1914 Cedar ave. Phone s6sa
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

and will respond to all calls in Tripp
park in the future.
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MADAM:

The favor of a call from you during the first full
display of New Dress Fabrics for Fall Winter wear
will be much appreciated The exhibition will continue
open till Wednesday of next week and of the
most complete and interesting fashion nauguratons in
the firms histery
The record-union., 1899-07-28
HEALTH AT MANILA.
; Conditions Are Better Than Gem
orally Believed.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Lieutenant
Eberly, Flag Lieutenant of the Oregon
under Captain Barker. has just arrived
in Washington from the Philippines
and brings some interesting details of
the situation in Manila.
Lieutenant Eberly says that the So
cial and sanitary conditions in Manila
are better than is generally believed
in the United States, and better than
would be supposed after such a short
American administration. The city has
been cleaned on the American plan.
The streets have been cleaned of an
cient Accommodations of filth, and there
has been a. house to- house inspection
which is still continuing.
Lieutenant Eberly says that the
health of Manila is exceptionally good,
and that even among the troops on
shore there was little sickness from
anything but heat prostration.
The tin clad patrol boats have been
doing business with these skimmers of
the seas recently. one patrol boat
rounding up thirteen bankers in
single trip. 1t is thought that in a
short time Aguinaldo will be reduced to
a supply of purely home made alnmu-
milton.
The soldiers in and around Manila
are now we'll housed in permanent
quarters or neipe houses, which are
built on a bamboo frame work and
cool and dry. Even on the works the
soldiers had comfortable palm houses
before the rains set in, and except for
the intense heat, they were comfort
able. ~
The rains had not started in earn
est, when Captain Barker and Lieuten-
ant Eberly sailed for home. 1t was
we'll understood then that the rains
would cut off all transportation ex
cept by railroad and that is given as
reason for Lawton's abandoning San
Isidro. there being a big swamp be-
tween it and the railway that is i'm
passable during the rainy season.
The only animal available for trans
portation during the wet season is the
water buffalo, but the army has util-
lied this docile beast for other pur-
poses having established a thriving
vaccine farm on the outskirts of Ma
Mia and are reaping fine quality of
virus from the buffalo calves.
The record-union., 1899-07-28
The Hague Peace Conference.

THE HAGUE, July 27.-The COM
mittee engaged in drafting the def1ni-
tive acts spent the entire day in at
tempting to reconcile the demand of
Sir Julian Pauncefote that non-signa-
tory Powers be entitled to adhere to
the arbitration convention only by the
unanimous consent of the signatory
Powers and the amendment of Count
Nigra, head of the Italian delegation,
permitting such adhesion if no Powers
opposes. The attempts, however, were
without result. The plenary confer
ence adopted the preamble dealing with
the laws and customs of war and the
adaptation of the Geneva convention to
naval war. The articles of the two
conventions were definitely adopted.
The arbitration scheme still awaits
Great Britain's acceptance of and ac-
cession to the plan.
The record-union., 1899-07-28
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Said That the, Old Hatred Has
Been Ohliterated.

WASHINGTON, July Pin diplo-
matte circles concerning the affairs of
China and Japan, it is said that the old
illfeeling between the two countries,
dating long before the war; and made
more acute by that struggle recently,
has been obliterated, and several grace
full and significant courtesies ex-
changed between the Emperor of China
and the Emperor of Japan.
The latter was the first to extend the
olive branch by comforting on the En-
peror of China the decoration of the
highest order in Japan. This was con-
veyed to Pekin with great ceremony
and recently the Emperor of China
has returned the compliment by deco
rating the Emperor of Japan with the
highest order Of China.
A similar spirit was shown on the
death of the Field Marshal of the Jap
anese army short time ago. AL
though he had been active in the war
with China, one of the strongest tri-
butes paid him at the time of his death
came from officials high in the Chi
nese service. Another recent mark of
restored good feeling is the sending of
many Chinese students to Japan for
modern education. These number
about 100, and include the son of Vic
eroy Chang of Human, the rival of Ii
Hung Chang.
This era of good feeling in the Orient
was referred to at the Legation here
in connection with reports from Pekin
as to the visit of the Japanese Admiral
and squadron, and the probable con-
summation of a JapaneSe- Chinese
treaty. While the officials here have
no direct information, they say the
treaty report doubtless grows out of
the recent talk of an offensive and de-
fensive alliance between China and
Japan. This alliance seemed immi-
nent at one time, but it is said that
Japan no longer considers it opportune
and that it would not be concluded in
the present aspect of international af-
fairs.
The record-union., 1899-07-28
A WOMAN AND AN EDITOR.

''She said" observed Tomlin, as he
handed the card, that if you were out,
she had nothing much to do to-day,
and should wait until you came in.
The lady in waiting had written on
her card: About story. Urgent.
She hasn't got the copy with herr!
Not unless it's in her pocket"
well" said the editor, with an air
of sanity resignation, tell her that
I'm very busy, but if she can say what
she wants in five minutes I'll see her.
Wearily he removed his feet from
the table, put on his coat, threw the
remainder of his cigarette into the nre-
place, opened the window, secreteo the
copy of "Notre Champagne" that he hao
been reading, and set to work on a Pile
of proofs. BY that time Tomlin had
returned, announcing Miss Sands.
She was 80, and she was plain. More
over, she was nervous as a cat in
new home.
She said Good morning in choked
whisper.
Pray be seated" said the editor.
He pushed over a basket piled high
-
those back" Then he turned to MISS
stands again, and asked what he could
do for her.
II wanted to ask what you would
think of a story of Japanese life"
I'm afraid that sort of thing is
good deal overdone nowadays. They've
got a Jap series running in Buster
Magazine, and, of course, we've ndu
Sir Edwin and a whole lot more NO.
the public's sick of it,, l don't think
we should care to see it. Sorry you've
had the trouble
"Oh, not at all! I'm glad"
II don't quite understand"
You see, 1 want the story to be re-
fused. It's my sister Caroline. Thanks
so much for promising to send it
back"
But wait a minute gave no such
promise. 1t is part of an editors duty
to consider carefully everything that
is submitted-everythin Besides, why
should you be so anxious that your
sister should be disappointed?
You see, you don't know her. Her
besetting sin is conceit. She's younger
than l am, and-well, she's rather good
looking. She's been spoiled by having
too much fuss made about her. II
you could hear her Dragging some
times. I'm sure you'd agree with me.
Really, it's often difficult enough for
me to live with her as it is, and if she
had a. story accepted by The Latest
Light she would become quite inroler-
able
Put really" said the editor with
superiority, these family disputes have
nothing to do with me l'r. simply
here to-
''Oh, yes, of course! I only mention
it to explain why l want you to refuse
her silly rubbish"
"IIow do you know it's silly rub
bisn?'
i've read it, and it wouldn't do FOR
you at all
Really, Miss Sands" said the editor
with growing severity, .yol must
leave me to be the Judge of that.
cannot permit anybody to dictdre TO me
what l am to accept or what I am
to refuse. Have you any special train
ing which entities you to criticise your
sisters work at all? It's remarkable
that belief which almost every woman
seems to have, that she is qualified to
Judge literary work! Are you quite
sure that you know the difference be-
The record-union., 1899-07-28
Lubin f Co., 400 and AZ X Street, SaCran1

the same openminded spirit that Eng
lishmen did until 150 years ago, or
thereabouts. Quite five-sixths of the
French packs hunt any animal their
country offers, from wild boar or wolf
to badger. Wolves, by the way, are
now scarce everywhere in the col.c-
try. English and French hunting have
grown up together, to certain extent.
The Plantagenet kings imported in
structors in the art of hunting from
across the channel and Edward l. in
1878 sent Charles of Solerno some bar
riers that Prince had asked for.
The record-union., 1899-07-28
SATURDAY, JULY 10Th,
AT o.so a. M., - S.
BIG SALE OF MEMS
Working Trousers.

We have purchased the entire stock of the
Henderson woolen mill. This company recently
decided to give up its San Francisco office and in
vited us to make bid for the stock on hand. We
made very low offer, which, however, was ac-
cepted, and we shall begin the sale OF the goods
Saturday.
AS the Henderson wooen mills is wholesale
and not retail concern the goods that we bought
as new and fresh the day they made.
We have divided the working trousers into two lots
as follows:
Lot I. The Henderson wooden mills we'll
known special make of Bull Breeches" They
are cottonade trousers, in neat dark stripes and
sewed SO strongly that two men cannot pull them
apart. Patent fastened buttons, heavy pockets and
every part put together to stay. The trousers are
worth regular $Ioo and $I25 We have all sizes
as well extra sizes. Now note Saturdays price.
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tween silly rubbish and a work Of

tween silly rubbish and work OF
genius?" - s491
| Anyhow, it shows that she has no
| imagination - her having made it a
Japanese story
Il don't follow that argument
mo, I hadn't told you. My sister
! Caroline lived in Japan, with a Japan
ese family, for some years. She's only
! using up what she saw and heard
there, and that's not imagination"
| "At any rate, 1t makes it the more
probable that the story will be inter-
estfng.'
Il can't see that She got to know
things about the Japanese women
| well, really!"
LAS bad as that?'
! Miss Sands wriggled uneasily. I'D
rather not talk about it. All I want
| is just your promise that you won't
accept the story. You know the public
don't care about japanese things"
! "Once for all,' said the editor, will
you give up trying to teach me my
| business? What is the sense of telling
me that the public don't care for Jap
anese topics when Busters Mag
zine is going in for them hot. Do
you think they don't know the public
taste through and through at Busters
| place? What about the success Of the
| 'Geisha?' What about-but really I
| lose all patience. To attempt to make
an editor refuse story to satisfy some
| personal grudge of your own Is, OF
| course, utterly useless; it is also dis
honest, and as the author happens lo
| be your own sister, 1t is even worse
than dishonest, it's no good pleading.
have nothing more to say to you
Good morning, then, said MISS
Sands, looking dpleful. L didn't know
you'd take it like that.
| When she got into the street the
! dolefulness passed off. She turned
| into the next A. B. G. shop for a. pun
and a glass of milk, and looked as
pleased as if she had accomplished
something.
| "Tomlin," said the editor, when q
manuscript comes from Miss Caro-
| line Sands-it will be a story on q
Japanese subject-don't send it up
! with the rest for Mr.. Garner to read.
but let me have 1t at once. I will read
that one myself.
| And in due course the story was
brought and the editor noted with
pleasure that it was just about the
right length.
The story was neither too good to
leave out nor too bad to put In. 1t
was mediocrity However, he accept
ed it at once, and wrote to Miss Caro-
line Sands to say that he had done
so. f.he had been told that he had
practically made up his mind to ac-
cept the story even before he read it
he would have been angry.
And all this was a great joy to that
Miss Sands who had called at the
office. For she had no sister, and her
own name was Caroline, and she was
the author of japanese story, which
was founded on somebody's book of
travels and an article in the Encyclo-
paedia-as recently sold to the public
by a great newspaper on terms that
saved the reader per cent. And she
wanted that story to be read at once,
and to be accepted.
Also she had once seen a man drive
pig.
Intending imitators of Miss Sands
are hereby warned off.-Ed. "Br and
W")-Barry Pain, in Black and White.
The record-union., 1899-07-28

days. All the witnesses who have tes-
titled thus far have told practically the
same story, which is to the effect that
the shooting was unjustifiable, the boy
having done nothing which would nave
warranted a resort to violence on the
part Of the conductor
The record-union., 1899-07-28
Certainly Needed It.

Aha! The plot thickens!" exclaimed
the hero, as he STROBE across the stage.
"Good!" responded voice from the
gallery. TITS been pretty thin so far"
Ohio State Journal
The record-union., 1899-07-28
Dewey's Arbitration.

United States steamer Vicksburg, was
midshipman aboard the old Constitu-
ton when the famous vessel was a
training ship at Annapolis and was
commanded by Admiral Dewey. He
has fund of anecdotes concerning the
Admiral and the other day he spoke
of one incident that shows both the
strict discipline and the sense of humor
possessed by the hero<of Manila.
Some of the boys" said Lieutenant
Cresap, had an idea that the deck
would make a good bowling alley. So
they got some solid shot and began to
roll them down against the bulkhead.
They struck with an awful crash, and
having created sufficient disturbance,
the boys ran away to their hammocks.
"They did it cleverly enough but a
man has to be more than ordinarily
clever to escape Dewey. When the
culprits were brought to book Dewey
said: =,
Gentlemen, you need cooling off. SO
Just get outson the tips of the yards
They had to do it, and We're not al
lowed to crawl in for an hour.
Admiral Dewey is warlike when oc-
casion demands" continued Lieutenant
Cresap, "but he is also a peacemakersI i
remember how another boy-who was
very tall, while l was quite short-and
I had a feud of long standing which we
tried to settle by a resort to fisticuffs.
Dewey found it out, and said to us:
"'You boys ought to be good friends,
and I'm going to give you ten hours
extra guards together. Now take your
guns and begin
I'VE did so, and before the ten hours
were up we had shaken hands and
made up all our differences. .''-Phila-
delphia Saturday Evening Post.
The record-union., 1899-07-28

"Curious paradox about these wheel
men," remarked Tolliyer, thoughtfully.
"How's that?" inquired Bolivar.
"Why, the more they make century
the younger they die."-Kansas City
independent.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

people Who would give them encou age.
ment and patronage. bot simpl be.
cause there is no suitable house in 1oal.
vile in which 10 give 4 reform lnee.
when Park CITY was burned, one 1.-THE
finest opera houses n the State went up
Ia flames Yet one n the lr.i bui linRs
pushed to compile ion vs. the opera
house. Think for . moment wh : the
Carpenter Hall ct l-amas d g for that
little village. Remember that b you
see a play worth ,h tim tPcnt in SEQ
ing ~. you NEST rdd to 90 ptce Of
your ,icketa hotel III snd the COZ Of q
round trip 10 Ogden or sal' Lake Re.
member too. that IN opera house would
be a scarce Of revenue to the city.
A modern opera house can be- used
pro6ably ~ dan ing hall, and 10 may
be- employed for ? bile meetings # var
lou. kinds. with The main hall IN the
ground floor, ofhc, lodge ,ioom' and =
city hall. might piosisbly b. put under
the same roof.
Although coslyile il the county scat,
1, ha. dot one available Office In TACT, II
4, difficult 10 end = nook o. corner out
side once own residence where he can
have space to stan p.his official ,cai. or
elbow room to ats NJ, signature.
tie not desifab that an individual
or even a company take this matter in
hand. bot It is particularly to be desir.
ed ,ba, Il he public enterprise and J.
can be such Il the city will take hold Of
H.
A reader thinks the suggestions In
last Issue Of the Times concerning the
electric lights are alright but says
he, who's going to take the iniiiaiory
steps In the natter" We are glad
that prominent citizen agrees with US
and feel that his question is easily ans
wered. It NAV DO easier to. get the
power from East Canyon than from
ogden. That, Of coune, could be de-
termined by a little investigation
But in answer to the above question,
We would say the city should take the
initlatory steps. committee might h
appointed to investigate tbs matter
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

Following is clipping which many Of
our ieisnds v.ll do usll TO read
Every column In . newspaper con.
iains from isn 10 twelve thousand die.
tipe, pieces Of metal, the displacement
Of one d which would causes blunder
OF . typographical error. And YET
some people claim great smartns,s Il
they eau hnd an error. When some
people Ind word With wrong letter
In II, ors misplaced letter, they are
sure they have spelled that word, and
they are happy for whole day aud go
around telling how the editor spelled a
word vrong.-Althoush this extract is
not altogether in tact, grammatIcally,
IL has much truth in II and whils We
don't caro- q copper cent how many
times various persons tell US about the
same small error, we can not refrain
from giving them tho benefit OF the
facts in the case as figured out by
brother ~
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03
SOME PuRLIc NEEDS

Undsr eur last city standardization
shseity pavilion vas built, aud other
ia proyemsnts we're made in tho city
park. Az the time, the mayor and eoun.
ell we're subjected to sOmS criticism for
their public spirited move aud Although
ihsss improvements are mOp IN the
nature Of luxuTies than actual nsesssi.
ties, II hes since been demonstrated,
probably TO the satisisosiOn oil all. that
city means might sasily have been lsss
Vss6,ably expended. NOv, there are
'ODs public needs a. present in the
nature Of actual Necessities.
The most important Of these are, .
city hall othss rooms such sS any
ssun,y seat should have and sn opera
house.
Moro aud more does coslulls feel the
Hssd Of al adequate opera house. Tbs
Nsr Of tbsstTieal SOmpaniss pass by U,
dsily-ho, because there are no, enough
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

The marriage Of Adelina Patti will
make the massage business more popu'
lar than ever, for che drst became
Acquainted with Der new husband by
employing him In that line. II hiss be-
CONE very extensive In WashinR on and
all the cities Of the east, a. SUI pose 10
me wes, sAso. sua 70 nov vega ded by
rich and ielfindu gent people a one OF
the neeessar.es OF life. Tue iash enable
physicians in this city pfcserib itass
cure for the grip, which leaves he pa
tient weak and en.rVat,i. ,othing
seems 20 take the tpirit or Of a nan 30
much, aud there Is no iuclina ion ior
the exercise tina, 10 abaolu iy n, esaary
for the recovery OF g,,ngtt. The
very busy during the Last lew weeks,
They called in vain ior AZ lstaL . iron
New York, aud tlen cabl,d TO 'weder
lot them. The atseur 100 New Iorl
report that they also have mole thai
they can do.
A new feature 81 the uaassagc treat
meut, ~ practiced IN this city, i1 10 n
store youth and lcauty 10 women VIII
are showing sigus OF sge. Ago. i'looA
ing Somau dread. nothing 90 much a
wrinkles, and .asseur here guarar
tees 10 remove them py an appicatio
Of hot water and the pressure ol he
fingers upon the fesb. Tie opIatio
requires a good oeal Of patienoe an
sacri ice, however because Will unde
treatment the patents face isssathe
in bandages Of 40, water Tor sever
days and the can eat no,lirg bu' liqui
, food taken through tubs, There haV
, been at least three successful op, ration
Of this kind Que lads In Washington
who year ago showed unmis,skabI
signs OF age, blosl omed out lsst fall /
D the iullness aud loon OF youth, or,
. she said, sixteen y ears yonger that whe
she left the city In the sphng.-Chical
Record.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

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process Of digestion aud assimilation,
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

Peor Old sAsAs may cone GU, Of the
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

Frsnk Evans and L. II. RHSAD have
lssssd THE TiASs plant Tor one year
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03

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sprains and bruises. For use IN such
cases nAlLARp's SNOW llNINENg has for
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family remedy. Price % and 90 cents.
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