davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
Extraordinary
Contest
The Scranton Tribune Offers Unusual Induce
mlentS for Earnest Efforts ON the Part
of Active Young Persons

The Tribune aims to largely increase its circulation during the
months the best and cleaneSt published In
Northeastern Pennsylvania and it finds its way into
family its merits will enable it to remain permanently. In order
to introduce seek the cooperation of ambitious intelligent
and and gain their help have put into
cution plan that will interest every
We going to give scholarships and other special re-
wards to the ten who will be most successful and attain
the highest number Of points Educational Contest BY scho
arshps full of study paying the tuition charges
in each and in the the two leading scholarships The
Tribune will only pay tuition charges but will pay the
board of the fortunate winners during the life the scholarship
covering four and three years respectively.
In addition to the special rewards and in order TO
pensate those who enter upon this work and be
full in obtaining of these The Tribune will give TO
every who succeeds obtaining subscribers under the terms
of this contest ten o cent all the from subscp
tons they may succeed in winning for it
All letters of inquiry should be addressed "Edor of the
Educational Contest, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa The
Tribune will pleased any inquiries for additional in
urges interested to write in doubt any
point
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
JEFFERsoN's TEN MAxIMs.

l. Never put of till tomorrow what you can
do today.
yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have
Il.
T. Never buy what you do not want because
It is cheap; IL will be dear to you.
8. Pride costs US more than hunger, thirst
and cold.
6. We never repent OF having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do will.
ingly
g. How much pain have cost us the evils
which have never happened.
0. Take things always by their smooth han.
die.
10. When angry, count ten before you speak;
II very angry. A hundred
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
The Test of Facts.

OUR YEARS AGO Mr.. Bryan
II appealed especially to the
l. farmers for votes, alleging
that free silver would prove
a panacea for the depression then ex-
listing in the prices of the products Of
the farm. He is not appealing to the
farmer now. His predictions went
against him.
Four years ago Major Mckinley told
the farmer that protection and sound
money, by opening the mills, preserv-
ing the country's credit and creating
new demand for farm produce, would
benefit the farmer as well as every
other class of American citizens. Let
us see how his prediction tallies with
the established facts.
Pennsylvania is not primarily an ag-
ricultural state, yet here are the fig
ures showing the increase within the
past four years of the value of live
stock owned by the farmers of Penn
sylvania. They are from the division
Of statistics of the United States de-
partment of agriculture:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
Begin Alright.

~ HE QUESTION of Sunday
recreation, always one
Il causing sharp divisions of
public opinion, is especially
difficult to settle in a community with
varied racial elements. Whatever may
be the voice of the church the civil
authorities have to recognize the i'm
possibility of denying to the thousands
of working-people, pent up in mills or
shops on week days, the benefit Of
fresh air. sunshine and reasonable
pleasure seeking during portions of
Sunday. The Puritanical Sabbath has
gone forever.
But if that represented one extreme,
care should also be taken to avoid the
other. The question raised in the re-
peated arrests of James L. Robinson
for operating a noisy merry go-round
near Nay Aug park on Sunday, to the
annoyance of citizens residing in its
vicinity, has broadened into more than
an attack on a particular nuisance
and is now a question of public policy
respecting the general management of
the PARK. MT. Robinson mas COHlellu-
ed that if he was made to desist from
Sunday business, which he processes
a willingness to do if not singled out
for unfair discrimination, his COMPETE
tors should also be made to desist, and
he Is right. The law should know no IA
vorites. If it is wrong to break the
peace at one end of the park it is
wrong to break it at the other end or
in the middle.
The park ought to be kept free of
traffic on Sundays and preserved as
a common pleasure ground for all The
mayor should have the support of pub
lie sentiment in stopping this traffic
on Sundays and in inaugurating, early
in the history of the park, broad anG
honorable policy of respect for the
proper difference between the Lords
Day and the ordinary days of the
week. If the rule is laid down now
it will be easily enforced: if It /:
withheld until the park is converted
into a miniature Coney Island there
will be increasing scandal and lawless
ness, with incalculable harm to prop
erty interests near it's borders, as wei
as to the good name of the entire city
Gen. De Wet appears to be tn
Al,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

si1 ,3O6,7O7; In Michigan, slO,s6i 1896; in
Indiana, s15,67SO6O; in Illinois, $685.
1853; in Wisconsin, $2s,7S7,oo9; in Min
nesota, SiS,7O5,59l; in Missouri, ss,451,-
SAC: in North Dakota, S74S,996; In
South Dakota, sl9, $4,000; in Montana.
S11, ,35S,5sS; in Wyoming, s16,531,773; in
Colorado, S,2o5, 1903: in Idaho, $780,
917; in Oregon, $3.50, ,9S9; in New Mex
leo, $10,6O3,7 III; in Oklahoma, S6,3s1, 5s3-
and for the whole United states the
figures stand:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
POLITICAL HOME THRUsTs.


One year ago the Democrats could not talk
enough about the "trusts." 1t was theory
fondly held that the trusts" were held In trust
for the Democratic party as the paramount
issue in 1896 Why is it that there is so little
talking about the trusts" by the Democrats
now? Were it not that the writer OF the anti
trust plank of the Democratic platform, Van
Wyck has kept the trust issues fresh on ice' that
Richardson, Of Tennessee, who presided over the
Kansas City gathering, through his private book
trust has made the trust issue an open book
that Senator Jones, chairman Of the Democratic
national committee, has found Trustworthy use
OF trust" in cotton as means OF extracting
"yelvet;" that Bryan himself is seeking to get
elected by means Of a political fusion "trust;"
the trust" issue in politics would, during this
campaign, be a rather rusty issue.
The people OF this country must have been
prosperous in ls09 as the statistics OF the post
office department shows they wrote more letters
and sent more mail matter that year than ever
before in the history of the United States. Yet
Mr.. Bryan predicted that II Mckinley was elected
the average citizen would not have enough money
TO buy postage stamp.
In contemplating the evidence adduced In the
Kentucky murder cases the fact that 800, 900
was appropriated TO secure it should not be
| overlooked.
In 1899 ten staple crops were worth upwards
OF $s2s 900 900 more TO the American farmel
than in 1895 Add to this increase an advance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Of $685., 900 in the value Of live stock, and
there is a round billion Of dollars that has been
paid in prosperity dividends by the Republican
party to the farmers for the single year Of 1900.
The battleship Oregon will come home with a
patch on her hull. This was the normal condi.
tion Of the American labcrer's trousers during
the late Democratic Administration
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Little or no interest has been
aroused by the coming Fitzsimmons-
Sharkey contest to take place in New
York tomorrow evening. From pres
ent appearances the last exhibitions
of the manly art under the Horton
law will scarcely bring financial re-
turns equal to the sums expended for
hall rent and linament.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

1t begins to look as though the gov
a few transports to bring home the
Cape Nome gold seekers, Christian
Endeavor delegates and others who
venture on excursions without return
tickets
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
SPECIAL REWARDS.

l. Scholarship in Wyoming Semi
nary a years. including tut.
ton and board .......,..... 81 900
2. Scholarship in Keystone Acad-
emy g years. including tut
tion and board ............. 6O4
8. Sohmer 5.B Piano, including
stool and scarf Con exhibition
at J. W. Guernseys, 3l4
Washington avenue) ......... ass
4. Course in Piano Instruction at
Scranton Conservatory Of Mu.
sic ....................... 10
8. Columbia Bicycle, Chainless,
1900 model (on exhibition at
Conrad Brothers, 243 Wyo-
ming avenue) ................ rs
9. Scholarship in Scranton Business
College, commercial course... 60
z. Scholarship in Scranton Business
College, shorthand course =. 60
s. Solid Gold Watch, laly's or gen
tlenan's (oh exhibition at Eu.
gene Schimpf's, Sl7 Lacka-
wanna avenuc) .............. 90
0. Tele-Photo Cycle POGO b. Cam
era, AIS (on exhibition at
the Griffin Art company, 2O9
Wyoming avenue) ......... 40
10. Lady's Solid Gold Watch, or
Gentlemans Solid Silver
Watch ION exhibition at Eu.
gene Schimph's, 3l7 Lacka.
wanna avenue) ............... 30
50, ,439
Each contestant failing to secure one
OF these special rewards will be given
ten CO) per cent. Of all the money he or
she turns in.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
SCRANTON, AUGUST %. 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.

National.
Prcsident-WILI1AM MCKINLEY. -
Wee rrcsident-THEODoRE ROOsENELl'
State.
Congrcssmen. .atLarge-GALUSHA a a. GhoM
ROBERT II. FOERDERER. .
Auditor Gencral-E B. HARDENBEkGi'
County.
Congrcss-W1LLTAM CONNELL.
Judge GEORGE NJ. WATSON.
Shcrif-JCilN II. FELLOWS.
TrrGSureI-I. A. SCRANTON.
District Attorncv-WlLIlAM r. LEWIS.
prothonotary- JOHN COPELAND.
Clerk ot Courts-TTIOMAS p. DANIELS.
Recorder Of Dccds-ENlL BONN.
Register Of Wills-W. X. BECK ,
jury Commissiobcr-EDWARD B. STURGES'
Legislature.
First District-TIIOMAS J. REYNOLDS.
Second District-,IOlIN SCHEUER, JR.
Third District-EDWARD JAMES JR.
Fourth District-P. A. PHlLBlN.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

It is not probable that the United
States can accomplish much in the
way of arranging affairs in China
until some one succeeds in finding the
imperial government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

The next step in China win probably
decide whether the allied armies had
objects in view other than the rescue
of the legationers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
Legislature.

1t is probable that the recent events
about Pekin will induce all mission
aries who remain in China in future
to stick to preaching and keep out of
politics
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
FIN LEV'S

For late summer or
early Autumn wear,
we are showing a
very complete line of
New Plaid and Stripe
Back Suitings---suit-
able for Rainy Day,
G O | f, or Bicycle
Skirts, including the
popular Greys, Tans,
Blues and Blacks.
N e w Ii n e of
cheviots, both plain
and hairline, in Ok
ford, Light Grey, Blue
Brown, etc. Also
Cream Cheviot, just
opened, very much
in demand for sea.
side and mountain
wear. What we have
left in F o u a r d s,
Wash Silks and Fine
French Challies are
being closed out at
less than cost price;
and there is still a
fairly good assort'
ment to pick from.
5lO-5l2
IVACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

There is a movement on foot to tax
the Chicago clairvoyants $500 a year
each. In this scheme even the prog
nosticators having the least experience
can see their finish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Latest reports indicate that there
has been a cessation Of hostilities be-
tween New Yorks imperial police
force and the negro population.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Pekin's famous Forbidden City"
will soon be as easy of access as a
Coney Island side-show.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23


she had S9h Of 9f a asSS S1q staff % & As t h n ss several
S5 to- Ea as aSRs ~eS @ Sas @ S try F & %
S GHs%ssG
had s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Most people, in contemplating the
verdict in the Powers case, will be Of
the opinion that 1t was waste OF
time to present the evidence to that
Jury
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

The newspapers that propose to tell
in advance Just what Mr.. COnger
thinks are having a busy time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
S FOR THE UNITED STATES.

Grand total Isl, ,5il ,306,339 s20i2, SAC, sl3
Increase under the Republican administration
Of President Mckinley, s5Ol,4ii,4H
Is it any wonder that Mr.. Bryan
wants to change the subject?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
PENNSYLVANIA.

Here are the figures of some Of the
more distinctively agricultural states.
notable among them Mr.. Bryan's home
state of Nebraska:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Gen. De Wet appears to be the
Flying Dutchman of the hour.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
RULES OF THE CONTEST

The special rewards will be given to
the persons securing the largest number
OF points.
Points will be credited to contestants
securing new subscribers to the Scranton
Tribune as iollows
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23


Six Months Subscription. ESQ
One Years Subscription 500 IL
The contestant with the highest mum.
Der OF points will be given a choice from
the list OF special rewards: the contestant
with the second highest number OF
points will be given a choice Of the re.
naming rewards, and 50 on through the
list.
Each contestant failing to secure
special reward will be given 10 per cent.
OF all money he or she turns in.
All subscriptions must be paid in ad.
vance
Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons already on our
subscription list will not be credited.
No transfers can be made after credit
has once been given.
All subscriptions, and the cash to pay
for same, must be handed in at The
Tribune Office within the week in which
they are secured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
Subscriptions must he writ n on blanks,
which can be secured at The Tribune
office or will be sent by mail.
The contest will close promptly at 8
O'Clock Saturday evening, September 20.
1900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

The increase in New York In four
years has been s26, ,O55: in Texas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
The Chinese Puzzle.

v N ILLUSTRATION of the perplex-
tiles by which the administra-
A ton at Washington is confronted
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23
NEBRASKA.

Total ,.... ......sls, ,022, ,9Ol sl02, IA
Increase .... .. 53,222, ,s33
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Fisher and the mirror, kniching of corner OF
the latter on the way When Fisher emerged
from the door, wildly waving towel in one hand
and a razor in the other, with one side OF his
face shorn and the other covered with lather,
II seemed time to interrupt the festivities. So
we locked Finnegan UP in an empty box car,
the nearest approach TO jail we had. That
night his partner helped him out and they went
down the river, stealing boat on the way from
Roosevelts Elkhorn ranch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

In 1899 ten staple crops were worth upwards
Of S82s, 900, 900 more TO the American farmel
than in 1895. Add to this increase an advance
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

ITO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE
l. estate of Jay H. Stratton, deceased
You and each OF you arc hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended the
sum OF Five Hundred Dollars in labor and
improvements on the Galveston mining
claim, situated in Columbus Mining Dis
trlct, Esmeralda county, Nevada. for the
years 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898, in or
der to hold said mining claim under the
provisions OF Section 1924 Of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the acts
and parts Of acts Of Congress amendatory
Of and supplementary to said above-men-
toned act
And If within ninety days after the COM
pletlon OF the service Of this notice BY
publication you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure as CO.
owner. your interest in said claim will be-
come the property of the undersigned
hereinbefore mentioned.
R. McKEWEN.
FIRST publication, October IS, 1899.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

ITO DAVID GRAHAM AND JOHN NJ.
Il CAMPBELL: You and each Of you
and your heirs, executors, administrators,
assigns and legal representatives, are
hereby notified that the undersigned, has
expended the sum OF two hundred dollars
In labor and improvements on the follow
ing-named mining claim, to-wit The
Evening Star, situated in Hawthorne
Mining District, Esmeralda county.
State Of Nevada, for two year commence
ing January l, 1897, and ending Decem-
Der 81, 1893, and more especially as will ap-
pear by the certificate filed in the Office OF
the County Recorder, at Hawthorne. Es-
meralda county, Nevada, In order to hold
said premises and mining claim under
the provisions Of Section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes Of the United States, and
OF the Acts and parts Of Acts Of the Con-
gress of the United States amendatory OF
or supplementary to said aforementioned
Act, said sum being the amount required
to hold said mining claim for two years,
particularly for the years 1887 and 1898.
And il within ninety days after the
con pletion OF the service of this notice by
publication, you fail or refuse TO contri-
butte your proportion OF such expenditure
as co-owner, your interest in said claims
will become the property OF the under
signed, under the statutes OF the United
States hereinbefore mentioned and in such
cases made and provided.
GEORGE OLSEN
First publication, August 49, 1899.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
STATE OF OHIO, City OF Toledo, ..
LUCAS CoyrSTy 80

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
the senior partner Of the firm of F. j.
Cheney 4 CO., doing business In the City
OF Toledo. County and State aforesaid and
that said arm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each ndevory
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me ard subscribed In my
presence, this eth day CT December, 1896.
A. w GLEASON,
1 SEAL Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of thesystem. Send for testimonials,
free. F. J. CHENEY / co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
NOTICE.

is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL FARTlES
owing the Knapp ( Laws Co. that the UNI
dersigned, $. A. Knapp. is the only person
authorized to collect accounts and notes
and amounts due Knapp { Laws Co., and
all parties are notified not to pay any
amounts to any other perscn except up,. n
order OF y. A. Knapp.
BY order OF the Board OF Directors OF
the Knapp h Laws Co.
2. A. KNAPP,
President and Manager.
Hawthorne, New. July 10, 1899.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
The Bon-Tcn Hotel at sodayills is

The Bon-Tcn Hotel at Sodayills is
now completed and ready for guests.
In addition to first class hotel accom-
dations, there is 4 commodious bath
house, aud also q feed stable for the
convenience OF travellers by team.
The bar is supplied with the finest
assortment of liquors aud cigars in
the market. Messrs. Money l. Ken
dali have spared no expense to make
the Bon Ton attractive and comfort
sble, aud they deserve . share of the
public patronage.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16

derslgned has been duly appointed and
qualified by the District Court of the Firs.
Judicial District, in AMI for the county Of
Esmeralda. State Of Nevada, as Admins
traitor Of the estate Of John Neidy, late OF
said county OF Esmeralda, deceased. on
g eighth (sthl day OF May, A ID. 1900 All
creditors having claims against said estate
are required to file the same with proper
vouchers attached. with tho Clerk OF the
Court within three months OF the first
publication Of this notice.
W. c. HUMPHREY,
Public Administrators. Adm illustrator Of
the estate Of said deceased.
Dated this 18th day of May, A. D. 1900
First publication. May 1e, 1850.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16
BRITISH PENSIONS.
Adopted to Reward Heroes OF
Their Families.

A British officer who loses limb or
10 ayear's pay and the price Of an arti-
fetal limb. A year later he may be
granted permanent annual pension,
graduated according to his rank A
lieutenant general receives $1,000; a
major general, $1,750; a colonel, 81 500;
major, $1,000; captain $500, and
subaltern, $3.50. When the officer is
wounded very severely he may receive
q gratuity, varying from three to
twelve months pay; and II the injury is
likely to be permanent he will receive
a pension of one-half that granted 10
his rank for the loss of limb or an eye.
These pensions and gratuities, known
In gloomy pleassntries in the British
army as blood money" are additional
10 the ordinary pensions which off,
GERS are entitled to in the normal
course OF events. The widows and chill
dren of officers are not technically en-
titled to pensions; they receive them a.
8 matter OF grace and not of right.
Take the case Of the widow and chill
dren of colonel. If he dies from the
effects OF campaign the widow
receives $3.50, and each child sloo per
year. but If he is killed in action or dies
OF his wounds she draws $1,000 and
each child $500 annually. The scale for
killed and died of wounds runs thus:
a majors widow draws 500; captains
$500; n subaltern's $500, their children
varying from sle5 TO s175.-Ciucinnati
Enquirer
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-16

s sd1aTT OF OF f NSTAnA, SIS
I, ]. II. sliller. Clerk Of the Board of
County Commissioners in and for said
County and State, do hereby certify that
the foregoins bills were passed and ordered
paid by the Board of County Commission.
ers ON Monday. Mag I. 1899.
J. II. MILLER.
Clerk OF the Board
Hawthorna. New May 7. 1900.