THE SCBANTON TMBUNE- SATDBBAT MDBNTNG, MAY. 30, 1896. world of FICTION. There axe' eight atoriM In the hind son little book which Way- ft Wil liams. Chicago, have just published (or Mrs. Ella W. Peattle, and the title of the book t taken from that of the drat of these stories. "A Mountain Woman," which describes the acute unhapptness of a western goddess of nature when suddenly transplanted from the grand eur of her home among the mountains and the cataracts Into the stuffy com monplaces of fashionable New York. The "mountain won an" sta-ds this de pressing contrast as long as she can, considering that It Is part of her honey moon, and at last makes a break for liberty by returning very mysteriously to her occidental surroundings. There her bewildered husband finally finds her, and there he has the unexpected good sense to permit her to remain, he choosing her home in preference to his cwn. It does not follow, however, that this first story Is the best. The second one, "Jim Lancy's Waterloo," Is distinctly superior. Perhaps some of our readers recall Its original appearance In the Cosmopolitan. It is the story of a Ne braska farmer's grim, silent and ul timately disastrous battle against ex tortionate railway charges, drouth and mortgages. The story opens with Lancy taking his newly wedded wife fom Illinois to their future prairie home, both happy, hopeful, contented. It closes with the woman returning within two years dull, apathetic and dejected, to her parents, prematurely broken on the rack of western poverty and slavish toll; and with Lancy round ed up as "drunk and disorderly" at an Omaha police station, the farm having been sold from under him despite his serf-like wrestling with ill-(ate. A particularly pathetic touch in It, all the more effective for being Introduced without any dramatic Btrivlng, is the Incident of the death of Lancy's baby. At the dinner table Annie, the wife re marks, "I don't suppose any of you have time to do anything about It; but I thought you might line to know that the baby is dead. I wouldn't think of asking you to spare the horses, for I know they have to rest; but I thought. If you could make out on a cold supper, that I'd go to town for a coffln." "The Three Johns" is a strong study f the crude chivalry which underlies the rough exterior of prnlrie life, r,nd the story entitled "Two Pioneers" Is a powerful lesson in charity, with touches trlklne-lv hold diul original. In fact. each story In the eight Is character's?!! by a frank disregaid of the conventions and an evident wish to carry .its mes sage straight to the reader's sympath ies without waste of energy on mere formalities. Mrs. Peattle Is not a faultless writer, but her errors are minor In comparison with her vividness and audacity. Mechanically the volume Is a delight to both the artistic and the utilitarian sense. II II II "In the Valley of Tophet" (New York: Henry Holt & Co.) is In a certain sense a companion volume to Henry W. Nevlnson's earlier work, the "Klum Stories of London." It carries Into the field of Industrial struggle the same keen perceptlveness and the same power over broad effects which char acterized his study of the municipal problem. It alms to put upon the can vas with sharp outline and daring con trasts of light and shade realistic pic tures of the suffering and stress of thnu U'tinm fnta had m n 1 1 n rli-ittrn nil wmrr fir incirii'v lip: vpi 11 iifFH ill nun u. iiHirui liiu 11 iiriai 111c lihiuk? rnwu mi his iiuiivuic iniiv . 1 in preachlfylng Inclination, this collection of stories about the industrial poor will do missionary work of real and Per il 1 1 1 1 L U 1 1 1 1 1 1 . II II II "The Mystery of Paul Chadwlck." a "lachelor's story." by John W. Post gate (Chicago: Lali-d & Lee) Is an up-to-date concoction duly seasoned with wiles, and mysteries, and plots and stratagems. The central character is a fascinating widow who develops into a feminine devil; and the bachelor, who relates the yarn evidently intends her as a type of the sex. The only merit In Mr. Postgate's effort Is that It keeps one awake. II Jl I1 Three paper-bound Issues of summer time fiction, published by the Appletons In their Town and Country Library, da-serve-brief mention. "A Winning Haz arjf' by Mrs. Alexander, is a notably eat and pretty story, with no other purpose than to amuse, yet wholesome and enjoyable at every page. It con tains In the personage of Carey a most delightful study of the Hibernian char acter. "The Dancer In Yellow." by W. E. Norrls, depicts the embarrassments of a scion of the British nobility who marries a music hall skirt dancer and may be assumed to be In the nature of a warning to other scions, among whom this tendency seems to be on the In crease. And, lastly. Christian Reld's romance of Mexico, entitled "The Pic tures of Las Cruces," is a skilfully woven story of superstition, passion and tragedy. ' II H II To their Select Novels series, the Iilpplncotts have recently added "A Faithful Traitor." by Kffle Adelaide Rowlands, a spirited and charming fic tion of English high life, told on melo dramatic, lines. MISCELLANEOUS. 'A volume opportune In Its appearance At this time, when the people's thoughts nearly all have a political bent. Is Osborn II. Oldroyd's "Lincoln's Cam paign, or The Political Revolution of I860" (Chicago: Laird & Lee). In ad dition to containing a thorough nnd well-written review of that epochal Struggle In voung Republicanism, the volume presents, in an appendix, four teen portraits nnd biographies of pre sidential possibilities for 1898. An espe cially Interesting feature of this book Is Its reproduction of some of the prin cipal campaign songs and cartoons of the Lincoln canvass, among the former being Edmund Clarence Stedman's "Honest Abe of the West," a lyrical outburst which must nowadays bring a smile to the face of Its gifted author. This poem runs as follows, to the air of "The Star Spangled Banner:" O, hark! from tho pine-crested hills of old Maine, Directory : Wholesale. BANKS. fcaekawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Merchants' and Mechanics', 429 Lacka. Trader' National, 24 Lackawanna, West aide Bank, 10 N. Main, orantea aavlngs, 122 Wyoming. BEDDING, CARPET CLEANING, ETC. The loraatoa Bedding Co., Lacka. BREWERS. Robinson, B. Boos, 43S N. Seventh. Hobioaeo, Mlaa, Cedar, cor. Alder. CHINA AND GLASSWARE. Ruppreekt, Louis, 2S1 Ptrui. TOTS AND CONFECTIONER IWUllaau, J. D. Bro,, au Lacka, FLOtJR. rtSCD AND GRAIN. ' Matthews, C, P. Seas Co., M Lacka. The Wetton Mill Co., 47-4 Lacks. . PAINTS AND SUPPLIES. Ilaaaka A MeJUa, M Sprues, letters; Where the splendor first falls from the wings of the morning. And away in the West, over river and plain, . Rings ont the grand anthem of Liberty's warning! From green-rolling prairie It swells to the sea. For the people have risen, victorious and free They have chosen their leaders, and bravest and best Of them all is Old Abe, Honest Abe . of the West! The spirit that fought for the patriots of old Has swept through the land and aroused us forever; In the pure air of heaven a standard un fold Fit to marshal us on to the sacred en deavor! Proudly the banner of freemen we bear; Noble the hopes that encircle It there! And where buttle is thickest we follow, the crest Of gallant Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! There's a triumph in urging a glorious cause, Thouuh the hosts of tho foe for a while may be stronger, Pushing on for Just rules and holler laws, 1111 their lessening columns oppose us no longer. Hut ours the loud paean of men who have past Through the struggles' of years, and ate victors ut last; So forward the flag! leave to Heaven the rest. And trust in Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! Lo! see the bright scroll of the Future un fold! Broad farms and fair cities shall crown our devotion Free labor turn oven the sand Into gold, And the links of her railway chain ocean to ocean; Parks thut float fair and free on the diirk river waves With a wealth never wrung from the sinews of slaves; And the Chief, In whose rule ull the land shall be bleat, Is our noble Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! Then on to the holy Republican strife! And again, for a future as fair as tho mornlnif, For the sake of that freedom more pre. clous than life. Ring nut the grand anthem of Liberty's warning! Lift the banner on high, while from mountain und plain, The cheers of the peoplo are sounded again; Hurrah! for our cause of all caures the best! Hurrah! for Old Abe. Honest Abe of the Weal! :: 11 11 The question which confronts tho reader of William Yates Chinn's latest hook, "The Mercantile Agencies Against Commerce," (Chicago; Charles H. Kerr & Co.) is, Are we a nation of swindlers and liars? The impression of Mr. Chinn is that If we arc not, we owe no thanks to the mercantile agencies, which in his Judgment are doing their best to cultivate swindling and lying In the business community. The volume comprises nearly 4uu closely printed pages, and is wholly directed to an elaboration of the following proposition from Its Introduction: Among the many and venal accessories and outgrowths of this mercenary system, the mercantile or commercial agencies, so called, are the moat pluuslble In their motives, the moat iernicious in their methods, the most corrupt and cewardly in their operations, and tho most dan gerous and degrading In their influence and results. Professedly organised to pro tect credit and advance commerce, they stab the one and debauch the other. Hypocritically pretending to rely upon voluntary support and to afford Impartial Information, they are sustained by a gi gantic levy of Indiscriminate blackmail, and they habitually dispense to their In voluntary patrons the moat unreliable and distorted re.norts. baaed on Imper fect and often imaginary data. Originat ing In the commerclul centers where cor porate wealth and corrupt combinations rule trade and credit these agencies have become a eursp to all honest commerce, a menace to individual enterprise and indus try, and a perpetual terror to -every business that will not pay tribute to their coffers or acknowledge allegiance to their tyranny. In the train of the larger establishments have sprung up a horde of lesser concerns, disguised us "collud ing agencies." "clearing houaea," "com mercial bureaus," wherein pettifogging attorneys and Irresponsible clerks compile und disseminate a villainous literature of blackmail and extortion. II H II , Considerable Interest was recently ex cited among educators by the appear ance In the Metaphysical Magazine of a series of papers in which the noted German scholar and philosopher. Dr. Adolph Brodbeck, outlined what In his opinion should be "The Ideal of Univer sities." Under this title Dr. Brodbeck's papers have been put In.bwk form by the Metaphysical Publishing company of New York, in a handsome volume selling for il.SO. The gist of Dr. Brod beck's contention is that the mission of our higher schools should be not to go off on tangents in the direction of some special scientific or philosophic fad, but strive to catch the unity of spirit under lying all sciences nnd all systems of philosophy. . I! I! 1! In a neat pamphlet printed by the American Relief association of New York, William Willard Howard, who of the fifteen newspaper correspondents who left London in December. 1894. to investigate the massacres of Armenians in Eastern Turkey, was the only one that succeeded in penetrating into the Interior of the devastated regions, and who was subsequently blacklisted by the Turkish government, which put a price on his head, tells a thrilling story of the "Horrors of Armenia." We doubt If a parallel naratlve has ever, before appeared In print. Its revelations are simply indescribable. We will not at tempt to make quotations. We would not trust ourselves to do this. But the pamphlet itself Is for sule at 10 cents a copy by Charles H. Stout, treasurer of the American Relief association. Na tional Bank of the Republic, New York city, and as the proceeds go into the re lief fund, we trust that every reader of this notice will purchase at least one copy. Pox's "Book of Martyrs" is tame and pale In comparison. . . MAGAZINES. Tho Illuminated cover of the June Cosmopolitan is the prettiest that this enterprising magaxlno has achieved since it went Into the business of cover decoration. It represents a cluster of June roses, with buds and leaves trail ing from the front page around to the rear one. Intellectually, the star ar ticle Is Hobart Chatflekl-Chatfleld Tay lor's paper on Madrid, which is ttie Initial number In a' series of papers that will present to American readers the salient political and social aspects Of , modern Spain. Mr. Taylor writes of Wholesale MONUMENTAL WORKS. Owens Bros., 218 Adams avenue. MILK. CREAM. BUTTER, ETC Scranton Dairy Co., Penn and Linden. ENGINES AND BOILERS. Dickson Manufacturing Co. DRY GOODS, MILLINERT, ETC. ' Tho Fashion, 303 Lackawanna avenue. , PLUMBING AND IIEATINO. Howloy.P. p. 4 m. T 231 Wyoming avt. GROCERS. Kelly. T. J. A Co.,' 14 Lackawanna. ' Megargel ft Connell, Franklin avenue im porter, John T 26 nnd 2s Lackawiuna. Rice, Levy A Co., 30 Lackawanna . . ' . - HARDWARE. ' Connell, W. p. .& sons, W Penn. Foote A Shear Co., 110 N. Washington. . Hunt A Connell Co.. 434 Laekswanna. fluently, intelligently and " with dis crimination. We shall await his sub sequent contributions with genuine ex pectancy. Another interesting paper Is contributed by the editor, Mr. Walker, on "In Case of War with England What?" Mr. Walker doesn't want a war with England and is trying his level best to advance the principle of Anglo-American arbitration. But If war should come, he Imagines that whatever tribute money England might at the outset wrest from our principal port cities In consequence of the rudimentary condition of our coast defenses would eventually be got back with interest In the form of forcible levies on Canada by our Invading troops. , II II II The Bookman for June sustains its reputation for freshness of Interest In all Its departments. The Illustrations are especially Interesting and valuable in this number, particularly those ac companying an article of exceptional Importance by the well-known London editor, Clement K. Shorter, on "Mrs. Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte." An article on "Canadian Feeling Toward the United States" will attract atten tion. The Living Critic dealt with this month is Coventry Patmore, of whom there Is a portrait. The latest books are well represented in the reviews, notably Mr. Allen's "Summer in Ar cady." Mr. Frederic's "Damnation of Therori Ware." Mr. Crockett's "Cleg Kelly," and Miss Wilklns' "Madelon." "Kailyard Literature" disposes of the recent accumulation of Scottish novels, and Ian Mnclaren contributes two more chapters of his novel, "Kate Carnegie." II II I! Godey s magazine for June begins with a vivid account of the annual snake dance of the Moquis of Arizona, with descriptions and Illustrations of other peculiarities of the customs of these Pueblo Indians. "The Beauty of Mary Stuart" Is the title of an Intelli gent and interesting comparison of the accounts and pictures extant of the unhappy Queen of Scots, with which eleven of the most Important portraits are reproduced. A critical article on "The Art of Julia Marlowe Tuber." Is embellished with about a dozen pic tures of the popular actress In differ ent characters. "Some Industrial Art Schools for Women" presents Informa tion of very real value concerning the places to study In New York city, and the "Bixth of the "Talks by Successful Women" consists cf a chat with Nor dica, the American prima donna, about her career. These and the fashion de partment make up the features of par tictilar attractiveness to the sex. In addition, there is a goodly array of fic tion. -HU , U I' 'I' ''I There Is begun In the June St. Nicho las a serial work which ought to In terest tha older folk as well as the young ones. It Is by Nouh Brooks nnd Its subject Is "The Story of Marco Polo." Those who have heard Rev. Hud.ion Shaw's university extension lectures on Venice will recall the ex ceedingly Interesting reference he made to Polo. The present stor.y covers the same ground with greater detail and la worthy of high recommendation. It. however. Is only one feature In a number chock full of Interesting things for young and old. . II II II "The Count and Little Gertrud," by S. R. Crockett, Is the chief story In the June Issue rf The Pocket Magazine. In It the author of "Cleg Kelly" goes into the semi-romantic field with some success. Other contributors to this is sue are Stephen Crane. W. W. Jacobs. Edmund Clarence Stedman and Matt Crim. I! II II With Its number for May 15, the Chap-Book begins Its third year. The better-known contributors are Katha rine Tynan Hlnkson, Maria Louise Pool. Stephana Mailarma and Nelth Boyce. The drawings in this number are notably clever. u . v II 'I 'I Tho Lotus (published at 1014 Wyan dotte st., Kansas City) has left the Inter-collegiate field and branched out as a "literary and artistic journal" with a hankering for a general circulation. Clarence T. Southwlck succeeds F. Hll llard Johnson as editor, Frederic Thor eau Singleton takes charge of the me chanical part and A. H. Clark, of Law rence, Kan., is art editor, in the Lotus for Mav 15 Arthur IIH, im has a ran 1 1 u captivating story entitled "The Mys' lenous Airs. Aiuiin. it Is a good offset to the dullness of the remainder of the Issue. "BOOKMAN" GOSSIP. Here are three delightful anecdotes, all of them strictly true, that cast a some what lurid light upon the literary cul ture of East, West, and South respective ly. The scene of the first is laid In Provi dence, Rhode Island, where a young lady was asked the other day by her uncle to make some purchases for him, of which he gave her a written list. The first item was "Scott's Emulsion," and after glanc ing at It tho Intelligent young woman made straight for a certain large book shop, where she was received by an equally in telligent salesmun. "1 want a copy of Scott's Emulsion," said she casually. "Scott's what 7" said the clerk. "Scott's Emulsion," replied the maiden, "Oh, yea," was the anawer. "Well, you see, we don't sell Scott's works except in complete sets." The scene of the second occurrence Is in a thriving city of tho West, where a South ern litterateur of distinction had Just de livered a long and critical lecture on Mat thew Arnold to a fashionable audience. A friend of the lecturer, while pasalng out of the hall, overheard the following con versation between two ladles: "That was a pretty good lecture, on the whole; but who was this Matthew Arnold anyway?" "Oh, I don't know. I haven't time to keep u with ail these new Southern writers:" The last incident occurred In a univer sity town In one of the Southern States, A reading club had been organized, each member of which was required to prepare a paper on some designated literary mas terpiece. One member, an Episcopal cler gyman, was asked to take for his subject Sir Thomas Malory's Morte ('.'Arthur, im mediately after the meeting he sought the study of a literary friend. "What is this Morte d'Arthur that they've given me?" he queried anxiously. "Of course I've always known that Mal lory edits The Churchman, but I never heard that he'd written a book!" Stephen Crane's forthcoming novel, Dan Emmunds, which was announced for pub. lication In June, will not be ready until tho autumn. Edward Arnold will publish Im mediately, however, a new story by Mr. Crane, entitled George's Mother. W. D. Howells has expressed the opinion that this story Is altogether the best bit of work Mr. Crane has yet done. The book will sell for seventy-five cents, and a first edition of 10,1100 copies is being printed. In connection with James Payn's recent and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business FRUITS AND FRODUCR Dale A Stevens, 27 Lackawanna, Cleveland, A. B., 17 Lackawanna, DRY GOODS Kelly & Healey, 20 Lackawanna, Flnley, P. B., 610 Lackawanna. 1.1MB, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE. Keller, Luther, 813 Lackawanna. HARNESS & SADDLERY HARDWARE. Tr'.tt Q. W., 410 Lnr-knwanr.a; Keller & Harris, 117 Penn. WINES AND LIQUORS. Walsh, Edward J., Xi Lackawanna. LEATHER AND FINDINGS Williams, Samuel, 231 Sprue. - BOOTS AND SHOES. Goldsmith Bros., 304 Lackawanna. WALL PAPER, ETC, , Ford, W. M.'a 120 Penn. CANDY MANUFACTURERS. -Scranton Candy Co.. Lackawanna. ' retirement from the editorship of- the CorahlU Magasine. it may nut be gwner ally known that one of the snost spirited things done by the Cornhlll was to pur chase George E t's Remola. The sum paid was lnunuu, but the circulation ot the magasine was in consequence reduced bout ltt.0uO. The fact la, even then the general reader felt Romola to be rather Heavy. Ian Maolaren's Bonnie Brier Bush threatens to become as much an advertis ing fad as Trilby was. Only the other day we saw it used in connection with a patent varnish, and now we are In receipt of a musical march called The Bonnie Brier Bush, which has been composed by W. Frank Tompkins, of Palnevtlle, O. H I1 '1. icemly dli Among the recently disinterred manu scripts of Cnarloue Bronte has been found a fairy tale, emitted The Adventures of Edwin and Alembert. It is a curious and remarkable anticipation of Mr. Rutkln'e The King of the Golden River. Mr. Rus kln has read the story, and pronounces it finer than his own. NOVELIST CAINE'S Plea for Peace. At the recent arbitration meeting in Queen's hall, London, Hall Caine, the novelist, made this plea for arbitration of disputes between the United States and England: "A man of letters dor not of sen Intrude himself u ion a political platform, and perhaps the only apology I can make for being here is that I am one of the latest of our countrymen to return from a visit to America. In the character ot a recent American visitor, I have to assure you that America does not want war W'tli England, or with any other country, in ferrible experience Americans know what war can be. Nothing Impresses the trav eler In America more profoundly then tie sense that deep In the American character lies the memory of the civil war. The bit terness has gone from the wounds it made, and old soldiers of north und south l.o longer refuse to sit down at the same table; but the scars remain, and when Americans sneak of their sreat war. it la with straightened faces. For four year, of uwiui siruxgie, a minion or ueau, una ull their own dead their own, whether nor;h or south. War haa come very close to Americans. The men are atlil only in mid. die life who fought on the battlefield. of Ull to 1SIH, und the women are not yet old who nuraed their sons in the hoapl'.uls. We have no reason to fear that our ap peals in the interests of peace will fall of a response in America. There ia no end cf pluck and courage there; the people are not so far given up to getting and spend ing that they forget their duty to their country. They have one of the smailt of standing armies, and yet they are a great mllltury nation, with an Intelligent, brave, and almost Umltltss rank and tile ready to take the Meld. Whatever else they 'blow' about, they don't blow about their miliary .prowess, and yet they huve done some of the greatest things In mod ern warfare. But in no part of tho world Is the horror or war greater than In Amor Ion. and nowhere would any practicable plan of lessening the dangers of war be hailed with more enthusiasm. "The recent upheaval of popular feeling, both In England and America, over the Venezuelan entanglement was an alarm lug experience to such of us as were un touched by the war fever. To such us saw the trouble from both sides of the ocean It was hardly less than appalling, it chanced that I was in America when it began. It would be presumptuous en my part to discuss the political issue, and I will not dare do so; but 1 saw that Lord Sails, bury's letter criticising the Monroe doc trine a leter which seemed so strong and statesmanlike la England was running counter to a national sentiment In Ameri ca that had almost gathered the force of a superstition, and that a foreigner could not fully understand. On the other hand. I saw that, when Mr. Cleveland's message was assailed in England and elsewhere as a mere attempt to push along a third-term boom, It was being unjustly attacked, sud that English criticism of the president was only uniting the parties In America, in nis ravor. ii was my .pleasure ana privi lege to see a little a very little of Mr. Cleveland, and if his menace of war was merely a badly calculated election ruse planned months ahead, the crime must have been perpetiated when I was In his house. I can only say, on the strength of the little I saw of the president, and on the authority of whatever observation I moy have, that he left a deep impression upon me of strength and uprightness, ot purity Of political purpose, and superiority to all personal ambitions that were not good and true; I found him a lover of England and a lover of peace. Everything that was said, everything that was done by his in timate friends and family during that short time left the conviction that he did not want a third term, and would not take It If it were offered him. Only at a mo ment of war fever could the English people have accused of mean and Impure motives a statesman who had never before given evidence of meanness und impurity. More over, uny cooler tribunal than two coun tries at fever heat would have remembered (what has never even been remarked upon) thut Cleveland's ill-fated proclama tion was the same in spirit and almost literally the same as that of Lincoln when a similar entanglement with France oc cured in Mexico in 1808. "All the same, Mr. Cleveland's proclam. atlon was a shock to lovers of peace, and if such a danger can threaten us from so unlikely a source, no more proof Is neces sary that we want an improved method ot settling international disputes. At pres ent England and America stand to each other in the relation of the neighbors In the familiar dcllnitlon of the bov in Bun day school: 'Johnny, who is your neigh bor?" 'The person that lives next door.' 'And what Is your duty to your neighbor?' 'To keep my eye on him.' We who aro on this platform think an International court of arbitration would lessen the dangers of war. Such a court was tried In the casts of the Alabama dispute, and in spite of some mismanagement on our side it worked well, and reflected honor on the wisdom of Mr. Gladstone. Of course, we know that an arbitration court would not be an in fallible preventive, and that it would pre suppose a force behind it. We don't ex pect that It would abolish standing armtot, but we think It would reduce them, it would be a council, not of war, but of peace. Praco would be Its object, and when it failed to maintain pertce it would be humiliated If not disgraced. Its busi ness would be to understand both sids; it would begin with the motto that no devil is so black as he la painted, and it would end with the maxim that 'he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' It might encounter prac tical difficulties, and some will ask im whut we will do In the cases In which it will fall. We will do what the clergyman did in Abraham Lincoln's favorite story: The clergyman had to cross the Fox river on horseback at a time when It was much swollen and very dangerous. 'What will you do when you come to the Fox river?" 'Friends,' he said. "I assure you 1 have no intention ot trying to cross the Fox river until 1 get to it.' "If ever there was a time to try an arbi tration court. It Is now, when the shadow of a great disaster has hung over us and passed on. And if ever there were two countries made by nature for the experi ment, it Is England and America. We arc one family, and, of course, we exercise the privilege of kindred to nag at each other sometimes. When I am asked If 1 did not see in America a dlsnosttion to snicker at England, I answer that perhaps I did see it; but is it not true that we, too, frequently see a disposition In England to snicker Rt America? If England in what the Canadian minister of finance calls her splendid isolation lacked the sym pathy of America, Is It not the fact that during her great struggle for unity Ameri ca lacked a good deal of the sympathy cf England? But under the friction of leaser FLOUR, BUTTER, EGGS, ETC The T. H. Wattt Co., Lt., 723 W. Lacka. Babcock, O. J. A Co., 110 Franklin. MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES. Scranton Supply and Maoh. Co., 131 Wye. FURNITURE. Hill A Connell, Ml Washington. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY, lilume, Wm. et Son, E22 Spruce. HOTELS. Scranton Houta, near depot MILLINERY & FURNISHING GOODS. Brown's Bo Hive, 221 Lscko, City and Suburban. ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES. Florey, C. M., 223 Wyoming. HARDWARE AND PLUMBING Cuast?r Forsyth. Zit Pean. differences there ' Is assuredly a groat aMdrng brotherhood of the English and American peoples which no traveler can fail to see. I saw It and felt it every where In the eastern states. It is deep, search ing, and sincere and where philanthropy Is called for it is prompt and generous. Dur. lng our Lancasnire cotton famine no sub. eeripUons were larger than the subscrip tions from America; and after the Chicago fire, and when five miles by three of Amer ican homes were desolate and the house less people were sitting in the smoke and ashes, a cable from London was posted up en the blackened walls, saying: 'Write us down for ten thousand pounds.' Our great men are the great men of the Americans, and we mourn their losses as we do our own. When Lincoln died and his body went back to Illinois, his soul was with us in every church and chapel in tht British Isles; and hcn Garfield was as sassinated we held bis burial service in St, rum s cainearai. "War between England and America would be indeed 'not only an absurdity, but a crime.' Think of it on its religious side. As Lincoln said. 'W rnrl th n9n Bible, we .pray to the same God." If we were at war we should both ask the 1 mighty Ruler of Nations to be on th's side and thut. When a battle would be im minent the church bells would ring in Washington, so that the peole there wouiu ue sskcu 10 pray mat tney mi;:i' be the ministers of God's chastisement unon us: and If the virtorv fell to our the bells would ring In London, tint w? nere migni give thanks to Uod ror allow ing us to slaughter tlie Americans. "Gid can't answ. r both.' as Lincoln said In an. other connection; end God forbid that he should ever bo asked to unswsr U fieri It would be civil war. and nothing strikes deeper into the fibre or a people. If nations cannot be UDheld without brother lighting against brother and father against 'on, men in uous name lei mem go dawn. ' OUR COUNTRY IN LITTLE. Senator Cannon's Proposed Crcnt (round Mnp-. Scheme to Con struct on the Potomac Flats in Washington a Reproduction in Miniature of the I'liited States. i When young Mr. Cannon of Salt Lake city was elected to represent the new state of Utah In the United States sen ate, he got, says the Sun, the particular Opportunity which he had mose desired for several years. It was a chunce to piopcse, in a way which should be sure of attracting thoughtful attention, his scheme for the construction by the gov ernment cf a gigantic ground map of the United States, to be known as "Our Country In Miniature." Senator Can non's resolution provides for the ap pointment of u commission of live citi zens, "three to be selected by tho presi dent, one by tho president of the sen ate, nnd one by the speaker of the house, to examine Into and report to congress upon the practicability, advisability, and cost of establishing et or near the city ot Washington a ground map of the United States of America, on a scale of one square yard of map surface for each square mile of actual area, or on such a scale ns It may be possible to comprise within the reclamation of the Potomac flats, said ground map to be as nearly as mny be our country in miniature, reproducing in earth and other materluls. on scale, the boun daries and the topography, all the nat ural and artliH-lul features of the sur face, showing geographical divisions; also, mountains, hills and valleys, for ests, lakes and streams, cities and vil lages; and said commission Is to reive without compensation." AN OLD IDEA. For a long time Senator Cannon has cherished the Idea of consructlng such a map. He proposed It to the managers of the Chicago fair in 1890, but they did not grasp the Importance or worth of the project. Now he says he Is very glad they did not, for there Is a prospect that by government construction and care It will be made a permanent thing. Senator Cannon's plan Is very compre hensive. His design Is to establish at or near the capital of the nation a ground map of the country, which shall furnish In general and In detail a com plete view of tho vast domain within the boundaries of the United States. To d-i this satisfactorily he proposes that the mnp shall be constructed on the scale cf one square yard for every square m'!e of actual territory, or one one thousand seven hundred and sixti eth of the natural size of the country. This Is not an excessive size for a ground map, but It Is twenty-live times or mure the scale which ordinary map makers use. To provide a map on this scale there will be required 625 acres. Upon It will be projected all the geo graphical lines, all the topography and what map makers call the "culture" of the United States, that la all Improve ments made by men, towns and cities, railroads, canals, and public works. Upon bucIi a tract of land there would first be established the periphery of the United States. 10.855 yards In length, representing the 10,855 miles of our ac tual boundaries by land and water. Then from the apparent sea level on the east and west tho tract would be graded to a vertical Brule correspond ing with the horizontal scale to show tho greatest height attained bv any of our mountains. All tho rivers, all the lakes, all the forests, nil the mountains, all tho valleys, nil the cities and vil lages of the country, would be repro duced with os great exactitude as the skill of the landscape gardeners could produce. Upon such a map the Missis sippi river with Its Missouri tributary will be 4,606 yards long and about three feet wide. Lake Michigan will contain 22,000 square yards of actual water sur face. Upon such a body of water min iature steamboats and sailing craft could ply. The cities would probably be built of class, so that by running electric wires under thenv they could be Illuminated at night. In Kenator Cannon's original scheme It was designed lo have footpaths run on the state lines so that the observer could pass around each state. When such oaths would not Interfere with the topography or the culture they vcnhl also be run through the larger states. A grand driveway will be con structed around the boundary of the United States. It mny also be found desirable to have a transcontinental driveway, following, perhaps, the line of the Union and Central Pacific rail ways, or neighboring state lines. One of the principal exhibits which wcuM be sought to be made by the map would be tho 236.000 schoolhottsos In the Vnlted States. In the rneech which he made upon tin Introduction cf his rerc!ut!nn In the senate, Mr. Canncn said that It was quite practicable with the skill now at the command of landscape gardeners thus to reproduce the coun try. Scientific men have been greatly In terested by Senator Cannon's proposi tion. Mr. Cannon himself Is working hard to assure governmental construc tion of the map at Washington. If he fails In that the map will be constructed undoubtedly, he says, by some Western university. Cowlot, W. C, 1907 N. Main. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER Rogers, A. E., 215 Lackawanna. BOOTS AND SHOES. Qoodman't Shoe Store, 431! Lackawanna. FURNITURE. Barbour's Home Credit House, 42S Lacka. CARPETS AND WALL PAPER, Inglls, J. Bco'.t, 419 Lackawanna, GENERAL MERCHANDISE Cslorhout. N. P., 110 W. Market. Jordan, Jatncs, Qlyphant. Lu lhold, E. J., Olypliant. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Snook, S. M Olyphant. PAINTS AND WALL PAPER, Wlnke, J. C, 815 Penn. TEA, COFFEE AND SPICE. Grand Union Tea Co. 103 S. Mala. w Interesting Information that Should be Care fully Read by the Fair Sex. It Treats of the Dangers of Procrastination. Points out the Way to Relief from Various Ills. The Stoiy of a Mother and Daughter, From Uu Chronicle, Chicago, JHlnof A story rcmarfcable in many respects is told by Mrs. George Argile which contains much information which will be tppreciated by thousands of women who are suflering as she did, and they will find relief from all their trouble, so easily, so quickly, and so permanently that tlicy will wonder how the possibility came almut. Mr. George Argile left his native home in Yorkshire, England, eight years ago to em brace tho greater opportunities this country ofl'eroil. Ue was fortunate in immediately securing a responsible position oa his arrival in Cliicapo with the Chicago and Hock Island Railroad Company. Faithful to his duties he received recognition by pro motions and to-dny is in sole charge of the team trucks of this great railway svstem. The position is known in railroad circles as ioreminoi the teams that load and unload frciulit. After one year and a half in the employ of this road lie sent for his wife and children, who arrived safely here and in good health. After some two years residence here Mrs. Araile commenced to feel badlv. Like thousands of other women she had womb trouble of over twenty years standing. At first this trouble, in Chicago, was not suf ficiently nctitn to interfere materially with her household duties, but in course of months it developed to such a degree that it proved exceedingly painful to her to at tend to the many little duties required to Keep nouse neut anil tidy. This condition continued to grow worso and worse till she wa forced to recognise that if she did not get kimiui iiieuiuui mu, sno wouiu grow into confirmed invalid. 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L,. 2U Lackawout:, POWDER further more it became perceptible that she was growing nervous. Her condition dur ing the following year after her sickness did ' not improve, in fact, I thought ft was a little worse. The second year, I know it was; but probably being with her constantly did not fully realise that she was decidedly get. ting in a very bad way. Ml was only In the forepart of last Tear that I became seriously alarmed, as her lan guidnest, her constant tiredness increased and she became to nervous and so fretful that if any person tpoke to her, it would make her cry. Her appetite got poorer with every month, and I did really wonder how the little thing could live on what the ate. Her complexion became sallow and assumed a greenish hue, and the became, what I called 'tkin and bonci'-very thin indeed.' This was her condition tome four months ago. It was at this time that I had taken few ot the pills, and commencing to get faith ia tnem made fcrnuy take them. I say, im mediately the felt better, perhaps that it not ?uite true, but certainly after the third week could see an improved condition in her, and this improvement continued up to the second month, slowly hut surely. Then the improvement of the child became marked, her appetite returned and grew better with , every day, she commenced to fatten up, the became more cheerful and lively ana her nervousness at timrt left her altogether. "In the last two weekt her complexion has regained the perfect color of health, her rheekt are fleshy and plump and the it as lively ns a cricket. Her appetite well the less said about that the better, the it eating all the time and all the time it hungry. When she now comet home from school, in stead of listlessly crawling into the house to lie down to rest, the is romping all over the house and erict 'Mother yon don't know how good it feelt to be full of life, how glad I am tliat I don't feel tired any more.1 She has completely thrown off her nervousness, and all those symptoms which ' for three long years made me fear very much that the had not long to live. "All this I know to be due to Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills because the hat taken nothing else, and I sin indeed thankful that Providence brought the thought to me of giv ing them a trial, know what a bad condition I was in before I took them, and I taw the condition my daughter Emily was in. To day both of ut look and are well. 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