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ItlTIRID AT TUB rOSTOPNO AT EC1UNTON PA..
OIPOND CLA83 MAIL MATTrn.
SCIIANTON, JANtMUY 29. 1897.
Hy nil nccouiits there W one clement
In Cubn n to whoso KettltiR the woist
ot It there Is no possible doubt. We re
fer to the Amotlcan owners or Cuban
piopeity.
L)r. Depew Tnlcen to Task.
In Ills speech nt the I'lutt dinner Mr.
Depew took n position ulth tefeience tn
the cunency (ttestlon somewhat differ
ent from that of the New Voik intt-tor-eleet.
The lattei had defended the
f-'ieenback and Intimated that when the
tat iff had been piopeily le-adjusted,
the "money question" would Cease to
hoom foimlduble, but .Mi Dfpew,
waimlni? to Ills perointlon, used these
ttouts: "Let uts not font the cunency
question, but take the novel anient out
of the banking business and adopt a
sstem so clastic-, that In cveiy com
munity the national banks locally
theie can, upon a Hbeial system, bo
able to Issue currency us the needs or
the community icqulre." Commenting
upon this, the New York Commercial
Adveitlser, although a htionR admirer
of Dr. Depew, takes him thus to task:
As, the executive bead of a Bleat iulln
and one of the foremost oiatots ot the Ke
publican pait Mr. Depew should weigh
Ids wouls more carefulb. The ko em
inent Is not in "the banking business,'
In the loKitlnuitu meaning of that much
abused term. Mr. Deoew s.o.s that he
wants an "ulastle''syhtem which will en
ablo local banks. In each community to
epenil or contract unonc aCLOrdliiK to
the needs of their custoinnis No such
sybtcm has oei jet been dclscd by .the
v. it of man. The wisest financiers of .ill
the ages hac not been able to soho the
problem of cicatlns a cunency w)iIl)i was
ut once safe and "clastic" The proposi
tion to take the credit and powei of tlie
goxcinmiut fiom bohind oui cuireno
and place the suardlanshlp of Its stability
In the hands of a multitude ot banks scat
tered all oci this country will never be
Functioned b IUpubllmn statesmanship
l)i. Depew should not allow himself to be
Imposed upon by doctrlnalie nonsense.
What this nation needs Is not a "local"
currencj, but a currency eei dollai ol
which is woith 100 cents from Maine to
California. That is the kind of money
which tho people voted for last November,
when thev indorsed the cold stand ml.
With lilcnty of levenue HowIiik Into the
treasut under a sound tariff there will be
no dilllcultj in maintaining cveiy loim
of government notes at iai.
Theie Is no doubt that the New Yoik
newspaper more accurately than the
New Yoili oiator states tho position of
Itepubllcan sentiment on this subject
It should not bo foigotten by any lie
publican that the war for cuirency le
foim vvns Instituted purely for political
purposes by those w ho had made a fail
ure of tatilf i of oi m and who thus
Bought to dodge lesponslblllty. If our
piescnt monetary system Is not Ideal,
It has at least this one advantage It Is
a national Institution, testing squarely
on the honor and good faith of the gov
ernment, and not dependent lor the
safety of Its notes of Issue upon the
fidelity to duty of bank dlrectots or
cashiers. Befoie we dlscaul a system
which under normal conditions has long
served us well, let us be sure that we
can put In its place something nt least
equally as good.
Tho (list thieo weeks In Januaiy, the
new yeai's piesent to Uncle Sam Is a
deficit of $S,000,000. It Is evident Mc
Klnley was elected none too soon.
The Wanton Slaughter of Birds.
Dr. 15. H. "Warren, the state zoologist,
strongly urges the legislature to take
measuies to pi event the wanton killing
of Insectlvoious birds, and In this con
nection he presents some llguies that
meill close attention. Says he:
"Dining lecent jeais theie has been
a eiy great inciease both In numbei
and vltulenee of the pauisltlc fungi and
Insect pests with which the faimer and
hoitlcultuilst have to contend! Besides
these enemies, the cultlvatot of tho soil
has to combat cettaln species of blids
and mammals which annually do much
damage to his cultivated mops. The
destruction of fotests, both by lumber
men and devastating foiest (Ires es
pecially the latter has caused many
Insects to abandon their habitations in
the forests and tnko up Jhelr abodes In
the cultivated lands. Eminent ento
mological authoiltles assuie us that at
least one-tenth of all the cultivated
ciops of this country nie annually de
stroyed by Insects, and that the aggio
gate amount of damage done Is tip
vvatds of $,100,000,000 eveiy yeui In the
United States. Of this Immense sum
It Is a -very conseivatlve estimate to
state that Pennsylvania's share
tluough Insect lavages alone Is about
$3,000,000 annually.
"Some three eais ago the pine bark
beetle committed depredations In the
plno forests of southvv estem Pennsyl
vania and In West Virginia amounting
to fully $1,000,000, and dining fie pies
ent ycai, accoullng to the estimate of
our correspondents, the aimy woim
damaged ciops, chiefly ceieals, to the
extent of at leust $.100,000 In 1S93 'lose
bugs' and English spanows caused, ac-,
coidlng to the testimony of our Eile
county con espondents, fully $i0,000 loss
to vineyards in the famous Eile giape
belt. In North Carolina, tho Insect
hosts annually. It Is said, destioy over
$1,500,000 vvotth of agilcultural mod-i
nets. In 1593, the loss fiom gianaiy In
sects to the coin ciop alone In the state
of Alabama was claimed to bo $1,071,882,
nnd in the Lone- Star stnto gialu weev
ils, nccordlng to a well known writer,
caused nn annual loss In store cereals
ot over $1,000,000. In 1874 the western
states were visited by grasshoppers,
which played such havoc with tho ciops
that their depiedatlons amounted to
$45,000,000. Tho chinch bugs vveio so nu
met ous In Illinois In 18C4 that tWy cost
the people of that state over $73,000,000,
and In Mlssomi In 1874 the same vo
racious pests devout cd agiicultuial
products to the amount of $18,000,000.
In the cotton raising states tho annual
ii.,"JouBh tho cotton woim tiom 1801
to ISist, ""Vis estimated at about $15,000,
O00. "It Is manlfcut, therefore, that tho
birds of prey should not be molested.
Upon their existence dupends the com
liax with tho insect ravages. There Is a
strict law ncalnst the killing of In
pectlvotous IiIkIh. However, no pio
vlslon wns ever made for the enforit
ment of the law. No cotjunlssloiier has
had the matter In chaige utul the act
has been violated. Fine plumnged
birds nie killed litespectlvc of their
species. Htititets send them to the
east, wheto tho featheis tiro used
In the large mllllneiy stoies for tho
decoration of hats." The wanton
slaughter of line plumnged bltds on the
altar of feminine vanity has often been
debated on the score of sentiment; bul
seldom hns It lecelved so complete a
castlgatlon from the standpoint of dol
lai s and cents. "We hope to see the leg-
Islatuto take prompt action In these
ptemlfeos.
It Is announced via Washington that
Gieat Utltaln has no wish to build or
to coutiol the Nlcaiagua canal. We
should say not, not while the Momoe
doctilne lasts.
Common Council TaUes a Brace.
Common council last night could not
do otherwise than pass llnally tho or
dinance cientlng n sewei dlstilct In the
Eleventh. Twelfth and Nineteenth
vvnuls. In the face of the weighty
testimony of the ndmlttedly lepiesen
tatlve citizen ot the thieo vvnuls In
question, councils would have been
open to a chaige of dereliction of duty
If they had taken any action other
than In the uflltmatlve. For yeais the
localities contained in the now Seven
teenth ".ewer dlstilct have torined a
dlsease-bieedlng watershed which
might bettei be dcscilbed as nasty, and
It has been due onlv to good luck that
that legion hns" not been visited by e
tonslve and highly total epidemics of
contagious disease. Scianton is too
bioad and too piogicsslve to poimll
any one section ol Its confines to re
main In a state of coma. Theie Is
Just ns much icasoii that the city
should be cleanly us that It should be
godlj ; lu fact, It cannot be wholly good
unless It Is nt least icasonably clean
Theie will be ten yeais In which to
make pajment lot this evci.
Should an gxtia session of congiess
be called early In Match, the new tar
iff law which It will pass might easily
go Into effect on July 1. That would
make July 4, 1S97, a day doubly com
memorative of Ameilcan independence.
ClooU Western Sense.
The St. Louis Globe-Demociat does
away In few words with the argument
for the election of United States sena-
tots by dliect popular vote. Aftei
pointing out that this method would
simply substitute nomination bv a state
convention for nomination by a caucus
of members of a state loglslatuie, it
adds: "Governors uie furnished by the
convention plan, Aio governors, tak
ing the countiy as a whole, supeiloi In
Intellect or character to the senatois9
Is Governor Leedy, of Kansas, a better
man Intellectually or moinlly than
Senator PclTer? In what lespect was
Governor Stone, of Mlssouii, supeiloi
to Senator Vest, or Goveinoi Hill, of
New Yoik, to Senator Hill V"
Our western contempoiaiy stiikes the
eiy nub of the whole question when
it calls attention to tho fact that "the
cause of the election of Improper men
foi senators lies deeper than the meth
ods employed In choosing them. It Is
In tho civic Indolence and Ineitia of
men of educatlun and standing the
lack among them of the public splilt
which would show them thnt their ad
vantages and position place them un
der special obligations to tho commun
ity to use their Iniluence in seeming
clean and capable public olllclals, and
tho absence of the political vhtue and
courage which would Impel them to
peifoim their duty eainestlj and In
telligently. With this spiiit good olll
clals can be chosen by any method,
without this splilt no method which
can be devised b human Ingenuity can
secuie them."
Theso leinaiks apply to a laigo num
ber of lefoims which nie advocated by
men who foiget that the right place
to Institute effective leioim is in the
Individual lather than in the system
Tho bed of a stieatn may be changed
many times In hope of facilitating the
watei's How, but no change can cause
the stieam to Use higher than It
souice. The development of peisonal
chaiacter Is the one suie and absolute
remedy for abuses In public affalis. A
logue In olllco under any system will
lemnln a logue legaidless of the system,
counting of the electoinl vote on the
second Wednesdaj In l'Vbniaty and the
Innugiuiitlon: but In that case the vice
president-elect would veiv cleat ly suc
ceed to the piesldpiicy Thus It will be
seen that while theie Is no law on this
subject theie Is no need whntovei tor
confusion should any of those Imptob
nble contingencies over nilse.
Coiigiessman Dolllvcr, of Iowa, the
originator of tho phrnse, "the advance
ngent of prosperity," ns applied to Ma
jor McKlnloy, vvns asked the other day
by a Demociatlc constituent when the
show Itself might be expected to nnlve.
He replied: "Not until wo can find
enough Republican dry giound to hold
the main tent.". When n Democmt
gets Impatient, he ought to ask himself
which paity caused tho mischief.
According to Judge White, of Alle
gheny, the social club which sectnes a
chartei foi athletic or other innocent
purposes and then limits Its pastime to
elbow eeiclse nt the sldeboaul Is a lit
subject' for the Judicial lash. He is
,lBht"
The bill of Hepiescntntlve Camp
bell piovldlng a tav on employeis of
foielgn-buin and unnatuiallzed mate
woikmen over l!l yeais of age Is noth
ing If not aggiesslve. The piesent ses
sion at Hairlsbuig Is ceitalnly opening
with a rush.
STATE
LEGISLATIVE
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The fact that Gotham's Foui Hundied
nie icdoubllng their preparations to
make a swell function of tho Biadly
Mai tin ball does not dlspiovo Di.
Halnsford's aiguments; It simply con
llims them.
While Wejler leporls that Cuba Is
now piactlcally pacified, Consul Gon
eial Lee declares It Is almost destroyed.
Hut, then, pacification In the Spanish
vocabulaiy Is evidently a synoiijni foi
destruction
Jttsf a Word or TuJo
of Castial Mention
Theie is no more Indcf ttignble vvnrkPr
In the interest of good loads in Ionnsyl
vaiila than ex-Countj Survvoi A. II. Dun
ning, of this citj. He Is one of tho tote
most mcmbeis of tho highways committee
of the Pennsylvania dlv Islon ot the I.-aguc
of Ameilcan Wheelmen and Is taking an
active intei est In tho effort to have i
good loads bill passed by the prison, leg
islature. He has made a practical stuU.v
J It.
rtr. Parr Is untie! stood to be nt work
on n lnensuie requiring n comparison ot
county and federal liquet licenses, with n
view to tho squelching of the spenk-easlcs,
-::-Tho
pioposed bill tequlrlng the selec
tion of mine Inspectois to be made by
populnr voto ot 'ill coal vvoikers w curing
a lamp In the production of an
thracite coal, which bears the In
doisement of the ITnltcd Mine Workoi",
has not jet made Its nppeaninco at Har
lisbnrg, but It Is expootul to do so soon.
Two bills for the protection of trolley
motoimen nie now before the house nt
Ilnrrlsburg; ono Intioduced bv Mi. Orolh
ers, of Philadelphia, which would Impose
a lino of $!" a day for each "nr not en
closed within live months nttnr the net
goes Into elfect; nnd one bv Alc. T t'o'i
uell mnklng the penalty $100 day.
Instead of recommending a nilmtn.it In
sane pilson exclusively for the,tellef ot
western I'ennsj lvnnlri, the tnte bonul of
chat Itles will piobablj consider plans tot
the establishment 0t an Institution that
will berellt all the mUons of the state.
The bond will piobablj consider this
mattct ut Its meeting to be held next
week.
The new game law which l being con
sldeied by the state gnme commission,
with a view to Its enactment nt IIoiti.-;-buig.
will nrovlde a uniform sennn tor
hunting extending fiom Oct 13 to Dec 15.
It Is believed thnt this, If strlctlv enfoiced,
will give wild turkej, quail, partridges,
pialile chickens, luliled giouse, pheasants,
woodcocks, sqiiltrels and rabbits a chaneo
to multiply in the land. At present they
uie lapidlj becoming extinct.
Tor the henellt or thcatei -goers, a bill
has been Intioduced bv Upicsentitivc
Pltcalrn, of Allegheny, which mnkes It un
lawful foi nny ovvnei, lessee nr mnngrr
of a theater, opcia house oi music hull or
other plnee of amUM-ment, to peimtt nny
person. to went during th" pprfoimiii"e
nnv hat oi bonnet which will obstruct 1 tip
view of othPis It makes it the duty of
the mnnager of the tlu.itei to eject the
pei son wealing the offending hat or bon
net, if It Is not remov ed The m imger
who i of uses to enfoice the pi o Mans ot
the net Is made liable to a tine of 3 lor
each ofleii'-e, or five dnjs'linpilsoument
-l:-
The "municipal league" bills now on tile
at Hatilsbuig nie six In luimbei Thev
l elate pilmatily to Philadelphia, but con
tain suggestions of general Inteiest For
Instance, It Is pioposed to limit city fran
chises to SO-yeai peilods, nnd lequlie com.
pensation foi the benefit of the city not
exceeding 5 pel cent of the annual gross
lerelpts, to prevent councllmen from
holding any othei public olllce, city, coun
ty, state oi fedcial; to Intioduco tho civil
service pilnclple in municipal affairs ami
give every city employe n fnlr public tilal
when charged vvltbi vviong-dolng, nnd,
llnally, to do away with the employment
of the city's pay loll In politics.
-.11 -A
sensible nmendment to -lie ballot law
has been piepaied by IlepiesentiitlW Ken.
toi , of Philadelphia. Its piupo"e is to do
away with the pi luting of cinaiuttif'
n imps on columns headed with the politi
cal titles It pi ov Ides that the evulUlntcs'
names shnll be printed In gtoups undei 11 e
title of the olllce they are liinnln? for.
with the paity npiiellution alongside. If
a enndidnte leceive moie than one nomi
nation his mime can apoeai only once,
but the titles of all the pn ties ivhlcn nom
inated him shall be printed alongside ot
his name The voter is lequlicd to place
a cioss opposite the name of each candi
date he deslies to vote foi except tor pies
Identlul eleetois.
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An Inspection is earnestly solicited.
igns that cannot be seen
DUNNING,
Senator Sheiman Is clenrly collect in
his contention that if the United States
government Is to have anything to do
with the Nlcaiagua canal It ought to
build and boss it outilght.
If the Preshlent-EIect Should Die.
Attention has lecently been newly
called to what is pronounced a cuilous
omission In out vvilttcu si heme of gov -
eminent an omission stated In the lol
lowlng question: "Suppose that the
successful candidate foi the piesldency
should die in the Interval between the
geneial election and the meetings of
the piesidentlal eleetois In their sev
cial state capitals on the second Mon
day In Januaiy, oi even after that, but
befoie tho lesults of those meetings
should be formally declined In the
piesenei of congiess on the second
Wednesday of Febiuaiy, who would b?
the next piesldent of the United
states?"
This question was asked a few weeks
ago In the Ihltlsh National Hqvlow and
It has since lecelved very general cpn
sldeiatlon In the Ameilcan piess. The
contingency in question lias nevei
ailsen not Is theie any special law to
decide piocedme should arise; but on
the whole we think the Chlcugo Tlmes
Ilcrald coveis the subject veiy talily
when It says that If the piesldent-elect
weie to die pi lor to the meeting of the
presidential electors In their seveial
statu capitals on tho second Monday in
Januaiy, the paity would havo to as
semble In national convention untl
designate some other peison to leceive
tho party's vote; wheieas, if ho weio
to die between the second Monday In
Januaiy and the second Wednesday
In Febiuaiy, the electoial voto would
have to be counted Just the same and
the lesult announced Then, on Match
4, the vice piesldent-elect would qualify
as vice president, and no one appeal
ing to take tho presidency, ho would
succeed to thut plllcu.
There Is, to bu suie, a thiid contin
gency; that Is, the .possible death of the
I president-elect between the formal
of scientific toad mnklng and some of his
Ideas nie found In the const! uelion ot that
model of loads, the Klniliu' it boultviin
Mi. Dunning has frequently lectin ed on
the subject ot "Good lloads" befoie faim-ei-.'
institutes and othei bodies. He tlea's
the subject In a thoioughly pmLtieal but
novel thelcis very Interesting way.
111 st numbei of The Foi um, a
monthly mngalnc publishoJ by the stud
ents of the Dickinson School of I,ivv l
Cafllsle, Pa, has made its appeainnce.
One of the editois Is Chat lei fi Daniels,
of this city, whose cleveinets ns n wiltei
nnd ability as a newsgatVuv won him
much prominence in new "imp circles In
this vicinity. The magualne cont..lii
twenty -foui pages of Interesting, (ule
tully edited inattei. A set toith lu its
cdltoiial depnitmtnt, "The puipose of The
Pot urn Is both general and dpecluc gen
ual In the seue that thiougn Its medium
well established pilnclples ot livv will be
adduced and tieated In the lenoits ol
most couit cases, and specific in that
primarily. It will be devoted to the Dickin
son School of Law. Fiom time to time,
also, there will be discussions ol leial
questions nnd contributions by vv oil-known
w liters" The Foium Is no.itls pi luted,
presents n handsome appeal inc", an I, nl
togethei, tetleits credit on the young men
who ate lesponslble for its appearance.
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Theie Is baldly a day passes but whit
one oi mote candidates go up lot citizens'
pnpets nnd theie Is baldly a candidate but
what mukes some ludlcious or funny ic
sponse to the judge's cnt-o'liislui,. The
othei day ono would-be suffragean pro
voked a veiy audible tlttet by an ingenious
answer.
"What kind of a government have we
heie-'" quelled Judge Aichbald In a friend
ly sort of tone.
Jeil.Ing his head ovei his let: should l
ut a ao-degieo nugle and putting out his
chest with pilde ut the oiommed con
fidence and consldetation In nl Judgment
he ipplicd-
"Oh, I like It veiy well, voir honor"
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Sonatoi J. C. Vuughan distinguished
himself nt Hurilsbuig Wednesduy night
by extinguishing u fire In the .senate chain
bei Some one thiew a match iimoiig a
lot of looso papeis In one coinei of the
loom and the flames had attacked the ihi
pets and woodwoik . when Senator
Vnughan lushed to the scene and extin
guished the flnmes. In doing so his hands
vveio slightly binned. Tho sonator his
f6r yeais been n volunteer fireman mil
has helped to light many a Hie. He Is u
member of the Lagle Ilnglne company
of Ilellevue.
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The populailty of low-pikcl thPitilrnl
pei foi malices with the people i f Scianton
and Its vicinity hns been d monstuiteil
duilng tho week by the large audleiiCLE
that attend the afternoon and veiling
peiformanees at the Academy of Mus'c
and 'Frothlngham, wheio companies nro
playing at populai piices. The el unor fol
low pi Ices at thcatcis Is heard all over t'li.
countiy, and munageis aie compelled to
recognize It.
UM'.M'IjAINKI).
They tell you It's cream, when you go to
the shop,
Though It's thin and uncanny In flavor.
Tlie eolfeo you buy seems devoid of a diop
ur tnat wouurous uacuuouai uavoi.
Hut tho mysteiy's worse than the taste,
though that's bjd,
And the things we aro now so afraid of
Pei haps we'd endure with senbatlons less
sad,
If we only knew what they are mado or.
And It Isn't alone In tho metchamllse line
That these puzzles loom up, disconcert
ing. Theie's many a title iuiprcsslvely fine,
And n coat.of-aims most self-usjertlng,
Which leavo you to guess how they came
to exist.
Theso bnubleB they make such paiade ot
Seem good as tho best. Hut you mustn't
insist
On knowing Just what they aie mado of.
Washington Star.
Anothei anti-trust bill has mvle its np
peninnce nt HaiiNbuig. It declares
against public policy unlawful an 1 void,
till combinations ti lists oi nmeunenls
tending to IesSen full and free competition
In any ti.ide ot business Violation of
the nntl-tiust livv foi felts the chutnr of
nny coiporntlon In the state md tho light
is denied foielgn coiporatlons .o continue
business within tho slate The bill pro
vides foi the punishment of violators In
fixing a line of not less than $10) nr mor"
than r.0u0, with ImpilhonniPiit in the peni
tential v of not less than one year or more
than ten. It also pi ov Ides foi the Instruc
tion of gland Jui ies to the piovlslons ot
thn act by the various Judges ot the com
monwealth. A committee of throe, conlsttng ot
Leonnrd Rhone, Di. 13 II Wnnen and F.
N. Mooie, met yesteidav nt Harilsbuig
to consider how the constitutional defects
in the piesent pm a foo'd law, us pointed
out In a Kcent opinion by Judge Hemn
hlll, of Chester county, may he temedled
Judge Hemphill pointed out that the law
was unconstitutional because the text
eoveis subjects not expressed in the title.
The title lofcis only to Impiup foods,
while the text deals with adulterations
nnd Impositions The committee will ice.
ommend that the vvoids substitution and
adulteiatlon be added to tho title and the
law will be passed by the leglslatilie nt
this session Xo opposition Is expected, ns
It Is the mpst popular law lecently onmt
ed. Two new bills will also be brought
up for passage dealing with vlnegais. The
present law is framed only to piotect
elder vlnegais fiom ndulteiatlon, while
the new laws will compel dealers to sell
all vlnegais on their ipeilt, and all vine
gars must stnnd a standanl test and con.
tain nt lenst 4 pei cent, of ueldlty.
The very 'onstble and timely lemnrks
which follow uie fiom the Philadelphia
Piesb: "The public school nppiopilntlun,
being Intended to pioinote publli educa
tion, ought to be dlstilbuled In a way best
to secure this object. That will be ob
tained by giving tlie laigest sum ot money
to those who most need It. The numbei
of children In a dlstilct Is one test ot Its
needs nnd Its equitable claim on ih- siliool
upproptlatlon The distribution of these
chlldten as to whethei they cm be guth
cied Into one school oi must have seveial
Is anothei test. A dlstilct with thltly
child! en all convenient to a single school
building does not stund In tho sann r.ced
of state aid as a kugei but mote spni.sely
settled dlstilct with Its children so wllel
scatteied that two school buildings mil
two teachers are necessary The lower
the tuvnbles nnd the less the value of
property In piopoitlon to school popula
tion the gientei is the need In that dlstilct
of state assistance. Tho objt or what
should be the object, of the st i o III up
piopilatlug state money foi public educa
tion Is not to ubollsh taxes but to abolish
Illiteracy, and tho uld should bo In pio
portlon to the need. Almost any rule ot
distribution would be bettei than the pres
ent one It seems to us that tho numbei
of schools nnd school teacheis wluon tho
lesldents of u dlstilct think they need
nnd ptovu theli fulth by taxing them
selves to maintain them olfis as con
venient und Just u busls as can easily
be devised foi the equitable distribution
of the state school apptoptlutlou."
A bulletin of decisions has been Issued
by the daliy and food commissioner show
ing what things may not be made oi soli!
In Pennsylvania Among them It Is stated
that: No ftuudulent oi woithlcss aitlcio
cull be mixed with, ot substituted foi
stunduid goods, and sold under tho label
"Compound" or "Mixtuie" Only com
pounds or mlxtutes known as "ordinal y
articles oi Ingiedlents of ui ticks of food'
can be so sold. In ull cases goods sold as
puie, must be puie, and not a compound,
as In the case of tlavoilng e.xtiacts, diy
mustnid, etc. Vanilla extiacts must be
mudo from vanilla beuns Mixed exttucts
of vanilla and tonka should be lubeled
"Mixtuie" or "Compound." Fther fla
vors, It sold, should be labeled und sold
as "Aitillr'al StU.nvbeiry," "Ailllclul
Pine-Apple" llavois, etc, as the case may
be. Nothing lujuilous to health should en
ter any food iuoduct. Salicylic acid is
ptohlbltcd as a pieseivatlve Coloiing of
vuilous food pioducts Is not piohlblted, .
piovlded the material used Is not Injuil
ous, or Used for the puipose of deception,
nnd Intei ioilty Is not concealed. Only
v Illegal, which Is the legitimate pioduct ot
pitie apple Juice, known us npple cldot,
can be sold ns cldei vinegar. It must con
tain not less than 2 pel cent, of solids anl
I pel cent acidity Fueh head of the
package must be branded with the name
and address of the manufuotuiei, and dale
ot manufacture, bail not wholly eleilved
fiom the fnt of swine must be plainly
branded "Compound Iaid." -The ad II
tlon of coloiing matter oi pioseivutlves
to milk, is piohlblted. Pteseives, jellies,
c uished li lilts, fruit juices, and i- hole
fruits sold ns puie, oi not mnikod com
pound, must contain nothing but puie
fiult and sug.u. Preseivcs, Jellies, nnd
slmllai ai tides that contain stuieh, glu
cose, etc., must be labeled "Compoun 1" or
"Mixtuie" Spices do not admit ol the
addition of any foreign niattei, and theie
foie cannot be -old as "Comoounds, oi
placed upon the maiket in an ndultei ited
condition. When coloiing lnattei Is u-ed
In canned vegetables, the package must bo
dlstlnctlv nnd plainly maiked or labeled,
"Aitlflcially colored." No substance la
beled "Substitute foi Cieam of Taitu,"
or with any slmllai libel, can be lawiully
solfl It Is piopo-ed to enfoice these ele
ctions vlgoiously.
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MUltKl.V AN OVi:UMl!HT.
i i fi(i & nrfl
I If 1 1 H 1 M 4 1 I I
I if D ? Q I IV it . D B ft
L A bUHIlLLL 0
From the New York Adv either.
In gunning atound foi cabinet mnteiMl
President-elect McKlnley muv conclude
to snap u cup oi two at Mi llalsteid
himself. Fp to date Mi McKlnley Ins
somewhat tailed to nvall bltnsplt of the
journalistic talent which is lying uiound
in vuilous uccesslble places We tiust
thnt this Is nothing woise than an ov 21
sight.
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TIJIT TO UKST.
1!
NOVELTIES FOR THE HOUDflYS.
Our Holiday Display of useful ani
ornamental articles was never so
large as this season's exhibit. The
advantage of having so large and
aried an assortment to select from
will be apparent to all who contem
plate ghitig piescnts ot a substantial
and artistic character, or buying for
their own use.
Tiom the Washington Post.
Having elected a t'nlted Stntes senator,
boused his cattle, shaved the Wanumiliei
coipse, and attended to other political
chutes, Hi. Quay feels that he can will
affoid to spend a few days with the FI01
Ida taion.
ONI'. MOUTH NOTI.Vf.!.
Fiom the Tlnies-Ileiuld.
It seems that Queen Vlctotli still sees
the necessity for a distinction betweiii
"my loids and gentlemen"
out or a j on.
rrom the Tlmes-lleiald.
Tlie man wtio knows all about
money question Is still whittling
crackei baricl at the coinei gioceiy.
the
the
Writing Desks.
Dr-esbing Tables,
Chcval Glasses,
Couches,
Rockers,
leecliniiig and Kiisy Cliaira,
Music Cabinets,
Parlor Cabinets and Tables,
Work Tables,
Curio Cases,
Tea Tables,
Vernis-iMartin Cabinets,
Parlor and Fancy Inlaid Chairs,
Gilt Reception Chairs,
Parlor Suits, in Gilt,
Pedestals,
Jardinieres,
Rook Cases,
Shaving Stands
nil marked at moderate piices in plain
figures.
T 1wssirt)VkwsSr '-"esimfsai
BYRON WRITiNQ
That 'hlicol" was paved with good
intentions, probably realized the truth
of the assertion. Don't let your good
lesolution to buy only the best Blilllk
Books, (Mice Supplies, Tjne-
Writing: Supplies, etc., at our store
be a paving stone. We keep the best
in variety and quality. 'e also make
a spccidit) of DraugliUng Supplies.
eynolds
TOS.,
Stationers and Engravars,
liOTLL JURA1YN liUILDINa.
hill mmi
131 & 133 Washington Ava,
i
LL'ii iiir a iiliriv
W lUr w aHft r a a a k 1 a a f
BAKAI1I
Odds and Ends, we find
while taking stock, are being
sold at greatly reduced prices
to make room for new spring-
Is not more valuable or
correct told by a high
priced gold watch than
bjr the celebrated
? f Y5 fl 5 i 5T h
I
Guaranteed for one year.
Second gross just in.
goods.
Lodge and Corporation Seals,
Rubber Stamp inks, All Colors,
Daters, Pads, Pooket Cutlery,
Scissors, Revolvers,
Razors, Strops, Padlocks,
Bicycles and Supplies,
Umbrella Repairing
Athletic and Gymnasium Goods,
AT
222 WYOMING AVENUE
Have some good Dinner
Sets we are closing out very
low. $15.00 Sets, with a few
pieces' short, now $10.00.
THE
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FOOTEftSHEMCOi Lager
ERCEREHI fi GnHELLl Beer
B
demons, Ferber,
O'Malley Co.
423 Lackawanna Ave.
FEBB
J
ART
MAGAZINES.
', THE
At Our New find
Klugunt Storcfoom,
130 WYOMING AVENUE,
Coal Uxcliange, Opp, Hotel Jcrmyn.
437 Spruce btrcet.
Opposite The Commonwealth.
"Okl (Inn in n;w hiiiTounii
inss," like an old Stonc In new
bettings," hliines more brllUuiit
tlmn ever, iiiul 'nliines for ll."
Diamonds, Fine Jewhry,
' WatcliQS, Silverware,
Silver novelties,
Rich Cut Glass, Clocks,
Flue Leather Goods,
Opera Glasses.
rewery
Manufacturers of the Celebrated
nn m
When yon see our Net Prices
you will ask for No Discount. All
Are Welcome.'
CAPACITYl
100,000 Barrels per Acnum
WOLF & WENZEL,
531 Linden., Opp. Court Muus;,
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUiiWS
Solo Acents for Iilclmrdson Doyntou'n
Furuacci and Roukos.