THE SCRANTON TRIBtTNIC-JTlUDAY MORNING-, JTEitllUAItY It), 1S97.
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Published at Scronton, Pa., by Tits Tribune
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SCKANTON, FEDUUAUY 10, 1807.
The Pittsburg Times raises a dole
ful cry that the Quayltes In Alle
gheny are promising federal positions.
There Is only one thing for Brother
Magee to do, and that Is, get out an In
junction. No Place Like Scrantoit.
A letter contributed by Professor
George N. Rockwell, formerly of this
city, to the Syracuse Evening Herald
presents some fcaturus which are both
Interesting and Instiuctlve. "I believe."
Buys he, "that residents of the Empire
state generally think of Scranton sim
ply as a mining town, and such it Is,
coal and Iron being its chief Industries.
And yet (and this may surprise some
of the good people of Syracuse) the
churches of Scranton, Pa., think nothing
of spending from $2,000 to $3,G0O per an
num for church music, and coming as I
do from a position that h'as paid me
$1,000 per anfmm as organist and choir
master, you can imagine It was a sur
prise to find such an evident lack of
appreciation (pecuniarily speaking) as
1 have noticed during my two months'
residence In Syracuse; In fact, I have
had an experience that Illustrates how
In some quaiters something Is expected
for virtually nothing.
"Although ac'huich position had noth
ing to do with iny locating in Syracuse,
I thought that should n congenial open
ing present 1 might accept such; and
so when a nontlenian well known in
Syracuse musical circles gave me a let
ter of Introduction to the pastor of a
church dcslrlnir an organist, and ad
vised me to 'lose no time' In looking the
matter up, I set out in the hope of ftnd
lng a good chvreh, a uood organ and
not less than $600 or $S00 per annum.
After a pleasant chat, In which I heard
enumerated what was expected of an
organist, viz., two services on Sunday,
one rehearsal each week, and for special
occasions two, also services Christmas
Mid Thanksgiving day, I put the ques
tion as to salary. Imagine my surprise
when I was told that 'they had been
paying $3 per week, and probably would
not feel like advancing it!' Angels and
ministers of grace defend us; only $1
for each rehearsal and service; less car
fare, "but 'JO cents!"
This Incident teaches two lessons. It
shows that not all cities which put on
airs and make vainglorious pretensions
to age, culture and lofty refinement are
to bo regnrded as In any solid sense
superior to Scranton; and It also con
voys by Inference the suggestion that
the man who Is a resident of Scranton
should be slow to think of removing to
another community. In different words,
the further u. Scrantonlan pursues his
investigations among the so-called at
tractions of other municipalities the
more thoroughly will he be made to
realize that "there's no place like
home."
The statement Is made tha't since his
nomination at St. L,ouls, Major McKtn
ley has been visited at Canton by one
In every eight of the men who voted for
him. If they all want a government
olllce, there will soon be a surplus of
disappointments.
The New immigration Law.
The new Immigration bill which
awaits the president'! signature ex
cludes from entrance Into the United
States "all persons physically capable
and over 10 years of age, who cannot
read and write the English language or
some other language; but a person not
so able to read and write, who Is over
CO years of age. and Is the parent or
grandparent of a qualified Immigrant
over 21 years of age and capable of
supporting such parent or grandparent,
may accompany such Immigrant, or
such a parent or grandparent may be
sent for and come to join the family
of a child or grandchild over 21 years
of age similarly qualified and capable,
and a wife or minor child not so able
to read and write may accompany or
be sent for and come to Join the hus
band or parent similarly qualified and
capable."
For the purpose of testing the ability
of the immigrant to lead and write, as
required by the foregoing section, the
inspection oillcers "shull be furnished
with copies of the constitution of the
United States, printed on numbered uni
form pasteboard slips, each containing
not less than twenty nor more than
twenty-five words of said constitution,
printed in the various languages of the
immigrants In double small pica type.
These slips shall be kept in boxes made
for that purpose, and so constructed as
to conceal the slips from view, each box
to contain slips of but one language,
and the immigrant may designate the
language In which he prefers the test
shall be made. Each Immigrant shall
bo required to draw one of said slips
from the box and read and afterwards
write out, In full view of the immigra
tion officer, the words printed thereon.
Each slip shall bo returned to the box
Immediately after the tost is finished,
and the contents of the box shall be
shaken up by an inspection ofllcer be
fore another drawing Is made. No im
migrant falling to read and write out
the Blip thus drawn by him shall be
admitted, but he shall be returned to
the country from which he camo at the
expense of the steamship or railroad
company which brought him, as now
provided by law. The inspection officer
shall keep in each box at all times a
full number of said printed pasteboard
slips, and in tho case of each excluded
Immigrant shall keep a certified mem
orandum of tho number of tho slip
which the said Immigrant failed to read
or copy out in writing. If in any case
from any unavoidable cause the forego
ing Blips are not at hand for use, tho
Inspection oillcers shall carefully and
thoroughly test the ability of tho Im
migrant to read and write, using the
most appropriate and available means
at their command, and shall state fully
In writing tho reasons why tho slips are
lacking, and descrlbo the substitute
method adopted for testing the ability
of the immigrant."
The bill In section 3 applies to poV-
sons thus excluded the provisions of
the act of March 3, 1893, to facilitate
the enforcement of the Immigration and
Contract labor laws, and In section 4
declares that "It shnll hereafter bo un
lawful for any male alien, who has not
in good faith made his declaration be
fore the proper court of his Intention to
become a citizen of the United States,
to be employed on any public works of
the United States, or to come regulnily
or habitually Into the United States by
land or water, for the purpose of en
gaging In any mechanical trade or man
ual labor, for wages or salary, returning
from time to time to a, foreign country."
Section S makes It unlawful for any
person, partnership, company or cor
poration knowingly to employ any alien
In violation of the provisions of the
section Just quoted, but adds the proviso
that thesd provisions "shall not apply to
tho employment of sailors, deck hands
or other employes of vessels, or rail
road train hands, such as conductors,
engineers, brakemen, firemen or bag
gagemen, whose duties require them to
pass over tho frontier to reach the ter
mini of their runs, or to boatmen or
guides on the lakes and rivers on the
northern border of the United Slates."
Other exemptions granted from the pro
visions of the act apply to aliens who
may, under permit from the secretary
of tho treasury, "enter this country for
the purpose of teaching new arts or
Industries;" and to "persons arriving
in the United States from any port or
place in the Island of Cuba, during the
continuance of the present disorders
there, who have heretofore been Inhab
itants of that Island."
The act, if approved by'tho president,
is to take effect on July 1 of this year,
and a violation of any of its provisions
by any alien or citizen shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a
line not exceeding $500 or by Imprison
ment, in tlie discretion of the court.
Aliens who are convicted of violating
section -1 of the act are to be deported
to the country whence they came.
The law, it can be seen, is merely a
tentative and experimental step toward
the assortment and restriction of im
migration, but as defects arise they
can be remedied and the law's weak
points strengthened.
It Is noticed that the Spaniards no
longer charge General Gomez with a
willingness to sell Cubans out.
The Raines Law in Operation.
An Inquiry Into the workings of the
Raines law has been completed by a
special committee of the New York sen
ate, and Its result is of general inter
est. Seventy-one witnesses were ex
amined In various parts of the state,
Including political leaders, clergymen,
former excise commissioners, reform as
sociation oillcers, police magistrates and
police oillcers. With the exception of
tln'ee witnesses all agreed that the law
was an Improvement over the former
excise law, the only drawback to it be
ing the prevalence of tho "fake hotel,"
and the "fake club." The police and
judiciary oillcers examined assented to
tlu wisdom of the law's general plan
for regulating the traffic in intoxi
cants, but pointed out where In its de
tails an to enforcement the law could
be strengthened.
The financial tables submitted by the
committee will demonstrate that during
the six months of Its workings the law
has brought Into the treasury $3,551,
6'J'J as the state's share of the excise
money. At the same time, the counties
have received $7,103,308, which Is $3,01?,
C0S more than the entire collections for
the year 1S93 under the old excise- laws,
so that the contention that the cities
and towns would lose a lot of money by
the operations of the new law Is cer
tainly refuted. Tho total cash bene
fit to the taxpayers, Including the re
duction in county taxation by reason
of the counties' two-thirds' share and
the reduction of state taxation by rea
son of tho collection ot the state's one
third, is $10,C03,C9G. These tables also
show that to collect the $4,000,000 which
the counties collected in 1S95 under the
old county excise commissioners' re
gime cost $241,000, while to collect the
$10,000,000 which has come in in six
months under the present new law cost
but $54,047, or less than one-fourth ,the
amount.
The committee brings In a long re
port covering statistics of arrests be
fore and after the passage of the Raines
law, and tending to establish that the
law has had the effect of reducing
minor crimes, but we find this part of
Its return dlllicult to credit. The main
thing to know Is that thelaw secures
increased revenue ut decreased cost of
collection. That, we take It, is what
licenses are for. It Is idle to claim that
they have, except In a vgiy general
way, any beneficial effect on morals.
In view of tho fact that the Penn
sylvania legislature may soon consider
a bill similar In feature to the excise
measure which is now the law In New
York state, the foregoing allegations
touching the Raines law's workings
will merit careful study.
Notwithstanding the natural deprav
Ity of man, which shows itself in no way
more conspicuously than in an Inher
ent disposition to scoff at philanthropy,
a statistical review of the beneflcene
of the New York Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children, during
Its existence of twenty-two years,
stimulates the lntellgent mln to high
admiration. In this time the society
has investigated 104,503 cases, Involv
ing 313, CS0 children. Of these cases 41,
755 have been prosecuted, 3S.C19 convic
tions have been secured, and 08,157
children have been rescued and re
lieved. That the society may at times,
in an excess of zeal, have committed er
rors of judgment Is to say simply that It
Is human. Rut while it is that, it Is
also in Inspiration, in purpose and
usually In achievement, pre-eminently
humane. Not one in a thousand of its
critics can show a proportionate record
of good work done.
President Ethan Allen, of tho Cuban
League of the United States, makes n
point worthy of consideration when ho
says: "It has long been the trick of
royal powers to seduce with promises
whero they failed to reduce with arms.
This was attempted In our own Revo
lution. After Saratoga, and when the
loss of tho colonies seemed inevitable
to Great Britain, Lord North brought
forth his 'Bills of Conciliation,' and
therein granted to our fathers every
claim demanded by them and even
more. It was a generous tender from,
a! defeated tyrant, and special commls-
sloners were sent hero to smooth the
way for their acceptance. They came
too late. Kate had already llrmly
fixed tho corner stone of tho now state,
mid the bell of liberty had even then
rung In the now statu, and Washing
ton and congress alike rejected the
proposed reforms, nnd the commis
sioners of Lord North took back to
him the defiance of the patriots." Is
history about to repeat ltae.lt
The king, government and people of
Greece are showing true Spartan for
titude in their Just defiance of tho
greater European powers. And What
Is more, those powers dure not use
force to restrain Greece from tho per
formance of a duty which Great Hrlt
nln, Prance, Germany, Austria, Italy
and Russia lave so long and so recre
ant ly shirked. The minute a hand of
force were laid on the brave sons of
Hollas, the manhood of Europe's pri
vate citizenship would rebel In very
shame and the conspiring prime min
isters of Europe would be whipped Into
submission. The spark which Greece
has kindled will not soon disappear.
According to George Bldwell, the
antl-treatlng crusader, there are 210,000
saloons In the United States to only
103,000 churches, and three-fourths of
their receipt come from the custom of
treating. But It is one thing to state
such a fact and another to change It.
, i- ,
It is" one thing for the United States
senate to declare the Clayton-Oulwer
treaty abrogated, and it Is another to
secure Eneland's consent. It unfortu
nately In this case takes two to unmake
such a bargain.
WHOM IT WOULD HIT.
The Sun presents some Interesting fig
ures bearing on the qiiostion, What na
tions will bo largely excluded from our
shores by tho now Immigration act's
rending nnd writing test, and what na
tions will come In about as freely as
hitherto? It says: Taking first the
countries that send ua the most Immi
grants, statistics show that out of 57,515
over 14 years of age, coming from Italy
during the last fiscal year, 31,371 could
neither road nor write; out of 57,053 from
Austria-Hungary. 23,773; out of 33,19,8 from
Russia proper, 12.SI0. These three coun
tries, then, will be greatly nffected by the
now law. On tho other hnnd, out of 25,
331 from riermuny, over 14 years of uge,
all but 750 could both read and write;
out of 7.S1S from Norway, all but 93;
out of 1S.824 from Sweden, all but 219;
out ot 37,490 from Ireland, all but 2,020;
out of 15,022 from England, all but S50.
Thus ull those countries would not bo ma
terially affected. The contrast, however,
between those two sets of countries Is
greater than we have just presented, for
the rent-on that thpre must bo added to
Austria-Hungary's list 1,730 persons who
cannot write; to Russia's, 1,007; to Italy's
23. Since the new law requires both read
anil writing, theso llgures will swell the
numbers of those who under It, last
year, would ' huvu been excluded as Il
literate. If we pass to the countrlos that send
us fewer immigrants, wo find that out
of 2,007. over 14 years of age, from Portu
gal, no fewer than 1,6S:1 could neither
road nor write; out of 517 from Poland,
230; out of 110 from European Turkey, 44.
In contrast with theso figures we have
out of 2,022 from Switzerland, over 11
years of ago, only 30 unable both to read
and write', nnd out of 2,729 from Den
mark, only 20. Looking at tho percent
ages of those who cannot both read and
write, wo find Hint last year the now
bill would have excluded from Switzer
land and from Denmark not one person
in a hundred, over 14 years old, these
countries leading the education record
among Immigrants with percentages of
only .79 and .93 of illiteracy. Sweden nnd
Norway follow close upon them with
only 1.10 and 1.1S. The next group Is
headed by Germany, with 2.90, n good
showing for an Immigration so great, al
though, as has boon soon, decidedly
beaten by Scandinavia, on a still larger
Immigration. The figures of the Nether
lands are 4.10; of France, 4.B8; of Eng
land, 5.41; ot Scotland, 5.70. Above 10 per
cent, we find Finland, 11.S2; Wales. 12.51;
Relglum, 11.10; Spain, 15.81. Roumnnia
raises tho rate to 21.03, and Greece to 20.21,
while Tin key In Kurope follows tho lat
ter with 31.13. Continuing among nations
of the greatest Illiteracy, wo have Rus
sia proper, with 41.11, and Poland, with
47.7S. Austria must be sub-dlvldert, Bo
hemia and Moravia having only 11.43,
whereas Gallcla nnd liukowlnn reach tho
enormous percentage of 00.37, the re
mainder of Austria being credited with
30.33 and Hungary with 4G.51. Itnly puts
In a solid 54.59 por cent, of Illiteracy,
while Portugal surpasses all rivals with
77.09 of Immigrants last year unable both
to read and write.
From these figures of the government's
Immigration statistics the way In which
the bill will operate Is clear. Tho com
missioner of Imingrntlon pointed out In
his Inst report that, with somo excep
tions, Illiteracy and poverty among Im
migrants went hand In hand. It Is said
that whllo the average money brought
by tho German, for liiBtance, was 330,
tho Russian brought $0.75, the Italian
$S.50, and the Austro-Hungarian $11.70.
And yet, be noted, a man that could not
rend nnd write on coming hero might be
come a vigorous, wealth-producing, use
ful, and lovnl citizen. Still, if tho test
of education Is adopted at all, It must
necessnrlly be on broad lines, oven If
some good Immigrants uro excluded. It
Is possible that one offect of the new
bill, assuming that It will become, a law,
may bo to stimulate the study of reading
nnd writing among illiterate Immigrants.
The steamships may find It for their In
terest to help along the cause of educa
tion. And thus tho ratio of exclusion
from the operation of tho law may not
really prove as high as wo have Just In
dicated. AKBITUATION.
It is a gentle purpose which Inspires the
men of power,
And brotherly affection Is tho topic of tho
hour.
Hero's health to you, Great Britain, Let
all talk of war be stopped;
Our weapons, llko your h's, shall have
fame by being dropped.
"TIs not alone o'er boundary lines wo
tremble for our rlehts;
Nor nro tho seals tho only things that
caiiBe ua sleepless nights.
And, as wo framo a treaty with such
vlgllanco and care.
Let us omit no Item that, with wisdom
might bo thero.
Lot's have a schedulo which will mako
as plain to us ns day
Tho price which any heiress for a title
ought to pay,
With directions for securing all the re
bates that accrue
If tho goods should turn out badly as,
you know, they sometimes do,
Let ua discipline tho author who this
continent assails;
Let'B restrict the fertile fancy of the
honored Prince of Wales,
That unsophisticated folk we may not
rudely scare,
When wo chance to journey 'mongst
thorn, by tho funny clothes wo wear.
And your actors who protractedly regale
this hemisphere
Should not rnlso tho price of tickets
when they vouchsafe to appear,
Theso and various other matters, it will
surely bo conceded,
Are points whero arbitration Is most
seriously needed,
Washington Star,
STATE
LEGISLATIVE
TOPICS.
Tho bill which tho State Fish com
mission has presented to tho legislature
Is a document of 10.00J words. It detlnrs
which nro game llsh and fish commercial
ly valuable for food, and regulates their
catching and encourages their propaga
tion. It also protects the waters from
Improper nnd wasteful fishing. All tho
existing fish laws of tho stuto are wiped
out' and this act Is Intended to take
their place. Tho fish t-peclnlly named as
coming within the protection of this net
are salmon, brook, rainbow, California,
brown, hike and salmon trout nnd all
other forms of salmon; of food llshos,
black, rock, strawberry, striped, cnllco,
grnss, green and whlto bass; sunflsh,
pike, perch, wnll-oyed pike, pickerel,
muscnllongp, nil of which are designated
as game llsh; also shad, whlto llsh, lake
herring, herring and sturgeon, which nro
clnsslllod as food llsh. Hereafter It shall
be unlawful to catch with outlines or sot
Hues or to fish for nny gnmo fish, ex
cept with rod, hook and line. Tho snl-mon-soason
Is March 1 to Aug. 15. Sal
mon less than threo pounds In weight nre
forbidden to bo caught. The trout season
Is from April 15 to July 15. The minimum
lzo for trout Is six inches, t.nko trout
can be caught between Jan. 1 nnd Sept.
30. Tho limit In length Is nlno Inches.
The bnss season for nny of tho varieties
Is from May 30 to Sept. 30, size five Inches.
Sunflsh under four Inches arc forbidden
to be caught. The pike, pickerel and
muscallongo extends from May 30 to Dec.
31; tho size must not bo less thun nine
Inches. The period to catch herring Is
from June 20 to Dec. 31 and for shad
Juno 30 to March 15. The use of seines
or other nets Is forbidden except during
wook-dnys from March 15 to June 20.
Sturgeon can be caught by net from Jan.
31 to Juno SO. In general the use of dyna
mise, nltro-glycerlne, torpedoes, electric
ity or any other powerful force or explo
sives, fish baskets, eel wires, brush nets,
etc., are strictly forbidden. Tho penal
tics vary from a fine, of $10 for each fish
and includes Imprisonment, according to
tho variety of tho fish.
o
Tho following, curious bill has been In
troduced at Hnrrlsburg by Representa
tive Smith, of Philadelphia: "That from
and after tho passage of this net It shnll
and may bo lawful for any person or per
sons, corporation or corporations what
soever, who may bo tho owners, lessees,
tenants or occupiers of any dwelling
house, hotel, boarding house, restaurant,
Htore or other building, or of any renl
estate whatsoever, In or upon which nny
garbage, offal or any refuse matter may
be or become accumulated or collected,
to remove or causio the said garbage, of
fal or rpfiiRo matter to bo removed from
such dwelling house, hotel, boarding
house, restaurant, store or other build
ing or real estntc; nnd It shall also be
lawful for any person or persons whatso
ever to receive, collect and rcmovo the
said garbage, offal or refuse matter and
to haul away and convey tho same In
water-tight metal carts, securely cov
ered, through and over any of tho streets,
alleys, roads nnd highways of any city,
borough, township or county of this
commonwealth; and no license, permit or
authority of any sort or description from
any city or borough council, board of
health, or any other body or Individual
for such accumulation and collection nnd
removal, as aforesaid, of such garbage,
offal or refuse matter, or for the hauling,
conveying or carrying of the same over
nnd ulong the streets, alleys, roads and
highways of nny city, borough, 'township
or county of this commonwealth shall
be necessary or required." Nobody
seems to be able to figure out tho rea
son for this bill's existence.
o
Another of tho gallery plays of Rep
resentative Orme, of Schuylkill, has been
made In the Introduction by him of a
bill to tax all orders, chocks, dividers,
coupons, passbooks or other paper repre
senting wages or earnings of an em
ploye not paid hi cash, nnd "to provide
for a report to the auditor general of
he same for failure to mako reports and
reward to party Informing auditor gen
eral for falluro to report. Schuylkill
county's legislative delegation seems to
have rather more than its share of gal
lery players when It comes to lubor
topics.
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SOMI2 DIPLOMATIC J'LIUIS.
From tho Pittsburg News.
Excluding cabinet portfolios tho most
eagerly sough: for and desirable olllces
In the gift of the president are the foreign
missions. At the beginning ot eail ad
ministration there Is a vast army of ap
plicants for diplomatic assignments
abroad, arid the clamor extends from tho
Jilghost and most lucrative ambassador
ship to tho least significant consulship,
There are a multitude of Inducements at
taching to a foreign mission. Besides the
social prestige which a consular repre
sentative of the United States government
has In the land to which he Is sent, tho
opportunity to travel Is great and then
not Inconsequential Is the salary and per
quisites. In short, a foreign ambassador
or minister Is a little king. Major Mc
Klnley Is besieged with applications for
foreign ofllces.
Tho most desirable diplomatic places In
his gift will be the missions to London,
Paris and Berlin. These nre embassies,
and a salary of $17,500 a year Is attached
to each of them. St. Petersburg, which
is also an embassy, has tho same pay, but
It Is not so attractive u plum owing to llio
objectionable climate of Russln. Rome
Is the fifth embassy on tho list, but the
emolument belonging to It is only $12,000.
It Is not nearly so Important a place as
the others, our relations with Italy being
casual. Next In, point of desirableness
comes tho mission to Vienna. At that
capital there is llttlo for our minister to
do; the life Is very pleasant and tho city
gay. The salary Is $12,000, which is like
wise the pay for Madrid and Constantino
ple. Madrid has tho disadvantage, how
ever, of a bad climate In summer. It Is
n dirty and unhealthy city and living thero
Is expensive. The Spanish mission Just
at present Is a very delicate and unpleas
ant one, owing to the possibility of war
between this country and Spain. In tho
days of tho Armenian troubles It oun
easily be imagined that tho Constantino
ple post Is not being very energetically
sought for. Tho lesser European missions,
those of Tho Hague, Brussels, Greer?,
Switzerland, Sweden and Norway, nre all
pleasant posts with not much work to do',
our relations with these powers being ot
no great Importance. The salaries at
tached to thorn range from $0,500 to $10,090.
Brussels is the most desirable of the lot.
Inasmuch as tho city Is one of the most
delightful In Europe, and has u charming
cosmopolitan society with a largo Ameri
can colony.
Of tho diplomatic posts In Asia, Japan
Is tho most eligible. Living there Is ex-1
ceedlngly cheap, and life In tho Mikado's
kingdom Is said to possess a surpassing
charm. Furthermore, tho American min
ister, who gets $12,000 a year, Is treated
with special consideration owing to exist
ing trade Interests which unite tho coun
try with Japan, and to numerous obliga
tions which the Japanoso owo the United
States. Tho Chinese mission Is worth
$12,000 por annum, and Is always eagerly
sought. But It Is far less desirable thun
Japan; llfo Is not nearly so pleasant and
th4 people are dirty and Impolite. Tho
diplomatic appointee who cannot get any
thing olso goes to Persia. The salary is
only $5,000 and the place unimportant. The
character of the average Persian mon
arch may be Judged from ecceuti (cities
of the late Shuh, when he was In London
a few years ago. To a reception given in
his honor by a notfrt Englishman the
Shah Invited women of bud character.
Another Incident connected with his visit
to London was a sort of a religious cere
mony which occurred In one of tho most
celebrated English palacfa, Tho nobility
was Invited to titter.,1. Tho function was
startling throughout, muny of tho spec
tators being forced by their sense of de.
cency to retire before it was over. One
feature of the performance was the
Carpet
Collection for Spring, 1897, now in and arriving. New and e?clu
sive patterns in Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, in
grains and Art Carpets.
Every housekeeper's thoughts are drifting carpetward at this time of the year.
Therefore, we will be glad to show you our lines at. any time, whether you are ready tc
purchase or not. That we are great money savers in the house furnishing line is conclu
sively proven every clay in the week. That we employ only the most skillful workmen iu
carpets as well as draperies is universally known, and which always bespeaks for us a fair
share of your patronage.
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Thousands of rolls of new Wall Paper are now being placed in stock. We
buy it in such enormous quantities that we save the Jobber's profit, thereby
enabling us to save you from 25 to 50 per cent.
See
A glance at the center
shown by us. We have over
surely interest you.
Hanufacturers of the
CAPACITY 100,000
slaughter of sheep in a handsomely-furnished
and decorated parlor of the man
sion, A knife was plunged Into the heart
of the animal, Its throat was cut and its
parts dismembered, the How of blood ab
solutely ruining the carpets, icurtalns,
much of the brlc-a-brac und many expen
sive pictures In tho room. There Is never
much of u scramble at first for the Per
slon mission, but some one has to fill It,
nnd muny of the disappointed are finally
glad to get oven so undesirable an oflice.
President McKlnley will have qulto a
number of diplomatic places to give away
on this side of the water. Among these
tho Mexlcap mission holds tho first rank
with a salary of $17,000, being equivalent
to $31,000 In Mexican money. It Is a some
what Important place because of trade
relations. In Mexico the United States
minister Is always considered the head of
tho diplomatic corps. The Central Amer
ican missions are worjh J10.0U0 each, They
are Important chiefly on account of the
numeious revolutlons.nnd tho carelessness
of the peoplo In Infringing upon tho rights
of foreigners. In South America the most
desirable mission used to bo that to Bra
zil. In the days of the empire there was
an agroeable society In Hlo, but now life
there Is very dull and tho city is ravaged
by yellow fever every summer, when tho
legations move to Petropolls, situated 20
miles distant In a mountainous district.
The best of the South American missions,
IKJihaps, are Chile and Peru, The least
eligible of all the diplomatic posts Is Li
beria, at $1,000, which is invariably given
to a colored man.
MIL DANA'S DAV DKEAM.
From the Sun.
In the event of a general European war,
with England In tho foreground, tho
United States would bo deeply Interested
In the course of events. The war would
certainly affect this cbuntry In some
measure, and In several ways.
It is possible that, at tho end of the
war, tho Dominion of Canada would bo
ono with tho tin! ted States, with tho
consent or at the urgent deslro of Its
peoplo, It Is likewise possible that all,
or nearly all, tho Islands of tho West In
dies, fronting our country, would be
joined to tho American union.
In tho event of n general European war,
hostilities would not bo confined to Eu
rope. They would very surely extend to
Asia, to Africa, to Australasia, and to
those parts of America In which the war
ring powers possess provinces, Islands,
or nny piece of territory. Were France
hostile to England, for example, It Is
probable that her nav -vould attack
British Oin'snu, British Honduras, tho
British West Indies, British Columbia,
Newfoundland and Eastern Canada. In
that evont, thero would bo a war of Eu
ropean powers very near the southern
part of our own country, tho western
part of It, and this part of It. It is
possible that tho peoplo qf those regions
who would bo liable to suffer from war
on account of a quarrel I In which thoy
were not concerned, might sock for safe
ty by asking us to receive them Into tho
American union.
No man can conceive the changes that
might bo brought ubout through a long
and sanguinary general European war,
with England in combat, and all hor for
eign possessions In It, her possessions In
Asia, In Africa, Australia, and Amoa.
It la possible that, beforo tho end of thu
nineteenth century, tho American Hag
may be the protector of Halifax, Quebec,
Winnipeg, Vancouver, Bahama and Ja
maica, as well as of Cuba.
A TEN-YEAll-OLI) VIEW.
From tho Sun.
Stephen Crane's books have had many
criticisms of one sort and another, but
the other day he received ono which did
not como through the ordinary channels.
'It was In ono of the circulating libraries
that the status of "Moggie, a Girl of the
Streets," Was definitely settled. A 10-year-old
girl brought tho book back. In
Its pluce she took "Nelly's Silver Mine."
A bystander, noticing tho book she had
returned, asked hor how she liked It.
"Oh, pretty well," sho said. "It was
rather young for me. It Is written for
littler children thun me."
NO UIIKTOIUOAL IILIMIISH,
From tho Chicago Tribune.
"Mr, Gibbons," said the teacher of the
class In rhetoric "point out tho absurd
ity In this figure of speech; 'At this tlmo
tho Emperor Frederick hatched out a
scheme,' oto,"
"It seems to mo nil right," replied tho
young man after somo reflection,
"It does? Explain, If you please, how
he could havo 'hatched out' a scheme."
"Well, ho might haye had his mind set
en It."
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Dinner Sets, decorated, filled in
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