THE SCRANTOK" TUTBUNB-MONDAY MORNING-, MARCH 20, 1S97.
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SCRANTON, MARCH 20, 1897.
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A Crisis In Cuba.
It Is reported, with what accuracy we
do not know, that the Spanish govern
ment, seeing; Its treasury empty, Its
credit gone and Its armies In Cuba and
the Philippine In arrears In puy. wast
ed by disease and discouraged; and
realizing at lust, as the rainy season
approaches, that the war In I'ubu can
not be prosecuted with success, is about
to make an overtuie to the United
States In solicitation of its aid In com
posing a peace.
The first dellnlte negotiation which
It Is believed Spain will attempt
will have for Its purpose the assump
tion by Cuba of Its war debt In ex
change for a form of autonomy Involv
ing only nominal allegiance to Spain.
It Is Indeed reported that a conven
tion to this elfect has already been
dinfted In Madrid, for presentation to
the McKlnley administration, It being
Spain's wish to secure an American
guuiaiHee of the payment of the Cuban
debt, so as to repair Spain's credit In
the llnunclal centers of 10m ope. From
a Spanish standpoint such an overtuie
would be most desirable, since It would
unload the whole burden of the Cuban
war, evade the payment of a multiply
ing Intel est charge, satisfy the Ignor
ant Spanish populace who would re
volt If Cuba were to be freed outright,
and make it possible for the Canovas
administration to negotiate new loans
for urgent domestic purposes. From
an Amei lean standpoint It Is, of couise,
piepostorous.
If this falls, as fall It must, so far
ut least as an American guarantee Is
concerned, Spain will be forced to Heat
directly with the Cuhun Insurgents.
Such a condition Is to be welcomed by
Americans. Now that our Interests In
Cuba are being cared for and our treaty
rights enforced and respected, the most
that citizens of the United States can
hope for is that the Cubans In revolt
will carry their point. YVe cannot aid
them by direct intervention nor do they
want us to. They have the trump cards
in their own hands, and need simply
to play with adroitness to win the en
tire stake.
Can the representative of the Second
Lackawanna district at Hurrlsburg de
fend his vote against the libel bill?
Tariff Talk Worth Hearing.
The gem of the tarirf debate thus far
was the speech made a day or two
ago by Representative Dolllver of Iowa.
It Is not a new thing for this eloquent
and entertaining speaker to punctuate
the dry routine of congressional pro
ceedings with short outbursts of wit
and wisdom that (111 the galleries and
elicit spontaneous applause; but to talk
tariff so as to make it. more interest
ing than a prize light Is certainly an
achievement worthy of commendation.
Mr. Dolllver Is the Republican Bryan,
plus a clearer thinking outllt and a
sense of humor. Here are some of his
billliants. taken from their obscure set
ting in the Congressional Record. In
dismissal of the silver Issue he said:
The farmers of the United States, my
brethren, aie euger, not for the fabled
markets of the world. They nru longing
for the music of the old factory bell,
culling back the Idle millions to deserted
workshops of tlni United States. The
noise of furnaces that are. 10w closed,
and of looms that are now silent, will
mean a good deal to the working people
of the United Stutes. It will mean not
less to the scattered households on dis
tant prairies where for four years In
dustrious men have seen the fruits of
their toll waste in the. llelds that pro
duced them.- You may talk of silver and
gold until. your friends In nn. undertone
begin to express their alarm. You may
in cue about bonds and mortgages und
hands and capital und labor until the
wheels In your heud begin to revolve like
velocipedes, but you will never get back
prosperity in the United States until you
give buck to the American people the
working wages that they lost four years
ugo.
In reply to those, who criticize the
Dlngley bill's wool schedule Mr. Dolll
ver temarks:
The theory of the Wilson law was that
we were not only to hold our own, but wo
were to go out with our free wool cloth
and divide with liradford anil Komultz
the task of clothing the nuked inhabi
tants of the earth. That was the theory.
What has actually happened may be
stated in a few plain words und tlgiuvs;
lU.UUO.WJO sheep driven to the slaughter,
bO.UOO.Wo pounds of American wool dis
placed in our own market, the Importa
tion of cloth multiplied by two, hulf the
woolen mills Idle und locked up mid the
other hulf on scant wages und .short
time. The treasury of the United States
JJl.WU.OUU shy; our choice and select gen
try disporting themselves In Oeriuun,
Kngllsh a ad French clothes, and the rest
of us shinning around In overcoats pur
chased during Harrison's administration,
Finally, in rebuke of the delusion that
good times are wholly a gift of legisla
tion and not In the main a reward of
personal economy. Industry und thrift,
lie says:
The American people In ordinary times
look to congress very much us the ship
wrecked mariner looks to Providence In
a storm, not particularly becuuse he ex
pects anything, but because everything
elso has been wushed overboard. Nor is
this slim und feeble fulth of the people
In congress entirely to he reproved; for
In the world In which wo llvo, whatever
wo politicians may say on the Htump,
the most that Is done for us and yon
will pardon tho figure we have got to
do for ourselves, Jf the Amerlcun peo
ple ever geftlielr prosperity buck, It will
come by their own lndlvlduul enterprise
and courage; not by edicts and proclama
tions, but by the honest and careful set
tlement of conditions favorable to In
dustry and Investment. If William Mc
Klnley has been described as an advance
agent, husti'iilng to the seat of govern
ment In order to distribute prosperity
from the east portico of the cupltol In a
few well chosen words, tho conception
belongs to the world of dreams, und not
to the earth on which wo llvo. No man
bears any such relation to the prosperity
of a greut people. Rut the man may
stand, and I reverently believe that Will,
lam McKlnley does stand, as the chosen
instrument of the hand of Providence,
to restore to tho ('lilted States u public
policy which hus never yet failed to en
uble the American people, by their own
honest, hard work, to secure out of their
own resources u fair level of prosperity,
a reasonable reward for their labor and
u reasonable dividend on their Invest
ment, A comparison of these words with the
famous words of thi1 orators of old will
show, we think, that oratory still lives.
If the Cuban war Is costing Spain
$350,000 n day and 200 men, without
visible progress being mndo toward
the subjugation of the Insurgents, as
General Snngullly asserts, then the
end must Indeed be near.
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A Alultl-AMIIIonalrc on Wealth.
The ruling spirit In the Standard OH
company, John D. Rockefeller, to whom
common report, very likely with cus
tomary exaggeration, ascribes the
ownership of more than $100,000,000,
and who certainly Is one of the four or
live wealthiest and most Inllucntlal
business men In this country, deliv
ered a speech on Saturday In the Fifth
Avenue Haptist church of New York,
to young men. In It are some points
of universal Interest. The feature of
It was the production of and quotation
from Mr. RocDafeller's first ledger, or
the book In which, as a young men.
just beginning a business career, he
made entry of each Item of his person
al Income and expense. It was a little
book, with llguies and writing on the
back, showing that In tliosw days Its
owner was economical, and among Its
entiles was one which gave the Rocka
feller Income from Sept. ilG. 1S5D, to
Jan. 1, 1SDU, as $50. The speaker add
ed: I had a luige Increase In my revenue
the next year. It Went up to $J."j a month.
1 begun to be u capitalist, ami had I le
garded myself then the same way us we
legurd capitalists now, I ought to hive
lelt like u criminal becauso 1 had so much
money. Hut we hud no trusts or mono
polies then. 1 paid my own bills, and
always had a little something to give
uway, und the hupplness of saving some.
In fact, I am not so Independent now as
1 was then. It Is true I could not secure
the most fashionable cut of clothing. X
letnember 1 bought mine then of a .lew.
He sold me clothing cheap, clothing such
as I could pay for, and it was a gieut deal
better than buying clothing that 1 could
not pay for. I did not make any obliga
tions 1 could not meet. I lived within my
means, and my advice to young nun Is to
do just the same.
At this point Mr. Rockefeller asked
those of his hearers who were born In
the country to hold up their hands.
Fully three-quarters of the number
did so, whereupon the speaker said:
To my mind, there is something unfor
tunate In being born In a city. You have
not had the struggles In the city that we
have had who were reared In the country.
Don't you notice how the men from tho
country keep crowding you out hero
you who huve wealthy fathers? These
young men fiom the country aro turn.ng
things mound and are taking your city.
We men from the country are willing to
do moie work. Wc were prepared by our
experience to do hard work. I lemember
a little time ago I was In the country,
und I saw a carpenter placing mlneial
wool under the roof of a ( Ity servant's
bedroom, so that the man should not ti-ol
the lieut of summer or hear the p liter
of the talndrops on the loof. I coull not
ut the time help reculllng the experience
of my boyhood, when I slept under n roof.
While I could not see the shingles, I re
member I could peep through the cracks
In them. It was pretty hot In the rum
mer, up there, too, 1 can tell you. lint
1 think, I was better for nil that sort or
experience, for having been reared n the
country In Unit sturdy, practical way. and
my heart Is sometimes full of sadness ns
I contemplate the condition of a number
or young fellows In tld city whom I Hap
pened to know .well. They are In the em-burrus-dng
position that thplr father's
have groat sums of money, und those
boys have not a ghost of a chance to com
pete with you who come from the coun
try and who want to do something In the
world.
In concluding a most Interesting talk
the great capitalist said: "I spoke
just now of the struggle for success.
What is success? Is It money? Some
of you have all the money you need
to provide for your wants. Who Is
the poorest man In the world? I tell
you, the poorest man I know of Is the
man who has nothing but money,
nc thing else In the world upon which
to devote Ills ambition and thought."
These words are In no sense new, nnd
the idea In them has been told and re
told a thousand times; but somehow
In Mr. Rockefeller's telling of them
there Is the ling of conviction. We
shouldn't lie much surprised If he
would be glud to exchange his lot to
day as perhaps the wealthiest man In
tl-e United States for the freedom and
peace of those happy days, forty years
ago, when he earned $J e month, gave
a. penny to Sunday school purposes
each week, bought luind-me-down
clothing und closed the year's ledger
with debts all paid and something to
spare.
who absents himself from the body to I
which he beloiiL's for the purpose of
pieventlng the exeiclse of Its constltu- I
tloiml functions, und declaring that
such absences shall opeutte as a leslg
natlon of the seat; second, the adoption
of a rule which shall secure reasonable
opportunity to vote In the senate and
nt the same time secure reasonable do
hate and reasonable nmendtnent.
"When these things nre accomplished
we shall have done everything we enn
to cure the evil until we shall elevate
end purify the chnrncter of the people
Itself. The stream will not rise higher
thun Its sourc.e,"
Having admitted the truth of so much
that Is said In condemnation of the
senate, the senator then states some
things thnt, In Ills opinion, ought to ho
said In Its favor. He compares the sen
ate of today with that of forty years
ago, when "Charles Sumner was strick
en down In the senate chamber for de
fending liberty his comely and beau
tiful head tho turget for a rufllan's
bludgeon; or when a vice president
was Inaugurated In a stute of maudlin
Intoxication; or when Sumner likened
Douglus to the noisome, squat, and
nameless anltnal, who switched his
tongue and tilled the senate with an
offensive odor." And lie thinks "We
have n right to say that the evil iullu
ences of the lobby In legislation for
private and not public ends, which, like
the ointment of the band, betrayed
themselves! In the atmosphere of the
senate chamber and In Its col rldors, are
all gone toduy. We have a right to say
that drunkenness, which existed when
I first entered public life, Is not known
theie today, and thut senators no longer
bring whisky-soaked brains to meet
the high demands of the public service.
Wo have a light to say that the use of
executive pntronngo for personal ad
vancement so that each senator who
supported the edinlnlstrutloii had tt lit
tle army of followers devoted to his
personal Interests, supported at the
public cost has gone by. We have a
right to say, also, that If Important
legislation, demanded for the pulillc
welfare, Is often defeated by obstruc
tive measures or prolonged and need
less debate now, for the eighty years
while slavery ruled, and while the strict
stuterights construction prevailed, such
legislation was not even Introduced
and jts chances were not worth con
sidering. We have a right to say that
the work the senator now gives to the
public service, day and night, Is a
constant, hard work which was un
known in either house of congress, sava
to a very few persons, fifty years ago."
from tlit- administration for the pait
they took In tho lust presidential cam
paign. Tht-y not only think thej are en
titled to some of the loaves and fishes,
but ure demanding them. Line of the
members of the so-called "McKlnley Aid
Society," as the "gold" Democrats are
rainllluiiy called, who has a snug berth
under Uncle Sam, and who Is slightly
protected by the civil sol vice, thinks he
ought not to be removed. While he has
not exactly been asked to resign he
has been given uu Intimation that his
place Is wanted by a good llepubll.iin
and nil old soldier at that. He refuses
to resign and tells his friends thut he
cannot be removed. His mime Is Claude
M. Johnson, chief of the but can of en
graving and printing. He halls rrom
Kentucky and was a personal appointee
of Secretary Carlisle. It Is said that be
fore leaving Washington the ex-sccrctary
of tho treasury made a .personal appeal
to his successor us well as to the presi
dent to have Mr. Johnson retained. Ills
argument was that Mr. Johnson, though
a Democrat, hud gone to Kentucky last
fall and hud not only voted for Palmer
nnd Huckncr, but hud done heroic work
for the gold standard, nnil otherwise as
sisted in turning that old Hourbon state
over to the Republicans. it Is under
stood that President McKlnley, while he
will bo In no liuiry to displace Mr. John
son, hill get rid of him when he Is leiuly
to make tho change. The president Is
also being overwhelmed with requests
from other olllee-holdlng Democrats who
left their own party to work either di
rectly lor the Republican ticket or In
directly for It by supporting the "gold"
Democratic candidates. Just what couise
he will puisne Is not yet known, but the
pressure for otllce Is so gieut among
straight-out llepubllcuus thut ho will no
doubt he forced to Ignoie the demands of
the uuxilluiy corps.
Among the applicants for olllce are sev
eral who held places under the Hurrison
administration. I'lesldent McKlnley Is
not giving them much encouragement. He
Is inclined to think that one slice of pil
ls sullicleiit. In other wurds. the iueil-
deiit's policy Is about that pursued by Mr.
Cleveland dining his second admlnl-ditt-tlon.
The latter, except In a few cases,
refused to appoint men who had held of
llce befoie. It Is said that if Mr. Haiti
son had been re-elected president he In
tended to make a clean sweep fiom cab
inet ullleers down. He saw that the contin
uance of the same men In olllce prac
tically dlsbaried other Republicans who
were entitled til recognition tor patty
realty. Within the past few days Mr. .Mc
Klnley has expiessed himself rather
plulnly to men who solved under pre
vious Republican administrations. He
told them very politely that he would
not consider their applications. Hut not
withstanding this declaration a late
number of 'ex's" aie here bothering the
senators and reptesentntlves in cougiess
to get them an audience with the picsl
detit. They, think he will make an excep
tion In their cases. All that can be said
111 this respect Is thnt they me entitled
to another "think." They might as well
save their fi lends and themselves the
trouble for, unless the president changes
his mind, the repot t Is that they will not
get anything.
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Wonders.
For they are wonders of the weavers' and dyers' art, and wonders for price cheap
ness. Yon won't wear them right away, but it will bs a time and money-saving move'to
bny them now and have them all ready to wear before the warm days come.,
Behold a new lot of Organdies in our basement at 8 cents.
Upon main floor we are showing "' ,
SO different styles of Lappet Hulls at 124 cents.
50 different designs of Finest Scotch Dimities at 22 cents.
75 different designs of Genuine French Organdies at 25 cents,
ow About the Carpet?
"I believe," says John D. Rockefel
ler, "that It Is a religious duty to get
Yon can hardty afford to ignore this Carpet stock of ours. It rhas .been se
lected with the greatest care as to its fitness. We'll do your Carpet business right,
watching your interests at every turn. Want you for a Carpet customer. Sup
pose you consult us on this matter, - .
STRAW MATTINGS
A few rolls left of the Jointless Damask, the 15-cent kind, slightly imperfect,
but 3'ou would not know it if we did not tell 3'ou. 8 cents per yard or $3.20 for
roll of 40 yards.
all the money you can; to keep all you i-esentatlves from the rural sections, tl
can- and to give away all you can." Intended beneficiaries of the measure, a
r, 1,.... f,.u -11.. t).,nV,.f.,iio,. iu n...-- lesponslble for Its defeat. Pennsylvan
ca
nr this faith Mr. Kockafeller is cor
talnly a very pious exemplar.
The Washington Post thinks that thu
Christian powers which are trying to
starve the Cretan insurgents are not
In a position to criticise the Turk for
persecuting the Armenians. It doesn't
appear that they want to be.
With Hawaii anxious and Uncle
Sam willing, wo don't see why the bans
of union should not be cried at once.
As it stands, New York has throe
ambassadorships and one cabinet olllce
to Pennsylvania's nothing. Is the ban
nerHepubllcan state to be goose-egged
at Washington?
Mas the Senate Degenerated ?
The April Forum will contain a
notable article by Senator Hoar entitled
"Has the Senate Degenerated'.'" in his
article the gentleman from Massachu
setts acknowledges the existence of a
widespread and growing Impatience
with the condition of things In the sen
ate, and that this feeling of distrust
seems to be growing among the men
who, If Hie senate be what the framers
of the constitution meant and hoped,
should be the Its strongest support, lie
admits that In recent years the senate
has often failed in Its duty to enact
measures which thu public desired,
and which a inujorlty of its member
ship favored, by reuMin of obstructions
to the will of the majority, "Senators
who have ureal measures In their
charge are compelled to sit In vexed
and angry Impatience while other sen
ators pour out nn eternal stream of
Inane and empty chatter, chatter, about
matters which have no present prac
tical Importance whatever."
This evil, In Senutor Hoar's opinion,
Is but a manifestation In the senate of
the "pestilent and prevalent" evil which
Is showing Itself elsewhere In many
parts of the country, the "attempt by
minorities to prevent the constitutional
action of majorities whenever the mi
nority happen not to like It." Hut he
thinks that a practical euro can be
found for these evils If only the senute
can have the support of an aroused,
wise, und well-Instructed public senti
ment. "The cure will not be found lit
Intemporatu reviling of tho sennte, or
In passionate expressions of despair for
the republic." The senator suggests as
remedies: First, that laws should be
enacted punishing, by sttlllclent penal
ties, every senator or representative
Gossip of
the Capital
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Washington, Murch 2S. The Democrats
of tho house in caucus on Saturday,
Murch 111, selected Representative Ualley
us their candidate for speaker. Uf course.
It was an empty honor us far us electing
him to thut olllce was concerned. Still,
at the same time, the caucus nomination
wus not entirely without honor. It made
him the ntural leader of that side of the
house, und ordinarily he would be accord
ed that position. Hut liepresentutlve Me
Millln, of Tennessee, who was Mr. Hal
ley's principal opponent In the speaker
ship contest, does not propose to ullow
thu young und (lushing Texan to be tho
undisputed leader of the Democratic min
ority. Still dialing under his defeat for
the sneakeishili nomination Mr. McMil
lan is doing all he can to wrest the
leadership from Mr. Bailey. They urn
both members or the ways nnd meuns
committee, und us such they ure vleing
with euuh other to see who can tulk the
most on the new turlff bill. It is now
more than a week since debute was begun
on thut measure. In thut time Mr. MeMU
lun lias spoken ut leust a dozen tlms.
Of course, they were not all set or long
speeches, but they were speeches Just the
same, in fact, .Mr. MciMlllIn has con
tracted the very bad habit of attempting
to defend tho Democratic free, trade pol
icy every time It Is ussailed by the other
side. In other words, he evidently thinks
no other Democrat is equul to the tusk.
Thut is Just where he hus made a most
serious mistake, liy his constant talking
Mr. Me.Millln is making himself very un
popular among members of his own par
ty, to say nothing of "that tired feel
ing" he gives the Hepubllcans, and If he
were a candidate tor the leadership of
the house tomorrow he would not get
nearly as many votes us he received two
weeks ugo.
From the Washington Post.
The house of representatives of tho
Pennsylvania leglslatuie has killed the
bill providing for an Increase of the mini
mum school term In that state from sl
to seven months. Stiange to say, the rep-
he
re
ponslble for Its defeut. Pennsylvania
ought to be second to no state in educa
tional facilities und woik. One of the
original thirteen, great In area and
wealth, she should be at the front In this
respect. Hut It Is a fact that rural Penn
sylvania lags far behind many of the new
states In the length of school term, '.n
the salaries of teachers, In the character
of schoolhouses, and In the general ef-
tlclency of schools.
In twenty-seven states of the Union tho
children In the country schools have from
seven to eight months' schooling In a
year, leaving only eighteen states with
less than seven months. Pennsylvania h
one of the eighteen, and It Is by no means
to her credit that she Is willing to occupy
that relative position. These country
lawmakeis of Pennsylvania have made a
mistake that, in the long run, will work
to tho injury of their constituents.
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A DISTANT VIKW OK QUAV.
Fiom the Pawtueket, It. I., Post.
Mr. Quay must not be underrated as a
leader. He Is a broad and square work
er in politics, never Ieuvlng his ftionJs
unless they leave him and always meet
ing Ids promises. He Is one of the fore
most of the Republican leaders of th.
day, richly deserving of the confidence
of Ids party and a buUdor whose meth
ods have made Pennsylvania the abso
lutely certain Republican state that it
is.
We do not agree witli the clamor and
cry of organized Interests that demand
his relegation to the rear. It Is unjust
and the evidence of an ungrateful spirit,
and wo believe that the people of Penn
sylvania will never consent to the set
ting ustde of Quay simply becuuse some
other personalities want to tuke his
place.
The cry about Quay comes, too, with
ill grace from the very men who have
protlted by his kindly offices. If Wnna
muker could collect a campaign fund in
the Harrison contest und not only puy It
over to Quay as the national chairman,
butasi-ist In the disbursement, he certainly
should find no fault with the senator to
day, for he Is the same now as he was
then.
WATTKUSO.VS Wit ATI
In this respect Mr. Halley Is Just tho
opposite to Mr. Me.Millln. Having been
chosen the leader of his party und theie.
fun- entitled to talk as much as he pleas
es Mr. Ualley only speaks when It Is ab
solutely necessary. He Is one of the best
as well us the most pleasing talkers 111
tho house, lie is not frothy, like Me.Mil
lln, He can state a proposition In u very
few words and make It so clear that ev
erybody, even the dullest member, can
fully understand. He has only one weak
ness. Ills hobby Is the constitution, an 1
when thut Instrument Is under discussion
.Mr. Halley always has his say. He Is
From the Chicago luter-Ocean.
Colonel Henry Watterson Is waging war
upon the free-silver Demociutlc impels
of Kentucky. In a lecent Issue of the
Courier-Journal appeared the following:
"For a good old (.yaskutlH sleek, halr
satisllcd and yet vicious with ears like u
schooner-rigged windmill, and a bray lung
enough to reach all the way from Hitter
creek to Hell-for-Hartln commend us to
I thu Lexington (Ky.l Observer."
i Colonel Watterson has heietofore utll
I Is-.ed President Cleveland as the obj-cl
! upon which to work off his Ire. Hut
(1 rover, having now subsided into "In
nocuous desuetude," the pugnacious Keii
I tuckluu lias to dispense his wrath In
I driblets among the petty editors of the
liluo Uruss commonwealth.
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THE
Clemons, Ferber,
O'Malley Co.
422 Lackawanna Av;.
Till'. MWAI.I.OW' FIASCO.
Front the Lebanon Report.
The n-iiilt or the trial of the Swallow
libel suits is no more than could have
been anticipated by all who have followed
up the case. The reverend gentleman's
defeat was In fact all loo plainly Indicat
ed. Cotifetderlng the loud udo he made
consldcied one of the ablest constltu- I tnP gravity of the charges and the nils
tlonnl lawyers In tint house. Ho fur .Mr.
Halley lias made only one speech on the
tariff. That was when the hill was llrst
reported to the house, and then he only
outlined the policy of his party on tho
subject, lie will make the closing speech
Just before the vote Is taken on Wednesday.
Nobody but a man who has an Inde
pendent Income und a pretty good one
at that can afford to accept u big foreign
mission, an ambassadorship lu particu
lar. The salaries attached to these olllces
are not large enough to keep the occu
pants lu tho Style lu which they ure com
pelled to live. The most paid any Ameri
can ambassador or minister Is $17,SM. Out
of this ho must pay his own expenses,
even to the renting of a house and of
fices. Thu foreign governments allow
their ambassadors much larger salaries
and otherwise grant thrni means to maln
tuln their exulted dignity. For Instance,
Sir Jullun Pauncefote, Kugland's ambas
sador to Washington, get a salary of
4tn,00il a year, and has nil Ills expenses
puld, besides being furnished with an
embassy In which to llvo and trunsact
his business, Tho Mexican minister to
this country Is reputed to get a salury in
excess of that paid the president of the
United States, which Is $M),U00, His living
expenses aru ulso paid by his govern
ment. Tho "gold" Democrats want recognition
eiable apology of pi oof he had to offer,
nothing else could have been expected.
Dr. Sallow will now have the poor sat
isfaction of knowing that he has done
more huitu than good lu his sanguine but
Ill-considered attempt to "reform" things
lit this commonwealth. Ills cuso Is n
good U'ssun, und should be such for t, 11
similar "mformers."
1 l vSb
fiir&qm&Nperiect combuition.01 sim
duroble construction ambe easly
repaired without remwngfaim linings.
A. E. ROGERS'
Jewelry Store,
213 LACKAWAN1M AJEIJi.
-,J&&&3'
Foote & Shear Co.
SOLE AGENTS.
THE
IBWUII UU09
BOOMS I AND 2, COM'LTH B'L'iTG,
SCRANTON,
PA.
MINING AND BLASTING
HADE AT MOOSIC AND RUSH.
DALE WOUIT.&
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DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
CLOCKS, WATCHES.
Wutehcs,
Look at our $10 Gold
Warranted 15 Vuurs.
213 Lackawanna Avenus,
LTIES FOR EASTER
Sterling Sllvi
Salve
:r Top Cut Glass
Hoxes, tit
75 CENTS EACH.
Stationery That Isn't Stationary
Nothing stands still ut our tstablih
tnent. It very ruiely hupljens that we
lulst- the iiUe, but us to luweilng them,
well, just call around and we think we
cun Inters! you with our complete lines
of stationery, engraving, blank books and
general 01IU e supplies. We also curry
11 complete line of typewi Iters' supplies.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily llotoM'ope Duiwn by Aim-elms,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe east: a.KS a. in., for .Monday,
.Murch , 1&H7.
A child born nn this day will, If signs
do not tall, witness the lamblike depart
ure of Maich.
Kdltor Itleliard lieumlsh may yet per
suade Muyor liulley to declare war on
ttnglnnd.
It Is often much easier to run your
neighbor's business (In your mind) than
to pay his hills,
In tho Kinsley affair it seems ,to have
been another case of "not guilty but pay
tho costs."
Genuine charity Is seldom discriminat
ing. Innocence is not usually u breeder U
suspicion.
cyiuatu tisjzs.i
139 Wyoming Avbma
liOTUU JliRMVN UUII.D1NO.
LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Elcctrio Hatterles, Eluotrio KxplidoM, f jr .i
plodlug blaats, Safety Fuse, and
Repauno Chemical Co. '3
IlKIli
I'XI'LOSIVliS.
WOLF & WESZEL,
531 Linden., Upp. Court Hum:,
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Bola Agents for Itlruntdsuu Iioyuton'i
Furnaces und Ituuges.
Jewalers and Silversmiths,
130 Wyoming Ave.
&-MAJN
XTh
LADIES'
HOHE JOURNAL
(FOR APRIL.)
An Exquisite EASTER Number.
BEIDLEMAN, THE BOOKMAN,
4U7 Spruce Bt Opp. The Commonwealth.
it m
The Bradford
Fully
A High Uradi Hut
(iiiarantectl. Three
or. Sold Only by
Col-
What Sarah Uernhard ay
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