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bo also, equipped with a pen which Is
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Pacts About the Philippines.
A report ly Professor Osrnr V. Wil
liams, until lecently I'lilted .States con
sul at .Manila, to the state ilopurttnont
upon the Philippine Islands Is made
public In tlttir' to supplement the re
port made liy Dewey's guns. Kroni It
wo learn that during the iiuarter ended
Dec. 31. 1M7. there Vteic exported from
these Inlands to the I'nlted States and
Urent niitnln i'lfi.SSis hales of hemp (2S0
pounds per hale), or which l.'iS,7ii2 hales
went to the Tnlled States and only
TS.lOfl hnles to client Ilrltnin. Durins
the year lSf7 there was an Ineiease In
the cxpoit of hemp from the Philip
pines to continental Kurope of l'i,7H
hale.x; to Australia, 2,192 bales; to
China. 2S bales: to Japan, 2,2S hales,
and to the t'nited States. l.,:i,S6 bales
a total Increase of irS.4S5 bales, while
to tireat Jirltaln there uas a decrease
of L'2."4S bales. Thus, of Increased
shipments from the Philippines, those
in the I'nlted States were ,"14 per cent,
greater than to all other countries
combined. Of the total exports of
hemp from the I'hllipjilnes for the ten
yeais ended ISH7, amounting to G.528,
!n;r, bales (!U4,0,V tons), 41 per cent, went
to the United States.
During the same years the Philip
pine Islands exported to the I'nlted
States and to Kurope l,uS2,!)04 tons of
sufriir. of which k75.15n tons went to
the I'nlted States, CfiC,.1Ul tons to tireat
Hrltaln and 41.HS2 tons to continental
Kurope; showing that of the total ex
ports more than ." tier cent, went to
the Untied States. At the current
values In New Yoik of hemp (4 cents
per pound) and of raw sugar (3aH cents
per pound), the exports of these two
products alone from these Islands to
the United States, during the ten years
tinder review, amounted to $s;,2C3,722.
M). or an average of nearly $S,'J2fi,3"2
per year. Counting in cigars, tobacco,
copra, woods, hides, shells, indigo, etc.,
Consul Williams estimates that In the
past decade our annual Imports from
the Philippines have averaged $1,000,000
a month. We sell little to the Island
ers In return, but under an American
protectorate exports and imports ought
both to doublu.
There Is one railroad on the main
island. Luzon, n single track road 123
miles long. Luzon, by the way, con
tains 0,000.000 of the j.,000,000 inhabitants
of the Island, and Is larger than New
York and Massachusetts together. The
area of the entire group of Islands, 150,
000 square miles, exceeds that of New
Knglund, New York, New Jersey,
Maiyland and Delaware. The popula
tion of Manila, the capital and chief
city, is 300,000, of whom not more than
J0.U00 are Caucasians. The land of the
islands is described by all who have
seen It as exceptionally fertile and Its
possibilities under Intelligent cultiva
tion arc Inestimable. It ought not to
he (lllllcult under these circumstances
to get out of the Philippines In strictly
legitimate and honorable fashion our
war expenses.
President Kllot, of Harvard, says he
doesn't know why the United States
has gone to war. lie should subscribe
for an American newspaper.
The Fate of the Spanish Alonnrchy.
Tlio dethronement of the boy king,
Alphonso XIII., und the voluntary or
enforced expatriation of himself nncj
his excellent mother ore momentarily
expected at Madrid. The overthrow of
the reigning dynasty Is at all events
inevitable. Spain Is In an Irresponsible
paroxysm of national frenzy, which
may culminate In a sanguinary revo
lution. The people believe they were
betrayed. They were certainly not In
ft position to estimate tho consequence
which has followed a conflict with the
United States. Nor nro they fully cog.
nlzant of It yet. Finding themselves
degraded in their own estimation and
humiliated in tho eyes of the world,
they attribute their misfortunes to In
operative causes, and seek to attribute
tho natural consequences of their own
barbarism, corruption, and indifference
to the primary dictates of humanity to
dynastic misfortune, ministerial ter
giversation, and nillclal malfeasance.
Such Is tho course of the history of
Spain and of tho Spanish people. At
the close of tho war Spain will have
forfeited every yard of her once world
w'ldo colonial possessions. Portugal
fitlll rotnlns considerable dependencies
In Africa, Belgium maintains sovereign
rights In tho Congo Free State, Hol
land still holds many of her ancient
Insular possessions in the Pacific; even
Denmark Is secure In her possession
of the Danish jnwnrd Islands ns long
as she desires to retntn them. Among
the old colonizing European countries
Spain, once the most powerful among
them, has prnctlcnlly forfeited all her
conquests and territories.
Tho Philippine Islands are ours by
the right of conquest; wo must retain
them as such. Wo ennnot reinvest
them In the Spanish Crown, and our
national interests nro an deeply con
cerned In their welfare and develop
ment as those of Great Britain or Ger
many. It Is premature to speculate on
tho future of tho Islands. Thero Is no
question of their relative and nbsoluto
value to us In our trade development
In tho east. They nre the complement
of the Hawaiian group. Porto ltlco
occupies the same relative political
position In tho Atlantic. Wo have long
sought n harbor in tho 'West Indian
archipelago. We had nt one time
agreed, Indeed, to purchase tho llttlo
Island of St. Thomas from Denmark,
with its magnificent roadstend, harbor,
and anchorage; but congress refused to
ratify thf bargain. Tho whole trans
action was not very creditable to our
diplomacy, but It has long since been
forgotten and forgiven by tho llttlo
kingdom with whom we were In nego
tiation. These two precious gems torn
from the Spanish Crown, the bauble
will not be worth wearing by any self
respecting monarch. The conquest of
an Island or territory Is of no less
moment than Its disposal or national
assimilation nfterward. To evacuate
would appear undignified; to annex
perhaps nnpropitious. In either event
wo must be guided solely by our own
Interests and feelings, not by those of
European autocrats. If Kaiser Wll
helm hnd tho disposal of tho whole
world in his keeping, some of our
newspapers could not be more anxious
to defer to his idlosyncracies. Ger
many did not submit to our considera
tion the arbitrary annexation of Alsace-Lorraine,
nor did we expett that
she would. The Kmperor of Germany
Is a man of common sense, despite his
personal eccentricities. We do not be
lieve he will try to interfeie with what
ever disposal of the Philippines we see
lit to make.
That firebrand, Don Carlos, has been
unusually active during the past week.
It is said he will take advantage of
the Internal turmoil in Spain to legaln
his 'lost Inheritance." If ho makes the
effort we do not believe that any power
In Kurope will interfere to preserve it
to the young king. There seems to be
a fatalism attached to Spanish dynas
tic revolutions, fatal alike to Spain and
the country that Is foolish enough to
Interfere In them. We must remember
that the ostensible. If not the' actual
cause of the last Franco-German war
was involved in the succession to the
Spanish crown, one of the most dis
creditable court Intrigues that in mod
ern times has bespotted the history of
Kurope. Through It France lost two
provinces, the third Napoleon his king
dom, the peasantry millions of their
hoarded francs, and the world its peace
ful composuie. The Spaniards are
swayed by impulse rather than sober
calculation. A king who knew his own
mind and that of his subjects, who re
pressed the udherents of the Pretender,
Republicans and anarchists, might tide
over the present crisis; but what can
a womnn like the queen regent and her
little son do In the face of revolution
ary forces and national disasters that
well might rock the most stable throne
of the oldest Kuropean monarchy?
In thanking and rewarding Dewey
and his men president, congress and
people again experienced that unani
mous feeling.
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Fore'gn opinion on the War.
The Times is the only morning paper
1:: London which maintains nn atti
tude of quasl-hostillty to the United '
States on the Cuban question. The
Times Is influenced In this policy by
Mr. G. W. Smalley, Its New York cor
respondent. The country went to war
in opposition to Mr. Smalley's wishes.
Tills he can never forgive. 'Squire
Smalley Is n gentleman who repents
such an outrage upon his dignity and
such u disrogaul of his solemn prog
nostications. He warned Kngllshmen
that this country was in no position of
preparedness to meet Spain on equal
terms. Time has so completely dis
proved his evil forebodings that the
Times has had to come to the rescue of
Its belated correspondent.
With tho exception of the St. James
Gazette the evening journals of London
nre In favor of the United States. The
Gazette is an excellent paper. Its In
fluence is, however, limited to Us cir
culation, which is the smallest of nil
Its metropolitan contemporaries. Sir
Alfred Harmsworth. the editor and
proprietor of the Dally Mall, Is a mar
velous example of enterprise, pluck nnd
success. Ten years ago he began the
publication of u miscellany of stray
readings, which he called "Answers."
At the present day ho is proprietor and
director of twenty-ilvo or thirty publi
cations He started tho Dally Mail a
few years ago. Its success was instan
taneous and phenomenal. It has treble
the circulation of the Times nnd per
haps double that of any other dally
paper In London. He has shown his
good will to this country by placing
at tho disposal of Lieutenant Peary
the Arctic yacht "Windward" In which
Mr. Peary will make his journey north
ward. The despatches of the Dally
Mall from Madrid uro largely quoted
here. They nro practically the only
reliable source of information from tho
Spanish capital. On tho whole the
press of Great Britain has exhibited
remarkable acquiescence In our war
with Spain, In marked contrast to tho
continental Journals of Kurope, the
Paris Figaro, tho Cologne Gazette, tho
Neu Free IVe-sro of Vienna and tlio
Roman and Neopolltan newspapers.
We cannot of course expect entlro
unanimity. Hut at nil events In the
representative Kngllsh press our mo
tives aro not misrepresented, and while
our policy nviy be considered as harMi,
unjust, or undiplomatic, we cannot
complnln of strictures which are alleii
to our sympathies.
The North of Ireland Is for tho United
States, It Is reported from London,
while tho rest of Ireland Is for Spain.
Why Ireland north or south ehould.
sympathize with Spain in one of those
contradictions of human nature, one
of those psychological mystorlcs, of
which there Is no explanation. To
throw off the yoke of Kngllsh oppres
sion has been ths dream of centuries
of Irish patriots. "While tlio Kngllsh
scourged tho IrlBh In times past with
whips the Spanish oppressors lacenitc.l
the backs eff tho Cubans with scorpi
ons. Considering the relation that ex
ists nnd that has existed between this
country nnd Ireland this feollnjr of
t ympnthy w Ith Srnnlsh oppression Is
strangely Inexplicable. A large num
ber of tho crew of the Maine were of
Irish birth or parentage. Itellglous
affiliation did not stay tho hand of tho
dastard who sot clt tho mine that
blew up that ship.
Scotland, we arc told, goes solid for
the t'nited States, Scotsmen make
their homes rather In Canada than tho
United States, on this bide of the At
lantic. They are n liberty-loving race,
philosophical, Intellectual rather than
scnttinental. A Scotchman thinks more
slowly and deliberately than his Celtic
temperament would lead one to expect.
When ho has thought out his religion,
his politics, or even his drink or foot!
ho sticks to It with undovlntlnrr princi
ple. The majority of the engineers In
the Spanish navy are undoubtedly
Scotsmen. The Spaniards are poor ma
chinists. Plucky enough wher on deck
amid the roar and the excltei. nt of
battle, they completely lose their heads
In tho engine room or stokehole where
the horrors of the engagement uro an
ticipated without being neon.
On the whole wo have llttlo to com
plain on the part of our foreign critics.
Wo must not be supersensitive. Just
criticism can do us no harm. On the
contrary wo do not need the Innumer
nblenrtlclesof good wlll.encouragcment,
and exultation which tho valor, cool
ness and patriotism of our seamen and
gunii'irH call forth. The most marvel
ous sea fight In naval history was that
at Manlln. After sinking eleven of the
enemy's ships, our fleet of neven come
all but scathless out of tha encounter.
Nelson never did ns much; Camper
down or Howe could do no more. The
naval strategy cf such men as Dewey
and F.irragut Is above criticism as it
Is unparalleled in tho annals of marl
lime warfare. Such work speaks for
itself and makes comment of any kind
iitperiiuous.
Pennsylvania, troojx were the first
to offer themselves In response to the
president's call; tho first to mobilize;
the first to make almost unanimous
response after mobilization; and the
first to be detailed for business. Penn
sylvania is proving her title to be
known as the Keystone state.
From n number of pulpltn on Sun
day war bulletins were read; nnd the
act was appropriate, for this Is a war
to enforce the ethics of Christianity.
It wouid bo merciful to concentrate
on Havana at once and have the agony
over with ere the beginning of the
ruiny season.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily tlnroseope Drawn by Ancolius
Tlio Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 4.Di", a. m., for Tuesflftsj',
May 10, 1SDS.
XS? 3i
A child born on this day will scarcely
realize that It Is spring, now that hos
tilities at Baylor's fish pond have ceased.
The leal estate agent that cannoo
gather Inspiration for a bulletin board
or a newspaper advertisement from this
weather, Is certainly not up-to-date.
Patriotic ladles will boycott gowns ot
French manufacture from now on to tlio
closo of tho war.
Thu glorious reports received trom the
front these days aro enough to make the
Sheridan Monument association purchase
a stone quarry.
It Is understood that the "Columbia
Cavalry company" will be detailed to
guard tho Lackawanna river coast de
fenses. The Bonds of an
flngIoSai$on Leagiie
From tho Elniira AdvurtUer.
THE IDEA of an Anglo-Saxon alli
ance stirs the heart and llres the
Imagination. It would Include
within its raiiKo ubout one-third
of the eurtli's turfaco and moro
than half its foielgn trade. It would
band together about one-third of tlio
population of tho earth and form u com
bination by land and sea more Imposing
In power and proportions than ever be
fore entered into tho mind ot man. It
would also be the union of Industrial na
tions whoso interests aro best promoted
by peaco on earth while thuy have the
physical power to command that condi
tion. Such an alliance, furthermore,
would mean much beside the maintenance
of peace. The nations composing It
would bo peoples devoted to the Idea of
liberty under law, of Justice to tho in
dividual and freedom In tho highest de
cree consistent with order in the state.
In trade Its Idea would be expressed by
the phrase "the open port," as opposed
to tho 'idea of exclusion which marks the
policy of all nations outside ot tho English-speaking
world.
o
Vast as this conception is, it is still
capable of expansion. Japan Is tho great
industrial and military nation of the far
east. Her interests ho In tho samo di
rection as the Anglo-fc'uxon, that Is, in
tho open port with competition on cuual
terms with other nations. Add Japan to
tho nlllnnco as a party to It and the
scheme Is absolutely daszllng In Its mag
nlceuce. The peaco of tho world could
not bo lon;r disturbed without tho con
sent of tho allied powers. It could bo
scarcely brukui at till. Unjust nnd ciuel
methods of government might be ex
pected to puts mviiy under tho pressure
of a disinterested authority and civiliza
tion to advance by leaps and bounds.
o
Yet It dees not seem ndvlsable for
America to make such nn ullianco as Is
referred to, nor mako any other. An al
llanco cannot bo easily limited in its
scope. It will exceed tho purpose for
which It is foimed nnd Involve Its partici
pants In coir plications vhlch do not
concern nil its members. A dollnlto nl
llanco Is tncro upt to bo a source of
weakness than of strength from tho irri
tations caused by tho occasionally clash
ing policies of Its members. Thero Is iv
better wuy of accomplishing common
ends than by making ony agreements,
and tnat is liy encouraging and cherish
ing common Ideals. As Ions as tho Anglo-Saxon
nations stand for the same
principles they will be In ncconl. Mutual
Interests may awaken mutual admiration,
respect and even affection. If such feel
ings aro not spuitancous they can never
bo developed by compact, and It they are
Involuntary they will bo all tho stronger
and moro effectual because not stimu
lated by agreement not felt as an obliga
tion. n
Olvcn, then, tho tremendous attraction
of a common lauguago and a nearly com
mon blood, tho rest may bo left to the na
tional Intellgonco of each. Each will bo
free to determine when to stand by the
others with men and guns. America,
Britain und Japan are warmly disliked,
not to say huted, by other nations. Dem
ocratic, Imperial and manarehlo In form,
they nro much ullko In representative In
stitutions anil In btlnlners ideas. Too
widely separated to clash In their respec
tive spheres, yet Industrial beyond all
precedent, thoy perceive that their true
policy Is one of ponce and of honorable
commerce with nil nations. Thov ato
absolutely opposed to tho policy of col
onial exclusion. Tlio only tuo of nn alli
ance In tho Atiglo-Suxon-Jnpancso world
Is for defense against aggression. Popu
lar feeling in those countries will take
enro of that ns the ciko now stutnls. No
ono doubts that It Uuglnnd were llkoly to
bo overwhelmed uv any combination 6t
her enemies America would linvo to bo
beaten before tho task could bo accom
plished, and Japan, too. And tho samo
thing Is truo In each of the other cuson.
o
Jlonds of mutual Interest nnd of llko
lofty political Ideals nro stronger and
moro enduring than any other. They
need no attempted cementing by papor
propositions. Let us cultivate a frank
understanding with nil nations of llko
mind with our own and the alliances
will tnke caro of themselves without
causing fears thnt will force alliances
among still ether nations and ultimate
ly divide tho world Into two great camps
of hostilo peoples. Tho magnificent
American wny Is to maintain the loftiest
Ideals of n. national life nnd to welcome
Into friendship and support all other na
tions working under tho samo Inspiration.
We nro In no danger of forgetting that
blood Is thicker than water nnd wo will
not stand long on a punctilio when any
member of the Anglo-Saxon family is
assailed.
o
Thero In an alliance of blood nnd speech
Hint scorns all parchment agreements.
Thero Is a thrilling consciousness of a
world controlling destiny which has or
ganized Itself fnr beyond tho power of of
ficialism to nffect It. Tho Anglo-Saxon
world has moved Into nn nlllnnco under
tho Inspiration of n power mightier than
that of all Its statesmen combined.
LITERARY NOTRS.
Rlcb.ird Hnrdlrg Davis' "The Klng3"
Jackal" will be published In book form
by the Scrlbners In June.
Caspar Whitney Is tho chief corre
spondent of llarfer'H Weekly In the war
between tho United States and Spain,
Preliminary steps have been token for
tho erection of a monument In Chicnso
to tho poet Longfellow.
The introduction of George W. Cable's
"Tho Grandlfslrres," now coming out In
London, is by Mr. Ilarrle.
It Is reported that Ian Maclnren Is to be
editor of a now magazine, the llrst num
ber of which will appear In tho fall.
Baring-Gould Is writing the book of
Learmont Drysdale's now opera, "lted
Spider," taken from his l.ovel of that
namo.
A new novel by Max IVmberton, en
titled "Kronstailt." and giving a vivid
picture of a female spy working against
tho Russians, will be published shortly
by D. Appletoa & Co.
A "List of Books Relating to Cuba," in
the periodicals to collected works and
the periodicals to colected works nnd
to periodicals, prepared by A. J. C. Grif
fin, assistant librarian of congress, has
been published by tho library of congress.
The clearest, most concise and most au
thoritative presentation that has been
made of "Tho Trans-Isthmian Canal
Problem" la contained In an art'ele con
tributed by Colonel William Ludlow to
Hnrper's Magazlno for May. Its opening
words, "Chimeras are long-lived," do not
suggest Implicit faith In tho realization
of the dream of a direct westward p.as
suge for ships from Europe to Asia that
has been the Incentive to discovery, from
the days of Columbus, and Colonel Lud
low knows his subject too welt to be free
In the expression of off-hand opinions.
He does, however, very clearly present
tho conditions and difficulties of tha sev
eral suggested routes, tho mistakes that
have been mado and tho disappointments
experienced, and his paper may bo ac
cepted as nn exact statement of tho pres
ent position of the problem to which th
United States commission ot which bo Is
the most thoroughly equipped member is
expected to suggest the solution. Roches
ter Post-Express.
WAR A1EASURES IN TUG HOUSE.
Vote of Thanks to fie Tendered Ad
mi nil lowoy.
Washington, May 3. The greater
part of today In tho house was con
sumed by war measures. The recom
mendation of the president that a vote
of thanks bo tendered Commodore
Dewey and his associate officers and
men was followed quickly with an
unanimous vote and with equal concert
the house passed tho bill creating nn
additional rear admlralshlp for the hero
of Manila. The bill providing for tho
organization of a volunteer engineer
brigade and enlistment of 10,000 volun
te?r troops Immune to tropical dis
eases was passed after two hours of
debate. The pilncipal ground of oppo
sition presented was found In tho fea
tures giving to the president the ap
pointment of all otHcers.
The senate bill authorizing the army
to distribute food among the suffering
Cubans and to arm. the Cuban people
was passed.
AND DEW'EV CUT THE CABLE.
The seas are wide und also deep.
With Spaniards at the bottom.
The story of the hunts would keep
Securo with those who fought 'em.
To hold the goal that he had won
Tho commodore wns able.
"I'll tell 'em when tho Job Is done!"
And Dewey cut the cable.
"I lovo n quiet little light.
I love tho peaco of battle.
But I'll bo damned if I can quite
Put up with know-all cattle.
Too much advice Is worso than none,
And Washington is Iiabel:
I'll play this g.imo ns 1'vo begun"
And Dewey cut tho cablo.
Now all yo gallant Yankeo tars,
And lighters any wise, sirs.
If ou would win your golden stars,
Ueware of all advisers.
Just lay your plans, and tiro your sun,
As well as you uro able,
And, If you'd do what you've begun
Elko Dewey, tut your cable!
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ns the season advances, we prefer to
UNLOAD NOW.
FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS we will
submit our entlro stock at
Greatly Reduced Prices
Our principle line Is tho
Celebrated 'Derby Waist'
The many good points of which we
have been demonstrntfnir for years
past.
Madras Cloth, Dimity,
French Percale,
Scotch Qingham,
Cheviot and Pique
Are tho materials mostly shown In this
season's lino and our assortment be
ing almost unbroken do not hesitate to
avail yourselves of a great opportunity.
These nro but a few u.imploa of tho
"General Reductions:"
Lot 1
7 dozen Standard Print AVaUts;
a good one; well put together! our
00c. quality, at 13
Lot 2
10 dozen Cambric Waists; good In
every particular; our S3c. -luullty
at
ao
Lot 3
S dozen Cambric Waists: best
goods, and our iUUi quality, at .. SJo
Lot 4
5 dojen I'dtvule Waists, oxeallimt
quality nnd b'ooil patterns: our $1.23
quality at
03o
Lot 5
(i doen Parr-ate "Waists.bost goods
made; our regular SMS quality,
at U.IS1&
Lot 6
7 dozen Gliihair Wilsts, very
heKt styleB ami quality reduced
from ?105, nt $1.23
Lot?
5 dozen Cheviot Waists, handsome
patterns nnd excellent assortment!
our regular 11.85 quality, at $U.O
As our assortment of sizes will soon
lie broken we advh'o ou to mako your
selections early and save disap
pointment. R1A ntnrl B17
) SAG&AWANNA AVENUE
FINLEY'S
BAZAAR.
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Beautiful Dies of
American and Cuba F3ags
Novelties Up to the flinute
Stationery and Desk
Supplies
Of Every Description.
With all purchase! amounting to fltty cents
or over wo will i resent ono of the
Latest lYIaps of "Cuba"
gains m Boifc
Reynolds Bros
HTATIONEKS AM) ENGRAVERS.
HOTEL JEIIMYN UUILUINO.
inn Wyomlns Avcnua.
Wo rarry the lni'sest Una of ofTlco suppllei
In Norlhcnstratvrn Pcumylvanla.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Oecera, Agmt fir tlio Wyorala;
iufctilctrj.
DUP0HT
KffnWroKfG
Jllnins. Hlaitlnj, sportlnj, HmoUolon
und luo Iteptiunci Cuemiui.
mm explosives.
fcafety Kuso, Cup and Explodari
Room 101 Council Ilulldlng.
Ucrjntuu.
AUE.N'UIKS.
Til OH, I'nitti,
JOHN 11. 8JUTHA1J-V
V.. K..MULLIUAN
t'lttstai.
Plymouth
WIlkevRarr
Ml ' PLEASANT
(MM,
AT RETAIL.
Coal ot the best ouallty for domcstlo usa
and of nil slros, including Buckwheat and
UlrdHoye, delivered In any part of th
city, at the lowest price.
Orders recolvcd at tho office, first floor,
Commonwealth bulldlntr, room No, 6;
telephono No, 2C2I or ut tho mine, tele
phone No. 272, will bo promptly attended
to. Dealers) supplied at the mine.
WE T.. SMITE
ILjUUci