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THIS SUKAJNTOiN TIUUUJNjW MUiSjDAl'. MAX 'S6. 1S5J8.
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IMISril ATTIIF rORTOFPIOE AT 8CHANT0N,
l'A. ASRECOND-CI.VSI MAM. MATTPIl.
SCKANTON. MAY 23, 1S9S.
The proposition to cstnblbdi Riniiiirles
In tlieat Utltnln as a iiierautlonugalnst
Mai vntlon In the event of a hostile
blockade Is again receiving seilous con
f.(ltrnt!ntt acioi thi water. Accord
ing to-oiit llngllsh authotlty Hip pies
cut condition of Clio.it Hiltaln in re
spect of It dependent t uiion Impel ti
of btondtiifls "N without a paiallel In
either lt own hNtoij 01 the hKtoty of
nny other gtcnt nation" II ele(" not
liny a nation to din milage agile ultuie.
Whfr;ilK' I5tnm Idongs.
ThPfellccoslve tlolnvt in the piojeeted
campaign of Cuban invnMon and les
inu which liae Intel voned since th
declanulon of wat and whlih seem
likely to postpone actual land lighting
lor weeks and pohslblv tor months to
(onie, liave undoubtedly eapeiaUd
tlio Atneilr.ui people-, who ft el wounded
in their pilde b this open demonstra
tion liefole tile sight of a cuiplug world
rt their unptep.iudiie"t to effect their
own will, and vvho-i' instincts of hu
manity aie Inexpressibly s-hoeked at
the thought of tlio wholesale niottality
and surret Iiik among the itconcontta
iloes lor which theM del.is are Indl
1 tly lespoiudbli.
On the whole the people show exeni
plaiy patience. Hut "onie of tlr at
tempts which are being made to place
tlio blnine for our powciful nation's
Immediate powei leanest aie so unjust
that it may be woitli while to i on
slder this pbus-o of the subject with
come i are. Thovc who hold the piesl
Ueut 01 the sectetniy of war lesponi
Mo aro iinjilbt, because these ulllclpls
bimply execute tlie laws which con
Kieth pas-ses and expend the moii"y
Whose ependituie congtct-s nutlimlzt s.
For jeaia the war and na depart
lnAits have apiealed to congress for
Miillclontly enlaiged allowances to pio
lde for an omul gene y in our fenelgn
utfnlis suili as Is now uion u, but their
appeals hae been (ginned Dining the
past two yeais, when a war with Spain
Fcemed Inrreuedngl, piobable, tin- niill
taiy and nnnl nuthoiitle have ic
doubled tlieti piessuie but iiiimiesw
tool; no step until foiced Into pttcipi
tate nctlun by the distinction of the
Maine. It then voted JM).W0.(0 In
les-H than llftj inlnutes and if money
could tuuse a na. n aimy, guns
powder and ..applies to appiar betwixt
mm plug ami night we should now be
piopaml. not only to (lulu a tenth rate
piwer like Sp.i'n but. If necesi-at, any
tlher ilci-ai The executive iiti
thoiltie'j, pliue tliej locelved congress'
)iei mission to go ahead, have woiked
thivs and nights anil Sundays They
liavo poured tlie eai til 'foi imiehaslblo
ttlilpH and set the factories of the coun
try to wink on double and noble tin n
in the pinduellnn of Hie thousands of
article's that entei into a mllltaiy cnni
pciitn. ConsldeiliiK Hie elieuiiistances,
unci in view especially of Hie tact that
two months uk we had an uimy of
1pm than 21.000 men scattered ovt r an
men equal to lonllueiitnl Km ope and
lutidlj u iHitintl of nwcive powder, an
extra Bun, shell, tent, ambulance oi i
ra Ion they hnv c o .e it mu I, ably well, .-
W'thln this time they have Impiovised
an uim. if r.ft.noo men. pat tly i quip
ped: blockaded Cuba, destrojed the
pHtiltd) AslntU Mpiadion and put the
whole uiachineiy of wai -making in
lnotloli tow mil et giotitor tesults in
the proximate fiuuie Hut they have
dune In liable, with waste, and ciudely
what should have been done caietully
and dellbeiately. In piudentlal piepara
Hon. yeais and yeais ago.
Why won tills not done as It should
havo boon done, lelsuiely anil in time"
Wlty Jias coiiKiess been so dllatoiy and
neglectful? Answer these tiutstioiis
and juu can then moie falily
locate the blame In consldeiiiiR
thorn, lemember Hiat lonu'tess in
great mcasuie Is a iepieenia
tlvo body leflecfinK upon th whole
with notable fidelity ths aveiaso
opinion of Its constitutento. Hemein
ber, too, that foi years the pulpits
and the peace societies and the Mug
wump have denounced not only war
nnd war talk but even the proposition
to expend money In national Insutance
against being forced Into wat without
fitting pieparatlori. Educated men,
leaders In religious, social and business
circles, have cut led the Up In scorn at
the "Jingoes," so-called, who urged this
country, following Washington's afl
vice, "In time of peace to prepaio for
war." And thus Invested with the
semblance of eminent Indorsement the
falno economists in congress laid up
the appropriation bills, argued and hag.
Bled and haggled apd argued over
email details In navy building, delaying
the whole work; turned an unrespon
tlvp ear to the call for a tegular army
adjusted to meet, the country's steady
growth and wltl provision for einer-
1 ' t 7Sitd Ilia jtfltlon'n
machinery of nolf-protcctlon to get so
old and squeaky nnd ruety Hint now,
In the midst of war, we cannot for the
moment equnl the ragged Cuban Insur
gents In getting ot the half-starved
troops oX Spain.
I'ut tlio blame where It belongs.
Notwithstanding modern progress In
the occult. It Is doubtful If IJInncn'8
Imnglmtlon will bo sulllclent lorn? to
reconcile the victims of the Havana
blockade to the link of meat nnd po
tatoes, I'ornkcrand the Battle. flngs.
In the New York Sun of vostctiluy
appeared a statement by Senatoi Fora
her, of Ohio, of opinion concerning the
priipoItIon that the North should it
turn to the South in token of tetored
amity and comradeship the Confedei
nte lings captured in battle during the
war of secession. I'm t of It, most ot It,
In fact, t elates to the reasons which
impelled Ctcneral Foraker, when gtuer
not of Ohio, to defv President Clove
land's attempt In 1PS7 to force such a
i etui n. These had to do with Mr.
Cleveland's own unfortunate nttitude
both dining and since that war and
alo with the unlinuliuess and effi ont--iy
of his attempt.
"Hut now," sajs Senator Foraker,
'we have an entlielv different situa
tion Tin. nres-ent president of tlie
I'nltod States was not only In full sym
pathy with the Union cause, but ho
fought for it with distinguished bfav
ct j and devotion fiom the beginning
until the ending of the conllict. lie
bole an Impoitant part In the captures.
Ills action In favoilng a leturn would
not be misinterpreted No Improper
significance tould bo attached to It.
ll thoo who opposed the proposition
when advanced by .Mr. Cleveland have
conllilince, icspect and admiration for
the wisdom and patllotlsm of l't evi
dent MeKtnley, anil theiefoie know
theie could be no other puipoe In it
all than to subervo our common wei
faie. It could not be connected In any
way with political sutcess or defeat
It could not In tlie slightest affect the
veitllct Hint has been lendeied with re
spect to secession and disunion.
' Hut In anolhei respect the situation
Is exceptionally favoiable. We are at
war with i fotelgn nation, and no sec
tion of the countt y is mote patilotic
and zealous In Hie .support of our cause
than the South. Those who bote aims
against the t'nlon have by thousands
engage tl in its service. Some of Hie
most distinguished olllcets of the Con
federate aimy cie manning as gener
als at the head of our columns. They
aie now as conspicuous for the llag as
they were then against It. In the con
giess every war mcasuie has been pat
riotically hiippoited bv all the iepie-s-ontnthes
of the seceding states, and
Hie administration idles upon them
with entire confidence and In Hie belief
and knowledge that sectional lines and
past differences havo been effaced for
the purposes of the pending struggle,
and that to the end of it all alike will
lemember only that they aie Ameri
cans. Theie Ins been a new dedication
to the caus- of llbcity. humanity, and
fiee institutions. It einbiaces all tha
people of eveiy state and fceetloii. To
the men who fought with Grant nnd
Sherman nothing could be moie giati
fylng than the lealizatlou that thev
have lived to see the day when the
t'liion they upheld Is defended with all
the at dor of sincere pattlotism by the
men who fought with l.ee and Jack
son. "It Is pre-eminently a time for unity
of sentiment, hat ninny of action, and
all-piev ailing friendship and good fel
lowship. Not only are Lee and 'Wheeler
and the men of the South marching
abtcast with Wade and Shafter and the
men of the Noith, but the b'ins of all
the states are side by side In our navy.
In Hie hatbor of Caidenas Ensign Hag
lev, of Noith Caiolina, and John 15.
Meek, of Ohio, gave up their lives to
gether on the deck of the Window. In
the bombaiitment of San Juan the bat
tleship Iowa was commanded by
Fighting Hob' Kvans, of Vitginla, and
In the far-away harbor ot Manila, the
gieat vlctoty of Dewey was achieved
by the hemic represent itives of almost
all the states of the Ui ion, thoo fiom
the South and those fiom the Noith
Swing Willi each other to win the day
for their common country and to add
glory and lenown to the Hag of our
fntlp rs. In the presence of such facts
we can well affoul to tuin out batks
on all but the lessons of the past, and,
blotting out the bitter memoiies of es
ttnngcinent and strife, picss forwnid
to the future with a common conlidenco
and pilde In the destiny that awaits
us."
Woids like these deseive the widest
publlcltj.
Spanish war craft leaving the Ameri
can navy department free to concen
H.ite its ships nnd Its energies upon tho
problem, thus far unsolved, ot coping
with Cervein's Hying squadron in the
Noith Atlantic.
The tardiness with lilt It re-lnforce-ments
have been despatched to him
opens up another Held of comment and
critic Ism with which Dewey himself
has nothing to tin. This tardiness in
humiliating If not unpardonable: but
It is probable that tho government has
done the best It could under the em
barrassing i Ircutrstances which hive
conftonted It since congress forced a
war befoic voting lnonty or authorizing
the preparations necessaiy to wage It
efiectlvely at tho drop of the hat.
0
Mnny persons arc predicting that the
war will so shake up public sentiment
that a lot of tho hangers on now bnr
nacled on American politics will be cut
adrift and the general tone of politics
made better. Them Is certainly big
room and welcome for such a pi edi
tion's fulfilment.
Heroic deciding whether we aie to
keep the Philippines or not, It was ob
viously le to make sure that we had
got and could hold thorn. This the ad
ministration is doing with ndtnliablo
foresight and eneigy.
Ml. Gladstone mado his own career
and hi'tl no title, yet at his death eveiy
sovereign In Uutope wired messages of
condolence. The suptemncy of quality
over tank has seldom been so conspicu
ously illustiutcd.
New ideas and lmger ambitions aie
the ptedleted lesulls on the American
side of the war with Spain. New ideas
and less conceit will be Spain's portion.
ment, Commnndcr Crownlnshleld is chief
of Hip bureau of navigation mid it mem
ber ortho strategy board. Ills declara
tions In reference to the canal are expert
testimony. All the public dlscutlon over
tho canal hits hllhc'ito been doxoled to
Its commercial itspttts Now that we are
In war the list fulness of the canal to
our national dufetifo looks larger than
even Its i Mormons importance to coin
met cc
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Two jenrs ago no una dreamed of war
wltli Spain. At tint time tnc udinlnlslia
Hon with Hip unanimous support of con
gtes hud ollleliilly challenged war with
the mightiest nation In Uttrope, although
(in-lit llrltnln prssessed a licet one-half
of which could have annihilated our tny
and bombtrdud every city on our coaslN
without hindrance. Now var with nny
Hut opt an power wlilch has equal or supe.
rlor luval sttrneth to ours Is not more
unforeseen today than the Spanish war
wits two veirs ago. In ease of such war
wo havo two sea coasts n week s Journey
apart bv land and two months npuit bj
sea. Without ships enough to protect
one of out coasts ngnlnst the llect of
Prance, of Uernmnj, or of Russia, we
have two long co tst lines nnd no possi
bility of shifting tho fleet from one to tho
other to meet nit enemy's attack. If the
llect were divided In peace either half
might bo overwhelmed In war before they
could bo united bv the long voyage
around the Horn. With the fleet concen
trated on cither coast the other coast
could bo ravaged b a weak enemy with
Impunity.
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A gieat nation without direct commun
ication between Its coasts Is at an ugl
disadvantage. In tlmo of peace Its com
nurce Is at a disadvantage In time ot
war Its defense Is nt a tetrlblo disad
vantage. Our position Is what It would
be If with nti army of invasion about to
land on tlio Parlile cmst there were no
Pacllle railroads nnd It would take two
months to march an nrmv to meet them
What has happened this onr miy hap
pen again. We m ty think fortune that It
Is a weak nitlon Into war with which we
wero hurried before we knew It It is ns
llkrlv to h ippen with n strong powei. If
It does let us hope that this war will have
taught us the niiesslU of connecting our
sea coasts.
NeW Dispensation
of Imperialism
AMKUMJA'S II lK 11.11 ACV.
Hawaii in point of aica is not equal
to onc-t-eveiitli of Cuba not to one
twentieth ot the Philippines, jjut stiat
eglcallv It is wot til l!:.ul both.
rot -ewey.s i-ault.
l nntiuental ciltlcs have begun to tlnd
fault with Dewey'H woik at Manila.
Some ot them say It vwis foolhai illness
In the A met k an admtial to attack the
Spanish Asiatic sqiudtoii until assuied
that ample ie-lntoi cements weie nt
hand either to cover his tetieat If un
buccssful or. In the event ot vlctoiv,
to make his campaign Immediately et
fective on land. One (icimnu papei,
while pialslng tho toinnge shown by
Dewey and his men, nseits that had a
German admit nl taken the ilsks which
Dewey took, tiu would be coin l-inai -Holed.
Comments like this nte to be expect
ed. They follow every gieat achieve
ment on sea or land. The facts are
that Dewey did vWiat lie was oideied
to do and did it so well that lie will
hereafter rank among the world's
greatest naval commanders It was
not his place to provide leinfoi cements.
Ho was told to enpture or destroy the
Spanish fleet and that he did before
that fleet had un opportunity to get
away from him. Had he dilly dallied
until some of Monlljo's faster vessels
had got out of the Manila htirbor and
begun to dodge niound umong the 1,200
tslanda In tho Philippine nichlpelago,
months might have elapsed beforo any
considerable pait of his mission was
completed and tho lack of Atnerlcun
coaling stations In that part of tho
world might and probably would havo
foredoomed him to falluro altogether.
Hy his promptness ho not only assured
tho success of his Immediate mission,
)lM- 'S JmmJ Ika l r.l4
Pi om Hie Ni x.ulk 'llihuip .
MPi:niAUS.U is a wotd now i ft. n
heard In dlscu-sloiis ol mi national
pollcj.. It It. is not hltheito had an
nc i pleasant sound to Ametlcan ears
it lias been held snuoiiv metis with
t'uisatism and itmlniscent ot the usut na
tion mid tnvwlr. di spotlsm of Louis Na
polion, uud against un, thing resemoling
these latter no tcblstancu could bo too
hticnuaus. Hut such aie not the onl nor
the ttuest dellultlons of the tetni. There
Is another Imperialism, tho Imperialism
ot tho nation, not of its tiller. Tliat Is
the new impctl.allsm of the day and of
the. future, by no means n pugnaiit but
lather welcome to the thoughtful Amer
ican mind.
o
Piicounted times New York lias been
callid an 'Imperial city. ' For u ei ntuty
tills his bcn known lib iho "Kmplre
state " In such sense, In its full anil log
leal expansion, we may well have an im
perial nation. Indeed, John Marshall,
in ally eighty ears ago, called this tho
"Ameilmn Hmnlie ' The time lias lomo
f to faco tho fact and get accustomed to it.
Wo are not going into laud-grabbing lor
the mete sako of greedy acqalsltlon. We
are not going to make a big empire Just
for tho bako of being big. Hut the Iso
lated, testrleteil, continental Idea, never
well sanctioned and never tpproved bj
reason, must henceforth be a tiling ot tho
past. Then Is no moro leason why our
material pe (-colons should be confined
within certain limits than whv our cotn
metce, our navels, our cltlturo and ob
spi ation, our human sympathies, should
be thus cotitlrcd. There tire, strong rea
sons why o should take nnd hold two
classes of lands, in whatoeir quattcr
of the woi Id they nny be found
o
Otto class consists of mi th 1 tnds ns Ho
so near these states as to belong natural
ly to our system nnd to involve in their
nilmlnlstialloii our peaco and welfare.
Hawaii Is such a territoty. Porto Illco
m.iv so be teckotied, and Cuba ussuredly
will be. unless as Is to be hoped-she
shall develop sufficient ability for self
gov eminent to make her un acceptable
Independent neighbor. The other class
consists of such lands, however remote,
as may through tho exigencies of war or
othervviso be practically and morally
foiced uiion us. Stub tue tho Philippines,
of which this nation is now taking pos
session, and wlilch It will ndmlnlstcr nc
coidlng to its judgment and ubllltj.. Wo
had to tako thun as u war measuto
against a hostile power, and. having
taken them, responsibility for theit fu
ture lests unavoidably upon us.
o
The cut Ions statement is put forw.lld
thut the posse sMon of a colonial empire
is Incompatible witli true icpuhl(caiiim.
Nothing could be much wider of tho
mark. The fact Is, as i vcr. history-reading
hchoolbjv knows, that lepubllcanltm
and tills form of Imperialism go hand in
hand. The greatest and most lasting
"empires" havo been built by republics
The example of Athens springs lendily to
mind a republic, et tlio founder of n
itiloiiial tniplio before wlilch that of
Alexander setius pott. Ot Home, whoso
woild-embiacliig empire was acquired uu
dir the n public Ore.tt Hritatn may bo
cited, too, a inouaicliy in fotm, but a de
mocracy in fact, who.so empire In all
quarteis of the globe has been built cp
since the Fulled Kingdom became lor all
ptaetleal pat poses u n public. So, too,
tho colonial dom iln of France is an out
giowth of the Third lit public. These cm.
plies aro gnater and lar moro enduring
than tho monarchical domains of Philip
II and of Napoleon Honapaite. The re
public is tho succe sxful empire-builder.
And this is so in theory as well as In
praetite The republican prlnclplo is tho
Impel Inl piinelple For only tlie state
that governs ithilf might is fitted to gov-
iii tilbutury slntcs and bring Hum up
to It own htnndaicl. The monarchical
impliu maj, 1 iiiquitPd nnd held for sel-
llsh unit opptessive gain Tlio republican
einplte is devi loped and civilized lor its
own lasting good.
o
We havo hllhtrto shown that the im
pel lal pollcv Is not onlj not forbidden,
but Is actuall.v piovldid fot bv thu con
stitution, iiml h ,s been sanctlomd and
ptoinoteil bv tlie action of the nation and
tin Judgments of Its foremost statesmen
tor mom than a hundred enrs. It Is no
ntvv thing It is our constitutional and
histoid polk). It l, moreovei, the pol
icy of all best suited to tho genius of the
people. Tor ouis Is pte-emlnontly tlio col
emlzing race It is u commercial race,
too, and commercial expansion demands
colonial expansion. Theie Is no fact moio
maiked than that. Phoenicia and Athens
in old times, Oleat Hiltaln and Gennany
in later dajs. exemplify it In tho nio-it
coiivinolng manner la ssons come, too,
nnd solemn warnings It is to be remem.
beicd how thu ancient empires fell. Tho
Impressive example ol Spain Is Just bo
foie us Nii, this nation Itself Is a re
minder to Itself of how Ureat Iirltnln lost
her flnest colonies In proceeding with
this suprimu development of her policy
and mission the Fulled States will do
well to bear In mind how Spain lost the
Ameilcns and Is now losing tho Antilles,
and how On at llrltnln lost tho Thliteeii
colonies, but bus n tallied Canada and
Australia. If we shall heed the lessons of
thu past we shall bland secure, wtth
tioplc domains added to mu arctic piov
ince. If we tduill not heed them, and not
work rlrhlcouMiesa In tho cslutes torn
mltted to our cure, wo shall do as Spain
lias dona nnd meet the fute that 1ms be
fttllen her
Acconlliig to "Holland" an Knglls'i
statesm in of renown tecentlv said to a
tiietul In Ameilia that the Fulled States
would not realize tho etioimll. of its re
Mitirees until they hud been tested, lie
milled. "You can feed wit rout Importing
,i slnfjle article, except coffi the grcat
i st utm. ever gathered and cm do tt
eur after ear. You can ptoviui coai
tot all the navies of the world without
any illfllcult;,. You can clonic our
armies, for jou havo not onlv the manu
factories for making eloHiitig, but ou
have tho raw material to make tlie cloth
ing with. You can manufacture nil the
ammunition iou need and ou are the
equal of anv nation In the woild In milk
ing armament. This cannot bo said of
any othei nation. Oixit Britain would bo
compelled to iclj upon hel colonies.
Ft ante and Ocrman cannot now leeu
their own people without Importing
breadstuffs: HussU can feed, but sho Is
at the mercy of the ortls ins of other na
tions for much of her mechanical needs.
Besides that, the Fulled States could
carry on a most expensive wat for manv
ears without boi rowing a dollar, and
that Is something which no other nation
excepting Gnat Britain would be nblo
to do." Oreit Hiltaln no eloubt has a
thorough understanding of tho enormity,
tho inexhaustible mtuie and the perfec
tion of thc!,o rcsotuces, and that Is one of
the reasons whv she, animated no doubt
In homo measure by self-interest, Is now
looking with cordiality toward the United
States.
i.OOIJ TI HI'S A-COMIN'.
Marso Sampson claimed do ocean blue
A-Iookln' fo' be dciino who;
From llibima to Maitlplqito
Lo'd, how lie irnko dem big guns speak!
De said do Spr.nish gone to Cadiz,
If he eeitcli dem ile, 11 go to Hades,
And dar they'll think do w elder cool.
To what dey felt on ells footstool.
Olo Mnssa Dewey brat 'cm all,
Ho run 'em down and mako 'em small,
And In Manila now dey prav,
"Lo'd, take Maise Dewey clean away."
Hut jest vou wait fo' ole Marse Leo;
He 11 show ou somethln' wuth to see;
And when his "eorn-fed" bovs sing out
Dun Spaniards dcy'll go up tho spout.
Slch times has nebber jet been seed
As hho' will come when Cuba's lrcetl;
IjIs nlggah'll shout in loud hosannas,
"l'T cent a duz for fat bananas."
Wld watermllllons cent apiece,
De trade will run ns slick ns greiso;
Den add do Guv'ment pensions, too,
And wc 11 have no mo' wuk to do.
With Miles, Jot Wheeler, ITtzliugh Lee,
Togeddcr, is ti sight to see,
"Old Olnrv" In de lead wo siy
"My brcderln, slstem, let us piav."
Fnclo Sclpio, In the Sun.
GOLISMITrS
BAZAAM
To Arm:
the
Cry
v
The magnificent victory that at
tended our navy at Manila, the valor
of our sailor boys, the heroism that
surpasses the brave days of old, has
agitated with patriotic enthusiasm the
great popular heart and has tremend
ously and laudably increased desire to
kdow as much as possible about our
navy, our army, our fortifications and
the military resources of the nation.
This ambition is being gratified
by our beautiful portfolio publications,
"Uncle Sam's Navy."
Now ready.
Seven Portfolios have been published up to date and a few
more are to come which, when bound, will make a grand
acquisition to any library.
The subscription price is 25 cents, and you will have to
wait for them for a long time. Our price is only 10 cent a
Portfolio, and seven numbers ready for immediate delivery.
Lewis ReMly
& DavSeSo
ALWAYS Ilim
THE 5ALE 35 ON.
hHJIMHU POO! WKAIt IT IS NO I'HAT
to pii oun PUKr in oun stouu?.
wi: auh rirriiRs op pklt.
The Closer
You examine them tlie
better you will like
them.
Tailor Hade at
Ready Hade Prices.
Perfect Fit or No Sale.
Step in and see what we
have.
We know we can please
vou.
Everybody buys at the 7
same price.
Lewis, Rely & Bavies,
lit AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
MILL k CQMRt
321 N. Washington Ave.
A MUCH XAMI1I) soVintlWiJ.N.
Wa-hlrBton Letter, Chicago llocoid.
Tlie real n.imo of tho llttlo khiR of
Spain Is Alftn-o Lpo Peidinand Marli
.lames Isieloro Pascal Antonio. klnB of
Spain of Castile., eif Leon, ot Ar.iRon, of
tho two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarro
of Oian.ida, of Toledo, of Valencia, ef
n.illcla. of Majorca, of Mlnoica of Se
ville of Centcn.i, of Cordova, of CorcrK.i,
of Murcla. of Jncn. of Alccre of AIro
s'lirs, ot Gibraltar, of the C.unrles, of tho
i:.ist and West Indlt-n, of Intlln, and tho
Oceanic continent, archduke of Austria
tlukn of lltiiruridv, of Ilruhant and of
Milan, count of llapsburtt, of Plindor-.
it Tjrol and of ltaicelonn, and lord
of llls-t'.iy and Molina. ThN Ik a cata
Iobuo of the lost empiro of Spain.
TiWFrf'
i,i:st 1: roit(.i:r
Prom tlio Toronto Globe.
There Is perhaps a little too much laud
iitlon of tho talcntn and viitues that are
Ktippostd to accompativ tho usu of tho
I'liKltah laiKiiape, nnd Iludjard Klplins's
"Lost vvt forKet ' iniRht with prollt bo
taken to heart by the whole LnKllnn-t-poaklnn
world nnd made to Include a
praer tm'.iinst t.plf-rlRtiteuiisnes against
moral and Intellectual as well us marllil
conceit Hut, on tho whole, the fabric
of these communities is sound anil Hull
alllmeo would mark a lontr Htapo in the
forvsaid march of mankind.
CHINA amid
Im Aijoad UK
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
Inbtiylng a brass Hedstead, be ure that
jouijct tho best. Our bras IledsteaiH nra
nil uindo with soanilos brass tubing nud
Iramo w ork is all of steel.
Ibey coal 110 moie than many bocUtcnds
made of tho open seamless tubing, livery
bedstead In highly tlnlsliod and lncquerel
under a peculiar method, iiothlns ovor hav
lng been produced to equal it. Our new
Spring I'utturna ure now on exhibition.
Boyle e&
Mmicklow9
iIQLfai-ynaa'lfG,Kl,H'BH'iMriMll
PSaafiffleBSB'
1 KnHitJTC7s r..wj".wi"Biui i.vai
4116 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
FINLEY'S
Wash
Gut
and
fATRTOTIC STATONEW
Beauti'ful Dies -oi
American and Cuba Flags
Novelties Up to the flinute
Stationery and Desk
Supplies
Of Every Description.
With nil purchase! amountltiK to fifty cents
or over wo will i resent ono of tha
Latest Maps of " Cuba "
Wffltc
Goods
S,
H1H &
CoinieeU
At 121
North Washlujloii
Avenue.
Scran ton, Pa.
1IIB MODISIIN HAllDWAKK bTOKE.
Tho nnnnitntenietit of a SPIIL'IAI.
SALU In these liucb, Is yullloient to
make business boon on tiny oidlnan
occasion, but when wo say 'this Is ivj
o.-rllnury occasion," and that dining
the coinliiK week wo will In ins t tin
fiont tho nilST A.VD P.UIOlITlIST a
sorted ctoel; of evetythliiT that comes
under the "heat'iitiK" of Watdi Gio.I
ever brought to this el'y, wo nte not
departing from tho truth.
A
)pecial
of
e
Only way to get the best
A NRED OF WAR.
New Voik Commercial-Advertiser.
"If wo had tho Nicaragua cunil." Is
the point of Commandor CiovvnliiHhlclrt'H
...I. ..,... ..... t,..j a miblln ilauu
We havo Just received nnother bulk
ear load of Whlto nnd Decorated China
and Porcelains, nnd can now show
you the latest designs and decorations
In Dinner, Ten and Toilet Seta at
prices that can only lie made when
goods nro bought In largo quantities
and direct from the inanuftictuier.
i
TIE CiEMQilS, FERBER,
AIXEY CO.
i'J'J Ltu'ltavruuna Avaaut
Buy The AlasktSL
BEST Air Circulation
BEST Lining
BEST Construction
EASY to Clean v
Without doubt tlie
BEST
REFRIGERATOR
MADE
FME k SIEAE CO.,
113 N. Washington uvc.
will mako thefeo lepnt Intents tho Cen
ter of Attraction, an I u vitlt to either
will well repay you. If only to seo what
la teully the Con-i't Things to bo wnin
In Summer Facibn.
For a real Warm 'Wenthor Dtess. Oi
gantlles natuially will claim flist place,
and our colleetlon of choice things
never equalled whnt we tue now show
ing. We havo them In tho most exclu
slve designs.
The sumo can be said ns to our un
limited assortment of
Fine, Plain and Fancy
Piuqes, Dimities,
Scotch Ginghams,
Madras Cloth.
Cheviots, etc.
And our pi ices jou will nlvvnys find
In keeping with tho quality.
Umbiellas tecovoied whllo you wait.
Wo also do tepalrlng on fliort notice.
Telophone, No. 3,102.
Rey molds Biros
Jsl'A'llO.NLIlS A t) KVUKAVUllS,
HOlLli JLltJUN UUILUINO.
J!10 Wjomlni! Avomia
Wo carry the Inruest llni of olTIca nuppliei
111 Nortlieauaslcrn I'oiiiisjlv.inlii.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Afjent for tha Wyoiuln;
UUtrloU).
DUP01T8
PI1IEB.
illulii, Huisiiik;, sportln;, HmokoloJl
uud ttiu ltcpauuo Cnemtcc
i umpiiny s
IM EXiPLOSIVES.
tufely I'uve. taps nnd Uvplodar.
llooui 101 t'otitiPll Uulldlug.
acruutuu.
AUP.NCI13.
TIIO, ITllttl
JOilNli. hVUllKfiON
i. li.MULLltiA.
PltHtun
Plvtnouth
Wllkts-llarrj
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
IT.
PLEASANT
M
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of tho best quality for domestic us
and of all sizes, Including Huckuheut and
Hlrdseje, delivered In any part of th
city, at tho lowest price.
Orders iecelcd at tho ofllco, flrst floor,
Commonwealth building, room No, 6;
telephone No. AJ21 or nt tho mine, tol
phono No. :?.', will bo promptly attended
to, Dealers supplied at tho mine.
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