THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JTOE 20. 1898. (Se IJcwmfon CtnBune Published Illr, Ktcept Sunday, by the Tribune PuWUMiu Uorupany, ut Fifty Cents Month. The Tribune's telegraphic news is from three to five hours fresher than that of any Philadelphia or New York paper circulated in its field. Those papers go to press at midnight; The Tribune receives news up to 3 a. m. nnd sometimes later. All the news in The Trib une while it is new. New York Offlcc: 1AO Niusan St., S.8 VHKKl.ANO, Pole ARent foi foreign Advertising. IMFJIED ATTIIF rOSTOfFirK AT "SCriANTON, IA., AS SECONn-Ct.ASS MAIL MATTER. SCRANTON Jl'NB 20. 1898. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. tint p. Governor-WILLIAM A. STONE. Lieutenant (Jocrnot -J. V. S GOIHN. Secretary of Internal Atf.ilrs-- JAMES W. I.A'1 TA : Judge nt Superior Court W. W. TOU ti:r. Congro'smcn nt - I-nrgc SAMUEL A. DAVEM'tRT, UALl'SUA A. GROW. ' LrpMnlivr. .First nistrlct-.lOHN n. 1'ARR. l0UOijJ3IstrJtL-J0nN r. REYNOLDS. COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM It will be mj purpi hp when plrctod to o conduct mtPl( up to win tli lcspect und'gootl will ot tbcsp who hint oppose I tne us well n thcuc whci live given me their support. I elinll lit the governor of the whole eople ol the .state Abuses hac undoul.tefll giwn up in the legis lature which jire neither the fault of one party nor the other but rather tin growth of cmtrm lr rfc-pssaii lnetl Fatlons hne hern nuthnilzcd by commit tee?, resulting In unnet es.ir epenr' to the Mtiite. It will be inv care nntl pur pose to correct thep unri other evils In o fnr as I htie the powet It will be mv purpose while govcrnoi of TVnnj lvanla. ns It has been m purpose In the public positions that I have h.'ld, with God's help, to discharge mv whole duty The people nro greater than the parties to which they belong. I am only Jealous of their fax or. I shall only nttempt to win their approval and my experience has taught me that that can best be done bj nn honest. modcH, dally discharge of public duty. The teal war poet Is still missing. Thcte are many excellent adaptations of old songs to now circumstances, hut the genuine ballad has not et ap penrPd. Have the American people lost the Klft of heroic poesy? Asleep at Their Posts. For sleeping on post, two memlie-s of the New Jeisey Infnntty hae been bofme a olunteer lourt-maitlal at Sandy Hook, the deliberations of which have . just been promulgated. One was a sergeant of the guard nt the big gun left nt Fort Haniock. He was found guilty of sleeping In a tent and he was sentcnied to be reduced to the ranks and to be confined at hard labor for thteo months; a light sen tence, as In the regular aimy the pen alty Is $10 line and six months at liuirt labor in time of peace, while timing war It is much more seveie. The second offender was a torpotal nnd he was acquitted of the chaice The mavlty of these oftences was greate! than mcie sleeping on post for the olfendets weie officers of the Kumil to whom the sentinels lepottcd and the defence of New Ymk cyy was In thelt hands, as they were in chaige of the costly fmtlllcations at Handy Hook. It was thelt duty If the ap pioach of the enemy was leported to them to sie that the dee tile cunents weie turned on to tire, the subinniine mines: that the rapld-flie guns weie manned and the big cannon in the' gun-lifts were ttalnetl on the foe. All this was shown In the dlsappiovul of the tfpott for acquittal sent b.uk by the commanding genet.il. Iioth men vvcro oluntecrs, yet the penalty for such gtoss negligence should bo sevne enough to bo a significant w amine to all otheis in whom such a solemn trust may bo conllded To the civilian the few moments' sleep snatched by a weary soldier while on duly may seem n small mat ter, liut the lesporiMhlllty thus Ignored is, doin a military point of view, sec ond to almost no other breach of dis cipline. fiencral Miles evidently believes in tho good ultl doctrine of one thing nt a time. Germany and the United States. In government clicks nt 'Washington not the slightest credence is plated in the rumors emanating, from London and probably originating on the Ber lin Hourse that the Get man empertr is contemplating uctlve Intenenllon in tho Philippines. The kaiser In well aware that such Interference ah he Is nld to have In view would Involve this country und Oermany in an Im mediate nnd terrible war. To oppose the debarkation of cur Hoops nt Man ila would practically transfer the theater of action (torn Hpaln to CJer miiny. If Admit it t Dietrlchs should In terfere In this mannei Admit al Dewey would not hesitate fur u moment to attack the German squadron with or without. Instructions from Washington. If war a'nd conquest are to becnrtledon under the Bemblance of international law, Germany's alleged opposition tu our proceedings in the Philippines would stand alone In the hlstoiy of the modern world without precedent, or even tradition to Justify It. The os tensible icason put forth why 'iflrjnit.ny wishes to oppose our landing Is th pnfejTtiHnllrvK of Get man tntPi'pBta tn tho Island. Such a pre ii.ii m - text If acted upon would be n hol low mockery. We have dispatched n large number of tioops to tho Island to ensure that eiy object, not nlono to Get many, hut to forelgneis of every nationality. Tho Ametlcati Hag does not cover nn Inch of freebooter ter ritory. Theie seems to he n linking sus picion on tho continent of Europe that Germany will not let slip tho oppor tunity to seize the Philippines by fnlr inouiitf or foul. She was tho Hist power to grab a pan of China nnd tho domination ot the Phllpplnes is of such Mist Importance In tho de limitation of the Celestial emplto that the temptation to selzo them Is thuught to bo Irresistible. Hut Germany Is not dealing with China. The f nlted States, with Us wealth, its resources, Its men and Its money, Is behind the lvro of MHiilln. What ho lins con quered we shall keep with all the strength wo possess until tho time comes for the loudjustment of our for eign policy. In snylng so, wo havo no Intention of ousting tho semblance of a slur on tho Geiman people, the Ger man army or tho German navy. In their degree they nro a mighty people backed by a mighty host of warrlois on sea and land No one understands better than the Umpeiur William that his great army nnd navy are neces sary to the stability of his thiono and the rolldarlty of his empire from tho attacks not of tho Americans, but of his neighbors. The German people hae not built, up tills great army nnd maintained this system of militarism at the cost of so much blood and ti ensure to dissipate It In colonial ex pansion wheie that Involves a war with a country which Is tit any rato as lesouicoful In men nnd Infinitely more so In wealth than they are thrm selvc. There Is not tho slightest ftar of Germany risking a war with tho ln I ted States, a war of puie aggres sion Tlie United States Is the homo of some millions of Get mans or citizens of Gerniandescciit. They lorm one of the most progressive nnd patriotic ele ments of our common national life in commerce, art, manufacture, in law, lelLglon and literntuie. They are all Americans without forgetting the land and stock from which they have sprung. Theie are thousands of young men and young women In the Got man empire looking forward to a domestic home In this country. The Germans aic not a colonizing people. They ptefer to flock where Industiy Is ahead established lather than to foiegathei wheie It has to be Initiated and built up. At the faint time It is natural that the Kmperor William should deslie to see tho possessions which he has ndded to the empire colonized by his own subjects. Diplo macy Is not one of the lctt arts, that two such gicat and friendly nations should be Involved In a war without the slightest premonition t the peo ple of both, beyond the ngue and Indefinite rumors of n few iucipmslble foielgn gossips. Tho thlnrt is impos sible The war department has done wisely In revoking the ctctlentlals of Sergeant Mahon of the Ninth regiment as tho war correspondent of the Wilkes-Bar re Times. The dispute which letently arose between Sir. Mahon, Colonel Dougherty and the newspapers oer the Ninth's canteen demonstrated con clusively that no pilvate soldier or ofll cpr ouclit to seive at the same time ns nn active and critical newspaper reporter, the two functions being mani festly antagonistic. The duty of a sol dier is not to find fault nor to pose a3 a mar tyr but to obey. A Mlsllt Colonel. When William Jennings Brjan talsed a , regiment In Nebraska It seems scaicely ci edible that he realized what he vvas about. No sooner had the ad ministration accepted his sei vices and the sen Ices of his follow cms as a unit In the mllltaiy uganlatlon uf the United States than "Colonel" Btyan let the woild Into tho becret of the role he was about to play. The gov cu nor of Nehiaska gave him and his regiment a benediction, calling them the first "silvei" le-ciment raised irr the coun try, thus publicly proclaiming these men political enilssnrle.s. Mi. Bijan vvas not lesponslble, of course, for the governor's speech, however near and agieeable the words were to his policy nnd to his sentiments. But ho Is ac countable for that which he himself said later on "Colonel" Biynn has taken the oppoitunltv to deliver him self of the essence of one of his peii patetle political lectures. He Is op posed, he says, to the annexation of Hawaii. Mr Bryan as a politician is fiee to ontcitain this or any other opinion he pleases, but as the colonel of n regiment Ills duties nie to keep still and obey orders. His opinions on how these oiders are to be executed must be stiietly suboidinated to a higher executive authority. What should bo thought of Admiral Sampson if, on the evo of Ills sailing for Cuban waters, he had assembled hie men and given them to understand that, al though ho obejed thu ordeis ns they werp given to hint and would do so in future, he disagreed with the policy ot the administration whlth ho voluntar ily undertook to serve nnd felt at lib erty to ciltlclze It? He would have been Informed that, although his opin ions weie his own, they must find uttciniice not as un admlial of the navy, but as n politician; not on the quarter deck, but on the stump. This Is tho danger which the lalBlng nnd organization ot volunteer regi ments by ambitious political leadens Involves. They can never foiget they aie politicians first and soldiers a long way behind. They keep nn eye to the cUnnce of winning a wavering constit uency lather than help In the whining of battles. Theio aie, of couise, volun teers capable of becoming so wholly absorbed In their military duties that every other consideration either of business or politics Is ignored. The civil war brought foith multitudes of such men. But this is not a war which demands negation of political ambi tion or principles. No one doubts thnt wo could end the war with Spain very readily without tho help of William Jennings Bryan and his sllvorite war riors. It would be appropriate, there fore. If "Colonel" Bryan should be per- mltted to consummate his military rnreer In tho state In which It took mature development. He Is obviously not tho kind of mnn to be entrusted with the custody of human lives on Ilclds of activity wheto weapons nnd military exliorienco rather than lung power are required to accomplish vic tory. General Agulnnldo evidently consid ers that his people have as good a light to enjoy life, liberty and the pur suir of happiness ns any other race, nnd It will be haul to argue agutnst him. Wise Census Improvements. It the senate committee on the cen sus can have Its way the twelfth de cennial enumeration will be lesttletcd to Inquiries relating to population, nmitallty nnd products of Industry; will go Into four Instead of twenty five olumes, nnd, unlike tlie last cen sus, the volumes of which havo not been completed yet, will bo in type within two years after thu enumera tion Is taken. This contemplated mod ification of tho programme would in volve economy In time, economy Ur money nnd a very grent saving for the patience of the people. There Is Bitch n thing as overdoing n census. In 1792 tho census of the nation occupied IJ pi luted pages anil cost $14,377. Not until 1830 did tlie cost exceed $1,000,000. In thnl year there weie ISM pilnted pages, and a bill of expense amounting to $1,"2D,027. Tho Increase since has been In thin orders 1S60, 2316 pages, cost $1,922,272. 1S70, S26S pages, cost JJ.33Gr,ll; 1SS0, 19,013 pagPS, cost $5,SG2,730, 1SS0, 25.091 pages, cost $11,516.06.'. The earlier cen suses woie confined to an enumeration of tho population, but lately the gov ernment dtag net has been thrown out to cast every conceivable kind of statistical llsh, reaching a climax In the notoriously bungled eleventh cen sus, the twenty-five volumes of which constitute a veritable gravejatd of misguided eneigy. Tho henatois who arc in chaigo of tho bill providing for the taking of the twelfth census have decided that It Is time to put n check upon tho tendency toward census Inflation. Hut lest the professional statisticians should want for employment they have ananged for the collection under gov ernment Jurisdiction of speclnl statlrt tlcs supplementary to the regular cen sus work, these to be compiled more lelsuiely nnd without particular lefer- etu e to a fixed date of publication In other words, they have nude the stait towaitl a icgular nnd continuous cen sus, which is what this countiy most certainly needs. By a reorganization of Its proprietary interests tho Wllkes-Bane News Dealer has passed under the Immedi ate nmnaeement nnd control of Wes ley i: Woodruff as editor and John J. Mnlonpy as business manager. Both are able, conscientious and expeilenced newspaper men, who will have the en tile confidence of the community In their effoits to upbuild a once-valuable but lately sadly deteriorated property. Thr Tt Ibune extends its best wishes and predicts success. Tlie tent-makers are busy. We are glnd to see tho most ancient of all Industrial occupations in full swing. St. Paul was a tent-maker and so weie many of his biethten. A Fiench surgeon states that jealousy can be eiucd just the same as any othei disease. Ho would piobnbly ap ply the knife to the rival In otdcr to effect it cuie. Courage and endurance are the foun dation requisites of good soldiership. The Cuban Insui gents In the main have both. They can acquire discipline heie after. Admiral Cervcra telegraphs that he has provisions enough for the fleet until autumn. Foolish admlial. He had better lay up treasures in heaven. Germany Is not half as anxious to try conclusions with Uncle Pam as the news fakeis aie to have her. The society editor will soon begin his weary labor of cop Ing the summer re sort hotel iceords. When Populists wrangle, sano poli ticians will come by their own. The Banner Year of Yankee Trade cxpoits tui ihu month of May. They aie. Flint, that the exports ol tho eleven months ending Maj 31 aie larger than thobc of any complete liscal cur In tho h'stoiw of the countrj second, that the cxpoits for eleven months are mora than double tho amount of Impuils lor that time, ihlid, the exporiatluii of man ufactuics In gi cater than ever btfote, de spite tho fuct that the Impoitutron nt manufactures Hcuntlmu had been greatly i educed. o The total ctpoitatlon of the eleven months ending with May JJ amounts to $1 U3.tSS.GlS, thus making It apparent that thu uxpnrtiitlons for tho full fiscal tar will average moic than $luu,ei00,000 per mouth u tiling hcretofoie uul.aoun. vvldlu imports foi tho lear will lu, with n single exeopllen. less than In nnv Piir since U79 Tho expoils lot the tu will be greater pel capita than at any tlnin since ISM anil the Imports leu, per capita, than at nu tlinn In ri much lougci pe riod. Mnv exportatlons nie phri'imcnil, being $H0.220i, against u monthly aver, ago of lehs than SU7,00O,0uO In May from v-M to JS'js. For the eleven months the exports exceed those of tho cm respond ing month of lust ear bv $157.i83 0M nnd tho Imports full $113,930,kl0 below those of last ear. o The balanic ut ttaclo In our favoi In tho fiscal uir which ends with this month Is lllcclv tu bo more than doublo that of any preceding jcar. For tho eleven months Just ended it Is S371S69 0J7 nrtl tor tho'full jear ccenis likely to ex ceed $wrt),yi titi, while tho laigcst baliinc", In our favor ptlor to this time was that of 1SD7. JJv-OU.lH. tho next highest being that of ISM which was J.'0.712.71Su Since 1S73 tho balance nf trade haB been con stant! In our favor except In 1875. ISv). ISM and 1S0J. while pilor to jhnt time the balance was almost constantly agnlnu us, 'but in thu quaiter century since it THItEK striking facts icgaidlng our toielBti tommate are shown by the ilmms of tho bureau of sta tistics coveting tho Impoits anil turned In our favor no jcar has shown n balance hull ns largo ns will tho fiscal year 1M)", the minimi nverngo during that, time being but nbout onr-llfth that which will bo shown by the year just ending. n Tho follow It'g tables show the amount of etportatloiis IhM month, compared with tho corresponding month of each cur Elnce lsno, nlsu the total tor eleven months of each venr since lsM: Exports from tho Lulled Slates during tho month of May for each year from noo to ISM. IViS 110 2.73 20a 1OT 77,S72.'J7S IfVi rc;,r,s,263 ItilZ !l.2t17.17J hdi ci.ois.ssa 1W2 G7iVU79 1V1 6S,(M2107 ISM C7,136.G.,3 Exports from tho United States during tho eleven months ending Mny 31, for each J ear from ISM to 1S0S. 1S5S $l,n3,4S5 CIS 1M7 P77.SOO.32-' 1W 813,001.067 15 VolVO.TS, Wl SUG3fi.0K W 7S2.2t8.S23 1V V!Vi.Ml 111 &2G.S5H.07! ISM S37,8.'3,6il ON TUB THRESHOLD. From the Philadelphia Press, June 13. Five enl3 ago, when President Har rison urgul the annexation of Hawaii, It was nn Isolated act, needed for tho de fense of our own coast unit the protection of our position on tho Pacific, but It was nothing more. No man knew the future and no man imagined it. l'ivp jears huve passed. Todav, when the houso votes to place again at Honolulu tho Hug which should never have been ictnoved from thete, the Hawaiian Islands aic no longer a solltoty outpost, they aro tho center of new Island possesslcn. the beginning of a new supremacy und a new position on tho Paclllc. Wo take tin m because the are tho threshold of tho opening door In a now ntitlor.al caicer. t o In lvo j ears nil Ins changed. Our ex ports of manufpcturcs were then $13s, 000,000 a year. Today they pro $ MO.Oiju.OOO We wero still flghllrg for our home mar ket, tor our Iron and steel. Wo havo In vaded with our grods every market in th world Tho Isthmus ci.nal was proposed as a national luxury. None so blind but sec today It Is a national noccssll Tour battleships, two not then launched soomod un ample l nv of the line. All men know today than Hit Ice this number Is Inadequate to the growing needs ol a great nation. The Hawaiian Islands weie then piesentlug the lr.sh and astonishing view of our flag fljlng 2,100 miles fiom our shores It Hies ir triumph now 8 0) miles nvvay at Manila Honolulu then was to be our solltaiy coaling station In the North Paclllc. Today we bridge the w oi Id's broadest ocpiu with n chain of stations, th" Hawaiian Islands the Caro lines, the l.adror.fs, and the lslpnd cm! Ire ot the Phlllrpii.es. Annexation then seemed to antlclpat" a distant future Tod.t.v It is demanded without tlcl.iv, it the country Is to keep step with an ad vancing and enlarging present. o Ilvents have ruts-tripped congress The nation's needs have outrun the nation legislature. The vote of the house todiv but registers an accomplished fact. For a month Honolulu has been us-ed as a coaling station. Unless It Is our terri tory this Is a gross infraction of the neu tral rights of a weak nnd defenseless na tion Fortunately, the vote of the house todav will register nnd legalize what has iilreacH been clone, and if further dela comes the flag must bo raised at Hono lulu bv executive older No othet con se Is now possible. With totlaj's vote tho nation enters on a new caicer. Our coal ing stations must stretch across the P.i c Ifle Our navy must be equal to the needs of a tltst-class power. A can il across tho Isthmus must unite the two oceans. A commercial mirlne must bring us ne.ir tho woilds markets. Into them we must enter with maniif.tctuied prod ucts as well as raw material!.. The ila id arqiilsitlnriH of the- war are but the be ginning of a new career. Tho blstoib' vote of the hous-p today plants the na tlon'.s footsteps on tho threshold of a new destiny. m LITERARY NOTES. niPh.ird Hurdlng Davis' flist two War artich s for Strlbner's Mae izlne appeer In the July number. They aie "Thu First Shot ot tho Wai" nnd "The First Bom bardment" (Mutanzas). with snap shots of lite on Hip flagship New York -Hn-iini Boone, who Hied the first shot to kill, "cleared for action." etc Mr Davis will write of tho war for no ether miMtilne. The UnunclJl Management of a War, b.v Professor Henry C Adams, Is the tltlo of a tlmeli lepilnt fiom the au thor's 'Public Debt," which Is issued b D. Applcton and company. Felix Gras' new romance, "Tho Ter lor," is said to picture the adventures of an "Arlstoctaf In the French revolu tion. Some characters reappear who wilt be recognized by tho many readers of M. Gras" successful "Reds of tho Midi ' "The Terror" will bo published immc dl itcly bj D. Applcton & Co. The new book on "Tho Art of Taxi detmx" about to be published b D Ap plcton & Co. Is bv tho well known author ity. John How ley, the head of this de railment in tne American Museum of Natui.il Historv A great many persons aie framing the supplements printed In Leslie's cekl, from week to week, nnd lunging them up as characteristic war pictures of the timet.. Tho double-page porltail of Bear Admlial Sampson In last wt-eks Leslie's was tine, but It Is evcelled by this week s double-p.igo supplement, picturing the Intrepid nnd rallant Commodore Schlev. as he stood on his llagship Massachu setts, during the bombardment of San tiago This is as lire a specimen of lllus trated art as we have seen lately. MUliWlDll' DISTRUST. From the New York Sun. The undeiblrg cuuso of opposition to national expansion is not tho pretended devutluu to our principles of gov eminent and dislre to preserve tl.em, but uctuully a deep sealed distrust of them "Win n v.cs have shown that we can piotctt the rights of mni within our own borcleis, ' say tho oppcr.ents "and that we can govern aicat e'lic3 like New York Phil adelphia and Chit ago. It will bo tlmo to consider whether we can wUcly invito distant peculations of alien race," etc , to becomo out subjects und accept our rule, or our fellow Utlscns and to taKJ part In goverrlng us. That feeling of dls tiust of poptilai government Is at tho real root of all this opposition to national extension whetcver it exists It pioceeds on the assumption that we havo nothing In our political Institutions worm ex tending. Jt Is that the American peoole aie incapable of self-government We have expanded our territory elrcady un til It Is of ueail five times the area with ........ ..... . .,,-. t ... .! !.... wuieii nun iiimiijiiu Hi-Kan, nun u.iu built up the entit and rich power Amer ica now Ih, curbing nlong with our ac ciulsltlons and our corcjucsts Invuilablo and Ineompirublo Improvement and un equalled progress, jet these poor crea tines declare that wo are unfit for na tional growth because wo are Incapablo of governing! Tho extension of tho American sistcm means the extension of llbcrtv and self -gov eminent nnd the ad vancement of civilization whvmvcr It reaches, vet they defame our institutions by Kssciting that to extend them U to steal the rights ot others! MF.lt IT AM) MO DCS TV. From the New York Sun. No other new sparer, or combination of newspapers, Is successfully competing with the Sun in the presentation of tho ceiftSM nnimp TH E MUSLIN UNDERW Now in motion at this establishment we know will attract more ladies than any other trade event that has ever taken place in this city, because our well-earned reputation for selling the people the best garments for the least money has become proverbial. Therefore, everybody waits for these great Juuc sales. It has taken many weeks of hard work to prepare such a col lection as can be found in this stock today. The garments are all spread out upon long wide tables accessible irom all sides, which will make se lections a comfort and a pleasure. Plenty of salesladies to serve you quick ly and give you all desired information. CDuriug this sale we can permit no garments to money will be refunded if garments are not satisfactory. d?" Sale will positively Lew5s9 ReMly & DavlesSo ALWAYS BUSY. fftlCHI Tfa THE SALE IS ON. SUMMER FOOTWKAR IT IS NO FEAT rJKIT 'VOim FF.ET IN OUB STORED. w'B'ARE FITTERS OF FECf. Lewis, Eeilly k Mftt 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE. MAMMOCKS, WATER MiEES AND FIUEHS. WHITE MOUNTAIN AND OHIO ICE CREAM FEEEZEES A.r II Aim PAN PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. TIE GLEIONS, FEE1BEE, W MALLEY CO. '4 22 Lackawanna Aveune general news of the day and especially tho news of tho war. Wo havo beaten, steadily, day by day, week by week, evuy competitor In tho lie-Id and evciy combination of competitors that has ben foimed against us We huvo given iho news In Its actuality, clean, unenibrcud ered, nnd, savo by seemly Fngllsh. un adorned. And this is the first occasion upon which we have yielded to tlie temp tation to buy something about it. COIIKUCT. From a Latter in the Sun. A nation that blows up a filcndly bat tleship, attempts to poison the welts of our camp ut Tampa, shoots a surgeon standing In front of the hospital tent, mutilates tho bodies ot ihe dead and fires on a funeial will and ougnt to be wiped off the face c,f the earth. MALI) .111 1.I, Lit. Maud Miller In tho summei's heat, Raked xo meadow thick with vvneat. The Judgo rode slowly down the Inne, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. I "With wheat nt a dollar pur," said he, "This maid Is about the elso for me," Then lie smiled at her and she bluscd at him, And over tho meadow fence ho ollm. "Will you marry me, sweet maid?" ho said, And tho told him es, and they were wed. Alas for maiden, ol;.s for Judge. For old designer end whcat-flcld drudge. Lord, pity them both nnd pity us nil, For Maud didn't own the wheat at all, And the Judge remarked when he learned the cheat! "Don't talk tn ire about dollar wheat!" San Francisco Argonaut. EAR SALE continue for ten days only. 2W Clsaitog-Up Sale ON TTo kl lie We have just Spring Dress Patterns left, all high-grade goods, which we have determined not to carry over under any circum stances. The prices range from $i.$o to $4.00 per yard and average about 7 yards to a Dress Pattern. Our clearing up price will be: On 10 Dress Patterns All $1.50 and $x.7j quality, J cS per yard On 12 Dress Patterns That sold from $12.0 to $24.00 each, 9C per yard Or actually about ONE THIRD the original cost. Special Sale on Fine Parasols during this week 520 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL3N, JR., General Asent for the Wyomlai District fa." lllulns, niastlnjr, Hportlnc bmoke.en nud tho Kepauuo Chctutciu Company s MM EXPLOSIVES, fcuiety Fue, Cnpi and Ktplodori Itooru 101 Conncil Bulletin:. bcraiUoo. AGKXCILi THOsJ, FOIII), JOHN B. SMITH iao.V. W. K. MULLIGA.V, Plttstoa I'lymout'j WllUcs-llatri FIN EY'S Bras TTn44ar rami DUP0ir8 POIOEI. BAZAAI be sent out on approval, but MILL k CQMEIX 21 N. Washington Ave, BRASS BEDSTEADS. In buying a brass Bedntead, bo enre that you get tho best. Our brass Bedsteads aro nil made with seamless brass tublns and finme work Is all of steel. They cost no moro than many bedsteads madeof the open eoamless tublnc. Every bedstead Is highly finished nnd lacquorea under a peculiar method, uothlns ever hav ing been pioduced to equal It. Our new Bprln: Patterns aro now on exhibition. Hill & Connell At 121 North Washington Avenue. Scranton, Pa. Tlie I'Oiffi of loses Is The Monti of Wedfltags The latent, swelleat, moat complete line of Wcddlns Stationery. The most noel lines of Patriotic Statloneiy. A full lino of all things which up.to date stationcis should carry. Reynolds Bros bTAHUXUlS AND F.NGHAVERS. HOTEIi JUIIMVN 'lilULDI.VQ. 130 Wyoming Avenue. IHU JI0DLUN HARPWAItB bTOIia A 1 A. 'JlUllTtfn A LMSS-JJiUMU Is. Ol'R LATEST HAUGAIN. IT HAS A issii-j roj ani is tiu: iir.vi' work. ING RfOVU ON THK .MARKET. See Our Show Windows Oil Stove Br $5.00 EOOTE k SHEAR COa, 110 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
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