4 I'HE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 189S. t'libllshert Dally, Kxeopt Huntlnv. br Iho Trlbuuo Publishing Company, at Fifty Conti n Month. NewYorkOfHco; loo Nrunaii.it., N.H. VltKKl,ANt Hvo Agent for Foreign Advertising. m:m:r attiik roiTorrtCB at schanton, TA., AS SECONIvCfcASS MAIL MATTER. BCnANTON, JUNK SO, 1S9S. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. STATI Goveinor-WILLIAM A. STONU. Ueittonnlit Govcrnor-J. I'. S. OOBIN. Secretary of Internal Affalrs-JAMES W. I.ATTA. JjiIko ot Superior Cottrl-W. V. l'OK- rt'.n. Congressmen nt - Uinta SAMUEL A. DAVENl'CKT, UALl'SUA A. UI1UW. i.nuisiiATivt:. Semite. Twentieth DIst.-JAMES ('. VAUGHAN. 1 1 nine. First Dlstrlct-JOHN It. I'Ann. Fourth Dlstrlct-JOIIN 1 KENOLD3. toi.o.vni, sroNii's pii.vTrou.ii It will bo my iHirpi to when elected to so conduct m-el u." to win the le.spect iiml Bond will oV those who Imve opposed me ns well ns then who h.ivo bIvcii mo their support. 1 shnll be Iho governor of the whole people ol the state. Abn:"3 hae unduuLtnlly ri wu up m tht iefils laturo which aio neither the fault of one purty nor the other, but rutlur tin prr.wth of ciiftrm. rrrtccssary lnvostl patlons have been authorized by commit tees, rcFiiltlnt: In iinnrct usury cxpniir'-. to the state. It will be my rare and put pnto to corrort these nnd o'her evils In m far ns I have the powvr. It will be my purposo whl.'o governor of IVnnsylvania. as It has been m purpose In the public positions that I hove held, with God's help, to discharge my whole duty. The people are Rreutrr than (he parties to which they beicuR. I am only Jealous of their favor. I shall only attempt to win their approval and my experience has taught me that that can best he dono by nn honest, modest, dally dl.-ch.irKo of public duty. Now of all time-? Is thr time for nn "rikl fnshlor.ed Fourth." Tiirnliijr In dependence Day Into a tiny of proilt mnklns Is nii rlslit: hut then- should not be neglect ot Its higher slgnlK cance. The Democratic Fiasco. The nominee of the Pennsylvania Democracy for governor is "cut estim able man of moderate ability and ad vanced years who supported Bryan ami has nlways taken his politics straight. He Is a survival of the old-line Democ racy, the Bourbons or "hard shells," who in days gone by held to the ab surd doctrine of party Infallibility and maintained ticket-cutting to be the worst of crimes. His Democracy Is n matter, not of Intelligent onvictlon but of inheritance and habit; his election to the chief maulstracy of tli.s pro. gretslvp commonwealth would turn hack the hands of the clock fully fifty years. According to Judge Gordon, who ought to know, the nomination of Mr. .lenks has been effected principally by Senator Quay and the Standard Oil i"mnany. Wo assume that a man of .ludge Gordon's standing, coming down fiom the bench to fight this menace to his party's welfare, would not make, such it charge inadvisedly. If Senator Quay lias had any part in shaping yesterdny's nomination the fact sup plies now evidence of hia astuteness. In politics as In war to cripple the en emy Is fully as Important as to f-tivngthen one's own lines. While Cm dun as the nominee would have been formidable It will, wp think, he generally admitted that the sage of Kinnkvllle Is, In the language of the pi riod. "easy." In the matter of platform the De mocracy Is equally unfortunate. Its gingerly avoidance of the silver pitfall i- "nly another way of advertising Its 1-ick of sincere conviction; and Its pose 'n the borrowed costume of reform is simply amusing. If this Is the best that It enn do. Gtiffey might better have Hoveil the freight. - . We ilcubt If theie is another city In the country which has contributed to the military nnd naval service of tho I'rited .States a larger percentage of i'"c tilts than Seranton. The Anthracite Association. Tho delegates lately assembled In Seranton from tho anthracite coal fields coincided with sorrowful unanimity on the disastrous condition of tho hard coal trade, and they were almost finally unanimous In pointing out tho only feasible remedy. They have rec ognlzcd very fully the chief Impedi ment to the resuscitation and expan sion of tho anthracite mining Industry, nnd tho series of resolutions which they have left on record fully bear out our contention that until un Independent lino of railway to tidewater Is con structed It Is hopeless to expect from the present railway companies equit able treatment In the matter of rates. As buMne'ss men they have heretofore endeavored to Induce the railway di rectors to withdraw from tho unfair position which they have assumed, but ull to no purpose. Tho railway com panies are deaf to appeals. They have even taken to supplying their own en gines with bituminous coal, which, though a comparatively small matter In Itself, seems like tho addition of in sult to Injury. This matter of discrimination In rates is a subject that enmos directly under the cognizance of tho Interstate Commerce commission, ami another of. fort should bo murto to push It to u legal conclusion. Hallway co.mpanles have got Invaluable franchises from the people, here us well ns elsewhere, s i It Is a mlstuke to suppose that rail ways arc private Institutions that nro conducted solely for tho profit they earn for their shareholders. They tire common carriers, hound by their char ters to haul all goods offered nt n uni form rate. That this law Is observed In the breach rather than In Its observ ance, Is, of course, notorious. If rail way companies can discriminate with Impunity between the government nnd tho express companies, prlvnte coal operators have little chance of succeed ing In obtaining fair terms when tho railway companies are determined thnt they shall not have them. Hut there Is one good thing which a convention such ns hns Just been held In Seranton will do. It will focus public opinion on a pnrtlcttlnr action detrimental to the public welfare. Where the indi vidual only Is affected, the Individual can do little or nothing. In flio mass, however. Is n leverngo of untold power, nnd this Is especially true In concrete questions which uffect the opportuni ties of earning a living wage among the workers. Even railway companies are susceptlblo to this opinion once it Is aroused. There is, as far ns wo can see, nt present only one way nt stimulating tho lagging nnthraclte coal Industry, and that Is by constructing the pro posed Independent lino of railway to tldewuter. While Its main purpose must be a coal railway, It must not, of course, neglect its opportunities in oth er directions. If the miscellaneous freight of the nnthraclte resloii con trolled by the individual operators and their sympathizers should bo diverted to It Its success would bo assured. It will, of course, be owned and worked by coal operators, who will thus carry on their business In freedom from ad verse discrimination. Coal has been tho principal freight of every railway l hat runs through or has u terminus In Seranton. If these lines shall be compelled shottly to face determined competition the consequences must rest on their own obstinacy. What has been done before In other directions can be dono now In this. There Is no alternative. The Sun Is right, as usual, when it observes that "It is not nn Important matter what the Altoonn convention does. Infinitely bigger things are hap pening thnn tho manoeuvring of petty politicians In Pennsylvania." In this year of destiny small fry politics stands doomed to get lost In the shullle. Too Hucli Wire-Pulling. Two positions nro to be filled soon In the faculty of the Seranton High school. The applicants are numbered by tho score. Karh applicant has from live to twenty-live friends actively engaged in furthering his or her condl dncy At loart some of the applicants have peisonally visited every member of tho board of control and every other person supprsod to have Influence with tho board from one to ten times; nnd what they have lacked In zeal and pertinacity of personal solicitation has been more than mad" tip by their friends. One ollleial connected with the lo"al educational system has kept a record of the visits paid to him on this errand. The total i cached 1S3 In 7 clays. Under the condltonn which prevail this soit of thins Is Inevitable nor is It discreditable to thote who engage in It. The man or woman who wants to Hitch tchool in Seranton must get his or her commission according to the cus toms which obtain in Seranton. There Is no other way. Hut thero should l' another way. This hurtiensomr and vexatious pulling and hauling; this of fensive suboidination of merit to politi cal pull ought not to be permitted to continue. It has been largely obviated In many other cities, and If tho well nieaning controllers' In Seranton had In public the courage of their private convictions v would be oln luted here. Kvcry applicant for u position ns teacher In the public schools of this city should be required to submit to a competitive examination based upon the actual requirements of the plm-i sought. This examination should take cognizance of schriarsliip, experience an J pcn-one.llty and It should be con ducted by a committee consisting of the superintendent, one representative of tho school board nnd ono educator brought from a distance No commis sion to teach should be issued to any person not eertllled as competent before such a non-partisan and non-Fcctional board; and tho sooner this common senFO plan is put Into operation the better will it be for all e incerned. Secretary Day recently asked tho senate for nr, appropriation of $jO,O00 to ruiy tho expense of u commission to study tho needs of tho Chinese nnd other Oriental markets with a view to tho inetease of American exports to those markets, nnd the senate refused to comply. It Is not '.n this spirit of false economy that the United States will fulfil its destiny as the coming leader among commA-cial nations. The economists who nro worrying over llv conjectural cost of Undo Sam's new role among the colonizing iiaiiins should possess their souls in patience. Tit- od gentemon has never yot failed in territorial Investments to git his money back-, plus d generous percentage of profit. Under tho circumstances, it seems plain that, since we havo ovei thrown the num. time power of Spain In Philippine waters, our duty to civilization compels us to of fer an eitlcicnt substitute. .New York Sun. This is tho whnlo subject bottled up In one sentence. Tho difference between Governor General Merrltt's proclamations nnd those of his unlntnented predecessor Is that. Merrltt's will mean business. Of course there nro not 130.0M armed Insurgents surrounding Manila. They only seem that numerous. If tho coal road i still don't b)lovu tho operators moan it, lot them icirn by cxpeilcnce. According to one correspondent nt tho front, the American nolrtlers near Santiago, owing to tho pxcoshIvo heat, aro casting ngjdo nil unneccisary nil. parel. "Many of the regulars," says the New York Sun man, "arc nlrendy walking about clad only In n cnrtrldge belt, a rifle and n chew of tobacco." Wo should think" tho last article su perfluous. The Journalistic gadflies have some what nhated their buzzing about Gen eral Miles, but It Is probably not for long. The gndlHes have to buzz, nnd Miles can stand It fully as well ns another. The senators who oppose Hawaiian annexation on tulnclplu don't try to hold up tho majority by filibustering. The obstructionists. It Is safe to con clude, have reasont, of their own. If the Spaniards havo any more men that they want cooped up In Santiago until captured by Shatter now Is tho time for them to stop In, It will soon be too late. Those who are complaining because this war Is tough on Spain overlook that Siuln whenever she pleases can bilng it to tin end. A QRBAT SENATOR. From the New York Sun. Among tho few Democratic politicians who nro able to take a broad and iuitloii.il lev cf questions of public policy, the Hon. John Tyler Motguu, of Alabama, stands pre-eminent. There li.ive been few neuter intellects in th" senate, and hU powers havo been forlilled by long study and expel ience. As a member of tho com mittee on foietgn iclatlons he has given P.irtli ular attention to the iclatlons of the rolled States with foreign countries, and his knowledge of Intel national law and dlplrmntic hlstoiy and pioeeedlng Is Mist. Hut It Is tho honor and distinction of Mr. More. to combine raro ncute ness and learning with a burning patiiot Ism. Wherever American Interests uro lliientcneil ho conies to their defence. Wherever American Intel esls can be strengthened ho tries to have them strensthci'ul. o There nre plenty of men who cannot look beyond their own noses. Mr. Mor gan habitually has that Ihtkc and com prehensive Idea of policy which looks be. yoiul the present and sees whnt will be valuable or necessary to the t'nit.'d States of the future. As in domestic poll tics ho has a bottomless f-corn for the Mugwumps with their Intolerable conceit, their petty prejudices and their want ot Americanism, fo he Is made Indignant by Iho contracted notions of those who seek to retard the growth and development of Americanism abroad, -c As he defended the supremacy of tho United States on this continent by op posing the encroachment of Great Urltam upon Venezuela, so he defends the power of the United States in tho Pacific by ad vocating the annexation of Hawaii, lie Is ii consistent and unwavering American. When so many members of his own party aro trying to slink away from the Inevit able results of a war which they bn.ist that they were foremost In bringing about, Senator Morgan pursues without deviation tho course of a patriotic Ameri can statesman, who seeks alw.tys to make his country more powerful and respected. o It would be well for the Democratic party If It had more Morgans and fewer lialleys and Hryans. THE CUBAN INSURGENTS. From the Cnlci.go Ni ws. Whatever may be said deiogatory of the number of the troops making up tho forces of Gunez and Garcia, llierc can be no criticism of the spirit that bus been shown by cither the lenders of the In surgent nt my or by the men composing It. In the operations about Santiago and lt.iblMlri theso Cuban roldleis wcro of gloat value. They understood far bet ter than the Americans the methods of warfare adopted by the Spaniards, and thus forewarned our officers wero fore, armed. Garcia's men understood ihe bloux Indian methods of the enem;- and they rendered invaluable assistance In doing scouting duty and locating th points from which the attacks might bo made. So thoroughly did Garcia under stand the foe that the predictions he and made regarding where tho Spaniards would ptnnd and how they would light were vetlfled In every lnstunco. o Kven with those who had strong sym pathy for the Cubans and their c.iuso there hns been a failure In justly nfipn ciatlug the teal merits of the Insurgents. It has been enongli to say they were "niggers." and of course It followed that they were cap.ible neither of carrying on a successful war nor of providing them selves with a suitable and stable 'govern ment after the Spaniards had been driven from tho island. Hut those of tho Cuban leaders who have been In ought In con tact with such commanders as Sampson and Shafter have won from them both their conlldence and respect. A people that can carry on a war like that which has devastated Cuba for the hint three years and over, nnd will for the sake of liberty cnduie tho sufferings th.it tho Cubans h.iv- undergone, may be safely trusted with tho task of pieservhig whit they liuvo gained. a scp.ni: is msToitv. New York Commercial-Advertiser. Theie Is ii dramatic side to the sailing of the eastern squadron. It Is the first American expedition against n puwer ut Uuropo. We hariled Hrltlsh commerce nnd punished the Algcrlnes, but thuso Wire affairs of frigates. It in the llrst at tack on tho coast of Spain since Gibral tar fell. In the Peninsula wars Welling, ton and the llect wero co-operating with the Spanish patriots and heiped pro. tect Cadiz and Harcelona. In Its nature this expedition recalls tho dazzling tra ditions of Drake and K'lzubeth. We nre finishing the work the sen rovers of our luce begun three hundred jiars ugo. Wo are giving the mercy stroke to the world giant th fathers of the men of Plyniuuth nnd Jnmestown defied nnd crippled. .This expedition Is part of the performance of tin- mission of Anglo-Saxondom. That mission has Its duties In Europe ns well as In America and Asia. Incidentally It Is rather a line answer to tho Uuropoan pretensions to dictate how and where we shall cairy on war and to proposo Its limitation to American waters. Dewey's guns gave the first answer to that preten. slon. Another will soon be hi.ird near tho Pillars of Hercules. Our Held of op erations Is the world, and It has no miro limits for im than for tho dating spirits wiio made Siuilu great four centuries ago. In u way this expedition a return of the native. Thu new world Spain ills, covered and left others to rear bus grown to full stnturo and Is returning in her de. cadence to ejinit retribution for nil tho nameless horrors which began in tho f'uba of I.as Casas and ended In tho Cu.ia ot Weylr r. In anuther way It notice to tho oligarch! of powers which aspires to tho world dominion Spain threw away, that there are mysterious virgin foicei to bo dealt with In the west, for which concerts have no authority and diplo matic, wninlutrs no terror. It is n hint to conspirator! who would have divided the world ns Poland was divided that thero Is uu eiror In their calculations. In isolating Great Hlitaln they have created Anslo-Saxoiidoin. This scene of hlsto,y never could havo been without the contl iioiitul coalition which made Great Jlrlt aln our friend by shutting her nut of iho concert. That was the prologue this Is tho curtuln.rnlsur to u world ilrninu h!di contHlug most oxdiing poiwlhiiitl.fi. WHITNEY'S WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS Entertaining Assortment ol Crisp Vera cities Trenchantly Penned. FIRST ON 1HK LIST1 18 A SNAKE HTOllV WHICH OU COLTISH IS TnUK-JOTTlNClS OU NEWS AND n:nsoNAL gossip coxchuninu OU'lt NOIVTHKKN NUlUUUORS. Speclnl to the Sor.intott Tribune. Susquehanna, Juno 2S. Former ring ets, of Great llciul township, while working In his cornfield on Saturday, was surprised by n blneltsnako, which came nt him with open mouth, Its lund elevated above the ground 12 or 11 Inches. He succeeded In hitting It with a lino, and In mepsureinent found It to be seven feet long, with a diameter of three Inches nt the largest part. The extraordinary feature of Ihe dent ure, liowevc"-, was the presence of two well-formed Igs with feel attached to the body nt a point about a font from tho tall. The legs wero ot a bright pink cr flesh color, without bono nnd so elastic that when drawn to their full length and suddenly released they would spring back to their norm.nl posi tion nt the reptiles side. Tho fort wore about the size of a hazle nut and were hoof -like in appearance, and of a darker color than the limbs to which they were attached. Upon each one ot these feet wete sixty-three small claws, white and of a. Iioiny substance. The queer reptile has been put Into alcohol and forwarded to tho National museum In Washington. SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN BRIEF About three percent, of Susquehanna county's population has gone to war. The remaining 07 per cent, can give n vnriet of good reasons for remaining where It Is safe. The Susquehanna County Farmers' alllanre met today in Clifford. Hiillstead has shown wisdom In re electing Prof. H. M. Pease principal of Its graded schools. Hen Carr, of Stevens' Pont, has gone into enforced exile In the Montrose Jail, for stoning Delawate and Hudson cars at Heriick Centre. The funeral ot Mrs. Wolcntt, nn es teemed lesldent of Hallstead, was largely attended on Friday. The viewers appointed by tho county court will report in favor of making the Hnllstead-Great Bend bridge free, nnd fix the damage to the bridge com pany nt $ir,,M0. The stockholders de sired $17,500. District Attorney W. D. B. AIney, of Montrose, will deliver tho oration nt the Odd Fellows' celebration in Forest City. He will make the eagle scream. The next meeting of (lie Susquehanna County Teachers' association will be held In Harford, in September. ADD SORTS. I met a freckled village boy, Who loitered by the way; His hat was off, his brlckdust cutis With balmy winds did play. "Oh, whither bound, bareheaded boy, Beneath the blazing sky'.'" "I'm going home but have to wait Until mv hair is dry." A correspondent of a Honesdalo paper writes: "The American-Spanish war will not be handed down ns nn honorable war but ns a cursed war." The writer Is evidently a cross be tween a copperhead nnd nn Idiot. There aro times when a woman does not feel like learning a language or saving a. soul. It's Just nfter she has pounded her finger with a tack ham mer. A Forest City poetess sings: "Oh, hug me closer, closer still." She must take the editors of tho News for a hay press. A Susquehanna young man. whose best girl went back on him, says that he suffers from heart failure. The woman who gets hut one letter a year nlways reads It on tho street. There never was a day so long It did not have nn end; There never was a man so poor He did not have a friend. And when the long day finds an end, It finds tho time to rest; And he who has one steadfast friend Should count himself as blest. RAILROAD ETCHINGS. For the remainder of the month tho Susquehanna shops have been placed on six hours' time. The Erie's fiscal year will end .luly I, hence . The Erie will run an excursion from Elmira to Lalnshoro on Sunday next. Tho Erie roadbed between Bed nock and Great Bend is being rnised and Improved. The track Is also being doubly protected from tho current of tho river. Over 31.010 of the Erie's 1S.000 freight enrs are equipped with automatic M. C. B. couplers, nnd over 12,noo arc equipped with air brakes. Delaware Division Conductor Ben nltt Speidel. of Port Jervis, who was recently seriously Injured In this place by falling from a cur, Is slowly Im proving. Jefferson Division Train Dispatcher .1. 1). Pttrtill, of Carbondalo. wns groomsman at n wedding In Bingham ton last week. Ho has been grooms man twenty-three times. There is a legend that when n young lady has been a bridesmaid three times she Is never or seldom hardly ever a bride. Will the rule work both ways? Tho Erie's excursion to Niagara Fulls. Buffalo and Toronto on Friday was well attended. IN A LINE Oil SO. Daniel Patrick, of Lalnshoro. now an Inmate of the state asylum at Dan ville, has had his pension Increared from $21 to $72 per month. About 400 members of tho Carpent ers' union, of Seranton, nnd their friends picnicked In Riverside Park, Lalnshoro, on Saturday. They evi dently enjoyed themselves. From the ultur of St. John's Catho lie church on Sunday morning the bans of marriage was announced of Martin J. MeMahon, formerly of Sus quehanna, but now of Seranton, nnd Miss Elizabeth Dolnn, of .Susquehan na. Dr. c. R. Nowton will spend the sum mer at Nicholson, his former home. John W. Lnrsnbee, recently of For est City, has purchased the tonsorlal establishment of Harry Kroeger. Farmers In this iclnltv have com menced haying. There will bo a heavy crop. The annual commencement exercises of that society and popular education nl institution. Laurel Hill academy, will occur In Hognn's Opera house on Friday evening next. A splendid pro gramme has been arranged. Tho Opora house will bo packed. Tho annual commencement exercises of tho Susquehanna graded schools will occur In Hogan's Opani house on Wednesday evening, Tho progtHinmo GOLDSMinrS A QALA True patriotism is shown by deeds of valor without expected reward. We proposo to be in that class by giving away three Portfolios of Uncle Sam's Navy with every $2.00 purchase Now is the time for everybody who has seen these beautiful pic tures and descriptions of all our great battleships aud has not already got them to obtain the same free of cost. These books will interest you and your children. We have sold thousands of these books lately at ioc each now you will get them for nothing. But this offer holds good for Thursday, Friday aud Saturday of this week only. Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth of July FUng Your Banners to the Breeze 1 GEEAT SPECIAL SALE OE FLAGS ERflBAY KM SAIUMAY, Fast Colored Flags, 2 ft x 3 ft, mounted upon Mahogauy finish staff, with gilt spear head. Price 12 cents. Fast Colored Flags, 3 ft x 4 ft, mounted upon 7 ft staff with gilt spear head, pric 1,35c Ladies' Shirt Waists No such variety in this city aud prices way below all others. Ladies' White Lawn Waists, tucked, formerly $1. Now 25c. Ladies' White Mull Waists, with cascade aud deep collars, formerly $1.50. Now 49c. Ladies' White Waists, trimmed with colored embroidery, formerly $2. Now 73c. This week ends our Great Special Sale of Musliu Underwear. Prices 39c, 59c and 9SC for your choice of Gowns, Skirts, Drawers and Chemise, which are worth double. Ladies9 Skirts Ladies' Colored Pique Skirts, 59 cents. Ladies' White Duck Skirts, 9S cents and upwards. Ladies' White Pique Skirts, 9S cents and upwards. Fourth of July Fixings be beat. Lewis, Reilly & OcHvieSo ALWAYS BUSY. Our Korrect Shape Shoes FOR GKNTI.KMEN, HAVE MORE FKIENDS THAN AXV OTHER SHOES MADE. Lewis, Reilly & Mvtes, 1 1 1 AM) 110 WYOMINO AVENUE. Is an attractive one, and tho Opera house Is sure to be filled. Rev. D. I. Suthctland, paotor of the rreshyterlan church, on Sunday morn in.T preached the haccalaureate sermon to the fSradcd school class of '!)S. The Susquehanna Owuled schools Al umni association will hold its annual banquet and reunion on Thursday evening next. Tho banquet will he held at the starucca house, and tho reunion In Knights of Pythias pallors. A DANOKHOUS PLAYTHING. Mrs. Frnnklyn Smith, of Sherman, on Svnday discovered her two-year-old child nnd a. child of n nelRhbor, aged three year?, playlns In tho grass. She noticed that the little one was occa sionally llijhtly striking something In front of him with a short stick, nnd after each stroke the children would laugh loudly. She watched them for as much as a quarter of an hour, when she walked toward them to see what they wire dolnc,-. When within a few feet of them &ho was struck speechless and motionless with horror to see that their plaything was a large rattlesnake. Mis. Smith suon found a club nnd with a few blows killed the snake, after which the remembered nothing until revived by her neighbor. The snake was five feet long and had nine rattles. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. Thero will bo another Maine, but Spain won't be In a condition to blow up anything by tho time It Is completed. A Forest City iv.nn had been sent to th? Montrosj jail for stealing a coal car. In New York, when n follow Fteals ti whole railroad they send him to tho legislature. lit makes a difference wh'ra you live. A Susquehanna clergyman, In the church columns In the home papers, announced ns the topic for his Sunday evening discourse, "Fools." And add ed: "All are Invited." Things most people would like to see: Our sltls before breakfast; a church choir that never quarreled; a church out of debt, and with money to lend; an editor or a prenrher who can please everyhody; nnd a high school glti who cannot whistle. Hejulce. O young man, In the days of thy youth, hut remember that, big as he Is, the whale does not blow much until he reaches the top. C. K. Whitney. 'UTILITY OP IIO.HIIAIMUIIINT. From tho Philadelphia Record. Data, collected by the editor of Iho Journal de Dchats, of Paris, froni oftl rial sources show that during the hoTi. lurdment of Hclfort In lsTO-'l. which con tinned sev-nty-threo days. WM5.1 proje tiles fell within the city, and there worn only sixty victims Hilled or fatally wounded. At Sirashurg during the siege of thirty-right days the Ormaus fired upon tho city, mosiy nt close rause, 103.. 72J shells, which accounted for three hull died vh'tlniH. Finally, nt Paris the bom bardment did not last longer than twenty-three days, anil only lu.urt siege shells wete thrown, killlne or wounding ono hundred and seven persons. This latter result In a closely built city, of two mil lion or more Inhabitants was mifliclontly Insignificant. The bombardments of San tiago nnd other places In Cuba seem to have beta no exceptions to the rule. Sq--,'"'S!( WEEI ry IV ior Gentlemen in blurts and MILL & CQMiELl . 123 N. Washington Ave. BRASS BEDSTEADS. In buying n brass Bedstead, be sura that you get tba best. Our brass liedsteads aro all made with scamlen brass tubing and (Tame worlds all of steel. They cost no more than many bedstead) madeof the open aoamlees tubing. Every bedrtead It highly finished and lacquered under a peculiar method, iiotblnz ever ha v. lng been produced to equal It. Our nevr Spring Patterns are now on exhibition. H5H & Coeeell At 121 North Washington Avenue. Seranton, Pa. Reveoiuie CaeceHatioe Stamps Made to Order, Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING. 130 Wyoming Avenue. MAMMOCKS, WATER COOLERS ANU FILTERS, WHITE MOUNTAIN AND OHIO ICE CREAM FREEZES AT IIAIin TAN PRICES T SLIT TIIU TIMES. TFFPFrfl CLEMS, EERIER, ALLEY CO. 42'J J.ickawauna Aveuna lAZAAJt Neckwear at prices that can't a yard for Piute Fremidhi Orsramidies that have retailed throughout the season for Will be our "special drive" for a lew days of this week. Pieces selected from stock will be sac rificed at this price for only a few days longer. They are this season's goods, all choice designs, and are undoubtedly The Biggest Bargains in Organdies Ever Offered Here or Elsewhere. Our import line of CMceslt irpMtes Manufactured bv Koechlin, Baumgarter & Cie, is unex celled. We show them in a large variety of designs, all exclu sively our own, and they aro selling freely. Also One Odd Lot of French Organdies in Dress Patterns at 18 cents a yard to close. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL1N, JR., Otteral Agent for the Wyomlaj District fj; Mining, Ulnstlng, Sporting. Hmokelell aud the Hepauno Chemical Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES. fcafety Kitke, Caps nnd Kxplodars. Koom .UU Conuell Uutldln:. Scraatou. ,1 JilM ILiL Ji u) 12nc 20 lyranrs POIIER. AGENCIES: TII03, FOm, Plttltotw JOHN H. SMITH ASOX Plymouth Y. E. MULLIGAN, WUkes-Bairj
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