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SCItANTON, JULY 2, 189S.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
st.v i'E.
Oovunor WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Govcrnor-J. P. S. GOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA. , i t
Judge of Superior Court-W. 'P0Rr
,i.TER. r?
Congressmen - at - Largo SAMUI2L Al
DAVENPORT, GALUS11A A. GROW,
LEGISLATIVE.
Sl'IHltO.
twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
Iloucu.
-frlrst blstrlct-JOHN It. FARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOllN F. KUYKOLD3.
COLONEL feTONE'S 1'I.A.Tl'OK.U
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It will uo my tmrpchw v,hcn elected, to
60 conduct mMMf ns to win tlio itsps'tt
Nand good will of those who have opposed
"'mo us well ns thost- who have given mo
their support. 1 shall bo the governor
of the wholo rcoplo ot the stale. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up In the legis
lature which nre nelthei the fault of ono
party nor tho other, but rather thj
growth of cutcm. I'precess-ary Investl
1 rations hao been authorized by commit
ters, resulting in unnecessary cxpento to
tho state. It will be my r.iro and pur-
poso to correct these nnd other evils In so
far ns I have the power. It will ho my
purpose while governor of Pennsylvania,
ns It has been mi purpose In tho public
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty. Tho
people nre gi ester than the parties to
which they belong. 1 am only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval nnd my experience has
taught mo that that can best be done by
an honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
Shafter certainly knows how to add
to the hilarity of the times. What a
Fourth he Is making!
The Fault Lies Deeper.
District Attorney Jones the other day
let loose the vials of his Indignation
on a jury who acquitted a woman
charged with selling Intoxicating drink
without a license, after the evidence
for a conviction had been made over
whelming. His Indignation was na
tural, but the fact Is that In these cases
conviction Is simply impossible when
the commonwealth depends for a ver
dict upon evidence which Is the out
come of Individual spite, ambition or
love of notoriety. The jury will not
convict on such testimony. The ethical
basis on which a Jury can reconcile
their oaths with verdicts contradictory
to the facts Is left to their own Imagi
nation. You cannot convict a jury
man of perjury, and so long ns this
is according to the letter of the law
and constitution, forensic criticism af
ter the fact does little If unv good.
The faul lies deeper than In the jury
box. Of couise, tho juror who returns
a verdict contrary to law and evidence
cannot by any means be exonerated
from blame. He disgraces his offlce
and prejudices In public estimation the
whole system of trial by jury which,
being at the root of our administration
of Justice, ought to be held as sacred
as the nation's honor. Yet the Juror
yho pavs no heed to fact or law In
excise cases Is no better and no worse
than the other citizen who, knowing
that the llnuor laws In this community
are being violated continually and
with impunity, takes no step to cuie
the evil, but Instead by his Indiffer
ence gives tacit consent to tho abroga
tion of law.
We are fighting Spain because she
does not know how to govern Cuba.
Do we know yet how to eovern our
selves, or. knowing how, do we have
the courage to put that knowledge into
practical effect"'
, When Pando next undertakes to get
ahead of Shafter he will btatt a year
or two earlier.
' Hawaii's (Jreetlnj;.
ThJe,JIawaIlan,Star Issued a remar
kable" and beautiful edition In red,
wjilte and blue on tho occasion of the
visit to Honolulu of the American
troops, on their way to Manila. The
type was shaded from red to blue and
gave the page an unsually attractive
appearance: , 'M.qre than beauty of
cdlo'r. howeveir,' was the overflowing
spirit of welcome and affection for the
American soldiers expressed in every
.line. The greeting given to the boys
Jn blue surpassed anything In their
experience and to say that they owned
the town was to convey but a faint
Idea1 of the gladness with which they
were received. The Benate and houie
of 'representatives were thrown open
to them and on the desks ot the prom
inent riiet of that government the
boys wroio homo to friends. Every
thing was free throughout the city,
and It Is safe to toy that thpue who
sailed to Manila to aid Dewey are
unonhnpus in favor of annexation.
- ,Herp is one tribute to the American
uoldlers in the Star: "Could any
thing be finer than the conduct of
Uncle Sam's boys yesterday? Cooped
up a thoyhad been In the-Hransjiorts,
slven free shore leave, In a town that
"thty were strange to. among people
Jhey"dl4 not know, there was every
tcnipjatjon tq cutfTdosfe .uhd show the
tow
town
aver 6een, ofin thai Is' a
couple
of thousand men given liberty nnd
not a case which called for police In
terference, Of course this comes rrorn
the peculiar material of which these
troops Is composed. They are no riff
raff, tio sweepings of tho put Ileus of
a city. They arc the pick and cholco
of the growing western states. Hud
not the call of duty come, these youths
would one nnd all havo been filling
honorable positions and laying (the
foundation of their own prosperity
and that of tho community In which
they lived."
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It Is announced from Port Sold that
Camara has been told to move on. It
Is really a matter of no consequence
where this unfortunate squadron goes.
Even 1f she did reach the Indian
Ocean, It Is hnrdly possible that the
ships are In such a seaworthy condi
tion ns to enable them to make Manila
In snfety. The terrible cyclones that
sweep over the Indian ocrnn, following
In the wake of the summer monsoons,
would very likely send the wholo fleet
to the bottom. As a matter of fact
Camera had never tho remotest In
tention of going to Manila. His desti
nation Is tho junk pile.
The Allltary Value of Education.
This war, in repeating a number of
tho lessons of history, has emphasized
none more than that the man of educa
tion makes the most valuable soldier
and sailor. In Its last analysis the
superiority of the United Stales over
Spain is not so much a preponderance
In numbers or national wealth as it
Is tho superiority of the American over
the Spanish public school system. If
we had only man for man and dollar
for dollar against S aln we should still
win, because the American soldier or
tailor would represent a trained Intel
ligence ns well as a drilled physique;
ho would be immeasurably the Span
lard's superior In the thinking depart
ment. As Chancellor I'pson well said the
other day before the icgonts of tho
Untveislty of New York: "An educat
ed man will understand which way
duty calls. He will see clearly a great
opportunity and will seize It nnd know
how to make the most of It. He will
see what Is demanded: not only by
pity for those In distress, but also by
enlightened patriotism for the best In
terests of his country. These are the
men who can lead others to splendid
achievement. These, too, are the men
who have mastered the hard lesson of
obedience nnd can be depended on to
follow as well as to lead. It Is such
a man who could plan and work with
scientific accuracy as well as with
splendid bravery when it was needful
to sink a Merrlmnc to imprison an
enemy."
Foreign observers of our army move
ments have been prone to speak dis
paragingly of the appearance presented
by the American soldier In drill work
Tho point is not that the drilling Is
poor so far ns concerns main results
but that It Is not reduced down to such
machine-like precision as Is common In
European countries The American sol
dier. In other words, never forgets that
he is also a citizen with a citizen's
equal rights. So far from being a
point ngnlnst as this. Indeed, is a
compliment, because It means that an
army thus constituted is a moral as
well as a material force; that It can
not bo put to unrepubllcan purposes;
that. In fine, no man in It is dbari6d
from the opportunity to rise from the
lowest position to the highest. We owe
this to our widespread diffusion of edu
cation. If Spain bad had an equal
measure of public intelligence there
would have been nc war because there
would not have been any provoking
causes of war.
The Cuban casualty list tells its own
story of bravery. Whatever his faults
the Cuban soldier Is no coward.
fir. Depew's Explanation.
When tho jeport of an Interview
which Chauncey M, Depew had with
tho representative of tho Paris Matin
reached here, we were inclined to tho
belief that theie had been some mis
take. The Tilbune s.Ud at-the time
that Mr. Depew had been either mis
represented or misreported. Both
things happened. He was alleged to
have remaiked that the United States
was In complete accord and sympathy
with France, and that there was no
possibility of an alliance or entente
between the United Kingdom and the
United States. Of course Mr. Depew
said nothing of the kind. He simply
diew up a statement of the events
that led up to the war with Spain, nnd
all will azree that no person could
have done thip better than he.
Mr. Depew gave currency to facts;
it was the French press which inter
polated the ridiculous comments.
Franco at the time was Jealous con
cerning what It believed to be the pre
liminary efforts toward an alliance be
tween Great Britain and the United
States. But France and all other na
tions ought now to realize that there
has never been a moment In the his
tory of the two countries when such
nn alliance !n the continental sense
was even remotely possible. There has
been a rapproachment between the
peoples of the Anglo-Saxon race, a
more sympathetic regard of the mission
of the two peoples In unison, working
out their destiny In the world together
on the broad plane of civilization, pro
gress and humanltarlanlsm, but that Is
all. Both countries are strong enough
to stand alone. Formal alliances pre
suppose secrecy, equivocal diplomacy,
and reciprocal obligations which It Is
n"t In tho power of either country to
effect and which would not be accept
ed If it were,
Tho European press, according
to Mr. Depew, Is anxiously watch
ing tho apprehended entrance of the
United States into the charmed circle
of the Far East. The United States
has already entered that circle, and
there need be no apprehension as to
what her conduct will be while there.
Thu United States has put at her eas
tern gate a statue of Liberty Enlight
ening the World. It will work out In
tlit far-off Philippines an exemplifica
tion of this Inspiring allegory. The
Power may or may not like It to see
their long era of spoliation and land
theft halted on the edge of the Orient
by an example in colonial government
which will Inevitably Introduce new
principles and hither Ideals; but thla
In cither event Is what destiny has In
storo for them.
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The feeling In Madrid Is very bitter
against England, because she refused
to allow Camnra to coal, but Lord
Cromer, who runs the Egyptian gov
ernment, will probably not lose sleep In
consequence.
Imperialism.
The use of tho word Imperialism as
a tenet of our political gospel has little
to recommend It from old world
analogy. "We all know what "Imperial
ism' stands for in the thoughts nnd
acts of European sovereigns. Even In
England Imperialism is synonymous
with universal dominion, the subjuga
tion of race, territorial expansion, and
the overthrow of national Independ
ence. But the word has a larger and
more exact and more significant mean
ing. It sometimes Is nnd always desig
nates the obliteration of barbaric
anarchy, the rise nnd development of
commerce, Christianity nnd civiliza
tion, the homogenlty nnd hegemony
of tho peoples of tho earth. Imperial.
Ism is, In fact, slowly but no less cer
tainly overthrowing barbarlem in its
last strongholds; overshadowing the
Idolatrous worship og kingcraft, and
replacing It by an universal recognition
of tho rights of man. The proposed
annexation of Hawaii has been de
nounced ns opposing the fundamental
principles of tho constitution and our
policy of isolation. It is simply estab
lishing our national well-belnn on the
most stable of nil foundations, the
command of our own shores. If this bo
imperallsm, then we are Imperialists.
There Is no question as to our policy
in the case of Hawaii. Tho country
through its representatives In tho
House has indicated plainly and for
cibly what that policy Is to be.'If Eng
land had stepped in at Hawaii and
foreclosed our option In tho Islands we
should have a chorus of congratula
tion from tho Godklns, the Bryans and
tho Clevelnnds that that great country
was fulfilling her Imperial destiny In
securing to herself a position in the
Pacific, which was at once obviously in
keeping with her mission. Now that
we have determined to attach these
Islands as part of our own possessions,
we are told that It Is against the policy
and principles that we have heretofore
followed. Mr, Bryan says so; Mr.
Cleveland says eo; nnd of course the
Evening Post says so. We can afford
to leave tho safeguarding of the in
terests of foreign countries In their
hands. Mr. Cleveland can lose noth
ing in going in direct opposition to the
determined policy of the country; he
Is politically dead Mr. '"Bryan can
loose nothing; his political assevera
tions are like the ravlnga of an un
conscious cataleptic; as for the Even
ing Post, It has become so un-American
that It has even ceased to be Eng
lish. Henry Norman, a most competent
observer, writing of our war prepara
tions, bears testimony as follows: "I
doubt If so much, from eo little, has
ever been accomplished so expeditious
ly and so uneventfully before." Later
on Americans will all agree with
him.
Very little trans-Atlantic travel la
reported, which means that Americans
will have an opportunity at Ja&t to
become acquainted with their own
country.
.
Old Oeneral Gomez is reported to be
starving. It w41! show scant courtesy
and worse humanity if our government
does not promptly take steps for his
relief.
Europe, says Depew, respects the
lesson taught by Dewey. It Is a form
of instruction which Europe can un
derstand. The sen of Senator Elklns, who could
have had a commission, preferred to
enlist as a private. He deserves a
medal.
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One of the lessons of this war Is that
the torpedo boat Is an Iridescent dream.
Of course Dewey didn't exceed his
authority. Dewey isn't of that kind.
IMPKltIALlS.il.
From the Philadelphia Press.
It delights "little Americans" to set up
a man of straw, mako him hideous and
misshapen after their own devices and
conceptions, and then when they have
bullded htm up Into a threatening atti
tude to bowl him over and cry out In
triumph over their victory. For some
time past, here, there, In Boston, In
Washington and In Buncombe county
especially, tho "little American" has been
reviling this monstrous thing of his own
ranking, which ho calls "Imperialism,"
and knocking It down dally to his own
satisfaction. This is all very well, but
the fact is this "Imperialism" devil of
mugwumpla, bulging out with Hawaiian
loot and Manllan trophies, with Cuban
spoil nnd Porto RIcan pickings, has no
existence,
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The hullaballoo that Is being raised
over tho travesty on "Imperialism" will
thcreforo not divert the broad-minded
and open-minded Americans in and out
of public office, who see clearly and
with somewhat of prophetic vision that
the country has new duties, new respon
sibilities and a distinct mission beforo
the world. To recognize this, earnestly
and honestly to meet and solve the
problems as they arise, if It be "Im
perialism," Is not tho diseased and ex
crescent "Imperialism" of distorted
fancy, but a national expansion as nat
ural, as logical, as Inevitable and as
honorable as tho expansion of thirteen
coastwise colonies Into a nation en
throned between two great oceans.
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The "thinking" American will not shy
at tho specter of "Imperialism." He
knows that behind Its owlish head, Is
the "little American," a descendant of
those who shrieked at every Inch Added
to tho territory of tho original thirteen
colonies and whoso predictions were
mado as ridiculous by events as the im
potency of their Influence on public opin
ion was mado clear by the country adopt
ing what they opposed. So It will be to
day. By travestying Imperialism, by
representing public men ns having cor
rupt, selfish policies of aggrandizement,
tho autl-lmpcrlallsts aro paving tho way
for tho triumph of that they abuse. The
reul "Imperialism,' tho imperialism of
progressive democracy, can stand all the
attacks made on It and thrive. It Is no
feeble bantling,
DOING FAIItLV WELL.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
For "a nation of shopkeepers" th
American people seem to be doing pretty
well. In the future, foreign sneers itt
their supposed incapacity for conducting
aggressive operations outside their own
territory are likely to be less frequent.
Ualiie and Pouter
of an Ideal
Tho following Is tho text of tho supe
rior valedictory read by Miss M. Ada;
lino Barnard at tho recent commence
ment exercises ot tho Dunmoro high
school.
J GREAT part of tho tone and in
A eplrallon of life comes from its
U Ideals. Tho llfo which lacks Ideals
Lfu lacks point and purpose. We re
quire a goal toward which wo may
direct all our energies, and upon this tho
main Interests of llfo will center. There
aro but few persons who are entirely
without Ideality. Often, their Ideal Is
poor nnd low enough, being u mere hope
of selfish giln or personal victory, or a
dream of enso and Indolence, but
such us It Is, It ndds Interest to existence.
It may stimulate hope, but it cannot lift
tho llfo to a higher level. It Is a great
power, constantly acting upon conduit
nnd character, but not for good. It holds
tho soul down llko a clog, and will not let
It rise, because our characters can never
rise abovo our Ideals. Wo may do far
worse than wo hope and try to do, but
wo can never do better. If we do not nt
taln our highest hope, why havo a hlsh
Ideal at nil? Bocaiiro wo shall do fur
better In pursuit ot a high mark than of
a low one. And If we do not reach the
mark aimed at, wo shall find that rur
path has been steadily upwuid.
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All true Ideals should Ho far In advonco
of our prcsant attainments. In this lies
their chief value, for their power is In
their loftiness. They furnish a true and
worthy standpoint of life. This Is a nec
essary clement In nil dlsclpllno nnd
growth. A noble ideal acts llko a mirror
to reveal us to ourselves, to reveal tho
difference between our present attain
ments and our Ideal. Then wo are In n
position to profit by tho Ideal, and In
telligently nnd successfully resolve upon
efforts to attain It. A great advantage la
to set tho Ideal clearly before the mind.
It must take dcflnlto shapo before It ever
can become a great power. Tho sight ot
It must bo a waking vision when all tho
powers are In full exercise. It must bo
Intelligently formed. Tho will must
choose It, and determlno to follow hard
after it with all tho energies of llfo.
Then tho feelings those deep Inner fires
which spread their hent and glow over
every faculty nnd activity of the soul
must bo kindled to warm tho whole be
ing with zeal In the pursuit. Tho prin
cipal difference among men Is in their
capacity to form ideals. Wo cannot nl
ways rightly discern men's Ideals, but if
wo could pry down beneath the machin
ery of action and motive, we should find
the mainspring of every llfo In somo con
trolling hope, which consciously or un
consciously sways each day's actions and
inspires ouch day's efforts.
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The main practical question Is. "What
shall tho Ideal bo?" What is Its quality?
What does, it lncludo? Tho capacity to
form clearly and to pursue such an Ideal
comes only with discipline and growth.
We havo to hold our present Ideals of
life subject to constant Improvement.
They grow more definite only as llfo
matures, and ns experience brings to
them new and better meanings. All true
Ideals which nre practical nnd helpful
must grow. They must be formed dur
ing the process of life's study and expe
rience. They must be held In constant
relation to our dally woik. They must not
hang In the clouds, so vague and so far
away that they never exert an Influence
on our commonplace duties. They must
bo a power for faithfulness even In tho
things that are least. They must bo
ablo to stoop to embrace tho homlleat
task, and must be strong enough to lift It
heavenward. A rlsht Ideal will embraco
at onco tho highest conceptions and the
simplest duties. It will establish har
mony and contact between the noblest
character and the humblest and most pa
tient faithfulness In the duties which
God gives us to do, thus bringing earth
nnd heaven nearer together.
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But In order to succeed wo must strive
earnestly and persistently and do our
work thoroughly. Abilities alone will not
avail. Every man who has eve.' greatly
succeeded has, no doubt, worked In the
direction ot his natural genius; but no
man has ever greatly succeeded without
earnest application. One may bo ve-y
earnest, indeed, yet his energy may bo
only spasmodic. Tho reward is promised
to thoso only who enduro to tho end. To
make labor effective, we must be per
sistent In our efforts. This should bo re
ceived us an axiom. The great tempta
tion Is to try to reach tho goal at ono
stride, as If wo wore seven-league boots;
to fret and grow weary over the inter
vening steps Step by step must we as
cend, and wherever we stop short of our
Ideals, we hac by so much failed In our
object Let us push forward and do what
ever Is to be done. Vain wishes, gauzy
nlr-castles, slumbrous day-dreams go
for nothing In tho conflict ot living real
ities. Such an Ideal clear, positive, high and
comprehensive Is an untold power In
any life. It lifts tho dally round of toll
Into dignity and dlvlnencss. It discloses
possibilities of nobleness In every life,
and guarantees eo every earnest soul
tho opportunity of developing the choicest
traits of human character. How offjn
have our Uachcrs tried to Impress upon
tho minds of their pupils the Impor
tance of a high and noble Ideal! Eter
nity alone will tell whether tho ndWce
has been heeded by us ns pupils, nnd
whether tho seed rown has taken root
nnd borne fruit nbundantlv. Esteemed
teachers, If to aid many who need help,
and who can bo helped beyond tho power
ot tho arithmetic to tell how much If to
guldo many In the way of knowiedgo
and Into the path of wisdom, opening
blind eyes to beauty, stirring dull souls
to wonder, rousing latent energies to ac
tion, quickening generous Impulses, nnd
placing before tho mind a new amolt'.on
In tho atmosphere of which llfo may tako
on forever a glorltled meaning. If these
things be a grateful task to noble souls,
then Is the work of the true teacher "'ts
own exceeding great reward." From our
hearts we thank you for what you havo
been to us. Of tho seeds you have sown
with unswerving patience, with a pur
pose that never relaxed. In season nnd
out of season, somo havo already borno
good fruit. Others may have Bhowu no
sign ,but tho seed Is not dead; the ground
Is fallow, and In the years to come it win
yet bear its fruit In well spent lives, bet
ter lived because of your constant sug.
gestlon, keen criticism, sharp reproof,
and kindly counsel. With this feeling In
our hearts, wo turn away from you, nd
the old familiar places. Wo are your
debtors forever! Good-bye.
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Gentlemen of tho board of directors
The year Is ended and the work Is done.
With that work, you In the geeral direc
tions of our school, have had much to do.
The public Interest entrusted to your caio
Is of transcendent Importance, It is the
one vital lnterst ot the community which
has been given over to you, n select body
of her citizens. Tho teacher, It is true,
makes tho school, but you detctmlno who
shall bo the teacher, and through htm or
her, tho influence that shall bo at work In
the schools. You determine wnat
branches of study shall bo pursued, and
what text books shall bo used, you pro
vide buildings In which the school may
assemble, and supply them with whatever
may be needed In tho way of furniture,
text books and other equipment. The ed
ucatlon given to the youth ot today is
largely determined by you, and it will rte.
termlne in large measure the character
of the men nnd women who nre to como
after you. We thank you earnestly for
what ou have dona for us, and with un
earnest God-speed In the work you nre
doing, we bid you a respectful farewell.
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Schoolmates, we now leave the butldln?
where we have worked together for to
many years, and we leavo you to follow
MIMMOTS
A GALA WEEK
True patriotism is sliown by deeds of valor without expected reward. We propose
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 i
Fling Your Banners to the Breeze I
GREAT SPECIAL SALE OF 1FLAGS FRTOAY Mb SATUEEAY.
FastvColored Flags, 2 f t x 3 ft, mounted upon Mahogany finish staff, with gilt spear
head. Price i z cents.
Fast Colored Flags, 3 ft x 4 ft, mounted upon 7 ft staff with gilt spear head, price,35c
Ladies9 Shirt Waists
No such variety in this city and prices way below all others.
Ladies' White Lawn Waists, tucked, formerly $1, Now 25c.
Ladies' White Mull Waists, with cascade and-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 Muslin Underwear. Prices 39c, 59c and
98c for your choice of Gowns, Skirts, Drawers and Chemise, which are worth double,
Ladles' Skirts " '
Ladies' Colored Pique Skirts, 59 cents. , ;
Ladies' White Duck Skirts, 98 cents and upwards. .
Ladies' White Pique Skirts, 98 cents and upwards.
Fourth of July Fixings for Gentlemen in Shirts and Neckwear at prices that can't
be beat.
Lewis-, Reilly
& DavieSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
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Our Korrect Shape Shoes
FOR GENTLEMEN, HAVE M0P.E
FRIENDS THAN ANY OTHER
SHOES MADE.
Lewis, Reilly k Bavies,
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
In our footsteps. Keep your Ideal clear
ly before you at all times, and striving to
attain this, you will surely advance. Wo
mako way for others who at the next
session will join you. We commend these
by tho esteem wo have for you, and wo
hopo you havo for us, to your favorable
regard. You know the grand old maxim,
"Welcome the coming, speed tho part
ing guest," Good-bye,
Dear classmates, we have had a good
tlmo together, and will never regret it.
We might have encouraged each other to
work a little harder, but it is too late
now to talk of that. We have been to
gether for years In sunshine and storm.
Wo have growled and grumbled, fumed
and fretted, havo at times been wronged,
as wo thought, and wero therefore rlgnt
cously Indignant. We've laughed and
chatted, played and sung, loafed and
worked, and have had a good tlmo gener
ally. But In one way or another we have
all learned something worth knowing,
and cot much worth out of our high
school life. We will always look back
with Interest to what from the stand
point of later life will seem a green and
sunny stretch of years well-nigh fre
from care. It Is permitted none of us to
stand still. Wo must go forward or retro
grade. Life is not a Joke, but a grave re
nllty. Let U3 live consciously, and with
the conviction deep In our souls that It Is
a more serious thing to live than to die.
Thus living, life can be no failure, and
thus dying, death can have little terror
for any ono of us.
AN ALL-HOUND GENEnAX.
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Shatter Is an all-around general. The
landing of troops and tho advance on
Santiago have been managed In work
manlike fashion. From tho time the
transports sailed from Tampa, operations
have been conducted with scientific pre
cision. The promptness nnd smoothness
of tho landing astonished military ex
perts. The advance on Santiago has
moved llko clockwork. There has been
no rush, and there have been some
hitches and delay, but the movement has
never stopped or been clogged. Loss of a
lighter In transit delayed landing of slego
guns, nnd tho supply service has been
hampered by difficulty of managing pack
trains In a jungle, nut the advance has
not been pushed out of touch, and there
has been no suffering or repulse. Shafter
has his whole army In hand, and will
hold It so till he Is ready to throw it on
tho enemy. Engineers aro Improving the
delay to make roads, and tho rush will
bo swift when &U Is ready. Probably
there will be no more nffalrs of outposts.
The Spanish forces aro retiring to re
trenchments end awaiting the arrival of
Pando from the east. There will be ono
sharp battle, after bombardment of de
fenses by land and sea. The capture of
Santiago will not bo an eat-y task, but It
will not be trade harder by any military
error on tho part of General Shafter.
OUR HATTLE.CHY.
J
Not for Itevtnge albeit Spain
Destroyed the Maine
Not for her Islands, r.ear or far,
Wage we this v.ur. '
Nor solely for por Cuba's need
Do our sons bleed;
But to solve questions which were gray
Ere to the day.
She opened her sad eyest For we,
Who scarce yet see
Wisely to rule ourselves, are set
Whero ways have met,
To lead the waiting nations ont
Not for our own
Land now are battle-nags unfurled,
nut for the World.
-Harper'B Weekly,
MILL & CONNELL
121 NX. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a braes Bedstead, be inrs tbit
you get the best. Our bran Bedsteadj are
all made with eamleu brass tubing and
frame work ! all of steel.
They cost no mors than many bediteads
made of the open teamleis tubing. Every
bedstead U highly finished and laoquerea
under a peculiar method, nothing eref hav
ing been produced to equal It. Oar new
Bprlng Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill
&
Comeell
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Cancellation
tamnips
Made
to
Orden
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenue.
iAMMOCKSb
WATER COOLERS
AND
FILTERS.
WHITE MOUNTAIN AND OHIO
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
AT HAHD PAN PRICES TO
SUIT THE TIMES.
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4SS Lackawanua Aveune
I U
BAZAAR.'
HNLEf:
a yard for
Fine French
Organdies
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
Manufactured by Koechlin,
Baumgarter & Cie, is unex
celled. We show them in a large
variety of designs, all exclu
sively our own, and they are
selling freely,
Aiso One Odd Lot of
French Organdies in Dress
Patterns at 18 cents a
yard to close. .
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyoming
Dlitrlctfer
Mining, Wasting, Sporting, Hmokeieil
und the Itcpauno Chemical
Company's
tafcty Fuse, Cnps and Exploder,
lloom -101 Connell Building.
ticranton. ,
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THOS,FOP.D.
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