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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. JULY 27. 1898,
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SCRANTON, JULY 27, 1698.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATU.
Govei nor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Goernor J. P. S. OOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affalrs-JAMES V.
LA1TA.
Judge of Superior Court W. W. POR
TER. Congiessmcn - nt - Large SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALUSHA A. GROW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
flniic.
First Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN P. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATTOKM
It will bo my purpose when elected to
fco conduct mself na to win the tespect
unci Rcod will of those who have opposed
me as well ns thoso who have given mo
their biipport. I shall be the governor
of tho whole people of the btate. Abuses
hae undoubtedly growh up In tho legis
lature which nre neither the fault of one
party nor tho other, but rather the
growth of cuptcm. Urrecewnry Investi
gations have been authorized by commit,
tees, resulting In unnecessary expeiae to
the state. It will be my caie and pur
pose to correct these and other evils In po
far as I have the power. It will be my
purpose while governor of Pennsylvania,
as It has been m purpose In tho publlo
positions thnt 1 have held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty. Tho
people nre greater than tho parties to
which they belrng I am only Jealous of
their faor I shall only nttempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can bet be done by
an "honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
Tho parents of Mack Gnilde?, of
Knnxvlllp, Tenn., are able to define the
word raciiflcp as few can. When the
news camp that the eldest son was
wounded almost to the point of death
nt Santiago, they gave their tearful
consent that a nineteen year old hoy
should enlist to fill the place of the
one In the hospital. Such patriotism
b this cannot bo viewed In calmness
or appreciated in more words.
The Democratic Ticket.
Thp Democratic county convention
enjoyed a period of unusual quietude
yesterdaj, in comparison with the old
time conventions of Lackawanna
county. The result of the deliberations
is the selection of a ti editable ticket.
The nomination of Hon. P. W. Gun
ster for Judge Is a well deserved trib
ute to a man who has been nn honor
to the bench. I. H. Burns, esq., has
many qualifications which should
make him it foimldable candidate.
Certainly whit he does not know about
politics is little v oi tli knowing and
he should be In a position to use to
the full his former roniewhat extensive
experience gained In the vicissitudes
of the past.
Dr. J F. Paltry, the candidate for
coroner, is a practitioner who enjoys
the respect und confidence of a largo
circle of acquaintances. While A. E.
Dunning will alwajs be remem
V red In connection with the not al
together successful White Wings which
wtte to work reform In the city streets,
he did the best he could as street
commissioner and is well fitted for can
didacy as county surveyor.
M. W. Cummlngs is a man of educa
tlon and Intelligence and is prominent
n Oiyphant, his home town. Th
ticket In In completeness Is a veiy
good ticket indeed, but the Republi
cans piopose to place one so much bet
ter In tho field that no trouble will bo
experienced in defeating that of yes
teiday. The longing for the canteen and Its
refieshlng stock must bo very Intense
when soldiers resort to wood alcohol
as a beverage.
Exports and Imports.
We have from time to time noted the
unprecedented development of our ex
port trade during the year. Each day
brings Into greater prominence Its vol
ume and its value. Side by side with
an Increasing export trade, our Import
trade has declined with unpatalleled
rapidity. To find a total Import trade
as small as that of 1S9S we must go
back to the year 187D. It was thought
then that low water mark had been
reached and so It held for a generation.
During those twenty-one years our
imports have been steadily increasing,
sometimes, as In the terrible years of
1S93 and 1894, to such an extent that
they threatened our financial stability
and strained our credit almost to the
last dollar. In making any comparison
between the volume ot Imports landed
In our warehouses in 1879 and the value
of the goods Imported this year, we
must remember that the country's
population has Increased in the mean
time by twenty millions. That is to
say, we have now twenty million more
people to clothe and furnish with all
the necessaries of life, while we are at
the same time taking' less commodities
from other countries than we have
done at any period .during the last
twenty-one yenits.
Five years ago, In that bleak and
dreary fiscal year, 1893, we Imported
$SS6,000,00O worth of foreign goods. In
the past fiscal year ourlmports amount
ed only to $616,000,000. The consequence
Is that we have an excess of exports
over Imports wholly unprecendented in
our history, the balance of trade now
In our favor reachlns $015,259,000
against the $26,2:0,000 In 1S79, which
was held to have beaten nil rceordn.
This comfortable balance we hold tit
our disposal after finding food for
twenty million more mouths than we
did a store of yetus ago. We hnvo Im
ported $100,000,000 of gold In excess of
Impoits. The volume ot foreign gold
which has flowed Into the uountry Is
In excess of tlvj amount which Is held
at tho ttcasury to be adequate to tho
redemption of all our national financial
obligations. This year's domestic yield
of gold has produced $60,000,000, nn in
crease of $12,000,000. We cannot, of
course, expect that this great good for
tune wilt Indefinitely continue. What
Is phenomenal about It Is that it has
taken place nt a time when the coun
try is at war with one European power,
while all tho othcis, except Great Brl
taln, look on In sullen silence nnd
evidently In no fa volatile disposition to
our military nnd commercial success.
Count Gotanchow-skl, the Austrian pre
mier, said a shoit while ngo that the
time had come when the European
powers should enter Into a league to
counteract the Industrial competition
of the United States. That time will
come, und not sooner, when tho Euio
pean powers will thtow off the Incubus
of militarism nnd bring Into the field
of Industrial life the millions of con
scripts who nre maintained to sustain
monarchlal ambition nt home and co
lonial "markets" nnione tho heathen
of China and the swamps of Africa.
Such a league of commercial nggrea
elon en the part of Europj against
America Is ns likely, If It cornea about,
as a league of peace or another Holy
A'llnnce.
The Dlngley bill has been pronounced
a failure. If It has railed, It hns failed
In' so far that we have never exported
more or Imported less. Wp ennnot
have our loaf nnd cat It. If foreign
Imports had unhampered entrance to
come Into competition and undersell
our home manufactures, wp would
have obtained a fiscal revenue alto
gether satisfactory to the free traders.
Rut what poor consolation this would
be to Idle workmen. Theto are many
things more calamitous In the govern
ment of a country than a revenue de
ficit when that arises from protection
to home Industries. The Dlngley tariff
has not had a fair trial. It was (scarce
ly In operation four months when the
calculations which were based upon It
nnd expectations which were partially
realized by It, were suddenly over
thrown by the war. Direct taxation
has come Into conflict With Its natural
Incidence. Despite this fact the Dlng
ley tariff hns Justified the predictions
of Its authors.
If the town of Pugwnsh. N. S., has
bo-n really wiped out by fire, it is to
be hoped thnt It will be given a new
ntme bofote rebuilding is undertaken.
The Outlook In the Philippines.
Rumors of impending complications
in thp Philippine hae reached Lon
don from Shanghai We do not Intend
to plnce too much reliance on the truth
of these telegrams in discussing them.
They nre incidents not unlikely to oc
cur under given circumstances. Th.it
they have actually ocetured Is another
mutter. News cmanntlnj from Shang
hai may be set down ns false unless
conoboratcd fioni other and Independ
ent source?. There seems, however, to
be some warrant for crediting the re
roit that four Russian battleships
have left Port Arthur, presumably for
the Philippines when taken In con
junction with the fact that General
Augustln, captain general of the Phil
ippines., telegraphed to his p.overn
ment that grave events were Impend
ing. The Japanese squadron In the
waters atound the Philippine Islands
have been aupmented, It is believed, If
the Shanghai telegrams are not wilful
fabrications, with a view to co-operate
with the British and American admir
als. Russia has given us no Intima
tion directly or Indirectly that she
v as unfavorable to our opeintlons In
the far east The assuiancos made by
the Russian press from tlmn to time
v ere in a conttnry spirit. The only
deductions we can make fiom the ru
mors, Is that Get ninny is again at her
old game, and thnt she Intends to
seize on ono or other of the Islands
in the Philippine nichlpelago. Sh
may have given some such intimation
to the European powers as to her in
tcrtlons, with a polite Intimation to
them that they may follow her exam
ple. If they feel inclined to do so, but
that she Is determined to obtain pos
session of a share of tho islands in
any event.
It will bo rcmemlered thnt this pol
icy exactly coincides with her action
in China. The powers hardly believed
that the Emperor William was serloui
In his Intentions until he car
ried them out to the letter in seizing
Kalo-Chao bay nnd that port of tho
Lino Tung penlnsuln that lay behind
It. The departure of a Russian squad
ron to the Philippines Is not at nil
unlikely; nor can we look upon its
anival as hostile to our operations In
a formal sense. If Oct many seizes a
position on the Island without Inter
ference from Great Inltuin or Japan,
Pussla would probably do the same
and Dewey would be powerless to deal
with a German nnd Russian navel
combination. Technically Germany
and Russia could claim that they were
not entering upon nn net of nggtes
slon towaid tho United Statos. Spain
hns not abrogated her sovereignty over
the Islands nor have wo occupied them
The blockndo of Manila does not con
stitute possession of the group, nnd
Russia and Oeimnny could plausibly
maintain that what they took they
seized from Hpalu nnd not from us, If
they wanted to Justify their action by
the code of International law. We
would claim of course that wo
were at wnr with Spain and
that the occupation of the Phil
ippines was a necessary stiate
gettcal movement If It was noth
lns else, nnd that the seizure) of any
part of the Islands waB a deliberate
net of enmity towards, us, Dut wo
have not nufllcltnt uhlps in the Philip
pines to mnko sood our assertion If
Germany nnd Russia chooso to Ignore
It, as they undoubtedly would.
There Is, however, ono little difficulty
In tho wny of the Kirperor William's
piano. IIo would havo undoubtedly
curried out the selzuro of a coaling
station or Island in the Philippines or
nt leant attempted It rind he nnlv
Honey to reckon with. Roth England
and Japan have not fol gotten the per
fidy of (Jcrtnnny and Russia In China.
Tho national existence of Japan In the
East Is threatened by Russian nggres
Ion nnd Geimnn ambition. Theae
two powci-s prevented her from acquir
ing the fruits of her great victory In
China, "What they despoiled her of
they took themselves. Knglnnd'a trade
with China, which wns moro thnn
eighty per cent, of the whole, is seri
ously threatened from tho mmo Influ
ence. To allow Gel ninny nnd Rus
sia io repent the tactics which they
employed In China nnd tho Philip
pines is n matter of far mote vltnl con
cern to Great Rrllnln nnd the Mlkndo
than it Is to us. Rut our honor Is in
volved, nnd where honor and Interest
go together, tho situation becomes)
critical Indeed. If the Ameitcnn, Kmb
llsh and Japanese fleets net In concert,
as cmphntlcnlly they will If It comes to
that supieme l)uc, they could ns cn;1
lly overwhelm the fleets of Germany,
Russia nnd Frnnce ns America alone
overwhelmed that of Spain. We shnll
await the development of affairs in
the EaBt with the gravest anxiety.
The cloud Is yet no bigger than n man's
hand, but It looms ominously In tho
sky of the Oilent.
The mango treH will hereafter be
entitled to a place In the same his
torical garden of state with the oak
and the elm.
Increase, of Insect Pests.
According to ropoits from exchanges
in the western pait of the state nnd
In fact through the New England nnd
Middle states, the intcr-pUIais and oth
er Insects which destroy Shade trees
were never so plentiful as this year.
It Is alno evident that the pests of
orchard trees nre even more numer
ous this ear than those which attack
the forest trees. Cuicullo, coddling
moth, boier, tent caterpillar, aphis,
rose slug nnd the rest ore reported by
rui at" communities In greater profu
sion thnn ever In fact, nil the Insect
pests which make the farmer's lite
a burden have nppeared In unusual
numbeis this year, doing much dani
nge to fruit nnd vegetables nllke.
Lnst year there were not so many
In3ects though there were enough to
worry tho farmers but there was
more scale, rot and blight, striking
fruit and forest trees nllke. When It
is not one thing It Is nnother and the
ir.nn who would have productive fruit
trees or healthy shade trees must ex
ercise eternal vigilance nnd rsoit to
all the nits known to horticulture.
Notwithstanding tho efforts of sci
entists to destioy the various Insects
i'V the nld of chemicals they seem to
Increase as tho years go by and each
season produces some new ariety.
But as a western paper remaiks, It
was not nlwajs thus.
Within the easy memory of living
Inhabitants, the forest trees cared for
themselves and a good crop of fruit
was toleinbly sure, at least eveiy sec
ond year, with no other attention to
the trees thnn the annual piunlng.
The spiay pump wns not known nnd
was not needed. Arscnltes and anti
fungus sulphates were r.ut In the list
of aitleles necessary to ptolltable
agriculture or hoi tlculture. AVbat has
caused the change? Tho destruction
of our foicsts, the killing of nur in
sctivoiotis birds und the importation
of new varieties of Insects, fungus
and bacteria upon trees fiom forest
less cnunttks. The species of pests
have been lnci casing ns the number
of tiees hns been decieaslng.
Possibly It the use ot the sprny
pump become univcisal man will bo
able to supply the deficiency In natur
al protection ngalnst these smnll ene
mies. Possibly tho Introduction of
pnrasltes and Insect foes may accom
plish the result. Rut nt piesent the
struggle Is n hnrd one, with the In
sects lather in the lead. Rehabilita
tion of barren hillsides by foiestiy will
surely help to moulfy climate nnd con
ditions, but when will foiestry be given
the attention it deserves?
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: ".lo a. m, for Wednes
day, .lulv i'7, MS.
&
In tho opinion of a child born on this
day. a few ot llobsi.n's air bass might
co utilised to good purpose In nllnj the
drocplng tplrlts of Lackawanna's Democ
racy. When the war Is over the Cuban pa
triot will be as restless us u citizen of
Kansas In the absence of a ci clone or a
grabshopoer plague.
EN-Rcprcsentativo Joidan showed a
disposition to lire brickbats at whlte
wlnged peace at the Democratic conven
tion jesterday.
Medical experts are trlns to makp us
bellevo that the Mauser bullet Is u nice
thing to tnke Into '.he svstem. Most of
the patriots remaining in Bcranton, hew.
ever, wilt prcbably piefer to seivo their
country by receiving the taxed articles in
liquid form.
It was an Elmlra newspaper of course
that suggested "paddling" as a punish
ment for Sylvester Scovel.
Persons who have not spent all their
money for bonds will scon bo given nn
other opportunity to Invest In Klondike
mining stock.
EXCURSION DAYS.
The picnic days havo come again,
The merriest of them all,
When gentle maids and gentlemen
Are fain to go nnd loll
Aiound beneath tho tiees
Where catei pillars fall,
And enjoy the gentle breeze.
And love and (llrt and frollo
And mix up In scenes bucolic,
And accumulate tho trademarks of the
merry bumblebees.
The glad excursion days are here,
When trains are loaded down
With people who but once a year
Can get away from town
The happy boy In duck
And the maid In fluffy gown,
Taking chances on their luck,
Run the risk of being battered
Out of shape or getting tcattered
O'er tho landscape when the freight train
or tho open switch Is struck.
Oh, once again, oh. once again
The season Is at hand.
The morry, merry senson when
Folks yearn to quit tho hind.
When row boats nre to let,
And funny people stnml
Vp In them und forget
And ilnncn around like asses,
Whllo nbout it minute passes.
And then the whole Uaboodle nre, ns
usual, upset.
-Cleveland Leader.
PENSION WORK.
Extrnct from the Annual Report of
Commissioner Evnno Which May
Give an Idea of the Business of tho
Department.
Special to tho kcranton Tribune.
Wellington, P. C July 28. H. Clay
EvntiK, the commissioner of pensions,
makes tho following statement which
to some degree gives nn Idea of whnt
In bclnrj; done In the pension office. The
enormous amount of work entnllcd in
tho efforts of tho nntlon to show np
prcelatlon of the heroic deeda of three
decades neo Is hero briefly outlined:
Naturally but the most meagre gllmpae
of this increnre In tho work can be ob
tnlncd. A detnlled nccount will ap
pear In the annual report:
FISCAL YEAIt ENDING JUNE r.0.
Received. 18M U97. 1S93.
Co n groaslonnl
cull t5fn0 137.SC1 10.718
Lettersof Inquiry. 512,113 WiO.llJ tu.Jl
Letters mlsccim-
cous J92,iijt 1".7,&00 U3,M7
Total pieces of
mull handled
received and
sent 2,162,531 5,0J5,7f8 fi,6,W
They will nppenr In the nnnual re
port with many others thnt mny in
terest you,
There were 2,054,04"! letters sent out
(not Including enrds) duilng tho year
one-third nmie thnn the previous
yenr (18971,612,101). An effort hns
bo'-n mnde to have all letters promptly
answered.
BUY CANADIAN SHIPS.
The Government Arranging for More
Transports British Naval Reserve
Vessels to bo Sold to tho United
States Tho Next Expedition to
Mnnlln.
San Francisco, July 26. The Cana
dian Pncillc steamships Tnrtnr nnd
Athenlnn arc nnchored In Vancouver
harbor, having been taken off the
Klondike lottte. Their stores nre bolnt;
removed and they are to become Uni
ted Stntes transpoits. As they nre
Rrltlsh navnl reserve boats, they enn
not be transferred to the American
government directly, so they will pass
through the hands of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, being converted
Into troopships by T'ncle Sam.
The Athenian Is registered at 4,600
tons nnd Is constructed to carry 1.500
men, and the Tartar Is a 4,000 ton ship,
built to accommodate 1,200. Both ships
enn tinvel 17 knots nn hour
Seattle, Wash., uly 26. The stenm
shlp Chnrles Nelson, which, anlved
hero Monday from St Michaels, has
bpen chaitered by the government for
a trnnsport. Tho government has also
churtprcd the steamship Pnmoa. Both
vessels will lenve for San Francisco
within a day or two. It Is unrHei stood
tlft they are to bo used in carrying
troops to Honolulu.
General Meirlnni his selected Lieu
tenant Colonel Leo Stover of the Tlist
Pnuth Dakota Infnntiv to command
troops going to Manila this week on
the steamship St Paul. The troops
will embark on Thuisday or Filday.
Two bnttnllons of the First South Da
kota let! for the Philippines on the
steamship Rio de Janeiro last Satur
day. The lenialnlnK battalion of the
leglment Is. to go on tho St. Paul. In
addition General Men lam has decided
to send the lecrults for tho Flist Col
orado and Tenth Pennsylvania.
Pilvato W. Ii. Dubbs, of Company
K, Seventh California, Is dead of pneu
monia, and Pilvato Lvon Hull, of
Company D, First South Dakota, hns
succumbed to cntniihal pneumonia.
Pi hate Mulligan, of Company K,
Tvventy-thlid Infantry, who died Sun
day night at the Marine hospital, has
been bulled In tho Presidio cemetery.
The Seventh California has sent in
the last twenty-four houis five cases of
measles to the field hospital. Two of
the victims Privates Mnrske nnd
Ilount, of Company G, nie In a dan
gerous condition.
Dr. F. II, Demey, of tho Eighteenth
Infantry, hns been taken to the French
hospital ill with pneumonia.
OUR COURSE IN THE PUTURE.
Prof. Andrews Addresses Monona
Lake Assembly on European Poli
tics. Mudlson, Wis., July 26. E. Benjamin
Andrews, elected lecently superintend
ent of the schools of Chlcazo, In his
addt ess before the Monona Lake as
sembly, spoke on "European Politics."
He predicted a great European war In
the near future Into which the United
States would be dragged If It did not
go In of its own accord. He described
the strengthening of the fortifications
and preparations tor war In every
country in Europe.
"You may ask what force In Europe
preserves peace in Europe," he said.
"This pence force Is the money power,
the great flnnnclers, whose Interests
nre entirely opposed to war. There are
large numbers of people, Intelligent,
thoughtful people, who believe that a
geneial war would kill off enough of
tho laboring people to solve the labor
quentlon. Those who were left .could
be paid larger wages and live on a
higher plane.
"It is interesting to consider which
nation of Europe will b6 benefited most
by a general European war. That na
tion undoubtedly would be Great Brit
ain. Englnnd is far better situated In
flnnncial ways for war than any other
European power.
"The present friendliness of Gie.it
Britain toward tho United States I be
lieve to be sincere nnd not expressed
for the purpose of making capital nut
of us. We should respond to this sen
tlment. Besides the ties of blood we
would bo wise to have a powerful nlly
In enso of friction with any other Eu
ropean power. We shall probably bo
compelled to take a plnce In tho set
tlement of the eastern question. There
nie mnny peoplo who insist thnt we
shnll keen up tho role of the hermit
nation; that we must keep aloof from
the world. In my Judgment there Is
no choice before the American nation.
Whether wo wish to or not we must
take our placo among the powers of
the world. The United States may bo
dragged Into the company of the pow
ers by the heels or we may take our
plnce voluntnrily nnd cnll to tho world:
'Heio Is Jonnthnn He I? six feet two;
ho han come to stay; he waits to be
countPd; you must iccKon with him.'"
CHILDREN ASPHYXIATED.
Annie and Bessie Bnlsley Killed By
Illuminating Qas,
Philadelphia, July 26. Annie and
Bessie Bnlsley, nged 5 nnd 9 yeajs,
respectively, weio nsphyxlnted by Il
luminating gas early today nt the
home of their parents, 2552 North War
nock street, this city. When the chll-
GttSM
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pecial Sale of
12 mo. Paper Covered Books, legible print, upon good
white paper. Works by the best authors, such as
DUMAS, LYALL,
MULOCK, BUCHA NAN,
CONAN DOYLE, OUIDA,
And many other popular authors.
On Railroad Trains, Steamboats, and at Country Book
Stores you will have to pay 25 cents for one of these books.
Many large city book stores think they are selling tkem cheap
at 10 cents. Our price, while they last,
Gaily
Always Busy
SUMMER, 1898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All Our
Busscts must go. You need the Shoes.
We' need loom.
Lewis, Rdlly k Mvles
lit AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE
dren retired last night the window of
thpfr bed room was open nnd the pas
Jet turned off:
When their bodies were found thiH
mornlnp, the windows were closed nnd
the Ras Jet wns turned on. It 1 sup
posed one of the children arose dur
ing the night to close tho windows
and nccldentally turned on the ai.
MISS SCHLEY MUST LEAVE.
London Hears She Has Been Re
quested to Depart.
London, July 26. The papers here
continue to confuse Miss Jessie Schley,
daughter of Charles Schley, of Mil
waukee, and a cousin of Commodore
Schley, vvlth Miss Shatter. Miss Schley
arrived recently In Madrid on a peace
mission, without the approval of her
father, but neither the aueen regent
nor any responsible person would re
ceive her. It was added that bhe will
probably be requested to depart as
early as possible. A special dispatch
from Madrid this moinlnK sas "Miss
Shafter" has been requested to lenve
Spain forthwith.
Madrid, July 26 (delaved In trans
mission). The civil governor of Mad
rid will not acknowledge the arrival
here of Miss Jessie Schley, of Mil
waukee, Wis., a cousin of Commodore
Schley In any case, she will not bo
received by the queen regent in con
nection with her peace mission, which,
It is pointed out, can only be conducted
through the proper diplomatic chan
nels. INSANE WOMAN'S ACT.
Mrs. Beverly Robinson Shoots Her
Child and Kills Herself.
White Hall. N. Y, July 26. Mrs.
F.nvcrly Ttoblnson shot and killed her
child today and then killed herself nt
T'nir Ilnven, Vt. Her husbnnd hns
hf-en cnnipinq; nt I.nke Snlnt Catherine,
near 1'oultney, foi the past three dnys.
His slster-ln-lnv, Mrs Methency,
who fnrmeily jesided In Philadelphia
nnd mn with tho camping paity, com
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by
teltlns cnrbollc acid. News was bent
to Mrn. Hoblnson late l-ist night and
it Is supposed this attalr upset her
mind.
m
Settled nn Old Grudge.
I'mm tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
An old man-of war's man took a teat In
a passenger car one clay, attracting con
fldcrablo attention by his diess nnd man.
imr. An Indlscicct nelghbot ventured the
question, "In the navy eh" '
Thtt allor nodded affirmatively.
"Well," went on tho other man, "I am
not exactly in tho navy myself; I am a
contiactor-thnt Is, I furnish cheeso to
the navy."
"'Oh. ou are, nre ye?" said the sailor.
"You aro Just tho chap I'vo beon looking
fur," and accordingly ho knocked the ns
lilront for naval honors ovei the car teat,
and added no ho looked mound, "now
show mo tho son-of-n-gun that fuuushcb
butter."
Trusting1.
"Your wlfo eeems to havo a great deal
of faith In human nature."
"Faith is ii mild word. 8he will actual.
ly pay a man In advance to scrape snow
off the sidewalk." New York Evening
Journal.
yp
iimer 'Reading
TOUMSIS KM STAY -
Four Cent
MILL & CONNELL
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying brim Bedstead, be sure that
you get the best. Our brum Bedstead! are
all made 'with seamless brass tubing and
frame work Is all of steel.
They cost no more than many bedsteads
made of the open seamless lublns. Every
bedstead la highly finished und lncquero 1
under a peculiar method, iiotblnj ever hav
ing been produced to equal It. Our nevr
Spring Patterns are novr on exhibition.
Hill
&
CoiMiell
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Caecellatloe
tamps
Made
to
Orden
Rey molds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
UOJEL, JEU.MYN UUILUI.Na
130 Wyomlnt Avenue.
Great
Midsummer
Lamp Sale
Uutil Sept ist we will offor
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to jo per cent, dis
count. We wish to reduce
stock. If you are in need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
TIE CLEIONS, FERBEH,
ALtY Ca
4'J'J Lckaranna Aveun
' $
LlB,J
BAZAAR
AT -
CAREY,
STEVENSON,
READE.
9
Fundso
The last ten days in
July will be devoted
to clearing up stocks
In general throughout
this department, when
everything In the line
of summer goods 01
broken lots of any de
scrlption will be closed
out regardless of costj
Boy's Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Men's
Negligee Shirts, Men's
Balbriggan Under
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, etc., etc.
One Lot Men's Soft Front Negligee
Shltta, separate cuffs, to be worn with
white collar. Our regular 60c line, at
43c.
Ono Asorted Lot Men's Soft Front
Shirts, with attached collars. Our 69c,
75c and S5o qualities, In one lot toj
close, at 50c.
Two Lots Boys' Unlaundrled Shirt
Waists, "Mother's Friend." Our 50c
quality, at 3Sc. Our 65c quality nt 60c.
Broken Lote Celebiated Kins Walstg
for Boys. Round collar style. Soo
quality at 50c to close.
Glen Collar Style, our $1 10 quality
at 83c.
Boys' Madras and Oxford Chev
iot Blouses, our $1.10 quality, 05c. Ouo
$1.35 quality, $1.10.
For Stout Men, extra large sizes In
Soft Front Negligee Shirts, with de
tachable collats and cuffs at greatly
reduced prices for this sale.
The greatest value ever offered In
Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers
at 21c each. For this sale only.
Big reductions on Neckwear, HosN
ery, etc., etc , during this sale
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Geneial Agent for the Vr'youilaj
District fj:
Mlnlnei Blasting;, Sportlns. Smokeleil
und the Ropauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
hafeiy Fuse, Caps and Kxplodori.
llootu 401 Connell Uulldlnj.
acrantoo.
AOENCIEd;
THOS, TOR!), .
JOHNaBMITU&SOK,
W. E. MULLIGAN,
t1ttst&
Plymouth
WtlkevBArra
FINLEY'S
Men's
iiroiT's
HDIDEK.
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