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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
U.
STATU.
Oovetnor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor J. P. 8. QOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAML'S W.
LAI TA.
Judge of Superior Court-W. W. POR-
Tm.
Congressmen - at - Largo SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALUSIIA A. GKOW.
LEGISLATIVE.
ticnnlo.
Twentieth DIst.-JAMES C. VAUG1IAN.
House.
First Dlstrlct-JOHN P.. FARR.
fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN P. REYNOLDS.
COLO.NXL STOMl'O PLATPOUM
It will bo my purpcte when elected to
so conduct mvbclt ns to win the icspect
and good will of those who have opposed
mo as well aa those who have given mo
their support. 1 tha II bo the governor
of the whole people of the state. Abuses
hao undoubtedly grown up in tho legis
lature which nro neither tho fault of ono
party nor tho other, but rather ths
growth of cutcm. Ur-rcccbsary Investi
gations hao been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In unnecessary expense to
tho state. It will bo my caro and pur
pose to correct theso and other evils In ro
fur as I hao tho power. It will bo my
purpose whllo governor of Pennvlvunta,
as it has been m purpose In tho publlo
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to dlschargo my whole duty. The
people nro greater than tho parties to
which they belong 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 be done by
nn honest, modest, dally dlschargo of
public duty.
So far as can be learned from ob
servation the experiment of Sunday
excursion trains on the Erie and Wy
oming Valley tallroad has not resulted
beneficially but has tended Instead to
Interfere with the road's week-day ex
cursion business. It ceitalnly has not
tended to better Fabbath observance
nor to the better rest nnd enjoyment
of the summer residents near Like
Ariel. It Is one of those mistakes
likely sooner or later to provide their
own cure.
"Tho Swallow Flyer."
The Swallow Flyer, the campaign
extra of City and State, Is now on wing
and may ho seen nt any street corner.
It advocates, of course, tho election of
Dr. Silas C. Sw allow as governor. Llko
many another well-meaning man wno
has mistaken his mission In the world.
Dr. Swallow will find It ns difficult to
conjoin religion with politics In our
own day as Cardinal Wolsey did three
centuries ago. The two things are in
compatible, and alwajs hae been.
The alliance of church anu stite has
been the record of enallty, Intrigue,
and demoralization, of wreck and ruin
to nations nnd to churches nllke A
clergyman on the stumo Is like a fish
out of water. Ills Intentions mav b
the best In the world, but t!"0 tldo of
circumstances Is Invarlablv too strong
for him. It carries him oft his feet.
He Is derided by his own cloth, and
mistrusted by th secular arm. When
Bishop Walker was killed at the Battle
of the Boyne, a messenger was s.'nt to
acquaint the king of the fact. The un
feeling comment of William of Ornng"
was: "Why did not tho fool Hop nt
home?" Dr. Swallow's Ideals are lofty
If not Inspiring, but they are beyond
the reach of liuman nature as consti
tuted rolltlcallv in the United States.
Jobbery and conuptlon nre pert
words in the mouths of the so-called
reformers.. The men who use them
most do not seem to understand, or at
all events care, that they are casting
broadiast aspersions on the hnnisty of
the motives of the people whose suf
frages they nre at the tamp time touc
hing. Whuteer the public sentiment
of the state of Pennsylvania demands
that It can obtain. Dr. Swnllnw and
his kind declare that state politics is
a sink of Iniquity. He does not allege
that the ofllce that he seeks has been
administered corruptly or lnlquitously.
He does not allege that Governor Hast
ings has degraded his ofllc or that
Colonel Stone Is likely to do so. He
has accepted tho Independent nomina
tion for governor, he tells us, on the
single plank "Thou shall not steal."
Tho Ignominy which Dr. Swaltow and
his supporters seek to attach to the
administration of the state Is beyond
oil precedent the most audacious in the
history of the checkered politics of the
nation. The evil reputation which this
state has attained at homo and abioad
is due to this wanton calumniation of
the commonwealth which has been tho
backbone of the Union since tho Con
stitution was promulgated. Wo de
nounce Ignorant foreigners who rail
at tho corruption of our political In
stitutions, hut what are theso people
doing but re-echoing the choicest say
ings of the Swallows, tho Wanamakers,
tho Godklns, and their kind?
Dr. Swallow's heud has been turned
by the 119,000 votes ho received as the
choice of tha Prohibition party for
state treasurer. Tho poll cast for
Swallow was undoubtedly a heavy one,
much heavier than was at all antlrl
pated. Thousands of citizens gave him
an independent vote, each under tho
lmpres1on that by voting for lilm they
wore- dlsclpllnlnrr their party, without
endangering Its Impregnable position.
The mistake w 111 not be repeated. Dr.
fiwallow secured the highest vote on
Xte Prohibition party, ticket that lie
over v;IU Hijnln secure
nla.
In Ponnsylva-
In tetters from the front Commodore
Schley continues to Insist that the
glory for the meat tinv.il victory nt
Santiago belongs Impartially to all the
olttcers and all the men, which 1st mod
est and manly nnd to his everlasting
credit. ,As he tersely says, "theio Ib
glory enough to go mound." At the
Bntno time the Arnold an people do not
ovetlook the fact that a concerted ef
fort beginning In the navy depart
ment at Washington and ending with
the acting rear admiral commanding
the North Atlantic squadron has been
put forth to keep from Commodore
Schley the opportunity and the distinc
tion to which he has shown himself
Justly entitled; and If hy reason of this
fact they now Incline to over pi. Use him
It Is in the hope of pstabllshlng there
by an equitable balance of account,
Tho Greatest Gain.
An Interesting feature of contem
porary events Is tho strong espousal
by leaders In the country's religious
life of the doctrine of Incidentally ter
ritorial but more especially potltlcal
and moral expansion. One habituated
to Mugwump literature would natural
ly exoect the spoilsmen of our domes
tic politics to be tho chief and loudest
advocates of a colonial system because
of tho opportunities It would throw
open: but on the contrary tho most
enthusiastic arguments In favor of
holding In pence what our arms have
won In wnr come from the men who,
contradicting tho cynical Ingnlls, In
sist that the Decalogue has a place In
American politics.
We could fill pages with utterances
by eminent churchmen favoring the re
tention nnd civilizing of captured ter
ritory, but for sake of Illustration we
shall heio clto but two examples. Says
Bishop Hnrtzell, of tho Methodist
church: "God has lifted us out of our
exclusiveness and Isolation, and Is
bringing us face to face with tho re
sponsibilities of our greatness as a na
tion. This Is not a war of conquest;
Its purpose was to relieve tho op
pressed and to secure a liberal and
stable government and the light of
Christian civilization for the people of
Cuba. In the providence of God it has
been placed In our power to obtain tho
same blessing for the people of tho
Philippine Islands, nnd can we as a
nation decline to accept that oppor
tunity nnd turn awny from our duty
simply because we only Intended to do
so much good nnd no more? Shall we
refuse to relieve two common com
munities from Spanish despotism be
cause we expected originally to relievo
only one? We cannot abandon the peo
ple of the Philippine islands. When
Admiral Dewey took possession of that
harbor and furnished arms and am
munition to the Insurgents wo became
responsible for tho welfare of that
island, and wo cannot shrink that re
sponsibility or abandon them."
In similar strain speaks Bishop Pot
ter, a churchman once reputed to hold
pessimistic opinions concerning the
morale of American government and
political influence: "I do not see," says
he, "how we can abandon the people
of the Philippine islands to their fato
after having once interfered in their
affairs by taking possession of their
principal harbor and bringing from
China tho leaders of a revolution which
had been suppressed. I understand
that they weto furnished tiansporta
tlon upon our wnrshlps that they were
provided with food and arms and am
munition by Admiral Dewey, and that
It was largely through the persuasion
of our consul at Hong Kong that
Agulnnldo, the lebel chief, resumed his
hostile behavior after tuning been
bribed to leave tho country by the
Spanish uuthotltles. It seems that we
have undei taken the responsibility for
the welfare of the community where
we have thus incited a revolution, and
whether the Philippine islands be oc
cupied permanently or not It is diffi
cult to see how we can restore to Spain
the authority that she was compelled
to relinquish because of our hostile In
tervention." The significance of these views,
shared as they undoubtedly are by a
vast majoilty of our foremost preach
ers and teachers, is not so much their
implied acquiescence In the rcvolutlon
aiy policy of political colonization,
which has almost like a miracle super
ceded the traditional American policy
of national Isolation, asltis their mani
fest confidence in the ability of Ameri
can Institutions to confer superior
benefits wherever set up. Men wont
to find fault with American wavs and
habituated to disparagement of Ameri
can results are at last made aware of
tho excellence of the American order
of things and with the zeal of fresh
conversion yearn to spread that excel
lence broadcast. We regard this as
the healthiest sign of the times nnd of
far greater worth than any material
gain which this war has brought or is
yet to bring.
Under Spanish ride In Porto lileo no
more than 10 persons were allowed to
nssemble without special permission,
the cost of which supplemented tho
officials' other perquisites; and even
then the government had a spy In at
tendance. It Isn't to be wondered at
that the natives welcome a change In
rulers.
When the War Is Ended.
An organisation, Including on
Its
executive committee such representa
tive citizens as Judge Baldwin, of New
Haven, Conn ; ex-Mlnlster Ilnnnls
Talnr, ot Mobile, Ala.; Colonel John
Jacob Actor, of New York, Congiet-H.
man Krmcntrout, of Heading and
many others of corresponding promi
nence In their respective localities, ha:i
been effected under tho name, the Cuban-American
League, for the purpose
ot promoting an emigration of Ameri
cana to Cuba, Porto Itlco and such
partH ot tha Philippines aa aro to be
come permanently tho property of tho
t'nlted State.?. To this end the League
will soon begin tho publication In Kng
llsh nnd Spunlsh ot a newspaper de
voted to tho exploiting of theso terri
tories, eo thnt a better understanding
of this subject may prevail generally
throughout the United States, As wo
understand II, tho League has In view
not money-malting primarily hut tho
speedy Americanization of the colonlei
now being captured from Spain.
A broad field of usefulness awaits It
along these lines. There will bo little
trouble In getting adventurous Ameri
cans to colonize theso Inviting Islands
onro they como under tho protection
of tho Stars and Stripes; but It will
not bo so enijy to guide this emigration
Into piudent channels nnd to avert tho
disappointments, suffering nnd per
chance lots of life consequent upon In
sufficient forethought nnd preparation.
We have Been at Santiago tho dangers
und disasters of unproparcdnoss In a
military Invasion nnd It remains to
Impress upon the public consciousness
when penco la restored that great It
not -equal peills will confront the In
vasion of foitune-scokers who do not
tako pains thoroughly to equip them
selves In advance. Inevitably theso
captured lslund3 will bo Ameri
canized, since that, to use a
time-worn but Indisputably true
phrase, Is manifest destiny. The
law of evolution as nppllcd to
nntlons forbids any other outcome.
But ho will bo a conspicuously deserv
ing benefactor who shall contribute
to making this process of Americani
zation ns easy ns possible and as little
fraught with honorably avoidable sac
rifices. We want no Klondike skeletons In
our freBhly-won tropic Isles.
If the civil government of Santiago
city Is ever to be entrusted to tho Cu
bans tho period of their training for
this responsibility cannot be begun too
soon. There Is neither logic nor Jus
tice In keeping in office In Cuba Span
lards whom we declared war In order
to oust.
A Great Commonwealth.
Last year Pennsylvania produced
4.71-U33 net tons of Iron and steel
rolled into finished form, or almost
five-sevenths of tho output of tho en
tire United States. This production
was worth 5123,900,771. As compared
with U06 the number of tons increased
more than 25 per cent., yet tho price
a ton fell from $31 6S to $26 2S, a shrink
age of 17 per cent.
Strange to say, though the pilco fell
to this extraordinary extent, 3,129 more
men were employed in the production
in 1SS7 than In U96; tho average num
ber of days of employment increased
by 11, or more than 7 per cent ; and
tho uvcrago wago earned Increased
':", 84, oi over 5 per cent. Tho averago
wago of the state's Iron nnd steel
woikors, counting skilled and unskilled
labor In together, last jcar was $468.73;
and the average number of days of
employment was 269.
The commercial aluo of the Iron and
stpel business done in Pennsylvania In
one year Is worth four times tho an
nual nverago total trade of Porto Rico;
twice that of Cuba; si times that of
Hawaii and nearly ten times that of
the Philippines. In steel rails alone
enough wero produced to build a
double track system, with sidings nnd
branches, from Now York to San Fran
cisco several times.
A writer In thin month's North Amer
ican Review makes for cremation a
sMong aigument by showing that the
grave-yard svstem of burinl Is rapid
ly exhausting the available real estate
near our large cities. Thus In London
every year i'1 additional acres nnd In
New York nearly IS acres are required
for cemetery purposes a rate of
growth which he regards as ominous
of ultimate trouble. This, of course,
is only one side of the question the
economic There is also the sanitary
side, which Is equally eloquent In favor
of Incineration. In fact, all the ar
guments point that way; only custom
and sentiment obstruct the way.
General Klnc will have a fund of
new mntcrlal for novels when he re
turns from the Manila expedition, be
side which his clever fiontler stories
with tho Indian sklrmlshor.s tho
handsome lieutenants and lovely
daughters of commanding officers, will
teem tame.
At Professor riske well puts It,
every Spanish-American race separ
ated from Spanish sovereignty has had
to learn the very alphabet of liberty,
and It should therefore not be surpris
ing thnt the Cubans are as yet unpre
pared for graduation.
m
Philadelphia, It appeal s, is to have
another "reform" campaign. It Is sin
gular how much reforming It tikes to
b.itlsfy the average. Quaker city poli
tician.
THE SHIB OF 1812.
Sho was no armored cruiser of twice six
thousand ton"',
With the thirty foot of metal that make
your modern guns,
Sho didn't have a fret-board of thirty foot
In clear,
And sho didn't need n million repairing
fund each jear.
Sho had no racktn' engines to ramp an'
btamp and strain.
To woik her steel-clad turrets and break
her hull In twain;
Sho did not have electric lights tho battle-lantern's
glare
Was all the light the 'tween decks had
an' God's own good tresh air.
i
Sho had no gaping air-flumes to throw us
down our breath,
An' wo didn't batten hatches to smother
men to death;
Sho didn't need five hundred smiths two
hundred men would do
In tho old-tlmo Yankee frigato for nn oW-
tline Yankee craw,
An a fighting Yankee captain, with his
old-time Yankee clothes),
A cursln' Yankee sailors with his old
time Yankf e oaths.
She wns bul'.t of Yaukeo timber and
manned b Yankee men.
An' 'ought by Yunkc sailor. Loid sent
thlr like uKaln!
With tho wind abaft the quirtcr und tha
n..i foam fljln" fue,
An' ovory tacl: and sheet housed taut an'
braces eased to lee,
You could hear tho dcep-rea thunder from
tho knlght-hcada where It broko.
As eho tialled hir leo guns under In a
bilndln' whirl o' Mnoko.
SJio didn't run at twenty knots sho
wasn't built to run
An' wo didn't need half a watch to hand
die every gun,
Our captain didn't fight his ship from a
llttlo pen o' steel;
Ho fought her from his quarter-deck,
with two hands nt tho wheel.
An' wo fought In Yankee fashion, half
naked stripped to board
An when they hauled their Red Hag
down wo praised tho Yankee Lord;
Wo fought llko Yankee sailors, an' wo'll
do It. too, nKaln,
You've changed the ships nn' methods,
but you can't chtngo Yankeo men!
i Philadelphia rtccord.
Life Story of fh?
General Commanding
Prom a Letter in tho Sun.
n T THE outbrcnl; of tho civil war
A NeMon A. Miles was a clerk In n
u counting liouso In Boston. At his
n own expense ho raised a company
of loo men, which ho tendered to
tho nation, with his services. But ho was
only 'il yotro of ago, ni.d, being deemed
too young to comm mil It, ho went to the
front ns lieutenant; vet nt tho end of
till teen months ho was u full commis
sioned colonel, comandlng n leglment
In tho field, nnd In about tlnce years
thereafter ho commanded the Bccond
Corps of tho Army of tho i'olomuc.
This was the largest nnd haidest worked
corps In that army, which formod a lino
nround Richmond twenty-six miles Ion.
wiih always the nearest to tho enemy,
and was the corps to which General Lee
sent his offer to xurendor. And. further,
more. General Mites managed his com
mand so successfully that General Grant
personally recommended tho young ma
jor general to President Abraham Lin
coln for his gallantry, as General Meade,
who commanded at Gottysbuie, had al
ready dono. If history records the numo
of any other general who successfully
munaged 25,000 men on tho battlefield at
tho early ago of 25 years I do not know
that name.
fl
it Is true, as charged, that General
Miles was not educated at West Point, It
Is equally true that ho had tho advantage
of a higher "military training" than any
military academy In the world could give.
His sehool was on tho march nnd In tho
battlefield; In tho trench, the camp and
tho fortification. In his school theory
gavo way to prnrtlce; tho lmaginaiy to
tho real, nnd blackboard exercises to ver
itable object lessons The course of study
was longer than the ordinary academic,
it wus more thorough, also, and tho cur
riculum was mora extended. Moreover,
the regular course was supplemented by a
post-graduato course. The jouug hero
who was thrlco wounded und who wis
four times brovottcd for gallantry on the
battlefield, who had combatted the Lees
and Lougstrcct and Stonewall Jackson,
who had fought In all the battles which
dp-aged tho Army cf tho Potomac except
ing one, from which ho was restrained
by a wound, who had especially disting
uished himself at tho Battle of the Wil
derness and Spottuylvanla Court House,
Is called to meot tho Klowas, the Co
manches, tho Sioux, the Nez Perces. tha
Bannocks, and the Apaches, under such
chieftulns as Sitting Bull. Crazy Horse,
Broad Trail, Spotted Trail, Chief Joseph,
and Geronimo. Tho Instructors in that
school of General Miles mo now historic,
nnd includj such names ns McClellan,
Meade, Ho.vard, Hancock "tho Superb,"
"Fighting" Joe Hooker, und tho immortal
Grant. Kor diplomis ho had his commis
sions, which Included every grade from
lieutennnt of volunteers to major gen
eral In tho regular establishment com
manding all tho armies or tho United
States. To theso wero ndded his post
graduate decrees in tho shapo of tho
votes of thanks of four legislatures, btato
and territorial. in addition to a con
gressional medal of honor, the people of
Arizona gave him a Jewelled sword, tor
General Miles Anally subdued the Indian
tribes nnd retired them to their reserva
tions, where they now llvo In peace and
quiet, whereas they had been a contlnuil
menace to our frontier ever since Captain
John Smith settled nt Jamestown, Va.,
in tho car lbOS.
o
His strategic ability has been proved
nt Santiago do Cuba and Ponce, where
ho also confirmed his title of "the winner
of bloodless victories," Those campaigns
were planned in Washington by a board
of strategy, ot which General Miles was
a member and one of the leading spirits.
His wisdom In advising an attack upon
the southeastern shore of Cuba without
heeding tho popular ciy of "On to Hav
ana!" Is new apparent. It was cooler
and healthier than the north shore, and
nt the beginning of the campaign he had
cautioned his officers to preeivo the men
from dlseaso as carefully as they would
from bullets. Ho Is not jet 59 years or
age, nnd is tho last on the nctlve list of
a long lino of Illustrious generals devel
oped by tho civil war of 1S61 to IStw.
LITERARY NOTES.
The August contents of the North Am
crlcan Itevlew exhibit the customary
strength and timely arlet. Tho open
ing pages are dovoted to consideration of
"What the Unionists Have Done for Ire
land," from the pen of T. W. Russell, JI.
P, secretary of tho local government
board. A charming essay Is that on
"Shakespeare In 1SDS," by Edmund Ciosre,
v hllo In "The Great Lakes and Our Com
mercial Suprtmacy," John Foord presents
a paper of Irterest and biiggcstlveness.
Tho forthcoming work of "Tho Anglo
American Joint High Commission" is dis
cussed from an authoritative stand
point by a writer who Is content
to sign himself a Canadian Lib
eral, nnd tho Hon. W. A. Peffer,
late United States senator tor Kan
sas, furnishes the concluding portion
of his article on "The United States Sen
ate," Its privileges, powers and func
tions, Its rules nnd methods of doing bus
iness "Grave ards as n Menace to tho
Commonweal" are strongly condemned by
Louis Wlndmuller, whllo tho project of
"The English Speaking Brotherhood" Is
brilliantly advocated by Professor Charles
Waldstein, lato director of tho American
Archaeological school, Athens An Im
portant and exceedingly timely paper Is
that on "Distant Possessions," by An
drew Carnegie, who vigorously declaims
against permanent territorial acquisition,
particularly tho Philippines by rha
United States.
o
Tho topics considered In this month's
Torum rango from tho Spanish War to
Spiritualism. The tablo of contents Is
us follows; "Tho Spanish War and tho
Equilibrium of the World." Brooks Ad
nms; "The Anglo-American Commission,"
Edward Parrcr, "Austrla-Hungary Un
der tho Iteign of Prancls Joseph" (sec
ond paper), lliu Excellency Albert von
Schaflle, "New Constitutional Amend
ments!," James Schouler; "Tho Develop
ment of the Policy of Reciprocity." Hon,
John Ball Oshorno; "Tho Futuro of Great
Telescopes," T J J. See; "Our Need uf
a Permanent Diplomatic Service," Hon.
Georgo L. Rives; "How a Savago Tribe
Is Governed," Major John W. Powell;
"Tho Repetition of History In Our War
with Spain." S. Leonard Thurlow; "Tha
Problem ot Immortality: Somo Recent
Medlumlstio Phenomena," James II.
JIjslop, ".ew Trials for Old Favorites,"
Professor Brauder Matthews.
Ono ot the most important articles In
the August Forum Is that on "Our Need
of a Permanent Diplomatic Service " Tho
author, Hon. G. L. Rives, who writes
with the authority nnd knowledge of a
former assistant eeciftary of state, re
marks very pertinently that the promi
nent lawyers, tho ablo editors, and tho
successful manufactures who every four
years Invudo tho white houte. and crowd
every comer of the office of the secre
tary of stat, would be tho first to deilde
tho notion that they could change busi
ness places among themselves ut a mo
mont'3 notice. Yet every ono of them
Is serenely confident ot his capacity to un
dertake a diplomatic post, tho duties of
which, often delicate anu uinrcuit, must
bo conducted In u foreign country und
generally wWli people of whoso very Ian
guage ho Is Ignorant. Diplomacy requires
a thorough training of those who prnctlco
It. If they aro to practice It successfully;
and it la no answer to say that hitherto
our diplomatic business has beeir pretty
well mannged under tne existing sysiuni.
As Mr. Rives points out, our diplomatic
negotiations with other countries havo
usually been single; that Is. a third pow
cr has not been Involved. Now, however,
the nation Is entering upon n period in
Its history In which tho United etatcs will
necessarily bo brought Into close and com.
plex relatlono will alt tho other great
powers of the world; and nothing short
of the most complete diplomatic service
GO
LDSMH
reat Slash tag
Q
Of S
hart Waist Price
You hear much about cut prices, but you certainly can
not find such magnificent qualities attached to prices aa
you'll find here.
Percale and Chambray Waists that were $1.00, now 49c.
White Lawn Waists, with 2 rows of Embroidery insertion, worth $1.25, at 69c.
Madras and Gingham Waists that were $1.49, now 98c.
All tie Other Finer Waists IProportioiately Ctap.
parat
Just as long as shirt waists remain popular, just as long will the separate skifv
be in evidence, the combination is a strong one, a good one, and from a money
saving, time saving, and work saving standpoint, its not open to argument.
Colored Pique Skirts, full size, at 59 cents.
Linen Crash Skirts at 98 cents, $1.23 and $1.98.
White Pique Skirts at $1.25, $1.98 and upwards.
Linen Skirts with 10 rows conding, reduced from $2.75 to $z.gSi
Always Busy
SUMMER, 1898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need the Shoes.
We need room.
Lewis, EeiMy k Mvies,
114 AND 110 WVOMI.N'O AVENUE.
will suffice for the work wo shall havo
to do.
TUEL TOB NAVAL PUKPOSES.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The new vessels which will soon be
built for our navy Bhould have their fire
grates so constructed as to permit of the
use of anthracite as well as of bltuminius
coil. If tho crates should bo made so
that anthracite could bo burned tnyy
would work equally as well while
burning soft coal; but tho form cf grate
which is used for soft coal does not glva
so satisfactory a result when anthracite
is used. As a result thera Is at onco un
unnecessary disability and discrimination
which might on emergent occasions work
great harm.
This matter Is of more Importance to
tha navy than will appear at llrst sight.
Anthracite coal Is much better for stor
age than bituminous. It Is cleaner to
handle. Is smokeless, and Is not, llko bitu
minous, liable to spontaneous combustion.
A cruiser using soft coal, llko Cervera s
ships coming out of Santiago harbor, first
discloses Its movements by tho pillar of
smoke It carries about with It. For long
voyages such as our battleships ind
cruisers will always bo compelled to malto
these advantages of anthracite would
seem to make it Imperative that It shoul 1
be used. Already the use of soft coal has
come perilously near blowing up some ot
our best vessels, and Is a source of con
stant danger. Fcr purposes of supply ut
coaling stations anthrnclta coal must al
ways be preferable for most obvious rea.
sons. There would be such safety and ad
vantngo In Its uto as to more than mako
good any Increased cost of purchase.
THE TEACHING OF FACTS.
Prom tho Now York Sun.
Tho wholo policy of tho administration,
from tho very day of thu hlHtorlo victory
of Dewey at Cavltc, and ull tho subse
quent military and naval movements at
and townrd tho Philippines, indicate un
mlstnkubly a determination to tako these
islands as our rightful property by con
quest and to hold them at our will. Thsso
costly and prodigious demonstrations and
preparations hava not been made to get
possession of a coaling station merely
They were unnecessary for any such pur
pose; would have been culpably wasteful
for that end only, slnco Admiral Dewey
had already taken a coaling station be
fore our first military expedition to the
Philippines had started. Major General
Merritt was sent with a largo force or
troops to capture tho Philippines and tako
command of them. He did not go to give
them back to Spain Tho talk of somo
of tho newspapers ubout the intention of
tho administration to icstoro them to
Spain a3 a froe gift In order to pur
chase a, pusillanimous peace after our
rompleto triumph In wur, Is absurd. It Is
preposterous. It Is Impossible. No sug
gestion of deserting those Islands and be.
travlng tho Inhabitants by abandoning
them to tho oppressive and destructive
rula of Spain has entered tho head of
William JIcKlnlcy.
Tho Great Trouble.
From the New VorK Mall and Express,
Tha great trouble witn statesmen nwe
Harmon and Mr. Cleveland Is that the
Constitution doesn't fit their minds, and
that they can't cr.largo tntlr minds tu nt
It.
Defined.
Llttlo Elmer ra, what Is an extempora
neous speaker?
Professor Broadhcad On who can talk
fluently about nothing without any pre
vious preparation. Puck
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MILL & CQMELL
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying i brass Bedstead, bo sure that
foa get the best. Oar brass Bedsteads are
all made with seamless brass tubing and
framework Is all of steal.
They cost no mora thaa many bedsteads
made of the open seamless tublns. Every
bedstead Is highly finished and lacquerel
under a peoultar method, uotulnr ever hav
ing been produced to equal It. Our nevr
Bprlng Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill &
Cooed!
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Tyyewrito9 Sepplles
Letter Presses,
Law Blasts
aid fie largest liie of
fieiery Ii H E IPeaia.
ReyeoldsBros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEL JKUMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avoaus.
Midsummer
Lamp Sale . .
Until Sept ist we will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to jo per cent. rV
count, We wish to rec'
stock. If you are in nee
a lamp this is a cliauce to
get a bargain.
HE CLEIOKS, FEMEfc
KFMALtEY CO.
42'J Lackawanna Aveuna
JPljFiniisI
IAZAAI
IMLE;
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The last ten days in
July will be devoted
to clearing tip stocks
in general throughout
thisdepartment.when
everything in the line
of summer goods or
broken lots of any de
scription will be closed
out regardless of cost;
Boy's Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Men's
Negligee Shirts, Men's
Balbrlggan Under
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, etc., etc.
One Lot Men's Soft Front Negligee
Shirts, separate cuffs, to be worn with
white collar. Our regular 60c line, at
43c.
One Asorted Lot Men's Soft Front
Shirts, with attached collars. Our 69c,
75c and 85c qualities, In one lot to
close, at 50c.
Two Lots Boys' Unlaundrled Shirt
Waists, "Mother's Friend," Our SOo
quality, at 38c. Our 6S0 quality at 50o.
Broken Lots Celebtated King Walsta
for Hojs. Round collar style. OBo
quality at 60c to close.
Olen Collar Style, our $1.10 quality
at S3c.
Boys' Madras and Oxford Chev
iot Blouses, our $1.10 quality, 05c. Oub
$1.35 quality. $1.10.
For Stout Men, extra large sizes In
Soft Front Negligee Shirts, with de
tachable, collars and cuffa at greatly
reduced prices for this sale.
Tho greatest value ever offered In
Men's Balbrlggan Shirts and Drawers
at 21c each. For this sale only.
Big reductions on Neckwear, Hosi
ery, etc., etc., during this sale
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Ooueral Agont for tha Wyomloj
District for
Mining, lllRitlnj, Sportlne. Hmokalui
uud tho Itepauno Chemlckt
Company's
HIGH EXf LOSIVES,
kafety 1'use, Car" nnd Explodri
Itoom JOl Connell Building.
ticruutao.
Aa&NClE3:
TH03, FOim
JOHN 11. SMITH & dONi
W. B. MULLIGAN,
nttltot,
Plymouth
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