--rf ' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- MOND AY. AUGUST 15, 1898. Sctttnfon CriBtme iiod Dally. Kxcent sundnv. Iir the lirublliblns Company, at Fifty Cent Kin. bw York Office: xno Nauau St, i 8. VKKKLnV.ND, Cole Agent for Foreign Advertising. 'JJdEUKD ATTnicrosTorrtcr. at scrantos, PA., AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. SCRANTON, AVOUST 15, 1S0S. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. STATE. 1. Oovcrnor-WILMAM. A. STONE Lieutenant Governor J. P. S. GODIN. Secretary of Internal Altalrs-JAMES W. L.ATTA. ffuflco of euperlor CourtW. W. POR- TDK. Conirrismen -at -l,arge BAMUEli A. DAVENPORT, OALUSHA A. GROW. I, XEGISLATIVE. Sonate. Twentieth Dist.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN. House. First DIstrlct-JOHN R. FARR. Fourth DIstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS. COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM. It will bo my purpose when elected o so conduct myself as to win the respect nnd good will of those who have opposed ma as well an those who have given mo tholr support. I shall be the governor of the whole people of the state. Abuse lure undoubtedly grown up In the legis lature which are neither the fault of one party nor the other, but rather the trowth of custom. Unnecessary Investi gations huve been authorized by commit tees, resulting In unnecessary expense to the state It will be my care and pur pose to correct these end other evils In i-o far as 1 have the power. It will be my purpose while governor of Pennsylvania, as it has bfen my purpose In the pub'le positions that I havo held, with God's holp, to dlchargo my whole duty. Tho pcoplf nro greater than the parties o which they belons. I am only Jealous of their favor. 1 shall only attempt to win their approval and my experience htH taught mo that that can best bo done by nn honest, modest, dally discharge or public duty, Tho American people arc exception ally magnanimous In victory but it ip asking: too much to expect them to forgive tho rank mismanagement which has been exhibited in the wnr deportment. Those guilty of it must Bo. The Department of State. The president hns decided to recall Colonel John Hay, United States am KiiiSAdor to the Court of St. Jam"?, and appoint him successor to Mr. Wil liam R. Day, retiring secretary of state. This appointment is one of the most Important and tho most app-o-priate at tho present juncture that is in tho power of President JIcKlnley to make. Ju.lge Day as assistant sec letar.v under Mr. Shernnn and after wards as secretary of state was an able and admirable administrator. Ho was pre-eminently qualified for the position. His tact, his firmness, his comprehensHe grasp of details; his unenlns judgment at critical mo ments, were rarely equalled dining the short time he has remained at the. head of the ftate depnitment, and the country has yet to learn that they have ever been surpassed. The posi tion to which he Is assigned on the peace eomm'sslon will monopolize nil his native administrative talents end his acquired official experience during the war. tie retains the trust and confidence of president and people. Colonel Hay comes to the state de partment from our London embassy at nn opportune moment. Colons' JIav's career In England has been on long triumph, literary, social and diplomat ic. It Is true that his predecessors had done much to mitigate tit's spirit of unmeaning and unreasoning antipathy towards each other that had charac terized the two peoples for such an un reasonable aim unreasonable length of time. It remained for Colonel Hay to show irrational recalcitrants on both rl'les of the Atlantic that If the Inter ests of tic two countries were not one, i hoy ran at leat-l on p.iiallel tines. 'Vp owe the happ ending of this war to tie firm altitude which England as sumed iit the beginning. Sh'i would neither consent to nor uequlc-sc! m any movement of the European powers which hampered oi;r prosecution of the war In our own way. The most supeniclal observation of tho course ot events in Great Britain will convince any one that we are on the evo of a L't'tat European war. Englishmen admit it, and the conti nental pres discerns its Inevitable ncss In fa't theie is nothing but the hand of God that can ston it. Both Russia and IJngland ar. commlued loo far to draw back. Our Interests in the East are of great importance. What ever may be the outcome ot war be tween Great Biilaln and Russia, If It takes place, the ancient clvlllration of China passes aw a;', nearly four hun dted millions of people ni'4 emanci pated from mandarlan despotism, and a geneially fertile reg.on of nearly two million squill e inlkj will bo opened to tho Intercom se of the world under the fiu'plces of Russia or England. We have taken n position in the Phlllp j'lne.s contiguous to tho opening; wcene of this tromonJous transfennat'on. Perhaps no other event In the history of the world since the discovery of Columbus will equal It In the events that are ready to flow from It. Col onel Hay Is cognizant of the part England will take In this great drama. He Is peculiarly well qualified to be in charge of our foreign relations at such a time. Secretary Day quits public office be cause, being both poor and honest, he cannot afford to travel at the official pace and will not court sufferance. Is there no remedy? Theodore Roosevelt for Congress. Those who aro volunteering to tahe care of Theodora Roosevelt's political future have abandoned the Idea of pressing him for the governorship of New York and now assert their Inten tion of asking him to be a candidate for congress. The substitution Is com mendable. There aro a number of bright men In the Empire state well fitted to exercise the functions per taining to its chief magistracy who could better be spared for such a pub llo serlce than Colonel Roosevelt. On th otlur in harft will b autlou fnr consideration by tho next congress concerning which he has not only good Ideas but also valuable experience. As assistant fscretary of tho navy Colonel Roosevelt learned thoroughly tho weaknesses of tho navy. As a commander In action of volunteers he nlft learned something about tho weaknesses of the army, particularly with respect to the Infcilotlty of Its equipment. Slnco these two branches of the federal pervlce are to become Ir. future more piomlnent and elllclent than formerly, to have In congress the advantage ot Colonel Roosevelt's knowledge and energy In relutton to them would be u distinct public gain. Though there aro persons who think that Roosevelt upon occasions lacks discretion In his methods of presenting his views no one raises the slightest qucsttun of his thorough dedication to the public welfare or disputes that the honor, zeal and courage which ho brings to tils, participation In public affairs ate such as to entitle him to the high admiration he has won. Ho Is Just the man to head a fight against the abuses which have crept Into the bureaucratic administration of army and navy affairs, and If he Is elected to congress there need be little fear that he will not make the capltol vibrate. Moreover the election to congress of fearless and incorruptible men like Roosevelt, who have no selfish axes to grind and are not hide-bound in par tisan tradition or prejudice, would vin dicate the people from the Mugwump charge that they are unfit to assume the large responsibilities which a colo nial system will put upon us. He Is the typo of men that our future, If it is to be what patriotism expects, must tali to the front, Thooldsystem is pass ing away and in its place must arise one that exalts scholarship and char acter not less In politics than in the unofficial vocations and professions. During and since the war Colonel John Jneob Astor has conducted him self In a manner likely to help to cause a revision of the opinion once general concerning the uselessness of the younger type of New York mil lionaires. And he is but one of many. Our Foreign Service. No more Important duty will confront tho American people growing out of lessons which the war has made vivid than that of instituting a thorough re form In the diplomatic and consular service. Slnco wo aro to become through necessity a world power with Increasing interests ramifying through an Increasing sphere of influence it is essential that the guardians of our rights In peace should be not less qual flrd In their respective ways than must be those who defend the Hag on battle Held or battleship. The war has shown that a good army and a good navy cannot be Improvised. It has shown that while we can with safety In military operations allow for a certain percentage of flexibility In tho composition of our armies and navy the hulk of the officers and men must be regulars, thoroughly trained to their duties and rated not along polit ical lines but in correspondence with actual merit. Recauso our navy had less politics and more professional 1t ness in it from bottom to top than our army our navy emerged from the or deal of war with the higher honors, and this teaches that not only the navy and army but also the diplomatic and consular service must be removed from the reach of partisan fluctuation .ind placed upon a basis of permanence con ditional upon ability developed. The qualities which make for succes In our government's foreign service aro in no sense connected with the mutations of domestic party politics. Tho Democrat representing American Interests abroad acts not for a party but for a nation and there is no reason save custom why If he does his work well he should bo replaced by a greenhorn Republi can the moment theie is a, change of majorities at home. The custom which has permitted quadrennial upheavals In the foreign service because of domestic political changes has been tolerated by the peo ple simply because they have not had brought clearly to their attention Its unbuslnessllheness and e.-ssr-ntlal un Ithness. Heretofore we have arcd lit i:e about foreign relation?, being n-F,r"s-sed with interiial problem.1 Rut imw as wo begin n new era we must resolve to begin right. We must realize that we cannot compete In tho International arena for com merce and prestige without sending to represent us men adequately fitted for their duties and stimulated by an In telligent assurance of retention and promotion. This Is a lesson which we dare not disregard, Reports from Honolulu bring intel ligence of a rapid increase of business values and bright prospects in Hawaii since annexation became assured. Naturally. There is no commercial tonic equal to an advancing American flag. One Spectre Removed. The prompt acceptance by Dr. Pal ma, representing tho Cuban provi sional government, of the Spanish American armistice, with notification of tho Insurgent commanders to stop fighting Immediately, removes another spectre from our path a spectre very largely duo to malign American Influ ences,. With cordial co-operation by tho intelligent and patriotic portion of the Cuban revolutionary movement, which would never have been in doubt but for the pernicious activities of those short-sighted Americans who ap parently havo conspired to deCubanizt Cuba from the start, our work of pac ification and reconstruction In the gent of the AntlllfH will be vastly facilitat ed. It Is an old adage that molasses catches more files than vinegar, a truth which Americans have reasan to bear In mind In their consideration of Cuban administrative problems. We cannot win the confidence of the Cu ban population by sneering at them or Ignoring them, and without their confidence we can neither reconstruct Cuba for the Cubans nor successfully retain It for ourselves. Policy no less than Justice would seem to dlctato that our approach to the great Internal problem soon to bo presented by Span ish "vpiMiatlnn of Cuba should be along the llms of tactful conciliation of tho best elements of tho Cuban people, to tho end that whether Cuban annexa tion, which all recognlzo as Inevitable ultimately, bo effected soon r late It will in cither event be accompanied by n minimum of friction and racial prejudice. Though our mllltnry control of Cuba, during tho early stages of reconstruc tion must bo ftnn, yet should it bo so far as possible the hand of !,tcel masked In velvet. We must bo careful not to Imitate the faults of Spain. Ambassador Hay's promotion to the secretaryship of state, combined with th'' presence In tho cabinet of ux-Min-Ister to Russia Charles Emory Smith, would probably make for Intelligent neutrality In the event of a war, now seemingly not far distant, between the Lion and the Bear. Prosperity's Coming Swoop. The president of tho National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, Mr. Theo dore Search of Philadelphia, who dur ing the past two months has been studying the pulse of commerce In Eu ropean cities, gives to tho Press of his i:lty upon his return the following op timistic hut not unreasonable state ment of opinion: "I believe that the war has given the United States nn Impetus which will make its future exceedingly full of piospcrity. To my mind there lire glo rious days ahead for the American people. 1 am convinced that there Is ti great possibility, one little appreci ated by merchants yet. The war has brought the United States before the European nations In a manner in which it was never brought before. TJie deds of our army and navy have surprised them beyond measure. They are really awakening to an apprecia tion of the wonderful country we have here. American goods have now a. prestige which they never before en Joyed. At the same time our mer chants are beginning to realize that other countries want our goods. It has only beer; three years since the National Association of Manufactur ers began an agitation for tho devel opment of foreign trade See what tho association and allied organizations have done already. Last year our ex ports were greater than for many years .past. They were phenomenally great, but I believe that they can bo doubled, tripled; yes, even quadru pled." Rear in mind that talk like this per vades the whole circle of American huslnobs activity from coast to coast; that in every city and village the be lief is firm that we are about to enjoy a season of prosperity following the war without a parallel in the history of the present generation. Such unan imity of bollsf would in Itself be suf- lleient to eaue the upward tendency predicted; but wh"n wo consider what large developments the wnr has thrown open to American productive enterprise the certainty of a great re vival In business energy become? fixed. Let Scranton business men prepare to get In the swim. The president of the Union League club of Philadelphia, Mr. Patterson, is not disturbed by Mugwump derision of imperialism. "Thoughtful men," says he, "have been brought to the realiza tion of the truth that our manufactur ers and our agricultural products havs ben forced beyond the capacity of tho home maiket to absoib them, and that it is essential to the welfare of our laboring classes that we should have foreign mirkets. To that end It is necessary to have not only coaling stations, but also colonial possessions In the East as well as In the West. If this country wisely and courageous ly avails Itself of tho opportunities now presented, we will enter upon a career of prosperity the like ot which we havo nevci seen." This is the opin ion which Is everywhere taking hold of the American people. No opportu nities will be wasted. Foreign Analysis Of American Trad? T UK HAX'JD cuin of the United Stales In her Invasion of the com meioe of the world i3 intelligently dls.cus.sed by tho Btltlsh consul at Stockholm. Sweden, by tho aid of an Important series of Matl.sttcal tables just Issued by the Swedish gocrnmcnt, covering the commerce and pioductlon of the world in a series of live-year periods. Theso Important tables, which have at tracted much attention by reason of their extensive research, aro discussed by Con sul Constablo In n special lepoit to ihe British goveirn.cnt. a copy of which has Jubt reached the treasury bureau of sta tistics. In this report he compares tho production and commerce of the leading nations, and through his analysis of tha gains or loss vhlch they have made, pro-i-cnts an Interesting picture of tho growth of the chief producing and commercial Interests of tho United States In com parison with that of ether great nations. This analysis, coming from tneso un prejudiced t-ourccs, Is especially Inter esting In view of ItB favorable showing relative to tho production and commerco of tho United States. o Tho principal plg-lron producing coun tries are given as Franco, Germany, Great Britain nnd tho United States. In the qulnnuennlil period 1S71-5, the aver ngo annual production of France was 1, S65,000 tons, and In the period of 1SD1-3, 2,000,000: Germany Increased from an aver age of 1,915,000 tons In the 1S71-5 period to CCSS.OOO per annum In tho HDl-5 period. Great Britain increased from an annual average of. D.D.OOO tons In tho IS'l-C per iod to 7,301,000 per annum In the 16.91-5 terms; while tho United States increased from an awrngo annual production of 2, 2S4.O0O In tho 1871-5 period to an average of 8.2C3.000 tons per annum in the 1691-5 period. Commenting upon this table Con. sul Constablo sas: "During this period It appears that Great Btltaln and Ire land's proportional sharo In tho world's production of plg-lron has sunk from 40.S per cent, to 27,5 per cent,, while on tho other hand tho United States baa in creased Its proportion of output from 18.1 per cent, to 30.9 per cent." The produc tion of Iron nro Is also discussed In a tablo which shows that tho average an nual production of Iron ore In tho United States In tho period 1S91-5 was ,28,000 tons against 32,219,000 tons In Great Brit ain and Ireland, 11.679,000 In Germany, 5,310,000 In Spain and 3,651,000 In France. Commenting upen these figure j Consul Constable says that tho annual produc tion of Iron oro In Great Britain nnd Ire land Is estimated to havo decreased from 16.0S7.000 In 1S71-5 to 12,219,000 tons In 131-5. while tho production of the United StutJs which for 1S71-5 averaged 4,332,000 aver aged 11,288,000 tons per annum In the per iod 1S91-5. o Tho average annual output of coal by Great Hritnln and Ireland during tho 1S71-3 period Is slven ns 120,072,000 tons ngalust JSt.MO.OiXi tons per annum In tho 1SJ11-5 period! Germany 4l,CiJ.000 tons !n tho 1RT1-" peilod, and in.OOS.OW pur annum In ttho 1SM-5 teim, whllo tho United States Is given at C2S3.000 tons per annum In tho 1S71-5 term, and lGu,812,0OO tons per annum In tho 1S01-3 term. Commenting upon this Consul t'onstiible says: "Dur ing tho caillcr period It thus appears that Grout Rrltalu and Ireland supplied 47 per cent, nf the world's output of coal, but at tho picscnt time only 31 per cent,; Germany, 17 per cent.; whilst the United Slates havn advanced from 17 per cent, to nearly CO per cent." o Tho estimated consumption of raw cot ton for tho United Slates and Gieat Brit ain Is given by periods ns far back as 130. showing that while Great lliltaln'a consumption of cotton Increased from 1, COO.OOO tons pe- annum from 1S3M0 to 7, f'91,000 p?r annum In 1E01-I. that of the United States Increased from an average of 27C.O0O per annum ir. 1831-40 to B.M2.O0O per annum In ttBl-f. "Since 1S70," says Consul Constable, "Great Britain's con sumption of cotton has Increased by ono fourth, whilst 'that of tho rest of Europe and tho United States has doubled." o Commenting upon tho table showing the growth of railways In tho leading coun tiles of tho woild, Consul Constable soya: "It Is estimated that during the period of twenty-live years, between lStu and lSS'i, the length of railway lines In Great Britain and Ireland has increased by about 9,000 kilometers, In Russia by about 24,500 kilometers. In Germany by 27,021 kilometers, and in France by C2.4S6 kilo meters; whllo In tho United States tha IncreaKo is more than JU7.0U0 kilometers, 1. e., nearly eight times ns great ns that of Germ'any, and twenty-three limes ns great as that of Great Btltaln and Ire land." o Tho estimated average yearly produc tion of wheat in Germany, United States, British Colonies and Dependencies, and for all nations shows, according to Con sul Constable's analysis, that "Ihe United States produces nearly one-fifth, tho Brit ish Colonies somewhat moro thnn one eighth nnd Germany less than one-twentieth of the total production of whsat throughout the woild." Tho table showing the average yearly output of gold and slher for Germany, United States nnd the British Colonics and Dependencies Is analyzed by Consul Constable In a single sentence In which ho says: "The United States nnd the British Colonies together produce some what moro tin n ot e-half of tho total an nual output of gold, and nearly one-half tho annual output of silver throughout the world." A fuither analysis of the tablo Indicates that the United States alono produces about 22 per cent, ot tho gold of tho world, und over 33 per cent, of the sliver of the world. o The total commerce. Including imports and exports. Is glicn In pounds Sterling. Great Britain and Ireland's annual aver age 1SSI-5, 373,SSSSS; 1S01-3, 5S!U66.n(J6 : Ger many ISM-;, DOii.011,111, 1891-3, 3J2. 777,77"; United States ttSl-5, 302,313,233; 11-.", 317, 333,333. Commenting upon these figures Consul Constable wiys: "Thus during this period Great Britain's trade has Increased by slightly more than two and one-half per cent.; ihat of Get many and the Unit ed States, each by 15 per cent,; whilst tho trade of France has steadily de clined. Tho volumo ot trade has, it need hcurccly bo raid. Increased to a much greater degree than Is Indicated by those figures, but owing to the almost universal fall In tho prices of commodities, the in-creas-o In value of exports and Imports has been less than might have been ex pected." o Tho percentage of Increase of popula tion In tho leading countries Is shown in tho tablo which places the Increase In population In the United States during tho last ten years at 24 per cent., tho British Colonies and Dependencies in creased 12 per cent., Germany, 12 prr cent.; Russia, 11 per cent.; Great Britain and Ireland, 8.77 per cent., and France, .78 per cent. THE WAR AND ITS FRUITS. From the Philadelphia Press. History alone can do Justice to the Spanish war. In tho light of today calm appreciation of tho results and fruits of tho struggle must sound like extravag ance. But no current assertion or esti mate Is likely to o cristate the momentous consequences of one of the shortest, one of tho most vigorous and one of the most supremely successful wars In all history. o Spain retires from tho Western Con tinent, on which England, our fellow member of tho English-speaking race, alone of European powers Is now left. Franco retired with tho Louisiana pur chase and again retreated from Mexico. Russia withdrew with tho sale of Alaska, Spain disappears with the cession of Porto Rico and tho surrender of Cuba, No. other Euiopean flag but England's stands today over any considerable por tion of tho three Americas, and England, by her colonial legislation, by her sub mission to arbitration of the Venezuela boundary and by tho Canadian-American commission, now sitting, has expressed her frank, full nnd henrty readiness to leave to tho Americas tho solution of all Anurlcan Issues. o Not a century has passed since Jeffer son began this svvltt withdrawal of Euro pean power and Influence from tho West ern Hemisphere before tho work is com pleted. The narrcw file of colonies along our Atlantic, which adventured tho West ern wilderness under Washington, under McKlnley looks out on two continents In which no pov er challenges or longer questions the right, authority and power of tho United States ns paramount in tho Western world, within Its limits guar dian, guide nnd protector of tho broad array of lesser, thcugh Independent states. The United Stales, on tho Instant, through this overarching responsibility, often ns serted before but never before fully ex ercised or tested, and sustained by the ar bitrament of battle, becomes a "world power," Our policy, our politics, our In ternal development und our external re lations are all profoundly altered. Hence, forth on no question can tho United States llvo for itself alone. The Ameil can people, llko tho English, for tho fu ture stand before men laden with tho re sponsibility of races weaker and less de veloped, charged with the care and guid ance of weaker states, called to a high part In the work of civilizing and deielop- ing humanity. o Woe to a land summoned by Its own ttl umphs and victories to this supreme duty If It bo not equal to the burden laid upon It, and docs not walk In Justice and deal out righteousness In the difficult path In which Its feet are set and to which It has been guided by the light of its bat tles. Much In the past has been pardoned to our youth, our Inexperience, tho errors, the faults and even the coriuptlon of a new country. This Is past. We havo reached our majority. Wo have taken our place among the world's greater pow ers. Our acts will henceforth bo gudgea and Justified In peace by tho responsibili ties we have chosen to assume us the cost of war and claimed as the pilre of vic tory. It is a time for every American solemnly to remember that much of cor ruption, bees-rule and maladministration which has hitherto passed ns but a mat ter of our Internal affairs is henceforth lifted on tho world's stage and watcheJ by a world, tr.vlrus and unfiiendly. And unless thevo evils of peaco nre righted and remedied, In vain hns been tho shock of battle and tho thrill of triumph. Not by war nnd aims but by ilshteousiicss. and purity do i utlons live. THE PACIFIC COAST VIEW. From tho Portland Oregor.lan. Fortuno has thrown In our wuy a great opportunity. Wo had not sought it, did not plan for It, It cume about In one of thoio unfoiesteu wuys of which history presents so many examples. Wo can do tho world good, tho Inhabitants of those Islands good and ourselves good, by hold ing the place and the advanlasn which GO j A Y LL2i JLL lJ v ' adiy to Re This sentence tells a story of tim saved in the selec-j tion of materials, worry saved in the making, and money saved in the buying. These lots of ready-to-; wear items will appeal to your prudence, especially at this season of the year. The greatest cut in prices of Tailor. Made Suits ever known. LOT 1-LOT2-LOT3-LOT4-LOT5-LOT6- -Perfection -Perfection -Perfection -Perfection -Perfection -Perfection No two garments alike and only 36 garments Always Busy SUMMER, 1898. Our annual July and August sale of Summer Footwear is now on. All our Russets mubt go. You need the Shoes. We need room. Lewis, Rely & iavies, 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE. the fortune of opportunity nnd the valor of our sons havo given us. We want to take our part in the commerce of the Pacific, and commerce follows the flag. We can glvo those extensive islands a better government than they have ever hitherto possessed. Wo can piomoto in dustry among tho people and afford se curity to life and property. Where our flag goes Improvement of tho conditions of tho pcoplo will follow. Wo think the flag of tho United States will not be with drawn from any land upon which It has been or shall be planted In this war. The dominion of the United States may, In deed, be disguised In one place or another under the namo of a protectorate, but it will bo maintained as an actual fact, nevertheless. It Is not going to bo good for any political party in the United States to propose to retire tho national standards from tho lands on which they havo been planted. m NEW YORK'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record. The educational condition of New York Is astonishing. The police census shows that there aro 702,162 children of school ago In tho city, but of these only 4oS,229 aro enrolled In either the public or the private schools, and tho avcrago attend ance Is only 3.1MS4. One of tho reasons Is that thero Isn't room enough. The total seating capacity of all tho bchoolhouscs of Greater New Yoik will only accom modate 3S3.091, or only about half of those who ought to be in attendance. There are only 403 schoolhouscs altogether. Thirty-two new buildings were added last year, and fifteen of the old ones were enlarged. The total number of teachers employed was 9,452, which Is an average of ono to eighty-four children of school age, one to fifty of tho enrolled and ono to thirty-live of the avcrago attendance. The total expenditures for school pur poses In Greater Now York last year wcro $10,576,770. making tho average cost per pupil J22.4S. The schools of London cost$li.7S0,000last year, or $13.81 per capita of the average attendance, but tho salaties of teachers, which aggregated $5,370,000, and nre the principal Items of expenditure, are much smaller than thoso paid In tho United States. An English teacher who gets $30 a month Is considered exceedingly well paid. A great majority get less than I30.C0 a month, and I believe the average Is something like $25. The London school beard spends $330,000 a year for the sup port of manual training lnftltutes, $310. 000 for schools of art and design, $103,000 for deaf and dumb asylums and $130,000 for the education of the blind. AGE OF AMERICAN GENERALS. From tho Boston Globe. Although General Miles Is a younger man than most of the general ufllcers In tho service nt this time, he Is much older than any of tho men who commanded In tho Civil War. Ho Is 58, while Shatter is 62, Merritt 61. Brooko CO, Wheeler 02, Lee C2, Otis CO, Hawkins 03. Ill fact, there Is not even a brigadier of note except Wood who Is under fifty years of age. At tho outbreak of tho Civil War, on the other hand, not ono of the men who were to gain distinction in It was tlfty. Grant In 1831 was only 29, Sherman was 11, Sher Idan 30, Scholleld 3o, Hancock 37, Custer 22, Mcado 40, Hooker 47, Thomas 43, Kearny 45, Kllpatrlck 25, Plcasonton 37, Itosecrans 42, Palmer 41, Lognn, 33, How ard 31, Iluell 43, Slocum 31. Burnsido il. Banks 45. Butler 43 and Gcneial Miles himself was only 22. On tho Confederate side Leo and Joseph 13. and Albert Sidney Johnston had passed 00, tho foitner being 54 and tho latter 51 and 03 respectively, but Lonrstreet wus 40. Beauregard 4J, Hampton 43, Bragg 46, Forrest 40. Stono. wall Jackson 37, A. P. Hill SO. J. 33. II. Stuart 28. Hcod SO and Joseph Wheeler was 25. Among the generals of tho Union even ho who camo to bo known as ''old" Hallerk was only 4S when the war broke out. Wear Dress Co.'s Garments that Dress Co.'s Garments that Dress Co.'s Garments that Dress Co.'s Garments that Dress Co.'s Garments that Dress Co.'s Garments that HILL & CCMELL 121 N. Washington Ave. BRASS BEDSTEADS. In buying a bran Beditead, bo lurs that you get tbs best Our bras Bedstead are all made with seamleu brau tublaj and frame work Is all of steel. Tboy cost no more than many bedstead madeof the open seamless tubing. Every bedstead Is highly flalihed and lacquore I under a peculiar method, nothing ever hav ing been produced to equal It. Our now Spring Patterns axe now on exhibition. Hill & Cooed! At 12! North Washinjton Avenue. Scramtoiu, Pa. Tyyewiiters9 Supplies, Letter Presses, :, lay Blanks and tie largest Hie of office supplies and sta tionery ii 11 IE. Peaia, Stationers and Engravers, HOTEL JEU.MYN I3UILDINO 130 Wyoming Avenua. Midsummer Lamp Sale . Until Sept ist we will offer our entire line of Banquet, Princess and Table Lamps a froai 25 to jo per cent, c! count. We wish to redu stock. If you are in need w a lamp this is a chance t get a bargain. TIE CliMMS, mm WALtEY CO. I i'i'l Lackawanna Avetiaa 1 g -S i I rCSw ' T I I ' T j- BAZAAR were $17.98, now $9.00 were $19.98, now $30.00 were $22.98, now $111.50 were $24.98, now $12.50 were $27.98, now $14.00 were $32.75, now $16.00 all told in the entire lot. FIILEY See Our Elegant New Line off Center Pieces, Slams, Scarfs, Etc. in I Ei Renaissance aM The handsomest and most artistic line of Finq Goods we have ever had) on exhibition. Special Sale Tils WeeSj Do not fail to secure onej or more of our Celetated Wlite BED QUILTS' of extra size and quality, hemmed, ready to use, at S our special price of y They cannot be equaled for the money and ar0 good value at $1.25. SJOand 512 LACKAWANNA AVENU HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the Wyomlaj. District fa; Mining, Ulatlne.Sport!nt Sraolceleu and the Repauno Chemical Company's HIGI EXPLOSIVES. tafety Fuse, Caps and Kxploder Uoom 101 Connell llulldlDj. , . fcjcrttatoo. Hf.i & AGKNCIEi .$&. THOS. FOIID. VvPUUtO JOHN V. SMITH AiJON. F'lyrnont1 W. 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