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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
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money saved in the buying. These lots of ready-to-;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a bran Beditead, bo lurs that
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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.
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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
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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.
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