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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Governor-WILMAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor J. 1 S. GOMN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs J AMLS v.
LATTA.
Judge of Superior Court-V. V. 10 ft-
TER.
Congressmen -at - Large SAMUEL A.
DAVENrCUT, GALUSIIA A. GHOW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dist. JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
. House.
First Dlstrict-JOHN R FARR.
Stcond DlBtrict-JOHN J. SCHBUER, JR
Third niitr!ct-N. C. MACKEY.
Fourth D!strlct-JOHN' F. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFOKM.
It will be my purpose when elected 'o
so conduct mtelf ub to win the respect
and pood will of thoso who have opposed
mo as wtll at thofo who hao given me
their support I bIuiII be the governor
of the whole people of tho state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up In the legis
lature which are tulther the fault of olio
part nor the other, but rather tho
growth of cuftcin l'nneccrnry Invehtl
gatlons hn been authorized by commit
ttes, resulting In unneccfs.iry expense to
tho state It will bo my rare and pur
pose to correct thee and other evils In to
far as 1 hive the power It will be my
purpose while governor of Pennsylvania,
as It has been my purpose In tho pub'ic
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to discharge my wholo duty. Tho
people ate greater than the parties 'o
which thev belong I am onlv Jc ilmn of
their favoi 1 shall only nttcimt to win
thdr npprn.il and mv experltnco Ins
taught me that thnt can best bo done by
an honeM. modest, dull discharge of
public duty.
We congintulnte the Patriotic Order
ns of Ameilc.i In Pennsylvania upon
tlu ie-elcctlon of President A. J Col
born It i a deserved honor op
portunely beloo(l
The Quebec Conference.
Pentimentul lather than puu-tical in
terest nt tiichrs to the Quebec confer
ence of the Anglo-American Joint high
commission of nrbltiation. Theie Ih
little likelihood that what from the
Canadian ht.indpoint Is the main pur
pose of the conference the drafting;
of a workable scheme of reciprocity
will be realized, and unless the Can
adian nature has recently undeigone
radical chnnge the non-consummation
of this consuming hope will be fol
lowed by petulance respecting other is
sues and eventual adjournment with
little or nothing accomplished. We
should be glad to lind that this fore
cast Is too gloomy, but we bate it upon
the uniform experience of tho past,
which has shown among Canadians no
genuine wish for nubstantlal amity
feave on impossible terms, chief of
which Is that we hhnll give them com
plete access to our big market in re
turn for the prh liege of selling; freely
in their little one.
The fact Is that the attempt of Can
ada to secuie the trade advantages of
an Ameilcan Mate while remaining' a
British dependency Is in the nature of
things pregnant with disappointments.
Canadians are fond of boasting of the
superiority of their form of govern
ment over our own, jet they are never
satisfied but aie cither emigrating to
the states or laving wires to secure
trading privileges which from the char
acter of our political system cannot be
had without annexation. Themselves
jealous of American growth and en
vious of the advantages from which
they aie debarred by their own volition,
they foolishly impute to Amoikans
conesponding Jealously, and resort In
legislation and in diplomacy to the
venting of minor spites. If we were
dealing wit . England alone over the
fisheries question the matter would be
settled one way or another In short
older and, once settled, would stay set
tled, because botli England and tho
states have their minds occupied with
too many large subjects to be con
tinually nt friction over small ones.
But with Canada as a factor in the
negotiation there is no settlement that
involves equity and good faith, for
Canada chooses to enact at every stage
the tole of the spoiled child.
Nevertheless the Quebec confeicnce
will be productive of good In thp sense
that It will enable us to exhibit to the
English people our nppieclution of their
good w ill und our readiness at any
time to resort to the civilized method
of adjusting differences. Englishmen
at least can lecognlze fair play when
they see It, and If the conclusion of a
satlsfactoiy omnibus treaty of arbitra
tion Is defeated by Canadian petulance
the blame for such a faux pas will not
rest upon us.
Tln more one lentns about thu vay
General Shattei managed things nt
Santiago the better one's opinion be
i.oir.es of General Miles.
It Pits the Situation.
The Republicans of Missouil have
placed themselves on record as follows:
"We teassert the Monroe doctrine In
Its full extent as a principle of our
party, and we believe that the United
States should stand aloof from Inter
ference with the affalts and disputes of
European powers when American In
terests are not Involved, but we as
sert that the Monroe doc.trlne does not
compel our government to abandon or
to return to the tyranny of Spanish
rule uny of the helpless peoples who
have by force of clrcumstnnces In the
conduct of tho Spanish-American war
been placed under our protecting care;
and we further assert that the Monroe
doctrine does not forbid tho enlarge
ment and extension of American tenl
tory or the protection of American In
terests In tho eastern as well as In the
western hemisphere, and especially In
the Pacific Ocean, where our great
coast line and the requirements of the
commercial development of our west
em states establish paramount rights
and Impose on our government certain
duties, and we therefore approve? of the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands,
and wo favor tho acquisition and own
ership of additional naval stations and
ports sufficient to nfford ample protec
tion to our tlghtful and naturally grow
ing commerce with Asia and with other
countries of the far east." It would
be difficult to Improve on this.
The governorship of New Yotk Is by
no means tho best place for Colonel
oostvelt, but It speaks well for the
public Intelligence that It should spon
tnneouly chouo for polltlcnl honors at
this time a man about whoo guments
there has never been ii taint of job
bery ot n suggestion of sycophancy.
The political atmosphere must be
clearing when men like Hoosevelt are
summoned to the front.
America to the Front.
The loport that Great Hiitnin and
Russia, rather than go to vvnr ut once,
have made sufficient mutual conces
sions In China to take tho shnip edge
off the uilental situation means, U
ti ue, nothing more than n postpone
ment of the Inevitable. It Is not Rus
sia's desire to cngige In war with Eng
land until her navy Is strengthened
and her Trans-Siberian rnlltoad com
pleted: and It Is not tho desire of the
piesent sovereign of England to have
t'ie closlnar years of her unprecedented
teign clouded by hostilities gicatoi
than those firislm? fioni the British
nrmv's policy duties nmong barbarian
tribes. Hence both potvets) are willing
to tempoiizi' Russia all the mere so
bii'iuc each year of delay adds to
Itussla'b st length nnd to England's
wciknef-s
It may therefore devolve upon a.
power until iccently least thought of in
connection with the future of China
namely, tho United Stntes to take the
Initiative In the solution of the vnst
tommeiclul problem represented In the
opening to modem civilization ot the
gteal Mlddl Kingdom. Snare ur
FUi-li ii rMinj-ctuie may seem In view
of thr almost total ab-enee of mention
of this country In previous calcula
tions upon the subject. It is by no
means Impinbable. Events ar dem
onstrating that the Ameilcan people
have the ability to rire to new situa
tions nnd responsibilities tapldlv. And
it Is not In tho American ciuiaeter,
as It may b In the character of some
of the European nations, to draw Dick
from a duty because It looks, largo. We
are nothing if not self confident.
No single phenomenon of oui lccent
history is more significant than tho
rapidity with which American public
opinion has lately grasped the truth
tint America's inteiest in the com
merce of China Is potentially second to
that of no other outside nation. We
have no ambition to secure by devious
diplomacy or disreputable coeix'on an
unfair advantage; but vvp ai.' deter
mined upon the point that an unfair
advantage jiiall not bo taken by nny
other nitlon at our epnse. While
the Jealous powers of Europe aie sit
ting around the eoipse of Chinese ex
cluslvtness each fearful thut the other
will get tho biggest dnro of the spoils
fiom lobbery of the dead, it would be
jut like Uncle Sam to appioach tho
gioup nnd blandly Inform 't tlat the
contemplate 1 laiceny must be post
poned Indefinitely.
If he ever says this he will enforce It;
and it would bo a good thing to say.
For the benefit of those who aie wor
rying about the Monioe doctilnc It
might bo well to suggest that It be kept
In reseive until some one attempts to
encroach on the tenltory of Uncio Sam.
Piomotions That Don't Promote.
Commodore Phillips, wo are told, has
protested against his own promotion
because it fones backward in the line
of promotion equally deserving com
rades. In a letter to tho secretary of
the navj he points out thnt bravo and
worthy men who did not happen to
be In the battles at Santiago and Man
ila have actually been punished by the
effort to reward those who had the
good foitune to bo on the fleets en
gaged. Commodoie Watson, for exam
ple. Commodore Remey nnd one or two
other ofilceis, are set back from three
to live numbers, and eveiy promotion
down to the ensign affects seveial wor
thy and eftlclent men Just as If they
had been tiled by court-martial and
sentenced to be degraded In tho ser
vice. Discussing in the Chicago Recoid
this unfortunate feature of the naval
organization William E. Cuttis, the
Washington correspondent, says with
truth: "There is a good deal of hum
bug ubout these promotions, anyhow,
paitlculaily in the higher giadesof tho
bervicc. After tho battle of Manila
the president advanced nil the captains
of Dewey's fleet five numbers. This
set them above most of the officers of
Sampson and Schley's lleets. Then af
ter the battle of Santiago the latter
were advanced In a similar munner,
which put them back in their old places
and actually degraded Dewey's officers,
while men of coi responding rank who
were not so fortunate as to have an
opportunity to distinguish themselves,
but were quite as worthy and willing,
suffered In both cases. Tho net result
Is that Commodore Phillips was ad
vanced five numbers nnd pushed back
thiee, Captain Clark of the Oregon was
advanced five and set back four, w hlle
tho net result to Cook, Chadwlck, Tay
lor, Evans, Wilde, Dyer, Lamberton
and other captains was about the
same. Their new commissions are,
of course, veiy complimentary und
highly prized, because it Is written on
the sheepskin that they are advanced
five numbers for extiuoidlnary hero
ism, but the statement Is actually un
tiuo and carries with it no Increase of
pay or emoluments,"
One new suggestion offered by way of
remedy Is that in addition to medals
of honor carrying grnded Increases in
pay specially brilliant service he te
warded by continuing nt full pay after
retirement officers who perform It. The
main point to be considered now, how
ever, Is that the present system of pro
motions that don't promote must go.
By all accounts the medical branch
of the war department, Instead of tak
ing advnntago of tho aimlMIco to Im
prove its woik nt concentration campi
and in army hospitals, is vtcudlly be
coming worse. Meanwhile thu secre
tary of war rpends his tlmo In com
pering defenses und our neglected ioN
dlers sicken nnd die. There will be a
luicaftcr for nil this.
Ex-President Andrews begins his
superlntendency of Chicago's public
schools by declaring ngalnst the fur
ther multiplication of educational ging
er biend until every child of school
age has had ample chance to gain the
foundations of culture. He believes In
high schools but he believes yet more
firmly In good und plentiful primary
schools, and his head on this point Is
unmistakably level.
Now thnt the war Is over numerous
experts nie trying to demonstrate that
our powder was out of date, our guns,
of poor quality and thnt our troops are
not what they should be In time of
war; and that In fact tho United States
Is In n genei ally demoralized condlHon
as a fighting nation. These theories
aie all right In their way but they v. PI
probably not gain many converts In
Spain.
Secretary Long has addiessed to the
naval strategy board a formal letter of
thanks, which recalls the fact that n
good many of us were guilty not long
ago of some very unfair criticism of
that boatd. It Is a pleasure now to bo
able to recant with the knowledge that,
after all, this well meant but misguid
ed comment did no permnnent harm.
The report from Honolulu relative to
the lulsing of tho American flag Indi
cate that the natives were not over
come with enthusiasm. They will like
that flag better when they come to
know It better.
After all one connot blame the Phil
ippine insurgents for refusing to lay
down their arms until assuied that
their Spanish enemies would not be al
lowed to pick them up.
Hnvtl refuses to allow weather warn
ings of nny hind to be posted on the
Island. Haytl piobably wishes to bo
spared the infliction of the remark:
"Dunn hit It this time."
After fiankly confessing that the Job
was too big for him Secretnrv Alger
ought to relieve the embarrassment by
giving some other man a chance.
If W. J Bryan could have foreseen
things he would never have argued
against expansion. He Is not built to
bo at ease bv his lonesome.
OiiP Machinery
Groute in Favor.
v n O GREATER compliment to Amert
l can manufactuies and American
In workmen can be found than tint
Jyl expressed by the demand belns
made upon them by the world for
high grade lnstiumcnts and machmeiy.
Coarse heavy goods which show their
quality upon their face and which are not
subjected to weclal strain or breakage
of their parts, uro purchased in any mar
ket, but those who puichnso complicated
and delicutclj constructe-d machinery
which must be handled and operated by
persons thousands of miles from the place
of construction and unfamiliar with Its
details show a confidence in the quality
of material and faithfulness In consliuc
tlon which is a compliment to thoso who
make and tho theso who sell these arti
cles. o
That the people of the world have con
fidence In American goeds of this charac
ter and therofoie In tho people who make
and sell them is shown by the large or
ders which our manufacturers of fine und
complicated machinery have received In
tho IKcal j ear Just ended Telephones,
telegraph Instruments, tjpewrltcrs, bicy
cles, steam engines, fire engines, railway
engines, metal working machinery, shoe
manufacturing machinery, electrical ma
chinery, sewing machines, printing
pretses, Instruments for scientific pur
poses, clocks, watches, pianos, organs,
und other nrtlcles of this delicate and
complicated character, tho production of
American workmen and American manu
facturers, amounting In value to fifty
million dollars havo been purchased from
us by other parts of the world In the jcar
just ended A million dollars worth a
week has been taken from the people of
the United States by tho people of dls
tant nations as a practical evidence of
their admiration for and confidence In he
American workman and the American
manufacturer. Fiom tho great manufac
turing countries of England Germany
nnd France, from Japan, China nnd In
dia, where generations of skillful men
lived, flourished nnd passed away before a
wheel was turned or a factory estab
lished in America, from tho forests of
Africa and tho islands of Oceanlea, from
Turkey, from Persia, from Slam, from
Korea, from Aden, the Azores, Auckland,
FIJI Tonga, Samoa, Madagascar, Tripoli,
German Africa, Spanish Ocennlcu, BrltUn
Australasia. Dutch East Indies, French
Guiana, Portuguese Africa, Asiatic Rus
sia, and countries of Central nnd South
America come orders for the product of
American workmen and American fac
tories. Japanese lingers manipulate our
t pewriters, Chinese feet and hands give
motion nnd life, to our sewing machines,
bklllcd operators in tho great European
centers communicate with others in dis
tant parts of tho world with our tele
graph instruments, and the natives of
Africa, India, and Oceanlea disport them
selves on our blcvclcs Complicated In
struments from our workshops aro car
ried to tho opposite side of the globe and
to Inaccessible and sparsely populated
paits of the earth in a calm conlldcnco
thut In Inexperienced hands they will per
form and continue, to perform tho duties
foi which they are constructed.
o
That tills eonflderco Is fully Justified by
experience is shown by tho steadily In
creasing demand for our machinery. For
ycais we have exported from two to three
million dollurs worth per annum of sew
ing machines, sending thorn to nil parts
of the eaith, and the figures for the past
ear range far above tho average of tho
decade. From the time that t pewriters
and bicycles camo Into use there has been
a demand upon us for them, and now
their exportation ranges Into tho mill
ions, and their purchasers aro found In
every part of the globe.
o
Tho following table shows tho ctporta.
tlon of typewriters, bicycles, sewing ma
chines and Instruments for scientific pur
poses from tho United States during tho
past l ear t countries ni reported in the
official figures of tho Treasury Ilureaj of
Statistics:
EXPORTS DURING YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1S0S.
Countries to Typewriting
which exported. machines.
United Kingdom J &96.S75
France flt.Ub
Germany L'JtIH
Other Europo 232,113
BiltlBh North America 61.752
Mexico 2S.9Q0
Central America 2.W)
West Indies 5.V17
South America 4S0i:
Asia and Oceanlea 83 500
Africa :s,3i:
Other Countries
Totul X,yJS,151
AN OBJECT LEBSON.
Hob Uurdette In Philadelphia Press.
My text is, "The Filipinos amrt that
they are able to render the Islands unten
able for anybody."
It Is always an expensive and difficult
task to suppress a rebellion by force of
arms. Isn't thcro somo simpler and
easier way of dealing with our self-confident,
"subject," so to speak, In the Phil
ippines? Why wouldn't It be n good thing
for tho government to bring Agulnahlo
over to tills country, with un escort of
honor; show him every courteous atten
tion; tnko him all over tho country and
give him as good a tlmo as a congress
man at a funeral? Talk "Indian" to him.
Take him around nnd show htm the old
hunting grounds ot the powerful Algon
quin Indian family, warlike and ambi
tious; tako him through Virginia nnd
New York nnd tell him all about tho Wyandot-Iroquois,
vvhoio "ferocious vital
ity," Parkman savs. "but for tho pres
ence of Europeans, would probably have
subjected, absorbed or exterminated ev
ery other Indian community cast of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio." Tell
him about the Fennlmore Cooper Indians,
glvo him the history of the Sioux; tell
him the story ot the fighting Scmlnoles
tho Creeks and the Chcrokecs: tell him
all about Tceumseh, Black Hawk und Lo
gan, nnd Red Jacket. Talk to htm about
the Comanchcs; tell him about Sitting
Bull, and Spotted Tall, and King Philip
Fill him up with Indian lcre. tradition
legend nnd cold history; tell him how
wise the Red Men were in council; how
mighty In battle. Tell him how com
pletely they owned this continent with all
the nppurtenances thereunto appertain
ing, show him where they chased the
buffalo over the plain and papered thelt
lodges with tho white man's scalps: tell
him about Draddock s defeat, the mas
sacre of Wyoming nnd St. Clair's detent
Impress upon him what fighters theso In.
dlans were: how cruel, rapacious and
bloodthirsty, how vlrdlctlve and revenge
ful. And when we have gone over all
the historic Indian ground with him. let
ns tako him down Into Arizona and let
him see a Digger Indian corkscrewing n
lizard out of Its hole with a notched stick
that he may have the bird for his din
ner; or tnko him to some desolate, tree
less, waterless reservation which the ten
der mercies of the land-grabber havo left
for the Indian, and show him n pigeon
toed buck, meeklv going away from the
agency corral with n day's rations of l "1
for a family of nine (a windpipe with a
pair of "lights hanging to It.) and then
glvo the Filipino ehleflaln a Wlnchos'ei
ilfle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, i ml
say to him:
"Aguii.nldn, my ron, take these and go
home, jour hotel bill is settled and our
passage Is paid Go home and procee'l
to mako tho Islands untenable for jour
Uncle Samuel. You can have a great
deal of fun with the old gentleman, first
and last, If jou go at it the right wa
Rejoice, O Agulnaldo, 'in thy jouth, and
let thy heart chcci thee In the da ot
thy outh, and walk in the vvnvs ot thine
heart, and In the sight of thine eje
but know thou,' that all thse things end
at tho lizard hole and the agency abat
toir, wheae the porter-house steak l
cut from between the horns, and the
windpipe Is esteemed even as a top sir
loin." It seems to a blind man that if the
Filipino insurgent is as shrewd a man
as he is said to be, somo of all this
will stick In the pi ice where his craw
ought to be, and cause him to sit under
soma lone ard silent tree and reflect
while the new government Is establishing
Itself, that bv Fome mysterious operntlon
of an Inscrutable Providence the Philip
pines had been lemovcd from tne ".via
nana" belt.
ENLARGING THE HORIZON.
From the Syracuse Post.
The educational side of the late wai
is not the least in Importance In compen
satory benefits. Tho war has been a
school master, and tho American people
havo been taking lessons since the Maine
was blown up. They know more abaut
history and geography and international
law, not to mention the principles cf
warfare, than they ever knew before.
:o:
How many people last February ha.i
any definite ideas abcut the Philippines
Probably a good many persons had a
vague idea that tho Philippines were in
habited by the people referred to In thn
.Apostle Paul's Eplstlo to the Phlllpplans
Tho majority of tho people knew aoout
ns much concerning tho Philippines as
they did about the n ythical inhabitants
of Mars. Now tho average man nnu
woman can tell jou about the georaphv,
the climate, the hlstcrj of the Philip
pines, can name tho chief cities end
their Important products, can describe
the general features of tho country, the
peculiarities of its tribal system, the
vuluo of its imports and exports, and
much other information of general Inter
est. The Philippines, Instead of being
several thousand miles nway from an
definite landmark of positive informa.
tlon, havo been brought so near that
cverv schoolboy can tell a good deal
nbout them. When tho war broke out It
would have puzzled a good many well
Informed people to have le.catcd In their
order the principal islands of tho West
Indies. Now everybody cun arrange
them In their proper row. The Wind
ward Passage sounds as familiar to the
American people as Hampton Roads
Few people at tho outbreak of tho war
could have told much about Poito Rico.
But this Island today Is almost as well
known to Americans as California Is to
tho peoplo east of the Rocky Mountains.
The long Journey of the Oregon taught
Americans the nocesslty of a Nicaragua
Canal and Impressed upon their minds
the geography of every coaling station
fiom San Francirco to Key West. Ha
waii six months uzo was almost un
known to the average American. Today
Its cities, peoplo and products are famil
iar topics.
:o:
The exigencies of the wr.r compelled
Americans to look beyond the West In
dies, South America and the Philippines
Camnra's futllo dash to tho Suez Canal
turned tho attention of Intelligent peo
plo Eastward. Thousands of Americans
discovered for the first time the straugi:
location of Gibraltar, tho value ot tin
Canaries, the importance of coaling Bu
ttons In the Mediterranean. The possi
bility of a clash with Germany was
enough to cost tho country on tho re
sources and tho fighting ttrength of that
nation. In fi.ct, all Europe cumo under
review from day to day an thu war pro
gressed. Cities like Hong Kong, Singa
pore and Manila, that if remembered at
all by tho averugo Amerlcun recalled to
him only a dot on a map became instinct
with llfo and living Interest. Tho horl
zon was lifted, tho American has looked
out upon a brcader world than he ever
know before. He la a bioader man In
his grasp of affairs than over before. Ho
has been studying history, geography
and International law during tho last
three months to somo purpose, and In
Intellectual vigor nnd breadth of view
the Nation is far more powerful today
than It was when the war broke out.
HOSPITALITY UNAPPRECIATED.
Madrid Letter, New York Times,
These dinners to Spanish officers aie
apt to gtvo tho American peoplo a to.
Scientific
nnd
electrical
Sewing Instruments,
Bicycles. machines. etc.
Sl.&i2.16S 679.600 033,203
4S2.6S0 102.82 171,316
Jt.72t.40l S6I.6S7 23I.U12
943,50-' 211,611 2311.018
614 003 141,222 005,016
68,023 107.613 2S7,'.I0
S.,7 30,312 B8,",U
fJS.137 21,608 hhMl
233 mi 36,soj 3ji,;:o
536 912 10,534 01,357
197,365 10.556 il,W7
1,710 159 191
$6,816,529
?3,13,36J
J2.770.803
GOLISMTE'S
Cmrtalai
Department
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth 49 cents, at 39 cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth 59 cents, at 49 cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth 75 cents, at 53 cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth 98 cents, at 75 cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth $3.25, at 98 cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, worth $1.65, at $1.29
Fine Mull Ruffled Curtains, the 98 cent kind, at 79 cents
Fish Net Ruffled Curtains, the $1.25 kind, at 98 cents
Fish Net Ruffled Curtains, the $1.60 kind, at $1.25
Fish Net Ruffled Curtains, the $1.79 kind, at $1.39
Bobinet Ruffled Curtains, in a large variety, at $1.79, $2.29, $2.98i
$3.19, $3.39 and up
We do not charge you for pole and pretend to
give you bottom prices on each. An inspection will
Cottage Rods, White, Oak and JYiahogany, 15
Always Bmisy
SUMMER, 1898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear is now on. All our
Russets must so. You need the Shoes.
We need room.
lewis, Eeilly k Mvies,
111 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
,ally wronB Impression of the nation to
which these officers, now naturally on
their Bood behavior, belong. If the
Americans imagine for one singlo second
ihat any generosity shown will be ap
preciated by Spain, they make a ery
serious mistake. The feeling against us
here Is one of bitter hatred. Tho 10
ports of our good treatment ot Spanish
prisoners are commented upon in the
.Madrid press in the most blackguardly
and unchlvalroiis manner. Strange to
say, General Weyler and his son were
the only ones I heard gle tho Ameil
can commanders credit for tho knightly
manner In which they treated Ccrvera
and his men.
IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEUHEE.
The longest fence In the world Is a wire
netting fence in Australia, 1,326 miles
long, its object being to keep tho rabbits
from the cultivated fields
The largest library in tho world is tho
National library of Paris, which contains
forty miles of shelves, holding 1,400,000
books, Theio aro also 175,000 manu
scripts, 300,000 maps and charts and 150,000
coins and medals.
The greatest bell in the world Is In an
edifice befor the great temple of Buddha
ut Toklo. It weighs 1,700,000 pounds, and
Is four times greater than tho great bell
of Moscow, whose circumference at tho
rim Is nearly sixty-eight feet, and whose
height Is twenty-one feet.
Tho largest sun-dial in tho world is
Ilayou Horoo, a large promontory extend
ing 3,000 feet aboe the Aegean sea. As
the sun swings round tho shadow of this
mountain It touches, one by one, a cir
cle of islands, which act ns hour marlts,
Tho largest catk In tho world is the
Blutner cask of Nuremberg. It H 103 feet
In diameter und fifty-one feet deep, and
lie completion a few cars ago was cole,
brated by n ball, at which over 500 per
sons were on tho rioor of tho cask, In
cluding musicians, waiters and assistants.
The largest advertising sign In the
world is said to bo on tho hillside of an
lelet off tho Grand Canary, northwest of
Africa. It is several hundred feet uboe
the level of the sea and contains tho
words "Grand Canary Engineering com
pany" In letters each fifteen feet wide
and thirty feet high, each bir of the
letters being three feet threo inches
broud. Tho blgn is 750 feet long.
AN EXTRAORDINARY RECORD.
From the New York Woild.
The official statement of our losses In
the war with Spain Is not yet made up,
but tho approximate figures, compiled
from reports to tho war und navy de
portments glvo this remarkable showing:
Killed In the army !U)
Killed In tho navy 12
Killed In the marines 7
Wounded In ths army 1.4W
Wounded In the navy 10
Wounded in the marines 13
Hero Is a total of 279 killed and 1.423
wounded In n war which ttsulted in the
destruction of tho Spanish navy, in the
freeing of Cuba, the cession of l'orto
Rico and tho capture of Munlla, The
losses on tho Union bide at Gettysburg
alone were 3,070 killed and 14,497 wounded.
In the twelve great battles of tho civil
war the Union losses were 23.4CS killed nnd
120.S49 wounded. No war has ever pro
duced such Important and far reaching
results wltn so small a less of life us has
our war against Spain,
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HILL & CQMEIL
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a bran Bedstead, be sure that
yon get the best. Our brass PeditedJ are
all made with seamless bras tubing and
frame work is all of steel.
They coat no more than many bedsteads
madeof the open iMmlMi tubln;. Ky.ry
bedstead 1 highly finished and laouerea
under a peculiar method, uothln; erer hav
ing been produced to equal it. Our new
Sprint Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill &
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At 121
North Washlnston
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Scranton, Pa.
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Letter Presses,
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'gest line of
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Stationers and
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HOTEL JEHMYN UUILDINO.
130 'Wyoming Avenue.
Midsimmmer
Lamp Sale .
Until Sept ist we will o.
our entire line of Banquc
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to 50 per cent, dis
count, We wish to reduce
stock. If you are iu need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
tie aEiQNs, fmm
0'MAtIUEY CO.
i'ii Lackawanna Avoou
bazaar:
throw at in these prices, but
convince you of the fact.
cents each, complete.
HNIE:
New Fall
Our First Delivery of
"Choice
Dress
Fabrics"
in Black and Colors for
early Fall wear is just:
brought forward and wo
invite you to an inspect
ion of the same, feeling
sure that after looking
them over, you will con
sider it time well spent.,
We duplicate nothing)
that is shown in Exclu
sive Patterns, so you will
make no mistake in mak
ing a selection now as
our present line contains
many choice things that
could not be had later on.
Black and Colored
5,
Tweeds, Cheviots, etc.,
in Bayedere and other effects
promise to be among tha
leading materials for the sea
son and all of them are here
largely represented.
Also some very desirable
numbers in New Fall Silks ij
all in exclusive Waist Pat-4
terns just opened.
510 and 512
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HENRY BELIN, JR..
Ueueral Agent for tbs Wyooitaj
District fer
Mining, IJlutlng, Sporting, Bmoltelaii
tud the Itepouno Chemla&l
Company'
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