THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1898. 32: Published Dally, Kxcept Sunday, by tha Trlbuno Publishing Company, nt Fifty Cent b Month. Ketr York OUlcc: lfio Nas.au St., M.H. VKHKI,AN1 Bole Agent for 1'orolgn Advertising. VNTERED AT TOP. rOSTOrriCB AT BCnXitTOH, VA., AS SECOND-CLASS HAIL. MATTEll. BCnANTOK, SEPTEMBEn 8, 189V. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. STATE. Governor-WILLIAM A. STOND. Lieutenant Qovernor-J. 1'. 8. OOBIX. Secretary or Internal Affatts JAM11S W. LATTA. Judses of Superior Court-V. W. POU TER, W. V. POKTUR. CoriBretemen nt Largo BAMUKI. A. UAVENPOHT, UAL.US11A A. OIIOW. COUNTY. Consross-WILLIAM CONNELL. Jt.dgo-l W. GUNSTEIt. Coroner-JOHN J. IlOUEtlTS. M. I). Burvcyor-QEORGE E. STEVENSON. LEGISLATIVE. Senate. Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUQ1IAN. House. 1'lrst DIstrlct-JOIlN It. FAKIl. Second Dlstrict-JOHN SCHEUEK, JR. Third Dlstrlct-N. C. JtACKEY. Fourth Dlstrlct-JOUN 1'. I'.EYNOLDS. COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM. It will bo my puipo&o when elected to so conduct myself ns to win tho respect find pood will of those who have opposed mo as well ns thoso who have given mo their support. 1 nhall bo the governor of thu vhnle pcopl uf the tlatc. Abuseu liavo undoubtedly grown up In tho legis lature whit h an neither tho fault of ono party nor the other, but iitthcr tho growth of ctif-tani. Unnecessary Investi gations have been nuthorlzed by commit tees, restiltlrg In unncctrsarv expenso to the btato. It will bo my cure and pur pose to correct these and other evils In s.0 far ns I hnvu the powir. It will be my purposo whlln Bovrnio" of Pennsylvania, ns It has bee i my purpose In tho public positions tha 1 Iiav3 hold, with Cod's help, to dlhchaigo my whole duty. Tho people nro t'l cater than tho parties o which they btlonp. 1 am only Jealous of their favor. I shall only attempt to win their npprova' and my experlcnco has taught mo that that can test he dono by nn honest, modest, dally dNehaige of public duty. The decision of Judge Edwards In tho Vnverly school rnse, reproduced In full elsewhere, will he generally concurred In and admired, both for Its substance and for its comprehensive form. Com mon sense nt once coincides with the view that the reading of the Bible in tho public schools Is non-sectarian nnd that, moreover, when done judiciously, Is a valuable school exercise. Hut the citation of Judicial opinions bearing on this matter which Judge Edwards gives Is Instructive nnd shows how little foundation there Is In law for the oc casional factious objections which have been raised. "Wo recommend a careful perusal of Judge Edwards' opinion In full. The Sewer Rat In Politics. "Let us," pleads the Philadelphia Press, "have a decent campaign. Mud sllnging will not help matters in the least. It Is the method of political depravity. It disgusts tho people. It Is more than likely to recoil upon those who resort to It." Our contemporary Is correct In this Judgment. The man whoso cause Is so weak that he has to bolster It up with private scandal, befouling the atmos phere with the stench of antiquated filth having origin In jealousy and mal ice, btands small show for permanent political success in this age of high standards of public honor and intel ligence. The sewer rat In politics, who gets down into the muck of character assassination and peddles the salacious gossip of the dens of vice In the at tempt to btiginatizc political adver saries rarely, if ever, gains by the pro cess. We commend this lesson of history to the pugnacious doctor of divinity, Silas C. Swallow, whose public en dorsement of tho New York Voice's method of campaigning stamps him as one who is lacking In two of the essential Qualities of moral leadership dignity and decency. The war department does not seem to be cutting any Ice, but thanks to generous citizens hereabouts tho Thir teenth regiment will continue to re ceive a generous supply. A Surplus In Sight. Complaint has already arisen that the government's wnr revenue Is too large for Its war expenses. Charles A. Conant, a recognized expert, esti mates that If things continue at their present rata the ."Oth day of next Juno will ilnd in the treasury a cash surplus approaching $3SO,000.000. Well, wo all remember the remark of Fred Grant that "a surplus is easier to handle than a deficit." The probabilities are that we shall have a number of new expenses pending tho pacification of our newly-won provinces; we shall also need a new regular army, a doub ling of our navy and many other things that require n liberal supply of reidy cash. Besides, It is possible that our tariff revenues in future will be small er than formerly, especially If wo ad mit sugar, coffee, and other tropical productions from our new territories duty free. There was a time once before In the history of the present generation when the United States treasury had a sur plus, accumulated as a result of wise Republican legislation. This surplus worried the Democratic leaders. They wanted to have the opportunity to spend It; so they made a party Issue out of It, claimed It was a Btandlng Invitation to legislative extravagance, and rallied their forces In a so-called tariff reform campaign. Tho people were not so well acquainted in those days as they are now with the Intrlnslo valne of Democratic campaign prom ises; they took the orators of the op position at their word and put them In power by electing ns president an obscure New Yorker now known to history as Grover Cleveland. The sur plus vanished. In Its place came a deficit. The tariff was "reformed," and there came a panic. Finally bonds hud to be sold to pay tho government's running: expenses sold to pet syndi cates nt a ruinous sacrifice. Tho people will not again get scared nt a ttensury surplus. Discussion Is now rife as to whether the czar really meant his recent peace proposal. Hearing In mind that his motives can only be guessed nt and not guessed, we venture tho opinion that ho personally was In enrnust In a theoretical sort of way but that his ministers and the genius of Russian officialdom, that constitutes the power behind the throne, received the disarm ament rescript with n carefully con cealed grin and consented to Its publi cation nt this time only because pub lication at this time a dozen years before tho completion of the Trans Siberian railroad and consequently that many years before Russia Is ready to face the Inevitable tight of Saxon vs. Slav pluyed Into the hands of re lentless Russian diplomacy. The czar himself might bo ever so serious yet would lie be powerless against tho glacier-like drift of Russian expan sion. Latin-America. That tho developments In our trade relations with I.atln-Amerlca have not, upon the whole, come up to expecta tions has for some time been n matter of public knowledge, but President Fish, of the Illinois Central rnllwny, In a recent nddress, stated the fact In figures, thus' "The 30,000,000 of people living In tho ten South American republics buy goods from other countries to tho value of J37C.000.000 annually, of which wo sell them only $33,000,000. The five Central American states, with a population of 3,500,000, take foreign goods to the amount of $23,000,000 annually, of which wo toll them only $3,320,000. Mexico, our near neighbor, with rail connections tit severnl places on our bordei, with a population of 13,000,000, buys ttbtond to the extent of $42,000,000, but wo hell its people only $21,000,000. The West Indies, not Including Cuba or Porto Rico, buys $43,000,000 worth of goods In foreign countries, of which wo provide $15,000,000. The startling fact is that we buy yearly from the South American countries $07,000,000 more than they buy from us; In other words, they sell us their products nnd with our money mnke purchases In Europe." While It is not certain that this an omalous and illogical condition of af fairs will Immediately bo modified for tho better In consequence of our suc cessful war against Spain, It seems probable that ultimately, as wo gain Insight Into tho Latin-American char acter through our experiences In Cuba nnd Porto Rico, wo shall be enabled to make headway In our trade with the other western hemisphere iemnants of Spanish colonization. It is pietty cer tain that by licking Spain so swiftly and completely we have not made friends among the Spanish-speaking Inhabitants of Southern and Central America; down In their hearts they are Jealous of us and also envious, and they would secretly have been pleased had wo been combed down a bit. Hut on the other hand their statesmen can not fall to take note of tho Increased prestige nnd amplified nuthoiity the wnr has conferred upon us; and noting It they will recognize the diplomatic necessity of retaining American good will by abstaining from unfair legis lative restrictions or embargoes upon pan-American trade. Several generationr. will have to elapse before the United States will be properly appreciated by Latin America; but in the meantime we shall have re sponsibilities nnd trade opportunities of our own, nmplo. for the exercise of all our talents. Rarbarous nations of the earth are beginning to understand the lingo of English-speaking guns. The Foolish War Department. If the war department had shown enndor and Amcilcanlsm in Its atti tude toward the public, much of Its incompetency would today bo forgiven. Rut first to last Its attitude has been contemptible. Tho surgeon general, notoriously Inefficient, begs off by put ting tho blame on the women of tho Red Cross the women who saved tho army both at Santiago and at Mon tauk point, when Sternberg's depart ment had hopelessly broken down. The commissary general and quarter master general sneer ut those who complain of their poor wotk and charge tho fuult upon lying newspaper reporters. And the secretary of wnr, In his dealings with both Allies nnd Roosevelt, keeps well up with the cad procession. Finally, by way of adding Insult to Injury, men like General Roynton aro sent from camp to camp to wtlto white washing reports of tho condi tions there conditions known to the public to be Inexcusnblo and very largely due to bungling, executive work In tho war department. Tills last desperate effort to throw dust In tho public's eyes Is tho most exasperating Incident of all. It Is so obviously nn at tempt to shirk responsibility that It produces exactly tho opposite effect from that Intended; It inflames public lndlgnntlon all the more. If Alger and his assistants were wise, they would frankly admit that the Job was too big for them nnd throw themselves on the mercy of tho court. Americans, even when pro voked, are exceptionally magnani mous. Tho chances are that after somo little scolding they would forgive the whole kit of war department of ficials, big and little, out of considera tion for the fact that the war in Its main results was phenomenally suc cessful and also In view of the circum stance that congress In lecent years had made no piovlslon for the devel opment of an army. But this attempt to snarl and snnp at tho public, to augment guilt with Insolence, is tho very worst policy that could possibly bo adopted. The country simply will not endure It. Somo remarks addressed by Colonel Roosevelt the other day to his Rough Riders, on the eve of their return to civil life, are capable of widespread application. Said he; "Now hero's a thing I want to wurn you against: Don't got gay and pose as heroes. Don't go back nnd He on your luurcls; they'll wither. The world will be kind to you for ubout ten days, and then It will say; 'IIo's spoiled by the fame of tho regiment In Cuba. Don't think you've got to have the best of every thing, and don't consider yourselves iih martyrs. What 1 want of all of you Is to get right out nnd fight your bat tles In the world as bravely ns you fought the natlon'e battleH In Cuba." This Is tho spirit of tho best Ameri canism. Events move too rapidly In this Brent country for nnybody to llvo successfully In tho past tense. Tho reflectors on Dr. Swallow's searchlight need a vigorous application of sand soap. A Federal Prerogative. Says n dispatch from Washington to tho Philadelphia Press: "The wnr de partment hns been very much annoyed and hampered In Its work by state In fluences brought to bear In behalf of tho volunteer troops. This Interference has become so marked that It has been decided that hereafter tho president nnd secretary of wnr will manage tho army without any suggestions from outsiders. Governors of states will have little to say In tho future In re gard to the disposition of volunteer troops now In the field. The selections that have been made of troops to be mustered out will not be changed, and those chosen for future service will bo ictnlned regardless of the clamor to have them released." The competency of the present secre tary of war to "manage tho urmy without any suggestions from outside ere" Is subject to question; but there can bo no dissent to tho proposition that the federal government ought to have Its own way in the conduct of tho wnr. Had It laid down the foregoing rule at the very beginning of the wnr much confusion would havo been saved. Inasmuch ns the war depart ment must take the blame for un fortunate results It deserves to have and should Insls-t upon having untram melled control. Rut Is must be observed with respect to the problem of select ing tioops to be mustered out that It was the war department Itself which t.et tho cxnmplo of Inviting outside suggestions by aiklng the governors of states to shoulder this responsibility. That method was bound to result dis astrously. While upon this subject wo deslro to sny that The Tribune will not here after print letters from officers or men of the Thirteenth regiment bearing up on tho question of tho regiment's length of hervlco. We have received a number of such letters, tho publication of which could onl pioniote demoraliz ation of the service without accom plishing any conceivable trood. It is for the president to say when tho vol unt"or troops shall bo relrased from the military service. The people of this community would be glad to see tho members of the Thirteenth re turned to them and will ue all legiti mate means to accomplish such an end; but if tho president sees fit to continue tho Thirteenth in military duty It would unbecoming to 'encour age complaint. m It will bo some consolation to foes of shams that Richard Lo Galllenno, tho Rritlsh bardlet who Imitates the nffeotations but lacks the essentials ofa literary genius, has failed to set the rivers of America on fire during his visit among us, and is going back to London with a pained expression. May It ever be thus with poseurs. Pension Comm!.i.-.Ioner Evans reports 1,040,330 names now nn the pension roll, as against only 970,014 a year ago. Apparently wo are yet a considerable distance away from tho time when the pension list will begin to decrease a time which General Garfield once predicted would bo reached twenty years bo. m Two captains nnd seventeen soldiers of les-ser rank constitute tho Ninth regiment's contributions thus far to tho nation's roll of honor. All per ished of typhoid fever while awaiting In camp the summons to battle that never came. In six days In New York city 182 persons were killed by tho recent hot wave nnd COO other persons prostrated. This casualty list is almost half as large as the American loss in the war with Spain. The Dervishes as a rule aro fatollsts, but the Khalifa and Osman Dlgna ap pear to have placed more trust In their sprinting powers during their recent experience with General Kitchener. Tho hot wave of public Indignation will probably produce summer weather about the war department several weeks hence unless there Is n change of Inscription on tho door-plate. General Kitchener's success In tho African desert is doubtless due to tho fact that he Is practically his own war department. Colonels Grant nnd Rrynn might col laborate and produce an Interesting volume on "Things That Did Not Como Our Way." ' Now that nil danger Is past, General Pando becomes ns noisy as a 10 to 1 silver orator. The war cannot be considered at nn end until the "Gussle" has gone out of commission. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabu Cast: 2.00 a. m., for Thursday, September 8, 1S3S. th M A child born on this day will wonder if tho food inspector samples all the milk that Is sold In Scrantou. I.lko Spain, Scrauton Is liable to surfer from a surplus of ambitious fingets In tho administrative pie. Tho demand for rose-colored glasses for camp Inspection use is on the Increase. Ono may now consult tho magazine ad vertisements for Information ih to tho kind of soap Queen Wilholmlna usch. It will bo noticed that some author's "lltcrury efforts" nro much greater than tho results. Speaking of tho "Rough Riders." Just think whut mlKht huvo happened If tho Columbia navulry hud been given a chaneo at Santiago! All men aro born equal, but not nil aro nblo to select rich futhers. Th? Make-tip of the American Nation. Dr. Ednnrd E. Cornwall In tho Sun. N ESTIMATING tho racial constltu tlDn of tho American people It Is Im possible to glvo tho txact amounts J nnd proportions of the different race elements, except In tho caso of tho foreign-born (section, which constitutes nbout one-seventh of tho total population. In tho case of tho rcn.alnlng six-sevenths, who are native born, wo can glvo only approxlmato estimates, nnd In making somo of theso approximations wo nro compelled to rcaton from Imperfect data, nnd even to do u little judicious guessing; but wo nro nblo to mako estimates that wil bo near enough to the truth to servo tho purpose of ordinarily coircct think ing. For convenience, I dlvldo tho Amerl can people, that Is the white population, Into only four race classes Anslo-Suxon, Continental Teutonic, Celtic nnd miscel laneous, In tho Anglo-Saxon I Include, all of English nnd Scotch origin; In tho Con. tlnentnl Teutonic, the Germans, tho Ger man Austrluns, tho Dutch, the Swiss and tho Scandinavians; In tho Celtic, the Irish and Welsh; In tho miscellaneous, tho Latins, Slavonians and nil not otherwise accounted for. In this classification there Is nn error In Including all tho Scotch with tho Anglo-Saxons, bcc.iuso tho Highland Scotch aro almost puro Colts; but that error Is balanced by ndmlttlng as Celts all tho Irish, for tho Irish of the north tiro mostly Anglo-Saxons, nnd n tho cast tho "English Palo," established nnd colonized about 1400, Introduced into Ireland a largo Infusion of Anglo-Saxon blood. o In my nrnlsls I will work backward from tho cersus of 1600. That census gives our total population, In round num bers, as 02,000,000, of which 7,000,000 wero colored and 63.000.000 white. Of tho S'i.OOO, 000 whites 0,000,000 wero of foreign and 46, 000,000 of nntlvo birth. Tho 8,000,000 for eigners nro divided racially os follows: Anglo-Saxon, 2,000.000; Continental Teu tonic, 4,000,000; Celtic, 2,000,000; mlsccllan eous, 1,000,000. Of tho 46,000,000 native whites, 11,000,000 wero of foreign parent ago (at least had ono foreign parent), and K.OOO.OOO were of purely natlvo pa rentage. Tho 11,000,000 natives of foreign parentago aro divided racially ns follows: Anglo-Saxon, 2,000,000; Continental Teu tonic, 5,000,000; Celtic, 3,000,000; mlsccllan eous, 1,000,000. Tho 33.0O0.Ci00 natlvo whiles, whoso parents were also native Americans, may bo considered as de scendants of cmlginnts who camo to thts country before 1S40; nnd as tho emigration between 1790 and 1S40 was very slight In amount (considerably less than a million), nnd occurred mostly In tho decade Imme diately before 1SI0, theso 3.'i,000,000 must bo considered as almost entirely descended from those who wero hero In 1730. An al lowance of 2,.-00,000 will suffice to Include tho descendants In tho third and later generations of all who came to this country nftcr 17&0. Theso 2.MO.00O native Americans of post-colonial ancestry may be divided ns follows: Anglo-Saxon, 1, 000,000; Continental Teutonic, Celtic, and miscellaneous each CmO.OOO. o To determlno tho racial constitution of tho 32,500,000 whom wo have remaining, wo must find out to what races belonged their nncestors In 1790. Tho white popula tion of tho United States In 1790 was nbout 3,000.000, and was distributed In three, nearlyequaldlvlslcns In tho New England slates, tho middle Atlantic states, and the southern Atlantic states. Tho l.OOO.ooo in New England wcie almost solidly de scendants of tho 2.'i,0fl0 Engllfah Puritans who camo to New England la the seven teenth century, mostly in tho decado cf 1C30 to 1010. After tho first settlers camo New England received practically no moro immigrants until tho present cen tury. Tho New Englanders of 1790 wero of moro purely Anglo-Saxon blood than the people of England nt tho same time. According to the estimate of a disting uished rntlquarlan, 9S per cent, were of puro snventetnth century English origin. Tho million whites living In tho southern states may bo classed ns all Anglo-Saxons, though their Anglo-Saxon blood whs not qulto so puro ns that of the New Eng enders. Tho million whites living In ;ho Middle states wero of mixed blood. Be sides tho English clement, which certain ly amounted to one-half, (hero wero tho descendants of 10.000 Hollanders who camo In tho seventeenth century, of 30.000 Germans who camo in tho eighteenth cen tury, of numerous Scotch-Irish and French Huguenots, nnd a few represen tatives of other nationalities. Of tho 3, C00.000 white Americans of 1730. five-sixths were Anglo-Saxons; tho remaining sith were divided among tho Continental Teu tonic, the Celtic nnd tho miscellaneous classes, tho Teutonic embracing tho larg est share. Dividing, according to theso proportions, tho 32,500,000 who in IStO rep i evented the natural Increase of tho 3, 000.000 of 1700. I find that tho Anglo-Saxons amounted to 27.000.000, the Continental Teutons to 3 500,000, tho Celts to l,5o0,000 and tho miscellaneous to 500,000. o Now, making a final summation, I find that tho 55,000.000 whlto Americans of 1S90 nro racially divided as follows: Anglo-Saxon of colonial ances try 27,000.000 Anglo-Saxon of American, but post-colonial ancestry 1,000,000 Anglo-Saxon of foreign parent- ngo 2,000,000 Anglo-Saxon of foregn birth L'.ooo.ooo Total Anglo-Saxon ....32,000,000 Continental Teutonic of colonial ancestry 3,500,000 Continental Teutonic of Ameri can, but post-colonial ancestry.. 600,000 Continental Teutonic of foreign parentnge 5,000,000 Continental Teutonic of foreign birth 4,000,000 Total Continental Teutonic 13,000,000 Celtic of colonial ancestry 1,500,000 Celtic of American, but post colonial ancestry 500,000 Celtic of foreign parentage 3,000,001 Celtic of foreign birth 2,000,000 Total Celtic 7,000,000 Miscellaneous of colonial nncestry 500,000 Miscellaneous of American, but post-colonial ancestry 600,000 Miscellaneous of foreign parent age 500,000 Miscellaneous of foreign birth 600,00) Total miscellaneous 3,000,000 o Tho foregoing Is only a very rough analysis of tho racial constitution of tho American people, but. If absolutely exact estimates could bo made (as they cannot), I bellovo the proportions of tho various raco elements would bo found to dlftor but very lltllo from tho proportions whlca I havo given. This analysis certainly makes clear tho fact that tho Anglo Saxon clement Btrongly preponderates !n tho racial make-up of tho American peo ple, constituting, as It does, nearly two thirds of the whlto population. Tho Anglo-Saxon Is the raco which first settled this country. It Is the inco which gave America Its language, Its Institutions, and Its national character. It la tho raco which built up America and made it a great and coherent nation, and fitted It for Its high destiny. Other races have helped In our material development, but they have been nblo to advance our na tional progress only by becoming Imbued with Anglo-Saxon ideas, that Is, by be coming Americanized. INVESTIGATE. From tho Philadelphia Press. It Is not too much to say that tho splen did nnd magnificent results of the war havo been obscured in tho minds of mill Ions by statements, homo true and somo false, some well-founded and soma uttor fabrications, as to the shortcomings cf the quartermaster, commlsbary nnd mcdl cnl departments of (he army. Nearly ov. ery person has some personal knowledge through friends In tho army of cases of Individuals unfed, uncared-for and ex posed to rome special peril which to the man without military experience seems GOLDSM pin Play Is Over Work Begins. Every train and express car is bringing us new ' Fall stock such as . . Dref.s Goods, Jackets, Gapes, Skirts, Fimirs9 Blaeketsl Underwear, KM Gloves, Cmirtelinis, Drapery Materials, Etc. Fetching styles, unsurpassed assortments at prices to make and retain customers. Always Buisy SCHOOL SHIES AND FALL FOOTWEAR For Every Member of the Family. lewis, Rely k Mvles, 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE apparently preventable. Somo of these casc3 nro readily and Immediately ex plainable to ono familiar with army con ditions, somo become Instantly cxcusablo when all tho special facts are known, and somo, comparatively few, have no ex planation and greatly need one. But the great muss of the public has no military training and no camp experience. Tor many special reasons our highly Intel ligent American public knows llttlo of wnr, of Its necessary precautions, of tho tropics and their special dangers or of the experlcnco of other armies. o To a public thus constituted, intelli gent, sincere, serious, well-meaning, but Ignorant ns to war, army life and the tropics, prepared by two months of in cessant agitation to bellcvo anything, thero will como In tho next two weeks 100.000 soldiers, and In a month or six weeks moro another hundred thousand men, many suffering from the Inevitable nnd unavoidable strain of camp life, but knowing llttlo how unavoidable and In evitable most of its perils to health aro In tho first four months of a raw army, and speaking with tho apparent authority of experience and knowledge. This seri ous bltuatlon, for which no ono person is responsible, needs to bo faced calmly, dis passionately and with decisive vigor. Of tho entlro train of shortcomings, nearly all wero Inevitable. They wero duo to raw, unaccllmnted men; to regimental of ficers who through no fault of their own did not know how to tnko caro of their men; to a staff badly organized and so Inadequate In slzo that no ability or en ergy could mako It fully equal to Its work, however great the devotion of its members, and to thoso errors of admlnls. tratlon nnd appointment which havo marked every war In our history. These various causes aro each und all part of the national lack of preparation for which tho nation Is responsible. o All this needs to bo made plain, nnd It can only be made plain by un invcstlga. tlon conducted by a commission made up of men of tho highest authority. Such a commission the Instant It was appointed would stop nil sensational agitation and petty bickering. The country Is today in no inconslderato ttmpcr. It appreciates all that has been accomplished. It recog nizes the great difficulties surmounted. Sober, candid men who know how big Jobs aro done, how hard to accomplish and what shortcomings are Inovltuble, aro making no personal nttacks. But they do ask for a complete, thorough, authorltntlvo Inquiry which shall distrib ute tho responsibility for nil shortcomings and instruct tho land In tho reform now needed. Tho golden moment for the se lection and upolntmeut of this commis sion is now. Men and Horse Killed In Battle. In regular battles, tho proportion of loss among men and horses Is qulto close, and hi hand-to-hand combats of cavalry, us well ns In sharp artillery engagements, for very man killed or wounded there is nlso a dumb warrior entitled to a placo beside him on tho roll of honor. Tho Light Brigade at Balaklava rode In CC0 (not COO) strong, and lost 23 men, but of the CC0 horses, SCO wero shot down by tho llut-lun guns. In tho fierce charges of tho German Uhlans nnd Cuirassiers at Vlonvllle, Mars-la-Tour, in 1&70, 1,100 men and 7,000 horses were killed and wounded. In tho tlerco artillery contests on the same field 730 men and over 1,000 horses fell around the guns. At Gravclotte, soon after Mars-la-T"-, r. the artillery fighting was terrible, nnd 1,300 horses were shot down nrour1 the batteries, though tho loss of the ci'tlllery was less than 1(000, 'S (So li5 eptember Is MILL & CQMELL 321 N. Washington Ave. BRASS BEDSTEADS. In buying a brass Beditead, bs sura tbat yon get the best. Our brass Bedsteads are all made with seamloss brass tubing and frame work Is all of steel. They cost no more than many bedsteads made of tho open seamless tublns. Every bedstead Is highly finished and laoquore.1 under a peculiar method, nothing ever hav ing been produced to equal It. Our new Spring Patterns aro now on exhibition. Hill &. Coeeell At 121 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Tyyewrito5' Supplies, Letter Presses, Lav Blanks tie largest Mac of ee stpMIes aii sta tionery la N. E. 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