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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21'. 1898.
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TEN PAGES.
BCRAKTON SUPTEMBEIt 21 1893.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Goveriror-WIt.UAM A. 8TUNK.
Lieutenant Oovernor-J. P. B. UOBtN.
Secretary of Internal Attain JAMUs W.
LATTA.
Judges of Superior Court-W. "ft. l'Oh
Tnn, w. d. rorrrnn.
Consressmeti at Larue SAMUEL A.
UAVUNPOHT. QALU8HA A. GROW.
COUNTY.
Cqng-ies-WU.LIAM CONNUl.L.
ji.dgf-f. v. nuNsrnn. .
Coror.er-JOHN J. itOUURTB. M. D.
Survcjor-CJEORaE E. STEVENSON.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth U1M.-JAMK3 C. VAL'GHAN.
House.
1'nst IlsttJct JOltX H. l'ARtt.
Second Dletrlct-JOHN SCIIEUER, JR.
Third DNtrlit-.V. .'. MACKEY
Eourtlr DHtrlct-JOUN V. REYNOLDd.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM.
It will be in imrpoto when cletled to
ko i onduct mt.oJf ai to win the refcpect
and ;icwd will of thne who hae opposed
mc as well us tho.o who have given me
the'r niippoit. I thall be the governor
of thu vc-hnle peopb of the plate. Abuses
have undoubtedly pi own up In the legis
lature whldi are neither the fault ot one
party nor lh other, but lathci Iho
Krowth nf custom. I'limnssury Investi
gations have been authorized by rommlt
tees, rMUltlrp In unnecerFarv expense to
the stale. It will bo mv cure hikI pur
pose to collect these and other evils In so
far as I have, the powet. It will be my
purpose while governor of PemmvlvanU,
as It has been my purpose in the public
posltiins Hint I Inve held, with Clod's
help, to dlsehniRe my whole duty. The
people nro Bloater than the parties o
which they belonp. I om only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience lias
tatiRht mo that that can Lest be done by
an honst, modest, dally dlsclmigp of
public duty.
Aljror not having lesignecl, we sup
rose the public will have to be.
Our Duty in Cuba.
One of the cutious features of con
temporary affairs Is the eagerness with
which a. large portion of the Atneilcan
press assumes. In advance, that the
people of Cuba will not want to try the
experiment of self-government and the
earnestness with which our govern
ment is advised not to give them that
chance. There aie influential journals
who even pretend to take umbrage at
the thought that tho Cubans who have
fought as no people ever fought and
suffered privations unparalleled in hls
toiy for the purpose of acquiring Inde
pendence should now wish to test tho
realization of their dream; they seem
to believe that this Involves ingrati
tude to the American people who went
to war with Spain for the declared pur
pose of helping the Cubans to win free
dom We cannot understand this point of
view. We consider that It Is both un
generous and unfair. A time may come
when Cuba will ask to be taken under
the American political wing; when her
inhabitants will have learned from ex
perience that Identification with a great
republic which accords ample liberty to
all Its well-behaved citizens will be
preferable to Independent statehood on
a small scale. In fact, we incline to
believe that this will be the ultimate
outcome, a belief In which we have the
companionship of many high-minded
Cubans. But If such appears to be the
certain finality In course of time, why
the present American anxiety to rush
In and bebe possession ere we are In
vited? What could wo gain by such
a betrayal of faith? What might we
not lose bcfoie the honest opinion of
the world?
'J here Is a broad difference between
the promise made by congress -when
It authorized the president to eject
Hpain fiom Cuba by force and the
performance which Is urged by those
who now display contempt for the
Cuban cause and Indifference to Cu
ban lights. We believe it is a differ
ence fuly tecognized by the piesldent
and his cabinet and by the better
Judgment of the people generally. We
are not lustful of Cuban territory or
dominion; we have not forgotten the
fundamental rights of man as afllrmed
In our own Declaration ot Indepen
dence, wo are merely suffeiing a little
from temporary obfuseatlon of the vis
ion. We see things in a momentarily
distorted perspective. Bye and bye we
shall be recalled to our normal senses
and perceive with clearness that our
duty In Cuba Is to help Cubans to
learn how to govern themselves, not
to regard them aa useless Incumbran
ces of an Island that we covet'and In
tend to seize by fair means or foul.
Recent reports Indicate that Agul
naldo Is standing In with the British
press correspondents.
The Navy.
Secretary Longr, whose administra
tion of the navy department has hither
to been so admirable, proposes to fur
ther enhance his claim to public respect
by championing- a much needed reform
In that department. He has already
drafted a bill to revise the system of
naval promotions so as to do away with
the manifest inequities of number
jumping. His Idea, It Is said, Is to con
fer authority upon the piesldent to
Issue gold, silver or bronze iredals in
reward of conspicuous naval galluntry,
such medals to carry with them per
manent Increase In pay; as.fore.-c.vniple.
6 per cent, for a bronze medal, 10 per
cent, for a silver and 15 for a gold one.
The bill wHI bj retroactive and will en
able the president to udo the wrongs
perpetrated by the prcmotlons recently
made under the numNr system.
It Is needless to add that this meas
ure or one In kind will be most heart
lly applauded by the people. The.navy
has earned a place In the esteem of
the people which forbids niggardliness
In the apportionment of Its rewards;
and the old system of puling; n group of
good officers down by the Jumping of
some other oud officer up Is both nig
gardly and unjust. The country Is un
der obligations to Its navy that can
never be repaid. From a putely com
mercial standpoint Its services during
the late war wcie worth a hundred,
es, a thousand times mote than they
cost. This being true, It Is not economy
hut business folly to hesitate at nny
reasonable Increase In the pay roll
which operates as n symbol of tho na
tion's ciatltudc and as a future Incen
tive. Inasmuch as we shall hRVC to de
pend mote than ever In future upon our
navy for clltncrlt and delicate oik In
the support of our national Interests,
let us make provision with llbeinllty
sufficient to uttrnct Into the naval ser
vice and adequately tu iccompcnso men
who will sustain Its alieady high
staudatd and prove lit successors of the
naval heioes of the past.
We will say to the navv'a credit that
Its ofllceis do not proportion their
heroism to their pay; that from the
humblest Jackie to the top-most ad
mit al they have always done their best,
whether paid well or 111. It was not
the pilze money In sight at Manila
which led to Dcivev's victory nor the
spoils of war mound Cuba that gnve
to American history the glorious feats
of llobson and Clark and Schley. Yet
Inasmuch as we aie the richest nation
In the world we ought to have the com
irlon decency to he willing to pay our
supeilor seamen at least as much In the
higher grades as Is iccclved by the ser
vitors In coi responding lank under oth
er Hues, and to telleve them fiom the
embarrassing necessity of paying fot
each othet's pi emotion.
The Democratic "keynote" sounded
by Congressman ltalley the other day
at Danville, Vn., was pitched In the
squawk icgtster.
The Finest Type of Patriotism.
The statement elsevvhcte concerning
tho needs of the Medlco-Chlrutglcal
hospital nt Phlludelpula which have
arisen In consequence ot its ac
ceptance of several hundred 111 sol
diers. Including a number of members
of the Thirteenth, merits the llbeinl
attention of our people. This hospital,
In common with several otheis, has
undertaken to the limit of Its capacity
to caie for Invalided victims of battle
field and camp and Is now doing work
in this direction which the camp hos
pitals are utteily unable to do. There
has been no finer spectacle in our his
tory than Is shown In the patient and
attentive devotion of the officer?, phys
icians and muses of this and other
large hospitals not connected with the
government, who, without price and
with only such means as aie put at
their dispoal from pilvnte sources,
have undertaken to bilng back to
health the emaciated and fevoi -stricken
heioes of the war.
The public has too little coimuuhen
sfon of the strain of this solvit o or of
Its quiet heroism, which Involves the
highest tvpe of patriotism. Imagine if
possible what it means to watch, day
and night, at the bedside of f00 delir
ious patients, some of whom have dur
ing long periods to be scrutinized min
utely, with the hand of the nurse never
leaving the patient's pulse. The hulk
of these patients having typhoid In
fection of a malignant tpe, theie is
required of those In chaige of them n
peculiarly exacting and difficult form
of watchfulness, which makes Impera
tive frequent replenishment of the
corps of nurses. Yet the devoted wo
men of Philadelphia aie volunteering
for this work as only women can who
are moved by the highest impulses of
womanly sympathy, and the least that
the great outside public can do Is to
make sure that these self-sacrificing
women are provided with an abund
ance of funds and appliances for the
fullest possible success of their merci
ful ministrations.
It ought to be a pleasure for every
citizen of Scranton to contribute in
pioportlon to his ability to the support
of this beneficent service.
Many of the New England cotton
mills are turning their attention to the
manufacture of silk Instead. The fact
that people who were confined to cot
ton a few years ago can now afford
silk garments Is another feature that
Is calculated to muflle the Deiriocratlc
calamity howler.
The Dreyfus Case.
Theie Is so much In the Dievfus af
fair which unbiased onlookers cannot
undeistand that It Is with difficulty a
specific opinion is leached. Yet from
an Anglo-Saxon standpoint the equity
of the case Js clear Here was a man
of previous good diameter subjected
to a most extreme punishment after a
seciet trial held behind his back. It
tiansplres that at least a pait of the
alleged evidence upon which the case
against him was built was deliberately
forged, "to save the honor of the
army," the forger sealing his confes
sion with suicide. The public demands
a re-trlal. The Anglo-Saxon concep
tion of Justice would be to grant that
demand Immediately, without any "Ifs"
or "ands," and throw the proceedings
open to the Inspection of the vvoild.
But out of the confused jumble of
reports that reach us fiom Paris the
fact seems clear that "the honor of the
army" is still appealing for a denial of
this demand, using as an argument
the delphlc assertion that to make the
evidence public would embroil the
whole of Europe In a sanguinary war.
The president of the French republic,
two ex-mln!st,eis of wat nnd a host of
lesser lights among the military
branch, Insist, It appears, that forgeiy
or no forgery, Dieyfus was guilty! hut
are equally insistent that the Infoima
tlon upon which they base this conclu
s'on Is not proper for tho public ear.
Here, again, the AnGlo-Saxon Is puz
zled. To him the question of clearing
from suspicion the operations of tho
regular tribunals of Justice would be
worth a war If that were the unavoid
able price. But the Fiench sense of
military honor takes the opposite view
and holds, In effect, that the right or
wrong of a thing Is of no account com
paiPd with tho Item of expediency.
We confess that we cannot untangle
this nilx-up. Theories are of no avail
against hiicIi a concatenation of sus
picious and inexplicable clrcumiUncei.
The truth will probably appear In time.
Meanwhile It ought to have weight
even with Frenchmen that the present
notorious backing and hauling Is sacri
ficing, not "tho honor of the army"
alone, but the honor of tho entile
French nation. It Is bound to hurt
France not only morally but also ma
terially. Foreigners will not care to do
business with n people ro weak In their
conception of equity that monstrous
injustice Is meekly tolerated by them
because of mot ul cowardice.
The dlfllcultv In a city plant for as
phalt repairs Is that It opens the door
to frequent changes In equipment ami
more or less jobbery Then, too, there
Is no positive assurance that such a
plant will always be uhed to the best
effect. Tho advantage of letting the
whole subject of paving repairs out
to private enterprise orr the plan of
competitive bids covering a series of
ears is that continuous good work
can be exacted under penalty of for
feiture of bond. Repair companies who
make their wotk a specialty oug to
be able to give better results for small
er cost than political appointees of a
municipal department. This, nt nil
events, has been the lesson of exper
ience In many other cities.
Mr. Wanamaker's attempt to secure
the senatorial tOBa from the Demo
cratic party rests upon two tnther un
certain contingencies. In the first place
the Democratic party In Pennsylvania
Is not likely soon to have a toga to be
stow; and In the second place, If It
should have the disposition of one theie
would be candidates In Its own ranks.
About the only dividend In sight for
Brother Wurtnmaker lit his present
eccentric political Investment Is the
fun he Is having.
The suggestion of Mr. Kemmcrer
that the election of the next mayor be
taken out of politics, whatever is to be
Kild on Its theoictlcal side, Involves
under existing conditions a practical
Impossibility. But It Is by no means
impossible for the substantial tax-paying
element of the city to go to the
party primaries and insure the nom
ination of adequate men. When this
Is done reform Is ccttnln.
English officers wonder vvhv Consul
Geneuil Wlldman and Consul Osiar
F Williams, who are supposed to
know something of the Philippine
question, were not sent to Paris in
stead of an aimy officer who has had
practically no experience In dealing
with the natives. Come to think of It,
suggestions of this character might
have been useful at un earlier stage In
the game.
Uncle Sam as fh?
Great Enlighfener.
Tin: United States Illuminates tho
world more effectively and com
pletely each ear. Despite tho
tear so ficquentlv cvpresxed ot
Into that tho largo production cl
petroleum In Russia and Dutch last In
dies and tho Increased use ot electricity
for lighting purposes would reduce our
valuable eioiln of llli.mliiatlng oils, the
ear Just ended has shown the greatest
exportation ot that article In the history
of that important branch of our loiclsn
commerce-, and the Hemes for August
show the largest expoitntlons of oil lor
any islnglo month on record. The reports
of tho treuaurv bureau of statistics show
that the expoits of mineral oils in tho
fiscal jear 189$ passed the billion gallon
line, tho total, Including all classes, be
ing 1,031,209,676 gnllons, against 973,M4,940
gnllons in 1S97 and !)90,i3Sl99l gallons In
1S90.
The huge production ot mlnctal oils In
other parts of the world, while It has not
reduced our oporlatlon. has probably
reduced the prices which oui producers
and exporters have been ablo to realize.
Tho exports of oil In the jear 1WS were
piaetlcally double those of ISiS and throe
times thoo ot li7S, but tho money re
ceived from them was only nbout 2o per
cent, greater than that received cither in
1S7S or lhSS. The total receipts for tho
lAil,2bi,676 gallons of oil exported In l)3i
were &6,126,o7S, while for the 78,331,bJS
gallons exported In l&SS the receipts were
J47.04J.409 and tor tho 33S,8U,loJ gullons ex
ported in 1S78 tho receipts were $16,371,971.
The averace export value, of retlned Il
luminating oil was In 1S7, J19 cents per
gallon; In 1S78, 11,4 cent per gallon; In 1SS,
7.9 cents per gallon, and In 1V$, 3 2 cents
per gallon, having thus fallen from JI.9
cents to 5 2 cents from 1872 to 1S9S.
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Notwithstanding this steady rail the
pioductton and cxpoitulion continues to
Ircreasc, the exports having Increased
urver sixty million gallons In tho pust
enr over that of the preceding jear mid
over ono hundred million gullons over
Ihat of any earlier year while the pro
duction for 1S97 was 2.52S.037.0SI gallons
against 2 0n,331,972 ill 1S.I4; l,476.S(rj,;i6 In
1KW; 1,017.174.306 In 1SH3, S36.3U132 In 1!S0,
and 510.82J.38S, in IbTU. Thus while tho
price lias been steadllv and rapidly tail
ing the quautllv produced and the quan
tity exported have aa steadily and rap
idly Increased The production In 1SU7
was five times that of lb76 and the ex
portation ot last icar neailv five timis
that of 1376 Great as tho fall In price
has been, the expoits of Illuminating oil
bring over u million dollarn a week Into
the coiuitiv anil have In the past twenty
cars added a tound billion of dolluis ici
our foreign sales
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The following table shows the quantltj
and value of our exports of mineral oils
of all gradeb fclnco 1873:
Year. Gallons. Dollars
1875 221.933.WS 30,076,5'jS
1S76 .'IJ,GijO,lU ;iJ.9lo,78C
IS77 309,193,914 (il.iyj.43K
167S :8,6il,JOJ 4H 571,371
1S79 378,210,010 40,303.219
lfcSO 423.9u4.C99 3l,218,b25
1S1 397,b60,2t2 40.315,009
ti5-' 539,931,390 51,23.',70b
IbSJ 503.911,622 44,9U09
lbS4 , UJ,bCO,092 47.10J.J4S
18K 571,bCS,180 50.23V.917
1SEG 377,Sl,7;j 50,19J.bl4
1SS7 592.803.267 46,821,915
188S 578.331,038 47,042,409
1K8S 016,195,459 4'.91J,'j77
1890 004.068,170 51.40J.083
1861 709.S19.4J9 52 020.734
1KIJ 7l5.36-i.819 44.903.U9J
18SJ 804,220,2.10 42,142,058
1891 908.252,314 41,4'9,S06
1893 8S4,5OJ,08J 46,000,082
1S96 S90.i3S.9M C2.38-J.4jJ
1897 973,511,910 02,CJ3,0J7
189S 1,034 269,076 36,12U,5iS
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Tho following table showing tho coun
tries to which our oil hits been exported
in 1897. and 1S9S Indicates the wide distri
bution this article of our commerce ob
tains: KXPORTS OF nBFINDD M1NKRAL
OIL.
1897. WS
Imported to Gallons. Gallons.
I'nlted Klngdcm 2I3C27.16S 512.loJ.ji3
France 9,0o3,lll 12.83o.0Jl
Germany ui.2oi,i33 152,203,222
Other Kuiope 214,3Jo',SJ4 2h0.4Jl.316
Urlllsh North America, 10,013,517 11,087,502
Cent. Am. States and
Ilritlah Honduras .... 1,2'6,700 1,061,980
Mexico b',il,o.'8 LVKi.vJi
Bnnto Domingo 526,071 579,823
Cuba 65.747 243,'WJ
Porto Itlco 27M93 3K),roU
Other West Indies nnd
Bermuda 4,221,737 4,10,71l
Argentina 10,391,716 ll.Wt.12J
Hrnrll 20,5C:,W3 SO.IWI.'Wt
Colombia 1,213 'AS 1.069.510
Other Boutli America. 10,213.753 lUSJ.r.10
China 42.C27.lSt 4l.62.!,bTiJ
British East tndles.... 21,361.344 35,762,VU
Japan 17,411,176 M.Kis.lS'i
British Australasia ... 16,S.!7,91l 20,495,19
Other Asia and
Occanlcii 46,111.6ns 3l,M1,fcVJ
Africa 10,474,11s 12,29-'.. 41
Other countries 63,31b 4.,,'J.'0
RESULTS WORTH THEIR COST.
From the New York Sun.
There Is nothing In American hostary,
or, so far as we know, In nny history, like
tho current concerted effort to hide tho
Blorlcs of our magnificent triumph over
Spain under alleged faults and shortcom
ings In Its conduct. Dvcry war has such
shortcomings, on ono side or the other, or
both, nnd they are most glaring whore
Hoops have to be hunledly luvled from
the civic population and rushed Into the
field. Where a nation lb beaten In tho
field, Its enuso ruined, and its piestlge
lost, finding fault with tho-e responsible
for the disaster Is mutually the lending
occupation for n time, as In Spain, for ex
ample, today. But what Is astonishing Is,
to find people In our tountiy trvlng to
mako more of alleged mistakes In the
campaign than of the overwhelming and
brilliant victory, as If tho spots on tho
sun were more Important than the sun
Itself.
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General Grosvenor lightly snvs that the
rapldltv with which our little force of
23,oOOv men lu the United States scrvico
was Increased tenfold was marvellous.
Wo mav add that this verv uipldlty, com
bined with promptness In field operations,
while essential to our purpose, led to
some of the results In camp sickness and
death which ale now turned to sensation
al account. Take, for example, the cam
paign of Santiago. The nations of Europe
that had experience In tropical opera
tions warned us against attempting any
thing In Cuba until the autumn, ihe
German military experts especially pre
dicted that otherwise we should sutler
terribly fiom slckn".. and nn Kngllsh
well-wisher. General Wolscley, publicly
expressed the hope that we would not
hurry, because he wanted us to succeed.
At Washington similar views wcro stout
Iv maintained, and It Is well known that
Gencrnl Miles' plins were to mako a
campaign In i'orto Bleo first, and put off
all operations In Cuba until tho autumn.
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Hut Cerv era's arrival In Santlngo har
bor changed nil that. An opportunity
was offered to us that could not be
missed. Our fleet that penned him In
there wanted help from tho army, be
cause tho narrow channel was dominated
by strong batteries. Shatter's corps went
down, nnd we know tho glorious result;
but what wonder If the slclt.iess ptediet
ed and expected at once seized on the n
tlro force, so that it had to be bl ought
away to Montauk Point? Had anything
else been looked for from campaigning
In Cuba In July' Besides, the llnolllty to
diseaso was aggravated by the hurry im
posed on our operations. Wo did not
want tho Santiago gairKon to be aided
fiom distant points nue Havam, nor even
lelnforced by 1'ando, who was near at
hand. Dclav, too, was dreaded lest tho
rains should make the roads Impassnble,
and lest ellow fever should ravage our
lines. Risks were run, Infantry did the
work of artillery, but after all we won.
If diseaso then began to cut down tho
army It was only what all had looked for.
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It turned out that even the Porto Itlco
campaign had to be rushed forward lest
peace should corne before we wcie ready
for it. although, having been more care
fully prepared, It showed fewer mistakes
b staff departments, and, as a military
operation, was bciutlfullv developed, bo
far as it went, the sickness, also, being
remarkably little. As to the camps at
home, they suffered no less fiom tho very
rapldltv of our preparations. ret haps
some of them were chosen too haMllv or
with Imperfect judgment; peihaps somo
were overcrowded In the scno that when
tho most healthful sites vveie all chosen
others were occupied by the troops rushev)'
feuward. Kvcn our government's choice
ot tho uniformed mllltla under tho first
call was an emergency cholee, due to tho
desirability of getting troops Instantly
Into tho field. In short, If some mistakes
were made In our war with Spain, as In
all other wars, the prevalence of peace
for generations, the great need of hurry
when we had so few regulars ready, and
tho turn of events nt Santiago made them
not to bo wondered nt.
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But tho great point is that the lush
with which the war was conducted really
economized life, so far as one can Judge.
Save for the Santlngo campaign wo might
bo still fighting today. We took the crave
ilk of a July campaign in Cuba. Ccr
vcra tried to escape and was crushed ;
Toral surrendered more ground nnd men
than wo asked; Spain, disheartened, sued
for peace; In fine, we not only did not
have to undergo the heavy losses In bat
tle unci disease expected of the Havana
campaign, but could muster out .1 great
part of our volunteer forces. In short.
If wo discover some evils due to haste e.r
want of scriitlns. let us remember the
far greater evils which the vigor and
rapidity of this brilliant war escaped.
Will any one say that at tho outset wo
expected to achieve results so splendid
cvtth so small nn aggregate loss of life?
When this war passes Into history It will
be recognized as one of the greatest of
tho military successes of our time in pro
portion to its cost In means and men.
PACTS OF INTEREST.
Compiled by tho TImes-lIcrald.
Twelve American-built locomotives
havo been shipped to China for uso on tho
northern lallwave of that kingdom, and
there is a steadily growing demand for
American railway supplies of all kinds,
J. C, MonagliMi, our consul at Chemitz,
testlllcs earnestly to the vuluo of the Ger
man sstem of Insuring worklngmon
against sickness, accident, InvalldUm -ind
old age. Tho fund is furnished by em
ployers and employed tho former pay
ing one-third, tho latter two-thirds. The
svtitcm has been productive of incalcula
ble good. Its result has been to insuie
hundreds of thousands cf working people
who would havo had otherwise no provr
slnn for the future
A btatement of exports bj tho leading
nations of tho world for 1896, us compared
with 1872, shows that the trade of Franco
has fallen Irom second to fourth place,
whllo tho trade of tho United States has
Increased more rapidly than that of am
oiher countiy, or ncuily 150 per cent In
the twenty-five jears. Great Lrltain hn
In 1872 as In 18. but the elllfcrc-nco be
tween tho value of her exports and the
exports of the Ui.lted States at that pet
ilod was much moro marked than at
present. In 1872 Bngland exported J1,2J3..
200,000 worth of goods and tho United
Slates sent out JtJct.5SJ.000 worth In lo3S
Great Britain exported $1,422,000,000, while
this country shows the remarkable tolal
of $1, 050 000.000. Tho export Hade, of tho
United States has Increased by J62O.109.O00.
The latest figures obtulnublo show that
the Philippine Islands Impoit W,r71.'W3
worth of goods and export $19,702,819
worth, leaving. In round numbers, a bal
ance lu their favor of J10,500,000, These
figure s are for 1897, and It Is stated that
tho average value ot the trado of thobo
lalunds Is far In excess of tho sums given,
lluslnvsa has been much disturbed by tho
Insurrection.
A Swiss company has n new building
material called "papvrMtte," mado from
purified paper pulp obtained from waste
paper. It is Intended to serve as a solid
roof or floor. It Is a nonconductor of
heat, cold or sound, Is as herd as stom ,
has a soft linoleum feel to tho foot, will
not warp, weighs much less than stone
or cement, and Is practically Indestructi
ble, It can be made as cheaply in this
country as anywhere. It stands all
climates, having been used with success
In the coiisttuitkn of lioubes in 1101 them
ItUHsIa nnd Ir. Brazil. Flours mado of
this composition bell g jolutless. accumu
lations of dust, vermin or fungi are Impossible.
CO
ISM
Trnmr
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COLORED
covert euro
SElETlftli
I0100IETTAS
Drap
Always Busy
SCTOOL SHOES
AND
FALL FOOTWEAR
For Every Member of the Family.
Eewis, EeSily k Mvles,
111 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
n3i
Ditnumer Sets
New, Beautiful Patterns,
just opened. Special
Prices on same,
$29.50
TIE GLEIONS, FESMR,
O'ilALLEY CO,
422 Lackawanna Aveaus
WOLF & WENZEL,
210 Adams Ave, Opp. Court House,
s,
bole Agents for Itlcliardson-Bojnton'j
Furnaces nd Itangss.
THE MODERN HARDWARE STORE.
Foote c& Shear Company
Special Prices for
4-Quart 21c
5-Quart 24c
5-Quart 27c
30-Quart 38c
12-Quart 45c
14-Quart 54c
We have a large assortment of Fruit Presses,
Jelly Sieves and JeJly Stra3ners. The above goods
are all first quality. No seconds.
Foote & Shear
ORE
First in your thought is the new gown.
First in our thought has been to equip
this important stock with the freshest
of fashions fancies. Early buyers are
always pleased buyers. We tempt
you with the following :
I
BRIM)
da Pari59 etc09 4gtec
1898, Fall Exhibit. 1898
HILL & CONNELL'S
Firiitire
No such magnificent display of
furniture has ever been shown In
Scranton as that now presented In
our Fall exhibit.
Nowhere can errunl choice or ecjual
values In Kurnlture bo found.
Latest dotdgns In Bedroom. Parlor,
Library, Dlnlnfj room and Hall Turni
tute. Furniture to suit every tahtc and
prices to suit every purse, with the
satisfaction of knowinp; that what
ever may be selected will be tho very
best In the market for tho moncj.
Inspection of our stock and pikes
solicited.
Hill &
Coemdll
At 121
North WftihlDston
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Tyyewrito' Supplies,
Letter Presses,
s,
ic largest line of
supplies mi sia
im N. E. Peaii
Reynolds Biro5
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOrEL. JEIIMYN UUlLDINO
130 Wyoming Aveniro.
the Canning Season.
Mas!
4-Quart 23c
5-Quart 25c
6-Quart 28c
8-Quart 30c
10-Quart 36c
12-Quart 40c
34-Quart 45c
Coe
119
Washington Aye
BAZA-A1
OOOB:
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HP
CO
IRIS
BJMUOER
irae
FINLEY
Gloves ani
Corset
These two departments are now
replete with the latest and best
makes and newest designs for Fall
wear, both in imported and domes
tic manufacture. We are solo
agentb for the following celebrated
makes of Kid Gloves .
P. Ceaieiieri & Co,,
Perrm Frere k Co.
of which wc cany the most com
plete line and newest color assort
ment. New line
Laies9 Castor Gloves,
In grev and tan, for street wear.
Entirely new. New line La Mure
in shades of green, army blue and
icd, to match our new Fall Colors
in Dress Coods.
Special Line English
Pique Walking Gloves
An elegant glove for service and
din ability at $i.oo.
Corset
The following are some of tha
sading makes, always in stock :
Her Majesty's, Fasso,
C. P., P. D., Royal
Worcester, R. & Q.
Thompson's Glove Fit
ting, also Warner's
68 Model, a new num
ber, and warranted
not to rust.
In addition to the foregoing wa
carrv a lull line of popular prjeed
goods that for Ai value cannot ba
beat.
Special Fall
Sale during the
days.
Opening1
next tenV
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELiN, JR.,
General Acent for tu Wyomla
Ulitrlatfer
Mining, lllaBtlnir, Sporting, Hrnokeltli
and tlia Itepauno Cnemlca!
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tafe-ty Pu. Cap, and Explain,
noom tin Connell Uullllnj.
tjorantoo. j.
vvss-
AUK-SCXL J"
THOS. FORP.
Httltc
J0H B. SMITH itbOX,
W. E. MULLIGAN
riymoutti
Wllku-B&rcJ
luroirs
POWDER.-