2 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1809. (je 5cranfon v(6une rnhlhhM Dally, Kti'BpS Sitmliv. by thu rltiunei'ubllsutu; C'ompiny, at fifty Centi Trltinn n.Montb. Nitt tirllOniuc: 1MI NiminuU k s. vui:klasi Pole A sent lor lorelifti Advertising. liTFIII I) AT lltr rOSTOFPlTR AT ACnAVTOX, J'., ASSFCO-Sli-CLAISMAU. StArTKB. SCP. ANTON, lWtmUAIlY 20, 1S09. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS, Mavor-JAMP.S MOIH. TriaHttrcr-TIlOMAS 11. ilROOKS. ontroller-I-'. J. WIDMAYUK. b'choul Directors - IOIIN COI'mUR MottuiH, m:uicu: h sirmns. AeKOM-UVIMM JONDS I'lllMI' kinsland. r rf ro'i,i:n. Election Day-I'cbruary 81. To oteis who ballot In accordance with tho prompting of portiona! preju illi'o or habit or who mulso their fran i hKo a eotninoillty of trade we can say nothliiR, because on such people imminent and reason are generally wasted, but the Intelligent and con vrlentloiis clapi of citizens will, we think, hrh'c with u tint tomorrow'? I'lectlon enlN for thoughtful action lu tho Interest of the cmninunlty nt large. Tho city has i cached a turning point In Its history where one sign post hpells piospeilty and pmqreps nnd tho other bankruptcy and luln. Upon the men cho-'en for olllce tomonow will hugely depend which pathway the t Ity Ik to tlavi'l, Its giont need is for In telligent, ltepubllian administration. Not Voith the Risk. "When the I-Vbruniv eVi tlon nf 1W6 was held no member nf the Democrat ic jmity In Seiantnti wan inoie popular tlian the iites'iu inaot. lion. James (!. llalloy. IIIh Ictoiy oxer tho then ltopublleau unminee. while In no seiiMJ 1 n peranum one, neing tamer a- kui nf ceitnln well known lttpubllcnn inal- outents, wits- aided by the belief, soil ml unions his le How -citizen", that if elected he would make a patlsfnetorv mayor and Mistnlt the dignity and' piestlgo of the otllce It Is no peerct that this expectation nnd belief hae not been icnlUcil. It Is no ycrot that! tho ailmli Islintloti of Mnjo" Uallcy has been a steady transition from bid to worse. Wo tlto thli fact In no do Hiro to humiliate- Mr. Uallcy, for whom wo mo sincerely rony, but as a re mlndertoltepttbllcans that bolting their party ticket nnd helplntf to elect u Democrats candidate Is a hazardous undertaking, and not woith the risk. Uor the parts 's take lay aldo per gonal feeling and vote tunimiow for Moir. A Test as of File. it must bo confessed that the 1.1 pldlty with which the Fiench assem bly elected u hitcressor to M. rnure and tho nhciice of ftUtlon attending tho event luswlic more hopeful expec tations concerning Fiance's Immediate ftttuio. True, the new president of the Trench lepublle, M. Loubet, Ij descilb ed hv his contemporaries na In many lospects a negative man, who dtir lug tho animated times attending the i pi ogress of the Dreyfus nftnlr has; mnnaged to conceal fiom the public his leal opinion of this tiansactlon; but, on the other hand, it is admit-! ted that he Is a man of unblemished i personal linnm. of wldesineatl cultute, largo education and the peison.il qual-1 lty which wins from olllclal associates, confidence and icspect, and fiom tho j mai'seii, friendly feeling. TImo will soon show whether he has gilt nnd stamina; if lie has, Republicanism in Franco may be sued, Feu men have been summoned to national leadership in the face of great er tcspniiHlbllitlPs and peiils than con front President l.oub t He has to deal not nlimc with a cils-ls In politics1, but also with a cilsls In mot ills. gnliint Hit appaient will of a major ity swerved hv piejudlee ho has to stand fur the suptemacy of civil over lnllltaiy law. for the light of a de fendant to know the natme of the accusations against him nnd the men who aio his accusers, for tho tilumph of tho cat din, tl vlttuey of an enlight ened demociacy over the man-dwarfing tendentlc of an Illiberal nrlstocia cy. Although l.j irtuo of his oillco the cunimiinder-ln-chlef of the French at my ho has to notify that great po litical oigunlntlj'i that Its so-called honor Is nothing but dishonor if it insists upon condemning Is victims ar bitral U, and as the highest magir- trato of the people ho has to Inform ! Tho trans-Slbeiian railroad is not be the volatile populace that tho clamor ing built to extend Russia's comineice of the boulevards Is not Justice nor .but to give her a btrateglo position tho presidential office a property of which contemplatca tho control ot passing excitement. These will be his north China, whcie sho already has duties If ho is to Use to the occasion CO.OOO soldiers. The great nations and In Ing lepubllcanlsm In Franco which should foim this alliance bhould through plot and trouble to security end the wot Id's respect. Otherwise ho will become simply an Incident momentarily toMcd upon the surface of events and destined soon to dlsap. pear Into obscurity if not Into infamy. It la a test to try tho man's soul. The world awaits the Issue. A vote cast tomorrow for Thomas R. Rrooks for city treasurer will never be legrettcd. To Exemplify Expansion's Benefits. Preparations for the big exposition by meant, of which the citizens of St. Louis and tho Southwest Intend In 1003 to celebrate, the centennial nnnlvcisary of the consummation of th Louisiana purchase, our first national net of ex pansioneffected. It is interesting to recall, without the consent of tho gov ernedate progressing favorably. It Is the Intention of tho projectois ot this timely commemoration to mako tha affair reflect adequately tho entei pilso, civilization and courage of the American people and to this end they will work with the energy nnd liberal ity characteristic of our newer com munities. There aro very few Mug wumps In this gient empire won from tho wilderness, and though some of the senators from states within the area of the purchase opposed the rati fication of tho Paris treaty they did so us an act of small party politics and not as a reflection of tho will and opin ions of their constituents. Tho exact scope of this intended ex- position has not yet been denned, but If It shrill bo no further than tn show tl o elTcctlvencss of Anglo-Saxon pluclc, couruRo nnd Ingenuity In enr ijliiK forwnid over nnturnl difficulties tlio bunellta nnd conveniences and glories of modern civilization It will do enough to shame lira fnliit-lirtirted folk who, with this evidence now be foie them In all the tcrrltoiy not In cluded In Urn oilRltial Thirteen Col onies, jet alXot to doubt the ability of this full-grown nation to dlhchnrKO ltn obligation In the islands taken In trust fiom Spain. The Democratic patty Is nn unsnfo executor of public trusts. Don't let it continue to misgovern Seranton. Tho Bip; Puzzle of tho Nations. The head of the Ungllsh navy, Lord Charles Herosford, who has tecentlv completed n tour of China undertaken at the Instance of tho associated cham bers of commerce of Great Htltnln, la In this country for tho avowed purpose of Stirling up American public opinion to n point where it will sanction u great commercial ulllnnic between Giuut llrltnln, Germany, Japan and the United Htates for tho control of the Undo of China What ho hns to say on this Important subject is well worthj of a hearing. We quote from an Inter view published in the Chicago Record: ' Conditions in China arc ripe for tho formation of a commercial nlllnnco for tho control of its almost incalculable trade by the nations of tho world which are most entitled to It, viz., Great Brit ain, the United Stntes, Germany nnd Jupan. China is now Mmply dtittlng. It is In nn unsettled condition. Several Returns Insui i ei tlons even now men ace, its stability. It has no army or navy and Its dilft Is toward Inevitable dissolution. Should this not be check- d there will bo a general scramble for control by the gn,at mitlons of ,ho eaith whin tho final collapse comes, and the division and partition will be deli l mined not In propoitlon to tho commercial interests of the countries of the wot Id, but by the strategic posi tions they hold. This Is recognized by Kusda, which, with trnall trade rela tions, Is ptepailng to dominate all noith China. Once In control and a heavy Inport tariff established, the commer cial world will be fenced to pay tiibute to Russia It It wlfches. to extend its Hade into the gicnt Mnnchurlan dls tilct. It Is to the Intel est of Gloat Htltnln, Gci many, Japan nnd especial ly the United States to have China prc bfived Intact, to have the present tieaties maintained and to continue the policy of open poits. "This meant, tho continuation of tho glow th of tiade which In now hotting slrongl.v in 1 i or of the United States. Dining the last four yenis the tiade of the United Slates with China in cotton has inciea&ed 121 per cent in Quantity and DD per cent, lu value. Our Biitish ttade with China In cotton has gone down In tho same time 13 per cent, in iiuantlty and Mj per cent. In alue. These conditions nro tine In a luoie limited measmo In regaul to machin ery, ore, llour, etc The advantage of thorter distance Is with the United States. Thcie is no Jealous-y on our pait because of your gtowth, for even if your present population Is trebled theio is still plenty of loom for both of us ' Asked if an alliance n.s suggested would not ptcclpltato war J-oiel Chailen said: "It would mako war impossible, It would bo an alliance twenty times stionger than tho trlplo alliance which lias picseivcd the peacu of Uurope Russia nnd Franco cannot bo blamed for looking after their own Intoiests In China, but their interests are not com meiclal, and If established will tend to check if not ciush tho commercial growth In the tast of the countries 1 have named wl lch now have a com mercial footing in China and must maintain it. None ot these nations do bit es the acquisition of tenitory. Their armies and navies nte not maintained to secure colonies or additional teirl torj, but nio simply tho lnsuters, and protectors of commerce." In icply to the question, ' What defi nite plan will you propose for accom plishing thin ttade alliance between Great Biltain, Germany, Japan and Un united States"'" Lord Charles s-ild: "An International commission should be selected by these nations to discuss the matter In all Its bearings and for mulate details for cairylng a commer cial nlllunco Into effect. Russia and Franco should not be Included because they liao little trade In China. Nor Is It their disposition to secure trade. leorganlze and officer tho Chinese army. At present It is but a provin cial oiganlzntlon, with no uniformity ot equipment or armament. Tho auny should be maintained to piotcct tho commercial Interest of all, and with Its organization stability would return in China, nnd tho unsettled conditions which have prevailed since tho war with Japan would chango to thoe ol permanent prosrerlty. The plan will meet with tho assent of the intelligent men of China. I talked with many mandarins of high rank nnd heaid no wotd of dissent from this Influential clafas. German commetclal organiza tions favor It. In Japan, whero I stopped for a fortnight on my way fiom China, my mission received un qualified approval. At Hankow repre sentatives of the business Interests of all tho great nntloni which have ex tensive trade relations with China wel comed my plans with enthusiasm. It may be possible that tho great benefits to be derived by the United States from this nWlonce will be overlooked by tho people at large, but I am certain they will not bo by the commercial organi zations of the country. "Tho resources and possibilities of China are vast. The country Is rich In minerals gold, Ellver, Iron, copper, pet toleum, etc ull awaiting development which will follow tho Introduction of American machinery. As railroads nro built Into tho Interior nn unlimited Held Is opened for tho Introduction of all classes of American manufnotuied arti cles. Theie is in this movement thu Inceptlon of a grcnt epoch In the his tory of the wot Id, of vital Importance to tho two gieat Ungllsh-spenklng na tions, and which will result In more firmly establishing peace nmonjr nil the nations, extending civilization nnd bet tdlng humanity." With tho object thus outlined Ameri cans ot Intelligence aio In full sympa thy. The only point of difference In opinion Is as to the pioprlety of trying to freeze Russia nnd France out. They Miould be Invited to attend a congress of tho powers on the subject ot China's future, nnd then, If fnlrly outvoted, they could with entire Justice and pio prlety subsequently be mude to respect the will of tho majoilty. The proposition of the military com mittee of tho non-ito to Increase by 100 tho number of West Point endets Is dictated by tho necessity for provid ing our cnlargad army with moro sub mom ofllccrs. There ate now SG7 ca dets; If the proposed Incieaso nhall prevail there will be 4G7, ot whom piob ably 400 nt graduation will on an aver age be eligible nnd available for ser vice as second lieutenants, fills will not fill nil the vacancies occurring In an army organized as proposed by tho Hull bill, but it will give a working basis and the icmaltilng vacancies can bo filled by the- promotion ot non-com-mlsslnncd olllcers upon examination. The o.tra cost will be a trifle over half a million dollars a year, but It Is clearly Justified by the demands of the service. Ry means of the thirty page edition tlm Tioy Rocoid has given an exhibit of the morcnntlla and Industrial re souiccs of the collar and cuff metrop olis which Is as creditable to the pap er ns to the city. It Is a fine example of progressive Journalism Uedlcnted to public usefulness. Jones, Rlnsland und Fowler aro thu people's candidate for assessor. They owe nothing to bosses or corporations. Thi will be elected tomonow by the vots of tho umall pioperty-ownlng cle ment who want an honest assessment and a fair deal. A Michigan legislator has lntioduced a resolution to make tight lacing a (time In the Wolverine state. As the bill will open up a vast Held of In vestigation and tho ptojoctor proposes to be chciliman of tho committee, tltPte may bo method In his madness. Siciotaiy Algol's troubles seem to bo unlimited. He Is now chaiged with having furnished tho United Stute.s army with sweat shop pants that were made for ton cents u pair. In view of tho destruction of the oyster crop and preach crop It is a pleasure to announce that tho egg crop promises to bo up to the demand this year. m ii Jlonis and Shires for school dircc tois stand for Intelligence nnd pto gress in local educational affalts. F.lect both. As Senator Hoar readn the accounts of tho pi oxidant's Now Ungland leccp tlon ho must bo lonrsomer than ever. Trod J, Wldmaycr was admittedly one of the best controllers the city 'ver had P.e-eloel Mm tomonow. Mr. Sibley's logic had the effect of drawing tho fire of masked batteries on all tides. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Diawn by AJacchus, The Tilbune Astiologer. Astroabo C.ibt 4 SO a m for Mondaj, lbiu ir JO, 1SK). M A child born on this day will notice thul the siatltutlu ot somo people is ,il w.i3 tempered by the prospects ot futu-.o favor. Contemplated luvenge Is sweet. Ittit tho real articV) often tails to fulfill expec tations. A mngnifjlng glass Is novcr neccs-i.iiy vvluii Mewing tho faults ot our neighboi. Many a groat in in would become donur nllzed It placed on tho business end of a Scr.intou trolley car duilug a bllzAird. If thlnns turn out right at Harrlsbutg we ma ue able tomo time to celebrate fct. Wanuniakot's day. It Is .m cNliibltlon of bid taste to criti cize that which wo imitate. Parody and ridicule hive made many a cheap lltcrau effoit famous. PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT I want to bo a magistrate Ait Oilental potentate, A cuiiieiiuentlul, lutlucntlal, Oriental Potentate. I'd llko to rule a tropic Isle, Not very big, say one squat e nill Is thetu for mo no Filipino, Small casino, Tioplc islo? When I am prlnco li- tho Levant I'll ildo the sacred elephant ; Tho wlilto and creamy. Wow and drtamy, lirlght and gloomy Rlephant. And when I go abroad In state My bpVndor boon will subjugat The reverential, Dlffeiemlnl. Noueontljl. Fourth estate. rour-nnd-tvventy brown Negillos With fans will keep away mogqultlcs; Mulevolcntiul, Most potential, Ffbtllentl.il. Dig mosquitoes, O, I will bo supremo, I'll be, lit rule without a Cabinet: A icfcreutlal, C'onfeitntiiil, Dcpaitmental Cabinet. And I will bo no celibate My harem a fair sjnUleataj A conflilfntl.il, Preferential, Most eiiontlal Syndlci tc. Twill bo wldo open when I'm ruler, Rach night we'll havon huh. hula; A soul entrancing, Jov u.nanelrg, Musclo dancing Hula-hula Then let mo lmvo a tioplc Ma A llttlo bit of Nattiro's bmlle, A toft and balmy, Fair and pilmy, Nov er quslmy Tioplo laic, Life. NEWS AND COMMENT Lord Clint les Uercsford, the British ad miral, diplomat and publicist now In this (iitlntrj onco came near to Involving the UnltPil States and Rngland In wai It was In Mi. neresfotd, then n ottlh of 1 1, was n midshipman on the llrllHh ship Clio, anchored In Honolulu liav. One night, as Charles I, Rhodes tells Hi story for tho Chicago Record, the Amei Ican flag was hoisted our tho British le gation by some voitths of tho town, and when tho good people woko up in tho morning there, to their astonishment. It was floating whero tho union Jack ought to float. That day somo ladles of Loid Charles' acquaintance chaffed him about tho insult" to tho British flag and Jok ingly nskid him why he did not ictent tt. Ho said ho would. That night, with sotno or his companions, ho went to tho Amer ican legation and toro down the Amorlcnn coat-of-ntms which burmounted tho gate way and curried it aboard tho Clio. Tho American, minister to Hawaii at that Hino was Dr. James McHrlde, of Orcgo'i. who ts descilbed as a man of strong character, licking In polish, but very dc tumbled. It was Just about tho tlmo of 'ho fall of Richmond. Feeling among tho Americans was strong over tho Mitbon and blUlell affar. It becamo nolsei! about that It was men from the Clio who had committed what wu3 called an out lago, and political slgnlllcance was given to it In tho minds of tho Americans. Di McHrldo at once sent a peremptory nies sigo to tho British minlnter, R. c Wlh hut evlihntly his calmer tudgmuit a Ut ile lour recognized thai It was nie'iiv a bmMt piunk, for the same dav he fn. lovud his mcbsago with a note In whMi ho said that, after thinking the matter over, ho hud concluded that If thu lie n icrponslblo for tho act should be in quired publicly to replnco tho blgn be would consider that tho end of tho mat ter. "Otherwise," he added, "I must con Ider It my duly to submit tho matter, with art Its consequences, to the linme- iilato action of my government." Tho (conditions were courteously compiled with, for when It became known nn boatd the Clio that kcrlous consequences might follow Lord Charle inumdliiUly in formed Captain Tomnonr that ho w is tesponslble. At 10 o clock Suttiril i moinlng, April J. 1V3 the hour appoint ed by Minister McDildc, Lord I'h.ulis with tho otheis who had engaged with him In thu prank, in thu preruiicu of qulto .i ctow J teplaccd tho sign over tho giuo. Although congress Is usually ery gen erous In gianllng pensions and has often bi stowed them where they are not dt uirved, sometimes tlK most desoivlng eases aio attindcd with tlu greatest op position and delaj. We have an niustri Hon of that Jii't now, writes W. R. Cur tis, in connection with a bill to penbinu tho widow of the I.tte Admit al Warden, who commanded the Monitor In Its his toric engagement with tho Merrlmac and was ono of tho grett heroes of tho war Admlr.il Wonlen died about a veur ago totally blind When he was taken from tho tmrot of the Monitor after tho bjl tlo It was lound that his eyo sight vis badly injured and lie never fully rccov i'd it Dutlng tho Uibt enrs ot his life he was not able to read or writo or rec unnlzo his ft lends and buffered inUncl nut only f rot i Ids eves but Horn othi r wounds rcceivid In tint battle". He was never free from suffering A numbci of admiring ft lends presentl him with a moLilst home, nnd his lotlrcd nay nndi him comfortable duilng tho lust cars ot his llfo, but he left nothing to his widow except the hoitt,e, nnd her only income now is tho rnt bho receives from it. whllo bho lives In a boarding hou"-o, Abo' t a car ugo a bill granting her a pension of (,0 a month w is passed by tho house of representatives. The isennto lncreab"d tlu amount to $100, tho houso cut it down again, and It has since been kicked back and forth between the two branches of congress without much proi-pect of pass age. One pitagraph In tho president s Bast in speech has bi en greatly admired by Hi" motoric tans, who claim tint It Is ono f the llncst lilts of Rnglish ever spoken It Is this: "I have no light or knowledge not c unimon to my counts Miien. I do n t piophesv; tho prchent Is all absorbing to me, but I cannot bound my virion by tlio bloodstultied ttenches mound Manll i winro every nil drop, whether fiiun th veins of nil American "oldler ot a inls nudi'd Filipino, Is nnguish to inv hunt, but by tho board rans-'e of fiituie jean when that group of Island- undi r th fmpulso of tho car just p.u- d sin. II hive become the gems nnd glmli-h nl tho--o ttoplcal beas, a land ol plenty und of incrcablng possibilities, a p iple ditnnsl from savago lndolenee nnd h.ib its, devoted to the arts nf peace In t'ou h with the commerce and tittdo of all ua lions, onjojlng the blessings of ficedom of civil and rellgloin Illicit), of edueatlDn and of bonus and whoso childicn und children's children shull tot ages heme bbss tho Amcilcan republic because it emancipated and redeemed thelt falhei l.iiid and set them In tho pathway of tho wotld'b best civilization." Ulsltop Fowler Is a full-fledged expan sionist. "Tho civilization of tho Filipino and tho establishment of 1 iw and oiel t ou tho Inlands Is a tedious process, but It Is worth doing," says he. "It is too bud that It was ncccscaiy to kill bomo of them, but they brought It upon theni- bclvci-, and besides It is part of the bvs tcm. Tho Islands will pay for our civiliz ing Influence on tho sumo principle that a school teacher Is relmbuised for his pedagogical sorvlces If tho inhabitants piovo unlit to govern thomtclvcs It will tako but a genet atlon to make tho newly acquired territory Anglo Wuxon. '1 lien, lot tho Filipino keep up or go under. Just ns suits his caliber and inclination This huo und cry against Imperialism' Is all bosh. It Is nothing mote nor less than a piuty howl. Tho attitude of somo of tho patty leaders ccemplllles tho homely balng that 'one's afraid and the other dassn't.' My opinion Is that the Philip pluos should be governed from Welling ton until buch tlmo as tho natives an able to tako cam of themselves If cvu Out tlmo arrives. Then Icavo It to oo grandchildren to tako thu Islands into tho Union If they seo lit." Tho president's remarks In the Massa chusetts state houso last week woro brief but cffectlvo. bald ho: "1 um glad to I on this historic ground. It revives num oi les sacred In American life. It recalls tho struggles of tho founders of Massa chusetts for liberty and Independence. Their iinsiltlsh sacrlllccs, thelt dauntljss courage nro tho Inspiration of all lovers of freedom ever w bet e Their lives and w oi ds creep Into ivory American home In tho beginning of our natlonul exist ence, and even before1, this was tho honni and fountain of libeity. It Is tha homo of liberty now, and I am puio that what these great men of iho past sccuroil lor us they would navo us transmit not only to our desetiulants, but carry to op pt eased people whoo Interests nnd wel fare, by the fortunes ot war, aro com mitted to us. Wo may reguid tho situa tion boforo us as a burden or ns nn op portunity; but, whether tho ono or tho other, it is hero, ur.d conscience mid clv llzatlon riqulro us to moot it bravely. Desertion of duty Is not an Amcrlc in quality. It was not tho custom of tho fathers ami will not bo the piuctlco of their sons." A young woman from T'ngl nd who wa3 visiting tho Lteblg family at Munich re cently was stricken with Ivphold fovor, and her phvslcluns looked for her death ut any moment. It occurred to Baron von Lloblg that possibly ho might save her If tha foods given her wcro dltrestcel prior to entering tho stomach, llo tent for a tender young chicken, cut it up nnd macerated it with a fow drops of b drochloric acid The acid practically di gest! d tin mi it and tho pulp was given to the paiu it in 'very small quantities at first. Tint Url rocovett-d, and now, notej it foreign correspondent, the Munich pa peih nro tinging tho ctungos on the fact us something uwful to contemplate that not even a friend under Lleblg's roof Is safe from his experiments. Perhaps tho boavlest load ever hauled by homo power In tho United States was successfully tratikported through tin sticets of Pittsburg ono day last week. It consisted ot two largo armor plates for a trust company's new btiglnr-proof vault. The weight was 8T,2fiO pounds and i powerful horbes were tequlred to movo It At the farewell dinner given in New York thu other iveulmr to Ambassador Joseph II. tiioato Attorney denem! OrUffs mnui' u gor.u point. He said that the ship of state had a lino pilot In the president, and u fine crew lu the AmerUnn people, but tin ro wde some passrngirs nbonrel who now that the ship was out at sea were MtisUk. Tiny Were pravlng tho captain to g"l biek to n quiet port "Hut who ever heard," asked the sneaker, 'of a captain pnjlng anv attention to tho fniis of rcaslck paHsenger"'" AN'iHRACITE PROSPECTS. Fiom Iho Philadelphia Stockholder. Palpable evidences of the gradu tl but suro outwot kings of tho so-called antlir i elto coal deal ut length are coming un mistakably to tho surface. It cannot bo doubted that since the beginning ot tho ear a new policy has controlled tho an thracite earning railroads, and that tho rltuntlun of tho liado guieially has un dergone great Improvement In tho direc tion of a moro businesslike adjustment of output with relntlon to consumption, and of thu maintenance of stable and moro profitable prices Olllclal announce, mint Is Just made thnt Vlco President W. II. Truesdul", of the Rock Island, lum ac cepted the presidency of tho Lackawanna and will enter upon his duties on March 1. Ho will represent Moigan-nndcrbllt sentiment. This Is a change of far great er significance than Is supetllclally appar ent. Its meaning. In brief, Is that tho ehlcf disturbing factor lu nil attempts hitherto to produco a better stato of atlulis among the anthracite interests Is to bo Immediately eliminated, nnd tho current efforts for better control of tho anthracite tratllc nro to bo quite material ly promted, Further substantial ovidonce In tho bamo line Is found In the fact that the movement for combining under ono bend the Individual operators is actually under wav, the more prominent collieries In I ncknwnnna and Luzeine counties nl leudy having been oiganlcd provision illy. Thus r.ir seven of the latgesl out side producers, representing Invented cap ital of upwards of $1000 000, lmvo entered the agreement which Is to fotm the nuc leus of a coinbln itlon of 'ill Individual operators. It Is true that tho ostensible purpose of this organization Is to Inaug urate moro clfectlvo competition with tho larger companies, hut It a well-understood fact that it forms merely part ot tho general progrimme of centralization, and is a nccoshirv preliminary to the ab sorption by the "combine" of nil tho in dividual Interests In tho anthr.iclto fields. Thus, quietly, the deal Is progressing, an 1 thoso at piescnt disposed to regard Us consummation with a degree of skepti cism will wake up some morning, not re mote to llnd it a very substantial icallty. A LITTLE ARMY HISTORY. From the New Yoik Sun A llttlo more than thirty years ago the .;eneial of tho United States armies was In command ol n million ol nn n io king known to tho wotld had ever been nt uio head of sueh an overpowering lighting foico. There had been nothing llki it In the legends of Ncincs of Kublnl Khun, flit- glitter from tho b lyone ts In tho gtcat levlow, when tho nnny collected about iishlngton mm died for two dais past tho white bouse, would havo lit tho city nf Washington. Thu Riuslan czai or tho German emperor lias never seen tho like. A few months later that enormous mili tary organization, having accomplished Its purpose was dissolved. Rveu tho higher gt.ides of command wero kept up only long enough to do honor to tho most distinguished of the surviving generate. Tho in my sank almost ill once to a meagre farca of IJIhW men, led by n ma Jor general. The country which had ex peilenceel the very gteatest of nil wars ended It with its republican sentiment undiminished In the faintest degree, 'iet the cry of "militarism" Is raised In op position to the enliigement of our uriny from 21000 men to 100 000, t meet tho un precedented dutes bit to us by vlctniv In n wir with a foreigner. It sounds ns though ono part of the nrmy bill's oppo i.ients must havo been born vesterday and the othet must be ns lgnoinnt ns Philip ph. i" savages of the Institutions and Ills tnrv of the United States and m in LUlUK-sr ASSOIli'MRNT Ob' IN 'Jilt: CITY. K.Y.NtilH PtamWimg and Ttamiiinii GUriSTER & FOlSYIHt 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE. ,MMCS aces ,5 .-rrraVrlV L'Vm.'tw'R" -4qw R?" r1- J-k--v J S- '. w'-fts "Wo hatl a ncifilibor who EtiiTereil from a chronic skin elisc.t30, tHiwrna they calleJ it. Ho was always uqkiej' boela batlii with vvluut man m tlio water and luasiuK with cuticura soapsf, ointrrwnta and resolvents llo used to bo con Btantly scraloliiug whenever ho thought lunottlf uurelteervceli sometimc3 his 6km wan red or raw and a little drop of water w ould eudi in places now and then. All at once I noliccyllhathe had seemed tolw free from the annoyance for some time, ar.d L-nowmr Uiat l.e had battled with it peims'ently for two or hriH'jeaM I ofeVud hira what remedy had finally brought about u rcault bo doirabJa and ho told mo TJipans Tabuks ' But llipans Tabnles aro moiely a euro for indigestion ! " kW I. "1 know thai,'' ho auaworwl ' but tho doctors all agree that eczema is one of tho ways that imlinewtiou manifests ibelf." Our neighbor (Moodj is his name) lakes otio Tabtilo every uight of his life now, tnd if ho has cither indict -turn or ccwma ho ilooa not know it. It must bo a decidod relief to him to bo ablo to get along without bo much eocati'hing. ivc tinroa-won nrtemi TUu low i r re4Mi i.lutwll rr tfe iivwruHliii nunamiial. iiDtdmlnT U Wfcu3fentrsru(llliibult CAaboLul Uj neAll bi m I.Jiut runy-,:hl eauut tulko lorikl CiumkuZ tUMun, H, It ttuc SU-Mi, htw oik.in H113I0 crei inui tkvuu) allU ki lw Utt cmuT WU BAVK A NU.MI1KU OK I'lNR III UIP8 that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get u good lamp for little money. TIE CIMONS, FERIBER, O'MAUEY CO. 4'J-J LacUawJiuin Aveiui ALWAYS BUSY. Av$zS vswc: insjirr i- Our Shces in quality alwajs on top al ways easy on jour feet and very eas on our purse keep us "Alvvujs Ilusj " At tend our 23 das' sale. Lewis, nelly k Mvles, l"wit, If. Cwfl V &&: l. dJ &. V-i I L You cannot think, no matt r how haul jou tiy, of n more conwiiient and better equipped statloneiv store than otii s, In addition to the largest lino of nfllee supplies In Noitbeistern Pennsylvania. We lmvo lilunk Hooks of every description, Typewriters' Pup plies, Draughting Materials, Letter Presses, Postal Scales, etc. AVo are agents for Hellion's Mimeographs nnd supplies, and the famous Wornlckt Sec tional Pnok Cases. A complete line of lCnuffman'3 Cor poration Hooks In stock. Reynolds Broj STAIIOMIUS and lAOUAVKKS, i jo Wyoming Avenue. Book HO! NI1AT, DL'ItAlILIl nOOIC IlINULVr is what you m:ci:ivn ir von liiavij vol it oitiJiin with Tin: TItlllCNi: liiNKUUY Ql js?A - c- "S .!.- .-T t Ts - -?tir:5c swy AT? m S . i rrf 4 AbfJ HUE? 'Annual LllCl! WJJ1 open on Wednes day of this week and wd invite every thrifty house keeper to make our Linen Department her head quarters during the next ten days. We cannot enumerate here the many good val ues that are in store for you in ' Hue Talk Linens, Napkins, Liiieli CMlhs, Towels, Etc, Etc, But can assure you that you will 'find our low prices on Fine Goods fully as tempting as on any of our previous Linen Sales. Sale opens on Wetoes- day,- Feb. 22, erfme for tei ttays, 510and5H2 LACKAWANNA AVENUB lnr Monunv llAitiiw.vnrj Htoiif. Gootl P.iint, properly applied .ultls much to the appearance of articles. We have louse Faints Carriage Paints Mh Enamels Bicycle Enamels Vamisies and fanmli Siasns A complete stock of Paint Brushes always on hand. F0OTE & S1EAK CO, 110 WASIIl.MirON avi; The Hinot & Comieell Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 434 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL3N, JR., Oiueiui Agent fur tuo Wyounaj limtllottJ.- 3 num nrv UiuIhe, liliiitlUB, sporttnj, rtmolcelull anil Uie Kupauiio Ubouilool Coiiipuny HIGH EXfLOSlVES. tntety ruc, Cap inui lUplodari. lloom tOl l'onuU llulUla.'. boraulju. AQUNOlUli aim 1'onn, JOHN' li. SMI I'll A -ION W.IiMULLIQAN. PIH riymoutli Wllkti-bux S'QlIf p-" uy ryi POliEIR.
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