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THE SC11AOT0N TRIBUiNE-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1899.
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TWELVE PAGES.
SPHANTON. Kl'UHUAUY 25, 1893.
Th" Klnte LcKlslnttnc passed a icso
lutlon the other diiy diMiultidliiff that
lluvnnit idinll lip e'li'uncd nt once In tlic
iiti'fp.t ui health. Why outd not the.
loqls-laiut-f be Induced to past some re--ilutlon
In favor of Sciuiitim?
Tr.ide Tonics.
1i i in lie uvTiottL'iJ If any comments
iunli on HiIm iijiju icbiioctiiiK Soiau
m"s luduMtilnt fiituio have been mix
undoiKtood. Tlio cltv ii- not In a bail
ab.v, us vi't : on tin oonlraiy, its Im
mediate outlook in btlKhtcr In oveiy
illiectliui tlmn It Jms been for ft'Veral
"ouvh Mist. Coal ici'ii, steil mil men,
local l)iiliics men qcni'iiilly air look
mr fonuud to a flood jt-ar IhlM veiir
unl to a tit-ttti one next yiaj and thev
uri doing mo iidvh.odly. AW have no
Nli to nut a wet blanket on thi u
v nod enthusiasm,
nil" nuipoie. In point of fact. Is to
dion that for tlie ?iy ioumoii that the
lni.li,e-n outtonk Is liilRlitcnlnt; iln
.lino I" most niHp'cloiiK for a new per
IhI .if industrial Rrowth, which, estiili
hulii. I at the bcKlfinlns of a Koneinl
pel lod of pi'onpe'iltv. will be more easily
riltalncd and will -nlldllv and fortify
It If bi'foic the next peiiod of Konoinl
b pic xuloti slialj ensue The tioubte
ultli ieianton's lat omrvitcd ventiue
in the Industilal Huh was that It was
lio'inii on the eve of the free tl.ldo panic
..f i! Tlefmr the IndiHlrl.-il fledgling1
' 'ImI pet toil could be reared Into ina
nii it v the eomiaeiel.il blhssMul came
i loin, and bleu tliein into let elvers '
b tnd". It tulcc time to estubllli an
industry and tbo hotter the time the
inivkrr tho eslablisliniont. Times aie
jim to be Rood for sevolal vcmis. We
liuvf not tliinusti the lean your-. Wo
ate eiilciliiK tin fin oiiPh. It Is a most
foittin.ite moinont foi ill" Institution of
iuw induj-til.tl ventures, and we need
tli in for !.clf-nrotectlou v the net
dull smvon s-liall come
The bolt and nut works of wlilili we
spoltc jesteidav will Klve einploj lllellt
to not I . than -'00 men at the sunt
and to ino after a little piiiuiex. Slip-pos-e
::0n men In Seranton. rot now iok
ularly unnloved or in leceim or scant
and uncertain natP'N could be nut to
woik in an industiv asiuinsr them an
,lerape yeailv income, paid oveiy two
weeks in cash, of G"0 to 70. That
would add $200,000 In lound nuinbeih to
tho city's actie iuoiipv circulation. In
a year this money capita! 'would pass
thioimh many liundi-, making: business
and profit for each hand it touched.
Three or four Mich new industiles
would be a veritable elixir of life foi
the MurkImi ti.idc pulses of our com
munity trade tonics helpful to every
on
l.i t exerybodv, tliprefoip, eo-opciate
with the lioard of Trade In it.s cam
paign for local prosperity.
The Trench mobs icniind one of cei
laln elements In Pennsylvania, and in
fart, Lackawanna countv politics. They
howl Instil v without apparently knovv
iiiB' the cause of theli own gi icf.
The Socrotnry of War.
At a future time when inewnl e::as
p"iations sli.il! be forgotten it will bo
it'terfstlns for the btudent of politics
to iolew the i.neer of Uum-oII A. AI-KM-
as sccictaiy of wal. Jt will bo
woith while as illustrating- the inllu
(iitc of personality upon public opinion
and .us showing the df.spositlon of pop
u'ai eiitielm to pursue men in public
life wlio I.icU a senae of iimnor. Un
doubtedly ileum al Alj;ei ana war sec
lotuty in war time law not been a suc
ffB Iful pleniv -if men who h.ne
il nc fai wnise than w and been less
anxious to do welt and to stand well In
the public's estimation have escaped
the lb ry ordeal thiouKh which Alger
is pas-sin?1, niirt In tbo main it lias been
because they h.l'. e pn&sctvccl a happier
pei"ona1lt.
P.encial Alger i undoubtedly as
I.atrlotle In his intentions inn) as desir
ous of lining the rlBht ihlnjj at the
light tinii as any niemlier of the Jlc
K.nl.y inbiiiot. In all the outeij
as.nnst lilm his liuiicM;' lias not bi-en
sliakeu. fine side of the man's I'liaiac-ti-r
was revealed when, In the absence
r f a concessional apinopilatioii tor
tin putehaKc of coitaln neeessaiy
munitions prior to the declaration of
win, ho ordered thuputcuasound asieed
to pay for it out of his pilvate fcutuno
if need wore. Under smoother condi
tions his temperamental defects would
doubtless not have Itnohed hint In
Urn frictions and tutnioll of the past
i ar and lie would have c ompleted ids
'im of seivlcn with eiital or creator
pipulntity than he i njoved 'it the be
Kin'iiiiK of his cabinet carpet
I'nloitunatoly he found the war do
lariinuu hnneycnnibecl with clashlnK
Jialojeips unci was pfihap.s too easily
nptured by the bureaucratic bosses of
tho staff and made to stand a an tin
conscious fiKtiielnMd inatking ilielr In
trigues. In ttlns to pleii.io those who
tniportuned him: Jn tiylng to stand
R-i-ll with const ess, witli the perman
ent htaft and with the civilian element
generally ho lost tight of the needs of
iho regular nrmy as a lighting Institu
tion and took awuy from Its trained
and eapablo oflkPis In time of gicat
enieigency the confidence and tlia con
sideration which wt'io their due and
the nbsencn of which contributed so
Itieatly to tho cleplomble contioveisles
that have sluco ailsen. In a limited
sense only was it his peibonnl fault.
Mainly It was the fault of a grotesque
nyHtem which bends to Its purposes
iiemly every man enteilng from clll
life into the war secretaryship without
special experience u prejiatutlon.
Hut It was General Algol's further
misfortune, when ho came to feel the
foi co of tho country's disappointment,
to wear his griefs and resentments on
Jils blceve, and this blmply encouraged
hlfl nssnllants to redoubles their nng
Blng. He declared Hint ho would never
retreat under Are, which was in a cer
tain aMise hemic, but heroism of a
more ciitlet typo would less have
lasped the sensibilities of tho public.
His feelings were mUurnl enough; few
men In his situation would have felt
differently! his misfortune lay In his
lack of an optimistic philosophic spltlt
In which to envelope his trials nnd
safpRiiml them from further aggrava
tion. His letter to Itoosovelt after the
Kooseelt lounil lobln was tho act. not
oi a self-mastered hut of a petulant
and utttled man: It furnishes the key
to the whole story of his martyrdom.
A time w ill come when General Alger
will receive sympathy rather than cen
sure; but we fear that It will not come
until he has ictlrtil from public oillce.
fount d AlniPiias, who suggested
thin the Spanish commanders during
the leeent war should be shot, has dp'
c lined to Hull t u dud with one of Hie
Heneials he had accused of cowardice.
I.Ike most of the long mnge allies who
suggest leforms and punishments,
d'Almenas piefers that some one else
shall do the shootlns.
Heconstruct the Staff.
In one sense the piospect of the post
ponement of the question of aitny to
oiganlzatlou until the next tongies
will be viewed with equanimity by
th countiy. So long as the ptesldenl'
lit empowered to c arry on the adniln
I'itt.ilhe woik which must be done
dining the Intel vnl between the ad
join ninent of this congiess and the
assemblage of the next one thole will
be little objection if the main subject
L'oe.s over. The pioblem in Its details
cannot be wotked out hurriedly with
out injury to all concerned. The mat
te:' of the reconstruction of the staff
c-peelallv demands deliberate and
thorough tieatment; nothing les will
lie accepted b the cnuntiy as Anal.
On this point the Philadelphia l'rehs,
good ndmlnlstiatlon authoilty, says
with admliable fiankness:
"The country Is convinced that the
ainiy staff is made up of a lot of men
behind the times and unequal to their
woik. The Mexican war found the
ainiy allot Ins flintlocks to peicusslon
because the ordnance staff had put off
thl.' change to 111 The Civil wat
found the nrmv without a breech-loader,
because the cudnnnco. staff decided
against one. At Santiago our troops
found themsehes- without a magazine
illie. because thu oiduancu boaids weie
against that. In alt small arm im
piovcments for fifty yen is, peicusslon
lock, lmec h-loadei magazine, sniall
boi e or smolceless powder, the aimy
of the most advanced nation in tho
woi Id In the aits and in Invention
has be'n behind othtjr nnnles In adopt
ing new weapon". The record of the
nimy staff as a whole 1 full of this.
The oiganizatlon is bail. The poiman
eiu head? keep their places independ
ent ol nieiit As was said In debate
In the senate without contradiction,
the sfcrutaiy of war Is handicapped
by .i pel inn per I bureaiioeracy. It will
neither lenin Itself nor make room for
men who will fioni the line. The wnr
has convinced the countiy of the truth
of this, and the nimy suffeis in spite
of Its heroism, biavery and sclf-sacii-llc
e. Staff apimlntnieiits and the staff
oiganiatlon call for laclkal reform"
Theie will never be a good ai my
-l.iff until niembeishlp In Its Is based
on merit rathei than pull and until
at least the head ofllceis In It, if not
the whole staff, are removable at tho
option of the secietar ol war oi the
geneial in command. Centralization
of authority is the c-sence of success
ful oiganizatlon. In mllltaiy as In civil
life too many co-ordinate cooks aie
bound to spoil the blotli.
The Filipinos evldeiitlv Imagined that
the smhollcal torch of civilization was
lighted for the convenience of firebugs.
No Moie Piize Money.
Although the expected legal aboli
tion of jirli'e money in the navy will
mil take letroactlve effect. It Is encour
aging to leain that congress has made
no piovMoa for the payment of mlze
money to oliicers and men engaged in
thewarwlth Spain, and without sp-ciflo
appropriation fiom congress these
fighters cannot leallzo on foimer ex
pectations. To the Litdii of th" navy
It should be said that few of its un
lesentative olllcois "auction the prin
ciple underlvlng the.giantlng of prize
money. They iccognlze that it Is a
species of btigandage which confeis
scant credit upon those pi editing by it.
Their emo excuse bltlieito fn uccjpr.
ing it lias been the Inequality and In
adequtuy of naval paj
This, fortunatel, has been corrected.
Under the piovislons of the naval pel
sonnel bill ofllceis of the navy will
stand on u salary footing of i quality
with oilliei.s of tho ui my, and Inas
much as armv ofllceis do not profit by
loot or captuie for woik done while
in the country's uniform the navy may
well feel content to wash Its hands of
the whole piize money business and
turn Us thoughts to high Incentives.
China's One Hope.
I.oi d Pharles Iresfoid, In his spe.ch
al the Amerlcan-Aslitle association
dinner in New Voik, Thursday even
ing, said 'some very plain things In a
direct way. Ills eaiettil study of the
Chinese question gives his statements
e s'-eptlonal nuthoiltv and soma of
these it may bo well, not only for thu
United States, but for Kngland. Ger
many and Japan to rcgnid as signifi
cant, lie does not consider that a
deelslon merely afilunlng tho open door
policy is In any sense adequate. The
condition of "the mom beyond the open
door" should enter largely into the de
libeiatlons. At present he states de
cidedly that the "room" Is n tcena
of vast dlsoider ai.d that until radi
cal house-cleaning measures are Insti
tuted the existing banieia aio Mender
enough. At present China Is not a
country into which capitalists and
Ananclers will madly tush, as they
would dema'ijcl more security than is
now assured. Tho fact is, Lord Chailes
asserts, that China Is fast going to
pieces and must continue to dlslnte
grato unless some new resources can
bo developed, Tho payment of foreign
loans has exhausted her available as
sets and tho provincial funds havo
nlso been appropriated to tho same
pin pose until trade is almost hopeless
ly destroyed. Tho army is wholly in
capable of coping with the constant
rebellions and these, simultaneously
rising In various sections of the coun
tiy, result in n steady Kroivth of tho
lawless lemcnt. Tho flntil destruc
tion of the cmplie seems to be in
sight.
Lord Uoresford's Idea of the remedy
Is a reconstiuctloti of tho nimy, so
that some promise of ndeetuate le
fense can be given to trade. In this
ho believes that tho nations ho names
above can co-operate and assist. The
Chinese nie bad leaders but good fol
lower.! and If they havo Americans or
Europeans to show them how to re-arrange
their Interior policy there will
be some hope for outside commerce,
l-'ianee and Uusslrt, he says, havo little
or no trade with China and therefore
should be excluded from tho present
proposition fiom puiely u btislnes
standpoint and not for Invidious rea
sons. If the pioptr prepaiatlons for
an open door can be made and then
the door can be kept open, these two
nations will probably be In a position
to piollt by It In tho course of time as
well as the other four. At present the
task of assisting China belongs, in
his Judgment, to America, Ungland,
Germany and Japan.
The admlnistntlon may not know
exactly vh Dewey wants the Ore
gon nt Manila, but It can well afford to
send the big ship over. It seems to
be the Oregon's luck, by the way, to
be the center of naval Inteiest.
The Consent of the Governed.
c
Seveial states In the south have
adopted pioperty and educational re
strictions upon the suffrage so drawn
as to ellsfinnchlse the greater part of
the nemo vote but to leave the white
vote unchanged. This discrimination
Is effected by incorpoiating In the con-slltutl-n
a clause that the piovislons
of the new suffrage test shall not ap
ply to the descendants of men who were
citizens Mlor to 1SC7 In other words,
that they shall apply to the descendants
of the slaves only. By this means It
is sought to perpetuate the rule of tho
white mlnoiitv over tho block major
ity indefinitely.
It Is believed on good authoritv that
this disci iminatory clause In a state
constitution is In fatal conflict with
the Fifteenth amendment to the con
stitution of the United Stales and will
not be pel milted to stand. The point
of present Inteiest about this attempted
le-subjugatlon of the negio race, how
ever, is that It Is being mged by the
same cla-s of politicians who are hold
ing up their hands in simulated hoiror
at the thought of the United States
tiing to govern the Inhabitants of the
Philippine islands "without the consent
of the governed."
Consistency, though ait indeed a
jewel.
The Women's Christian Tempeiancti
union Is meeting with maiVed success
along many lines of work lepoited nt
the local convention yesterday, with
the solltaiy exception of the uffrago
depai tment, which, according to the
statement made by that society, is not
inci easing In niembeishlp. Th';e in
teiested in the movement seem to bo
disponed to uiticNe other women for
apathy legal cling the advancement of
tin Ir fcx and to eiedlt the su'fraglsts
with all the refoims brought In wom
an's interest in this countrv. The
truth is that mo't of the lefoims men
tioned have been instituted by men
not actuated by the ngitatois of the
other sex. The whole summing up of
tlic matter is that when a majoilty
of the women of the eiuntry decide
that thev want "iiffrag.-- they will have
it in a huirj. Until they crow moie
dlssalistled with theli rights now
grantod thin thev seem to be at pres
ent There will probablv bo no seilous
attempt in m.niv state legislatures
towaid enfranchisement. 'Women all
over the land are advancing in culture
and general Intelligence and lofty at
tainments in llteratuie, .science and
art, that theie is not a corresponding
accession to the ranks of tho woman
siiffi agists is significant.
The Philadelphia Times almanac for
ISO? was Issued at a inter date than
Ufuitl, but !u consouencp Is more com
piehcnslve in It.s stoic if genet al in
formation. Particular attention hus
been paid to the army and navy ami
the accurate li"ts of oilclals as well
as other clata make tho work valuable
as n book of refeieiue. The almanac
Is compact In jnrm and docs nr.t con
t'lln an uninteiestlng line.
AVe seem to bo approaching tho final
chaplei in the Dreyfus affair. It Is now
announced that tho oilnio for which
Dreyfus has been punished never ex
isted save in the minds of his ac
cusers. Until I'lenchnien can learn to sus
pend their pat titan slili t-teailng after
the polls close ihey will not make a
complete suticss of their republic.
The announcements that S.'uritary
Alger will not resign aio beginning to
conic with the regularity of war bulle
tins. Anti-expansionists as a rule mean
well, but they mlsundci stand tho mis
sion of civilization.
SPRING.
Spring is coming, spilng is coining!
I can feel the liim-to-tuinmliig
Of tliut met! leal ebullition that tlic sea
son Inundates
1'Vel the Iviical vibrations
That In limitless cicuttoiiK
Hvcry editorial sanctum and tho balaam
bag o'ei Height. '
lly the gcneiatlng sonnet,
Hy the talk of U.istcr bonnets
And the resurrected seeds that pose In
every muikct mull,
lly my ovci coat's oppression
llj the growling bike proreeelon,
I cun ceitlfy the spring's about to make
Its nntii'u) caU.
And In full nrruelaton
Of old Nature's pi op j (ration
Of the programme Unit doth car on ye'tr
her normal labors sum,
I've concluded, notwitln-tiindlng
My cot vlctlons, so commanding.
That I'd best rclsn my whims und let
the thing proceed to come.
Iloston Courier.
NEWS AND COMMENT
Arc Judges Underpaid? This is what
Chief Justice l'etcis, of Maine, sajs: "1
have been on tho bench continuously roi
twctity.iivo jp.iis ami my milnry, at first
$0,000, nnd fclnco 18VT .1,loo, luis never for
a slnglo year paid my year's expenses, or
anywhere near it. Tho nearest It lies
ever corno to making the two ends meet
was in IS" I, the eir next after my ap
pointment, when my expenses of support
wero $ 1. 116. And tills sum did not in
clude house rent (I own my house), but
did Include house rcpnlrs, not did it In
clude taxes, not expense of board nnd
travel when at court away fiom home,
nor money paid for law books, nor gifts
to friends and relatives, excepting small
current charities. The next newt cut to
this was In 15V), when ms living expenses,
making the game exclusion!! of deductions
as before stated, weie $4 T";i Tho difpir
Ity In all the other years of m ucctiptncy
of a seat on the bench between leeelptit
and expenses were greater than In the in
sianco mimed. And while II inav not l
worth while to expose the facts in detail.
1 will av In general term1) that for the
period ol moie th m a etuniter of a cn
ttuy during which I have been a member
nf the court, and wholly In Hie "iivice of
the state, m ordinal y living expenses,
not including any oi thoe Items enutner
iiteil above, exoteel all the amount ol snl
ury itcelved by me fiom the state by
more than the sum of Ji.0li". And still
1 am not uwuro tliut I am rrgnided by
my friends and neighbors as living at all
eMiaviigantlj."
l'or many year. s.is an 111 Paso, Tex
letter, the question of the annexation of
that city to the tenllory ol New Mexico
has been agitated. 1Z1 l'uso Is mote- re
mote from the lest of Texas, so fui as
business is concerned, than Chicago or
St. I.ouK It has nothing in common with
tlolvtston or Uoit Worth or Austin. He
tween these cities and VA Paso arc e
eral hunched miles of plain countiy glv n
over to suge bittsh and mciU". Along the
vallc.v of the Pecgs unci down the valley
of the Hlo aiiinile where li'rlsatlon is
possible agileillttire m.iv f!otlii-li and
cattlemen prosper, but aside fiom ihoe
sections all tho loimti tributary to i:i
i'aso Is noi tii wist and south. The lut
tst proposition Is eic'ilet than that of an
nexation to New Mexico; it involves tho
annexation of hall of Now Mexico, ti big
sllcu of Texas and two counties of Ari
von.i to UI P.e-ci unci the foi million o' a
new terrltorv und eventual a new stau
out of the sections thus brought togttb r
Tho plan is to foim a lenitoiv out ot the
counties of CodiKc anil ejruli.iin In Ari
zona; Grant. Slfir.i Second. Dona Am.
Lincoln, Kdilv ami ("haves' In New Mexi
co, and tliut portion of Texas wet of a
lino drawn from the east Hup of New
Mexico to the ftlo (Jr.nitl.- river. Of this
new tenitoiv Kl I'ao is to be tne mc
liopolls and capita cltv.
Lord Charles lien foul, the lliitMi ad
miral who Is now In tlil countiy. Is tin
hero or tnanv good stories. lie has hi en
Involved In all inaiiiur of escapades on
land and water, in war and in peace.
Once with Sh Han Keppel, thin his
admiral, he was (hiving to town It. a
dog-cait. Theie was a tailgate on tho
way and lleiesfoid tcndeied a gold piece
which the tollman couldn't change lie
demanded tin exact amount uud lulling
to get It, went uncoiicerneclh Into the
tollhouse, leaving the gates locked, l.cud
'iiailes and Sir Hairy didn't hesitate a
moment, but wc nt briskly to woik. They
took the gatis olC tin Ir hinges. "Happed
them to the luck of the dog-eait and
Jogged op to Deviill"itilt before the lull
tuker was alive to tlie mischief In hah 1
Next day a ehaige of l.ncenv was pie
fened agalnt the aclmli.il and Ueres
ford, who w.-is then his Hue lieutenant.
The local maglstiates listened giavoly to
the recital of fuels and then dismissed
the complaint on the giound that theie
was an absence of cilmlnal Intent.
People who will not be able to ufloid
the luxiitv ot i l"t lo the Pails exposi
tion of 19"0 miv, at l"iit, sns the Phil.i
lelplil't Ledger, make the trip to Butiulo
hi 1M1 and seu the Pan-Amu lean exposi
tion to be held there-. Munv of the exblb.
Its ol South Ameilcan countib" in the
Pari fair will be ttausfeircd liodllv to tile
JiulT.ilo exposition, which will thus, in a
mej"iiip, be another edition of the gnat
Ureneli fair. Buffalo has raped JJ.imn linn
lor It- exposition The spite of New Yoiii
bus enacted favorable legWluion. Gov
einoi It.i'ixpvelt Is giving It Ids iiHdliil
support, und congress is to oppinptl.ue
r'J".iJ for a government exhibit. The
lluflnlo fair thetefore. piomlses to ... in
even respect well worth seeing. Ilufl ilo
as a commercial center, lanks among the
Hi st doen cities of tho world. It lias a
population of tipwaid" ol "cYi.Q'i.i and 1"
beautifully built on Lake 1 To. within mi
luiiiis lido of Nlug.'iia Pull", all ot whl'b
will Ineieaso the itttiattioiu of the expo
sitluii. When the cilmlnal courts ie aimed v.oik
in Italy after the. holiday lecess the it
torney genial In his opening speech give
some Interesting compaiatlve statistire
concerning crime, which uie not Vtery
ciedltiiblc to P.ome. In TO" theie were
111 murders and 2,ll cases of slabbing,
widlo in 1nS the minders Jncieused to IL'b
and Iho stabbing eases numbeini ,W1.
Crimes against piopeity emboz.leme ut,
finuil and Hie like were i..''S7 in the year
vi7 and lO.r.ll in ivib. All other ci hue's In
1'07 amounted to 1 W7 and In lsr to :',u!)7.
Tlie pollco fence lias been inei eased , ne-vi,
intelllgeni oliicers luive been npp'iiuted,
nnd new niles of discipline lue been es.
tabllshid. but unless thev nine ml the law
so us to c git gate habitual crlmluuls, i.s
Is done In Iho c i-e of auiichlsts tli
Home cone spondeiit ol the liili-.igo Itrc
ord thinks 111. black list is llkcl.v to eon
tlniio incicaslng.
These aie the principal nicknames of tho
slutes: Alabama, Cotton slulc. Aikn'i
sas, Hear, California, Golden; Connecti
cut, Nutmeg, .'jclawnie, Hluo lien; eleo--gln.
Umpiie State of the South; Illinois.
Praltle; Indiana, lloosler; town, liawk
ee, Kansas. Gaidcu; Kentucky, Illue
Class; Louisiana, Cuolo; Malm, line
Tree; Miir.vland, Old Line; .Vlass.n luisc tis
Ha v; Michigan. Wolivilnc; Mlnncsoti
Gopher, Mlsslsslpj)), ll.ijou, Nrvnili
Sagebrush; New Ilunip"liiic . Grtnli.
New Voik, Umpire; North Cuiollna Tai
Heel; Ohio, Huckeje, Pennsvlviiula. K -
stone; ltl-.ode Inland, Little Ithoih , South
Caiolln.i, Palmetto Texas, Lou. Star,
Veimont, Green Moimluln, Vliglnla, OKI
Dominion; Wibccnsln, lladgei.
Onlv onco has General Ulwcll S Ons.
the Ameilcan commander In the Philip
pines, been non pliissed. That was wb n
ns a boy h' was a student In tho Uni
versity of Itcchester. He was n naturil
leader, and for four cars ho kept th"
faculty of Hie Institution in a state of
perpetual ugltatlon Ills most famous
prunk was tin .smuggling of a donkey
Into thu chapel one morning before pin
crs and tjlng thu animal tccurely to tin
he-ad professor's desk When that worthy
cume in lo lead tho seivicca ho never
smiled or exhibited any trace of anger.
In it quiet voice lie said: "G( ntlcmnn. I
seu tliut ou have wisely cliosen our In
structor. Good morning." And tho laugh
was on Otis.
Major Quiney of Iloston, proposes that
tho city shall burn Its paupers Instead of
burying tlicm. It Is usseited that tho
city could cremate bodies at a cot of
only fl each while it costs 1 to dig a
grave. Hcsldcs hind is beromlng very
expensive, hi Iloston and If liiteimeuts
lire to bo made uh lieretofuie. additions
must bo made to Potters Field that will
lequlro un appropriation of ncarlv $70,0I.
It Is believed that the pnuptri will noi
object lo cremation for It Is popular with
tho rich and the objections of people who
havo no family or friends to take charge
of their remains would not demand much
tonslderntlon.
Dining a leeent Investigation of tin
mounds In Pokagon township. Cuss coun
ty, Mich., tho bones of perhaps JOO per
sons vvrie found In the eentro of ono
mound und under these, tsepuiatcd from
his companions, vvcro tho bones of n man
who In llfo must havo been fully nine
feet tall, occupying a silting position,
with his feet under him. A number of
copper bodkins or pins, from two to threo
Inches in length, vvero found, nnd also
pins mado from the bones of a wolf.
There vvcro numerous copper hatchets,
two-edged and Elinrp, ono of which' was
wi itpped in a linen cloth resembling in
texture those of today.
It Is not seno.-nlly known that the va
nilla bean is the costliest bctlli on earth.
It grows wild and Is gathered by the na
tives hi Pupuntla and Mlsautla, Mexico.
MMiiih lit iiiiti-lit t net.i Uo r.n .t tlinan Hvrt n
111111 UlUU(,lll itUJU U1U 1UIL3I. lllv.OV' """i"
tiro tolil at tho rato of M'2 per l.toO, but
..., ... I..., , . , ., ,....... ,.,
wiien cuicti huh c nreu iney cuse uuuui ii
per pound. Last year !Xi.lW,000 beans were
Imported Into this country.
Accoidlng to the New York Sun a sol
dier ot tho regular ainiy may vote if he
Is stationed nt his old home or within
such dlstanco of It that ho enn go thito
to teglstcr and vote. Ilo doesn't lose his
old residence by enlisting, not docs he ac
quire a icldcnco by being stationed it a
place. If ho can get to ids old home on
election duy he mny vote.
A healthy man, with n normal appetite
und thirst, living to the ago ot To will have
consumed liijoui) pounds of nourishing
solid food and liquids. Taking IM pounds
us tho milage Weight of a man, he
would, by this calculation, mustlcuto nnd
digest the weight of his own body 1,2M)
times,
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
li om the Sun.
liiltMi nnd German vessels carried s5
per cent, of our grain expoits in 1M)7.
Among 1,270 graln-lndcn vessels only sev
enteen were American, earrjlng less than
1 per cent of the total, trade.
No metchunt vessel Hying the United
States Hag passed through the Strait of
Glbiallaror the Suez canal in 1S05 or ISfiS.
In 10"i the steameis passing the Strait of
Gibraltar numbered 3,038 and tho sailing
vessels 19. In 1S3S the steamers num
beted ."Ml and the sailing vessels 220.
The newspapers of lluniburg, the third
largest commercial port In the vvoilel, said
In lb57 that thhty yearn had elapsed since
that poit had seen the Stars and Stripes
at a masthead.
In li07 no Ameilcan merchant vessel c:i
teied the port of Iluenos Aies.
In thirty-seven years ntter 1SC-0 tlie ton
nage ol tho United States registered for
foieigii trade slit unit to one-fourth of Its
pioportlons before the civil war. In the
same peilod tbo tonnage of the Uiltlsh
empire moie tlnn doubled.
it is only in deep-sea navigation, aeioss
tho oceans or to South American por's
below the Orinoco, that our shipping In
tel ests nro weak. Pour-fifths of out ex
ports and Imports are c.tirled by deep
sea shipping, and American vessels cany
only about seven ouc-hundredths ot tho
total traele.
Amciiean shipping cariles about one
hull of the total "ea commeiro between
the United States and neighboring foi' Un
tountrles, as Canada, the West inoles,
Mexico Central Amcilc and the notth
coast of South Aineiiea.
Our domestic water commerce, coast
wl"o, great lakes, livers and canals is by
fai the largest In tho world, and is two
and n hall times gieater than tint ol tho
L'nltecl Kingdom, second on the list.
All slsii" indicate that in a few jeirs
more the United State" will again engage'
laigily in ocean tiunsport.ulon. Thi
mot Ipipoit.uit condition which will en
able us to do this Is thy fact that we now
pioeluce steel so cheaply Hint we can com
pete with foreign shipbuilders in making
steamships
On the Atlantic ocean our steamships
have to compete with the fastest subsl
dlzed vessels afloat. On the Pacific ocean,
wher" American steamships formerly
carried nearly nil the ttade betwen our
Pacific ports and China. Japan, Hawaii
and Australasia we now have tlie compe
tition of the heavily subsidized Vuneouer
lines and the new but already successful
.lupaiieses steamships. When we protect
our shipping industry ns wo protect and
promote our other business Intel rsts she
United States will not bo long in again
t'ikliig Its stand among the greatest ocean
cairlers.
and
urnacc
LMlOLbf A'sSOIlT.UBNr Ot UANQE-j
IN THU CITY.
Ptamlbiiini!
Ttaeimi!
and
GUNSTER k FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
Ranges
MM JL Arm
". fi "''I. a 'jra
" I am 24 year old and wa ransd in the countrv', lut lisve hv:d here
ji'joiu two years," said the condii'-tor on an Indianapolis electric ftrcct
car. " In tins Imsineis," continued he, ' it it catch as citch can in pet
ting one', meals, and this irregular trcatmcnl of ray stomach final!) pave
me tro. ilc About six muiitru ago I waj at my worst J''vertlung 1 ate
distressed inc. I went to two different phviuun but got no itliet ' 'I lun
I tried patent medicines, but, instciJ of iniprotinr; I grew worse. Finally
I bought come
Ripasis Tabules
Tlic relief was immediate. 1 bean to impruve liih the first dose, and I
think I a-n cured rove, but I kiep the remedy handy. I hive recora
mended the Tabulet. to a number of jxsrsons, for I believe in them."
VK It AV A NUMUUU OP PINU
ill
AIPS
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
CLEMS, FEREBR,
O'MALLEY CO.
4S'J Lackawanna Avouu
ALWAYS BUSY.
.0
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i1LlT5:.W
$ nS: vn-s .
-P3' UVvrrrU'S
r-5! .'.i. MA ''Tiy
SI K? r
Our Shres In riunllty always on top, al
was easy on your feet and veiy easy on
jour purse keep us "Alwajs 15us." At
tend our '2Z das' sale.
Lewis, Reilly & Bavies,
You cannot think, no matter how
hard you try, of a more convenient
and better equipped stationery store
than ouis. In addition to tho largest
lino of ofllco supplies in Northeastern
Pennsylvania. We have Blank IJooUs
of every description, Typewrlteis' Sup
plies, Draughting Materials, Letter
Presses, Postal Scales, etc. We arc
agents for Udlson's MImeoginphs and
supplies, and the famous Wcrnlckl Sec
tional Hook Cases.
A complete line of Kauffman's Cor
poration UooKs In slock.
STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS.
ij;o Wyoming Avenue.
Book
NUAT. DfllAIU.I' HOUIC Hi.N'UlNfl
ifl WHAT YOU IU'CIjIMJ IF f1l-.'
WAi; mi u oiiDCit with thi;
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Will open on Wednes
day oi2 this -week and wo
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 3n
FIec TaMs Linens,
i n m
jlivVlLUivJ)
'J iLtlt3)
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 oi W'
clay, Feb. 22, mi i
coitlMs for tei tos,
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
-o
The JIodep.n- llAnnwvm: STORK.
Eeameled
Ware
Is cleanly, looks well,
and lasts long.
It is
Economy
to purchase these poods
and we invite inspection
to our carefully selected
line.
F00TE & SWEkl CCD.
llfl WASHINGTON AVK.
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The Hiflot &
Coeeell Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawanaa Araue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Ueuviiu Agent for lbs WyomUij
DUtilci
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Aiming, lllnstliig, Sportln?, Snio'iij.jti
and tbo ltep.iuii3 C'Uomlci.
f.ouipany'i
tidily Kuse, Cap nnd Kpkleri
Ituuni 101 Uoanall llullllu.'.
ooruutju.
Annual
Linen
Sale .
lypiiT
P01BEB.
AQliNCIUii
lun", roiiu, ntt,
J01INH. BlliniA JJN Plymouki
W.K.MULUUAN, WUUl-Dr:i