THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 18UU.
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Speaker Fnrr need not lose any sleep
over the jabbing lie is receiving from
the WnnamnUcr newspaper ring. Crit
icism from thnt source Is the llncst
Kind of compliment.
A Senatorial Misfit.
In fairness to tho president the
Washington correspondent of tho Chi
cago liecnrd hus been constrained to
explain that tho non-attention paid nt
the white houxe to the political wishes
of Senator Mnson, nf Illinois, Is not due
to any desire on the president's part
tn punish Mason for his poodle doc
liai-klnss at McKlnley's heels but Is
v holly the result of Mason's own piv
vloiisness. In this connection Mr. Wil
li, i in K. Curtis draws n picture of Mason
v lilcll should ho preserved for future
use as a horrible exomple.
"While It Is true," he says, "that Mr.
Mason has kept up a continuous back
lliv on the administration ever since
the Cuban and Philippine troubles le
fcon; while tho sympathizers and nd
lsers of Anonclllo arc not popular nt
the white hotiso and the government
ilfpnitments. and while mtn who en
rtenvor to excite publlr sympathy for
tho enemies uf their iMttntiy and nr
i use the piesldi'iit of niuidcr and take
the part of ARtilnaldo against Otis, and
coin pare l)ew to Wujler In public
speeches', arc nut opt to have much in
fluence there, Mr. Mason's recommen
dations luno been accepted tit his own
valuation. Ills entire senatorial career
ias been a continuous clamor for pat
i.inne. lie has called at tho white
house twice as often and has recom
mended for ofilco five times us many
persons as nnv other man In congress.
In tho earlier part of the administra
tion he used to po theie several times
a day, and ha1? been so amiable as to
l ''commend everybody who has asked
lils Indorsement for anything wanted,
roTardlrss of character of quallflcn
tinns, so that he simply made It worth
less. It became n standing joke In all
the newspapers of the country a year
and n half ago, as everybody will re
member. It tickled Mason's sense of
humor and gratified his love of notor
iety, but destroyed his lnlluence, and
the president and tho heads of depart
ments never knew when to take him ser
iously. If he i mild hear what Is said of
him by his collrau's In the senate and
members of tin- cabinet and bureau
ofllcers- of the government, and even
by tho men he ban been trying to get
places for, and by the public generally,
he would mulct stand tho situation bet
ter." An unfortunate feature of this Billy
Mason Infliction Is that it was the con
sequence of a compromise in a senator
ial light such as some Republicans arc
tailing for at llarrisburg. A crowd of
Chicago reformers objected to the or
ganization candidates anil kicked up a
muss which lesultcd In tho election of
Mason. On the stump and in the lobby
Mason Is nn amusint? little chap leiu
inlhoent of Artemas Ward's kangaroo;
but us a senator of the t'nlted States
he Is n notorious misfit and Pennsyl
vania will do vw'll to profit by Illinois'
unfortunute example.
Sagnsta may not have been the most
i"urascous man in Spain. Jf he had
ben theiv probauiy would not have
i'i'c-n any war lim It remains to be
cen wbctlur or not Spain will make
it change for the better.
Tho Trials of n Superintendent.
Superintend nt Andtews of the Chi
.'go public schools has made public
fiMitbir bitter arraignment of the con
ditions which hamper his work. Too
much politics inabllltv to iret lid of
In iimiMtcnt teachers and waste In bus
iness ndnilnisnatlon ore the enrdiml
1. ins in Ills complaint, ami be declares
that ho Is semetlnvs strongly tmptcd
in l'-t tliltic tak their course, earn
! is money n easily as possible by pro.
Miking us little Miction as possible and
'li" the liulliTeieni public to be cheat
'I and rubbed in Itn heart's content.
)f .-"our! IV Andrews does not really
li'tend to do anything of the kind, lit
is an hom-st man and a brave mint
and In spite of the seemingly insuper
able dilllcultUs confronting him he will
tnil on ninl fight on. manlmr what
train h" can lor honesty and eUlelency,
without regretting the cost, l'ls ease
N not unique. Kvirv school superin
tendent in the country has trials of a
rdmilur nature. The running of school
beards on the political plan, making
th hiring ot twtehers and the purchas.'
nf supplies generally matters of pull
or spoil,!. Is bound to produce condi
tions in the public schools repulsive and
disheartening to men of high pilnclple
dedicated to the higher Ideals of the
teacher's proresMon. The average un
onccrn of the people nt large while
these conditions geneiato t-candal after
hcnndal and idle waste upon wame Is
even inure discouraging.
Vet no battle can bo won by laying
down. Somewhere In tho American
nniitomy there is a mind which can be
Informed and a conscience which can
be quickened. A day will come when
these will be reached and tho struggle
will then be over. In the meantime,
the school superintendent who sticks
to his post of duty and with flag up
lights to the best of his ability, regard
less of the opposing odds, for his prin
c lilts and for the publlo welfare may
nut win us many epaulettes as tho
nidler on the battle-field but he In
none the less a hero and a benefactor.
An effort Is being made in the Now
Jersey legislature to fix the telephone
rates, limiting them to $30 a year In
cities of 100,000 Inhabitants. In Plain
field the rates for business places Is
$125, with JC0 for prlvuto houses, Data
has been prepared to show that pre
vious to meeting competition the Bell
Telephone company did buslnebs nt a
profit of $3 a month for each telophone
in a place of ouslness and fi for sor
vice in a private liuus. Tho rates In
New Jersey have not In general been
reduced so ns to give subscribers tho
benefit as has been done In Scranton,
for sc.ie time the Interlocking system
has been In vogue here for residence
service at the rate of $2 a month. A
utrong fight Is, being waged In Jersey
City and other towns against tho re
duction, na It Is declared that the local
companies will b obliged to so out
of business; but this sounds fishy.
The teportcd abandonment of tho
projected neiv railroad to tidewater
may or may not be true. In these
days Ratno Humor is so active In con- j
nectlon with anthracite coal Interests
that ho Is a shrewd citizen who can
accurately separate the facts from tho
fictions. Hut If for any reason the
road should bo abandoned there would
nrlso a splendid opportunity for local
capitalists who have contemplated in
vesting In It to turn their money over
to the support of tho three or four fine
new Industries which are knocking at
Scrnnton's door and asking to be taken
In.
Connecting the Americas.
Tho proposition to connect North,
Central and South America by n single
line of railway to bo under Internation
al protection hns long been before the
minds of our leading statesmen and
nine years ago a commission was ap
pointed to investigate the subject In Its
practical aspects. The commission
concluded its field labors in 1893, but
not until recently was Its report put
before the public in detail.
The commission estimates that the
total length of tho all-rail route from
New York city to IJuonos Ayres will
be 10.L'2S.OC miles. Of this 4.771.D3 miles
are already built, leaving C.456.13 miles
to bo constructed. Tho estimated cost
lor grading, masonry and bridges on
the road to bo built is $174,200,271. This
estimate does not Include tho branch
lines, but only tho trunk route to
liuenos Ayres, nor does It Include any
expense beyond preparing the roadbed
for the rails. The commission, how
ever, Is of the opinion that future
studies will reduce the length and les
sen the cost hero given. I5y far the
greater part of the cost will bo In the
Andlne regions of Colombia, Kcuador
and Peru, where the mileage Is esti
mated at .l.fit.'.Ot and the estimated
cost at $1G,S0,42J.S1, tho estimated cost
of building all the other sections of the
trunk line being ?47,920,S1C.
The fact that the road Is a physical
possibility without involving any es
pecially hazardous or uncertain prob
lems In engineering is some consolation;
but the next question Is of greater Im
portance. Will the road pay? Will It
do or make business In time sufficient
to warrant Its construction? On this
point we cannot do bettor than to quoti
from tho New York Sun, an wiily.
steady and able advocate of the piojcct
and a journal which has given to the
subject much careful study:
"Sparslty of population Id to-day the
largest cause of tho comparatively I
slow development of most of the South
ern republics. From Colombia to Ar
gentina there are largo and fertile
areas where the peasantry of Europe
might live and prosper, increasing
many fold, by their needs and Indus
tries, the volume of products and busi
ness. Hut they are coming only by
scores, though invited by thousands,
and tho chief reason is because com
munications between the lands desir
able for settlement and the outside
world nro primitive and inadequate.
Venezuela, for Instance, has been try
ing In vain to draw many thousands of
Italian settlers to her fertile valleys
in the north and to the llanos further
south, where millions of cattle may
graze. IJut the Italians say they see
no attraction In lands that afford no
good outlet to markets, nnd railroad
capitalists say that oven with govern
ment concessions the prospects of pro
fitably pushing railroads Into sparsely
peopled regions Is not alluring. No
large Industries except mining and
fisheries thrive In any sparsely peopled
part of the world. Thus, without large
population, without adequate communi
cations and without Industries, large
areas lu South America, outside the
tropics or nt high and temperate alti
tudes within them, are not yielding a
tithe of their resources and arc stag
nating, though nature has fitted then,
to be the centres of teeming life and
activity. Latin America needs nothing
so much as railroads and the population
that Improved communications will
bring; and nothing will so promote
lallroad development in these states
as a great trunk line that will bring
the largest republic, with its mani
fold products and needs, to their
doors, with which all their centres of
development will desire to be con
nected. "There Is no part of South America,
except along Its northern coast, with
which our merchants toclr-.y maintain
business relations on even terms with
their European rivals. The greatest
east coast ports are actually nearer
to Southampton, Havre and Marseilles
than to Now York, because our ves3els
must sail forty degrees east and then
west again to round Cape St. lloquo.
Then in the decades when we were
doubling our population every twenty
years, and were so absorbed in our
own gigantic development that wo
sought no foreign markets, England,
France, Germany, Portugal and Italy
were starting their lines of steam
ships to South America, establishing
banks and Investing In Industrial and
commercial enterprises. As n result,
Europe was well established In South
America when we began to seek trado
opportunities there. Only about a
tenth ot South America's foreign busi
ness is with the United States. lie
cause wo are large consumers cl rub
ber nnd buy half the corfeo of the
world, Brazil sends us a great deal of
her produce, but we do not supply a
twelfth part of the foreign goods-sho
consumes. The commodities wo nell to
Chill are valued at one-eighth the sum
she pays to Kngland and Germany for
commodities. An American nullt
Peru's greatest railroad, but British
capital controls most of tho transpor
tation In that country. As a rule,'
wrote Mr. Leonardos, a Praztllan mer
chant, in August last, 'we have at nto
de Janeiro only 'two old and slow
steamers a month from tho United
States.' Consul General Seeger wrote
from Itlo two months ago that five
lines of steamers were regularly Irt the
service between North Kurop? nnd tho
ports of Brazil. Vice Consul Thorn, of
Cordoba, Argentina, writes: 'Tho cap
italists of tho United States might
control tho commerce of all South
and Central Anietlon by completing
tho few thousand miles ot railroad still
needed to Join New'"Vork and Buenos
Ayres. The ports nt present are hope
lessly given over to Europeans, but
this Inside track would bo exclusively
our own nnd would give us nn enor
mous advantage '
"The northern half of our own con
tinent figures In tho world's commerce
chiefly through Its large mineral re
sources and fur animals, and tho larg
est nren of the Americas capable of
diversified and extensive development
lies south of our own domain, Tins
comlns half century will witness nn
outpouring of millions ot European
pensnntry to those southern parts of
tho western world that nro adapted
for their uses. Wo nre growing rapidly
In knowledge of our sister republics,
their people and needs, nnd aro partic
ipating more and more largely in their
trnde. AVo expect to participate alfo
in their vast development, to supply
them first of all with the many kinds
of machinery which new countries need
and cannot produce, and to bring all
nations of our twin continents so near
ono another by easy transportation
facilities that the republics of America,
shall become ono great trading com
munity, producing every Important
commodity the world afford, and all
mutually benefited by their business
and neighborly relations.''
The possibility thus outlined Is cer
tainly worthy to figure ns an Ideal ot
American legislation and enterprise.
The lack of Information as to the
whereabouts of the Walter Wellman
North pole expedition has prompted
talk of a relief movement; but Inas
much as Walter was old enough to
know hotter It will bo unnecessary to
go further.
If this congress falls to put In motion
the machinery necessary to Insure the
construction of the Nicaragua canal
tho men responsible for the failure
should be marked for lasting disgrace.
In the matter of sword presentations
Schley is so far ahead of Sampson
that he can well afford to ovelook any
other differences between them.
General Koontz doubtless feels like
the promotor of a trust who tailed to
secure the controlling block of .stock.
It will bo Impossible to start a war
even on paper with Germany for some
weeks to come.
Germany's conduct Is now aulte
Spanish In its correctness.
Whaf to Do ufflh
Uncle Sam's Biirden.
From a Itccent Speech by Whltelaw Relil.
j DISTINGUISHED and patriotic
U citizen said to me the other day,
Ml in a Western city, "You might
u u have avoided this trouble by le
fuslng title in tho Philippines, exactly
as In Cuba and simply enforcing re
nunciation of Spanish sovereignty.
Why didn't you do it?" The question Is
Important, and the reason ought to bo
understood. But at the outset it should
be clearly realized that the circum
stances which made it possible to take
that course as to Cuba wore altogether
exceptional. For three-quarters of a
century wo had asserted a special In
terest and light of Interference there
as against any other nation. It Is di
rectly on our coast, and no one doubted
that at least us much order ns In the
past would be preserved there, even If
we had to do It ourselves. There was
also tho positive action of congress,
which on the ono hand gave us excuse
fov refusing a sovereignty our highest
legislative authority had disclaimed,
and on the other formally cast the
shield ot our responsibility over the
Island when left without a government
or a sovereignty. Besides there was a
people there, advanced enough, suffi
ciently compact and homogeneous In re
ligion, race and language, sufficiently
used already to the methods of govern
ment, to warrant our republican claim
that the sovereignty was not being left
In the air; that it was only left where
In tho last analysis and In a civilized
community It must always reside, In
the people themselves,
o
And yet. under nil these conditions
the most difficult task your Peace Com
missioners had at Paris was to main
tain and defend the demand for a re
nunciation of sovereignty without any
body's acceptance of tho sovereignty
this renounced. International law has
not been so taught or practised abroad;
and It may be frankly confessed that
the Spanish arguments on this point
were learned, acute, sustained by the
general judgment or Europe, nnd not
easy to refute. A similar demand con
cerning tho Philippines neither could
nor ought to have been acquiesced In
by the civilized world. Hero were ten
millions of people on a great highway
of commerce, some seml-clvIllzed, some
barbarous, others mere pagan savages,
but nothing like a majority or even a
respectable minority of them accus
tomed to self-government or believed
to be capable of it. Sovereignty over
such a conglomeration nnd In such a
place could not bo left In the air. The
civilized world would not recognize Its
transfer, unless transferred to some
body. Renunciation under such cir
cumstances would have been equivalent
In International law to abandonment,
and that would have been equivalent to
anarchy and a race for seizure among
the nations that could get here quick
est. Wo could, of course, have refused
to accept the obligations of a civilized
responsible nation. After breaking
down government in those commercial
centres, we could have refused to set
up anything In its stead, nnd simply
wushed our hands of the whole busl
ness; but to do that would have been to
show ourselves more Insensible to
moral obligations than If we had re
stored them outright to Spain.
Well, if tho elephant must be on our
hands, what nro wo going to do with
It? That Is tho next question. I ven
turo to answer that first wo must put
down tho riot. The lives and property
of German and British merchants must
be nt lenst as safo in Manila as tlioy
were under Spanish rule before we nro
ready for any other step whatever.
Next ought wo not try to diagnose our
case before we turn every quack doctor
among in loose on Itj understand what
the problem Is, beforo beginning heated
partisan discussions as to the easiest
way of solving It? And next, we will
probably fare best In the end, If wo try
tn profit somewhat by tho experience
others have had In like cases. Tho
widest experience has been hud by tho
great nation whose people nnd insti
tutions aro nearest like our own. Illus
trations of her successful methods may
Ik; found In Egypt nnd In many British
dependencies; but for our purposes,
probably best of nil either on the Ma
lay Peninsula or on the north const of
Borneo, where Bho has had the hap
piest results in dealing with Intract
able types ot tho worst of those Bnme
races. Some rules, drawn from this ex
perience, might be distasteful to peo
ple, who look upon new possessions as
merely so much more government pat
ronage, and qutto repugnant to tho
noble nrmv of office-seekers; but thoy
surely mark tho path of safety.
The first Is to meddle nt the outset
ns little as possible with every native
custom nnd Institution and even preju
dice. Tho next Is to uto every exist
ing native agency you can, nnd tho
next to employ In the government ser
vice Just as few Americans ns you
can, and only of the best. Convince the
natives of your Irresistible power nnd
your Inexorable purpose; then of your
desire to be absolutely Just, and after
that, not before, be ns kind as you can.
At tho outset you will doubtless find
your best agents among the trained
officers of tho Navy and the army, par
ticularly tho former. On the retired
list of both, but again particularly of
the Navy, ought to bo found just the
experience, in contact with foreign
races, tho moderation, wide views, Jus
tice, rigid method nnd inflexible Integ
rity you need. Later on should come
a real civil service, with such pure nnd
efficient administration abroad ns
might help us ultimately to conclude
that we ourselves deserve ns well as
tho heathen, and Induce us to set up
similar standards for our own service
at home. Meantime, If we have taught
the heathen largely to govern them
selves, without being a hindrance and
menace to the civilization and the com
merce of the world, so much the bet
ter. Heaven speed tho day! If not, wc
must even continue to bo responsible
for them ourselves a duty we did not
seek, but should bo ashamed to shirk.
NEWS AND COMMENT
Tho story of a Chicago reporter's at
tempt to Interview Kipling somc yeura
ago Is Interesting and timely. Kipling
already hud won a reputation for Acrtic
treatment of the press and many of tho
boys were afraid to tackle him but this
one made the plungo and this Is his ver
sion of what happened:
" 'Mr. Kipling.' 1 said.
"He turned upon me sharply. He looked
me In the eyes. Then he lowered his
eyes to my feet and began a slow stuuy
of me from my shoes up. When his ey?s
finally reached tho point of my chin he
looked at my twisted card In his hand
and said in a short, choppy voice:
" 'Um what if I am? I don't know you.
Did you send mo this card?'
"I udmitted tho soft Impeachment.
" 'I am Just after being hurtled down
here by my city editor to find out what
ou think about tho world, tho flush and
the devil,' I said. 'Go ahead. Let's have
It. Cough up. Any old thing you say will
do.'
"Kipling's rugged countenance was mo
mentarily crossed by a very boyish, fetch
ing grin.
" 'You're a pretty cheeky sort, aren't
you?' he lnriulred, not qulto so chopplly
as he hud siioken before. 'What does
your blasted city editor or anybody eir-c
suppose that I know about tho devil, the
flesh or tho world? I'm only six-and-
twenty a kid; a kid In Engand, at any
rate, where precocity. Instead of being sit
a premium, as It seems to be over here.
Is a social vice. 'The word, tho flush and
the doil?' Haven't vou got any hoary
patriarchs here to whom you can put that
question?'
" 'Slews of 'cm,' I replied. 'But they
haven't written books about the doings of
Mulvaney, Ortheiis and Learoyd. That
Isn't half bad. You ro of the Improving
sort, I think, and you'll probably do some
lecent work later on, when you get next
to yourself.'
"Klplng took oft his spectacles, wiped
them with his pocket handkerchief, re
adjusted them, and looked mo through
for fully a minute before ho spoke.
" "I say," ho said then, 'you'io & con
founded Impertinent sort of a cove, aren't
you? What tho deuce do you mean? It's
solacing to run across a man who's de
vised of puro gall It's novel, 1 mean.
What do you want me to say?'
" 'How do you like what you've seen of
this country, anyhow?' I uskol him, tn
make a switch In tho line of talk.
" 'I like It In spots,' he replied. 'What
difference docs It make whether I like it
or not?"
" "Lots," I said, 'We want to bo ap
proved. Wo strive to please. We desire
to bo patted on tho back. Go on and pat
us on tho back some more. I'll take it
down in shorthand.'
" 'I wish you'd go away and let me
alone.' said Kipling.
" 'If 1 wus working for a salary. Instead
of writing on space, I'd oblige you, for
tills Isn't any fun for me." I tald, 'Tell
mo some things about American soldiers,
what you've seen of them.'
" 'They're a blromlng fine lot, your sd
dlers are,' bald Kipling, looking Interest
ed. 'They are crjck men wuy-up men
the horse outfits especially. I've visited
about a dozen posts and I'd like to have
spent a month nt each ot 'em. I Imagine
It must bo flno work, soldiering down
there in Arizona.'
" 'Nice work,' said I. 'I often long to
be back at old San Curios. I put In three
1 ears as a buck private In one of tho
troops down there.'
"Well, that's how 1 got Kipling-because
I had toldlercd, and if there's ono
thing that interests Kipling nuiro than
nnother It's soldiering. Ills homely phiz
lit up when I mentioned that soldiering
Incident In my tumultuous career. unJ
for three-quarters of an hour he sat thero
in tho window front of the Hotel Itlche
lieu nnd talked over tho military end ot 't
In a clover, luminous, sketchy way that
was full of meat. Ho told mo all about
the American military posts ho had vis.
lted, comparing our soldiers with tho men
who compose tho British outtlts.rnd
well, It made over two columns of tiptop
stuff."
Tho Immigrant without u fat bank ac
count hnd hotter not try to transplant
himself Into Venezuela. Says tho Herald
of that country: " 'A little hotiso for
two.' Small, clean and comfortabio
houses aro very rare and rent at from $10
to $50 per month. A cook costs $10 per
month, and a maid who does not know
how to pew on a button $3, and It re
quires threo maids to perform badly tho
sorvlce of an untrained Limerick girl.
Provisions vary with flour, which Is usu
ally at 10 cnts per pound. The loaf of 12
ounces Bells at 10 conts; ordinary beef nt
8 to 15 cents, filet at 20 to 23. Mutton pro-i-erly
so called doos not exist; vegetables
nre threo times as dear as In tho United
States, nnd there Is very llttlo variety nf
them; fowls sell nt from 40 to SO ccntt
according to tho size; vln ordlnalro nt 20
cents tho bottle: oil. 40 cents tho bottle;
eggs 35 to 40 cents per dozen: fresh f:.li
20 tents per pound. To pasH to clotnlng;
a tult to measure--ready made clothing
does not exist costB from $25 tn $.(3, and
that of a very bad mnteilal, but tolernbly
well mado; shoes from SI to $3; wnshlng:
shirts, 13 cents each; collars, 4 rents eacn,
cabs, SO centa per hour and SO cents pa
trip; cars, 6 ctnts: stabling of a horse,
from $20 to $2S per month; gas, 20 bolivars
per l.tHXl feet; hotels charge $2.G0 to $10
per day; nnd wlun we -end with tho price
of a wretchedly mado cocktail, namely,
13 cents, our renders will havo nn Idea
of tho cost ot living In Venezuela."
Tlmo Is certainly a great solvent. Not
many months ago Horatio E. ltubcns,
the counsel at tho Cuban delegation In
New York, was telling people how tho Cu
ban Insurgents would tight Unclo Sam If
ho tried to land troops on Cuban soil
without first recognizing tho Cuban ro
public. Today Mr. ltubcns Is an employe
of tho United States government, having
been chosen counsel of tho colonial com
mission which Is to investigate tho frnn-cln--"
and luxation questions In Porto
lliei,. It la only loir to Mr. Hubcns, how
ever, to say that his ono llttlo overflow
ot excitement was excusable In view uf
all tho circumstances, and that slnco that
tlmo ho has proved of great assistance to
tho American authorities In their work in
Cuba. Mr. ltubenc has a number of
lrlends In Scranton.
According to tho text of a bill to be In
troduccd toon at Springfield by Represen
tative Geo. M. Uoyd, of Cook county, all
Chicago aldermen aro to enjoy a salary
of $3,000 per year Instead of $1,500, but
tho must open oftlcos In their respective
wards nnd keep these offices open six days
In the week.
Speaker Becd was asked about tho pub
lished report that Collector of Customs
Mllllkcn, at Portland, Mo., had received
a letter from him saying that ho would
retlio from publlo ofilco at the end of tho
present congress. "Oh," ho said, In n
tired way, '1'vo been called out of bed for
five years about that."
Tho senato committee on International
expositions has ordered a fuvorablo ro
port on tho bill Introduced by Mr. Piatt,
of New York, appropriating $300,000 for a
government building and exhibit nt tho
Pan-American exposition to bo held ut
Buffalo In l'joi.
Tho threatened slump in the matrimoni
al market of Arkansas Is averted. Tho
Supreme court recently held that tho
husband Is rcspcnslblo for tho ante-nup-tlal
debts of tho wife, but tho legislature
has now passed a bill relieving him of
this responsibility.
THE BOYLESS TOWN.
A cross old wcniuu of leng ago
Declared that she hated noise;
"Tho town would bo t,o pleasant, you
know,
If only there, were no boys."
She scolded and fretted about It till
Her eyes grow heavy as lead,
And then, of a sudden, the town grew
still,
For all tho boys had fled.
And all through the long and dusty
street
Thero wasn't a boy In view;
The base ball lot where they used to meet
Was u sight to muko cue blue.
Tlio grass was grovvln? on every base
And tho paths that the runners made:
For thero wasn't a soul In all the place
Who know how tho gamo was pluyed.
The dogs were sleeping tho livelong day
Why should they bark or leap?
There wasn't a whlstlo or call to play,
And so they could only sleep.
Tho pony neighed from his lonely stall,
And longed for saddle and rein;
And oven the birds on the garden wall
Chirped only a dull refrain.
The cherries rotted and went to waste
There was nono to climb tho trees;
And nobody had a rli gle taste,
Save only the birds and bee.
There wasn't a messenger boy not one
To speed ns such messengers can;
If people wanted their errands done,
Then sent for a messenger man.
There was little, I ween, of frolic and
noise.
There was less of cheer and mirth;
Tho sad od town, since It lacked ltt boys,
Was tho dreariest place on earth.
Tho poor old woman began to weep
Then woko with a sudden scream;
"Dear me!" sho cried. "I've been asleep;
And, oh! what a horrible dream!"
St. Nicholas.
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LAUGSEST ASSORTMENT OV RANGES
I.N THE CITY.
Pluflmbtag
and TtaeimiE
GUNSTra El FORSYTH
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
Ranges
aces
( V3i-rir-'tt, v $Mi
A Pennsylvania farmer, living in Walker township,
Juniata County, recently underwent a pretty severe ordeal.
" I was bothered with sick headache," he says, "so bad
that I used to have to quit work and lie in bed for a day
at a time." He believes that dyspepsia was at the bot
tom of the trouble ; but whatever it was he declares :
"I must say of Ripans Tabules that they cured me.
Since I used them I am not bothered with headache or
dizziness any more. I would not be without them. They
made me feel like a different man."
Am itjla pirtf t MMMnl nsr nt n trim iin In a vaiwr r rton (witboul zlan) I. now tor Mlo at loraa
drop uom-io m ckki. TU low nrtoed ort i il ln,l1 for th- poor unit tho woaomlnl. On Jo.tn
of the fl.2ut canon! IIJ0 ulmlM) run , had hy mill Uy Miutln furtj-li(ht ct on to the KlriKS ViiiiucIS
k Gear hit, Ko. II bpruc blntl. New Yik-r tiagf cuiou (tu nisut; U1 ba test for nje ecu
Odd
Lamps
Wc have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
TIE CLEMONS, FERBER,
WALLEY CO.
A'i'l LnoUawatina Avoau
ALWAYS BUSY.
J,W
" JUr,
Our Shces In duality always on top, al
ways easy on your feet and very easy on
your purse keep us "Always Busy." At
tend our 25 days' sale.
Lewis, Retlly & Bavles,
Roll
Top Desk
amd Chair
FOR SALE
lesk 4 feet Um,
Been in use only a
short time.
Ray eotds Bros
STATIOXKRS and EXGKAVERS.
159 Wyoming Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Biedtai
NEAT, DUKABLK liOOK lil.NDK.'G
IS WHAT YOU RKCEIVR IF" YOU
LEAVE YOUIt ORDER WITH Till:
TRIBUNE U1NDERY.
.1 lr,-,i- ?" '" M-.Q .r.j, r-
fru-i'VC--
INLEf
During the last days
of our
ORE AT
ALE
Which will positively close on
Wc have prepared a few
special inducements, which
you can hardly afford to let
pass without an inspection.
25 dozen all linen Pillow
Cases, size 36x45, hemstitch
ed, at only
69c a Pair
6 pieces extra heavy Cream
Damask 64 inches wide, a
regular 65c quality,at only
48 ceets
1 9 pieces Cream Damask
German "Silver Bleach" and
full bleached at
3Pc, 50c, 59c and 85c
Worth fully 1$ more.
All our high class Table
Linens at from 25c to 35c a
yard below our regular price
Fine Table Napkins in
like proportion.
Special prices on Fine
Towels wlille sale lasts,
5ilD and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Tin: Moiikiin llAKnwAnn Store.
Enameled
Ware
Is cleanly, looks well,
and labts long.
It is
Economy
to purchase these goods
and we invite inspection
to our carefully selected
line.
FOOTE & S1EA1 CO.
110 WASHINGTON AVE.
&-
The f-taot &
Comiiniell Co
Heating, Plumbing,
Oas Fitting, Electric
Light Waring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
454 Lackawana Aveaiie
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ueuerul Agent lor ttia Wyouuuj
District (-.
IUPI1T
Mullni;, Masting, Hportlne. Hinolceleli
mill tlie Kenumio Cuemtci'.
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
lately l'liae, Hup unit Uiploiaffc
Ituoin tot L'onnall llullilui;.
ticruuun.
LI
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EN
Mifttiy
P01IEB.
AQENOllW
TllfH. KOItP, Plttt9
JOHN II. SMITH A10N riymoutb
W.E. MULLIGAN, WUkes-l!arr;