I THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MARCH G, 1S99. (Jc wanton n6ime Published Dully, Incept mimlav. bv Din 1 rIbiinnl'ublUlilntf CompaJy, nt Fifty Oenti n Month. Iw York O (lice: l.Mi Niumt NU, . K S VHIIKIiANH, t-olo Agent (url'arolb'n AdvarllMu?. iMrnru at tjik roirorr:cR at hchantos, 1'., AS SLCONtJ-eLAKS JlAtfc MATTKR. SCIIANTON, MAIICH C, 1MI9. No man should bo elected speaker of the next coijriws who will uso his position to obsltuct legislation Tor un Interoeonnlo hlp cannl. The Fifty-fifth Congress. VotwIthstandltiK Its Bins of omission, the rifly-lltth cmiiirtoss performed a prcat ileal of linrd work and performed much of It well. When It fli-t assem JiIpcI the cnuntiy was not yet out of tht Clevi'lnnd free Undo panic. It pined the UlnRley tariff bill iratoiliiK prulectlvo duties and soon business Im proved nil over the country. It began the war with Spain by volliiR with one voice r,0,000.(i00 foi the national de loiio and nlthiiUKli II nibscqllently fell into dl.-i editable dlvlslont there was always wmtiKli patiloilsm to rally a woikliu; nmjurltv In bdialt of absolute 1 iiPieRoaty vwit leKlnlatlon. If It l.ilb'd tit do all that was expected we must bui In mind thai human capa- lty 1ms Its limits. No congress before ever worked mote industriously than the one Jufct ended, and none has left .1 i leaner reenid. It Is temporal il i-xnspciiitlni?. but In the loin? miii It may prove fortunate that this countess has adjourned with out enactliiB a general measure for the icnriMlilzatloli of the army. Th" need uf a ituiganli'ntlnti Is eeiywhero admitted, bat raiblli opinion hab not et had time to ll upon the main outlines of a voiKablt plan As per s aial frlellons subside a cleater view if tin- mllltaty needs" of the nation m.ij appeal, with betteilnK Inlluetices upon army loRl-d'Ulon HlmiUulv with leopect to the XleniaRua canal, a brief do. ay need not pnne fatal If In the meantime the piesldent is? clothed with nuthoilt.v to ktep an ee on the sltua atlon and to pi event the hettlng up of Job. It Is alo to be considered that in the neM congress theie will he a s-afo llepubllcan maioiity In both house, which will greatly facilitate the vvniklng init of the administration's plans, llettei results will be possible then than wcie politically feasible un der the divided eontiol of the past ttnee bet-sion The lounlrj, vlctoilous in war and unpiecedently piospeious in peace, has no icason to view the woik of the rifty-llfth congiess unfavorably or to l egret any of the moves whleh It made. On the cont.aij, that congiess has ex traordlnaty claims upon its giatltude and repeet. fiener.il Gomez' blue penciling of the Cuban army rolls s-o as, to sti Ike off the names of all make-believe and dress paiade ioldlers piovea that the old San Doniliignn Is an honest man. Cuba has need of that kind of stuff. A Hopeful Auguiy for Spain. Last week's Living Age printed tlw translation of an niticlo fiom the Span ish levlew. l..i INpana Model na, which Indicates, that In ceitaiu ciules theio has been an opening of e)es In the Iberian peninsula The aitlele Is n philosophic nl consideration of the eiues tlon, "In What Does the Stiength of Nations Consist'." and In it the author, i: Gomez de Ilaquero, fiankly lays bare wmi! of the secrets of Spain's deploiable weakness. The aitlele has Interest for Aniei leans because It shows that they have not been amiss In believing that the leceut wai Is to piove beneficial as well to the vanquished as to the victors, bv being the means of explod ing many of the faNo Impiesslons which have letatded Spain and pro vented a pioper development of hei In tel mil lesouicis. Senoi liaoueio veiv (otrectly atttl butes to the natuial quKotlbm of his countiynicn the main lesponslblllly for his counti's misfortunes. "The aits of peace and of scientific Invention have," sajs he, "never attained among us to the perfection which they have leached In thu gieat European nations, In spite of the geneious efforts of some of our savants On the other hand, we have excelled In aims, poetry and nrt, In eveiything which haimonUed with out lofty Ideal and mlnlsteied to our passion for hiNUiy and magnlllcence. Hut the woild lias become moio prosaic Other times and other social conditions have succeeded the heroic age In which wo shone, until we have come to the present economic ugo, in which we are slowly but suiely playing a more and moro unimportant pait. Wo liavo not sulllclently understood the change. Ab sorbed in the contemplation of our own hltory niouud which u poetic glamour has been tin own, and the Impoitame of which a paulonahlo patilotlsm has at times e.xaggeiated we have at times confused the past with the present, we have walked with out ecs fixed on the clouds without looking at the ground upon which we trod, stumbling and falling nt eveiy step. We liuve not noticed tho extent of the transfor mation golne; on around us, nor have ve undet stood that tho very qualities on vvhltl. we Justly prided ourselves, and which did, In other times, con tribute to oui power and aggiandlze inent, havo every day less and less of practical value, while the value of other Iesrt biilllant qualities, too gen erally disdained by us, is vastly In cieaslng. "IJven If thoro wcie no other causes, for our mlRfoituue, it would be suffi ciently accounted for by this differ ence, constantly moie noticeable, be tween tho qualities which we prize most highly and those demanded by tho changes which hae taken place In the woild since tho era of our great ness. In many respects wo are not nbreast of other civilized nations, and It Is extremely dangerous, as v. a have lately had good icason to know, to remain thus In tho rear. Thoro aio many recent examples. Jiafore the war with tho North American icpubllc, wo made the dailngr assoitlon that a na tion of so brilliant a military iputa tlon as ours, of o long and glotlous a history, would conquer a nation of vesterday. given over to toll and trade a nation of merchants or at lead compel It to pay dearly for Its victory. An ominous sign to dlsparago theso mercantile activities so powerful nt tho prernt time. 'Ihcre was, doubtless, In Spain, a notable minority by whmi these Illusions vvcro not shared; they had. nevertheless, a strong hold upon public opinion. In the same way to day, nfter ur defeat, we lament our humiliation, our Impotence, our los of tcnltoiy, lather than tho present poverty, and tho prospect of future enervation, which tho prodigious mis management of tho war has increased. I believe tho most tragic, the tieepest and mort heartfelt sentiment expressed concerning the- war, is not to be found in those rhetorlcnl laments which we hear, upon the ruin of our prestige or the disappearance cf our colonlnl era plie, but In this brief paragraph from the manifesto of the Agrlcultuial Cam am of Aragon. 'All that was progress, wealth, and fullness of life, all that promoted our welfare, stiength and health, our population, our cultuie, and our future la the history of the woild. has been wasted by us madmen and cilmlnnls that we arc' In powder and unoke. Iiuilng the past four yeais. the war has devoured each week a canal for itrlgatlon, a road each clay, ten schools In un hour, and lu halt a week the forty-four tow ns made by Ollvede yAianda In tho valleyo of the Sierra Morena.' " Senor Ur.tjueio continues In this strain at some length, showing throughout an accurate comprehension of the situation and a clear perception of the remedy needed to restoie his eounti to a normal and healthful con dition. Spaniards, ho argues, must be come a nntlon of tradesmen; they mut foster the mechanic arts; the mint educate their sons and daughters foi n act leal success In the modern eco nomic competition and give up tho day-dreaming of the past. Not the hlgh-oundliig verse or spoken word, but the daddy dollar Is novvadas omni potent nnd his countrymen must gov ern themselves accordingly they must develop the riches which natuie has put in their mountains and alles, establish Industries, promote agricul ture and eliminate the fantastic from their minds and hearts. The advice Is opportune and It Is a hopeful sign that the Intelligent minority in Spa'n, who have not been surprised at Spain's lucent reverses, now feel at liberty 'o enter upon the woik of public Institu tion and guidance. The Woodiuff bill, piovldlng that n compiling election leturns the court shall choose by lot a number of olc tlon districts nnd make a re-count of the ballots In those districts, as a check upon fraudulent leturns, seems to em body a good Idea. There cannot bo too many reasonable safeguards against conupt election practices. The Man Who Can. In connection with the repoited cur tailment by oidors from Havana of the public Improvements instituted by General Leonatd Wood in Santiago province, Cuba, and in ievv of the seemingly well-founded belief that mil itary jealousy has something to do with the obstacles which aio being eon tlnually and needlessly tin own in "N ood's way, the public should read two at tides which have appeared almost simultaneously In contemporary mag a7lnes. One of tliQie, by Henry Har rison Lewis, printed In MeCiiuo's, in a dlieet and detailed study of General AVood's work and methods made by a gontlemrn who occupied four months in gathering his mateiHls and noting1 his observations. The other, by Gcoige Kennan, pilntcd in last week's Outlook, Is Fimply a comparison of the Santiago of tho present with tho Santingo that Mr. Kernan suvv when he entered with the lied Cioss fences last July. Mr. Lewis' paper Is largely a character stnd of Wood lilnnelf, Mr. Kennan's an impel sonal chronicle of Jesuits, but both ngreo stilkingly In their main presentations of fact. They concur in the testimony that perhaps never befoie lu the hNtoiy of the woild has to rapid a change been wrought for the better by men who en tered upon the woik of regeneration ns strangers to the native Inhabitants, as aliens In race and speech and with out previous expeiienco In a Mmllar capacity. When General Wood as sumed control bodies of tho dead lay in the MreeK and vultuics hovered over or fed on the carcasses. Wood's fit st dinner cost $14 in gold and con Fisted chiefly of horse meat. "Gaunt men and women," wiltes Mr. Lewi", "sti etched lean aims from the windows and begged weakly for bread. Some died as they asked, nnd they remained where thov fell." Llghty-ono dead bodies had to be butned In one big funeral pyio during tho first day's stteet cleaning. Not In 100 yenni had a j finger been lilted in way of street clean ing, house cleaning or scientific refuse disposal. This was tho Santiago of lust summer. Let us now, through Mr. Kennan's ujes, look at the Santiago of todaj. "Tho stieet? through which I passed wero the s'lme that I had traveised as It sctmed to mo only a. day or two before, but they had suddenly become neat and clean. There we:o no emaci ated pariah dogs nosing about heaps of rotting sarbago betide the cuib btones; no sti earns of dlity, foul-smell-ing water trickling out of house-drains and running down tho filth-clogged gut ters; no little piles of human excre ment on tho nldewalks, and no stonchfs of decomposition even in the nai lowest and least fiequonted alleys. The Christina lioulcvard alomj the. water front was an free fioin ellit nnd litter as any btieet In New York; the great central market on Marina street, which I renien.beicd as a foul, sickening pest hole, had become as fiesh and neat a place as Center Market In Washing ton; the Calle do la Marina had been newly paved from the bay to the plaza, and a gang of men waa at work iepav ins L'nramadas; a fine new boulevnrd with a hard macadamized suifaco en circled the city on Its eastern side, with oxoellent binnch toads leading to Caney and San Juan 11111; and there was a now road In piocess of consttuc tlon lo Morro Castle. ' Hut It was not In the strtsjt, road, and markots alone that American In fluence, eneray, nnd Intelligent were nppnient. The city had an American bank, a moteorolofleal station, two Ameilenn express companies, and a free postal delivery sytem, with drop boxes for letters In almost every street, It had mall communication two or three; times a week with Guantannmo, Han Luis, Holgutn, Olbara, Sagua, Manzanlllo, Uaincoa, nnd ten other vil lages and towns within the limits of the province. It vvns fairly well lighted at night, nnd was patiolled by a neatly uniformed police force, armed with machete and clubs and life and prop erty wcie as safe In It as In nny city of equal size In tho United States. Hun dreds of shops and slorca that had been closed nnd barred when I last saw the city were open and full of customers; the stocks of goods offered for sale wero extensive and varied, the markets were well supplied with fish and meats, ns well ns with fresh fruits and vege tables from gardens and truck farms that were not In existence six months ago; and the whole city, In its com mercial nspect, had an ulr of prosper ity that, In July, I did not believe it ever would or could have." This Is not all Mr. Kennan con tinues: "Four or five months ago, when an army olllecr had occasion to buy anj thing, on government account, from a native merchant, the latter felt no hesitation In ofi'eilng to make out tho bill for double the real nlue of the purchase that Is, for twice the amount actually paid o that the olll ecr might use the fraudulent bill u.s a xoucher and put Into his own pocket as much money ns ho had given In ex change for the merchandise Such deals' xv ere of dally occurrence un der the Spanish regime, but they ate never propos'd or suggested to a gov ernment ofllelal now. In August last any citizen of Santiago might dump a load of filth or of rotten garbage Into the street In ft out of his house, and nrbody ever thought of objecting or piotestlng. Now, If that sort of thing Is done or attempted, un outcry Is Im mediately raised by the nggi loved and Indignant neighbors, nnd a complaint Is promptly lodged with Majoi Bar bour, the chief of the street-cleaning department. One jcai ago, under the Spanish teglme, there was not n pub lic school-house in the city that Is, u building originally Intended for educa tional purposes nor was there any thing like a system of flee public in struction. Now there are eventeen elementary and grammar schools and a high school, with nn average num ber of 1,022 pupllr, and the pilvate houses tented for temporary aso as school buildings are wholly Inadequate to accommodate the number of chil dren who have applied for admission." 'This unpaiallelod regeneration," writes Mr. Lewis, "has been wrought, not by a host of men mtlvo to the lo cality, exeulslng offices long estab lished, and enjojlng a traditional pres tige, but by an American commander of volunteers, a stranger to the place and tho people, embaiked In tho work on a moment's notice, and having for his immediate aides only a few fellow aimy ofllceis. some of whom had been out of West l'olnt less than two years, and all of whom wero as new to the situation as himself. It was the tour de force of a man of genius- for in tho hauler, more fundamental of the tasks that confronted him in Santiago Gen eral Leonard Wood had had no pre vious expetience " Geneial Wocd entered mllltniy life as an assistant aimy siugeon and was from that rank advanced rapldlv to a major-genet ilshlp. Ills advancement did not exceed his merit. In fact, It Is doubtful If any honor could be too high for such a. man alter such a work; but It has angered the lcgular army men, and the lesult Is seen In tho In tel feience with Wood's work made by Geneial Ilrooke from Havnna. Hrooko has never been In Santltgo province; lie has no p-rsonal knowledge of any of the conditions existing theie; he has riven In the past no evidence of ex traordlnaiy executive ability which hould wairant htm In ordetlng aiblt niy changes In A ood's plans, yet he Is Wood's, milking otllcer and what he sajs Wood must obey. On theli merits Wood ought to be governor general and IJiooke- the subordinate, but aimy pilorlty, pull and precedent ctlpplo the good man bj enthroning the incom petent, and the public service has to suffer coirespondlngly. This is 0113 ot the weaknesses In oui form of political govei anient whleh public opinion must cortect. C. n. Shores, who has been placed In the county Jail for wlfo-beatlng, boasts that ho has lived In America seventeen j i.u.s nnd has never been naturalized becauae ho does not like the laws of tho country. Come to think of It. the laws nip not Just light. Theie should be a whipping post lu every waid for wlfo-beaters. The oidcrlng of another trans. Isth mian canal survey will not expedlto the constiuctlon of a canal, nor was it Intended to, but It will caitso the Amerlcnti people to take a new survey of tho men responsible for this crim inal piocrnstlnatlon. , The leseup of tho naval bill fiom tho senate) amendment cutting down by CO per cent, tho now battleships waa an unexpect-d bit of good foi tune for which the country can thank tho house. S'o do not hear much about Spanish honor theto days, but the linpilsonnient of Admiral Montijo, who biavely battled against a superior force when defeat was inevitable, may Iw an ex hibition of Spanish ciatltude. Slnco Jan. 1 moro than $;oo,000,000 of American money has been Invested In trado combinations or trusts. It may have bitten off moio than It can chew. Mr. Ralloy's decision not to pose ns leader In congress in future has doubt less been biought about by his failure to wair anything but himself. Absence of data from the Chinese sit uation loads to the suspicion that W Hung Chans must have fallon Into the river. Senor Do Lome's opinion of tho Me Klnley admlnlstiatlon at this date would be lntrstlng. NEWS AND COMMENT "The eompromlso army bill pdipcluatcs tho awkward and obsolcto BtafC evstcm which now cxlsU In our military Bcrvlco but has been dlciirded bv every other country In tho world. Senator Proctor and others who ure trying to luttjoduco business methods Into the urmy piomtse to tuko up tho matter next session and tcorganlzu tho army on business princi ples. One of tho greatest woaKnesHcs in our military service which prevails In no other nation, and to which much of tho mUnmnagfinent nnd scandal during tlu lato war iviib due, Is tho plan of promotion by seniority. It U bused upon tho the ory that all men aro equally competent, und that ono enn perform the duties of a particular position Just as well as an other. In Great llrltatn, Germany nnd Tranco and other armies, when a vacancy occurs at thu head of a staff or a divis ion, tho best man that could be found is appointed, but wo tnko tho man whoso miino Is at tho head of the list, no matter what his qualifications may be, the of ficer who luns seivtd tho longest takes ommaud, and not tho ono who has served the best, lly following this method wo are always getting qiiare pegs Into round holes. The expeiienco of tho medical do (inrtment Is a good llliistiatlon. Dr. Hternberg, surgeon general ot tho army, Is an eminent scientist. In his particular lino ho had a woild-vvidc reputation, but ho has no moro exccutlvo ability than a child, and his warmest admirer would never trust him to transnet a matter of business. Nevertheless, because he- Is I ho senior surgeon ho Is placed In churgo ot the medical corps and has enormous businesH lesponslbllltlcs which ho Is not qualllled to assume. It Is no discredit to 13r Sternberg that his tnlents do not run In a partlculur wav General Gnat was a great soldier but an utter failure In business, and It Is veiy Ikcly tint tho foremost business mm In this country" would bo nn equal lalluro If ho undertook tho command of an arms , and neither General Grant nor John ltoekefeller nor Mai shall I'leld could compnro with Dr. Sternbeig us a mlcroscoplst. Tho vvholo method of doing business In tho army should bo modernized und slmpllllcd, nnd It was hoacd that the experience of the war would convlnco congress ot its no cesslty, but bv the adoption of tho com. promise bill icorganlzntlon Is postponed for at least two years" W. 1Z. Curtis in Chicago llecord Under date of Jan IS lion. O. 1 Will iams, founcrly t'nlted States consul at Manila, writes. "I note a pnrblod and clis totted statement running through tho pa pers that I advocated buying or bribing the submission of tho i-'illplnos. This is false. What 1 did argue was that from May 1 to Aug 13 they wero our allies, aid ing greatly In the rapture, restraints und defeat of a common enemy, and that for such nld they should be modestly prtld, that such pavm-nt was Just and would cement good fecllns, that but for the be leaguering of Manila by them tho army (15 WO) of Spain would not havo surren dered to us Aug 13, but would have scat tered lu tho stiongholds of the provinces and on other Islands und that for their capttno and subjugation long time, many lives nnd vast treasure must havu been expended. That had Agulnaldo not done this at a trilling expense In equipment and commissary, contrasted with what it must have cost us, America would mourn great loss of life. Again, whllo we criticise the government of Agulnaldo, his has been tho only restraining power In these populous Islands since Mav 1, ex cept In the narrow limits of Manila and Cavlte, and If United States weie, to tnko over tho Spanish Kast Indies today a ledger might show them to be worth a hundred millions of gold moro than they would have been had not the dictatorial command of Agulnaldo withheld the torch of rillplnos, who were detei mined to burn nil Spanish and Uoman Catholic property I had many conferences la May and Juno with Agulmldo and his lenders, and told them that tho whole world was looking nt them to Judgo their conduct, and that If incendiaries and looters had liberty tho whole Filipino race would bo condemned as guilty. Agulnaldo pledged observance of my advice, and I am bound to give htm a full measuie of ciodlt I wrote Wash ington, 'not ono cent for brlberv, but hon- ist gold for honest debt,' and I believe our great nation will honor my position 1 believe tho application of the 'goldon rulo' will effect all by diplomacy, which otherwise will cost thousands ot lives and millions more of gold." Instead of any fight being thrown on tho subject, the mystery concerning tho budden adjournment of tho Quiiv conspir acy trial seems to deepen. Rigid Investi gation has determined, almost to a cer tainty, that tho ugly rumors of Jury 11 Ing and Impersonation which gained cred ence tho day of tho postponement am without foundation In fact. This being the case tho action of District Attorney Kothi rmel In asking for u continuance ot tho trial until April 10, and Judge Bott ler's nssent thereto, aro more inexplic able than ever. Of the entire panel of nearly titty Jurors, only ono has given Intimation that ho was In nny manner approached. This man Is Thomas Jar vis, who stated that two politicians casu ally asked him questions concerning tho prospective trill. Whrn Jarvls vvns pressed lor a further explanation, ho ad mitted that no open or even covert at teinpt was made to Influence him. All tho other men on tho panel decliro that they were- not nprpoached In any way. It de velops that It would havo been practical ly Impossible fet env nttempt to have been inado to tamper with the prospeetlvo Jurymen. As soon as tho pmel was an nounced, tho men upon It weio kept un der closo watch, not only by the city de tictlves and I'lnkertons employed by tho commonwealth, but also by a large foico of pilvate detectives employed by Rena toi Quay's attorneys. The defense, It Is stated, feared that attempts would bi mado to tamper with the Jury by Quays enemies, and for that leason a force ol over thirty private detectives was en gaged by tho defense to shadow tho m-Mi drawn on tho panel day and night. Thomas A. Edison, jr., claims to have dlscoveied a process for luudenlng steel I which, whllo It costs less than half that of tho Ilnrvey proocs", glve-s much su perior results A C-lnch pinto Healed by i his process, Mr. Kdlsnn declines Is equal or, If anything, superior In power of re- I distance to a ij-lneh ll.trveylzed plate, it Is also much supoilor, ho declares, to tho I Krupp process. Tho new prcns, how ever, according to Mr. JMIboii, has muuv morn uses than Its application to armor i P'ate Ktecl i.ills treated with It will , never spread, and engine parts, tools and bearings which have been hardened by ' tho Rdlson process will be practically . everlasting. A razor which was submit- I ted to the procets last summer was ren dered tjo hard that It retained Its edge for two months without lie ing stropped nnd then even a gilndstouo vvns unable to , produro a new edge until tho i.tzor had been annealed The piocess applied to ) copper, Mr. Hdison declaies will hiudtn. It almost to the extent attained by tho ancients In their ruititu. Instalments of copper. OlatH. too, ho dcclnien, can lis tendered so ha id that even a diamond will not scratch It. If youug IMIson Is lot romancing tho mantlo of the father will surely descend upon tho son. Tho state's finances In tho general fund ore below Jl.OuOOOO, tho lowest fur yeais At tho clofco of business for February there was f S16.S13.&9 In the goneral fiinJ, ord J100.109.75 had been advanced to meni beis and employes of tho legislature which Is carried ns cash, making tho wholo sum of 9j1007 71. An Independence, Vn., correspondent or tho New York Sun springs this romance. "Thcmas Keldilch. a notion druinmei, whllo ildlng along a lonely mountain road, near Newkome Gap, says he vvns held up by a girl bandit, who faced him with two pistols, roldrleh says her oyes were covered bv a mask, but that she smiled at him whllo making him stand and deliver. Ho tried to Joko her out ot tny notion of robbli'g him, nnd once at tempted to draw his revolver, but tho nervous flngctlng of her two pistols told him that It wntt no Joke. He gave her $05, a gold watch, a dlamrnd stud and a pair of diamond, slocvo buttons. Ho hoped to get tho drop on her as ho drew awny, but sho rodo her horso behind him a few paces, warning him that If ho looked hack It would cost him his life. Tho woman escaped." i TRADE'S MAGIC GROWTH. W. H. Curtis in Chicago llecord. American manufacturers seem likely to maka tho highest lecord In tho tlscal year which ends four mouths hence, Tho ex ports of domestic manufactures nro al ready J21,0tX,ou0 ahead of the highest ltcoid over bcfoio made. During the seven months ending l'eb. 1, 1S03, they amounted to an nvetngc of l,000.ouu a day. Not only aro tho manufacturers Increas ing their sales abroad, but they are evi dently supplying tho homo market to a greater extent than ever befoie. Tho Imports of manufactured goods In tho last seven months amount to only $117, 200.072, or M3 000 000 less than the exports. Comparing conditions with those of a do cado ago, tho evidence of gain Is oven moro striking In tho seven months cud. Ing l'eb. 1, isoo, our exports of minufac turcs wero only $7S,7'd,'J3J; In the corre sponding month of ItM) they wero J182,33G, C03, nn increase of 131 per cent, un the other hand, the Imports of manufactures havo fallen 21 per cent., despite tho fact that tho consuming population has mean time Increased 23 per cent. Ten years ago wo bousht aluoid more than twice as much manufactured goods ns wo sold abroad. Now tho exports arc 2,", pi r cent, greater than the Imports, despite tho fact that tho homo demand Increased 23 per cent, because of a 23 pel cent, lncreaso In population. Comparing tho Hist seven months of tho llcal year ls?9 with lfcS0, it Is found that the exports of manufactures havo increased only (13 per cent., and the exports of all articles except manufac tures 61 per cent. It Is thus apparent that despite tho usual foreign demand for our agricultural products the manufacturers aio making a moro rapid gain In their exports than me any other class of our producers. RUDDY KIP. You 'ave made a stubborn fight, middy Kip; And you're comln' through all right, Iluddy Kip; "l'wercn't potion, pump nor pill, It were all your Iron will Wot 'as left you to us still, Iluddy Kip. You 'ave touched tho roughest 'carts, Iluddy Kip; Though you're mado ot fancy paits, Iluddy Kip; You 'ave roamed tho bloomln' eaith, You've extracted nil Its worth You've give song u newer birth, Iluddy Kip. You 'ave sung tho low and igh, Iluddy Kin Darth and water, wind and sky, Iluddy Kip j Where no other thought to look You 'ave gono to woik and took What you wonted for your book, Iluddy Kip. ThPro are players from Maudalay, Iluddy Kip; Coin up for j on today, Ruddy Kip; Where the Idols' bases test, Where tho sun drops In tho west, Men are 'opln' for tho best, Iluddy Kip. You ave made a wlnnln' fight, Ruddy Klp Tought the same way that jou vviltc, Ruddy Kip; Death's a-runnln" from your door. Wo shall 'ear fiom you somo more, And 'ere's to you ip. 'ooroar! Ruddy Kip! Chicago Rccoid. m Jealousy, Maude What a pla)n, common senso girl Alice Is' Hthtl (coldly) She Is unquestionably plain. Somen Hie Journal. and Furnace LAHtlKSr ASSORTMENT Ol-' IN llli: ClTV. K.YXUU3 Ptamfolinig and Tfleniloi GUNST1EE & FORSYTH, 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE. Eases wmmukt A practical sportsman with humanitarian instinct? relates that on one occasion, in the forests of Mainei his catch was so large that he gave way to much enthusiasm, which was added to by certain good spirits that, during the excitement, escaped from a rrlass Bottle and took possession of him and his guide. Before going to sleep that night, however, each man swallowed a and-in the morning neither had a touch of anything like the headache that on previous occasions had pretty uniformly followed unusual success with rod and reel. Odd Lamps Vc have a number ' that we will close out AT COST ' This is a chauce to get a good lamp for little money. TIE OMON& FiEEEEt, riAIXJEY GO. 4'J'i lnoUawuana Avmiuo ALWAYS BUSY, iBr&r Our Slices In quality always on top. al ways ensy on your feet and very easy on your purse keep us "Always Busy." At tend our 23 days' sale. Lewis, Eellly k Mvles, SSi W r- b- v i- eotuirtw WR1TU T DOWN As your needs supgr-ts anything In tho oftlce and stationery line and when your list Is full bring It to us and wo will sur prls" von with the novelties wo havo le celvcd lu up-to-d lie Mippllcs for your of tlce Wo have everything In tho Rlank Rook line. Tiling Cabinets Document Hoxes I'ostnl Sc ilo Ron: Tiles and tho Inrjfest assortment of Hox Statlonerv In the City. Whltli g s Wedgevvood Rliie. the very latest color, In nil sizes In stock ReyeoldsBros STATIONERS ami UNUIUVCKS, 159 Wyoming Avenue. Scrdiiton, Pa. BSedlnei ni:at. ijcrauu: look rinding is what or ut:cf,ii: iv you li-am: "iocii t)RiuR wiru tul: TltlUlMJ RINDRRy. 1Mb 'K'i-, I iSiiT' FINLEY STI o iTl Tl TV0 1 " JAlXisLL ty Waists There as no need to elaborate on the charac ter and general make-up of the Shirt Waists car ried by us, viz. 11 UJlv ILli WJy we would simply say: Our advance styles are here and on exhibition. and are deserving of yotir time and attention. Never has our Jine corn prised so fine a collection of choice things as we are showing for the season o? 1899 in Percales, DflmitSes9 Scotch Qlmghainnis and PlquneSo You are eorollally in- g of tliese g p m i .3 510and512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE s- lni MonniN llAitnwAan Stork. Eeaimelled Ware Is cleanly, looks well, and labts long. It is Economy to purchase these goods and we invite inspection to our carefully selected line. F00T1B & SIEAft CO. 110 WASHINGTON AVK. The Hoot & Comeelll Co Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawamia Aveitie HENRY BEL1N, JR., Cie'ueiut A sent for ths Wyouuut District - I T PIIIEB8. aiming, Uinttinsc sporting, Smoloiou und I iio lte'uirno CheaiUu, lompaay mm explosives, Mifcty I usn, L'np mid KpluJd:i. Uoum ml Conned Hulliinj. ricranua. Ml AQE.N'CIUI alios roitn, ntuia J0UMI.gMirH.liUX riyniontlj W.K. MULLIGAN. WUket-lUrr v
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