THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1899.
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SCItANTON, PA., MARCH 8, 1S99.
The heated temperature engendered In
certnln circles by the recent develop
ments In the domestic relations cf Rev.
Joseph K. Dixon, which Is discernible
In Scrnnton among other places, pug
Kests to disinterested observers of thU
Infelicitous episode the wisdom ot mod
orntlon In comment and the beauty
(and also scarcity) of Christian charity.
Get Down to Business.
The Pennsylvania legislature has
completed more than half of itho ses
sion as limited at commencement and
not an appropriation bill has yet been
reported from committee nor. to our
knowledge, has a single art of general
merit gone to the governor for his sis
nattur. Some work may havo been
mapped out In the various committees,
but so far as results show the session
has thus fur been absolutely barren.
The two months during which the leg
islature hns been In session have been
given over almost exclusively to fac
tional contention and plotting; and un
less this shameful record Is soon
amended public disgust will visit It
self In whirlwind fashion upon all par
ties to the hold-up. An election of a
M'nator (should occur without delay and
the session be released for general
business.
As an i-xpuiinient at Mtinllu, Admiral
von DIodrlehB has proved almost as
troublesome to the German government
ns a cargo of "embalmed" bef.
Sampson Vs. Schley.
Information from all quarters bear
ing on the merits and demerits of these
two naval officers has now reached the
public and It is at least possible for
the public to foiih a ilnal opinion with
reference to the matter. The conclu
sions which we have reached are:
(1). That 'William T. Sampson is a
rareful, methodical and efficient officer,
conscientious In all his work and pains
taking rather than brilliant. That he
has been put by an unemotional dis
position In a false light ot begrudging
to Euboidlmues credit duo them when
Mich was not his Intention or desire.
That he is not to blame for having
been jumped In command over men
who originally ranked above him.
and that tile navy department has a
clear, legal and moral right to choose
for responsible work agents in whom
It has superior confidence, whether this
necessitates jumping or not.
(2) That Wlnllold Scott Schley Is
a man of warmer Impulses, but In noth
ing tho superior of Sampson as an exe
cutive officer. This does not Imply
that he has been justly censured for
disobedience ot orders during the search
for Cervera. His reasons for his ac
tions ur. plausible and credible. It
Is easy enough to give orders from a
distance, but local conditions necessar
ily uffeel their execution. The fact
that Schley's record during his more
than two-score years' service in the
navy is clean and good; the fact that
ho commands the devotion of his
men and the admiration of his
friends; and the further fact
that when tho crucial time came at
Santiago he was In the thickest of the
light and with his ship helped very
materially to destroy the enemy all go
to prov the wisdom of his promotion
from commodore to rear admiral.
(3). That neither Sampson nor
Schley Is entitled to a monopoly of the
honors; that tho best Individual record
In tho North Atlantic squadron was
made by Captain Clark of the Oregon
and that If the next congress wants
to confer especial distinction on a man
fully entitled to it by reason of both
character and service It could not do
better than t create the position ot
ieo admiral and give an intimation
to the president that It would like to
see Clark nominated for that place.
Wo uio quite willing to let this whole
subject go at that.
Premier Silvela's first session at Mad
rid was as lively as a Scrnnton coun
cil meeting.
Duty and Cost.
Tho public will note with apprecia
tion tho fact that sumo of the leaders
of public opinion who were Inclined
not long ago to substitute passion and
maudlin sentimentality for serious ar
gument In their consideration ot this
country's now lclations have now
cooled off sulllclently to direct their ap
peals against "expansion" to the rea
soning faculties ot their auditors. In
this mood It will be a pleasure for "ex
pansionists" to engage them In debate.
One of tho arguments offered with
great confidence by these conservative
Americans Is that the control of de
pendencies Is going to prove a highly
expensive undertaking. "In 1897," ob
serves tho Philadelphia. Ledger, after
noting the existence of a deficit of $7,
250,000 In England's current colonial ac
count, "this country was without an
Imperial policy, and Its expenditures
were, In round numbers, $365,000,000; In
1S93 tho country took up the white
man's burden In Cuba, (Porto Rico,
Guam, Philippines and Hawaii, with
the result that tho expenditures were
increased to nbout $700,000,000. Thus Is
It made to appear, from the English
and American deficits, that an impeilal
policy comes high, even to a country
that has had long and Informing ex
perience of It. To this country, which
has had no knowledge, no experience
of It, it la likely to come very high.
Whether It will bo found to be, after
trial, worth tho candle, tho candle being
so very expensive, is a question which
only tho future can answer."
It sometimes costs Individuals a good
deal to do what their consciences tell
them Is right. The world would soon
cease to go forward if questions of
.duty were everywhere to be subordin
ated to questions of expense. Unless
tho Philadelphia Ledger is satisfied In
Its own mind that the country had no
right or duty behind Us expenditures
on last year's war it has no right In
morals to complain of those expend!- Is dead and therefore cannot amrm or
Hires; and If that war was a JUBt and deny (the truth of the report that ho
righteous war are wo to be Beared I considered Dreyfus Innocent, but ac
away from acceptlne Its logical eonso- ' qulesccd In his unjust punishment In
tltiences by the fear that to accept them
might provo expensive? The game
may not bo worth the randle as n
game; but If In addition to being a
game It Is also a duty under the cir
cumstances owed to civilization, fchall
wo take counsel of our avarice rather
than our conscience? Tho war for the
preservation of tho Union cost more as
a business proposition than It has yet
been worth; but was It a game not
worth the candle?
Wo are not conquerors but trustees,
If wo arc faithful to the trust our re
ward will take cure of Itself. To be
faithful Is tho main thing.
If Admiral Sampron expects to con
tinue the light against Admiral Schley
Indefinitely, ho will do well to engage
a press agent at once. In the news
paper accounts of tho controversy,
Sampson seems to lose n tuft of his
locks at every round.
Ho Needs a llest.
Those who think that th office of
president of tho United States Is an
easy one to llll may possibly got n
now Idea on the subject from (the sub
joined paragraph taken from the Xew
York correspondence of the Philadel
phia Ledger:
Secretary Leonard, ot tho Methodist
Missionary society, who returned from
Cuba and l'orto Jtlco on tho steamer Cur
ncus, Is very pessimistic about the condi
tion of things there. From his point of
view, Cuba Is almost entirely without
morality or religion. Tho most deplorable
illiteracy prevails. Only one person out of
forty-live bus attended school. Two
thirds of the children are Illegitimate.
What to do with tho Cuban army Is a
great problem. Most of the soldiers know
nothing but war, and do not want to re
turn to civil life. Thf J3.G00.000 voted them
by congress wilt bo quickly "pent In dissi
pation, and then most of them will prob
ably become bandits. lie does not favor
sending missionaries this year. A news
paper correspondent, who arrived on the
same Btenmer, brings a far different re
port regarding the Cuban soldiers. Ho
says thev are far better prepared to re
turn to civil llfo than even ou own sol
diers were. Moreover, ho gives a flatter
ing description of tho pcaceableness of
the Cubans, and refers to tho good order
maintained In Havana nt the reception
to Gomez ns arcater than would have
been experienced In Xew York on a simi
lar occasion.
Here are two men. both experienced
,. ... '
observers, whose testimony as to con
dltlons In one of tho new dependencies
Is directly contradictory. Presumably
both are honest and sincere, and the
disparity between their deductions Is
simply Illustrative of the wide range
of advice and suggestion which tho
president of the United Slates has to
expect every day of his life on every
conceivable topic coming before him
for official consideration and tho num
ber and variety of these topics nro
continually Increasing In a kind of geo
metrical ratio.
Is It any wonder that Mr. McKlnley
wants a rest?
Richard Croker spurns with haughty
scorn the insinuation that either he or
his son, Richard Jr., has been In
Wllkes-Rarre on a still hunt for stone
quarries. Mr. Croker's agility in get
ting nfler rocks has probably led to
this misapprehension, but It was un
kind to locate hl3 son In Wllkes-Rarre.
Liquid Air.
Those who are interested in the
romantic In science should by all
means read tho article In the March
McClure's on Charles II. Trlpler's dis
coveries In tho production and use of
liquid air. It has been known for years
to tho savants that air at a tempera
ture lower than 312 degrees below zero
assumed, under compression, a. liquid
form; but Inasmuch as the first pro
duction of fluid atmosphere cost JVJ0
a pint little was done along this line
of experiment until Mr. Trlpler de
vised an Inexpensive process.
Under tho Trlpler process, the Initial
output ot frozen air Is used to gen
erate power whereby more air Is frozen,
and thus the production becomes prac
tically automatic, the only cost after
the first cost of the plant being tho
pay of the labor of running It. There
Is no Item ot expense for raw mater
ials since tho only raw material used
common air Is to be had for tho
asking. This liquified air which Mr.
Trlpler produces Is a flaky, crystalline
product which no sooner enters a temp
erature warmer than 312 degrees below
zero than It bolls, so to speak, with
Intense energy and diffuses Itself in
gaseous form, multiplying In bulk S00
fold. It Is this expansive property
which gives practical value to the
Trlpler discovery, since It holds out
the promise of unlimited power for all
tho purposes now subserved by water,
steam, gas or electricity at a mere
fraction of the cost of either. Well
may the writer In McClure's suy:
"It Is bewildering to dream of the
possibilities of a source of power that
costs nothing. Think of the ocean
greyhound unencumbered with coal
bunkers, and sweltering boilers and
smokestacks, making her power as she
sails, from the free sea air around her!
Think of the bollerless locomotlvo run
ning without a firebox or fireman, or
without need of water tanks or coal
chutes, gathering from tho air as It
passes tho power which turns Its driv
ing wheels! With costless power, think
how travel and freight rates must fall,
bringing bread and meat moro cheaply
to our tables and cheaply manufac
tured clothing more cheaply to our
backs. Think of the possibilities of
aerial navigation with power whlc i
requires nu heavy machinery, r.o
storage batteries, no coal. If ono would
practlco his imagination on hiGh lllglits.
let him rumlnato on tho question,
'What will the world bo wheu power
costs nothing?" "
If China has the spunk to persist In
her peremptory refusal to surrender a
slice of valuable territory to Italy on
demand, conditions will probably shape
themselves so that tho refusal will go.
Our government wisely decided to re
strict American activity la this mat
ter to the protection ot American In
terests; but it Is easy to perceive how
the protection of those Interests might
at nny moment compel us to draw a
chalk line In ' nutation of European
freshness.
i'olix Vault, late president of France,
preference to ruining many more Im-
portant men, Yet this scorns to bo
among Frenchmen a very prevalent
view of the Dreyfus affair. It Is Im
possible for tho Latin race to conceive
the Idea of justice divorced from com
promises resting on expediency.
Tho devotion of wcinan has been sig
nally Illustrated In the trlnls through
which Mrs. Rudyard Kipling has Just
passed. These have cnvolvcd a degree
of heroism and shown a character su
perior by far to any which have formed
tho thomo of her distinguished hus
band's pen, and wo shall have reason
to expect In Kipling's work In future
a more exalted and appreciative esti
mate of wifehood and motherhood, for
which ho has hitherto had little to say.
Bann?r Y?ars of
B(jsin?ss Revival.
From tho Chicago Times-Herald.
n T SEEMS n If tho repressed eliergv
of the American people during tho
four lean years from 1S93 to lil'G
U Inclusive, had all combined to
make 1S97 and 189S the banner years of
business revival and phenomenal de
velopment In the United States. Tak
ing tho period covered by the llfo of
the Fifty-fifth congress, from March i,
ISO", to March 4, ISD9, there Is nothing
to compare with It In the hlstorv cf
the country for national advancement
In nil the elements of material, indus
trial and commercial growth. It. U.
Dun's report on Saturday last that In
all tho years of Its weekly commercial
reviews "there has been no other vek
In which reports from all over the
country have been on tho whole so
good as they are this week" merely
reflects the common experience of mer
chants, manufacturers and farmers the
land over.
o
How different were the conditions
two years ugo. The gloom of disap
pointment over the nonreallzatlon of
unreasonable expectations paralyzed
business. Discontent reigned In shop,
office and fnrm, because the election
of November, 1S98, had not lifted mort
gages, set wheels to humming nor
! stimulated trade. The business world
s,tlU su,f'erfed fr? V'e, ,nc!f ,f ,C0""'
denco that nreclnltated and had tiro-
longed the panic of 1S93. The ground
hog of prosperity that had peeped from
his hole after the November election
had not reappeared. Tho bank clear
ings for the week ending Feb. 27, 1S37,
were ?7S3,420,033. These were 13.4 p?r
cent, below those for the corresponding
week In 189G. Trade was stagnant, all
business was In the depths of doubt and
mistrust. "Everything was waiting in
events," as the commercial agencies
put It. in twenty-four months events
have worke'd a marvelous change. Last
week tho bank clearings were $2,151,
393,992, an Increase of 39.4 per ceat.
over those of the corresponding week
last year and almost 175 per cent,
greater than those of the correspond
ing week of 1S97 given above. Perhaps
tho contrast may be better expressed
thus:
RANK CLEARINGS.
Week ending Feb. 27. ISO" $ 7S3.420.0S5
Week ending March 2. ISM 2.151,393,092
Incrcaso J1,307,973,S.'!7
o
What ure the events that have effect
ed this marvelous transformation from
stagnancy to unparalleled activity?
They may be briefly summarized: The
Inauguration of a president pledged to
maintain the existing gold standard
and to preserve national faith Invlola
ble. The passage of a tariff act Julv
24, 1S97, to provide sufilclent revenue
for the government. Under thin act
the revenues gradually rose from JIM.
023,614 for August, 1S97. to $33,
509,313 for June, 189S, the last month
before the war tariff went lnta effect.
The discovery of gold In the Klondike.
The elimination of preparation for a
foreign war and tho Impetus it gave
to new lines of Industry. Two great
agricultural years In America In sue
cession, coincident with crop failures
In Asia and South America, resulting
In higher prices for farm product?. The
effect of these lust named events has
been cumulative, as shown In tho ".'ol
lowing table of exports and balances
during tho past four years:
Excess ot
exports ocr
Exports. imports.
189.. $ 821.SCO.13fi $ 2:!.190.7S9
183fi 1,00.1,837,241 r,21.2.',7,CSS
1S97 1,099.700.015 337.U3.S16
1S9S 1,2S3,494,33S C20.D3G.129
Tho remarkable Increase In the pn -ductlon
of gold throughout the worll.
That of the African fields alone al
most doubled between 1896 and 1S9S,
being almost one-third ot the world's
total production In the latter year. The
world's gold production In tho two
years was:
Year. Value.
ISM $203,000,000
ISM 300,000,WJ
During the three yearsendlng lastDn
ccmber the world's supply of the .natul
an! metnl was Increased by $840,000,
000, In the year 1898 there was an ex
cess of gold Imports Into tho UnltPd
States over exports of $141,93G,S0S.
Contemporaneous with these years of
natural productiveness there has been
a revival of business, commercial and
Industrial activity such as this country
has never beforp witnessed. It is im
possible to nscrlbo this reversal of tnc
situation of two years ago to any one
cause, natural, financial or political.
Wo only know that out of the coinci
dent occurrence of certain events tho
gloom of March 4, 1897. has given place
to the prosperity of March, 1899; tho
doubt and depression ot two yeare ago
has been replaced by confidence and
buoyancy; Idleness and discontent have
been In two years succeeded by work
for the Industrious and Increased wages
for tho employed In every lino of pro
ductive activity. From 1892 to 1890 the
American peoplo were engaged In Mio
severe and chastening occupation of
liquidation and retrenchment. Ry the
spring of 1897 they had reached bed
rock and were prepared for the turn in
tho tide of their business affairs. Uv
the presidential election of 1890 they
had laid tho foundation for the revln.I
of national prosperity upon the Im
movable rock of a sound currency nnd
an honest dollar. Ry the congressional
and state elections of 1898 they clinched
tho verdict of 1896 nnd mndo tho senate
proof against free sliver or other finan
cial folly for at least six years to coma.
There Is therefore every reason to face
the futuro with confidence that the na
tion has entered upon a period of pros
perity unprecedented In Its history and
full of enduring promise because based
on natural caiiMs and honest piluci-Ilea.
ONE OF UNCLE SAM'S
MEN AT MANILA
LETTER FROM HIM HAS REACH
ED FRIENDS HERE.
It Is Dated Jan. D and Shows That
at That Tirao an Out Break With
the Insurgents Was Expected at
Any Moment Trick General Otis
Played on tho Spanish Soldiers.
Soldiers Are Fond of Otis and
Think Ho Io tho Right Man In the
Right Place.
According to a letter received here
from a private, tho United States sol
diers expected the conflict with Aguln
aldo's forces at Manila and were not
sorry when It came. The letter In ques
tion waa written Jan. 5 and was re
ceived In Scrnnton March 4. Tho wri
ter Is a member of the Montana Infant
ry regiment. Ho rays, In part:
"I haven't done much In tho letter
writing line for some time, but we have
had so much excitement and work that
there has not been an abundance of
time to spare. Tho Insurgents threaten
tho town every day now nnd we are all
on the go all the time, either guard
duty, which is doubled, or some extra
duty. We go on outpost duty every six
days and are on constant duty twenty
four hours. It Is rather exciting to
be on outpost and for a man with a
nervous temperament. It Is no snap.but
rather very hard work. We ore right
out to the Insurgents' lines and expect
an attack at nny moment. We carry
our guns loaded and shots aro ex
changed every night. We aro having
some good experience though and there
really Isn't much danger. Tho Insur
gents are a crazy lot and Uncle Sam
will clthor have to give them free gov
ernment or tight. I have an Idea he
will fool them, however, and while ap
parently giving them what they want
will, In reality, give them nothing.
"I have to spend a good deal of money
for meals as I never will become ac
customed to government rations al
though they have Improved recently.
We have a good took now but It is
hard to keep a fellow In tho kitchen
long, as It Is very disagreeable work
and confining too.
WATCH THE CAVALRY.
"We have some mounted cavalry here
now and they make a very good nppear
aanro although mounted on native
horses which aro not much larger than
a Shetland pony. The natives look
pretty hard at them when they parade,
and don't know what to make of It.
"We went on outpost Saturday even
ing and got back this morning (Mon
day). We had a quiet time of it, but
It rained all night Saturday night nnd
we, of course, all got soaked to the
skin. We expect mall In tomorrow, but
It Is uncertain. This letter will go di
rect to the United States so you can
Judge how long It takes for a letter to
reach you from her direct.
"A long time ago I visited the 'Isle
de Cuba,' one of Dewey's marks, and
obtained a piece of Mahogany off her,
which I had made into a cane. I got
the cane yesterday. I had It silver
mounted and It Is very pretty.
"Four of our ofneers got 'busted out'
yesterday and sail on the next steamer
for home. They Avere all fine fellows
but didn't stand In with the push. They
associated with we 'common' privates
too much, I guess.
"I saw some cotton and coffee grow
ing yesterday while on outpost, and
also visited the Leper hospital the other
day. The slg'its I saw there were very
disgusting to fay the least and I shall
not attempt to describe them thands,
feet, faces, etc., falling off). I will tell
you al! about It some time.
i have a pet monkey and ho Is a
devil. Steals everything he can lay his
hands ou and is full of mischief all the
time. Ho hates the natives and chases
the native 'kids' all over the street. I
also have a little dog. You will see
them both If they survive the trip to
America. Rumors of our speedy return
to the states are now the order of the
day, but they don't fool me any more.
OTIS' CUTE TRICK.
"Hy the way, Otis played a trick on
the Spanish roldlers yesterday. Ho Is
sued an order that they were to be
paid off and allowed freedom yesterday.
As a consequence, about 1,000 of them
who had Joined the Insurgent nrmy,
marched In to get their pay. Well they
have their pay coming yet. They wore
all in a bunch awaiting it, when the
Twenty-third regulars came down tho
line double time, surrounded them and
have them yet. They will be sent away
soon. They are all trained soldiers
and their disappearance will weaken
the Insurgent forces very much. It
was a neat trick nnd deserves praise.
The boys are all stuck on Otis and I
guess he Is the right man in the right
place.
"I am going to get new clothes for
tho ones I had burned when I had the
small pox. I get them this a. m. and
am waiting for the lieutenant to coma
down with me to draw them.
"Tho weather Is getting very warm
here now but It will gradually get
worse for three months. It Is the dry
season and lasts for that length of time.
"My monkey sits on my shoulder us
I write this and ho Is apparently very
much Interested. I am as homo sick as
tho mischief nowadays and all I think
of Is getting back to tho states."
NEWS AND COMMENT.
Says tho Philadelphia I'rcss: "It Is sin
cerely to bo hoped, now that Mr. Kipling
la on the high road to recovery, that his
Illness will not have been in ain in tho
matter of a chance of heart on his part
toward tho American people. No peoplo
could havo been moro sincerely sympa
thetic with a. deep, real, heartfelt sym
pathy for one whom two hemispheres ac
claim as a genius than havo Americans
ever since tho author took to his sick bed.
And this sympathy Is of tho peculiar na
ture of American manganlmlty, since tho
object of this hearty solicitude has never
hesitated to nuillcn tho American char
acter considered en masse. This abusa
has not been of the nature of nn early
offense unapologlzed for, but persistent,
the most flagrant caso being the publica
tion of a contemptlblo antl-Amerlcan
quatrain in the Knirllslt edition of tho
'Seven Seas' and emitted from tho Amer
ican edition, since Klpllnff know and his
publishers knew that la this country tho
vogue of tho 'Seven Seas' would bo oven
moro prolltnblo than In Knrfaud. At a
peoplo wo have overlooked all this. If
Mr .Kipling can stand In Quebec and sco
In tho Inferior civilization of Canada a
nobler spirit than that enhnused In tho
New nnuland hills which meet ono's gnzn
on tho distant horizon, wo are perfectly
content, Blnco for once wo convict tho
author of mnlobnervntlon, of lack or In
sight; so for his own sake It Is to bo
hoped the sick bed will not have been In
vain. Let him read and reconsider."
An Idea of tho development which has
been made In tho poHtnl fcervlco Is Impart
ed by this quotation from tho New York
, Evcnlnc Tost: "In 1169 It took congress
fifty-three hours to send word from Phil
adelphia to Itralntrec, Mass., to notify
John Adams thnt ho was elected vice
president. In 1790 thero wero only soven-ty-llvo
poBtolllccH In tho United States.
In 1800 thero wero 903 postclllccs, tho rate
of letter postage as follows; 'Under forty
miles, 8 cents; over forty and under
ninety, 10 cents; over ninety and under
150, 12W cents; over 150 and under 300, 17
contB; over 300 nnd under 500, 20 cunts,
and over 500 miles, 25 cents.' In his men
sage, December C, 1S9S, President McKln
ley refers ta llio fact that our postal her
vlco 'now Involves un expendlturo ot Jl',
000,000 a year, numbers 73.W0 postofllces
nnd enrolls 200,009 employes.' For nearly
twonty-flvo years of tho present century
tho Now York postotllco was kept at No.
23 William streot, In a room 12 by li feet.
'Thero wero 111 wooden letter boxes in
tho window.' According to tho latest
postofllco report: 'Thero wero sold In this
city during 1S9S over 200,UOO,OW stumps,
75,000,000 postal cards nnd 50,000,000 enve
lopes; in the mailing and distributing de
partment 019,911, IT!) pieces of mall mutter
wero handled, In tho early part ot tho
present century tho residents of Mutrny
Hill had a long rldo for their mall; now
It Is inserted into tho pneumatic tube nnd
In seven minutes It is nt the Grand Cen
tral station.
It was left for a stutlonmasfer at a lit
tlo wav station In New Jersey to solvo
tho problem of puttli.g tho familiar no
tice on spitting on tho lloor," etc., into a
moro agreeable If less forcible form, and,
though less forcible, it la as equally ef
fective, if not more so, as tho notlco that
generally greets us. In tho station nt
Newport, N. J., the New Votk Sun In
forms us, this genius has pested tho fol
lowing: If on this floor you chooso to spit.
Just pause, my friend, nnd think a bit,
Last night, when all was cold und still,
I carried water up the hill;
Washed this llcor by the sliver moon,
That you might uso our new spittoon.
Few persons havo nny Idea how slight
an electrical current Is required to op
erate a telephone receiver. It has been
calculated that one foot pound energy, or
tho force necessary to raise one pound
foot, if uppllcd to a telephone receiver
would produce an audible sound for 3,000
years. It can bo readily understood,
therefore, that elect! Ic disturbances pro
duced by electric light wires and street
railway circuits In the vicinity of tele
phono lines arc tho most serious difficul
ties tho telephone engineer has to con
tend with.
Emperor Wllllum ot Germany on Sun
day sent this cuble message to Mrs. Hud
yard Kipling: "As an enthusiastic ad
mirer of the unrivullcd books of your hus
band, I am most anxious for news about
his health. God grant that ho may bo
spared to you and to all who aro thank
ful to him for tho soul-stirring wuy in
which he has sung about the deeds of our
great common race."
MACKEY.
Fiom tho Lebanon Iteport (Antt-Uuayi.
N. C. Mackey Is a member of the lower
branch of tho state legislature from Lack
awanna county. Up to Friday ho Had
voted for M. S Quay for United States
senator but upon that day Mackey
switched over to some ono clue. In ono
ot the Sunday newspapers he gives his
reasons for changing and here It Is.
Mackey's friends wanted to control the
Scranton poor board and this control
could havo been given him by Judge
Archbald of Scranton. Tho Judgo It
seems Is a Quay man and had asked
Mackey to voto for tho McCarrell bill In
answer to which Mackey telegraphs "It
you would please me, uppolnt O'Malley
poor director" a message that must bo
taken to mean my voto on the McCarrell
bill Is dependent on my control of tho
Scranton poor board. Judgo Archbald
did not appoint O'Malley poor director
but named an enemy to Mackov, who
lnstantcr becomes rigidly virtuous and
votes against Quay. Wo havo no criti
cism to make upon Mr. Mackey's change
of voto, but his reason for tho change
stamps him ns a political "thing" unfit
to sit In any legislative body or to repre-
sent anybody. It Is just such creatures
as Mackey that mako of legislation a
mero barter and sale.
and
LA 110 EST
ASSORTMENT Of
IN THE CITY.
RAXGB3
PlIUlmbIImg,
and TtaeSIlg,
GTOSIElt k FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
&?'
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tawes
Furnaces
hi site ... w
Thousands cpon thousands of unfortunate
people fall annually by the wayside, crippled
bodily and mentally by the onslaughts of dys
pepsia or some other of that great trarn of
troubles which follow or accompany a sluggish
liver or a disordered stomach.
RIPANS
are like the good Samsri tan of our Savior's time;
they will lift the striken being back to health.
Ripans Tabulcs arc sure and direct in the ex
hibition of their curative powers. Medical
science has discovered no remedy so marvelously
effective.
Odd
Lamps
We have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
TIE OMONS, FERBEfc
O'MALLBY CO.
4 'J I'J Lnckuwauan Avemi
Lewis, ReSUy
ALWAYS MJSY.
The march of
honest progress
will ever in
crease: Our
Shoes for Spring
are Ti t to march
the earth.
Lewis, Eellly k Mvles,
WR1TLJ IT DOWN
As your needs suggests anything In the
ntllco nnd stationery lino nnd when your
list Is full bring it to us nnd we will siir
pris" you with tbp no cities we havo ie
cclved in up-to-date supplies for your of
fice We have everything In the lilnnk
Hook line. Filing Cabinets. Document
Hoxes. l'ostnl Scales. Uox Files nnd tho
largest assortment of Hox Stationery in
the City. Whiting's Wedgewood Ulue, the
very latest color, in all sizes In stock.
ReyeoldsBros
STATION liRS and liXGRAVKRS.
159 Wyoming Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Book.
BledSmii
NKAT, Dt'HAllLL HOOK BINDING
IS WHAT YOU HKCBIVJ3 IF YOU
LKAV11 YOL'K OKDKU WITH TUB
TIUUUNB IJ1NDEUY.
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:iM $L 6'rtt -Svs"' V,E
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FINLEY
Slit
Waists
There is no need t(
elaborate on the charac
ter and general rnake-uj
of the Shirt Waists car
ried by us, viz.
"Tlhe Derby"
we would simply say J
Our advance styles are
here and on exhibition,
and are deserving of your
time and attention.
Never has our line com
prised so fine a collection
of choice things as we are
showing for the season of
18PP in
0
D3m3t5es9
Scotch
Ql oghams
and
Piques
Yot are
vltei to mi S;
kg of tkse g
510 and 5J2
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
TltB MOllEUN IlAKDWAUi: HTORn.
Eeameled
Ware
Is cleanly, looks well,
and lasts long.
It is
Economy
to purchase these goods
and we invite inspection
to our carefully selected
line.
FOOT1E & SIJEAi CO,
110 WASHINGTON AVK.
The HMot &
Conedl Co
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware;
434 LackawaaM Araiie
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ueutrm Ageut fur tlia Wyoioluj
umrlctu.
Mi ill hk. llluntlng, Sportlnsi umokelou
uod the Hopauno Chemical
L'uuijauy'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcnfrty l''ue, Capi ami Kxplodari-
Hoom lot Couuell lialliUuf.
BcruuUa.
AGUNCItWi
TIIOS FORI), PUUta
JOHN a SMITH AdON riymoutti
w.K.MULMUAN, Willie J-BarM
lyponrs
POliEB.
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