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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, LUICH 17, 1800.
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tMntl'DAl THf 1011 OirirB AT SCtlANTOW,
l'A.l AS ECOM-CAS- MAM. MATTBn.
SCRANTON. MAW .1 17. 1801.
In dlRCUKMliiK tli nilou. localities
that offer liiilliiltcil Inducements for
capital, wo me luniiniloct that Benin
ton Is still nn pxccll.'iit field for tho
lorntlon ot capital and iUerirle.
A Self-Revelation.
'Jhtf testiinoin of the Snunwnlaii
man at IlnrrUliur the other night
makes ckar how tho "iwws" published
In that so-i-ullcd newspaper is collect
ed S-tmeb'jd- on the Ftreot told Mi.
O Toole that Hepromntiime Timlin's
.eat In tho Ipei'latutc was not to 1
contested Ik-ciiisi Quay had "fixed"
Timlin, .uul M'Toole mshed off tn a
elasK toincvhiri and wiote a. llirce
oolumn -c-mitnc-r. On the witness stand
Tool- didn't Know who sme him til's
allcRed Information nnd confesed It
was only htieet tumor, but he made It
tho basis of mi uspersUc article padded
out v it It manufactured detail", never
oner- pnuliiR to look foi veilllcatlon
We suppose this Is how mo-.t of the
muIT In the lie sheet Kcrinintitc"! Som
"tieet coiner Koslp opens his fly-tuip
to vawp a Sciantonlan scilbe oot
hears and pop rocs u bis enatlon.
Prliatf I'hnitirtei Is asallcd Indlsciim
Inately. srandal of nil kinds nnd de
vices is sNstematlenlly magnified or
Imagined, publle ollklals mo thumped,
nbused and bespattered with Impunity
nnd nothing Is held s.ioied so Ions as
theie is the prospect of selling an extra
paper. Once In a while the editor or
publisher has to take a drubbing but
no libel suits are bioURht for the
ntnloits luiibnu that 'he who sues n
lie-KKiir catches onlv a louse" It Is
title that -ome leputable business men
ndveitlse In the disreputable tlilnR
although why. we don't know but no
decent pel son tendsi It. no sane man
or woman will permit It twice In suc
cession to enter the house, its contents
would ilebat It from the malls If any
body tool; the tiouble to call It to the
attention ot the postal nuthoiltles; and
the business man who patronizes It
either is buncoed or plays for a tiade
which, In defeience to his decent
patrons, he might better do without.
It Isn't often that we care to notice
the polluting publication, although for
ears It has without any provocation
systematically and maliciously Hod
about The Tilbune's owners, employes,
business affairs, political relations and
cr thing else that It could catch hold
of to feed Its mendacity or gratify Us
spleen Wo would not notice It now
but for the sworn revelation which one
of its own editors makes of Its char
acter and methods. If the public can
stand it to be alllicted with such a
weekly dispensation of rottenness and
slime we piesume it Is no business of
our's, but these few icmaiks are
apparently rendered necessary by cur
lent eents and ha ing made them we
dlsmis the subject
Colonel Hi van's hesitancy about ac
cepting the invitation to dlno with the
Tammany Jeffeisonlans may bo an In
dication that he is troubled with po
litical dyspepsia
The Death Penalty for Women.
Tli.- decision of Genet nor Roosevelt
not to Intel ft le with the carrying out
of tho sentence of deatli passed in duo
loim upon Mrs. Martha M. Place for
the minder of her step-daughter is In
tel esting as a victory of common sense
ovei maudlin centime nt. In announc
ing his conclusion of tho matter the
governor says.
"If there v.eie am io.isniiubl doubt
ot the guilt. If theie were any other
basis whatsoever for Interference with
tho course of justice In this case, I
should so lntoi tore. 11 tit thetc is no
ground loi Interfeitncc. Thoareused
was condemned as guilty of muider in
too fit st degice, atttr full and fair tiial,
iltliourh ns .'II mi n Kr.'-w. a juiy In
ni'-h a ease is always reluctant to glvj
.i vol diet I'gainst a woman if my lusti
iie.ition whnisopv"!' exists loi with
holding It This vwdlot was then re-
lowed at giem length by the Court of
ppeals and was ufllimeit without a
dissenting volei, though this court nl
wnys mutluUc'ft with the most zealous
iato such n oaso, desiring that the
benefit of ovoiy doubt shall be- given to
the coeii'.ccl J wiote to the district at
torney and to tho juego who tiled the
iase to leain whether they thought
thoio vuus ai v mound foi executive
clemency. Thoy both answered that
theie wns none whatever, and tnnt tho
c so was one of pocullai outrage.
"I went oaiefully over the evidence,
whleh showed Hint tlm accused had
Urst blinded her step-dungliter with
acid and then sti angled her and after
waiting In tho house all diy, when her
husband i etui nod at daik had attacked
him and endeavored to kill him with
an ao. Her attorney nnd her pastor
appealed to lie foi clemency They
lalsed no question as to hr guilt, but
claimed that she was insane, the nt
tornojs asserted that she was Insane
at the- 1 1 mo the deed was committed,
and was now Infinite the clerg.vmau slat
ed that sho was undoubted!. sane at
pte-oiit, but that he belle ved her to havo
boon Insane when the dee-d win 'oni
mltiod, although ho did not come per
sonally la contact with hei I accord
ingly appointed two doctors nt the high
est standing, upon whose person il ca
pacity, common sense mid (Jeep con
gflHitiousness, I could implicitly rely,
and directed them to examine the ac
( used to decide whether she wns or had
bctii Insane. They icported to mo
that she wns not insane' that she wan
BiiJin nt the tlnu of the commission
of the murder, und bcroro mid elnee.
Theie Is thus no question of the
woman's guilt nnd no question of her
sanity.
'All that lemalns Is the question an
to whether T hould b Justified in In
toifeilng to mve n murderess on tho
ground of her sex when no Justlflcn
lion would exist to Inteifere on bolinlf
of a murderer. Tho only case of capital
punishment which has occurred slnco
tho beginning of rav term ns governor
was for wife murder, and 1 refused to
ronxlder tin appeals then made on be
half of tho nmn who had ktl'td his
wire and I bivama convinced that ho
had really etont the, detil nnd was sane
In Hint case a woman was killed by a
man, In this oofee a woman wns killed
by another womnu Tho lnw makes
no distinction of sex In such crime.
This mm del wns one of peculiar de
liberation nnd ntioulty. To Interfere
with tho com so of tho law in this case
could be Justified only on the ground
that, novel lier-euftei. under nny clr
cumstancfs. should capital punishment
be inflicted upon nnv murderess, oven
though the iriim was herself a woman,
and even though that victim's torture
precede! her dentil There Is but on"
ooursi open to ill". . cterltno to Intel
fere with tlie- ooiusi of tho law."
Goernoi Roosevelt's action In this
matter will stand tho test of time. He
does not make the law which requires
tho foifeltuu- ot the life of a convicted
first degree murderer or murderess.
That law stands on tho statute books
n the deliberate will of the legislature,
which within the week has decisively
lc-nlllrnied It Tho goveinoi it is
true, has powrr of clemency, but logic
forbids that this powei glial! be used
when the clioumstatwes of tho crime
op-n no reason for it use. Clemency
is made a pint of the governor's pre
rogative solely to prevent undue sever
ity In cases where circumstances ot
which the juiy could not tali" cogniz
ance Intervene with substantial appeals
for n mitigation of penalty. In this
case eety assorted circumstance of
this n.ituie has been found after duo
Inquiry to be without foundation. Tho
crime Is thus deprived of a single ex
tenuating feature.
if any ciimlnnl must die, this mur
derous woman tOiould. To shield her
while condemning otheis not more guil
ty would lie to prostitute justice to a
diseased gallantry.
There Is evidently nothing Cuban
about the Cuban assembly except Its
name.
Deterioration?
The only adequate hypothesis which
exists for an explanation of tho gen
erous patronage given by well-informed
men and women to theatrical produc
tions founded on deiisive and Indecent
tieatment of tho marilage lelatlon is
that these patrons are more prurient
than their circumstances in life, their
opportunities for moial education nnd
their pretensions of respectability
would appear to indicate.
"I have heard ou preach," once said a
lady upon being Introduced to a noted
clergyman, "and I desire to congratu
late J ou upon the excellence of your
sermons." "I beg of you don't " wns
tho cleigymnn's icply. "I have been
preaching for twelve yeais nnd the
world is not a bit better."
This lemaik was spoken It. a splilt
of Jest. Rut there are times when
the close obseiver of social phenonuna
Is Inclined to wonder If, after all, It is
not seriously true. For much moie
than twelve years tho bet preachers
and the best teachers have been doing
their utmost to lead the peopl" into
clean ways of thinking and clean ways
ot living, and yet the nasty book, the
nasty newspxpei. the na.-ty play draws
as largely as ever upon th" support
of the well-infoimed and the malei tally
well-to-do; and in too many instances
virtue has to be content with being Its
own reward.
"Why doesn't the press deal more se
verely with, the theatrical managers
w ho produce or book such plays as 'The
Telephone Gill' and 'The Tin tie'" we
have been asked. "Why doesn't the
public the Intelligent portion of tho
public; the men and women who attend
church on Sundays, subscribe to char
ities for tho help of social outcasts and
then lend their presence and contribute
their dollars to dramatic representa
tions which pander tc vicious Instincts
and deliberately make a stock lit trade
of Immorality and filth?
There aio two slde-c to this question.
Tli pi ess Is not the only pebble on
the bench.
It must be admitted thu,t Agulnaldo
displays good judgment in locating his
hoadquaiteis so tar back from the
firing line.
The Higher Criticism Again.
The congregation of a I'resbyteilan
t luu eh in Hllzabeth, X. J, lecently
called the Rev. Dr. J. II. Hcob to its
pastorate and now a majority of the
congregation wish they had been more
deliberate In selecting a spiritual di
rector. The cleigman in question has
expressed his views in an open meet
ing with a fiankliess which has cause I
some of the devout members of that
church to shudder violently. The iv
crend gentleman asset ts that we are
making entirely too miuh fuss over the
devil who should not thus bo set jp for
a king nnd Is not omnipresent Then
ho candidly admits that he has daibt"
about Jonah nnd the whale, und tliet
the sun ever stood still for Joshua In
the vale of Avnlon, nnd he also con
siders the conversational gifts ot tne
nss in the incident of Ralaam ns lnrf-i-ly
a fairy tale AVhlle, ho says, there
Is enough that Is undisputed In tho
Rlble to furnish n message to all from
Ood, there nre more than a thousand
contradictions nnd discrepancies
These ndmlsHlons, together with otl.
eis of more or less Importance, have
scared the good people of nilzabth and
the call of the Rev. Dr. Hoob is m t
likely to be confirmed by the picmIjv
teiy. His position when In Albany he
espoused tho cause of Dr. Rilggs at
tracted wide-spread attention und Is an
Illustration of tho dvnamlc 'onso
quencea of the So-called Higher Cutl
clsm. Wo do not Know that n seculur
newspaper la precisely tho plaeo for a
discussion of theology, but wo nro dis
posed to ilsk the assertion that tt.o
f'leshyterlan chuich of HIlzubeKi, if
wlfen It employed Dr I'cob it ell J to
In Ignoianec ot his views, vvouM be
justified b?foro public opinion in -tiling
upon him to seek another pastmal
connection, now Unit it understands
how widely his inteipretatlon i the
Srripturis departs fiom tlio teneta of
Presbyterjnlsiii as defined by the ) fh''.-
est earthly tribunal In (that deuorn'ii.i-
I tlon.
The Picqiiarf Case
and Dreyftis Affair
rioni tlio Xeiw York Bun
1 T MAY be leinenibered that, dur
ing the investigation of tho Drey
fus affair by tho criminal section
J of the court of cassation, that tri
bunal ordered a suspension of all pro
ceedings, both civil and military,
against Colonel Plcquart, In order thnt
it might examine tho dossiers, or pa
pers, and decide which of tho conflict
ing Jurisdictions wns legally seized of
tlie 1'lcquatt 'dse On the 3d ot this
month it nnu ! nt the decision that,
on the ehiiii - forging a petit bleu,
or postnl quart must bo tried
befme i . nt In reluctant and
t id in this order, the ae-
iiimiI k i .Monday ot this week,
ttuusfiitod lioni a military to a civil
prison. Tills is a victory for Justice
nnd a grievous blow to the nnl-re-vlslonlsts,
by whom liequart Is hated
oven more bitterly than Dreyfus h'ir
self. It was when he wns the head of lh"
intelligence butcau of the War dopnii.
ment, In tho spring of 1S0G. thnt Col
onel ricqunrt became convinced that
Major i:sterhazy was the author of
the so-called bordereau which had been
Imputed to Dieyfus. His discovery did
not please his compiomised superiors
In tlie War otflco, who endeavored to
get till of him by sending him on a
dangcious mission in Tunis Subse
quently, he was brought before a court
mat tlal, on the chnige of having com
munlcnted to his counsel, M. Ieblols.
the contents of a petit bleu addressed
to Rsterhazy by tho German military
attache, und the outcome of the trial
was that he was turned out of the
army. His enemies then sought to
have hlni punished ns a common male
factor for tho same offence, and, with
this view, commenced cilminal proceeding-?
against him in tho conec
tlonal coiut.
While he was in a civil prison, await
ing tiial on this charge, Colonel Ple
num t applied to tho minister ot Jus
tice In the Rilsson cabinet, requesting
permission to give certain Information
nt his disposal. lielng relieved from
the obligation of official secrecy, ho de
claied In a letter, which has since been
laid publicly before the court ot cassa
tion, that four documents nnd been
secietly communicated to the Dreyfus
couit-martlal; that he had, suhss
quently, inspected these, and founl
that not one of them incrlmlnitod
Dieyfus. He added that no one cojld
havo supposed they did, but for the
misleading comments of Colonel du
Pnty do Clam. Among these docu
ments was the paper of which Colonel
Henry confessed himself the former.
In concluding his letter, Plcquart re
quested the minister of Justice to obtain
conflimntion of his declaration by ref
erence to General Morclcr, General do
Uoisdeffre. Geneial Gonse, Colonel du
Paty de Clam and otheis. We may
heie mention that every one of these
officers was required to give testimony
before the criminal section of the court
of cassation, but tho outcome of the
examination as yet Is unknown.
o
I3v this letter Colonel Picquait gave
fresh offence to the geneinl staff, and
wlipn ho was about to be tiled In a
civil couit on the ehaige of communi
cating to lils counsel ofilclnl documents,
lie was snatched away to a mllltuiy
prison, there to be Hied for the alleged
lorgery of the petit bleu before a court
martial, which might sit with closed
doois and Inlllct a long term of Im
prisonment. The date of tho new court
maitial was fixed for Dec. 12, and for
some time the war office Insisted upon
holding it, although the couit of cas
sation had not finished its investigation
of the Dreyfus affair, which necessar
ily comprised the case of Plcquart.
Ultimately the general staff submitted
to the order of the court of cassation
postponing the court-martial, and there
upon Plcquart petitioned the supremo
civil tribunal to decide whether he
should be tried on the forget y charge
in tho correctional court or before a
oouit-martlal. This Is the petition
which was decided in his favor on
Maich 3
o
Tho charge of having forged tho petit
bleu was nut biought forwnrd at Plc
quart's flist court-nun tlal. It wns first
mooted In the Rsteihazy court-martial,
the ft lends of Hsteihazy being unable
to piotcct him In any other way. It is
now alleged that the petit bleu has
been tampeieil with in the war office
since Picquait left if that the name
ot I.'steihaj'y.to whom It was addressed,
has been suaped out and again vviit
ten in, but in a. different hand. That
soil of fiaud might havo availed b
fore n court-martial organized to con
vict, but It will be exposed, no doubt,
In .i tii.il before a civil tribunal Thoio
Is icason, Indeed, to believe thnt the
general staff would never have started
the theory that the petit bleu was
forged, unless thev had taken for
gianted that they could prevent an ex
amination of tho charge In a civil couit.
o
If Colonel Plcquart Is tiled promptly
nnd Is ncqultted of forging tho petit
bleu, bofoie tho whole court of cassa
tion shall arrive nt a decision in tho
Drejfus case, that decision can hardly
fall to be In favor of Dieyfus. For, If
that postal cud, addressed to Kstor
hazy by the Gorman military uttuehe,
nnd acknowledging the reception of
pnpeis divulging the seciets of tho
rr-uich nrmv, Is ptonounced genuine,
disinterested people will believe that
the Dreyfus court-maitlul convicted the
wrong man
QUESTIONABLE PHILANTHROPY
Prom the New York Sun
The Culvuiy Upiscop il cliuii li ii. i'ouiMl
avenue Is about to set up a store for tho
s ile of dry goods on iho hiNtallmcnt plan
at prices "far below thobo asked in or
dinary stores ' of the sort, 'i ho pros
pectus uf the new cnutiulno explains
thnt, like other business undertakings of
this chinch a wood ,ard, a lestaiiriuit,
a lodging house this shop Is "meant" to
bo a charity, but a charity that is ulso
u source of tevenue. It iccognlzeu that
if such Institutions gavo something lor
nothing "It would be an unfair competi
tion und demoraltelmj to our customers,"
and that thercfoie "tho shop, to lie tiuly
charitable, must pay."
By paving, of course, Is meant simply
getting some pioflt but us the shop will
not bo dependent on Its pioflts und tlicro
will be nu question of business solvency
Involvwd, it will have a great ndvantngo
over competing prlvuto business, which
alieady 1ms to contend with sharp com
petition within tho trado that presumibly
keeps down prices to the lowest living
level. The ecclesiastical und cliailtnblu
shop will bo under no necessity of mak
ing uuy money; will bo 'hi business for Its
health" und its capital will bo provided
by charity, but Its private competitors
must mako money or go under.
Nov, suppose all the rest of the more
tl'ii.i one thoUKHli-l churches and lellglous
misslouH in New York should Imitate the
examplo of this Dplscopal church nnd on
capital contributed ns charity proceed
to set up charitable church, shops to sell
goods at prices "far below those asked In
ordinary stores," what would bo the re
sult If they wcro successful? Whnt would
become of tho competing prlvuto and
regular trade, with tho inuny thousands
of people dependent on It for a living?
Would there not be a ruinous soclnl rev
olution, with disastrous consequences it
llnittnlilo In their extent?
Ono of the most mhchlevleus i exults of
tho present dee lino of religious faith Is
Iho tendci o to substituto for It such
schemes of philanthropy as this proposed
shop Instead of treating tlio linmor
tnl sou", as tho ono great loncem of ic
llglon tho new ecclesiastical phllanthiopy
occupies Itself rather with the perlshnble
body, nnd In Its frantic zeal to Justify It
self It Is striking against the social sys
tem and doing Its utmost to produce so
clal chaos.
NEWS AND COMMENT
A Washington dbpatch to the Sun says:
The ordnance bureau ot tho navv depart
ment has settled by recouiso to figures
a very Interesting question concerning the
fighting efllclency ot Dewey's ships In
tho battlo of Manila ba. Just before
Dewey stnrted from Hong Kong foi Ma
nila It wns generally reported that his
ships had a verj small allowance of am
munition This, however, wns not true,
ns the Baltimore which reached Hong
Kong the duv before the American
Hi-uniliiui left there for Mlrs Bay to pre
pare fot meeting tho Spanish fleet,
brought an mrple supply of powder, pro
jectiles and llxeil ammunition. After the
engagement with the Spanish fleet had
lasted about two hours tho American
ships were withdrawn to a sheltered part
of Manila bay for tho purposo ot tuklng
account ot ammunition. Dewey sent up a
signal from tho 01mpla asking how
much ammunition each ship h id left.
Tho signal was misunderstood. Tlio cap
tains of tho American ships took It fen a
question as to tho amount of powder and
shell they had expended In tho fighting,
and each vessel icptortcd "about 15 per
cent" Dewey was alarmed until fui titer
signalling developed that "about 1" per
cent." load been expended, leaving S." per
cent In tho magazines, cnougli to fight
nt tlio pievlous late of expenditure for
eleven hours more The ordnance ofllcers
havo been examining the detailed report,
fiom tlio ships engaged In tho light, giv
ing the amount of ammunition expended
b each during the entire period of tho
engagement which has given tho sur
prising result thnt during tho whole pe
riod of tho battlo tho average expendi
ture of nmmurltton for Dewey's squadron
was only 14 3 per cent, instead of 1.1 per
cent, for the llrst two hours This left
SO per cent. In tho magazines, an amount
sufficient to fight six other engagements
of equal duration Tho reports of tho
ordnance bureau show that at tho time
of entering Manila bay Dewey's ships
had 40,377 shells of all calibre out of a
total allowance of 40 801, and expended
In the battlo 5.SW shells, leaving 31 317, or
i3 3-3 per cent , remaining In the maga
zines. General orders have been issued by the
war department puscilbing tho qualifica
tions for enlistment In tho leorganlzed
regular urni. The order sas. "An,
male citizen of tho United States or per
son who has legally declared his Inten
tion to become a citizen, if above tho ago
of 21 and under tho ago of 35 j,eais, able
bodied, freo from disease, of good char
acter and temperate habits, may be en
listed under the restrictions contained In
this article. In regard to ago or citizen
ship this regulation shall not apply to sol
diers who havo served honestly and faith
fully a previous enlistment in tlie army
Tho enlistment of persons of any of the
following classes Is prohibited: Foimcr
soldiers whoso scrvlco during the last
term of enlistment was not honest and
faithful, Insane or intoxicated persons,
deserters fiom tho military or naval sei
vice of tho United States, peisons who
havo been convicted of felony or who
have been Imprisoned under sentence of
a court In a lcfoimatory. j ill oi peniten
tiary, ulso, for original enlistment, per.
sons undir IS or over 35 years ot rtge, and
for llrst enlistment In tlnio of peace, any
person (oxcept Indian) who Is not a citi
zen of the United States or who has not
mndo legal declaration of his intention
to becomo a citizen of the United States
or who cannot speak, read and write-, tlio
Kngllsh languago " Recruiting oiTlccrs
are directed to be very particular to as
certain tho true ago of tho recruit. Minors
between the ages of 18 and 21 years may
be enlisted with the written consent of
father, only surviving parent, or legall-,
appointed guardian
According to advices received at tho
state department In Washington from
Consul Cunningham nt Aden, an Ameri
can schooner jacht, supposed to be the
Noma, has disappeared In the Bed sea
Consul Cunningham writes that tho IJng
llsh warship Brlsko put Into Aden en
Feb. 4 last und that her commander noti
fied him that he had run across a dis
abled schooner jacht in tho western part
of the Bed sea and had towed her near
1 SO-) miles, when the hawser broko and
the acht and tho Brlsko parted The
commander of the Brlsko didn't know tho
name of the schooner, but said there was
nn American named Weaver on bo.ud of
her. Consul Cunningham's dispatch
leaves llttlo doubt that the jacht was tho
Noma owned by Nicholas J. Weaver, of
tho Atlantic Yncht chili, New York city.
Weaver mil tho Noma left New York
early In October, Jsit. loi u three yeirs'
crulso to the remotest corners of tlio
earth Ho announced that ho was going
to take a paitv of scientific men ulong
with him to collect data and photographi
of unknown tribes of savages and strange
1 mils which tin historians and map mak
ers) hud nnei innd(l A hen ho got
back, nnwspipcr articles and books weio
to be wiltlm abi-ut the discoveries made,
and the s ilc of these wns expected to pav
thu expense's ol thu trip When tho
Noma sailed tne scientific men who sailed
with her who A. 11 Hewlett, natui.il
lt and geologist , Dr. Theodore A. Wnr
r I phjslclan nnd botanist' D. W. Sinltn
photoginphei , W. P. Neweomb and II
P. Tabor, of Buffalo Besides these nu n
and Weaver then was a crow of sixteen
men. Tabor was at one Mine associate
editor of Rlbert Hubbaid's Philistine
Writes "Holland": "When Senator
Cushman K Davis said lo a friend in
this city that ono lino of American nia-i-ufiictuilng
had plants sufficient to supply
tho entlro domestic markets by fuur
months' work nnd that for tho eight re
maining months of tho jcar these man
ufacturers must relj upon export trade
ho did not say all that he might have
said Tor the fact is that In certain lines
tho remaining eight months uro not suf
ficient to meet thu foreign demand It
was said todav that only jesterday u for
eign offering for nearly 23,0)0 tons of steel
rails was not negotiated for the simple
reason that American manufacturers ot
that product are so driven with their oi
ders that they weio unablo to promlso to
make and deliver theso stpel rails before
a vear fiom next Maj That was alto
gether too far oft In Mmo for the foreign
ers, and they havo been compelled to
place their orders with somo of tho for
eign manufactories That Is only one of
a. number ot lecent experiences of that
kind Ono ngent In this city said that
within tlie past four dajs offerings from
Ruropc for contracts for ubout 12,000 tons
of rails were not accepted simply because,
tho American manufactories have i cached
tho limit of their capacity for tho next
twelve mouths."
A set of fnlso teeth and a led applo
plajcd an Intcrostlrg part In mi inipoi
tnnt caso which was decided by Judge
Dobler In tho city court at Baltimore
Wednesday, according to a dispatch in
the Him. Last fall Mrs. Maltha Buck
ingham got a set of teeitli fiom Dr. J.
Henry Merchant, a dentist of that city,
for which she paid J.'j. mid for which the
doctor demanded JS additional, Tho wo.
man said the teeth wore unsatisfactory
and sho sued the dentist for the J3.1. Act
ing upon the advice bf her counsel, she
took to court a big apple for the purpojo
of testing tho theory that If a person
could blto an apple with false teeth It was
a good set. An expert who was present
was asked by Mrs Buckingham's coun
sel as to tho npplo test and he pio
nounced ths theorj a good one. To this
tho lnwver for the dentist also gave as
sent Then, amid roars of laughter, Mrs.
Buckingham drew forth her appto unci
attacked It with such gusto as to haflle
thu experts und win her caee.
Score ono for tlio ollu r side In New
York a dying man tho other day craved
a last ctgarctto smoke The phjslclan
said ho might us well have It us not, since
It wns only atnattcr or u few minutes
beforo ho would bo be-vond tho reach of
earthly distractions, lie Inhaled a few
breaths, wns seized with a violent (It of
coughing, and Is now on tho road to te
coverj LITERARY NOTES.
"Heredity and Mornls" Is the name ot
n book just published by B. B. Ticnt &.
Co., 241-3 West Twenty third street. New
York, which deservis the intention of nil
parents. Its author Di James Poster
Scott, lato obstetrician to the Columbia
hospital for women In Washington, has
had extended professional acquaintance
with tho subject discussed by him and ho
presents facts, warnings and lessons In a
most Impresslvo manner. Ills puiposo Is
to mako absolutely plain tho responsibil
ities nnd porlls in tho phjslologlcal rela
tions of men nnd women nnd to aid by
scientific advlco la tho curtailment and
prevention of tho soclnl evil. Tho sub
ject-matter of his book does not admit
of detailed review In iv tecular newspa
per but wo may say that now hero have
wo seen a moro honorable or Judicious
treatment of Mils Important topic or one
which nnj parent need havo less hesi
tancy In placing In the hands of tho
joung. The author Is frank, candid and
unsparing, but If his bcok could bo
studied by evcrj voung man nnd joung
woman in tho land domestic life would
bo verj' decldedlj the gniner
Admiral Sampson hns written tor tho
April Ccnturj nn Illustrated article lully
describing the work of "Tho Atlantic
Pleet In tho Spanish Wnr," nnd draw
Ing Its lessons. Tho more Important fea
tures of this paper area plan setting forth
tho character of the blockade of Santiago
harbor; maps showing tho relatlvo posl
ttons from day to day of Cervcra, Schley
and Sampson; nnd a series otblrd's-ej-o
plans of tho engagement of Julv 3, show
ing tho positions of tho vessels at dlfter
ent stages of tho fight.
Major-General Wesley Mcrrltt. V. S A
will contribute the lrndlng article to tho
April number of Prank Leslie's Popular
Monthlj'. 'The Philippine Campaign" Is
tho subject of General Merrltt's paper
the foremost topic ot tho hour, treated hi
masterlj fashion by tho commander of
tho United States mllltarv forces which,
In conjunction with the navv under Ad
mini Dewcj. stormed nnd took tho city
of Manila, August 11 1S;iS This nrtlcle,
llko all others In Frank Leslio's Popular
Monthlj-, Is richly Illustrated, constitut
ing one of tho most notublo contributions
to magazlno literature.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Hoioscopo Drawn by AJacchus,
Tho Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: ,131 a m , Friday, March
17 Ifc-vi
CI? u&
A child born on this claj will notice that
Georgia lallroads aio not asking the vol
unteers for testimonials to put in tho
spring catalogues.
It looks ns thcugh our trout fishermen
will be obliged to bo latlslled with the
flavor of tho slsco for manj' weeks hence.
Tlio bird In the bush nlwavs looks
larger than tho one we have In our hand.
Rubbernecks who witnessed "The Tur
Mo" agree tint they got their monoy's
worth.
Tho elements are enough to mako oi.e
loso fnlth In tho seer ml appearance ot
tho groundhog.
A memory that extends to forgotten
Jokes is often profitable.
and
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IiAUGKSr AS30Iir.MI'NT OK RANGES
IN UIIB CITY.
Plmmbimig
and Tineta
GMSTEK k FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
KfflffS
rraccs
Mi
The in.m worked in an Ohio coal mint, and tins i.s the story hu
told : " For some years past 1 have been employed under mother
earth, from one and a half to two mile from the month of the mine
digging coal. The great distance under the hills makes it impossible
for me to get pare Ji, which is forced to us by the aid of great fans.
During breaks in machinery the air would become bad, causing first
great pains in my head, dizziness and fainting. This continued until
next was pains in stomach, indigestion and dyspepsia. Working hard
in the mines I naturally was a hearty eater until at last I had dyspep
sia so bad I stiffeied terrible. The doctor 'je - -ibed for me, but I
only got worse. I took several kinds of .medicine. I saw Ripans
Tabules advertised and going to the drug store bought some. In
three days I was a new man, my head is clear, stomach well, no dys
pepsia. These Ripans Tabules did it."
Odd
Lamp:
We have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
THE CLEMS, FERBER,
AIXEY CO.
422 Lnckniranna Aveau
Lewis9 Reilly
ALWAYS BUSY.
Titoe march of
honest progress
will ever In
crease: Our
Shoes for Spring
are FIT to
march the earth
Lewis, Reilly k Mvies,
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
"-
fi&:i9iA
WR1TJJ IT DOWN
As our ne-eds supgests anything I" the
ofllco and stationery line nnd when jour
list is full bring it to us and wo will siu
prlse you with the novelties wo havo re
ceived in up-to-dito supplies for our of
fice We have uverj thing in the Blank
Hook lino riling Cabinets Document
lloxes, Postal Scales Itox Tiles and the
largest assortment of Itox Stationery In
the City. Whiting's Wcdgcwood Blue, tho
very latest color. In nil sizes In stock
Reynolds Bros
STATM)M:KS ami ENGRAVERS
159 Wyoming Avenue.
Scr.mton, Pa.
book
btadle
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LHAVK YOUK ORLiKIt WITH THR
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Black
Crepong
amd
Qreeadiinies
Another invoice just open
ed of these most desirable and
much sought after fabrics,
puts our stock in better con
dition than will be again
possible at any time during
the seasou, and our advice to
intending purchasers is to
make early selections if you
wish to secure the choice
things.
We show them in a beauti
ful assortment of designs, in
SILK Mi WOOL,
mi m ALL-SILK
FROM
$Eo5 to $5oO
per yait
and mostly exclusive pattern's
For Tailor Made Suits we
are showing an entirely new
line of
CtoevMs, Araiires,
Solids, Bra de Pails,
Clay Diagonals, etc, etc,
Visit our special display of
these Hues, and look them
over.
510 and 532
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
0-
Tnc MonriiK llAiinwvni: .Sronr.
Enameled
Ware
Is cleanly, looks well,
and lasts long.
t IS
Economy
to purchase these goods
and we invite inspection
to our carefully selected
line.
F00TE k SEEAR CO.
Uf) WAblllNOrON' AVK.
The Hoot &
Comeell Co0
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Futures,
Builders Hardware.
134 Lackawanna Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Omciui Ajetitfor ttta Wyoinlaj
l'latrlctij
DUPONT
iliuliiE, llluMIng, Sporting, amokaluii
unci tlie ltep.iiiDo CUiulokt
Company s
fflGI EXPLOSIVES.
feufity Kme, Cap nml KxpIoJan
itoom ()l Cuiinell HuiUlllw.
ttor.tmoa.
AOKNOIM,
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W. U JIULUUAN.
Pittils
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