& THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1899. (Je cttmfon CrfBune 1'iibItshM Pally, P.xuopt iiindnr. br thu Irlbunol'ublliiituj Company, at Fifty Cent? fi Month. 3t.w YorkUfllce: lioNuMnuwu 8. H VltKKI, VNP (oleAcent lor I'orelgn AdvertUlni. NTFHKll AT THE rOOFrlrK AT SCHASTON, 1'A., AStUvCONn-CLAKS MAIL MATTEIt. SCIIANTOX, MARCH 1!7, 180?. Many news communications come to The Tribune mldremod to Individual employe. Nous thus addressed Is al ways subject to delay on account of the possible temporary absence of tlio Individuals to vhom it Is dlieeted. Our ft lends may avoid such llslts by ad dressing all mall matter not personal In Its tiatuie olinply to "The Tribune, Set anion, Va." Satuidny's Instructive Piimaiies. The political battle In Lancaster county which U'.iched a decision at Saturday's primaries was fought di rectly and wholly up the Quay and anti-Quay issue Nothing else entered Into th- I'uiitohl The Quay forces were led by Secretary ot the Common wealth OreNt, the antl-Quav forces ueio led by n variety of Republicans natlM- and Imported, anions them John Dalzull, Ucnoial Knontz, fenntor Plliin and ev-Senatoi Knuffiunn, and the issue sepnratiiit; them was whether Quny should be continued or deposed ni the contiolllni: factor In I'oiinsvl Minia politico. Senator i:hy, of Lan- itr, now voting- at HarrlsburR tor Quay, had announced that If his con stituents at hr iithiwrW should cIioom a nmjnrltj of antl-Quuy dele salef. to the slate convention lie would itittinict H uf a vute of Instructions t diop Quay and oast lilf oto in the joint .istrn,blv foi smut? other Uepub lit an for I'lilted States senator, and around this i.uiviiincenieiit the thick of iIim battle ins d. l.tiurnitt.' county "n.is the Ciawford county pjbteni. tho .uting is open and dliect. A faiici tst way never made, and the j"ult Is !sni(lcint Not onlj was, ccry Quav delegate el, ted. but the lmtx.iln -nu,itcr bolters wffn vvhlp peil out their boots in r-.'oij olty and borouprh and In almost every tow n shlp In the county. The Phlludolphia l'r.ssf which has ljd tli anti-Quay tlsht, admits that the Quay men polled two-thirds ot the total vote and tint i heir vktory litis no parallel for com pleteness In the political hlstoiy of the lounty. On the same day in I3utlr county, the Quay men won a similar vlclorj, electing their two delegates to the state convention and capturing SO per cent, of the county committee. in Satm day Montour county also (hnc a Quay delegate. Of the coun ties which have held piiniarlcs since the caucus-bolting minority at llarrls burg deadlocked the legislature on the t-enatorship by declining to recognize the majoilty's tight to rule, Senator Quay has lost one Lebanon and cai lied six Indiana. I'lilon, Rlalr, War- ion, Lancaster and Butler. His loss of Lebanon was a distinct reverse, but his i jpturu of Hlair and Wniion waH more than an offset, and It shows conclu sive! v that as the light on him now stands the party masses are with him and against the bolters. The opposition to Quay has been -Inewdly planned. The Idru of Ini pii iting him In a cooked-tip ulmlnal Pi'Ki-edlng while hired newspapers and t-l'i akcrs poisoned public opinion itulnst him and men like Senator Mar i n. themselves creatines of paity ieg ulailty, at the last minute bioke faith b lef uIng to enter the senatorial cau- us lepiOEented a perfection of cun ning, w hich, when lav Ishly backed l'.v money, fed by miscellaneous disap pointment1, over patronage and sup pmied by the well-meaning but nils guided moral element which had nit lullj been deceived by nriu-Qiniy fiction untillthadcomeslncerelyto believe that Quay in politics was llrst cousin of the devil, has proved tetnpoiailly effective. It accomplished the Immediate pur pose of deadlocking the legislature and putting fewer than blxty membeis of ihe Joint assembly In a position to defy double theli ntrnbei Yet as time vnt op, the malignity, deception and h.vpneilsy of this political Insuirectlon ciadu.illy became apparent to the plain ipopie of the commonwealth and the 1'iiniailes aie beginning to recoid their irvised opinions of it if a paity mujouty In tegulai caucus Mcsembled has no power to bind paity nit mbei ship together the patty inashei iiiaj well ask themselves what patty iiiganlzatiou Is for If the tall Is to be permitted nnd encouiagod to wag the dog, why bother to have a dog? s these points are duly consldeied throughout tho state and weighed alongside, the lesponsiblllty which l upon the boilers at Harrlsburg foi hav- ng In effect sold out their patty to the Democratic opposition, it is not stupllHlng but lather Inevitable that tin 10 should be a groundsvvell of re. ution In fnvoi of the much abuned but still unconquercd leudei. Matthew Stanley Quay. At this late thins piomlse to bo closed up at Manila so us to permit Admiral Dewey to com home in tlm o see snow again. No Tenable Middle Couue. The situation piesented in the ie fusal of the ehalunan of the executive committee of the Cuban mllltury as sembly to deliver over to Oeneial Biooke the muster rolls of the Cuban insurgent army to that the United States may proceed to divide tiinong those entitled to It the 3,000,000 in cash now lying on board the transpoit Hurn slde In Havana harbor ought not to be dlfllcult to handle. All that it calls for Is a detail of American soldiers to pro ceed to the place where, these i oils are kept and to lake possession of them by foice If necessary. On ItB merits tho case stands thus: A force of natives, about 13.0 stiong, Is In arms uvvaltlns the chance to dis band. Their representative command ers havo cordially accepted the offer of the president of the United States to divide among these Insurgent soldleis $3,000,000 aB u good-will gift for tha puiposo of stinting them In the ways of peaceful lildusti.v; and t i the best of our knowledge the majority of the. i men themselves nie eager to lay down their aims, accept this donation and go to woik for their Island's l construc tion. A gathering of Cuban politicians calling Itself the military assembly has seiuied possession of the nnny rolls and will not penult theso to be used by neneral Hrooke unless ho lit St recog nizes Its authority to act In behalf of the at my. Hrooke has lecognlzed no Cuban organization In this matter, but has treated with the Insurgent com manders ns Individuals. If It were not for the larger Interests of the Island, which demand a speedy disarmament of nil ofllcially unrecognized armed bands of men, ho could with good grace start the Binnsldo with Its $3,000,000 cargo back to the United States .and notify the Cuban kickers that Inas much as they don't appear to want the president's gift It will not be forced upon them. This course Is not feasible under tho existing circumstances for the obvious icason that peaceful disarmament Is immediately essential; henco tho neces sity lor going ahead with the oilglnal programme In spite of the so-called assembly. If any of Its officers or niom bois obstructs the government ho should be treated ns any other dis turber of tho peace and put In Jail. It thov concertedly lesist tho sovereignty of tho United States in tho execution of Its programme of pacification nnd reconstruction they should bo put down with ililes if necessary. There cannot be two hends to the Cuban body politic and until we vacate wo should gov cm. There Is no tenable middle course. The Tribune wishes to acknowledge the courtesv of Messrs. Uanett and Jordan of the Truth nnd J. A. Scran ton & Son of the Republican In offering piess facilities during the temporal y disability of Its own press A Pessimistic Doctcu. The Itev. Di. Joseph May, pastor of the First Unitarian rh.trch of Philadel phia, I', wa fear, suffoilng fiom n fit of melancholia, else he would not on Friday last have declared at a public meeting: "The great danger before our country which would seem to bo im minent Is militarism. If this danger should not be averted I should havo no confidence whatever in the perman ent endurance of the lepubllc.in insti tutions which are our glory and In which the progress of humnnlty seems to consist. Although the present looks very dnik In that our nation is en gaged In the meanest aggressive war a civilized nation was ever led Into, J think we find in the sober Judgment of our pen .t. n creative force that is go ing to defend us from the evils that appear to hang befoie us so lowering 1. I havo an underlying hope that the war system Is veiy near Its end, and that another half century may seo possibly Its overthrow among the na tions of the world." The occasion which elicited the fore going spasm was an assemblage of eminent ciermen, professional men and others convened tn Philadelphia for tho purpose of approving the ac ceptance by the United States of the Imitation of the czar of Itussla to an International conference to consider the subject of disarmament, and cx picsslng the opinion that our repie sentatlve at the conference should ad vocate the establishment of a pei man cut tribunal of aibltratlon for the set tlement of International disputes. The meeting otherwise was a splendid one, resulting in wlso and helpful discus sir u along the lines of the opening ad diess of Its presiding officer. Judge Ashman, who said: "The men of tlw comirg centurv will demand something beside platitudes. They will ask as we nip beginning to ask, 'Whv, If courts of law are competent to adjust dlffet ences between Individuals and between states, are they not adequate for set tling disputes between nations?" What the people of the United States and of Great Hrltain at least, demand. Is the establishment of a peimanent Interna tional couit, with Judges holding a life ttnuie, whoso juiUdlctlnu shall em In ace all matters of Intel national con tioveisy and whose deciecs shall be binding upon the nations who shall lu parties " It Is a great pity that the Just cause of pearetul arbitration has to be hin dered before public opinion by tho watery bloodcdnes.? ot enibauassln? champions like the pessimistic Dr. May. Until the Oti3es seem to bo light smart llchteis, as It weie. Abnoimal nnd Daugeious. We take from tho New Yoik Sun the appended Interesting opinion with which we do not agiee. Mot suulble inm who stuuy Hit sub ject of trusts lntcWgentl must piesently pel reive that tnc opposition to tliem Is chleflj In the nensiupuis. A great p.ut of tho picss apparently thinks It soils pupers by bowling .igulnst ttiits. mid not howling the tiulh. I'm the lest tho oppo sition W tnndo up of n few statesmen In stross for pait planks, and of piofes flonal blackmail- r. In all oui ob. tcrvutlon of trusts vt have known but two kinds of ussioilt made on tin in. The commonest was that hmlgntiU by Wall street stock Jobbers foi tnu effect It might produce upan the prices ot a tiust stock In the maikit, and the less fre quent but equally familiar, was that of tho blackmallei. This last divides eusllv Into two, the blackmailer who has not been taken Into u tiust, or who has failed to sell out to a trust, and the black mailer who owns a hungry newspapc. If our caustic contemporaty should think twice It would perceive that by Its admission of the populailly of antl tiust literature It gives its case away. Unless tho great mass of people wore disposed to view with suspicion, dis trust and fear the centralization of authoilty which enables a few men sit ting In secret conclave to control arbl tiarily, at least for n time, both tho production and pi Ice of articles of gen eral necessity nnd the pay of the men employed in that production, owners of "hungry newspapers" would find scant satisfaction In "howling against irusts," since even In the case of hun gry newspapers It costs money to howl thiougti the medium of type. Ink and paper, nor would party planks In de nunciation of tiusts be effective In catching votes. The simple fact Is that autoctacy In nny form Is against the spirit of this democratic age. Men born to theotct lcally equal lights nnd pilvileges oh Ject to whatever tends to enslave then;, Sometlmos they put tne blame wharo It cloeinot bcloiigtind denounce trusts nnd corporations when they ought to eiisuia their own want of tilt If t. fin gallty, temperance nnd welf-denlal or their own lack of business slnewdness nnd sngaclt. Hut In the case of trusts they see so plainly signs of the possible nbllse of tho abnormal powu enjojed bytho managers of trusts and tecognlze so clearly the desliablllty of n fiee play of competition In business, both as a stimulus to enlei prise nnd ns n check upon cxtoitlon, that they ate con scious ot being fully Justified In hold ing to strict account nil who have to do with tho granting of charter rights for the facilitation of Industry nnd trade. With Its issue of ycsteiday the free Press passed Into tho control of u new company consisting of John W. Klrby ns manager, V. H. Hurflleh, treasurer, and John I. Heamlsh, advertising man ager. P. M. Oreei, nn Industrious and capable Journalist, has been employed ns editor nnd C. H. Derby, well known In local uewspnper circles, as city edi tor. Under Its new management tho Free Press promises to be clean, enter prising and Independent, n programme that ought to win. Wo wish it success. An American photographer has been badly used by n lot of Filipinos whose pot traits he attempted to add to his art collection. There are people on this side of the water who would like to see some of the kodak fiends treated In a Hlmltat manner. Pi of. Wood, of Winconsln, has In vented a machine for photographing sound waves, but It Is probable that the leal beauty of the thing will never be nppieclated until It has been focused upon one of Colonel Uryan's cunency speeches. Governor lloosevelt has no rebel va tlon In his condemnation of rotten beef and we wish he were secretary of war to take enro of the rotten officials and conti actors responsible for Its foisting upon the army. Id flonor of Oiip " First Expansion. I'lom the, Tlmcs-IIeinld nN TIIESn ilnvs nf .,..,. i . Hlan, when hl'ftory i, cited to sup port both s'des of the roritini-..rui. U srov.ing out Of the lesnli nf th wni with Spain, the pioposltlon t , com memorate the centennial of lb pur chase by Thomas Jeff ei son of the Lou isiana terutory is invested wPh more than ordliuiy interest. The purchase of the Louisiana teiritoiy of Uona paite in 1S0J for 15,noo,000 has been refeired to by expansionists In the controversies of the p.a3t few months tiftcner than nny other event In the history of ot.r teuitorlal development. Although the purchase Involved the annexation of contiguous territory, it Is recalled that th propofltlon to ac quire It developed btroiu; opposition, principally i-pon the question of our ability to rovein and assimilate the natives of the territory. o To a lountiy cmnptlslntr 327,Sti square miles of aro.a the Louisiana pur chase added 1.171.9.51 square miles, ex tending Horn the Mississippi to the llockv mountains nnd fiom the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian line, with the dlstiict of N.w Oileans on the eastern side of tho Mississippi. Within this i-glon there niv now, In whole, or In pait, twelve states and two territories, embracing some of the i Idlest and most productive land In our national domain. Of course the antl-expanlon-Ists of 1S01 weie agieed on the propo sition that we had no need of this ter iltoiy, and that $lr.,000,000 three fouiths of wtat wo paid for tho Phil ippines was an exorbitant price to pay I'tance for ending It to the govern ment. In the light of the marvelous agricultural development of this va-U area under AngloSaxon thiift and in dustiy the opposition to this put chase now seems pitifully short-sighted and unwise. Last year's corn crop of the state of Iowa alone, which state was part of the Louisiana purchase, would pay the cost of the entlte Louisiana territory eight times over, while tln wheat crop of Kansas for the same year Is valued at twice the pui chase price. o As the acquisition ot the Louisiana territory was tho first great step in national expansion, and was one of the lour greatest events In the nnnaN of the lepubllc, It Is in eveiy wiiy worthy of national obseivanco by means of a World's fair as now proposed by the enterprilng citizens of St. Louis. As Missouil ranks flrut in population among the states embiaced In tho Louisiana iprIoii, anil contains tlu ptlnclpal cltv. It Is eminently fitting that the exposition should be held In that Mate. The success ot the Tians Mlsslsippl exposition at Omaha, fur nishes some idea of what the vast re gion embraced In the Louisiana pur chase could get together In the wa of a colossal display of the products ot western renins and lndu.-.tr. THE OUTCAST. I Strans.o dicains of what 1 used to be And what I di earned I would be, swim Heforo my vision, faint and dim As mlly distances we see In pictured scciio of falry-lnnds; And ever on, with empty hands. And ejes that over lie to tnc, And smiles that no one undoi-stands, I giopo adown my dtttlny. II Sonio say I waver when 1 walk Along tho ciowded thoroughfares, And some leer In my ees, and tulk Of dullness, when I see 111 theirs Like fishes' ejes. nllve or dead Hut surfaces of vacancy Ulank disks that never seem to see Hat glint and glow and glaie Instciul. HI The ranged shawl I wear Is wet With driving drlppliu; laltis, und jet It seems a rojal raiment, wheie, Through twisted tonents ot my hair, 1 see rare gems that gleam and shine Like Jewels in h stream of wine. Tho gaping shoes that clothe m.v feet Aro golden sandals, and the snrinu Where courtiers grovel ami repeat Vain prayers, and wheie In Joy thereat, A fulr prim's doffs his plumed hat. And kneels, and names mo all things sweet IV. Sometimes the sun shines, and the lull Of winter noon Is like a tune The stars might twinklo to the moon If night wore white and beautiful For when the clangor ot tho town. And strife of truffle soften down, The wakeful hungwr that I nurse, In listening, forgets to curse, Until ah, Joy! with drooping head I drowse, und dream that I nm dead And bulled safe beyond their eyes Who either pity or dsplse. Janica Whlttomb Hlley. NKWS AND COMMENT. The iittiichinelit between a ioiim kntloils editor nnd his ncwsiupcr Is not unlike the lovo of a parent for his cull J. As an illustration lliu Clilcuso llniw-llerfiiil tells this Incident In the life or the line Joseph Meillll- As I' Well Miami. Ml Mrcllll's lir.ii 1 1 1, lnm Inlrrfrrml with Ids constant ptesence at the Tribune olllte.1 for several eurs h was curicntlv m morcd that he had mown weiiry of tho burden of bis eilltoishln and was Pie- puled to sell his Interest, settle his af fnlrs In Chicago and retire to the gentler climate of Houthcin California. Negotia tions wero accoidingly opened with Mr Medlll by u gentleman ilesltoui of pur dinning his Interest In the Tribune. Mr. Medlll entertained tho proposition to sell, but hnlted ns to tho price, upon which a matter of some $230,ei0O separated the parties. Finally they came to ternu on llgures not far from n lound $2,000,000 for Sir. McdlU's controlling Interest In tho Tribune. Uverythlns was In readiness to closo tho transaction and tho check to bind It was In Mr. Media's hands. Hut the touch of the check seemed to cnuso tin Instant revulsion In tho nged editor's feelings. Ho se fined to lcnllzo that 'ha Trlbuno was scmcthlng more to him than tho cold dollars he hud set upon It "I can't do It," he said. "Take back your check. 1 cun't part with tho Tilbuno. You niltiit as vvll ask me to sell my child." So the negotiations were broken off r.nd Mr. Medlll contl.nitd to be the guid ing spirit of the Chicago Tribune until his death. Under a rule adopted bv the navv de partment In naming new vessels battle ships are given the names of stales. Wj havo now In the navy tho battleships Iown, Indiana, Massachuretts, Oicgon and Texas. The ships of this class under construction have been given tho names of Kenrsurge, Kentucky, Illinois Ala bimii, Wisconsin Maine, Missouri and Ohio. Tho Inst three havo Just been con tracted for nnd were authotlsied by tho navv appropriation act for the curient ear The three battleships authorized nt the last session, and tho consltuctiin of which Is llkclj to be delajed until fur ther nctlon can be had by congress In re gard to armor plate, will bo the hugost vessels of tho navy, nnd will have a dls. placement of at least 1.1,000 tons. No steps bavo yet been taken for giving them names, nnd It Is suggested by the Wash ing correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledcgr that a movement should be start ed In Pcnnsjlvanla to havo one of them named for the great Kevstone state. "It seems fitting," says he, "that one of theso battleships should bear tho name of tho state from whose resources piactlcally all of tho materials that enter Into the construction of modern war ships aro supplied nnd fabricated, and within whoso gcogrnphlc.il limits the gi eater number of tho vessels constituting tho now navy wero built." The now law In Kansis which pioviries that uncollectible Judgments obtained against llrms, corporations oi Individuals on behalf of the state shall bo sold ct public auction has r.ot, according to tho Philadelphia Record, proved' very suc cessful In Its operation. In Cowley coun tj the other dav such n sale brought J-MO, and tho bill for advertising whs $1,iW, leaving the tnxpa:.cr.s out ot pocket Just $1 2M "When a Pop takes his hand from tho plow," observes ono of tho state pa peis, "and puts It to the statute book the weeds of folly are almost sine to choke out the seeds of Justice nnd com mon sense " It appears from a tabular statement of the Internal revenue bureau tint the to tal iccepts under tho war-tax law up to February 1, uyi, amounted to $02,012,191. The dlstiibutlon of tho tax was as fol lows: For stamps on checks, documents, and patent medicines, $2t5,.W.I10: beer. 41U- 0SI.40U; special taxes, $1,21S,S07, cigars r.nd cigarettes-, J2 502.03S; tobacco nnd snuff, $s,iG2.C2I; Inheritances, $25W31; excise tax, $3S0,271 This indicates an annual revenue of upward ot $UW,0OO,O0O from the war tax. John Shei man's first vUlt to Washing ton was made In December. 1SIG, when ho was 21 cMrs old. Washington then had S0.UXI Inhabitants. Ml. Sherman rode In a stsge coach from Mansfield, O.. tn the national road south of Newark and thence over that load by stago to Ciim beilfind. Md. From Cumberland ho rode to Hnltlmoro and subsequently to Wash ington in steam cars, tho Journey by rati taking the gieater part of two days, and the entire Journey nearly a we k. Pi ofesor James Dewai, of London who discovered tho process by which air can bo liquefied and thus made pos-lblu the wondeiful expeilments upon which Pro fessor Trlpler K now engaged, will soon leceive thiough the American embassy tho first gold medal ever awarded bv the Smithsonian Institution. The medal Is threo Inches In diameter and Its bullion value Is niore than $3'). Tuikey has been engaged In war thlrtv eight !,i'.irs of the present century con siderably more than one-third of the time Spain comes next, with thirty-oiio jeais ot war: Franco has had tw cut j -seven j ears: Hussla, twenty-foui ; ltalj twentj thrie, llngland, twenty-one: Austria, ,ov tiitccn, Holland, tourteon. Uornian, thirteen: Sweden, ten. Portugal, ten, Dcnmuik, nine O.abishu A CJiow', although thie months joungcr than John Sherman, en tercd congress four tnrs ahead of the great Ohio llnancler and hid ho beta kept there would doubtless have equalled or excelled Sherman at every point. In natuial ability ho Is easily Sherman's equal. THE PRIVACY OF TELEGRAMS. From the Philadelphia Ledger A great mass of business will pit n upon the Pennsylvania l(gllatuie In the closing dajs of the session. Attention has been diverted from the ordlnaiy woil. of the body by the Inteusl attaching to tho election of a United Stutes senator and to the bribery Investigation, and there Is Imminent danger that unwN,. and pernicious legislation may 1l pass 1 Unless members give private studj to th bills to be voted upon crude laws an suro to bo enacted, tor little or no time can be spared toi exhaustive and in foimlng public debate upon nianj pend ing measures. Under the modern rtilus ot proceduto In most of our legislatures full discussion of debatable bills Is hm il ly possible. Pluuslbl and specious ie i. uons will bo advanced for the passage el certain bills which would work very mum moio harm lluin good, and should, thete fore, be defeated as it matter of sound public pollcv. o Leglslatois mo needed who can dis cover tho ultimate effect and far leach ing lnllucnco of proposed statutes and detect the Insidious public wrong whicn links In Innocent looking bills. Som times tho brlelest bills reverse, uml air Intended to iovcic, well settled law as decided hi the comts, or to ovirthiou long established stututo Inw nbviouslv ntcisaiy to safeguard pioperiv oi the rights of the citizen. If a. bill Is llkeh io work moie Injury than bencllt io the pu -He, It deserves defeat, whatever nn In genious special pleader may sa in lu b -half. Some sprclal motive, some personal or class Interest. U tn tho background of many bills. Tho vigilant repiesentatlve by a little inquiry cun discover wheth r the pubtlo will bo benefited by the mcHR uro. If It be of doubtful expedient v the public should bo given tho benefit of Hie doubt, for legislation not elearb needed cannot be otherwise- than Ill-advised and harmful. u Among tho specious bills before the les Ulaturo which should be defeated Is house bill No. 13. piactlcallj removing pri vacy from telegraphic coirespondence. House bill No. ID 1ms passed In tho huuse It provides thut prosecutors and chlofs of pollco shall havo power to cxnmtno teleeams on (lie In telegraph olllces when thero U a "suspicion" thut tho messages lefer to green good, gambling or other Illegal business, ,'lhe bill permits ofllccu to invade tho privacy of telegrams, np- parcntly on the mrro theory that they havo reference to the ctlmes nunicd, with out using the methods now authorized bj law to mnko telegrams evidence In legal proceedings It Is Infinitely mole Important that tho privacy of corre spondence by telcKtaph should bo mvio lntit than that "gamblers," "gieen goods ' men or other criminals suspected of send ing or receiving telegrnphlo messages re. ferrlng to their ttnnsiirtlonH should be de tected by peering Inlo the files of the telegraph olllces. This Is a dangerous iiuthorltj to be given nn pollco oillelal. and Is sure to bo opnreslvel exercised. From the published outllno of the bill It nppears that the olllclals to be clothed with this extraordinary power can net upon tho vaguest suspicion that mesnnert bearing upon criminal business nro to bo found In this or that telegraph olllce. Telegraphic correspondence has been sed. ulously guarded hitherto by drastic penal statutes, nnd tcasonahte provision exists to secure Its disclosure If of ma terial lniportnnce In court, without con stituting police olllcers ole Judges ns to whether secrecy should be icmnvcd from dispatches. o The license proposed to be given to prosecutors or chiefs of police, or to other persons, to seach telegiaph olllces on sus picion or upon the mere alienation that they suspect that evidence of crime would be thereby discoverable. Is fntlit lv too much power to bo given to any Individual. It would bo gilevotisly abustd in tho name of law. JOVIALITIES. Uoj Papa, who wns the first weather prophet.' Papa Ananias Crlpt. "You weie on jour beat when this riot, occurred?" asked the attorney. "No, sor," replied tho policeman; "I wns cm the neck ave the spalpeen In tho dock, cr 'miner." Philadelphia North Ameil cau. Hates That nephew of jours cilled me blackguard. Yates Jus-t like Hen; no tact about tlu boy. 1 ve nlvvajs told him that the truth was not to be spoken on nil occasions. Hoston Tianscrlpt. A Helping Hand Aunt llairlet hns written letters to Gtneinl Ungan und Congressman Iloberts." "In the name of sense, what for?" "She wutits them to Join her Don't-Worry Club." Hi ooklj n Life. As It Seems Mis. Hoon (looking up from her reading) "Tho Chinese Invent ed gun powder." Mr. Hoon Yes; but It was so many years ago that they havo long since forgotten what it was for Puck. Justice What have mi to snv tn an-1 swer to the charge nf steallm, this man a plank wnlk? The Accuseel 1 took It by advico of my physician, "yer honor. Ho told me to take a long walk every dav. This was tho first long walk I saw to-j (la, ana oi com so i toosc it. uosion Transcript. "My dear," said a repentant husband to his wife, "If I ever used any unkind words to ion, I take them nil back" "No. you won't. I know you. You want to use them nil over again," she replied. Peal son's Wcckl. Papa Seo the spider, my boy. spinning his web Is It not wonderful? Do you re flect, try ns he may, no man could spin that web? Johnny What of It.' Seo me spin this top' Do you reflect that, try ns he may, no spider could spin this top? Household Words. Johnny," said a teacher to u South Side grocoryman's C-j ear-old, "a lie can bo acted as well as told. Now, If jour father would put sand In his sugar and sell It ho would bo acting a He and doing verj- wrong." "That's what mother told him." said Johnny, impetuously, "and ho said ho didn't care." Columbus Journal. "He Isn't exactly what I'd call an In sincere man, ' lemarked Mr. Hlykns, "and ho wants you to llko him. Hut" "Yes," said tho person who is always eager to luar bad news about human nature, "Will, he's tho sort of man who will find out what time you aio sure to bo loo busy to leave before ho takes chances on "asking ou out to lunch." Washing ton Star. and u mace LVI.OESr ASSORTMENT OK HANOI; IN TIIU CITY. PlymWmiff Tloiniiinii and GURSTER k FORSYTH, 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE. IimIIMCS LW"" &&- '- "" 1 suttcrcd greatly from luer mid kidney oomplaiu., I had frUhtful pnliiln m luek iiad would liavu toett down nearly nil the time Itheiimitlsm tmd cur oonr lu my jiij iirldntj nnd n-ilnlnstuiu I could uot dee;, und In llin mutningvrhon I r.nuotawo.k I wasOftuh'K and disheartened n nm ono rould b 1 Inol duftoiel 101 t ir with on of tlionn-ai eminent phitkiuuain Brooklyn IW ihimjiIuccI modioli! uiier mi-Ir lr.c,i ikim u.y money oncli time, of courf. Unulii) HuK'W.ilktnsnlouBtlioitrect I pir'od ti" lie Sli Land uul liuvlnr thu tlmojust then to rend it f pur it lu my ticket It u fall of ti-stUioiil.iU la ihe ertliurj uf ItlpaiiaTalulii As I rt-iil irMiiuomtl nftrr testimonial. I c-uuc atom teur.il ;lit fitted mycase. Dinin IMaild, 1 umcolnn 1 1 trvmmuof Uu-"' ililiw Tl'fl nro Jiiitt wli-.t I need. That ulebt I uoimhtu box.5-c.tnt lUf, itml hcim ilu ir i-i I'lnt ww ilwi't ten mniiihaaRo. I gradually improved und no,ui forlj .seven, niter luwiu lived u nrulty hard lite. I am lntha rery beitcf hiMltli. , , ,, .,.,., . u i Jly liver and kldueia ui o In ifood tli ipc and ncwr i- ul'r nionl ill I rrcritt ilioTobak's forniyimuroic.neiil Tliey dvod me upr.ll rlulit wiif.i I ill uil'it tln-i; . u.j lellel foi i ic The other du I met my nit dormr. He bau toM iw on ni liv vMi f I ell I not trthrrfed earo of mvself I would bo dead vutbin a car lie ..etel mo vi't'i ' llullno, mu you not dead vet!" "So," Inald "I'll Hie to cut ihe chicken ihv cratches over jour nrnve 1 havo never seen lilniblncc .... ,,... Oiirdriver thero lioli nw tukes them coniinun!l hIuci Irci ommtujj I them. Hr ised to sillier ten Ibli vlth rheumatljm. Ho CAiuelu here ono d with critiie. I don't kuo howhostoodii Ills condition was someihltivuwful Ibe-c l'uuulca have c uitd him. His vv bolo family takes them, ho telU mo They think the world f them. A printing Ink salesman wbocoiuoa in hcrualao tukes lliem fortcmlnuuptho ajutctn und IccpliiK bis stomach In tooil working order Ucjfayaii'jiluut! t.m equal tbcm 'by, my little boy and Klrl, tha them pb 1.' cm tint nap n then, take them They were troubled I ih worms, both of them. The Utile nlrl wuaiuiiurybi.d waj. Iltr face was sharp and pinched lookinic Wanted to sit mound the brute and ic cr i'o out Alwuya felt tlrod Hothof them nto too much cnrdv.nnd jou know thr.t'H jul tha thlntt to help tho worms. Well, 1 started Klvlnc them 'inbulc. I broko one Tabulc Into a towderfonn und dissolved lila water I gave each of them thut do c throe 1 1 nun n day. Tho result vou can ece for yourself Thoworm iru till cono novi.ond thu children nre as htnttby us I would wUh them to he 'ihey want to bo out of doors uln. he time non.optrlilljr tho little clrl. 1 can't keep her In. llati win, bless jou, lean t rI" tin u oncut It n oidj lit iduht I Bald to mother, wo abull huvo to husllo uiound now D Rtt enousu togctlitr to feed thusu children. Vnewityla parLet rontstnlor tki RirAKi Tisnci In a paper carton (without rUillino for Ml at Nimi dnitf itnrfd rov vivs ccnts Thu Ui irluM Mrt ! lntsniti furt.iflpo 'ul tha wnimlil on dczea of the flvpent ilrtnnn (1A) tNi- mii Ix lrn.1 liy iHitli br t'id.nv rri elf lit ,em ti ll uirASs c'iumual I'oarAMT, No. iopruri'triHt.Ne,v Vurt orartultiirton ctiw iaplcmo till U ?ut Cor live rnta. UirAws TAjitUJUULyklbO bvbadct kiovcu, cner.il toukixxr,i.cwa bfruti an4 t U'49r .iMrim jiai barLcr slMp. o did Laiiups We have a number that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money. tie ciEioK mm (HMJLiEY GO. -It!'.! Lnckiiwaunn Avemia Lewis, Reilly ALWAYS BUSY. The march of honest progress w51l ever in crease; O ti r Shoesfor Spring are FIT to march the earth Lewis, Reilly k Bavlss, 114-116 Wyoming Ave. nttniw WRIT Li IT DOWN As oui needs sugge-os nn thins i'i ibe olllce and htutloner lino and wln.ii jour list Is full bring It to us and wo will Mir-prls'- you with the novelties wo havo ic celvcd lu up-to-date supplies foi jour ol llce We have evci thing In the Ulank Hook line, I'lHns Cabinets Document 11m .111 l)Aulnl Cnnlno T!n fill w nnd tllfi laiscs't assortment of Hok stationery In the Cltv. Whltii.B's Wcilirewood Hlue. the very iaiei ciuur 111 uu pi.u m -iuvn Reynolds Bros STATION L'RS uml KXOR AVERS 1 ;q Wyoming Avenue. Scranton, Pa. book Medio! ni;at. ih'kaulh boou hindino is what you HLVbivr: ir you LHAi; YOUIt OltUllIt WITH THH TRIBUNE B1NDUKY. ciV"- .'' Iwm Wife VifefeS!52a -s3pj Up - -er rz TT TT 1Y TT IP " 7 9 rO . Ji I lb ID II U tafaets9 and CIhMdree95 Department r Our Spring Opening of i Takes place this week, com mencing on Monday, and we invite every interested party to attend the Finest Display of this particular line of goods ever placed on sale by us. The daintiest things im aginable are here for your in spection in Silk, Silk Mull, ChifFon, Straw, Lawn, Etc., and in prices ranging from 25c to $12.00 each. Our line of Maflls' Img Cloaks Is not surpassed by any es tablishment and comprises garments in Silk, Cashmere and Bedford Cord, and the prices range from $2.00 to $15.00. In Infants' Long and Short Nainsook and Fine L,awn Dresses we carry a very ex tensive assortment. New line of Babies' Fine Flannel and Knit Sacques and Jackets, Knit Bootees, Etc., Etc. in fact, every perquisite that a "Baby De partment " is expected to supply and all at popular prices, 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Tur MotiFn.v H utDvRB Kronr. Keep your nose on the grindstone. Be alive to what is going on around you. Live buyers are Liking advantage of our offer of HicWfr-Platcd Trays For 15 cents each FOQTE & SIMft CO. no w.vsniorov avji The Hunt & CoirnjnieDE Co. heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. iM iKlwmn Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ocutiui Acenl lor tnd Wyoming ImtrlcJ- iliUInu, Wauling, Sportlnt, mokalall und lliu Itcpnuno Chemio-i. Luiupuny i HIGH EXPLOSIVES. fculety Kuse, Oins mid Uvploden r.gom Hit t'oniiell Ilulldln;. no m ut ox AailNOIhH jiios roKH joii.Mi.fMirii.vioN VI. U MULUUA.N. Pltlsta Plymouth WIlUes-liM" and Cloaks lilt Duroirs POIH.