'4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MAttCTT 28, 1809. (Sc 5crcmfon CnBtme I'nhiiHhnt Dally. Kxcopt snmlnr. tiv tim Tribune I'ttblliiilriz Compnny, nt Fifty Cortti iiMonUi. ltt YorkOMleo: lMt Nnmi U kh. viiiikianix t-oloAgent for Foreign AelvertMnx. IKTKRKIi ATTIIE IMWOWCK AT WtlAXTOX, r AK sno.vi-ci.Ass MAIL mattkr. SOU ANTON, MAHC1I 28, 1R9 Wo note with rilciuuru the fnct thnt prnvtlcnllv every scat litis bten sold for Jnmpp 'Wliltconit) Ultey's readings at tho Lyceum theater tonight. Such nn cvliluiire of liiirnilar appreciation la not only highly compllmmtpry to tho delightful poet und cntertulncr but Is also a fine compliment to tho lntelll Kenco und cllxcernment of the local pub lic. Repair the Streets. The (UPtlmi of street ropaliH, which Is again before councils, should be cuii nldcrcd strictly us a business piotxisl tlon, without favoritism or Wiii. What nro the facts'' Kor two yeais or nioie the asohalt urcoH have received practically 113 attention whatever so fnr as effective lepalrs ai concerned. Driving over them today Is not only uncomfortable but uIm dangeious. Uvery day of neg lect adds to the danger and adds to the cost of recalling when rcp.iltliifT Is nuclei taken. A proposition I" befor the city In the form of tin ncceiU" 1 pontlact to u-D.ili all at)halt ou of bond for a period f ten cars at n. late of $1T.COO a Jem. Tlltite ippoheil to carrlng nut this untrai t pioporj in an alternative that the city build 11 plant nf Its own and do the rep'tU'lnsi Itself. Their proposition comes srrsi" what taidlly after the other plan has been adopted and tatllled, but never theless let 111 inmlne Into Its met Its and see whether, een If It could now be put into tj.ei'utlon, It would lie .1 Judicious business Investment. To rohtiifiuii Washington, Pi nil, I'a pousp, l.aek.uwinna. and West Lacka wanna avenues and Linden stitet, as Mill have to be done In either case. Mill, Me ate tellalily Infoimed, i-t not )eit than IJto.dOO. und possibly $100,000. If the city undertakes this bv means of a plant of Its own It will li:ive to borrow the money and eieate a sinking fund until the loan is tepald With a 10 per cent thinking fund and a 4 per cent. Interest rate we should have to raise each year, on the $00,000 estimate, M2.G0'); or on the $100,000 estimate, $14, 0u. About lfiO.000 yards of other pave, some j.et In bond will temain to be provided for. The lowert nnnml late per vard fnr repairs on tecord Is, ocr I, cents, and the late In some cities is as high as SO cents, the average fori the principal American and Huropean cit ies being about It tents. In Hiunlng haiii, Kngland the model city, Council man Lansing found that the cost v.ir ld from 11 to IS cents. Hut een at ." cents till0, in a hott time, as nrui as the remaining pae Is out of bond, would add $V0O r- yar to tho $12,oo u $11,000 mentioned above, bilnglng the voarly cost ol the city leputr plan: project fiom $3,100 to $i,100 In esce'-s uf the llguro hpeelflcel In the existing contract The Interest charge In this calculation would naturally dreie.i'.e with tho annual accumulation of sink ing fund but not enough to bridge the illtciepancy fo as to present an atgu ment on the f-coro of economy. In other words, at the verv lowest calculation, for the city to undertake this wntk on Its own hook, assuming hat It could manage the task as eco nomically and efficiently as a ptivate firm or corporation skilled In tho busi ness, would cost, on a ten-ear basis, mote a year than the lowest bid re ceived from private enterprise. Hut It Is notorious that in cities like SJcian tm public works are conducted ex travagantly as compared with pilvato enterprise. Politics, Jobbeij, pull and bungling Incompetence all have to be leckoned as factors In the equation It would not be out of Joint with the ex perience in other cities If a city repair plant In Srraniou should cost twice as much as private enterprise doing the name woi k. These nie facts to lie (onsldered, not In passion or In prejudice, hut mathe matically. The property-owners of Scrnnton have been assessed $350,000 for asphalt streets and they have paid In this gtcat sum upon the understand ing that the cits would for Its part keep the puvt'il stieets In good lepalr. The city at this time Is not living up 10 Its continet, notwithstanding that at the $17,600 rate the cost of tepalts would be less than 3 per cent, on tho otlg Inal investment. When tho volume of trafllc on thes-e main-traveled thor oushfares Is taken into account and due allowance Is made for the economy In tmvel when the streets are in g.iod lepalr, tho sum ai.ked for ropntis under tho contract now In existence Is neither lnige nor unreasonable It Is the cheap est prleo yet revealed nml unless n bet ter bargain Is soon foi incoming tho dilly-dallying should cease and tho Mink of repairs be authorized forth with. Tho work of tho Tenth Pennsylvania regiment at Manila pioves that it was no Idlo boast when the claim wqh mado that tho Pennsylvania olunteers weio the equals of the regulnis. Anent the School Fund, Our e.stoemed contemporary, tha Truth, Is emphutPnlly In the tight lu Us contention that an Injustice Ik dono to other oblccts of proper state con cent when more than half tho common wealth's revenue Is nppropilated for public schools. Pennsylvania gives fifty per cent, more to Its schools than Is given for the same purpose by artv other state In tho Union and jet do is not have schools to compare with thosu In New Voik, Mubsachusetts. Ohio, In diana or Illinois. The trouble Is not that so much money Is devoted to public Instruction: twice afi much could bo spent to ad vantage. Tho trouble Is In the way St Is given. When the mate goe Into a community, nu It Is doing in offset at this minute in hundreds of localities In I'emwylvnnln. and says to the tux. payers: "You needn't bother much to ax; yourselves to suppoit sohooU, we'll support them for you," It Btlfles the 0110 Instinct which Is most potent In btlnglng out good results the Instinct of self-help. People who get their school funds easily, by gift from tho state, spend It easily and carelessly; they become Indifferent and tho schoolt soon reflect this In tho character of their Instruction. Tho school which does tho most good Is the school kept up by the self-denial of Its constit uents; the school which costs. It Is as tme In educational matters as It la In business that you cannot got something for nothing. The gift of $3,100,000 a year In Penn sylvania from the state revenues to the school districts Is, as the case stands, less of a benefit thnn 11 Hin drance to the cause of public educa tion. It may not be popular to say this. It may catch votes to urge the state to Increase rather than to di minish the sum of Its mistaken liber ality. Hut truth Is truth, and u tlmo will come in the administration of tho slate government of Pennsylvania, it It Is not already at hand, when with out regurd to temporary expediency 11 stand will have to bo taken against the political ballooning of tho school fund nnd In favor of putting a larger shate of the burden whoro it Justly be longs upon the shouldcis of the people In the districts benefited. The bill at Hnnlsburg, which has passed the house, doubling the present tax on the gross premiums paid to llfo and flic Insurance companies Is a bill to lax every purchaser of Insurance, and that means every sensible man who has anything to Insure. Moreover it is a step which, if taken, will seri ousiy embatrass all Pennsylvania In suinnce companies which do business In othei states and aio theiefore sub ject to letallatory legislation. More icvetitie is needed; that everybody must admit; but the sensible way to get It Is not by cutting oft one's nose to spite one's ugly face. Licenses as Property. Aptopos of the bill at Iliurlsbur-; making liquor licenses personal prop el tv subject ns other property to trans fer, lew and itle, the Philadelphia Ledger remarks ' The passage of such a measure would be not onlv against good public policy, but It might peilously affect caret ully flamed legislation under which tho coutts exercise disci etlonary power as to the petons who shall bo licensed to sell liquor, and as to the places where llquois may be sold. A license to sell liquors Is .1. guarded prh liege attaching to a particular per son, Mho shall exerciso It at a particu lar place, a privilege which Is and ought to be lovoVablo at tho will of the licensing power Miien it appeals that the holder of the license Is an un fit person or that a licensed house Is no longer demanded for the accommo dation of the public at thu place named in the licence certificate. The act In question apparently proioues to make a liquor license a sort of perpetuity, to give It at any rato distinct value as a piece of ptopcrty. to transfonn it l"to .1 tangible right which can be levied upon anil sold. The bill upsets the theory of our license legislation from the foundation of the commonwealth, and, it enacted, will prove tho enter ing wedge tor a rerles of pernicious aits 10 make liquor licenses practically iuevocable as to the places to which they weie oilglrally granted." The illustrations which have been given in Lackawanna county of tho disci etionaiy power of the license court have not been of a character to Invest that power Mlth the s-anctlty which the Ledger seems to claim for It. .Vor have the needs of the public been so nicely and impartially considered as to make it a matter of anv special locnl concern whether licenses are distribut ed by Judges or hawked at public auc tion. No doubt theie are lev-nll'lcs In Pennsylvania vvlie-ie the Judicial discre tion Is an appreciable public safeguard; but we cannot class Lackawanna among them. In this county wo have hud numerous examples of men getting licenses after open conviction as law breakers; vvu have had licenses grant ed one year and revoked the next with conditions Identical In each case; and mo have had speakeasies going in full blast In conspicuous locations after tho court had turned down the applications of their piopiietots for llcenres. These are not exceptional but common In stances, title without regard to tin polltii s or the personnel of tho court. They mciely reflect a pievalent con dition. t'ndor these circumstances tho Led ger will understand that it makes precious little difference In this patt of the state whether licenses are theor etically a guarded or an uuguatd'd privilege uttuihlng to partieulat per sons. In fm t It Is an open question in Noithcastern Pennsylvania wiuthei It wculd not on all accounts be fairer and better If the license law were so amend ed that evcrj man or woman wanting a license could get It. with no questions asked, by simply appearing at a desig nated revenue otllce nnd producing the pi Ice. The I'nlted States government handles Its license business on thlb Jm paitial basis nnd eveiy speak easy pro pi letor knowtf enough not to try to evade the Internal rovenuo olllce. If licenses are for revenue only they shuuld be open to all comeis; and ns for the laws governing the bonis and conditions of tho salo of liquor, they aie not enfoiced any better under tho present scheme than they would be In a free-for-all While the objectors were holding up the Paris pence treaty lu the United States senate tho Filipinos vveio build ing the entrenchments which have been taken only at tho sacrifice of the lives 1 01 many urave men. lu history's roil I of Infainv Hencellct Arnold will have many rivals among the members of tho last senate, Ileie Is a bit of welcoma nrnvs from Santiago "Oenerul Wood's March cs- tlpiate has finally been approved by , the nuthoiltles at Havana, anil conse j quently those who have been uneirv ! ployed nie able to resume wink, rttliev- Ins the strain." Centralization of nu I tlioilty In Cuba in iwcowry and the I natives wilt have to get usd to It, but It will havo to be efferted gradually nnd only as the different municipalities nnd provinces nro themselves llrst rehabilit ated and put on a self-sustaining basis. Tho army beef champions are In con dition to tetlre from tho last trench. 1'ecnl Journalism, Tho recent nctlon on pait of the edi tor of one of Scrnnton's scurrilous so called newspapers In handing a Cat bon dale correspondent over to Justice on account of an nlleged libelous aiticic forwarded to the paper, should be a lesson to ambitious writers who take plcasuro lu poking their neighbors In tho columnsof scandal-spreading news papers. Persons who Imagine that they can fire darts from ambush behind tho editorial or alleged news departments of an nvetuge sensational Sunday paper ' aie Invariably deluded. Theie Is no one In tho business who Is less liable to afford "protection" to a writer than the publisher who Invites scandalous contributions. Ho Is always full of bravado, In print nnd out, Miien 110 Im mediate dnnger threatens, but at the llrst shadow of approaching trouble , will yelp like a chastised cur and sac- 1 Ulce anybody and everybody tuther . than face the music in person. I Mnie. LIU Lchinanu, the great Ger man prima donna, has Inaugurated a ciusnde against tli slaughter of birds for the purpose of decorating ladies' hats, and already has a large following In her native uind It Is to be hoped that tho singer's success Mill prompt her to el"iid efforts to this country In a way that may reach the baibarlans who dehorn cattle and saw off the tails of horses. Mexican newspapers are becoming less excited over the recent remarks of Cecil Rhodes. It has Just dawned upon them that Mr. Khodes cuts no more Ice as nn adviser of the government than one of tho ex-purchasing agents In the "embalmed beef" department No one should heieafter doubt the sagacity of General Jacob Coxey. lie knew Just Miien to quit the calamity business and go Into the circus enter piiso. Cortnln others of piomlnence In the ranks of the tearful would do well to follow Coxey's example. One henis but little of Tuiko's growing difficulties these days. 1'nless a war correspondent or two locates In Turkey soon her troubles will bo for gotten entlieiy by the outside vvoild. Colonel Iiryan would doubtless be willing to speak In New Yoik city at any time provided the bouquets were guaranteed In advance. Asuliuldo at the present time is lu very neaily the position of the man ager of a tail-end base ball nine. NEWS AND COMMENT Are we .1 dlng race? 1'iuin the report In the Post of a lecture recently delivered in Washington by Dr. J. 11. Kellogg the InfciLiico is unavoidable that we are Dr. Kellogg took the ground that Hie man of today is physically Inferior to his ancestois, and that, as a race, wo are degenerating. Insanity, said Dr. Kellot-'g, Is gie.itly on the Increase, nnd, accotdlng to stntls-tics, thero are tlueo times as many Imbeciles today as tlicre wuro fifty tais ago. If thlb rate of lnciease continued, the speaker asserted, the entire laeo would he lusanu in i03 ears. Dr. Kellogg does not take a pes simistic view of the situation, however, and he believes that the present condi tions aro duo to Incorrect habits of diet, dings, vvutk, and exercise, which can bo and ought to be overcome. In the mat ter of diet Dr. Kellcgg Is not only a strict vegetarian, but ho lajs equal emphasis upon the pioper preparation and cooking ot food ns a means of Impioving tho health The speaker laid the ban upon such artlces as mustard and pepper, nnd stroiiKlv condemned coffeo and tea, es. pcclall). Ho sild there is no food value In cither of these chinks. "There Is more Intoxication in a cup of strong black tea," said Dr. Kellogg, "than lu a glass of otdluary beer. Thousands of women contract nervous troubles ot var ious sous through ti.i drinking. Oni should abstain from cheese and ojsteis" (in the subject of animal food the speak er held that as nil notirl-linicnt cumc.s ul timately fiom tho vegetable world, peo ple obtain nothing ot v.iluo from tha eating of flesh which could not be ob tained mini the vegetable kngdoin. A wilier In Atuslee'H Magazine foi Apill tells bow Irving M. Scott, the man who built tho Oregon, ,jnee icfused u raise lu his sahuy. It was when he was woiklug Tur a ill in manugid by a man named Donahue. Tho 111 111 was th-ti building the Saginaw for tho government. Donahuo was at tho legislature much of the tlmo soon after Scott's 111 rival, und nffalrs at the works Mere at sixes and sevens Urodle, tho foreman, threatened to leave and did leave, and Siott, without any authority, and although only tngaged as a draughtsman, took entire ch.ngo and directed things for two wctks until Don ahue's return. Ho Introduced system Into the methods and made alfalis run along so smoothly that Donahuo was pleased and mode him peimaiiunt fore man. About this tlmo Donahue offered to iucieasu Ills wages, but Scott thought ovoi tho matter und declined. "If I break my jcai's contract with j 011," ho said to Donuhuo, "I'll luivo to take whot you give me. 1 prefer to keep my contract, nnd when It's up ouil have to pay me what I'm worth " Donahuo looked aghast. "Yini 10 the llrst man," ho said, "that I've ever known to icfuse a nilso of pay." Kcsults Justified Scott's foresight. At tho end of the ear ho was 10-engaged nnd was paid Just four times what Dona huo had offered him. Somo (list rate advice of widespread applicability was given by Governor Koosevclt tho other night to 1111 audleneo of citizens' Union reformers. After ex plaining somo of tho Inovltablo limita tions around his own ollielul conduct ho went on: "I want you to dinvv 11 shiup lino between achieving results and talk ing about what results mlKht be uchteved. In tho long lun, to do good vvoik, on must vvoik tovvmd practical results. You must take Into account conditions as ou find them, making up your mind that you won't In your lifetime make them as they should bo. You aro in danger, as you go toward the goal, of falling Into the pit of foul politics on tho one side and tho pit of uttetly impractical politics on tho other Though there may be a choice In the pits. If you fall Into either, tho result Is tho same; you don't reach the goal Somo audiences I would worn against baseness In politics. Of this audience I need only ask that they do not wnsto tlmo tnlklng about tho achievement of thci Impossible." No coast In the world Is better lighted than that of tho United States. Grett Britain, Prance, nnd Germany are tho only couulrlM which can comparo with this country for tho perfection of Its light-house svste in. Along its ocasts the United States maintains S.OIS lighted aids o navigation, ninglng In importance fiom tho giout "first-class" lights, like those which stilno from tho Highlands of tho Nuvuslnk and catch tho watchful 'o of the mariner twenty miles out at sea, down to tho lighted lanterns, which hung on posts to gtilclo tho "plunicing" paddle-wheel ot tho stenmors up nnvlgi bio livers. HcMdCB the J,(A) odd lighted aids to navigation which the I nitcd States maintains. It keeps up 8,771 uu lighted nld, isuch as buoys, fog signals, nml "dumb ' or umlglitcd bcncoiiF. Jujt tho running of tho lighthouses and light ships of the United States, tho mainten ance of tho bunvs, etc.. costs over $.l,wu, (') a jenr. Hie salallcs of llght-honro keepers alone amounted last )enr to $W. Ouo. liesldes tho money spent to run tho llghthoUFo svstctii, largo amounts aro spent enrlj in Improvements and addi tions to tho service. Thero aie at pres ent about l,r0 llghthouso keepers on diitv In tho L tilted States, and the board asks lor SUO.ouO to p.iy thorn In the estimates for l&W. The acquisition of Porto Illco and Hawaii has put additional work upon the establishment and will call for an di bit ged appropriation. Here Is n Httlo wisp of nows from Ha vana which rends well; especially tho latter pun of It: A sentinel on the To ledo plantation ordcied un armed Cuban, about to enter, to halt i hu Cuban, Ig noring the order, pushed on, and thu cor poral ot tho guard, who was summoned by tho sentinel, nrrtsted tho offender and started to tako him through Mnr lanao to Gen. Leo's camp. While pass ing a house In Murlanao, tho two Amcil cans were accosted by eight Cubans, who enmo out with rifles leveled, and weie told to releute the prisoner. As the Cu bans had such an obvious advantage tho prisoner was 1 doused, but tho Americans immediately icpoitcd tho Incident to Gen. Lee, who sent M.iJ Kussoll Hanlson, tho provost marshal, to Gen. Mavla ltudil guez with Instructions to Inform htm that If the offending Cuban was not suricn elered within tluee hours Gen. Leo would go personally with a sufficient force of American soldiers to tuko him. General Itodrlguez found the man nnd gavo him up and ho now lies lu the Murluiuio Jail. At Hanlsbuig tho other day Senator Hilly Mason of Illinois "thanked God that ns an American becnuso within tho last few months we havo tuught tho pcoplo of tho world that wo uio not mere menc-y changers; that no nation In the world can slur our flag or muider our men without an swering to us In the com Is of the world. Hut I have fnlth to believe that even tually tho pcoplo who loved Lincoln, who said that no man Is good enough to gov ern another man without his consent; that tho pcoplo who come down to Washington will eventually adjust nflalrs so that we may not put tho American doctrine Into any people hjpodormlcally with 13-Inch guns, so that eventually, wherever the American II. ig floats, liber ty and independence! shall e-unio to all of God's people, even to the Islands of the sea." LITERARY NOTES. The leading feature for Alnslee's Maga zine for Apill Is a most uborblng ac count of "The Hulldor of the Oregon, ' Irving it. Scott. No matt need crave a higher honor than to be known ns tho builder of tho fastest and sturdiest war ship afloat toil ly, and Chalks S. Aiken has told the stot of Mr. Scott's ears of haul work and of his success. Another article ot mite h Interest tells of the In dian Picture Writing. Some remaiknblo specimens depleting tho Indians' sldo of Custer's massacre havo been gathered and translated. They form a vivid abor iginal account of putts of the. Indian life and of the battle of Little Big Horn. Tho story Is 0110 of wonderful human Interest. There Is an nrtlclo on "Seciet Service In Peace and in War" by Arthur Henry. Hon. Chauncey M. Depevv tells of "Thu Chances of the Young American In the Twentieth Century." Uor fiction, Mr William Le Queux has a unique tale of life In Pails, culled "The Hetmlt of Hue Madame." W. W. Jacobs conti Unites onu of tho best stories we havo ot seen from his pen. A new w liter, Aithur .7. Strlngn, draws seme vivid pen-pictures of child lif All lu all. It Is the best number of Alnslee's wo have ct seen Gen. Gieene-'s paper In the April Cen tury. "The Capture of Manila" will give a plctuiesqun account of an Interview be tween himself and Admlril Devve.v "Long anxiety had mado the admiral subject to Insomnia, and ho found It ell t lleult to get to sleep before two or three o'clock In tho morning. He was alwis up soon after sunrise, 1 nd In order partly to make up for this loss ot Hleep he was In tho hnblt of l.vlng down In the nfter noon. 1 was extremely sorry to ellstuib him; but ho received 1110 with the utmost cordiality." Tho general had ridden nine miles through the mud and crossed tho bay lu a heavy sea, nnd the mud elrlpped on the deck from his cotton uniform Ills appearance' was cquall disreputable when he piesenled himself among the fleshly unlfotmcd Spanish and Amcilcan olllcets with whom ho had to anaiige the terms of surrender after the attack of August 13. Moreover, ho was ko weak fiom enforced fasting that negotiations had to be suspended till he had eaten some hardtack, anil washed It down wl'h a draught ot "good Amcilcan whiskey." The actual beginnings of Mormonlsni, tho character ot tho fiist "revelations" nnd of those who ncccpted them, and the extraordinary experiences and persecu tions ot tho eaily membeis ot the Sect, aro said to be set foith In Miss Lily Don gall's forthcoming hlstoilcal novel. Tho Mounon Prophet. Merely as a story of strange happenings and adventures this novel would enlist the inteiest of readers, but it liis also as 1 tally Its chief uasou for being, tho gicat Interest attaching to Its portialtuie of the character of Joseph Smith. In these pages the peculiar tem perament of tho "Prophet," tho foundi " of the sect, Is placed heforo readers lu a manner which will open to them an un known chipter In our hlstorj. The stoi shows what Mormonlsni was at tho out set, and tiaces the changes which shownl themselves clearly at Nauvoo City, vvh n polygamy, which was nowhere present lu the original cie-ed of the sect, Is s.ild to havo hud Its oilgln. At tho prcstni tlmo an Intimate Interest will bo f It in this lvld plcturo of tho Moimon Pio phct's origin nnd caroei the steadt.is' ness of his followers throughout Ignomi ny and pel 11, and the stiungo mudllli tlons Introduced In their beliefs In Ih days of prosperity and material tempi.i tlon. Messis. D. Appleton nnd Compatn aro to publish this rovel shortly. Harper's Magazine for Apill contain thiee Important contributions to the lit 1 culture of the Spanish wnr. Henry Cahet Lodge in the third part of his notubi, histoiy discusses "The Hlr,ckado of Cuh . and Pursuit of Corveru." This Install ment Is especially valuable by reason ( Its Illustrations by Cuilton T. Chapman, Harry Feiin, It I'". Zogb.ium. P. Dltzli 1 nnd II. Ileuterhahl. "Honor to Whom j Honor Is Dm" Is tho title of an nrtlcie by Mr. Zogbaum which gives nn Intlmiti J personal account of tho men who dlstin- j gulshcd lliomsiivrs In the war. "The 1 Rescue of Admiral Cervorn," by nn Amerle-nn bluejacket, eleseives attention 1 In that It was written bv Peter Keller. , an nble seaman on tho Gloucester. His story Is printed Just us ho dictated It to .1 I stenographer Mrs. Amelia H. Hair, one of tho most 'popular ot American novel-writers, t , about to contribute to St. Nicholas a story of old New York for gills. "Trinity Hells." the serial is called; und It will be- gin with tho April number, nnd run for half a year Tho struggles of tho heroine and her mother to keep things going dur ing tho absence of the father a merchant who has fallen Into the clutches of tho tho Barbary corsairs aro described with many delicate and sympathetic touohoB, A dramatic episode Is tho final effort of the son to redeem his fother fiom cap tivity. The tide icfers to the chimes of Trinity Church, which aro effectively in troduced at critical moments lu tho de. vclopment of tho plot; for Now Yoik houses were all within hearing of the bolls a hundred yours ago. In the April Serlbner's Colonel Tloor volt roaches the climax of his narintlve ot the Hough ItlduiK In tho description given lu this number of the battle of Bun Juan Hill. Tills wan the culmination of the Santiago campaign, and Col. Itooe velt has spa ted no pains to embody In It eveiy fnct of Importance In regard to tho action of the cavalry lu that buttle. Thh was "tho great day" of the Hough Hitl ers, anil what thej Old Is heio put down by their commanding officer with his torical accuiiiey and historical halation 1 and Judgment. People of moderate Incomes who nro looking toward building or beautifying their homes .will find the scries ol articles on thesp subjects now running through inn tvumuus jiome companion 01 gri-iii, 'practical value. The Apill number gives an architect's plans for a $)M house-, with two pages of Illustrations showing how to eletoruto and furnish, and also how to beautify the grounds. , An lltistraled article In the April Mc , Cluro's will record tho experiences ef , Cleveland Moffet. the w titer, and W. D. Stevens, the artist, In runs on locnmo I tlves and In mall uirs, at ninety mile's an 1 hour and upwards, under the new Hast ! and West mall schedule. In tho sumo number, Captain Hade 11-Povv ell, of tho I KnglMt niiny, will describe his rcmark ! able 'war kltn" a kite that lifts a man. Lilrd & Lee's Sulvn-Wcbster Spanish Lngllsh and Hngllsh-Spatilsh Dictionary Is having an enormous sale. To meet the rapidly Increasing demand, tho publish crs have Just Issued a very elaborato edi tion In full gilt, Russia leather, which Is a model of bookmaklng. This diction iry Is now recognized ns the standard. It contains 10,001 words nnd about fOOO meanings. The book Is highly recom mended by tho olllceis and men In tho United Stntes army and nnvy, and is a great favorite with those of the Spanish tonguo who aro studying Lngllsh. It Is understood that Dr. A. Conan Doylo's new novel, "A Duet with an Oc casional Chorus," Is to appear In book form at first, nnd I bus avoid the loss of any of Its freshness through serial pub lication. I) Appleton & Co. will publish It. BUENS AND KILEY. The occult teachings of Theosophy Revive the geniuses of other days Some modest poet In the fiituie near May dazzle with .1 true Shnkcspuuran bluzo. For who, believing In the mystic 1 t . Hlavntsky's taught, but soon ot lute Doth not anticipate! tho glad tilurn Of Avon's lofty haul icincarmili And suiely If this occult faith In tien It Is not difficult for us to see A genius lelndnd to the Scottish bard s Jn Whltcomb Riley's pensive poesv Tho soul of Hums peichance In Rilev s bie.ist Chooses to sing again us In the past, So let us deem the gentle bard ot Ayr On Riley lintli his mvstlc man'le rnst Ldwnid A Nlv 1 n Seinnton. March 27, 1W RILEY'S COME TO TOWN. Jim Riley's come to town, boys, he s now nt P.ukor's place. Ills Hoodie r verso to read us, with Its quaint und touching glace; He's billed at Tiemont temple oh, how Hrovvning's stock goes down. As 'tis repeated on tho streets, "Jim Riley's Come to Town1" How dear his homely measure that Is moro than wordv art, And takes the very shortest cut to leach tho human heart, The f.ishloneis of tawdry verse upon his muso may frown; A fig for all their tinseled phi use Jim Riley's Come to Town!" Tho gold of human natuio tluough his verses glints nnd shines. And human henrt beats aro the stops that punctuate tho lines; Enough the sutetv that's his of well de served lenovvn; enough of jov for us to know, "Jim Riley's Come to Town' ' Uoston Hudget. nnd u raacc LWtUKVr As-SORT-UKNT Of It VNOUS IN THU CITY. Pluflmbflog and TieIlfleg, UIfSTiEE k FORSYTE, 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE. ImIIMCS 1 fMSWMWW&MmMM IxQU'iitili 1 knows man In DrooMyn hoie diuhtcr( a child of eight Itari, tics far a number of monthi tun btcn boilicred uhh plnxormi. Tlio tatlicr ork a a compoiltoi in ?' Yerk Now, pin Morim, ai 1011 know, aie arno)liiK Jnd wlillrnoi a teilou aliment ihcy muted the child, the uife and iho nun liinnelf a crtal deal of trouble an J tome uorry 'Ihey tried tevcral preparationi rfinl the lail nudkluc ued wi llpjn Tabiiltv The tint trial of Kluii latule ai mils -mie io or three ffM after nther remedies had been tried without re-ult The de tfven the girl ai co Tahulet -l nlpht and lo In the morning The parent! uy that now there it no more trouhle whh pin orm and ihej aert poliivl) that 1!; m Tbulrn being the only niedlcme used muit have credh for the relief. Kfpani I'ahuleJ, thnuah taten In larger dotce than thoe called for hy lh' direitmn. did nut upet the plrl nor did he object tnuUnj limn. In fact. tnl timrn It happened thai ihelrl a.Ud (nr mere Klpani Tabulti from her mother dunnz the da Nuu hat I want to know It how a d)pepi!a reined) can be made a cure for pin uormt. Docto. I'm vrormi, or tlireaJ uormt a Ihey arc tumei'mei called, are trnall while orm KH'iiiblini; a puriiot. rf ordinary white tctioif thread. '1 hey li.lnbll the recimn and iliuall) came severe irritation, very rareli pn nt In a lull I retollccl precribins lor a caieof rln wonni lad winter The pretuipilon wai a liquid preparation very tiinllar m Klpant '1 abuict, practically the tame. A new itjl pai V-rl cnnulmmr tK mr Ttm .'" in a. paper rtrton ( II hftut sloiV i now fer wle at uni vmt tnrr-rnR etvi rrviK. Tin. Iiw prititl iuri uiivImI for tlio ixiwranl U tononilcal. t m dozen lCnentuirtoiuiiiJtlttil'') t4 ibtf hit 1 v nit 1 lij mu Una turtjrtfht emta tut ho IlitNHriiuuux, 0EM.V.1W IOliL'rucSilrtcl, He" Vuik-ui tilnJ carton irixiittl'UU) will Ixmul for tl neute. Odd Lamps Wc have a. number that we will close out AT COST This is a chauce to get a good lamp for little money. CLEMOHS, M, WAIXIBY CD. 42'J Lncleuannna Aveaiu Lewis, RelHy & DavaeSo ALWAYS EUSY. 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Be alive to what is going on around you. Live buyers arc taking advantage of our offer of Nickk-Plaled Trays For 15 cents each j foote $i smkt ca If) WASHINGTON- AVIi The HMot & Couieel! Co Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Futures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawana Araie HENRY BEL1N, JR., ouuciiu Agent lor tuo Wyomlox 1'iHiriot i' Uiulnu, HlHBtliiK, Sporttiit. .-tmoHelon und tuo Kepuuno IJUeuuoa. fflCl EXPLOSIVES. title tj Kllift t'np nml i:pto ltc Ituum 401 Ciiiiiioll llulUUa.'. bcruutoa. DUP0NT8 PIOTE1. AaK.NOllil, iho. roim pituta JOHN II. SMITH St iOX riyraouth W.V, MUL.MUAN. Wl)ke-Drr
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