THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, .1890. " 0e cranfon fcriBime rtilillKliril Dally, Kti'ept Huniluv, br tli 7 rlbnno I'liblJshlmc Com j mj-, ut l-'iftjr (Jaiiti nMontli. Nc orltOrilc' J fi(i Nmiiii Hi., H N. VttHKhA.NI!, tole Agent for lurelgn AclvortlMn;. IMrnED AT THF. TOSTOf PtPK AT FritA VTOJT, VA., AS SECOND-CLASS MA1I, MATTKR. TEN PAGES. SCnANTO.V. MAHCII 23. 1S9J. The cniMiiuiiBPrnont furnished patrl otlm by the Bcranton "school board thn other nlRlit will not bf apt to stimu late a mull for Bloty mi the pitrt of those connected with school vmlt in lutme. Time to Quit Haggling. The mlo of the Times over the $17,500 Hiii-ot n'l'ulr coulriR't reals ostensibly on the us-frillon that the noil; of ie Mirtauliig the "Meets Hid KeephiR them In ubseiUcnt ijood itijiiilt' can be ilnn" fur leH money. Its necu.itloii llrit The Tribune tiivois monopolies at the ppns,. of the peoiile Is u characteristic 11 uttered deliberate I The Tilhune i flies not a llff for the "Mather Asphalt company of any other iisplinlt eoinp.in and It would be heatt Jl. elad If Hie iltv oiild let a con tiact fin- "Meet repairs to n renponsl lilc blddei for one-half the sum now nsKeil Mut when the Times talks about othii loinpaulf"! being; teady to nlfer lnwti bids It talks simply for ef fect. When the bidding was In older nil tli- asphalt (onipanKs In creation hail it flinnie lo put In lowet (Inures and they dliln'l do It Then was when these nithleal 'ir,-cont asphalt concerns thotild h.ivc slepptd up to the captain' ulllce and made themselves- know n. Our position, brlelly pu(. Is that the time has aiitved when the stiepn must be lepahed K.uh driver suffeis ineomeiileiue and peiil under the ex isting pot-hole conditions. The eltv liself In liable In damases and each daj of d-'la-. Inn eases the liability as well us the tost'' of leiuiis when ie I'.ilfS 1 1 i to be uiuile. The Itv 7dam 'ilieine, as we hae rhown, in ioIvch delnr until a bond issue eaa be toted upon nntl fi loan Una ted. It Involves n "jat in eveess of the bid now; it iiiMilvc jobber;,, eMaa Banee and endb ss waste and as n bushics.- inoposltlon it tlieleti le is p'o liosteiou. I'uless a lower tespoiislble bid fiom apable private enteipiise is foithcom ing and we have heaul of none the i ity slioiild stop Its foollshne.-s and oidei tlio repairs to pioceed. Councils have evidently taken this view and In takltiR it they undoubtedly uMlect public opinion. - "Coin" Harvey's resignation fiom the olbce of fiHl at the National Demo ctatie head piarters was doubtless ( aused by the absence of coin In silf Helen'. MiiuntlMcs In the contiibutioii bov. The Genuine Merit System. The new libraiiun of congiess, Mr. Ilcibert Putnam, is, it appears, a be liever In eill soi vice refoim, but not the Chinese bland. His idea Is that the wav to find out whethei an appli cant fur a place has meilt Is, after leasonalile examination of riedentldls and lecommendatlons, to give the ap plicant a trial He once said. "I Mould lay stiess on the piopositlon laid down by business men generally, that there Is no need of an examination to tell them who Is the best man for a particular place; and still less need of an examination to tell them what men should be promoted. I think the li brailan himself can tell better than any other peison " In anticipation of his assumption of tontiol over the library at Washington the men now in chaige have prepared tallies giving the recouls of each per son employed in the library. These will be submitted to Mi. Putnam and Irom them le will doubtless select a number tor piomotion and a number for dismissal. It I1- undet stood to be his Intention to select for heads of the var ious depaitnients men of special ability in wlio-e judgment, fklcllt and execu the capacity lie has full confidence, af ur which thev must assume a largo shaieof the lesponslblllly for the woik Ings of their paitlcular departments. Mr. Putnam Is to be a, general mana ger atmiiiB to secme good lesults and politics In the oidlnary sense Is to have no pait or parcel in the lltuary's af fairs. If the new Uluaiian can secuie free dom to work out these ideas of man agement without having necessary ap propilatlons held up by jealous sena tors who utilize this method of show ing their pique over the fallute of their attempts to unload favorites on the li btary pay ioll he will eiect a monu ment to himself and to the genuine meilt system more enduring than mar ble. His is evidently the common sense plan. It would be the way the llbiaiy would be managed If It were a private Institution conducted by In telligent dlreetois. And there Is need of Just such a system In the public service. Wo tiust that it can bo efll eiently established and steadfastly maintained. The inspectors of rifle practice lr the, Philippine acknowledge that the Penn sylvania, troops continue to do good woile. Cuba and Annexation. Tim recent reinaik of Postmaster Seneral Smith that the Ktoatest need f Cuba la a recognition of the fact that stable government has been pledged by ill" United States and will be estab lished and maintained under any und ail circumstances has led many to sup pose that this necessarily meuns an nexation. In the long tun It piolmbly does; for when Cuba Is developed puf iKIentlv to maintain a stable indepen dent government she will bo develsped suillelentlv to realize that an indepon I -lit national existence would be more istly and not half as advantageous as iiicoiporatlon with tho United Slates, Mut the lecosnltlon of this fact must come to the Cuban peoplo by piocess of nutuial education and evolution; we should not want a forcible annexation of rpluetant subjects. The tact that Cuba's chief ciop Is and will In- stiRiir makes anne.xiitlon ultl mutely Inevitable, these fore American advocates of It need not fiet with Im patience. Tuba cannot fell her susar to thtropn because the I'uropean mar ket Is already supplied with bounty fed beet suuat. Cuba's natiual inui ket Is the t'nlted States; but If Cuba elects to go It alone she will have to run the llsk of roIiib up aBalnst the A met It an protective tarllf which Porto lthan ami llawallnti sugar growers, belnir citizens of the t'nlted States, will avoid To sutvlve this disci Imlnatloii the planters of Cuba must havo either liberal reclpioclty or annexation. He dpioclty means the continual danscr of a chanse in tariffs and Involves the necessity of BlvlnB as well as tnkliiB, In which each side is liable to haggle, for special advantages and thus gener ate delay, friction and uncertainty. Annexation, on the other hand, means immediate and permanent possession of all advantages Incident to free entry Into meilcan markets and It would put the planteis of Cuba at onco on IIa stteet. When business Interest"! point so uiiPiringly to annexation laclal dlifeicnces. which will natuially dis appear as fie school and American immlgiatlon Invade Cuba, must event ually bKo way. Tlie dream of the Cuban Independents for a Ixitln republic Is an emotional fancy but the necessity of the Cuban business man for fiee trade lelatlons with the t'nlted States Is a pt act leal tnil compelling reality, When the dream and the realltv come Into dhect nntnsonlsni the dienm will dis appear icok1Iiib to i event reports Asulnal do has placed a limit upon the drub bing thai he will stand at the hands of the United States troops befoto ac knowledging defeat, and It Is believed that the limit has almost been leached An Expert Opinion. In an artlclo written for Frank Les lie's Popular Monthly for Apill Major (Jeneral Weslc-y Merrltt, the first Amer ican goernov geneial of the Philip pines offers a number of expcit opin ions bearing on the future of our flag in that archipelago which have especial Intoi est and timeliness in view of the fighting now in process en the island of hu7on. General Meirltt wrote be fore the Ia.it aggressive movement by (lenoial Otis had been begun, but his observations are not weakened by it. He thinks that for a time CO.OOO troops or about the number now sub ject to Otis' mdeis, win be needed In the Philippines, but Is confident that as soon as ganisons are well-established on the principal Islands and rudi mentaty local government established nnthe troops to the number of 20,000 can be enllstd In place of an equal number of Americans so that on a normal basis 10 000 Ameilean troop of occupation will sufllce. Of couise the native troops would hae to be commanded Iv Ameilean olllceis and used chiefly for interior police v ork In small detachments. The question of the effects of the South Sea tropical climate upon Ameri can soldiers fresh fiom our temperate or wlntiy zones ho regards as Impor tant but not necessarily alarming, add ing: "Jlv own obseivation in tho Phil ippines was, that so long as our men took cue of themselves and followed the Instructions given them In regard to clothing, food and exposure to the noonday pun or the night air, they wer-" lemarkauiy healthy. we had very little sickness. There nre no epidemic fevers such as yellow fever in Manila, and the climate Is cooler than that of Hong Kong or the adjacent portions of China. Personally, I had not a day's sickness and everybody I knew who took care of himself got along very well Such is conspicuously the case with Ad mlial Dewey, and on his llet; sick men there aie almost as scarce as killed or wounded. Of course, in tho navy they have the advantage of living Indoors and carrying their houses with them. The nimy Is necessarily moie exposed. For two weeks General Greene and his brigade were In the trenches up to their middles In water the greater part of the time that is, while on picket duty. Rut to offset these hardships, our tioops in the Philippines were well supplied. I heaid no complaint of the commis sary supplies, and, moreover, by meann of thr bamboo which grows In great profusion In that country, tho men made themselves cols, raised above the Kiour.d an important ptecautlon in sisted upon by the doctois and In that way escaped much discomfort and sick ness. After the fall of Menila. when tho reaction had set In, there was rather a lower average of health per haps the men became less careful of themselves'. Vet while I was in Ma nila up to September there was very little slckn"ss not a greater percentage than would be found among th saint number of men anywhere." Manila, In General Mertltt's opinion, is a desirable lesidenco city. It.i water supply Is excellent and It has a great many modem conveniences which are agreeable surprises to tho average American vUltinir It for tho first time. The natives, he thinks, were misled Into believing that the Americans wero cowards. They are a race that rtqulrn to be Impressed by force, after which the aie tiactuble. In their way they tiro tndustiious und comagecus and ar; good soldkrs In the jough The na tives in revolt are largely rociulted from the ignorant middle and lower i lasses; the better educated natives ho thinks are favorable to Ameilean con trol because they recognize the unfit ness of their own people for unaided and unresti allied self-government. "In brief," says General Merrltt, "from what experience and knowledge I have, I am inclined to bo as optimistic as ever regarding our Hag In the Philippines.' An opinion founded on personnl oxpe ilence, when given by u man of char acter and sperial skill, is entitled to weight, Mr. croker's Jeffersonian dinner has already been given an udvancu flavor of wormwood and gall. Severe as t may teem, It la probablu that AVIlllam i,ench, of Ai.uat, and )U Winchester have beer: moie effective than a dozen trials by Jury In placing a cited: upon the opeiatlons of a. cer tain class of criminals that Infest this valley. It Is repoltcd that thoj are eatchlng fish in the lclnlty of Pittsburg that havo legs. Thin may explain the nc tlon of soni" of the Allegheny states men at llulilsbitig. The 'Next Census. The statisticians nie nlieady guess Ihb at the population of the United Stntes to be sdiown In the next census. Some claim a month In the past ten years of 27 pel cent , or ciiourIi to give an MOuO.OOO total exclusive of the popu lation of the new dependencies, about 10,000,000 more Hut the piobabltltleB do not teem to faor any such increase. In nine stntes which have taken cen suses half way between the deceunnlal federal censuses the showing Is as fol lows: Population. Hlatts Mnscacluisctu Illiode island New Jersey ... Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Kansas Oregon IS'iO. IVKI. lncreae ... .145 'M uM.iSS ...l.tn.iir, i.flTtoiJ .. s.ocii.ssa .,,::ii,i"i ...l,t,S8,SiO l.!rtl.!ii ...l.SU.Stii 2.0"S,iVl ...1.301.S20 l,i7l,!10 ...1.1J7.0M l,3H,fiil ... Sll,'ii7 M.'.Tr.J ; 'i,su 116,17.! 271,V.'I 12 42S 4S.103 Loss. Analyzing this table the Philadelphia Press points out that Minnesota and "Wisconsin are the only AVestern states which made large gains between ISO) and 18'". The first state gains about 20 per f cut. and the latter about 15 per cent. Michigan's census was taken In 1S!M, but Its gain is only 7 per cent., and Iowa's Is about the same, Kansas loses and Oiegon gains about 11 per cent. The mot suipilslng gain made' is In New Jeisey and Massachusetts. Tiie former state Increased about 15 per cent, between lto and 1801 and the latter state? over It per cent. In the snme time. Khode Island also showed an Increase of 11 per cent. In Us popu lation. The average giowth In these nine states In tho five years from 1S90 to 1S93 was about 10 per cent. If It is the same between ISO'S and lDOa, the aeiage per cent, of giowth over the United Stntes proper would be 20 per cent, for the decade between 1S00 and 19i0, or an Increase of about 12100,000. This added to the it.' tiJ2,2'0 population In 1490 would indicate n population of about 75,000,000 - In the Jeffeisonian banquet tontto versy there seems to have been i stud ied effort to iclieve Hon. Aitliur So wall of alt lesponsibillty. These birthday dinners are enough to make the ghost of Jelferson dyspeptic. TOLD BY THE STAllb. Daily Hoioscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tiibune Astrologer. Astiolnhe Cast: 2.')l a. m. for Wednea- da, Mai ill 21, 1SD.'. A child born on this day will rejoice that lliero aie onlv 1een Spaniards on the Scianton school boaid. Many persons spend so much time look ing after luture joys that they miss all of tho fun of the piesent. The crop of April fools promises to be unusually larco thin nar. It does not look as though the depart ure of Maich would be ot tho kind re quiring mint auce accompaniment. Tho "lojal ic-cn ' school dliectois aio probably all antl-expansionist. Yankee flpfifude for Large Tasks. Piom tho New Yoik Sun brought to us by the war with Spain, that "the Americans have an idea, an idea derived from the melancholy ex perience of their great cities, that they have not the men they can trust to govern well." Theieupor. it proceeded to suggest kindly that we "underrate" our "capacity for fitting the supply to the need." "The Amet leans," howev er, have no such "idea" as the London paper attributes to them, Nothing In their past history has tended to create any such notion. If an thing has been domonstiated beyond the possibility of cavil it Is tliat "tho Americans" can bo trusted to "govern well." They have euuied along this lepubllc from a feeble beginning until in a single century it has become one of the loie mot powers of the world. They took scattered colonies, with diveise Inter ests and opposing jealousies, and welded them Into a great nation. They began with a territorial area of less than a million square miles and In the course of a few generations ex tended It to neaily tour million squat o miles. Over all this territory they car iled rapidly the leign of law and civil ized order, built up out of it great states, and never lllnched or fulled because of the magnitude and dif ficult) of the tasks Involved They up rooted and destroy ed slaveiy, though It had been ingrafted in their social and political system, so that to tear It out seemed to risk the existence of the whole; and now, a generation after Its destruction, the very teglon where It was Ingrown most deeply In the so cial and polltlcul life, Is far advanced in wealth and civilization beyond the highest standards of the old days of slavery. -o As iiuestlon after ciuestion of gov ernment, problem after problem, has come uo, the Americans have met it seiuarely and settled It wisely. Thioughout the Ameilean domain there Is the machinery of orderly gov ernment, and It hns grown and is growing more efllclent with the pass ago of time, t'ltles rivalling In their magnitude uiban communities of Eu rope many centuries old havo sptuug Into existence, and they have been ad ministered Willi like efficiency, oven if thcio have been defects Inseparable from such unexampled liipldlty of growth, Pu other piogiess mado In government has been so notable as in that of those cities. Thev nte still lmpioving steadily, and in certain ot their features they aio supetior to any others In the world, as tho London engineering functionary lately sent to study them hns reported to his nn plovers. -o Tho Amei leans have Just had a war. It was a war In which thev lost no shlpt, no Haas, no guns, mi pilsoneM, and not even a sklimlsh, yet they THH London Spectator lemaiked recently, In the course of a friendly discussion of the new i responsibilities of government were not organized as a military state, as was their enemy. They lushed into tho conflict, though they had only a little army almost wholly scattered at many frontier posts far from each other and from the eencoust and the seat of hostilities, When the war be Kan foreign and domestic ctitlcs looked on their navy as Infeilor, yet In three months they had swept tho enenij's navy from the sea, without losing a ship and almost without tois of life. Their army was lncren.U'J suddenly moro than tenfold, yet in one hundred days, befoie it could be moulded Into the shape deemed requi site for anything like mllltiuy om clency, as It is estimated nbioad, It had eonqucied the enemy completely In Moplcal lesions, to which three mllllniy expeditions liadlo be sent over distances varying fiom one thousand to seven thousand miles. livery one of those expeditions lunded successful ly and speedily accomplished its pui pose. Simply us n matter of adminis tration the war, therefore, was a con clusive demonstration of the ability and aptitude of the Atnei leans for uuvornmeiit. n The expel lence of the Amei leans 111 the new responsibilities of government Imposed on them by the conquests of tho war has demonstrated not less strikingly that they can be trusted "to govern well." In Cuba, In Pol to Illco, and in the Philippines men of distinguished fitness for the duties have been found and selected, with out a single instance of failure or shortcoming. Neither partisan call nt home nor filendly or unfilendly criticism abroad can fine, excuse for censure. It wus a new experience for Americans, but what other nation would have done belter? Hngland has lesounded with tho well-earned praises of General Kitchener for his Omelur mnn campaign; ho has been elevated to tho peerage as a reward for his generalship, and has received a hand some bounty, but General Otis, at Ma nila, with tioops laigeiy untrained to war and sent thither on the spur of tlic? moment, has conducted a cam paign not less successful and against a heller ni med enemy. It Isi true, however, that Kitchener Is a novice in war as compared with the veteian Otis, w-ho hns seen more of actual and fleice lighting than any general ollicer in all Ilurope. o The greatest naval achievement of this generation, one of the greatest In the hlstoiy of navies, wns Admit al Dewey's capture of Manila and his destruction of the fleet of Admiral Montojo. That gieat event occurred only about ten months ago, or on May 1, 189S, and by the time Its first an niversary conies round the peaceful establishment of American govern ment throughout the Philippines Is likely to havo been completed. That it will be in the hands of men who can be trusted to "govern well" is doubt ed now beie in the world At any late, it is not doubted by any Americans. A few Americans may profess to feel distrustful, but it is a meie pretence. The tiouble with them Is not that they aie afraid that we shall do ill, but that they foiesee that we are sure to do so well that they w ill have noth ing to Justify the captious criticism upon which they depend for political profit. If there Is any "underrating of their own capacity" on the part of the Americans, It must be among those professional critics. They have not been able to keep up their stock In trade. Certainly nowhere else Is theie nny distrust as to tho matter among Americans They have had long ttaln ing in the business of government, and thev nie not appalled by Its diffi culties. AVithout being boastful of themselves, they are calmly confident of their ability to handle the Job in workmanlike tashion. NEWS AND COMMENT. The. prellmlnaiv rcpoit of the income account of railways in tho United States lor tho je.ir ended Juno 30, 1M, reported to the Interstate Commerce commission includes tho returns or 720 lines, with an aggiegato mileage of 1M..HJ miles. Tlio Itcelpts of the year were: Passenger seivics, $133,b'J2,TSJ, Height setWce, Si'l, tC", 1S7; other earnings from operation, K'U.TluUll, gioss earnings, $I,23.123,3S); operating expenses. $U,2-U.-js; Income fiom operation, $127 LS1.MJ. The incuaso of gross e linings over tho pluvious year was $lG",,1iil :7sJ Operating expenses 111 ci eased $:S,71G.DDI and Income j:7.71C.'JH. Oruss earnings per mile incieased i'vb; opeiating expensi s, $305; income, $310. These are the largest llgures leported slnco 1S9J, and the Ineoino account shows an increase of $110 a mile over the icport for 1MU. The total Incomo of tho rill roads for the year 1S97-US was $4Wi 790.11G. Dividends weie paid amounting to $ii"i, S.'J,S15. Other deductions (Interest on bonds, taxes, &). JjS,5.20J. leaving a surplus from opeiatlons of the year of $12,1.01,901 Tho corresponding Item for the previous voar showed a deficit from opeiatlons of $1,412,309. Statistician Adams adds. "The amount of dividends stated does not Include those declared upon the stock of lines operated under lease. This report is confined to operat ing loads. Thn i mount ot dividends iii -clared for operating roads exceeds ill. umount of dividends declared for thf plivlous j ear by G,M'l,3J7. This fact taken In connection with the increased sin plus, suggests In another way tlie n vlval o prosperity tor American lail wn s " Some callous statistics nre fuinlslv.l from AVushliitjton which lllustiate hew 1 much of tho work of congress Is done m I committee and how much of this work is of a negative character. Of 13,40.1 bills and Joint icsolutlons Introduced In the I two houses of the last congiess, 1457. it ' less than S per cent., becamo law The 1 house was more conservutlvo In Its le- islatlon than tlie senate, though the lutti r , is eommnnlv supposed to spend so niui h limn tUi In debate. Tluuo weio 12WSi on e.i Inttoduced In tho house, an n 1 1 . 1 .;."; for each member. Of th-e 111,' li , or eight and a half per cent I vi passed by tlio house and 04G were loncuiti'd In by the senate, all but lour leclving executive approval. 5.S." vi.ro Introduced in tlio senate, an avenge of 03 to each senator, and 1,173 of tin . wifu passed, or more than twenty pu cent but the house concurred In only M7 of them or less than half of the measuis sent to It by tho senate. Of couise a vast proportion of all theso rejected jao. positions aro of merely prlvnto concern, but they nil help to consume time, and the record of congress Is to bo Judged not only by what It does but by what it dues not do --Philadelphia Times. Tho toiul estimated population of the city of Chicago at tho last enumeration mado of Its Inhabitants was l.&.VJ.OW. aid tlie total number of residents ot Ameii ciui birth and American parentngo wus only lS.f10. There were nt the sam tlmo 490,000 Germans and Oeinuiu-Ameil. cans in Chicago or 2,000 more. Of these, S07,liU weie born in tleimiin, 2U.OO0 weio born In tho Pnlted States of Herman paientage. and 22.000 were boin In the Untted States, with ono puient Oct man and the other American. This, savs tho New A'nik Sun, would not, 11s has beua soinotlmes mid, make Chicago a Oeinian city, but It llliistrutes tlio In run element of German population In that city morn forcibly than nnvthlng else. Those aro the Into Chicago flguies for the represen tatives of nthei nationalities, foroigivis by birth or duseeut: liel.iud, 2K- 112, Sweden. 111.!"!); Poland, 60 8M, llnhcmln, V1.2S0; Norway. 4S.Mii), Kng. html. 41 2.M. Itunsln Wis7, Ciiniidn ,ll,')7, Italy. 2J.IM1; Scotland, E.VM2, Frame, 21, Suo, houmiuk, 21.701 . Holland. I'l.llS, llim garj, 4,t:2. Switzerland. 4,101; Ualo. 3,771, llelglimi, 2,211, Greece, l.fill. Lithua nia, 1,411; Spain, l', The total Impel ts uf iiieichandlse, slne the adoption of the roiistltatlon, are $2V !ii!i,!t!l,h7, and the total e.pnits $W K2. 202,'jVi, making the excess of ixports of meicli.iudlre $972,211, 4'. The total Im ports ot gold and silver inn Il.tilO.lM "20, and tho exports, ),IOH,(,2,l,uM, making the excess of exports ot specie $1,19), l"J,2ill, or on aggregate excess of specie anil mer chandise exports of J2, 132,71 1.7iVi, The fig ures showing the u1ue of imported mrr. I'hamllso aie based on the lost of goods ubroad, but, adding the (osl of ttnns puitntloii would make their real nlue J3.102,2C0.in9, ti sum which about eiU ibi the alue of the nuiehiiudlse expoited. Tho earnings of foieimi capital invested In the t'nlted States have recently been estimated at $).CA)i)iM per annum, and the expenditures abroad by American citizens at J.lil.noo.OtW per annum. There Is spent $20,0iO,ijo pur milium lor liquida tion ot the pilnolpal of our loieigu in ilelitpilnes, showing tho caue ol our excess or specie exportation!'. Says the Xoi with, N. V. Sun. It bus Just linked out that our istcpmctt towns lii" li. Jeffeism W. Ciirr. was when a bn a playmate of Admit al (leoigo Dewey Mr Cuir s.iy that when he and Dew el were voiincr thev went to sihool together and in tho school theie was a sweet joung girl whom both lie and Dewey adored. The damsel liked them botli very much, und would go with either himself or the pride ot Uncle Sam's navy when ever she met one of them One day Dewcv was walking home fiom school with the the girl and Carr met them com ing up the street. This made Cair very angry. The two bovs ei.rao facu to face. A light ensued, and nfter the struggle Carr had his lctory and the gill won. Mr. Carr sns tint ho walked homo with the girl nfter thnt whenever ho chnse to nnil Dewev never again tried to cut him out. AVe hnvi mnde Dewey an ndmlial and given him a present of a sword, but all that, says the Utlcu Iteiald, seems smilt when reiimmred with what Unglnnd has elone for her great naval heroes. There are only two perpetual pensions In exist ence In Uuglund, the holder of one being Lord Hodnev und the other the earl of Nelon. Lord Koelncy's pension amounts to 110.000 per annum, und Is tor naval ser v Ice rendered by his celebrated ancestor Admiral Ilodnry while Lord Nelsm's pension amounts to 2..0e0, and Is to con tinue lis long as theie Is any bearer of the title of 12.nl NeNon, onlv ceasing when the peeinge, bv reavm of the fail ure of male heh, becomes extinct It may be added that the Nelson family is vi i y prolific of male hells AN EASTER BONNET. Where lilies hid the Latin text And smllax wreathed tho nltiu And every hi ad was giavelv bent O'er sacred psalm and psalter. And all tho limit was pink and white With loses strewn upon It, He saw a little maid in stnv, AVho woie an I2aster bonnet lie walked behind her finin tho church, And vliwed her girlish giacos, And breathed tlie vague, delicious scent Of dainty bows and laces. A praver-book was In her lnnd She kept hi r glances on It, Till came a gust of fiolic wind And wlilskil away her bonnet. Her eyes veie full of Apill tears, Her scarlet lips weio smiling; The sunny cm is about her brow Weio made for man's beguiling. Her face wus like a dewy rose Ho paused to gazo upon It, And found that he had lost his heart, As sho had lost her bonnet. Hut now a spray of or.mgo flowcis Is wreathed about the Latin; The little- maid Is nil in white A diiam of l.ice and satin. And, as he takes her slender hand, And slips the ring upon It. He mm nuns softly in her eai A blessing on th.it hornet' Minna Irving, In Prank Leslie s Popu lar Monthlv for April. and k no TV? LAUOLSr ASSORTMENT OP RANOIM IN TIH2 Cm'. PI lira foiling anij Tinniins: GDRSTER & FORSYTH, 325 and 327 PfiNN AVENUE. 1 KfWSnSMI Ranges aces Noka. I wonder what Ripans Tabules are ? I see them advertised everywhere. 1 Dora. Well, I can tell you. They are a household necessity. Ancirylifiyw'kft conUilnlna Trwft:rvrTppiit3(urirrAnon(wlUiunt rhr-MHnovfrfAleatwm dnurtforM von ma rtT. rulJw rlfwlmirt dtutaudMlfor thKHruu I th(Dwiilit, unj dozea t the flviHWftt mrtv4 Qw t ibtriw) Mil fw Uvl hf mill h Kuudimr forty-Uht vnn Ui thd UitAV Chkmjqal o dd Lamps We have a number that Ave will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money. TIE CLMONS, MEM, WAILEY CD. 4'J'J 1 iieUiiwaatm .Vveum Lewls9 Really c& Davieo ALWAYS MJSY. The march of honest progress will ever In crease; O u v Shoes for Spring are F I T lo march the earth lewls, MUy & Mvles, 1 14-1 16 Wyoming Ave. Our "Window Display will give you a good idea of what we have to offer in this line, Everything new. A T E R F A V O R Reynolds Bros STA'IlONIiRS and ENGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. book btadtai NI.AT, DURAliI.12 BOOK BINDING IB WHAT YOU ltnCI2I12 IT YOU IJU 11 YOl'It OltDllIl WITH TH12 TlUULWi: BINDHHY. Hi i wli mm iffi&Uaiw wMm Mm mmmmmmm ..h i".iiLi.aini b u i u lid iiiaruuiti'iiiirii.ii mssmsmmsm wmmBmsm I K'K .7IXiTr ffl-.J-.-T 7.T . ZptZZ&ffijlM I 'I mm$x& FIN rs TTV O Ta Y' RJlLt Easter Week AttractSoinis IX- TT -.J3.o rri rrri i LiWlteS' INflC EM lniOVCS. w tafe' Flie Neckwear, New Spring IPansols, New Silk Petticoats, New SSI aM Lisle Hosiery, Silk SMrt Waists, New iamdkrcMefs aM Laces, etc Wc make special mention for this week ot Fcnlms New Siiele Piqiuie Gloves Willi Pearl Clasp, The very nobbiest glove mada to be worn with tailor made gowns and the best Ooe Dollar Real kid glove ever sold with, a positive guarantee. 510and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE TllC0' lAt llA"DWAItK,sroltK. Keep vour nose on the grindstone. Be alive to what is going on around you. Live buyers arc taking advantage of our offer of Nickle-Platd Trays For 15 cents each FOOTE & SIEAft CO. un WASHING ro.v AVE. The HMimt & Coirradl Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawaiaa Aveatic HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ocnti.u i,cnt(orUu Wjoiuiaj l)nlncl:j' u nirm a iry llliiliiK, Ulnstlns, Hportlnj, Sinouolmi uml tin) llCiauiio Chomicu l oiup.iny 1 HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Nifcly Kuft fiipt nucl t:plolert. Kuuni mi 1 milieu iiiiinnu;. ftcrautou. AGKNOIU1 t 1HOP, roitt), PI JOHN U. f MITU & -40.N rij lift Tufi n uiury POWDER. W.U JlUliLlUA.V. WlllfJ
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