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Most people will bo rontented to
forego the gt cuter Seranton boom for
a time If we may have a cleaner
Seranton during the coming aeiiBnti.
The Annniao of Local Journalism.
The Seranton Times has nlmo.'t from
the moment that It came under Its
present management pursued a policy
of sneaking misrepresentation of The
Tribune's position, going out of Its
way to cull The Tribune a corporation
organ, a defender of monopoly and Un
like, Impugning its motives, uucstlon
lug Its honesty nml urging Its readers
to boycott The Tribune. When
after patient piiduramv covering
months nnd years we referred
yesterday to Its deliberate ly
ing about The Tribune we stated a
truth of long-stuiullng notoriety and
one that could be described only by
the words we used. We. are hopeful
that our tiflRhbot will some day break
Itself of this bad and llly habit, wh'e.i
certainly does not Injure us
nor bonellt It. but until It
does It will of its own choice remain
nothing more nor loss than a plain,
deliberate nrevni'lcntor, whoso false
hoods have neither provocation, plaus
ibility, nor wit.
Tile talk of uliother court martial
for Eagan does not create any uneasi
ness on the pari of his friends. So
long as the e:;-cnmmlssary olllcer
avoids Ills own beet he Is wife.
Short Sighted.
All kinds of report are current as
to the rftrctt. llkelj to follow the ex
periment .' th New York I'leariug
Uous nRsoci-itloti In mnklng a charge
for the collection of checks on out-of-town
banks. The newspapers are di
vided on th subject and among busi
ness men there Is an eiiual diversity
of opinion. Newspapers and business
men closely ntllllated with the banks
profess U believe that the ado about
the new nile will soon blow over and
that the proposed charge will In tltno
come to be icg.irded as necessary and
fair. On the other hand, there an
those who denounce the action of the
association as little less than highway
robbery and who claim that the de
positors will either force Its repeal or
transfer their accounts to trust com
panies or to banks not affiliated with
the clearing house.
There is one feature of this subject
which It s""ins to us merits careful
onslderatlon. The clearing House
association threatens to fine heavily
or to expel any bank among its mum
bets, caught waiving the proposed
charge. In other words, wo have here
the essential principle of a conspiracy
r combination In restraint of trade.
The constituent member.? of the hsso
iutl n ma) all be willing to be bound
by this combination, in which event a
legal test of the association's powers to
tine or expel may never bo raised. Hut
if any bank In the association should
make up Its mind to manage Its busi
ness In Its own way and carry Its right
to do this Into the courts it could prob
ably teach the association a lesson.
At a time when there Is conslderabb
political prejudice again', national
banks and when a great political party
lias recently polled ij.iiud.OOu voted on a
platform and by means of argument
and usseitlons latgely aimed at the
bunks the wisdom of the action taken
by the New York Clearing House iis"o-
datlon is not dcn-. Worn an outsld-j
standpoint It looks inoiv like stupidity
than wisdom.
There is one araln of comfort lelt
for Colonel Hryiin. HI '"ue will no
longer be espoused by Mrs. Mary KHz
alth l.eas".
Civil Sevvice Reform.
Another attempt is to bo made to put
the state and municipal governments of
1'ennsylvanla on a civil service reform
basis. The Pennsylvania Civil Service
I Inform association Is supporting a bill
known .is the Woodruff bill, which i
i-ubHlanttally identical with the bill pre
pared by the republican state commlt
teo In 1S05 and Indorsed by the Republi
can htale convention In 1S06,
The bill Introduced by Mr. YVoodrulf
provides 'or the appointment by the
governor of three commissioners who
Hhall make the necessary rules and
logulatlons and establish and supervise
the system of open competitive exam
inations of a thoroughly practical char
acter for ascertaining the comparative
limes. of all applicants and for secur
ing the appointment or promotion of
those who are found to be best fitted
to perform the duties of the positions
to bo filled. The act applies to the sub
ordinate employes of the state nnd of
the cities, and of counties co-terniln-OU9
with cities, nnd counties contain
ing ovet 150.000 inhabitants. Elective
offices and certain special positions are
excepted. So far as practicable theie
are to be for each locality separate ex
aminations and eligible lists.
In a circular explaining the provis
ions of this measure the association
presents tho general argument as fol
lows: "Under the spoils system the
head of a department, Instead of being
freo to exercise his own Judcment, Is
practically forced to select those who
have the most political Influence, and
to pay but little If any regard to their
ability or lUness. Under tho merit sys
tem tho appointing ofllcer Is not only
enabled but obliged to select for ap
pointment or promotion those who will
give the public the best obtainable ser
vice. Under the spoils system each ap
pointment makes more enemies than
'rlends. Under the merit system no un
successful appllcuut can complain of
mythlng but his own deflclenees. Tinder
tho spoils system the ofllceu are almost
monopolized by men of small capacity
and few scrunles, and tho moat desir
able clas of employes aro unwilling to
apply. Under the merit system the ex-
J nmlnatlons are open to every citizen,
and the best aro eager to compete be
cause their employment, retention nnd
promotion are mado to depend solely
upon their merit and fitness, and be
cause the work Is honorable, the pay Is
certain, and the opportunities for ad
vancement nie many. Tho public
should always be able 'to secure the
most desirable applicants, but tho plan
of selecting employes for any other rea
sons than merit and fitness for tho
duties to be performed, would bo ruin
ous to any private corporation, nnd
there Is no reason why tho public Inter
ests should be subjected to a system
which Is so utterly absurd and unbusi
nesslike, and so proline In all kinds of
corruption and bad government."
This Is the theory of civil service re
form. The practical weakness of the
so-called merit system as It Is exempli
fied In parts of the federal service Is
that It has been applied often dlshon
cstlv and cererallv without Intelligent ,
discrimination. The advocates of the ;
reform. Instead of applying It to minor I
positions involving routine cninllflen- i
tlons such as clerkships, clerical posi
tions and the like, have fought to In
clude confidential and responsible posi
tions which should be appointed at the
discretion of the administration and In
this way they have encouraged unnec
essary opposition. Ileal civil sendee
reform should put the public service on
the same footing as private service
under competent supervision. It should
give full scope to administrative offi
cers In working out essential features
of public policy without establishing an
auction block for minor positions, ft
should encourage conscientious and
faithful work but create no Illusions as
to dispensability. It should, In short,
apply the principles which govern tho
successful conduct of prlvnte business
enterprise, and neither more nor less.
It should go light on red tape examin
ations with their abundant facilities for
fraud or favoritism and place greater
emphasis on actual ability as demon
strated by nctual work.
Heal civil service reform Is bound to
come In this country, but not until a
good bit of the present sham masquer
ading tinder Its colois is cut away.
Mr. Cleveland has refrained from
criticising the country recently, and
as he Is writing a book It is presumed
that his complaints will all be em
bodied In one volume.
The News That Isn't Reported.
From the remarks made by Postmas
ter General Smith concerning what he
sew in Cuba, as well as from other
sources of equal reliability the infer
ence Is warranted that a good bit of
the fuss and bother in our relations
with that Island Indicated In the dally
press dispatches from Havana is su
perficial and liable to be received with
undue anxiety In this country. The
rivalries between this and that native
faction for recognition and emolument
and the incidental Instances of brig
andage or other lawlessness which
form the theme-, of most of the news
sent to American papers from Cuba
are really circumstances of minor im
portance, like the cave-Ins. hold-ups
and highway robberies scattered broad
cast through the piess under a. Scinn
ton date line. A man living fiiil) inlUs
away from Seranton and having no bet
ter knowledge of It than that which is
conveyed In thet-o exaggerated "news"
uispaienes migiii muuraiiy suppose ,
that Seranton is Utile else thy a a col
lection ot cave-holes with Molly Ma
gulre featutes on the side. Such a man.
gathering his Information fioin meager
and unreliable sources, would miss en
tirely the quiet but steady evolution in
education, religion and public spirit
winch Is the reni characteristic of our
city.
Am! so Willi regaid to Cuba we aro
told from day to day in a fragmentary
way of the scraps and scandals of
Havana, of the vanltits, jealousies and
petty spites of more or less prominent
individual Cubans and ot the (liflleult
les In administration which are to be
expected as matters of course In view
of the peculiar and delicate circum
stances of our Intervention In Cuban
affairs; but what we do not hear
about In adequate detail or compre
hend appreciatively Is the quiet but
steady progress In sanitation, public
education, public conveniences and
economic reconstruction and rehabilita
tion which, though not exploited in tho
public press, is after all the great fact
in the whole situation. Here, for ex
ample. Is just one Instance: "Assistant
Secretary nf War Melklejohn." says a
dispatch from Washington, "has. re
ceived an olhclul report from the cus
toms service at Havana. In a commer
cial sense the report shows nattering
conditions. The opposition to tho more
honest nnd exact system of doing btisl
ntss Inaugurated by tho United States
government, which first manifested it-
self on tho nart nf Importers when the
customs houses of the Island passed -niehmr-r,ho,I,rs,0c1o,,,d0
into American hands, Is gradual'y pass- , to nPnln Introduce himself and explain to
lug away. The subordinate places In i Mr. Hhcrman who he was and what ho
the entire customs service of Cuba nre ' 'J"!1 r0'nP for' Tho venerable statesman
,, , . .. ,. .. ,, i did not remember anything about tho
filled by natives. On tho customs rolls conversation held only twelve hours pre
of Havana are curried 270 employes, vlnus. Tho whole subject was gone over
at un ntrirrecato monthlv salarv nf tlrt..
809 in American gold. Purlng the month
of January il" vessels of all kinds, ot
a total tonnage of 219,307 tons, entered
the port of Havana, and 131, of a total
tonnage of V.iO.'i?1) tons, cleared from
that port tor foreign ports. Tho total
collections for the port during the
month nf January, 1vj9, amounted to
$"43,BJS."
These few quottd words nro hardly
sensational enough to attract very gen
eral notlco from the great body of
American newspaper readers, yet they
signify Immensely. A writer for Har
per's Weekly has told recently in a
series of articles about tho difficulties
encountered bv our customs collectors
at the beginning of their work In Hav
ana. Hvery merchant In the city ob
jected to paying 'the exact duties de
manded. They had bean accustomed
to making false Invoices nnd sharing
the difference with tho Spanish ofll
cluls. Tho clerks objected to working
for an exact salary without the priv
ilege of "i-wlplng" from the public till
All hands-clerks, importers, Vetsel
owners rebelled because they had no
conception of the advantages of an
honeit system conducted Impartially
. . , , , , .. ,i
and nbove board, and because they be-1
llevod In all sincerity that the Amerl- abuse of alcohol In Its evil results. The
cans were slninlv eiilrnr to stunt ths ! manufacture of new chemical products Is
cans were simpi) go ng to fiuii tii3 BUly tho pubc ,th cmiu.ss cnrb!)M
revenues In bulk without sharing " derivatives nf high molecular power, anil
penny of the rpolls. The best Informa- of Imperfect!;, known physiological ac
tion from Cuba now Is to the effect ' ,",n- So"e are most dangerous, ami ItliMr
...,,,, ., , , I continued iidilleence leads to confirmed
that this misconception, natural enough j rl.0B(1R , ,ni,ol.'c neurasthenia, and
In view of the prior conditions, has I It thus com to pass that as the thera-
practically been overcome. The same :
merchants who n few months ago made
It their business to bribe the custom
houre employes systematically now
make It their business to help tho
American overseer to kten a strict
watch upon his subordinates. The "one
price, ono treatment for all" Plan of
administering tho customs Is seen to
give a stability to business hitherto
lacking. The merchants of Havana no
longer fear that their rivals over thd
way aro getting better deals at the
port of entry; they can figure duty
charges In as a fixed factor In the es
tablishment of selllnc prices, nnd as
they come to realize this they apprecl-
u the change In systems.
T!a Is only ono Illustration of tho
luogress we have in mind. It is not a
spectacular kind of progress that fills
the American newspapers with startling
headlines but It Is progress Just the
same. And It means a great deal more
to all concernea than much of the sub
ject matter of the Havana dispatches
which do reach Amctlcan readers every
week day and twice or thrice on Sun
days. The recent death of George Hldwell,
the celebrated forger, closes the final
chapter of a romance in real life which
reads very much like a Sunday school
library story turned wrong end on.
The Hldwell brothers, George nnd Aus
tin, as bankers, brokers and forger,
lived on the fat of the land during
their career of dishonesty until finally
captured and sent to prison for swind
ling the Hank of England to tho ex
tent of $.",000,000. Upon being released
from confinement at the expiration of
long sentences the Hldwell brothers
attempted to live an honest life and
were successful In warding off starva
tion for several years. Hut both of
ten suffeted from want and their bod
ies now rest In the potter's field. Hard
Is the way of the transgressor, even
after repentance.
Sherman's Entry
Info the Cabinet
W. H. Curtis, In Chicago Itecord.
Mr Sherman's moods and disposition ap
pear to have undergone a radical change
within the last year or so. He was for
merly noted for his reticence, his coldness
of temperament and his lack of sympa
thy with others. Recently ho has become
garrulous, genial and interested In every
body. Ho was considered selfish and nar
row, and George Butler once said that if
a knife were plunged Into his heart It
would come out covered with frost. This
disposition did not Intel fere with his
success as a politician, although It proba
bly prevented bis nomination for tho
presidency. J Us force of character, his
comprehensive abilities, Ins power of
statement and his skill In tho manage
ment of political affairs wcie sufficient to
accomplish all his ambitions, except the
presidency, without the aid of the genial
and sunshiny disposition Mr. Itlnlne pos
sessed, For cars Mr. Sherman has been
considered the ablest of American states
men. He probably accomplished more
during his career ami had a greater In
lluince upon the politic.-- and the policy
of this country and upon public events
than any other man of his lime. It was
a pity that his career should have ended
as It did In a failure to grasp the affairs
of the state department, but tho presi
dent WHS not nwnrn nf Mie ovfrnt nf 1I
mentnl weakness, and It was n long tlm
before others of the cabinet realized bow
Infirm Mr. ShermanY Intellect had be
come. His forget fulness, his querulous
ness and his nln.ost ih'ldlsh simplicity
were not apparent at all limes. Thcro
would be days wherein his mental vuor
leappenred In a. manner that was pile,
notnenal; then, without wnrnlng. he
would lapse Into a senllo disability tb.it
was pitiful.
o
The president -clci t miu his cousin.
Win.lai.i McKlnley Osborne, now consul
reneral at Linden, to Washington to as
certain whether Mr. Sherman might be
Induced to consider a, pioposltign lo
transfer hli sphere of us fulness from
the senate to the department of state. He
arrived ui D o'clock one afternoon In Jan
uary, lS'i", took a room at the Arlington
betel, got bis dinner, ard then called at
Mr. Sherman's house. The latter had r.n
nnhappv faculty of forgetting people.
Some of his oldest fi lends were never sur
prised If he did not ncoKiilze them. Mr.
Sherman had met Mr. Osborne many
times, but dll not remember him. When
his Identity va fully established Mr.
Osborne expldli oil. as ile'lUitely as pos
sible that the president wiis considering
his cabinet and deslud to know whether
Mr, Sherman might be rr-gorded as a pos
sible choice in case matters shaped them
selves so that his appointment was ad
visable. He exp'nlned explicitly that l.a
was not authorized lo tender him a posi
tion; that tho president had not vet
ii ached a point where be could Invite any
one Into his official family, but he would
like to know If Mr. Sherman, under any
(Ircumstanccs, would consider an Invi
tation If It were tendered him. Ml. Sher
man thanked Mr. Oshorno for the honor
of being mentioned In connection with so
Idgh an office and asked for u ll'tle tlmo
lo consider. The suhtict was discussed at
length the entire evening, and when Mr.
Osboine lett the house It was understood
that ho should have an answer the next
morning In tlmo to take the 10 o'clock
train for Canton. At S.r.O promptly he ap
I nwnm. However, ami ,ir wierman again
asked tlmo to consider,
o
When Mr. Osborne arrived In Canton
the president-elect was at luncheon and
greeted Mm with the Inquiry: "Well,
what did Urielo John have to sa ?"
"Look here. William." exclaimed Os
boine, "tho next time you r.end me to see
a man about going Into your cabinet I
hope you will select one who will remem
ber me over night."
"Is ho to Lad as that?" lnouircd tho
president-elect.
"Yes." replied Osboine, and he r. latcd
his experience.
"If that Is the t-Unntlnn.' remarked tho
president-elect. "If I'nelo John Is nn bad
as that we had better not crowd him."
Although ho had been dlstlnet'.v told in
the evening and Hun again In the morn
ing thnt Mr. Osborne was not authorized
to tender him a position In the cabinet,
Mr. Sherman essoined that ho had dono
so. wrote Mr. MeKlnloy a letter of thanks
and acceptance nnd followed it bv a per.
sonnl visit to Canton, where he illsrosspil
nffalrs ns Intelllcrentlv as he mUht have
done twenty years before. Thus was tho
president entirely deceived as to his con
dition. INTEMPERANCE IN DRUGS.
From tho llrltlsh Medical Journal.
Thcro Is a tource ot nervous ailments
entirely special to this age, and the un
expected outctmo of our nineteenth cen
tury chemistry nnd advertising. Intern
pennies In' druas Is becoming more com
ithiiil-w 111 iiiuiiii is MccuiaiiJi, inure cum-
mon, und It may possibly outsttlp the
l'p"tic activity of the profession tends to
abolish disease, that of tho public is
mantifueurlng It.
NBWS AND COMMENT.
In the April Scrlbner's Senator Hoar
thus tel's how ho came to got Into poli
ties: "I entered tho lirttito of representa
tives of the United Slates at the spring
session which began Match 4, lSi.9, at tho
beginning of Grant's administration. t
can almost say with truth that my nomi
nation and election were against my own
will. .My life has been a singular ln
Htanco of the failure of early plans and
expectations, and being drifted by Hie
current of life Into strange regions. I
expected wher 1 was admitted to the bar,
o spend my life In my olllce as what
was called 'chamber counsel' and In mak
ing Instruments, but net or to take miijli
part In the conduct of trials, or to con
duct them at all, except with tho help
of senior counM. I supposed I had an
Incurable Incapacity for speaking In pub.
He. After I get along a little farther, and
had some early professional successes, It
was my whole deslro and ambition somo
day to become a Judge. It always seemed
to me that the most delightful human
occupation would bo to go about tho
state, with four or five able lawycis,
hearing and deciding questions of law.
Sed ills allter visum. In tho spring of
1SGS 1 was broken down by mcrwork.
My brain was so affected that 1 some
times could not remember for two min
utes tin Important conversation. I would
meet a client In tho street. He would
say something to me about an Important
case, and when I had got ten reds off I
would say to myself, What was it thnt
that man was talking with mo about?'
I engagi d passage for a summer journey
In Europe. Just before 1 went some
friends expressed a desire to nominate mo
for congress, to which 1 gavo a half-
assent, supposing that to go to Washing
ton for a term would enable me to get rid
of the burden of professional care and to
recruit my Jaded faculties. Hut as soon
as I got out of sight of land and the load
of responsibilities was off my mind, my old bo used to speak pieces at Sunday
health and vigor Instantly came back. I school entertainments nnd hold the nudl
returned from Europe ready to beln , tneo spellbound."
we ugain, ana uiicny sick oi tne wnoio i
mta or political life; but tho matter bad
gone too far. I could not honorably re
treat without leaving In tho lurch tho
men who hail engaged In an nctlve cam
paign In my behalf. So I was nominated
over five or six competitors, after a se
vere struggle, and was elected."
A Havana correspondent of the Chicago
Record gives the following Interesting de
scription of a Cuban railroad: A Journey
Into the country In almost any direction
from Havana Is full of Interest. Thera
are a number of railway lines, each op
erating Independent of the others. Somo
of these are fairly modern nnd well
equipped, nnd also fairly well operated.
Others were built "before the war"; not
only beforo tho struggle Just ended, but
before tin? ten years' war, even before tho
civil war between the states, from ap
pearance and condition even before tho
revolutionary war, when there were no
railroads. At tho Kleld Columbian museum
are to bo seen railway carriages quite
like those In uso on somo of the lines en
tering Havana. The locomotives of tho
earliest periods aro not quite up to those
In use here, but the passenger coaches of
tho middle of the century drawing to a
close are fair samples of the coaches In
uso on tho morning trains of the VIllo
Nucva railroad, running out In a south
westerly direction to Guanajay. thirty
live miles from this city, Just en
the Plnar del Itlo boundary. These coach
es are low-celllnged, have narrow doors,
small windows without glass, only shut
ters being In use; the seats are low.
primitive, wooden structures, without
adornment or possibility of comfort; tho
floors nre worn, splintered and filthy;
tho conductor Is without uniform, unless
a dirty cap with a tortolseshell or cellu
loid visor may bo considered an Insignia
of his high office; his personal appear
ance is almost us untidy as that of the
humblest passenger riding on the cheap
est fare, and after he has mado his
round he lounges Idly with the passen
gers, smoking the omnipresent cigarette,
whether In tho caboose or tho ladles' car.
All tho employes smoke while on duty as
when off duly. They all smoke cigar
ettes. Most of these aro lie. A non
smoking passenger has no right.- which
anybody in this country Is In the least
bound to obserse. Wonun pans-tiger
smoko Willi the men. Not that all la
dles smoke; but somo do. And the dingy,
close, low-topped cars are permeated with
the vilest of fumes from the vilest of
weeds being smoked by tho vilest of hu
man beings, as well as by those whooo
station In life Is undisputed.
Th postofllee department Is, sas the
Sun, prepaili,- to Issue a spiclal set of
stamps for Cuba and the designs have
been approved by the postmaster-general.
The Issue will consist of one, two,
three, llvo and ten cent stamps. The
one-cent, or one-centavo stamp, has tho
word Cuba across tho top, with a. "I" in
each of tho lower corners. In the center
is a picture of the statue of Columbus in
the courtyard ot the palace or tlio cap
tain general In Havana, It will bo print
Mi In green. There nro two designs for
the two-centavo stamp. The first has
Cuba across tho top, wllh a plantation
scene in the center and "two centavos"
at the bottom. The other has the planta
tion scene In the upper left-hand corner,
with tho woul Cuba across the center, tho
flguro 2 underneath and centavos at tho
bottom. The llrst gives more prominence
lo the plantation. This stamp will bo In
red. The three-cent stamp has the word
Cuba across the top. and lu the center Is
a representation of tho allegorical flguro
of Cuba, which stands In the plaza of Ha
vana, a woman seated on a throne. It
Is called "La Cubana." On either side of
the figure Is the llguie ", and at the bot
tom the word centavos. Tho five-cent
stamp has the picture of a merchant
steamer at full speed, typifying com
merce. On the side is a Wealth of palms
and tropical foliage and at tho top the
word Cuba. Across tho bottom Is "."
centavos." On tho 10-cent stamp Is de
pleted a fanning scene In Cuba. A Cuban
Is driving two oxen harnessed to the
primitive plough In us In the island, wkh
the long upright slick by which It Is
guided Tho word Cuba appears at the I
top. with the figures "10" on either side
and 'centavos" In a bcml-clrcle above the I
picture. The plates will be prepared and I
the stamps printed at tne nuroau or r.n- '
graving and Printing, Washington, and
their cost charged against the Cuban rev- i
enues. They will ne useu on ine lsuinu
until Cuba Is declared free, when the Cu
ban government will bo at liberty to con
tinue their uso or not as It sees tit.
Tho project to establish a professorship
of tho Welsh language at Marietta col
lego Is meeting with encouragement
throughout tho country. Tho Welsh citi
zens of Hoston have pledged $2,000 to.
ward tho endowment. In New York
$10,01X1 has been pledged, nnd in renusjl
vanla J10.000 more. Preparations ore be
ing mado for a public meeting to bo held
In nbout two weeks in Cincinnati, whet
action will be taken to have that city rep.
resented In the endowment. The Welsh
residents ef Cleveland, Columbus and
other cities aro also preparing to act In
tho matter. The new professorship Is to
bo known as tho Cambrian professorship,
nnd the amount of endowment It Is pro.
posed to secure for It U $50.00). All lov
ers of tho old Cymric laud and Its lan
guage aro rejoiced at tho success that has
so far attended the movement, and it is
believed tho now department will be In
operation with tho next colleifo year.
Vtlea Herald.
It Is announced In a City of Mexico .11s.
patch that Professor Angclo Hellprln. of
the Philadelphia Acadomy of National
Sciences has completed bis calculations
of tho heights of tho flvo principal vol.
canlo mountain peaks In Mexico. Tho
remits of hU meusuiementH nro as fol
lows: Orizaba, as measured by thu Del
cros tables, 1$,2QS feet; Popocatepetl, 17,523
feet; Iztacclluiatl, 1(5,00) feeti Nevada de
Tolucn. 14,951 feet. It has long been said
that l'opocateptl was the highest moun
tain peak In Mexico.
Admltnl Dewey's rank Is not equal to
that of nny naval olllcer In the world, as
Is generally supposed. In the llrltlsh
navy there, nro seven "admirals of tho
fleet" who nro superior to ordinary ad
mirals and hold the rank eonespotulliig
to that of "Held marshal." In un army.
JUST FOR FUN.
A Truo Briton.
At a guard-mounting parade of one ol
her majesty's lino rglments stationed at
lilchmiind barracks, Dublin, the olllcer
Inspecting noticed that one man did not
hae the backs of his boots polished up
to the regulation brightness.
"What do you mum by oppenrlng on
parade In dirty boots?" ho sternly asked
tho delinquent.
Tommy looked ikwn in innocent sur
prise at his toes.
"Look behind!" cried the ofllcer.
"A true llrltlsh soldier never looks be
hind him," was the prompt reply.
Needless to say. Tommy was lot off that
time. Linden Times.
An Easy Diagnosis.
"My wife's got a cold again, Doctor," he
said,
Like a man who for grievance has
cat'sc,
"Despite all my protests, the would go
last night
To tho ball In a dress made of gauze."
Though the doctor tiled hard to look
grave, on his face
Was a smile not so hard to detect
As ho answered: "That settles the matter
at once.
It's a plain case, of gauze and effect."
Huffalo Cornier.
,
Law in Chicago.
"I notice that a Chicago judge has de
cided that a department store has a right
to sell meat."
'Next thing, I s1 rpese, he'll hand down
a decision to the effect that a butcher can
sell shoestrings." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Then and Now.
"Yes, they all prophesb d a brilliant fu-
tltrrt f,,,' tilm Wlimi tin u'nq ntilv F ..nnra
'And now.
'Oh, he married, and now he dnpsn't
even speak to his wife! Cleveland
Leader.
A Ready Explanation.
Customer My dear sir, your marbles,
bisques and bronzes are not well selected.
lou havo only standing postures.
Jeweler Certainly, sir. My figures never
Force of Habit.
"Iln.'rt n n ... n , , 9' el.A .,1, I rtt.-nt
,...V JUI, II. , (III...,. . fin f...lll.v,. .
io, msscu mo vi'minous orog cieiK,
"but." ho murmured ubseiit-mlmledly,
"wo have something Just as gimd." New
York Journal.
Bryant Revised.
The melancholy days are come,
Tho saddest ever yet.
When wo put our overcoats In hock
Our summer suits to get.
New York Journal.
Riotous Proceedings.
Superintendent The necktio department
will have to be moved further away from
the counting-room.
Manager Why?
Superintend! nt The spring styles make
so much noise that the eVrks can't work.
Hojlon Post.
Unparalleled Economy.
"I do think." said Mrs. Dukane, 'that
Miss Oakland carrits her economical
ideas to an unwniranted extreme."
"In what particular?'' asked Mrs. Gas
well. "She always buys her valentines on the
15th of February, when the dealers will
sell them for almost nothing rather than
put them away, and then she keeps them
and sends them the following year."
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
LAKUKST ASOUTMKNT Of UXNUKS
IN THU CITY.
PlimmWinig
and Tiro mines:
GUWSTER k FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE,
MMC3
and
Furnaces
.. !r tLts.i s 5 Sy7 . .VjI sv.'-rViw' tew KW
A cabinet maker of Wood town, N. J., suffered
with shortness of breath aid debility for sever."
years and thought he had lung trouble. At last h
was unable to do any work, and a friend recom
mended Ripans Tabules. " After using, one-fourth
' of a large bottle," lie says, " I was like a new man,
and continue to feel so. I can not say enough for
them."
A nf ntTlf tmrVc t MElnlnlnB tru r.n-AMi tmiffl In a raivr rrtnn (without tlwilmii firmlet tom
druet.ire-roKfHi!ri.Tii. TtULiv-rlr(t w.it It IntcinlKt for tbpo.rml tlii-ci'unoiii.Pil. Oiiclotto
ot tlm Uretit Mrtum (ia t!uit) iii 6c Iwd tiy null tiy udlng (artylgbt c f at to the IUrK I'mxiClfc
bjuiif, No, 10 Bsruca btrctt. Kew ) orL-or a tier I o carlou itl tuvusi will U imut for Urn crntu.
o
did
&
Lamp:
We have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
TIE (DEMONS, Bm
0'MALLEY CO.
422 Lackawanna Aveuu
Lewls9 Reilly
& DavieSo
ALWAYS BUSY,
The march of
honest progress
will ever in
crease; Our
Shoes for Sprln
are FIT
march the earl:
Lewis, Mlly k Mvks,
1 14-116 Wyoming Ave.
Our
Window
Display
will
give
you
a good
idea
of what
we
have
'to offer
in "this
iine.
Everything
new.
A
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ReyeoWsBro
STATIOM'RS ami nXf.IUYKKS.
Motel Jermyn Building.
book
biedioi
NEAT, DURAULI0 1SOOK BINDING
IS WHAT YOU 11KCK1VK IV YOU
LKAVK YOUR ORUIMl WITH Tilt.'
TRIBUNE BINDERY.
t eMwa
1 W
Ji Ji JL M Ld j 1st ii L
Easter
Week
Attractions
IN
Mies' Flie Neckwear,
New Spring Parasols,
New Silk Petticoats,
New Silk and Lisle
Hosiery,
Silk SWrt Waists,
New Haettercliiefs anol
Laces, eta
We make special mention for
this week ot
Perms New Suede
Piqmie Gloves
With Pearl Clasp,
The very nobbiest glove made
to be worn with tailor
made gowns and
the best
Ome Dollar
Real kid glove ever sold with,
a positive guarautee.
5:10 and 512
LACKAWANNA A VENUS
TllMjtKN JlAUIIWAKB ,SroreK.
M
JLAZA l
Keep vour nose on the
'lindstone. Be alive to
what is going on around
you. Live buyers aie
taking advantage of our
oiler ol
NicMe-Platei Trays
For .15 cents each
FOOTIE & SUM! CO.
Jill WASHINGTON AVK.
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The Hunot &
ConodJ Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring,- Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
iH
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Otuuiiu Agent for ilia Wyom.a;
luatrlut '
in n ins, liluntus. Hportlnj, .sinoUiiloii
uuU tuu Hepiuinu UUemtc.il
I'oiupunyM
I HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
' fculfty I'me. Cih nml Ktplo.Uri.
I Itoom IU1 Commit lluiUUn.;.
acruuioa.
AUENOlta
ii i os roitp,
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