THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1899. (5e cranfon CriBunc riiiillnhoel l)lly. K.tcept SiimUv. hr tlm Irlbiinel'ilblUlilaij Company, l fifty Conti nMontlt. .Niw crUOIIIca i6nNniwiMt . ... H.H. VHK1'.IAM tole Agent for loroljn Aiherllaliu. l.Mr.HFD AT Till! rOSTOWCK AT WIIAVTOM, PA., AH BECONIhCLASS MAIL M ATTLH SCHANTON, APWJ. 10. 1S99 It Is announced Hint Admiral Dewey will bo too busy on May 1 to celebrate Doucy dny and similar nuwa rotnes Imm the majority of hU hdmlrlns rounlrynu'ii. ut, then, the brr.t pos-i-iblu ttlubiatlon Ij to fjo rleht on tlolns f.no'H duty modestly, for that Is what mude Di-woy great. Republicans Should Attend. The attack made upon Attorney A. A. Vosbure, the- Republican nominee for city Kollcltor, In tho Saturday edi tion of tho TlineB was entirely un called for, and Mr. Vosburg's reputa tion la such that n refutation Is un necessary. Tho Republican caucus havintr mado liH nomination unani mous, theru should not, and no doubt will not, be any disposition on tho part of tho Republican councilman to cither stay uwny from tho Joint ses sion this evening or to break aw y from tho resular party nominee. Mr Vosburn has had many years' oxp'.-rl; once at the bar and his fltnes.8 for the position Is beyond question. J'ho uuestlon of whether there Is a vacancy or not Is ono for the courts to decide, and not for the councils; and It Is tho plain duty of evtiy Republican coun cilman to attend the Joint session and elect a Republican city solicitor. Thosu Kns'.Iih manufacturers who Vrofoss to doubt the ability of their miccosfut Yankee competitors to live up to certain contract aqi cements In the matter of railway bridges for Egypt hove a few things et to learn. From tho Chinese Viewpoint. We tiust that our icadeis will be sure to read the address by the Chin ese minister which Is printed else where on this page. Its Intelligent simplicity and candor make It as not able from a literary point of view as Uh subject matter makes It notable from the standpoint of politics and morals. It Is possible that Mr. Ting-Fang's opinions concerning the proselyting In dustry in China will full to command unqualified approval in this country, yet even on this delicate topic ho is frank without being offensive and shat he says may well receive atten tion as lllubtratlng how the better edu cated Inhabitants of tho Orient look upon the work of Christian mission aries when characterized more by zeal than by common t.onse. The dlvlnu Injunction to carry the Oopel to every people Is not .to bo disobeyed, but It Is fortunately coupled with no Instruc tions making it mandatory upon the carriers of this Gospel to emphasize Its benign purport by scolding, haish criticism of people in Ignorance or the quarrelsomeness which seeks for pre texts to hoist Christian Hags In an un-Chiistlan manner and pilfer new political dominion under cover of hu mane professions It may bo that in the antl-mlssonai ilots which are trcquent In China honest, devoted und worthy Americans aie sometimes sac rificed to tho passion of the mob with out having themselves given tho slight est provocation or offence Instances of this Kind are most deploiable, al though not by any means contlned to China. Hut it Is safe to say that for every life thus taken In apparent wan toness a reason exists, could we but know it, dating back to bome prior missionary indiscretion, when the work of proseljtlng was conducted of fensively to .the native sentiment and so as to scatter the seeds of prejudice, distrust and violence. Human nature is much the same the world over; and they who stroke It against the grain have themselves to blame for unpleas ant consequences. The Chinese minister, however, puts himself upon unassailable ground when the arraigns the audacious polit ical and territorial aggressions of the leading so-called Christian powers up on the sovereignty and the dominion of .the Chinese empire and people. The sting In his words Is completely de served when ho sajs with polished bcorn: "Some people call themselves highly civilized, and stigmatize otheis as uncivilized. What Is civilization? Does It mean solely tho possession of superior force nnd ample supply of of fensive and defensive weapons? I take It to meun something more. I understand that a civilized nation should respect the lights of another nation, Just the same as In society a man Is bound to respect the jlglits of his nelghboi. Civilization, ns I un derstand it, does not teach people to Ignore the rights of others, nor does It approve the seizure of another's property against his will. It would be a sorry spectacle if such a gluring breach of the fundamental lights of man could bo committed with impun ity at the end of the nineteenth cen tury." Yet on the same day that this morally unanswerable protest was ut tered the tubmarine cable was telling in giaphic detallf of the landing of Italian marines at San-.Mun bay. In tent upon wresting from China by force h concession refused in due course of diplomacy In the light of this somewhat atmt llng coincidence the American people may take additional satisfaction fiom the fact that their government has not only declined In pointed terms to be a party to any purtltlon of China, but has by stiong Inference put on lecord Its disapproval of the whole nefarious business. It will be inter esting to know how gracefully the powers thnt have recently consum mated International jobbery In tha de fenceless Middle Kingdom will array themselves about tho table at ho c?ar's peucu congress and with what face they will begin the consideration of overtures for the millennial dawn. Utat year, In fplts ot the war with Spain, our imports of manufactures In cunspd J.OPO.000. What o'.hor nation river fought such n victorious war and nude sui h u unlit In ttade all In one year? Tho gooil old rule about not cros!ng bildf.es until wo Rut to them applied vciy liatl.v tn the caso of Gomiz, In whom some nerwiua Havana corres pondents seem to lew n possible sourco of ttnuble to tho Ante! lean authorities. The Law Taking Its Course. It Is encouraging to observe, that Ihe grand Jury In tho United States court for tho Southern circuit, sitting ut Charlestown. S C, has jKurnod a true bill ugnlnst thirteen white citi zens of I.ako City. S. C. chnrged with lynching Krazlcr U. Ilaker, tho negro postmaster of thnt town. Baker had always borne a. good repututlon nnd when appointed postmaster by the Mc Klnley administration had first class credentials. Hut tho whites objected to receiving mall from a negro. They Hist warned linker to mmo nway. He efuscd and several attempts were made to kill him. They did not prove successful and then n mob was mado up to do the work. Ilaker and his family 11 ed In n small frame house, which was also used as the post oillce. At midnight the mob gathered, poured oil on the place ami set It on flic. linker and ono child were killed by bullets fired from tho woods nearby and his wife nnd five chlldicn were badly wounded. The ofllec nnd cvciy thlng In It were destroyed. In charging ithe grand Jury the Judge lcmarked. "A more heinous cilme hns jarely darkened the history of tho state. It would be an everlasting m pronch to our government and to our civilization If those charged w 1th the administration of tho laws failed to bring to trial tho perpetrators of this crime. It was stated in the news papers at the time, nnd It was prob ably tiue, that Raker was obnoxious to the community that he was appoint ed to set vp. It Is not for this court to express any opinion on that point or to attempt to measure tho moral re sponsibility of those who arc responsi ble for bringing about conditions which aroused the popular fury to such an extent that thnt should bo con sidered by any community as In any measure an extenuation of this dread ful cilme. No consideration of that kind can furnish palliation or excuse for the horrible offences charged in this Indictment. Whatever reason may have existed for the feeling of the community on this subject, there were other and legal ways In which that feeling might manifest Itself, and oth er and legal remedies for such com plaints, whether well or 111 founded. Tho very foundation of society will be broken up if the wild and lawless ele ments which in eveiy community te qulru the wholesale restraints of the law aro allowed upon any pretext or for any reason to take upon themselves the right to sny who shall discharge public functions and kill and bum the objects of their displeasure. Tho most temperate statement of the offence charged in this Indictment, the sim plest detail of the circumstances at tending the execution of the conspir acy therein charged, Is so calculated to excite tho honor of all Just-minded men that the court forbeais to make any futther comment." The returning of a true bill docs not, of course, assure llnal com ictlon, and until the flnal vcidlct is tendered it will be premature to say that tho south has manhood enough In It i.i insure adequate punishment for such an atrocious crime. But the diligence shown by the federal oillclals In prose cuting this ease is in any outcome worthy of respect. The trial will be gin this morning, nnd Inasmuch as two of the suspects have turned state's evidence and divulged nil tho details of the nffalr, enabling tho gov ernment to summon ICO witnesses, some of whom can hardly fnll to ie spect the solemnity of their oath, the hope for a conviction is sttong. Tho mob planned In insane prejudice and murdered in passion, but the law has worked coolly and w lth Imperturbable patience, and In its triumph society cannot fall to rend a salutary lesson Chicagoans aro boasting that they have got at last an honest council. It Is high time. Democracy's Decline. With a view to reminding the Demo cratic elders how much their party baa degenerated In recent yeais, the Wash lnjjton correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demon at has drawn a few Inter esting comparisons between tho Demo cracy of nnte-bellum lays (meaning theieby tho days before the civil war) and the disintegrated nnd demoralized combination of fragments which today calls ltelf by the same name. Trom 184 to 1S30, he points out. thero were sixteen states north of Mason and Dixon's line, with thirty-two seuatois, and of those thirty-two nineteen worn Democrats. The total nntl-Democrntic Mite- In that hc-nato from all sections was tweny-tlve. In the houso there weie nlnety-thiee Noithern Democrats and only seventy-five anti-Democratic vots ftom all sections. And there were more- Southern thnn Northern Demo crats In each house. Tho total Demo ciatlc utieniith was In the senate, thirty-seven votes, and In the house 159. "That," ho adds, "huh the Democracy which had an unclouded title to Jeffer sonlbrn. Mr. Bryan finds some wnjr every day to ny that he and his asso ciates tire the same party, und to de nounce nil other claimants to tho patty heritage. How much pleasure would the IJrynn Democrats have in their un tljlpatlon ot the events of next whiter if In tho rifty-slxth congress their measure wete to depend on Northern votes alono? This is it suggestion which docs not look to any sectional Issue, inukes no appeal to nny sectional fepl Ing. Ite only put pose is to Illustrate the weakness ot Bryanlsm by drawing a little morn uttention to the fact that the twrnty-nlno great states of tho North that Is to say, north of Dela ware, Maryland, Kentucky und Mls bourl holding llfty-elght seats in the wnuto und 2i seats In tho houso of icpresentntlves. have sent to tho Fifty sixth congress (Including one hold-over spnator) two Democratic senators and (lfty-thrcQ Democrntlc representatives, two of the representatives bolm? gnld Htundard men whu do not ueknoivlodE! the Chicago platform ns Democracy. And tho two Democratic senators (theio should havo been three it the Democratic majority In the Utah legis lature Just ndjourn'-d had mude un election) arc Jrom states In thu Rocky mountains or beyond Montnnii nnd Utah states which did not exist when tha Kansas-NebrnsUn bill wns pascd when the war between the Htntes was fought, or even when the post-bellum Democracy won Its flist presidential victory tn 1SSI. Just one of tho new senators-elect In the whole North Is a Democtnl " Currying the ooniparbon down to a later date, tho same wilter notes that In tho Thirty-ninth congress, elected In 1801, thero wpre from the states north of Delaware, Maryland nnd Kentucky eight Democratic senators one each from Now Jersej, Connecticut, Penn sylvania, Indlann, Wisconsin, Minneso ta, California and Oregon and oven In the Forty-first congress, elected In 18s. there w ro four one each from Now Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota nnd California As nlrcndy pointed out. the nlxteen IJorthcrn states that voted In congress on the Kansas-Nebraska bill will not have a Democratic toptcscntatlve In the senate of tho Fifty-sixth congiess. How many wilt those twenty Northern states havo which voted on the thir teenth, fomleenth and llfteenth amend ments? Not one. How many will the borJer states, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky nnd Mlssou ll conrlstently Demociatlc for almost two decades after reconstruction have? Four of thu ten. But this Is not all of the stoty. Tho Globe-Democrat man dlrectH nttentlon to the fart thnt there was nover a time duilng the war of the tebelllon when theio was not a Demociatlc governor In the North. In the early pait of ISC'i. when th" fortunes of the party In this rexpert weie at their worst, Joel I'arker was governor of New Jeisey Horatio Seymour had just retired from the gov crnotshlp ot New Yoik. In 1S09, not only New York and New Jersey, but Connecticut and California of the Mrlctly Noithein states, and Delaware. Alaryland and Kentucky of the South ern btatit, which did not secede from tho union, hod Demociatlc governors. How do the "state governments stand now? Thero aro J'opullst governors elected partly by Democratic votes as far east as Nebraska und South Dako tn; but of Democratic goernors In-all the twcnty-nlno Northern states theie nro just two, and these are In the Rocky Mountuln country Coloi ado and Idaho; nnd they doubtless owe their election as much to the Populists as to Democrats. Trom Maine to the Miss issippi liver, and on from the Mississ ippi liver to Colorado, and from Can ada to tho southern boundaries of Muryland.West Virginia and Kentucky, the Democratic pilgrim comes nowhere under JuiUdlctlon of a Democratic gov ernor. In nil the twenty Northern states of the war time, with thore of the bonier states added, theio Is not one Demociatic governor. Wh"t Bryan, Belmont, Gorman nnd CtnkP! au qunnellng dramatically for the front place in the disputed party leadership, no wonder that our bluff and fianl; fiiend. Colonel Watterson, devotns his time and talents to llgur Ing out "Wh.'t thr Di mocraey Must Do to Be Savpd." Small wonder that the lgnoiant Chi nese, judging Cliilstlanlty bv the politi cal 'pollatlon piacticcd by ostensibly Christian nations, turn on Clulstlan missionaries and lend them. Having found conclusive evidence tint much of the aimy beef was rotten, the best thing for the court of inqulty to do is to locate the culprlt. Lot no guilty man escape. The detailed icports concerning that Samoan aftaii show that It was simply another case of German big I. fls S??n from fh? Chinese UleWpoinL Prom an A Idress oy Tho Chinese Min ister to This Countij, Mr. Wu Ting Pang, Delivered Saturday Bvcnlng nt Philadelphia Hefoio the Amcilcan Acad emy of Political and Social Science. B HAV15 all read about tho dispute between two ancient knights over a. thleld, ono claim ing It to bo gold and tho other claiming It to be silver. Tho story is an old one, but tho lesson it teaches Is worth nmcmbtiing. it is tho failure to look at the other sldo of tho shield that has given riso to all tho mis understanding lu tho intercourse between tho Bast and tho West The different nations In tho West have, within tho proem century, advanced so much in science;, knowledge and wealth that It has becomo thu fashion to speak of them as tho most civilized notions on tho faco of the earth and to consider tho nation. lu tho Bast us much below them In civil ization In fnct, as barbarous or semi (ivllized. It h.us been too much thu habit to ignore the gcod points the Basteru nutions pus-ess, and to liavet out ol ac count what they have done This Is hardly Just The Bast al-o hns a civil ization of Its own. Of that civilization Chlnu U tho chief exponent. Among Its achievements may be mentioned tho In entlon of the mariners' compass, gun powder and printing. Then- Is not a na tlon standing tndav that can trace its history ns far b icU as China She bus witnessed the rise nnd fall of the ancient Bgjptiau Dynasties, tho epunslou of tho Persian Bmplre; tho conquests of Alexander, tho lne-dstlblo advance) of the Roman legion, tho delugn of Teutoulo houleS from the Not lit: the dissolution of tho Bmpiio of Charlemagne; und tho birth of nil tho modem nations of Burope. Duilng thu fortv centuries of her elot onco theio havo gradunlly grown up in stitutions and laws adapted to the) needs und character of t.n people, a llteratuio as extensive and arlcd at that of ancient and model u Burope u s.vHieiu of moral ity that can chnllmge comparison with any other tho world bus evei produced, and those) useful aits that nine never censeel to excite tho wonder and admlia tlnn of the world, lou may ask why Bgpt, Persia. Greece, and even mighty Homo havo suceesslvel succumbed to tho ravages of tlmo, while China alono has survived. Tho nnswer is not far to seek. It Is tho survival of tho fittest. Tho working of this inoxoruble law of uatuio constantly weeds out those nations that cannot adapt themselves to tho cver chauglng conditions of life, und tho fnct that China Is standing today shows con clusively that sho has not outllveel her usefulness to the cause of civilization, -o Thus Chinese civilization has been weighed In thu balanco of tlmo nnd not found wanting. Hut tho conditions thut havo fostered that civilization have In recent jcars been greatly modified by steam nnd electricity. With the Hlma lavas cm th west, vast desorts on the ninth, and large) bodlew ot water on the east und eoutn, China was a country I extremely dlfllculty to approach from all sIiIch In days not very long ago. Thero sho wns left for centuries to work out her destiny practlcully free from outside Influence and foreign molestation. Hut tho Btcntnboat nnd telegraph havo changed tho whole situation of things, and rendered It impossible for her to lead hucIi a iiittfat'iil llfo as Hho rould brfoiu. It has taken her some tlmo to uwako to this fact. Hut It Is a mistake to think that China has been stntlonnry. Compnro China at tho present dny with China of fifty years pro, nnd the piu giess she hns mado will be nt onco appar ent. Wo havo nlrcndy erlabllshcd a sys tem of telegraphs which Is now In opi ra tion lu every provlt ce of China, and a missago can bo jwnt trom ono thousand miles hi the Interior to the furthest tea port In a few hours, With regard to the inllroad, It was Introduced In tho north of China fourteen jenrs ago, and 1 had tho honor of being ono of the promoters und directors that organized thu Ilrst company. Flncu then It has been ex tended In dlffeient dilution A Journey from Tientsin to Peking, which by boat would hao taken three or tour dayo a few Jtnrs ugo, cun be accomplished now In a few hcurs Tho grand trunk line from north to nouth Is now being rnplius pushed forward, and In the near future i traveler from tho extreme south of fliltin will be able to so up by the "Iron horso" U Peking In fotty-ilght hours Tho snmo Is true ot water communica tion Wo have steamers pllng along the coast of Chti'O, nnd steamboats of light draught nro seen on mot of the navlg ublo rivers, t do not u that all neces sary rcfcims bao been mude. ami 1 frankly admit that something mora will havo to bo done. Our government and peoplo nro awnro ot this, and thev nro taking steps In that direction. Uul It should bo remembered that It is not wcessniy to Import by wholesale tho Western civilization Into China. What Is Htiltid to on" country may not be sulf'd to anollio. Tlu most Importnnt questions with which tho Chinese government hns to deal arise from the spirit of commetclnl ism and tho spirit of proselytlsm. In all the treutlcs which China has eoncluded with Western Powers, there Is an article generally known In effect thnt Christian Itv Inculcates tho practice ot lrtue, und that those professing or teaching It should not bo harassed or persecuted. This rppnrtntly Innocent provision 1ms not, however, helped to further tho causes of Christianity In China It must be borne in mind that this ofllclal recogni tion of Christianity was first obtained from her after a disastrous war. The clause was no doubt Inserted with tho best of Intentions Hut it had the api ur cnt cfTect of exciting In the native mind tho unfounded suspicion that u deep-laid nnlltleiel eibleet was Intended under the cover of religion. The piovlslon Itself wns hardly necessary as the subjects of eei.v treaty power rrc nil protected un der tho gei.einl provisions which opplv equally to missionaries. I'nfortunatelj most of tho tumbles occurring in China have arisen from riots against mission aries, llenco it has been said by sonic foreigners In China that, without mis sionaries. China would have no forcUn complications. I am not In .a position to alllini or deny this o Hut lot us put Ihe shoe on the other foot, and supposo that Confucian mis sionaries wete sent by tho Chlneso to foreign lands with the avowed purpose of gaining proel tes, nnd that these mis sionaries established themselves In New Yotk, Philadelphia, San Pianclsco and other cities and that they built temples, held public meetlrgs, and opened schools It would not be stiango If they bhould gather around them a crowd of men, women and children of .ill classes and conditions If they were to begin their work by making vehement attacks on the doctrines ot Christianity denouncing tho cherished institutions of tho country, or going out of their way to ridicule, the fashions of tho day, and pet haps giving a learned dlscoui'.e) on tho evil effects of corsets upon the gencial hculth of Amer ican women, It Is most llkelv that they would bo pelted with stones, dirt and rot ten epes for their pains Whit would be tho consequence' if, instead of tiklng hos tile demonstrations of this chiructer phil osophically, thc should lose their temper. call in the aid of the police and report the caso to tho government at Washing ton for ofllclal Interference? I verily be lieve thnt such action would render the missionaries so obnoxious to tho Ameri can people as to put on end to their use fulness, nnd that the American govern ment would cause a law to be enacted against them as public nuisances. Can It bo wondered at then Mint now nnd then wo hear of riots occurring against mis sionaries In China, notwithstanding tho precautionary measuies taken by tho loenl authorities to protect them? It must not be) understood tint 1 wish to Justliv or CNtcnunto the lawless nets committed bv Ignorant mobs, nor do I underestimate the noble and unselfish cfToits of Chi Is tint missionaries in geuttal who spend thu best part of t iclr lives In Chlm. What I desire to point out Is that tho pleaching of the Gospel of Chi 1st In the interior of China except with great tact and dscietlon) will, In the nature of things, now and then tun counter to popular prejudice) and lead to some disturbance-. o Tho sphlt of commercialism has lately risen to a dangerous pitch. As a market for the world's goods, China Indisputably holds tho first place, for tho wants of S.'i0,000uat) to IfiO.OoO.ftiii people havo to bo supplied In some wa. It has been said thnt, as n market, ono piovtnco of China is worth more than tho whole continent of Africa. It has nlways been tho policy of China to treat all, foreign nations alike. They are ull most f.ivoied nations In a literal sense. Tho maintenance of an 'Open Door" Is xactl In the line of her policy. But unhappily human nature is never contented. When a man gots an Inch ho wants an ell. It Is now tho turn of missionaries to tell us that If there wcio no foiclgn adventurers In Chine there would bo no foreign compll eitlons Twentj-llvo centuries ago, our Sago Confucius, the greatest philosopher that ever flouilshed In China, said, "Wealth gotten by Impiopcr wus will take Its dep.aituro by tho sumo " This is equivalent to our pioverb, "Goods Ill gotten go Ill-Fpent " Nations us well ns individuals bhould not forgot this, as tint maxim of Confucius as well us jour proveili will always come true If nny nation or Individual should unjustly ob tain possession of any propertj Somu people call themselves highly civilized, und stlgn ntlzo others us uncivilized What a civilization? Does It mean solelv the possession of bupeiior forca and oinplo supply of offeislvo and defensive I weapons .' 1 takes It to mean something ' more. I understand that n civilized na tion should rospect tho lights of unothcr 1 nation, Just tho some as hi society u man is bound to respect the rights of his neighbor. Civilization, ns 1 understand j It, does not teach people to Ignore tho rights of others, ror docs It approve tho i seizure of unother's property against his , will It would bo a soirj spectaclo If f such a glailng breach o the fundamental i rights of man could bo committed with Impunity nt tho end of this nineteenth j c.Mitury. What would the future hlstor lin say when ho should coino to write l about the evuntB of this century? Is it ' not tlmo that we bhould at least recognlzo the prlnclplo of righteousness, Justico and fair plaj 7 o Mnelus, a great i hlloaopher of Chlim twenty-threa centuries ugo said thus. "I Best Bicycle Built rLOEEY & BROOKS. sm like life, and I nleo like rlghtcousnoss; but If I cannot keep tho two together, I will let llfo go and chocso righteousness." Now, If peoplo professing ''hilstlnnlly nnd priding themselves on being highly civilized, should stilt so far misconduct themselves ns to dlsicgard the lights of tho weak and Incxcuiubly take what dors not belong to them, then It would bo better not to becomo so civilized, It would bo better to llvo amonrst tha peo plo who practice tho tends ot Confucius and Mcnclus than amongst u people who profess to bclJevo In tho highest stand ard of morality but do not practice) what hey believe Tho pphorlsin of Tenny son should then bo changed so ns to read: "Hettev fifty jcars In Cnthav than n cycle In Burope." Hut I do not be lieve such pincllco of Ignoring nthr pooplo's rights Is genernlly tesortcd to, and I am persuaded theto aro inanv peo ple who denounce) It. China welcomes to her shores tha peoplo ot all nations. Her ports nro open to all, and sho treats all alike without distinction of race, color, nitlonnllty or creed Her people trade with nil forelgneis. In leturn. sho wish only to bo treutcd In tho same wny. Sho wants peace to bo let alone, nnd not to lio molested with in reasonable demands. Is this unfair? Phe asks veil to Ire it her In the same way as jnu would llko to be tieated. Surely this reasonable rc cpi"Et cannot I o refused. o We arc about to enter Into the twentieth e entury. und nro we to go back to the Middle Ages and witness again tho scenes enacted In that period? I cannot bilii? mvself to thlik that the vvoild Is elc tciloiutlng I lillevo that In every eoun tiy theio are men nnd women of noblo character nnd I know In this count! y there are mi I ji such who;o ptlnclple Is to bo fair and just to all, especially to tho weak, and that they vcidd not them selves; not allow their lcspcctlve govern ments to commit ncti. of oppression nnd tvrnnnv It Is such men and women th.it shed lustr) on their respective countries. R is duo to tho noblo und uusulllsh efforts of Pile li good ppcple that the scheme of a tribunal for the settlement of interna tional disputes has been brought pram Inently before the world. May thtl grand schunp bo loon ccirled Into effect! Tho good such uu Institution will pro duco to tho world will bo manifold. All International disputes will then be set tled in an nmlcablo wo without resort to arms and without bloodshed. Thero will bo practically no moro war. Tho blessings of pence will be permanent Commerco nnd trade will bo moro steady and prosperous, nnd merchants will have i more commence in cmcii otlicr. All men will follow their respective avocations un interruptedly. Nations will be brought into closer touch with each other, and their friendly relations will be more cor dial. We are This Week a great variety of elegant goods in Spring Serges, Citeeks M PlaMs, You will find the prices as the goods. W. J. DAVIS, 213 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pj. LAUOEVT ASSOIITSIKNT OP IIANQH) l.V 11IK CITV Plmmbimig and Timiiniiinig GTOSIEt & FORSYTH, 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE. luges and Firaaccs - mnii Pit -U ' 1 ill (Nil Hill Till i Jill' "-1 i MM mm 1 1 US' JJL fmwmm One of the New York institution which deserves well of tht public and is receiving the appreciation that it merits, is The Home Bureau Delicacies for the Sick, which has had out its sign at 15 "West .jid Street for several )ears. "This Hureau does not dispense medicines," said the manager recently, ''but wc do hear frequent discusMons concerning the merits of remedies, and it seems to be conceded tUat Ripans Tabules are a reliable auxiliary to the physician. Some of our patrwwB tte them to a considerable extent, and physicians ure us that the formula is c-vasUcnL" Odd Lamp; Wc have a number that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money. THE CLEMS, JFEfMR, MAULEY CO: 4T2 Lackawanna Aveaua Lw5s9 Rdlly ALWAYS BUSY. The march of honest progress will ever in crease; Our Shoes for Spring are FIT to march the earth Lewis, Eelliy & lavles, 114-116 Wyoming Ave. fy and ask to see our Wedgewood Blue, Oriental Rose, MAMA'S LINEN, The most beautiful shades ever display ed in stationery. to Cr- Ft1 rio All Sizes in Stock We have the usual complete line of Ice Supplies, Rey molds Bros STATI0XURS anil KXGRAVUKS. Hotel Jermyn Building. Mod rag NEAT, DUIIAULH HOOK BINDING is what you iiKcnivi: ir you ii:avu youu okdi;k with tub TmnUNB UlNDEKY. I mm IMP war 1NLEY 'FECIALS HOSIERY The following FIVE num. bers in Fast Black Hoiscry, arc offered at tempting prices lor Just one weeK. Boy's heavy seamless double; knees and soles, sizes 6 to 9. 30c, worth J5c. Boys' Ex Heavy Seamless, single and corduroy rib. A regular 2Cc stocking. 9c. pair or 3 pair for 50c. Boys' and Misses' Ex Heavy "Full Regular Made" and Henusclorf Dye. Good value at 3jc. Only 25c. Ladies' Extra Quality, "Full Regular," made expressly for us and stamped with name. Warranted Herms dorf dye. 25c a pair. 25 dozen ONLY. Ladies Fast Black, our famous half dol lar quality. (For this sale only). 35c a pair or 3 pair for $1.00. Iu addition to the above mentioned specials, we desire to call your attention to our uusurpassed assortment of fine LISLE and SILK drop stitch and lace effects. Both Fast Black and Fancy Col ored Weaves. From 50c to $2,50. In fact, wc have all the newest novelties in Ladies' Fancy Hosiery. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUB rillOnEUN' IlAUDWAlU SrORR. Keep your nose on the grindstone. Be alive to what is going on around you. Live buyers are taking advantage of our offer of IcMe-PMedl Trays For 35 cents each FOOTE & SiMH CO. 1111 WASHINGTON AVU Q. - The Hyot & Coenell Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 iackawaim Araiic HENRY BELIN, JR., oeuertu Ajeut for tUo Wyouilm DUlrlctu lliulns, miming, Hportlnt, HinolteLeti ud tha Ilepaiuio UlieuiioAi Company HIGH EXFLOSIVB. talcty Him, L'upi itiut Kxplolin Itoom 101 I -omul I HiillJlii;. Hcruntio. AOUNClb-i, thos ronn, JOHN U. SMITH A iON V, U MULLIGAN, ntuts Plymouth WllkevUarrj lent DUP0Mr8
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