THIS SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1899. &(5e Ikwmfcm CvtBune Published llallf. Kxcopt Numlnj'. by tlin Tribune I'n'iIlilili'SUompatiy, at I'lfty Contt nMonlli. w YcrlcOlllcc: WiNiiuihi, S.H. VIIKKIjA.VI. lol Agent tor Varatu Advertlrn?. Mnnn AT'i'Jir rowiKMrr at wkantos-, 1M ASKt.,ONI,-Cl.iiS'( MAI. MATTKR. TEN PAGES 1 SCUANTOX. vlttL L7. ISO!) Xo wonder tin; "InstiW-cnt!-" arc . Jolt-lni. After llfteen irntli of liunl work th-y have at lust iipturoil Wuyn.. .olllitv. Miles and the Beof Issue. Tho iit-Riiniciit lins lieeu inn do. lull It Ii n wuiik nuo. that lnawmwJi ns the wur of tlu I'l'lffl States nKalrft.it Hpn.'n vhr Hwlltly HUcceHsful there HhoultY Vinv.- lioen no Inquiry Into its method and tin nttompt to solve tin newt or Its mlstakps. Wo arc told tlMl huccpps In war In n ooinilctp JiiKtlfU-aMon; thut. like enmity In ppac-c, It should cover a inultltudp of sine Those who make these iloplaratloiis nlm them chiefly at Major Oni-nil Miles. They eonilumn Miles for havliiB raised the iiiiiiulnu'd I f isiiue. niRiiliiK that It ha Injured ullv heef exnorls and lowered the 'IN t Inline of the army. Some of them even a Metre that Miles ouaht to lie rourt-niarllaUd or cashiered, heause ii l' a soldier's duty to suffer and say nothing. That Kind of ililnc will do In an l Bolute uionareliy. hut It will never sit well In a democratic repulillc. wheie tlie -n!di"rs come from the neoiile hy Mdunliiry ellllstnielit and so liack iimoim the people when their term of tillstment has expired. AmoiiR the peotilo there Is as keen an Interest In the army administration as there K I'm- example. In the post olllee adminis tration ir In the administration of the Internal revenue departments. When an Ame-lcan citizen chooses to become a H-ddlPf. whether In the regulars ill inium:; the vohinteeis. he contracts to ij'i epi'tnlii thliiKs for tin Kovpinnient nod he lias a ritrht to expect and his ! llo'v-eltlzers have a ilKlit to demand that the Rovernnieni In turn shall do rttiln thlntrs fur hint. lie is to nhcy eiders, and keep lilmself In llnhtliirr trim The Kovrinment Is not only to I'.iy him a iiepsarly wane hut aim to furnish him with Rood clothing, food and enul'inient. The Rovernment. It Is li'itii inirrltt tin. t.t lin iv mini ml til W'lil'tf nilracles in Its commissary department, i hut the neiinte half a licht to Insist ' that If canned meat, for liiMtant. Is to he a ii.'irt of the army ration it shall he irond meat, well prepared and well Inspected, and not stuff which when carted to the soldier on the llrliiR line, is so repulsive In appearance, smell and taste that lv cannot eat It without be coming 111. This is not a necessity of any campaign, whether fought on home grounds or on foreign; and no comnil.s slini or court or high atithoiltv can make the patriotic American people be lieve that It Is. Whatever may be the shortcomings of Nelson A. Miles and these form no proper pat t of the beef discussion the fact Is undlsgulsable that Miles per formed a public service when he col lected the complaints of the lighting men In the army and gave them such prominence as to force from a hostile war department a reluctant Investiga tion, lllclit there was where the war department made the biggest mls.ake of the whole campaign. It showed pique and auger at Miles for doing an unavoidable ilutv when It should have 1 n the very tlrst to invite inquiry and should have lent rvo'T aid to the de tection of blunders. Th lequlry which has been made has e-tiib'lshed con (luslvelv In the minds of every frtlr inlnded man that th s-oldlers in the Santiago and Porto Itlco campaigns were made to suffer by incompetence In the coimnixsary department. The canned roast beef and the refrigerated beer weie experiments and they were cxpeilmentH that failed They were ex pei liucnts ordered oxer the heads of Hie profes-loual soldiers, who pleaded tor thy dispatch of cattle on the hoof, ind the lilanie for the failure of these expeiiments du- s not rest upon any other shouhleiH than upon those in high authoilty In the war department at Washington. The Anieileau people aie generous to torglvo the mistakes of their ollleials when these ate frankly nowed. They would bear no III will against Secre tary Alger or any of his Immediate edvlsers If tin-no should frankly accept the results of the buef inquiry and plead that, rightly or wrongiy, they did a hat they thought was for the best, liut uny attempt to shift the responsl billt or seek retaliation will cause a Htm in and it Is necessary now to hoist it weather signal. The good American blood shed in th" Philippines perfects an Indestructible American title. Sovereignty won at such a cost will never hu relinquished. The Only Remedy. Hunker T. Washington's comment upon the Ueorglit lynehlngs is in ad mirable tuste. "For two years," he says, "I have been trying in an humble way to Impress upon the country the seriousness, of the problem that exists In the south. As much as all good people north and south, black and white, reeret the causes that, led up to the recent outrages In the south, and as much as such regret the out rayes of the mob, perhaps, after ml, tho country needed some such tangi ble and visible argument to make -t feel that the duty of the wealthy pen olo of the north Is toward both inces in the south. Pew people realize how I ttle educational opportunities exist it either race In tho country districts t.f the south. The only per'nanent . ure for these evils is education men ul, religious and industrial. I base his aruertlon on the fact that of the hotiPunds of negroes educated hi tho ijrher Institutions of learnlni; In tho aun, not one has been giilllr of an a 'Fault upon a woman of either mce . ml not one educated has taken putt In a mob, Andrew Curneulu's oxani ple lit establishing a public library in Atlanta should be imitated hy a thous and mlllionaltvH In the north l'i nv Hinting In thlt and other forms of edu cation. Tills will hrliur the only per tuatiput letnnly. The cure for the evils that now make us blush and ht.1 den our hearts will not come In a day or by any short cut meufittre, but hy a upicini and generous effort on the part of the blacks and whites to re move the cause of our troubles, which Ik Ignorance." All other proposed cities tdmply skim th surface. tti an editorial nrtlcle nearly two columns long the New York Sun learn edly discusses "Mr. Quay's chances of getvlng hack to the senate hy appoint ment," reaching the conclusion finally that Inusmuch as the precedents vary the si'nute Itself must decide tho mut ter in accordance with the will of a majority of Its members. This Is un doubtPifiy correct. The senate and not the newspaper ptess Is the fourt of high authority on this subject anil no man who has been n member of the senate- lias more staunch friends) among the present members than that .same, iniudi-abused Matthew Stanley Quay. Not Quay, but his enemies, seem now to be doing the worrying. Leonard Wood. Un Scrlhner'f Magazine for May Cicuicrul Leonard Wood gives an ac count of his work in lvconstructing Santiago province In Culm. It Is a model narrative, stating facts without the Jcnst self-conseloustU'VS of per sonal .merit and giving on every hand the most liberal recognition to subor dinates'. The pronoun "1" docs not appear In Wood's urtlcle a hulf dozen times a fid then it use Is entirely vti nssuniinir. The article gives a new Insight into the character of this cap able Amuricnn and supplies addlt'onel icusons wTiy If there Is to be a change In the giKvernor-gcneralRhlp of Cuba he Is the logical and the prnner suc cessor to General Hrooke. General Wood, although fully .'quip ped iVnm the military standpoint, has made It his aim from the beginning to keep' the American army of occu pation .'ts much in the background as possible. It has always Irv.i held in readiness' for use in an piner.jencj : It has been, in a sense, the reserve piwcr behind tho throne, but General Wood has continually endeavored to Set the natives to do the real work of recon struction. He has oniilovd them is street cleaners, he has madp police men aim rural constables out rf them, he has used them to man th execu tive olllces as far as possible and f.-iin start to llnish his has been a govern ment of Curtails by Cubans on Ameri can lines and with only en.itiyh actual American interference to give the nfc cssary guidance and to prevent the commission of costly mistakes. lie hears cheerful testimony to the will ingness of the Cuban people to work and to learn, when they are approach ed in a spirit of kindness and made to understand the dignity of honest labor. Ills example has shown to every skeptic in Cuba that American Intervention has been In good faith for humanitarian and not for nggresslv-? purposes; nnd his appointment to the chief command In Cuba would reduce by years the length of time necessary before American military control may be withdrawn. If we are to develop in our colonial relations u genuine civil service: that Is to say, if we are to give the most responsible positions to the men show ing the- highest fitness for thm, then the argument for Wood's promotion 's unanswerable, no matter how it may disarrange urmy precedents. Our duty is to Cuba, not to the American major generals who are in advance of Wood In the matter of seniority of rank. The Pastors' union of Toledo, O., has resolved in favor of the municipal ownership of saloons. Doubtless this Is meant to reverse the saloon owner ship of the municipality. Speaker Reed's Successor. The Washington correspondents, without exception, i redid that If Speaker Heed carries out his reported intention to retire fr.TT. congress his successor In the speaker' chair will be a man of different temper. Thin ii'- said with the scaler I'rJti'tne.is hi view of the fact that Hi" newspaper coiitf-pondeiits at Wn ih'.ngloi ne iiLiirly all waun admirers of Mr. Rfod and eulogists of his incomparable ability as a power for order in a body so prone as is tlie house of representa tives to become more or less disorderly on the slighest provocation. The Washington Star gives reasons for this uniform prediction when it says: "The Heed rules, it Is thought likely, will be modified by the majority of the next house. They will easily taii(l It. They confer too much power on tlie speaker. Mr. Heed used this power at times without stint and some, what oppressively, and any man in th" speaker's chair would be tempted by It. Speakers are human and ought not be led Into temptation. The majority should not part with Its con trol over business. "Hut this modification needs to bo well executed. The Heed yules, in the main, are good rules. They contribute to the transaction of business and thev prevent the llllliuster-ir from becoming an Individual of Importunee. A man may not be present In the hunre as an individual and -thseul ns a repre sentative, lie mi'st anwer to the roll call or be counted. Neither Is it possible for any member, at any time, of his own choice, to take tho Moor, and, buttoning his frock coat snugly about him. apostrophize tho American eagle liv tho hour. To the full ex tent, therefore, that the Reed rules carry the proposition that the house Is a business body, and not a parade ground for stump speakers and ob structionists, they should be preserved and administered in their author's spirit. "One may criticise without severely censuring Mr. Heed for the extreme interpretation ho put upon his author tty at times. As a pioneer, blazing the way and encountering opposition which at the outset was llttlo less than sav age und threatened even personal vio lence, ho naturally waa tempted to ueo every weapon In his armor)-. And once he had done that, ho eusllv ex cused himself for keeping It up, Rjt the pioneer days nre over. There Is no longer resistance of, hut support for, Intelligent parliament. try pro cedure, nnd hence there Is no longer any reason why the rules devised und executed for the brenklnir up of an old privileged system should net be revised to eliminate the clefecu which experience, has disclosed In tlipni." Writing along the sumo line the Washington correspondent of the Phil adelphia Hecord says: "Whatever the rules of the next house may be, It Is not probable that the new speaker will dominate the representatives of the entire country as did Mr. Heed There Is no other man of Just his character In congress. It is a circum stance worthy of remark that all the men seriously mentioned for the speak ership to succeed Mr, Heed are con spicuous Tor their general amiability nnd good fellowship. Mr. Heed never had these traits. Hefore he was elect ed speaker he had admirers, ns lie has always hud since, hut his general manner was not such us to Invite friendship or sociability. Ills wit al ways had poison In it. nnd the men who laughed afterwards went off and rubbed their wounds in private." The next house will want to govern Itself a little. It may fall In its exer cise of this mtich-wlshed-for freedom, hut It Is evidently bound to try, and this fact will probably have a good deal to do with tho location of thp new speakership. According to Croker, Hrynn is a good man, but there are better ones. We doubt If Hryan could say ns much for Croker. S A Misfortune. At this period when so many persons are dissatisfied with the conduct of af fairs generally In the territory of Cucle Sam It Is to bo regretted that the announcement has been made that the Daughters of the ltevolutlon nnd thp Daughters of the American Revo lution have refused to consider amal gamation. It has been hoped all alone that these descendants of the heroes nf '76 would settle their differences and by marching under one banner relieve the anxiety of the people as to the genuine in the line of Daughters. It is understood that both societies claim features of superiority as puzzling as die dividend-sharing schemes of rival life Insurance companies. If the two organizations had been merged into one grand body the public could heart ily Join tlie fair ones In adoration of their proud lineage no matter how marked the shrinkage might have been since their ancestors fought and bled. Hut with two organizations of femin ine revolutionary descendants in the Held the people will ever be In a quan dary as to the proper time to salaam When the chalk-plate and Jack-Unlfe newspaper artists get through with Miss Rosemary Sartorls she will no doubt regret that she ever consented to unveil the statue of her grandfather. Samuel Hamaker, of Lancaster coun ty, has whiskers that reach below his knees. Samuel should be eligible to a position in the Internal revenue odlce at Lancaster. Real Situation in the Philippines. Prom the Troy Times. r, n KWSPAl'HHS which find their i chief delight in criticising Anv.-r- lean operations in the Philippines, l and In circulating stories of ex J" cesses committed by our troops there, very carelully refrain from any al lusions to the other side of the picture. As a matter of fact, there is no evidence to warrant the charge m ulu by these Journals that our noldlers are guilty of inhumanity In showing no quarter to the Plllplnos. In butchering helplesj women and children and In ruthless looting of Pillpino property That there may be Individual cases of bloodlhlrstlness and pillaging no one will deny. There never was an army which did not possess some soldiers who went lieyond the bounds of ptoprlety. Hut the American lighting man has as a rule shown himself as hu mane and merciful as he is brave. Ite ports which are now coming hi throw a light on the situation In the Philippines which the American public did not pos sess before, owing to the distance of the scene of strife, tile rlgidliess of the mili tary censorship and the ilimciilty of get ting exact Information. One ot tin- most nliiablc coiitilljutlons to American en lightenment comes from John V. Has, the very able correspondent of Harper.) Weekly, who has been at Manila for many months. Harper's Weekly Is one ot the most vehement opponents of Amer ican retention of the Philippines, and Mr. Hass himself has been among the se verest critics of the government's course, although a fair and intelligent one. He. cent developments have completely changed Ills opinion. - o In his latest letter to Harper's Mr. ftass deals Willi events that occurred Just prior to and immediately after the col lision between the Americans and the Plllplnos in Whruiiiy. The idea that this was a sudden and unloukcd for occur rence may as well be dismissed from consideration. Il was the culmination of n carefully devised and llendislily In genious plot by certain Pillpino leaders. One o' the chief of these was S.mdleo. Secret societies of which ho was the head had been formed, and the Plllplnos In Manila, armed and organized, awaited the word tu arise and massacre the Amer ican troops, while the Insurgents In trenched nround tho city were then to pour In, take posession and unlimited loot and rapine would follow, (ienrai Hughes, who was In command, learneJ about tho conspiracy. He summoned Sandleo to his presence, told him he must stop terming the clubs, which were In reality regiments of the Insurgent army, and when Sandleo, at first loudly pro. If-shlng Innocence and ignorance and the warmest friendliness to the American, saw that he was found nut. he de camped, to become a member of Agulu aldo's cabinet and one of the moid rabid anti-Americans. o--The blockhouse battle of 1-Vbruary I came on unexpectedly merely becauxo the Insurgents were not quite ready, al though they had been preparing for months. They wen awaiting a nmru favorable opportunity, and only the alertness of the Americans deprived thorn of It. Of what followed Mr. Pass savs: "The result vis a disappointment, for the plan had been to rise inside and at tack from the outside. Tlie blow glvn to the Catlpunan, or secretly orgunlzed nillUtii of Sandleo. was sevcie, but In spite of the overwhelming defeat of the Insurgent forces on the outside, the ter ritorial militia got together on Pebruary 15. Then Hamllcn, minister of the interior In Aetilnaldo's cabinet nnd commander of the territorial army In Manila, Issued to officers nf bis command the following order, than which no more openly dell Ish document ever came from human pen. The sultan of Turkey before the Armcnluu mussucrcs issued an order that tiio Armenians were to be 'disciplined.' I cannot give the order of Hriudtco ver batim, because I might by some, pecu liar wordliiff betray the source of the provost marshal's Infot motion, our gov. crnmenl hut this document, nnd I hne been allowed to study It carefully. In effect It says Units 'On Pebrtiar) ! the soldiers of the terrltutlal army shall as semble In the streets of a certuln dis trict of Manila, armed with klilles. re volvers and lilies, ready for woik. Only Pillpino families ate to be spurt d and not molested. All other Individuals, of whatsoever race, are to be killed without mercy, after the extermination of the American army of occupation. 1'iirther Instructions are given that tho signal for the uprising In town Is to be given by a general attack from the outside. The territorial militia are to rise In dif ferent districts In succession, sharp shooters to begin the work.' Details of execution follow. The doctimc lit ends with high sounding phrases: The eyes of Ktirope nre upon u. Success must fol low If every man dos his duty. Liberty or dentil. Let us make war without quaitnrnn tlie American, who have be trayed us. tSlgnc-d) S.indlco.' --ii "II will be een that this historic docu ment orders the murder of nil the for eign population of .Manila. Neither wo men nor children were to be spared. Plt'st, the ('nlted States army was to tie exterminated, and then all white non combatants men, women nnd children were to be put to the swotd. The war has developed Into a race war. After this let no one raise his voice to fnior Agulu aldo's government or army. For be It understood that Sandleo Is not no Ignor ant savage, but a native educated In Ihiropp the type of what we can hope for In educating the native. There Is no choice of methods. A strong military government, untenipered by mercy, Ii the only method of denllng with this people. Pp to the time I set my eyes on this document I had a great deal of sympathy with the native, however mistaken he might be In his vague Ideas of liberty. Today I understand that to them lib erty means the opportunity to give un bridled !lccne to their mad racial In stincts. Let no mistaken philanthropic movement et home Interfere with our government here, or many of our brae men will die in consequence. 1 have leaned to be an ardent antl-expanslonlsl ; now, however, that we have undertaken the herculean task of establishing a stable government lure, self-preservation requires, for the time being, at least, nn autocratic government." o Mr. Hass tells a great deal mine tint Is highly Interesting: but the extract here given Is n good offset to the tearful .appeals made by certain sentimental Americans, and tluough their Journalis tic mouthpieces, representing Agulnitldo and his fellow insurgent ollleials as car rying on a high-minded contest for lib erty and Independence, much as did Washington and his generals and the patriot army In the ltevolutlon. These critics also assume to know much more about the situation than the gallant men who are on the spot risking their lives and covering Ameilcan arms with fresh glory because of their valiant deeds. Here Is Colonel Frederick Funstou, of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers, the fearless commander of as brave a icgl lncnt ns ever marched. He writes home In a way calculated to send a chill ilmvii the back of every Filipino sympathizer in Hoston and elsewhere. lie sa.s: "It would take a great prophet to even guess how long this thing will last. It may be that the leaders, discouraged by their re cent severe defeats, will give up, or It may be that they will for years main tain a guerilla warfare. I am afraid that some people at home will He awake nights worrying about the ethics of this war, thinking that our enemy Is fighting for tho right of seir-governmetit, etc. The word 'Independence,' which these people roll over their tongue so glibly, Is to them a word and not much more. It means simply with them license to raise hell, and If they got control they would raise a line crop of It. It Is true that they have a certain number of educated leaders, educated, however, about the same way a parrot Is. They are as a rule, in a literal sense, savage people v. ho are waging war not against tyranny, but against Anglo-Saxon order and decency, their whole conduct during the Hcrul months preceding the outbreak being one of Insufferable arrogance and egotism. They were swollen up by the f.it that our people made too much of tbeni at tlrst. I for one hope that Fncle Sam will apply the chnstenlng rod good, hard and plenty, lay it on until they (l,ine Into the reservation and promise to be 'good Injuns.' " That may be rather harli. but It must be admitted that it eomes from a man who lights just as he talks. o , Hut (here ate some Filipinos who themselves recognlre the necessity of a lirmer hand than their own If order is to ho restoied and civilization maintained In tho Islands. One of these is Hainan Reyes Lain, a very enlightened native of Manila, but who for some years has i.een a naturalized citizen of the Putted States and a resident of New York city. Mr. Lala has from time to tlmo given some very instructive Information about tho Filipinos, their character, and the poAsi. bllltles as regards silf-government. The following Is an extract from a recent In terview: "I have always said that my countrymen were not tit for self-govern-ment. because ot the hatred between the different rlbe and because of tlie bitter rivalry among their leaders. There are now three different leaders among the lehels. Agliltialdo. Plo Del Pilar and An tonio Luna. All- of these hi. to ei.c'a other as much ns they lmte tho Anieileau. Kach claims to be tne only nnd oilgitnl patriot, and each will fall to be even Im pressive. Luna, as well as Agulnnldo, has been spreading false impressions con cerning tho Ynnkees, and on the strength of this he has considerable following. This 1 am convinced will melt away when the recent proclamation shall lie explained and Interpreted In the interior. 1 have seen this splendid document crit icised by some newspapers, but really I cannot see whnt better could be dnnu to Inspire the natives with confidence In and respect for the Americans. Great care should be taken that this proclamation be explained In every hamlet In 'lie Islands, so that every native shall ln-ar the good news, anil all hiiste should be employed to make good til least patt of these splendid promises, for it must not bo forgotten that the Filipinos have for centuries been fed on Kpiiilsh prom (ses promises that never saw fulllll ment." The problem In the Philippine. Is not nn easy one to Tolvc. Hut tho men ami newspapers assailing and misrepresent ing Americans and misstating tho facts ns regard the Agulnaldo rt hellion merit only the scorn and contempt of every true American. Impudonco. "I havo Just learned." she said, wllh a perceptible- tinge of asperity, "that I am the ninth girl to whom you havo been en gaged." "Well." he suavely replied, "that ought to make you glad." "(Had!" sho exclaimed; "I'd like to know why?" "Don't you know." he answered, "that there's luck In odd numbers?" THE ROBIN. Snbln-rnated, golden-throated, Well-spring of content; Hlrd or angel, Hod's evangel, Surely thou were sent From Heaven's portnls down to mortals To interpret Love, In Its sweetness and coinplotencs'i As 'Us felt above. Deep and quiet tin wild riot Like tlie lark's Is thine: Full and tender, thou dost render Thy love song dlvJue; And her spirit nnd mine hear 11, Answering to its call, In Its sweetness anil completeness Love Ik all In all I M. 11, Browne in ClininbciV Journal, A MODEL FOR ALL. i torn the Washington Star. General Wood at Santiago has glicn a wonderful exhibition of how suecss. fully and how readily under a closo study of a situation administration on Ameri can Hues, but using to the fullest extent the Cubans themsolveu, may bo con ducted. Tho province of Siintlngo has it all times been a dllllcult one to handle. Tho Spaniards found It so, nnd, In their brutal elforts to bring it under, converted It Into a hotbed of revolution. General Wood found the conditions closely ro eemhllng chaos, Hut ho took hold In n. crgetle fashion, nnd order soon began to show Itself. The Cuban troops In that province some tlmo ago slacked their arms and disbanded. Many of tl.em wmt to work at once, and are still at work. Some of them have become bandits, oper ating in the mountains, but they hnvn been proceeded against with vigor, and a number havo been taken and aro now In prison, This separation of the Into army into Its component parts, with work and self-support for the law-abiding and prison or the ropo for tho Irreclnlmnble bandits, must socner or Inter take placo In every province of the Island. o General Wood's hand has been firm, but it has been taken cordially by Un representative and the Influential men of the city nnd province. Ho hns cleaned up tho city, nnd reduced the dentil rate to a figure never before known. He has Reformed and harmonized tho prison rules, and put legal practices on nn not es t and Intelligent bnsK The schools are open and religious services aro un interrupted. nd In alt that ho has done mny he trnced the lines of the best American models. In that one province, Indeed, under the direction of this nc compllshed and capable, man. has been ilemonstrated everything necessary in give assurances of American success In every part of Cuba. He knows what he Is about, and tho Cubans havo been quick tn seo that his purposes nre bo'h straightforward and In their Intel esis. And the sooner he Is copied elsewhere the better It will he lor excrybody con cerned. A Wild Guess. The teacher was questioning her clns before the superintendent, who had called on a visit, and they knew great things were expected of them. Ail things went well until the following question was nsked: Teacher Where was Queen Lllluoku lanl born? Small boy In back of loom Dunnn. ma'am, but 1 guess she was bred In old Kentucky: Cleveland Plain f)enlr. REXFORD'S, April 27. Talking with a fellow merchant, old enough to be our father. He said: "My boy, you're foolish to refund money keep all you can get." 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C3L Till Is what ft IlrooVlyn man-a p-iliitf r-lms to ujr concerning nipana Talmleit " For over a jrr I had been greatly troubled with biclt headache and such . nauseating tasto In my mouth, arising from bad etomach nnd Indigestion. 1 tried Fuverul kinds of remedies but found do relief . About four months ano I wan dolus Bonus work inn frit ml' uoiifco and ho aekctl mo If I ever had taken any Itipam Tubules; b praised thorn so much that I IhotiKhtl would try them. In the r.vcnlus,wlicn 1 went home, I ttopped at tho drug store ami got a vial of ltlpans Tubules and lieforo going to bed I took two. In tho morning when 1 woke up my head felt much clearer thau It had for some tlmo nnd thru I took them according to directions ono after every meal for about two tnonths-nnd then I fouud that I was thoroughly cured of my complaints. I feel like a different -nan alto. gother now, und can not praise ItlpansTabiiles too much." A nw rtyl pacWt cnnUlnln ft TK tanst ituxti Ida imprr carton (without glita) u now foriut it urn of ih nvr rent ivtunul ubul-m n bo turl lj mtl by kendinit furtr Sirht rent, lo ti,a KiriU V-iir y?rl2 Cciruir io. If boruc. btrel. N.w Turk -or nil'rUiolii twud&mU ftg ul f Jr ui! unt t!- We are Showflog This week a great variety of elcgaut goods in Spriig Serges, Checks and PlaMs, You will fiud tlie prices like the goods right. W. X OAVHS, 213 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa. 'TwS WPL sSsm G1 . Lewis (RALLY 1 & ' DAVIS FIM HAND-5;WD SHOS FOR LADI6S 114 & 116 Wyoming Ave. Come in and ask to see our Wedgewoorj Blue, Oriental Rose, MAMAS LINEN. The most beautiful shades ever display ed iu stationery. All Sizes 3n Stock to 110 o 3 We have the usual complete Hue of Office Siipiplies. Reynolds Bros STAT10XKRS tinJ R.VGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. FINLEY Fonfllard Silks, Wash Silks, Smmmnier Silks The perlcctiou of priutinpf and designing in Foulard Silks for 1899, shows a mark ed improvement over the past two seasons and we take special pride in calling your attention to our "unsurpass ed" assortment of the Fittest Goods and Best Styles Obtainable. The leading things arc black and hltii rrrntinriy wit-h ucat designs iu white, helio trope, blue, etc. Black aud blue grounds with Persian effects, also in white grounds, with delicate printing ot heliotrope, new blue,etc. Our prices are 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. Wash silks, that wash and retain their lustre, and colors arc shown in a large variety of choice patterns. Prices range irom 45c to 75?. Elegant line of Japanese Wash Silks aud Summer Silks, iu plaids, corded checks aud stripes. Fast colors and a large selection. Best goods made Only 45c. Fast Black Wash Silks, Habutai, and Waterproof Silks in the new "uuspottable finish, at less thau present market prices. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE The Modi-rn Hardware Storf. Do Yom Keow How convenient it is to have a GOOD oil range ? !fte Automatic Bine Flame Has many good features not found in other ranges. Try one this summer. 1F00TE & SiMl CO., i io Washington 1 19 The Hyot & Comuiell Coo Heating, Plurnbjng, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 434 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., Otueuu Aoiit tor ttm Wyounaj UUtrlcUt. Mining, lllnitliiK, sportlns, HiualvQ.oti urnl U10 ltoiumi3 UUtiuUci. l'uiiiiuuy 1 HIGH EXPLOSIYES. tiik'ty I'iiv, cH mid KxU la.-i. llooui Kit tJniiiioll Uull'liu;. borjiHju. DUP0ir8 P0TOEI. AUUNUllili mo", foim rutin JOHN ll. KMli'll A VJ.N riyinsiit'l tt.U MULLIUAN, WllUei-lUrri
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