TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1899. h A I'nhlMhed Dully Kxoapt Hnnd'ir. hr th Trlbunl'ubllliloit Company, at Firty Canti Month. fw Yorkomc imiNsmaiiSU S. H. VUKKliANTN tolo Agent for t'ortlcn AdTerltMn. iMncs at Titc rosTornrit at senAWTO.T, I'., AHSKCOND-CLAS.HKAILMATTXtt. SCRANTON, JULY 5, 1839. In the case of Howell vs. Phillips the Jury Is now ready to hear the testi mony of the defendant. yrom a Political Point of View. It Is announced by all the Washing ton coriesponUnts that Governor I'ln cree's references to Alger's record In the war department have given offence In administration circles for the rea son that the president considers that Incident closed. He thinks, we are told, that the only standpoint from Which the question of General Alger's remaining In the cabinet should bo considered Is that which surveys tha probable effect of such retention upon the politics of Michigan. Let us therefore look at the matter from this point of view. General Al ger's opponent, Senator McMillan, has been one of the administration's Ptamichcst supporters. With His col league, Senator Rurrows, he has stood by the president loyally and unflinch ingly In every emergency. While it may be Justly said that In so doing he has done nothing more than his ob vious duty as a Republican, yet what kind of a reward for such loyalty is it and what kind of encouragement to Flmllar loyalty from other Republican senators to have one of the members of the president's official family shel tered by the administration which en gaged In waging against Senator Mc Millan a bitter factional war? Tho right of Gcnernl Alger to aspire to a seat In the United States senate Is unques tionable, but to conduct his campaign from the olllco of secretary of war, us ing the administration's, prestige If not Its patronage to fight a staunch admiiiiuii.tlon supporter. Is Indecent and Intolerable. Alger must choose between what he has and what ho wants. He cannot have both. A good many persons who fired off giant crackers yesterday probably could not repeat the first sentence of the Declaiation of Independence. A Warning as to Cuba. Beginning with the assumption that the United Stntes wants Cuba, an offi cer of the army of occupation, writing in tho North American Review for July, gives a recipe for getting it along tho lines of least resistance. Ho correctly believes that American pub lic sentiment would not support an ad ministration which should attempt to annex Cuba by force, that, In other words, the only way to get Cuba Is to secure a voluntnry proffer of It from tho people thereof; and ho then con siders what policies of administration would be most likely to Induce or facil itate such a proffer, his conclusion be ing that "If wo hope for the eventual annexation of Cuba we should at once fix an early date for our withdrawal from the Island nnd for the redemption of our pledge to the Cubans and to the world. We will then withdraw with honor; nnd we shall leave in the hearts of tho Cubans a sense of obliga tion that, ndded to a community of In terests, will someday bring about the union." We went Into Cuba, this offlcer re minds us, disclaiming "any disposition or Intention to exercise sovereignty, Jurisdiction or control over said Island, except for the pacification thereof" and we solemnly asserted our determination when pacification shall bo accom plished "to leave the government and the control of the Island to Its people." This Is our pledge Wise or unwise, It obviously must be kept. Is pacification accomplished? Thl3 writer gives an affirmative reply. "City for city," he eays, "the towns of Cuba are moro peaceful and orderly than those of the United States. There never was a more docile, quiet people." Last December our generals thought wa should need: 50,000 soldiers to keep the peace In Cuba. Today they have less than 12, 000 nnd th-se have nothing to do. Stories of brigandage aro grossly ex aggerated but where true represent a smaller percentage of lawlessness than Is continuous In our own frontier com munities. As for tho danger that upon our withdrawal Cubans and Spaniards would fall to cutting- each other's throats, the officer from whom we are quoting dismisses It by saying: "The Spaniards In Cuba do not need our help. They are forgetting their hate for Cubans In their overwhelming hato for Americans. And, In their crafty way, they are exciting the suspicion of the CubanB against us. They hope to make common cause with them against us, to force them Into an attitude of hostility to us, and, Independence once achieved, to throw Cuba, as far as trade relations go, into the arms of Spain." The officer gives a picture of Ameri can military rule In Cuba which Is most discouraging. It Is too full of de tails to be quoted; but In substance ho chows that our generals, with the best Df Intentions, but utterly Ignorant of the peculiar susceptibilities of the na tives, have, by their brusque.dlrect and often dictatorial manner, by their In ability to get Into tho hearts of tha people and by unduc'emphasls upon tho military lnstend of the civil way of doing things, filled the island with (mouldering irritation. This has not Cecn helped by the lordly manner in yhlch tho American private holdler, fc-hen not under tho eye of an officer, ihows his contempt for the "dugo" na tive. His contemptuous attitude cuts deeply into the Cuban's lnordlnato pride but the Cuban says nothing at the time; he nurses the wound and the resentment. Worst of all, under tho drifting policy of military oc :upatlon capital Is unwilling to Invest; tho Industries of tho stand, which should bo our first ioncern, remain mots-grown and itagnant, the laws aro neither Ameri can In spirit nor wholly Spanish but transitional nnd arbitrary, and tho gen eral conditions, If this writer Is a true prophet, ore Buch as to Justify In the minds of thoughtful Americans the gravest concern for the future. Wo present the foregoing brief sum mary of a most Interesting and valu able paper without assuming any re sponsibility for Its opinions but solely as a contribution to public Information. The writer of tho paper may uncon sciously havo overshadowed his pic ture. It Is worthy of note, however, that opinions very similar In kind have come from civilian observers of the American experiment In Cuba. Georgn Kcnnan In his letters for tho Outlook haB commented upon the Inelasticity of the military typo of administration whero administered by Americans whose training has been military chiefly. He lias pointed out that tho conspicuous successes of American in tervention In Cuba have been achieved In Santiago and Matnnzas provinces, where the military governors, Generals Wood and Wilson, have departed as far as possible from military ways, gone ns far as possible in tho direction of allowing tho Cubans to rule them selves or nt least to think they do, and been tho frankest of all the American provincial administrators in Insisting that the American spirit of Justice and liberty should control tho laws and thocourts.lnstead of tha antiquated and unjust Spanish system, which was tho chief provocative of tho Insurrection. These generals. It mnv be said. ar men of wide experience In civil affairs, who have Just enough of tho soldier In them to fit their, for military responsi bilities but not so much as to unfit them for civil tasks. There can be no doubt that Wood or Wilson should receive command over the whole of Cuba. We owe an apology to probable Speaker Henderson for the slip In the types yesterday which, at the bottom of the report of the Buffalo convention of cranks, made It appear that the gal lant Iowan was present. It was at Omaha that "General Henderson In troduced General Wheeler, who spoke briefly of the events at Santiago and Indorsed the attitude of the adminis tration In the Philippines." Had Hen derson been at Buffalo he would have done talking himself and mado It nolnted. A Stiff Game Law. The commonwealth of South Dakota has Just passed a game law which Is a model of severity at least, on paper. In addition to the usual prohibitions and seasonal limitations It declares Illegal the shooting or killing at any time of any song bird or Insect-eating bird, except crows, blackbirds and sparrows; forbids the use of swivel or other gun except such as Is commonly shot from tho shoulder; bans the em ployment In hunting of artificial light or battery, trap, snare, net, bird lime or medicated grain or food; outlaws the wanton destruction of birds' nests and the eggs thereof; requires the hunter to secure tho consent of the owner or occupant before hunting upon Inclosed, occupied or cultivated land and limits tho legal fruits of hunting skill to twenty-flvo birds a day for each hunter. For every bird killed out of season or contrary to the specifications of tho act, and for every nest or egg de stroyed the fine Is $10. For each vio lation of the provision against the use of traps, etc., n fine is provided of not more than $100 for each animal so shot, killed, trapped or taken. Not more than $100 and not less than $23 Is tho pen alty for a violation of the provisions prohibiting hunters from shooting on the lands of another without first ob taining consent or for killing more than twenty-five game birds In one day. Every person who has In his pos session any of the birds or animals mentioned after fifteen days from the close of the respective seasons during which It shall be lawful to hunt or kill the same, Is also declared to bo guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine. It Is further mado unlawful for any person or common carrier to trans port out of South Dakota any game mentioned in tho law. The possession of such game by any common carrier, It Is provided, shall be deemed pre sumptive evidence of violation of law. In no case will any person be per mitted to take out of the state, at any one time, a greater number than twenty-five birds. Any person violating this portion of the law Is to be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50 for each offense. Game wardens, sheriffs, constables or other officers are charged with the duty of enforcing tho provisions of the now law. They are to arrest all vlolatois thereof and to prosecute all offenders. They aro authorized to make arrests without a wan ant. They may also seize all tho birds shot, killed or taken during tho period when such a-t is not permitted. Kach game warden may appoint not more than ten deputies, who must be residents of his county. The Jurisdiction of the wardens and their deputies extends to nil parts of the state. The warden or a deputy Is entitled to one-half of a fine recovered In any case of conviction, the remainder to be placed In tho county game fund. Any person making complaint and fur nishing evidence which convicts any other person of violating any pait of the law Is entitled to one-half tho flno collected, the remainder going Into tha county game fund. But this Is not all. Every hunter In South Dakota must take out an annual license, tho cost of which Is $10. Those who aro convicted of hunting during tho open'season without a license aie subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50. Undor the new law a search warrant may bo Issued when It Is believed that game killed In vlo latlon of the law has been concealed, and under this the officer armed with It may break open "any building, car, apartment, chest, box, locker, crate, basket or package" in search of hid den game. Those convicted of resist ing an officer while he Is attempting to enforce the law aro subject to a flno of not less than $10 nor moro than $50. In all convictions tho costs are to bo taxed against tho defendants, as In other criminal cases, and tho court shall order as a part of the Judgment that the defendant shall stand com mitted to Jail until tho fine and costs havo been paid, providing tho term of Imprisonment Bhall not exceed thirty days. Some of these provisions appear al most ridiculous in their severity, but hunters have brought It upon themselves. According to latest reports the re vivalist, Rev. B. Fay Mills, Is getting Into rather bad company. As a re vivalist Rev. Mr. Mills has been able In tho past to create considerable en thusiasm in waking tho slumbering masses. But If he Imagines that ad vocating treason will call many fol lowers to his banner, ho Is mistaken. Rev. Mr. Mills had better let politics alono and keep his guns directed at Satan. Another returned Klondlker with six thousand dollars worth of dust la re ceiving complimentary notices In the press. This again Illustrates that It Is better to return from Klondtko with dust than the scurvcy If one expects much newspaper notoriety. The country fully agrees with Post master General Smith as to tho extra ordinary success with which tho war was managed and yet It Is Just con trary enough to want a new secretary of war. In getting Anthony Comstock to squint his eye at Its art poster, the management of tho Philadelphia ex position shows that It has a capable man at the head of Its bureau of pro motion. Tho Pittsburg Times speaks of Paul Kruger as a mental Sampson. This may be, but Paul's actions indicate that some one must have recently ap plied tho shears to his locks. Charles J. Bonaparte, the Baltimore Mugwump, thinks McKlnley has man oged this whole war business for political effect. Charles does delight to be mean. It Is again pertinent to Inquire, What do the antl-lmperlallsts propose? Shall Uncle Sam surrender under fire? Certain Cuban agitators are reported to want a king. If they will bo patient they can some day have a "boss." Occasions like yesterday show the need of better street car facilities at Nay Aug park. Some think that the new Insect should have been named the Hobson bug. The persons who had the coolest time yesterday celebrated at home. More Effective Use of Piiblic Opinion Rochester Post-Express. n S THE most effective use made of public opinion In tha United States? Is It appealed to as It LI should be in the correction of evils? Is it applied as vigorously as It can be to offenders against honor, Justice and humanity A cursory observation of current events permits only n. nega tive answer to these questions. At times it seems ns if faith had been lost In tho real ruler of a democracy. When an nbuse or a wrong stirs the Indigna tion of some people, they do not begin an agitation against It with tho energy and prolonged self-sacrlce of the old abolitionist. Nor do they always re sort to the last and most potent wea pon of public opinion, namely social ostracism, to enforce their views upon the Indifferent or hostile. It seems to them that there Is a shorter way to reform. Not Infrequently, therefore, they rush to tho legislature for relief, and the result Is often a law that be comes a dead letter as soon as enacted. As It docs not represent a unified pub lic opinion, it is disregarded, and thus is encouraged contempt for all law. A striking example of this misdirect ed effort Is the warfare on the Indus trial combination known as the trust. During the past fifteen years a good deal of Indiscriminate denunciation has been bestowed upon It, and much en ergy and Ingenuity expended by leg islators to suppress or curb It, But, as everybody knows, It flourishes more today than ever. In fact, the most conspicuous feature of Industrial ac tivity at the present moment Is the formation of large combinations or capital. Does any one suppose that this would be tho case did there exist a, powerful public conviction produced by long and intelligent agitation that the trust Is nn evil throwing thou sands of people out of employment and reducing thousands of others to a kind of serfdom, that ought to be abolished at once? Would the men that form these great combinations be regarded, as they aie very generally, either with Indifference or with ndmiratlon? Would they bo extolled as captains of indus tiy, or welcomed to the society of de cent people, or Importuned for con tributions to charity, education and religion? The question undor consideration Is not whether the trust Is an evil or not. It Is whether a mistake Is not fre quently made In seeking to have public opinion molded by legislation In re pression of some abuse rather than let ting legislation, If required at all, be the product of a matured and consoli dated public opinion. When the latter Is the case, there Is avoided an Incon sistency and a certain demoralization to be noted on every hand. While, for Instance, the air Is vibrating with de nunciation of a certain trust, people of means and respectability would not bo Investing in its securities, or boast ing of the money mado out of their speculation in them. Again, while Im precations are heaped upon the de partment store and legislators are In dustriously framing measures against It, It would not bo crowded with cus tomers In search of a bargain and de lighted when they found one. The feel ing of the community toward them would not be unlike that once enter tained toward slavo drivers, and now entertained toward the baser classes of criminals. To somo extent social ostracism, which, short of penal law, Is tho maxi mum penalty of publlo opinion, la ap pll d now. There are certain offenses that a person cannot commit without forfeiting the esteem of the company of the decent members of the society In which ho moves. But there are many others constantly denounced, that do not bring upon tho perpetra tor tho lamo appropriate punishment. A wealthy citizen may shirk tho pay ment of his taxes, thus throwing upon tlio shoulders of poorer and m4re hon est people the burden that so ought to bear. Still he docs not loso casto. By undervaluations and other subter fuges, the rich merchant may without serious social ccnBure defraud tho gov enment out of thousands of dollars. With the same Impunity, a large manu facturer, or contractor, or mine opera tor may ireat his employes with a lack of consideration that- makes them feol that their condition Is hardly bet ter than that of slaves. It ought not to bo necessary to In sist that this should not be permitted. But as long as It Is permitted, there can bo no doubt that public opinion falls far short n' what may rightly bo expected from it. Among some of the negroes In tho South, It Is so powerful that tho back slider that docs not attend church and contribute what Is expected from ono of his means, Is glad after a trying period of social ostracism to fulfill these obligations. In England two or three years ago, public opinion alone without tho Intervention of the Board of Trade compelled a great railroad corporation to accede to tho reasonable demands of Its employes. Even stock holders contributed their dividends to carry on the strike. With these ex amples of tho power of this potentate of democracy, why should one lose hope of being able to correct particu lar evils or effecting Important reforms without a hasty nnd Impotent appeal to legislation? Why should not more confidence bo placed In his power and a more effective ueo mado of It? NEW CALENDAR FOR RUSSIA. From the Washington Post. Tho ofllclal announcement that the Russian government has at last decided to act In unison with tho civilized na tions of tho world In tho matter of dis tributing tlmo Into periods adapted to the purposes of civil life, as hours, days, weeks, months, and year, revives one of the most Interesting chapters In sld eral astronomy. For hundreds of years Russia has refused to abandon tho c'd stylo or Julian-Greek calendar, which Is twelvo days behind the now universal system of tho Gregorian cycle, and which has been a source of constant annoyance to tho nations of the world doing busi ness with Russia, as both dates had to be used. o In order to put an end to disorders and confusion arising from tho distinctions between tho astronomical and civil years, Caesar abolished the use of tho lunar year and tho Intercalary month and reg ulatod tho civil year entirely by the sun and fixing tho mean length of tho year at G15U days. Ho decreed that every fourth year should havo 366 days, the other years having each 3G3. Tho regu lations of Caesar were not nt first suf ficiently understood, and tho pontiffs made other Intercalations for tho pur poso of preserving tho same Interval be tween the commencement of the year and tho equinox. However, with the as tronomical knowledgo of that day, It seems that errors and confusion con tinued to exist. Tho equinox, in the courso of a few centuries, retrograded toward the beginning of tho year, and In order to restore the equinox to Us former place, Pope Gregory XIII directed ten days to be suppressed in tho calendar. Russia was tho only ono of tho Chris Ian countries that refused to adopt tho Gregorlaln method of Intercalation; It seems he could not sen with a requisite degree of accuracy that it reconciled tho civil with the solar year, regardless of the best determinations of modern as. tronomy. Le Verrlcr's Solar Tables, Paris, 1S3S. o In tho progress of modorn civilization, tho czar's government has finally de cided to chanco Its calendar to corre spond with tho other nations of tho earth, which finally completes tho historical as sertion that tho civil calendar of all Eu ropean countries has been borrowed from that of tho Romans. Tho St. Potersburg Astronomical society has taken tho mat tor In hand, and with tho co-operation of tho ministers will appoint a commission, to bo composed of sixteen persons, nlno of whom aro to be members of tho As tronomical socslety, who will arrange all tho details. It Is expected that the new stylo calendar will go Into effect in 1001. THE ENDURING. A misty memory faint, far away And vacuo and dim as childhood's long lost day Forever haunts and holds me with a spell Of awe and wonder Indefinable: A grimy old engraving- tacked upon A shecshop wall. An ancient temple, drawn Of crumbling granite, sagging portico And gray, forbidding- gateway, grim as woe; And o'er the portal, cut In antique line, Tho words cut likewise In this brain of mine "Wouldst havo a friend? Would'st know what friend Is best? Have God thy friend: Ho passeth all tho rest." i Again the old shoemaker pounds and pounds Resentfully, as tho loud laugh resounds And tho coarse jest is bandied round tha throng That hmokes about tho smoldering stove; and long. Tempestuous disputes afUe. nnd then Tivcn as all like dlsrords-dlo again; Tho whllo a barefoot boy moro gravely heeds Tho quaint old picture, and tiptoeing reads Thero In tho rainy gloom the legend o'er The lowering portal of tho old church door "Wouldst have a friend? Would'st know what friend la best? Have God thy friend: Ho passeth all tho rest." So older older older, year by year, The boy has grown, that now, an old man here, Ho seems a part of Allegory, whero Ho stands before Life as the old print there Still awed, and marveling what light must ba Hid by the donr that bars Futurity: Though ever clearer than with eyes of youth, Ho reads with his old eyes and tears for- sooth "Wouldst have a friend? Would'st know what friend Is host? Have God thy friend: Ho passeth all tho rest." James Whltcomb Riley In Scrlbner's. THE WOMAN WITH THE DOO. Bho cuddled a dog against her breast, And she btiokcd Its glossy head: "Oo Is tho dearest, darllngeht, best Ittlo dogglo on earth," she said; Her faco was fair und her robes wero rich, And she heard a cry from the reeking ditch, And the cry was a cry for bread. Bha saw a child as she rode nlong, That was hollow-eyed and lean, And she told herself thero was something wrong, And she grieved at what sho had seen, Vet she cuddled tho dog against her breast I Tho child In polluted rags was dressed, Rut tho dog that she held was clean. -S. K Kteer, In Times-Herald. SOME ABUSES OK INFLUENCE. From tho Washington Post. "Tho most abused of all good things Is Influence." This was tho remark recent ly mado by an experienced and cfllclont clerk In ono of tho great bureaus of tho Interior department when ho found a comparatively Inexperienced and notori ously Inefficient associate promoted over his head In dcflanco of the principles of civil scrvlco reform and In violation of an oxecutlvo order promulgated by Presi dent Hairlson nnd still nominally In force, although as a mutter of fact It has boon completely Ignored since the 4th of March, 1S03. The "Influenco" ro referred to Is that of the polltlclan-ssn-ntor, representative, or other potential partisan. Tho clerk who In this caso was unfairly promoted-promotcd not for merit, but In splto of tho lack of It had a great weight of tnfluenco In tho friend ship of a senator who cuts a wldo swath In political affairs, state and national. Tho clerks who wero Jumped y this pro motion had como Into tho bureau through tho regular civil scrvlco channel, nnd depended on their records for advance ment. They might as well tlo their hopes to tho spots on tho sun or tho man in tho moon. "Patient contlnunnco In well do ing" Is a good rule In all tho walks of life. It Is commended In Holy Writ to thoao who seek for glory. But It will not give a department clerk of tho first class with a salary of $1,200 any assuranco or any reason to expect that ho will not bo asked to Instruct and assist a dosk mate Jumped from $1,000 to $1,100. It Is unlikely that tho statesmen or politicians who exert their Influence to socure unearned promotions realize the character and extent of tho wrong of which thoy aro guilty. Whlto they cannot help knowing that they havo neither a legal nor a moral right to meddle, cither with appointments or promotions In the classified service, it Is charitably assumed that they do not Intend to perpetrate outrages on faithful public servants, nnd to inflict serious Injury on the scrvlco through tho demoralization resulting from flagrant Injustice. The Pest has suffi cient respect for tho averago senator or representative to bellevo that If ho really understood tho situation, if ho could eeo, for Instance, a $000 clerk patiently ex plaining simple matters to and dally help ing along a stupid, Ignorant, "no-account" pet of n statesman drawing $1,600 a year, ho would reform. But many and great as aro tho abuses of Influenco in this sphere, this Is not tho only field In which that power la wrongly and disastrously exploited. Re sponsibility for much of tho sickness and mortality In tho camps of tho volunteers last year Is directly chargeable to tho appointment of Incompetent men to mili tary offices upon tho recommendation and Importunity of politicians. Thero was, of courso, no malicious Intent, but tho effect was Just as bad a3 if thero had been a conspiracy to propagate typhoid, Tho worst phaso of this subect, however, tho gravest Injury which tho Influence of polltlcans Inflicts on society, Is in con nection with tho duties of tho executives, national and state. In their relation to criminals. Tho politician who uses his Influence to secure unmerited favor for a criminal, cither In retarding or pre venting Justice, Is not only doing on In Jury to bucIi executive, but Is Inflicting an lrreparablo wrong upon society. Statesmen who rally to tho support of a convicted criminal because ho has dis tinguished social connections, and who, by such support, secure for him favors that aro not extended to poor nnd friend less culprits, aro making a uso of Influ ence that Is incompatible with good citi zenship. It Is a gross abuse of friend ship, political or personal, to employ It In efforts to shield proven guilt. It Is an outrago alike on an executive and on tho public to try to secure executive ac tion that will accentuate the already too prevalont disrespect for the law and the administration of Justice. UNMISTAKABLE SYMPTOMS. From tho Chicago Record. "Doctor, my husband says black and red spots appear before his eyes every night. What do you ndvlso?" "I advlso that ho stop playing poker." REXFOUD'S. SCRANTON, July 5, 1899. All kinds of uly jewelry. You save steps by coming here first. Waist sets, buckles, cuff pins. A lot of little diamond rings, cute little sparklers in 14k gold rings, some plain, some hand chased. To close the lot, only u, they go at $2-90. THE REXFORD CO., 132 Wyoming Ave. (r w w K. M., who suffered from constipation, had gastric catarrh for three years, was annoyed by pimples on his face and had so many " black heads" that no girl would let him kiss her; was cured by less than fifty cents' worth of Ripans Tabules. k new rtyle rckt containing Tr ftrrXNS TktutxM In rrr carton (without fflan) U now for Ml at noma druar tori-ron nva ccnts. TtiUlow priced aort Wlutooded for tbe iooran4lbe economical. Onadoiea ( ibtivCQUtcrtona(iloubal?a) can be bad by mail by aeDdlntf fortr-igbt tenia LotbelUraksCusMiOifc ivirajiiiiv (vpjnGDtrTOiaw ivr.vr -. tar Anntomatlc Paper Fasteinier Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself and improved in every respect. Prices lower than ever, We are still sell ing the Planitary Pencil Sharpeners. The only sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in your office for 10 days free of charge. We have numerous other novelties in office sup plies, together with a large line of Blank Books and Typewriter's Supplies, Reynolds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR A Twenty-Year a 15-Je Waltham Movement, Both Gmiaramiteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. BERCEKEAU & C0MEIL 130 Wyoming Avenue. .in. '"i"imwriifKLW',,u THE LONG GREEN lawn around the house, or tho little patch of grass In tho dooryaid, requlro constant attention to look beautiful. Don't borrow your neighbor's lawn mower which you And Isn't sharp, and then say tharp things about it which makes your wife sad. but como in hero and buy a lawn mower that will cut like a razor und runs ns easy as a bicycle. Tho labor saved will amply repay you for the small outlay. And such things ns Pruning Shears and Grass Clippers that will give satisfaction are hero too. GLISTER k FORSYTH, 325.327 PENN AVENUE. 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