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BCnANTON. JULY C, 1S09.
Men who work as hard and Incur as
much risk ns the volunteer llrcmen of
Scranton did on the Fourth of July
deserve to he paid for their labors.
Bryan Captures Tammany.
The conversion by ox-Governor
Hogs, of Texas, of Tammany's care
fully prepared Independence Day din
ner, at which It had been planned to
BprliiK a Van Wyck presidential boom,
Into a pandemonium of applause for
William Jennings Urynn Is a natural
consequence of the prevalent hysteri
cal condition of the Democratic party.
Contiolled by emotionalists and with
Its nerves wrackid by the complete
collapse of Its former standards Issues,
that party stands today In the same
relationship townid public nt fairs that
a man In the throes of delirium
tremens does toward the weird and fit
ful hallucinations which lilt before his
dlsoidered brain.
The Democratic party of today is
not the Democracy of history standing
for clearly defined principles of gov
ernment and presenting Its case with
ability, sincerity and a fair show of
logic; but a conglomerate thing sway
ed mainly by the lanteis of Populism;
a party staking Its nil upon the dis
content which It can stir up anion,;
the people and tuin to political ac
count on the day of election. Natur
ally such a party Is easily dominated
by a man like William Jennings Urynn,
who to youth nnd beauty and per
sonal mnguMism adds the charm of a
natural ointor whose phrases exactly
fit the Pnpullstlc temper.
This epltodi' of the Tammany din
ner confirms the previously wldespiead
bi'llof that firynn's renomlnatlon, bar
ling death or disability. Is inevitable
one year h nee. The thinking leaders
of Democracy, such as are left, do not
want Hiyan. They know that while
he Is In the foreground party defeat is
certain. Th?y know that In a serious
matter like the election of a national
administration the presidential candi
date who wins the votes of a majority
is the ni. .n who, In addition to purely
personal popularity or magnetic at
traction, has also a Arm hold upon the
lespect and confidence of thu substan
tial elements of society upon busi
ness men nnd investors, upon the exe
cutive genius of the country. They
know that whirlwind oiatory and red
fire do not alone sulllce to win the
day on such Important occasions; that
underneath all the surface play of
popular curiosity or enthusiasm there
must be a firm and durable sub
stratum of public confidence in the
candidate's judicial ability, prudence
nd common sense qualities which
Mr. Bryan lacks nnd which there Is
scant probability of his ever acquir
ing. I'nder normnl conditions the con
servative leaders of the Democracy
could secure from a Democratic na
tional convention respectful consider
ation of these views; but there Is no
hope for them under the conditions
which now exist. The Democratic
party, with honorable Individual ex
ceptions. Is at present Infected with
the virus of Populism; It Is suffering
from the mania of class prejudice and
social discontent; nnd it will like the
delirious patient in the sick room take
no medicine meet for recovery until
the virulence of the socialistic spasm
has been worn down by time.
The local demise of base ball makes
doubly necessary the Improvement of
Nay Aug park, the largest remaining
source of popular recreation.
Tho Future of Protection.
The address of the French minister
of commerce, delivered at the Fourth
of July banquet of the American col
ony In Paris, contnlned a thought from
the Furopean point of view which Is
of Interest In the United States. Com
menting upon the near prospect of a
new treaty of reciprocity between the
French and the American governments,
he said: "In addition to the fact Jhat
the extraoidlnary development attained
by all branches of American Industry
demonstrates that an excessive harsh
ness would henceforth be without ob
ject, It would seem equitable as much
as politic, I think, not to refuse certain
advantages to a nation which, like
France, purchases In the United States
three times more primary material and
merchandise than she sells to tho
United States.
The "excessive harshness" here re
ferred to has reference, of course, to
our high protective tariff. The sched
ules of this tariff may have seemed
harsh to the producers and exporters
of European goods who have found in
them barriers to control of the Ameri
can market. Charged as he Is with the
solicitous caro of French Industry and
commerce, Minister MUIernnd acts In
tho lino of his duty and reflects tho
natural view of a foreigner when he
protests against the excessive harsh
ness of the American tariff and dis
plays an eagerness to secure for his
countrymen better terms from the
United States than they now enjoy
under the ruling customs rates.
Hut there Is more In his reference to
the "extraordinary development" of
American Industry than to the so
called harshness of the American tariff.
We have, Indeed, under tho Impetus of
the protective policy helped by great
natuial advantages, developed the ma
Joilty of our Industries to a point where
they have less need than formerly of
tariff protection, considered solely as
protection., and where tho logto of
events seems plainly destined to direct
future tariff revisions more with an
eye to the quick and equitable produc
tion of revenue and reciprocal advant
ages In foreign trade than with tho
purpose of warding oft foreign com
petition In the homo markets. The "In
fant" Industries, In other words, have
grown to vigorous and aclf-protcctlva
maturity; nnd whllo In now lines of
Industry there wilt long remain a field
for protective legislation more especial
ly, tho general aim of our lawmakers
In future seems likely to be to develop
our export trade and push to tho
utmost the advantages which our mer
chants oro now so rapidly winning In
tho recently entered markets of tho
world.
A change of this character Involves
no abandonment of tho principles of
protection ns these have figured In tho
politics of the past, but Is rather an In
disputable vindication of them. It Is
possible that If a protective tariff had
never been enacted In tho United
States the superior natural resources
of this country might some day have
permitted our manufacturers to win
their way forward to supremacy both
at home and abroad. This Is entirely
a matter of conjecture. It, however,
Is certain that the application of tho
protective pilnclple has In nn Incred
ibly brief time brought nbout this
supremacy and by tho very thorough
ness of Its success rendered less nec
essary in future Its continuance on tho
present scale. It parallels the use of
the tonic on the Invalid. The better
the tonic, the more certain that some
day Its administration can bo safely
dispensed with.
Wo need not accept tho French min
ister's accusation of excessive harsh
ness nor concede that there has been
anything Inequitable In the Ameri
can policy of protecting American In
dustry nnd labor, yet we cannot so
easily escapo the truth of his allusion
to the politic aspect of our tariff out
look. A little war has transposed tho
whole relationship of the United States
to the outside world, heretofore so
scantily regaided In the formulation
of our projects of government. We
are n world-power now and we can
not shake off the Inevitable. We are
trading in foreign markets and liiylng
wide foundations for a greater cos
mopolotlsm In the century to come.
Our points of contact with other na
tions have as by a miracle been mul
tiplied a hundred fold, and so far as
piophecy can discern the future this
multiplication will go on until it shall
make of the American republic the
most active and progressive factor In
the world's Impending civilization.
This means, among other things, that
our commerce will extend further nnd
more urgently need In Its development
than heretofore the existence, between
this nation nnd the other nations, of
cordial relations, In matters of tariff
as well as in more distinctly political
relations. While we shall not need to
sacrifice home for foreign interests it
will more and more come to be to the
Interests of bur home producers to build
up in the foreign centers wherever this
can be done a reciprocal commercial
spirit making for Increased exchanges
and a widened horizon of trade.
It can be truly said of July 4, ISM,
that the din of its celebration echoed
'round the world.
Voluntary Arbitration.
The frank refusal of the German
government to go into any Internation
al agreement ior compulsory arbitra
tion is creditable on the score of can
dor, for It puts Into words the real In
tentions of nil the powers ut the peace
congress. Compulsory arbitration
among Independent nations Is simply
a humbug phrase and not by any
means a possible fact. Independence
ceases when compulsion begins. There
Is no machinery for bringing compul
sion to bear on an Independent state
save In war, which It Is tho object of
arbitration to avert. To go to war In
order to enforce arbitration would be
to put the cart before the horse; and
no matter what the delegates at The
Hague might say or do, the common
sense of Christendom would reject
such an anomalous and contradictory
arrangement.
Arbitration ought to bo voluntary.
It ought to rest on the-free will and
the Intelligent Judgment of a self-respecting
public opinion and not on
brute fear. To base It on tho coercion
of tho weak by the btrong, upon the
mere preponderance of numbers or of
guns, would be to perpetuate the very
bullylsm which the peace congress
alms to ameliorate. It might, It is
true, represent an economy In hutrlan
blood but It would still be vicious In
principle, a form of tyranny and there
fore unsound. For In such an ar
rangement only the weak powers could
be compelled to accept arbitration of
differences; the strong powers would
continue, In spite of pledge or threat,
to do as they should please; In other
words, their use of arbitration would
be voluntary.
Voluntary arbitration Is tho civilized
way. He-course to the courts amonc
Individuals In civil Issues Is not com
pulsory. It Is and It should bo volun
tary. Generally speaking, It signifies
n superior standard of Intelligence nnd
humanity when such cases are "set
tled out of court." Wo use the term
civil Issues because they aro parallel
to the International Issues which It Is
proposed at The Hague to include
within the scope of future arbitration.
The time has not yet come when In
ternational crimes can be adjudicated
without war or tho possibility of war.
Of course, the entire Filipino race
should not be Judged by the rascality
of Agulnaldo and his bloodthirsty fol
lowers. No one would wish to have nn
opinion of the United States formed
from the ravings of Edward Atkinson
and others of his stripe.
Cincinnati, after a glorious sacngcr
fest, finds a deficit of $55,000 nnd tho
notes of tho art divine have to bo In
dorsed by purse-proud plutocrats. It
was ever thus.
Better street car facilities for fre
quenteis of Nay Aug should be ar
ranged for without delay. The people
demand them.
Every story has two sides. Let us
hoar tho defendant's version of tho
Howell-Phllllps controversy,
Ex-Mayor Matthews, of Boston, Is
doing his best to undo the Impression
that tho Hub Is tho hot-bed of antl
Imperialism. Mr. Matthews, In a few
more addresses of the character of his
Fourth of July oration, enn perouade
the country at largo that there Is still
hope for Boston.
Tho Filipinos who want pcaco are,
unfortunately not tho ones who carry
tho mnuser rifles. When Uncle Snm's
loprescntntlvcs got possession of the
shooting-Irons It Is probable that the
entire population will be Amlgos. ,
Havana policemen were scared on
tho Fourth by American firecrackers
but once let the emotional Latin race
get fully Introduced to this article and
the records for racket will play a furi
ous tattoo.
Those Ohio neighbors of the presi
dent who gave the glad hand to Major
General Miles should understand that
they confer a severe pain upon tho es
teemed New York Sun.
In tho proposed war on the banana
trust the public hopes tho assailants
will reap the fruits of an early victory.
Mr. PIngree was not n success as Mr.
Alger's sparling partner.
Notable Speh by
Cardinal Uatigban
London Cablo In tho Bun.
7 DECLARATION of Immense lm
A I'ortance concerning the fate of
Jii the Philippines nnd all Asia was
made by Cardinal Vaughan, Arch
bishop of Westminster, at the Inde
pendence Day banquet given by the
American Society In London. There Is
good authority for saying that his ut
terance Is nn authorized announcement
of the policy of the Roman Catholic
church on the Far Eastern question.
When It is said that he astonished and
electrified his nudlence by his eloquent
appeal to America and England, In co
operation, to carry civilization Into
Asia In opposition to Russia, It may
easily bo Imagined what a sensation his
words created. Nor was his the only
Imperialistic speech of the evening. It
was the keynote of every word spoken,
and tho spirit of Imperialism aroused
an enthusiasm surpassing anything
witnessed at former gatherings of
Americans In London. The banquet
was nttended by the largest and most
representative assembly of Americans
ever held in Europe. It was nearly
midnight when Cardinal Vaughan
spoke, but the tremendous significance
of his words entitles them to be the
first quoted. Ho said:
o
"I have In my heart the deep-seated
and mature conviction that the welfare
of tho Christian world, especially those
portions which have not yet been
brought into the pale of civilization, de
pends In a great measure on the good
feeling and co-operation that shall ex
ist between the American and English
peonies. We are living at the end of
one century and are about to enter
another. Pome men may glory In look
ing backward, and they will have much
to learn In retrospect. Others look for
ward. Their minds are cast toward the
future, leaving behind tho things they
have accomplished, and they press for
ward. Whllo we are on the eve of a
new century tho English-speaking
peoples look forward to see In what di
rection their mission will be accomp
lished. It seems to me from the evi
dence of past years, and from the mani
festation of friendly feeling expressed
at this table by your ambassador and
senators who have spoken, that we are
preparing tho American and English
peoples for the great work before us In
the century to come. You, If I may
speak to my American cousins, no
longer nre a self-contained power. You
have come forth from your continent,
forced by the circumstance of the ac
quisition of lands abroad. You stand
with your foot on the threshold of the
vast continent of Asia. You have enter
ed into the comity of nations that has
declared itself In many ways Interested
In the welfare and future of the Asiatic
continent. You will never be able to
withdraw the Influence you have, and
It will be greater In the future than
ever It was In the past. It must make
Itself felt on the -tremendous population
of Asia, which is waiting for the ad
vent of true Christian civilization.
o
"Tho question that presents Itself
constantly to my mind I do not know
how it will strike your minds Is this:
Which power In the future of the world
shall bo predominant over the great
continents yet unreclaimed by Christ
ian civilization? Shall It be the great
despotic power that looms north of
Asia, or shall It be the power of the liberty-loving
nations represented by the
English-speaking peoples? It is a ques
tion of which of the two extremes In
modes of government shall ,prevall.
There can be no doubt In this hall to
which the preference should bo given.
If then the liberty-loving peoples bring
happiness, civilization, and all the
benefits of Christianity to the largest
majority of the human race yet un
civilized, It can only be, It seems to
me, through n good understanding
being established between the two
great brunches of the Engllsh-spenking
people. I am not speaking of com
mercial Interests. I am not speaking
of tho wealth of England or America.
I am speaking on tho point alone of
your Influence and our Influence
abroad. I pray that the sentiments ex
pressed so eloquently by many speak
ers tonight, sentiments which anlmato
the English heart as deeply as the
American, may continue to be woven
one with tho other, so that the missions
of the English-speaking races may be
carried on successfully in tho new cen
tury, and that tho century may see
tho completion In a great measure of
our common mission."
SENATOR CHANDLER'S JOKE.
W. 13. Curtis In Chicago Record.
Senator Chandler Is a great poetical
Joker, as everybody within tho limit
of his acquaintance Is aware, and he
once came very near making an enemy
of Mr. Blaine by n curious little trick
ho played upon him. They had ben
Intimate, confidential friends, and Mr.
Chandler hud acted as a sort of politi
cal manager for Mr. Blaine on several
occasions, but even that relation In
Mr. lllalne'n opinion did not justify the
liberty which Mr. Chandler took on tho
occasion refencd to. For a long time
thereafter Mr. Blaine showed his re
sentment, nnd, although ho was usually
quick to forgive, Mr. Chandler was
never qulto the same to him again.
Their Intimacy and confidential rela
tions were never renewed.
It happened whllo Mr. Blaine was In
the Garfield cabinet that Mr. Chandler
was called to the northern part of New
Hampshire on some law business. The
night was stormy, the vlllago tavern
was lonly und the active mind of Mr.
Chandler groped nround for some form
of amusement. Finding nothing better
to do ho prepared a practical joke for
Mr. Blaine. In a letter to his wife
ho discussed with great freedom Mr.
Blaine's political position and policy,
his treatment of certain. Republicans
and his Interference with federal ap
pointments In New York, nnd expressed
his regret thnt a man of Mr. Blaine's
strong character and great Intellect
should allow himself to bo dominated
by a woman like Gall Hamilton, In
whoso judgment Mr. Chandler said he
had no confidence. Adding a few
words about family affairs, Mr. Chand
ler signed the letter, "Your affectionate
husband," and put It In an envelope,
which he addressed to "James O.
Blaine," secretary of state, Washing
ton, D. C., Personal."
Of course his Idea wns to make Mr.
Blaine think he had sent him the
wrong letter nnd expected Mr. Blaine
to read It and forward it to his wife.
Ho thought such an Indirect way of
pointing out the errors of his public
career would be received by Mr. Blaine
with better grace than If he nddressed
him directly. Hut the contrary was tho
case. Mr. Blaine evidently perceived
Mr. Chnndler's purpose, for he did not
forward the letter to Mrs. Chandler,
nor did ho communicate with Mr.
Chandler In any way for months. The
next time they met he was polite, but
not cordial, but made no allusion to
the letter. His conduct gave Mr.
Chandler much concern, and as Mr.
Blaine's behavior continued to be cool
nnd distant he decided to have It out
with him. Mr. Blaine expressed very
freely his opinion of that kind of Jokes,
but made no comment upon Mr. Chand
ler's criticism, and, ns I have said,
never liked Mr. Chandler so well again.
GT.EAT LAKES FISHERIES.
From the New York Sun.
Tho census report for 1000 of the
gieat lakes fisheries Is expected to con
tain surprises In respect to the exten
sion of the fisheries during the last ten
years In the grent lakes of Superior,
Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
From 1SS0 to 1890 the number of fisher
men actually engaged in those waters
Increased 63 per rent. Tho capital In
vested during the same period In
crease 110 per cent., nnd tho fish taken
Increased from 68,000.000 to HS.000,000
pounds, or 70 per cent. Lake Ontario
was the only one to show a loss. In
fact, the great lakes fisheries are now
the fisheries of the great lakes to the
west of Buffalo, nnd Lake Ontario Is
no longer a factor In the matter.
Since 1S90 tho Increase in the num
ber of fishermen, In capital Invested In
these fisheries and In the nmount of
fish taken has shown a ratio even
larger than prior to 1890, and It Is for
this reason that some Important sur
prises are expected In the next national
census. Very few persons have any
very clear Idea of tho wonderful pro
ductiveness In fish of the waters of the
great lakes. An estimate based on the
known production showed that In the
decade terminating with the census of
1890 1,000,000,000 pounds of fish were
taken, which yielded the flshprmen $25,
000,000. In 1S90 0,995 persons were en
gaged In the capture of fish In the great
lakes. These employed 107 steamers,
valued at J3.")0,000, and 3.R7G vessels and
boats, worth $325,000. The apparatus
used consisted of 3,800 pounds net and
trap nets, the value of which was $825,
000; gill nets to the value of $100,000; 17C
seines and other apparatus. The capi
tal Invested In shore property directly
connected with thg fisheries was nearly
$1,000,000. These items give, as the
total Investment In fishing property,
about $3,000,000. The quantity of fish
taken was 118.000,000 pounds, the value
of which at wholesale was $2,615,784,
and at retail probably $3,000,000.
One curious reason to account for
the increase of the lake fisheries is tho
advent, especially In the more western
lakes, of many immigrants from the
fishing nnd maritime countries of Eu
rope , particularly Norway, Sweden,
Germany, Denmark nnd Flnlnnd. The
Scnndlnnlnns and naties of the Bal
tic provinces of Germany, as Is well
known, are excellent fishermen, and
many of these Scandinavians and Ger
mans, after coming to the United
States, haev taken up here the same
avocations as they pursued In their
own countries, with tho result that
there Is near each of the great lakes
what may be called a fisherman popu
of Canadla are largely In the control
of the descendants of two classes of
emigrants the Bretons from France
and the Scotch and north of Ireland
fishermen. In similar fashion much of
the extensive fishery business of the
Pacific slope Is In the hands of Scan
dinavians or Poi tuguese fishermen, and
New Bedford, Mass., still the headquar
ters of what remains of tho once-celebrated
and lucrative whale fisheries,
has still a considerable local Portu
guese population devoted to the busi
ness of whaling. Two-thirds of tho
catch of the llsherles of tho great lakes
Is made up of four kinds of fish her
ring, trout, whlteflsh nnd sturgeon. The
catch of lake trout, which Is ono of the
most Important and highly esteemed
fishes of the great lakes, Increased from
4.397,031 pounds, or 63 per cent., from
1SS0 to 1890. It is most abundant In
Lake Michigan. Next to herring white
fish is the most nhundant and most
profitable catch In the great lakes.
A MOSLEM EPISODE.
"A party of Bedouin Arabs recently at
tacked a convoy of Egyptians, with the
Holy Carpet of Mahomet, between Mec
ca and Medina." London Mull.
The bold bad Bedouin set out with slnls
ter Intent,
And pounced upon tho pilgrims who In
grave procession went;
Mahomet's sacred carpet (precious relic)
to convey
Twlxt Mecca and Medina In tho custom
ary way.
The leader ofl the robbers to his tent the
carpet took.
His spouse, when sho beheld It, gave a
long ecstatic look.
"Weil havo to cet a home," she said,
"and spread It on the floor."
And so he bought a house and lot all
mortgaged o'er and o'er.
She made him beat the carpet till his
good rlsht arm wsb tired;
Ho pelted and he pummcled it; he puffod
and ho rersplred.
The pilgrims ho wero lurking near
wero frenzied In their fright.
They nearly had a spawn nt the sacri
legious slcht.
She made him tack It down. Of course
tho sequel had to come,
The hammer lost Its bearings nnd It
landed on his thumb.
The pilgrims saw him kneeling as ho
railed and pawtd the nlr.
They felt mightily encouraged for they
thought he was at prayer.
In confldcnro they sought him, since such
piety ho showed
Ho folded up that curpet saying; "Take
It and be blowed."
And now In all the mosques the eager
penitents aro taught
Of tho marvelous conversion which Ma.
hornet's carpet wiought.
, Phlliader Johnson In Washlnton Star,
KIPLING ON AMERICANS.
From Sea to Sea.
Let thcro be no misunderstanding about
tho matter; I love this peuple, and If
uny contemptuous criticism bus to be
done I will do it myself. My heart has
gone o.it to them beyond all other peo
ples, und for thn life of mo I cannot tiil
why. They uro bleeding-raw at the
edges, almost moro conceited than the
English, vulgar with a masslvo vulgar
ity which Is as though tho Pyramids wero
coated with Christmas cako sugar-works.
Cocksuro they nre, lawless, and as casu.
si as they aro cocksure; but I lovo
them.
I admit everything. Their govern
ment's provisional, their law's the notion
of tho moment; their railways nro mado
of hairpins and match sticks, and most
of their good luck lives In their woods
and mines and rivers, and not In their
brains; but for all that, they bo the big
gest, finest and best people on tho sur
face of tho globcl Just ou wait a hun
dred years and see how they'll behave
when they'va had the screw put on them
and have forgotten a few of tho patri
archal teachings of the late Mr. Georgo
Washington. Walt till the Anglo-Amcrl-ean-German-Jcw
tho mnn of tho futuro
Is properly equipped. He'll havo just
the least little kink In Ills hair now and
again; he'll carry tho Dngllsh lungs
abovo the Touton feet that can walk
forever, and ho will wave long, thin,
bony, Yankee hands with tho big blue
veins on tho wrist from ono end of the
earth to the other.
Hoil bo tho finest writer, poet nnd
dramatist, 'specially dramatist, that tho
world as It recollects Itself has ever
seen. By virtue of his Jew blood, Jubt a
little, little drop, he'll be a musician and
a painter, too. At present thcro Is too
much bnlcony and too little Romeo In
tho life plays of his fellow citizens.
Later on, when tho proportion Is adjust
ed and ho sees the possibilities of his
land, he will produce things that will
make tho effete cast stare. He will also
bo a complex and highly composite ad
ministrator. There Is nothing known to
man that ho will not be, and his coun
try will sway the world with one foot ns
a man tilts a seesaw plank! You watt
and see. Sixty million people, chiefly of
English Instincts, who nro trained from
youth 1o believe that nothing Is Impossi
ble, don't slink through tho centuries Ilka
Russian peasantry. They are bound to
leave their mark somewhere, and don't
you forcet It.
THE GENERAL VIEW.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
An administration Is always embar
rassed when any member of It becomes a
competitor with other members In good
standing of tho party for nn Important
ofllce. General Alger's candidacy for the
senatorshlp in Michigan should not be
permitted In any way to Interfere with
tho Interests of the government or tho
relations of the president with other In
fluential party leaders.
TWO SINGERS.
Two singers there were, and one was like
To a ouern In her royal gown
With stately step, and pride ugloam
In tho deep of her eyrs of brown;
And one was a face with a gentlo grace.
And eyes that a heart shono through
Eyes that torrowed the schoolday tint
Of a little sunbennet of blue.
One was a singer of great renown
Now stirring tho blood with a note.
Now charming tho car with cultured tones
That came from her shapely throat;
And ono was a singer of songs of love,
And she knew not tho ways of art;
But sho sang right on past the cars and
poured
Rich melodies 'round the heart.
Two tributes of song and one was lost
In the deafening volley of cheers;
And one throbbed on when tho singer
was gene.
And the answer wns silence and tears.
Ah, many tho day that has passed slnco
then,
And the singers who tang are not;
Rut memory holds to a little song,
And tho other forgot! forgot!
John Howard Todd, In Boston Tran
script. REXFORD'S.
Scranton, July 6, 1899.
A little solid gold watch got
slightly dented. We'll take a most
ridiculous price for it. Hand en
graved and a very pretty watch.
We won't tell you its original price
or you would wonder why we
would take Five Dollars for it.
THE REXFORD CO.,
132 Wyoming Ave.
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A healthy wife is a husband's inspiration. A sickly half-dead-and-alive
woman, especially when she is the mother of a family, is a damper
to all joyousness in the home. I sometimes marvel at the patience of
some husbands. If a woman finds that her energies are flagging and
that everything tires her, her sleep is disturbed by horrible dreams,
and that she often wakes suddenly in the night with a feeling of suffo
cation and alarm, she must at once regain her strength. It matters
not where she lives or what her name is ; what she needs is a Ripaus
Tabule.
A new (L!u pu-U't contain! Tw mmm TtDvuis Iu a rer cmrtim (without rUua) Ii now tow uua at mdi
dra tore -oa nre out tuta low-niwvt rt uli.tnju far llr ur uuttbn toonnmir&l. imedofeq
of tt.o ftTixwit curtunt (1J0 ubul&o cm bo bad b rnll Uj Mnilimi lonr-l((L( twit to Uiu Itn ixa CnniCii,
Covjjit, Jo. W nuo birt, n) utK-vt use I cuius m Tinciu$ 01 bo iuit tut Uio umbU
Star
Amitoinniatfc
Paper
Fasteeer
Fastens papers iu a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved iu
every respect. Prices lower
than ever. Wc are still sell
ing the Plauitary Penc.l
Sharpeners. The only sharp
ening device which never
breaks the lead. On trial iu
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
Gold-Filled Gase
Witt a 15-Jewelefl
Waltham Movement,
Both
Gimaraeteed
The Best Watch iu the
Whole World for the Money.
MERCEREAU&COMEil
130 Wyoming Avenue.
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THE LONG GREEN
lawn around tho house, or the little patch
of grass In the doorynrd, require constant
attention to look beautiful.
Don't borrow your neighbor's lawn
mower which you find Isn't sharp, and
then say sharp things nbout It which
makes your wife sad. but coma In hero
and buy n lawn mower that will cut llko
a razor and runs ns easy as a bicycle.
The labor saved will amply repay you
for the small outlay.
And such things ns Pruning Shears nnd
Grass Clippers that will give satlsfactloa
are hero too.
GUNSTER & FORSYTH,
5-327 FENN AVENUE.
LMther Keller
L1HE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Ouloo
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
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sue
FINLEY
One Week Devoted to
At Reduced Prices.'
5n order to get our stock
of Colored Shirt Waists
down to normal propor
tions, we have made a
general reduction of from
115 to 25 percent, all along
the line and our entire
stock is now at your dis
posal at tempting prices.
The new prices apply
on all
CaiiMc,
Scold and Freacli
Ginghams,
CoirM Ginghams aM
And we venture to say
that no more attractive
line is shown this season.
The following numbers
you will find exceptional
value:
Percalo Waists Reduced to
43c, 65c, 75c and $1.00
Valuo for
65c 85c, 90c and $1.25
GIncham Waists
$1.25, $1.50 and $1.75
Valuo for
$3.50, $1.85 and $2.00
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Modkkn HxnnwAitE Store
We've
Talked
Alaska,
REFRIGERATORS for ten
years, for we have a good ice
saving, food saving, trouble
saving, refrigerating story.
The saving of ice by using
our Alaska, will soon pay for
the Refrigerator. Special
prices this week.
FODTL & SHEAR CO.
119 N. Washington Ave.
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The Hoot &
CoeeeH Co0
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
m Lackawanna Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
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KiMrioi '!
DUPOIT
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u:iu ilo itcpiiuiu cuomloa:
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JOHN 11. S5M1T1I & BON, - Plymouth.
V. Ji 1IUL.LICAN. - VUWcs-JUura.
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