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THE SCRAOTON TRIBUNEVEDNESI)AYf JULY 12, 1899.
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SCHANTON, JULY 12, 1809.
The report In another column of tho
special audit of the accounts of tho
American Mutual Indemnity company!
made recently by Mr. C. H. Drartbury,
expert accountant, constitutes, It would
eeem, a pretty good fortification
ngnlnst malicious attack.
Civil Service Humbug.
Lnst fall ti circular was sent out to
the federal oldcc-holders of New Hamp
shire by the Republican stute commit
tee of which Senator Oalllntror was
chairman which, after calling attention
to the Importance of the issues and tho
Immense amount of woik to be done in
the state and nation said: "Absent
voters must be brouKht home, litera
ture must ho sent to all sections of the
country, speaking must bo maintained
throughout the campaign, while tho
bills for travelling expensps of speak
ers, postage, telegraphing, printing,
etc.. will be necessarily large. No help
will be received from the national or
congiesslonal committee. We must
look to those who are honored by tho
party of this state to meet the ex
penses of this campaign. Knowing tho
Interest that you feel In Republican
SUCCOSK, I take the liberty of asking
you to contribute $ , which sum you
can s-encl by check or money order In
the lnelosed stamped envelope to the
treasurer of the Republican State com
mittee at Concord, N. II. Plcaso In
close this circular with your remit
tance that there may be no mistake In
tho name."
One of these circulars fell Into the
hands of a factional enemy of Senator
Calllnger, who transmitted It to John
R. Proctor, president cf tho civil ser
vice commission nt Washington, and as
a result that official lms caused an In
vestigation. Mr. Proctor says that un
der the law a federal office-holder has
no right to solicit campaign contribu
tions from other federal ofllce-holders.
tho penalty for conviction of such an
alleged offence being "a fine not ex
ceeding $5,000 or Imprisonment for a
term not exceeding three years, or such
lino and Imprisonment both, In the dis
cretion of the court."
The outcome of this investigation will
be awaited with general Interest. To
tho ordinary mind not befogged by the
sophistries of the professional civil ser
vice reformers the requesting of those
who hold political utiles as a maik of
patty faor to contribute out of their
offiel.il inconus to the pn-setvatlan of
party supremacy does not assumo tho
proportions of a crime justifying such
drastic penalty as President Proctor
mentions. It Is conceivable that the so
licitation of contributions from govern
ment employes might be enrried to an
unfair extreme or bo characterized In
exceptional capes by dishonesty; but
the humbug of the attempt to mako
such solicitation Illegal Is Indicated in
the fact that ways of evasion are open
to any campaign clmliinan who lacksi
Senator Galllnger's manly willingness
to face the music over his own name.
It Is well known to everybody conver
sant with politics that every federal
office-holder from tho president of tho
United States down Is expected, If in a
political place dependent for Its tenure
upon the result of periodical political
campaigns, to make contribution to tho
campaign expenses of the party to
which he owes his election or appoint
ment. We cannot see that this is un
fair; at all events, it is the rule In both
parties, has always been and presum
ably always will be. That being true,
why Is It a crime to ask for that which
It Js not a crime to give?
Perhaps one cause of tho extrava
gance Is that there are not enough
taxpayers on tho Rcranton Board of
Control.
Municipal Special Laws.
(Philadelphia Tress, Editorial.)
One of the closing features of the
State liar association meeting at
Wllkes-Barre was the defent of a
proposition to so amend tho constltu
tlon of tho commonwealth as to per
mit tho legislature to enact special
laws regulutlng the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, boiougbs and school
districts. The proposition came from a
special committee on constitutional
prohibition of special legislation, and
was severely uttaeked by several
speakets, two of them having been
members of the convention which
framed the present constitution,
It is probable the proposed amend
ment as offered was rather too sweep
ing, but It had unquestioned merit In
the main. It extended tho utmost pro
tection to tho citizen by requiring that
any proposed special legislation should
be submitted to a vote of the people
affected and approved by a majority of
the voters before It could he passed by
tho legislature. This seems a much
better method than the present one. If
it were adopted the people of any city,
borough, county, township or school
district would absolutely control the
acta applying to their local government.
As It now Is the legislature may enact
what It pleases under the guise of a
general law and It must be accepted
by tho various municipalities, whether
It fits their case or not, and no matter
at what inconvenience. All tho people
affected might be opposed to it, but
they would havo to submit.
The Supremo court has decided that
tho cities of the state cannot bo di
vided into more than three classes.
Philadelphia la tho only city of the
first class; Pittsburg and Allegheny
are alone In the second class, while the
fourth class embraces all others from
Bcranton, with 75,215 Inhabitants at tlio
Inst census, to Corry, with 6,077. Legis
lation for cities of the third cIubs must
apply to all tho municipalities in that
clas3. Tho enilmrrnwmcnt and Incon
venience of this has been demonstrated
more than once. It is manifestly im
possible to enact laws for a city of
nearly 100,000 population which would
fit ono of 6,000, Local conditions nro
often radically different even In cities
of nearly equal size, nnd It can be read
ily understood what a gap there Is be
tween tho moro populous and tho
smaller ones. Municipal growth has
been much hampered by these restric
tions. So far as the reports of the debate
on the proposition before tho Dar as
sociation show, the chief reason given
for opposing it was that the constitu
tion had been drawn by moro brilliant
and brainy men than the gentleman
who, as chairman of the committee,
had reported tho proposition. This was
the chief reason advanced by the three
lending speakcts In opposition and two
of them were among the brilliant nnd
brainy members of the constitutional
convention of IS73. Apparently they
are disposed to look back upon their
work of twenty-three years ngo as one
of perfection. Uxpoilcnce has convinced
other brilliant and brainy members of
that convention that tho constitution
has Its faults, and In more than one
particular. It has many excellencies,
but In recognizing that fact it Is not
necessary to shut our eyesito Its weak
nesses. It was excellent In prohibiting
special legislation, as It had afflicted
the state In all previous time, but In
doing away with evils which all wanted
to get rid of it was made entirely too
restrictive regarding legislation for
municipalities. It Is not proposed by
anybody, nnd never again will be, to
open tho doors to miscellaneous special
legislation, but such change ns would
enable municipalities to obtain proper
legislation applying to their local ne
cessities would havo many advantages,
and Is worthy of careful consideration
and intelligent discussion.
The American state department's
treatment of Austria's claim for dam
ages because of tho Lattlmer riot sig
nifies, in plain words, that aliens who
come to this country voluntarily and
then undertake to defy our laws must
face and accept the consequences. The
position Is sound.
For a Now National Park.
At the suggestion of John S. Cooper
of Chicago, President Hill of the Great
Northern railway, Governor Roosevelt,
II. II. Kohlsaat and other prominent
lovers of nature nnd of spoit, an ef
fort will be made before the next con
gress to have steps taken for the erec
tion' In northern Minnesota of a na
tional park or forestry reserve of about
7,000,000 acres, to include all territory
around the headwaters of the Mississ
ippi river and Jo be an nsylum for
the rapidly disappearing fish and game
of the primeval northwest.
"This," says Governor Roosevelt,
"Is doing for the common people what
rich men are now doing for them
selves. It is an evil of our times and
of this nation that ilch men nnd tich
men's clubs arc buying up choice
tracts of game and forest land and
shutting out from them tho common
people." The promoteis of the pio
posed new national park have no
other object In view than to try to save
the unrivalled natural beauties of this
great game and fish area from de
struction, at the hands of careless or
reckless men. The Times-Herald of
Chicago thua gives the history and
put pose of the movement:
"Colonel John S. Cooper, a respect
ed and prominent attorney of Chicago,
a man of wealth and a lover of sport,
has hunted over the lake region of
Minnesota for years. More than
eighteen months! ago he conceived tho
Idea that the vast wilderness of the
state north of Uralnerd might well be
converted Into n, natioanl park or for
estry reserve. He was Influenced by
two motives in revolving tho project
In his mind first, the duty of the na
tional government to take such action
ns should forever make the headwaters
of the Mississippi common property;
second, the preservation for historical,
educational, sport and pleasure pur
poses of a region which otherwise, left
alone, Is doomed In a short period of
tlmo to become a vast, barren waste,
denuded of timber, crossed by dry
water ways, unfit for agriculture, and
the home of the timber lire. Colonel
Cooper gave his opinion on tho subject
to prominent Mlnnesotlnns, and later
to citizens of Illinois and other states.
He found so many enthusiastic over
the project that lie flnullv took
the embryonic plan to President Hill
of the Great Northern railway, and
gavo him all the details. The result
has been that matters have progressed
so far that a national organization Is
u certainty.
"Tho plan of reservation as now
formulated does not precis- t fix tho
boundailes of tho proposed park. That
must eventually be done by congress.
Uut ns n feeler of public sentiment on
the subject it is propose! that tho
teservatlon shall take in the better
portion of tho counties of Cass, Hub
bard, Beltrami and Itasca, and the
source of the Mississippi river. The
size of the tract would be practically
about 110 by 125 miles. In the entire
region there are moro than 4.000 lakes.
The tract does not include the White
Earth Indian reservation, but it does
Include six largo and small Indian
reservations, whose territory is al
ready under the control of tho national
government. Within tho section Is
the state park of Minnesota, which
surrounds the headwaters of tho Miss
Isslppi. Of tho whole amount of land
In the region tho government owns
3,000,000 acres already, tho Indians
have 3,600,000 acres, and there are about
1,000,000 acres of merchantable pine
controlled by lumber interests.
"The physical beauties of the region
it Is almost impossible to describe.
Tho Interminable chain of lakes, of
little and great rivers, the standing
timber, the constant succession of
wlerd and entrancing views, the dry
ness of the air, the abundance of game,
the easy accessibility from civilized
points, form a combination of circum
stances naturally selecting this spot
for a forest reserve such as -It Is almost
Impossible to find elsewhere In the
middle state country. Tho few who
havo gone through tho region cither
by the gateway of St. Paul or that of
Duluth or that of Moorhtad can at-
tempt to describe Kabckonn Day, the
Little Hoy country, the Schoolcraft,
Frontcnac, BemldJI, Wlnnlbgosllsh,
tho Row String or tho Vermillion, but
that is all, Northorn Minnesota east
of tho Red River Valley and south
from tho Canadian border Is an un
known land of beauty, fit in reality
cmly for some such project na a for
estry reserve or a national park for
the preservation of tho source of the
Mississippi and the. waters, of the
truo lake region. The sportsman who
hunts or llshes for the finding nnd
eating of the thing nnd not the
slaughter would find there, under gov
ernment military nnd pollco protection,
woodcock, plover, prairie chicken, wild
geese, quail, pheasant, wild ducks,
grouse nnd snipe. There the elk,
moose, caribou, deer and beat; are to
bo found. In the fish there are musk
nlonge, great northern pike, black
boas, wall-eyed pike, pickerel, lake
trout, whltcflsh, silver bass, croppies,
rock bass and porch. Theso need only
governmental protection, supplemented
by the game laws of the state of Min
nesota, to multiply faster than a sea
son's sportsmen can thin their rnnks.
The Yellowstone, the Grand Canon,
Ratttomont Mesa, tho Pecos, the Cas
cade Range are reservations only ac
cessible to the wealthy. Tho proposed
Minnesota reserve would bo open to
any man of moderate means who de
sired to travel to nature's home at
least once a year."
The mere statement of these plans
nnd intentions is sufficient to commend
them to public favor. By all means
let the project bo urged.
Aecordlng to Bishop Morrison, the
present Is an ago of falsehood. "Thous
ands of men," snys he, "will not tell
the truth unless they know they can
mako something by it. Lies are put up
In packages, sent out In barrels and
hung up on hook. Men are Justifying
'themselves with tho fact that their
acts aro common. The whole commer
cial world Is honeycombed with un
truthfulness, and the' Inordinate love of
money which has taken hold of our
people Is at tho bottom of it." Has the
reverend gentleman been getting hla
views of life from the pages of the
blackmailing Scrnntonian?
Against Captain Watklns' one mis
take, which lost tho Paris, public opin
ion should weigh the 48 years of faith
ful and efficient service which Is to
his credit as a seaman and navigator,
during which ho made over 500 trips
across the Atlantic without a mishap:
and then let the man without mistakes
cast the first stone.
Kx-Consul Waller's plan to havo the
United States appropriate $20,000,000 for
the purpose of removing the American
negro to Cuba, to be successful will re
quire the assent, first of the negro him
self, then of tho Cubans and lastly of
the others concerned. In other word3
it Is not likely to materialize.
According to Paris advices, England's
refusal to arbitrate her differences
with Paul Kruger throw doubt on tho
slpceilty of her representations at The
Hague. Arbitration does not fit a case
like Krugcr'n. What he needs is the,
educational Influences of a club.
The Philadelphia "Ledger Indirectly
accuses President McKlnley of pursu
ing toward tho Philippines a "half
hearted policy Intended for political ef
fect." We don't know which is tho
worbe In war, an open foe or a skulk
ing supporter.
The writer of "Tho Picture That Is
Turned Toward tho Wall," who died
penniless, made about 5300 from tha
composition while the publishers re
ceived $25,000. This Is a picture of in
justice that should also bo turned to
the wall. t
It is now understood that President
Kruger Is also delaying operations un
til tho arrival of the rainy season,
which will mako campaigning difficult
for the British. That may postpone
but it will not modify his finish.
These are tremulous times for men of
prominence in Pennsylvania. The pros
pect of having one's portrait appear
In the Philadelphia newspapers is
enough to drive the ordinary man into
seclusion.
Some of Agulnaldo's assistants who
draw pay as United States senators aro
not feeling altogether comfortable these
duys but they have no one to blame
but themselves.
i m
A brave man does not stand much
chance of becoming a hero these days
unless he has a well organized press
bureau.
THOROUGHLY WELCOME.
From tho Plttbburg Dispatch.
Theodore Hallum, a Kentucky attor
ney, la generally icputcd to possess about
the nimblest wit In that blucgiasu com
monwealth. A story of his tvpiirlco at
the expenso of tho late "Deacon" Rich
aid Smith, the widely known editor of
tho old t'lnclmiutl Gazette, runs thus:
Smith was chatting in the cafe of tho St.
Nicholas with it friend about political uf
fairs. It so happened that Just then
tho police superintendents of Covington,
Ky., and Cincinnati were having a row
over a fugitive, which ended In tho
charge that tho Covington oillclals were
ulfordlng "protection" to criminals. As
Hallam entered tho cafo "Deacon" Smith
said:
"Hello, Theodore. I see by tho papers
that you're accused of harboring thieves
over in your town."
"Yes, Mr. Smith," Hallam drawled,
"come over."
SHE SHOPS.
She shops!
She docs not mean to buy,
For funds aro low and prices high.
So muny peoplo wonder why
Bho shop's!
Sho shops!
She keeps herself apprised
Of all tho bargains advertised,
And with a gusto undlsgulgcd '
Sho shops',
Sho Bhops!
The tired assistant sighs,
For long experience makes him wise,
Ho known wherein her weakness lies-
Sho shops
Sho shops!
She hurries to and fro,
And when tho sun Is setting low,
A thousand captured samples show
Sho shops!
Pearson's Weekly.
Colonel McCl(ir?'s
Opinion of Triisfs
From the Philadelphia Times.
THE politicians are preprarlng for
an Usuo ugalnst trusts In the next
national contest. Trust nro un
popular, and In somo Instances
have been Bevcicly oppressive and
merited popular reprobation; but the con
centration of capital nnd business energy
that has now become pructlcally uni
versal throughout this country Is not, as
a rule, tho organization of dcspotlo
trusts to force extortionate prices upon
consumers, but It Is tho concentration
of cnpltnl and labor that is compelled
by existing conditions to attain cheap
liens of product as tho one supremo nc.
cesHlty of tho nation. This policy tins
not been formulated by uny political
party nor Is It tho growth of statesman
ship. It is entirely and absolutely the
rrrntinn of builnoi necessities, and
thrso new conditions aro upon us becau!o
this country Is compelled to rlvut the
nations of the world In cheapness of
product, to command tho markets of ov-
ery eilmo for tho now rapidly increasing
surplus creations of our Industry.
io:
Foreign countries have attained cheap,
nest) of product by a. reduction In tho
wages o labor. That la an lmposslblo
policy In tho United Stutea, Tho concen
tration of capital and energy to ussuro
the cheapest products for consumers at
home nnd abroad, has been attended hero
bynllbernl Increase of wages to American
workmen, end our superior skill is to
day equal to tho necessity of producing
ui tides for tho markets of the world
cheaper than they can bo sold by for
eign competitors even with Just wages
paid to American labor. In our present
business conditions our surplus of pro
ducts must bo largely Inci eased, and un
less wo can reach the markets of tho
world fearful revulsion and disaster must
Inevitably follow, resulting In tho de
struction of tho Incomo of capital and
starvation wages and largely Increased
Idleness among worklrnmcn. Tho su
preme business necessity of this country
today Is cheapness of product, and that
Is ostensibly what tho general centraliza
tion of capital and energy means. Of
course, tho greed of capital will seek to
profit lit some Instances by extortionate
prices to consumers, but that can bo
done only where high tariff duties pro
tect truits, ns even tho greater com
bination of capital, with free competition
nt homo and abroad, could not result In
oxtortlonato prices. The logical result,
therefore, of this centralization must bo
enlargement of products, enlargement of
employment and cheapness In tho ncccs
sarles of life consumed by labor.
:o:
These nre the new conditions which
confront us. They enn bo changed only
by overthrowing the whole business
ntruetuie of tho nation,' and that would
mean anarchy.
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A PARTY OB THE PEOPLE.
From tho Globe-Democrat.
A beautiful Illustration of tho muddl
ness of mind which charaetoilzes the uv
erage demugoRuo of today Is furnlshsd
by un agitator named Lawrenco Gron
lund. "In this country," snys Gron
lund, "wo" havo on tlio ono side a patty
with wealth and brains, tho Republican
party, but with no good will toward tho
musses. On the other side we hnvo the
Democratic party, which has absolutely
no brains, but which has good will to
ward the masses.' Gronlund's charac
terization of the Democracy Is a llttlo
more fuvoritblo to that party than tho
Judgments usually passed upon It. Tho
Democracy has often been stigmatized
us the "organized Ignoranco and vice of
tho country." It has good will, but no
sense, according to Gronlund. It means
well, but doesn't know. Gronlund'a as
sertion that tho Republican party, with
all Its wealth and brains, has "no good
will toward tho mnses." has a comical
sound. Good will toward the mosses
tho defenvD nf tlw peoplo ugalnst tho
slivo oligarchy of tho Democrutla partv
who wanted to spread their system of
bondage through tho territories nnd ro
duco the worklnsmen of tho North, as
they already had thoso of the South, Jo
tho condition of serfs was tho cardinal
prlnclplo on which tho Republican party
was founded. The Republican party
accomplished Its object, but In doing this
it, of course, had to overthrow tho Dem
ocratic party, and to keep It overthrown
for a quarter of a century. The Ro.
publican party enacted a homestead law,
which tho Democracy always opposed,
and which a Democratic president vetoed
when passed at ono time by Repuhlienn
votes. That net, which a Republican
congress passed, and which a Republican
president signed, has provided free
homes for millions of persons in the past
third of a century. It has materially
nlded In peopling every state from tho
Allegheny's to the Pacific, and from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian line. In
the cntlro hundred years of tho Demo
cracy's career that party never gave any
aid to the peoplo which will bear an In
stant's comparison with tho splendid ser.
vice which tho Republican party ren
dered to humt-n freedom nnd clvlllzntlon
In each of those magnificent achieve
ments, COMMON SENSE.
From tho Washington Post.
Wo do not know that any American
newspaper has. In so many words, urged
evacuation of tho Philippines. It is
doubtful if there Is one thnt would
deem It expedient to thus outrage Amer.
Icnn sentiment. There Is no American
newspaper that Is so stolidly stupid as
to bo Ignorant or foigctful of tho duties
and responsibilities we havo Incurred In
those islands. To leave them In chaos,
to leave foreigners and friendly natives
to tho mercy of assassins, would be a
cilmo agnlntit universal humanity, would
sink us almost beneath tho contempt of
every decent member of tho family of
nations, and, worse than all, that would
mnko us wish tho dava were ten times
longer In order to give us time to sutll
elently despise ourselves Sinco, then,
the only alternative to the suppression
of disorder In the Philippines Is Impossl
bio; slnco we aro bound to go on, nnd
therefore cannot turn back. Is It not a
patriotic duty to put the best fuco on
tho situational It wise, Is It expedient
to magnify the Ilia nnd minimize the bet
tor aspects of tho caso? We aro not now
discussing what may or should bo dono
when our present task is llnlshed. Our
future relations with tho Filipinos may
bo left for decision by the American peo.
plo through their agents In congress, but
tho prebont duty Is ono as to which there
ought to bo no dissensions among us. Is
It not, therefore. Incumbent on a patriotic
press and on nil good citizens to stand
by tho government until our army In the
Philippines no longer faces an enemy?
Aro not thoso who daio not suggest n
retreat, who have not the courage of
their convictions, nnd, therefore, shrink
from tho ordeal of unmitigated contempt,
bound by an obligation Incident to citi
zenship to cease their artificial contrlbu.
tlon to the natural difficulties of tho na
tion's task?
FIRST NIGHT IN A "SLEEPER."
From the Topeka Btato ojutnal.
A traveller from the thort gross coun
try boarded No, 1 at Dodgo City a few
nlghti ago. Ho wore long, white whis
kers and a, wide-brimmed white felt hat,
and ho stood rtx feet elN.
Ills boots were ne.utly blacked, and he
had on a now suit of clothes. It was
apparent that ho wat not at homo In lm
new toggery. Ho was going to Califor
nia, he explained, to visit his oldest fcon,
wlio was u prcsperous fruit ralsor on tho
coakt.wHo hnd engaged n berth In tho
Pullmnn, and he asked tho conductor
where it was.
"Right here, sir," said tho conductsr as
he pointed out the section,
"Do you sleep in It that wuy, all
curled up on a ealt" ho kcd In amaze
ment. "No, It will be made up when you aro
ready to retire."
The man did not exnetly know what
"made up" meant, but h: ngttcil no moro
questions. Ho sat l.i tho irnwlng room
and smoked, and finally ho said to tho
conductor:
"Well, gitcss I'll turn In."
"All right, ti.; your berth Is made up."
Tho man walked Into tho main part of
the car. Then h went back to tho
drawing room.
"They all look alike," he said; "you
will havo to shew mo mine."
The cor.duc tor showed him to his berth
nnd left him. Tho man looked nt It;
then he went back to tho renr platform
and closed tho door. In a few minutes
ho stuck his head In the 'car and shout,
cd:
"Look out: I'm coming," nnd ho mndo
a run for his berth with his clothes, or
most of them, under his nrm. In the
morning ho stuck his head out between
the curtains nnd called tho conductor.
"How In thunder urn I going to get out
on tho platform to dress with all theso
people looking?"
The conductor explained to him that ho
would hnvo to dress In the berth. Ho
did so, but it took him two hours.
A TABLE FOR ART CRITICS.
By Ambrose Blcice.
While bathing, Antlnotis wna seen by
Minerva, who was so enamored of his
beauty that, all nrmed ns she happened
to be, she descended from Olympus to
woo him; but unluckily displaying her
shield, with tho head of Medusa on It,
sho had tho unhnpplness to sco tho beau
tiful mortul turn to stone from catching
a glimpse of It. Sho straightway us.
cended to ask Jove to restore him: but
before, this could be dono n Sculptor and
a Critic passed that way and espied him.
"Thli Is a very bad Apollo," said tho
sculptor; "tho chest Is too narrow, and
ono nrm Is at lenst a half Inch shorter
than the other. The attitude Is unnat
ural, and I mny say Impossible. Ah! my
friend, you sheuld see my statue of An
tlnous." "In my Judgment the figure," said tho
Critic, "Is tolerably good, though rather
Etrurian, but tho express-Ion of the face
Is decidedly Tuscan, nnd thercforo false
to nature. By tho way, have you read
my work on 'Tho Fallaciousness of tho
Aspectual In Art?' "
HIS REFERENCE.
From the F'legendo Blatter.
Chief (to commercial traveler seeking a
place) Do you know how to talk up
goods to customers?
Applicant Allow mo to turn on this
phonograph with a conversation between
a customer1 and myself.
AT HOME ANYWHERE."
From tho Topeka Capital.
Rooeeelt Is one man who can go over
the entire United States without once
lundlug tn "tho enemy's country,"
PERSONALITIES.
Admiral Dewey's son says that his
father has not made a half dozen
speeches In his life.
Miss Helen Gould Is a darlnc horse
woman nnd Immensely fond of riding, an
oxerciso In which sho Indulges regularly
every day.
One of Governor Roosevelt's admirers
has presented him with a rare old Dam.is.
cus blade Mipposed to be that carried by
General Blucher at Waterloo.
Abram S. Hewitt, tho millionaire, say
that bo has never sought to acuqlro
wealth, nnd that today nearly every ilol.
lar he owns is Invested in his business.
Anthony Hope, though ho considers a
college education a great help to un nil
thor, docs not regmd It uu u necessity,
oven to a writer of only aciage ability.
When Captalr. Coghlan, commander of
tho Raleigh, reached his old homo at
Rellevllle, III., the whole town tuined out
to greet him, and now a fund Is being
raised to eicct a. statue of tho captain In
tho town square
Prlnco Henry, of Prussia, brother of tho
kaiser, becamo so delighted with the
Chlneso language dtirlrg his vltlt to the
llowcry land that ho has taken up the
study of tho tongue, and thinks It su
perior to any other, ancient or modern.
A congressman tells tho r.tory that, be
ing bclcctcd to deliver a eulogy on a de
ceased colleague whom he hnd not known,
ho consulted Mr. Reed, the tho speaker,
upon what to say. "Sny anything except
tho truth," was the reply. "It's custo
mary." Senators Hanna, Lodge, Wolcott, Hoar,
Jones and Spooner turned up at the Unit
ed States embassy, In I-onrion, the other
day, whereupon Ambassador Chouto
asked them to ba rented and await tho
arrival of a quorum. The ambassador
still has his little Joke.
Mark Twain has an Intense dislike for
clothes. "If I could." ho said recently,
"I'd live In pajamas." He does wear them
to breakfast, receives his friends while
wearing them and works In them. His
favorite modo of writing Is to llo Hat
on his stomach with a pipe In his mouth.
A Journey hitherto unequnled by an
American woman Is said to havo been
mndo by Mrs. M. M. Stevens, wife of tl'e
manager In Russian Asia of the Baldwin
Locomotive works, of Philadelphia, who
accompanied her husband across the
great Siberian waste nnd steppes, over
tho uncompleted Tror.s-Slberlnn railway
nnd by wagon and tarantnss from Peters
burg to Vladlvostock. The Journey of
9,8"7 versts was accomplished In forty
two days.
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I have more vigor and "my" health is so
much better in every way, and 1 feel I owe
it all to Ripans Tabules. They are my,
stand-by. I never knew that I could get
such relief and so soon. I have been won-,
derfully benefited by them after hard study.
A new Btylit icVtt contalnlni: ten rttans Tisrtu In pujvr carton (wilhout rUm) U now formal a Wom
drurfstorM-rouriTH cbntb. Thli low-prlccd wrt ! Ititrmtt-d tor itiMcwr "J the economical, Ouetlucen of
tb 6re-ecDt cartoni (ltu Uliulr ) cn U Ltd bj mall bj faendln forty-ttuht cent to the ItirAM chemical t oh
P4MT, No. 10 bnruco htrett. New torlf-nr ft Mnclo carton (TEH tauile) lll In went for llfecrntj. Itirutj
Tabclu n7 Mao l baUof ifm'tr, kcqct&I itorekt jhti new acenu aud at liquor ttoret antf barUr thoiu,
tar
Automatic
Paper
Fasteeer
Fasteus papers iti a jiffy,
feeds itself aud improved in
every respect. Prices lower
tliau 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 EXGRAVER3,
Hotel Jcrmyn Building.
FOR
A Iweiiy-Year
Gold-Filled fee
With a l5Jeweld
Walltam Movement,
Both
Qmiaraeteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MHCMEAU k asmn
130 Wyoming Avenue.
.SS2W-
THE LONG GREEN
lawn nround the house, or tho llttlo patch
of grass in tho dooryatd, require constant
attention to look beautiful.
Don't borrow your neighbor's lawn
mower which you find Isn't sharp, and
then sny sharp thlnus about It which
makes your wife sad. but come In hero
and buy a lawn mower thnt will cut llko
n razor and runs ns easy us a bicycle.
Tho labor saved will amply repay you
for the small outlay.
And such things us Pruning Shears nnd
Orass Clippers that will give satisfaction
uro here too.
GWira & FORSYTH,
SK-327 TENN AVENUE.
Lnntlher Keller
L3HE, CEMENT, '
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard nodOMoo
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
vES.
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$10
x .mv, t'.iM)iiiJ jjAikiiin.iL.ivii. 11 y
w't''lflflimr,Wi(K''' "H'miiuj
NLEY'S
Poulard
In order to make a com
plete clearauce the first and
last cut of the season now
takes effect on our entire
stock of
Primited
Fotwlards
and our Hue being of stand
ard quality only, we are giv
ing you an opportunity to
procure a first-class gown at
very moderate cost.
Every pattern is of this
season's production mostly
black aud navy grounds
in neat designs, and our
closiug prices are
goc aed 79c
a yard, formerly 7(jc to $1.25
We are still showing z.
good assortment of
Wash
Jap Silks
in plain and cord effects
"colors absolutely fast,"
which we are closiug out be
low cost.
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Modern JIardwaiib Btouk
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.
FODTE h SEEAR CO.
H9 N. Washington Ave.
-
The Haunt &
Cooeell Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.-
iU Lackawanna Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Oeuerul Aeon: for thj Wyomlnj
Ulstrlotfj.'
w w w i-- ii u UU
SJluInz, UlnntliiK, Bportlns, Bmoko.ui
nnd tlio Itopauuo UUeuiloat
Cu.upuuy'4
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
tulety fuse, Cupi and UtploJcrt
ttoom 101 Council UallJlu;.
tjoraataau
AUKNUllii
THOS. FORD. - - - Plttston.
, JOHN It. SMITH & BON, - Inymouth.
I W. B. MULLIGAN, - WUKes-UarfC.
Silks
wpiirs
PHIMHIFIR