THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1899.
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SCKANTON, JUIA' 19, 1899.
A military campaign big enough to
requite almost the entire regular force
plus four brigades, of volunteers, la cer
tainly big enough to receive tho per
sonal direction of tho commanding
general of tho army. Send Miles to
Manila.
That Manila Bound Robin.
The Washington conespondent of tho
Philadelphia Tress, which comes n
closely ns any to lepresentlng coriectly
th administration's attitude on public
questions, contained yesteulay, In
referent o to the "round robin" of the
war tot respondents nt Manila, this
highly tatlsfactory paragraph- "The
public may jest assured that the
chaises will bo most thoroughly sifted
It the allegations f the nowhpapci'
correpmdenU are sustained, and Gen
et al OtUls found tohaveniMiopiesented
the situation or caused misrepresen
tations to bn wilt through tho press,
thoto is not the shadow of a doubt
of his removal and the substitution of
another commanding ollicei whoso tact
and discretion can be rolled upon If,
houcvei, a full Investigation shows tho
chaiges of the conespondents to bo
without foundation, they will be ex
cluded from the Philippines under mili
tary law "
I'aii -minded clti7en3 can ask for
nothing more than thlb and they will
not bo E.dtl-flpl with anything less.
The sifting of tho charges mut, how
ever, picccod openly and fairly. Tho
public will not accept an Inquiry pat
terned after tho army beef inquiry, in
which the testimony went one way
and the indict another. Nor will It
permit the administration to dismibS
the matter as of no consequence. The
men whose names weie Mgned to the
Joint piotcst at Manila have, nt this
time, the entire confidence of the news
paper fraternity. They were especially
chosen for theit work fiom nmong
thousand of blight and trustwoithy
repot tew they have exhibited In the
performance ot that work a quality of
ene'urance, courage and fidelity equal
to nny shown amony our soldiers, and
it will require strong evidence of the
nio-t unequivocal character to make
tho newspapoi men of the country be
lieve that these correspondents would
enter knowingly into any plot, politi
cal or otheiwlso, to embarrass their
government or niWrepresent Its respon
sible agents
There is nothing Inexplicable in tho
ciicumstanee, so stiongly emphasized
at Washington, that a discrepancy ex
ists between the information comprised
In the newspaper men's "round robin"
and that coming to the government
thiough otllclal bouices. This can be
accounted for without Imputing in
tentional deceit either to the cones
pundents or to the government agents.
It is possible to suppose a consider
able variation In tho appeal ance of
tilings as observed in General Otis'
headquarters and as seen at flist hand
along the firing line, In the outljlng
dlstiicts and among the soldiers and
natives. But it Otis has the weight
of official piestlgo on his side the war
coi respondents have on their side tho
advantage of a wider range of infor
mation and quicker perception of con
ditions. They told us, In a veiled way,
months ago that Otis' aimy was not
big enough for the work In hand. It
is reported that for saying this some
of them were at the time expelled from
the island. Time, however, has es
tablished the accuracy ot their pre
diction and shown the fallacy of the
governor general's optimism. If Otis,
when tho whole nation stood ready to
give him whatever he asked for, ened
In so important a matter as the esti
mate of force needed to accomplish
tho required lesults, It Is easy to Imag
ine that he would not scruple to cover
up that erroi by tesort to an unwar
ranted censoishlp over news de
spatches. As for the assertion that if
the cable was eensoted the malls wete
kept open, this Is more easily said
than proved. But If true, no single
correspondent could hope to effect by
mall correspondence tho lesult which
followed swiftly the Joint protest by
cable, a protest, bo it remsmbered,
which represents every Important
newspaper interest and. in the con
stituency of papers Involved, leflects
every shade of public opinion In the
United States.
While awaiting mote light on this
Issue, we deem it opportune to Mil
attention to tho appaient Insufficiency
of the set vice perfoimed in tho in
spection branch of the war depart
ment. The public lomembers how at
tho beginning of the campaign in Cuba
the foice under the command of the
inspector genet al was broken up
through assignments to tho line. Even
the inspector general himself left his
especial field of labor to become a ma
jor general of tho volunteers. Later,
when General Breckinridge had io
sumed his regular position and waa
going to work undei orders fiom the
major general commanding to nscct
taln what there was In tho embalmed
beef charges, ho was halted by tho
secretaiy of war, who seenitU to io
gard tho inspection bureau as some
thing which should not Inspect any
further than suited his fancy. The
result of this cross play of authority
and purposes nppeara to have been
, tho virtual elimination of genuine In
spection work; and today, with the
bulk of our regular army S.OOO miles
from home, the war department has no
independent expert source of Informa
tion ns to Its doings and management.
Ono of tho most dlfllcult things that
President Lincoln had to nrrange for
during the Civil war was a trustwor
thy system of reports fiom tmpattlal
observers of military operations at the
front. Wo ought ero this to have im
proved upon tho standards'of Lincoln's
time, nt least In the Inspection depait-mr-nt.
It would le Intel sting to know
whelhci the Cubs.n ngllator tletan
court, who Is trying to stir up mischief
In Matanzns, li tho Uetancourt lecont
ly uppolnted by Genet al Biooko civil
governor of that province. Tho lat
ter IJotancoutt was a highly respected
ofllcer in the Insurrection, Is a gentle
man of wldespiead education and fin
ished manners, and has been strongly
Indorsed for probity and common
sense by eminent Amei leans. If ho
has turned pamphleteer and gone on
the lhetorlcal war path against Amer
ican rule something must be lundu
mentally wrong.
Carter Harrison.
Tho action of, Mayor Jlanlsnn of
Chicago in declining with scorn to
fraternize with tho Altgeld wing of the
Illinois Demociacy on ii occasion of
-Its public reception to William J.
lltyan, which Is to take place tomor
row, may earn for hlm temporal y un
populailty among the socialistic tabblo
for which Altgeld stands as nn expon
ent; and It is quit'- certain to create
a breach between himself and Colonel
Jiryan, who eageily grasped tho oppor
tunity to be Altgeld's guest. Hut it w 111
project Harrison more prominently
than ever befoie tho national public,
and some day his reward may come.
Like every other spasm of Its kind
founded on class piejudlce nnd discon
tent, Hrvnnlsm will play out ns nn Is
sue In American politics. One mote
licking will knock a big hole In its
popularity nmong the Democratic
masses and that licking, it may be said
in pat-sing, seems destined to be admin
istered in a little more than one year
fiom date. With Bryan eliminated, as
in tho course of a very few jc.us ho Is
bound to be tho Democracy of tho
west is likely to turn with outstretched
arms to the handbomo and spliltcd!
young Lochlnvar of Cook countj who
In two ampaigns has shown his politi
cal mastery of tho second largest city
on the continent and who lepies-ents, in
personal following and in party pi lncl-
ple. tho durable features of tho Dem
ocratic party.
Harrison Is shrewd. Ho looks ahead.
It Is safe to predict that nfter it
hears from the count ty the adminis
tration will change Its mind about ig
noring the Munlla "lound robin."
Pushing It Too Ear.
In his entertaining coirespondcnce
fiom New Yotk In the Philadelphia
Pi ess, "Holland" represents some of
the best fi lends of civil service reform
In that city as having prlvntely ad
mitted that the extremists who are
at the head of tho Civil Soivice Heform
league and who have lately been nag
ging like maniacs at the piesldent be
cause of his lecent executive order
making necessary exceptions and ex
emptions in the fedeial civil seivlco
have done moic In the pa.st four or (lvo
ears to create a reactlonaiy feeling
ngalntt this leform than could have
been nccompllhhed In twice the time
by all the professional politicians In
tho country. He adds:
"This morning we have received an
object lesson through the experience
of a postmaster not far fiom New
York, thl3 postmaster having been him
self one of the most conspicuous of
civil service reformers and a member
of his state civil seivlee board. A
few dnjs ago, this postmaster learned
that some one in the ofllce was n thief.
A watch was set, and on Friday af
ternoon, the thief was caught, with the
stolen money on his person. It so hap
pened that this emplove hnd been un-
satlsfactoiy to the postmaster for a
long time. He tried to dlschaigo hlm
last winter, and found himself blocked
by the civil service law That effort
to dlsehaige this emploje Is on iccord
nnd tho postmaster points to it in
vindication of his Judgment and be
lieves that it lemoves the tepioach
which otherwise would be upon him
for this scandal.
"That is not the only thought that ho
has In connection with this experience.
In a letter received from hlm this
morning he says' 'It has gotten to bo
a fact that vou can't remove an em
plove now unless vou convict hlm of a
crime or prove something very berious
against him. The civil service system
Is now cairled with altogether too high
a hand by the Federal commission, and
I want to say to vou what is an open
secret that the dopaitments aro all
afiald of it. I find men who aie ardent
civil service reformers, who aie getting
a little cool toward a civil service that
tends toward making life tenuies In
public positions. When examinations
have ptovlded lit men for appointment
I don't believe in muklng It Impossible
to weed out those who, after ptnctlcal
trial, are found unfit by disposition or
Intellect or character for their places.'
'The first ofllcer of this government
to adopt civil son lee was General
James, when 'postmaster in this city.
He did that some jeats before the na
tional civil sen Ice law was passed. Ho
says that there has been and can bo
no Improvement on the civil sorvico
svsleni that Dorman B Hntoil favoied
and George William Cuitls supported,
nnd that system gave to the ic sponsible
heads of departments, or to ofllceis like
postmasters, the power of absolute to
niovnl, a power that Cuitls himself bnld
could not be seriously misused if tho
power of appointment depended upon
the faithful observance of civil service
qualifications, namely, merit nnd fit
ness, and Genual James Is not the only
one of true civil seivlee refoimera
here who fear that the excessive .tcnl
und the nibltraiy methods displayed
by civil servlco leagues and commis
sions may in the end do hatm to the
system by causing a reaction from the
popular support that tiue civil service
now ha "
It cannot be denied by any fair-
minded man, however much of a spoils
man he may be, that the gross abuses
which characterized the so-called spoils
system under which public employment
was often held by tho man with In
fluence as a commodity in tinde, sub
ject to biokerage charges, icbates and
all kinds of political Jobbery, opened
tho door to Just complaint. The Intent
behind honest advocates of civil sei
vlee leform namely, to raise the
morals of (ho public service, seethe
higher chaiactcr and efficiency and re-
movo from politics tho quarrcl3 and
scandals Incident to patronage com
mands puhllo respect and deserves to
succeed. But thero Is such n thing ns
jumping from one extreme to tho
other; nnd this Jump Is taken by those
who would tie the hands of responsible
oltlolats by denying their right to cxer
clso oullnary jurisdiction over tho sub
ordinates w hoe good or bad behavior
makes or unmakes successful government.
'Jhls Is the tlmo of year when tho
nvctago Sciantonlan realizes how much
more convenient and buslncss-llko it
would be If he could pay his various
taxes In one place nnd not have to
chase tibout after tho different collec
tors like Japhoth In search of his
father.
Last j ear only one passenger out ot
2,207,270 canled by the lallioads of
tho United States was killed ns a re
sult of i.illrond accidents. Kor each
passenger so killed 00,512,070 passenger
miles were accomplished. It Is safer
to nde than to walk.
The report that President McKInley
Intends to nsk congress to make Wil
liam 11. Shatter a lieutenant general
In (ompllment of his work at Santiago
will require a stock of nflld ivlts to gain
credence among tho people.
Theie Is too much of the pistol shoot
ing nnd throat cutting kind of affec
tion In tho papeis these days If it
keeps on, Jealous lovers may have to
be cooled in the ducking stool.
Tim?Iy Coiinsel on
Stibftcf of Labor
rrom tho Philadelphia Times.
j rom i
IP
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ABOIt STIUKKS multiply In two
opposite conditions of business
hen industry and trade tup high-
prosperous and when they aie
severely depicssed. Human nature is
the s uno In emplojeis and employed,
und tho natural instinct of all Is to get
the best of the batgain. We have
pissed through a protracted season of
severe Industrial depression. Idleness
was enforced on a very large propor
tion of willing workingmen nnd only
starvation wages were paid to many
of those who could find employment.
Labor was then superabundant and
emplovers had the power to make tho
severest exactions In the reduction of
wages. Today we are In a tidal wave
of industrial prosperity with employ
ment for all competent and willing
workers at fair wages, and it is only
natuial that oigauied labor should de
mand a fair slime In the Increased
prosperity of employers, and like em
ploye! s, will want to make the best
bargain possible.
o
The rights of emplovers and employed
are cleaily defined by tho law, and the
Justice of the law is not questioned by
uny except those who precipitate
themselves into lawlessness. These
lights may be tersely summarized as
follows: 1. It is the absolute legal and
moral light of the woiklngman to de
mand Inci eased wages and to decline
cmplojment unless his tenna are ac
cepted by his omploier. Whether his
claim is right or wrong, reasonable or
unieasonable, it is entirely his own af
fair, and none have the right to ques
tion hlm. His labor Is his ptopeity, nnd
the law w 111 protect him In disposing
of It in such manner as he shall deem
best In any legitimate cmplojment. 2.
When the worklngman declines to con
tinue vv 1th his employer because of a
dlsagieoment as to wages, his connec
tions with his employer end, and every
other man, high or low, black or white,
lias piecisely the same right to accept
or l of use employment that the striker
has declined, nnd the law will protect
him in the exorcise of that Inalienable
privilege. 3. Whenever a labor strike
Is prostituted to lawlessness by violent
Interference with other workingmen,
or vv 1th the business or property of a
I'oimer employer, tho strikers place
themselves not only beyond the pale
of the Jaw, but they forfeit the sym
pathy of all good citizens who regatd
tho majesty of the law as essential to
the safety of person and pioperty nnd
good order for all. 4. Tho closer em
ployes aie brought Into lelatlons with
their employers the better It will be
for all, and the chief danger of labor
disturbances comes from the officious
Intel meddling of men who aie com
pelled to pieclpltnte labor troubles to
insuic for themselves a genet ous live
lihood without working at all. There
aie few instances In which honest and
manly confeience, face to face, between
emplojeis and employed would not re
sult In reasonable Justice, and great
industrial entei prises can bo success
ful only when theie is fieo Intel courso
and mutual trust between the working
men and their employers. C. As work
ingmen in most instances aie compelled
to suffer tho seveiest loss in periods
of industrial depression, it is only
teasonable that they should have lib
ei al advance for labor on letuinlng
prosperity, such as we have today.
Broad-minded and Just emplojeis
would themselves piopose a pioper ad-
vance of wages wliere theie lias been
severe i eduction In adverse periods.
hero they fall to do so, the employes
themselves should present thelt com
plaint, and If an ngieement cannot be
reached, In a large majority of case;
aibltratlon could bo attained b such
freo conference between tho only par
ties in interest. None can be compelled
to nrbltiate, but it Is the common
sense solution of a doubtful dispute,
and with rare exceptions would reach
substantial justice to all,
Tho nation is now enjoying a sea
son of unusual prosperity, nnd the
workingmen of the land aro entitled to
a geneious shaio of It Thero should
be a llbeial ndvanco of wages In every
Instance where wages wero i educed by
tho business and industrial depression
of the last few years, nnd employers
.should bo the first to recognize It and
act upon it In the spirit of manly Jus
tice. If they shall fall to do so, tho
workingmen have It in their power to
command Just compensation for their
labor If they ae careful to command
the confidence of emplojeis and of'the
public, and avoid lawlessness in their
contest as they would avoid pestilence
in their homes
GENERAL OTIS.
Philadelphia Press: "Thero Is evident.
ly Increasing doubt In tho public mind as
to tho oxpei Ic-nce nnd fitness of Uencrul
Otis for tho responsible work he has in
hand."
Philadelphia Times: "There Is no dan.
gcr that tho people will he discouraged
ut the failure of tho first Philippine rum-
pnlsn It they ceo nny signs tlmt the
next campaign Is to bo In competent
hitiilM. If, however, tho recent policy of
lighting battles which win nothing nnd
Ivlng about tho result Is to bo continued
there will bo n political revolution In tho
United States by tho side of which
Agtilmiltlo's revolution In tho Philippines
will pale Into Inslgnltlcanec "
London Times: "General Otis cannot
conceal nor explain away tho great fn:t
tlmt ho falls to bring tho war to nil end.
Ho might Just as well ccasa plating tho
ottrlch nnd allow tho correspondents to
tell tho public what they sec."
BOUQUET OF ANECDOTES.
Tho Tenderfoot.
N. A. Jennings, nuthur of "A Texas
Banger," spent four jenrs during tho car
ly seventies In tho Lono Star Rtntc In tho
mounted service, and then returned to bis
homo in Philadelphia. Hut tho spirit of
adventure moving him, ho returned to
the west, and 1SS1 found him In Illco, Col.,
a frontier mining camp primitive, lawless
nnd picturesque. Ho woro clothes that
fitted him, and soon became known to tho
Inhabitants as a terderfoot.
Oro day he was sitting in the barroom
of tho only hotel In the place when tho
town marshal and tho sheriff ont-rrcd
ono with the other as to a. bit of otllclal
buMncss, during tho course of which the
bhcilff asked the marshal for ono of his
revolvers
Tho marnh.il drew It from his holster
and handed It over It was of 13-callbrc,
a Colt, precisely such a weapon as Jen
nings had carried for years In Tcxbb unl
In the uso of which he was a famous ex
pert Tho sheriff hold It up admiringly.
"Pretty big gun, ain't It?" ho remarked,
patronizingly, to Jerriitigs.
"Vs, Indeed," ni (wired tho former
ranger, with childlike Innocence.
"Don't have such big" guns as that In
Phllndelphli. eh'"
' No, Indeed. It must weigh about ton
lniinds."
"Well, It doesn't weigh ns much as
tint, but It's a pretty big gun, ain't It?"
"Ves; lets s,ee It"
The sheriff carefully opercd the weapon
and i vtrartcrt six large murderous car.
triages nnd handed it to Jennings, who
took It In somewhat tho same manner
as n nervous parent lifts his flrst-boin.
"Ain't much used to guns?" suggested
the sheriff, half pltvlngly
Jennings fumbled tho pistol awkwnrdly
nnd then handed It back butt foremost
Now, ono of tho most prized tricks ot
tho expert platnsniM' Is to hand i pistol
to a man In the usual wnj, but, Just bo
foro It pases from him, to shift It In his
hai.ds with an Imperceptible movement,
so that the man who reaches for it finds
himself looking into Us birred This Is
what happened In Rico, nnd the sheriff
turned white in spite of his knowledge
that the pistol was unloaded Then Jon
ningr nonchalantly caught the revolver
on tho trigger nnd made It whirl like a
plnwhcel. Then ho asked for another
revolver, and soon hid tint spinning
In hts left hind. After this exhibit! in
he returned tho pistol a'ld walked out on
the porch
Half an hour later a clean-shaven man
sauntered up to Jennings' chair and said
to him In a h ilf-whlsper:
"Say, stranger, vvhero are ou from?"
"Prom Philadelphia," answered Jen
nings.
"Philadelphia, thunder! Say, whero nro
you from? I won't give you away!"
Eunston Neither Allvo Nor Dead.
That Hrlgadlcr-General Pimstun can bo
original even vvhllo in a seml-comntoao
condition Is testified to bv a member cf
the erglneer ccrps just home from tho
Philippines.
"The moat characteristic thins 1 cvr
knew Punston to do," said the engineer,
"was beforo tho battle Just outtido C.iloo
can He had had no sleep for two days,
and was In bad shape Ho therefore rolled
himself up in somo leaves and wont to
sleep. Meantime, the division received
orders to advance, but Kunston could not
bo found. Many scouts h id been killed,
and It was feared that the Colonel's cuil
oslti for he was a colonel then-had led
hlm Into tiouble. Preentl, ho.vever, a
glimpse was ciught Of ills red hiir In
Ntne tntmle nnd Inter they found him
shrouded in leaves. As this Is t'lo way
bodies me prepared lor but Lit in tint
part of tho world, wo wot more and more
apprehensive with each step until at
Icngtu, some one shouted:
" 'Colonel, arc ou dead or nllve?"
" 'Nelthei,' grunted the colonel, as ho
rolled over for another nap; 'I'm sleep
ing"' Gomez Explains Earth's Bevolutions
Ono of tho brightest young Porto Itlcans
who figured In tho lato war is Senor Mig
uel Sandier, who Is now In thU country
In the Inteiest of the 1'orto Illcan public
school sj stem. He was nt one time on
tho staff of General Gomez In Cubi, and
ho tells many Incidents concerning that
doughty old lighter.
"I was skimming ono of tho New York
Sundny newspapeis while I wes n tho
general's hcadqu irters In Cuba," said
the senor tho other day. "and It was tho
flist Io leath us, fir several tnonihs I
noticed an article on tho nenlv discov
ered movements ot tho catth's surface.
Now, you know tho general disliked to
have ono do nnj thing without being In
vited himself to tako part. He liked to
bo consulted to bo asked qucstiors no
matter how unimportant they might be,
so in reading the article I stopped and
asked:
" 'Now, general, how do v ou r.c count
for the dally revolutions of the eailh,
mil how?'
"'That's easy to answer,' ho rci lied
Instantlv. 'si long nB Haiti, Porto Blco
and Cuba aio narts of it'"
Prom the Saturday Lvcnlng Pobt.
Andrew White and Mark Twain.
A new story of Andrew J. White, am
bassador to Berlin, and Malk Twain has
just leached this side. Tho humorist's
aversion to tho German language Is well
known. Ills dlatribo ngalast It Is a cl is.
sic. Now, Mr. White, while an excellent
German i-cholar, speaks the language with
a noticeable accent. Tho story hinges
on theso points It was ut n rceepiloa
ai.d Mr. White, partly ir spoit, confined
his couvtibJtlon with iho author wholly
to German
"I am c'-'id to see," Interrupted the
novelist, "that vou appreciate German"
"I did until I read our abusive arllclo
unoii tho sibject," returned tho umbas
sadoi "I am now thinking ot returning
to English "
"How grateful tho Germans must be,"
was the icp'y.
Schley's Diplomatic Escape.
Not long ago an enthusiastic creature,
quite old enough to know bcttci, np
proached Admiral Schley with a BWtct
omllo and said. "Oh, Admiral. I'm s
proud of vou' Shall I embrnco jou as
tho lartlea all over tno country have been
cmbicclng Hobson?"
"No, nudnm." icspotjded tho admiral
gallantly, "foi If jou should kiss mo ion
might live to regret It: now, if I kissed
ou that would, of courso. bo Impossible
I could never regret It." With this sub.
llo compliment, the bravu old bailor
backefi nwaj, glad to cscapo an assault
It would have been ungullant to lepulsc
THEY PASSED ON.
Ii om tho Torest md Stream
Tho Indians of Mexico know nothing of
tho laws of contuglon They display an
apathy toward icrtuln loalhsomo dls
cure, which surprises u fonlgnei.
In n recent hunting trip In tho Sleir.i
of Pueblo our party of eight was des
cendlng towaid Zacapoaxtla. Wo rodi
UUurolv, for tho trail was ranow nni'
lummcd In by Indian huts. At tho door
of 0110 of thoso btood a woman and a lit
tlo girl We stopped to tnqulro tho wav
when tho following conversation tod
place.
"(lod morning, senorn."
"A very good morning, at jour order
senor."
"This la the road to Zacapoaxtla, is 1
not?"
"You are qulto rlRht, senor."
"And Is It very far?"
"On tho contrary, It Is a very llttlo
ways."
"A thousand thanks for your kindness,
senorn."
"Thero Is nothing for which to offer
them, sonor."
"Is tho llttlo girl sick, sennrn?"
"She Is u little sick, si nor."
"Whnt Is the mattir with her?"
"Hho has the smallpox, senor."
"Ah, good duy, scnora."
PEBSONALITIES. .
Jeromo Hall Itnymonil, tho new presi
dent of tho University of West Virginia,
wns a newsboy In early life.
former President Dwlght, of Yale. Is
to contribute to .12 N. Dinghy's llfo of
his father a chapter of recollection-'
Major General Otis Is only two stars
younger thnn General Wheeler, who is
tho oldest ofllcer of that rank in tho su
vlce. Mrs. Bllzabeth Cady Stanton believes
that in love nffalrs women should havo
tho conventional right of proposing ns
well as men.
Addison Cnmmack, the Walt street
boar, knows the highest nnd lowest prices
evciy listed stock has reached In every
month for ten jcars past.
Alficd do Itothschlld bin every pint of
water used In his London house brou.'ht
to town ovoiy day In cans from his wells
at Trlng, lit Heitfoidshlie.
Joel Chnndlcr Harris has a horror of
the theatre. Ho has never In his life
been known to enter tho doors of ono
except to hear a reading by James Wht'
comb Bllcy.
Thomas A. Ldlson's handwriting bears
n cl so :c it'inllanco to that of Ddgar
Allan Poo, a fact which Is tho despair ot
thoo who seek to "read character" by
one's chirographs .
Joseph H Douglass, grandson of Prod
crick Douglass, Is winning a reputation
as a violinist, inheriting his love of tho
Instalment fiom his famous grandparent,
who gavo tho lad an Amatt violin
which cost $2,0W.
President Kruger, like other men, his
his weakness. It Is for green carpet
slippers, which ho dons the minute bo
crosses his own threshold. In legaid to
laundry expenses ho Is Bald to b& er
tremcly ecanom.cnl.
In nppicclatlon of Miss Helen Gould's
gcneroilty In furnishing cots for Ameri
can soldiers In Cuba, the corporals of tho
Sixth Ohio regiment have united to buy
a golden mlnlntuie cinteen, sultablv In
scribed, nnd present It to Miss Gould
Tho lato President II. 13 riant, of tho
Plant stcm, Is repoitcd to havo be
queathed to General Maximo Gomer $"A
MO, to Geneinl Pltzhugh Lee $y,000. to
Mr Springer, $".000, nnd various bums to
other prominent persons In Havana.
Tho oldest surviving cx-senator of the
United States Is James W'nro Ilrndhurj,
of Maine, who has just celebrated his
P'tb birthday. His prnctleo of law ex
tended over a period of 72 veais Foi a
pirt of his senatorial term tho lato Vlco
Piotldent Hannibal Hamlin was his col.
league
General William V. Draper, American
ambissador to Italy, was the gin st of
honor at tho annual outing of tho Mil
lord, Mass , boird of trade tho other day.
He said In his speech that during the
recent war tho sjmpathy of tho ltall in
people was almost unanimously with this
countrj.
A. B. Slaw son, who has chargo
of tho Congressional Llbraty's leullng
room, whero GO) newspapers aro ktnt on
file, Is probably tho greatest authority
on American nowspapors. Ho known the
history of nearly every one, and can, at
a glance, tell from which any loose clip
ping ho may want to classify has been
tnken.
Bret Hnrto, who is living comfortnbly
In bachelor quarters in the West Und ot
London, Is an Industrious: and extremely
painstaking writer. Ho never writes a
story unless ho has an order for It Ho
does not submit his manuscripts for in
spection. Mr. Hnrto formed the hubtt
several jcars ago of dictating his stories
to a typewriter, but he ulwajs emplois
oi. e special operator
A woman's glory Is her hair, and that
of Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican, Is said
to be unique. Mercedes's height Is 5 feet
and her hair, which Is said to bo tho
longest In tho world, trails on the ground
four feet eight Inches. It Is so thick that
sho can wrap It around herself till she Is
completlj hidden by It. Mercedes is tho
vvl'o ef a poor shepherd and so fast does
her hair crow that she .s rblo to suU
largo tresses of It to hair dealers every
few weeks.
FAIBY STORIES.
I told her fairy stoiles
In tho old dajs long ago
As wo used to sit at evening
In tho firelight's lambent glow,
Sho was a tiny maiden
Yet sho loved mo then, I know
When I told her fairy stories,
Jn tho old dais, long ago.
I told her fairy stories
When wo had older grown:
Thoe tales of lovo and courage
That lovers oung have known:
When wo used to watch the shadows
Llko 11 tide's Incoming flow
And she whispered that sho loved mo,
In tho old divs, long ago.
I tell her fairy stories
Almost every evening now;
But thoj'vo lost their ohl.tlmc glamour,
And we've changed about bomehow,
Tor we've married ono another,
Yet sho loves mo still although
Sho don't believe tho stories
As In tho old davs, long ago
Boston Traveller
" Tvo years ago I 1 id the Gilpfc," said the wife of s Long Island
farmer, "and since then I have never been real smart. Nothing ilut I ate
icemal to set well on oiy stomach, I have never been much of a I'and for
dsctorintj, but I tried different kinds of herb tcis, but they didn't secia to do
r.ucli good. One dav a lady asked me if I would try
Ripans 'Tabules
Rtchard he took some too. Whatever they arc made ol I don't know,
but we have not felt so will In jcais, Wc work ill day now and eat our three
regular mealc, and all kinds of victuals seem to agree with us. Don't hesitate
about taking them. They won't hurt ou."
Star
Automatic
Paper
Fasteeer
Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself aud improved iu
every respect. Prices lower
tliau ever. We are still sell
ing the Plauitary Pencil
Sharpeners. The only sharp
ening device which never
breaks the lead. On trial in
your office for io clays free of
charge. We have numerous
other novelties in office sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books aud
Typewriter's Supplies.
ReyeoldsBros
STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS,
Hotel Jennyn Building.
A Twenty-Year
GoM-FilM toe
a HSJeweld
Both
Omiaraeteed
The Best Watch iu the
Whole World for the Money.
MEECEEEAU k CORNELL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
.at-
THE LONG GREEN
lawn around tho bouse or tho little patch
of grass In tho dooiatd, require constant
attention to look beautiful
Don't borrow sour neighbor's lawn
mower which sou find Isn't sharp, and
then say shurp things about It which
makes jour wife s id. but comu In biro
and buy a lawn mower that will cut llko
11 razor nnd runs as easj ns a bicycle
Tho 1 ibor saved will amply lepay jou
for the small outliv
And such things as Pruning Shears nnd
Grass Clippers that will give satisfaction
arc hero too.
GMSIEIR & E01RSYTI,
323-327 PENN AVENUE.
Limther Keller
LiriE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Ofllao
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
FOR $10
jL WB eSIIILi
7 f 'cf-'
4(. Illl!
. .inui v.m. iij.ii.j xj uTiiiti!.' 1 1 1 11 nr'iiii u
iniwi"ffY,irrjii((jyrKi"i,j!ivjiiu
FlfftEY
Poulard
In order to make a com
plete clearance the first aud
last cut of the season now
takes effect on our entire
stock of
Priotedl
FoimDards
and our line 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
ill neat designs, aud our
closing prices are
50c amid 79c
a yard, formerly 7r;c to $1.25
We are still showing a
good assortment of
Wash
Jap Silks
in plain and cord effects
"colors absolutely fast,"
which we are closing out be
low cost.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
2-
-0
The MonsnN II vnmvAnn Btobb
Per Cent,
Saved if you
purchase your
now,
The ranges
are
tue same kind we've
been selling. The price
is the only difference.
,
FODTE & SHEAR OU,
119 N. Washington Ave.
-a
The HMot c&
Coneell Co
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.-
04 iaclOTaiia Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Otueial Ascnt for tuo Wyoiulai
Dlntilcifj.
iliuln;, inmtliiz, Huortlnc, Huioita.ttu
uud Iho liopiuiuo Cueiulcu.
co npany
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tmcty lru?, Cnpi niul IXploVsKl.
Itouiu lot Uannatl llulldlui.
djrautax
AUKNUlfctt
twos roim
tflttaton,
Plv mouth,
Wllhes-Llarru.
JOHN . smith & SON,
I W. V. SIUI.LIQAN, -
Silks
20
GAS
IANGE
DUP0NT8
Mitre!.