VP ,,C'W '',' T" 'i THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1809. PuMlshH Dully, MxptRiimlay.-bj;-Thc Trlbitno Publishing Company, at Ilfty Cents a Montli. Now York Ofllco: 150 Nniwnu St.. B. 8. VIUIHI.AND. Bolo Aficnt for Foreign Advertising i:ntirort nt the I'ostofflcp nt Sornnton. P.i ns Seccnd-Clnss Mnll Mutter. When ppneo will permit. The Tribune Is ulwnyn clad to print sliurt letters from Its frfricW Ivnnnir on cut rent topics but Its i i.l- N Hint ihrw must bf s IkiiwI. for publlcutlon. by the wrltir's real mum.. TWELVE PAGES. SCUANTON. JULY 22, 1S93. Recretnry Alper nppnis to have been very discourteous in not sending hla resignation direct to the New York yellow Journnls. . - A Need and the Remedy. The order cxcludltiK private patlenta from the Moses Taylor hospital will be a disappointment to many who have reckoned upon Its advantages in case of need. The management ennnot be blamed, though, for carrying our the spirit or Intent of the donor. Moses Taylor anil family gave money made by Investment In the IX, U & W. nnd I. I. & S. companies for the erection and endowment of the hospital for the benefit of the employes of these cor porations nnd not as a charity to the general public of Scrnntou and vlcln lt.'. The management reasons correct ly that the extra rooms should not be filled by those not entitled to them, but reserved for an emergency that might occur at any time as a result of some serious accident. Hospital advantages have become almost a necessary accessory to modern surgery and the iuery naturally comes how win the public obtain these needed b'enellts? Fortunately, we have at our door an institution equipped with all the facilities required except the room one that has been patiently waiting for the recognition from the people and capital of Scrunton which its merits deserve. A study of the report of the Moses Taylor hospital would Indicate that it has averaged all the time during the past year ten or fifteen private patients. Naturally the Lackawanna hospital with its three or four pilvato rooms now usually spoken for weeks in ad vance and Its notoriously overcrowded wards cannot supply this Increased demand. The management of the Lackawanna hospital has already provided for this need In Its plans, but lacks the funds to carry out these plans. The lot adjoining the hospital grounds has been purchased and plans have been drawn fora building to include much needed fe male and children's wards, (several private rooms and quarters for tho training school. The state board of charities has for some time recognized this hospital's overcrowded condition and recom mended appropriations for new build ings only to have these recommendations crowded out In the legislature or ve toed by the governor until it is a well settled fact that we can expect no im mediate relief from that quarter. If the people of Scranton wish hospital accommodations they must provide the funds to build and equip them. To the well to do this want docs not come with as much force as to those of moderate means, for the former enn afford to pay the prices of a pri nto Institution run on purely business principles. Hence equipping private rooms in connection with n, general hospital is a worthy charity, as it brings within the means of the great middle class one of the necessities of life and increases their self-respect by causing them to feel that they are paying for what they get. It would seem that hero is a grand opportunity for some one to build for himself a lasting monunu-nt nnd at the samo time confer untold blessings upon the suffering women and chil dren of Scranton. Whoso name shall adorn the tablet on the walls of a new building for Lackawanna hospi tal? Admiral Dewey kept away from Tur key in order to escape tho sultan's medal for bravery known ns bassan medjldle. The admiral expects to have trouble enough when ho arrives homo with the Democrats who wish him to be their candidate for president, with out polng out of his way to encounter a hassan mcdlldlc. Criminal Negligence The lax methods of councils pointed out by Mr. Keller are to blame for most of the municipal Ills which plague this city. Carelessness In councils allowed the streets to go to pieces; It permitted the equipment of tho fire department to become crlmnally Inadequate to tho needs of the fienlco; It has multiplied the city's unprotected indebotdness un til it now amounts to thousands of dol lars; it is responsible for tho holding up of imperatively needed sower and park Improvements nnd in ways tod numerous to mention in detail It has reduced the government of this city to the proportions of a painful practical Joke. We should llko to add that the pros pects for Improvement are bright. Hut we cannot without stating an untruth. Maybe the time will como when public eentlment, now oo easy going, will or ganize to clean out these nbuses. It Is to be hoped so. If it doesn't, It is not a dlfllcult stretch of the Imagination to conceive of a condition of things municipal which will one of these days drlvo the taxpayers to drink or to Jllsht. The prophecies of St. Swlthln's day jiavo thus far been fulfilled In rather homeopathic doses. Senator Hoar's Successor, Replying to a suggestion that ho be come a candidate for United States senator In opposition to Senator Hoar, General William F. Draper, now nmbassador, to Italy, Buys: "My aspirations for the near future certainly are not In the direction of the senatoiBhlp, and, in any event, I should not think of being a candidate against Senator Hear. It Is my opinion that he will bo returned to tho.r.cnnte tin long aa ho cares to servo there. The fact ,thnt differences of opinion may exist respecting his at titude on the Philippine question does not affect the high respect and esteem, In which ho is held by nil parties, nnd I do not believe those difference will have any effect so far ns opposition to his renomlnntlon, when Ills term ex pires, la concerned." General Draper's right to regulate his own nspiratlons uro incontrovertible: and his piophccy as to Senator Hoar's future may prove true. 13ut his argu ment that because the present senior senator from Massachusetts is person ally held In high respect nnd esteem ho should bo re-elected regardless of his attitude on public questions Is mischievous. That argument was used to i-nvo the scalp of Senator Hale of Maine and the next thing Halo did was to betray the publicly ex pressed will of his constituents by op posing the ratification of the peace treaty which his distinguished col league, Senator Fryo, had helped to frame: and also to 1oln with Senator Gorman and tho other nntl-admlnls-tratlon senntors in forcing through congress a compromise army bill which Is largely responsible for tho military difficulties we have had in the Philip pines. This Is a representative government and Issues are more important than in dividuals. While the question of select ing a successor to Senator Hoar be longs primarily to the people of Massa chusetts, yet the entire country Is In terested to the extent that It hopes and prays that the man who shnll bo chosen will not, in tho effect of his of ficial actions, be, as Senator Hoar has been, an enemy of his country or an ally of Its enemies. The national honor Is nt stake in this matter and It rises high nbove any consideration of indi vidual virtues. Admiral Dewey Is inclined to be skep tical on the subject of the peace con gress' usefulness. His opinion on this subject is not to be despised. Ho Is something of a peace maker himself. Robert G. Ingersoll. Great natural ability and eloquence rare among public men were misap plied by Jtobert G. Ingersoll. The world can afford to be just to this man. Not only was his personal life clean and kindly In an unusual degree but the morals which he exemplified and taught leaving out the Irreverence of his attitude toward their Sourcewere, so far as they went, admirable and be yond reproach. His was not a great in tellect, if by greatness we mean crea tive depth; but It was a singularly ready and accomplished one, which clothed commonplace ideas in new and catchy dress and exercised by dexter ous jugglery of words and manner an undeniable fascination. Tlie mistake which Ingersoll made was in adopting the role of the profes sional skeptic. Had Ills been a pro found or an Intense nature, this role would have been impossible. It is possi ble to conceive of an earnest man arriv ing in all sincerity after exhaustive study and meditation at the condition of mind with reference to tho great problems of origin nnd destiny to which we give, for convenience sake, the name Agnosticism. Many of our greatest theologlan.1 have experienced this paralysis of faith at some time In their progress toward the truth. But with great men It Is not a Jesting sub ject; nor does personal want of faith inspire them to pursue with destructive Intent the faith of others, tearing down that which to all men who have it Is most dear, and supplying no equivalent in its stead. To those about him and to men and women in physical or economic dis tress, Colonel Ingersoll was most gen erous. In the ordinary sense a kinder heart never beat In a human breast nor was there u nature offering more of the charms which win and hold others In the bonds of human friend ship. Yet with all this duly admitted, as It should be, U the credit of the dead, the impersonal fact remains that In his attitude toward his fellow men in nias-s and to his God, he was piti lessly cruel nnd unjust. He sought, though vainly, to destroy In man the faith which leavens nil human prog ress nnd he spoke of the Deity whom his fellows adored In terms deliberately offensive. In so far as his career offers a per manent lesson It Is to illustrate at once the futility and the essential in humanity of tho professional iconoclast. It Is pleasant to read that promi nent Southern men have already sug gested General Fitzhugh Leo for sec retary of war. General Lee, as a Dem ocrat, would hardly expect the ap pointment; but the fact that It can be considered without bitterness or resentment In any quarter Is an Indi cation ot tho genuineness of tho re concllatlon between the sections. A Civilian for the War Ofllco. The reported deslro of tho president to secure as the next secretury of war some man who, to the executive ability needed In that otllce shall unite the knowledge and training of a greut lawyer, Is explained on the ground that while the military side of the work to bo done Is temporarily Important In tho Philippines, back of that Ho very difficult problems relating to the or ganization of colonial governments which are essentially legal problems In the larger sense of the word. At lirst thought, public opinion might question tho wisdom of this view; yet upon reflection It Is likely to commend It. The records of tho war depart ment from the earliest time down show that nlmost as many civilians havo filled the ofllco of secretary as men with previous military training. Nor docs It nppear that tho civilians have been, upon tho whole, less successful than tho military secretaries. They havo succeeded equally well when wisely advised as to military matters by military men. Tho announcement has been made that with Secretary Al ger's retirement tho shoving of the commanding general Into a corner will cease and he will hereafter receive tho recognition due both to his posi tion and to his high attainments as a soldier. This means that If tho new secretury shall bo a civilian he will, In matters of military policy, Invite ex pert counsel and not commit tho mis take of going for his ndvlce to sub ordinate bureau ofTlcers, On this con dition tho country would welcome tho experiment of putting nn able lawyer In the soon-to--.- vncant chair. Should the president not be able to gratify his wish in this direction, it In bellfVed that the next befct policy would be to choose some man of de monstrated fitness ns a civil adminis trator yet also possessing military experience, c the names thus far mentioned in the public speculation as to possibilities, those of Genernla Wil son, Wood and ureeno stand forth with agreeable prominence. So far as the public is acquainted with tho mer its of these men, It could be happy with any of them. The expressed wish to compliment New York state in tho filling of the coming vacancy, coupled with the probnble unwillingness of Ell hu Hoot to separate himself from his Important professional work, inclines us, as a political guess, to recommend the keeping of an eye on General Greene, who, apart from his other qualifications, has the advantage of personnl familiarity with conditions In both the Philippines and Cuba. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, one of President McKlnlcy's firmest friends, says tho people of the west want to see General Miles sent to the Philippines and placed in command. "The Inception of all this trouble," he adds, "was in the United States sen ate. The delay In the ratification of the treaty caused tho outbreak. If the treaty had been ratified promptly the Filipinos would have realized that wo were presenting a united tront and would have accepted tho benefits In tended for them. The only thing to do now Is to whip them into subjec tion, and tho people would llko to see that done as soon ns possible." It seems to be generally conceded that Miles Is tho general who can do this. Hon. Will Cumback, a well-known Indiana politician, thinks the defeat of Harrison In '92 proves that no presi dent, however good, can hereafter be re-elected. Mr. Cumback, it he shall live sixteen months longer, will dis cover otherwise. After paying the $35,000 for the cele brated "poultry book," the pecple ot Pennsylvania in general probably will not know much more about diseases of chickens than they did before, but their know ledge of political jobbery will have been Increased to a certain extent. As an Instance that the world Is growing better, It will be noted that the last Individual who claims to bo tho long lost Charlie Ross is not get ting much free advertising in tho papers. It is to he expected of Russell Alger that he will henceforth nurse a sore toe. Hut any other man thun Mc Klnley would have given him march ing orders long ago. It looks now as though the Filipinos will prolong the war until they can se cure ransom for the Spanish prison ers. President Krugcr climbed down when he av John Hull's gun A gu-i is often the quickest peace-preserver. GENERAL LUDLOW'S VIEWS. From a Havana Dispatch. Goneral Ludlow, military governor of Havana, thinks that tho American press and people scarcely reallzo tho wonderful development which the last six months have wrought In Cuba. During Hie pro gress of tho Insurrection an important section of tho American picss was In the habit of describing tho average Cuban as very llttlo short of an angel. Then came tho reaction, which went even to the ex. tent in some comic journnls of descrlb. Ing him as an untamed savage. Theso extremes aro equally far from the truth, and General Ludlow believes thut the latter descrlptlon'ls every whit as injuri ous to tho real interests of Cuba as was the former. Another thing ho criticises Is tho dispo. sltlon of seme American papers to call the widest .attention to the foolish ac tions of non-representative Cubans nnd to ignore, all too frequently, tho conduct of those who wish to bring order out of chaos, and who really are working effec tively In thut direction. He feels that it Is a serious mistake not to show propor discrimination in commenting upon af fairs here, nnd has satisfied himself that tho principal culi rlts nro American vis itors to Cuba, who remain here only a few days, and on returning to tho United States wrlto to tho papers regarding tho "truo stato of tho Island." when they have had practically no opportunity of getting at the facts by personal observa. Hon. In his Judgment it Is very unreasonable nnd unfair, merely because n local may or, for Instnnci;. Issues an order which, whllo applicable here, may possibly seem absurd in the United States, that the of. Ilcial should bo held up to popular ridl culo In the United States, and, ultimately, here, without regard to much excellent work which ho has in all probability done. CROTCHETY, CRABED AND CROSS Crotchety, Crabbed and Cross, ono day Went out for a sail on the Sulky bay. Their boat was leaky, their sail was torn, And hung on tho bow was a dinner horn. "Weil sail to tho North," bald Crochety. "I'll stand by tho helm to steer," said he. Bounding and scudding, they Balled along; Tho waves rolled high and the wind blew strong. "I won't stay hero to bo drowned at sea; We'll sail to tho South, whero the wind Is free! "I'll steer for a vhllc," said angry Cross, "For I don't see why you should be boss." i Seizing the helm with a wrathful frown. Ho steered for tho South, and tho wind went down. "Wo can't drift home, for there Is no tide. Wo'ro stuck here; becalmed!" was what Crabbed cried. "Weil sail to the Eastward now," said he. "No, you won't," laughed tho Wind, across tho sea, Out of the Eastward tho wind blew strong, And swift In Its path they wcro borne along. Tho Westward Shore nnd tho setting Sun Were Inughlng to sco what tho Wind had done. "You went for n plcnsuro fall, you say? You will never succeed in Sulky bay." "Go to tho harbor of Emlles nnd Fun," Said tho Wind, with a wink at the setting Sun. "You'll find a boat which will sail alone, If pleasure, not rimer, 1b only shown." Th durkne3s descended on all the three. And they steered by tho stars for Sun shine fcCll. Eleanor A, Sterling, In tho Outlook. War Department Is Badly Handicapped From tho Philadelphia Press. w HOKVER takes the office will not And an easy task beforo him. The exaggerated notion that has been Inculcated by the agitation against Mr. Alger to tho effect that a great Improvement can' at onco bo brought about In the admin istration of tho olllce will make tho place difficult satisfactorily to nil. Mr. Alger has been to a largo extent the victim of a system which ho was pow erless to change. His successor will .jo In a similar predicament. The sys tem that made Eagen commissary gen eral regardless of the head ot the war department still rules. Like many others evils In our political system congress Is to blame. Tho secretary of war does not choose his staff officers or heads of bureaus, and he had no power to remove them or Interfere) with their work. As long as that sys tem, abandoned long ago by other civ ilized nations, prevails in tho war de partment, the secretary will be ser iously handicapped. o The work of the war department, however. Is by no means as dlfllcult now as it was at the beginning of tho war, when the nation had only a skele ton of an army and no provision of law for its Increase. If Secretary Al ger had gone ahead without authority of law to increase the army and pur chase guns and ammunition, a better showing might have been made. Hut do tho people of the United States ex pect the head of n department to ns sume tho functions of congress and make himself liable to Impeachment? They are now, to a largo extent, blam ing General Alger for not doing what only congress could lawfully do. Ev ery delay In the prosecution of the war of which complaint Is heard can be traced directly to congress. Tho absurd war department system that gave tho country Eagan for commis sary general was Imposed by congress. The lack of guns, ammunition, men and pretty much everything else need ed to prosecute the war energetically w..s duo to congress. It forced a war before it made provision for carrylns - on. And then it failed miserably in not giving the president the power he asked to continue the war to the end. o That failure of congress has had much to do with the agltutlon against Secretary Alger. SOME HUMAN DOCUMENTS. Good Golf Story. Golf is develonlnjr some good stories. Ono going tho rounds tells of a match between Rev. Dr. Stcrret and Juatlco Harlan, of tho United States Supremo court. Tho incident occurred lit tho Cheney Chaso Golf club, ono ot tho prom Inent organizations near Washington, during a meeting between theso two ardent golfers. Tho doctor discovered Ills ball tied up In tempting stylo for a lino brasslo shot and with tho utmost delib eration ho went throiiKh tho preliminary "waggles'' und with a supremo effort missed tho ball. For fully a minute ho gazed nt the tantalizing sphere without uttering a word. At length Justice Har lan remarked solemnly: "Doctor, that was tho most profane silence I ever lis tened to." Rochester Democrat und Chronicle. Not Ready to Commit Himself. Tho New York Times recalls a story of Judge Hartlu Grover, of Troy, in Its siate, who used tt. be a leader In ids party and was at ono tlmo approached by a young citizen who wished to bo nomi nated to tho stale assembly. The shrewd old judge had certain doubts about him, which ho expressed somewhat freely, und yet he was willing to afford him a trial. Ho therefore addressed tho aspirant In this way: "Young man, If you will glvo mo your word that you won't stenl when you get to Albany. I'll seo what kin be dune about sendlii' jou there." Tho young aspirant drew himself up with great dignity and responded: "Judgo Grover, I go to Albany unpledged, or I don't go at all." Life Saved by His Wife. Many years ago, whllo cpilte a young man, during a rebellion. Count Ito, of Japan, was hiding from his enemies, who, having tr.ickecl him to Ills limine, sent a band of "soh&ls" to assassinate him. On hearing 1.1s enemies approaching, and trapped llko a. rat In Its hole, tho count drew his sword and prepared to die, but tho countess whispered, "Do not die, there Is hopo still," and, removing tho "hlbatchl," or firebox, and lifting up tho mats and the planks beneath, she In duced her husband to conceal himself In the hollow space ul.lch exists under the floors of all Japanese houses. The mur derers broke Into tho room Just ns tho firebox had been replaced and demanded of tho countess their victim. In vain they threatened and cruelly illtreated her, dragging her about tho room by her long hair. But it was of no avail; thuy could not shako her resolute fidelity. Thanks to her courage. Count Ito es caped and has lived to glvo his country a new constitution nnd be como one of tho greatest statesmen of modern Japan. Pittsburg Dispatch. He Uttered the Sesnme. Tho late State Senator Sessions, of New York, says the San Francisco Argonaut, was a clerical-looking man, always wear. Ing nn immaculato whito cravat, but Ida appearance was In somo respects decep tive. The will of Stephen Glrard pro vided that no clergyman should ever be allowed to enter Glrard college of Phila delphia. One day Mr. Sessions approached the entrance. "You can't como in here," said the Jani tor. "Tho I can't!! said the stranger. "Oh," said tho Janitor, "excuse me. Step right in." The Bootblack's Advice. It Is said that Professor Blackto often told this anecdote "on himself." This genial old professor used to form n very picturesque feature In tho Edinburgh streets, llo was a wiry old patriarch, with handsome features and hulr falling In ringlets about his shoulders; no ono who had teen him could possibly forget him. One day he was accosted by a very ditty little bootblack with Ills "Shlno your boots, sir?" The profcisor was Impressed by tho nlthlnesa of tho boy's face. "I don't want a shine, my lad," said ho; "but if you'll go and wash your face I'll glvo you sixpence." , "A'rlcht, sir,'' wus tho lad's reply. Then ho went over to a neighboring toun- tain and mado his ablutions. Returning, ho held out his hand for tho money. "Well, my lad," said the professor, "you havo earned your sixpence. Hero It is." "I dlnna want It," returned the boy, with a lordly air. "Ye can keep it and get ycr hair cut." One on Senator Hale. When ho was a young man, Senator Halo, of Maine, llko many young men who havo later on In life mado their mark In the world, was rather a bumptious In. dividual, and not without that egotism which U tmlil to bo an clement of suc cess. On ono occasion Mr. Halo was riding In an old-fashioned stngo coach-a vchlclo which was, looking back on it, n delightful and picturesque monns of loeo. motion with Senator and Mrs. Frye. Tho only other passenger was an Irish woman past mlddlo life, rather comely of face, who wore enormous hoops, fashlonablo nt that period. To amino his fcllow-pngBC'l-gcrs Mr. Halo pretended to bo much enamored of Illddy, nnd would rldle up closo to her, as If ho was about to put his arms about her, look unutterable things at her, nnd entertained himself and his companions at tho good-natured creature's expense. Finally, at ono of tho stations, a man put his head In tho door and asked If there was any room to bo had tnsldo tho conch. "No," said Mr. Hale, "all tho seats nro taken." Then turning to tho Irish woman and looking Into her eyes with great ten derness, ho said: "There isn't any room In here. Is there? Wo don't wunt anyone else In here, do wo?" "No," said Biddy, with a delightful broguo: "my hoops aro pretty large, nnd I sto you feel pretty large, and there la no room here." Saturday Evening Post. PERSONALITIES. Sleeping Hear, a full-blooded (iros Vcntro Indian, successfully conducts a general storo nt Great Falls, Mont. Ho will not glvo his own peoplo credit, but extends It to a limited number of whites. S. Coleridge Taylor, Who composed tho cantata played at tho last festival in Norwich, England, is a full-blooded negro. Mr. Risphum declared tho com poser of "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" tho coming musical genius. John D. Rockefeller believes that tho chief fault of Americans Is overeating. Accordingly his ono heavy meal is dinner, served nt 7 In tho evening. His usual luncheon consists merely of a glass of milk, with two patted crackers and an occasional piece of fruit. Miss Cella Miles, the only daughter of Major General Nelson A. Miles, Is a great favorite In Washington society. She is a blonde, tr.ll, remarkably graceful, and with tho frank, unaffected ways of nrmy girls generally. She Is on accomplished musician nnd linguist, and a splondli horsewoman. Mrs. Langtry's racing establishment nt Regal Lodge, Kentford, Is only a unnll place, although most beautifully furnlsned nnd decornted. Indeed, says gossip, of all tlio racing boxes of the English great world in and around Newmarket, there Is not ono that can compare in comfort, nnd luxury with Mrs. Langtry's place. She has about twenty-eight horses in training. John W. Gates, of Chicago, has como Into promlnenco within half n dozen years. He was for a long tlmo connected with tho Illinois Steel company and at tracted national attention first by his organization of the old steel trust. Ho whs the most netlvo agent In forming tho wlro trust and the Federal Steel com pany. His work ns a promoter has gl'cn htm a great fortune and ho Is now am. bltlous to figure in political nffnlrs. He has just been appointed by Governor Tanner commissioner for Illinois to the Paris exposition of 1'JOO and Is talk'id about as a cnndldato for United States senator to succeed Shelby M. Cullom, Edward Markham. author of "The Man With tho Hoe," although gray of beard and hair, is but 47 years of ago; eyes dark brown, forehead high, nose acqut. line, ids maimer frank and free, his hear, ing that of a manly man, In his conver sation no suggestion of vanity. As a fatherless boy he woiked on n cattle ranch, his closest companion a deaf and dumb brother, his guide and counselor a loving Christian mother of strong char acter. At 19 this bey had earned enough to pay for tho exprpse of Ids education In a normal school and a higher course of stue'les at n Santa Rosa college. Now ho Is an educator In tho University of California. Sir Thomas Llptou, the mllllonalro tea merchant and cup challenger, was born in Glasgow of Scotch-Irish parents. The pe rents wore poor and at 17 young Llpton camo as a stowaway to America. For three years he knocked about in tho United States, worklrg principally as a farm hand. Then ho went back to Glas gow. By dint of economy and borrow ing ho got together $100 and resolved to try American business methods In Scot land. "One day," says a biographer, "tho staid Scottish city was astonished to see two monster bogs, groomed until their bristles glistened, decked with rib. bons and led through tho streets behind n banner labelled "Upton's Orphans." A crowd gnlhtrcd nnd followed the hugo swine to a llttlo shop with tho name of Llpton above the. door. Tho young fel low was proprietor, clerk, salesman, bookkeeper and porter, nil In one. Ha lunched In tho shop and dined not at all at first. The venturo succeeded. Ho got a clerk, and presently in another quarter of the city there was another Llpton shop, an exact duplicate of the other. Today thero are 420 Llpton shops scattered througli Great Britain, 60 of them being In London. They nro all alike, all gayly colored and illuminated, eo that they stand out like lighthouses on a dark night. Llpton's tea comes from his own plantations in Ceylon, but a score of other food products also bear his label and swell his fortune. In tho United States ho owns n butchering plant that kills 3,000 hogs dally, and he has '.00 refrigerator cars to carry the meat to tho mnrkets. His fortuno is estimated at !50,0),000, and ho is not &i years old. When his London Interests wcro formed Into a Joint stock company, with a capi talization of $12,r00,000. $3,000,000 of which was offered for sale, tho stock was sub forlbcd twenty-flvo times over. For his chnrltlcs ho was knighted a year ago, and It Is Sir Thomas Upton who sails over hero In his yacht, tho Shamrock, to race for tho America's cup Sir Thomas Llpton, who shoveled conl to pay for his stolen passage on tho Charleston steamer." For the explorer, the surveyor," the hunter5; miner, the lumberman, the sportsman or tourist, Ripans Tabules are the one medicine that is con venient, always ready, portable, protected from accident of wind or wave, or climatic changes, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they fully answer all requirements. Ripans Tabules will not cure a cut made with an axe or a gun shot wound, but in most cases the sufferer will be benefited by swallowing one. Star Automatic Paper Pastemier Fastens papers iu a jiffy, feeds itself and improved in every respect. Prices lower than ever, We are still sell ing the Planitary Pencil Sharpeners. The only sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in yonr 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 aud ENGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR A Twenty-Year GoH-Filled Gase Willi a 15-Jewded Waltlam Movement, Both Gmiaraeteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. MEECEREAU & C0NP-LL 130 Wyoming Avenue. .. """"tmwwKt?''"ij -- THE LONQ GREEN lawn around tho house, or tho little patch of grass In tho dooryaid, requlro constant attention to look bLuutlful. Don't borrow your neighbor's lawn mower which you find Isn't sharp, and then say sharp thliiRs about It which makes your wife sad. but come In hero and buy a lawn mower that will cut llko a razor and runs as easy as a bicycle. Tho labor saved will amply repay you for the small outlay. And such thlnps as Pruning Shears and Grass Clippers that will elvo satisfaction aro hero too. GTOSTEIR & FORSYTH, 825-327 PENN AVENUE. Lather Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Vmd nnclOfllos West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. S10 ifx Vii-55!S"W' tv -..l,,,.,, mmm. wm FINLEY Colored Slilrt Waists The tfinal reduction of the season takes effect this morning, and Shirt Waist prices TODAY are in most instances only half what they were less than a month ago. Our object being to make a complete and speedy clearance. Thesl2es are still well assorted, and you can un- doubtedly find among this line just what you want. The entire price list runs from 1 to Or about half their value, and at these prices the salt may only last a few days. Therefore, Come Earfy 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUB - Vhis MonEnN llAnnwABK Store Per Cent. Saved if you purchase your now. The ranges are the same kind we've been selling. The price is the only difference. BOTE k SHEAR CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hunt & Cornell Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 04 Lacfcawattna Avenu HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oenerul Agent for th Wyomlnx Dutrlct 'J.- u arm n t a Uliilng, llluxtliiir, Nportln?, tjiuoiin.all uml Hie Itopiiiino (JtoruWl l'o.npuny'4 HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tiifcty r'ne, Cupi und KxploiUn tlvom nil Connoll llulUlu;. ricruU:u AUi:.NUIfc3 rnos. FonD, - Pittiton. JOHN 11. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. B. MULLIGAN, - Wllke.B&rre. if 20 GAS RANGE rmnn pyinu roiiE V ,
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