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THE SCKANTON TillBUINIC-AVJSDINESDAr, JUL 2G, lSUiO
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l'.i.. n Hii.ciul-Clann Mnll Matter.
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Its frlrr.ri lirnrlnir on current topics
but lt rule In that Ihoo must bo stoned,
ror publlciiilnn, by the wrlttr'n real name.
SCRANTON, JULY 26, 1839.
One of the lessons which must tie
lenrned In thin country la thnt the right
of tho striker to strike Is not superior
to the right of the worker who does not
core to strike to-bo protected while
earning his living by work.
Tftlr Piny for Alger's Successor.
The American people have hud their
protest ngalnst nnncreptnlilo features
In the wnr department nnd It hns been
honored In (icnernl Viper's reslgnntlon.
They owe It now to Clenernl Alger's
uceesnr to withhold Judgment until
lie shall have hnd n fair cliunce.
Suggestion whloh nre npparlrtg
from day to day In newspapers un
friendly to the administration, to the
effect thnt Sir. Root will In military
matters bo nt the merry of Adjutant
C.enernl Corbln, thnt h" will continue
the Alger poller of Ignoring the major
tteneral commnndlng, that lie will do
this thing or be prevented from doing
that thing- In short, that ho will be n
servant not n master In the delnlled
work within his sphere merit nothing
but contempt. They aim to prejudice
his case.
Unless biography nnd the testimony
of friends nte both giossly at fault,
Kllhu Root ns secretary of war will do
Ills own thinking and his own bossing.
It will be time to believe otherwise
when he Fliall have demonstrated oth
erwise. Just now, we repeat, Iip Is
entitled to suspended criticism nnd un
clouded fair play.
The kindly comments of the majori
ty of representatives of the pulpit upon
the late Robert O. Inffersoll indicate
that Christian charity 1b not so rare
as some might suppose.
A Game Well Worth the Candle.
The activity now observable through
out American shlp-bulldlng yards is
said by experts to be simply a sample
of what would follow the enactment
by congress of u shipping bill to protect
vessel owners (lying the American flag
against the competitive cheaper wnges
nnd consequently lower freights of
foreign lines. The reason why our
ocean shipping Interests are compara
tively so small Is clearly explained by
William U Curtis In a letter to the
Chicago Record, In which he says:
"Steamers can be operated under a
foreign Hag. at n cost of 30 per cent
less than under the United States flag
The same difference appears In tho
cost of construction, because of tno
difference In the price of labor. About
three-fifths of tho cost of a ship is In
wages to worklngmen, and the wages
paid In the shipyards on this side of
the Atlantic are one-half higher than
In England, and ns much as 75 and SO
per cent higher thnn those paid In the
continental shipyards of Europe. For
example, Mr. Grlscom, president of the
American Steamship company, testified
before a congressional committee last
winter that the steamships St. Louis
and St. Paul, which cost $3,100,000 on
the Delaware, could have been built
In Rngland for $4,000,000. William P.
Clyde, president of the Clyde line, gave
n more detailed statement. Ho said
that the steamship Masconomo, of
4,200 tons burden, 370 feet long and IS
feet wide, with a speed of te.i knots,
was built In England for $217,000. At
the same time bids were invited
from American shipbuilders. Th
lowest was $333,000, nnd the highest
was $330,000.
"The cost of maintaining an Ameri
can ship Is 20 per cent greater than an
English ship, chiefly because of the
wages of the officers nnd seamen and
the better quarters and the better food
required by the Seamen's union. These
conditions have filled our ships with
foreign sailors. For example, on the
steamer Finance, of tho Panama rail
road line, there are sixty-two men, all
told, fortv-seven of them being sea
men. Thirteen are natives of tho
United States. Four aro naturalized
iitlzens. Eight are I'ltlzenb of Ireland.
three each of Germany, England, Scot
land nnd Norway, two each of Finland
and Sweden, four of Austria, one of
Greece and one of Jamaica. These
foreigners are attracted to American
ship? by the Increased wases. The
pay of ordinary seamen on this ship
Is $23 a month, coal-passers $30 and
firemen U0. On an English ship of the
sanw tonnage the same men would re
relve' tor the sanio dutl" $12.50,
M7j;o and $23, i-spcctivey. On a Nor
wegian ship tlicy would receive about
half ns. much. The captain of an
American "shin of this tonnage gets a
paltry of $2,300 a year. An English
raptnln would get about $1,000 a year
and a Norwegian about $33 a month.
A Norwegian sailor who makes $8 to
$10, a month considers himself well
PftiCi.
"jiV calculation was made jiomo time
tEo'from the actual facts, which r.hovcct
that the cost of carrying a ton of
frertrhCfrom Now York to Rio do
Janeiro In an Amorican ship was $7.00,
In an Enuliah ehtp $5, In a Norwegian
ship $1.10. That In the reason why
thes American line to Hrassil Is with
ttrtywit and tho business is now done
by lines of English steamers. For that
reaon the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany operates, the Keel Star lino under
lho""Rclglan flat;, although 95 per cent
f tho stock Is hold in this country,
For-that reason money has found more
profitable investment In tho Utdted
Stages and has left the carrying trade
to tho English a.nd Norwegians."
The immediate remedy for this re
lucjrwcu of American capital to go Into
thp ocean carrying trado Is for con
kress to Increase tho Inducements, The
total amount of all the subsidies paid
asryearjjy.jhe UrtlJ?d States and tho
tost of carrying tho fortlnn mall by
American ships amounted to $1,333,632,
while, accordlnsr to: the report of the
commissioner of navigation. Franca
paid $8,8M,2H. Orr.lt llrltnln $5,274,277,
Japan $3,78fi.0OO, Italy $1,911,477. Spain
$1,90UGS, Germany $1,SSS,8$0, Austria
Sl.fJS.flf9 and Russia $1,211,000. Next
year Germany more than doubles her
isubftldlcs nnd pays the North German
Lloyd company $1,330,420 for Its ser
vice on tho Pacific alone. The Ficiich
government pays $2,40fi,57O for Its Pac
ific line service and tho Rrltlsh gov
ernment $1,601,800. The result of tho
foregoing conditions Is, ns Mr. CurtU
points out, that last year only 9 3 per
cent, of our foreign trade was carried
In American bottoms. The totnl vol
ume; of our exports and Imports wns
$1,S47,531,984. Of this only $101,325,017
was carried In our own ships, nnd It U
estimated that we paid nt least $200,
OOO.OCRI to foreign shipowners for car
rying the remnlndcr, which amounted
to something like $1,700,000,000.
"It Is," says Mr. Curtis, "claimed by
the odvocnto of tho Payne hhlpplng
bill, now pending In congress, that Its
provisions will plnco Amorican ship
owners on nn equality with those of
other nation-) by making up to them
from the treasury of the government
the difference In the cost of the wages
th"y pay to their seamen and other ex
pense of maintenance. The bill pro
vides that American ships shnll re
celve a bounty of l'i cents per gross
ton per 100 miles for the ilrst 1.600 miles,
both outward and return voyages, nnd
1 cent per gross ton for any dlt'lnnce
over 1,300 miles. It Is estimated that
the totnl expenditure for this under
this net for the first year will be $2.
09,6.p,7, or nn Increase of nbout $700,010
from the present cost of our foreign
malls. Ten yenrs hence It Is estimated
that the cost will be $3,750,000 a year,
by the probable Increase of our mer
chant marine fleet to SOO.000 gross sail
nnd C50.000 tons steam." The game is
worth tho candle.
The cause which has to be backed
up with dynamite Is confessedly In a
bad way.
P - m-
Tho Country's Sober Judgment.
(Editorial In Philadelphia Press.)
The attempt to array public opinion
ngalnst tho military management of
the campaign lA Luzon has failed.
Secretary Root will enter on the nctlve
control of the wnr department nnd on
offlcial responsibility for operations
soon to commence with a public con
viction that tho opening attack, nftor
tho rainy season Is over, will be deci
sive. Tho criticism and fault-finding
of n month past Is ebbing. As the
facts have become known tho basis
for this criticism has vanished. The
administration, It was declared, has
sent too few troops. A year ago when
General Miles was advising 5,000 troops
and General Merrltt twice this num
ber, nearly 18,000 troops were sent, or
almost twice the number demanded
by its military advisers. When last
February the Tagal attack precipitat
ed a war which every effort had been
made to avoid by the offer of complete
autonomy to Agulnaldo nnd his gov
ernment, the administration has been
charged with providing too few troops.
It was a month to a day after this
attack before congress passed tho law
providing for an army to be organized
after peace was declared, an aimy for
which the president had asked In De
cember. With peace the war army was dis
solved, though the volunteer regi
ments in Luzon heroically continued a
service not required by the term3 of
their enlistment and made necessary
by congressional delay. Tho peace
army had to be reorganized from the
basis of a regular army only 27,400
strong. This army has been, since
last March, expanded at the rate of
2,000 men a week. By July General Otis
had 23,000; by the middle of next month
he will have 30,000, and by October 40.
000. Criticism that troops were not
being provided fast enough has stopped
In the face of these figures. A govern
ment which begins In March with only
27,100 under a permanent enlistment,
every other man being free to leave,
and which by September has In tho
Philippines 40,000 men, an adequate
garrison .n Cuba and Porto Rico, and
sufficient troops for home purposes, or
75,000 In all, has shown no slack hand,
and the country sees It and admits It.
Lastly, comes the use of these troops
In Luzon, the American troops have
held Manlln, a city of 175,000 Inhabit
ants, confidently expected to tlse; they
have cleared and hold an area of from
COO to 1,000 square miles; they havo
broken every largo organized force op
posed to them In an army with 70,000
on its rolls; they havo carried every
Insurgent capital and depot of sup
plies, and by continuing operations In
the field through half the rainy season,
until the monsoon broke In July wllh
double the usual inlnfall, they havo de
prived the Tagals of tho customary
period in which tropio troops refit
whllj temperate tioops leaw tho field.
Our Indian wars weie never over until
we took the field In winter. General
Otis has followed tho precedent In
pushing on thiough the rainy season.
It lin.-i cost home Illness, though thre
proportion 13 far less than in most
European expeditions; but In tho end
this vigor will save more life than It
loses. We confidently predict that tho
result of this policy will grow plain
as events unfold in the Philippines,
Nor is this all that has been done.
Hollo has been occupied and reslstanco
has ceased on Pa nny. In Negros tho
coast is occupied and there remain only
ouch bands of dacolts an Captain Uyrno
has broken up by his courageous as
sault, delivered four to one. This ac
tion, r.mall as aro tho number, Is j.
fair Illustration of tho woik before our
troops. Tho peaceful peasantry asked
only to till thalr fertile and thickly
settled fields. A Spanish renegade or
half-breed had gathered In the hills a
band of 400 or 500, drawn from a sav
ngo tribe which was plundering tho
plains. Tho misery, the cruelty nnd
the barbarous oppression and plunder
which follow this condition of affairs
no man can conceive who does not
know Oriental llfo and has not seen
something of It. Our troops havo
wiped out the plundering horde and
tho palm-thatchd village of the pens
ant Is safe from tho dacolt's torch nnd
his women from outrage. The flag
protects him nnd his as well nn the
lund that sent It.
It Is this ttiMlt and workB like It for
peace and civilization which we have
before us and which England has dis
charged more than once. It was not
sought by us, but It has come, and It
Is the sober Judgment of the country
both thnt It must be done nnd that It
has liQen performed thus far with such
vigor as the conditions and the delay
of congress permitted.
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith Is of the
opinion that "sentiment nil over th.
south Is overwhelmingly ngalnst tin
retention of the Philippines." Accord
ing to Mr. Smith's view of the situa
tion there may bo soma excuso for
such a st:itPtnent, but the voice of the
press and people In the South heard nt
long rariga Indicate that tho senti
ment referred to overwhelms In spots
only, nnd very small ones at that.
It Is a matter for congratulation
that tho yellow Journals nro already
expressing dissatisfaction at tho ap
pointment of Kllhu Root ns secretary
of war. If this selection had been
agreeable to the saffron malcontents,
the public would havo had sufficient
cause to feel uneasy.
The demand of tho Spanish military
prosecutor that Generals Toral nnd
Jaudenes bo Imprisoned for life, tho
one for surrendering Santiago and tho
other for yielding Manila, to bo com
plete, should cnll for the decapitation
of Shnfter and Merrltt. They wcro thu
real culprits.
Tho bonsted sanctity of states rights
ought not to permit a morally down-nt-the-heel
commonwealth like LouIbI
nna to be continually Indulging In
lynching frolics which tho Federnl gov
crnment has to apologise and pay for.
Even In London tho Impression evi
dently prevails that Sir Charles Tup
per, in his grandiose threats against
tho I'nlted tUates, Is talking to tho gal
leiles, nnd not delivering much of an
oration at that.
The more the returns nro studied,
tho greater appears ox-Governor Hast
ings' victory at the Center county pil
marle, and nobody should hegridge
him this flattering home testimonial.
It is probable that no evil effects will
be experienced from the recent moot
ing at Tho Hague so long as the com
mssloncrs keeps out of rango of the
dum-dum bullets.
Welcome lo Ibe N?u)
Secretary of War
Now York Sun; There has been seme
talk about tho "special qualification"
which L'llhu Root dots or does not poi
suss tor tho olllco to which tho president
has now appointed him. Let nobody dls.
turb himself nbout Mr. Root's stock of
special nualiflcntlor.s. Ho lias a lot of
them; and In tho list you will surely
llnd:
Urnlns;
Forco of chiracter:
Honesty of purpose;
Uncommon experience of men nnd ot
the ways of men;
A congenial and carefully trained fac
ulty for doing things in tho right way to
produce tho desired result.
These will do to start with, we should
say. Perhaps Mr. Root will develop soma
more special qualifications later on. Ho
Is a very ercrgctic person; and tho best
thing nbout his mainspring Is that It is
regulated by a remarkably well-adjusted
escapement.
:o:
Now York Evening Post: The selection
of Kllhu Root for the Wnr department Is
unexceptionable, so far as his Icsral and
general qualifications for' tho placo arc
concerned. It Is said to bo tho presi
dent's belief that a lawyer lather thnn a
military man Is needed for tho position,
and from this point of view it would be.
difficult to find anybody moie thoroughly
equipped than Mr. Root. Compared wllh
his immediate predecessor, ho comes
very near to being an Ideal appointee. Ho
will bo a very shrewd and very ablo ad
viser, and it Is safe to assume that there
will be no scandals while ho is at the
head of tho War department.
:o:
Thcodoro Roosevelt: Llko every man
who wishes succet-s to tho administration,
and, therefore, to tho American people,
In tho great work now before It, I nm
overjoyed at tho appointment of Mr.
Root. Ho is the exact type of man
which nil Americans should bo most de
sirous to seo as our public servants. He
Is disinterested, of singulurly keen Intelli
gence, absolutely conscientious. Incapa
ble of doing a mean or dangerous act,
possessing great tact und Judgment nnd
entire fearlessness in standing for the
right. We can gunranteo that unrirr
him no shndnw of wrongdoing will be nl.
lowed to exist. He has nlwajw sacri
ficed his time and his means to nil sen.o
of public dutj, wholly without thought
ot leward. Personally it Is a great loss
to mo to have him leavo New York, for
thcro is no roan upon whoko advlco and
help I have so much relied In my wnik
ns governor, nnd he has been unfailing
in generous response to evciv call I have
made upon him. He is the tspo of what
a clean und hlgh-mluded pulniu servant
should be.
-:o.
Philadelphia Ledger: There Is nothing
lo lie said ngalnst the. cnnleo made bv
the president, except that Mr. Root his
not L-leuily demonstrated his cspeulul flt
ness for the plve. Ills general Intel,
llgi-nce, his attainments as a lawyer and
adviser In business matters of gre.it Im
portance and his Integrity aro qualities
thnt recommend him for appointment to
high office. It mny bo added thnt whan
in government office, as I'nlted Stntes
district attorney, he dlfehartod his du
des not only with fidelity but with dls
tlnction. The new secretary Is a
man of unquestioned ability; he Is in tho
prime of life, with a reputation alrendy
established, nnd his ndmlnistraton of tho
office will either destroy that reputation
or greatly enhance It. Ho should make
tho countrv forget Alserlsun by destroy
ing every e3tt30 of it.
:o:
Ftlea, N. Y.. Press: President McKIn
ley Is to be congratulated on securing ns
an nssoclato und ndvlner In tho conduct
of government business a man of such
eminent ability as Kllhu Root. Ho is
not only learned In tho law but he has u
knowledge of men nnd experience In nf
fairs that will render his counsels of tho
utmost vnluo to tho president. In tho
war department Mr. Root will find many
vexatious problems, but though he Is not
a man of military training he will he able
to develop and pursue a policy which the
public can cheerfully npprovo and sua.
tn!n. Though limited by n system con
taining many unnmallcs, tho rcult of
yenrs of misdirected legislation tho wnr
department yet affords ut tho present
tlmo a field for greatest usefulness nnd
Mr. Root will not disappoint tho expec
tations of those who reftarrt hi ndvout
thero as a matter of national good-fortune.
CLOSE QUARTERS,
"What a pity," said the first germ, as
ho clung frantically to a window sash as
they went around a curve, "that In
sleeping cars wa have no opportunities,"
"Isn't it," said his companion, depon-
dently, "a great field, If only wo had air
enough to net about In," Life.
LAUGHS.
Settling nn Old Scoro.
Young Wife I mn koIiik to malto a
nlco slrak nnd kidney pudding for supper
tunlcht.
Young Itusbnnd (with recollections of
Uih last one) -Ahem! I did Intend to bring
a friend horns tonight.
Young Wife Well, so much tho better.
Th more the mrrrlrr.
Young Husbnnd-AII right. I will fetch
him along. Ho served mo a mean trick
himself once. Tit-lilts.
Little Jack's Homo Thrust.
"I am out of all patlenco with you,
Jack. I should Just Ilko to know why
Gcorgo Jones Is always nt tho head of hln
class, while you are always nt tho foot!"
Jack hesitated for a moment, and then,
looking bin mother squarely In tho face,
'lie said, Innocently:
"you forSet that Jones has very ciovor
patents." Tit-Hits.
Llko Fathor's,
Freddy (age fi) unn seated In a bar
ber's chnlr. "Well, my lltllo man," said
the barber, "how would you llko to havo
your hair cut?"
"Like father's, with a round hole at tho
tep."-Tlt-RIts.
Cyclonic .tnitn.
"Faith," said tho man In clerical garb,
"will movo mountain."
"Great mackerel!" exclaimed the Kan
sas mnn. "It's worse thnn cyclones, Isn't
It?" Chicago Evening FoM.
M. D.
Tommy Wagg Pa. what docs "M. D."
after a doctor's name moon?
Mr. Wagg Perhaps It refers to his pa
tients, my boy, and stands for "many
dead." Fun.
Left His Name.
Lady A gentleman called, you say?
Did he Icavo any name?
Parlor Maid Oh. yes'm. lfo said It
was Immaterial. Doston Traveler.
Defined.
"What Is a snob, Urclo Christopher?"'
"A snob Is a nobody who spends time
and money trying to make people think
ho Is somebody." Chicago Record,
VEKSES GRAVE AND GRAY.
TJultum In Parvo.
Thcro is no household howsoever defend,
cd,
Hut one microbe Is there;
No pantry shelf however watched and
tended.
But germs aro in tho fare.
Traps may be set, but not for tho bacil
lus. Wo feel his presence dread
In everything wo eat; he lurks to kill us
In dainty loaves of bread,
Tho air Is full, they say, of mists and va
pors And other direful things,
Amid which the bacillus cuts his capers
And dread contagion flings.
Wo'ro told he lives in liquor alcoholic,
For years quiescent lies.
Then wakes to glvo us fever, grip or
colic,
Assuring our demise.
In yenrs to come, when wo again behold
him.
Ho will not bo a germ:
Some scientific chnp will havo enrolled
him
By some quite novel term.
But by his deeds mankind must always
know him
As their most deadly foe,
And seek for ways to pay the debt they
owo him
And give the world a show.
Some time tho hour will como to cir
cumvent him
Some poison will bo mixed.
Or somo still smaller atom will bo sent
will his fato be fixed.
-C. S. Notl, In What to Eat.
A Child's Plea.
I think tho world is really sad,
I can do nothing but annoy;
For little boys nro all born bad,
And I am born a Httlo boy.
It doesn't matter what's the game,
Whothcr It's India! s, trains or ball,
I nlways know I am to blame
If I amuse myself at all.
I said one day on mother's knee,
"If you would send us right away
To foreign lands ncross the sea,
You wouldn't seo us every day.
"We shouldn't worry any more
In those strange lands with queer new
toys;
But here wo stamp, and play, nnd roar,
And wear your llfo out with our noise,
"The savages would never mind,
And you'd be glad to havo us go
There, nobody would bo unkind,
For you dislike your children so,"
Then mother turned, and looked quite
red,
I do not think she could havo heard;
Sho put me off her knee Instead
Of answering mo a single word.
She went, nnd did not even nod,
What hnd I said that could annoy?
Mothers nre really very odd,
If you mo born a little boy.
Spectator.
Waiting.
Serene I fold my hands and wait,
Nor caro for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I ravo no more 'gainst time or fate.
For, lo! my own shall como to me.
I stay my haste, I m.iko delays,
For whnt avuils this eager pace;
I stand amid tho eternal ways,
And what Is mine shall know my face.
Asleep, awake, by nluht or day.
The friends I seek nro seeking me;
No wind can drive my baik nstray,
Nor change tho tide of destiny.
What matter If I Btand alone?
I wait for Joy the coming year;
My heart shall reap whero It has sown.
And garner up Its fruit of tears.
Tho waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder
heights
So flown tho good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delights.
Tho stais como nightly to the sky,
Thu tldul wavo unto the sen;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me,
John Burroughs.
Resignation.
I am glad to think
I am not bound to mako tho world go
right
But only to discover nnd to do
With cheerful heart tho work that God
appoints.
I will trust Him,
That He cun hold His own; nnd I will
take
His will above tho work Ho sendeth me,
To bo my chlefst good.
Jean Ingelov.
Wealth.
If leotures about wealth you scan,
This general thought you'll ee
"It's dangerous for the other man,
But very cood for me."
-Washington Star.
NUGGETS OP KNOWLEDOE.
American woolen mills employ 36,100
women,
John Hull uses 1,700.000.000,000 matches
annually.
It Is snl4 thnt some of the sheep farms
In Australia are as largo us tho whulu of
England.
It Is citllmnled that nbout 40,000 acres
of land In tho United Htutes aro planted
wltli vines.
There lias been a considerable Increnso
In tho wages of Iron moulders all over
tho United Stntes. In general, tho In.
crease has reached 10 per cent.
Blnto pencils nro mndo In Ttnnesso
fron (dote dust and other Ingredients
compressed by hydraulic means. One
concern mndn 23.000,000 In a year.
llclclum exports 2.200,000 diessod rah
bits yearly to Rngland. They weigh
from six to claht pounds npleco nnd
tho rabbit crop sells for $1,170,000 on tho
average.
For the past few dayB Denver and, in
fact, tho entire West, has been suffetlng
from a potato famine. As high lie two
cents pr pound has been paid on tho
mArket for now potatoes.
A German officer has Invented a lamp
for use In war time, which ran bo car
ried In n soldier's knapsack without add
ing much to the wight. It Is supplied
with acetylene gas, nnd Is destined for
use on tho bttllcfleld to assist In tho
search for wounded.
Tho rallrnnds ot Auslrnlln havo nover
discovered that it Is pnialLle to tnke up
tickets on tho trains, lienco the ruisxen
gers nro locked In the cars, lo pruicnt
nny nf them stealing a ride, und when
they arrive nt their stntlon nro lirstlcd
out through n turnstile nnd held up for
their tickets. There nre no retiring fa
duties provided for either men or wo
men pasceiu-ers, nlthough I ho (.nriinjre.s
frequently run hundreds of miles. There
Is no drinking water on nny of tho
trains, tho only refreshments ot this kind
being nt wny stations, where tho thirsty
passengers have to fight their way to
canvas bags which nro hung up In tho
shade.
PERSONALITIES.
Tho Rarl nf Dudley holds a single llfo
Insurance policy of $fi,000,000.
Tho Shah of Persia smokes a plpo
whoso bowl holds half a pound of to
bacco. King George, of Orecse, receives tho
smallest salary of any Kuropcan sover
eign $200,000 n year.
General T. M. Anderson, commnndcr of
tho Department ot tho Lakes, is ono of
tho best nmatcur oarsmen In tho army.
Tho North China Herald Insists LI
Hung Chang Is tho richest man In tho
world, estimating his wealth at JSOO.OOO.ffK).
M. Zola will visit Scotland In October.
Ho is to bo tho guest of a South Country
baronet, nnd will probably study tho
slum problem In Glasgow.
John D. Rockefeller recently declared
that many men missed their chanco for
making a fortuno by thinking too much
about their neighbors' wealth.
Klla Wheeler Wilcox announces that
sho will give $3,000 for any proof that sho
did not write "Laugh nnd tho World
Laughs With You."
John Clark, who died in Indianapolis
tho other dny at tho ogo ot 91, came to
tho site of that city with his parents In
1S29. They had to travel through track
less forests, blazing their way as they
went.
Joseph Jefferson studied medlclno early
In llfo and was Intended for a physician.
Ho nttilbutes his good health to strictly
keeping tho rules which he laid down for
himself vhllo un enthusiastic medical
student.
Joseph Jefferson says that In his young
days ho was playing lu tho Southwest
and was bothered by a dlsreputablo
double. Ono night ho ns Richard III
was wooing tho Lndy Anne. A cow.
boy In tho pit sprang to his feet and
cried: "Don't you bellevo him, mnrm.
Ho's got two wives In S.in Antonio!"
Booker T. Washington nnd Mrs. Wash
ington, who nro now in London, will sail
for homo today. Mr. Washington
has made several addresses while
abroad. Including one mudo before tho
American University Club In Paris. Ho
also addressed a meeting In London over
which Ambassador Choate presided.
Herbert Spencer Is now living in strict
seclusion nt Brighton, the state of his
health being such that his leplles nro
limited to letters of Immediate personal
concern. A friend inquiring as to the
health of Mr. Spencer had the pleasure
to receive tho following reply: "Thanks
for your Inquiry. I am about up to par,
and not without hopo of rising nbovo It
presently. H. S."
An amusing story comes from Chris
tlanln, where there has recently been a
congress of Journalists, who Invited
BJornson to dinner. Tho veteran drama,
tlst evidently does not lovo the press, for
bo replied: "It Is not my habit to go
200 kilometres for a dinner, especially
when I should have to take it In com
pany of persons who annoy mo during
tho entire jcar."
Professor Nordenskjold, the famous
Arctic explorer, has Just lost tho whole
of his fortune. Ho was on Intimate
terms with tho heads of the great Stock
holm publishing firm of Messrs. r. & G.
Bajer. which has failed with liabilities
stntcd at $1,2:0.000. Unfortunately. Nor-
denskold Is deeply Involved In the
speculations carried on by the firm. Some
time slnco he had to tell the wholo of
his valunblo geographical library, nnd
now It Is stated that all his life's savings,
amounting to $300,000, havo gone In the
crash.
1- cwy ' tmwmvswiszySiZft
Ves, I am a chemist, and ns a riicr.iht I had sn cnc?r;cnent for two searons
at Boothbay Harbor in Maine, a placs where ve took in fish scraps and other rejuso
ond turned oat hags of fertilizer, the fust ssidling about fts bad as it could nd
the transformed substance I thought fjave out tu odor that was .-. little won.r. I
don't know that the smells had anything to do with upsetting my stomach, but I
came away from that placo with about tbe woist digestive apparatus I ever knew
nbout and it was complicated with in:o.T.nia. When I did sleep I was not much
refreshed. With a headache eve.-y morning, little sleep and no nppctito for food, I
loit twenty-five pounds in w tight und tny friends said ray disposition was orso than
my physical appearance. It was by the recommendation of a member of my own
family that I first used Hipans Tabulcs, but tho result was satisfactory and imme
diate. I soon gained in weight all I had lost and added three pounds more, and
never in my life was my appetite better or my sleep more sound and refreshing than
now. My daughter, who was troubled with a distress after eating, tcoU koine of tho
Tabulcs on my recommendation and says she thinks they arc spkndiJ. Wo aro both
well now, 1 was 44 years of ago on the 17th of February.
Amtr
of
coir
Star
Amtomatnc
Paper
Fastemier
Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved in
every respect. Prices lower
tbau 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 ENGRAVEK3,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
FOR
A Twenty-Year
GuM-KiM Gase
Willi a ISJeweM
Walffeam Movement.
Both
Gmiaraeteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
HERCEMA1J k HMEIX
130 Wyoming Avenue.
THE LONG QREEN
lawn around tho house, or tho llttlo patch
of grass In the dooryard, require constant
attention to look beautiful.
Don't borrow your neighbor's lawn
mower which you tlnd Isn't sharp, and
then say sharp things about It which
makes your wife sad, but como in hero
and buy a lawn mower that will cut llk
n razor and runs ns easy as a bicycle.
Tho labor saved will amply repay you
for the small outlay.
And such things as Pruning Shears nnd
Grass Clippers that will glvo satisfaction
aro hero too.
GUPJSIER k FORSYTE,
323-327 PENN AVENUE.
Lmither Keller
LiriE, CElYiENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Ollloo
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
r carlo d (without pU.ia U now for ! ai torn
your it-au ion tvoiatiiiuiu. um iliwii
kMnuVV7UHVI UIVVVUW.
$10
TPTA7?
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JL1L 11
Colored
SMrt
Waists
The ftnal reduction of
the season takes effect
this morning, and Shirt
Waist prices TODAY are
In most instances only
half what they were less
than a month ago. Our
object being to make a
complete and speedy
clearance.
The sizes are still well
assorted, and you can un
doubtedly find among this
line Just what you want.
The entire price list
runs from
ii o.
Or about half their
value, and at these prices
the sale may only last a
few days. Therefore,
Come Early0
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The ModeiIk IlAnnwAiiE Stoue
Automatic
Blue
Flame
051
Rainiges
Are wickless, valveless,
odorless.
We have marked our
few remaining ranges
very low.
F0DTE & SHEAR CO.
1 19 N. Washington Ave.
-$
The Heot &
Comieell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.-
04 LackawaiM Araue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Oeuerul Agent ror tlia WyouUuj
Dlstrlotu.-
lypoiT
Uiuing, UlaitlnKiHportlns, MinoKeLtMi
uuU itiu llopuiins Clioimci:
Co np.iuy i
Iffil EXPLOSIVES.
tufcty Kusc Cimh and LxploAoci.
it 00m 401 Council imUdlu;.
Horuutox
AQKNUIli
Tims. Fonn. - - - pittston.
JOHN 11. SMITH & BON, - Plymouth.
W. C. MULLIGAN, - Wllkes-Barre.
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