THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- MONDAY, JULY 31, 1899. Cfle &cranfon CriBime Published Dully, llxccpt Bimtlny, by The Trlbuno Publishing Company, nt Fifty Cents a Month. , New York omco: 150 NnFKnti St.. S. 8 VIUiKl.AND, Bolo Agent for Korelsn Advertising. Entered nt the rotnrtlee nt Scrnnton. I'a nsi fioccnd-UIats Mnll Muttor. wnen rpnee win numit, ino inuunu Is nlwuyn ulad to print pliort letters from Us filer 1h lionrlnir on current topic hut ltd rule Is that thcbo mttit bo BlBned, for publication, by tho writer's real rumo. SCRANTON, JUIA 31, 1899. A flnnl appeal to the public la made In behalf of tho Dewey home fund, which now amounts to about $22,000. It 1b dclred to close the fund and get a homo all ready for Dcy by Oct. 1. All contributions should be fonvnrrtcd to tho Hon. Kills II. Roberts, treasurer of tho United States, Washington, D. C, who will Issue souvenir receipts for tho same. Tho Southern Knee Problem. It may be true, ns Governor Cnndler of Georgia says, that "tho greatest crime ever peipctrated, not only ngalnst Ameiicun ideals and institu tions nnd human liberty but nlso against the Southern negro, was when, without preparation, he was clothed with all tho rights nnd privileges and lesponslliltltles of citizenship." Most intelH'iit students of the problem now admit that suffrage, far from be ing nn Inalienable right, Is a prhl lege to bo oained by met It; nnd that the throwing of this privilege open In discriminately to all kinds and condi tions of male humans, lticspectle of race, color, Intelligence or anything else short of absolute Insanity, how ever well meant, constitutes an Injus tice alike to those who are tit for It and those o nre not. This being admitted, as we think it must be, It follows that reasonable objection cannot be taken to tho pro position to undo some of the mistakes of the past, In the direction of a too profuse bestowal of suffiage, by the sotting up of restrictive tests. Opin ion may divide as to how these tests should bo applied. Many who favor an educational test, together with some Inanity as to moials, halt at the suggestion of a pioperty qualification, and vice versa. Hut upon the geneial proposition, considered in the abstract, that gross Ignorance and vice should not have the legal light to go to the ballot box and by their -otcs, ignor nntly or viciously cast, neutiallze an equal number of votes cast by intelli gent, high-minded citizens there Is, wo belloe, among those who are fiank In the matter, substantial unanimity of opinion. Theie nre two leasons, though, why the public .sentiment which recognizes both the light and the duty of the state to restilct its suffiage to those fit to exercise it Iew.s with disapproval tho attempts' at lestiktlon now fash ionable among the states of tho South. In the first place It is pained to notice that while advantage is taken of the gonornl arguments for suffrage re striction to get tho necessary tests Imposed, the moment they are Imposed nil pietence at a fair application of them Is dinpped and they are used In dustilously as a weapon to enforce white political domination oer the ne gro i.ice. This not only in spirit vio lates the constitution of the United States and the Ameiican Instinct for fair play but it also represents an elec toral Injustice to other states In that the negro population Is utilized to swell representation In congtess but Is In fact accorded none of tho lepiesen tatlon secured thtough It. It la self evident that under our form of govern ment a vote In the South should not receive a representation In congress In excess of that accoided to a vote In the North or East or West; jet under tho thlmblo-ilgglng suffrage laws passed In the South to eueher the col ored man out of his citizenship this Inequality does exist, sometimes in in tolerable proportions; and In time it will have to be conected. Tho second ground for criticism of the South on account of its suffrage restriction constitutional amendments rests on the fact that after tho negio Is legislated out of a privilege Intend ed by tho United States gocrnment to be his for all time, those who close the polls to him because he is Ignorant do not, as In fairness they should, open schools for him In which ho can qual ify for citizenship or qualify his sons for It. It tho placing of restrictions wero dictated wholly by honorable motives, tho fact of an element to de bar would operate as an cxtia Incen tive to tho multiplication of qualify ing Influences. Honest men would le gret exceedingly tho necessity for keeping any man away from the polls; and If that necessity plainly existed on account of tho man's unfitness for suffrage they would do their best to remedy his unfitness ns soon as pos sible. Hut In the South we are today xreated to the Inhuman spectacle ot tho dominant laco saying to the infer ior race-not only that it shall not voto because it Is ignorant but that It shall remain ignotant so that It may not oh The negio's disqualification Is intended to be poimanont and In spite of honorable Individual exceptions, the dominiint opinion Is that In order to insure permanency of disqualification he must permanently bo kept Ignorant. ApologlBts for this policy say it Is necessary for tho negro's safety If he shows ambition and tries to rise In life, Ijo will come into competition with the- whites and their hand will be turned against lii-m moro severely than over. This Is not true In other case?), The Latln-Ameilcan who builds himself up In an Anglo-Saxon neigh borhood Is not set upon and stoned but welcomed as an equal. Kvtn John Chinaman, when showing capabilities, Is encouiaged, nnd tho higher he climbs and the better he behaves, tho moro ho Is esteemed by his Caucasian neighbors. We do not believe that the negro Is an exception In this ics pect. Mnally, In tho dark chapter of sex crimes blunged against the black man Under the repressive policy adopted by the South crimes bo horrlblo that well may civilization shudder we see that policy's culminating condemna tion, Haplnts are abnormal. They are not found among normal men content edly sltunted and with bright prospects before them. Take from the negro op portunity and ambition and you con centrate his natural energies In the di rection of passion nnd lust. The so ciety which shuts the door of normal development In tho necro's fnco opens another door to the peril of Its woman kind nnd to the gross accompaniments of mob law and general demoraliza tion. This Is tho lesson abovei all oth ers which tho South most needs to learn. Another soolillstle scheme has como to grief. Tho property of the co operative colony of Ituskln, n Uellamy enterprise established six years ngo In the uplands of Tennessee, has Ju3t beon sold by a receiver. On tho basis of suppressed lndllduallty It simply Illus trated the Inevitable. A Good Judge of Men. Tho story that It was Roosevelt's lgorous protest which forced the mat ter of Alger's retirement to a focus and made It possible for McKlnlcy to unload mav or may not be title. But whether It Is or not, Roosevelt has cer tainly played a laigo part In the history-making of the past two years. Did you ever stop to think that to this reputedly impetuous and head strong man (taking him at the lowest valuation of his critics) we owe not only a good deal of tho ciedlt for the navy's success In tho war with Spain, on account of tho vigorous way In which he fought to get It in shape for war, but ulso the placing in tho line of duty and promotion of tho two men who have since gained recognition the world over ns tho finest levelatlons ot that war? But for Theodore Roosevelt George Dewey might today be a little known mun living in slippered ease at a Washington club and Leonaid Wood n virtually unknown nimy contiact surgeon. If statesmanship consists, among other things, In the nblllty to pick the right men for responsible places, then Goernor Roosevelt cer tainly has by these two Instances alone won the right to be considered a states man of no Inferior order. A thlid selection of his will soon go on trial In the person of Ellhu Root, the new secretaiy of war. If he shall prove to bo In tho Dewey-Wood class, tho least that this country can do In testimony of appieclatlon to his spon sor Is to make Roosevelt's election to tho presidency In 1904 practically unanimous. The dlffeience of opinion between Major Parley, of Cleveland, and Ad jutant General Axllne as to who Is boss should be settled without delay, Wiien the mob splilt Is rlfo and nny minute may bring forth Hot, It is well to lune lines of authority clearly defined. Fingiee and the Press. Governor Pingree, ot Michigan, is an eccentilc Individual whom It Is easy to ridicule; yet In a letter to the Out look ho presents some opinions con cerning dolly newspapeis which de sered to be cowsldered seriously. His letter Is a denial of certain published Interviews upon which the Outlook has commented, and In tho course of It he sajs: 'IOxpeilenee has taught me that It Is useless to deny a newspaper state ment. The public man who questions the ernclty of a icporter, or disputes the authenticity of an interview or other newspaper aitlcie, recehes from the editor nothing but sneers and abuse and the ridicule of tho cat toon. In fact, It Is not uncommon to have one's denial misinterpreted nnd twist ed into an ndmlsslon of the truth of the disputed article. The editor nexer lecedes fiom a position once taken. Ills moral atmosphere and his ethical code aro too limited and nanow to admit that himself and his Journal have eired. A just conectlon can be wrung from a newspaper only tluough the instrumentality of a libel suit. I think that ovety public man will pri vately, at least, agree with these con clusions, and those with sufficient cour age to antagonize such a powerful in stitution as the dally piess will pub licly assent to them. It Is a familiar sajlng that the newspaper can makj or unmake a nun In public life. This may have been true In the past, when the newspaper more nearly approach ed tho ideal, it is peihaps true to a cot tain extent today, but I believe the time is not far distant when the hy poctisy and selfishness and venality of the press will show tluough its al leged viltues, and ree,il to the pub lic the true, lnwaidness of modern newspaper policy and management At tacks upon public men by partisan newspapers will then have no effect upon the public mind. 'Yellow' Jour nalism Is already synonymous with everything that Is contemptlbl3 nnd conupt, and it will not bo long before public sentiment will crystallize Into laws which will make fake Inteivlews and other methods used by nowspap eis of attacking public men cilmlual The spiilt of fairness characteristic of tho American people will not long tolerate the prostitution of tho power of the press to such base purposes. The 'liberty of tho press' cannot nl ways be uppealed to ns a justification for an instrument of Injuiy which Is Infinitely more dangerous that out light abuse and lllflcatlon." Governor Plngice's arraignment, of couise. Is too sweeping nnd too severe It applies to some newspapeis very uc cuiately; but not to all not to a ma jority. The statement, for example, that threat ot a libel suit Is neces sary to secuie a ju3t correction Is wldo ot tho tiuth In u large majority of Inst.nces; tho tlueat more often acting to militate against than to facilitate conectlon. Any honost editor Is glad to undo nn error when shown In a civil manner that one has been committed. Hut that Fame editor lescnts being bullied and Is likely to show his resentment by limiting a correction to the fewest words possible when If the manly couise had beon ndopted In apptoach Ing him ho would have volunteered a generous reparation. As for tho stato mont that an editor nf vet recedes, here again we have an example of tho too sweeping assertion. Tho dogmatic, would-bo Infallible editor Is tnpldly going out of date. People these days think for themselves. They are willing that tho editor should lusgreaj Ideu to tham, nnd they nre rfndy to rIvp him a hearing when he hns a case to argue, but they no longcf take opinions from him ready made. Thero nre, to bo sure, a good many yellow und yellowish journnls and ono or two dow might obscene nnd utterly deprnved journals, of which the Scrnn tonlnn In this city has tho dlshcnor to be without question the unapproach able worst; but what proportion do these benr to tho newspaper prefB as a whole? Not enough to Justify Mr. Plngrco's remarks. Ho Is right In say ing that tho excesses of these unrepre sentative publications need to be sup pressed by law but ho Is unfair in con demning the whole guild for the de pravity of a minority among Its mem bership. A falling off In six jears of nearly 17 j or cent. In tho passenger trafllo of tho steam railroads of Massachusetts, not confined to tho larger cities but said to be general throughout the state, Is occasioning speculation. It Is read ily seen that the trolley lines may have contributed to this decrease In tho cities, but how about the country dis tricts? Some say the long-distance telephone has reduced travel; others that the trusts aro responsible on ac count of tho reduction of the number of commercial travelers; and still others lay tho blame on tho census man, who In late years has shown Massachusetts to be growing deficient In tho matter of largo families. For ourselves wo have no opinion to offer, but it Is certainly a curious phenomenon. Australian Federation Assured. Three of the seven colonies of British Australasia having voted overwhelm ingly for a federated government, among these being New South Wales, which lias hitherto been the stumbling block, the success of this Interesting movement now seems assured. Last week 'Victoria voted 143,014 to 9,6l for federation, and Tasmania 13.S00 to S00. On June 20 New" South Wales gave, a majority of 22,000 for the common wealth bill and the other colonies will vote upon It later. Under this bill the supremo nuthotlty will be vested In a governor-general, appointed by the queen. He will be as sisted by a federal executive council, and the laws for the entire federation will be made by a parliament of two houses a senate and a house of lepre sentatlves. Hnch original state will have six senatots, with representation in the second chamber proportional to population. ach will have not less than five reptesentatlves, and as nearly as possible twice as many is It has senators. The capital will be In federal territory, within 100 miles of Sjdney, N. S. W. By and by they will be calling him St. Alger n Michigan. Heiy pig has his day, especially pig lion. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. The number of immigrants from South ern Italy dining the last fiscal ear wus C5.C09, of whom 20.U52 wero females. Tho poorhou-cs In fort -lit o Kansas counties are empty, and In thlrly-seen counties there is not a case on the criminal docket. The trip from St. Petersburg to the eastern boundary of the Russian empire can now bo made, partly by rail, partly with cj-mels, for about $1C0 Kansa3 Citj has establl-hed an Insti tute particularly for substitute teachers. In order that they may be kept up to tho modern methods of teaching. The construction of a cigar box may seem to be a verv simple matter to tho nnlce, but tho box prsses through 19 different processes before It is ready to leech o tho cigars At Munich there Is a hospital which Is entirely supported by tho salo of old steel pens nnd nibs collected from nil parts of Germar.y. They aie mado Into watch sprlncs, knives nnd razors AVithln tho past eight years there has been a gain of Si per cent. In tho enroll ment of tho secondary schools of tho United Ptntes. a rato of lncreaso said to be flvo times that of tho Increase In pop ulation. A new Atlantic steamship Pcrlco be tween Glasgow and New York will go Into operation In the nutumn Tho promoters of tho lino mo the Logan company of British shipowners of l.lvetpool and Rankin & Gllmour of Glasgow. It Is stated that Captain Pastorln, of tho Italian headquarters staff hns discov ered a means of rendering ncetjlene gas non-cxploshe. Tho Italian war otllce, It Is sitd, has decided to buy the patent, the secret of which Is closely guarded. A negro community In Alabama, con taining about 400 negroes and but two white persons, Is about to bo Incoipor uted. Tho negroes propose, to hae a strict negro town and negro government All tho officials will bo negroes It will doubtliss bo tho onlv municipality of the kind In the United States There ato In the hands of the people of India today mere copies ot tho Bible than of any other book. An Inlluential Hindu nowspapu- ti stifles that scarcely an educated man can be found In India who h.-ii not nail It, and adds that It 's Impossible for a Hindu not to feel a profound respect for the Bible The most northern newsinper In tho wot Id Is published ut Hnmtncrstejn, Rus. sia. The (dltotlal woik la Uofio In a small wooden house roofed with turf. Tho paper Is called the Nnrdknp. nnd is published weekly The news is frequent ly a fot might old before It reaches the subscribers. Most subscriptions nre paid in fish. A missionary In Colomba relates tho following Incident to gle some Idea of tho life of the children In that republic: "A boy dressed In nature's garb came In to the consul's olfico ono da wishing to fell the consul something Tho consul told him to go home and get some clothes and then como back, promising him a pin chase. The boj returned after somo time wearing a hat nnd u pair of shoes. ' Whllo the map of Ksypt shows moio than 400,000 square miles, nn atca seven times as gicat as New Ungland, tho prac tical Bgjptlliat which produces crops nnd sustains life Is barclj ns largo as tho states ot Vermont and Rhodo Island taken together. This, savs ex-Consul General 1'cnllcUl, Is tho rlbbon-llke strip of alluvial laud boi tiering on the Nile, a fow miles wldo on each side, and measur ing not more than 10,500 square milt An imnwnsn storngo reservoir at tho first cataract will, when built rescuo fiom the desert nn urea twlco the size of Rhodo Mind Mr Pcnllcld icgnrds this en terprlse, which will cost Unglnnd $$00 000 n rnr for thirty yeats, as exploitation In tho truest eensc. Llovds Register of Shipping gives tho entlro fleet of tho world as 2S,1S0 steam ers and sailing vessels, with a total ton nage of 27.673 32S, of which 39 por cent, aro British. Tho Americans como next with .1.010 vessels, with a total tonnngo of 2.465.3S7. Norwny has 2,521 vessels, with a tonnage of only 1,091 "30 Germany has 1.670 vessels, with a tonnage ot 2,453,S3t, In which are Included her particularly lurce ulilpu, Sweden has 1,103 vessels, with G0G,$91 tonnage, Russia has 1,218 Vessels with n tonnngo of GU,M7. Italy hns 1,150 vessels nnd Franco 1,182, No inner nationality can boast ot a thous and ships. Jiqmn has 8(1, Denmark 7P6 and Spain 701. iho British and Americans together control one.hnlf of tho entlro merchant ship tonmine ullont. Our ton. nugu Is mostly !nl-o and coastwise, Uulwuvo, which was four years ago literally whnt Its name signifies, "tna place of killing," Is now linked by bands of steel with tho civilization of older countiles, Trains aro now running half tho dlstanco to t'ganda. General Kitch ener reports that the railway from Cairo to Khartoum will bo completed nbout September 1 This Is half wnv from tho Mediterranean to Ugandu. Thus nbout one-half tho dlstanco from tho Capo to Cairo may bo traversed by rail. TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT. How Wo Learn. Great truths arc deaiiy bought. Tho common truth, Such as men give nnd tako from day to day, Corner In tho common walk of easy life. Blown by the cureless wind, across our vv ay. Great truths nre greatly won, not found by chance, Nor wafted on tho breath of summer dream; But grasped In tho great struggle of tho soul, Hard buffeting with ndverso wind and stream. But In tho dny of conflict, fear and grief, When the strong hand of God, put forth In might, Plows up tho subsoil of tho stagnant heart, And brings tho imprisoned truth-seed to the light. Wrung from tho troubled spirit, In hard hour, Of weakness, solitude, pcrehance ot pain, Truth springs llko harvest from tho well plowed field, And tho soul feels It has not wept In vain. Bonnr. Eemembeied Best of All. When I'm looking back across tho time worn pages Of tho book of years ono face I always sec. Just ono gentle face that alters not nor ages, But seems now and evermore tho same to me. I can feel tho loving hand In mine en twining, When my faltering childish steps were fain to fall, With its watchful ejes like stars upon mo shining 'TIs tho face that I remember best of all! When I look around, and memory Is bringing Back again tho echoed songs of long ago; Songs that ever down the hall of Time are ringing. Songs that set my listening youthful heart aglow All the visions blight of years gone by they brine me. And they seem to hold my spirit in their thrall, But tho simple air a dear voice used to sing mo, Is the song that I remember best of all! When I dream of all tho gladness thit has blest me. And the sunshine that has mado life's pathway bright. When I long from all tho toll of earth to rest me. Till tho dawning of the day that knows no night, I remember all tho lovo the years havo taught me. And tho happiness that filled them I re call; But a mother's lovo and all tho Joy It brought me Is tho love that I remember best of all! Chambers' Journal. A Lay of the Links. It's up and away feu our woik today. For the brceic sweeps over tho down; And It's hey for a gamowhere tho gorso bloi-oms flame. And tho bracken Is bronzing to brown. With tho tuif 'neath our tread nnd tho blue overhead, And the song of tho lark In tho whin: There's tho IWg und the gteen, with tho bunkers between Now will you be over or in? Tho doctor may come, nnd wo'll teach him to know A too whero no tannin can lurk; Tho soldier may come, and we'll promise to show Somo hazards n soldltr may shirk. Tho statesman may Joke, as ho tops ev ery stroke, That at last ho Is high In his nlms; And tho clubmin will stand with a club in his hand That is worth every club In St. James's. Tho palm nnd tho leather como rarely together. Gripping tho driver's h'ift. And it's good to fsel the Jar of the steel And the spring of tho hickory shaft. Why trouble or seek for tho pralso of a clique? A cleek hero Is eommon to nil; And tho He tint might sting Is a very small thing When compared with the He of the ball. i Como jouth and como age, from tho study or stage, Trom bar or from bench high nnd low' A green jou must use as a cure for tho blues You must drive them away as you go. We're outward bound on a long, long round, And It's time to bo up nnd nway; If worry and sortovv como back with the mot row. At least vvn'll be happy today. A. Conan Dojle, In "fiorgs of Action." Jim Crow. Oh, say, Jim Crow, Why is It you alwajs go With a gloomy coat of black The jcar long on jour back? Why don't jou change Its hue. At least for a day or two, To red or gicen or blue' And whv do ou nlwajs wear Such a sober, somler air. As glum ns tho faco of Care? I wait for our reply. And Into tho peaceful pauso There comes our curious, croaking cry "Oh, because! 'cause! 'causo!" Oh, say, Jim Crow, Why, when the farmers sow And tho corn springs up In the row, And tho days that once were brief Grow long, nnd laugh Into leaf, Do you play the raronlly thief? I can see by the look In your eye Wnr und wise and sly That jou know the codo In vogue; Why will jou then, oh, why Terslst In the path of the roguo? I barken for join replj And Into the omptj' pauso Thero rings jour grnccless, grating crj' "Oh. because! 'cause! 'cause!" And say, Jim Crow, With nil of tho lore you know Lore of tho wood and field, Lore of tho clouds, and tho clear Depths of tho atmosphere, To our duller ken concealed Why Is It you ever speak With a mingled squawk nnd a squeak? You, with j'our talents all. And your knowledge of this nnd that, Yl hy must you sing like a squall, And talk llko a perfect "flat?" I listen for your reply. But In tho lapse nnd the pause All I hear Is your Impudent crv "Oh, because! 'cause! 'cause!" Clinton Scollard In Woman's Home Companion. OUTCROPS OF HUMANITY. Tho Leg Was Wooden. Tho Roynl society Is tho Bngtlsh ana logue of thu French ncidciny Many jenrs ago a snllor who had broken his leg was advised to send to tho Rojnt society nn account of the remnrkablo manner in which ho had healed tho frnc ture, Ho did so. His story was that, having fractured a limb hy falling from tho top of a mast, he dressed It with nothing but tnr and onkum, which had proved so wonderfully efficacious that In three dajs ho vas nblc to walk Just as well ns before tho accident. This re mnrkablo story unturalty caused somo c cltenient among tho members of tho so ciety No ono had previously suspected tar and onkum of possessing such mar velous healing powers. Several letters nccordlngly pased between tho Rojnt so. clety nnd tho humblo tnllor who contin ued to nssert mot solemnly that his broken leg had been treated with tnr and oakum, and with these two applications onlj'.Tho society might havo temalned puzzled for an Indeflnlto period had not tho man remarked In a postscript to his InBt letter: "1 forgot to Inform jour honors, by tho wny, that tho leg was a wooden one." o Forgot Himself. Absent-mindedness seems to bo n com mon falling among great men. An amus ing storv is told of the lute Louis Pas teur, who so distinguished himself by his discoveries In regard to bacteria. Whllo dining nt hln son-in-law's ono evening, It wns noticed thit ho dipped his cher ries In his glass of wnter und then caie fully wiped them before eating them As this caused somo amusement, he held forth nt length on tho dangers of tho microbes with which tho cherries wiro covered. Then ho leaned back in his chnlr, wiped his forehead, and uncon sciously picking up his glass, Uinnk oft tho contents, microbes and all. o Never Missed It. A friend i ailing upon Peter Burrow es, a celebrated Irish barrister, ono morning In his dressing room, found him shaving himself with his faco to tho wall, and asked him why ho rhop so stiangc nn attitude. The answer was, "To look In tho glass " "Why, thero is no glasa there," said tho friend. "Bless you' ' ex claimed Burrow es. "I did not notice that before." Then, ringing the bell, he called tho servant nnd questioned him tespcctlng tho looking glis-s which had been hang lng on tho wall. "Oh, sir" said tho ser. vant, "It was broken six weeks ago. PERSONALITIES. Sarah Bernhardt will appear In New York tho reason of 1900. Upon President McKlnley's desk In tho White house lies tho old-fashioned Blblo given him bv his father when he first went awny from his home Count Caslnl, the Russian ambassador, owns a Jeweled snuff box, presented him by the suit-in of Turkey for preserving the latter from the hand of nn assassin. Tho sultan of Tin key takes to all new Inventions Just now he Is having tho cinematograph brought Into uo to enable him to Inspect the progress of tho state rnllway works In Anatolia without the trouble of going there. When "Fighting Bob" Uvans wns a student nt Gnnzagu college, Washington, D. C. he was thorft.chool's "star" base ball plajer and still has a passion foi the game, never missing a chance to see a good contest on tho diamond. Jerome K. Jerome takes his vacations on a farm, whero ho becomes ono of the day laborers. Hu has studied ngrlcul turo both from a theoretical und practical point of view and expects to establish a model farm of his own next summer. Whllo at tho Noiwleh Military ncad cmy George Dewey was the "star' actor In all the collego nmateur theattlcals Ho was a splendid mimic, and his Imi tations of the various members of the fuculty won him n lasting reputation In tho school. Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett Is spend ing tho summer In Knglnnd, and Is work lng at Intervals on a new book. She will return to this countij In October and pass the winter here, dividing her time betwee.i Washington and Denver. At tho latter place her son, the original Llttlo Lord Fauntlcroj-, Is engaged in newspaper woik. Llojcl Mlfilln, the poet, Is a man of such retlrinor nature that few of his fel-low-town1 men of Columbia, Pa, would recoKnlzo htm on the street. A corres pondent recently visited the town and asked for tho house of Mr Mllllln, the poet. "Thero's a Mr. Lloj-d Mllllln Uvea here," said tho trolley car conductor, "but I didn't know ho wroto books." At least five men prominent In our poll ties today aro direct de-cend.ints from signers of the Declaration of Independ ence. Governor Wolcott, of Massachu retts, from Oliver Wolcott, Senator Hoar, from Robert Sherman; Robert Treat Paine, his namesake, Charles Francis Adams, from John Adims, nnd T Jeffer son Coolldgo, from Thomas Jefferson Charles F. Nlidllnger, tho dtnmatle Clitic, encouiages (heater-goers to ex pect a great deal from Mrs. Flske's com ing performance of the dramatized "Van It j' Fair." "Mrs. Fiske," he sajs, "has taken pains to secure a cast ot excep tional fitness, but It would tako veiy bad nctors, Indeed, to fall to scoio with sc-ch vivid personalities as Thackeray created. Thero Is no production announc ed for i.ext season to which one mny look forward with more lively Interest nnd plensuiablo anticipation than the scenic transfoimatton of 'Vnnltj Fair'" rfiflffiSBM III illllf 1 Tmm A Druggists, as a general rule, do not make a practice of recom mending proprietaiy medicines. Sometime!."., however, when they have a particularly bad case of dyspepsia to deal with, they have been known to ask the sufferer to try Ripans Tabules. A St. Louis lady who was afflicted with chroniclyspcpsi.i told a friend that she had tried more than a d6zen different kinds of medicine without much relief ; but one day, when she went :o her druggist to have a bottle refilled, he asked her why she did not tiy Ripar.s Tabules. She bought some and took them icgul.irly.it meal time according to directions, and now she says she has never seen their equal for com plaints of the stomach and liver such as shc has so long suffered from. rfn.i XV,tec?,lt.f lnWf "'"V T."1 ",' '.n Prr mrton (without BU) I. na for m1 Bl umi VwnriJir, Si. J9 bjnucg btmt, :, lgrU-ot u tlutflo cuteu itui TunutiJ vUl tig icut lot 0v cent!. Star Paper Fastener Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself aud improved in every respect. Prices lower than ever. Wc 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 KXGRAVER3, Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR $10 A Tweity-Year Gold-FilM Gase Will a ISJewdd WaMfaam Movement, Gmiaraeteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. MERCIEMAU k OMRi 130 Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Flentj' of thliiRs llclit hero to make the hot weather not only endurable hut enjojablc And the pilco at which we offer them Is not Kolnpr to mnke nnj-nne hot, ex cept the man who chaises a higher pi Ice for equal rniallty, and ho Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators at roduceil prices. GUWSTER & FOESYTft 325-327 PENN AVENUE. Luflther Keller L1HE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Ynid aniionio West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. Vr FINLEY'S Colored SMrt Waists The final reduction oi the season takes effect this morning, and Shirt Waist prices TODAY aro 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 to Or about half their value, and at these prices the sale may only last 3 few days. Therefore, Come Early0 S30and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE The Modern HAr.nwAnK Stoijr Automatic Blue Flame Oil Raoges Are wickless, valveless, odorless. We have marked our few remaining ranges very low. IFMiE k SIEAE GO, 1 19 N. Washington Ave. - The Hunt & Comnell Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 LacfaTOiia Aratie HENRY BEL1N, JR., ticaciai Agent for lUu Wyonuaj Diitilc. J' inning, JlUutlnz, Suartln;. smo so. Jit uud tue llcpiuni CUomU-i. to nia ij- i HIGH EX1PL0S3YB. lulety I'uw, Cup umi Hxniotacb Uoom nil Coiiuoll llatUfu;. MiU.XtilUi rnos. rono, - - - vituton. JOHN SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. li JIULUUAN. - Wllhes-Uavro. if POWDER.
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