THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1899. (5e Iktttnfcm n6ime .. 1'uhtlshPil Dally, ttxrfpt Sunday, by Tito Trillium I'liblWilnir Company, at Fifty Cent n Mnnt'i. Now York Olllnu: 1M Nomwu t.. S. 8. VftHIStiAND, Sole Agent for Foreign Advertising. tntcred nt tho I'oMofflcA nt Scrnnton, ra., ns Soccnil'ClaBS Mall Matter. When rpaco will permit, Tho Tribune In always Kind tn print ehort letters from ts friends benrlnc on current toples Ibtit Hm iuIp Ik Unit 1iee must be slsned, for publication, by tbo writer's real name. SCKANTON, AUGUST 1, ISO!). In reference to tlic six or seven col umns of filth spewed forth In tho last Issue of the Scrnntoiilan nt gentlemen connected with this paper, It will In terest the public to know that reply will be mndo In due fashion throURh the proper legal channels. The tlmo 1ms oonio for Scrnnton Journalism to clean house. Secretary Boot's Task. Concerning Hon. Elllm Root, who to day takes charge as Hie responsible head of the war department, there are. reasonably or unreasonably, great cx pertutlons. These expnotatlons arise In part from tho fact that tho war sec rotaryshlp Just now Is u place of Rreat opportunities; and ftlso In part from the fact thut those who best know Mr. Hoot are unanimous In the opinion that he Is a man to handle them. An acute responsibility will rest on Mr. Itoot, not alone with regard to the Keneral cxppiiMvp duties of his new office looking nt Its colonial problems, but more especially in relation to the manner hi which ho shall adjust the tools with which he will work. For the present this latter point Is of the prenter Importance slnoe It will give an Immediate test of the new secre tary's mettle. During tho past fortnight there have been all kinds of rumors as to the dis position, for Instance, of Major (Jcneral Miles, the "commanding general" of the army, who under Alger was minus n command. The Intelligent portion of the public does not consider that Gen eral Miles is the only military man on earth; It is aware that ho has numer ous faults, notable nmong them loquae Its and vanity: but It ulso knows that In downright fighting he Is the most experienced and the most successful general we have; and It has been Im patient under a system which, in a time of war, upheld the anomalous withdrawal of the "commanding gen eral" from n command. Tlila opinion does not Insist that Miles alone shall hold the center of tho stage; hut It does Insist that at the head of the army should be a capable and experi enced soldier, to whom, in all military details, should be given unconditional command. What Grant did In the lat ter year of the war of the rebellion some general should be permitted to do now; and this general should be as free to work as Grant was, subject only to the administration's policies. Tho case of Miles will be the llrst with which Secretnry Hoot will have to deal and the public will await with Interest the manner of his treatment of it. France's lion-hearted secretary of war, General the Mnrquh de Galllfet, In allusion to a metallic plate made necessary by a severe wound onre re ceived In battle, Is known familiarly In French army circles by the som -what Inelegant title, "Old Silver nelly." At the rate ho is progressing now toward the straightening out of Frenco's military tangles the marquis will soon deserve to have the silver shield gold plated. The Boycott. The use of the boycott as a helper to the strike, Illustrated at Cleveland, O., where persons who habitually ride on the Consolidated Street Hallway company's t-treet cars find difficulty in purchasing provisions and supplies, be cause of pressure put on storekeepers by strikers and sympathizers, presents an Interesting phase of an already complex situation. It of course Is coiv spiraey and If It could be proved con clusively before a falr-mlr.ded Jury there might be not only recovery of damage? but also punishment of the conspirators. In existing circum stances, however, neither Is proof pos sible nor is fair-mindedness in the Jury room probable enough to warrant an nttempt to secure redress at law. The remedy, after all, lies with pub lic opinion. It is well established by experience that tho public Judgment In the long run Is fair. If the repre sentative public opinion of Cleveland, O., a week or a month from now, ap proves of the boycott as applied to show public sympathy with the strik ers, It will bo tolerably safe to conclude that there Is substantial Justice some where on the strikers' side and It will pay the company to take note of It and correct It. On the other hand, If there Is not substantial merit In tho conten tion behind the boycott the boycott will quickly collapse and become simply an .evil 'ipemory. False representation used with the Intent to iiilr. trade Is one thins and Individual use of trado to Indicate criticism or approval of public policies Is nnother. Take, for example, the case of a newspaper. It Is a common experience to notice as a result of modifications In editorial policy varia tions in n newspaper's business. When a man stops his paper with a view to giving emphasis to his disapproval of something which the paper has said or done, he exercises one of the clearest In the list of Inalienable rights; and In the long run It Is well that ho has his right, since It constitutes an often necessary censorship, Huslnns enter prises dependent for suppoit upon pub lic patronage should vtrlvo. to pleuso and when they grow Indifferent or dis respectful to tho public, their master, tho public Is In duty bound to apply correction. We may call this form of public ac tion a boycott but strictly It Is not. A boycott Implies lntrlguo and con spiracy on tho part of Its organizers; It Is tho term used to describe a form of business tyranny exercised at tho Instigation of a few men to accomplish ends not In themsdvps sufficiently righteous to make effective their own appeal to public opinion. A boycott In th,' nnsq Is repugnant to tho Instinc tive American love of fair play and wherever Instituted must fall, Hut tho boycott In the other sense: that Is to say, public opinion spontaneously using Its business patronage to forward tho jrunernl welfare, Is u necessary agency In n damnnrntlc republic. It Is one of public opinion's most sovereign powers. Tho thousands of persons who, In visiting Nay Aug park thdse days, nru Inconvenienced by poor street ear ac commodations should remember that this Is not tho company's fault. Pen Picture of the Filipinos. In n letter contributed to tho Mc ("lure syndicate of newspapers Urlga dler General Charles King, who re cently returned from Manila, presents tho following spirited portrait of our friends, the enemy, In tho Philippines, which derives additional Interest from the fact that General King has had enough experience In plains and In dian, ns well as Jungle, fighting to make his testimony expert: "I know nothing of the people except tho Insurgent trlbo -the Tngals and a most active and enterprising foe they make. Their leaders are skilled, and, us a rule, highly educated men. They themselves have nil attended school ns children, nnd the priests, the Filipino officials and Filipino authors declare that nine-tenths of them can rad and write. They are supersti tious. They uro suspicious of every thing Spanish or American, and credu lous to the verge of Idiocy where Agulnaldo's prowess or personality Is concerned. They arc fanatical and die bravely, yet on nlmost every dead or wounded soldier our surgeons find tho amulet, warranted to render them bullet proof. Cleanly arc they In their way, but most Ingenious nnd plausible liars, Incomparable sneak thieves and unexcelled cock fighters. About their homes they bow ana scrape and do homage to the American soldiery, de claring themselves 'Muchos Amtgos,' but look out for a shot or a stab In tho back the next minute! In the field they have the patience and stealth of the Apache. Kven old Indian lighters found themselves ambuscaded and surrrounded by tho little warriors on more than one occasion last spring. A flag of truce means no more to a Tagal than to a Modoc, nnd, take him by and large, as our sailors say, he is pretty much what Kipling described him 'half devil and half child' a creature who respects nothing less than force and strong government a people that must be soundly thrashed for their treachery and utterly subdued before pence can bo possible for a moment." It is worth while to note that this opinion comes from a thoroughly com petent observer who has recently been claimed with great glee by the oppon ents of the administration as a re cruit to the "antl" faction. Tho New 'orl; Herald's Trieste cor respondent Is In poor business when ho peddles for print conversations over heard in private. Tho fact that he is not a regular newspaper man is a re lief to tho profession. An Indemnity for Italy. (New York Sun.) The Information given by tho Gover nor of Louisiana to Secretary Hay Is that three of the five victims of tho Tallulah lynching were naturalized Americans. In tho Matla riot of lSftl there were more victims, and tho amount of Indemnity nllowed by con gress wns $25,000. The president will undoubtedly adhere to tho position taken In 1S91, namely, that It Is not possible In such cases to put the lynch ers on trial In a Federal court, the matter being wholly under state Juris diction. It may bo hoped that Louisi ana will see tho wisdom of bringing the lawbreakers to Justice, more es pecially as Dr. Hodge was not fatally wounded by the Italians. Still, If there should be a miscarriage of justice again, as so often before, and wo might say habitually, In lynching cases, Italy would bo compelled to satisfy herself with the money Indemnity, as she was eight yeurs ago. Tho general opinion of publicists seems to put alien residents on the same footing us citizens In cases of mob violence, and not on n better. Our treaty with Italy promises "the most constant protection and security" for the persons and property of her citi zens dwelling here, but adds that they shall "enjoy In this respect the same rights and privileges as are or shall be granted to the natives, n their sub mitting themselves to the conditions Imposed on the natives." Dr. Snow, a high authority on International law, quotes Bluntschll as holding that for eigners cannot Insist on indemnity for losses resulting from Internal violence In a state. Hall takes still stronger ground, holding that strangers risk in testine war, because the government cannot control it, and because Its own Interest Is to avoid such commotions, so that undue carelessness on Its part cannot bo inferred. A third authority cited to the samo effect is Calvo, a Iitln-Amerlcan. These publicists aro discussing great commotions or civil war. but in all cases tho principle seems to be extended to ordinary mob violence. In tho massacre of Chinamen at Hock Springs, In Wyoming, in 1SS3. the State department denied "all liability to In demnify Individuals, of whatever rnco or country, for loss growing out of vio lations of our public law," and held that there was ample source of repar ation through tho ordinary channels of Justice. On the other hand, our State department had Insisted in 1S7S that a government "Is liable Internationally for damages done to alien residents by a mob which by due vigilance It could have repressed." Practically, while de nying liability to Indemnity for mob violence, our government has frequent ly asked congress to award it, an a matter of equity, nnd congress has up proved this course. It was so in 1S51 in the riots against Spanish residents at Now Orleans and Key West. It was so, us we have seen, forty years later, In tho Mafia riots. It was so again In the cp.ki of tho Ital ians lynched at Hahnvllle, lu Lnulsl ana, In 1R96, for which our government paid $8,000. It was so with some Chi nese riots at tho west, tho government seeing that It would bo unjust to de mand, ns wo frequently do, Indemnity for outruges committed upon Ameri can missionaries and others In China, without according compensation In like cases here. The New York Sun regards as the chief fact of tho pcaco conference tho American delegation's re-alMrmatlon of tho Monroe doctrine as leglstcrcd In this declaration: "Nothing contained In this convention shall bo so con strued ns to require the United States to depart from Its traditional policy of not entering upon, interfering; with, or entangling Itself In tho political ques tions or Internal administration of any foreign state. Nor shall anything in said convention be construed to re quire the relinquishment by tho Unit ed States of Its traditional nttltudo toward purely American questions." Hut the old question Is still unan swered, what are "purely American questions?" There Is reason to believe that whero the proper attention Is paid to It, yd low fever Is more dangerous In tho bark than In tho bite. Its appearance at Hampton, Vn., will doubtless afford an Illustration 1n proof. The season's output of gold In tho Klondike is estimated by Canadian authorities at $20,000,000, but Its record of disappointments, suffering and death will probably never be footed. ODDITIES OF THE NEWS. Babe Works Miracles. Thero Is a 6-year-old colored girl living with lior grandmother at No. 1) Ollvo street, 1'ittsburg, who, according to all uccounts, is a most remurkablo person. The llllle one's name Is Geneva Wash ington. If nil that Is claimed of tier Is Hue, then tho power who possesses is but little short of tho supernatural. With tho touch of her hand she drives away nil physical ills and pain. A remarka ble feature Is that tbo child does not know that sbo Is performing these cures. Thff wonderful powers of Geneva were discovered accidentally by her grand mother early last Jar.uaiy, and her story, as told by the Plttsburu Times, Is as fol lows: "I waa suffering terribly with rheuma tism, early In January, I could hardly move my left arm. Llttlo Geneva said to mo ono day, 'Shall I rub your shoul der for you, grandma?' She did so and what was my surprlfo to find that tho pain Instantly vanished. Slnco that day 1 bavcj not had tho least touch of rheu matism. Geneva has also relieved her grandfather of rheumatic pains by a simple touch of her hand. I was afraid that It was Just an accident, so to mako sure I had her try her remarkable power on n young man who was suffering with tho neuralgia, which the doctors could not, relieve. Tho moment Geneva touched tho afflicted parts the pain left him. Since that tlmo tho llttlo girl has performed some wonderful cures." Among the cures ascribed to this little gill are tho following: A girl, aged fi years, living on Gist street, was born blind and up to her Mfth year had not taken a step. Ono day last April Geneva was taken to tho n filleted child, who lay helpless on the floor. Geneva rubbed her limbs and arms, and also put her hand on tho blind child's eyes. To tho surprise and Joy of tho mother her girl stood up nnd walked across the room. In tho East Knil la a Miss Balscy, who had been suffering with a cataract in tho pupil of thn left eye which had de stroyed tho slKht. Geneva was taken to her. Tho child rubbed tho eyo of Miss Ualsey, and when she drew her hand away tho young woman could seo objects with tho loft eye. Geneva called on Mis? Halsey threo times and now she enn see as well with tho left eyo as she can with tho right. Another case of a like nflllc tlon Is that of a woman on Mt. Washing ton, who had been unable to seo for two years on nccount of a. cataract, yet with a few minutes' rubbing of tbo eyc3 Ge neva restored the woman's! sight. Karly this spring a Mrs. Clara Meeklns was taken to this wonderful colored girl simply ns an experiment. About two years ago Mrs. Meeklns gave birth to a boy and slnco that tlmo sho had not been nble to walk. Several physicians had treated her, but to no avail. When sho was taken to llttlo Geneva Mrs. Meeklns had to bo carried to tho carrlngo nnd from tho carriage to the colored girl's homo, who then lived with her mother at C3S0 Shakespenro street. Geneva rubbed Mrs. Meeklns for half an hour and tho woman who had como to tho linuso a helpless crlpplo walked to tho carrlago and has now tho strength to carry her 2-ycar-old boy around tho house. There arc said bv the Times to bo numerous casc3 of llko nature well authenticated. Sidewalk Pictures Caused Trouble. Uilu Carhart, of 1712 Pacific street, Brooklyn, says the Sun, had Ada Dorman of 1709 Pacific stiect, before Magistrate Worth In tho Gates Acnuc Court yes terdy. I.ulu Is 20 ytars old, Ada is 13. The trouble was thut somebody bad been drawing pictures on tho asphalt pae. ment In frcnt of Lulu's house, represent. Ing a young woman and a young man and a foot In the net of kicking tho youn? woman. Tho figures were drawn with chalk. Lulu's n.other, who went to court with her, mid that they looked so much llko Lulu that there was no mistaking tho fact that they were Intended for her. Now ihcso pictures were drawn all over tho pavement except In front of Adu s house. There, In place of a picture, was tho inscription, "Ada Dorman lllrts with tho 1-oys and I hope sho dies." So you see tho troublo was not all on Lulu's side. Ada said she hadn't drawn tho pic tures and Lulu said sho hadn't written tho offensive Inscription. A small boy nd. mlttcd that ho had drawn ono of tho pic tures and written "Lu" under It nnd said that nnother small boy had written an other "lu" after the first one, so that tbo picture was labelled Lulu, but ho had never Intended it to epro3ent Lulu Curhart. Magistrate Worth demanded that 'ho pictures bo produced In court. When an otllcer went to bring tho pavement ho found that tho rain bad come and washed the pictures all away and also tho In scription. AVlien ho reported back to the innglstrato tbo magistrate said that he didn't seo what he could do except to warn tho young women not to annoy each other any more. Ho couldn't con vict cither of them becauso Provldenco had taken uway the evidence. Dyed His Chickens and Ducks. Accotdlng to a Cincinnati dispatch, Charles Fisher, a dyer of 511 Georgo street, Is in troublo with the llumano society. Fisher has tho newest adver tising Idea, but on nccount of it tho Ohio Humano society Is after him. Ono day last week Flrher bought a half dozen while ducks nnd rhlckers. and when ho was through dyeing clothes ho soused tho birds Into tubs of various colored liquids. Ono old roostci appeared on tho streets in nn nrmy blue uniform nnd a young hen I'.imb out with a c recti drees, while the duck was a royal purple. FUher put sumo ft thein In his window nnd ono in n giocer'H coop, '.vharo It tightened tho other chlckem almost into fpusnis. A man with half a Jag saw a pink pullet In tho Ntivet and wanted to bo locked up until he not over tho nttnek. Fisher says the chickens cloao their eyes when ho dips them, but Humane officers aro Inves tigating. Rare Old Applejack. Forty-four years unco, says a Middle town. N. V, dispatch In the Sun, when Wlckhnm Miller was erecting the bank. ing houso for tho then newly organlzjd Union Hank of Montlccllo, ho placed In tho cornerstouo a llttlo brown jug tilled with Urango county applejack. Yester day tho workmen on tho new structure, In removing tho walls of tho old build ing, found tho Jug with Its corncob stop per Intact. Andy McCullough presented tho Jug, with Ito contents undiminished, to George W. ilockwell. Mr. Hockwell now has It under lock and koy, and to all importunities for an Inspection or tusto of tho ancient beverage ho turns a cold heart and a stony sturo. PO THE SOCIETY COLUMN. Courtship in Japan, When a young man In Japan has fixed his affections upon a maiden of suitable standing ho declares, his lovo by fasten ing a branch of a certain shrub to the houso of tho damsel's parents. If tho branch bo neglected tho suit Is rejected; If It be uccepted so Is tbo sultoi. At tbo tlmo of tho marriage the bridegroom sends nrescnts to his brldo ns costly us his means will allow, which she Imme diately offers to her parents in acknowl edgment of their kindness In infancy and of the pains bestowed upon her educa tion. Tho wtddlng tnkes place In tho evening. Tho brldu Is dressed In a long white silk kimono nnd white veil and she nnd her future husband sit facing each other on tho floor. Two tobies aro placed close by; on tho ono Is a kettle with two spouts, a bottlo of snko and cups: on tho other tuble a miniature llr tree-slgnlfylng tho strength of tho bride, groom; a plum tree, signifying tho beauty of tho btlde, nnd, lastly, a stork stand ing on a tortoise, representing long lilo nnd happiness, desired by them both. At the marriage feast each guest In turn drinks threo cups of tho snko and the two-spouted kettle, also containing sake, Is put to tho mouths of tho brldo and bridegroom alternately by two attend ants, signifying that they are to share together Joys and sot rows. Tho brldo keeps htr veil all her llfo and otter death It is bulled with her us her shroud. Tho chief duty of u Japancso woman nil her llfo Is obedience while unmarried, to her parents; when married, to her hus band and his patents; when widowed, to her s,on. London Graphic. Kissing Soup Parties in Virginia. A novel custom, started In tho days of tbo civil war, prevails In tho eastern part of West Virginia. At Shephcrdstown they bavo a picnic called "soups." Each person Invited brings a dressed chicken, the host providing the vegetables, l'oul. try nnd vegetables aro placed In largo kettles holding from ten to twenty gal lons, nnd tho combination Is cookod over open Arcs for several hours, or until It Is reduced nlmost to a Jelly. Pepper and other seasonings nre Introduced. Tho girls and young fellows stir tho soup with long-handled iron spoons, keeping up a march or walk around tho kettles ns they do so. When a girl's spoon clicks against tho spoon of u young mnn, ho Is at liberty to catch and kiss her. Of course there aro many lively skirmishes and a great deal of fun in tho gamo. When tho soup is done It Is ladled out into plates and eaten. It Is said to bo delicious. Tho custom owes its origin to a company of Stonewall Jackson's men who wero recruited In that part of tho state. Theso cx-Confeds keep up their organization. They havo a reunion onco a year, at which they celebrate with a grand "soup." Jt Is said that a "soup" properly gotten up should bo made of stolen chickens, but the veterans had to glvo up foraging after tho war and mako a compromise by going around In squads nnd robbing each other's roosts by mu tual understanding. Boston Transcript. COMING ON LATER, Somo years ago Sir Henry Irving was called on, In Dublin, to play a heavy part to which ho was not accustomed. Ono of tbo uctors bad not turned up, and thero was a vacancy. Irving had to como on early In tho first act. Now, tho Dublin gallery boy Is an In stitution In himself. There Is nothing llko him anywhere. Conversations be tween young fellows across from ono sldo of the gallery to the other arc spoken in loud tones, and In tho distinct hearing of tho nctors. Irving is, ns everybody knows, very thin, and when ho appeared with a stride, which Is ono of tho most characteristic things nbout him, ono of theso gallery boys shouted across to another: "Fnlx. an' Is that him?" "No," was tho reply, "them Is tho young man's clothes, they'll shovo him out later on." Spare Moments. OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY. Men aro shooting ono another In Ken tucky; they are hunting outlaws out In Idaho! Every day or two somo cowboy down in Texas gets drunk and lays somo fel low mortal low! They aro rioting and ripping In Ohio: they aro blowing things to pieces In Now York! They aro gambling under llcenso out In Denver, and they murder Just for fun on Plney Fork! Hut hurrah for our country, The homo of tho brave; Hurrah for our banner. And long muy It wave! Men are rioting In daytime. Men aro murdered in tho night Wo aro full of tribulations, But we're coming through all right! t Every llttlo whllo they shoot a man in Pana Just becauso ho wants to cam his daily bread! They keep on robbing trains In old Mis. sourl. and Oklahoma's streams aro running red! They haven't quit distilling moonshlno whisky In tho lonoly, rocky hills of Tennessee From Tallulah all tho way to Tollahassco a corpso Is swung on nearly every tree! But hurrah for our country Tho land of the free And tho flag that Is floating Abovo you nnd me! The golden grain Is waving On a million peaceful hills And tho smoko of commerco rises From ten thousand busy mills. Thero are grumbling pessimists In Massa chusetts, who tell us wo are rushlns to our doom! Thero aro drones In every stato and every hamlet, who fear that wo havo started up tho flume: But for each who lynches, gambles, shoots or riots; for each who scents disaster In tho nlr Ten thousand rlso to now hopes In tho morning, nnd look abovo and know that God It therol So, hurrah for our country, The land of tho blest! Hurrah for the toiler, With bono In his breast! Dross must rlso unto the surface Whllo tho trensuro lies below, And for every storm that threatens Many fair winds blow! -S. 13, Klser, In Tlmes-Hcrald. THE INEVITABLE. There's no uso In complaining Of the nolso the babies make; A s'oungster's lungs need practlco And It uomr-tlmea htuys awako In eager contemplation Of tho things It wants to tell, But It lacks, vocabulary. So it simply has to yell. And man whose ruminations These childish walls disturb Gets out and shouts opinions In confusion on tho curb. And people philosophic Pass hlin tolerantly by, For a man a bound to holler And a baby's bound to cry, Washington star. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Dally concerts nro to bo given by Iho governor's band In Guam. Flvo Havana newtpapors ndvocnto an nexation to tho United Stales. Traces of gold havo been found In tho province of Puerto Principe, Cuba. The greatest distance to which who. less messages has been cent Is forty-two miles. Tho telegraph will bo extended 1.000 miles south of Khartoum by tho end of tho year. In New York stato a husband Is not llnblo for his wlfo's debts, snvo when she avowedly nets as his agent. There nro now published In Paris 2.&S3 periodicals, neatly 100 more than wero Irsued at tho corresponding date last year. Kamchatka may soon become as popu lar a resort ns tho Klondike, as gold ban boon discovered there In promising quan tities. The contract has been let for a new $17,000 orgnn to bo placed lu the First Christian church, which Is to bo erected in New York. During tho last half year 123 vessels, I'ggregatlng 231, S77 tons, were launched on tho Clyde, beating nil records. Ens land Mill rules tho sens. Tho rnllroad depattment of tho Young Men's Christian association In tho coun try comprises 130 auxiliaries, to which Is contributed annually JIGO.WO, or 5 per cent, earnings upon more than $3,0u0,UO0. In Germany potnto bread Is used by the natives of Thurlngln. to feed their horses, especially when they nro worked hard In very cold weather. The animals thrlvo on It, and their health nnd btrongth aro excellent. A railroad ofTlclnl In a recent Iccturo stnted that It cost bis road each year about $1,000 for pins; $5,0io for rubber bands: $3,000 for Ink; $7,000 for lead pen cilsalso thnt It cost nearly -is much for stationery to carry on tho business as lor Iron. Nino principal wars, during tho past 50 yenrs, havo cost tho sacrlllco of J.niS.000 lives from wounds In battle and no less than $13,713,000,000 In treasure. To this must bo added thousands of millions for tho support of military establishments in times of peace. At the Windsor flower show In London sweet pea vines nro exhibited which were grown from seed taken from tho tomb of an Egyptian mummy burled 2,000 years ago. Tho blcssom Is of a dellcato pink nnd white In color, nnd Is less than tho ordinary size. PERSONALITIES. Governor Sayers, of Texas. Is one of tho champion golf players of that stato and Is devoted to nil outdoor athletics. Benjamin L. Hlchards, tbo now presi dent of th American Whist league, learned to play whist when 0 years old. Mrs. William II. Day, wlfo of tho for mer secretary of state, Is an excellent musician and has composed somo music of n high order. Chaunccy M. Depow became so enam ored of tho nutomobilo In London that ho has purchased ono for his Washing ton establishment. Admiral Schley believes In war. He says: "It Is necessary onco lu a while to havo a good, stand-up light. It clears tho moral atmosphere." Martin I. Sweet, former mayor of Grand Haylds, Mich., and for years ac counted tho richest man In tno state, Is now earning his living by tending the city garbage crematory. Ernest Rcycr, tho noted French com poser, author of "Sigurd." "Salammbo" and other operas, ns well ns many or chestral works, has been mado a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. Ex-Govbrnor Warmouth, tho first Northern governor of Louisiana, has lived down the bitter unpopularity which at one tlmo nearly cost him his llfo, and l. now ono of tho leading sugar planters of his stato and a successful lawyer. Justice Sblras, of tho Supremo court, wrote a .'(ttc- of advice to a young law yer tbo other day, In tho courso of which ho said: "Above all, deserve, secure nnd keep tho confidence of your clients. You will find this your best capital." Lady Lnulso Tlcho Is tho only survi vor of thoso present nt tho Duko of Richmond's famous ball on the evo of tho Battle of Waterloo. Sho was a child at tho time, but distinctly remembers tho whole scene described in Byron's "Childo Harold." Professor S. WatasI, a noted savant In tho field of natural science, has arrived at Vancouver, B. C, on the way to Ja pan .whero he Is to fill a university chair of natural science In Toklo. Ho waa for a year at Johns Hopkins university, uud later at Chicago university. II. K. MacKlnder, reader In geography at the University of Oxford, hns started for Africa as tho leader of an expedition whoso purpose It Is to mako a thorough study of Mount Kenla. Ho Intends to establish a camp at a height of about 10,000 feet, and from this point as a baso to mako n complete examination of tho summit and slopes of tho mountain. Lieutenant M. A. Hatsou, ono of tho men who swam Lacuna Bay during tho Calamba battle, entered tho nrmy ns a private In April, ISsSS. In 1S91 ho was mado a corporal, and In July of tho samo year tho rank of second lieutenant was given him. Last year ho was promoted to first lieutenant. Lieutenant Batsnn distinguished himself moro than onco whllo beforo Santiago with Shnfter. His duty was tho making of military maps showing tho trails through the Jungles, nnd whllo thus engaged ho had many narrow escapes. sssU-i Si if km m hmi IP ' ill llB I iIhCJIp? A night clerk in one of the well-known hotels of .Central Coonec ticut states these interesting facts : " I wns badly troubled with indi gestion, biliousness and heartburn, uu one or two ocia&ioua nc been standing behind this desk and would suddenly find myself top pling over and for a few seconds my mind would be a perfect blank a sort of dizziness. At other times I've been walking along the street and would all of a sudden begin to stagger and I know some people thought I had a jag on, although I never drink any liquor whatever. It was a runner for a New York concern that first told mc to try RIPANS TABULES, but they proved to be just the thing I needed and although I have not used fifty of them in all, my troubles from indigestion have vanished completely." A. now rtilo DtttVrt containing twc TiBOua la I! rarton (without f IflM) it now for al tt tome dru tona-IWH fiTBrari TuUlow -priced Kilt 1 Inu'ndnl fur the lioor una luu cctinonUul. ono do.u of tu nV0otoniaK"?iinllhad brmJl lijKiU furb-rltrht cents lathe iariCnrjiiCAI,Cwr ruJiNw T ppnto BWwt, Mw Vorkor it Unfile wrton (MX iaivub) will I mat for by cuutj. Star Aniitomatflc Paper Fastener Fastens papers iu 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 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 and ENGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. A Twenty-Year Gold-Filled fee Witt a ISJeYelesl ' WaltMm Mwemeit, Both Gmiaraeteed The Best Watch iu the Whole World for the Money. MMEMAU k OlNEILi io Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right hero to make tho hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And tho price at which wo offer them Is not going to make anyone hot, ex cept tho mnn who charges a higher pilce for equal quality, und ho is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators at reduced prices. OMSXEit k FORSYTH, 325-327 TENN AVENUE. Laatlher Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Yard and onicj West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. FOR $10 rami Colored Sliirt Waists The final reduction ol the season takes effect this morning, and Shirt Waist prices TODAY ara 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 Or about half their value, and at these prices the sale may only last a few days. Therefore, Come Early0 530 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE o- Tiik MoncrcN H.vnnwAwt btorb Automatic Blue Flame Oil Raoges Are wickless, valveless, odorless. We have marked our few remaining rauges very low. 1F00TE k SHEAR OH 119 N. Washington Ave. The Hymt & Comieell Co Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware.- HENRY BELIN, JR.. CicuciiU Acent for tUj W'yoiulaj UntrlolfJ. Aljulus, lilnstlm, Sportlnn, fcjmoKaiJti uuU Ilia Itopnuiia CUoiulcU Co.npauy'a HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tuicty 1'ine. dipt niul Hxplojqcl Itoout 101 Conn oil UuUJlu;, ttcruuUu. AUHNaiil TIIOS. FOH. - - . yittston. JOHN D. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. I W. B. MULLIGAN, - WUUM-Bwre. runs from luraiTPs P0I0EBB t
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