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THE SCRAOTON TRIBUNE-AYEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST 2, 189&'Y
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SCHANTON. AUGUST 2, 1899.
IlcKlnnlntr with August 1 the com
mnndlng general of the United States
should command,, If Miles Is not
worthy of truBt get one who Is.
Beyond the Limit of Patience.
The legal jiroi-eedlngs begun yester
day against the editor of the Scrnnton
Itm aim to test whether there Is re
dress at law for those who ore ma
liciously attacked by that crime In
Journalism. The law Is supposed to
protect the Individual citizen and to
draw a line around the liberty of the
press dividing liberty from license.
It Is to determine whether this sup
position Is correct as applied to this
particular community that the action
Is begun. We may add that It will bo
followed up.
The general testimony of persons
who have made newspapers a. study Is
that tin; Semnlonlun since It cams un
der tho management of this man Lit
tle has been Incomparably the lowest,
meanest and most obsccti" publication
ever printed In the United States. It
has raked the sewers, scoured tho
slums and tried ever device of peep
ing and snooping to get together ma
terials for the salacious scandals and
stenchful personal slander which Lit
tle has made Its stock In trade. When
It could not got nny grain of fact or
exhalation of foul gossip to servo ns
the nucleus of Its polluting stuff It
drew wholly upon Its depraved Imagi
nation, trusting In its power of ubuso
to terrorize Its victims and protect It
from punishment. This same power It
has employed In the solicitation of ad
vertising. With reference to the suit begun yes
terday It is proper to say that tho
plaintiff In this action sues more In tho
Interest of public decency than from
personal considerations. Abuse ho Is
used to: tho desire In the present In
stance Is simply to see whether tho
law is adequate to suppress a fester
ing public Iniquity which has gone be
yond tho limits of patience and reached
a point where something has to be
done In way of cure. Measures of re
dress exist apart from the law but it
isthedutyofgoodcltizens to respect the
law even when the provocation is strong
to tnko by the scruff of the neck tho
human Jackal who runs tho organ of
Indecency nnd administer personal
justice.
Tho administration's credit for ap
pointing Leonard Wood to tho position
he now holds would be enhanced by his
promotion to the chief command in
Cuba.
May Intervene in Santo Domingo.
That the United States may have to
Intervene in Santo Domingo under cir
cumstances which would probably
mean a permanent protectorate Is more
probable than- most casual readers of
the current news now suspect. The na
tional debt of the Dominican republic
has for some time been under tho
tlnanclal control of a company domin
ated by Now York financiers, who
bought It In cheaply from a syndicate,
In Holland, which had been unable to
collect the Interest. This American
company took prompt possession of the
Dominican custom houses and Is now
virtually the controlling power In the
island. In addition to that, tho lend
ing steamship lino Is nn American one,
so that no matter what form of gov
ernment exists down there, there Is
nlwnys n strong reason for American
watchfulness.
Under the Monroe doctrine, not like
ly since the Spanish war to bo chal
lenged by any European power, tho
only government which could Intervene
for purposes of pacification is that of
the United States. The sending of war
ships and marines to the vicinltv of
Puerto Plata means that If a respon
sibility of this kind shall come through
native chaos It will not be shirked.
The United States Is not aching for any
more mongrel tropcnl wards, hut if a
further paternal oversight shall fall to
It In the lino of unsought duty tho Job
will be nccepted and completed with,
let us hope, neatness and dispatch.
In one respect tho London Times cer
tainly owes General Alger an apology.
Its assertion of fraud In war disburse,
ment has not a leg to stand on.
A Lesson from Kentucky.
It is to the credit of the American
people Umt notorious fraud In politics
Is lifVftviably. condemned by them,
without distinction ns to party lines.
Tlip revolt against Gubernatorial Can
didate Goebel In Kentucky, which to
day at l.cxlngtonia expected to take
th form of nn-'lndependent Demo
cratic state ticket headed by a former
governor of Kentucky who was un
til 'recently chairman of tho Demo
cratic state committee, has occurred
(among as stiff partisans ub are to bo
foimdjn the United -States. But these
men, -underneath their partisanship,
are, honest citizens who do not pro
pose by their votes .or by their sllenco
to sanction crime.
Says a Loulsvlllo dispatch to tho
Washington titar, describing tho ox
Jstlng situation in Kentucky: "From
. dofoctlon'Uiat nt ilrst seemed of
small moment tho rebellion has grown
lnt proportions, -that resemblo an
ocean ground swell, and the most san
guine of tho Goebel men do not now
shut their eyes to the fact that they
have Incurred tho displeasure of an
element that Is mustering a surprising
ntrangth: -As an evidence of how thu
DomooTntk apposed to Goebel were
stirred to. enthusiasm by the news that
their old leaer.,X3overnor Drown, was
to frjad the forces of 'old-time Democ
racy.' It Js but necessary to mention
the offt'ct Jit.'.om city, Owensboro, In
the seoua district, -.which Is the so-
called Gibraltar of Democracy. A re
porter in thirty-five minutes, taking
men hb he met them, In a visit to the
principal points of business In Owens
boro, secured expressions from seventy-seven
life-long Democrats, who
said that they weto glad "f an op
portunity to support Governor llrown.
Twenty men wore found In tho same
territory canvassed by rcportets who
stutcd that they would support Goebel
and thirty said they had rather not
bo quoted, but of these twenty uro
known to favor llrown. in Governor
Hrown's old homo rotinty of Hender
son the Democrats will give him n sup
port that will surprise even the Goebel
leader on the ground. The same can
be said of most of tho western nnd
southern Kentucky Democratic coun
tlis. In central nnd eastern Kentucky
Brown Is almost as popular, and will
poll a vote that will make him a for
midable candidate In the three-cornered
race."
While the effect of this revolt prob
ably will be the election of the He
publican state ticket, those who or
ganized It properly prefer that to n
Democratic victory won on a basis of
gross Injustice. Goebel was not the
cholcf- of the Democratic party In Ken
tucky; he won his nomination by auda
cious trickery nnd treachery through
a perversion of his powers ns tho pre
siding ofllcer of the convention, and
politically he stands for every element
In public life which honest citizens
should condemn. When an Indepen
dent movement can split In two tho
once rock-ribbed Democracy of a state
like Kentucky it is time for the politi
cians to give ear to public opinion.
Prize money for naval captures sa
vors of piracy but inasmuch as it was
authorized by law one year ago Dewey,
Sampson and their men should be paid
what the government owes them.
General Alger's Statement.
Although It contributes to the pub
lic Information nothing either startling
or new, the farewell statement of tho
outgoing secretary of war makes plain
in a dignified way the immensity of tho
task with which the war department
has had to deal and leaves It to the
public to Judge how far Its criticisms
of General Alger, tho Individual, have
been deserved. With his return to pri
vate life this criticism, so far as It la
personal In aim or motive, should and
will cease.
It remains for those who were until
recently associated with General Alger
In official responsibility and for his suc
cessor in office to get to the bottom of
the trouble underneath nil this public
clamor and present tho evils which un
doubtedly exist In a manner so plain
that the next congress will not dare to
pass them by without correction. Gen
eral Alger as head of the war depart
ment was only an Irritating personal
Incident of a. situation honeycombed
with abuses, weaknesses and short
comings. He has gone and public anx
iety Is temporarily relieved; but the
faults of the system remain and these
can be remedied only through fearless
and thorough publicity when the proper
time shall come.
There must be, first of all, a complete
and radical reorganization of the
musty nnd inefficient staff system
under which promotion is by seniority
solely and tenure of olllco Is deter
mined by other conditions than ability
or fitness. The system which bred nn
Kagar. and kept him In a place of great
responsibility at a most critical time
when his unfitness was so apparent as
to amount to a public crime; tho sys
tem which enables a clerical officer like
the adjutant general to usurp the func
tions of the major general command
ing; and, Anally, the system whicli
puts in the position of major generul
commanding not necessarily the best
general in tho service but simply the
one whoso commission dates furthest
back, making the president of tho
United States, as commander-in-chief,
dependent upon an army head over
whom ho has no power of removal or
control save In case of crime proved
before a court-martial this Is the sys
tem which has bred the ills for which
Itussell A. Alger stood personally re
sponsible before unreflecting public
opinion, although as u matr of fact
ho had no more to do with Its crea
tlon than the humblest bootblack in
the land; and it is a system condemned
by every principle of common sense ns
well as proved notoriously faulty In
operation.
Alger has gone- and there are good
reasons why it Is well that he should
go. Though well-meaning he was weal:;
he had neither tho temperament, the
brain nor the gristle to cope with such
n monstrous perversion of executive
authority. His successor, they tell us,
Is strong In nil these points an or
ganizer, a thinker and a fighter who
has never known defeat. Let him cut
open the carbuncles in tho war office
and demand of congress. In the name
of tho people, reorganization ulong the
lines of cure.
The attorney general of Maryland
and a brother attorney had n fist fight
the other day In iron; of tho Baltimore
Young Men's Christian Association, but
It Is believed this stylo of professional
rivalry will not spread.
Has the United States Stopped
Growing?
(Philadelphia Press.)
Tho record of a rapid decrease In
tho American birth-rate was one of
tho notuble results of tho census of
1S90 nnd the census of 1900 seems like
ly to show still farther decrease. Mr.
II. T. Newcomb, a statistician In tho
Agricultural department well equal
to the task, reaches tho conclusion
that the population In 1900 will be
7-J.4S0.SCt. This .increase. 1S.94 per cent,
for the decade, is far below that of
any previous decade. If the popula
tion had grown fast from 1S90 to 1900
ns In the decade Just before, the pop.
ulntlon next year would be about 78,-onu.o-io.
Taking the mean Increase In
tho past twenty years tho population
would be 77,CS0,O0O.
Yet the population is tolerably cer
tain to' be 4,200,000 short of the cor
rected Increase for twenty years, and,
In round numbers, 4,500,000 ehort of
the proportional increase In the ten
years, 1SS0 to 1K90. Of this loan some
1.022.4S0 is due to a decrease of Immi
gration, nnd this carries with II the
decrease due to children which would
be horn to these Immigrants. From
18X0 to 1890 there wcro received O.SIG,
211 Immigrants. The Immigration this
dfcnde, Mr. Newcomb estimates, will
not be over 3.C2I.133. There remains a
lofs of from 'J.000,000 to 2.500,000 in the
population, If the Increase 18S0 to 1890
had kept up, due to n decrease In the
birth-rate, black nnd white. In 190
there wore 1.S00.O0O less children under
10 years old than wcro expected, Judg
ing from tho number In 1SS0. Tills do
rado promises to outdo this record.
This loss In decenlal Increase hns
Konci on for 100 years. Whete the
Increase of our native white popula
tion a century ngo was 33.10 per cent,
from 1790 to 1800, from 1M0 to 1900
Mr. Newcomb finds that It Is likely
to bo only 2." per cent.
If this decrease were stationary It
would be n less matter; but It grows
with each decade. The loss In negro
Increase decadu by decade Is, It Is
true, still faster; but the white In
crease Is dropping fast enough to
make It probable that there are those
now living who will seo the popula
tion of tho United States us stationary
as that of France. Our increase for
our total population was 30.0S per
cent. 1S70 to 18S0, 24.66 per cent, from
1SS0 to 1S90, and promises to be but
18.94 per cent, for this decade. At this
rate, In nbout twenty years the In
crease In this country will be about
that of Kuropean countries like Eng
land and Ocrmnny. Deducting Immi
gration, it is now about one-half lar
ger. That families are smaller than
once all see; but few aro aware that
this country Is moving so fast to an
European nverage. Tho simple fact la
that the country has filled up. The
land Is now nearly all taken. The
population will before very many
years approach Its limit, nnd this will
be far short of the predictions once
made of the American aggregate.
Tho Klondike la responsible for one
good deed. In 18&7 W. II. Bard left
Pittsburg owing $50,000. Embezzle
ment was charged nnd detectives were
put on his trail but they never found
him. . Ho now writes from Dawson
that ho has cleaned up a qunrter of
a million dollars and Is coming homo
to wipe off the slate. Let us hope that
ho will keep the courage of his good
resolution.
Gossip now credits David Martin
with congressional aspirations. David
Martin in congress would be a con
spicuous ilgure.
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"I believe," says old General Gomez,
"that all newspapers He." Who has
been sending the Scrantontan to
Gomez?
GLIMPSES OF
HUMAN NATURE
Hon. Bill Reader's Debut.
According to the Kansas City Times,
politicians In Kansas aro enjoying a good
btory at tho expense of Bill ltceder, tho
new Republican congressman from the
Sixth district. Ho went to Washington
early this summer, and Joo llrlstow, of
Kansas, tho Fourth Assistant Postmas
ter General, agreed to show him around
ond put him onto the ropes. The llrst
placo they went was into the ofllco f
Charles Emory Smith, the postmaster,
general. They were introduced and
chatted for awhile, and as Boeder aroso
to so he suld:
"I beg your pardon, but I didn't catch
your name."
"Smith," replied the postmaster-general.
"And what position might you hold?"
"I am postmaster general."
"Ah, yes," said Ileeder, as he backed
out awkwardly.
liristow wus blushing like a schoolgirl.
Then they went to the war department,
and Mr. Brlstow took tho Kansan Into
Secretary Alger's private office. Boeder
put his lint down on the desk In front
of Secretary Alger after tho Introduction
and the three chatted for a while. When
they started F.eeder nearly stampeded
Brlstow by asking the secretary:
"What did you sny your name was?"
"Alger Bin-sell A. Alger."
"Anil." continued thu now congrcrs.
man, with the air of a man yet unonllnht
ened, "what are you secretary of?"
"Secretary of war," replied Alger,
truthfully, for ho was than.
During this seance Brlstow i-tood first
on one foot and then on the other.
Beforo leaving tho state, war and navy
building they ran Into Vice-President
Hobnrt. There was another Introduc
tion, and this time he remembered tho
name. Bcedcr, fe'.lll thirsting for knowl
edge, asked:
"Do you reside hero In tho city, Mr.
Hobnrt?"
"Part of the time," replied Mr. Hobart,
"but my homo Is In New Jersey."
"Well, I'm mlslity glad to have saw
yon," replied Ileeder with cordiality, typ
ical of tho boundless West. Later he
asked Brlstow "What does that feller
do?" and when told that he was vice
president and thereforo didn't do any
thing he was greatly surprised.
Then they encountered Senator Cullom,
and after tho Introduction Boeder naked:
"I didn't catch your name, senator?
"Mr. Cullom," replied the senator.
Then, after an embarrassing pause:
"What state might you be from?"
"Illinois," said tho venerable senator,
modestly.
"Glad I seen you," continued Beedcr.
"Do you know, you look llko the pictures
of Abraham Lincoln?"
Before the Illinois senator could recover
from his astonishment Joe Brlstow had
Boeder by the arm and was leading him
bnel; to the postolilce department. They
had nil engagement to go to the white
house together, but Brlstow pleaded to
be excused on tho ground tlu.t ho had
a tremendous amount of work to do. In
reality, he was afraid he would link Mr.
McKlnley what state he M from, and
what he Is president of.
The Talkative Little Brother.
"Jrtr. Slxaweek," Inquired her llttlo bro.
ther ho was entertaining the young man
on tho front steps of a Capitol Hill liuuso
whllo she was "getting ready" upstairs
"why don't you get two of them?"
"Two what, son?" Inquired Sixiiwcck.
"Why. two skates," replied the delight
ful little boy. "Sis says fclio seen you
on F fctreet yesterday afternoon with one
Urge skMe on, and I've been a-wonderlii'
why you didn't buy a pair. I ost Sis,
ond she said you must be up against It
What are you up against, Mr. Slxa
week?" Slxaweok's reply was too evasive and
inarticulate for reproduction. Washing
ton Post.
An Unwise Selection.
A returned missionary, giving some ac.
count of his experiences in Jamaica, sajs
that ho was once called upon to act as
arbitrator between a man and his wife
who had had a violent quarrel.
Tho couplo came to the missionary's
house n short time before tho hour ap
pointed for a. prayer meeting to be held
In the chapel In the missionary's door
yard.
Tho man and his wlfo both boson to
talk at the sanio time, their tongues go
Ine foot and furiously and their temoers
rising until they finally came to blows
and fought until tho mlnslonnry was
forced to uso nil his strength In reparol
ing them.
Ho succeeded In calming them, and In
duced them to remain to prayer meeting.
After a hymn had been sung the mission
ary reciuc-strd each person present to give
a quotation from the Scriptures, where
upon tho man who had tho dllllrulty with
his wlfo got up and said, briefly:
"I have fought a good light."
Tho missionary had hardly recovered
from tho shock of this when an old black
woman got up and prayed that "de mln.
Istnh" might be. given strength for "his
wenk body nnd his feeble mind." De.
trott Free Press.
Knew What Ho Wanted.
A Chicago Inebriate who had never
known the choicer luxuries of life In
timately was taken in hand by u friend,
given n season of liquor euro treatment,
and on his return supplied with money
for a fresh start In life.
Ho determined to commenco with a
heavy dinner. So entering a well-known
restaurant ho sat down nt a table and
began to study the bill of l'aro while tho
waiter waited for his order.
He scunned tho menu long and earnest
ly, but could seo nothing on It with which
ho was familiar. Suddenly ho'hild tho
card face upward on the table, closed his
eyes, nnd jabbed his forefinger down
savagely at random on the printed list
with tho air of a man who had mado up
hlt mind.
"Thcie," said he, "glvo mo somo of
that."
Tho waiter bent down and examined the
lino over which tho linger rested. Ho
looked pulucd.
"That's Mayonnnlso dressing."
"Of courso It Is. Don't you 'sposo I
ran read? That's what I want. Bring
me somo of It;"
"Certainly, sir. But what do you
want It on?"
"Wont it on, you chump!" shouted tho
man who refused to bo corrected. "A
plate, of course! What do you uppo30
I wanted It on? The tnblo cloth?" Chi
cago News.
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Boiling Eggs for tho Bishop.
Bishop I'aret (Episcopalian) of Balti
more, somo tlmo ago was tho guest of
an Episcopal family in West Virginia.
Learning from tho bishop that ho liked
hard-boiled eggs for breakfast, his
hostess went to tho kitchen to boll them
herself.
Whllo so engaged she began to sing tho
llrst verso of tho well-known hymn,
"Hock of Ages." Then she sang the
second verse, tho bishop, who wus In tho
dining room, Joining In. When It was
llntshed, thcro was silence. Tho lady
herself enmo into tho room a few minutes
later, carrying the eggs, and tho bishop
remarked:
"Why not sing the third verso?"
"Tho third verse?" she replied. "Oh,
that's not necessary."
"I don't understand," replied Bishop
Paret.
"Why. you see, bishop," she replied,
"when I am cooking eggs I always sing
ono verse for soft boiled and two for hard
boiled." Penny Magazine.
A Story of the Pope.
Cardinal Floury, when he was very old,
and was still clinging to the premiership
In France, once dismissed an Importunate
suitor by saying: "While 1 llvo you
shall have nothing." "Sly lord," was
tho answer, "I will wait." His holiness
tho pope Is ns placidly unaware of danger
ns fever was tho cardinal. When a South
American bishop, who was nbout to re.
turn to his diocese, expressed a fear that
ho would never again seo the holy father,
Popo Leo answered him sweetly, "Why
not? You are still yong, and it Is to bo
hoped that you will be able to return
to us onco again." St. James' Gazette.
She Objected.
A certain Wtlkes-Barrc woman assured
her husband that she never told him a
lie and never would. Ho told her that
ho did not doubt it, but would hereafter
cut a notch In tho piano when ho know
Pho deceived him. "No you won't," sho
creamed. "I'm not going to ha-o my
pluno ruined."
SMILES.
After the Honeymoon.
Wlfo Ah, darling, what would your life
be without mo?
Husband (with conviction) Cheaper.
Meggcndorfer Blatter.
No Admiring Spectators.
"You don't ride your wheel on tho boul
evard In tho evening any more, Mario?"
"No; thero aro not enough people on
the front steps to make It worth while."
Chicago Itecord.
A Shining Example.
"I'm In favor of holding all wo get,"
said the stutesman.
"Do you think that a good national
policy?"
"It's tho principle on which, I may say
hem! jny success In public llto Is
founded." Philadelphia North American.
On Dangerous Ground.
"Why havo you and Miss Beasley
ceased to bo friends?"
"Oh, sho has somo queer notions. After
sho returned from Boston, a few weeks
ago, sho called me down because I spoke
of a widow woman; and tho next even
ing, whllo we were discussing tho temper,
unco question, she referred to Miss An
thony ns 'a, maiden lady. , I upked her
why 'widow woman' was any worse than
'maiden lady,' nnd the took It as n per
sonal Insult." Chicago Tlmes-Hereld.
Those Loving Girls.
Tody Jennlo tells me young Woodby
proposed to lur last night.
Viola I don't think I know him. Is
ho well off?
Tody He certainly Is. Sho refused him.
Chicago News.
THE DUEL.
The gingham dog and tho calico cat
Side by sldo on tho table sat;
'Twos half past twelve, and (what do
you think)
Nor ono not t'other had slept a wlnkl
The old Dutch clock and thu Chinese
plato
Appeared to know as suro as fate
Thero was going to be a terrlblo spat.
(I wasn't thero; I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese
plate!)
Tho gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow,"
And tho calico cat replied "nice-owl"
Tho air was littered, nn hour or so,
With bits of gingham and calico,
While tho old Dutch clock In the chimney-place
Up with Its hands before Us face,
For It always dreaded a family row!
(Now, mind, I'm only telling you
What tho old Dutch clock declares Is
true!)
Tho Chinese plato looked very blue,
And wnlled, "Oh, dear! What shall wo
do?"
But tho gingham dog and tho calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumblod that,
Employing every tooth and claw
In tho nwfullest way you ever taw
And oh, how tho gingham and calico
flew!
(Don't fancy I exaggerate
I got my news from tho Chlneso plate!)
Next morning, where tho two had sat,
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And soma folks think unto this day
That burglars stole tho pulr away!
But tho truth nbout tho cat and pup
Is this they ato each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
(Tho old Dutch clock It told mo so,
And that is how I came to know.)
Eusene Field,
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
Saws were used by tho ancient Egyp
tians. Ono that was discovered with sev
eral other carpenters' tools In a private
tomb at Thebes, Is now preserved In the
British museum.
IntheynirlM)7 the United States shipped
to tho Philippines only $01 worth of
beer and no whisky whatever. Last jear
tho shipments of beer amounted to (1,GSS,
and those of whisky 31,571.
At Hchwclnturt, Bavaria, Is ono of tho
largest of tho world's manufactories for
blcyclo ball bcnrlngs. Tho two factories
thcro ,, belonging to one firm, turn out
nnnually 2,000,000 grots of these llttlo steel
balls, nnd employ COO men, working for
u. day of ten hours duration.
Ono of tho oldest bridges In Europe Is
soon to disappear, under tho demand for
better navigation of tho river It spans.
This Is thei stone hildge, with 13 arches,
and a total length of 994 feet, built across
tho Danube nt Bcgcnsburg (Ilatlsbon), III
Bavaria, by Duko Henry, tho Superb, in
1135-46.
The contract having been let on favor
nblo terms for tho oxcuvntlng needed for
tho Improvement of tho New York hut
bor. It Is expected that work will begin
as oon as tho necessary dredges are
provided. Tho 22,000.000 cubic yards aro
to bo excavated at n contract price of
10 edits per cubic yard, or about 2,U0,
000. Franco Is trying hard to Buroass Ger
many In the matter or red tope. Adver
tising posters mint bear revenue stamps
varying In value according to tho size
of tho poster. A man who nfllxcd a 13
centlmo stamp to a poster which should
have had only a fi-contlmo stamp has
Just been fined 123 francs, or J23, for the
offense.
An aluminum railroad hand car Is be
ing built by tho St. Louis Aluminum
Casting company, nnd the makers pro
pose Its adoption by railroad companies
to take tho placo of tho ordinary muscle-taxing
contrivance used by track
workers. Tho new ear will weigh not
moro than ITiO pounds, or only about a
third as much as the ordinary hand car,
and ono man can lift It off or on tho
track. It Is believed that two men can
easily run It from 30 to 33 miles an hour
for a limited time.
Manila, llko the Cuban cities, has
greatly Improved in nppearnco under
American methods of administration. Ono
of tho Kansas soldiers who has Just re
turned from the firing line, writes us
follows: "Coming Info Moulin, Instead
of tho filthy town wo left It four months
ago, Manila is clean as a modern city.
Tho merchants havo opened their ey.'S
nnd put In glass fronts, nwnlngs of mod
ern variety In fact, tho changes nrc so
many that It would be monotonous to
mention all. A year more nnd tho most
careful observer would hardly iccognlze
tho spot at all."
Augustln Daly's Blhlo will bo ono of
the rare books which tho world will
talk about a century hence. Henry
Blackwell, who mounted nil the pages,
arranged the plates and bound the forty
two volumes Into which the oilglnul one
expanded, tells the story of how Mr.
Daly collected the material for the work.
Ho spent many years In collecting etch
ings, prints, engravings and drawing il
lustrative of the biblical text. In the
end ho secured over S.000 of such Hlur.
tratlons and then gave them unassorted
to Mr. Blackwell to arrange In harmony
with the text to which they referred.
Mr. Blackwell estimates that he spent
l.OO hours In merely assorting tho ma
terial. Tho Blblo cost Mr. Daly $23,000.
PERSONALITIES.
Colonel John Hayes, of tho Fourth
Cavalry, who is bo anxious to take a part
In the civalry operations In tho Philip
pines, has worn a uniform since his en
listment in the Fifth Cavalry at the age
of 13.
Bishop Henry W. Warren, who. has Just
arrived homo from South America, where
ho had been Inspecting Methodist schools
says ho regards Chill and, Argentina ns
tho most progressive of the South Amerl.
can republics.
The common council of Detroit hns sent
nn invitation to President Diaz, of Mexl.
co, to bo tho guest of tho city after his
visit to Chlcugn in October, where ho
will be present at tho laying of tho new
government building's cornerstone.
Helen Keller, tho deaf, dumb and
blind girl, is spending tho summer at
Wrenhtam, Mass., whero she is keeping
up her study of Greek nnd Arabic, writ
ing her exorcises on a typewriter ma
chine especially designed for those lan
guages. The formal Inauguration of President
Hudloy, uf Yale, will take place Wed
nesday, Oct. IS. Among those who havo
accepted invitations to bo present aio
President Eliot, of Harvard; President
Oilman, of Johns Hopkins; President
Harper, of the University of Chicago,
and Senator Depew.
Charles E. Besscy, who has Just been
elected chancellor of tho University of
Nebraska, hns, slnco ho first entered col
lege, Bpcnt most of his time In botanical
research. From 1SS0 to 1SU7 ho was bo
tanical editor of the "American Natur
alist," and slnco ISfS has been editor of
Johnson's Encyclopedia.
Samuel M. Jones, better known as "tho
Golden Bulo Mayor of Toledo," Is a na.
tlve of Wales, born at Ty Mawr on Aug.
3, ISM. His parents camo to this coun
try when ho was only threo years old.
When a boy of 18 years ho drifted to tho
oil regions of Pennsylvania, nnd In U33
he made a fortuno out of a patent sucker
iod. He wus elected mayor of Toledo
on an Independent ticket, whose platform
was municipal ownership nnd socialism,
and ho Is now nn Independent cundldato
for governor of Ohio.
(f- 1 1 N I !
A distributing agent, living at Catskill, N. Y de
scribes the severe case of a near neighbor who was com
pletely prostrated with God only knows what. " She was
just alive," he says, " and had been sick for over a year,
and had paid out a great deal of money for doctors and
medicines, but could not get any help. The doctors had
given her up," he says, and thereupon he induced her to
try Ripans Tabules, and after taking them one month she
could ride out in a wagon, and after two months she was
entirely well.
..., ,.Ti DoVet contAlnlna TBI Rir-iira Tn.r
ir.,KmliDKiiKCTHTir TOuiow-nrtciJ urt !
WUMM WtSniw f tti-Kt, :w Yrk-r U1
Star
Paper
Fasteeer
Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved iu
every respect. Prices lower
tliati ever. We are still sell
ing the Plauitary Peueil
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 iu office sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies.
Rey molds Bros
STATIONERS and liXGIUVERS.
Hotel Jcrmyn Building.
FOR
A Twenty-Year
GoM-ffiesl fee
Witl a iSJewdeal
Waltta Movemeit,
Both
' Guaranteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MERCEREAU k C0MEIX
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Temperature Tamers.
Plenty of things right hero to make
the hot weather not only endurable
but enjoyable.
And the price nt which wo offer them
Is not going to make anyone hot, ex
cept tho man who charges a higher
pilco for equal quality, and he Is nu
merous. .Tust think of these and get cool.
Itefrlgerators at reduced prices.
GUWSTER & FORSYTE,
S23-327 PENN AVENUE.
LMther Keller
LinE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
yard and Omco
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
jt i-.f -ak
In a papor carton (without irlanO It now f et v!o at ome
InbquloT for tho ii-irml Ihu wunenikwl. onoitoua
" I Mvu wUl lw w.t M Uvv wuli. . ,
$10
? SwimjT!iN f7f '
Is hmiW-J a m$ Pd AW
JHtnT wISE
7 !.
FINLEY'S
Colored
Shirt
Waists
The final reduction oi
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. Ourf
object being to make a
complete and speedy
clearance.
The sizes are still well
assorted, and you can un
doubtedly find among thia
line just what you want.
The entire price flisH
runs from
1L O.
Or about half their
value, and at these prices
the sale may only last a
few days. Therefore,
Come Early0
SI10and5a2
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
THE MODKHN IlAIimVARE STOKB
Blue
FJame
Oil
Ranges
Are wickless, valveless,
odorless.
We have marked our
few remaining ranges
very low.
EWE & SHEAR CO,
119 N. Washington Ave.
The Hunt &
Cooeell Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware;
04 laclOTaiM Avcttuc
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Ueucral Asoot for tha Wyomiu;
District fj?
Aiming, liltuttng.Hpurtlns, amoxeiM
u ml U10 Itopuuua ChomkH
L'ojipauy't
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tiilety I'usi', Cnp and Kxplotoci.
lloom iul Connell llmldlu;.
ftSuruiitao.
AUti.NClt
THOS. FORD, - - .Vlttstorv
JOHN II. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth
W. IS. MULLIGAN. - Wilkes. Uanel
W u
DUP0NT8
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