mrrr"rm '"tr- TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1890. (Se crmtfon fcriBune rubllehril Dally, r.xct pt Simelay. by The Trlbuna Publishing Company, nt 1 ifty Ccntn a Month. New York Ofllce: 150 Nokkiii St.. S S. VltErU.AND, Bolo Agent for Foreign AelvurllMmf. Entered nt the Postonice nt Seranlou, I'tt.. n Seccnel-Clnss Mnll Stutter. When ppnee will petmlt. Tho Trlbuno Is Bin ays Bind to print short lettcru from Its frlci ds beartnR on current topics but ItH rule In that Iheso must be olgned, for publication, by the writer's rcnl name. TEN PAGES. SCHANTON. AUGUST 12, 1803. The now pecrotnry of wnr r resents tho air of a man who meuns business from his toes up. Evil Influences of n Bad Example. Ordinarily the tiiofesslonal quarrels betuten novtspnpoiH do not especially agitate the public but In the New York Sun's current nltcrcatlon with the New Yoik Herald there Is piepntcd an isam of ionic Importance, immely, tho legal it of the Herald h notorious uctsonul column This column I? peilmps the most profitable sou tec of icemtt enjoyed bv nn newspaper In tin- United States The Herald's chaise for admission to it w lmt been told. Is one dollar for each nRiite line of type, nt which rate the p i-sonnls" in one a erase Issue of the Sundaj edition of that paper would l epic out an Income not far fiom $10, 000 In chirnctei, howeor, these nd ptlcmentH aie flnginntly Indecent. Tin j leprcsent principally the solici tations of eourteans oi the counter appeals ot elepiaM'il men In seaich of ell n'-oclatlons and by the merest technicality In their w online escape the law against olieene lltciatuie Toi printing similar acHertlsements Incit ing the one technical woul "mtitil mon," behind which the New York Herald shields Itself, the publMie: of a paper In Chicago, known us the Uls pitch, was not loner ago sentenced to pay a fine of 2 POO and uneleigo lrn pilsonment In Joliet i)onltentlai for a term of two eus It was pleaded In this Chicago publishers behalf that he was slmpl observing; n piecedcnt set b the New York Heiald, but the plen did not prevail befote the couit and juiy the jtielge' holding tint the publi cation of iinj thing calculated to de pi.ive the mot nls of the oidlnniv readei oi to lead him Into Impute put poses constituted nn offence within the modu lus of the United States statutes Tho pilnclple thus laid down by Judge Oio'-scup in the ens-e of the United Stites against Joseph Dunlop would seem to apply with equal foice against Joints Ciordnn Uennett, not vvlthst.inilliiR; that Uennett has hereto fore claimed technical exemption from pi execution 1 ecaufce to each ot the fllthv peisonnls pilnttd In his paper advtitlxlnir vice theie has been pro fanelj added a word whose' slgnlll cance should be sulllelently MU'toel to piotect it fiom vueii contaminating era llovment If this matter weie to go before a decent juiy It Is unllkel that the sneak device of Uennett would avail to tave him fiom icsponsIblllt fot "do pravlnu the moials of the oidlnaiy reaeler and leading him Into impute purpose"." It has been said that Uennett has been hived fium pet sedition fot thee long-continued offences against Rood mmals latgely bj the- fact of his gieat wealth and tho fett of public olilclals to encounter the vvinth of his big news paper We doubt tills statement, since it implies public cownidlce Hut It Is undeniable that the prolonged Immun ity of nenne it fiom legal nccountabll it has had a eleteiioratlng Inlluenc1 unin Ameilenn Jouinallsm geneiall Ftilllcntlon like the Infectious Sctan tonlnn take toiiiago fiom Bennett's e--amnio and coutiniuillj stilve to outdo each othet In the eiuantltv and the sickening ciiallt of the nastlness which they serve up Theie must be a clean ing out, but to be orieetlie It will have to Include the big slnnei' as well us the scurvy Utile ones. Uv-rn should Aguinpldo mimge to g t ieeei'nltton in Hut ope that would ma eliminate the American aimy fiom Uuun On the Slrjht Ttnck at Last. The til. st distinctive sign ot Fecie taij Itoot's activity In Cuban .iffaii his appealed In the shape of an an nounce nv'iit that u geneial improve ment of the toads and hlghwajs is in ontemplatton by the War depatt nn nt Dcpiitnient commanders have, we are told, been asked to furwaid es timates and as soon as possible after th iccolpt of these iiuthoiltv will bo given them m begin the actual woik of toad building and repair When work on these public ImpiovomentH slnll have been full ly stattcd. theto will be n giadual discontinuance of the Issue of f i eo rations to able-bodied men or prisons dependent on them. The pauperising of Cuba will cease ntul the first general step will be taken In tlin inculcating of self-rellanco among the native Inhabitants. This Impottnnt change In policy, which has foi months been vainly urged upon Oovernor General Urooko by Oenerals Wilson and Wood, not to speak of thousands of earnest pilvato students of our pioblem In Cuba, is, we enn readily see, the foierunner of other changes not less significant. Tie partitions aro already being made for the taking of n census in Cuba, which will be preliminary to the organization on modern lines of municipal and pio vlnclal si stems of civil government. A ftteady reduction of our aimed forces In Cuba, with an increasing emphasis upon civil Institutions and civil methods of ndmlnlstrntlon founded up on n liberal recognition of the prin ciple of self-rule, Is to bo expected, with the purpose steadily coining into view of prepailng Cuba as speedily as possible for that cnmjilcto independ ence founded on fitness to which the United States is most solemnly pledged. Considerable times has been wasted In tho right adjustment of our Cuban policy. Goneial Wood started light and advised might one jenr ago. Had his advice then been taken: or, better lllll, hud tho peculiarly Inexcusable) blunder not 'been committed of send 'ng to Havana as governor general r with almost unlimited powers n major general of the regular establishment without tho suggestion of experience or litness In civil ndmlnlstrntlon, and without, so far ns Is known, tho re motest comptehenslon ot Cuban con ditions, temperament or character, In place of men who had already devel oped and displayed fitness of 'a high order, the Unlteel States might today be In a distinctly more fortunate and complimentary relationship toward Cuba and the Cubnn peeiple than It Is. Hut next to undoing a past mistake of Judgment Is planning to profit by its lessons. The new secretuiy of wnr shows In his first moves tint he pro lioses to Justify his appointment. The mlarlcs of ISO employes In the bureau of engraving at Washington, nre to be lncrense iJ. This Is n step which will meet with no objection nslde from the chronic fault flndets of the has-been patti. Under Democratic rule the puipenslty to whittle salaries of those in humble positions in gov ernment employ in response to the cry of economy nnd reform, ran wild and many or the tollers In the departments have scarcely been nblo to etlst on the wages received. The advance In the present case will Ik distributed nmong the workets In the $V.O and $150 a ear classes nnd will cause general re joicing It Is one of the pleasant nc oiiniMiilmcnts of the arrival of good times and 1 n merited recognition of faithful seivlce that can well be af foidcd by a prosperous government. A Mystery Still Unsolved. The nivf-tciy of the Dieyfus case seems to be n much a mystery to those usually "on the Inside" as It Is to the run of mankind "I have not," writes a Heniics correspondent, "been able to find a single pel son among all the flower of Paris Journalism or among all the leaders of both sides here gathered, who has a coherent, logical theoiy to offer which answers the eiuestlcn "Why should n great con spiracy. Including generals, statesmen and ofllcers of all ranks, focus Itself on n simple captain of artllleiy, who, as fai as has nppeaied. had done no one any harm oi excited any uimlty? Al-o, wh should these ron-plrators, after condemning- Dreyfus to unheaid of toiture, then commit perjury, for gery, suicide and piobabl murder in oider to keep Dieyfus a pilsoner on Devil's Island, when few In fact, prac tically none; of them had nnv peisonal erqui Intance with him whatever" Inexplicable conditions appear along everj hypothesis If Dreyfus was guilt j, why all tho early secrecy in the niattci of the alleged evidenced ot his gullf If Innocent, what can nc count for the Intricacy nnd high official diameter of the network of conspiracy woven nround ihim for his destruc tion" Wo nre accustomed to such deep Inld plots in ps and novels of the romantic chirnctei, but It is unus ual to meet with them in the leal life of our piosalc nineteenth century Although the shaipest thought of the wot Id Ins lateb been given to this ease- It has made public ns yet no ex planation which nllas the Incoirpre henslbllltj of it Tacts have been ad duced which materially Illumine Incid ental features, but what was th? secret ten oi that held in Its grasp for so long a time tho whole executive depart ment of the roverninent of France? The Hoeis naturally don't Jump to the eating of their pi escribed dish of crow,' but they will cat it. A Menace to Toiestry. Sheep raising has been pointed out as a menace to foiestry by Mi. 12 S. Net tletou, who foi the past thlity years has been an Irrigation engineer In Coloinclo Mi Nettleton explains that disastrous lesults will follow In the whole western country if the forestry teseives aie allowed to bo used as sheep feeding gtounds. He insists that the order of the interior depaitment should be annulled at once, ns irte patable d image will be done In a very shott time. Grazing allows the roots of the glass nnd small shrubs to be torn up and the soil Is then carried away and the largo trees washed out. The main value of tiees, shrubbety and glass on the mountain soil is to hold the water and allow it to gradu ally utn Into the streams, keeping them the re all the year. It will simply be a repetition of the histoty of Palestine, Spain and Persia, he sas The forests were cut and burned away, and the heavy rains in the denuded hillsides washed away all the soil, e urylng It down when It tilled the beds of the streams. It Is now use less to plant tiers, for there Is nothing on the hills to sustain them All that Is left Is the big bare locks. The coun try is devastated. If the government does not make tho most ilgoious rules for the protection of tho foiests of the west all the Irri gated elistrlets will be thieatencd with the -mine fate that has befallen deso late Palestine and the Spanish Pyre nees Peisons who for some time past have been trying to convince the public that the cotton Industry In New Eng land has been klll"il by the southern mills will doubtless i egret that the cotton element can no longer be made a subject for calamity cackle Kiev en New England mills hav deelaied a dividend this month and (he industiy was never in a more promising condi tion than ot present. It looks ns though John T. McCut cheon, the Philippines correspondent for the Chlengn Itecnrd, Intends to de vote consldeuible time In future In the effort to convince tho public that there are grnss germs In the hirsute appendages of General Otis. Guiieial MieArthur's utter dlsiegard for talny season precedents in war In the Philippines proves that ho must have taken an umbrella along Muny a good outfielder In politics has been brought to grlof through the ambition to occupy tho pitcher's box. Havana dispatches Indicate that tho Dominican patilot, Jimenez, who re cently caused the "removal" of Presi dent Heurenux, Is liable to land in nn American Jail unless lie relinquishes the Idea of recruiting nn nrmy of In surrection In Cuba. Tho developments of tho Inst few months have rot had tho tendency to make government of ficials lenient with the modern acorgo Washlngtons of tho Jimenez stripe. Tho true valtio ot torpedo boats In naval wurfoio It Is believed has been demonstrated by Unglnnd, and tho torpedo boat will no longer be consid ered nn element of great danger. Prior to the Spnnlsh-Amerlcan war tho tor pedo craft was regarded with appre hension by the nvcrnge citizen In every land. All renders will remember the thrill of anxiety thnt. passed over the Innd some time ago when it was an nounced that the Spanish torpedo flo tilla wns headed for American shores. It wns then prcdloted that our bravo sailors would be sacrificed like sheep when In reach of these dreaded engines of destruction. It was soon demon strated, however, that tho torpedo boat was useless when within range of Americans gunners nnd could never expect to accomplish any thing save perhaps at nightfall. Itecont naval manoeuvres and ex pel lments under direction of the commanders of the British war ves sels have also proved that the crew that mans the toipedo boat 13 in most cases In greater danger than the enemy before It. Alexander McDonald, the Klondike king, who was considered worth $135, OOO.OOd a few months ago, has again shouldered his pick a poor man. Mc Donald was one of the first and most successful of the Klondike miners, and could have retired with a princely in come a year ngo. The ambition to control big syndicates and organize gigantic mining schemes was the cause of his downfall, nnd he Is now $G,000, 000 behind the game. The Towanda Itevlew yesterday cele brated Its twentieth anniversary by appearing In enlaiged form In an Il luminated cover of nrtlstlc design. The number Is nlso embellished with portraits of publishers and employes; a view of the borough of Townnda from Table Rock; and contains much Interesting reading matter. It Is an attractive issue and one in which Tow anda may well take pride. Wilkes-Bane contemporaries con tinue to publish items about the "D , L. & W. railroad " We would re lespectfully remind our brothers of the Luzerne press that the road referred to Is now known as the Lackawanna. The Democratic state candidates are a tilfle mild In making piomlses when one considers thnt there Is not n ghost of a chance that they will ever be called upon to fulfill them. The case of the fellow Flt'patrlck, who concocted an interview with Sir Wilfred Lauiler, supplies nnother aw ful warning against the dilletante re porter. m It is probable that sooner or later China will be made to realize the Incon sistency of selling guns to the Filipinos while refusing to sell horses to Amer icans The n'tronomets who predicted for this week nnother celestial Jubilee of shooting stars will have to readjust their spectacles and guess again. A band of gypsies has been discov ered near Syracuse whose members make liberal use of soap and water. Thus is another ideal shattered. It is believed that Mr. Altgeld's offer to form an offensive and defensive al liance with the Kentucky Goebellte3 will be declined. The demand for labor in the haivest fields in the country Is driving nearly all of the tramps back into the large cities. The best thing nbout the artificial boycott is the? rapidity and certainty with which It provides its uwn cure. The fi lends of Hon. George Huff are monopolizing the interest in the Ho bait health bulletins these days. Dear Aguinaldo Don't write. VOICE OF THE PRESS. Conspired Against the Rich. Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer. What a place to knock the nonsense out ot u free-trader's head the city of Wilkes. Uarre must be' Only a day oi two ago an oliiclul of tho Jackson and Wocdtn company of Berwick, vvbb skurrjlng about tho town trjlng his utmost to mid two hundred skilled hiinds for the home shops, and now comes Superintendent Smith, of the Markle collieries in and about Jeddo, complaining, through tho Wilkes-ltarto New x, that ho must have 2u0 additional miners and laborers, and despalilngly asserting that he can't find them anywhere And tho News Is a Democratic paper, too' To bo sure, tho same conditions prevail in almost every portion of tho state, tho demand for lo.OOO addition il hands for the coke regions not jet having been supplied Looking bark to thoso "good old Democintlc dnys," tho davs when tlrid men tramped mllo after mile begging, not for money, but for work, and who would not go back? Think of tho despair of those rich mnnufiectur ers and operators over the Impossibility of obtaining enough men to nil their orders' We shall soon have to reviso our opinion of the lamented Mr Dingley nnd say that ho conspired against tho rich The Dig Army Bugbear. Prom tho Ulnglianiton Republican. Thero aro now 453 United States sol diers on duty In Alaska, and 1S3 In Ha waii That docs not look much like bankrupting tho government to fortify the colonies There is a handful of icg ulars at Guam, but nono at Wake Isliind, which vvoh recently pre-empted, or upon BroocliH or Midway Island, which was partly fortified nt mi expense of JlOeXJO in 1SU9 Gull Z.M5 soldier s nro upon Porto Illco. which was evacuated bj the Spanish only a few weeks ago. There are 12,291 In Cuba, where Spain had 200. 000 And them nro less than 17,000 sta tloned In tho United States to tnkn cure of the fortifications along C.000 miles of coast. After months of delay, which has permitted un Insurrection In tho Philip pines to become formidable! and expen sive, the ndmlnlstrntlon has decided to place upon thoso Important prssesslons &o,wo soldiers, which will he alioiit us for mldnblo a force ns is constantly main talned at home by the little kingdom of Belgium, which contains fewer Inliabl tnnts than the state of New York or J, nPK"lviinls Tli people who nre nfrnll tho United States Is about to bo crushed by soldiers aro ouidly frluhtcncd. Feels Slighted. Prom tho Wllkes-llarrc Itecord. Up to the present time) ex-Senator Ouny and his machine lieutenants hnvo vttirilcd ly Ignored the ennellelucy of Hon Henry W. Palmer for the Supremo court juilmi Milp. Tho only emidliliitns tho lniehltio leaders would recognize were J. Hay Ilroun, of I.nnuister, and Judge Arch, bald, of I.nckavvinnn tritely, however, rumo of them have become nvvnro of tho fart that Mr. Palmer aid several others ate In tho Held and thnt their friends and supporters may be sufficiently numerous to command n little icspect and consider ation, both before the convention meets and when it Is In session. View of an "Auntie." Prom the Pittsburg Dispatch. . While tho press censorship nt Manila has been unrorttinnto In mnny reopects, It is not more so In any than that In which It offers tho opportunity to unscru pulous persons to mngnlfy the dangers of tho situation Tho best safeguard ngnlnst such discouraging reports as that attributed to n Urltlsh Lieutenant com mander, Just landed nt Victoria, Is to give the respectable noivsnapcr corre spondents the prlv liege to portray tho truth ns they see It. Dangerous Beverage. Prom tho Binghamton Herald. Pour sudden dea'hs are reported from Ulktand, Pa., belloved to have been caused by drinking wood alcohol Wood alcohol is doubtless good In Its place, but wo think It Is not usually recommended as a health beverage, nnd those who rely upon alcohol in nnv form should learn from experience thnt gialn alcohol nnd wood nlcohol nre not the same. Victim of the Kissing Dug. Prom tho Ith.acn Journal. How ephemeral Is famo ot a certain varleti Is evidenced anew by the plunge Into obscurity of T.leutenunt Hobson. This osculntory young man has not been heard from In many months. Perhaps he has maelo a permanent retirement fiom tho public view In deference to hla vnnquNhment by tho kissing bug LITERARY NOTES. Tho most striking f ratine of Tho Cen tury for September, which will be a Salt water Numbei, Is the llrst Instalment of Captain Joshua Sloeinn 'Hallux Alone Around the World ' Tills Is the n irra tlve ot a daring vovnge ot circumnavi gation, mulct lake n by the authot in ii'Jo, in a 40-foot sloop built bj himself In Buz. znrd s Bay, and taken luck and forth across tins Atlantic nnd thence nround Cape Horn and the C'npe of Good Hope, without assistance or companionship Tho distance traversed was lti.000 miles, ml the accuracy of the navigators landfalls throughout was a thing to marvel nt, his chronometer for most of the time be ing a little tin clock of the cheapest kind. Captain Sloctim was a thoroughly sea soned sailor when he stnrted on his nd venturous single-handed cruise, but bis unleiue achievement was net without ellf. flcultles and perils th it taxed to the ut most his trength, er.duiniirc nnd Ingcniil tv Other contents of this number of The Centurs nre "The Wnj of a Ship " bv Prank T Bullen, author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot", "The Atlantic Speedway," by II Phelps Whltmnrsh, au thor of "The Worlds Bough Hand'; nnd "Salvage," by Morgan Robertson author of the forthcoming volume of sea tates, "Whcro Amp-Is Pen'- to Tte.ad" The Conservative Review for August is unusuallv Interstlng, nnd presents mmy nrtlcles by able writers covering n wide field of criticism and discussion The aim to hive nil contributions of perma nent value nnd Inleicst has Ic-el the Con servative Review to allow writers arnplo spice for tho adequate treatment of their subjects. It would be hard to determine which article In the August number Is of mot Importnnee and Interest Tho twelve papers contain over ninetj thou sand words. "Dreyfus and the. Jewish Question In Prance Prench nnd Ameri can Democracy," bv Hon James 1! Uus tls, doubtless ranks the oiigin.il es-,ijs, while tho delightful review b Hon Al fred Webb, of R. B.irrj O Brim's "The Life of Chnrles Stewart P.irnell islo Ml," probably leads the book reviews In Collier's Weekle for Aug. 12 tho edi tor of the Clevelind Leader tells the story of tho Cleveland strike. The ftont is a drawing by T de Tliulstrup of a "Night Attack bv Strikers on a Motot Car of tho Big Consolldited Street Railway Com pany " There Is nn illustrated nrtlcle on Admiral Dewey nt Colombo. The dou-ble-p ego di awing Is by A. B Wenzell, and depicts the Grand Prix races, the great annual festival of Parisians. The fiction is by Bret Harto ("Mr. Bllsnn's Housekeeper") and William II. Llghton ("The Commonplace History of an India Rubber Doll") illustrated bv Hambidge Thero are two veu remarkable photo graphs; one depicts the Prench National Pete, showing the entlro Pteneh arm drawn up In battle array, the other shows a contest between tho lion Goliath and a Spanish bull at Roubalx, Prunce There Is a full-pago picture of tho trial race between Shamrock and Britannia oft Cowes: photographs of xale-IInriard Athletes on shipboard; the late General Heureaux, president of Santo Domingo, recently ussassluated Ex-Senator John J Ingalls has written for tho Saturday Evening Post, of Phila delphia, two valuable papers unon the later career of l'icsldent Gnrflclel Theso articles, written by u man who knew Mr. Gnrflclel In his joulh and afterward saw at closo range his public nets, constitute what Is perhnps tho most dlsp issionato nna judicial estimate of the man ever m ide Mr Ingalls" brilliant proe. en livened by nnecdofo nnd strengthened bv first-hand knowledge is well worthy of his subject In connection with these papers fac-slmllcs of unpublished letters from Mr Garfield's physicians will oe printed Tho llrst of these papers will appear in the l'ost ot Aug .0 PERSONALITIES. Lord Iliasse, owner of the yacht Sun beam, has figured out that ho has spent eleven years or ills lire on the water M. do Illock, whose work on wnr Is slid to have Inspired the present peaco con ference, Is a rich Dutchman, 13 years old, snort, (at, graj -ueardca and with rugged features Tho most highly-prized order among English women Is that of the Crown of India, Of the sixty holders of the chor. lshed decoration only two are Americans They aro Lady Randolph Churchill and Lady Curzon, formerly Miss Lclter ot Chicago. Verdi, the vcncrablo composer, adopts n peculiar variety of otllrc Ho veirs n long, loose, double breasted sack coat and very baggy ttotiscrs. An American who visited him recently wiltiss "At first sight the great master looked us If ho had on his pajamas " Anthony Hudson, tho first white settler in Pierce county, Wisconsin, la still liv ing, having Just passed his one hundredth year. He Is actively engaged In farming, nnd cultivates thirty acres without em. ploying help, his aged wife lending a hum In harvest time. Itev. W L. Meese, of Auburn, Ind , who has performed tho marriage ceremony for ,2ci0 couples, that he has rccoid of, be sides quite a number In addition, will have a matrimonial reunion Aug. 17 aiiil 13, to which will bo Invited all tho cou ples he has united. Tho Emperor Prancls Joseph has In structed tho keeper of the purso to Invest a lane part of his peisonal fortune In houso property In Uudnpest. Laud has nlready been purchased nnd tho houses will bo built nt once. The emperor Is possessed of largo estateH, but hitherto he has taken no part in speculative finan cial operations. Queen Mnrle, of Harovcr. who celebnt- eel her eighty-first birthday recently, is tho oldest queen in Europe. Sho lives In a pretty village within u short drlvo of tho gorgeous pnlncc built by tho Duko ot Cumberland, on tho Truun See. Sho has none of the Infirmities of old itge, and Ij fond of walking nnd driving. Llko sev eral other queens In exile, sho possesses n tltU only, nnd has no position as n rul ing sovereign. Although tho queen ot Unnover has now been expatriated fot thlrty-threo years, sho never permits her self to spenk In nn unkind manner of tho Prussian government. R?fl?kshttns. 2 play kards iz humen; 3 win Just fine. Selt-dcprcshc-iishun 1 tho inceucst kind ov flattery. A bird In the coop Iz worth a hole Utter In tho garden. If luv bo blind, nz sum say It Iz. mar ridge sumtlmescmooves tho catcrackt. f Tho rltch man who gives Httel 2 charity Iz smaller, in tho eyes ov Guwel, than tho llttel ho glvs. Sum men aro llko sum vcdgtables libel 2 bo in hot water eny lime. If you don't want 2 favvl In 2 the Vol kano ov Sin, keep away from the Crater ov Temptnshun. Big words iz a good thing in thero place, & thero place iz In Bostln & the dlckshunery not In orellncry konvcrsa shun. A Oambler tint pajs hlz honlst dots duz Ices hnrm in this world than a dlshonlst Preecher. If sum mariled wlmmtn was ',4 az xpert at cooking az thay are on gosslpln about there nabers thero wood bo fewer ill vorsez. Tho diffrents between a commen thelf & a kleptomanlack Iz the simo az tho ilirtrents between tweedlo deo it tvvcedle dum simply a diffrents In spcllng. If surgens cood remove the humen kon shents az eazy az thay can the appcndl setus, I imagin thero wood be less fear ov an oppenishuti Its a statlstlcknl fackt that the samo man who swares heel die 4 a woman, bo 4 ho iz married, will refuze 2 chop wood, or start the tire 4 the samo woman 1 yr. after tlur marrldgc. Strange but trow. Why Iz It that a handsum yung preech er. with a poor delivery, wll draw more wlminln 2 hlz church than the elokwent old timer whore chclf attrazshun iz not hlz fashul bewt'' Its a pekuller thing, yet a trew fackt, tint tho same man who spends J100. cheerfully 1 n tip em n lies race, Sz loozez a 101 mote on me seu race, win growi when a milliner charges him $ten 4 a tip on hlz wlfes hat. Env fool kin h.av munny left 2 them, but Its a wl?e man that kin grow rltch honlstlj "Yet how meny wood luv 2 be fools'" I ask, & Ekko thunders doevn tho arklves ov Time "Multltoods1" Tho rode a Hadeez Iz paved with good Intenshuns it the promlscz ov polltlshuns. Keep out ov polltlx' Lltenlntr neyer strikes twice in the samo place, but thero alnt mutch konsolashun In that fackt. The 1st time duz the dam mlelge. Get a rod. The peepll who save there munny. with the seaming xpecktnshun ov taking it with the in when tiny die, wood bo dls npointed If thay cood 4 there iz no re dempshun bourn wher thay go, & there filthy Inker wood be turned 2 ashes, or molten niettcl, az soon az thay arrived This proovs that when the late lamented W. Shakespeer seel "Shrouds hav no pock, ets" he know el w hereto v he spake. "Even a worm will turn when stept on" (Sh ikespeer ) This Iz ekwally trew ov a barril w hoop. (Kidder). No m in realizez hlz menny week points until he tuns 4 oflls When a man stops vou on the street & asks nbowt the helth ov ure wife it nwl tho children & neerly shakes jure hand off dont feel llntterd Its Just pos. sablo that heel be a kandldate 4 oflls in a short time. If sum ov the poits who rlto polms nbowt tho bewtlful sno llvd on a corner lot & h id 2 shuvel 7 or ato tuns ov "tho bewtlful" evry dnv 4 a few weeks thay mite not wax kwlte o darml poetlck. Essay on the Owl. The owl, like tho heethen Chinee, Iz a rekullcr burd in menny respects. He iz the onlej burd on reckord that worx on tho nlte shift eer In & yeer out . never gets tired Sho iz supposed 2 be ov Skotch xtrax shun A Iz beleevcd 2 be the orlginater ov the fiazo "Hoot, mon'" IIo Is ooverel with fethers from top 2 bottum K. hiz 1 wing on ejther side. Sho roosts on her hind legs ntlrclcy; I nm not shure wether ho has front legs or not, but even if she alnt ho tz az well off in that respekt az eny other burd I no ov It iz sutch a well krown fackt that tho Owl iz konsiderd tho Cymbal ov Wlzdum that It iz usfless 4 me 2 glv tho renzon. It llvs on treerf, mice, rats & other vcdg tables IIo iz tho onley burd I no ov that can staj out nlte nfter nlto (L not feel llko tho old Harry tho next day. A. Kidder. n ' " ?"i 1, 'i" - ! . . u - An elderly lady living at Fordhm Heights, a part of New York City, and bo wan known to bo t. warm advocate of ItJpatis Tabuleo tor xcy ru of liver trouMo or IndleestioTJ. said ton reporter who visited her for the puxp -if Urvrmni; tho paiticu lara r her cat: " I bad always employed n physician and did o m hn last nocasfon I had for one, but at that time obtained do beneflrial rrctilvi I ,)id mr bail auy faith In patent medicines, but having seen ItinansTabulsa ruwraavuxtcd very highly In the New York HrralJ, 1 concluded to Rlvo them a trial. arl T found thoy were Just what ray nusa ileraande.1. I have never employed physlcihn eince, and Uurt means a sarins u(f2 a call A dollar's worth of Ripans Tabules lasts mo a mouth, and I would not bo without thein now If It were my hut dollar." At the time of tbl interview there were present two daUKliters whosriocfally olijocttil papers, but to Uila (be elder lad) argued) "Theromaybo otbercat.es just like mine, and I am sore I tale great pleasure in rccommendine tho tabules to any ono aifectcJ as 1 wuh. ir tiie telll'ja ahoatmvr&Ao In theuAnrwpnAtlAMnmnnt!i,i atTeC-Uxl to bo oa ifreatlr henefltMl an I dauebter;, familiar with her cose and knowing how earnestly the felt nWout the bene, i nt ebe bad received from Itlpans Tabules, decided that tholr toother was quite right. 1 tear Paper Fastemer Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself and improved in every respect.' Prices lower tliau ever. We are still sell ing the Planitary Pencil Sharpeners. The only sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in your office for 10 days free of charge. We have numerous other novelties in office sup plies, together with a large line of Blank Books and Typewriter's Supplies. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS, Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR A Tweity-Year Gold-Filled tee Witt a 15-Jeweled WaMtaam Movement, Both Gimaraeteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. MEIRCEEEAU k OMJElt 130 Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things risht here to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable And the price nt vv hlcli wo offer them Is not Bolntj to make anyone hot, ov. cept the man who charges a higher price for equal ciuallty, and he Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. RefUgeratois at reduced prices. GUNSTER k FORSYTH, 3:3.3:7 PENN AVENUE. Luatlher Keller Line, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. nrd andOfllca West Lackawanna Ave,, SCRANTON, PA. havn Iimii t um nn n.l,w.fnn ti 1-.1 .t.T. $10 FINLEY Men's FMnrnisIhiiinrgg The predictions are swel tering weather from now on and if you study your own comfort investigate our stock of Men's Soft Front Shirts as more solid comfort can be had in. our Perfect Fitting 6& MONARCH 99 Negligee SMrts. than in any other we know of. You will find here a very interesting line to pick from and at prices altogether to your advantage. For an en tire week we will offer the choice of our entire line at each. Former Price, $1.50. And no better goods shown at any price. These come with one pair of laundered separate cuffs and with or without collars to match shirlr 2 OTHER SPECIALS In same line of goods One at 39c, marked from 50c. The Other at 50c, marked from 75c. Comfort also for the boys in our IAEKB-BWN MOUSES AND WAISTS One Line at 39c;, for merly joe. One Line at 88c, formerly $1.10. Size 6 to 14 years. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE - The MonKn.v liAitnvvAitR Stork Sterlieg' Raeges Have the "Sterling" Transpa rent Ventilating Oven Door, "Sterling" Patent Lift Hearth, "Sterling" Oval Drawout Grate, "Sterling Oval Fire Box and many other good features. Be sure and see the Sterling Range, You'll want no other. FME & SiEAi CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hmot & Goirraelll Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 434 Lackawanna Araue HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ceiunel Agent ror the Wyoiuloi Ulotrlotrjr limine, HlniitliiK, Kportlns, HmoUoun uuel tho llcp.iuno UUoiulcU to npuuy HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tufcty Fikp, Cnpi anil Uxplaviart. ttoom lot (Jonnell Ihilldtu;. ticrautoa. $1.00 POWDEBo MiUNUIivJ TIIOS. roitn. - -. Plttston. JOHN D SMITH &. EON, rivmouth. V. H. MULLIGAN, - Wllkes-Barje. 1.
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