'sr TJL-1E SU11ANTUN 1'R1BUISE-"TESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1809. &0C Scnmfon &riBtme Published Dally. Kxrtpt Sunday, by The Tribune Puhllnhlnj; Company, at Flftj Cents h Month. r Now York Ofllce: 150 JJnwinu St.. B. fi. VH15ELAND, Bole Agent for Foreign AflvertWni;. Entered nt tho l'oMotricc'nt Seranton. Pa., as Bcccnd-Clas Moll Matter. ,..--- . m ..... , irhM Tfll.ntin Is niways glad tu print short letters from lt frliT.ds hearing on current topics but It ruin Is that these must be clisneil, for publication, by the wrlter'sjxaljnaine. SCHANTON, AUGUST 22, 1899. It st'crnn about time for Consuls Wild man nnd Williams to make- themselves heard of, If only through a round rob In. For nntl-expnnslonlHts these offi cials are singularly silent. The Work of n Subordinate. The, Ynle Hcvlew. edited by President Arthur T. Hadley, In nn article on the Philippine problem, remarks: "The only way by which we can get Into a position eons'Htent with our Ideals Is to turn our back on conuuest, come to terms wth Agulnaldo nnd the other nnUvo authorities of the Islnnds and offer them srlf-gnvernment nnd pro tection against foreign aggression. If they refuse a reasonable proposition of that character, one which honestly re nounces conquest, then the responsU blllty be theirs for the consequences. We expended an Immense sura of money and sacrificed precious lives to deliver Cuba. Can we not also sacrl llro our pride nnd the prospective pro fits of tho China trade for the same cause of llbeity In the Pacific?" Piesl-jLilt Hadley evidently did not see this article ere It appeared In print, else he would hnve seen that It over looks the historical fact that precisely such an offer was made to tjie. native Filipinos, honestly and in good faith, and lefused by them contemptuously. We refer to he proclamation of Presi dent Schurinun. of the Philippine com mission, defining American Intentions nnd offering to the resident Inhabi tants self-rule proportional to demon strated capacity. This offer merely amplified thw earlier proclamation of General Merrltt, which held out In spir it the same promise. Instead of tak ing us at our word Agulnnldo's men preferred to plot massacre and destruc tion and llrcd on our soldiers In pre mature pursuance of that purpose. Liberty will not suffer from Ameri can guardianship of it In the Pacific and Arthur T. Hadley well knows It. " begins to look as though M. Ouei ln, the barricaded Jew-baiter of Paris, would be obliged to resort to rat poison if he succeeds in becoming a murtyr to the cause. A Novel Remedy for Trusts. To the voluminous but yet active dis cussion of tho- trust problem there has been contributed by a writer in the Chi cago .Record an article possessing In terest above the ordinary. He puts tho whole problem into one short para graph by paying: "So long as the con sumer Is nble to buy nt equitable prices Iih does not care whether a commodity is produced by 1,000 Independent firms or Individuals or bv one vast corpora tion with 1,000 stockholders. He wants his 'money's worth," no more nnd no less; nnd It Is no concern of his to in quire how or by whom nn article Is made. Hut when substantially all the factories In an Industry are gathered under the control of one board of di rectors, with power vested In thtm to raise prices at their pleasure, the peo ple have the light to Inquire Into the character of the vender and to protect themselves against extortion." State regulation of trusts he regards ns uncertain and unrellaole. "Texas, fur example, may prohibit a New Jer sey corporation from doing business within the state of Texas, but is pow erless to prevent n citizen of Texas from going to Now Jersey to buy all h" wants of the products of the trusts fur dlstilbutlon In T"xus: nor can the state picvent the trusts from sending travelers through Its territory to sell th-'lr products under tlfV protection of tlv Interstat" commerce clause of the federal constitution. Tl.ls name clause prevents any stato from Interfering with Its own citizens who desire to sell out to a cltbeii or corporation of an otlur state. Nor can any state prevent a foreign corporation from collecting fi.r goods sold, because the federal con stitution expresly says: 'No state shall pass any law Impnltlug the obli gation of contracts. ' ' Legislation by congress nlong the lines of the Sherman anti-trust law ls, If claims. necessarily Ineffective. "Congress has no .luilsdlctlon to rogit- Uite manufacturing Industries, that power having been ivseived by the status. In the famous sugar trust case. In which tho attorney-general sought t restrain the American Sugar Ke nning company from completing the purchase of certain rcllnerlcs located in Philadelphia which would give it n monopoly of sugar refining In the I'nlted Slates, the supreme court held that such a monopoly was not inter state commerce, and hence was out side tho control of congress. A curious legal anomaly Is presented h"ro In the fact that the supreme court will not allow the states to Interfere with tho distribution of tho products of a trust on tho ground that sale ncross statts lines Is interstate commerce, whlKi the same court will not allow congress to Interfere, because a monopoly In man ufacturing, and fho subsequent and necessary sale of tho product thiouglt out tho union, Is nat Interstate com merce." Congrciss, this writer afllrms, afieady has the power, through nn Indirect channel, to bring tl: tntbts to book. "While possesflng no direct jurisdic tion to regulate corporations, It has un limited powor to tux their earnings, their securities issued uud their divi dends. An annual tax can be collected on nil their stocks, and this tax can he graduated co hs. to fall lightly or not at all on the small legitimate com panies, but hoavy enough on tho largo concerns to squeeze all tho water out of their capital. A good feature of such a law would lo a tax of say ten per cent annually, like the tax on state hank notes, on all securities la- sued In excess of tho actual- property of a company. Another necessary fea ture wculd be a heavy' tax on tho payment of excessive dividends or the accumulation of prollls In excers of tho amount nstessary to pay a reason able, return to the Investor. Such n. law, collecting a prohibitive tax on excesilve Issues of securities nr.d ex cessive dividends nnd rrpflts. would drnw the fnnres of tho trusts and mnke them harmless, while preserving to the producer and consumer the advantages of consolidation." The npptlcallon of this remedy would, says the Record contributor, "slop the game ot the promotes, who nre un loading unlimited issues of wind nnd water on the Innocent investor, but it would mnke the stocks of companies that complied with the law tlmost as safe an Investment ns government bonds. It would protect tho public against extortion In the prices of com modities, without attempting the im possible task of regulating prices by law. because It would take away all mitlve on the part of directors to ac cumulate prollts which could not be distributed. Last, but not least, It would be a good thing for the trusts, because the restraint on speculation anil extortion would hold .them down to n margin r,f profit that would make blackmailing competition Impossible." If It would do nil this It should be a good law to pass. - The Philadelphia Record shows an Inclination to become hysterical over the arrest of General Jlmlnez, and In timates that tho military authorities of Cuba over-stepped authority In de taining him when he attempted to sail for Santo Domingo from Clenfuegos the other day. I'nder ordinary circum stances It would seem as though the officials have been a trifle hasty, but a man possessing a name like that ot the leader of tho Santo Domingo re volution will bear watching at all times. Ocean Subsidies. The commissioner of navigation, Eu gene T. Chamberlain, a Democrat ap pointed to office by President Cleveland and therefore not chargeable with bias in favor of a measure distinctly Re publican In authorship and policy, takes Issue with those who In the last congress opposed the Hunna-Payne shipping bill on the ground that Its provisions opened wide the door to ex travagant subsidies. He has issued a statement covering the controverted points which Is of educational Interest In view of the prospect that this bill will be urged with vigor In the next congress as an administration meas ure. Says he: "The bill gives a uniform rate of compensation to all vessels (sail or Fteam) virtually one cent per gris ton tor each 100 nautical miles traversed to offset the increased cost of construc tion and operation In the United States. It has not, so far as I am aware, been criticised ns unreasonable, if one accepts the theory that the govern ment is warranted in offsetting those differences In order to give our mer chant shipping In foreign trade a start. The bill also gives (over and above that virtually one cent per ton per 100 miles) a special allowance for steamships of over 1,500 gross tons and of fourteen knots' speed or upwards. About eighty per cent, of tho sea-going screw steamships of tho world which comply with the requirements named as to size and speed now re ceive and, for some years, have re ceived the assistance In some form of the various governments whose flags they fly. The proposition In senate bill .TOO, so far from being unwarrantable, therefore, Is mere compliance with the ordinary maritime custom of years. It seems strange only to those who have not looked at the facts. "The special and additional rates for steamships of fourteen knots or over, which have been condemned as ex travagant nnd unheard of, are designed to offset the corresponding allowances given to similar steamships by foreign governments. Hearing In mind that these rates alone (not the allowance for difference In cost of construction nnd operation) are being considered, the rates proposed are not more than enough to counterbalance contributions by foreign governments to similar steamships. The large Hrltlsh mail contracts are awarded In lump sums, but 1 have been at the pains to ascer tain the steamships by which they nre performed, their size, their speed, number of voyages nnd distances tra versed during a year. With this data it is easy to ascertain the additional lates named to which similar vessels would be entitled to under Senate bill 5.180. Viewed another way, this com parison will show what foreign gov ernments pay to certain steamships and what American- steamships of pre cisely the same size and speed run ning parallel to them throughout a year would jecelve as an offset under the Hnnna-Payne bill. Tho following are the summaries: IlritlKh Ton. Con- Senate nage. tracts. Hill. Peninsular and Orl ental H8.3S5 H.eG0,?J7 J1.HC.9I1 Pacific Steam .t Orient S. S. Cos.. 50,303 Castle. Mall & Union S. S. Cos. . G3.G7G Royal Mall 1!!,733 Cmuidliin Pacific .. 17,715 Canard and White Star 70.47S 418.100 -103,531 Siil.uon lai.wo 190.712 HO 6S(i Cti.1,515 1,010,621 Totals 3W.S02 U77S.9S2 U4W.M1 "Sennte bill P.VW thus proposed to off set ?:i,7"S,9S2 awarded under Hrltish contracts with $3,4?S,834 awarded un der American' contracts. The proposi tion Is not extravagant nor does it mean a pot of money for tho owners of fust American steamship;. Were It not for two facts, tho Americans will obtain ndvnntage3 for operating slow cargo boats In conjunction with mull Hteamshlps, nnd that our Pacific Inter course with Aslu is not subject to Suez canal tolls, the bill would probably full to accomplish Its purposes." As wus shown u few days ago in an article reproduced from the Philadel phia Press, We are now paying in ocean freights to foreign ship owners for tho transportation of our export Vade not le than $180,000,000 a year, notwlth standing that our facilities to build ships and man them with Intelligent wenmen are potentially unsurpassed, If by expending lu subsidies each year a few million dollars we can in course of time develop nn American merchant marine which will nave a considerable part of this Immense tribute now paid to foreign enterprise, will it not be bus iness economy to do so? This Is tho whole question In n nutshell. The boiler-plate news service an nounces that Colonel Edward M. Hayes will go to Manila in the near future for the purpose of capturing Aguln aldo. Colonel Hayes believes that the war would soon cease could the wily Filipino chief be made u prisoner, ntid will devote his energies to that end upon arriving lit Mnnlla. Colonel Hayes has not announced his plan of operation, but claims to have the sanc tion of General Otis In his mission. If the kidnapping scheme can be success fully carried out It will certainly bo a more Inexpensive manner of solving the Philippines question than has here tofore been suggested. Ry nil means give Colonel Hayes a chance and let us hope thnt he will bo as successful as the man who stole Chris Von der Ahe. Tho attitude of General Merclcr tow ard a representative of the Associated Press who attempted to Interview him the other day was'in accord with the pitifully ridiculous stnnd thnt the gen eral has taken during the entire pro ceedings In the Dreyfus case. Through his son, Mercier sets forth that It would be useless for him to make a vy statement in the case, as the foreign press Is prejudiced and could not be swerved by nnythlng that could Iw produced In the way of evidence In favor of the armv. From the man ner in which General Mercier has In sisted that Dreyfus is guilty without evidence to support his theories It l.i not surprising that ho should conslde tho foreign press equally unmoveable. A scientist has called at'tentlon to the fact that the Rurmese regard tat tooing as an efficient anti-toxin for snake bites. This may do for tropi cal countries, but It is scarcely pos sible that readers will be willing to take chances with the Amerlcnn ser pent upon any save tho good, old Ken tucky prescription. It Is difficult to prescribe the beat occupation for men of deep learning during the hot weather, but It must be admitted that the scientists out west who are counting the bones of tho Dip locodus are in much more profitable business than the eastern professors who urc shouting anti-expansidn the ories. The crew of the Shamrock claim to have seen n sea serpent on their voyage across the Atlantic. Sir Thomas Lip ton will do well to take a hint from this circumstance and put his sailors on soft drinks until after the race. In any event the Man Rehlnd the Hoe press is in much better condition that the Individual who used to pull the lever of the old Washington type of printing machine. The long silence of David D. Hill may be an Indication that he Is preparing to say something significant when the opportune time comes. The war dogs of France generally do their llrst barking about a bonfire. Perhaps M. Guerln would surrender If allowed to retain his side arms. TOLD BY THE STABS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe Cast: 0.10 a. tn., for Tuesday, August, L-.. 1KB. $ S3? A child born on this day would rather vote at primaries than general elections. There's less liability of being forced to testify at one of Lackawanna's famous contests. Tho sheriff seems about tho only adver tising agent who can convince some men of the necessity ot u newspaper notice. A good many men who are failures as political leaders attempt to gain noto riety as the wedge lu the party split. An advance In the price of western beef may have u tendency to give the Frank, fort sausugo an equine flavor. Lack of proper understanding on part of tho public prevents many a man from becoming great. Ajacchus' Advice. The reformer will generally have better success It he goes away fiom home to work at it. CRIME IN SOUTH AFEICA. Editor of Tho Tribune Sir As many of your readers are in terested In the gold fields of South Africa I Imvo thought that tho following nc count of the moral condlton of things In Johannesburg, the capital of tho gold fields, might prove a pleasing surprlso to them. Tho quotation which I have copied Is from a report of a lecture by Ur. KraiiHc, tho public prosecutor at Johannesburg, which appeared in tho Weekly Free Press of Klmberley. Dr. Krauee Is a very tellablo gentleman, and the paper from which I have taken the extract is a most reliable paper. Dr. Krause says "It Is my experience, that as far as se. rlous crlmo In concerned, Johannesburg, considering tho cosmopolitan naturo of Its population, and it 'UabiT of tongues. Is one of tho most orderly mining cumps' or cities In the wot Id. No doubt our court rolls arc daily swollen by offenses of n petty nature, nnd even last year the total number of complaints booked at tho charge ofllce amounted to about 11. ooo. The number of Kuflr pass-law eases, Kafir burglaries. Kafir assaults (some Bcrlous. even ending In deals, and caused principally by tho ubomlnablo Illicit liquor truffle, form, however, tho largest contingent of tins at (list sight abnor mally high figure. The scum of tho world has practically been washed ashore here and still most of these men are known, marked, and watched. Life and property In any part of this town ure more secure than In tho back slums of London, Paris or New York. Although we have recently had In our midst tho perpetration of deplorable and. up to tills moment, undiscovered crimes, we hnve not yet had. and I hope never will have, a local Jack tho Ripper or a Jabcz Hal four. Dally, crimes of the most heinous naturo are committed lu theso largo Eu ropean and American cities to which no clue exists, ami of which tho perpetra tors will never be discovered. If I had tho time I would bo able to relato to you known and authenticated cases In these cities, which would make your hair stand on end." These facts given by the highest au thority lu t)u country, on such a ques. tlon. will, I hope, give some consolation to thn renders of The Trlbuno who Imvo friends and relations In that distant land, Very truly, James Hughes. Seranton, Aiiir. 21, HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. A Question of Grammar. Tho Peace conference nt Tho Hague may have been a political failure, but It lias been an nrenn In which the American delegates have won many laurels. The lenst-known member of the body Is the one who has attracted the largest amount of the world's at tention. This, says the 'Pittsburg Dis patch, Is tho secretary, Frederick Vv Holls. a member of the. New York bar. He wns ndmlrnbly qualified for the post. Ills father, a German by birth, Is an eminent Lutheran clergyman, and the son speaks both German and Eng lish. Ills selection ns secretary was warmly advocated by Commissioner Seth Low, who hnd before this recog nized Mr. Holls' fitness for the ofllce. Ills plan ot International mediation nnd arbitration was marked by sim plicity, efficiency and equity. The phraseology was so excellent as to re ceive the praise of the great European Jurists who were opposed to his Ideas. Digests of his plan were published, with full credit, by every European nation. Of Mr. Holls' career ns u lawyer many stories are told, of which the following Is one: On one occasion In the court room Mr. Holls wns Interrupted with the question: "Suppose there was three defend ants" "That, my dear sir," retorted 1 rolls, "Is a question of grammar and not of law." Ready to Pay the Debt. Some years ago an nflray among tho miners of the west resulted In murder, and Senator John M. Thurston, of Ne braska, believing the accused to have been lnocent in intention, took up his case and greatly mitigated the lad's punishment. Six months afterwarit a man, armed to the teeth, appeared In Thurston's ofllce, relates the Youth's Companion. "He you Squire Thurston?" ' Yes." "Re you the man that defended Jack Ralley at court?" The senator, thinking his last hour was come, again answered, "Yes." . "Well, I'm Jack Ralley's pardner, and I've come to pay you. I haven't got any money, but I'm a man of honor. Anybody In town you don't like"" As the senator smilingly disclaimed any thrlst for booty or blood, the call er insisted Incredulously, "Put oti your hat, squire, and Just walk down the street. See anybody you don't like, throw up your thumb and I'll pop him." His Hands Were Full. Touching the painful position of a small man in a large place, the De troit Free Press tells a story of Jonas Howard, of Indlnna. When Mr. How ard went to congress, It says, he left behind him a devoted body of con stituents who fancied that great per sonal benefits would come to them through Mr. Howard's powerful pres ence In the halls of national wisdom. One of these rural adherents, a small farmer, with some momentous political designs on his mind, followed Mr. Howard to Washington in eager pur suance of that mysterious object. He returned In about five days, seemingly much elated. "Well, Rill," a town acquaintance saluted him, "did you see Washington and Mr. Howard and did you get what you went after?" "Ya-as, I seen Washington," he re plied, grumpily, "nnd I seen Jonas; but Jonas couldn't do nothln' for me. He was a havln' hard work to keep from gettln' tramped on hlsself." Found Ho Was Through. Judge Stein Is known ns being at times an alirupt, somewhat arbitrary Judge, when occasion seems to require these qualities, says the Chicago Re cord. Young practitioners quake In wardly when they appear before him. Tho Judge knows the law, perhaps, as few on the bench do, and has no sym pathy for the "lightweights of the pro fession. The other day an attorney was mak ing! n long nrgument to the court. He talked loud and waved his arms a great deal. The Judge was visibly bored, and spectators watched curious ly for an outburst. Rut the lawyer did not see the ever-increasing signs of displeasure. "There can be no two sides to this case!" shouted the attorney. "Refore I am through I Intend " "You're through now," suddenly ex claimed Judge Stein, rising and wav ing the speaker to his seat with a dark frown. The lawyer gasped, sank Into his seat and that caso was ended. The Reason Was Sufficient. A witness for the defense had been examined, when the prosecuting soli citor stood up to crush him, Solicitor Why did you hide Sullivan tn your house on that Sunday night? Witness I did not see Sullivan at all that night. Solicitor (knowingly) Will you swear your wife did not hide Sullivan on that night? Witness (hesitatingly) Ye-es. Solicitor (more knowingly) Will your wife swenr that she did not hide Sullivan in your house on thnt night? Witness (more hesitatingly) Well I don't think so. Solicitor (most knowingly) Ah! And perhaps you can tell the court how It Is you can swear your wife did not hide him. while she cannot swear the same thing. Speak up now and tell the truth. Witness (unhesitatingly) Well, you see, I'm" not a married man. Pittsburg Times. As Others See Him. Governor Theodore Roosevelt has a very peculiar, precise and staccato de livery when speaking in public, which Is well Imitated by his friends. One evening, tho Philadelphia Post says, the governor happened to overhear the imitation. He laughed heartily, nnd then nsked: "Do I speak ns badly as that?" "Pretty nearly." was the consoling reply. "Then." returned tho governor, "l must be ono of the funniest men on the stump." THEATRICAL NOTES. Robert Drouet will be the Joint Storm in support of Viola Allen lu "The Chris, tlan," and her fnlber. C. Lesllo Allen, will play Archdeacon Wealthy. September IS has been set for tho re opening of the Knickerbocker theater In Now York. Francis Wilson will bo seen thoro for tho first time In tho new Victor Herbert opera "Cyrano do Hergerac." James M. Colvillo will play John Storm In the special "The Christian" company lu which Eflle Ellsler will appear as "Olory Quale." This company will open Its season In Hrtdeport, Conn., Sept. 11. William Furst, munlcal director of tho Empire theater, and Tom Karl will bo thu directors ot tho School of Opera, which has been organized lu connection with the Empire Theater Dramatic school. Viola Allen opens her season In ltoston, In "The Christian," on Sept, 2. She will not bo seen In a now play this season. Tho dramatization of F. Marlon Craw ford's new novel which Is being written for her will not be produced until unother year. Jnmcs O'Neill In "The Muskete'crs," will open his seuson at Trenton, N. J., Sept. lfi. .Mr. O'Neill's support will In elude Maude Odcll as "Miladi," Noiu O'Hrlen ns tho queen, Edmund Ilrcesu ns Richelieu, Edgar Foncst us Rochetort, J. W. Rankson us the king, llertrudc Ucii nett as Constance, Jnques Knitter As Honenleux, George Johnson ns RuckliiK hutn, Mark Ellsworth as Aramls, Jeffer son Lloyd ns Athos and John W. Thomp son as Purthos. Viola Allen's company presenting "Tho Christian" next season will have on en tirely now set of scenery, even moio elaborate than the equipment of the orig inal production. Miss Allen opens her second seuson In "Tho Christian" on Sep. tembcr 4 at Syracuse. On September 10 she begins a six weeks' run at Power's theater In Chicago, following this en gagement by appearances In Detroit. St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburg nnd Phllad' I Phla. Llebler & Co. will have live attraction. under Its direction next season the two "Tho Christian" companies, "Cldldren of tho Ghetto." Jumes O'Neill In "The Mus. kctcers," and James A. Heme's new play, "Sag Harbor Folk." The company pre senting "The Christian," headed by Viola Allen, will play only In the principal cities. The special company In which Eflle Ellsler plays "Olory Quuyle," will cover tho territory not visited by Miss Allen, playing ns fur west as San Francisco. PERSONALITIES. Edward U. Whlnton. the new copper king, began lifo as a silver miner In Colorado. Rochester, N. Y tho nntlvo city of Brigadier General Hale, Is to erect a statue to that soldier. Coxey, who led a tramp army to Wash ington In ISM, Is now the head of a min ing company, which has Just made a strike of lead oro that will make Coxey a magnate Tho unusual sight of a bishop address ing a congregation of bicyclists was wit. nessed at Dover, England, last week, when the bishop of that see preached to cyclists from all the country round. The terrible scar on the cheek of Gen eral Guy V. Henry was received In the Hloux uprising of 1873. "When I was OghtlBg the Indians," ho explains. "I wns wounded nnd fell from my horse, Tho savages didn't iccm to think much of my scalp, nnd so they took my cheek." Tho Dally Mall's Rerlln correspondent says that Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, who is now in command yf the German squadron in Asiatic waters, will visit San Francisco nnd perhaps, other American ports af ter leaving China. He will perhaps pay a visit to President McKlnley at Wash ington. Do Witt Tnlmage sc.ys that the worst wound he ever suffered fiom the mistake of n compositor was In the printing of a sermon of his on the Penitential Psalms. Ho had said: "The name of God does not once appear in this verse. Isn't that sig nificant?" Tho printed version read: "Tho name of God does not once appear in this verse. Isn't that magnificent?" When Senator George I,. Turner, of Washington, lost his fortune a few years nso there camo to his law ofllce somo miners from Hrltlsh Columbia, who wanted some papers drawn up. As they seemed poor, Mr. Turner refused to ac cept a fee, whereupon they insisted that he accept stock In their claims. The claims turned out well, and made them all, Including Mr. Turner, millionaires. A Rlalrstown, N. J., dispatch say: "Thirty-two of the business men of this placo havn agreed to close their stores all day on Tuesday (today) In honor of their most distinguished townsman, tho Hon. John I. lilalr. Mr. Blair Is enjoying excellent health, but seldom leaves his residence, though he takes an actlvo In terest In his extensive railway Interests and in politics, especially In connection with the foreign policy of tho adminis tration. Ho has always been a Repub lican und Is heartily in sympathy with the expansion policy of President Mc Klnley." Word has been received In Chicago from the committee of representative citi zens thnt went to Mexico to Invite Presi dent Diaz to attend the laying of the corner stone of tho new postotllce on Oc. tober 9, that he had assured them ho would come. While the invitation was not fully accepted, President Diaz said he would ask tho Mexican congress, which meets in September, for permis sion to visit the I'nlted States, nnd that such permission would undoubtedly bo granted. Elaborato preparations have been mado for his reception. The gov ernors of all tho states through which President Diaz will pass will meet and escort him. United States Senator Carter, of Mon tana, who was among several distin guished Americans who arrived last Sun. day in the fog-belated American liner New York, said he never felt so proud of returning to his own country. "Trav elers may talk ns they like," ho said, "of tho advantages of lifo abroad: as for me. I come back a moro fervent Ameri can than ever. All you have to do to be. como fascinated with this land Is to go over and take n look at the forelKn places. I gathered while I was abroad that there would be a sort of compromise verdict In the Dreyfus case. I believe that a failure to acquit mny lead to a revolution In France." Emma : Carrie, I think Elsie makes such a mistake to bo taking tonics all the time. My experience is that a tonic Is only good after I have had a regular house cleaning, nnd after that I don't seem to need any tonic. It is remarkable how well Ripans Tabules s"uit rny case, I don't take one once a week, but whenever I do they do the business, Carrie : The tabules contain nux, and that is a tonic, Emma : I don'l care whai they contain, they are just wonderful. tar ' Automatic Paper Fastener Fastens papers in a jiff, feeds itself aud improved in every respect. Prices lov;r tliau ever. We are still sell ing the Planitary Penc 1 Sharpeners. The ouly sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in your office for 10 days free of charge. Wc have numerous other novelties iu office sup plies, together with a large line of Biauic liooKs ana Typewriter's Supplies, Reynolds Bros STATIONERS nnd BNGRAVER3. Hotel JctYnyn Btiildiaff. FOR A Twenty-Year Gold-Filled Gase Will a iS-Jcwclcfl Walttoam Movement, Both Gunaramiteed The Best Watch iu the Whole World for the Money. MEHCEMAIU & C0KNELL 130 Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of thlnps right here to make tho hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And the prlco nt which wc offer them is not Bolng to make nnyone hot, ex cept the man who charges a hlghet pilco for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators at reduced prices. GUNSTE1R & FORSYTE S23-327 PENN AVENUE. Lmither Kelleii LinE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Yard nnd Ofll;a West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA'. $10 FINLEY New Fall ' Dres Goods We open today our first importation this season of choice novelties in Crepoinis, merges, Cheviots, Tweeds etc'. Also a magnificent line of Plands for mitim and :s All Exclusive De signs. 530 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUfi The Modern llAHDWAitr. Stokb Don't cook the Cook Get a Gas Range save time money, too. We have 4 Estate Cook ers, (3-buruer, oven and broiler.) This week $9ogOo FOOTE & SiEAE CD, 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hunt & CoraesH Co. 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