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THE SCIUNTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 30, 1899
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SCItANTON, AUGUST 30, 189D.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Justice of the Supreme Court J. HAY
DROWN', of Lancaster.
Judfie of tho Superior Court-JOSIAH It.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia.
State Treasurer-MKUTKNANT COL-
onhl jami:s i:. haknktt, of
Washington.
Election day, Nov. 7.
It Is tlme for the- octopus editor of
the Times to reload his pneumatic nr
tlllrry. Tho asphalt snake Is coiling for
nnothnr sprliiR.
Up to Mr. Sillimnn,
-f ITHJN a week thousands
of.RuesV slithered from
an parts 01 me i nucu
States will ho In Scr.in
tn and will wont for tho'i- a-vomino-eldtton
the l)e; sirnet car servli" In
the power of the Tractlin -otnpany to
afford. Imperially will there be need
nf ptnmpt and expeditlDUS aervire t:
nnd from Nay Auk paik.
Under the action of councils order
lnff the mayor to continue the em
bargo whlih he iihv'iil on. Monday up
on the Tiactlon eompany's Arthur ave
nue loop there cannot 'lie an adjust
ment nf this matter within twc weeks.
Uy that time the Letter Cut-tiers' as
sociation will have come and Kone, tak
ing homo with It not a pleasant iin
preslnn of our street car facilities.
Incidentally the convenience of our own
people will be held up.
It Is common report that ths Inter
position of councils In this mi' tor has
been dictated In part at leadt by spite
Whether this teport be true or false,
It Is the Tiactlon company's tuin I
act. As we understand the situation,
("Joneral ManaKcr Sllltman .Malms to
have an Incontestable Ie?ul rlsh. to
Uy and operate the loop which Pi?
mayor and councils say he shall not
operate. Let him assert this tight
and brlns the issue at on-e to a focus.
The people consider that th? benefits
from this Impiovement ate as gieat to
them as they can ever bo to the Trac
tion company. They want he loop
operated.
"A fiery hell on earth" Is what Col
onel Harnett says Manila would soon
be if American military protection were
withdrawn. The testimony of such a
witness is worth a ton of Atkinson lit
erature. The Boers Will Fight.
f B TlIU most dangerous element
T
in any community is made
up of pious men who have
more sentimentality than
common sense. We have an Illustra
tion of this element In our own coun
try in tlie gentlemen who are wasting
tears of sympathy on tho treacherous
Filipinos and playing treason from
mistaken motives when common sense
utterly condemns their maudlin tan
tics. Somewhat akin to them in mental
processes are the lioers of South Afri
ca, who seem at last determined to
monkey with the Kngllsh buzz saw
and learn wisdom at the cost of un
necessary bloodshed. The lioers are
undoubtedly patilotle In a narrow
way, but there Is a patriotism which
lefuses to take into account the fact
that civilization Is on the march. They
stolo their own lands from the Kafllr
tribes and then made the mistake e.f
perpetuating the Kaffir type of exclu
slveness. When civilization poured
men of another race into their region
to develop Its natuial resources. In
stead of welcoming them and Joining
with them In thp work, they drew
away, looked at each new comer ask
ance nnd have sullenly and stubbornly
persisted In treating these "Outland-i-is"
as enemies of the commonwealth,
to be Ill-used and ground down by
n-ery artlllee In their power. The man
who sows suspicion and Injustice gen
erally icaps trouble and the crop of.
this article about to be harvested In
thu Tiansvnal looks sufficient to force
a readjustment of the map.
If It comes lo war the Boers will
fl-jht. with the stolid fanaticism of
iellglc.ua monomanluis, and'Ungland
will have n task on hand tho hardest
since Waterloo. Hut In the natuio of
things the Hoer typo of pious pl-?-htadedness
is foiedootned to destruc
tion and It Is to the general Interest of
lumun progiess that In this Imminent
:-onllIct of antiethetlt al tendencies th
Anglo-Saxon .spirit Ahull win.
Kxpert testimony Is the same ihe
voi Id over-contradictory, egotistical
md always rcadyto subordinate facts
o'theoiles. .If Dieyfus Is depending
5ne;xpeit testimony, heaven help him.
Nature Cures.
MANY cures aro being
wto'ught dally among
the hlelc which, if ti faith
V .. ' ' x,riH or n Christian Sel
nee hralT-r had been called In, would
b" attributed to tho mystical method
-mployed. There Is reason to believe
:lmt most of tho ullcged cures pio
lured In tjijij r.y -would have been
wumght with equal success without
:lie so-called supernatural diet. Fr
inently, to be sure, tho patient's mind
is lit u morbid condition, which some
rvw Interest or treatment may dlpel
ami tho nervous forces be aroused to
asjlbt In tho recovery, but rftcn tho
cu$e Is eucli that time and rest and
erulet will work .the name resultb.
AmJUuatratlcm niny lit cited lit the
cne oj iex"l'JJ.t of this city, a lady
prcmrricfsi,Jihnrltuhli wnrk and on.i
wlwue blrit'JitltJr.'can' not be questioned.
Sotno years ago nialutiil Illness loft
her. helpless and unablo to' walk. Fam
ous fuccjluIMit8,1wQre consulted aml n,j
poBlblo'Veiiienies and treatments wore
Clven'VTrTnr but" she grew btendlly
worse In health. Finally on the ad
vice of a Philadelphia physician ?ho
went to the seashore for n prolonged
slay where under tho core of n trained
nurse It wns hoped that tho nlr and
the baths might be efllcnclous. Titer
was no Improvement, and alio returned
home to die. oh everyone, Including
heiself, believed. Suddenly nfter some
weeks alie bewn to recover nnd vvn.t
soon walking about her room, a feat
she had not accomplished In many
months. Her recovery was rapid nnd
shij has for several years been In the
most robust health.
No one Is able to tell Just what pro
duced the cure, but had It occurred In
this day under faith or Christian Sci
ence treatment, to which It would be
but natural to resort when everything
else had failed, she would probably
have been Bounding the tocsin of her
miraculous restoration, nnd giving tho
faith healers the glot;y. This Is but
one Instance among many when the
patient would undoubtedly have re
covered under almost any method,
thanks to tjio recuperative qualities of
mother nature.
Senator Stewart's plan to rebuke
Fiance for her treatment of Dreyfus
by withdrawing the American exhibit
ftom the Paris exposition Is foolish.
Ofliclally France today is doing nil that
she cm to re-establish Justice. Tha
government of the United States can
not afford to go Into the boycotting
business.
The Present Bankruptcy Law.
aHR committee of tho Ameri
can liar association on
commercial law has under
taken to note-, year by yea",
the operation of the bankruptcy law
and to suggest changes If any seem ad
visable. Its report for the piesent year,
presented at Buffalo yesterday, Is pre
liminary and tentative. The commit
tee finds that the provisions of tho law
for Involuntary bankruptcy have not
yet been tested In the courts to any
appreciable extent, nnd it Is evidently
of the opinion that the voluntary bank
ruptcy feature has been overworked In
the Interest of fraudulent debtors, but
It Is not yet prepared to offer specific
criticism, preferring to await further
study and consultation with represen
tative commercial bodies. Its conclu
sions are enumeiated as follows:
"J. That n bankruptcy law Is wise and
beneficent legislation.
'"2. That tho Rcr.cral features of the
present bankruptcy law should hnvo the
approval and support of the bur and the
commercial community.
"3. That whatever amendments are
made to the provision of the l.iw relat
ing to voluntary bankruptcy should be :n
the line of a better ptotectlon to the ered
Iter against fraud In the bankruptcy pio
ceedlngs. "4. That tho amendments to the provis
ions of tho law relating to involuntary
bankruptcy should be along the lines of
a better remedy for the creditor for
fraud, actual or contempt itcd, on tho
part of tho debtor previous to tho Insti
tution of bankruptcy pioceedlngs.
"5. That tho Ideal bankruptcy law Is
one that (a) allows every honest debtor
to procure a speedy dlschaige from his
obligations upon the surrender of all his
property; (b) glyos every creditor u com
plete remedy against actual or contem
plated fraud on the part of tho debtor;
nnd (c) punishes all fraud on the pjrt
of debtor or creditor with relentless .se
verity." These are pre-eminently safe gener
alities hardly needing the august In
dorsement of a committee of tho
American I3ar association. Undoubt
edly a bankruptcy law Is needed, but
on general principles of righteousness
there must be radical faults In a law
like that now In operation, which
every day Is grinding out exonerations
to men whose liabilities are measured
In the thousands of dollats, but whose
repotted assets aro nil.
President McKlnley's Pittsburg speech
shows that the administration proposes
to take the Philippine bull by the horns,
come what may. It makes the Issue.
Now let the opposition fire away.
Red Tape.
AiENTLKMAN reading In Har
ilsburg has communicated to
tho Outlook mi outpouring
of his discontent at the still
voluminous red tape required In the
transaction of business with the War
department. In the couise of business
he is brought into contact with two
departments of the government. One
of these, the postolllco department,
presents no dllliculties whatever. Its
mall system is simple and expeditious
and In its money order branch It last
year handled $410,000,000 of the people's
money in sums aveioglng not over $7
with the los of only about $40 in nil.
The gentleman In Ilanisburg does
printing for the War department for
the use of officers stationed at Camp
Meade. The contract amounts, he
says, to ahout $20 a year, yet In Its
forma It Is "appalling In Its detail and
ridiculous in Its minuteness. FIvo
copies were mude, taking twenty sig
natures and hours of time. After four
weeks It Is discovered by some one at
Washington, employed apparently to
count the drops In a quart of Ink, that
the quartermaster's clerk had written
one word erroneously, In a totally un
important and unessential part of the
qulntupllcate contract. Therefore, five
more documents have been written and
laboriously executed. When I went to
sign them, It appeared that my rubber
stump for the name of the corporation
spelled out the word 'Company,' where
as thu AVar department sand-counter
had used the abbreviation 'Co.' I was
gravely Informed that this would vi
tiate the contract, nnd so managed to
hold off tho live suporlluous letters.
Two bills have been rendered under
this contract, for about six dollars in
all. Uach has taken an hour's careful
study, and the quartermaster's clerk
tells me that they will probably come
back for correction. Is It any wonder
tho Wor department needs about six
hundred funerals In high official life?"
Complaint at such exhausttvo mi
nuteness of detail Is natural, especially
from those not accustomed to It. Uut
if there Is never any worse thing to bo
Justly Bald of the American War de
partment than that It Is extremely
careful to prevont clerlcul mistakes,
tho public can put up with Its cere
monious ways quite, handily.
LIBERTY IS SURE '
IN PHILIPPINES
AMERICAN RULE DOUND TO
ESTABLISH IT.
In an Address Before tho American
Bar Association Senator Lindsay of
Kentucky Tears to Shreds the
Opposition to Our Qovornmcut's
Course in the Far East.
HulYnlei, Aug. 29. Hefore th Anieil
can liar association today United
States Senator William Lindsay of
Kentucky read a paper concerning the
constitutional features of expansion,
In the course of which he said;
It Is said to bo Inconsistent with the
fuiid'uuentnl Idea of free Institutions
for this government to rctnln territory
under lis Imperial rule and deny the
people the customary local Institu
tions Hut Is. It contrary to that Idea
to retain such territory, securing to me
peopl" all tho customnry local Institu
tions they may ptove themselves com
petent to administer, and nil tho civil
rights that free Institutions aro In
tended to protect?
While the United States have su
premo power over the national terri
tories and their Inhabitants, and while
all the discretion to legislative power
Is vested In congress for making rules
nnd regulations respecting them, yet
tins sovereign dominion is to uo ex
ercised subject to the restraints ex
pressed In the constitution, nnd In har
mony with the principles of free Insti
tutions. Wo spcuk frequently of cer
tain individual or personal rights as
"constitutional rights," because they
happen to fall within the protecting
Inlluence of some express pro Islon of
the constitution. It does not rollow
that other natural rights not so ex
pressly protected are enjoyed at the
arbitrary will of the government. To
take them from the people is to con
vert a free government Into n despot
ism. To leave them without the sanc
tion of the law, as administered by the
courts, Is to destroy tho stability of
free Institutions. Those rights may
not be enumerated, but their preserva
tion is none the less assured. As said
by Mr. Justice Matthews, In llStli
United States: "When we consider the
nature and theories of our institutions
of government, the principles upon
which they nre supposed to rest, and
review the history of their develop
meat, we are constrained to conclude
that they do not mean to leave room
for the play and action of purely per
sonal and arbitrary power."
Arbitral y power over life, liberty an 1
property exists nowhere In n republic,
not even In the largest majority. It
w III not exist In the government of
tho United States, In the exercise of
Ita Jurisdiction over the lives, liberty
nnd property of the people of tho
Philippines, and In providing for their
government. It will not be necessary
to contravene the principles of tho
Constitution or to override the Declar
ation of Ind"pendence.
THE HULH OF RKASON.
Abstract truths and general princi
ples int.. to be reasonably applied to
the affairs of life, especially to the af
fairs of government. Conditions of
hardship arc to be ameliorated as cir
cumstances will permit Men nnd wo
men were held In slavery nnd deprived
of their civil and personal rights, in
each of the thirteen e olenites at tho
time their representatives declared
"that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights. Th it among
these p.re life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness." The Constitution,
which was ordained twelve years af
terwards, recognized the legal exis
tence of slavery nnd provided for the
arrest and return of fugitive slaves.
Mr. Lincoln treated tho freeing of
th' slave ns subordinate to the preser
vation of the Union. A great contest
wns being settled by the aibitrainent
of war, and. in his opinion, the slave
could avyalt tho progiess of events for
the application in his behalf, of the
principle that llbertv and ih mil suit
of happiness are among the Inalienable
lights, with which men are endowed
by their Creator. The declaration ns to
tho Inalienable rights of men Is none
the less true because slavery lived un
der the American Union from 1776 to
ISfi, nnd only ceased to exist at the
end nf a war In which freedom came,
If not ns a military necessity, as n
measure "deemed almost Indispensable
to military success.
FUNDAMENTAL DOCTItlNn.
Commenting on the Incompatibility
nf slavery with the Inalienable rights
of man, Henry Clay used the language
of a practical statesman, when he said;
"It is a general declaration In the
act announcing to the world the Inde
pendence of the thirteen American
colonies, that nil men are created
i' iuul. Now, as an abstract principle,
there Is no duiibt of the truth of that
declaration, nnd It Is desirable In the
original consttuctlon of society and In
the organized societies to keep It In
view as a great fundamental princi
ple. Hut the-i I apprehend that In no
society that ever did exist, or over
shall be formed, was or can the equal
ity aseited among the human race !
practically enforced and carried nut."
This principle can not be literally
enforced Ir. the adjustment of our re
latlons with the Philippines, but the
declaration Is to bo kept In view ns a
great fundamental doctrine, control
ling, as far as circumstances will per
mit, the organisation and preservation
of orderly administration, though Its
literal application may for the tlioo !.
d nled, ns our futhers denied It, when
It lends to anaichy and lawlessness or
renders stable and orderly government
Impossible, or Increases the difficulties
In the way of establishing liberal in
stitutions. To substitute the control of the Unit
ed States for the control of Spain In
the Philippines; to lntrodui" Am rlcan
institutions In the room ami stead of
Spanish methods; to replace absolute
and unlimited power with the restrain
ing principles ef Constitutional liberty,
will not be to contravene this great
fundamental principle. It will be the
first step In securing to the Inhabitants
of ths distant counttles th right to
life. liberty nnd tho pursuit of happi
ness. It will be to the people of these
Islands the dawn of u morning which
In God's providence will ripen Into a
day of deliverance from tyranny and
oppression, at the hands of either .a
foreign master or a homebred despot.
PUHPOSU OF fJOVKHNMF.NT.
To secure tho Inalienable rights of
man, governments nre Instituted, de
riving their just powers from tho con
sent of the governed. Whenever tho
form of government becomes destruc
tive of these ends. It lb the right of
the people to alter or abolish It and
to Institute a new government, laying
Its foundations en such principles and
organising Its powers in such form ns
to them may seem most likely to ef
fect their safety and happiness. I
have not observed the use. In Us com
pleteness, of this clause of the Declara
tion of Independence In the arguments
against the light and power of tho
United Stuteu to accept sovereignty
over the Philippines through the ces
sion made by the Spanish treaty. To
tho wnnt of consent by the Filipinos
great Importance Is given. Their want
nf the oppoitunlty to express consent
receives no consideration. We cannot
presume that the ofTer nf law and
order through stublo government to a
people who have never enjoyed tho
blessings of elttier. would be rejected
could they be afforded the opportunity
io consider tno oner ana free v to ex
press their will. Insurgent chlcftnln.
mav challenge our admiration and
arouse our sympathy, hut they and
their followers cannot be permitted to
decide for eight millions of people,
whether they are willing to accept e.r
deily government ndmlnlstered under
the restraint of American Institutions.
American dominion In the Philippines
will destroy none of the ends of gov
ernment; will disregard no one of tho
Inalienable rights of man; will rane
tlfy no obue or usurpation, but will
terminate tho despotism under which
their people have! lived for nioto thun
three hundred years.
CON'HUNT OF elOVEUNnD.
The United States did not ask the
consent of the Inhabitants of Ioulsl
ana, or Florida, or New Mexico, or
Upper California, to the cessions made
by France and Sonln nnd the republic
of Mexico, nor was It understood, when
we nssumed sovereign Jurisdiction over
those peoples, that we were violating
the principle that governments derive
their Just powers from' tho consent of
the governed. Orderly government
faithfully administered In the Interests
of the governed supei Induces consent.
New Mexico nnd I Arizona have been
governed ns territories more than fifty
years. Congress has governed tue uis
trlet of Columbia more than a hundred
years, yet the Declaration of Indepen
dence Is neither dead nor sleeping. It
remains the thought nnd spirit of the
Constitution and continues to command
the reverence of nil our people.
The right to withdraw consent, and
to form Independent nutlonal relations
wns put to tho test by the seceding
states In 1861. The effort was support
ed by armies such as tho world had
never seen, by statesmanship, general
ship, heroism, courage and devotion
which challenged universal ndmlratlnn;
but the experiment failed because the
majority of the people of tho United
States did not concede the proposition
that consent enn be withdrawn except
for sufficient cause, and denied the ex
istence of any such cnuse to tho states
of the South.
Secession was the free net of the
people of the seceding states, the off
spring of their fue nnd unforced will.
It was the formal withdrawal of con
sent to the authority of ti e? general
government, manifested In the most
unmistakable wav; yet the deliberate
Judgment of the dominant majority of
the people of the United States was.
that their brethren of the South could
be lawfully constrnlned by force to
submit to Federal authority, and that
they could be so restrained within the
reasonable application of the maxim
that the Just powers of the government
spring from the consent of the gov
erned. The Filipinos have never hem fieo.
For nearly three hundred apd fifty
years they havo lived under Ihe arbit
rary control of the Spanish rrown. In
submitting to tho authority of the
United States they surrenier nu priv
ilege or Immunity. It cannot be that
their right to a government to which
they yrlve their consent Is more sacred
than was the like right to the people
of the seceding states. The war against
the armies of the South was fought to
a successful conclusion because the
majority believed it more Important to
preserve that Union thnn to accede to
the literal application of an abstract
principle, which, however correct, log
ically led to Its dissolution.
NOT AN AHSTKACTION.
Government Is not an abstraction.
It Is the reasonable application of cor
rect principles to conditions which,
though they cannot be wholly over
come, may be so molded as to better
subserve the Interest of Justice, peace
and order.
Uy the exercise of political reason our
Constitution was ordained nnd a more
perfe-ct Union established. In tho light
of political reason our affairs have been
ndminlsteied in the past, and political
reason, if we patiently follow Its dic
tates, will ennble us to solve the prob
lems now before us, In harmony with
the limitations of the Constitution nnd
In practical accord with the great prin
ciples set forth In the Declaration of
Independence.
It may be admitted that we ought
not permanently to annex a country
whose Inhabitants are incapable of at
taining capacity for self-government,
nnd the climate of which forbids tho
migration of Americans or Europeans
In numbers sufficient to eventually con
trol political and social conditions. I
do not claim that the government of
the United States Is specially adapted
to a colonial policy, or that Its methods
of administration qualify It, In any
marked dere, to hold and govern
dependencies In any portion of tho
world, proximate or remote. On the
contrary, It Is of doubtful expediency
to hold colonies or dependencies at all
and such holding can only be Justified
by necessity. When, however, duty ad
mits of no escnpe without the sacrifice
of nntlonnl honor or dignity, the ne
cessity then exists.
A DUTY TO BK MKT.
We would gladly escape It If escape
were possible-, but recognizing that
there Is no honorable avenue of re
treat, we take It up (appreciating all
Its dllliculties and responsibilities) with
the fixed purpose of discharging It to
the uttermost. We do this with no de
sire for indefinite expansion; with no
design of establishing a general colon
ial policy; but with the earnest hope
that after our national authority shall
have been established, and established
It will be. the people of the Philippines
may slhw themselves capable of up
building and malntalng a local govern
ment, of their own. If failure attends
our efforts, It will be but another In
stance of defeated hopes and disap
pointed expectations. Hut If by hold
ing up the hands of those who aspire to
orderly and stable Institutions vve shall
open the way to n hortie gov
ernment, under which Individual rights
will be resoected, domestic tranquility
Insured, and life, liberty and property
protected, by the fixed nnd regular ad
ndmlnlstratlon of Just nnd equal laws,
vve shall give nnother nnd striking evi
dence of man's capacity for self-government,
nnd over and nbovo all con
siderations of pecuniary or commercial
advantages, however great they may
bo, vve shall be compensated for tho
blood nnd treasi'ro wo have expended
and may expend, by the consciousness
of having secured to the Inalienable
lights of man a wider field, and to free
institutions the opportunity to extend
their blessings to the human family
n a quarter of the world In which des
potism has had Its undisputed reign
from the earliest period of recorded
time.
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NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
An octoficn.irl.nl club has been organ
ized lu Kenwood, III. Thcro are fifteen
members of the club, their ages ranging
from W) to 87 jears. The members en
Joy tho club hugely, spending most of the
time dlscuxsiiig events In thu first half
of the century.
At Schvviinfurt. Kuvatia, Is one- of the
largest of the world'H manufactories for
bicycle ball bearings. Tho two factories
there belonging to one firm turn out an
nually 2,OD0,0O0 gross of these little steel
balls, and employ COo men. working for
n day of 10 hours' duration.
A newly married couple in Portland,
Me , who uro both deaf, nnd aro trying
housekeeping without a servant, huvei
devised an Ingenious arrangement for
their door bell, by which a. caller, when
he presses the button, lights tho lump
u nil thus makes hU presence known.
Thu new street cars to bo used on the
Interurban lino between St. Paul and
Stillwater 'will be unlquo In their equip
ment. They will havo compressed nlr
brakes and whistles, to bo supplied by u
small motor operating nn nlr pump. The
nlr whistle will bo used In tho country,
where tho cars will bo run at a high
rate of speed. Kaoh car also will be
pcuilppcd with a telephone, with fifty foot
I of vvlro and a switch plug.
AMONG TUB FOETS.
Dreyfus.
Not In tho cloudy mountain top,
Majestic and hlotie,
Truth lifts her ponderous sceptre up
And rears her awful throne;
Hut In the crowded mnrket-placo
And In tho prlFon-pcn
Her Jmlcmcnt-sent Is on the street
And in tho haunts of men.
She hales the mighty to her bar,
Bho bids tho low arise,
For craft nnd power nre (ill In vain
To blind her piercing eyes,
IJeforo her still and serious gazo
Tho haughty take affright;
Their lust and lore nnd golden store
Aro ashes In her sight.
Hho watched them mass their frowning
troops
And fling their banners high;
She saw them brand the Innocent
And cast him out to die;
Thej stripped the buttons from his coat,
They marched him round to view.
And aimed ei sudden ringing stroke
At sword and spirit, too.
And only sho of nil tho throng
That wotched his sore dlsgrac
Let fall n pitying tear to match
Tho anguish of his face.
Fremi loneliness to loneliness
His bairen pathway led,
And none may know the stilled woo
That shook tho prisoner's bed.
Tho love of Ood, divinely great,
la yet divinely small.
It notes the englo In his flight.
The sparrow In his fall.
Away from those who wrong tho weak
It turns Its patient face,
Put bears relief to bitter grief
In tho far descrt-plucc.
It swept ncross tho tropic sea.
It sought tho captlvo out.
It cheered htm on his lonely strand
And compassed him about.
And Truth, who works her miracles
Within the sight of men,
Hcbuked the foes that round him roso
And boro htm homo again.
Shall earthly pomp nnd earthly plot
Or yet the assassin's wrath.
Avail to cbee-k Imperial Truth
Or turn her from her path?
Through all the army's tented fields
Her silent couriers run,
And soon or late, ns suro as fate,
Ood's Justlco will bo done!
Henry Robinson Palmer, In the Sun.
Admiral Dewey.
Admiral George Dewey, '
Coming home, they s.iy,
Prlng out tho pyrotechnics.
Let's havo a holiday.
Shoot up colored rockets,
Turn the searchlights hlgl
See the name of Dewey
A-blazln" In the sky.
Didn't need u bathtub
On his Manila tilp.
Didn't boast of fighting,
Never had the grip,
Sank tho Spanish navy
In a manner new;.
Honoieil grand "Old Glory;"
Did it shipshape, too.
Didn't mention canned beef.
Got no ceprtm.ind,
Went about his business.
Simple like and bland;
Never wrote for magazines,
Had no tale to tell,
Led the fleet while fighting,
Tho whole world said, " 'Tls well."
Ate salt pork In Hong Kong,
Never asked for pie,
Didn't wire "Hot we.ither here,''
Didn't groan or sigh,
Didn't ask to como home,
Stuck right to his ship,
Didn't get a bit seared.
Took no foreign lip.
Admiral Georgo Dewey,
Coming home, they say.
Drlng out tho pyrotechnics.
Let's have n holiday.
Shoot up colored rockets.
Turn the searchlights high
Seo the name of Dewey
A-bl.izln' In the sky.
Lue Vernon, In Washington Star.
A Vision of Contentment.
Hero where the ripple of the lazy stream
Scarce breaks tho sdlenco of tho summer
air
Rich with perfume of roso and blossom
rare
Upon this grassy bank I lie and dream;
Watching tho checkered sunshlno glint
and gleam
Upon the shady pool thnt trembles there.
Of sun-downed meadows that so dis
tant seem.
Ho mine today the shepherd's Joy and
ease
The Joy that comes with calling life
your own,
The ease you feel when, stretched bo
neat h tho trees,
Vou count the drifting clouds, and hear
the drone
Of honey-sotted bees, and nsk no lot
Save llfo and pipe, with trouble all forgot.
Charles Coleman Stoddard, In Criterion.
Everything in Its Time.
Tho glass of fashion, so they state
Heflects diseases new;
Iletter be dead than out of dato
in health and Illness, too;
The Cent pon Thumb nnd Ticker U)e
And Hobson's Hug caress
Are being superseded by
Automobllloi-sness.
Karl H. Lansing, In the Criteilon.
A Now Yorker, who lately went on nn excursion to New Mexico with a lot
of railroad men, in n special car, reilectod that alkali elust nnd champagno
always upset his digestion, aud determined to buy a box of Itipans Tabules ut
a St. Louis (IniK store,
"How do these sell i " ho askcel of tho druggist.
Wo sell a lot of 'cm," was tho reply. "Thnt gentleman who just went
nut bought r box. Ho is Uotnmodoro J E. SI. Maury of New York, wlto is on
this New Mexican osuursion."
Ab days wout by. our friend took a Tabulo after each meal and ono beforo
going to bed and was ns regular as a top. So too was tho Commodore. In a
fow elays, however, most of tho party suffered moro or lees from over-eating,
over-smoking, alkali dust, want of oxercisu nnd indigestion. Nearly every ono
complained of constipation, nnd tho Commoelore, liko a good nngel, produced
his box from timo to timo, and in overy enso relief followetl his kindly minis
trations. "How does it happen," askod tho Commodoro of our friend, 'that you
alone cscano tho inconvenience all tho others suffer from? Only you and I
escapo." But our friend waa foxy and would not admit that lie too was blavo
to Hipans Tabules 5 but all that party carry them now when they gowhera
meals are irregular and the water is bitter or poor .
A new itylo packet rontAlnlns iki niriNi TiBtxra In nPrcarton (wlihoutsLm) ti now for sale at aome
drUuire.-toH ririctr. 'Ihlilow prlewl aortlnlntrndail lor the poor !ml tlia cconumUal. Onedoten
ortReUrentiarioni(ia)tabalni)riilliadbjmallhy lendlwrMrtv ilgUt eonutotuo llirAki Ciicmao
Comuxx, .No. 19 Bpruc tttrtttNew York- or a tkglo cwtoa ITU xisma) will bo Kut (or Arc ctuU.
Star
Automatic
Paper
Fasteinier
Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved in
every respect. Prices lowc
than ever, We are still sell
ing the Planitary Penc
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 Bro
STATIONERS atiJ ENGKAVER3.
Hotel Jermyn Building.
FOR
A Twenty-Year
Filled Gase
a 15-Jcwdeal
Walt&am Movement.
Both
GMaraeteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MERQEMAU k OMELL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Temperature Tamers.
Plenty of things right here to mnke
the hot weather not only endurable
but enjoyable.
' And the price at which vve offer them
Is not going to make anyone hot, ex
cept tho man who charges a higher
pilco for equal quality, and ho Is nu
merous, Just think of these and get cool.
Hefrlgerators at reduced prices.
GUNSTER El FORSYTH,
223-327 PENN AVENUE.
Ltmtlher Keller
L3HE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Otllej
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
$10
FINLEY
New Fall
1
Dress Goods
We open tockrsr
our first importation
this season of choice
novelties in
Creponis,
Serges,
Tweeds etc09
Also a magnificent
line of
PlaSds for
mitim
aed
Skirts
All Exclusive De
signs.
5H0and5l2 '
LACKAWANNA AVENUS
-,
Tjie Modl'hn IlAitnwAnr. Storb
Pearl
Agate
Wan
Special sale this week.
Low prices on our en
tire Hue.
FOOT & SiEAl 00.
1 19 N. Washington Ave.
The.Hrat
Cooeell Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackaraia Avenue
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
oeiienu Ajcnt (or tua VV'yomluj
Diktric.'J
biulnz, Hlaitllis:, Spurting, Sinuica.uH
uuU itiu ltcjuuuo UliomleAi
ejom:iuy t
MM EXPLOSIVES.
tufcty Hue, Cnpi mid Kxploiart.
iloom jut Oonuelt UalUlu;.
burAutao.
AUlCNCllii
rues. Fonn. - . -pitttton,
JOHN II. SMITH & 6ON, - Plymouth,
W. U. MULLIGAN, - Wllkes-Uawc,
DUPONTO
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