THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNK-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1899. Published Dnllv, nxcept Sunday, by Tha Trlbuno I'libllohlnt; Company, at rltty CcntB a Month. New York Ofhco: ICO Nnnpnu St.. s s vnnni.AND. Bolo Agent for Torelgn Advertising. Entered nt the Postntncfl nt Scrnnton, Pa., ns Sectnd-Clasa Mall Matter. When fpnee will permit, The Trlbuno l always Bind to print short letters from Its frlerds bearing on current topics but Hh rule Is that Ihrso muxt be olRned, for publication, b the writer's real name. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, SKPTi:MnnU 15, 1S93. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of tho Supremo Court J. HAY 1MOWN, of Lancaster. JudRo of the Superior Court JOBlAlt It ADAMS, of Philadelphia. Btate TroaHilier-I.IlIUTnNANT COf. ONIM, JAMUS i: HARNUTT, of WnshlnRton. Election day, Nov 7. rrom n RprlRlitlv paper published In Mnnllt ve innkp. In nnother loliimn, n number of extracts that lime some ile Kiee of Interest ns fIiowIiib the pio Kress of Manila's Americanization. W' notice In tho same Journal a spirited protest nKalnst the prevalent metho'l 01 Ftroct-swecpltiK in M inlln, illicit, as In Seranton, conIsts of seattoilni? the diied mlutobes in the form of dust a sure proof tint civilization In T.u 7'in has tnUen root The Carter Case. Hm;itr: can be no dissent fiotn the proposition ot tho En- JL Klneerlns New s that the es sential pilnelple lnoltd in tin Cuter case Is fidelity to trusts. Tliis as tli.it Journal Impressively .ir EUes his become "absolutely neessaiy t the conduct of all our lndusti. nnd to the wn existence of out modem eh nidation In whatever Held of human acthlti we look, we see nun dliectlnK the couiso of Rieat entei l ii s which .ue owned bv otheis and MiiittfillliiB the OMiendltuie of thou sands and millions of dollais which be Ioiik to the nation, 01 state, or ti munici pal or pi hate corpoiatlon Each and eveiy sucli mill has It In his powei to cmich hlmp(ir by sneiiflelnK, to a Kiiatei 01 less extent, the Inteiests of which he Is a trustee, and the only as suiance the iiublle can posslblj hao that the tuist will be faithfully dls c hirst d Is the honor and honesty of the ofllcci on whom It is laid." Our contempoi.uy is equally eoirtct In its nsseitlon that there "aie two enemies of the public welfare abroad to day who strike a woise blow at civil isation than the anaichtst, nnd whose treason threatens the nation's exist ence more than that of the traitor In time of wai. The fitst of thcbo Is tho man who flouts lionoi and honest) and alms to get wealth by any means, fair or foul It is such men ns this that la tho temptation in the way of those In positions of trurt. The second of these public enemies Is the man who, be Inp In a place of trust, yields to his temptation and enriches himself at the expense of those who have confeued upon hi in honors ind lesponsibllitles " Regarding Captain Caiter as guilty ns chaiped, the News views In him a tjpo of the second class of public en emies, -whoso punishment is demanded as an example to society at laige a conclusion bejond controversy If we accept our contemporarv's piemle The News broadly hints at the exist ence In tho Caiter case of the other class of public betrajers when it sas: "It is moie than two years since knowl edge of the fiauds at Savannah became known to the authorities at Washing ton During all that time not one step has been tnken toward tho punishment of those otheis who profited by the fiauds at that place 01 the recovery 'mm them of the fetolen millions. They have had ample time to transfei all their property and make It Impossible for tho government to lecover a penny from them Rumor sas they have clone this The query comes, then, who among the authorities at Washington has been false to his trust In this mat ter' Where was the pull exercised ot these contractors who were (and could well affoid to be) such liberal con trlbtuors to campaign funds?" This pointed Innuendo, comins fiotn tho recognized mouthpiece of tho en gineering profession In America, will cany weight Docs the News dispute the assertion of Attorney (Jeneral Griggs that means exist in amplitude for the lecovery of these stolen mill ions, if it shall appear on final Judg. ment that there has been deliberate theft' Does it take Issue with the ad ministration on the proposition that before proceeding to say the last word in a case of such exceptional Import ance tho president Is determined, at nny cost of time or patience, to get down to the bedrock bottom of all tho facts and ramifications and to have the programme of action in complete readiness for the tlmo of action' This Caiter case looks bad, on the surface; but we do not consider that any substantial reason exists why the people should direct suspicion or vvlth diavv confidence fiom the president of tho United States. Ir the trusts suivlve tho burst of do. quence at Chicago then they aie In deed something to be feared. No Entangling Alliances. ATORMAI.. denial from the sec letary of state. Hon John Uay. was hardly necessary to establish the falsity of the accusation made In the Ohio Demo cratic platform that the McKlnley ad ministration had entered Into a secret nlllance with Great Rrltaln The man who is suniclently well acquainted with the ways of our government to l en titled to havo an opinion upon u ques tion of public policy knows that the United States could not, If it would, become a party to a seeiet alliance. The only alliance which it can make is by formal treaty, and that, to bo effec tive, must secure ratification in the senate by the assent of two-thirds of the senators -a condition effectually de structive, of secrecy. Even when the senate tries to work In secret the facts leak out, No secret tieaty with Kng land has been before the senate during the McKlnley administration and none Is likely to come before It, for tho rea (on that our international relations with thnt country, ns, Indeed, with nil other countries, nre to nn uncom mon degree open and nbove-board, neither needing nor desiring tho screen of mvstery. A little lellectlon should show to any open mind that no secret alllnnco with England or uny other power Is needed by the United States. Wo stand, more thnn any other power, upon an lmpieg nnble basis of our own. We nro the only power in the world capable of glowing within our own borders In abundance all things required to sus tain a well-nouilshed and generous ex istence, we aie the only power not ser iously dependent upon any other power for unj thing In the category of human necessities, our tenltoiy Is nioro de tached from the elides of foielgn in trigue nnd dissension than Is thut of nnj othci nation; our people, upon tho nveinge, nie better educated and more self-reliant than nre the Inhabitants of any other nation, while In numbers and lesouiccs they nre sufficient to mike pteposteious anv funded need of for eign piotectlon. The late war has shown to otheis what we have known ourselves foi some time past that tho United States is potentially the strong est power In civilization, and In lew of all these clicumstances, what con ceivable motive could prompt an Amer ican administration to enter Into i seeiet foielgn nlllance, even If It had under the constitution the authority so to do.' Scciotary Hay's letter to Chairman Dick of the Ohio Republican commit tee, printed elsowheie, Is so obviously In consonance with common sense that no one but a fool will disbelieve It. The attitude of the United States, al ways Inspiied b the dcslie to culti vate fiicndly relations with the other nations of the eaith, Is now subject to a new Incentive tow aid amicable con ditions We nie becoming an exporting nation Wo nro selling goods of Anieii enn manufacture to tho peoples of Uuropo, Asia and Afilcn, more and moie each successive )ear. Not only abstiact prudence but also specific self Intel est now stiongly prompts our gov erntrcnt to endeavor to develop by all honoiable means the most cordial feel ings between ltelf and tho various governments with whom its citizens nip beginning to have large and ex panding commercial dealings Hence the manifest folly of tying up with any one foreign powei In a manner to pro voke the jealousy or the lesentment of the otheis. Aichblshop Ii eland sajs that Franco was alwas our friend It Is possible that the aichblshop lost a poitlon of the thiead of the Spanish war news. Kentucky's Crucial Campaign. UNLIKE past dissensions with in the tanks of the Kentucky Demociao, the piesent di vision over the Goebel law, which has lesulted In the nomination of two Demociatic state tickets, shows no signs of compromise If an thing, the men who have bolted the icgulir party ticket are more bitter nnd more determined than they were at tho time that the Hag of paity revolution was unfurled, and there nre no evi dences nt this distance that their fol lowing among tho people has suffeied the slightest diminution. On the con trary, unless signs deceive, the revolt Is grow Ing steadily. The bolters have based their whole campilgn up tho Iniquitous Goebel election law, which puts tho appoint ment of ev cry election officer In Ken tucky in tho hands of a board of three paitisan Democrats conti oiled by the dominant maehlne, and they are mak ing use of some splendid ammunition furnished, before this campaign devel oped, by the Louisville Courlei -Journal, which now, to the Intense sui prise of many of colonel Henry Watteison's friends, supports Goebel, Tor exam ple, while tho law was pending It passed without amendment and was enacted over the governor's veto that paper said: "Tho people may well stand aghast before the l evolutional y election bill which has, like some diead monster, suddenly emerged from the fastnesses of passion and en or through which tho leglslatuio has been threading Its tortuous way. It Is safe to say that tho annals of free government will be sought in vain for an thing approach ing It In shameless effiontery and un concealed deformity. Tho recotds of reconstruction fuinlsh nothing to com pare with It. Tho ISrownlow despotism In Tennessee was considered tolerably reckless and toleiably thorough in Its day. Rut the Riownlow despotism nt Its woist ventmed upon nothing so boldly, wholly bad as this In all tho force bills meditated by tho indleals In congiess during the daik das of reennstructlon there weio discernible some pretense and some pretext, some lingering memoiy of Republican in stincts and tiadltlons liven in tho plebiscites of Louis Napoleon theio was thoouterdlsplay of a Just electoral pro cess and purpose. This foice hill glvei the voters of Kentucky not a ray of hope. It makes no claim or show o' fairness It places exclusively In the hands of thiee Irresponsible persons, to bo named by tho authors of tho meas ure Itself, tho entlie electoral machin ery of tho state That Is tho whole of it. In one word, and nt ono fell swoop, Kentucky Is to become tho sub ject of a tilunn irate, which Is to de cide who shall hold ofllco nnd who shj'l not. Nominally the people aie to bo poimltted still to go tlnough the form of elections. They nre to be permit ted still to vote. Tho ballot bnx Is not actually abolished. Hut the trium virate is In each and every caso to cast up tho returns and determine) tho result. with the machinery of this Goebel bill in his hands Mr. Goebel becomes as completely master of tho situation In Kentucky as Diaz. In Mexico or Menelek in Abyssinia " Tho paper which only a short time ago said these unmistakable words is now supporting this same Goebel, on this same law as a platform, for tho office of governor, and the nntl-Goo-belltes nro not slow in springing tin deadly parallel, The count is in Goe- bel's hands. His bill Is now law, his men nro in tho odlces of election com mlssloners.butthe good Wood of tho de centfactlonof the Kentucky Democracy Ib up nnd tho assertion is freely made by men of the highest standing that Uoebel'a lieutenants will give a fair count ot the ballots next November else some of them will ndorn lamp posts or go to increase the population of the hereafter. These may be Idle threats, but tho men who mnko them are not of the vaporizing type. They undoubtedly mean Tvliat they say. President Schurman's statement of conditions In the Philippine archipelago removes authoiltatlvcly many popular misapprehensions and is particularly interesting In its estimate of the ser iousness of the task Avhlch this gov ernment has nssumed. Rut, as he says, the fnct that the Job Is a hard one constitutes no rea son in morals why, having en teicd upon its accomplishment, wo should now become dlscouiaged and cry quits. If tho contiact Is larger than was anticipated, tho thing to do Is to turn on more steam. The reform movement headed by Senor Jlmlnez, of San Domingo, Is universally popular. Reform in San Domingo Iwis significance other than ns the battle cry ot malcontents anil political soieheads. No one has thus far thought It neces saiy to offer resolutions of condolence In favor of M. Gucrln, who Is holding the foit against the police of Paris. Hero is an oppoitunlty for the "aunties." Our expoits of manufactures In seven months of IS1"'") under the Dlngley law weie ?211,97501 against $141,972,182 in the corresponding months In 18!6 under the Wilson law. Enough said. The president of Franco Is a peas ant's son nnd events will soon show whether he has the manhood and the grit that uic the traditional accom paniments of humble origin. Tedlar Palmer has been coninced Now if the Shamiock can be induced to return home cupless, tho pride of nur spoilsmen will lemaln unrullled foi another year. ,, Filipinos may not be as able to gov ern themselves as are the Cubans, but they ceitnlnly have shown ability to put up quite a fight. The Dtejfus case Is rapidly neailng tho magazine stage. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. Extracts from 'Treedom," a Paper Pub lished in Manila. There nie. evidences wherever ono goes In Manila that business men are awaktn lng from lcthnrg, and moving toward a more sueeisstul busl less eaieer Tho l'.-eolta has n wide-awake appearance, and ono would li inlh think that Krngs mid Muuseis an having an airfum'Mit anjwhero on tho Isl mil Indications point to a successful business ear despite tho Insurrection that has hitherto caused uo much nnxletj. Dibrls In the burned district 1ns been piled mil burned nnd carried nwav, und the ragged nppctiranco there Is rapidly disappearing. New bull lings, business houses and residences are going up till iver the city, showing conclusively that Lonfldtncn In Manilas future Is more marked than It has heretoforo been. The buildings going up In the burned dis tricts are of better class thnn those le strojed by tho fire of the incendlirj Chinos nro working earlv and late, mil their "heo" can bo he ird nt nil hours ns timbers are shoved Into place. Chlnoi b the way, are tho principal architects nnd builders of th cit, and nlthoimh they work with crude tools, tho finished thing is reall creditable, and surprises tho builders who handle nothing but tools of modern manufacture The hind of the board of health Is also manifest In all parts of tho ctt). Sewers tiro not only denied but they aro kept clean, nnd ns a result sanltnry conditions nro greitlv Improved Not only this, but tho slum holes In ullevs and by streets nre lerovatcd from day to rtaj. Kvcnthlng, Indeed, that looksi llko a gorm-producer is subeted to ths com mon crcmitory, and, us far us possible, dlseaso producers are thus destroed. A Filipino Amazon. Upon recommendation of the provost mirshal general and the prison authori ties bied on exceptionally good conduct the unexecuted pcition of the senteneo describing confinement in the caso of Gregoilci Iiernircllno do la Ciuz. who has served prlton confinement rlneo 1S7, Is (emitted Sho will bo released today from custody. This recalls the history of a bravo nnd pitilotlc woman, whoo life has been wasted behind prison vvnlls for bellcvlrs In a principle and risking her life as onlj bravo and heroic women can The rt hellion of 1S77 was nt Its height, anil the Insurgents vvero making headway against tho Spanish benora Ueinardlno wus the wife of a captnin In tho Insi.r gmt army. In nn engagement near th city limits of Manila her husband was killed She mounted his horso and, equipping herself with his sword, pistol and spent, charged up against tho Spin l"h forces, lending the eompiny In plnco of her dead husband. Her example died tho troops under her command to glorious deeds, but the merciless fire of tho Span lirds drovo them bick Her horso was shot undr her Not dlsnnjcd by this calamity sho Intrenched herself behind the de id horso and In this position killed three Spanish officers Sho was finally captured after her ammunition gavo out by a sergeant and flvo men, who brought her Into headejuarters Poi her activity in the insurrection, nnd the deiths of the officers sho vvns im prisoned for twenty jenrs, and the sen tence still provided that sho bo kept ir custody after that time had expired Tho siergcant who made the capturo Is nov a captain In tho prison, and ho slates that he does not believe a braver woman ever lived. Manila's Public Schools. Tho superintendent of public Instruction Is highly pleased over the success und pi ogress made In tho publlo schools under his supervision In tho lorty schools of tho clt j theio Is a dally uttendunco of 3,700 pupils English is taught at ev ery school, nt least cno hnui a day, nnd It Is surprising tho Interest and advance ment In tho studj of English that Is man ifested by both pupils and native teach ers School Is held six dnjs In tho week Tho morning session extends from 7 JO to 10 JO, nnd the afternoon session from 2 30 tn E The llttlo ones aro enthusiastic over the studv of tho English, and they can bo heard repenting words and phrases learned at school ns they pass along tho street. Thei nro verj bright, and their disposition to Imitate Is u wonderful help to them In mastering tho mnny dlfllul tles of tho Ai'glo.Snxon Thn teacheis of Spnnlsh who hnvo not heretoforo mani fested much Interest In the English nro now more enthusiastic than tho children Superintendent Anderson has undertulc. en and Is successfully l-andllng a creat work, tho result of which will provo mora effective thnn nil other forces in bringing thn rillplnos out of tho moral nnd educational apathy Into which thy havo fallen, and making them good moral citizens. To Establish a Freo Library. A movement Is now on foot to estab lish a freo library of referenco In Ma nila. Tho project Is Just In Its Infancy and It will probably bo somo time before It will bo an accomplished fact. Colonel Mlley, customs collector, hns been nctlvo In rollectlng tho bals of n library, and hus mndo somo substantial progress The English-speaking residents havo at tho present tlmo no plnco where biogra phical, geological, legal or scientific knowledge enn bo secured Tho need of somo placo of referenco Is apparent to business nnd professional nun If tho facts relntlvo to nnv subject have not been thoroughly pounded Into tho eianium It Is ns bad as a lost p.irt of the anatomy, for there Is not a lespcctnhlo enoclo pnedla In tho city to which ncces can be had A general movo on the pirt of thn Engllsh-spcnklng cltlzins will soon put tho matter In shape. Colonel Mlley hns Interested numerous friends In America, and he Is In lecelpt of a number ot books of refennco from Scilbneis, nnd a portion of thn Encjclo piedia llrlttnulca from tho Century peo ple. Kissed by Filipino Women. R Is not often that American ladles hnvo tho opportunity of viewing battle fields a week old or taking excursions nmotig tho snvnges almost Immediately nf tor they had been subdued Hut two American women of Manila have an Interesting and novel expulcnce to relnlo In connection with a visit to the south line Miss Sarah and Mls Agnes Shaw, of tho auxiliary hospltul staff, took a drlvo out to view the progress of leconstruc tlon nt Paranaque, Thursday When they nrrlved they vvero suriounded by hun dreds ot Filipino women and childien who had never seen Ameilcan women before. Thej pinched their faces nnd noses to sen If thej wire reilly tho re il thing, nnd In mnny l'.stnnces tiny weio kissed by tho cnlhuslistic women nnd children The greeting wns so ovei vvhclmlng that they wern forced to belt a retreat, but thc will never forget their novel experience. The Rainy Season in Irlnniln. Ono of tho questions that crosses tho ocean to Manlli In letters veiy frequently Is this. "Does It rain very much?' or "When does tho lalny seison com mence? ' Tho following flguies will show when we have lain in Manila, nnd how much we have Prom obsorv itlons extending from IMS to 1S07 tho Manila Observntoiy hns deducted the following table showing tho nvciage. ralnfnll In inches for i.uli month; also tho average tcmpci attire . Month. R iln. Temp January 1 77 binary . 7s Mmih J-1 I April 1 S! May 4 H Juno 'I' 3 " S5 July llife SI August ll'i si Scptembci 1 si October 7 1-J sO November fi 7i December 2 77 The avenge temperature In Minlli jear In and jean out Is so degiees, tho average earls rainfall Is about 70 inches. The Daiker Side. Cities llko Manlli have their vendetti Ono prnbablv exists it this time Dur ing tho past two or tint c months, a dozen or more murders hive been com mitted In the Tondo district A half dozen Chin inien havo been stabbed to death, a half elozen more have be en as saulted with evident Intent to Kill, and will earn scars to tho grave made In the knife or dagger, American soldltis hivo been warned to keep out of tint district or suffei assissinatlon It Is evident from this thnt sentries must be alert, not only for Indlvlduil safetj, but for the safetj of othns The Hospital Corps Man. Thej hive sung of "Tho Reguhu right ing Man ' And "The Ynnkee Volunteer," Rut I vo henrd not a note for the Hospi tal Corps, The great Corpa of Hope and Cheer. Shnrlng the tolls of mirch nnd camp. 'Mid heat diought and dre nchlng elimp No weapon ho carries but those for tho strife He wages so nobly 'gilnst Death for Life Tho stilpe of Hope on his clothes he wears The silvered cross on his cap he bears, The "Hrassard of Mercv ' upon his nun, Then forward 'midst battles' wild alarm; Whither lifo or death awaits him there, For Dutv onlv ho gives a care When tho Dogs of War have ilished their teeth In tho frame of some best loved one, To the icscuo tho Hospital Corps gocd foith And gives aid till all Is done Humanity's Army, tho Red Cros Men, rull honor and prnlso be theirs, Mother, sister, sweethenrt nnd wife, rollow them with your prayers. May tho ranks of that army for ayo In crease Till all march 'neath tho Red Cross Flig When the Dogs of War have their fangs pulled out And In chilns forever shall drag, Hurrah' for the Regular Fighting Man And tho Yankee Volunteer, Rut don't forget to give a "Whoop" For tho great Corps of Hope nnd Cheer. Ida M. Sharp. MERELY A JEST OR TWO. A Parental Free-Booter. Jack I never Fee you with Miss Got rox nny more Tom No; I didn't llko her father, he's a regular old pliate Jack A pirate' Well, how's that' Tom Well I know from expeilonco that ho's a freo-booter. Grades of Honor. President of tho French Court You de clnro this on your honor ns n gentleman? French Officer N-no, Monsieur lo Pre s ldent' As an officer of lo grand urmee' Philadelphia North American. War and Pence. Wnr's wrinkled front thov smooth with deft massnse, And divers paints and powders, theso They supplement with robes of white, and (lowers. And call It peace. Detroit Journal. Pioved an Alibi. Kind Lady You look very much llko n trnmp I gnvo a pie to yesterday. Tramp Hut I'm not. I tuver felt bet ter In my life, lady. Life. In Old Kentucky. Stranger Havo you lived long In this section'.' Native No, sah, I nm a gentleman, eahl And It is impossible lor gentlemen to llvo long In this section, sah Wash ington Star. Might Be Serious. "Hero's a story of a woman who mat rlcd a man for a Joke." dio said "Is that so?" ho exclaimed. "Well 1'vo always held that practical Jokes ought to be prohibited hy law No one knows how serious tho consequences may be, Urooklyn Eagle. NUBS Or KNOWLEDGE. In alt Spain there nro only 3,230 children In tho Sunday schools nlong tho Sobat river, a tributary of tho White Nile. London capitalists arc Interested In the proposal to liy n cnbto from Vancouver, H C, to Sknguny, Alaska. A girls' seminary nt Auburndnle, N Y., hns a fully organize d endet coips that drills with Springfield titles. An old man named Anton Knln, who died recently In an Austrian almshouse, was found to bo worth 3 000,000 The Anglo-Indian Empire contains only 12",4S') squaro miles In Europe, but It hns 2 2IS,t7fl In Asia, 2 C23,R1J In Africa, 3,6G5,3 In America and 3,231,781 In Oceanlca Tho Gersoppa Fulls, on tho Shar.ivattl river, In South Knnnin, India, are larger and moro magnificent than Niagara Tho water mnkea a clear drop of ST0 feet. Tho output of sarellncs on tho Maine coast Is likely to bo Increased from 'jOO.OOO cans In 1S0S to 2 000,V) this vein In coti seeiuenco of tho Ititloduetlou of a new canning machine. A new way ot blasting rock Is to pluco a cartridge of water In n shot holo and convert It Into slenm Instantly by elec tricity '1 his method Is especially appli cable In coat mines At Constantinople thete Is nn nutogiaph letter which Is clilmed to have boon written by the hnnd of the Sivlour, whoso nuthentlclty has been stoutly de fcnilcd for centuries 'J ho house of commons hns met on Sun day eleven times, on .rlous occasions, when uigcncy demanded It Tho first tlmo wns In tho reign ot Edward HI , tho Inst at the deith of George It The military household of the Czar Is composed ot 03 officers of villous rank", 8.1 of whom belons to the anny and 15 to tho navy Nineteen members of tho loyal family arc Included In this list. A statistical Englishman estimates that n fnctoiy hei.d earning, say JC 23 a week, expends out of It for food 1to, of which $100 Is for mo it, bncon and llh, nnd nn equil amount for butter, cheese, laid and eggs has promulgated nn order foiblddlng tho landing of dogs fiom Irclind In Ureat Rrltaln, under a penalty of 20 pounds This Is deno to pi event tho spuad of riblcs, which Is common In Irelnnd Just now. Attempts are being mide In the coun ty of Kent, England, to extermlmte the sparrow Spr.irow clubs hnvo been formed nnd moncv prizes nro given to those producing tho 1 irgest number of heads. The bee of Mexico does not 'impiove rich shining hour " As there Is vciy little cold wcnlhcr there, no necessity ex ists foi 1 tying in winter stores of honey and tho beo Is, thcrefoie, as lazy as a cockioae h A publlslicil stitcment that Roman Catholics cm hold ntllco under the Tians vanl government Is Inaccurate A pio vision ot that character did exist, but nt the reeiuest ot T resident Kiuger it was repe iled In 1S1( A ennk In Prooklyn recently went ovir tho roulB of i ceiiuin inn nnd sprinkled It freely with tacks. Of thn eighty that finished the run moie thin hnlf hail collapsed tires The tneks re mnlned In mot of the tires until pulled out Tho boird of agriculture of England A Germ m firm j,ent some textile goods w tapped In old newsuipers to Turkey The custom house officers noticed th" fact, nnd Infoimed the censor who promptlv decreed tint the articles hid to be unpicked and repacked without the newspapers, and this wns done A New- York womin who Is making a study of llowers nnd theh effects upon different tcmpci nmonts clilms tint v el low blossoms afford piotectlon from dis ease germs, th it d ilsles worn by nerv ous women will lit m fit them and that X Inlets net as Intoxicants oi stimulants upon some people The advantages of elo-nr relations with Culn, Porto Rico, I law ill anil the Phil ippines nie already illustrated by tho ln cie.isul sah s of the products of our firms and fictoiles to those Isl mils An official statement Just issued shows that exportntlnns fiom the I'nlled States to these four Islimls or groups of Islands during the flsc-al ve.ir l.'i) were double the nvnige annunl silts to them during tho pit tlmo veils nnd considerably In excess of the vtrv lingo sahs mule to them during the icclproclty veais under tho McKlnley net, when our markets In Cub i and Porto Rleo vvero greatly en larged Tho exports to eieh of theso Island show nn Incre iso in the fiscal vear 1V1 over lsns, and Including tho en tire list nmount to $11 011, 111 ngainst $li, 102 -ni In isqs, 1176133 In 1S07, and $1J, 7S1.127 In U A MEADOW DARLING. One daj I met n llttlo maid who roamed the meadows ov.'r, A sduidoi, winsome little thing, oh' so mij fall to i ( I lost mv henit cnmnktelj when sho le ined to kiss tho clov c i , As sho wnndtrcd through tho meadow with the Imtterlly ni.d hee When apple tiees were hloomlnfr, through tho orchard sho was going I hivo Hen hei nt the pi&tuio hars, and coming up the lane. Or along tho dusty highwin, whtio the pink wild roso was glowing, And 1 vo met her on the hillside, smil ing brightly thioiph the rain. They say her nnmo Is Slnrgucrlte, this daillng of the meadow, With her snowy pointed rufile and her jellow "shining hall. When Juno putH n ht iohu so green of shirting hhlno nnd shadow, And the robins wake tho country side, jou'll find tho d.ilsj fnli Jean I'lowei In New England Magazine, - jmsmrn A woman whose home is in Lancaster, Pa., suffered from water brabh and sleeplessness, which always ended in severe sick headache, lasting two or three days. Phy sicians told her it was a " stomach dyspepsia," and that the headaches were due to her age (53 years). She got one small bottle of Ripans Tabules at first, and felt better after taking them. Then she tried more. The water brash left her, and she did not have a spell of sick head ache for about a month the longest she was ever without one for a long time. A nw djle pack rt rntalal ye rrt rr x TAnjtj In a pa pr carton (without flam) Ii now for mdr at urn drui: tn-- ronmcrTb IhUlowiulLxIiwrt U intendia lor ihe poor mud U rcunwnical l)n" diirr! yl th HtreaturtuM (11 Utiulm) run ut tad bT mail b) mmSing forty-, leht Mint V (be larK CuijiiCli CeiuK ir, l,u. 10 bpruc UU..I, J.w ToU-vr lioiito mrtou ur jm uiu I will Im mot fur sririiu tM tar Automatic Paper Fasteeer Fastens papers ill a jiffy, feeds itself and improved iu every respect. Prices lower than 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 STATIOXCRS and nXGRAVCRS Hotel Jermyn Building. The Hoot & Comiuell Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Cas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawanna Araue Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right hero to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable And tho pi Ice at which wo offer them Is not going to mike nnjone hot. ex cept the man who chaiges a higher pilce for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Kefilgeratots nt leduccd prices. OMSra k FORSYTE, 325-327 PENN AVENUE. LuatHier Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. laid nndOillca West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. nsnnHMP;5 ( , jgjsm FINLEY New Fall Dress Goods Fresh arrivals daily of th newest things in Fine Black Crepons, Black and Colored Armure Crystallines, New Camel's Hair Plaids, Plaid Black 'Rever sible Suitings," Iu the newest color effects, for Separate Skirts, Complete Line of for Tailor-Made Suits, in black only. mcstlc aid Scoicl ClevMs and lomespuis In the new Oxford and Brown Mixture. A Very Desirable Line. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE A Twenty-Year Gold-FIUed fee Witiia 15-Jeweled Waltlraii Movement, Both Guaranteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. MiEEClEMAU k (MULL 130 Wyoming Avenue. THE MODEISV IHnmVAUK STOKI Mayonnaise Dressing Can be easily prepared il you use the Christy May onnaise Mixer.pnce $1.50 FOOIE & SliBAH CO, 1 19 N. Washington Ave. HENRY BELIN, JR., Ocueiui Ajient for tUi Wjromliij DllUlCllJ DUPONT llluing, lllusllnu porllii- Snioltaldl uuU Uiu IIlpuiiiii lutumca. loiiipauy 4 QIGQ EXPLOSIVES. tuictj riixN Clin inui i:piutj.-i. Ituoin 401 CiinneU UulldUi.'. ticrjiUu. FOR $10 reiiEi. AUU.NOllii rnos ronn. - pitnton. JOHN IJ SMITH & BON, - Plymouth. W. 1:. MULLIGAN, - Wilkes-Banc
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